Duo Halfbreeds
Chapter Eight: A Cornered Animal
Returning to the Prison yard, Gohan quickly knew he had to get out of sight before Keylo could find him. He noticed it was getting dark out which means they were going to close the cell doors soon. Gohan swallowed hard as he looked at his surroundings and ran.
He ran towards the doorway on the northeast corner of the prison and into the inner walls. He took a right and ran til he made it to his cell. However as he approached closer, there were two specific and familiar faces, leaning against the walls. Gohan stopped in his tracks and froze, making a frightened face.
"Well…" Keylo smirked angrily. He moved off the walls and turned to Gohan with Van behind him. "If it isn't the little brat."
Gohan gulped hard, taking a step back. "I-I.." He couldn't utter a word as he shook.
Keylo cracked his knuckles and slammed his right fist into the palm of his left hand. "I gave you a job and you know what happens when I give someone a job?" He moved in closer as Gohan took another step back. "They do it! Or Else!"
Gohan blinked a couple of times and swallowed again. "I-I was g-going to do it, I s-swear! B-Bu-" Gohan went flying several yards away as Keylo punched his right cheek. As Gohan tried to get back up, he could see Keylo coming after him. "P-Please! They took me to f-fig-"
Keylo picked Gohan up by the collar of his armor. "I don't give two craps about what your excuses are." He snarled. "You get the job done or get punished!" He hurled his fist into Gohan's gut as he released his grip, causing Gohan to go further flying til he hit the other end of the corridor.
As he collided into the wall, his vision went rapidly blurry, and dropping to the ground, he became extremely dizzy as he faded in and out of consciousness. Each time he reopened his eyes, he saw Keylo come closer and closer.
Keylo grabbed Gohan again. "When people cross paths with me and don't do what I tell em, I take that as an insult!" He yelled. "And after I'm done here with you, I think I'll take the life of your homeplanet next."
Gohan tried to say something but Keylo moved his grip to Gohan's neck. He struggled to break free from Keylo's grip but proved to no avail. He tried as hard as he could then out of nowhere the grip from him released.
Gohan fell to the ground on his knees, coughing heavily as he gasped for air. When he looked up, he saw Keylo walking slowly away. Gohan made a confused look and tried to think why he would do that. Keylo stopped midway and turned, a wicked smirk formed on his face.
"The second I'm out of this dump, I'll be sure to destroy your homeplanet and torture your family for ya." He chuckled. "And the best part is, I know you'll be helpless to do nothin about it."
Gohan's eyes watered. "Please don't!" He cried. Gohan tried his best to plead and beg but like before it only ended up with him being ignored. He couldn't, wouldn't understand why he was being treated this way, and why anyone would threaten his family. As Keylo moved further and further, ignoring Gohan, something snapped in him again.
Something more volatile…in the blink of an eye Gohan vanished, his demeanor changed again, a ferocious and rageful look formed on his face as he lunged at Keylo. Keylo turned around at the last second, his eyes going wide as Gohan's head struck into his upper left rib cage.
Keylo went flying, crashing into Van as he collided into the wall at the end where Gohan's cell was. When Gohan came to, he had a stunned look which turned into more confusion as he saw Keylo and Van on the ground.
Gohan took the chance to head into his cell, the gates closing behind him a second after. He let out a sigh of relief but that relief disappeared when he saw Keylo and Van get back up. They walked to Gohan's cell, both steaming with rage.
"You better hope I don't see you again, runt!" Keylo snarled, his voice filled with malice and fury. "The next time we meet, I'm killing your ass!"
The night went by and the day came quickly. At the crack of dawn Gohan woke up, having trouble sleeping due to a certain somebody in his nightmares. The nightmares caused him to wake up constantly throughout the night and as tired as he was, now that the cell doors were open, he'd rather stay awake.
Gohan moved out to the yard in hopes of finding a place to hide and that Keylo wouldn't find him. He looked around as he made his way to the yard and realized he could hide through the crowds, however it didn't take long for Keylo to notice Gohan.
"HEY!" Keylo yelled. Gohan turned to see Keylo, his eyes widening. "Get over here, brat!" Gohan panicked, taking a run for it through the crowds. Keylo chased after him, pushing past people. "Don't think you can run from me brat!"
Gohan ran as fast as he could, the only thing keeping Keylo from him was the thick crowd around the area. However as Gohan went further through the crowd, the thickness quickly dissipated, leaving him in the opening.
He whipped his head as he frantically panicked, wondering where to go next. That was until a guard came up to him.
"You." The guard said. "Come."
Gohan looked stunned. "W-What?" Gohan's wrists quickly appeared with energy cuffs around them and the guard yanked him forward after. At the same time, Keylo had dashed forward, aiming to bash Gohan with his shoulder, narrowly missing and noticing the guard. Keylo jumped back and froze as he looked up.
"S-Sorry Sir! Went the wrong way!" He panicked and turned around, pacing quickly as he hoped nothing would be said. Luckily for him, the Guard ignored him completely. "Lucky brat."
"I have to fight again? But I already did yester-"
The guard turned and gave an intimidating stare. "You will fight whenever you are told to fight." He growled. "Is that clear?!"
Gohan swallowed hard and nodded. "Y-Yes!" He followed the guard all the way to the train, wondering how he was going to survive this next fight. On the bright side, he had some time to escape Keylo but that was only temporary and wouldn't matter if he dies anyways.
Approaching the Colosseum gates, Gohan waited a few minutes before they opened, taking a step hesitantly past it. The guard pushed him to move faster and Gohan took several more steps and watched as it closed behind him.
His next opponent resembled that of a dung beetle only his carapace looked more like Knight armor, his eyes having no pupils and a yellow iris, and a horn protruded to a slant from the top of his head. He was about five feet and eleven inches tall and his mouth was covered by his carapace.
"You folks seemed to really like that last match with our newcomer, so here's to hoping for a similar result!" The announcer shouted. "For this next opponent, we have Balegar from the planet of Xetas and the Meric System, he is part of the Coleoptera race! They are known to be ruthless warriors and extremely territorial."
He slammed the gong behind him, signaling the fight's start. Balegar rushed towards Gohan and examined him. Gohan was frightened by the looks of Balegar, his intimidating demeanor didn't help either.
"A child…" Balegar spoke quietly. "I did not realize I would be fighting a child." He had a contemplative look on his face as he turned towards the guards. It was clear that this was no mistake, Balegar turned back and took a deep breath in. "Sorry kid.."
Gohan tried to run as Balegar threw his fist at him, narrowly missing. Balegar darted forward and slammed the ground, causing it to tremble and quake. The earth cracked beneath Gohan and erupted a smooth pillar that struck Gohan in the back.
Gohan went flying, twenty feet above the ground, and twenty yards in the distance. Gohan screamed for dear life as he nearly collided into the wall nearby. However, something stopped him, it was his own opponent. Although slightly confused, Gohan embraced as he expected a different kind of impact.
Instead Balegar placed Gohan gently down. Gohan formed a confused look on his face when he opened his eyes. "A-Aren't you going to hit me?"
Balegar looked down at Gohan then moved his gaze to the Audience who were as perplexed as Gohan was. Balegar walked away from Gohan then turned to the guards nearby, and looked up to the announcer.
"I forfeit." He said.
The announcer looked stunned. "W-What?! You can't forfeit! That's not how this works!" He shouted. "Get back in there and fight the brat!"
Balegar's gaze moved back down for a second, he looked at Gohan then back to the announcer. "No."
The announcer's eyes went wide with shock, wondering how someone could do that. He looked steamed as he gritted his teeth and slammed his fist. "Forfeit!?" He floated out of his special seating area and lowered down to Balegar. "You cannot forfeit! You know the rules, Balegar!"
"No one told me, I'd be fighting a child." He answered. "It is against my planet's beliefs to harm a child!"
The announcer narrowed his eyes. "You'll fight him or else!"
Balegar raised a brow. "Or else what?" He growled. "Kill me? Do it then! You monsters have already taken everything else from me, at least then I will be with my planet in peace."
The announcer glared at Balegar as he floated back to his seating area and talked into the mic. "It appears we're having some difficulties." He shouted. "One of our fighters has decided to rebel! And you know what that means folks!"
The crowd started to chant. "Mortis! Mortis! Mortis! Mortis!" They shouted loudly.
"Guards! You heard the audience! Kill him!" He shouted.
Several guards came close to Balegar and tried to chain him. Chains formed around his wrists, forearms, shoulders, ankles, and upper legs. Balegar took some of the chains and used it to swing the guards around as he tried to fight back.
At around the same time, Gohan watched in confusion, he couldn't get a grasp of the situation or what even any of this meant. He looked panicky but continued to stay in a frozen position. As Balegar knocked out a few guards, more and more came to take him down.
One guard thrusted his knee into Balegar, causing him to go flying. Then the guards regenerated their energy cuffs around him and pulled him back, slamming him into the ground. One guard took his trident-styled spear and pierced it into his chest.
Blood erupted from Balegar's mouth and chest the second before a powerful jolt of electricity sent through the trident onto him. Balegar screamed loudly and shortly before taking a last breath. As they took away his body and the crowd cheered, a guard came to take Gohan from the scene.
Gohan couldn't believe what he saw, his mind repeating the scene in his head over and over again. "T-They…killed him." He didn't know what to think or say and in that moment he could only think of that repeating scene in his mind.
"Due to these unforeseen circumstances our newcomer will have to wait until we can select a new opponent for him to fight!" The announcer shouted. "So I hope you folks come thirsting cause we'll make sure the next one is a real one!"
The guard took Gohan all the way back to the prison where Gohan's mind was still fixated on the same scene. The only thing he could do was blame himself for it all, as he thought about Balegar's choice to not fight him.
"And it was…my fault." Gohan hadn't moved an inch once he was inside the prison, staying out in the open yard. He sat down, his knees close to him as he tried his best to resist crying. His own mind reflected on the events since he's been away from Earth.
Nothing but constant running and fright, with people trying to kill him or others only there to use him. Now the only person who was willing to not hurt him, died because of him, because of his own helplessness. On top of it all, he still has to fight Keylo whenever that happens.
"Hey! You!" A voice shouted. It was familiar, one Gohan didn't like, he stopped and sucked his tears immediately as he shot up, noticing Van in front of him. Gohan tried to run but Van grabbed him by the back of his armor. "You still have chores to do. You may be lucky that Keylo ain't here to fight you but that doesn't mean you get off scot-free from chores."
Van threw Gohan back to the ground and Gohan swallowed hard. "Normally, we'd cycle chores between new fish but since yer still just some weak kid, I'm just gonna put you on dish duty again." He said. "Is that clear?" Gohan nodded in response. "Good."
Van turned around and walked away after Gohan began cleaning. Washing each dish until there was no more. It took him a couple hours but he managed to get done faster than last time. Even though it was something small, Gohan was proud of his work.
He got off the stool and turned around, stretching.
"BOOM!"
A powerful crash could be heard in the distance, Gohan whipped his head to the right to see what was most likely another inmate having collided against the walls. Not far from him was one of the guys from the first day when Gohan got here.
The man being Khang, someone clearly much more frightening than Keylo and Van. "They're always taking orders from him." Gohan noted. He waited til after Khang left the area then ran up to the other inmate.
This inmate looked like some kind of insectoid, with a mottled pattern on his large triangular wings, two antennas on the top of his head, three fingers on each hand, three toes on each feet, and his skin was a greenish brown.
He was about five feet and an inch high as well. "Are you okay?" Gohan asked. The insectoid seemed out a bit out of it. "S-Sir?"
Insectoid shook his head around as he tried to snap back into reality. He tried lifting himself and Gohan moved around to help him sit up. "T-Thank you." He uttered weakly, his voice was raspy and sounded dehydrated.
Gohan looked to the faucet nearby as he checked his surroundings, ran and grabbed a cup for him, filling it with water. He ran back to the insectoid and handed it to him. The insectoid took several gulps of the water, drinking it quickly before he handed it back to Gohan.
"W-What was that about?" Gohan asked curiously.
The insectoid's eyes moved around as he got a quick scan of his surroundings. "It is best if you do not worry, child." He answered, standing up. "I'd suggest you move back to your duties before you are harmed." He walked away, leaving Gohan slightly stunned.
"Brat!" A voice shouted shortly after. Gohan froze up, slowly turning his head, seeing Van. "New task. Sweep the outside of the cells, in the upper level!" He tossed a dirty old broom to Gohan.
"Y-Yes Sir." Gohan swallowed. Gohan grabbed the broom on the ground and ran up the nearby stairs as he started to sweep. Gohan started from the nearest corner and pushed from there, pushing all the nearby dust and dirt off the ledge the best he could.
As his thoughts started to drift, Gohan could only think of how someone died because of him. His mind would still repeat that image. "I wish I could've done something." He muttered, pushing the broom.
"You could've fought back." A voice said.
Gohan whipped his head around to look for the voice but was unable no matter where he looked. "W-Who's there?" He asked. No response. "Am I hearing things?" Gohan continued pushing his broom, still wondering if what he heard was in his head or if it was real.
"You could've fought back." The voice repeated itself.
Gohan tried to find the voice but again he couldn't. "I-..I can't fight…" He replied. "I don't even know how."
"You have the power to fight." The voice pointed out. "You just need to release it."
Again Gohan looked around to find the voice to no success. He sighed to himself, waiting a moment to see if the voice would continue to speak but it seemed to be clear that it was gone. Gohan continued to sweep the upper floors for another twenty minutes, his mind now reflecting on what this strange voice told him.
A guard came up to grab Gohan, generating energy cuffs as he did. "It's time for your next fight." The guard spoke. Gohan frowned as he was taken away from the scene, following the guard all the way back to the colosseum.
As he stood before the gate, moments before it lifted, Gohan had a dreadful sense of fear in him, swallowing hard as he prepared himself. His mind reflected again what that strange voice told him but again the same question would follow his mind.
"How can I fight? How could I unleash it?" He wondered. "I wanna go home but..I'm gonna die if I go out there." He swallowed his emerging tears as the gate opened. Gohan walked past the gate, this time much less hesitant to avoid being pushed.
Stepping past the gate, Gohan's eyes moved to the audience again then to the opponent in the distance. However because the other end of the arena was so far away, Gohan couldn't make it out. Normally, by now the opponent would've come close to Gohan.
"Yet again folks we have our newcomer! And this time we have him against someone, a veteran you all know, someone who WON'T rebel." The announcer shouted. The cameras quickly panned over the other end of the arena, revealing Gohan's opponent. "From the planet of Glarea and the System Saxum! We have Pulvis!"
The displays showed a man who looked like solid and hardened sand, donning but a pair of pants and no other clothing. The announcer slammed the gong with his mallet and it echoed throughout the arena. Gohan panicked as he tried to shake the gate open.
"P-Please! Don't let me die!" He begged. Pulvis came faster and faster before Gohan knew it, a fist slammed into his right cheek, sending him east, crashing into the wall, back first. The wall dented and cracked around him on impact, causing Gohan to get stuck in a slightly deeper dent shaped of his own body.
Gohan began to fall but before he could Pulvis slammed his fist into Gohan's gut, further deepening the dent. Pulvis took Gohan by the neck and shoved him further into the dent as he flew several yards forward. The wall broke apart and shredded as Gohan was rammed through it all.
Chunks and pieces of Earth went flying, but it was of no concern to Pulvis. After flying for eighty yards, Pulvis released his grip as he threw Gohan out of the wall and against the ground. Covered in various cuts, scratches, and bruises, Gohan became dizzy as he tried to keep his eyes open.
Pulvis came closer to finish the job, raising his hand as he generated an energy blast in front of his right hand.
You're going to die. Something rang in Gohan's mind. You're going to die. It repeated. The energy sphere in front of Pulvis's hand grew slightly. YOU WILL DIE. The blast erupted forth from Pulvis's hand and aimed itself at Gohan.
The blast rapidly spun towards Gohan and as it approached, things slowed down for Gohan as he stared into it. His life flashed before his eyes, his mind instantly thought of home…
((Flashback))
On a sunny day like any other in the mountains of Paozu, Gohan and Goten went outside after finishing some quick homework.
"We should go explore!" Goten suggested.
Gohan looked hesitant and shook his head. "Explore? It's too scary out there! Besides, we'd get in trouble."
Goten frowned. "What? But I'm bored and wanna explore." He replied. "Maybe we can find treasure or something cool!"
Gohan bit his lips. "What if we get lost?"
"We won't get lost! Come on, Gohan! Let's go explore!" Goten grinned mischievously.
Gohan still seemed hesitant, his gaze moving to the forest as he thought about what could go wrong. "F-Fine." He stuttered.
Goten grinned wider. "Race you!" He shouted. Goten ran quickly towards the forest, leaving a stunned Gohan behind.
Gohan blinked a couple of times. "H-Huh what.." before shaking his head to snap himself back into reality. "W-Wait up!" He ran to catch up with Goten, running past the bushes and trees as he entered the forest. "Goten!" He wandered through the forest, quickly realizing his brother wasn't anywhere near.
Gohan panicked quickly, whipping his head around as he tried to look for his brother. "G-Goten!" He bit his lips as he looked at his surroundings, unable to recognize the area. He froze up when he heard a tree branch snap.
Gohan shook as he turned around to see glowing eyes in the bush. "Aaaaaaah!" Gohan screamed and turned back around, running as fast as he could. A large bobcat leaped from the bushes and ran after Gohan.
Gohan tried to run as fast as he could but the thing was catching up fast. Gohan ducked and cowered in fear as the Bobcat lunged forward at him, causing the Bobcat to go over Gohan instead. Gohan quickly noticed this and took a turn to run again.
However he started to go down hill and lost balance, falling forward. Gohan rolled and tumbled down the hill, screaming in agony. The Bobcat followed him downhill but stopped as Gohan approached a nearby creek.
Gohan saw head first the creek in front of him as his body aimed for the water. "S-Somebody help!" He closed his eyes as he embraced for impact. The impact never came as his Dad caught him, leaping nearly seventy-five yards away, passing the lake.
The bobcat followed after Goku but Goku took a stance and made a powerful tremble to the Earth as he slammed his foot forward against the ground. The bobcat cowered away and ran from the scene as fast as it could.
((End))
As a flashback, filled with a sense of comfort quickly ended, it was replaced with a dark atmosphere. Flashbacks that reminded him of current reality, that he was alone, in a world of every man for himself. In that moment as the blast came close, one thing could only be clear, was that if he wanted to be saved, he had to save himself.
A powerful energy enveloped itself around Gohan as he went into a fit of rage, flew past the blast, and around to Pulvis. He hurled his fist into Pulvis's right cheek with every ounce of his power, causing Pulvis to go flying.
Pulvis spiraled towards the other end of the arena, crashing harshly through a wall, at least five feet thick. The crowd was in shock and awe, not expecting such a reaction from Gohan, for a moment they were processing the events, then cheers erupted from them all.
Gohan had fallen to the ground, shortly after striking Pulvis, falling unconscious for a quick moment. He awoke a second later at the cheers of the audience, a bit stunned but was able to grasp the situation. The guards came to grab Gohan, taking him to an infirmary before he returned to the prison yard.
At the infirmary, Gohan was bandaged up by a medic, who seemed to be another kind of insectoid, resembling that of a ladybug. There Gohan was given a tray of food and some clean water to drink. Gohan couldn't believe the tray of food himself, it had been days since he last ate.
He consumed the food as fast as it appeared and the water as well. It wasn't much for being as hungry as he was but it was better than nothing. An hour passed before Gohan was released back into the prison yard, it was dark and late.
The guard escorted Gohan to his cell, the cell door being closed as they arrived. The guard pressed a button on his wrist guard which caused the cell door to slide open. Gohan entered his cell, noticing something on his bed.
He got closer to examine the item, looking at it with much confusion. "What is this?" He wondered. It almost looked like a rabbit's foot but at the same time it didn't. He decided to brush it off for now as he slid into his bed for the night.
The next morning as the sun rose, the cells opened, Gohan got up with the rabbit foot in hand. He wanted to know what it was and decided to find someone who might know. He walked outside of his cell and out to the yard.
On his way, he bumped into Raton..literally. "Oof! Sorry!" Gohan panicked slightly before realizing who it was, letting out a sigh of relief. Gohan was quick to notice there were a lot of people out today in the yard. "What's going on?"
Raton looked at Gohan then moved his gaze back to the gathered crowd. "Someone pissed someone else off pretty heavily, there's a deathmatch awaiting." He answered. "Think it's one of Khang's goons."
"A d-deathmatch?" Gohan gulped. He didn't like that idea or thought at all. "Do you know who's fighting?"
Raton shook his head. "Nah, not really." He said. Raton scratched the top of the head. "But I feel sorry for the poor guy who found a lepus foot in their bed."
Gohan's eyes widened. "Wait…y-you m-mean this?!" He showed the foot to Raton who looked shocked.
Raton nodded. "Yea that's the one." He replied. "Oh kid…that..that sucks, I'm sorry."
"Y-You're not going to help me?" Gohan asked.
Raton shook his head. "I'm sorry there's nothing I can do. Nowhere to run nor hide, you'd be better off getting it done and over with."
Gohan swallowed the tears that began to emerge from his eyes. The color drained from his face, filling him with dreadful fright. He wanted to run but had nowhere to go and before he knew it, he was spotted before he had the chance to run.
"There he is!" One shouted. The crowd moved, allowing Keylo who was in the center to see Gohan, an angry look formed on his face.
Keylo taunted for Gohan to come forward, flexing his index finger. "Get over here brat!" He snarled. Gohan froze up, remaining unmoved. "Move! Or I'll move yourself for you!" Gohan swallowed hard as he paced shakily forward to the center.
Several hesitant steps later, Gohan moved inside the crowd, his eyes looking at Keylo. "Please, I don't want to fight." Gohan pleaded.
"Ha!" Keylo laughed. "Too bad!"
"Why? I didn't even do anything." Gohan complained.
Keylo angrily smirked. "Didn't do anything? You didn't do what I said and then attacked me like a punk brat!" He growled. "The way I see it, you should die for your crimes."
"B-But that's not fair!" Gohan whined. "I just want to go home."
Keylo slammed his fist into Gohan's gut, causing Gohan to double over. "Too bad." He grinned wickedly. Keylo grabbed Gohan by the skull, his large fingers tightly pressing into it, making Gohan groan in pain. "I wonder exactly how much of this you can take."
The intense pressure made blood slowly erupt from his mouth but Keylo stopped before Gohan's own skull could be crushed, dropping Gohan to the ground. Gohan fell to his knees, coughing harshly, before the side of his rib cage was struck by Keylo, making Gohan go flying for another fifteen feet before falling on his back into the ground.
Keylo paced to Gohan, his wide smirk turning wicked-er. "I'm going to make sure I savor this moment." He picked Gohan up and slammed his fist into Gohan's jaw. Gohan went flying a hundred feet in the air before falling back down.
He approached the ground rapidly, five feet before reaching the ground, Keylo caught him by his neck tightly. Keylo slammed his fist into Gohan's gut, into his left cheek, right cheek, upper rib cage, and again his gut.
Each time Gohan's screams of agony got louder and louder before it started to get quieter, turning into quiet groans. A stream of blood spilled from the ends of his lips, every breath became painful and heavy from the pressure of his broken ribcage against his lungs.
Others nearby watched on with each passing second, very few souls could actually enjoy watching this, while most only saw it as a brutal messed up torture, but none were courageous enough to step in and stop Keylo of all people.
After several more minutes, Gohan was beginning to go unconscious and Keylo seemed bored. "I think it's time to finish this." Keylo slammed his foot on Gohan's head and Gohan bellowed loudly.
"P-Please…" Gohan begged. He opened his mouth as he shouted to the top of his lungs. "S-Somebody Help!" He knew that no one would come to rescue him, previous events proved him but he had to try, had to do something and out of instinct, screaming is what would come to mind.
Before Keylo could unleash his blast against Gohan, something knocked him away twenty feet. "I can't believe I'm doing this." A voice muttered. Gohan moved his head to look up to see the insectoid from earlier here. Gohan was filled with confusion, wondering why this random person he had met, was saving him.
Keylo stood back up and spit to the ground, a snarl formed on his face as he looked at the insectoid in front of him. "What the hell do you think you're doing Marmora?" Keylo growled.
Marmora cracked his knuckles. "Kicking your ass."
Keylo formed a snarl on his face as he rushed forward and hurled a punch at Marmora. Marmora tried to dodge the attack, only to have Keylo slam his lower rib cage with his left leg. The attack made Marmora cough a mixture of saliva and blood, nearly doubling over.
Keylo hurled his fist against Marmora's right cheek, then into his gut after, causing Marmora to go flying. Marmora stopped himself fifteen feet away as Keylo came in to throw another attack but Marmora deflected Keylo's fist out of the way, landing a punch to Keylo's jaw.
Marmora thrusted his knee at Keylo's gut but Keylo jumped back, avoiding the attack. He lunged forward quickly after, approaching Marmora's head as he slammed his knee and pulled Marmora's head with his two hands into his knee.
Keylo flipped over behind Marmora and slammed his foot into Marmora's back, causing Marmora to twenty five feet back the other way, landing not far from the rest of the crowd and mainly Gohan. Gohan who looked stunned, his body trembled with fright, as he looked away reflexively from the impact before looking back.
Marmora stood back up shortly after, a stream of blood erupted from his mouth, a visible wound appearing on the right side of his center rib cage and his upper left wing. Keylo quickly paced back over, his face erupted with more anger.
"I told you to mind your own damn business! And here we are again!" Keylo yelled. He pointed his finger at Marmora. "What the hell happened to you? You used to be one of our most reliable partners and then one day you go on the flipside?!"
Marmora scoffed. "Shut the hell up with that bullshit! I only ever did it cause you assholes forced me into it like everyone else. You're nothing but a bunch of damned bullies!" He yelled. "What you're doing is wrong! And I refuse to be a part of it anymore!"
Keylo sighed exasperatedly. "Fine. Have it your way." He bent his knees and took a stance as he flared his aura, powering up. "Let's end this now Marmora!" He rushed forward as Marmora flared his own aura, the two clashed their fists and exchanged a few blows but quickly Keylo took advantage.
Keylo thrusted his knee in between Marmora's lower rib cage and gut. "CRACK!"Marmora coughed a small spat of blood as he was pushed several feet away, his feet solidified in the ground causing it to push dirt up behind him.
Keylo lunged again and hurled his fist into Marmora's right cheek, but Marmora kept a firm balance, and countered. He rammed his elbow into Keylo's ribcage, causing Keylo to stumble back, and swept Keylo's legs to cause him to fall. Marmora pulled his leg back as he swung powerfully at Keylo, missing as Keylo vanished a second before.
Keylo came from above and behind Marmora, his fist slamming into Marmora's head. Marmora crashed through a nearby column and the outer walls of the inner prison cells. Keylo walked up to Marmora and grabbed him by the neck as he dragged him back to the center of the crowd.
Keylo's eyes moved to Gohan. "Let me show you brat, what I'm going to do to you!" He growled. He turned to look at the crowd. "This will be an example of all those who challenge us!" He slammed his fist into Marmora's gut, several times over, each time stronger than the last.
Each time causing Marmora to spill more of his own vital fluids. He released his grip on Marmora's neck and gestured for Van and Boulger to hold him. Van and Boulger grabbed Marmora by one arm each, keeping him mostly straight up.
Keylo backed up a few feet, whirled his fist, then slammed it into Marmora's right cheek. A slight crack could be heard and a couple of teeth could be seen flying away. Gohan tried to look away but he couldn't help but watch and watching only made him sad and frightened.
This one person who was nice enough to help him was getting beaten because of him. Again, because of him, someone is going to die. Gohan wanted to do something, but his own cowering fear overwhelmed him. Gohan opened his mouth to protest but quickly closed it before saying anything.
Keylo took Marmora's right arm from Van, moved behind Marmora, and pulled Marmora's arm behind his back to twist it. He jerked it up, causing Marmora to scream fiercely. Marmora's arm became limp after Keylo released it, his breath heavy and his eyes wide.
Keylo took a few steps back, generated an energy whip with three lashes on it, and swung it against Marmora's back. The lashes sliced through Marmora's wings and caused huge gashes on his back. Keylo swung it several more times, making more gashes and some gashes deeper.
A short moment later, Keylo motioned for Boulger to release his grip from Marmora, causing Marmora to fall on his back. Gohan swallowed hard as he expected Keylo to finish him, instead Keylo placed his foot on Marmora's chests, slowly pressing down on him.
This caused Gohan to see, to relive the events of when Raditz arrived and fought his father. When he saw Keylo stomping his foot onto Marmora's chest, he saw Raditz stomping on his father's chest, his anger started to rise, his face started to make an angry expression but again it was pushed down by overwhelming fear.
Are you going to let another die because of your own cowardice or are you going to do something? Something rang in his mind and it was weird. He almost thought he heard a voice that sounded so real and yet he recognized it as no one's voice.
Again Marmora screamed as Keylo pushed deeper in, causing Gohan's mind to retrace itself to Balegar. "I refuse to harm a child." His words still so fresh in his mind, the scene of Balegar being killed as fresh as the words, overtook the fear for a moment.
Gohan swallowed hard and opened his mouth. He hesitated for a second, but hearing that scream, hearing his father's scream, seeing Balegar, it made him angry. " ." He stuttered, weakly finishing. Gohan shook his head. "STOP!"
Keylo looked at him, ceasing his actions as he turned to Gohan. His eyes moved to Van. "Grab the child." He said. Van nodded in response and moved to Gohan, who now was a bit stunned.
"W-What?!" Gohan looked perplexed as Van grabbed him tightly. "L-Let me go!" Van ignored him, holding him tightly and forcing him to watch the scene. Keylo pressed down one more time on Marmora's ribcage, a clear and loud cracking noise could be heard.
Keylo wickedly smirked. "Don't you just love that sound?" He said. He moved his foot off and picked Marmora up by his neck. His eyes moved to Gohan for a second. "You better watch out, you're next." He moved back to look at Marmora as he formed a chop with his hand.
Keylo pulled his hand back and thrusted it into Marmora's chest, piercing it fully through. A splash of blood ejected from both sides and streamed from Marmora's mouth. Gohan's eyes went wide, and his mouth agape as he was bewildered from shock.
A second later, Keylo pulled his hand back, letting Marmora drop to the ground, then Van released his grip from Gohan, causing Gohan to drop to the ground. Gohan started to tremble as he pulled himself up from his knees, quickly moving to Marmora's corpse.
He got closer and examined it. "Why…" His eyes started to water. His mind remembered all the recent events, all of the events so he was forced away from home, coming all at once in a bursting motion.
"Look at the little brat, didn't even know the guy and now he's crying over it?" Keylo rolled his eyes. "I just don't understand these soft, fleshy types. Maybe I should hold up my promise of destroying his homeworld like I said."
Keylo moved further closer to Gohan as he reached for Gohan's arm but at that moment, Gohan snapped and his rage erupted violently. His pupils had vanished, his aura had bursted, his hand had deflected Keylo's away, and light white electricity formed around Gohan as he let a bellowing roar unleash from his vocal cords.
Keylo became stunned, taking a step back as he looked at Gohan with confusion. "What the he-" Before Keylo knew it, a powerful knee struck him in the jaw, and a double ax-handle slammed Keylo into his gut. The slam from Gohan's fists caused Keylo to collide into the ground with enough force to generate a crater beneath him.
Keylo got up shortly after only to be met with a ferocious volatile punch to the jaw, causing him to go flying towards the prison walls but before he could make it, Gohan appeared before him, kicking him in the head, sending Keylo back the other way.
Keylo went flying before sliding into the ground, head first, pushing dirt up in front of him. A short few seconds after, Keylo started to push himself back up, thoughts couldn't be formed but his anger did rise as he pulled himself to his knees and turned around.
In front of him was a raging Gohan, his pupils now having returned, but his aura even more vicious than before. Winds blew around Gohan and a power so overwhelming that it created enough pressure to make Keylo realize the situation he was in.
Keylo's color drained from his face as he started to fear Gohan, taking a step back. "G-Get away from me!" He shouted. Gohan ignored him as he moved forward and Keylo walked back. "G-GET AWAY YOU MONSTER!"
Keylo tried to turn around and run but slightly stumbled, Gohan took quick notice and jumped up, slamming his legs diagonally into the back of Keylo. Keylo crashed back into the ground and slid a few feet sideways.
As Gohan continued to attack Keylo, throwing him around, and throwing fists, his rage became more and more violent. Images repeated in his mind, words echoed in his ears, his power only became worse by the second.
"S-Somebody's gotta stop him! He's gonna kill Keylo and blow this whole place up!" Van yelled. He tried to rush to Gohan who was standing by Keylo who was on the ground, too weak to get up. Gohan's aura grew bigger and created ferocious winds that blew all around him and Keylo.
These winds prevented from Van to even get close enough to him. Shortly after, Boulger tried but failed as well.
"Damn it! His power is intense!" Khang shouted, stating the obvious. He rushed forward and flew against the pressure as well as the heavy winds. The closer he got, the more resistant the winds got, and he got slower and slower. "D-Damn it! I can't r-reach him!" Eventually the winds became too strong for him and blew him away as well.
Out of nowhere, another individual appeared on the battlefield, in front of the crowd, pushing himself through the strong winds, step by step.
"Taurus?!" Khang shouted, his face full of surprise.
A tall and black furred, muscular, cattle-like man, kept pushing and pushing through the winds. As he reached Gohan, the man grabbed Gohan's shoulder and applied intense pressure. Suddenly, it stopped, and Gohan passed out.
Taurus, this new appearing individual, let out a sigh of relief and turned to Keylo, shaking his head in disappointment. "I expect you to handle things while I'm gone, and this is what happens when I'm gone? You let a child get the best of you and go rampant?"
"B-B-But B-Bos-!" Keylo stuttered.
Taurus shook his head and crossed his arms. "No! Now that you've obviously got your ass-handed by some child, people are gonna think you're some pushover, and that's gonna make things harder for me by connection!" He replied. "As of right now you're suspended from the team."
Keylo gulped and nodded. "Y-Yes Boss."
Taurus turned back to Gohan and examined him for a second. "What to do with this child? His power..it's insane, if I let him live, he'll surely cause me too many problems.." He thought. "If I kill him, I could be wasting a potential asset."
As he came to a decision in his mind, he nodded to himself and moved closer to Gohan, a clear intent to kill as he enveloped energy around a single hand. Taurus grabbed Gohan and lifted him up, pulling his hand back.
Before he could strike Gohan however, a greyish-blue hand-claw was placed on his arm. Taurus turned to see who's hand this belonged to and this was some six feet tall white feathered, bluish-greyish skinned, broad-shouldered, owl-like humanoid.
"What're you doing Priamus?" Taurus asked.
"Don't do it." Priamus answered.
Taurus stopped for a second, and turned completely to face Priamus, Gohan still in his hands. "I'm sorry but I can't let some kid ruin what I have going on here."
Priamus sighed. "Then let me take him, I will take full responsibility for the kid." He said. "Just please, don't kill him."
Taurus rolled his eyes and tossed Gohan to Priamus. "Fine. Get his powers under control, if that got any stronger, it could've called the guards." He replied. Priamus nodded in response and took Gohan with him to the inner cell wall.
Meanwhile, Keylo made an angry snarl as he narrowed his eyes onto Priamus as well as Gohan who were getting off scot-free. If he could just move! He would kill that brat!
To be continued…
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