As Gohan got up from the rather impressive slap he just received, he could see the warmth that shone in Eli's eyes a moment ago had completely vanished. His eyes were empty now. Gohan finally realized it.

Eli was being controlled.

Without saying a word, Eli attacked Gohan, and they both started exchanging blows, all of them caught or avoided by both sides.

"Eli, snap out of it!" Gohan said as he blocked another punch, "This isn't you! Somebody else is filling your mind with anger! With hate!"

The creature controlling Eli was surprised by that remark. He could not be discovered. His hand started glowing again as he filled Eli's mind with more hate, and a new thought.

"Gohan is just like everybody else, Eli... he may seem caring, but he will toss you aside as if you were a rag doll! He cares nothing for you... thus you must not care for him. Kill him, Eli!"

Eli didn't resist anymore.

"You don't care, Gohan." Eli said while launching another kick, "You never did!"

Eli's rage flickered around him, and he punched Gohan, sending him flying into the nearest wall. Eli didn't let him recover. He used a technique he learned from his sibling.

"BURNING..." He started to yell as he did the hand movements that were used in this attack.

"ATTACK!!!"

The blast soared at Gohan, who was still stuck to the wall, and it made a direct hit.

After the smoke cleared, Gohan got up, but was badly damaged.

"Damn it... Whatever's controlling him, has a powerful grip on him... and he's stronger than he was before... I don't know if I can do this..." Gohan thought to himself, "But I have to."

Gohan held one hand in front of himself, and grabbed his wrist with the other as he started gathering all of his energy.

"MASENKO... HA!!!!!" He screamed as the energy beam was launched at his mighty opponent.

Eli took no chances. He knew what kind of power was in that attack, and he dodged it just in time, followed by a kick to the face of the now very tired out Gohan.

Gohan was too weak to put up a decent fight. The Burning Attack had wounded him badly. He tried to block Eli's attacks, but to no avail. He was getting beaten down brutally. Gohan's screams of pain were heard throughout the entire city block, which had been decimated by the powerful array of attacks used in the battle.

Eli paused for a moment. Gohan got up slowly, his clothes drenched in his own blood and soiled by the dirt of the earth.

The mysterious creature lurked.

"Yes... do it... do it, Eli!"

"Time to finish you..." Eli said, smirking as he charged towards his fallen opponent and punched him through his stomach, followed by a kick to his neck, breaking it.

It was done. Earth's mightiest hero had fallen...