Hey guys. :D This is the 2nd normal chapter. I had like 4 periods, about 3 hours, to write most of this chapter in my notebook at school. Thank Kami school is almost over! Thanks for the reviews :) "Telepathy Talk"

Chapter 2: The Nightmare

Piccolo's POV

It was around 8 o'clock in the morning when I flew to go get Gohan. It was warm out and there was a little bit of a breeze. It only took me a few minutes to get to the Son house. I landed on the ground and I was able to hear what was going on in the house. I heard Chi Chi doing something in the kitchen. I also heard snoring from, most likely, Gohan's room. I went to meditate by the tree since I was going to wait until Gohan got up to take him out of here.

I was startled out of my meditation by a loud scream. I knew that Gohan was screaming. I didn't care that Chi Chi would be mad at me so I went into the house, thank Kami the door was unlocked, and went into Gohan's room. He was sweating and his mother was trying to calm him down. She didn't give me a bad glare when she saw I came in.

"Piccolo you stay here and try to get Gohan up while I get a wash rag to put on his forehead." She said before quickly leaving.

"Save me Piccolo!" I heard Gohan scream.

I looked at him and quickly ruffled his hair. His face was very pale and was scrunching as if he had a nightmare. Then Chi Chi came back in with a wet cloth.

"You know I should be thanking you," She said while putting the cloth on Gohan's forehead, "If it weren't for you Gohan wouldn't have someone outside the family to turn to. You've saved him multiple times. Now you're going to save him from himself… You're going to take him away from me so soon after Goku… Why?"

"He's a danger to himself if he's left unchecked. If I don't help him out of this he'll be a danger to you and Goten." I explained.

Gohan wasn't screaming anymore, but he face was still scrunched up. I tried shaking him to get him to wake up.

"Gohan get up." I said shaking his shoulder.

He wasn't getting up. I hoped he would get up soon... (1)

Gohan's POV

I was running. I have no idea why I was running. I just knew that I had to keep running. I looked behind me and saw all my past enemies coming towards me. Frieza, Cell, and Cooler were leading everyone. The Ginyu Force, Cell Jrs and Cooler's squad were right behind them.

"Prepare to attack the saiyan brat!" Frieza said.

"3!" Cooler said.

"2!" Cell said.

"1 Fire!" Frieza screamed.

Everyone shot their own kind of blast at me. I had no way of deflecting them. I got the attacks head on. I heard laughter as I fell down. Everything was turning black.

Next thing I know I'm waking up in my bed to Piccolo shaking my shoulder. Mom was watching. How did Piccolo get here? How long was I out? Was that just a nightmare? Why was I sweating?

"My poor baby!" Mom said while coming to hug me.

Piccolo just stood there not saying anything. I was afraid to ask what happened.

"W-What happened?" I asked.

None of them said anything. They both had a look that they didn't know how to explain it.

"I-I need to go check on Goten." Mom quickly said.

She quickly left my room and it was just Piccolo and I.

Piccolo's POV

"P-Piccolo?" Gohan asked.

I looked at him and he looked back at me.

"I'm sorry that I made you come here…" He stared to say, "You probably don't want to be here taking care of me…"

"You didn't make me come here… I'm not here by force. I make my own decisions. I did want to come here. I came because you told me to take you away from here. It just so happened that you had a nightmare and was screaming for me to come and save you." I explained.

I was happy that he called for me to save him. It makes me happy that he knows that I can save him. It makes me feel like he's my friend.

"I'm sorry Mr. Piccolo…" He said.

"Stop apologizing!" I screamed.

"Can I go back to sleep?" He asked.

"Let me ask your mother." I said while walking outside his room to where Chi Chi was.

I saw that she was looking at Goten sleeping.

"Gohan wants to know if he could go back to sleep…" I said.

"If Gohan does go back to sleep please stay with him while I take care of Goten." She said.

I gave a short nod and went back to Gohan's room.

"Gohan your mother said that-" I started to say.

Gohan was nowhere to be found. The window is wide open. I was about to leave and go find him, but I had to tell his mother. I quickly went to where she was.

"Gohan's gone. I'll go find him stay here and call Bulma. See if she sees him. Tell her to tell Vegeta to go look for him." I quickly said before heading to the front door to fly out and to go find him.

I couldn't feel his Ki anywhere… I'd know if he was suppressing it. I would always be able to find him, but now… I hope that nothing happened to him. He couldn't have gone that far without using some of his Ki… I looked around his house and I didn't see him. I flew above the area around his house…still nothing.

"Piccolo save me!" I heard a voice in my head say.

That was Gohan! He has to be around here somewhere… I tried to figure out which direction the voice came from, but I couldn't. I had to rely on instinct.

"Hurry…Please!" I heard him say.

"I'm coming Gohan!" I said aloud.

I could feel a faint Ki coming from the woods. I attempted to follow to where it was. I ran as fast as I could through the woods so I could find him. I saw something that looked like a body. I ran towards it hoping, and somewhat not, that it was Gohan. I stopped running when I got to him. It was Gohan. He was barely breathing.

"Gohan!" I screamed.

I tried shaking him to get him up, but he wouldn't. I carefully picked his unconscious body up from the ground. I quickly flew to Kami's lookout to see if Dende could figure out what was wrong with Gohan. I flew up there and Dende was already outside. I gently put Gohan down on the lookout's ground.

"Can you heal him?" I asked.

"I don't think I can… I saw what happened to Gohan before he went unconscious. He was running in the forest and then this dark shadow creature came towards him. Gohan tried to fight it, but the shadow was somehow more powerful. It used its magic on him and made him unconscious." Dende explained.

I had a shocked look on my face. It wasn't because of the shadow. It was because I knew whom Dende was talking about… I thought it was just a myth but apparently, it is real and very powerful. In general, its Ki is low but the magic is powerful enough to take down even the strongest fighters. I should've protected Gohan… Then maybe this would've have happened.

"Piccolo you can't blame yourself…" Dende said while trying to heal Gohan.

"I could've stopped him from leaving… If I didn't leave the room maybe Gohan would've stayed put and it wouldn't have gone after him." I said.

"If it did happen like that who would've been in Gohan's shoes?" Dende asked.

I didn't answer him. If it were someone else, they would've died quickly and we wouldn't have known about it. Image if it was someone Gohan knew… It was bad enough he was in depression as it is…

(1) That part might've been a little screwy. As I said before I write most of the chapter in my notebook at school and I had it switched around. Some of Piccolo's POV was before Gohan's, but some of it was after and it was making me screwy so I did it like this.

That's the end of this chapter. :D This is the longest one so far. :) There should be another chapter soon since I already know what's going to happen. :3 I just felt like that was a good place to end. Sorry for the OOCness. XD

Spoiler Alert: Someone will die very soon and while Gohan is out of commission.