Chapter 73

Last time on DragonBall AF, Goku and Vegeta were caught up in the middle of a disaster in the city. For some reason, people in an office building began showing weird symptoms of something like a disease. The clumsy Great Saiyaman III stepped in, but in the end it was Goku who had to save the day… along with trying to stop a media frenzy!

"…the cause of which is unknown. But thanks to the heroics of the Great Saiyaman III's sidekick, the man was saved."

"Sooooo lame," said Vegeta as he turned off the TV. "Well, great job gaining attention to yourself Goku. We really needed that."

"I told you a thousand times Vegeta, I'm sorry," replied Goku. "At least they don't have my name, right?"

"Yea, I guess so, but let's try to stay out of the limelight," remarked Vegeta, "it's overrated. Just look at your ancestor, that guy was a goof."

"HAHA!" laughed Goku. "Yea, my grandma always said Grandpa Satan was pretty goofy. Wow, I hope that's not what I'm becoming!"

"Hey you guys aren't going to be staying up too late I hope," said Bra as she walked into the room. Goku decided to spend the night once again at Capsule Corp.

"No grandma," answered Vegeta, "we'll be fine."

"Why doesn't Goshin ever come with you Goku? You know he's more than welcome to anytime he wants."

"Yea, I know," said Goku, "but he's just his own person I guess. It's different because I've known Vegeta for so much longer I guess, but he seems to be fine anyways."

"Hmmm, I see," replied Bra. "Well, I'll see you boys in the morning. Good night."

"Good night," said the boys.

Meanwhile, back at Mt. Pazou, Goshin was alone in his room. The shades were drawn and the lights were turned off. Goshin sat in the center of the room, his eyes closed tight in concentration. Stay back… stay back… I mean it!

Goshin began flinching and he tried to keep himself steady. Why am I having these flashbacks? he wondered. What does it signify? I killed them all, I know I killed all the Algaraons… except for those ones that abducted Mother and Father. But why now, what does it all mean! AH!

What seemed to be right before him, Goshin saw the operating table, and the grotesque faces of his captors. You bastards, stay back! Leave me alone! Please, STOP IT! The Algarons kept advancing, closer and closer. I- I can't move!

That's it… sleep Goshin, sleep. Everything will be fine. It's just a minor test, that's all…

NO! I WON'T LET YOU DO THIS TO ME ANYMORE! AHHHHHHHH! Suddenly Goshin shot up and transformed into a Super Saiyan. The entire house began to shake, scaring his parents and grandmother down stairs.

"What's going on!" shrieked Gonell. "Is that Goshin?" The yelling continued as the house still shook uncontrollably. Light fixtures began to burst and cracks began appearing in the ceiling.

"Goshin! GOSHIN!" Zonza ran up the stairs into his son's room and opened the door, but was blown away by a surge of power.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! YOU BASTARDS! I'LL SHOW YOU!"

"Goshin!" screamed Zonza as loud as he could. "Stop! You're home! You're home! There not here anymore! SNAP OUT OF IT GOSHIN!"

VNNNNNNNNN "ARGH!" Goshin was hit by an energy beam and immediately fell out of his hallucination. Zonza turned around, and there in the doorway was Gonell, who still had her hands outstretched from the ki blast she shot off. She was panting heavily, but then stopped and ran to Goshin.

"Goshin, Goshin! Are you all right?" She took Goshin into her arms and shook him to try and awaken him. He then opened his eyes and sat up. "Oh, Goshin!" cried Gonell as she wrapped her arms around him. Pan just came up the stairs to see what had taken place.

"What happened in here!" she exclaimed. "That was all from Goshin?"

"Goshin, are you all right now?" asked Zonza.

"Yes, yes, I'm- I'm fine now," he replied shakily. He rose to his feet and rubbed his eyes. "That was the most vivid hallucination I've ever had."

"Hallucination?" repeated Gonell. "Goshin, what do you mean? Has this happened to you before and you never told us?"

"I suppose you could say that," said Goshin. "I've had… well…"

"Come on son," said Zonza. "You can say it. What is it?"

Goshin gave a glance to everyone around the room and the continued. "Ever since I settled down back here on Earth, I've had nightmares. It was never anything to serious. But sometimes, they'd just seem so vivid. However, they were never anything like what I just experienced."

"You've been having hallucinations of the Algarons?" said Gonell.

"Somewhat," replied Goshin, "but like I said, I've never experienced anything like this before. I felt like I was actually back on that ship, a scared frightened child. It sickens me thinking of all the horrid things that were done there. But I don't understand what it all is supposed to mean. The nightmares have been becoming more frequent, and this, this is the worst I have ever experienced. What can this possibly signify?"

"Goshin," answered Zonza, "if we knew, I'd tell you. I don't know, but something just isn't feeling right…"

The next morning, Goku and Vegeta were busy chowing down on their breakfast. The weekend had finally arrived and the boys were excited.

"I called up a few kids," said Vegeta in between mouthfuls of cereal, "and we're gonna try and get a game of baseball started."

"Where at, back at the field at school?" asked Goku.

"Yea, figure they got the best field to play on," answered Vegeta. "Plus the staff won't be there so it should be fine."

"Geez, we should play something… I dunno, something where we don't have to hold back as much," suggested Goku.

"Okay, name that sport then," added Vegeta sarcastically.

"Hmmm," grunted Goku. "Fine. Well I'm ready whenever you are." The boys got up from the table and ran out the door and into the air.

Once they arrived at the field, they were greeted by 12 other kids from their school. "Finally, we thought you'd never get here!" yelled one kid.

"Well you guys got here too fast," shot back Vegeta. "Now let's play some ball. We can get a seven-on-seven game going on here." The teams were divided up, and Goku and Vegeta were of course on different teams.

By the end of the 3rd inning, the score was tied 4-4. Goku came to lead off for his team in the top of the inning, and it was his second time up after striking out the first time.

"Hey Goku! Don't whiff this time! We need to get some runners on for Kazuya!"

"All right!" called Goku. "Event though I did it on purpose," he muttered to himself. Goku stepped up to the plate and got into his stance, ready for the pitch.

"Hey no batter! Hey no batter!" yelled Vegeta from second base. Goku ignored him. Then the pitcher entered the windup, and threw a hard slider to the outside edge of the plate.

"Strike one!" yelled the catcher. "What are you looking at, that was just hanging?"

"Just be quiet," snapped Goku. All right, maybe I'll try bunting it down the line. That shouldn't be too hard… right? The pitcher entered his wind-up again and Goku squared up. THUNK The ball connected with the bat, but Goku turned it too much and it popped up behind the plate for a foul ball.

"Goku what are you doing!" yelled his teammates off to the side.

"Yea! Get in the game Goku! HA-HA!" ribbed Vegeta.

"All right, that's it!" muttered Goku to himself. He gripped his bat tight and waited for the pitch. The pitcher launched a blazing fastball, but it wasn't fast enough. Goku came full circle and launched the ball into deep center field.

"Holy crap!" yelled the pitcher. The ball cleared the fence without a hitch, but the center-fielder lost sight of the ball.

"Ha-ha, serves you guys right", chuckled Goku as he rounded the bases. But just as he circled third base he noticed that the third baseman was grabbing his stomach, and then he fell to the ground. "Hey are you all right!" exclaimed Goku.

"AUGH!" groaned the player. "It hurts!" Everyone ran in from the field to see what was the matter. Goku tried to help him up, but when he did, he was shocked at what he saw.

"What the-?" he stopped. "It's those… lesions again? What's gong on here?"

Vegeta saw it too and was taken a bit aback. Everyone else was starting to get worried too. "Hey aren't those kind of similar to those people from the office building on the news the other day?"

"I'll go get help!" yelled another kid. "You guys stay with him and make sure nothing else happens to him."

Goku and Kazuya easily laid the third baseman onto his back, but he had began to enter convulsions. Then, Kazuya yelled in horror. "My arm! What the hell? It's those same marks!" Goku was stunned to see this, and noticed that a few of the other boys were beginning to contract it as well.

"What the heck is going on!" Everyone started to panic as they realized that the third basemen wasn't the only one showing the symptoms.

"Guys!" yelled Goku. "Stay away from him! There's got to be a link to all this!" IBut then/I he thought, Iwhy aren't they showing up on my body too/I

Once again, the unexplained lesions are appearing on people's bodies. What is causing this, and how is it being spread? Meanwhile, what was it that caused Goshin's hallucinations? Is it something that he and his family should worry about? What could they possibly signify? Find out on the next episode of DragonBall AF!