Chapter 50: Goku's Failed Attempt

Taylor's eyes widened as her father helped her to her feet. "Dad? What are you doing? You need to rest."

Goku shook his head. "No, you do Taylor. You're the one who needs the rest. I've taken a few senzu beans to restore some of my strength. Don't worry, I'll be fine alright?"

Taylor nodded her head seeing that her father had a lot of confidence in his eyes. "Alright dad."

"Now go to the others, they'll protect you okay?" Goku said. Taylor nodded her head as she limped her way over to them. When she had gotten there, she quickly collapsed into her brother's arms nearly falling unconscious as he brought her to the ground slowly.

"Sis you alright?" Goten asked. Taylor was still breathing heavily but it had gotten much better.

"Yeah." Taylor answered.

"You sure? It sounds like your having an asthma attack." Goten stated.

"Goten… I don't have… a-asthma." Taylor said to him.

"Yeah but it sounds like your having an asthma attack though Auntie Taylor." Pan said to her. Taylor smiled as she placed her hand onto Pan's shoulder.

"I'll be fine alright?" Taylor said. Pan nodded. Piccolo glanced at Vegeta as Vegeta glanced at him. The two of them slipped away from the group and began talking.

"Kakkarot's a fool if he doesn't think his owndaughter won't see through him." Vegeta said as he looked at a weak Taylor from the corner of his eye.

"I agree with you. She'll find out sooner or later." Piccolo agreed.

"But when she finds out, Kakkarot could be dead." Vegeta said to Piccolo. Piccolo only nodded his head in agreement.

"Moritor!" Goku shouted out as Moritor lifted himself from his spot on the ground. "You're fighting me now."

Moritor smirked as he stood up brushing off dirt. "You're such a fool you know Goku. Thinking that you can defeat me. HA! Taylor and Kotari have a much better attempt then you do at beating me."

"It's doesn't hurt to try."

"In your case it might."

Goku lunged at Moritor. Moritor easily dodged Goku's fists and kicks. Moritor then threw his own fist into Goku and then his knee into his face. Blood came from his mouth and nose. Goku clenched his eyes shut as his body was thrown back onto some rubble. He opened one eye to see Moritor above him coming down towards him. Goku's eyes widened as he rolled out of the way as Moritor's feet came slamming down onto the ground creating small little craters.

Goku weakly began to get to his feet with his body shaking in pain. He began to sweat as he placed his hand onto his knee trying to force himself to stand up. But Moritor came from in front of him smashing his elbow into Goku's face. Moritor then grabbed onto Goku's super saiyan four hair and turned and then slammed him into the ground. Goku's body shook in pain as he allowed himself to lay there as Moritor began to pound him deeper and deeper into the ground.

Moritor laughed evilly as he continued to throw the saiyan into the ground. Taylor watched in horror as she began to see that her father was clearly not ready for this battle. She gripped her shoulder that wasin pain as she began to stand up. Everyone began totry to talk her out of fighting.

"Taylor, don't. You're too weak." Goten said.

"Apparently so is dad." Taylorsnapped back atGoten.

"Please Auntie, don't do it. Grandpa can hold his own." Pan said to her. Taylor looked at her niece who was only a year younger then her. Knowing that Pan was right, that Goku could hold his own, but in this case… he can't even lift a finger.

"Pan, my dad can't even lift a finger." Taylor said.

Piccolo and Vegeta kept silent as Goten and Pan tried their hardest to keep Taylor where she stands. Vegeta growled as did Piccolo seeing that Goten and Pan's attempts were failing. It was time to take a different approach. Vegeta grabbed onto the shoulder that was bothering Taylor and then threw her back into her sitting position by her niece and brother.

"Stay here!" Vegeta shouted. "Kakkarot's doing this to protect you!"

Taylor began to feel rage build up in her body as she stood back up and got in Vegeta's face.

"I don't care what my father is trying to do! He needs me! He needs my help! And I'm going to give it to him!"

"If you give him your help," Piccolo began as Taylor turned to face him. "Then everything he's done for you failed if you go into this battle and die. It's his will to protect you Taylor, not lose you."

Taylor looked down as Piccolo continued. "Carry out your father's wishes and stay where you stand. Goku's fighting to protect you, to protect earth."

Taylor stayed silent. She was hit emotionally by his words. But still, no matter what Taylor had to help her father. He was dying, he was being killed. There's no way that Goku could carry on in this battle. It was just impossible that a man at his weakness that he would be able to survive this battle. He couldn't, he won't be able to, and he just won't survive.

Goku tried his hardest to fight against Moritor, but every time Goku was knocked down and he had gotten back onto his feet he would only come face to face with the ground once more. Goku was getting pounded on violently. A few times he was dragged across the ground. Moritor threw his fist into Goku's midsection one more time.

Goku slid on his back creating a gash on the ground. His body came to a slow stop as his head barely touched a piece of rubble. Goku huffed and puffed as he tried to sit up. Sweat poured down his face including a lot of blood. He kept one eye open but that didn't give him any help at all. His vision faded in and out in and out as he watched Moritor approach him. There were actually a few times where he had blacked out for a few seconds.

Moritor's evil laugh could be heard ringing in Goku's ears painfully. Suddenly he felt a powerful grip appear on his mouth as he wasshoved into the ground deeper and deeper. "You're so pathetic Goku! Here I am thinking that you were going to be a challengebut here I stand finding out that your nothing just like you daughter! You can't fight! You can't fight me! What makes you think that you'll survive?"

A light began to appear shining in between Moritor's fingers. The beams came up and into the sky as if they were sun rays coming from the ground. Taylor's eyes widened as she suddenly forced everyone out of her way. She raced forward with tears appearing in her eyes.

"DADDY!" She cried out racing to him. Moritor looked over his shoulder to see Taylor running over. Moritor smirked as he looked back at Goku who had fallen out of his super saiyan four state.

"This is going to be interesting." Moritor said with a smirk on his face. Goku's eyes widened as he felt his body being lifted from the ground and then thrown to the side. Taylor came to a complete stop once she saw Moritor's ki beam attack come straight towards her.

"KA! ME! HA! ME! HA!" Taylor threw her hands forward trying to cancel out the attacks but that failed pathetically. Taylor's own attack and Moritor's attack back fired and she was thrown back into the ground with her body smoking from the heat of the attacks. She laid there lifelessly as Goku rolled his weak head in her direction.

"Tay… Taylor." Goku called softly. She didn't move. Her chest didn't even rise. "Taylor? Taylor!" Goku cried out as tears began to form in his eyes. She still didn't move.

"AUNTIE TAYLOR!" Pan screamed out. She was about to run over to her aunt when Goten grabbed onto his brother's daughter stopping her in her tracks. Goten pulled his niece's little body to his wrapping her inhis arms as she began to cry.

"I… I can't sense her." Goten said softly as he found himself choking on a lump in his throat.

Goku began to push himself up with his weak hands when Moritor's foot came stomping onto his chest throwing him into the ground. Goku opened his mouth to scream but nothing emerged. Moritor laughed evilly once more and as he began to press his body weight into Goku pushing him into the ground.

"HA! HA! HA! I told you! None of you will be able to stop me! None of you!" Moritor shouted out. Goku grabbed onto his foot, trying to get the pressure off but that didn't help at all.

"MORITOR!" someone screamed out. Moritor turned around as someone's foot came slamming into his face throwing him to the ground.

Goku opened one eye and lifted up his head to see Kotari standing there. She bent down and held out her hand taking Goku's handsitting him up. "You alright?" Kotari asked. Goku nodded weakly as Kotari wrapped his arm around her neck and lifted him off of the ground.

"T-take me to Taylor." Goku said looking at his daughter's lifeless body. Kotari nodded her head as she limped Goku over there, stopping a few times to adjust him. When she had gotten there she tried to stop Goku from falling onto his knees but that wasn't possible. He was a father worried about his daughter.

Goku looked at Taylor's damaged body. Her clothes ripped and torn. Her hair back to its normal jet black color covered in dust. A few pieces of her hair was burnt from the ki beams. Bruises and blood laid every where on her exposing legs and arms. A few of the bruises laid on her face since she was hit there the most. Blood trickled down her nose and mouth as some of it came from a cut above her right eyebrow. From the look of her, she looked dead.

Goku grabbed onto her arm pulling his dead weight daughter into his arms shaking her gently. "Taylor? Taylor wake up. Come on Boo… wake up… please." Goku pleaded. Taylor's head rolled towards his chest, giving him the indication that she was most likely dead. Goku felt a lump in his throat form as his eyes began to water.

"Come on Taylor. You can't die now. Not after what you've been through. Come on Boo. If you die, everything that was I trying to work for in my battle would be worthless. You can't die Taylor. I was fighting to keep you from dying… please, don't let me fail."

Taylor gave no indication that she was alive.