Chapter Four: Battle in the Desert
Both Saiyans charged at once - Gohan coming in on the left, and Trunks on the right. The Lord of Nightmares stood firm, confident that no matter what power they had obtained with their transformation, he would still overcome it and defeat them.
His attackers punched at the same time. The Demon crossed his arms over his face to block both blows. He began to fly backwards, in the same direction they charged. The super-powered Saiyans continued to unleash a dizzying furry of kicks and punches, but the Demon blocked all of them. Suddenly he leapt into the air, and his opponents' fists only hit air.
The Demon aimed both of his arms down at the ground and sent hundreds of small red beams flying. Trunks and Gohan dodged all of them and flew up past the Demon. Trunks held both of his hands together and brought them both down on the Demon's head, sending him flying toward the ground.
As he fell, he started to recover, Gohan flew down, and head butted him in the stomach. He then powered up and flew around the Demon's back and down to the ground. Gathering much of his energy into his hands, Gohan then used the powerful Masenko attack taught to him by Piccolo. A huge beam of yellow and purple energy slammed into the Demon's back, sending him flying upward towards Trunks, who fired his own beam back!
Then the Lord of Nightmares was caught between the two conflicting energy blasts. His cloak was immediately disintegrated and he was loosing strength fast. Then somehow he managed to gather just enough energy to throw around him as a shield. He extended both arms outward, deflecting both attacks to the side. They impacted the desert some distance away, making two huge craters.
He looked down at Gohan in anger, only to discover that the small Super Saiyan was no longer on the ground. He looked around in confusion, and a second later; Trunks planted a booted foot in his face. Gohan came up behind him and punched him five times in the spine. The Demon was stunned, but he managed to recover. He through up his energy shield again is desperation. The two fighters were thrown back and before they could recover, the Demon attacked.
Red fire lanced from the Lord of Nightmare's fingers. It impacted Trunks' chest and ate through his armor. It cracked and split in half, falling down to the desert floor. The fire then began to eat away at his jumpsuit. But luckily, two fists are much better than one. Gohan's hand came up violently and slammed the Demon's head forward. His face was pushed right into the same fire that he was firing. The Demon cried out in pain, then stopped shooting the fire. Trunks and Gohan both fired massive golden beams at the same time. They impacted the Demon, and threw him deep into the earth.
Trunks and Gohan looked down upon the crater, well aware that the Demon was still far from beaten. A huge explosion rocked the earth as red energy emerged from multiple points under the ground where the Demon was buried. The ground was suddenly ripped away and the Lord of Nightmare's was once again on his feet.
Trunks and Gohan flew down toward him, but the Demon was faster. He pointed his fingers outward and sent the red fire flying again. Both Saiyans were caught in the blast. The Demon could still see them through the fire, and he new each second they were immersed within it they lost strength.
But then, both Saiyans appeared on either side of him. Before he had time to understand why, two fists hit him on either side of his face, sending him flying backwards. He halted in mid-air. His opponents did the same.
"Just how did you escape from my inferno?" inquired the Demon, "I saw you in there at the same time you appeared beside me!" Gohan smiled.
"You assume that whatever you see is what is real," he said.
"Isn't it?" replied the Demon.
"Not when we move faster than light," said Trunks, "The image of us in the fire takes a certain amount of time to reach your eyes. We flew beside you so fast, that the image of your fire not hitting us didn't reach your eyes before we attacked!" He smiled, "That one was my idea." Then Gohan and Trunks both assumed fighting stances.
The Lord of Nightmares thought for a moment. He knew there was no way he could defeat the duo while they fought as a team - he had to split them up!
"Well boys, it's been fun, but now I'm going to have to fight you," he said. He didn't really mean it - he HAD been fighting at full power, but the comment distracted his opponents for the brief second he needed. The Demon gathered red lightning in both of his hands. Then he shot the electricity forward at Trunks.
"NOO!!!" cried Gohan. He jumped in front of Trunks, and took the attack head on. The lightning danced over all over his body, but he felt no pain. Instead, he felt nothing. His body suddenly went limp and he fell from the sky, paralyzed. Gohan thudded into the ground. He groaned and tried to move, but found he couldn't. The red lightning still danced over him, locking his hands behind his back, and holding his feet together.
"Heh heh he! Now it's just the two of us!" laughed the Demon. Trunks scowled at him. Their advantage was now gone, and Trunks wasn't sure how long he could fight the Demon leader one-on-one. He didn't want the Demon to realize he was afraid, so he attacked.
The Demon was slightly unprepared for the sudden attack, but he now held the advantage so he recovered quickly. He kneed Trunks in the stomach, which hurt him a lot because the fire there had hit him before. Realizing this, the Demon bent down and began punching his stomach multiple times. When he reached twenty hits, he extended his right leg and brought it around. The kick slammed into Trunks' side and sent him flying to the side.
Then the Lord of Nightmares was on him again. He came up from beneath Trunks, who was flying with his back parallel to the ground. The Demon nailed his left elbow into the Saiyan's back, which made him let out a cry of anguish, and sent him flying upward. Only three seconds later, he brought his foot down on Trunks' arm, breaking the bone within. The teen cried out again, his voice echoing throughout the desert. The Demon then extended his right arm and blasted a massive red beam into Trunks, who was sent into hundreds of feet into solid rock.
The Demon floated down to stand in front of the Great Pyramid. Before him, Trunks was crawling out of the crater, one hand clutched firmly on the forearm of his broken arm. The Demon roared with laughter,
"Not so tough now, are you?" he mocked, "Not without your little tag-team!"
"You seem so confident in your abilities, Demon," replied Trunks, "But let's see you survive this!" He took his one good arm and extended it straight outward. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate all of his energy into his hand. Small golden sparkles began to appear and slowly fly toward the glowing ball that had appeared and was rapidly expanding. "Here's a little something my father taught me!" yelled Trunks, "FINAL FLASH!!!!"
A truly massive beam of golden energy flew forward from Trunks' hand with blinding speed. Although it didn't touch the ground, the sands of the desert parted to let it pass. In fact, the earth beneath the beam cracked and exploded with its passing. Trunks' eyes were set on the Demon. He had put all of his energy into this attack! It had to hit him! Come on! Come on! Thought Trunks.
Then, in classic Matrix style, the Lord of Nightmares flung the top portion of his body back. His head was now facing the sky, and his back, the ground. The beam swept over him, only grazing the hairs on his chest. It slammed into the Great Pyramid behind him and exploded.
A huge golden ball of fire consumed much of the desert, totally ripping apart the pyramid. Huge stone slabs flew in all directions. The Demon instantly flew upward above the explosion, but Trunks was not so lucky. He fell to his knees in exhaustion from overuse of energy, and couldn't dodge the stones flying at him.
They cut deep into his flesh, and impacted many of his sensitive spots. His funny bone seemed to explode with pain, and his lost feeling in his good arm. One stone hit him square in the forehead, and Trunks blacked out. The last image in his head was of the Lord of Nightmares laughing at him from high in the sky.
*****
The Lord of Nightmares flew over to where Gohan lay in the sand, still confined by the lightning bonds. The young boy looked up at him, a look of pure hate in his eyes.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" he asked the Demon.
"Don't you know?" was the response, "When I began to study magic, it somehow gained control over me. It made me evil, but it also made me powerful! Now I have the power to destroy the universe, and I aim to do just that!"
"You villains are all the same," said Gohan.
"Shut up you little brat!" snapped the Demon. He hit Gohan across the face with his fist. The little Saiyan then spat in his face. The Lord of Nightmares got mad then. Loosing his composure, his face screwed up and his eyes narrowed. He brought back his right hand and formed a glowing energy ball. Gohan's eyes went wide as he realized that he couldn't dodge or block the attack! The Demon screamed and started to bring his hand down, but just then, someone grabbed his wrist and stopped him. The Demon growled and turned to look at the one who held him. Gohan looked too.
It was Goku!
"D. . . daddy!" cried Gohan. Goku squeezed the Demon's wrist, making him cry out in pain. Then the full-grown Super Saiyan sent him flying with a roundhouse kick. He then bent down and placed his hands on the electric bonds that held Gohan and pulled. The bonds shattered and Gohan got to his feet. "What are you doing here?" he asked Goku, "I thought you were in heaven!" Goku smiled.
"I was," he said, "But I was wished back - by Vegeta."
Author's Note: Ha! Left you hanging there! I bet you never suspected Vegeta would come through for us, much less wish Goku back! Wa ha ha! Don't worry, this will all fit into the show's storyline in the end - Goku is supposed to be dead until the Buu saga, and some other stuff I need to iron out. Also, I know this chapter was kinda short, but I hope the constant fighting made up for it! Bye bye!
Both Saiyans charged at once - Gohan coming in on the left, and Trunks on the right. The Lord of Nightmares stood firm, confident that no matter what power they had obtained with their transformation, he would still overcome it and defeat them.
His attackers punched at the same time. The Demon crossed his arms over his face to block both blows. He began to fly backwards, in the same direction they charged. The super-powered Saiyans continued to unleash a dizzying furry of kicks and punches, but the Demon blocked all of them. Suddenly he leapt into the air, and his opponents' fists only hit air.
The Demon aimed both of his arms down at the ground and sent hundreds of small red beams flying. Trunks and Gohan dodged all of them and flew up past the Demon. Trunks held both of his hands together and brought them both down on the Demon's head, sending him flying toward the ground.
As he fell, he started to recover, Gohan flew down, and head butted him in the stomach. He then powered up and flew around the Demon's back and down to the ground. Gathering much of his energy into his hands, Gohan then used the powerful Masenko attack taught to him by Piccolo. A huge beam of yellow and purple energy slammed into the Demon's back, sending him flying upward towards Trunks, who fired his own beam back!
Then the Lord of Nightmares was caught between the two conflicting energy blasts. His cloak was immediately disintegrated and he was loosing strength fast. Then somehow he managed to gather just enough energy to throw around him as a shield. He extended both arms outward, deflecting both attacks to the side. They impacted the desert some distance away, making two huge craters.
He looked down at Gohan in anger, only to discover that the small Super Saiyan was no longer on the ground. He looked around in confusion, and a second later; Trunks planted a booted foot in his face. Gohan came up behind him and punched him five times in the spine. The Demon was stunned, but he managed to recover. He through up his energy shield again is desperation. The two fighters were thrown back and before they could recover, the Demon attacked.
Red fire lanced from the Lord of Nightmare's fingers. It impacted Trunks' chest and ate through his armor. It cracked and split in half, falling down to the desert floor. The fire then began to eat away at his jumpsuit. But luckily, two fists are much better than one. Gohan's hand came up violently and slammed the Demon's head forward. His face was pushed right into the same fire that he was firing. The Demon cried out in pain, then stopped shooting the fire. Trunks and Gohan both fired massive golden beams at the same time. They impacted the Demon, and threw him deep into the earth.
Trunks and Gohan looked down upon the crater, well aware that the Demon was still far from beaten. A huge explosion rocked the earth as red energy emerged from multiple points under the ground where the Demon was buried. The ground was suddenly ripped away and the Lord of Nightmare's was once again on his feet.
Trunks and Gohan flew down toward him, but the Demon was faster. He pointed his fingers outward and sent the red fire flying again. Both Saiyans were caught in the blast. The Demon could still see them through the fire, and he new each second they were immersed within it they lost strength.
But then, both Saiyans appeared on either side of him. Before he had time to understand why, two fists hit him on either side of his face, sending him flying backwards. He halted in mid-air. His opponents did the same.
"Just how did you escape from my inferno?" inquired the Demon, "I saw you in there at the same time you appeared beside me!" Gohan smiled.
"You assume that whatever you see is what is real," he said.
"Isn't it?" replied the Demon.
"Not when we move faster than light," said Trunks, "The image of us in the fire takes a certain amount of time to reach your eyes. We flew beside you so fast, that the image of your fire not hitting us didn't reach your eyes before we attacked!" He smiled, "That one was my idea." Then Gohan and Trunks both assumed fighting stances.
The Lord of Nightmares thought for a moment. He knew there was no way he could defeat the duo while they fought as a team - he had to split them up!
"Well boys, it's been fun, but now I'm going to have to fight you," he said. He didn't really mean it - he HAD been fighting at full power, but the comment distracted his opponents for the brief second he needed. The Demon gathered red lightning in both of his hands. Then he shot the electricity forward at Trunks.
"NOO!!!" cried Gohan. He jumped in front of Trunks, and took the attack head on. The lightning danced over all over his body, but he felt no pain. Instead, he felt nothing. His body suddenly went limp and he fell from the sky, paralyzed. Gohan thudded into the ground. He groaned and tried to move, but found he couldn't. The red lightning still danced over him, locking his hands behind his back, and holding his feet together.
"Heh heh he! Now it's just the two of us!" laughed the Demon. Trunks scowled at him. Their advantage was now gone, and Trunks wasn't sure how long he could fight the Demon leader one-on-one. He didn't want the Demon to realize he was afraid, so he attacked.
The Demon was slightly unprepared for the sudden attack, but he now held the advantage so he recovered quickly. He kneed Trunks in the stomach, which hurt him a lot because the fire there had hit him before. Realizing this, the Demon bent down and began punching his stomach multiple times. When he reached twenty hits, he extended his right leg and brought it around. The kick slammed into Trunks' side and sent him flying to the side.
Then the Lord of Nightmares was on him again. He came up from beneath Trunks, who was flying with his back parallel to the ground. The Demon nailed his left elbow into the Saiyan's back, which made him let out a cry of anguish, and sent him flying upward. Only three seconds later, he brought his foot down on Trunks' arm, breaking the bone within. The teen cried out again, his voice echoing throughout the desert. The Demon then extended his right arm and blasted a massive red beam into Trunks, who was sent into hundreds of feet into solid rock.
The Demon floated down to stand in front of the Great Pyramid. Before him, Trunks was crawling out of the crater, one hand clutched firmly on the forearm of his broken arm. The Demon roared with laughter,
"Not so tough now, are you?" he mocked, "Not without your little tag-team!"
"You seem so confident in your abilities, Demon," replied Trunks, "But let's see you survive this!" He took his one good arm and extended it straight outward. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate all of his energy into his hand. Small golden sparkles began to appear and slowly fly toward the glowing ball that had appeared and was rapidly expanding. "Here's a little something my father taught me!" yelled Trunks, "FINAL FLASH!!!!"
A truly massive beam of golden energy flew forward from Trunks' hand with blinding speed. Although it didn't touch the ground, the sands of the desert parted to let it pass. In fact, the earth beneath the beam cracked and exploded with its passing. Trunks' eyes were set on the Demon. He had put all of his energy into this attack! It had to hit him! Come on! Come on! Thought Trunks.
Then, in classic Matrix style, the Lord of Nightmares flung the top portion of his body back. His head was now facing the sky, and his back, the ground. The beam swept over him, only grazing the hairs on his chest. It slammed into the Great Pyramid behind him and exploded.
A huge golden ball of fire consumed much of the desert, totally ripping apart the pyramid. Huge stone slabs flew in all directions. The Demon instantly flew upward above the explosion, but Trunks was not so lucky. He fell to his knees in exhaustion from overuse of energy, and couldn't dodge the stones flying at him.
They cut deep into his flesh, and impacted many of his sensitive spots. His funny bone seemed to explode with pain, and his lost feeling in his good arm. One stone hit him square in the forehead, and Trunks blacked out. The last image in his head was of the Lord of Nightmares laughing at him from high in the sky.
*****
The Lord of Nightmares flew over to where Gohan lay in the sand, still confined by the lightning bonds. The young boy looked up at him, a look of pure hate in his eyes.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" he asked the Demon.
"Don't you know?" was the response, "When I began to study magic, it somehow gained control over me. It made me evil, but it also made me powerful! Now I have the power to destroy the universe, and I aim to do just that!"
"You villains are all the same," said Gohan.
"Shut up you little brat!" snapped the Demon. He hit Gohan across the face with his fist. The little Saiyan then spat in his face. The Lord of Nightmares got mad then. Loosing his composure, his face screwed up and his eyes narrowed. He brought back his right hand and formed a glowing energy ball. Gohan's eyes went wide as he realized that he couldn't dodge or block the attack! The Demon screamed and started to bring his hand down, but just then, someone grabbed his wrist and stopped him. The Demon growled and turned to look at the one who held him. Gohan looked too.
It was Goku!
"D. . . daddy!" cried Gohan. Goku squeezed the Demon's wrist, making him cry out in pain. Then the full-grown Super Saiyan sent him flying with a roundhouse kick. He then bent down and placed his hands on the electric bonds that held Gohan and pulled. The bonds shattered and Gohan got to his feet. "What are you doing here?" he asked Goku, "I thought you were in heaven!" Goku smiled.
"I was," he said, "But I was wished back - by Vegeta."
Author's Note: Ha! Left you hanging there! I bet you never suspected Vegeta would come through for us, much less wish Goku back! Wa ha ha! Don't worry, this will all fit into the show's storyline in the end - Goku is supposed to be dead until the Buu saga, and some other stuff I need to iron out. Also, I know this chapter was kinda short, but I hope the constant fighting made up for it! Bye bye!