Gohan woke up his head throbbing. He noticed an unfamiliar weight about his neck. He reached up to see what it was. It felt like a collar made out of some kind of metal. Next he attempted to pull it off but failed 'Thats strange' he thought to himself...he should be able to break thin metal like this easily. He looked around the room, he was lying on a hard uncomfortable bed...there was little else in the room, except for a plain wooden chair. The walls were rough and uneven and the floor was made of stone. The only light hung from the ceiling casting a gloomy lightaround the room. The door was unusual though, it was made out of a dark grey metal and there was a control panel on the wall near it. There was a 'whoosh' sound and the door slid open. Seventeen entered teh room. Gohan stood up ready to fight, he should be able to take Seventeen easy and this time he was prepared!

Seventeen looked at the young boy as he lowered into a fighting stance and smirked. He then preceded to walk over to Gohan, determined to find out if his invention worked or not. Gohan drew back and punched. Seventeen easily caught his hand 'Yes!' it works he thought delightfully. Gohan tried another punch with his other hand but Seventeen caught that one too. He grinned at the look of astonishment on Gohans facewhich quickly turned to a look of sheer panic. gohan tried to pull his hand from Seventeens grasp but the android held tight. Gohan gave one enormous tug just as Seventeen left go of his hands and he flew back landing in a heap on the floor. Seventeen took a step towards him and the terrified teen backed away. Seventeen watched as Gohan fell and scrambled away from him. he looked like a caged animal

Gohans breathing was coming in sharp terrified breaths and his heart was thrashing against his ribcage. he was petrified! He couldnt understand what was happening, his punches hadnt even phased Seventeen. His strenght was gone! He was trapped. He watched Seventeen sneer down at him.
"Do you know whats happening Gohan?" Seventeen asked. Gohan gulped and shook his head
"This collar lowers your chi until its almost undetectable" Gohans mouth dropped open when he heard the explanation.
"So..." Seventeen said and he leaned down until his face was level with Gohans "that means you're mine and theres nothing your pathetic weakling friends can do to help you!" Gohan looked away his lower lip trembling. Seventeens words had stung but mainly because he knew that they were true. Seventeen grabbed his chin and forced the boy to look at him.

The boys face had paled considerably and he seemed to be on the verge of tears.
"Maybe we should give your mother a ring soon" he said sarcastically "she must be worried sick" Gohan looked pleadingly at Seventeen, he didnt want his family to be drawn into this. Seventeen watched the boys ebony eyes as they loooked directly into his own blue. The eyes looked so innocent that nobody would believe that this boy had single-handedly defeated Cell.

Gohan watched as Seventeen left. Then e noticed that he was still only wearing his boxers from his swimming trip earlier that day. Now that he thought about it he was pretty cold. He pulled his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them trying in vain to warm up. he laid his forehead on his knees as he tried to think 'What would Goku, his father, do in a situation like this?' At the thought of his father Gohan remembered the dream from the previous night. He hated himself so much for what had happened to his father. It had been his fault that his father had died and up till the last second Goku had never lost faith in him...he remembered Goku telling him what a good job he had done and how proud of him he was...'and how did I repay him...I killed him with my own ignorance and stupidity' Gohan thought bitterly as a tear rolled down his pale cheek