Mild cursing in here. I'm letting my writing take me where it wants to go. Beware!

Gohan was drifting within darkness, a swallowing barrier that threatened to take his body whole. It suffocated him, squeezed his wreck body and gave him barely enough time to breathe. He was sure that the only thing that was keeping him intact was the burning power deep inside him, just below his heart. It pounded inside him, just like the darkness, and grew more persistent every time it gave a heart full squeeze.

Gohan wondered if his power would keep him alive through this one fatal battle.

The boy opened his eyes and immediately shut them as darkness swirled and tried to get in. Damnit! That was the last draw. The squeezing of the darkness, the angry hits against his eyes as it tries to get inside him.

Gohan began to panic.

He wanted to scream bloody murder, but the darkness would enter. He wanted to open his eyes and see his fate, but dared not for the consequences. He wanted to fight back, but found his strength leaving him in folds. Maybe the Legendary wasn't so strong after all.

Maybe the Legendary was just that. A Legend.

*****

Goku gave a mad battle cry as he powered up, reaching SSJ 2 with Vegeta.

" KA…MA….HA….MA….HAAAAAA!!!!!"

" GALIT GUN FIRE!!!!"

The two attacks swarm with electric power as they headed for their destination: Fog. Gold merged with blue and finally hit the black, disappearing within the mist.

Piccolo was behind Fog, charging up his own attack with a dark blue aura surrounding his tense body. Sweat glided down his forehead and his eyes were tightly closed in concentration. He felt the powerful attacks leave Goku and Vegeta and concentrated on their target, hoping for its immense and growing power to cease.

Funny thing was, it didn't.

And the attacks were still moving…

Piccolo's eyes snapped open and just in time, as a blue and gold attack nearly struck him dead on. Luckily, he had dodged to the side in time, his black gi pants catching the ki a bit. It burnt his green skin, nothing serious.

Piccolo looked at Fog, trying to figure out what had gone wrong. Maybe Fog had moved and missed the attacks. But that was simply impossible, Fog was way to large to do such an incredible feat. So how did the attacks get through him and-

Wait a moment. Through him! Of course! The attacks went straight through his body! It didn't even harm the son of a bitch and had nearly taken his head off.

' Goku, Vegeta!' Piccolo spoke telepathically, thanks to Kami. ' Save your power! It goes right through him; he's not even getting harmed. It looks like we'll have to go in there manually to get Gohan back.'

*****

" Gohan."

Gohan's eyebrows fell heavily over his eyes in concentration. He would call out to that voice, but it was impossible since the darkness clouded him in.

" Gohan, please answer me."

That voice was so familiar. It was kind and gentle. But it had a hard tone too, that of authority and yelling. He had grown up around that voice, when he had scraped his knee, it was there. When he had gone to bed, it was there…It was…

Mother?

" Gohan, its me."

MOTHER!