Goku's final gift

Author: Okay, I know you guys are gonna be REALLY confused by the end of this chapter and that's okay because I'll explain EVERYTHING. This story is almost done and I thank EVERYONE who's reviewed it and supported it. Enjoy!

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Trunks POV

There is coldness in my hands; it's spreading to my heart, my body, my soul. The eyes of Pan stare at me like lifeless daggers drilling into my very being, spilling misery and pain in me, rotting away my shivering insides like a crippling virus.

She's dead, my friend, my partner, my supporter……my……my angel……is dead. Her eyes are haunting me; I can't stand to look at those eyes anymore. The happiness that was Pan is gone now, only darkness remains. The sight of her lifeless face is tearing me apart inside and I can't stand it.

Why……why did SHE have to die?!?!?

I wrap my hands around her head and cry my eyes out, but I know I can feel no warmth, embrace no love, and it's all my god damn fault!

I failed her; I failed the girl who loved me……the girl that I loved……

She was my friend! I promised her, I gave her my word, I told her I would protect her, and here I am, holding her lifeless corpse to my chest like a precious doll. Why should such an innocent and sweet girl suffer like this?

WHY?

I know Gohan is coming, coming to finish the job, the job he started by killing his daughter……and I just don't care.

Just know that I'm sorry Pan……and I'm coming……I'm coming very soon.

END POV

Trunks looked up and was smashed across the face by a mechanical fist, blood gushed from his lips as the throbbing pain of his fractured jaw stung like a needle in his teeth. Gohan cackled maniacally, a sickening, twisted laugh from a man who once brought such gentleness to the world. Goten weakly watched in horror as his dead brother tormented Trunks.

"No, it c-c-c-can't end like this" Goten said.

The bleeding warrior cried out in pain as he struggled to stand, the gaping hole in Goten's chest continued to spill out gallons and gallons of blood. Goten removed a small device from his pocket and attached it to his cybernetic arm. The Saiyan began hooking up small wires, configuring his device into his robotic arm, preparing something before his heart gives out.

"ARGH" Trunks screamed.

Cyborg Gohan smashed his ribs into toothpicks with a swift kick from his mechanical leg. Pan's lifeless body skidded to the ground, her lifeless dove like eyes staring blankly into the dirt. Gohan laughed and aimed his fist at Trunks, charging up a massive energy blast as Trunks winced in pain.

"Go ahead and do it, there's nothing left to live for anyway" Trunks said.

"You make this far too easy fleshling" Gohan chuckled.

The robotic warrior rose up his fist and prepared to fire, Goten growled and pressed a small button on his cybernetic arm. The arm suddenly shot off like a missile and flew right towards Cyborg Gohan.

CRUNCH!

ARGH!

Gohan screamed insanely with pain, Goten's cybernetic arm punched right through Gohan's chest and was now jammed inside. Dribbling spots of dried blood and black oil slipped from Gohan's lips as he stood there in unimaginable pain. Gohan turned around slowly, clutching the arm in his chest and wincing as sparks and busted gears continue to spill out. Goten smiled at Gohan and lifted up a small detonator in his one good hand.

"Remember what you said to me earlier Gohan?" Goten asked.

Gohan just gasped in pain and fear.

"Goodbye brother dear" Goten said.

KABOOM!

The button was pressed and Gohan was vaporized in a tremendous explosion. Goten rigged his arm to self destruct upon detonation, completely destroying his twisted cyborg brother and saving Trunks life. Goten then gasped for air as his heart collapsed, he turned his head to the side and coughed up small spots of blood.

Goten was dead.

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"Goten……Gohan…..Pan……no" Goku whispered.

"HA, HA, HA, their all dead, every single person you have ever cared about is now a corpse. Some hero you turned out to be" Dr. Gero said.

The maniacal mad man laughed and kicked Goku in the chest; he laughed louder and kicked harder and harder. Goku tried to sit up but was savagely shoved down by Gero's hands grappling around his small neck.

Gero smirked "How deliciously ironic it is that with all your power, all your abilities, all your Saiyan strength that you could do nothing but watch as your grand daughter and sons were slaughtered like sheep. You have failed your friends and your family, Earth is dead and the human race is extinct. Struggle all you want but there's nothing and no one left to save Saiyan".

Goku sobbed "No, no, NO".

Gero laughed "Yes, yes, YES, it's true and you know it. By coming to this planet as a child, you have doomed it into its own destruction. Your Saiyan heritage brought nothing but pain and misery to the citizens of this world. The Saiyans, Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu, ME, every villain you have defended this world from came here because of you and your repulsive Saiyan race. Now you've got nothing left to lose, and your fate rests in my hands.

So the question that I pose to you, the final query that I deliver to you Goku before I SNAP your neck like a twig is this: Any last words?".

Goku gurgled "Yeah, actually I do".

The small Saiyan child weakly reached into his pocket and pulled out a small object. Gero blinked and looked down, noticing a small orange, glass like bead earring. Goku slowly placed it onto the left side of his ear. Suddenly Gero realized what it was and gasped, he looked down below and saw a hulking, brutish, savage looking creature covered in midnight black fur, it was Kakkarott! The beast placed a similar earring into his right ear.

Flashing auras engulfed Goku and Kakkarott as the ape monster was suddenly magnetized directly towards the tower. Gero leapt back as Goku's body lifted off the ground, Kakkarott's body slammed into Goku's and a blinding energy surge swallowed the two. Gero's eyes bulged out in horror, Super Saiyan 4 Goku now stood in place of the two fused warriors.

"Surprise" Goku coldly said.

"IMPOSSIBLE, this can't be happening, where did you ARGH" Gero screamed.

Gero's horrified words were cut violently short as Goku sliced his red, furry forearm into Gero's chest like it was paper. Chunks of black oil and mangled circuitry burst from Dr. Gero's chest. Goku then charged an energy blast into his bare palms and crashed it into Gero's face.

"This can't be……it just can't be" Gero growled.

The old man removed his trembling hand from his burnt face, a scarred chunk of metal skull was revealed, Gero had been bared down to his mechanical face from the blast. Goku simply stared at the bitter doctor and shook his dark haired head. The Super Saiyan 4 warrior rose to the heavens, high above the dark tower and surveying all of the remains of the battlefield. Trunks grunted as he continued to slowly stagger towards Pan's body.

The Saiyan teen looked up and saw Goku, fully changed into Super Saiyan 4 and flying above the castle. Trunks simply turned away and continued to walk and weep towards his beloved Pan, tears bitterly stinging his crying eyes. Goku rose up his arms and started to gather energy. Suddenly small blue orbs of energy started to come out of the ground, lifeless bodies and bloody corpses started to push out these small blue orbs of bright energy.

Gero gasped as the blue orbs started to rise up and form into a large ball in Goku's bare hands. The ball got bigger and bigger and bigger, each blue orb making it larger and stronger. The android master could only tremble in indescribable terror as his sensors triggered a terrible realization: Goku was creating a spirit bomb!

"Inconceivable, preposterous, impossible, there's no way, how the HELL can he be making a spirit bomb?" Gero gasped.

Goku replied "I'm gathering energy, energy from all around me".

Gero said "But that's the problem, there is NOTHING around to gather energy from. The planet is dead, every human, animal, bug and plant life have been extinguished. The oceans are dry, the trees are dust, there's not a single ounce of energy left on this entire planet".

Goku frowned "Now that's where you're wrong Gero, the souls are still here. All the people you killed, all the spirits of your victims are still here, they've been waiting for this very moment. Everyone that you and your androids have ever killed is lending their strength to me now, creating in essence, a TRUE spirit bomb".

Gero said "But that can't be just for me, you're putting too much energy in it".

"The spirit bomb isn't for you, it's for Earth. I'm going to destroy this planet and vaporize everything in this world into nothingness" Goku said.

"WHAT, are you insane? You'll destroy us all! Why on Earth would you want to do that?" Gero screamed

"When Android 30 fired his Hiroshima nuclear attack at me, the unstable energy created a tear in the barriers between our dimensions. The time vortex took me, Trunks, and Pan into it, propelling us into this future. If I can generate enough power into this spirit bomb, I can duplicate the process and reopen the portal so we can all finally go home" Goku said.

Gero growled "You brainless ape! Using that much energy could also destroy you, you'll kill yourself and vaporize this entire galaxy into space dust".

Goku smirked "Like you said, I've got nothing left to lose".

As Trunks cradled his sweet, beloved Pan in his trembling arms, he couldn't help but overhear Goku's words. The purple haired boy looked at Pan's gentle face as he kissed her lips one last time. Tears sprinkled down Trunks eyes as he whispered.

"Don't worry Pan……I'll be with you soon enough" Trunks said.

Goku clasped his hands together and formed the spirit bomb into a singular, fist sized energy ball. The raw power from the spirits sparked like high voltage in Goku's clenched knuckles, he stared at it with great intensity. Gero screamed for Goku to stop as he raised the bomb high above his head.

"WAIT! What if you're wrong Goku? Let's say it works and the portal reopens, what makes you so sure it will take you back home? What if you end up in a completely different dimension? How can you be sure the next world will be better then this one?" Gero asked.

"Because it has to be" Goku said.

The glowing, orb of massive energy was hurled down into the crumbling remains of Gero's castle like a baseball. Gero opened his mouth to scream but never managed to release the shriek.

KABOOM!

An indescribable tidal wave of sapphire like energy vaporized the castle in a second, walls of stone and steel were completely evaporated in the blink of an eye. Dr. Gero barely had time to run as his body was totally incinerated in a sea of atomic fire, his mechanical body melted into sizzling cinders. The castle exploded as powerful energy waves burst from the ground, engulfing bodies, androids, tanks, and anything else caught in its destructive path.

Lance and Pepper weakly looked at each other before kissing trembling lips as the massive energies engulfed them as well. Trunks collapsed to his knees as he held Pan, standing there and awaiting oblivion as it tore this planet apart. Goku looked up to the heavens as they caught fire and reflected the cataclysmic explosions that shattered the planet.

"Goodbye" Goku said.

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To be continued……