Gohan's Vengeance

Chapter Two: "Mass Confusion:
Who is the Assassin?"

They were rejoicing over the defeat of Cell. Trunks had just left, and Goku agreed to come down from the Heavenly Realm of Kai, even though he said he wouldn't. The reason he allowed himself to be wished back was that Chi-Chi told him she was pregnant. He couldn't resist the fact of another son to train, to love, and to nurture him into adulthood, so that he would be a great warrior.

"Oh, Chi-Chi!" Bulma had said. "I'm so glad for you! I can give you my old maternity clothes."

"Are you sure you won't need then again?" Chi-Chi made sure.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Vegeta hates children! Sure, he loves Trunks now…even though he was an-" Bulma cleared her throat, and then whispered, "-accident."

"What about other-" Chi-Chi also lowered her voice to a whisper, "-accidents?"

"Oh I'm sure we're covered…I'm on "The Pill"," she said briskly.

Chi-Chi said goodbye and hung up the phone. She was feeling a bit sick to her stomach; she was still in her first few weeks of pregnancy. She hurried to the bathroom.

Gohan and Goku were watching a Dr. Slump video in the VCR.

"That Arale-chan! She gets in the craziest predicaments!" Goku chuckled. He pressed pause.

"Chi-Chi? When's dinner ready?"

"You just got finished defeating the evilest monster the galaxy has ever known, and your sitting there watching cartoons and asking ME when's dinner ready! Goku you never cease to amaze me," She frowned sarcastically.

"Yep!" He said happily.

"Oh, Goku! I'm so glad you're alive," she said with a small tear. She hugged her husband; they fell onto the couch and began kissing passionately.

"Not now, honey, Gohan's watching," Goku warned quietly.

"Don't mind me," Gohan said, annoyed and a bit grossed-out.

Goku got up, "Come back, Gohan!" He pressed "Play", and they began watching Senbei Norimaki chasing around Arale with a big fishing net.

There was a flash of light, so bright that it blinded them. They heard a window shatter, and what sounded like a mini-earthquake. The light died down. And to Gohan's horror, he found his father sprawled upside down, hanging over the back of the couch. And what Gohan saw would then perturb his dreams and nightmares. Goku looked perfectly fine, except for his face, which was burned, charred, and mangled to an unrecognizable form. Blood was dripping from his head.

In a blur of emotion, fear, and confusion, Gohan burst through the door and into the woods. He tripped over a rock and skinned his knee to bloodiness. He ignored the searing pain, and got up quickly. He ran further, and further, having no idea where he was going. His confusion and sadness were blocking his sense of any other thought. He tripped again, and tumbled down a hill. He landed, hard, in a valley. He got up anyway, and looked around. He saw a huge, maroon colored figure.

"Wh-Wh-Whaaat-t?" It looked exactly like the person Gohan had just seen die a few days ago. "Y-Your C-C-Cell!"

"Wrong, boy! I am known as Android #22, brother of Cell!" The man said. "I killed your father, and I won't hesitate to kill you!" #22 flew off, though, out of distance.

Gohan fell limp to the ground, and cried himself to sleep.