"Well, aren't we mouthy?" Krillin asked. "Krillin..." Goku warned. Kendle
grinned at him. "I think we need help," Kendle decided. "What?" Goku asked.
"We need help," she repeated. "Who?" "Well, I think we could use two more
people." "Who do you have in mind?" "Trunks and Goten." "But you said you
don't want the little kids fighting." "I don't. They won't. I think Byra
needs to go back and get them from the future." "How old are they, then?"
"Well, Trunks is 20 and Goten is 18. They can help. I'm almost positive
that they are the strongest in there timeline, next to Gohan who is in his
mid 20's at the time." "Well, will we have time? I mean we just blew up the
base!" "No, we won't have time to wait for them. But, we need to start and
send Byra off to get them," she turned to Byra. "Can I count on you?" She
nodded and pushed a button on her watch. A white glow formed around her and
she gave a thumbs up sign. A second later there was a blinding white flash
and she was gone. Kendle looked at the base. "I'm worried. Why haven't more
come after us?" "I don't know," Gohan said. "I think-" Both Kendle and
Vegeta started. "Go ahead," she said. "I say we storm the stupid thing!" "I
was going to suggest something similar. Some of us should go in and lure
them out and some should wait outside." "Well, then, who's going where?"
Krillin asked. "Well, I'm gonna go in-" she said. "No you're not," Goku cut
her off. "Excuse me?" "I said you're not. I'm only gonna agree to let you
help if you don't make and offensive, head-on attacks." She opened her
mouth to say something. "Don't start," he said dismissively. She sighed.
"Fine, I'll stay out here, with, Rose, Yamcha, Kyra, and-" she sighed.
"Krillin." Goku laughed. Everyone looked at him. "What?" "Are you ready?"
she asked. They nodded. "Be careful," Rose whispered to Gohan. He nodded.
"Ditto," Kendle said and grinned at Goku. "If you not back in 30 minutes,
we're coming after you." "Fair enough," he said. "Ready?" he asked Gohan.
He nodded. They all walked to the mouth of the hole. Goku swallowed and
jumped into the hole. Gohan and the others followed. "Be careful," Kendle
and Rose whispered.
Those who had been left behind were growing restless and worried. At least 20 minutes had past. Then there was a yell. A boy's voice. "Kendle..." Kyra said. She turned around. Kyra's hand was fading like her's had before. "Gohan!" Rose yelled. She was about to jump after him but, Kendle grabbed her. "You can't!" "Why?!" she demanded. "Because if you go down and get hurt, it'll just cause him more pain!" Kendle was struggling to hold her back. "Let me go!" she said, crying. Kendle was forced to put Rose in a strangle hold. Rose collapsed backward and Kendle caught her. "Heads up!!!" someone called from the hole. They all backed away. A blur exploded from the hole. They all looked up. Goku looked back at them. "Mission accomplished!" He was a Super Saiyan. Two more blurs burst from the exploded fort. Super Saiyan Vegeta and Gohan stopped next to Goku. "He's OK!" Rose whispered. He had a cut from his temple to his chin, but other then that he was fine. Krillin and 18 came next. "They're coming!" 18 exclaimed. With that a Andriod came after them. Five more followed. "Get ready!" Goku screamed at them. "Let's get ready to kick some serious Andriod ass!" Gohan yelped as he landed. Goku laughed and the rest landed and helped the fight.
About 40 minutes later, six Andriods lay on the ground. Along with Goku and Gohan. Goku managed to get hurt worse with both of his cheeks slit along with a couple of busted knuckles. He was sitting and Gohan was on his back. He was alright too, but he managed to get a huge bloody line across his chest and some busted knuckles also. They were trying to get up, they needed to get up, there was more Andriods to fight. A blinding light told them that Byra was back. She walked to Kendle. Goten kneeled next to Goku. "Are you OK, Dad?" "Fine," he said and tried to sit up straight. He gave a sort of a quiet yell. "Don't get up," he said. He layed back down. "I have to," he said wincing. Goten shook his head. "Quit worrying about me." "But- " "No." Goten got up and walked to talk to his sister. It was Trunks' turn to talk to Goku. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine! Why are you asking about me?" "Well for one, I heard about how the bomb threw you on the ground. And those gashes on your face are a dead giveaway." "I am fine! However, did you know what happened to Kendle over there?" "What?" "Well, she got attacked by an Andriod and he sliced her arm and slit her throat." "Are you serious?!" There was a bit of alarm in his voice. This pleased Goku to no end. "Why don't you stop bothering me and see how she is?" "Uh huh!" He said and bounded over to her. Goku chuckled to himself and propped up on his elbows. He looked at his surrondings, which was pretty much
nothing to see. Completely sand and some twisted metal and remains of the
underground fort. "How many more do you think?" he asked, dreamily, looking at no one. "Hmm?" "How many more Andriods are gonna come out?" "I don't know. I really don't. I do know we're gonna have to fight some more. We have a better chance with Trunks and Goten, I can tell you that." He leaned his head back. "I haven't taken time to consider this," he said. "But, it was really nice seeing what happens in the future. Exspecially, something like this. MY daughter," he sighed. Kendle cocked her head. "Goku are-are you OK?" "Fine. Great actually. I need to take more time to look at things." "I think he's going into shock," she whispered to Trunks. "I'm fine!" he said. "Cut it out, quit worrying about me!" "I don't know he actually might be OK..." All the sudden there was a loud mechanical banging. It scared Gohan to death and he actually jumped up from his laying position. Goku slowly got up, breathing heavy the whole time. 10 Andriods and Cell emerged from the hole. "Goku, we finally meet again." Goku growled and shut his eyes. "Is that how it is, old friend?" "Friend?" he asked darkly. "Well," he got louder. "I don't know what the hell you consider a friend, but I'm sure as hell not one of yours!" "Well, aren't you being quite unreasonable. We're going to have to do something about that aren't we boys?" he asked the Andriods. "I hope you're a tad stronger then you were the last time we fought, I made sure not to make my Andriods as weak as you." "Keep talking, I'll take you all on!" he yelled. "Is that a challange?" "You bet it is," he muttered. "Well, then. We shall see." Cell waved his hand and all the Andriods flew at the Z Fighters. Each Andriod attacked a single person, making it harder for them to defend themselves. Goku punched one smack in the face just a Gohan got punched, himself. The Andriod kicked Goku's knee and it collapsed from the shock and he reeled backwards. He landed on his back and tried to jump up right away but, the Andriod stomped on his stomach. He cried out and kicked the Andriod's face. He jumped up and crashed right onto the Andriod's head, killing it instantly. Another Andriod slammed into Goku's back sending him flying. He he crashed to the ground on his side. It was in the air ready to smash into his head. Goku had hit the ground to hard to be able to act right away, so he shut eyes. It was about 10 feet from Goku, when it was knocked on the ground and out of the way. Goku opened his eyes, wanting to see who helped him. Kendle jumped back up into the air luring the Andriod toward her and away from Goku. Goku got up and looked around to see who he could help. He looked at Rose who was getting attacked by at least 3. He looked for Gohan, wondering why he wasn't helping her. He was preoccupied with another Andriod. Goku flew and kicked all three out of the way and Rose collapsed on the ground. Her lip was cut and blood was all over her face. She nodded at Goku. He looked around again, quickly, and began to attack Andriod that had ganged up with another and they were ruthlessly stomping Gohan. He kicked it from behind and stomped on it's head before it could get up and he killed this one also. He felt something on his back and he was forced to the ground. "On the bottom again, Goku." Goku threw his arms around the back of Cell's neck and thrust him over his shoulder. He jumped up and kicked and punched Cell. He shot Kamehameha Waves until he was completely drained. And he still beat Cell. "Dad, he dead," Gohan said, putting his hand on his shoulder. "Get away!" he yelled at him. He was hit in the back of the head. He fell and the rest was black.
The world was spinning. Am I dead? What's going on? Everything was black. "Is he gonna be OK?" That voice.... It was oddly familair. He had been hoping that he could hear that voice for the past 5 hours. He moaned. "I think he's coming to." Another familair voice... He opened his eyes, slowly. He couldn't see, it was blurry. He blinked a few times and two figure slowly came into view. He looked above him into startled blue eyes. He scanned his past memories. Rose....no...Kendle. He looked slightly to the left and he saw worried chocolate colored eyes. He knew who they belonged to, right away. "Chi Chi?" "Oh, Goku!" she exclaimed, obviously relieved. He smiled slightly. He was laying on his back. She threw her arms around his neck and cried. He leaned his head against her, telling her that even though he couldn't move, he apreciatted her being there with him. "Where are we, where is everyone?" "We're still in the desert," Chi Chi said. "Everyone is here," Kendle said. "Where?" "There," she pointed. Sure enough, Goku could see, everyone was sitting in the sand (or standing), getting bandaged up. He layed his head back down. "What happened?" "You don't remember?" "I remember...up until the end." "Well, we fought the Andriods, Gohan, Rose, and you are hurt pretty bad. Well, all the Andriods were dead, but you were still fighting Cell. We all tried to lure Cell away from you. But he's not stupid like the Andriods, he stays focused on the target. Well, you were getting pretty pissed off, so you fought him. I swear you beat the living shit out of him. You were still beating him up after he was dead. We tried to stop you, but you just screamed at us. You actually hit Gohan. So, uh, I feel real bad about this, I hit you in the back of the head. I only meant to knock some sense into you, but when you dropped like that, I was afraid I might have aimed to high and broke your neck." "How bad is Rose hurt?" "Pretty bad, some cracked ribs, broken jaw, I think a busted leg, too." "Gohan?" "Well, he broke an arm, a ankle, a wrist, and has some busted knuckles." "I don't even wanna know about me," he said. "Yes, you do. Broken wrist, leg, ribs, cracked jaw, 2 black-eyes, and a heavy concussion." "Great." He tried to get up. Chi Chi pushed him back down. "What?" "You aren't going anywhere." "Come on, here, help me." He leaneded on Chi Chi and stood up. He tried to walk and collapsed on her. He put his arm around her neck and she put her arm around his waist and they walked over to the others. Trunks and Goten were the only ones standing up. Goku sat down. No really noticed him. He looked around. Gohan was laying down, Rose was right next to him. Yamcha sat up, his face was bleeding and his knuckles were swollen, he was wrapping them. Krillin and 18 sat up. She was hurt but out of all of them, the least. Krillin's leg was wrapped. Vegeta just sat not moving, eyes closed. His face was cut, but other then that he looked fine. Chi Chi sat down next to Goku and he put his arm around her. He wiped his face with the back of his hand. When he brought it back he noticed blood on it. He felt his face which was bleeding, but it wasn't were the blood on his hand had come from. Chi Chi shook her head and pointed to his hand. He looked at his knuckles and and looked away again. They were slit deeply, he could see the bones in his finger. Only then, did he realize how bad they hurt. Both of them. Then he realized he had one hand around Chi Chi and he was probably getting blood on her. He was going to pull it away, but she smiled and shook her head. He smiled back and she leaned her head on his shoulder. He coughed and they looked at him. "What?" Gohan looked up. He looked like he was going to get up, but realized that Rose was laying on shoulder. "When did you get up?" "Just a few minutes ago." "Oh. Are you OK?" "Are you?" "I'm OK," Gohan said and tried to shift a little bit, but finding there was no possible way to do that, gave up. "Banged up, but OK." "That's good. Hey, I'm sorry." Gohan looked at him, puzzled. "Kendle said when, I was beating up Cell, you tried to stop me, and I hit you." "Don't worry about it," he said and yawned. "Tired?" He grinned and nodded. "Are you alright, Dad?" "I'm OK," he said and laid back (bringing Chi Chi down with him). "I wanna get home, though." "I'll bet you do," Chi Chi giggled. He looked at her. "What?" "Well....nevermind." He shook his head and sat up again. "Where are Matt and Courtney? What happened to Amanda?" Chi Chi looked down. Goku could here someone aproach him from behind. "Matt and Courtney are over there," Kendle said pointing. Goku looked to the left. Matt and Courtney sat together, Courtney had her head on Matt's shoulder and he was looking at the ground. "And Amanda?" "Killed in the explosion." Goku looked down also. He looked back up and slowly got to his feet. His leg shook and he toppled backwards. Chi Chi got up just in time and caught him from behind. "Thanks," he said quietly. She just nodded and put her arm around his waist. Goku wobbled over to Matt and Courtney. He cleared his throat. They both looked up at him. "I'm-I'm really sorry for your-your loss." "She was my best friend since 2nd grade," Courtney said quietly. Goku swallowed. "I'm sorry," he said barely above a whisper. He turned around and walked back to the others. He sat down next to Gohan again. He banged his fist against the ground. "Damnit!" he suddenly exclaimed. Gohan and Chi Chi looked at him, startled. "I wish I-I could have done something about it! I know I could-could've done something more!" "Baby," Chi Chi said. "You couldn't have done anything about it. There was no way to prevent that. The only way she would have survived would be if you and everyone else died." "I just-I just wish I could've done something."
Those who had been left behind were growing restless and worried. At least 20 minutes had past. Then there was a yell. A boy's voice. "Kendle..." Kyra said. She turned around. Kyra's hand was fading like her's had before. "Gohan!" Rose yelled. She was about to jump after him but, Kendle grabbed her. "You can't!" "Why?!" she demanded. "Because if you go down and get hurt, it'll just cause him more pain!" Kendle was struggling to hold her back. "Let me go!" she said, crying. Kendle was forced to put Rose in a strangle hold. Rose collapsed backward and Kendle caught her. "Heads up!!!" someone called from the hole. They all backed away. A blur exploded from the hole. They all looked up. Goku looked back at them. "Mission accomplished!" He was a Super Saiyan. Two more blurs burst from the exploded fort. Super Saiyan Vegeta and Gohan stopped next to Goku. "He's OK!" Rose whispered. He had a cut from his temple to his chin, but other then that he was fine. Krillin and 18 came next. "They're coming!" 18 exclaimed. With that a Andriod came after them. Five more followed. "Get ready!" Goku screamed at them. "Let's get ready to kick some serious Andriod ass!" Gohan yelped as he landed. Goku laughed and the rest landed and helped the fight.
About 40 minutes later, six Andriods lay on the ground. Along with Goku and Gohan. Goku managed to get hurt worse with both of his cheeks slit along with a couple of busted knuckles. He was sitting and Gohan was on his back. He was alright too, but he managed to get a huge bloody line across his chest and some busted knuckles also. They were trying to get up, they needed to get up, there was more Andriods to fight. A blinding light told them that Byra was back. She walked to Kendle. Goten kneeled next to Goku. "Are you OK, Dad?" "Fine," he said and tried to sit up straight. He gave a sort of a quiet yell. "Don't get up," he said. He layed back down. "I have to," he said wincing. Goten shook his head. "Quit worrying about me." "But- " "No." Goten got up and walked to talk to his sister. It was Trunks' turn to talk to Goku. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine! Why are you asking about me?" "Well for one, I heard about how the bomb threw you on the ground. And those gashes on your face are a dead giveaway." "I am fine! However, did you know what happened to Kendle over there?" "What?" "Well, she got attacked by an Andriod and he sliced her arm and slit her throat." "Are you serious?!" There was a bit of alarm in his voice. This pleased Goku to no end. "Why don't you stop bothering me and see how she is?" "Uh huh!" He said and bounded over to her. Goku chuckled to himself and propped up on his elbows. He looked at his surrondings, which was pretty much
nothing to see. Completely sand and some twisted metal and remains of the
underground fort. "How many more do you think?" he asked, dreamily, looking at no one. "Hmm?" "How many more Andriods are gonna come out?" "I don't know. I really don't. I do know we're gonna have to fight some more. We have a better chance with Trunks and Goten, I can tell you that." He leaned his head back. "I haven't taken time to consider this," he said. "But, it was really nice seeing what happens in the future. Exspecially, something like this. MY daughter," he sighed. Kendle cocked her head. "Goku are-are you OK?" "Fine. Great actually. I need to take more time to look at things." "I think he's going into shock," she whispered to Trunks. "I'm fine!" he said. "Cut it out, quit worrying about me!" "I don't know he actually might be OK..." All the sudden there was a loud mechanical banging. It scared Gohan to death and he actually jumped up from his laying position. Goku slowly got up, breathing heavy the whole time. 10 Andriods and Cell emerged from the hole. "Goku, we finally meet again." Goku growled and shut his eyes. "Is that how it is, old friend?" "Friend?" he asked darkly. "Well," he got louder. "I don't know what the hell you consider a friend, but I'm sure as hell not one of yours!" "Well, aren't you being quite unreasonable. We're going to have to do something about that aren't we boys?" he asked the Andriods. "I hope you're a tad stronger then you were the last time we fought, I made sure not to make my Andriods as weak as you." "Keep talking, I'll take you all on!" he yelled. "Is that a challange?" "You bet it is," he muttered. "Well, then. We shall see." Cell waved his hand and all the Andriods flew at the Z Fighters. Each Andriod attacked a single person, making it harder for them to defend themselves. Goku punched one smack in the face just a Gohan got punched, himself. The Andriod kicked Goku's knee and it collapsed from the shock and he reeled backwards. He landed on his back and tried to jump up right away but, the Andriod stomped on his stomach. He cried out and kicked the Andriod's face. He jumped up and crashed right onto the Andriod's head, killing it instantly. Another Andriod slammed into Goku's back sending him flying. He he crashed to the ground on his side. It was in the air ready to smash into his head. Goku had hit the ground to hard to be able to act right away, so he shut eyes. It was about 10 feet from Goku, when it was knocked on the ground and out of the way. Goku opened his eyes, wanting to see who helped him. Kendle jumped back up into the air luring the Andriod toward her and away from Goku. Goku got up and looked around to see who he could help. He looked at Rose who was getting attacked by at least 3. He looked for Gohan, wondering why he wasn't helping her. He was preoccupied with another Andriod. Goku flew and kicked all three out of the way and Rose collapsed on the ground. Her lip was cut and blood was all over her face. She nodded at Goku. He looked around again, quickly, and began to attack Andriod that had ganged up with another and they were ruthlessly stomping Gohan. He kicked it from behind and stomped on it's head before it could get up and he killed this one also. He felt something on his back and he was forced to the ground. "On the bottom again, Goku." Goku threw his arms around the back of Cell's neck and thrust him over his shoulder. He jumped up and kicked and punched Cell. He shot Kamehameha Waves until he was completely drained. And he still beat Cell. "Dad, he dead," Gohan said, putting his hand on his shoulder. "Get away!" he yelled at him. He was hit in the back of the head. He fell and the rest was black.
The world was spinning. Am I dead? What's going on? Everything was black. "Is he gonna be OK?" That voice.... It was oddly familair. He had been hoping that he could hear that voice for the past 5 hours. He moaned. "I think he's coming to." Another familair voice... He opened his eyes, slowly. He couldn't see, it was blurry. He blinked a few times and two figure slowly came into view. He looked above him into startled blue eyes. He scanned his past memories. Rose....no...Kendle. He looked slightly to the left and he saw worried chocolate colored eyes. He knew who they belonged to, right away. "Chi Chi?" "Oh, Goku!" she exclaimed, obviously relieved. He smiled slightly. He was laying on his back. She threw her arms around his neck and cried. He leaned his head against her, telling her that even though he couldn't move, he apreciatted her being there with him. "Where are we, where is everyone?" "We're still in the desert," Chi Chi said. "Everyone is here," Kendle said. "Where?" "There," she pointed. Sure enough, Goku could see, everyone was sitting in the sand (or standing), getting bandaged up. He layed his head back down. "What happened?" "You don't remember?" "I remember...up until the end." "Well, we fought the Andriods, Gohan, Rose, and you are hurt pretty bad. Well, all the Andriods were dead, but you were still fighting Cell. We all tried to lure Cell away from you. But he's not stupid like the Andriods, he stays focused on the target. Well, you were getting pretty pissed off, so you fought him. I swear you beat the living shit out of him. You were still beating him up after he was dead. We tried to stop you, but you just screamed at us. You actually hit Gohan. So, uh, I feel real bad about this, I hit you in the back of the head. I only meant to knock some sense into you, but when you dropped like that, I was afraid I might have aimed to high and broke your neck." "How bad is Rose hurt?" "Pretty bad, some cracked ribs, broken jaw, I think a busted leg, too." "Gohan?" "Well, he broke an arm, a ankle, a wrist, and has some busted knuckles." "I don't even wanna know about me," he said. "Yes, you do. Broken wrist, leg, ribs, cracked jaw, 2 black-eyes, and a heavy concussion." "Great." He tried to get up. Chi Chi pushed him back down. "What?" "You aren't going anywhere." "Come on, here, help me." He leaneded on Chi Chi and stood up. He tried to walk and collapsed on her. He put his arm around her neck and she put her arm around his waist and they walked over to the others. Trunks and Goten were the only ones standing up. Goku sat down. No really noticed him. He looked around. Gohan was laying down, Rose was right next to him. Yamcha sat up, his face was bleeding and his knuckles were swollen, he was wrapping them. Krillin and 18 sat up. She was hurt but out of all of them, the least. Krillin's leg was wrapped. Vegeta just sat not moving, eyes closed. His face was cut, but other then that he looked fine. Chi Chi sat down next to Goku and he put his arm around her. He wiped his face with the back of his hand. When he brought it back he noticed blood on it. He felt his face which was bleeding, but it wasn't were the blood on his hand had come from. Chi Chi shook her head and pointed to his hand. He looked at his knuckles and and looked away again. They were slit deeply, he could see the bones in his finger. Only then, did he realize how bad they hurt. Both of them. Then he realized he had one hand around Chi Chi and he was probably getting blood on her. He was going to pull it away, but she smiled and shook her head. He smiled back and she leaned her head on his shoulder. He coughed and they looked at him. "What?" Gohan looked up. He looked like he was going to get up, but realized that Rose was laying on shoulder. "When did you get up?" "Just a few minutes ago." "Oh. Are you OK?" "Are you?" "I'm OK," Gohan said and tried to shift a little bit, but finding there was no possible way to do that, gave up. "Banged up, but OK." "That's good. Hey, I'm sorry." Gohan looked at him, puzzled. "Kendle said when, I was beating up Cell, you tried to stop me, and I hit you." "Don't worry about it," he said and yawned. "Tired?" He grinned and nodded. "Are you alright, Dad?" "I'm OK," he said and laid back (bringing Chi Chi down with him). "I wanna get home, though." "I'll bet you do," Chi Chi giggled. He looked at her. "What?" "Well....nevermind." He shook his head and sat up again. "Where are Matt and Courtney? What happened to Amanda?" Chi Chi looked down. Goku could here someone aproach him from behind. "Matt and Courtney are over there," Kendle said pointing. Goku looked to the left. Matt and Courtney sat together, Courtney had her head on Matt's shoulder and he was looking at the ground. "And Amanda?" "Killed in the explosion." Goku looked down also. He looked back up and slowly got to his feet. His leg shook and he toppled backwards. Chi Chi got up just in time and caught him from behind. "Thanks," he said quietly. She just nodded and put her arm around his waist. Goku wobbled over to Matt and Courtney. He cleared his throat. They both looked up at him. "I'm-I'm really sorry for your-your loss." "She was my best friend since 2nd grade," Courtney said quietly. Goku swallowed. "I'm sorry," he said barely above a whisper. He turned around and walked back to the others. He sat down next to Gohan again. He banged his fist against the ground. "Damnit!" he suddenly exclaimed. Gohan and Chi Chi looked at him, startled. "I wish I-I could have done something about it! I know I could-could've done something more!" "Baby," Chi Chi said. "You couldn't have done anything about it. There was no way to prevent that. The only way she would have survived would be if you and everyone else died." "I just-I just wish I could've done something."