A/N: Ok I would like to make amends one thing. Gohan didn't defeat Deboura. Buu ate him. *I hate that pink…blob…thing…dude* Anyways I would just like to make that clear that I am not stupid I just hadn't seen the episode yet. Even still. Master Shroud wants to kill Gohan.

Once again the world shifted and plunged into a red stupor. The demon appeared, this time in the form of a horrible red beast. It stood, slumped on two short legs. Long arms lined with thick black spikes drooped to the floor. Its head was pushed forward on its torso and its wide flat mouth held rows of sharp teeth. Black spikes and horns adorned its body randomly.

Gohan backed away in disgust.

"What do you think of my new form Gohan?" The voice was the same. Graveled slime.

Gohan finally seemed to realize what he had done. "No! No I'm not supposed to do this! No!" Desperately he pounded at the walls and with each pound a pain shot through his head. He remembered then that the walls were his very mind. Whatever he did to them he did to himself.

Vicious pain seared through his back as a spiked wrist drove home. He a wordless yell of pain he spun and threw his fists as hard as he could. The beast stumbled backwards and fell.

Gohan took the moment to throw several energy balls its way. The explosion made the world shake and his mind felt as if it were dancing in his head. He wrapped his arms around it to stop the horrible feeling.

The monster got to its feet and lunged slashing with wrists and long nails. Gohan cried out in pain as rips appeared in his clothes, the skin beneath red and bloody.

The monster laughed. "Let's finish this. You remember Deboura don't you?"

Gohan lowered his slashed arms painfully and looked up in fear at his tormenter. Anger lay behind the fear.

Kay felt the battle between Dæmon and man in his sleep. With a jolt he came awake. "No."

He whispered it in the dark. "Gohan!" He hastily pushed the blankets aside and felt his way blindly down the hallways.

When he came to Gohan's room the darkness seemed to thicken. Shadows lurched for him and then became one black mass. He stepped warily into the room, heart thundering in fear.

Thousands of invisible daggers appeared around him. Each made of evil. Each made of shadow. Each made of hate. And each drove its way to his heart splitting flesh and ripping tendons. Kay let out a piercing scream before falling dead.

The Dæmon gave a jerk before continuing with its boast. "Kay is dead. As I was saying remember Deboura's little ability? The one that turns you to stone?"

Gohan's eyes widened as he realized what the Dæmon was planning. "You'll turn me to stone and keep me here! You'll take control! And now that Kay is- no he isn't he can't be. You can't cross the wards!"

The Dæmon laughed horribly. An image entered Gohan's mind and image of black daggers, an image of mangled flesh laying in utter darkness. He shivered.

The Dæmon lashed out once more, claws raking Gohan's face as it grabbed hold of his chin and forced him to look into the Dæmon's red flushed eyes. "Time to die human."

The spit was cold on Gohan's face and then there was numbness. Numbness that spread to his neck and shoulders, to his torso and then beyond. He was a rock. Frozen for eternity until the Dæmon perished.

With a wicked cackle the Dæmon vanished.

All 7 Z fighters jolted awake in the night. Piccilo cried out in his sleep. What is that? A foreign energy was pushing its way into his mind. So evil was its register that his stomach churned and it was an effort to keep his dinner down.

Vegeta and Trunks both rushed to the living room, looking at each other in amazement and fear on Trunks' part. Both felt the energy as well.

Krillin was up in an instant. Even he, a human, could feel this awful feeling. Like poison in his belly. #18 turned in her bed and looked at her husband. "I can feel it." She whispered.

Videl startled awake. "What is that? Why do I feel…sick?" Something called her, pulled her to some destination. Somehow she knew it had to do with Gohan.

Goten as well was pacing in his room. Trying to puzzle what the feeling meant. Even little Goku woke up screaming in his bed.

The next morning as if by instinct all were gathered at Bulma's once more. The name they all spoke at once was the same. "Gohan."

Suddenly something rendered in Trunks' mind. "I know where he is! I can't believe I didn't realize it before!"

Videl stood. "Where Trunks! Where!" She loomed over him, holding the collar of his shirt. Trunks cleared his throat nervously.

"In the mountain area. His energy was so low and…I thought I recognized it…but…" With a glance around at once another it was decided.

"Lead the way Trunks." Vegeta's voice was gruff.

A/N: Aha! Another cliffhanger. I told you we'd see what happened. Of course I wasn't going to let the Z fighters save him. MWHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh and…well I shouldn't say. *evil look at baby Goku*