Failure To Save [Varies]

[Mirai Gohan]

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Finally, the training he had been doing had begun to pay off, Gohan had finally ascended his power well beyond its last known levels. That was his goal, to become a master of his own power and to advance well beyond the levels he needed to finally achieve the power necessary to destroy the androids. How could he not want to continue to push himself when so many suffered every day because of the androids tyranny across the planet. Not only this, his training with the young Half-Saiyan prince, Trunks, was beginning to show progress as he had finally been able to land a few blows upon his every single time they trained together outside, but now it was time to step it up a notch.

The day was stormy above as Gohan stood before the androids, his body radiating a golden aura as his body pulsed with pure energy. The area was dark and cold, a feeling as if death had arrived, and soon the ground beneath him formed into that of a city. As he looked around he could hear the storm above as several lightning bolts struck around the city, and upon closer inspection he soon realized where it was... it was West City.

It was a barren wasteland, void of all life and as the area began to develop more he soon saw Capsule Corp, the building was destroyed and a burning heap of rubble as he saw a body laying upon the ground and soon it was undeniable... it was Trunks, dead. The feeling of rage and anger filled him as well as pain as he collapsed to his knees, clenching his fists tightly as he began to scream into the vast abyss. His pain continued to grow as tears flowed freely as he yelled out in agony and pain, soon his clenched fists were being punched into the ground, sending waves of power across the ground and causing it to split and dust flying into the air.

Soon he began to hear a sadistic laugh behind him, first one was a male and then the other, a females. As he turned he saw the duo androids, the black-haired male by the name of Android 17 and his twin sister, a blond-haired female by the name of Android 18. Soon Android 17 walked up and kneeled by him, "It's your fault you know? All because your too weak to do anything, right sis?" Shortly upon saying this she too walked up next to Gohan and kneeled by him, "Your right seventeen, it's all his fault. All because your too weak and pathetic your friends suffer."

The world around him began to fade, the sadistic laugh of the two by him remained as did they. Suddenly, Gohan could not contain his anger and rage any more and he attempted to punch Android 17, but to no avail. Upon swinging his fist the android faded and his fist merely went through him, the area was now entirely dark and as he looked around for the two he soon saw them, both standing next to each other and laughing at Gohan, each chuckle they made merely brought Gohan more pain. He soon began to ran at them and then lunged at them again and passed through the duo, their laughter now coming from behind him. He then turned and looked at the duo and stood up, running at them once again. "I will destroy you! You hear me? I will!"

Gohan awoke, his body drenched in sweat and he felt out of breath, causing him to begin to gasp for air. He had been staying at his mothers again after his body had healed, except for this last night with whom he had slept in the house of another, or at least what remained of it. The wound on the flesh across his eye had managed to just start to heal, but it looked as if there was no denying the fact it was going to leave a scar. He was willing to sacrifice every ounce of himself and place hundreds of scars upon his body if it meant saving those he cared about from a life of fear and death. Shortly after awakening Gohan leaned up, pushing his hair back and then wiping the sweat off his forehead, he had had another nightmare, they seemed to have been occurring a multitude of times recently and was perhaps a sign of the future to come.

He soon stood up, holding the sheet around himself to keep his body to keep himself from being exposed to the world. As he turned he saw the beautiful figure of a woman he had saved just the other night, her naked body resting against the bed as she slept. Shortly after he got up her eyes began to open and she looked at Gohan, using her arm to hold up her head, "Hey hun, that was the best night of my life..." Gohan just gave her a smile and shook his head yes, "Mine too." He wasn't going to tell her he had actually had better, after all he did sometimes take advantage of being a hero for a little personal gain every once in awhile, after all who would be crazy not to?

He soon walked over and grabbed his pants and pulled them up and then grabbed his shirts and slipped those on as well. To hold them from falling off he grabbed his long piece of cloth, wrapping it around himself a few times before tying a knot in the front of himself. He looked at her one last time as she had begun to get dressed also, slipping on her panties and bra first and then slipping on one of his t-shirts that he never even wore. "You'll be coming back won't you?", she asked Gohan with a playful smile across her face. How could he just tell her that after saving her and sharing a night with her that he had no plans of seeing her ever again? And so he merely gave her a smile, "Alright I will..."

After that he leaped out her window, his body becoming surrounded by a white aura as he burst into the horizon. He was leaving North City and now heading to his destination, West City. It was time for him to pay a visit to Bulma once again and use her gravity chamber and also to pick up her son and continue his training once again. They had been training outside for several days now and Gohan felt it was time for him to finally bring Trunks into the gravity chamber to train along-side him and together they could both increase in power. Also this gave Gohan the benefit of having a sparring partner in much more severe conditions than he normally would, a bonus that would seem to pay off quite well as opposed to training alone.

Soon his energy sky-rocketed as he pushed more energy outwards, although keeping most of it concealed to a point so as to not be detected by the androids and their sensors. It took him nearly five minutes to finally reach his destination once again, West City. In the distance he could see the yellow building once again... "Capsule Corp." He increased his rate of speed to arrive a few moments earlier than he would've and as he looked below him he saw Trunks and Bulma waiting and it didn't take him too much longer to float to the ground and he soon realized Bulma giving him a dirty look with her arms crossed, "Your late, AGAIN! I swear Gohan, you really are just like your father, never showing up for scheduled events on time."

Gohan just merely laughed and Trunks just merely elbowed him in the stomach, cupping his hand in front of his mouth, and then whispered to Gohan, "You get her name this time, or did you just do what you wanted to do?" Gohan just laughed a little more, "I'll tell you about it after we finish our training. The gravity room up and running again Bulma?" She just gave him a hmph and nodded in agreement, telling him that it was. "Alright, come on Trunks it's time to begin training today."

Trunks suddenly gave a look of sudden shock as he realized what Gohan was going to make him do, he was going to make him train in the gravity room WITH him, a first time he ever allowed him to do so. Gohan cared for Trunks as if he was his son, he helped Bulma raise him ever since he was born shortly after the death of Vegeta while she coped with him not ever coming back, for the death of Piccolo ended the life of Kami also, thus stopping the dragonballs existence and making it impossible for them to ever be used again. They have even been unable to use the namekian dragonballs, any attempt to launch to space would alert the androids and thus the passengers would be instantly killed by the duo from hell.

Gohan walked inside the Capsule Corp building once again, entering it and slowly wandering to the lower levels of the complex once again, this time with Trunks right behind him. Shortly after they entered the massive room, the gravity chamber in the middle of the room just as it was last time he was here. Soon he approached the door once again, hitting the switch on the massive pod once again and causing it to open up. He allowed Trunks to enter first in order to make sure he wouldn't back down and then shortly after he entered Gohan followed in behind. He hit a switch on the wall and the door raised once again, the heat in this room he had grown accustomed to now, allowing him to remain fully clothed without any sort of additional torture on his body, but he noticed Trunks was taking his off, quite possibly because this was the first time he had been in this room.

Gohan merely walked over to the machine and began to hit the up arrow, skipping up past ten and going straight to the level of fifty. Upon doing so, Gohan hit the switch and the gravity was suddenly active, causing Gohan to bend only slightly as compared to the last few times he used it. His body was becoming quite accustomed to this level of gravity however, Trunks was not as he was instantly floored, unexpecting the gravity to be so intense. It looked to Gohan as if he was struggling as Gohan placed his hands at his waist, "Come on Trunks, I know you can do it."

He looked at Gohan, this being enough to motivate the young half-breed saiyan as he pushed himself up, looking as if he was struggling greatly still. Gohan gave him a smile, "Trainings simple, try to hit me on my face and if you can do it then I'll lower the gravity, otherwise the gravity will start to increase... you understand?" Trunks gave him a nod and then suddenly charged Gohan, whom merely pushed his fist to the side, spun around behind him, and elbowed him straight in the back. The blow sent Trunks crashing into the ground again, "Come on Trunks your going to have to do better than that."

Trunks began to become enraged as Gohan continued to taunt him, suddenly he jumped up and sent his fist straight for Gohan, whom merely leaned back and allowed Trunks' fist to glide right above him and then punched him twice in the stomach, sending him crashing to the ground once again. "I told you when I started training you that I wasn't going to give you any breaks when we were training, do you believe me now?" Trunks held his stomach as he fell to the ground again, looking up at Gohan in anger and hate. He was not enjoying this, Gohan was handling this as if it was nothing while he continued to struggle in the intense level of gravity, at least it was intense for Trunks, Gohan seemed to be handling it with ease.

Trunks soon stood, it was becoming obvious he was only starting to get used to the gravity, this was shown by how much quicker he was able to rise than the time before. He stood, his knees bent and staring at his master and teacher, Gohan. Suddenly he charged Gohan again, leaping up with a jumping kick to his face but then at the last moment spun, sending his heel towards Gohans' face. Suddenly Gohan caught his foot, he saw this attack coming from a mile away. "Come on Trunks, your too easy for me to read, your going to have to mix it up a bit more than that."

Gohan watched as Trunks began to sweat severely, this gravity that was now much simpler to Gohan, was pushing Trunks to his physical limits as it did to him a few weeks ago. Suddenly the machine spoke, "Gravity set to Progressive Mode: Gravity setting is now at times sixty." Suddenly Trunks was brought down to the ground while Gohan remained standing, "Come on Trunks, don't let this machine beat you. You have the power within yourself, it is merely your choice as to when you want to use it." Trunks nodded to his master and pushed himself back to his feet, Gohan giving him a smile as he did so. He was proud that Trunks was pushing himself so hard and doing everything within his power to keep going, it showed the type of mental and physical determination that would be required to take the future back for all mankind.

Trunks was now standing up again, as he did earlier, with the determination to continue to fight and to win. This brought much joy to his master as he gave him a smile, unable to deny the fact that he was proud of Trunks. Suddenly Trunks lunged at him again, sending a fist to his face, "I told you Trunks, don't make your attacks so obvious." Gohan went to block the attack and then suddenly Trunks glided right by him, his hands landing onto the ground and his legs kicking Gohan in the back, sending him to the ground. Gohan put his arms down, catching himself and flipping back to his feet, facing Trunks. "Good... time for a spar then?"

Suddenly Gohan blurred past Trunks, his arm suddenly flying out at the last moment as Gohans' leg went behind Trunks', the clothes line sending his crashing to the ground and Gohan dropped down into a kneeling position rapidly, sending his elbow into Trunks chest. Trunks reaction to such an attack left him speechless as well as breathless as the elbow to his chest knocked the wind out of him. He gasped for air once again before Gohan got off him, "You have a lot to learn still Trunks and I hope you learn fast, you never know when your skills might be needed."

As Gohan stood, suddenly Trunks wrapped his legs around Gohans and with a quick twist, Gohan was sent to the ground, catching himself with his hands to prevent from landing face-first. Suddenly the machine spoke once again, "Gravity Rate Increased: Gravity is now at seventy times earths gravity." This caused the weight of Trunks legs still on Gohan to be immense, himself having difficulty pushing it off him and it feeling as if he was going to crush his legs. Somehow Trunks managed to lift his legs off Gohan in such immense pressure and Gohan began to push himself up, he was now slightly beyond what he had handled previously, he stood up and made his way to the machine. "I think thats enough for today Trunks."

He soon arrived at the control system and hit the red button, shutting down the machine. Gohan seemed to not be out of breath, but he was still sweating severely. He hated to admit it, but Trunks did give him quite a workout. He watched as Trunks remained on the ground, breathing heavily, the gravity was beyond anything Trunks had ever done and it was quite obvious to Gohan. The capsule soon opened, standing at the doorway was Bulma, "Gohan... we have a problem."

He stepped out, leaving Trunks alone inside the capsule as he went to discuss things with Bulma, "What seems to be the problem Bulma?" She gave him a look of worry and concern and that alone gave away what it was, "The androids are attacking West City." Gohan clenched his hands into fists, energy sparking of raw power. He was in a weakened condition since he had just been training, but he was not going to sit idly by and watch them destroy the city. "I'm coming too."

Gohan turned, it was Trunks. He had apparently finally gotten up and heard them talking, and soon he walked up next to Gohan, "Can I please help you Gohan?" Gohan just gave him a comforting smile, placed his hand onto his shoulder and then suddenly let go, doing a quick chop to the back of the neck and knocking him out cold. He managed to catch him and lay him down onto a chair, "I'm sorry Bulma, but I just can't risk him dying. You and him just mean too much to me, you two and my mom are the only family I have left... I wouldn't be able to fight at one-hundred percent if I'm worrying about him." Bulma just gave him a nod, she understood what he meant and thus was willing to let him go, "Just be careful Gohan."

He then took off running out the exit, exiting the building and then bursting into the air. He could see several explosions in the distance at a nearby carnival, 'It must be them', he thought to himself. Suddenly his power sky-rocketed to its maximum as he burst off full-speed into their direction. It took only a few moments before he arrived and saw the androids enjoying a ride on a roller coaster, laughing sadistically. As he looked closer he saw the bodies laying all across the ground from those who were there and killed by the androids, the bodies were large in numbers and many of them burnt to a crisp... woman, children, everyone was dead. Gohan felt his rage boiling within himself and suddenly, without any sort of idea on how he was going to fight them, he burst into the roller coaster, striking it and sending it off track and crashing to the ground.

[Mirai Gohan]

As he looked down into the pile of twisted metal he saw the duo rise from it, their clothing somewhat torn and soon they rose up to him. "This was my favorite shirt, you'll pay for that you little runt." Android 17 seemed slightly mad at the fact that Gohan had attacked them without even giving them a chance to detect him. "Your monsters... you killed them, you killed them all!" Suddenly his body became surrounded by an aura as he burst at the two, sending a fist into Android 17's face and sending him flying through the metal of the roller coaster. He rose once again, a look of surprise upon his face of how much Gohan had grown in strength since the last time they fought, "You'll pay for that you insolent little runt!"

His sister, too, was now enraged as she watched her brother go flying into the ground. Suddenly 17 rose once again, standing next to his sister, "We'll take him together 18, ready?" She gave him a smile, "Ready when you are..." Suddenly the duo lined up in perfect unison, 17 in front, and in moments he charged Gohan while 18 flew above him and sent a fist for his face. Gohan first pushed 17's attack to the side, rolling to the side and then caught 18's, but the brute strength seemed to be quite immense as it looked as if Gohan struggled to hold on. As he held onto her, 17 came with an uppercut, sending Gohan flying into the air as 18 burst high above him, sending a jackhammer to his back.

As she brought her fists down she found herself punching through an after-image, he was now moving at a much faster speed and it seemed as though 17 was keeping track of his location. Suddenly as Gohan reappeared he was met by a flurry of energy blasts from the duo, Gohan blocking one after the other. 17 continued to fire while 18 flew in for another strike and soon as the blasts stopped, Gohan was punched in the gut with a furious blow from the woman, sending him flying into the hard cement. He laid there for a moment before jumping up, holding his stomach with one hand as he breathed heavily. Even with his heavy training the two were still too powerful for him together, 'Perhaps if I can get the two separated I can stand a better chance.'

Suddenly the two floated to the ground as Gohan stood there, suddenly they both flew towards him at a rapid rate, each one aiming for a side of his shoulder, one he blocked by bringing up his leg and the other he managed to catch, his leg holding him up was sliding across the ground from the brute physical strength, from this distance he could tell they were struggling almost as much as he was, a sign that his training was working. Suddenly he kicked off with his leg on the ground, spinning in the air above the androids. From there he elbowed one in the spine, sending them crashing to the ground and from there floated down, almost landing on top of that one and then kicked with his feet, pushing off the other android while sending them flying into some more carnival rides simultaneously.

As he landed on his hands and flipped while twisting in the air to see whom he performed these on, he realized that he had knocked the Android 18 into the ground and had actually kicked Android 17. It seemed to Gohan that he had been hitting 17 a lot more than 18, why not make it more fair in counts? As he saw her begin to rise, he went to try and kick her in the stomach but his leg was caught by her hand, "You didn't really think you had a chance did you?" She rose, it was still obvious to Gohan that she was bluffing by how much her hands were shaking to hold him. Gohan was getting much more fatigued then them, after all machines don't get tired or hungry and that seems to be his only true disability in this fight, their power remains the same while his weakens as he continues to fight.

As she held Gohan in place, she suddenly ducked down and a flying Android 17 came, his foot slamming into Gohans' chest and sending him flying through about three different rides, including the ferris wheel and finally stopped when he slammed into a store with re-inforced glass, causing it to crack and him fall to the ground, the sections of glass falling down upon him. He slowly rose, he couldn't move his left arm... they had dislocated it, which meant he would have to fight them off with have the proficiency. Suddenly the two came flying through the holes he had made, slamming into him once again and sending him flying once more through debris. That last one felt as if it had shattered his bones, but rather than rising up this time, he hid and lowered his power-level. He would need to train more if he planned to defeat them.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are." spoke Android 17 whom was followed by 18. "Yea, your ruining our fun you little brat. Come out and play." They seemed to become more and more agitated when he didn't come out and thus began to blast energy blasts around the area, destroying much of the park. He had been lucky that they hadn't managed to hit him yet and then it suddenly happened, a massive energy blasts struck him in the back and then it was followed by a multitude of others. This lasted for a few moments before the Androids grew bored, assuming Gohan had died. His entire body was in pain and agony, dragging his bone-shattered arm behind him and his body covered in injuries, his vision soon fading and the only thing he could see was a pair of feet before his world went pitch-black.

He soon awoke in agonizing pain as he felt someone wrapping up his injuries, he couldn't help but scream in pain as she began to wrap up his broken bones. His vision somewhat restored as he screamed and he realized it was Bulma, apparently Trunks had flown and picked him up and carried him back. Once he was bandaged up she heard him talking to Trunks outside, "He's lucky to be alive, thank god you left even though I told you not to... I don't know if he'll live with those injuries or not, he lost a lot of blood." It was then he heard that they were crying for him, they were both worried about him and he risked his life and nearly died. He had never thought about how it would effect everyone if he died because of those androids and now he knew, because of this he was now reluctant on charging head on, but he knew that no matter what he was going to do it regardless, he wanted to save them, save everyone and that meant putting their lives before his, no matter how much pain it might cause if he died.

A week passed by and his body had finally regained enough strength for him to start training again, his body still wrapped up. If it hadn't of been for Bulma's medicine and machinery she used to help quicken the healing process, there was no telling how long he would've been unable to train. He was going to continue his training... and that meant he would have to go back into the gravity chamber and begin his training in there once more, which although explained to him that it was risky to do, he was going to do it anyways.

He enters the capsule, about to enter the gravity higher than he had ever set it before, he was going to set it up to times one-hundred and fifty earths gravity. He approached the center of the space pod and began to enter in the digits, typing in the gravity level and then hit the begin button, "Gravity Accepted: Beginning level now set to times one-hundred fifty." Suddenly Gohan was pulled to the floor and much like before, his body felt like it was going to tear apart like the time he had injured himself last time, "Computer, deploy the bots." Suddenly cicular holes opened up on the roofing, shooting out ten spheres and within moments they came alive as tiny robots, floating around the room.

He had done this simulation the first time he had been in the gravity chamber and now he was doing at a little over three-times the amount he had done at that time. Suddenly the bots began to open fire at him, himself lunging and spinning in the air to the left, each beam just barely missing him and striking the wall. He soon landed on his legs, keeping his injured arm slightly back. The tissue was still quite soft and highly susceptible to pain since it had not fully healed yet and his goal was to strengthen it while it was still in the durable state, allowing it to heal back even stronger than before.

The bots began to open fire upon him once again, this time he began to block them with his left arm, flicking each blast away with much difficulty, it was quite a difficult task to complete, raising his arm was even a struggle in such high levels of gravity. As they each finished their attacks, he was not going to destroy them as quickly as before, this time take them out by reaching the limit to de-activate their shielding. He suddenly charged, lunging into the air and striking one with his knee and then spinning to send his heel into another, both went flying but due to their shielding when they struck the wall they remained undamaged.

Gohan was quickly surrounded and they had seemed to notice him holding back his right arm, figuring it as his weak-point. Suddenly three of them opened fire on his main body while the other seven aimed for his right arm, and as each shot struck his arm it sent a rush of pain up it and into his brain, making him scream out as each blast struck it. He now knew that they had discovered this weakness, after all most of them had aimed for the same spot and that was often a give-away that they had discovered something. He would now have to be more careful and protective to ensure that they did not manage to get any more blows upon it.

Suddenly he brought his injured arm up, swinging it into a bot and sending that one flying towards the ground, a surge of pain from his arm as he used it. This was going to be the only way he could strengthen it and keep it even in power with his left now that it was injured. Suddenly the bots began to do something new, they were actually ramming him. Each one flew at a high-speed towards him, attempting to strike him with much force, but his speed was still amazing, even weighed down so much. As each one charged, he dodged them by either leaning to the sides, ducking as they passed by, or leaping over them. He did not manage to notice one of them and thus it struck his weak-point head-on... his right arm.

He let out a scream of pain as he felt it hit, he had allowed one of them to manage to get a hit and now that he was too pre-occupied with the pain the bots began to use this to their advantage, suddenly opening fire upon him and sending nine piercing blasts into his shoulders and chest, those spots too containing much soft tissue since the two androids had struck him at these points at the same time with nearly as much force as they could muster up. Little drips of blood ran down his chest and onto his bandaging wrapped around his abdomen, each one coming from the tiny holes caused by the small energy beams. Suddenly he charged in a blind fury, sending a massive kick at the bots and managing to hit three of them with just one leg and then came around with a butterfly crossing kick, his other leg spinning up as the other one was brought to the ground, kicking three more.

He began to breath irregular as his rage continued to grow, "You mechanical bastards, I'll rip you to shreads!" Suddenly he punched one with his right hand, sending a wave of pain down his arm, and then with his left. He watched as the two bots exploded, their shielding unable to withstand the physical power he was now doing in his enraged state. While enraged like this, he was also being sloppy about defense and thus the bots managed to get eight more shots into his arm, causing him to scream once more, this time falling to his knees. The pain they were causing him was so great, yet he would not give up, he would never let another machine control his fate, control his destiny just as the androids did. He was focused on nothing else other than surpassing them and destroying them both, ending the fear they had caused amongst everyone, the fear of not knowing whether your going to live or die, not knowing when your number would be up. The fear about whether or not your loved ones are alive or dead, unable to ever see or speak to them again because those two decided to have a little fun... fun, their definition of fun was sick and twisted and only consisted of a little game of points on who could kill the most people and how you killed them, whether they go out groveling on their knees or die proudly.

He felt something begin to awaken inside of him, his eyes changing from black to a turqoise color and his body becoming surrounded by pure electrical energy. Suddenly he charged the bots once again, sending a flurry of punches onto one of them and pounding them into the floor until there was nothing left, suddenly the power then faded, he was drawing ever closer to obtaining the power he needed to destroy those two, he could feel it deep within himself. He began to cry as his fists continued to pound the bits and scraps of what remained of the bot into the ground, ignoring the pain caused by the remaining seven bots still firing upon him, the pain he was emotionally experiencing now was far more vast as the images of his friends and family dying before his eyes flashing before him once again, remembering the pain and agony he felt when they died.

Suddenly he jumped up in a blind fury, charging the bots, holding his right hand back as it charged up a powerful sphere of energy and then soon he brought it forward, sending it at the bot. He had completely forgotten the last time he had tried this, the bot merely reflecting the energy at one of its neighboring allies and then bouncing it back at Gohan, whom smacked the attack away once again. As it went flying it was soon reflected back again by another, his hand charging up a massive level of energy and then soon unleashing it against the bots blast, sending a massive wave of energy at the bot as it floated. Suddenly the others lined up behind it, increasing the force they were pushing the energy as Gohan continued to push as well.

He felt himself collapse on his knees as his body became more and more exhausted, suddenly bringing up his other hand and using it to push more energy into it at the bots, and just as it looked as if he was going to win, they began to charge up their lasers and soon fired it upon the blast, leaving a stream of energy that pushed the attack back Gohan. As the attack came at him, he turned, the energy attack striking his back. He screamed out in pain and fell forward onto his chest, his back burnt now and heavily in intense pain, he slowly began to push himself up, he was not going to give up. The bots soon began to open fire again upon Gohan, striking not only his arm now, but also his back. This caused an intense level of pain rushing through him, only managing to keep himself up by use of his left arm.

He slowly rose, his body now in pain with each step and his body bleeding much worse from the energy attack that had been reflected back at him. His knees buckled as he laughed slightly, he was not giving up. The last time he had been in this predicament he had been given a second chance to save those he cared about, he was not about to waste it on another training session. He waited until the bots began to charge, and knowing their flaw, he charged them all and destroyed them all with a spinning roundhouse kick with his heel, each one crushed as the attack struck... he had won, but at the cost of more days in his own little hospital.

He slowly dragged his bleeding and broken body to the console and from there de-activated the gravity, his body never feeling more relieved as the intense pressure from the gravity was now gone. He collapsed onto the ground, breathing heavily and after a few moments he began to laugh, a few chuckles at first and then it slowly progressed into a highly loud and powerful laughter. He slowly pushed against the ground raising himself off the ground slowly and then resting his back against the console in the center of the gravity chamber, and soon dozed off, awakening moments later. He had not been discovered this time unconscious, after all his life was not in any serious danger as it was the first time he did this, he may have had a severe injury on his back, but it wasn't enough to cause any serious damage other than perhaps a big scar on his back. He had managed to get lucky this time and soon stood up and made his way to the doorway, hitting the switch on the wall and causing the pod to open up.

He had been in there for a few hours, he discovered. His body was drenched in sweat from being in that room for so long, if he had probably been in there any longer he may have had suffered from dehydration upon waking up, making it a good thing that he did wake up. He began to walk down the long hallway, holding onto his stomach. His body was still exhausted to such a point that quite possibly if he had trained any more he would've done more bad than good to himself. He managed to get to the room, seeing both Bulma and Trunks in the work-room, Trunks was sitting on one of the desks and throwing a baseball up and down out of boredom while Bulma was working on some sort of new invention and quite possibly wouldn't know what it was until it was finished.

Gohan gave Trunks a smile, whom dropped the baseball as he saw Gohan, once again bloody and bruised. "Hey Trunks... hows it going." Gohan just laughed slightly and fell back onto the wall and watch Trunks stagger as he tried to get up. Once he was finally on his feet he ran over to Gohan, helped him up, and then carried him to his bed they had set up there for him in which he had been in for several days now while he healed up. Gohan just laid there, with his cheerful smile on his face as he soon slipped into an unconscious state, that was until he began dreaming the same dream he had been having, the same nightmare... Trunks dead and the androids sadistic laughter.