Chapter is split into three parts. :D Hope you enjoy it!
Only he could kill Cell, and that certainly wasn't a good thought. To be honest, Gohan was very frightened. What if he caused someone to die this time, too… and he wanted to tear up again. The memory of his father's fruitless sacrifice ran through his mind, as with the death of Videl.
A single crystal tear ran down his cheek as he flew across Planet Zorrei toward the monster Cell.
Sad music began playing in the background, the lyrics frightening him.
"When the cold of winter comes, starless night will cover day, in the veiling of the sun, we will walk in bitter rain."
Then Gohan shook his head and laughed at himself. There was no background music in life, and that particular song, The Breaking of the Fellowship In Dreams had played from the house below. He saw a girl who was no more than thirteen sitting on the balcony, looking into the distance as tears spilled downwards. He wondered if she felt just as worried as he was. She lifted up the ocarina she held in her hands and began to play along, evoking even more sorrow from his heart. The wind blew gently, ruffling her wavy brown locks.
He stopped in midway to listen.
The music echoed through the entire place, giving him an eerily peaceful feeling. Strangely, the ocarina began to glow a soft gold.
And wind blew harder all of a sudden, and the house and the girl dissipated like sand, completely vanishing from sight like a vision.
What?
Gohan looked around curiously. There was no one in sight, and where the house had been was empty. There was no trace left, at least none that he saw. Was it some kind of trick of his eye?
But then, a feminine voice echoed through the area. "Face your destiny, young hero, save the universe." Somehow, he knew it was the girl, even though he clearly never heard her speak.
Who was she? Yet the words were true, it was time to face that android. Or not.
He spotted Cell in the distance. Honestly, a big green spot isn't hard to pick out from all the grey and black, especially with his vision and perception. And to signify his presence, he fired a small blast at the android.
Their eyes met and simultaneously took a fighting stance. No words were needed. Time to fight. They charged at each other, one thirsting for revenge, the other filled with determination to save the planet.
And so, fists flew and tremors rocked the earth from the huge magnitude of power as the warriors moved so fast they were no more than a faint blur to the human eye.
~DBZ~
A vision… Bardock rubbed his temples as it began…
Something was wrong. Very very wrong.
The air buzzed with … something. He growled in frustration. All he could make out was that something very bad was about to happen, yet what? It had to be something that will cause a huge magnitude of destruction to set his sixth sense in such panic.
Why this feeling?
And the location changed. He saw a white hand, poised in a claw, and a small ki blast began forming. It was clearly outer space, and the ki blast was directed at-
Oh no.
It was pointed at Planet Zorrei.
He watched with horror as the ki blast increased in size, getting bigger and bigger by the passing moment. And it was released.
In one split second, the ki blast sank into the planet like a spoon into jelly, and in a bright flash of light it was destroyed. He fought to keep his eyes open as he stared at the carnage.
And all that was left were tiny pieces of rubble floating.
No… no… And he saw a speck in the distance… what looked like a ship… but he saw that there was a small symbol engraved on it. And it was the sign of the saiyan royal family, the red arrow like emblem that he always saw on the right top corner of the royal armor. Does that mean everyone else will die..?
The vision ended.
One thought crossed his mind. Shit…
~DBZ~
Meanwhile, a certain tyrant's brother hovered by the entrance to Dr. Hatchi's secret lab. Cooler smirked as he entered it silently, feet a few inches off the ground.
"Hello, good doctor," he said pleasantly, scaring the mad scientist out of his wits as he was focused on some kind of experiment.
Dr. Hatchi turned around and spat, "What do you want?" Then he took a breath, steadied himself, and added, "I meant, you're welcome here but refrain from scaring me in such methods in the future."
"I want to kill you."
"What?" His cry of outrage echoed in the dark lab. "You can't kill me. I'll shut off the machine." And his fingers hovered over the one button that will transport all the villains back into HFIL.
Cooler chuckled, knowing it was just a bluff. "I'm not afraid." With that, he raised his hand and fired a blast at the doctor's head. It flew across the room and landed with a loud PLUNK. He raised his eyebrows as he saw that Dr. Hatchi had wires in his body. He's an android…? Well, it didn't matter anymore.
"Now… time for this thing to be gone," he muttered to himself and turned toward the machine.
After a few ki blasts launched at there, there was a simple POOF!
That's it, a poof. Cooler watched as his figure flickered in and out of existence in the living world, and then stopped altogether. The machine once again went POOF and disappeared like some fairy device.
But he was still here, wasn't he? So, Cooler's plan had worked out after all. Time for payback to the little band of Earthling warriors and to the saiyans…
So we draw to another end… and the plot thickens. :D Reviews will be very much appreciated! Thanks for reading once again.
~Goshen