Chapter 5: The Ultimate Challenge
Author: Neoguy23
"Man those ancient warriors really didn't want anyone to find their way through here easily." Yamcha thought.
He had been running for a long time but he thought he could hear some kind of struggle ahead. He turned the corner and saw what had been happening. Vegeta was killing Bulma!
"Bulma? What are you doing here?" Yamcha said.
"Yamcha! Help! He's gonna kill me and the baby!" Bulma screamed.
"Vegeta, don't you care about them at all?" Yamcha asked.
"Of course I do, that's why I'm going to set them free of their cursed existence!" Vegeta yelled. Then Vegeta raised his hand and fired a large blast that consumed both Bulma and baby Trunks.
"NOOOOO!!!! How could you Vegeta?!" Yamcha said in anger.
"Now it's your turn!" Vegeta said as he turned on Yamcha. Vegeta fired an energy blast that enveloped Yamcha. Everything then went black to Yamcha as he passed out.
"Daddy, this tunnel sure is long." Gohan observed.
"I know Gohan. I wonder how much further we have to go." Goku said.
Just then the passageway they were walking through spilt two ways.
"Oh great." Goku said. "You take the right path, Gohan, and I'll take the left."
"OK." Gohan said.
Then they both spilt up and headed their seperate ways.
"I hope he'll be okay without me." They both thought.
After Gohan had run for a while he looked back to see how far he had gone. And then, WHHHAAAAMMM!!! Gohan ran into something that was sturdy and strong, yet lifelike. It was Piccolo. (Author's note:This really is Piccolo)
"Mr. Piccolo!!" Gohan said joyously.
"Gohan? How did you get here? Where's Goku?" Piccolo asked.
"We seperated a while back. Are you okay Mr. Piccolo?" Gohan asked.
"I've been hit harder than that Gohan. Don't worry about me." Piccolo answered.
Just then they heard a sound coming from further ahead in the tunnel.
A couple seconds later they saw it. A horde of shadow-like demons was coming at the both of them.
"Gohan, get ready." Piccolo said.
"Right." Gohan said.
They both tried to power up but found that they couldn't. Then the demons attacked them both.
"Gohan!!" Piccolo yelled.
"Mr.Piccolo!!" Gohan yelled back.
Then Piccolo saw one of the demons raise its sword and stab Gohan right through the heart. Through Gohan's eyes, it looked as though the same had happened to Piccolo.
"NOO!! GOHAN!!!!!" Piccolo screamed before he fainted.
"MR. PICCOLO!!!!" Gohan yelled as he blacked out.
"Now for the last one." Tomek said evily.
"Man I hope there's a hot dog stand nearby." Goku said hopefully.
Just then everything suddenly changed. He was outside, but everything was either destroyed or burnt to a crisp.
"Oh man. What happened?" Goku said.
Just then he saw someone lying on the ground. As he got closer he noticed more and more bodies. When he got close enough to see who they were, he couldn't believe what he saw. It was all his friends and family. Chi-Chi, Gohan, Piccolo, Yamcha, Vegeta, Tien, Choutzu, Krillen, Bulma and baby Trunks.
"Oh no!" Goku said. "Who did this?!"
Just then a mysterious person in a cloak appeared.
"I know who did it Goku." The cloaked stranger said.
"How do you know my name?" Goku asked.
"Let's just say that I know a lot." The stranger said.
"You said you know who did this." Goku said seriously. "Who is it? Tell me!"
"If you want to know go to the top of that cliff." The stranger said.
Goku flew to the top of the cliff and saw the cloaked man.
"Well, who did this!?" Goku demanded.
"It was I." Said the cloaked being. Goku noticed something familiar about his voice.
"Who are you?" Goku asked.
The man took off his cloak. Goku gasped, it was a person dressed in Saiyan battle armor. It was an oddly familar man. Then it hit him. It was himself! As a Super-Saiyin.
"What? What's going on? You can't be me?" Goku said in disbelief.
"Are you sure?" The evil Goku said. "How can you be sure that one day you won't become me?"
"I'm not sure." Goku said. "But I know that I would never do this. Don't I?"
Goku's vision began to get darker and darker and just when he was about to collapse he remembered King Kai's warning.
"Tomek gets his power from the fear of others, and he can easily get this power by making you see your worst fear."
"Your not real!" Goku kept repeating. "Your not real!!!!!!"
Just then everything dissapeared. The bodies, the cliff, the horizon, it was all gone.
Everything except for the Evil Goku.
"Your very good Goku." Tomek said. "I don't think I've had a victim that's been able to survive before."
"It was you, you caused this." Goku said.
"Yes, and you were right, that was not real, but it might as well have been." Tomek said.
"What do you mean 'It might as well have been'?" Goku asked.
"Well your friends and son aren't technically dead, but I doubt they'll ever wake up." Tomek said with delight.
"What did you do to them?" Goku asked.
"The same thing I did to you, but they weren't as strong as you, so they succumbed to my power." Tomek said.
"What do you mean." Goku said.
"When I show someone their worse fear, I don't only absorb the power of their fear, I absorb their soul as well. And as long as I live, they won't wake up. There bodies will soon waste away." Tomek answered.
"Then I guess your going to have to die, demon!" Goku said angrily.
"HA HA HA HA HA! So its a fight you want eh? Very well. Let's make it interesting." Tomek said. "I scanned your mind Goku. You have fought many battles and defeated many enemies. But.....Can you beat yourself!?!?"
With that last remark, Tomek assimalated into the evil Goku clone. Goku gave a loud battle cry and sped towards the fight. He knew he needed to win. There would be no room for failure.
Author: Neoguy23
"Man those ancient warriors really didn't want anyone to find their way through here easily." Yamcha thought.
He had been running for a long time but he thought he could hear some kind of struggle ahead. He turned the corner and saw what had been happening. Vegeta was killing Bulma!
"Bulma? What are you doing here?" Yamcha said.
"Yamcha! Help! He's gonna kill me and the baby!" Bulma screamed.
"Vegeta, don't you care about them at all?" Yamcha asked.
"Of course I do, that's why I'm going to set them free of their cursed existence!" Vegeta yelled. Then Vegeta raised his hand and fired a large blast that consumed both Bulma and baby Trunks.
"NOOOOO!!!! How could you Vegeta?!" Yamcha said in anger.
"Now it's your turn!" Vegeta said as he turned on Yamcha. Vegeta fired an energy blast that enveloped Yamcha. Everything then went black to Yamcha as he passed out.
"Daddy, this tunnel sure is long." Gohan observed.
"I know Gohan. I wonder how much further we have to go." Goku said.
Just then the passageway they were walking through spilt two ways.
"Oh great." Goku said. "You take the right path, Gohan, and I'll take the left."
"OK." Gohan said.
Then they both spilt up and headed their seperate ways.
"I hope he'll be okay without me." They both thought.
After Gohan had run for a while he looked back to see how far he had gone. And then, WHHHAAAAMMM!!! Gohan ran into something that was sturdy and strong, yet lifelike. It was Piccolo. (Author's note:This really is Piccolo)
"Mr. Piccolo!!" Gohan said joyously.
"Gohan? How did you get here? Where's Goku?" Piccolo asked.
"We seperated a while back. Are you okay Mr. Piccolo?" Gohan asked.
"I've been hit harder than that Gohan. Don't worry about me." Piccolo answered.
Just then they heard a sound coming from further ahead in the tunnel.
A couple seconds later they saw it. A horde of shadow-like demons was coming at the both of them.
"Gohan, get ready." Piccolo said.
"Right." Gohan said.
They both tried to power up but found that they couldn't. Then the demons attacked them both.
"Gohan!!" Piccolo yelled.
"Mr.Piccolo!!" Gohan yelled back.
Then Piccolo saw one of the demons raise its sword and stab Gohan right through the heart. Through Gohan's eyes, it looked as though the same had happened to Piccolo.
"NOO!! GOHAN!!!!!" Piccolo screamed before he fainted.
"MR. PICCOLO!!!!" Gohan yelled as he blacked out.
"Now for the last one." Tomek said evily.
"Man I hope there's a hot dog stand nearby." Goku said hopefully.
Just then everything suddenly changed. He was outside, but everything was either destroyed or burnt to a crisp.
"Oh man. What happened?" Goku said.
Just then he saw someone lying on the ground. As he got closer he noticed more and more bodies. When he got close enough to see who they were, he couldn't believe what he saw. It was all his friends and family. Chi-Chi, Gohan, Piccolo, Yamcha, Vegeta, Tien, Choutzu, Krillen, Bulma and baby Trunks.
"Oh no!" Goku said. "Who did this?!"
Just then a mysterious person in a cloak appeared.
"I know who did it Goku." The cloaked stranger said.
"How do you know my name?" Goku asked.
"Let's just say that I know a lot." The stranger said.
"You said you know who did this." Goku said seriously. "Who is it? Tell me!"
"If you want to know go to the top of that cliff." The stranger said.
Goku flew to the top of the cliff and saw the cloaked man.
"Well, who did this!?" Goku demanded.
"It was I." Said the cloaked being. Goku noticed something familiar about his voice.
"Who are you?" Goku asked.
The man took off his cloak. Goku gasped, it was a person dressed in Saiyan battle armor. It was an oddly familar man. Then it hit him. It was himself! As a Super-Saiyin.
"What? What's going on? You can't be me?" Goku said in disbelief.
"Are you sure?" The evil Goku said. "How can you be sure that one day you won't become me?"
"I'm not sure." Goku said. "But I know that I would never do this. Don't I?"
Goku's vision began to get darker and darker and just when he was about to collapse he remembered King Kai's warning.
"Tomek gets his power from the fear of others, and he can easily get this power by making you see your worst fear."
"Your not real!" Goku kept repeating. "Your not real!!!!!!"
Just then everything dissapeared. The bodies, the cliff, the horizon, it was all gone.
Everything except for the Evil Goku.
"Your very good Goku." Tomek said. "I don't think I've had a victim that's been able to survive before."
"It was you, you caused this." Goku said.
"Yes, and you were right, that was not real, but it might as well have been." Tomek said.
"What do you mean 'It might as well have been'?" Goku asked.
"Well your friends and son aren't technically dead, but I doubt they'll ever wake up." Tomek said with delight.
"What did you do to them?" Goku asked.
"The same thing I did to you, but they weren't as strong as you, so they succumbed to my power." Tomek said.
"What do you mean." Goku said.
"When I show someone their worse fear, I don't only absorb the power of their fear, I absorb their soul as well. And as long as I live, they won't wake up. There bodies will soon waste away." Tomek answered.
"Then I guess your going to have to die, demon!" Goku said angrily.
"HA HA HA HA HA! So its a fight you want eh? Very well. Let's make it interesting." Tomek said. "I scanned your mind Goku. You have fought many battles and defeated many enemies. But.....Can you beat yourself!?!?"
With that last remark, Tomek assimalated into the evil Goku clone. Goku gave a loud battle cry and sped towards the fight. He knew he needed to win. There would be no room for failure.