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Chapter 3: I'm Sorry
Gohan lay on the cold, gray floor, groaning as he regained consciousness. *Where am I?* he thought, looking around at the walls. It reminded him of a cell used by humans, the ones he had only seen when he was Saiyaman, because there were bars blocking him from leaving.
"That's odd. How did I even get into jail in the first place?" Gohan tried to move, but immediately screamed with pain. He had forgotten about the blue rope. "Oh yeah..." Gohan faintly remembered Cell knocking him out.
Clomp. Clomp.
Gohan was shook out of his thoughts by the sound of someone's footsteps on the metal-like ground echoing around in the hall. "So, I see our half- saiyan is awake," a rough voice sneered.
Frieza stopped in front of Gohan's cell. "Look, boy, I know what you're thinking. You're probably thinking why we would put you into a normal cell where you could break out easily." Gohan narrowed his eyes. That was exactly what he thought. "Well guess again, saiyan! These walls were specially made to withstand anything. They're also ki-activated. If you even try to power up, they'll give you a nasty shock, even more powerful than that blue band you're wearing. These bars aren't really bars, they make up a wall too, except it's transparent and sound can get through it. There is only one way to unlock it, and that is with our touch. We wouldn't be stupid to keep a key that we could lose. And, if we accidentally touch the wall, don't think you're free yet, because we have to touch it in a certain pattern!" He cackled loudly. "There is nothing you or your father can do to stop us! Once we have gotten rid of you, we will get rid of your father! Then we will take over the whole world! MUAHAHAHA!"
"No! That's not true!" Gohan cried. "My dad will come in time!"
Frieza smirked. "My, my, I thought you would be the one to know that the best. I'm sure he'll come in time, the same way he wasn't there for half of your life." He grinned triumphantly as he saw Gohan lower his head.
Gohan knew it. *He's right for once... how can I count on my dad?* "Hold on. I have one thing I want to know. How did you come back to life?"
Just then, the rest of the nightmares came in. "I can answer that!" Garlic Jr. screeched. "Frieza's father, King Cold, resurrected him again. Frieza knew he couldn't beat you guys alone-" he ducked a swing from Frieza's tail- "and he also knew there were a bunch of us who wanted revenge. So he called on the Blackstar Dragonballs, which were floating around in the universe. He brought us all back, and we trained together to become the universe's strongest gang! You and your measly friends will never stop us!"
Gohan sprang forward in pure rage, breaking the blue rope as he did so, and ignoring the shocks the walls were giving him. "NO! You're all wrong!" he cried. "We will stop you all, the same way we've done before!" He tried to break down the wall, hurting himself in the process.
Nappa shook his head. "You are a truly sad excuse for a fighter." He fired a blast at Gohan, which penetrated the wall with no trouble and hit his chest. The force of the ball sent him flying backwards into the wall. Restraining ropes automatically binded Gohan to the wall, where he was hit by the jolts.
"That's not fair..." Gohan said weakly.
"Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, the wall is programmed with our DNA. Only an attack that contains some of our DNA can go through the wall."
"Have a good rest!" the five chorused, then left, cackling evilly.
Gohan hung his head, unable to move, as he was strapped to the wall.
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"Where's Gohan?" Videl cried, trying to fly off. "Get off me Bulma, I have to go find Gohan!"
Bulma held on stubbornly, not willing to let go. "Videl, listen to me! You don't understand! Those aren't ordinary weak monsters, they're nightmares from Gohan's past, and they're much more powerful! You would kill yourself trying to rescue Gohan, and Gohan would kill me for letting you put yourself into danger!"
Videl stopped struggling as she remembered the promise she had made with Gohan. Tears streaked down her face. "Well, then tell everyone else to go! Can't we do SOMETHING to get Gohan back?"
Just then Vegeta appeared in the hallway. "Woman, I'm going off with Kakkarot to get his brat back," he announced.
Bulma released Videl, ran over to him and hugged him tight. "Vegeta, do you have to go? You might be killed, and I don't know what I'd do without you!"
Vegeta took her by the shoulders and pulled her back so he could look her straight in the eye. "Look, woman, I'm not going to die. My enemy is back, bigger and badder, and if I don't go, he could put you in danger, and I don't want that..." he mumbled the last few words.
Bulma smiled. "Aw, Vegeta, you're just embarrassed to show how much you love me."
Vegeta snorted. "Woman, I really have to go now." He looked over her shoulder at Videl. "And I have a feeling the brat's woman might want to come too."
Bulma was shocked. "But Videl might be put in danger!"
Vegeta shrugged. "She'll manage. Come on, Satan." Videl was already one step ahead of him, though, and she marched right through the door.
Vegeta turned again to Bulma. His eyes weren't cold like they were before anymore, and when he spoke, his voice was gentler. "Good-bye, Bulma..." Then he kissed her.
Tears streamed from Bulma's closed eyes as she hugged Vegeta close while they were kissing. Eventually they broke apart. "Promise me you'll come back, Vegeta..."
"I will, when I'm done dealing with Frieza. Make sure our brat doesn't come with us, if I know him, he'll want to come too."
Bulma nodded. "Good luck Vegeta!" she yelled as she watched him fly off with Videl close behind him towards the forest, where Goku was. *Keep safe, my prince...*
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Nappa touched Gohan's cell door in a strange rhythm that was something like tap-ti-ti-tap-tap-knock-ti-tap. The wall disappeared. Then the overgrown person pushed a button, and Gohan's restraining ropes disappeared. He fell to the ground, numb from the shocks.
Nappa roughly pushed him up. "C'mon, twerp, Cell wants ta see ya." He tied a smaller blue rope around Gohan's hands and grinned maliciously. "That's just so you won't try anything."
Nappa herded Gohan into a big, metallic, round room that looked sort of like Bulma's lab, except with a ton more buttons. At the center, there was a throne-like chair. And whose dirty butt graced it? None other than Cell, of course. There were two other smaller chairs, and in them sat Frieza and Garlic Jr.
Nappa bowed low. "Here you are, milord."
Frieza scowled. "Why does Cell get to be the lord?"
Cell laughed. "Because I could beat you all anyday!"
"But I'm immortal!" Garlic Jr. whined.
"Come on, deal with the brat already!" Radditz yelled above the melee, waving his hands like a referee.
Cell cleared his throat. "Yes, why of course." He motioned to Radditz, who brought him a small red rope. Nappa once again shoved Gohan forward, and he stumbled to a halt in front of Cell. Gohan tried to run away, but Frieza and Garlic Jr. held him down.
The green nightmare smirked. He put the rope around Gohan's throat. At first Gohan thought that Cell was going to choke him, but then learned it was not so as Cell snapped the clasp together at the back of his neck. It instantly fused into one whole circle, making it impossible to get off."You're probably wondering what this is for. Well, since we thought you'll probably try to escape, this is a tracker. You can't destroy it, because it's made out of the same material, and once again, at the same time it masks your ki, and if you power up it shocks you. I think it's more effective at the neck, what about you?" He watched amusingly as Gohan just growled. "Take him back, Nappa!" he rapped out.
"Right away, your cellness." Nappa bowed.
Gohan was pushed awkwardly back into his prison. "Too bad you can't eat anything!" Nappa taunted.
Then Gohan made his move. Breaking the rope on his hands, he fired a powerful wave at Nappa. At first Nappa smirked. *His attack can't get through, he doesn't have the right DNA!* But then his smirk turned into a big O shape. The wave didn't bounce back at the wall, it kept going!
"NNOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Nappa screamed as he faded away. His last words were "but how..."
Gohan stood, panting heavily. The ring on his neck had shocked him; when he had been attacking he hadn't felt it; but now he did.
Radditz came bursting in the door. "What? Where's Nappa?" he exclaimed furiously. Then he saw the scorched floor. "How? We designed those walls to be completely attack-resistant!"
Gohan smirked, even though he was in terrible pain. "Well, Radditz, it's really simple. You're supposed to be my uncle, right? And only you guys' DNA can get through. But you're related to me, so some of your DNA is in my body. That way, my attack can get through the wall the same way as yours can."
Radditz frowned. *Darn! That's no fair! We didn't think about that!* He pressed a button on the wall. Cell's voice came over the intercom.
"All right, what is it? I'm busy here eating 'indigestible' cookies, ya know?"
Radditz's face was grim. "Boss, we got ourselves a little problem here, and it looks like a saiyan with a brain..." (A/N: O_O He didn't even realize he insulted himself!)
Cell, Frieza, and Garlic Jr. were there in a flash. "What's all the commotion?" Garlic Jr. asked, wiping his mouth clear of the 'indigestible' cookie crumbs.
Radditz sighed. "Obviously our 'great smart leader' here forgot one very important thing about the cell. The boy is related to me. He's got some of my DNA. His attacks can get through the wall. And I think he accidentally overheard Nappa tapping the door, so he could get out anytime he wanted to." As if on cue, they heard the pattern: tap-ti-ti-tap-tap-knock-ti-tap. The door to Gohan's prison disappeared and Gohan stepped out, looking very mad.
"You guys have some fighting to do..."he growled as he turned super saiyan and attacked.
Instantly Cell created a barrier surrounding the remaining four of them. "Hey! That rope around your neck is supposed to cause enough pain to stop you from going super saiyan!"
Gohan laughed slightly, wincing as he did so. "Well, this teenage half- saiyan can stand a little pain." He powered up even more, and though more power meant more pain, he turned super saiyan 2. "Now let's see if I can't make you pay!"
Just then the door burst open, and Vegeta, with his palm extended toward where the door would have been before he destroyed it, stepped in, followed by Videl and Goku. "Frieza, you scum, you're mine!" yelled Vegeta, and he attacked Frieza.
Gohan was surprised. "Videl? Dad? Vegeta? What are you guys doing here?"
Goku grinned as he dropped down into a fighting stance. "What does it look like we're doing, eating 'indigestible' cookies?"
"B-but how did you find us?" Garlic Jr. shrieked. Then he looked up into Cell's face accusingly. "Would you like to explain, 'master'?"
Cell avoided looking into the short figure's eyes. "Well-um-I-didn't really- um-make the palace-um, er- undetectable," he muttered.
"So you're telling me they followed our kis here?" his voice rose. "Obviously they're going to see our floating gray palace up here and say 'oohhh, that's one weird kite'! You really expect them to NOT find us up here?" Garlic Jr. was very mad, and he was just about to fight Cell when Videl jumped on him.
Then it was one big commotion, and the fighting broke out. Vegeta slammed his fist into Frieza, Videl punched Garlic Jr. in the chest, Goku faced off against his brother, and Cell- well, Cell, the oh-so-mighty ruler, tried to run.
But he couldn't, because a cold-eyed Gohan stood in the doorway, looking at him with his arms crossed over his chest in a Vegeta-like style. "And you were going...where?"
Meanwhile, Radditz wasn't exactly having a good time. "Um, Kakkarot, maybe we can talk this out over some 'indigestible' cookies like good brothers? Of course, I'm sure you'll be able to digest it........"
Goku smirked. "Talk it over with the devil in HFIL! KAMEHAMEHA!" The huge wave overwhelmed Radditz, and he was blasted into pieces, never to be heard again. (hopefully)
Videl was punching the blood out of Garlic Jr. "You-" punch-"hurt-"punch- "my-"punch-"boyfriend!" slam! Garlic Jr. lay on the floor, his purple blood everywhere.
"I'm immortal, you can't kill me!" he screeched.
"We'll just see how immortal you are! HITOMI.........WAVE!" A huge attack in the form of a huge wave literally washed Garlic Jr. away.
Goku gaped at Videl. "Wow, what a refreshing attack!"
Vegeta stood over the quaking body of Frieza. "Well well, I thought you said you were stronger. You don't even compare to Kakkarot's second brat, and you're in your highest form! I really expected more of you, slimy guts!" he stomped on Frieza's chest with such force that it punctured a hole, and from there outwards Frieza slowly obliterated away. Vegeta shook his boot off. "Yuck. Purple Ice-jin blood. The woman's going to have a fit when she sees these new boots ruined."
All that was left was Cell. Gohan advanced on his worst nightmare, the rope on his neck buzzing with electricity. "I'm going to turn you into microscopic pieces, like the slime that you are!"
Cell knew that he was defeated. "All right, you win. But, I'm not letting you win that easy!" Smirking, he plunged forward suddenly. A needle full of some kind of black liquid appeared in his hand. He plunged the point into Gohan's left arm, a little bit under his shoulder. Gohan stepped back in surprise. "What was that?"
Cell laughed insanely. "That, my half-saiyan enemy, is none other than Detharan, the virus I created." Laughing even more at Gohan's shocked look, he continued. "Sounds deadly, doesn't it? Let me explain more. Detharan is a virus that will kill anyone in 24 hrs. or less, and the stronger they are, the faster they will die. And seeing as how you're the strongest person around, you will die VERY soon!"
Gohan couldn't believe it. "No... you can't be right..." but inside he knew it was true.
He was going to die.
"NO!" he screamed. The red rope around his neck buzzed even louder, then it exploded. Gohan didn't care. "I die later. You die. Now." He said softly. "FE...RAN...TO..." He moved his hands in the form of a circle. "HA!" He slammed his hands together in the middle of the circle. A huge beam erupted from Gohan's outstretched hands, and it immediately crushed Cell, who was still laughing maniacally.
Gohan stood, gasping for air. He was badly injured, and the shocks he had received before from all the ropes and his prison were beginning to take effect on him. He was starting to feel dizzy. "Gohan! Gohan!" a faraway voice was saying. "Gohan, hang on, you're going to be ok..."
Somehow Gohan had collapsed on the floor. Gohan's eyes focused on the worried face of Videl. Behind her, Gohan could see Vegeta looking down on him, and Goku ready to instant transmit them all to Capsule Corp. Then the whole world went black.
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Beep. Beep. (That's the machine that measures heartbeats, FYI.)
Everyone was standing around Gohan's bed, worrying about the currently unconscious, injured half-saiyan. Unfortunately Korin had run out of sensu beans, so they couldn't have healed Gohan anyway. Goku had predicted that even with the sensu beans, they couldn't get rid of the virus.
Beep. Beep.
"Oooooohhhh..." Gohan groaned as he opened his eyes slowly. He could tell everyone was there. "Where am I?" he whispered. *Why don't I have enough energy to talk in my normal voice? What happened?*
Beep. Beep.
"Gohan, you're at the hospital," Chichi said gently.
"Why am I...at the hospital?"
"Gohan, don't you remember what happened?" Gohan turned his head slightly to see a tearful Videl sitting beside him.
Gohan closed his eyes as he remembered. The pain... laughter... blue and red... nightmares from the past... black liquid... the black liquid! He gasped. "How long... have I been out?"
Goku looked sadly at Gohan, and said, "Gohan, you've been unconscious for 10 hours."
BEEP! BEEP!
Gohan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. "That means... I'm going to die...soon... right?" his voice was weak.
Videl gripped Gohan's hand. "Gohan! Don't say that, please!"
"We... we have to... face the...truth, Videl..." he closed his eyes as a wave of pain ran through his body.
Beep. Beep.
Gohan turned towards his parents. "There's not much time left for me..."
Chichi started crying, and hugged Goku. "My-my little ba-baby is going t-to die! Waaaahhh!" she wailed.
"Mom, Dad, I'm... sorry... about what I said before..." Gohan said, his voice barely above a mumble.
Goku smiled sadly. "It's OK, Gohan. You were right. I wasn't there. I didn't act fast enough to stop Cell from injecting that virus into you." He sighed. "Gohan, I should be the one who's sorry."
"No dad... I was wrong... for shouting at you... I just got a little mad... that's all..."
Vegeta snorted.
Gohan turned to Videl. "Videl..."
Beep. Beep.
"Gohan, it might be better if you don't talk, save your strength! You'll make it! I know you will! You're Son Gohan! You beat Cell twice! You can live through a simple virus, can't you?"
Gohan smiled. "Videl... I wish it was that simple..." He closed his eyes for a moment as pain engulfed his body. "Videl... I want you to know... no matter what happens... I'll... I'll always love you..."
Videl looked into his eyes, the eyes she loved so much, that were now filled with pain and love. "Gohan..." she whispered. Then she leaned down and kissed him, knowing it could be the last time she would have a chance to.
A single tear ran out of Gohan's closed eyes as he kissed Videl. Then he pulled back. "I'm sorry Videl...it's just that... if we have too much contact...my virus might spread to you..."
Videl nodded sadly, understanding.
Beep.
A giant jolt of pain suddenly struck Gohan. Gasping for air, he knew he didn't have time left. Using up his last bit of energy, he managed to say in a voice louder than a whisper, "Thank you everybody... for being great friends... and making my life great... I'm sorry it... had to end this way..." he took one deep breath and closed his eyes in pain.
The beeping of the machine stopped.
Son Gohan was dead.
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Chapter 3: I'm Sorry
Gohan lay on the cold, gray floor, groaning as he regained consciousness. *Where am I?* he thought, looking around at the walls. It reminded him of a cell used by humans, the ones he had only seen when he was Saiyaman, because there were bars blocking him from leaving.
"That's odd. How did I even get into jail in the first place?" Gohan tried to move, but immediately screamed with pain. He had forgotten about the blue rope. "Oh yeah..." Gohan faintly remembered Cell knocking him out.
Clomp. Clomp.
Gohan was shook out of his thoughts by the sound of someone's footsteps on the metal-like ground echoing around in the hall. "So, I see our half- saiyan is awake," a rough voice sneered.
Frieza stopped in front of Gohan's cell. "Look, boy, I know what you're thinking. You're probably thinking why we would put you into a normal cell where you could break out easily." Gohan narrowed his eyes. That was exactly what he thought. "Well guess again, saiyan! These walls were specially made to withstand anything. They're also ki-activated. If you even try to power up, they'll give you a nasty shock, even more powerful than that blue band you're wearing. These bars aren't really bars, they make up a wall too, except it's transparent and sound can get through it. There is only one way to unlock it, and that is with our touch. We wouldn't be stupid to keep a key that we could lose. And, if we accidentally touch the wall, don't think you're free yet, because we have to touch it in a certain pattern!" He cackled loudly. "There is nothing you or your father can do to stop us! Once we have gotten rid of you, we will get rid of your father! Then we will take over the whole world! MUAHAHAHA!"
"No! That's not true!" Gohan cried. "My dad will come in time!"
Frieza smirked. "My, my, I thought you would be the one to know that the best. I'm sure he'll come in time, the same way he wasn't there for half of your life." He grinned triumphantly as he saw Gohan lower his head.
Gohan knew it. *He's right for once... how can I count on my dad?* "Hold on. I have one thing I want to know. How did you come back to life?"
Just then, the rest of the nightmares came in. "I can answer that!" Garlic Jr. screeched. "Frieza's father, King Cold, resurrected him again. Frieza knew he couldn't beat you guys alone-" he ducked a swing from Frieza's tail- "and he also knew there were a bunch of us who wanted revenge. So he called on the Blackstar Dragonballs, which were floating around in the universe. He brought us all back, and we trained together to become the universe's strongest gang! You and your measly friends will never stop us!"
Gohan sprang forward in pure rage, breaking the blue rope as he did so, and ignoring the shocks the walls were giving him. "NO! You're all wrong!" he cried. "We will stop you all, the same way we've done before!" He tried to break down the wall, hurting himself in the process.
Nappa shook his head. "You are a truly sad excuse for a fighter." He fired a blast at Gohan, which penetrated the wall with no trouble and hit his chest. The force of the ball sent him flying backwards into the wall. Restraining ropes automatically binded Gohan to the wall, where he was hit by the jolts.
"That's not fair..." Gohan said weakly.
"Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, the wall is programmed with our DNA. Only an attack that contains some of our DNA can go through the wall."
"Have a good rest!" the five chorused, then left, cackling evilly.
Gohan hung his head, unable to move, as he was strapped to the wall.
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"Where's Gohan?" Videl cried, trying to fly off. "Get off me Bulma, I have to go find Gohan!"
Bulma held on stubbornly, not willing to let go. "Videl, listen to me! You don't understand! Those aren't ordinary weak monsters, they're nightmares from Gohan's past, and they're much more powerful! You would kill yourself trying to rescue Gohan, and Gohan would kill me for letting you put yourself into danger!"
Videl stopped struggling as she remembered the promise she had made with Gohan. Tears streaked down her face. "Well, then tell everyone else to go! Can't we do SOMETHING to get Gohan back?"
Just then Vegeta appeared in the hallway. "Woman, I'm going off with Kakkarot to get his brat back," he announced.
Bulma released Videl, ran over to him and hugged him tight. "Vegeta, do you have to go? You might be killed, and I don't know what I'd do without you!"
Vegeta took her by the shoulders and pulled her back so he could look her straight in the eye. "Look, woman, I'm not going to die. My enemy is back, bigger and badder, and if I don't go, he could put you in danger, and I don't want that..." he mumbled the last few words.
Bulma smiled. "Aw, Vegeta, you're just embarrassed to show how much you love me."
Vegeta snorted. "Woman, I really have to go now." He looked over her shoulder at Videl. "And I have a feeling the brat's woman might want to come too."
Bulma was shocked. "But Videl might be put in danger!"
Vegeta shrugged. "She'll manage. Come on, Satan." Videl was already one step ahead of him, though, and she marched right through the door.
Vegeta turned again to Bulma. His eyes weren't cold like they were before anymore, and when he spoke, his voice was gentler. "Good-bye, Bulma..." Then he kissed her.
Tears streamed from Bulma's closed eyes as she hugged Vegeta close while they were kissing. Eventually they broke apart. "Promise me you'll come back, Vegeta..."
"I will, when I'm done dealing with Frieza. Make sure our brat doesn't come with us, if I know him, he'll want to come too."
Bulma nodded. "Good luck Vegeta!" she yelled as she watched him fly off with Videl close behind him towards the forest, where Goku was. *Keep safe, my prince...*
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Nappa touched Gohan's cell door in a strange rhythm that was something like tap-ti-ti-tap-tap-knock-ti-tap. The wall disappeared. Then the overgrown person pushed a button, and Gohan's restraining ropes disappeared. He fell to the ground, numb from the shocks.
Nappa roughly pushed him up. "C'mon, twerp, Cell wants ta see ya." He tied a smaller blue rope around Gohan's hands and grinned maliciously. "That's just so you won't try anything."
Nappa herded Gohan into a big, metallic, round room that looked sort of like Bulma's lab, except with a ton more buttons. At the center, there was a throne-like chair. And whose dirty butt graced it? None other than Cell, of course. There were two other smaller chairs, and in them sat Frieza and Garlic Jr.
Nappa bowed low. "Here you are, milord."
Frieza scowled. "Why does Cell get to be the lord?"
Cell laughed. "Because I could beat you all anyday!"
"But I'm immortal!" Garlic Jr. whined.
"Come on, deal with the brat already!" Radditz yelled above the melee, waving his hands like a referee.
Cell cleared his throat. "Yes, why of course." He motioned to Radditz, who brought him a small red rope. Nappa once again shoved Gohan forward, and he stumbled to a halt in front of Cell. Gohan tried to run away, but Frieza and Garlic Jr. held him down.
The green nightmare smirked. He put the rope around Gohan's throat. At first Gohan thought that Cell was going to choke him, but then learned it was not so as Cell snapped the clasp together at the back of his neck. It instantly fused into one whole circle, making it impossible to get off."You're probably wondering what this is for. Well, since we thought you'll probably try to escape, this is a tracker. You can't destroy it, because it's made out of the same material, and once again, at the same time it masks your ki, and if you power up it shocks you. I think it's more effective at the neck, what about you?" He watched amusingly as Gohan just growled. "Take him back, Nappa!" he rapped out.
"Right away, your cellness." Nappa bowed.
Gohan was pushed awkwardly back into his prison. "Too bad you can't eat anything!" Nappa taunted.
Then Gohan made his move. Breaking the rope on his hands, he fired a powerful wave at Nappa. At first Nappa smirked. *His attack can't get through, he doesn't have the right DNA!* But then his smirk turned into a big O shape. The wave didn't bounce back at the wall, it kept going!
"NNOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Nappa screamed as he faded away. His last words were "but how..."
Gohan stood, panting heavily. The ring on his neck had shocked him; when he had been attacking he hadn't felt it; but now he did.
Radditz came bursting in the door. "What? Where's Nappa?" he exclaimed furiously. Then he saw the scorched floor. "How? We designed those walls to be completely attack-resistant!"
Gohan smirked, even though he was in terrible pain. "Well, Radditz, it's really simple. You're supposed to be my uncle, right? And only you guys' DNA can get through. But you're related to me, so some of your DNA is in my body. That way, my attack can get through the wall the same way as yours can."
Radditz frowned. *Darn! That's no fair! We didn't think about that!* He pressed a button on the wall. Cell's voice came over the intercom.
"All right, what is it? I'm busy here eating 'indigestible' cookies, ya know?"
Radditz's face was grim. "Boss, we got ourselves a little problem here, and it looks like a saiyan with a brain..." (A/N: O_O He didn't even realize he insulted himself!)
Cell, Frieza, and Garlic Jr. were there in a flash. "What's all the commotion?" Garlic Jr. asked, wiping his mouth clear of the 'indigestible' cookie crumbs.
Radditz sighed. "Obviously our 'great smart leader' here forgot one very important thing about the cell. The boy is related to me. He's got some of my DNA. His attacks can get through the wall. And I think he accidentally overheard Nappa tapping the door, so he could get out anytime he wanted to." As if on cue, they heard the pattern: tap-ti-ti-tap-tap-knock-ti-tap. The door to Gohan's prison disappeared and Gohan stepped out, looking very mad.
"You guys have some fighting to do..."he growled as he turned super saiyan and attacked.
Instantly Cell created a barrier surrounding the remaining four of them. "Hey! That rope around your neck is supposed to cause enough pain to stop you from going super saiyan!"
Gohan laughed slightly, wincing as he did so. "Well, this teenage half- saiyan can stand a little pain." He powered up even more, and though more power meant more pain, he turned super saiyan 2. "Now let's see if I can't make you pay!"
Just then the door burst open, and Vegeta, with his palm extended toward where the door would have been before he destroyed it, stepped in, followed by Videl and Goku. "Frieza, you scum, you're mine!" yelled Vegeta, and he attacked Frieza.
Gohan was surprised. "Videl? Dad? Vegeta? What are you guys doing here?"
Goku grinned as he dropped down into a fighting stance. "What does it look like we're doing, eating 'indigestible' cookies?"
"B-but how did you find us?" Garlic Jr. shrieked. Then he looked up into Cell's face accusingly. "Would you like to explain, 'master'?"
Cell avoided looking into the short figure's eyes. "Well-um-I-didn't really- um-make the palace-um, er- undetectable," he muttered.
"So you're telling me they followed our kis here?" his voice rose. "Obviously they're going to see our floating gray palace up here and say 'oohhh, that's one weird kite'! You really expect them to NOT find us up here?" Garlic Jr. was very mad, and he was just about to fight Cell when Videl jumped on him.
Then it was one big commotion, and the fighting broke out. Vegeta slammed his fist into Frieza, Videl punched Garlic Jr. in the chest, Goku faced off against his brother, and Cell- well, Cell, the oh-so-mighty ruler, tried to run.
But he couldn't, because a cold-eyed Gohan stood in the doorway, looking at him with his arms crossed over his chest in a Vegeta-like style. "And you were going...where?"
Meanwhile, Radditz wasn't exactly having a good time. "Um, Kakkarot, maybe we can talk this out over some 'indigestible' cookies like good brothers? Of course, I'm sure you'll be able to digest it........"
Goku smirked. "Talk it over with the devil in HFIL! KAMEHAMEHA!" The huge wave overwhelmed Radditz, and he was blasted into pieces, never to be heard again. (hopefully)
Videl was punching the blood out of Garlic Jr. "You-" punch-"hurt-"punch- "my-"punch-"boyfriend!" slam! Garlic Jr. lay on the floor, his purple blood everywhere.
"I'm immortal, you can't kill me!" he screeched.
"We'll just see how immortal you are! HITOMI.........WAVE!" A huge attack in the form of a huge wave literally washed Garlic Jr. away.
Goku gaped at Videl. "Wow, what a refreshing attack!"
Vegeta stood over the quaking body of Frieza. "Well well, I thought you said you were stronger. You don't even compare to Kakkarot's second brat, and you're in your highest form! I really expected more of you, slimy guts!" he stomped on Frieza's chest with such force that it punctured a hole, and from there outwards Frieza slowly obliterated away. Vegeta shook his boot off. "Yuck. Purple Ice-jin blood. The woman's going to have a fit when she sees these new boots ruined."
All that was left was Cell. Gohan advanced on his worst nightmare, the rope on his neck buzzing with electricity. "I'm going to turn you into microscopic pieces, like the slime that you are!"
Cell knew that he was defeated. "All right, you win. But, I'm not letting you win that easy!" Smirking, he plunged forward suddenly. A needle full of some kind of black liquid appeared in his hand. He plunged the point into Gohan's left arm, a little bit under his shoulder. Gohan stepped back in surprise. "What was that?"
Cell laughed insanely. "That, my half-saiyan enemy, is none other than Detharan, the virus I created." Laughing even more at Gohan's shocked look, he continued. "Sounds deadly, doesn't it? Let me explain more. Detharan is a virus that will kill anyone in 24 hrs. or less, and the stronger they are, the faster they will die. And seeing as how you're the strongest person around, you will die VERY soon!"
Gohan couldn't believe it. "No... you can't be right..." but inside he knew it was true.
He was going to die.
"NO!" he screamed. The red rope around his neck buzzed even louder, then it exploded. Gohan didn't care. "I die later. You die. Now." He said softly. "FE...RAN...TO..." He moved his hands in the form of a circle. "HA!" He slammed his hands together in the middle of the circle. A huge beam erupted from Gohan's outstretched hands, and it immediately crushed Cell, who was still laughing maniacally.
Gohan stood, gasping for air. He was badly injured, and the shocks he had received before from all the ropes and his prison were beginning to take effect on him. He was starting to feel dizzy. "Gohan! Gohan!" a faraway voice was saying. "Gohan, hang on, you're going to be ok..."
Somehow Gohan had collapsed on the floor. Gohan's eyes focused on the worried face of Videl. Behind her, Gohan could see Vegeta looking down on him, and Goku ready to instant transmit them all to Capsule Corp. Then the whole world went black.
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Beep. Beep. (That's the machine that measures heartbeats, FYI.)
Everyone was standing around Gohan's bed, worrying about the currently unconscious, injured half-saiyan. Unfortunately Korin had run out of sensu beans, so they couldn't have healed Gohan anyway. Goku had predicted that even with the sensu beans, they couldn't get rid of the virus.
Beep. Beep.
"Oooooohhhh..." Gohan groaned as he opened his eyes slowly. He could tell everyone was there. "Where am I?" he whispered. *Why don't I have enough energy to talk in my normal voice? What happened?*
Beep. Beep.
"Gohan, you're at the hospital," Chichi said gently.
"Why am I...at the hospital?"
"Gohan, don't you remember what happened?" Gohan turned his head slightly to see a tearful Videl sitting beside him.
Gohan closed his eyes as he remembered. The pain... laughter... blue and red... nightmares from the past... black liquid... the black liquid! He gasped. "How long... have I been out?"
Goku looked sadly at Gohan, and said, "Gohan, you've been unconscious for 10 hours."
BEEP! BEEP!
Gohan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. "That means... I'm going to die...soon... right?" his voice was weak.
Videl gripped Gohan's hand. "Gohan! Don't say that, please!"
"We... we have to... face the...truth, Videl..." he closed his eyes as a wave of pain ran through his body.
Beep. Beep.
Gohan turned towards his parents. "There's not much time left for me..."
Chichi started crying, and hugged Goku. "My-my little ba-baby is going t-to die! Waaaahhh!" she wailed.
"Mom, Dad, I'm... sorry... about what I said before..." Gohan said, his voice barely above a mumble.
Goku smiled sadly. "It's OK, Gohan. You were right. I wasn't there. I didn't act fast enough to stop Cell from injecting that virus into you." He sighed. "Gohan, I should be the one who's sorry."
"No dad... I was wrong... for shouting at you... I just got a little mad... that's all..."
Vegeta snorted.
Gohan turned to Videl. "Videl..."
Beep. Beep.
"Gohan, it might be better if you don't talk, save your strength! You'll make it! I know you will! You're Son Gohan! You beat Cell twice! You can live through a simple virus, can't you?"
Gohan smiled. "Videl... I wish it was that simple..." He closed his eyes for a moment as pain engulfed his body. "Videl... I want you to know... no matter what happens... I'll... I'll always love you..."
Videl looked into his eyes, the eyes she loved so much, that were now filled with pain and love. "Gohan..." she whispered. Then she leaned down and kissed him, knowing it could be the last time she would have a chance to.
A single tear ran out of Gohan's closed eyes as he kissed Videl. Then he pulled back. "I'm sorry Videl...it's just that... if we have too much contact...my virus might spread to you..."
Videl nodded sadly, understanding.
Beep.
A giant jolt of pain suddenly struck Gohan. Gasping for air, he knew he didn't have time left. Using up his last bit of energy, he managed to say in a voice louder than a whisper, "Thank you everybody... for being great friends... and making my life great... I'm sorry it... had to end this way..." he took one deep breath and closed his eyes in pain.
The beeping of the machine stopped.
Son Gohan was dead.
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So what do you guys think? (runs away screaming as Chichi runs after CG with the frying pan) DON'T KILL ME! Look, you people, don't review and tell me that I was a bad person and not to kill Gohan! Don't tell me to bring him back to life! I already wrote my fourth chapter and I'm not changing it very much! I WILL bring Son Gohan back, mark my words. I WILL if it's the last thing I do!
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