Chapter Thirty Five- Twins

"So… We are in the middle of a war?" Gohan gasped in disbelief, "And Vegeta, Videl, and Trunks are on the other side?"

"Pretty much." Goku nodded, "Don't worry. Videl will be perfectly safe…"

"Not really." Vegeta's voice came over the loud speaker again scaring the tar out of Gohan, "Videl went off to fight in the battle."

"SHE WHAT?" Gohan cried leaping up from the bed.

"Calm down." Goku said rationally, "It's not like she is actually killing anyone…"

"I don't think she even knows how to hold a gun." Chichi added.


Videl pulled the small L shaped weapon from her holster and aimed it at the guards a few feet away. The gun held up at her eye level, she squinted to the small knob at the base of the weapon and smirked. Her finger slipped down on the trigger firing three short shots….


Gohan froze at the sound of the screams and gun shots. His canny eyes stared right though his parents and friends as he glanced towards the door. His face paled as he stared down the hallway as if he could see something more there. Goku grabbed Gohan's arm as Gohan rose.

"That scream had nothing to do with Videl." Goku said sternly.

"Scream?" Chichi asked curiously, "What scream?"

"Yes it did." Gohan said through gritted teeth, "It had everything to do with Videl. She is here, and she is trying to kill Erika cause she thinks I'm dead."

"He's right, Goku." Mirai Trunks said softly, "I feel her ki. It's faint but it's on board."

"Darn it." Goku hissed, "Gohan, I forbid you from confronting her."

Gohan's eyes widened slightly at this order, "But why?"

"We don't want to confuse her."

"But if she sees me, she will stop."

"Not necessarily." Mirai Trunks smiled darkly, "Judging on her ki level that keeps rising… She isn't really there anymore."

"What is wrong with her?" Gohan asked in bewilderment.

"Apparently," Goku smirked, "You have a girlfriend."

Gohan's cheeks radiated a crimson red as his father and Mirai Trunks ran out of the room leaving him alone with his mother. Gohan turned to his mother with a sad expression on his face, "Mom…"

"Go ahead." Chichi sighed, "Besides, it's not like I can stop you or anything…"

"Thanks." Gohan smiled hugging his mother before racing out of the room and going the opposite way of his father.

Chichi rolled her eyes and stared up at the ceiling, "He almost died. You would think he wouldn't be so willing to go out there and try to kill himself again."


Erika stared uncertainly at the dark screen as the Dragon's golden fighters had ceased their fire and a lined themselves around the Falcon's base. She couldn't understand why they would be sparing them. Erika looked up briefly as the girl entered. She had dark ebony locks cut short around her face and bright blue eyes. Erika immediately assumed that the girl was another one of the slaves they had captured and muttered, "I don't have time for you right now."

The girl raised her hand delicately as if to shake hands with the commander but instead fired a golden blast at the control panel causing it to erupt into flames. The explosion tossed Erika forward onto the ground. Erika let out a small cough and pulled herself up to stare at the girl as she neared.

"You do not have a choice." The girl hissed.

Erika's eyes widen with disbelief as the strong girl hoisted Erika to her feet by gripping the collar of Erika's uniform. The girl stared darkly into Erika's bright cerulean eyes.

"You will pay for Gohan's pain." She hissed, "For every second he felt pain you will feel ten times worse."

"What are you talking about?" Erika gulped, "Who are you?"

"My name is Videl." Videl hissed, "And I am your executioner."


Goku and Mirai Trunks sprinted down the hallway skidding to a halt in front of six dead guards. Goku flinched slightly at the blood that covered their white suits but Mirai Trunks was too concerned on how they died.

"Those shots that were fired were shot from a great distance away." Mirai Trunks hissed, "How did Videl get such good aim?"

"I have a dark feeling that we are being deceived." Goku said softly, "I think we are following the wrong trail."

"Hey Goku!" A voice called down the hallway, "Hey Trunks."

The young ebony teenager came to a halt in front of the bewildered fighters. She smiled at them and then quickly frowned at the look of shock on their faces,

"What's the matter?"

"You… How did you get here?"

"I…I flew. With uh…" Videl smiled sheepishly, "I kind of attacked your ship with the Dragons. I guess I lost control of my fighter there for a while. I didn't have any idea… that… uh…"

"Vegeta said you were going to fight with the Dragons?"

"I did…" Videl said uncertainly, "But I was in the back. I couldn't control the fighter that well. It was my first time and all. I just wanted to… Prove I could help."

Videl's expression turned dark once more, "Gohan's okay isn't he?"

"He is fine."

"Great." Videl laughed, "I knew he could make it through it."

"But if she's here…" Mirai Trunks hissed, "Who is attacking Erika?"

"Erika?" Videl asked uncertainly, "Erika who?"

Mirai Trunks reached into his pack and brought out a small scanner. He pointed it at Videl as several different numbers and codes went across it.

"This can't be right." Trunks hissed, "There are two Videls… But neither of them exist."


"G-gohan? Is that the slave who was brought in?" Erika asked.

"He is not a slave!" Videl cried, "He is a boy who wants his brother back. And you have prevented him from doing so!"

With that said, she released Erika and stuck her hard in the stomach with a hard kick. Erika was flung onto the control panel and slipped back down the cold floor.

"I will end this war… with your death." Videl hissed lifted her hands and a large amount of energy formed in her hands.

The doors burst opened catching the attention of both women. Out of it stumbled a rather confused looking Gohan. Gohan's eyes lit up at seeing Videl but darkened at seeing what she was trying to do.

"Videl!" Gohan cried.

"What trick is this?" Videl hissed in anger, "Who is bewitching my mind?"

Erika kicked upwards as her last desperate move, knocking the energy blast out of her hands and into a wall. Videl's face contorted with anger and she lunged at the woman. Videl fastened her hands about the captain's neck and hissed, "Your tricks will end you!"

Erika let out small attempts for air as she reached desperately towards a metal pole that was inches from her reach.

"Videl! Stop it please!" Gohan cried, "There is something wrong with you. You haven't been right since we were captured."

Videl lifted one hand off of Erika's throat and glared daggers at the boy across the room. Her ki level rose strongly burning Erika's neck with her power. Videl's eyes flashed a dangerous red as she let go of Erika's throat and rose to her feet.

Erika scrambled backwards and groped the cold piece of metal in both hands. She got to her feet as Videl made her march towards Gohan who was froze with mystification.

"DIE YOU MONSTER!" Erika cried flinging the metal down towards Videl's head.

"NO!" Gohan cried out in fright for Videl.

Videl lifted her hand up and caught the blow easily as Erika's eyes widened in amazement and fear. Gohan blinked in equal shock.

"Wow." He gasped, "Videl caught it…"

Videl clench her fist harder causing the pole to bend slightly causing Erika much more fear. Gohan was gaping now at the dark energy that was radiating of Videl. Videl dropped the pole and turned her attention back to the bemused Gohan. Erika tipped forward and fell to her knees, sobbing.

"Now… I will rid you of your pain, Gohan." Videl smirked.

"What are you talking about?" Gohan gulped as Videl was now only a few feet away.

Videl drew ever nearer until Gohan found himself backed into a wall. He stared at Videl in confusion as she smirked, "Dear Gohan. I can't kill the person who killed you until you are dead."

"What?" Gohan gasped.

"This is why I wanted you to stay with your mom!" Goku shouted from the doorway.

Everyone turned to face the group who had just entered. And much to Gohan's shock, there was a Videl with them. Gohan's eyes fell back on the Videl that was about to kill him to the one that was standing by the doorway.

"Videl?" Gohan gulped, "Is this Haji?"

"Afraid not." Mirai Trunks hissed, "Leave him alone, Videl."

Videl ignored the boy keeping her cold eyes on the friendly eyes of her clone. Videl sneered in disgust as the other Videl smiled and waved happily.

"More tricks." She hissed.

"Videl!" The other Videl called, "Why are you hurting, Gohan? That's bad!"

"Awe, shut up." Dark Videl hissed, "Naïve brat."

Gohan pressed himself against the wall as if to attempt to get away but the dark Videl stopped him by placing her cold glare on him again.

"What's going on?" Gohan asked.

"Apparently, Videl had some contact with a strange force back on Shiiki's planet. Her emotions were split in two. So one Videl is lost and angry… and the other…" Mirai Trunks said with a small glance at the Videl who was smiling a kawaii smile at him, "is cute and… a blonde."

"Hey. I am not a blonde. I have black hair, thank you very much." The good Videl said snobbishly.

The dark Videl's eyes clouded as the memory of the blind Shiiki came back to her. She glared back at Gohan through the vision in her mind.

"That blind Shiiki. He protected me from dying and in doing so he set me free." The dark Videl's smile arched more as she stared at Gohan, "Now I can do whatever I please."

Videl placed her two hands on Gohan's shoulders as a black aurora surrounded her. At first Gohan felt nothing but then a searing pain entered his body causing him to collapse in agony. Videl held firm though causing the other Videl to cry out, "Let Gohan go you meanie!"

"How can she have so much power?" Goku gasped.

"I don't know. Something about her rage." Mirai Trunks hissed, "Her temper is amazing…"

Gohan pulled away from Videl and kicked off the ground to hover several feet above her head. He hugged himself to keep from shaking in the after waves of pain. It was an amazing attack that Gohan couldn't even begin to understand how it worked.

"Hmph. You seem to have forgotten I can fly." Dark Videl smiled.

Gohan's eyes widened in shock as she made her climb up to the level that Gohan hovered at. Gohan gulped and back away from her. He knew he couldn't harm her but yet he might have too in order to save himself.

Dark Videl lunged out at Gohan with her fist outreaching for his flesh. Gohan kicked a round house to knock her away from him. He slid underneath the air she stood upon to come up behind her. Right when she was about the grab her in a hold to keep her from attacking anymore, Videl disappeared.

"W-what? How can this be?" Gohan gulped hitting though her after image.

Videl appeared above Gohan just as Gohan looked up. She smirked and placed the bottom of her palms together as a ki blast formed.

"Angel fall." She smirked releasing the blast followed by several others.

Gohan's eyes widened with fear as he avoided all the ki blasts and landed on the ground. Videl landed a few feet in front of him. Videl charged up as a dark aurora surrounded her once more. Gohan watched in puzzlement as the dark ki consumed her entire being…

"DIEEEE!" Videl shrieked charging straight at him.

Gohan crossed his arms over his face in a defense position to feel Videl's body past right though his. Gohan's mind went numb as it struck him.

"Another after image."

"Dodge this," A calm voice said behind him.

Gohan turned quickly to see Videl tried a huge ki blast ready. The blast was release and it's aim was true. It struck Gohan hard in the chest blowing him into the control panel next to a paralyzed Erika. When he was caved into the panel, Gohan was electrified by the control's exposed wires. Gohan shrugged off the minor pain and tried to break free to find that he was tangled in the wires of the computer.

"What?" Gohan shouted as he tried the break himself free from the wires.

It didn't make sense to how they could hold him. It was if it was some kind of…

Attack. Gohan hissed darkly under his breath as Videl drew nearer, her eyes radiating the same crimson.


"Oh no!" Videl cried, "My evil self is going to hurt Gohan!"

Mirai Trunks rolled his eyes as Videl clasped her hands together and began biting her nails as she watched nervously.

"Man, I never knew Videl to be this…" Goku whispered, "this… this…"

"Cute? Caring? Kind? Sweet?" Mirai Trunks offered.

"No." Goku said shaking his head, "Weird."

"Yes. You would define it that way, wouldn't you?" Mirai Trunks sighed.

Videl glanced over at the two boys and then back to Gohan. He needed her help… Videl's eyes filled with tears at the thought of losing him. She couldn't let her evil half kill him.

"GOHAN!" The good Videl screamed racing forward before Mirai Trunks and Goku could do anything about it.

"No!" Both fighters cried in unison.


"You will pay for fooling me!" Videl screamed powering up her ending attack.

Gohan felt her dark ki grow as the power expelled from her body. It grew stronger and stronger until Gohan knew that if he couldn't dodge it he would be seriously injured, to if he didn't dodge it he would die, to if he did manage to get free he wouldn't be able to dodge it and it would leave nothing left of him.

"How can you be this strong?" Gohan gasped.

Easy… A voice answered in the back of Gohan's head, She has help.

"TIME TO SAY GOODBYE!" Videl shrieked releasing the blast.

The dark ki hurled through the air towards him and at the last possible second a small body relived him from some of the attack… a small person whose energy fought back the other energy… Gohan's eyes grew heavy as the pain took his breath away. His mind darkened leaving his soul in complete obscurity.

"Videl…"

To Be Continued…
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