Hello everyone! I know the past two chapters haven't been that eventful, but trust me; I think they will be getting longer soon. Hopefully this one might be more eventful and, if not, then next one will be. Also, next chapter will be the revealing of an OC for this fanfiction. Remember the description of the "mysterious" lady that appeared with the Tako? Remember that; it's important.

Chapter 4: The Threat That Never Came

Once they got back to the building, it was already nighttime; so everyone agreed that they should rest up for the night. That left Gohan some time to think about all that had happened.

His thoughts were not in the present though- he didn't want to think about everything that had happened in the past few days for fear of making himself sick again- his thoughts were directed more towards around a year ago, before the Tako had come.

His father had told him that they were first going into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, which now ceased to exist, to train for the fight against the Androids that someone named Trunks had told them about.

Gohan remembered him clearly. He had guessed that Trunks had been around sixteen or eighteen and had been wearing a black sleeveless shirt, a blue jacket, and brown pants. Gohan also remembered his shock when Trunks had told them that he was from the future and that he was half- Saiyan; also relaying to them about a "heart disease" that his father was supposed to have and about the Androids.

After that, everyone had set to training, including him and his father going into the Time Chamber; eventually resulting in himself being taught how to turn into a Super Saiyan. One thing he found strange was that his father had never gotten the heart disease. Trunks had given them a month that it would "supposedly" come, but as far as he was concerned, as of this date the disease still hadn't come; making them store away the medicine in their old bathroom. Even thinking about where the medicine had been made Gohan feel queasy and a bit homesick.

Their home, along with his mother, had been destroyed. Even though the Androids came, they still weren't that much of a disaster for another Android that came; one that called itself "Cell".

Gohan shuddered; he had never met the Android, but from what his father had told him, he was sure he had a pretty good picture of the Android's final form. Cell had supposedly looked like a giant green bug, could speak, and had a tail for absorbing the other Androids. And that's precisely what the green bug did, becoming stronger with each absorption; even going so far as to hold a tournament. But the tournament never came, and Cell had just mysteriously disappeared.

They hadn't known it back then, but Gohan knew that something else had probably absorbed Cell; but he was put off by everyone except his father and Piccolo. But a few months later, Gohan knew that they should have listened to him. That was then the Tako appeared, striking and killing many. First it started with Chiaotzu, and then his mother, and then billions of other people. It just didn't stop….

Gohan had to stop thinking; he knew that he was making himself sick because of the nausea he felt again, but some part of him didn't care. He knew this was always because of the Lotus; the same reason he always felt sick when dwelling on too many bad memories. If he got sick again, it would be the white flower's fault, not his.

He remembered briefly sensing Cell's Ki in the Tako's when he had first sensed it; maybe that was how the savage octopus absorbed Ki, but Gohan knew that couldn't be true. The Tako would have had to have been able to absorb Ki before absorbing Cell.

Maybe it's because of that figure, Gohan thought as he shuddered again. He didn't know the woman's name, but the one thing he did know- that scared him- was that the figure had the same eye color of one of his friends.

Leyla, he thought, I know you would never do anything like that, but why are you two so similar?

Before he could think about it more, he felt an answer; not to the question he had been thinking, but to the Lotus. He had been feeling them all day and night for a few weeks now; sometimes they would be the reason why he couldn't get to sleep at night. He remembered when he had first found out about the Lotus; some old man had told him about it, saying that he had it in him. The old man had never told Gohan his name, but the one thing Gohan did know about him was that the grey haired man called himself one of the many "Guardians of the Lotus". Gohan knew he would have liked to find out more about the man, but he had suddenly disappeared after the Tako had come. The one thing Gohan did remember most clearly was the old man's last words to him:

"The Lotus frequently sends out signals to find some of its own. When you get an answer, you know who to go to."

Gohan hadn't understood the old man then, but he did now. He knew that he should find whoever was "calling" to him; even the Lotus was trying to tell him to, the "signals" hurting more each night. But he didn't want to tell anyone about them, not even his father. Of course, Gohan knew his daddy also knew about the Lotus, but some part of him was telling him not to share what he knew. So he didn't tell anyone.

But Gohan was also reluctant to find whoever was sending back the signals. He didn't know if they would be a friend or not; or even if it was the figure just messing with him. But as he felt sleep closing his eyes, he made a vow:

Just hang on, sometime I will find you. Just not yet.

Yeah sorry I know, I take back what I said about this chapter being eventful. Also, I forgot to put this in the other author's notes, but I don't accept flames, only constructive criticism and comments. Sorry, sometimes I'm really forgetful, but now that you know that, on to more important stuff. I do have some questions for you: Who do you think is Leyla? And who do you think is sending signals back to the Lotus? These questions will be answered soon, but until then, please review.

-AnimeWolfGirl9