Gohan was on routine patrol in West City, under the guise of the Great Saiyaman.
As he flew through the streets, everything seemed to be in order.
Suddenly, he spotted something hovering above a rather tall Skyscraper.
Immediately moving to confront the unknown object, he got a better look.
It appeared to be a man with a shining silver body, standing on what appeared to be a surfboard of the same color. At first he seemed to be wearing no clothes, but after closer scrutiny Gohan realize he was wearing a pair of shorts the same color as his body. Gohan flew up to the man.
"Excuse me, I don't know who you are," he said in a feigned heroic voice, "but allow me to introduce myself. I am -" at this point he broke into a series of ridiculous looking poses. "The Great-" the poses continued. "Saiyaman.
The silver man, apparently unimpressed with the would - be hero's display, gave him an odd look and then flew a few feet downwards. He closed his eyes and appeared to be concentrating. Just then, the large TV screen on a nearby skyscraper broke into static. Little did Gohan know, but the same was happening to every TV and computer screen on the planet. The strange man's face then appeared on the screens. He spoke:
"Attention, inhabitants of this planet. I am the Silver Surfer, the Herald of Galactus, Devourer of Worlds. Your planet has been selected to sustain my master with its life energies. He will be arriving soon to consume this world. Please make any preparations your culture requires for death before he arrives".
This immediately took Gohan's attention. He appeared in front of the Surfer and challenged him. "No one is going to eat the earth if I have anything to say about it"
"Unfortunately, you have no say in the matter," replied the Surfer. "My master must feed on the life energy of planets to survive. This planet is abundant in the energies he needs. Galactus does not do this out of evil or malice, merely hunger. He is a force of nature which cannot be thwarted"
"We'll see about that!" said Gohan as he threw a punch at the Herald. It was instantly blocked by the intruder, and as Gohan prepared to throw another, his enemy suddenly disappeared. Looking around, Gohan found his target several hundred meters away, hovering over a different city block.
"Time to get serious," said the young hero as he cupped his hands in a distinctive motion. "KA - ME - HA - ME - HA!" he screamed, as a furious blue beam of ki erupted from his palms. The Silver Surfer just kept standing there as it approached him, then he held up his right hand a blinding white flash of light momentarily obscured Gohan's vision. When it has subsided, the beam was still there, but it passed straight through the Surfer harmlessly!
"What? How?" thought Gohan aloud. "I transmuted your attack into harmless light,"replied his enemy. Gohan was instantly aware that this was serious. He couldn't risk fighting this being here in the city, where casualties would quickly stack up. He would have to lead him away from here. He decided to try reasoning with his opponent.
"Listen, Mr. Surfer or whatever you call yourself, we can't fight here! People's lives will be at stake"
"Why does it matter?" replied the cosmic being. "They will all be dead when Galactus arrives"
"That's not going to happen!" shouted Gohan in reply. "I'm going to make sure you and your master never hurt this planet or its people"
"You may try," replied the Surfer, realizing now that this strange youth would not leave until he was given a fight. "I will allow you to choose the battleground."
And that's the end of chapter 2. R&R, please.