It was finally the night again, everyone was still pretty upset that they
had to stay in the hospital. Goku and Vegeta chose to keep in Gohan's room
while Chi-Chi was being tended to by the others. Goku would hate it if his
wife had made herself ill just by worrying about her son.
"This is all so confusing." Goku was saying to Vegeta.
"Be quiet Kakerot, you've mentioned that enough already." Vegeta snapped back.
"I'm sorry, but wouldn't you act like this in Trunks case?" Goku growled back. Vegeta hesitated, he really did care about his son and he realized he probably would be acting like Goku.
"I apologize Kakerot, but there is nothing that we can do." Vegeta replied.
"Excuse me, I'm here to administrate another test." A nurse came in.
"What kind of test?" Goku asked, Gohan had been put through so much torment and torture with tests, test and more test, more than he ever got in all of his school years.
"It's a blood test, one of the most crucial and final tests." The nurse replied.
"That can't be arranged." Goku gulped, knowing a needle was involved.
"What can't be arranged?" Gohan's tired voice tried to speak up, but it came out as a hoarse, dry whisper. Gohan had tried to drink a lot to help keep his voice in tact but his throat just got worse and his entire bodily condition continued to fail.
"I'm here to give you a blood test." The nurse said and took out a huge needle.
"No." Gohan whimpered quietly and began to shiver.
"Please, don't. I'm asking you, please!" Goku begged. The nurse looked at the father's pleading eyes, then at his palely frightened son, then at Vegeta who was falling asleep, bored.
"This has never come up before, but ok." The nurse grinned. Goku and Gohan smiled.
"Thank you." Goku hugged her tightly and Gohan fell back on his bed with relief.
"You're welcome." The nurse nodded and left.
"I wonder what other tests there are, she said this was one of the final ones." Vegeta said.
"I have no idea." Goku replied. "But as long as needles aren't involved."
"You can say that again." Gohan coughed.
"Ok, as long as needles aren't involved." Goku joked and they laughed, not Vegeta. As night progressed, Goku was starting to finally doze off for the first time in a while, when the doctor came bursting in. "What, what is it?" Goku snapped to full attention.
"You won't believe what we've found!" The doctor panted.
"What, what is it?" Vegeta repeated Goku's words.
"Take a look at this." The doctor held up a sample slide from the culture of Gohan's throat. "You won't believe these strange bacteria and viral microforms we found. Nobody has ever seen them before and we think this is what's causing the new epidemic."
"Oh my god." Goku gasped as he looked in the microscope.
"What now?" Vegeta asked, waiting for his turn.
"I don't believe it." Goku fell back in his chair, in shock at what he saw.
"Tell me now!" Vegeta yelled, but Goku was in too much shock. Finally he snapped out of it. "Well?" Vegeta grew impatient. Goku went to open his mouth to answer when a sharp ear splitting sound filled the room. They all looked over in its direction in shock.
"He's flat lined!" The doctor cried and Goku and Vegeta jumped up. "Nurses get in here, stat!" The nurse ran in with another wheeling cart. "Clear!" The doctor began to shock Gohan. Goku closed the door so nobody in the waiting room would hear all of this. He shocked Gohan again, this time it worked, the monitor read normal. Everyone sighed with relief. "Are you ok?"
"What, what happened?" Gohan asked weakly as he opened his eyes slightly.
"You just flat lined." The doctor replied as the nurses left with the cart.
"I what?" Gohan was weaker now, he could barely talk or move.
"Oh dear." The doctor felt his forehead. "This is serious." He raced in the room.
"What is it?" Goku asked nervously.
"His fever rose dramatically." The doctor put the thermometer back in Gohan's mouth. Everyone waited nervously until he pulled it out. "Oh my god, he's at 107."
"That's five degrees worse than yesterday!" Goku cried.
"A human can reach 108 before dying, but since Gohan is half saiyan, what will that do to his chances?" Vegeta asked.
"I have no idea." The doctor began to think. "How high can saiyan's go?"
"Well, the highest fever I heard of was about 110, but I don't have any reliable source to back that up." Goku replied.
"Then we don't have much time if Gohan reaches 108." The doctor paced around.
"What if he does?" Vegeta asked.
"If he does, and he's still alive, he'll most likely fall into a coma." The doctor replied. He looked at his watch. "Oh I have other patients to tend to, I'll be back as soon as I can. Until I do return, keep a very close eye on him and his condition." The doctor left. Gohan fell back asleep.
"Kakerot, when will you ever tell me what you saw?" Vegeta asked.
"Oh, that?" Goku looked up at him with a pale face. Vegeta's expression changed from angry to confused. "I don't know if I was dreaming or not, but if I was it was a bad dream."
"Well, what was it?" Vegeta asked.
"I saw..." Goku began but he stammered, Vegeta's eyes widened in confusion. Goku couldn't help but let out a laugh. His voice cracked as he said, "Buu." "As in Majin Buu?" Vegeta's jaw dropped.
"And Freeza, and Cell, and Captain Ginu." Goku said but it came out quietly as if he was about to cry. Vegeta gasped, he didn't get it, was Goku telling the truth?
"Let me see?" Vegeta ran over to the microscope and looked carefully. "Good God you were right Kakerot! But why, why Gohan?"
"I don't know, but I think I have a thought." Goku replied.
"Oh really, a thought of what?" Vegeta pouted. Goku picked up one of Gohan's empty water bottles and showed it to Vegeta. "Yes I see it, so?" Goku put it next to the sample slide by the microscope. "Good gracious!" Vegeta gasped as all of the microscopic bad guys led the bacteria and virus diseases to the bottle.
"Now watch." Goku took his water bottle and put it where he had put Gohan's.
"My word." Vegeta replied. "They did nothing." He stood up. "But why?"
"I'm not sure, but I think it's revenge." Goku deducted.
"I have to agree with you on that one." Vegeta understood now.
"But why and how did they all get these infections into Gohan?" Goku asked.
"I have no idea." Vegeta shook his head. "But I think the question we need to ask should be, what are we going to do about it? They're gonna kill your son Kakerot."
"I know, but I don't know what we can do." Goku held his head.
"You ok dad?" Gohan's voice was barely heard.
"Gohan?" Goku turned and he and Vegeta went over to his bedside.
"Are you feeling ok?" Gohan asked again, his voice barely recognizable anymore.
"That's our question kid." Vegeta replied. Gohan just smirked. "Well?"
"I don't know." Gohan shrugged, he didn't want to burden them any further.
"Tell us you twerp!" Vegeta yelled.
"Hey cut it out." Goku growled.
"What, I can't help the fact that you have a bratty squirt for a son." Vegeta replied.
"Come on, how do you fell, for real Gohan." Goku asked. "This is very important."
"Well, I..." Gohan looked up at them and sighed. "To tell you the truth, I don't feel any better at all. I do have an easier time breathing but my body still really aches and I think my fever has sucked all of my energy out, I can barely move. I feel really dizzy and I get cold and shake, and I have a really bad headache sometimes."
"Is that all." Vegeta was shocked.
"And that doesn't include my throat." Gohan pointed out.
"Man you are a mess, they sure did a number on you." Goku muttered.
"Who?" Gohan asked.
"Who what?" Goku gulped.
"Dad, I may be on my deathbed, but I'm not on my deaf bed." Gohan smirked.
"Oh, what a rich classic!" Vegeta laughed at the joke.
"Well," Goku realized Gohan had the right to know. "We think that all of our past enemies have become microscopic and have led every serious disease into your body."
"Uh huh?" Gohan cocked an eyebrow. "Are you sure you're not the delusional one?" "Oh, man that's good!" Vegeta laughed at his joke.
"You're a help." Goku grumbled and turned back to Gohan and realized it'd be better to just like after all. "Well then, to tell you the truth, we don't know."
"There, now wasn't that easier to say?" Gohan said, using a grown up voice. Vegeta laughed again and Goku just leered at him. "Dad, I'll be ok, alright?"
"Sure you will." Goku didn't believe him. "Just get back to sleep."
"Ok." Gohan nodded and was soon asleep again.
"So then, what do you propose we do?" Vegeta asked Goku.
"Hmm." Goku looked around the room and spotted something right as a nurse walked by. "Excuse me!" He called and she stopped. "Uh, what's that?" Goku pointed to a machine.
"It's a micronizer. It's an invention that makes things microscopic." She said.
"Oh really, who invented it?" Goku asked, getting a lead on Gohan's problem now.
"I don't know if this name is right, but it was by some kind of captain or some person that had some kind of military position in his name." The nurse shrugged.
"Thank you." Goku nodded and she left. "Captain Ginu, I should've known."
"That moron." Vegeta pounded a fist into his hand. Goku got up to look at it. Vegeta gasped as Goku turned it on. "What are you doing Kakerot?"
"What does it look like, we're going in." Goku pointed to Gohan.
"Are you crazy?" Vegeta's eyes widened in shock, this was ludicrous.
"Yes." Goku nodded. "So are you with me?" He asked and Vegeta just stared back. "Look Vegeta, I know we don't see eye to eye a lot, but this is serious, life and death here." He looked at Gohan as he went into another heavy coughing spell. "I can't take this anymore and I know you would do the same for Trunks." That did it, that always got to Vegeta.
"Alright you crazy idiot, I'll do it." Vegeta gave in. Goku smiled.
"Great, now get ready." Goku said and Vegeta nodded. "Here we go!" He pulled the lever and the machine revved up. A beam shot at Goku and Vegeta and turned them into microscopic saiyans. "Whoa, cool." Goku laughed, amused at his small size.
"Kakerot, you do have a simple mind, don't you." Vegeta replied. They looked up at the giant world, realizing that this was going to be a very big adventure (no pun intended).
"This is all so confusing." Goku was saying to Vegeta.
"Be quiet Kakerot, you've mentioned that enough already." Vegeta snapped back.
"I'm sorry, but wouldn't you act like this in Trunks case?" Goku growled back. Vegeta hesitated, he really did care about his son and he realized he probably would be acting like Goku.
"I apologize Kakerot, but there is nothing that we can do." Vegeta replied.
"Excuse me, I'm here to administrate another test." A nurse came in.
"What kind of test?" Goku asked, Gohan had been put through so much torment and torture with tests, test and more test, more than he ever got in all of his school years.
"It's a blood test, one of the most crucial and final tests." The nurse replied.
"That can't be arranged." Goku gulped, knowing a needle was involved.
"What can't be arranged?" Gohan's tired voice tried to speak up, but it came out as a hoarse, dry whisper. Gohan had tried to drink a lot to help keep his voice in tact but his throat just got worse and his entire bodily condition continued to fail.
"I'm here to give you a blood test." The nurse said and took out a huge needle.
"No." Gohan whimpered quietly and began to shiver.
"Please, don't. I'm asking you, please!" Goku begged. The nurse looked at the father's pleading eyes, then at his palely frightened son, then at Vegeta who was falling asleep, bored.
"This has never come up before, but ok." The nurse grinned. Goku and Gohan smiled.
"Thank you." Goku hugged her tightly and Gohan fell back on his bed with relief.
"You're welcome." The nurse nodded and left.
"I wonder what other tests there are, she said this was one of the final ones." Vegeta said.
"I have no idea." Goku replied. "But as long as needles aren't involved."
"You can say that again." Gohan coughed.
"Ok, as long as needles aren't involved." Goku joked and they laughed, not Vegeta. As night progressed, Goku was starting to finally doze off for the first time in a while, when the doctor came bursting in. "What, what is it?" Goku snapped to full attention.
"You won't believe what we've found!" The doctor panted.
"What, what is it?" Vegeta repeated Goku's words.
"Take a look at this." The doctor held up a sample slide from the culture of Gohan's throat. "You won't believe these strange bacteria and viral microforms we found. Nobody has ever seen them before and we think this is what's causing the new epidemic."
"Oh my god." Goku gasped as he looked in the microscope.
"What now?" Vegeta asked, waiting for his turn.
"I don't believe it." Goku fell back in his chair, in shock at what he saw.
"Tell me now!" Vegeta yelled, but Goku was in too much shock. Finally he snapped out of it. "Well?" Vegeta grew impatient. Goku went to open his mouth to answer when a sharp ear splitting sound filled the room. They all looked over in its direction in shock.
"He's flat lined!" The doctor cried and Goku and Vegeta jumped up. "Nurses get in here, stat!" The nurse ran in with another wheeling cart. "Clear!" The doctor began to shock Gohan. Goku closed the door so nobody in the waiting room would hear all of this. He shocked Gohan again, this time it worked, the monitor read normal. Everyone sighed with relief. "Are you ok?"
"What, what happened?" Gohan asked weakly as he opened his eyes slightly.
"You just flat lined." The doctor replied as the nurses left with the cart.
"I what?" Gohan was weaker now, he could barely talk or move.
"Oh dear." The doctor felt his forehead. "This is serious." He raced in the room.
"What is it?" Goku asked nervously.
"His fever rose dramatically." The doctor put the thermometer back in Gohan's mouth. Everyone waited nervously until he pulled it out. "Oh my god, he's at 107."
"That's five degrees worse than yesterday!" Goku cried.
"A human can reach 108 before dying, but since Gohan is half saiyan, what will that do to his chances?" Vegeta asked.
"I have no idea." The doctor began to think. "How high can saiyan's go?"
"Well, the highest fever I heard of was about 110, but I don't have any reliable source to back that up." Goku replied.
"Then we don't have much time if Gohan reaches 108." The doctor paced around.
"What if he does?" Vegeta asked.
"If he does, and he's still alive, he'll most likely fall into a coma." The doctor replied. He looked at his watch. "Oh I have other patients to tend to, I'll be back as soon as I can. Until I do return, keep a very close eye on him and his condition." The doctor left. Gohan fell back asleep.
"Kakerot, when will you ever tell me what you saw?" Vegeta asked.
"Oh, that?" Goku looked up at him with a pale face. Vegeta's expression changed from angry to confused. "I don't know if I was dreaming or not, but if I was it was a bad dream."
"Well, what was it?" Vegeta asked.
"I saw..." Goku began but he stammered, Vegeta's eyes widened in confusion. Goku couldn't help but let out a laugh. His voice cracked as he said, "Buu." "As in Majin Buu?" Vegeta's jaw dropped.
"And Freeza, and Cell, and Captain Ginu." Goku said but it came out quietly as if he was about to cry. Vegeta gasped, he didn't get it, was Goku telling the truth?
"Let me see?" Vegeta ran over to the microscope and looked carefully. "Good God you were right Kakerot! But why, why Gohan?"
"I don't know, but I think I have a thought." Goku replied.
"Oh really, a thought of what?" Vegeta pouted. Goku picked up one of Gohan's empty water bottles and showed it to Vegeta. "Yes I see it, so?" Goku put it next to the sample slide by the microscope. "Good gracious!" Vegeta gasped as all of the microscopic bad guys led the bacteria and virus diseases to the bottle.
"Now watch." Goku took his water bottle and put it where he had put Gohan's.
"My word." Vegeta replied. "They did nothing." He stood up. "But why?"
"I'm not sure, but I think it's revenge." Goku deducted.
"I have to agree with you on that one." Vegeta understood now.
"But why and how did they all get these infections into Gohan?" Goku asked.
"I have no idea." Vegeta shook his head. "But I think the question we need to ask should be, what are we going to do about it? They're gonna kill your son Kakerot."
"I know, but I don't know what we can do." Goku held his head.
"You ok dad?" Gohan's voice was barely heard.
"Gohan?" Goku turned and he and Vegeta went over to his bedside.
"Are you feeling ok?" Gohan asked again, his voice barely recognizable anymore.
"That's our question kid." Vegeta replied. Gohan just smirked. "Well?"
"I don't know." Gohan shrugged, he didn't want to burden them any further.
"Tell us you twerp!" Vegeta yelled.
"Hey cut it out." Goku growled.
"What, I can't help the fact that you have a bratty squirt for a son." Vegeta replied.
"Come on, how do you fell, for real Gohan." Goku asked. "This is very important."
"Well, I..." Gohan looked up at them and sighed. "To tell you the truth, I don't feel any better at all. I do have an easier time breathing but my body still really aches and I think my fever has sucked all of my energy out, I can barely move. I feel really dizzy and I get cold and shake, and I have a really bad headache sometimes."
"Is that all." Vegeta was shocked.
"And that doesn't include my throat." Gohan pointed out.
"Man you are a mess, they sure did a number on you." Goku muttered.
"Who?" Gohan asked.
"Who what?" Goku gulped.
"Dad, I may be on my deathbed, but I'm not on my deaf bed." Gohan smirked.
"Oh, what a rich classic!" Vegeta laughed at the joke.
"Well," Goku realized Gohan had the right to know. "We think that all of our past enemies have become microscopic and have led every serious disease into your body."
"Uh huh?" Gohan cocked an eyebrow. "Are you sure you're not the delusional one?" "Oh, man that's good!" Vegeta laughed at his joke.
"You're a help." Goku grumbled and turned back to Gohan and realized it'd be better to just like after all. "Well then, to tell you the truth, we don't know."
"There, now wasn't that easier to say?" Gohan said, using a grown up voice. Vegeta laughed again and Goku just leered at him. "Dad, I'll be ok, alright?"
"Sure you will." Goku didn't believe him. "Just get back to sleep."
"Ok." Gohan nodded and was soon asleep again.
"So then, what do you propose we do?" Vegeta asked Goku.
"Hmm." Goku looked around the room and spotted something right as a nurse walked by. "Excuse me!" He called and she stopped. "Uh, what's that?" Goku pointed to a machine.
"It's a micronizer. It's an invention that makes things microscopic." She said.
"Oh really, who invented it?" Goku asked, getting a lead on Gohan's problem now.
"I don't know if this name is right, but it was by some kind of captain or some person that had some kind of military position in his name." The nurse shrugged.
"Thank you." Goku nodded and she left. "Captain Ginu, I should've known."
"That moron." Vegeta pounded a fist into his hand. Goku got up to look at it. Vegeta gasped as Goku turned it on. "What are you doing Kakerot?"
"What does it look like, we're going in." Goku pointed to Gohan.
"Are you crazy?" Vegeta's eyes widened in shock, this was ludicrous.
"Yes." Goku nodded. "So are you with me?" He asked and Vegeta just stared back. "Look Vegeta, I know we don't see eye to eye a lot, but this is serious, life and death here." He looked at Gohan as he went into another heavy coughing spell. "I can't take this anymore and I know you would do the same for Trunks." That did it, that always got to Vegeta.
"Alright you crazy idiot, I'll do it." Vegeta gave in. Goku smiled.
"Great, now get ready." Goku said and Vegeta nodded. "Here we go!" He pulled the lever and the machine revved up. A beam shot at Goku and Vegeta and turned them into microscopic saiyans. "Whoa, cool." Goku laughed, amused at his small size.
"Kakerot, you do have a simple mind, don't you." Vegeta replied. They looked up at the giant world, realizing that this was going to be a very big adventure (no pun intended).