Chapter 6: The Trap
Goku was taking Gohan to see Kami. They went to Kami's lookout. "So is this the same Kami that made the, uh, prophecy?"
"Yes. He's very old. He's been with us since the beginning."
"What did he tell you?"
"That I would find The One."
Gohan went in. An old Namek was sitting in a chair. "You're Kami?"
"Yes. You're Gohan. You know why Goku brought you to see me?"
Gohan nodded.
"So, you think you're The One?"
Gohan shrugged his shoulders.
Kami got up and looked at his palms.
"Sorry, kid. You're not The One. You got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something. Without Goku, we're lost."
"What do you mean?"
"Are you sure you want to hear this?"
Gohan nodded.
"Goku believes in you, Gohan, and no one, not you or even me can convince him otherwise. He believes it so blindly that he's going to sacrifice his life to save yours. You're going to have to make a choice. In one hand, you will have Goku's life. In the other hand, you will have your own. One of you is going to die. Which one, will be up to you."
Gohan thanked him and walked away.
Back at the building, Gohan saw a black cat run past and then another one just like it.
"Whoa. Deja vu."
The others stopped in their tracks.
"What did you say?" Videl asked nervously.
"Nothing; just a little deja vu."
"What did you see?"
"A black cat went past us and then I saw another that looked just like it."
"How much like it? Was it the same cat?"
"It might have been. I'm not sure. What is it?" Gohan asked. He sensed that Videl was listening intently to something.
"A deja vu is a glitch in the Cell Game. It happens when they change something." Videl heard the beat of a helicopter coming closer.
In the Karin Temple, Piccolo saw what changed. "Oh, shit! It's a trap!"
Goku looked up the stairs and also heard the helicopter. "Come on!" He ran up the stairs and then stopped, hearing police swarming below. He turned and rushed down the hall of the eighth floor. At the end of it, he found the bricked-up windows.
"That's what they've changed. We're trapped; there's no way out!" Vegeta yelled.
Cell came in the apartment. "They're on the eighth floor." He nodded to Agents 17 and 18. They ran up to the eighth floor and saw Goku, Gohan and Videl. Vegeta was nowhere in sight.
Goku saw Cell and fired a chi bolt at him. Cell deflected it, and Goku lunged on top of him. "Videl! Take Gohan and run! Now!"
Gohan saw what was happening. "We can't leave him!"
"We have to," Videl said.
Cell and Goku remained on the ground.
"The great Goku. We meet at last."
"And you're Cell."
Androids 17 and 18 rush into the room. "Take him," Cell ordered.