Epilogue
A nightmare. That is all he could have said about it. Nothing but an endless nightmare that happened to have become reality, one he had no power over. Right now, all Gohan could see was darkness. It was not always like that although.
"I could see what was going on."
When Gohan was taken over by Cell, he had wasted most of his energy to get him out. It did not work, and even worse, he found that he could see and hear what Cell was doing with his body. Every action Cell took against his family and friends, he knew about it, and he could do nothing. He could not talk or control any aspect of the actions of his own body.
"Sheer torture. That's what it was. I could see the injuries my body inflicted on them. I could even feel that stoking of my brother's cheek."
Now, he felt noting. He remembered his father talking about his loved one's energy not harming him but harming Cell. After that, darkness. It was as if he had slipped into a comma. Then he could feel. At first, he thought it was a delusion, but he could feel a definite sensation. It was coming from his right, a very pleasurable one at that. He felt something move, his fingers. The pleasurable feeling came from something foreign although. It was rubbing his hand with a very delicate touch, obviously feminine. Then he heard a voice.
"Hey, guys! He's moving! I think he's waking up!"
"Something familiar about that voice…Videl. Yes. She's rubbing my hand. Maybe I'll just stay like this for a little while longer."
He heard footsteps coming from his left. Once they stopped, he heard more voices.
"Oh. My baby is waking up."
"Mom."
"Come on, Gohan."
"Dad."
"Gohan, wake up."
"Goten."
Finally, feeling came back to his whole body. He could feel everything. He started to open his eyes, as he looked at all his loved ones over him.
"Uhhh. Hi, guys."
He looked up to the people he cared about, and did the same in return: Goku, Chi-Chi, Goten, Videl, Bulma, and Trunks. He saw could see a window what made it clear it was late into the night. He then realized he was lying down in a bed. He scooted up and put his back to the beds.
"Gohan!" Goten flew up and tightly hugged his older brother.
"Hey!" Gohan responded. "I'm glad to see you too, bro."
"Gohan," Chi-Chi said, "Are you all right?"
Gohan looked towards the others and responded, "Yeah. Am I in the hospital?"
"Yeah, son," Goku answered, "You've been here for a couple of days since we defeated Cell. It turns out…"
"Yes, dad. I know what happened," Gohan confirmed.
He started to pick up energy patters around the room he was in and just out side it; Piccolo stepped in.
"Are you all right?" the Namek asked.
"Yeah."
"Good. I'm glad to hear it," Piccolo said with a smirk. Gohan looked to the door way and made out Vegeta with his back against the wall in his usual cross-armed, serious stand.
"Gohan," Videl said, "I'm so glad to know that you're all right."
"Thanks, Videl."
"You know," Chi-Chi began, "Videl would make a good companion for you, Gohan. She sat by your side all this time. Maybe you two should take some time off together."
Gohan just blushed at the idea.
"Thank you every one."
"For what?" Trunks asked.
"For helping me. You could have just destroyed my body, but you risked your lives and even gave me some of your energy."
"That's what people who love you do, Gohan," Goku responded, "And, to tell you the truth, we couldn't kill you if we had to."
Gohan smiled at the response. A beam of light entered the room through a window. All of them looked towards it, and saw it looked very much like morning.
The End.
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