"Kendle," Gohan yelled. She looked back. "Go!" she yelled. "No," he said
back. "He's my Dad too!" "If I don't help, Goku and I will both die," she
screamed at him. "If you help you could just end up getting yourself killed
and in doing so you'd kill Kyra!" "I won't go back!" Gohan watched as
Kendle dropped to the ground. She had fallen, he could tell. She hit the
ground on her side, but got up and looked through the dust for her father.
Gohan knew she was crying, too. Gohan searched through the dust and he
tripped over something. It was impossible to see, so he felt around to see
what he hit. He felt his hand go through something smooth. Then something
wet. He laid his hand on something hard. His hand went up and down. He put
his head to the place his hand was there was a strong beating. "Dad!" he
said and shook the figure. He looked up. "Kendle! Hey Kendle!" he looked
around. The dust cleared but the smoke hadn't yet. "Gohan!" he heard her
panicked yell. He shook Goku some more. And he heard him stir. "Dad! Dad
get up!" "Gohan? Where's everyone?" "Still in the air. Dad, you have to get
up." Goku strained and sat up. "Something's wrong," he said. "Is everyone
in the air?" "Yes. Well, no. Kendle came after you after the bomb
exploded." "Have you seen her?" "Not after she hit the ground. She fell.
But she got up." "Something's wrong," he repeated. He stood up and walked a
bit. "I'm gonna find her." "I'm coming," Gohan said. He looked to where
Goku had just been. He had felt something wet. He saw a puddle of blood.
But couldn't tell where it was on Goku. It was still smokey. Goku swiped at
the smoke. He saw Kendle's shoe on the ground. He kept walking straight and
saw some blood on the ground. "Gohan," he said and pointed. Gohan tried to
think back. "She yelled my name. Before I woke you up. She sounded scared."
Straight ahead on the ground, Goku saw what looked like a sandy trail,
maybe foot prints. He ran forward and saw Kendle. There was an Andriod
behind her. He had a knife to her throat and there was a huge gash on her
arm. Goku wasn't positive if the Andriod had seen them yet. Kendle's throat
was cut and the wound kept getting deeper. Goku couldn't watch her die like
that. She hadn't seen them, she had her eyes closed. He jumped up over them
both and landed behind. He slowly reached over the Andriod's head and
grabbed his arm and pulled it forward. The Andriod looked at Goku and
punched him in the face. Goku came right back with a kick in the same spot.
The Andriod tried to kick Goku about 20 times in a row but Goku avioded
them by jumping up or ducking. Goku kicked him in the back and his metal
spinal cord cracked. Even Gohan heard it. The Andriod twisted back, but it
still was fighting. Goku kicked him in the face again and it fell on the
ground. When Goku brought the Andriod away from Kendle, she had fallen.
Gohan was on his knees, leaning over her. "Is she alive?" Gohan asked. "I
don't know," Goku panted. "But he is." Goku also kneeled next to her and
set his head on her chest. There was a beating. "She is," he said. Gohan
let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding. "Barely," he said. Goku
put his head to her chest again. "She's not breathing," he said. "Is she
gonna be OK, Dad?" "I don't know Gohan!" he said harshly. "I don't know."
For a minute they just sat there, not sure what to do. Then Goku covered
her nose and opened her mouth and breathed into it. "Dad," Gohan said.
"Dad, I don't know if that's gonna work...." Goku ignored him and soon he
gave up. "Gohan, go get everyone else." "Dad-" "Just do it, Gohan!" He
reluctantly flew up to get the others. "Hurry!" he yelled after him. He
looked back at Kendle. He put his hand on her chest and pushed. "Come on,"
he said. "Breathe." He pushed harder. "Come on!" He felt his eyes well up
and he brushed the tears angrily away. Goku continued to give her CPR and
soon Gohan and everyone else came down. "Goku," Rose said and put her hand
on his shoulder. He turned to looked at them, tears flowing freely, now.
"What do I do?" he asked her. "I don't know, Goku. Is she alive? I mean, is
her heart beating?" "Yes, but she's not breathing." "Try CPR." "Already
did." "Do it again. Here, you give her mouth to mouth and I'll push on her
heart." He nodded and him and Rose tried again. Goku thought he heard her
inhale but he decided it was just him hoping she would. "One more time," he
said. "And we can stop." Goku put air in her lungs again and Rose put
pressure on her heart. Rose felt her heart jump and it started beating
faster. And if she looked closely, she thought she saw Kendle's chest rise
up and down, but very little. "Goku, I think she's coming back." He brought
her head into his lap and they waited. It wasn't long before Kendle coughed
and gasped for air. She panted and looked around. "What? What happened?" "I
think, you died," Rose said. She turn around and looked at Goku. His face
was tear-stained and he was smiling a nervous sort of smile. "Dad," she
said. He wrapped his arms around her and she did also. He laughed. She
tried to laugh, but she started coughing. "Careful! You neck is slit and
your arm could be better." She gently touched her neck and looked at her
arm. "What happened? I mean I know what happened. But did any other
Andriods come out?" "Just the one that attacked you," Gohan said. "Then we
have to get ready. More will come. How longs it been?" "Around 20 minutes,"
Goku said. "And what do you mean 'we'? You're not fighting." "I have to. I
just need...." she dug around in her pocket. "These." She produced a roll
of bandages and Senzu Beans. "I still don't think-" "I doesn't matter what
you think," Kendle said. "Excuse me for saying so, but, It's what we need
to beat them. All of us need to fight." "Well, if I can't talk you out of
it-" "You can't."
