Wow, I got a lot of reviews and fast. Ok three reviews just about an hour after posting but still.
Reviews:
Trugeta: and a metaphorical cookie goes to Tru! Yes, that is what I did. I'm not so sure about how a17 came to be, pretty sure I covered all there is, but there are lots on how regular 17 got forced into following orders :)
Chico: -laughs- whatever he says… Heh, glad you liked it. I'm normally kind of bad at the social side.
Son Oliver: Erm, yea, something like that. Kyaku was doing it more to force 17 to do as Gero said by putting his sanity at risk. You'll see in here. With Frieza and Cell on Earth then Goku is going to be doing something totally different. Hope you enjoy!
Rejhan: well I don't know if Trunks saw 17 in Z but how Trunks recognised 17 in this story is by not only sensing nothing from him but also by meeting him when he went to visit Marron and her family a few times. 17 is her uncle after all so I think he would go and visit his niece.
And thanks also to super saiyan 4 chichi for reviewing!
Chapter 19: trapped.
Chichi stared at her husband's back as she tried to make sense of what he was saying.
"And how are you planning on finding out?" she asked with her arms placed firmly on her hips. Goku turned to face her and flashed a crafty smile.
"Simple I'm going to meet Gero." He answered. The others all stared at him in surprise and Trunks got painfully to his feet.
"But Goku, he wants you to go up there to meet him through that hole. This has to be some kind of trap!" he informed Goku who shrugged it off.
"I'm stronger then I have ever been before and I'm definitely stronger then Gero is and if I get into any real trouble then I always have my new transformation. I'll be fine." Goku assured the group. Gohan frowned at his father.
"Dad, you don't know what's going on up there. Gero had to have done something big to make that hole so you shouldn't know what to expect! He might have gotten a huge power boost or something to be able to do that. And besides, its hell up there! You know that place of eternal suffering. Everything could be different and you could end up getting trapped there," he argued but Goku waved it off.
"I know my way around hell and I know where the exit is. If something goes wrong then I'll just go to the check in station and have Yemma get someone to bring me back. No harm done." He said calmly. The others all looked at him, exasperated and with no more ideas on how to convince Goku not to go. They knew that there was practically no way to get Goku to back out of a challenge but something definitely did not seem right about this.
"Mum! Guys! Come in here! You have to see this!" Bra yelled from the living room and the others all quickly filtered in.
"What's wrong, honey?" Bulma asked as she quickly took in what her daughter was pointing at.
A News broadcast was playing. It was a scene from down town West City showing complete pandemonium. People were screaming whilst running for their lives as very familiar people followed calmly, blasting anything that moved
"The city was caught by complete shock a matter of minutes ago when the sky seemingly opened up to form a large hole. It is not determined where the hole leads to but scientists have been working to finding out. But only a matter of minutes ago one of the probes that was sent up to examine it was blown to smithereens and many strange creatures began filtering out, many of which seem human. We are still trying to determine what they want and-" the reporter had paled several shades as he spotted something behind his camera man, "oh my Kami! Look out! Its Cell!" he yelled and the next thing any body knew, the reporter had been reduced to a flaming spot on the ground and Cell's all to familiar face was on the screen.
"I always hated the news." He proclaimed and then the screen only showed static. Goku growled at it.
"That's it. Gohan, Trunks, get the others and go down town and try to stop them. I'm going to Gero to try and sort out this mess from there," the saiyan announced and this time no body argued as they all hurried out of the house.
On a cliff beneath the hole in the sky stood a lone man. His hair and coat blew wildly as he powered up and sent ki through the hole but he did this as if he were a sleep. His cold eyes were completely glazed over and he seemed to have nearly no will of his own. All that 17 could now think of was what had happened to him over the past few weeks of constant torment.
At first all he had seen was the purple man following him around. 17 had dismissed it nearly at once as either a malfunction or stress simply because he was the only one who saw him, everyone else just walked straight through him.
But then the dreams came. The dreams that would always start off as a blur of memories flashing through his head at light speeds. Memories of all he had done in his life and even some memories he didn't know he had. These memories would just flash through his head leaving him with practically no time to focus on and most of the time all he would see was a blur of colour and an insane mixture of noises, almost as if the whole world was talking to him at once.
And then the flashes would stop. They would simply stop and all that would be left was utter silence and nothing but dark that would press in on him until he was sure he would go mad.
He had these nightmares for about a week and then afterwards every time he saw the man he would blank out and have the nightmare. Soon the man made more frequent visits and 17 had more frequent blackouts until one day, instead of nothing but dark and silence in the end of his nightmare was Gero, offering the make it all stop. All he had to do was help free Gero and go to him and 17 would be able to save his sanity.
So now he was on a cliff, sending energy through the hole to keep it open whilst on the other side of it a man identical to 17 was doing the exact same thing. Behind him stood Myuu, Gero and Kyaku.
"Artificial 17 is doing a good job staying in sync." Myuu commented and Gero nodded.
"Of course. Kyaku is doing a good job of telling the older 17 what to do." The earthen scientist added. Kyaku then stepped forward, losing his white glow.
"It is done. 17 will continue to do as he is doing until you stop on this end. Then he will search for you." The warlord informed the doctors who both nodded.
"Very good job, Kyaku. You really do live up to your legend. You may go and do as you please on earth now." Gero instructed. Kyaku nodded and then flew through the hole in the floor that was in front of the 17 copy. The doctors watched him go silently.
"This is quite amazing. Who knew that you could make a rift in hell simply by having someone to exchange ki with on the other side? This almost seems too easy." Myuu commented.
"Maybe to you but this took a great deal of research on my part. It is quite satisfying to have it work out this way." Gero said in answer. Myuu nodded.
"And are you sure he'll come?" Myuu asked. Gero smirked.
"Most definitely."
Back on earth, Goku was flying as fast as he could towards the hole in the sky. The flow of escapees had stopped and now only one or two seemed to still be in the air but Goku didn't have time to worry about them. He had to get to Gero.
Goku quickly reached the hole and flew straight through it, not even stopping to consider what he would do when he reached his destination. He just carried on going and eventually burst through the smog to reach his destination.
Goku landed gracefully next to the large hole and quickly looked around. He didn't recognise where he was but that was the least of his concerns. On the other side of the hole stood Gero, Myuu and artificial 17.
"Ah, Goku. We have been expecting you." Gero greeted from across the hole. Goku quickly turned to survey them. Gero was smirking and Myuu looked positively confused where as A17 looked passive.
"Were you now? What made you so sure that I would come?" Goku asked, focusing once more on Gero.
"Because, my dear saiyan, you are too predictable. Now aren't you going to ask about our little plan since I know that you are just dying to know." Gero answered. Goku sighed and then nodded.
"Ok then, what are you guys up to?" he asked and Gero's smirk widened.
"Simple. First we planned on luring you here. You're now going to stay here while we return to earth and start a new world – or maybe universal – order while you enjoy finding out just what kind of 'fun' we had here ever since you damned us to this hell!" Gero announced. Goku stared blankly at them.
"And how do you plan on making me stay here?" Goku asked. Myuu laughed before answering.
"Fool! Artificial 17 here has stopped his little exchange of ki. The hole will be closed in a matter of seconds and there is nothing you can do about it. Good bye!"
Goku's eyes widened as he heard this and then looked straight at A17 and then at the closing hole. Sure enough Myuu was right and now Goku was going to have to move fast.
Goku leapt into the air and started a diving motion but before he was even close to the hole a fire ball hit his side hard and the hero was sent flying into the nearest pile of rocks. The two scientists laughed and then flew through the hole along with A17 just before the hole closed up completely.
Back on Earth the situation was getting worse. The escaped hellions were busy tearing apart the city and there was nothing that the humans could do but run or die.
Goten had been on a date with Paris when the hole in the sky had opened up and now they were in the middle of the mess.
"Its ok, Paris. Just don't make any sudden moves." Goten coaxed. They had been enjoying lunch in a little café until the Ginyu force had decided to make an appearance. Now they were completely surrounded and Goten was acting as a saiyan barrier to protect Paris.
"Oh…Goten…" Paris whimpered from behind. The four members of the Ginyu force all snickered at the couple.
"Come on guys, lets have a little fun." The orange man with the long white hair announced. The others all chuckled and stepped closer. Goten growled and watched.
The smallest of the force decided to move first but Goten easily grabbed his leg and swung the little guy in to the largest of the force that had been leaping forward. The little guy collided hard with the big guy's stomach and they both crashed into a wall. Next up were the orange man and the blue man. The blue man zipped to Goten's side where as the orange guy jumped towards Goten from above. Goten watched them both carefully and smirked before disappearing. The next thing the Ginyu force knew, the orange man had been kicked straight into the blue and they were both down. Goten landed smugly in front of Paris.
The Ginyu force all scrambled to their feet and jumped further away from Goten.
"Hey! You kids don't know who you're messing with!" the orange guy announced.
"How about we tell them." The blue guy asked and the others all nodded and got into position.
"Jeice!" the orange man yelled and got into a pose so that he was on one leg with his arms arched over his head and his leg bent up behind him.
"Burter!" the blue man yelled as he got into his pose with his palms connected to his face and his legs bent.
"Racoome!" the large red head yelled, getting into a stance with one leg bent and his arms pointed straight up.
"Guldo!" the little green four-eyed man exclaimed in a little handstand.
"And together we are!" they all yelled as they came together for one final pose.
"Oh shut up." Goten called and then blasted the whole Ginyu force, instantly killing them and sending them back to the check-in station.
Goten smiled at his handy work and then turned to Paris who was leaning against a wall, breathing hard.
"Goten…this is the last straw…" she muttered. Goten looked completely bewildered.
"What?" he asked her and walked over to her. She backed away.
"Goten, this is the third time something like this has happened! We have already been attacked by Bebi and then there was you fight at the tournament and now this! I don't know how much more I can take!" she confessed. Goten continued to stare at her in confusion.
"I don't understand what you're saying…" he said. Paris pushed herself away from the wall.
"I'm saying that I want a normal relationship where I don't feel like I'm going to keep being attacked! I just don't think that this is going to work." She explained and then took a step away from Goten.
"But Paris, babe…" he started.
"No Goten. I'm sorry but I have to go. Good bye." She said and then left, leaving Goten to stare blankly after her.
"Whoa, you ok man?" someone asked from behind Goten. The demi glanced over his shoulder and there was Trunks.
"I guess…I…" Goten started and then just punched the wall in annoyance.
"I just can't believe this! Its just one pitfall after another round here, isn't it?" Goten asked hotly. Trunks sighed and rested a hand on his friends shoulder.
"Kinda but on the bright side a ton of bad guys just escaped from hell. Could be good stress relief." Trunks joked and Goten cracked a smile.
"Maybe." He replied and then the two men took off towards the nearest bad guys.
It didn't take long to find some as only a block away Cell and Frieza sat destroying random people that ran past. It appeared that they had decided to have a little fun before gathering together the others.
Cell idly watched Frieza blast away random people that ran past. Frieza targeted a little red haired girl and fired, just to have the relatively weak blast come back at him. Frieza deflected it and looked at the new arrivals in surprise. Goten and Trunks stood in front of the girl and Goten's arm was still up having just deflected the blast.
"Well what do we have here?" Frieza asked nobody in particular in amusement. He studied Goten closely and then shifted his gaze to Trunks.
Frieza froze.
Slowly an angry snarl stretched across Frieza's lips as he continued to stare at Trunks. Cell noticed this and stood up.
"Calm down Frieza. He is just this world's version of the man who killed you. The one who killed you was from a completely different timeline, remember?" Cell told the lizard and continued to stare at Trunks as well.
"So? He is still technically the same person. And I will make him pay for what I have been through!" Frieza announced. Goten glanced at Trunks.
"Do you have any idea what these guys are talking about?" he whispered to Trunks.
"Something about one of mum's old stories I think." Trunks replied and then turned to Frieza.
"I Don't know what you're talking about or who you are but that's not going to stop me from sending you right back to where you came from." He announced and Frieza snarled.
"Not this time!" Frieza yelled back at Trunks and was about to leap forward when a new voice broke in.
"Hey! You guys aren't going to start a party without me, are you?" it was Zara, standing on a rock with the guys all looking at her in surprise.
Cell turned his head to get a good look at the woman and then froze himself.
No! It can't be! Not her… He thought, gaping at Zara as memories of the longhaired woman with the cold blue eyes filled his head. This girl looked just like her.
Trunks noticed Cell's weird reaction to Zara but decided to ignore it.
"Hey Zar! Where have you been? You were out for a week." Trunks called to Zara who suddenly looked a little embarrassed.
"Um…that can wait. Who are your friends?" she called back.
Cell had calmed down upon hearing Trunks's greeting and was now staring intently at Zara.
It's not her. The other girl was called Sam. And this girl has golden eyes instead of blue. Must be her off spring. Hmm, this could be entertaining after all. He thought and made to leap forward.
"Hang on Cell. Its not nice to attack when nobody is ready." A new voice called and Cell growled before turning round to face the newcomer.
"Gohan. What a pleasure it is to see you again. And all grown up as well I see." Cell greeted snidely. Frieza took his glare off of Trunks for a moment to stare at Gohan before going back to the lavender haired prince. Gohan was nothing special according to memory.
Gohan smirked and then stepped forward.
"How about we go at it. For old times sake?" Gohan suggested, still wearing a smirk. Cell frowned and then lunged, driving Gohan back with a punch.
Trunks and the others watched with mild curiosity and then Trunks turned to Zara.
"That was weird. Wonder what that was all about." He asked and his two friends shrugged before an impatient Frieza tackled Trunks, leaving Zara and Goten alone.
"Looks like we'll have to find someone else." Goten muttered. Zara nodded and then looked up.
"Think I found my guy." she muttered and frowned up at whoever was approaching them.
Kyaku flew down towards them and touched down just in front of the two. He stared meaningfully at Zara.
"I didn't expect to find you so easily." He admitted. Zara glared at the warlord as he spoke.
"Well I'm not exactly one to hide." She shot back. Kyaku smirked.
"I suppose not. Well you know what happens next." He replied. Zara's glare hardened.
"Yea, I kill you again." She announced and then phased out of sight. Kyaku smirked and followed suit.
Goten sweat dropped as he looked round at all of the fights and sighed.
"Greet, they get all of the strong ones." He said moodily and then noticed a small group of Cell juniors and Saibamen chasing a group of people.
"Better then nothing I suppose…" Goten muttered and then chased the group.
Goku groaned as he sat up. He couldn't work out what had hit him so hard. He frowned and then sniffed the air as he noticed something burning. Goku's face contorted in confusion and looked over his shoulder. The back of his shirt was on fire.
"Ah!" he yelled and quickly beat it out and then sighed. Fireballs weren't good…
Goku then noticed that the hole in the floor was gone.
"Great…guess I will need to find the staircase after all…" he muttered and then looked around. All around him were giant spire like rock formations that stuck out at all angles. The sky was a dark purple and the whole area was made of grey granite. This was not the hell Goku knew.
"Err…where am I?" he wondered a loud. After receiving no answer, the saiyan decided to try flying to gain a more accurate idea of where he was. He took to the air and soon found that it didn't help. The whole place looked exactly the same wherever he looked and it seemed to stretch on forever. It almost reminded him of the hyperbolic time chamber, only darker and demonic.
Goku sighed again after realising that this really wasn't helping and then spotted something far below him. Something was shining in the light and there was a lot of it. So after a moments thought, Goku flew down to what he had spotted.
What he found made him gasp.
What he found was all of the ogres that guarded hell completely frozen in ice. Most he recognised others were strangers but Goku could tell that all of them were the ones that usually kept order in hell.
And then he found some more creatures encased in ice but these ones were most definitely not ogres. These creatures had demonic horns and wings along with thin spiked tails. They all looked rather a lot like the cartoon demons in the shows Goten had watched as a kid.
And then there was the biggest that looked more or less like the cartoon devil himself. He was twice the size of any normal man with the biggest wings out of the lot. He also had curled horns and everything below the waist looked like it had been taken from a goat. And then his tail was long and thick with one large spike on the end. His face was contorted in fury.
Goku couldn't take his eyes away from the demonic frozen creature before him. He was so engrossed in the demon that he didn't even notice the horned woman walk up beside him.
"Pretty, isn't it?" she asked with her head tilted to the side. Goku nearly jumped out of his skin when she spoke and quickly whirled around to stare at her.
"What? Where did you come from?" he asked, completely caught of guard.
The woman stared at him with storm grey eyes.
"I've been here all along." She replied. Goku blinked as he stared at her and surveyed her. She had black hair that trailed down to her mid-back. She had two long strands that framed her face and rested just above the two little horns that were protruding out of her forehead. But her outfit was like nothing Goku had ever seen before. It seemed to be constructed purely out of red leather, the top only just covered what it needed to and came down to form some very tight short shorts. She wore thigh high boots and long red gloves that ended just above her elbows. And finally she had wings and a tail very similar to the frozen creatures around them.
"Did the hole close before you could get out or something?" Goku asked as he watched her. The woman shook her head.
"I can't ever leave here." She told him. Goku looked confused by this and the girl moved her head round to look at him properly.
"For a guy that was dead for a while, you sure don't know a lot, do you?" she commented and Goku's puzzled look grew. The girl sighed and looked back at the statues.
"Hell, and heaven as well, are both set up so that only three groups of people are needed to maintain it. There are the Ogres that settle any and all disputes and act as guards. Then there are seers that are all in the same area as the check in station. They handle surveillance. And finally there is my kind." She explained. Goku looked puzzled.
"And what are your kind?" he asked.
"In heaven we look more like what you call angels and are in charge of keeping everyone happy by either keeping the fridges stocked up or keeping the housing warm. Stuff like that. Here we are in charge of punishing those who come to stay here. All of the villains and bad people that you have sent here I have had a part in torturing. Cell, Frieza, Gero and many others." She explained and then turned to look at Goku properly.
"You see my kind is responsible for looking after hell. We are bound to it, born from it and we draw our powers from it. I can't ever leave here." She explained. Goku blinked a few times as he took in this information and then smiled.
"Hey! If all that's true then you should be able to help me get out of here!" Goku exclaimed. The devil girl laughed at this.
"You really are as naïve as they said you were." She commented. Goku looked confused by this and DG continued.
"Why do you think that all of these people are frozen? Why do you think that I am the only one here that isn't frozen? Don't you get it? I did this!" she explained. Goku looked startled by her sudden change of behaviour but that quickly passed. He soon was in a stance with his rare serious look on his face.
"What did you do?" he asked and DG laughed again.
"Simple. These guys were having a meeting. Boring stuff really, more of giving a report. But as they were all together I brought out the soul-freezing machine and froze them all. And now since I'm the only one taking energy from this place then that makes me the strongest." She explained. Goku frowned and inched closer, sticking to his tight stance.
"Why?" he asked. DG shrugged.
"Because I was bored and Gero gave a good argument. You don't know what its like serving down here," she started and then turned to smoke. Goku's eyes widened as he watched it float towards him and settle round him. The smoke became solid again and DG was standing behind him with her arms wrapped loosely round his neck.
"To work down here you have to know every single little detail about your client. You have to know everything just to use it against them and make them feel like dirt. That's not the bad part because its what I do best but the fact that you get assigned hundreds of those guys means that your head is soon over flowing with useless rubbish that presses against your mind and makes it hard to think." She then growled and spun Goku around to stare directly into his eyes.
"And most of the time these guys come here because of stupid little do gooders like your self!" she snapped and then pushed away.
"But then that little smart-ass cyborg freak decided that he had hope and thought that there was a way out. You gave him hope after he found out you were still alive and that made my job a whole lot harder. But then he began to talk to me during our little sessions. He seemed to think that you would be a challenge. He seemed to think that I would never be able to break you like I have done to so many others. I mean, sure he was probably saying that just to make me help him but," she turned to Goku and smirked down at him, "I've never been able to resist a challenge. That and I'll just be able to make Gero's hell a bigger one when he gets back here after your little friends are done with him." She finished. Goku got back on to his feet and smirked.
"So you think you'll be able to 'break' me?" he asked. DG smirked and nodded.
"I know exactly where to hit you and you can't do anything to me." She confirmed. Goku wore a similar smirk.
"Lets see." He announced and transformed into his new transformation, the brown monkey hair covering his arms and his hair growing out. He then crouched into his stance with his hands held together at his side.
"Kamehameha!" he yelled quickly and fired the large blue wave right at the devil girl.
No explosion followed and DG simply stood there as it hit. A moment later and she still stood there.
"Oh, that kinda tingled." She commented and sent him a wicked smile. Goku stared at her in disbelief.
"Oh don't tell me that you thought that would work. Or didn't I mention? We are in hell. The demons that dwell here – like me – feed off of the surrounding area and any soul inside it, whether they are dead or alive. So you're helpless here. Welcome to the rest of eternity." She announced and stood over Goku, ready to inflict all she knew onto the saiyan hero…
A/N: well the creepy little devil girl, DG, is about to have her way with Goku. That can't be good. Next time there's DG's little Goku torture and random fights with the Z gang. And probably some more on hell to boot. So review me and tell me what you think about my twisted little version of hell!
Oh yea, and while I remember you might want to look out for a fic I'm doing with Emily11 called "dream vaders" under the pen name Emra. It's a weird little DBZ fic that involves members of the planetary trade trying to take down the z gang through their dreams. It just has good number of Emily's OCs in it so might be a tad confusing…enjoy. :)