Chapter 11
:A Shared Dream
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Finally, the egg-shaped ship carrying Vegeta and Broly finally landed after nearly a week long absence. Goku and Videl had stayed over for supper and Goku was sitting on an open air window waiting for Videl to come back from the bathroom after she ate some of the nasty looking alien food. Vegeta walked into the palace being acompanied by Broly and Paragus and he didn't look to be in a particularly good mood. "Darn it! How am I supposed to destroy this thing if you can't even tell me where it is." Vegeta said, sounding frustrated. "We're working as hard as we can. Around the clock! Just give us a little more time sire!" grovelled Paragus. Vegeta just growled at Paragus' excuses just as he passed by the sitting Goku. "Hey Vegeta." Goku merrily greeted, acting like the happy-go-lucky person he was. Vegeta then stopped, turned his gaze slightly towards Goku and smirked. "I don't remember seeing you on the guest list." Vegeta sarcastically joked. "Awww, come on Vegeta! It's not as if you're having any better luck finding the Super Saiyan." Goku said while all the time keeping this stupid cheery look on his face. "It won't be long until we catch him and when we do he's mine and he's dead. Stay out of my way clown." Vegeta said while sending a threatening look in the process and then made his way to leave accompanied by Paragus.
"Well, bye then. I guess I'll see ya around, or something." Goku awkwardly farewelled but then something caught the attention of his senses. Goku immediately turned around and found himself staring face-to-face with Broly. Broly looked angry at him for some reason and it seemed as if something else was holding him back from unleashing his anger. Broly's green aura began to leak out as if by the heat of his anger which appeared to steadily rise. Goku kept staring at Broly with a steely but cold stare as he too raised his yellow-ish aura as if in direct challenge of Broly's. The two looked as if they were destined rivals ready to clash with the way they each stared at each other with their aura's almost mirroring each other. Paragus had stopped from turning the corner to follow Vegeta and instead winessed the confrontation. "Behave Broly..." quietly commanded Paragus as he aimed a strange golden gauntlet on his hand at Broly. A green jewel in the middle of the gauntlet glowed and a jewel on the band on Broly's forehead also correspondedly glowed green. Several tense seconds passed by with no apparent change to the tense staring contest until finally Broly sank back into his blank neutral look and they both dropped their aura's putting an end to the confrontation. Paragus looked pretty upset by the whole incident and scowled worriedly at his son.
Broly and Paragus both left without a word as Goku stood bye and eyed them suspisciously as they left. 'What was that all about?' questioned Goku in his mind. Videl was just returning from the bathroom as she passed by Broly and Paragus and she noticed the look Goku gave them as went by. "What was that all about?" Videl inquired, clearly confused by the eyes Goku was making. "I don't know." was Goku's only response.
A little later, somewhere else in the palace Paragus was inside some kind of laboratory sitting in a chair with all sorts of wires hooked up to his hand. A little purple skinned alien in a hood with a long white mustache came up to him from out of the shadows holding a long piece of paper in its tentacle. "That's it, my tests are complete. Now if you'd slowly remove the apparatus from your wrist." said the little purple alien. Paragus however, did not heed the little scientist and rapidly threw the apparatus from his hand. "WELL?" Paragus angrily thundered, being in no mood for patience. The gauntlet in the aliens hand flashed out as if responding to Paragus' rage and caused the little alien to fall down and drop the artifact. "I'm telling you the results are the same as last time. According to the computer data the remote is still functioning properly. The reports are consistent. It's possible that Broly may just be acting out on his own? You're his father Paragus, I'm afraid it is now up to you to control the power of your son." said the flustered little alien as he checked the computers test results on the floor. Paragus picked up the golden device and placed it back on his hand. "No, fix it!" ordered Paragus as he made his way out the door. "How can I fix what just isn't broken?" asked the little alien scientist, his question echoing off the walls of the room as Paragus ignored him and left through the automatic sliding doors.
Paragus stood just outside the doors and stopped to reflect on what was happening. "Broly? What's wrong with you my son?" Paragus wondered out loud, to no one but himself. 'There must be an answer! Something must be disturbing him, interrupting my control. His Saiyan rage flared the minute he saw Kakarot. These outbursts have to stop, especially in front of our visitors or all my efforts will be in vain.' thought Paragus as he started walking away from the building. He then began to reminisce on how Broly's violent anger rose as he grew up over the years they wreaked havoc over the South Galaxy. However, unknown to Paragus his memories were so powerful that they were being psychically transmitted to the dreams of the sleeping Gohan. Being injured the way he was, Gohan's mind was made much more psychically attune than it normally was and combined with the fact that he was asleep made him a natural receptor for psychic energies. (A/N: It is theorized by some fans that Saiyans have some natural telepathic abilities and it is a fact that during the Saiyan Saga both Vegeta and Nappa were shown to be talking telepathically on planet Arlia. Goku was also seen speaking to Gohan telepathically during the final stages of the battle with Vegeta and Gohan was shown to have briefly sent a psychic message to his mother when he nearly got back home. If you look at it that way then it makes sense. I also believe that some of the flashback scenes we see in Dbz might be psychically transmitted to the other characters. I know they're just there for the audiences' benefit but I think it makes sense considering how the characters seem to be able to see what the scenes from only guys memories.)
Paragus thought back to when Broly took his right eye in a fit of insane rage. 'He was a true warrior, born with the strength and clouts that would make most Saiyan fathers proud. But there was something far darker about him, violent, threatening and in time it began to scare me. I had no choice but to have a scientist craft a device to control his power.' narrated Paragus as he then remembered how he had tried to put the control device onto his son's head while he slept. However, Broly woke up just as Paragus was about to reach his head. "Father? What are you doing?" asked Broly as he then recognised what his father was going to do. Broly struggled fiercely but Paragus managed to get the device on Broly's head before he was shoved aside and dropped the remote. Broly got up and started to laugh insanely as his power came out to kill his betraying father. But Paragus was able to grab the controller and activate it just in time before Broly managed to crush his skull with his hand. Broly continued to laugh insanely even as his power was being restrained and it frightened Paragus to see the insanity behind the power of his son. 'That day almost ended in death, but ultimately gave birth to an idea. By controlling Broly's power, I could control the universe! No one could stand in our way!' thought Paragus as he made his way to his son's room.
Paragus opened the door of his son's chambers and found that he was sitting in a chair and looked to be struggling with his inner rage. 'Something got to him... I could barely control him in front of Kakarot. Wait a second! Could that really be it?' thought Paragus as his face lit up in surprise as some long forgotten memory seemed to click in his head. "They were born on the same day!" exclaimed Paragus as he recalled a memory from long ago.
Flashback
Long ago, on planet Vegeta, Two Saiyan babies lay next to each other among hundreds of others. One of the two babies with a very familiar hair style cried out in massive tantrums as the other one sniveled in silence. "Did you hear? Paragus' son was born with a power level of 10,000. 10,000 and only an infant!" said a voice out in the distance, probably from a Saiyan soldier who was there that day. "Makes Bardock's son look like a joke. What is he, a two?" said another voice in a mocking tone, probably the friend of the first Saiyan soldier. "Hahaha! Yeah, I think so, but he's a fiesty one alright. Listen to him wail. That's the spirit!" said the first Saiyan as they watched the bady who would one day become the man named Goku cry out at an enormous volume. "Look he's making Paragus' son cry." said the second one as they then began to laugh. "Hahaha! You don't see that every day! Hahahahaha!" said the first one as they continued to laugh imprinting shame at how Broly was kept awake by Goku's crying even though he was born with the greater power level.
End of Flashback
Broly continued to struggle with the inner rage of his powers as if they continued to remember of the humiliation they suffered that day and they refused to be quelled. Paragus continued to observe his son with worry as he wasn't exactly sure what it was that was causing this to Broly. 'Well whatever it is, I don't like it. Fate may have brought them to this planet together but it won't be for long. Just a bit more time. If I can just keep him under control until then, all of our troubles will be over.' thought Paragus as he closed the door on Broly's room and left his son on his own. Meanwhile, inside the room Broly continued his inner struggle but his powers on out as he grunted and his powers came to life. "Ka..ka...rot!" was all that escaped his mouth as it was the one thought he had in his head, his eyes burning with rage.
Gohan awoke in his bed, gasping for breath and in a bloody sweat. 'What was that? Was that a dream or was it real?' Gohan asked himself in his head. He turned to the window, the pain from his injuries making him wince and clutch his right side as he went to look out into the distance at the palace. "Was it all just a dream? Or maybe it was something more? I can't help but feel that it was real. And if it is then that means that we're in a whole lot of trouble. I've got to warn the others... Wait a minute! I can't come to the others just becauce of a dream! I don't even know if it was real or not! Besides, there's nothing I can do about it right now. I'm still too injured to move on my own so I can't go to the palace tonight and warn them. Maybe tomorrow morning I could get someone to move me out but by that time it might be too late! I just hope that they can handle it until then or that it was all just a bad dream and not real. Anyway, I can't do anyting about it right now. The best thing I can do right now is get back to sleep and recover my strength as soon as possible." Gohan said, speaking his thoughts out loud to himself as he looked out into the night sky. He then laid himself back down onto his bed and went back to sleep. Hopefully there would be no attack tonight and things would be okay in the morning.
Author's Final Thoughts: The plot thickens. I thought that it would be cool that since Gohan is bedridden and that him a Broly have similar anger based power issues, that it would be cool that Gohan would see his dreams and come to understand him. It's a bond that'll play into the battle later on and make Gohan that much more aware of what's going on even though he's been in bed all this time. Hope you enjoy.