A/N: Firstly, real sorry for the long wait for this update, the ideas haven't exactly been

         coming thick and fast for this chapter.

        Secondly, I boosted the rating up to PG-13 because I thought the fight scenes

         might get a bit graphic because I like to make things realistic.

        Thirdly, Gohan may seem OOC in some parts of this chapter. I just wanted to

         bring out his Saiyan side a little bit.

        Finally, thanks a lot for your wonderful reviews and I hope you enjoy this

         chapter.

Disclaimer: DB/Z/GT don't belong to me, never have done, never will do.

                                          Chapter 13: The real battle begins

            Gohan froze. The cold voice brought the hairs on the back of his neck up in in goose pimples. He turned round, slowly, and cautiously. A large figure cast a shadow across the floor. He came out from behind a bulky object, which was covered with a dustsheet.

      "So, how have you enjoyed your time in London, Gohan Son?" Paradox asked, smirking evilly.

Gohan stared at the being who had brought him here, carefully taking in every detail.

He was slightly taller than Piccolo and about the same build as the Namekian. His skin was a kind of turquoise colour, with strange yellow flecks dotted all over, as if yellow paint had been flicked at him with a paintbrush. His eyes were a piercing red, kind of like Frieza's, and stood out as a stark contrast to the mellow colours of his skin. His ears, nose, and mouth were shaped the same as a human's. He was completely bald and the skin on top of his head seemed to have a ripple in the centre and looked very rough and thick. He wore a dark green gi with black lining, and nothing on his feet, which had pointed toes and very hard, well-worn skin.

Paradox gave a low, cold laugh as he watched the small boy take in his appearance.

      "Are you going to stare at me all day or fight?" He asked, looking down at the demi-saiyan, his red eyes glinting menacingly.

Gohan stared back at Paradox, his eyes unblinking.

      "I'll fight you, but leave Benny out of this." Gohan said, with as much confidence as he could muster. It would take everything he got and more to win.

Paradox just gave a sinister laugh as a reply and launched himself into the air, ready to attack.

Gohan, still holding onto Benny, panicked, and only just managed to dodge the right-footed kick Paradox aimed at him and Benny.

He quickly laid the limp form of his friend against the wall and made a mental note to keep the fighting away from that wall.

      "Are you ready to fight back now?" Paradox asked, his face contorted into a sneering smile.

Gohan set his jaw in a firm, determined line and fell into his fighting stance.

Paradox flew, full speed, towards Gohan and they engaged in a furious, airborne battle. Fists locked with fists. Kicks were blocked with countering kicks of flailing arms. The battle went on at this fast pace for about ten minutes. Paradox and Gohan matched each other in every aspect and were both waiting for the other to make a mistake.

Paradox, knowing that Gohan can sense ki levels, fluctuated his ki to put the demi-saiyan off.

Gohan jolted. What was going on with Paradox's ki, it was getting smaller, then larger, then smaller again?

Paradox found Gohan's mistake and his fist connected with the boy's jaw. Gohan crashed heavily to the floor. He groaned in pain, before getting up and wiping away the crimson liquid trickling out the side of his mouth. He glared up at Paradox, daring him to attack again.

       "You won't last much longer, boy." Paradox said, aiming a death glare at the young hybrid.

Gohan found himself adopting a Vegeta esque smirk.

       "That's what your partner told me just before I killed him." He said, confidently.

Paradox growled and charged towards Gohan, ready to punch. Gohan quickly threw his arms up to block, but his over-confidence betrayed him and Paradox's fist got past Gohan's arms and caught him square between the eyes.

Gohan staggered backwards, his head spinning as the blood rushed, furiously, to his head. His vision blurred as all he saw in front of him were black, fuzzy spots. Somewhere in the distance, he could hear Paradox's evil laughter fill the hot, claustrophobic air around him.

Gohan shook his head, trying to clear his vision, a sharp pain diving through his eyes.

Eventually Gohan had regained partial sight. Enough to see that Paradox was forming a strange ki blast in the palm of his hand. He squinted, trying to further improve his sight. The blast wasn't one that he was familiar with and he knew a lot of different techniques, especially since he'd been up on Namek.

Before Gohan had decided what to do, Paradox released the blast, which was glowing an eerie green colour. It immediately engulfed the young half-breed, leaving a large, green cloud of smoke in the spot where he had stood.

            Gohan was shrouded in darkness as the magical ki blast connected with his own ki. The green blast turned into a deadly cloud of smoke on impact, which started giving off deadly fumes, which immediately flew up Gohan's nostrils and tried to force their way into his firmly closed mouth.

As the fumes settled into Gohan's lungs, the boy began to choke uncontrollably, gasping for clean air. He fell to his knees choking up blood now, as the fumes started eating away at his insides. (a/n: not literally)

       I've got to get out of here! He yelled, mentally.

            Paradox looked at the green cloud of smoke, a puzzled look on his face. He could still sense the boy's power level quite clearly. The fumes should have killed him by now. What was he made of?

Then, suddenly, a strong wind picked up, forcing the green smoke off of the demi-saiyan and out of the warehouse, before eventually dissolving in the cold air outside.

Paradox watched his attack blow into thin air, then averted his gaze back to the hybrid child.

Gohan was kneeling on the floor, wiping blood off his chin with one hand and sweat off his forehead with the other hand. His onyx-coloured eyes were wide in surprise.

Paradox slowly nodded, as he realised what Gohan had just done. He'd called up the wind, just like he'd done with the water when he was fighting Bob.

        "Very clever, young saiyan, but, answer me this. How were you able to stay alive when the fumes installed themselves into your lungs so efficiently?" Paradox asked, awaiting Gohan's response impatiently.

Gohan stared at Paradox as if he had gone mad. Now he thought about it, he did wonder how he had survived that. The fumes should have killed him, and then he got those strange Latin-esque words fed into his speech and the smoke was blown away.

       "I don't know." Gohan replied, but not really to Paradox. His words came out all muffled and strained as his lungs tried to get used to the good air again.

Paradox glanced around the warehouse, the look in his eye giving the impression that he was somewhat bored of his surroundings. He smiled evilly.

      "You're about to see something not many of my victims live to see." Paradox said, his grin transforming into an evil smirk.

Gohan stared up at Paradox, fear evident in his eyes, wondering what the villain had in store for him now.

            Paradox leaned over so that his forehead pointed diagonally up, his bare feet were shoulder width apart, and his ki skyrocketed.

Gohan watched in horror as the turquoise skin on top of Paradox's bare head started rippling, like disturbed water. The rippling skin then started to peel back towards his ears. A strange hissing noise accompanied the action, and a nauseous smell of decaying flesh filled the air.

A flash of blinding light flew out of the fleshless part of Paradox's head, and the next thing Gohan knew was that a strong wind was tugging at him. He looked at the position Paradox's head was pointed and saw the tornado thingy that had gotten him into this mess in the first place.

The powerful wind blew out of the wormhole, sucking up anything which was loose inside the warehouse. Benny was swallowed up first by the tornado, his limp body floating with no resistance into the void.

       "Benny!" Gohan cried, trying to keep both feet on the ground, his situation reminding him of Garlic Jnr and the dead zone.

Paradox laughed, his body still bent over, as he made the winds stronger by raising his ki.

Gohan gave up, allowing himself to be sucked into the tornado. He had to find Benny before something bad happened to him.

Paradox grinned triumphantly and flew into his self-created void, the only one of the three time travellers who knew of their destination.

End chapter.

There you go, chapter 13 completed. Where are Gohan and Benny headed and what added dangers await them in this new time zone? R&R and you'll find out. Thanks for reading the chappie. Lol. ^_^