An Old And Dangerous Person Part 16
Disclaimer- Never owned 'em, probably never will.
Note- one thing to say. I've gotten anonymous emails saying I'm an 'interesting fella' or referring
to me as 'he' or 'him' but, I'm a girl. Don't get me wrong, I love those emails. They always say
good things. And I'm quite flattered- I've always been a bit of a tomboy. Maybe it was my choice
in alias, or perhaps my writing style. Whatever it was- I'm a girl. Just had to clear it up. ^_^
now, onward!
"You're sure he'll be all right?"
"You've been asking me the same question for about a month."
"I know- it's just that Chichi..."
"Say no more. Well, the attacks are becoming less frequant, but we have yet to see who
won." There was a worried sigh. "Don't worry, Goku. Gohan's a tough one to beat. I'm sure he'll
pull through." Bulma gave Goku a reassuring smile and he left to tell Chi chi the news. Bulma
had moved all the work usually done in the labortories to the hospital wings at Capsule Corps. in
order to watch over Gohan...or Ice. No one was sure who it was, though it was looking like Ice
right now. That is to say, it looked like Gohan, but you could tell it was Ice by a scowl. And
those who could sense Ki knew it was Ice as well. Though there had been some doubt the
first few days....
~*FlAsHbAcK*~
Vegeta had blown up Freiza's ship along with Freiza, Kold, and Koola. The ship was reduced
to atoms, and there was no way anyone could've surrvived it. When the three warriors escaped the
ship, Goku carrying a still unconcious Ice\Gohan, they were surprised to see Earth still intact.
Seconds before Vegita disposed of the ship, Goku saw the reason for this saving grace. The West
wing of the ship was missing. It looked like it was blown up from the inside. That wing just also
happened to host many of the weapons and elite soldiers, Vegita informed them later. And they
were so busy with their plans, they didn't do it themselves- though probobly would've had they
gotten around to it.
Anyhoo- they all returned to Earth and headed straight toward the Capsule Corp. Bulma took
one look at Gohan and decided that they shouldn't entrust any hospital with him, just in case he
woke up as Ice again. Piccolo had slowly faded away from the scene, though Goku got the feeling
he was still there. Well, Chi chi was there of course and she fainted on the spot at seeing Gohan
unconcious. They took him to the hospital wing to wait for him to wake up, all sure that this was
indeed Gohan. All sure, that is, except Piccolo.
Piccolo hovered above the buildings of Capsule Corp and listened intently for a scream from
Bulma, or maybe Chi chi if she woke up. Those fools had forgotten that, unless he was powered up,
Ice looked exactly like Gohan, with only a slight, miniscule difference in Ki which could only be
detected if you were looking for it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!" A high pitched scream that could only be Bulma's found its way to
Piccolo's ears. He grinned as Ice came tearing out of the building. He had powered up and flew
out of there as fast as possible, but Piccolo was waiting and caught him just as he took to the
air. Ice struggled to get out of the Namek's grip, but failed. Piccolo took him back inside and
handed him over to Goku and left, for real this time. Ice soon exhausted himself trying to get away
from Goku and fell limp again. This time Bulma put restraints on him after lying him on the table,
just in case this happened again. And it did. Every time the boy woke up, he woke as Ice. Each
time, Goku was called and he came rushing over just in case Ice broke the restraints. Each time,
Goku tried to talk to him. To tell him that Freiza was gone and he didn't serve the tyrant any longer.
Each time Ice refused to listen.
They had, of course, tried the Dragon Balls, but as it turned out, The Dream Gas that
had originally poisoned Gohan's mind was created thousands of years before by the eternal dragon
of Namek as the result of an evil Namek's wish. Eventually the Dream gas fell into Freiza's
hands. The Earth's eternal Dragon could do nothing to reverse the effects.
It came to a point where Goku was at the Capsule Corp nearly all hours of the day. He and
Vegeta would spar heavily, pausing only to eat or if Ice woke up. Chi chi came too, in order to help
Bulma out around the house, as her pregnancy was entering its third month. The only sign of any
improvment of the situation was that Ice's awakenings were becoming fewer and fewer. But Gohan hadn't
emerged at all. Goku sometimes secretly wondered that if Ice stopped emerging, would Gohan come
around at all? Or would the body of his son just lay there, as though lifeless. He never mentioned
this to Chi chi for obvious reasons, but Goku had to let his emotions out somehow. So he did
what most Saiyens did when something was bothering them; He faught. Long and hard, sometimes well
into the night. Some of these sparing matches became so intense at points that even Vegeta could
see something wrong. The Saiyen Prince would even have to call time outs so he could avoid
getting killed by accident. and that brings us to the present with Bulma three months pregnant,
Goku and Vegeta training harder than ever, Chi chi going insane (short drive) and Gohan having yet
to show himself.
~*EnD fLaShBaCk*~
Bulma sat rifling through paper work looking for a particular document. She was in the
hospital wing with Ice\Gohan and Chi chi was fixing lunch for two the two Saiyens, Bulma and
herself. She was making alot more than usual (if you can imagine that) because Bulma now had the
appetite of a Saiyen. It seemed the baby within her would definitely be blessed with the Saiyen
hunger gene.
'Oh, there it is' Bulma thought as she bent to pick up a fallen paper. There was a groan
and as she stood up she saw Ice's- or was it Gohan's- eyes open slowly.
"Gok-" she started to say, but before she finished, Goku was standing in the doorway. He
walked over to where his son lay, but it was still Ice. He had an extremely calm look on his face
like he had just had an epiphany.
"Freiza is dead." He said mostly to himself. Goku nodded in confirmation. "I made a vow.
I would serve Freiza until his last soldier was dead. Release me, father. I no longer bear a grudge
against you." Ice's face was so placid, that Goku believed he really had forgotten the lie Freiza
told him and he undid the restraints. Ice sat up and looked around. "I vowed to serve him until his
last soldier was dead. But there is one more. It is he who I must serve."
"Oh no-"
"You can't mean-" just then, Vegeta walked in with an annoyed look on his face. He had
just been chased out of the living room by Chi chi with a vacuum. Ice jumped off the bed and knelt
before him.
lousy place to stop, I know. I also know I promised this would be the last part, but I had a great
idea. I read my comments- one from mars and one from barbo-chan - Mars said she liked both Ice
and Gohan. Barbo-chan said she wanted Ice to win. And so, taking my *only two commenter's* (hint
hint) comments to heart, I developed a new ending. The original had Gohan waking up all hunky-dory
and they all lived happily ever after. But this is *so* much more interesting, wouldn't you say?
I thought so. So thanks you two, for the great idea and commenting. and to the rest of you- PLEASE!
PLEASE, you're killing me here! COMMENT! and anyone who commented on any of my other stories, thank you
as well. ^_^ so, till next time- toodles!
~mysticGohan33~
Disclaimer- Never owned 'em, probably never will.
Note- one thing to say. I've gotten anonymous emails saying I'm an 'interesting fella' or referring
to me as 'he' or 'him' but, I'm a girl. Don't get me wrong, I love those emails. They always say
good things. And I'm quite flattered- I've always been a bit of a tomboy. Maybe it was my choice
in alias, or perhaps my writing style. Whatever it was- I'm a girl. Just had to clear it up. ^_^
now, onward!
"You're sure he'll be all right?"
"You've been asking me the same question for about a month."
"I know- it's just that Chichi..."
"Say no more. Well, the attacks are becoming less frequant, but we have yet to see who
won." There was a worried sigh. "Don't worry, Goku. Gohan's a tough one to beat. I'm sure he'll
pull through." Bulma gave Goku a reassuring smile and he left to tell Chi chi the news. Bulma
had moved all the work usually done in the labortories to the hospital wings at Capsule Corps. in
order to watch over Gohan...or Ice. No one was sure who it was, though it was looking like Ice
right now. That is to say, it looked like Gohan, but you could tell it was Ice by a scowl. And
those who could sense Ki knew it was Ice as well. Though there had been some doubt the
first few days....
~*FlAsHbAcK*~
Vegeta had blown up Freiza's ship along with Freiza, Kold, and Koola. The ship was reduced
to atoms, and there was no way anyone could've surrvived it. When the three warriors escaped the
ship, Goku carrying a still unconcious Ice\Gohan, they were surprised to see Earth still intact.
Seconds before Vegita disposed of the ship, Goku saw the reason for this saving grace. The West
wing of the ship was missing. It looked like it was blown up from the inside. That wing just also
happened to host many of the weapons and elite soldiers, Vegita informed them later. And they
were so busy with their plans, they didn't do it themselves- though probobly would've had they
gotten around to it.
Anyhoo- they all returned to Earth and headed straight toward the Capsule Corp. Bulma took
one look at Gohan and decided that they shouldn't entrust any hospital with him, just in case he
woke up as Ice again. Piccolo had slowly faded away from the scene, though Goku got the feeling
he was still there. Well, Chi chi was there of course and she fainted on the spot at seeing Gohan
unconcious. They took him to the hospital wing to wait for him to wake up, all sure that this was
indeed Gohan. All sure, that is, except Piccolo.
Piccolo hovered above the buildings of Capsule Corp and listened intently for a scream from
Bulma, or maybe Chi chi if she woke up. Those fools had forgotten that, unless he was powered up,
Ice looked exactly like Gohan, with only a slight, miniscule difference in Ki which could only be
detected if you were looking for it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!" A high pitched scream that could only be Bulma's found its way to
Piccolo's ears. He grinned as Ice came tearing out of the building. He had powered up and flew
out of there as fast as possible, but Piccolo was waiting and caught him just as he took to the
air. Ice struggled to get out of the Namek's grip, but failed. Piccolo took him back inside and
handed him over to Goku and left, for real this time. Ice soon exhausted himself trying to get away
from Goku and fell limp again. This time Bulma put restraints on him after lying him on the table,
just in case this happened again. And it did. Every time the boy woke up, he woke as Ice. Each
time, Goku was called and he came rushing over just in case Ice broke the restraints. Each time,
Goku tried to talk to him. To tell him that Freiza was gone and he didn't serve the tyrant any longer.
Each time Ice refused to listen.
They had, of course, tried the Dragon Balls, but as it turned out, The Dream Gas that
had originally poisoned Gohan's mind was created thousands of years before by the eternal dragon
of Namek as the result of an evil Namek's wish. Eventually the Dream gas fell into Freiza's
hands. The Earth's eternal Dragon could do nothing to reverse the effects.
It came to a point where Goku was at the Capsule Corp nearly all hours of the day. He and
Vegeta would spar heavily, pausing only to eat or if Ice woke up. Chi chi came too, in order to help
Bulma out around the house, as her pregnancy was entering its third month. The only sign of any
improvment of the situation was that Ice's awakenings were becoming fewer and fewer. But Gohan hadn't
emerged at all. Goku sometimes secretly wondered that if Ice stopped emerging, would Gohan come
around at all? Or would the body of his son just lay there, as though lifeless. He never mentioned
this to Chi chi for obvious reasons, but Goku had to let his emotions out somehow. So he did
what most Saiyens did when something was bothering them; He faught. Long and hard, sometimes well
into the night. Some of these sparing matches became so intense at points that even Vegeta could
see something wrong. The Saiyen Prince would even have to call time outs so he could avoid
getting killed by accident. and that brings us to the present with Bulma three months pregnant,
Goku and Vegeta training harder than ever, Chi chi going insane (short drive) and Gohan having yet
to show himself.
~*EnD fLaShBaCk*~
Bulma sat rifling through paper work looking for a particular document. She was in the
hospital wing with Ice\Gohan and Chi chi was fixing lunch for two the two Saiyens, Bulma and
herself. She was making alot more than usual (if you can imagine that) because Bulma now had the
appetite of a Saiyen. It seemed the baby within her would definitely be blessed with the Saiyen
hunger gene.
'Oh, there it is' Bulma thought as she bent to pick up a fallen paper. There was a groan
and as she stood up she saw Ice's- or was it Gohan's- eyes open slowly.
"Gok-" she started to say, but before she finished, Goku was standing in the doorway. He
walked over to where his son lay, but it was still Ice. He had an extremely calm look on his face
like he had just had an epiphany.
"Freiza is dead." He said mostly to himself. Goku nodded in confirmation. "I made a vow.
I would serve Freiza until his last soldier was dead. Release me, father. I no longer bear a grudge
against you." Ice's face was so placid, that Goku believed he really had forgotten the lie Freiza
told him and he undid the restraints. Ice sat up and looked around. "I vowed to serve him until his
last soldier was dead. But there is one more. It is he who I must serve."
"Oh no-"
"You can't mean-" just then, Vegeta walked in with an annoyed look on his face. He had
just been chased out of the living room by Chi chi with a vacuum. Ice jumped off the bed and knelt
before him.
lousy place to stop, I know. I also know I promised this would be the last part, but I had a great
idea. I read my comments- one from mars and one from barbo-chan - Mars said she liked both Ice
and Gohan. Barbo-chan said she wanted Ice to win. And so, taking my *only two commenter's* (hint
hint) comments to heart, I developed a new ending. The original had Gohan waking up all hunky-dory
and they all lived happily ever after. But this is *so* much more interesting, wouldn't you say?
I thought so. So thanks you two, for the great idea and commenting. and to the rest of you- PLEASE!
PLEASE, you're killing me here! COMMENT! and anyone who commented on any of my other stories, thank you
as well. ^_^ so, till next time- toodles!
~mysticGohan33~