"Eat Lead": Gohan's Desperation

Gohan walked out of his house without any luck of finding Broly's hide out. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the small silver cube and stared at it.

~ Maybe Brook had better luck finding it. ~ He pressed a button on the cube and it unfolded in to a hover board. Gohan quickly took off into the night sky heading towards Brook's location. He stared up at the stars and the moon and envied their serenity. ~ Why can't my life be as peaceful? ~ He thought to himself and sighed heavily as light wind blew through his hair and cooled his face. Gohan closed his eyes and remembered his family and the time he spent with them when everything was peaceful and calm. He smiled lightly and opened his eyes, in the pitch black sky Gohan saw a golden silhouette racing down towards him with lightning swiftness. Gohan maneuvered out of the way as Broly barreled passed him. The massive saiyin launched a stream of attacks at him and Gohan weaved in and out of them desperate to escape.

“You can't run forever boy! Where's Kakarott!” Broly sneered and tackled him carrying him off his board. Broly's hands were tightly clenched around Gohan's neck while retaining a manic like smile. Gohan looked over his shoulder and saw the ground fast approaching.

~ He's going to squish me like a bug if I don't figure something out! ~ “ My dad's dead! Get over it you son- of -a- bitch!” Gohan ripped his shirt off and flung it in Broly's face. With his vision distorted, Broly released his hold on the teenager's neck and Gohan was free. The hover board quickly caught up with him and rescued him. “Let's see what this thing can do.” He zipped ahead going as fast as he could to get some distance between them. He ducked down into the forest and sped passed the trees. He could hear Broly pursuing him and he knew that he wasn't going to be happy when he caught up. Broly flew along side him but with the trees obstructing his path he wasn't able to get a clear shot at him. Gohan's heart raced with fear as he weaved and maneuvered and laced through the trees unable to shake Broly off his trail. The giant smashed through the pines and sent heat-seeking attacks after Gohan. They seemingly melted through the wood and chased him. The ex-saiyin felt the intense heat on the back of his neck and refused to look behind him and crouched low to the board hoping they would fly right passed him but he knew better. It became increasingly harder to control the hover board as Gohan's fears rose to dangerous levels. His head became clouded all he wanted was to be left alone. He wanted his life back. Beads of sweat rolled down the side of his face and his dark eyes searched, for what he wasn't sure, anything that would help him. ~…This just isn't fair. ~

The board started to gradually slow down as the heat behind him started to melt the metal. Gohan inched towards the front trying to keep the heat off of him. Those blasts would catch up to him eventually and God knows what would be left of him after that. His heart pounded in his throat as he swallowed hard. “Think, Gohan, Think of something!” He closed his eyes as they began to water again as hope started to drain from him. ~ Now's not the time for tears, Gohan! ~ He screamed at himself in his head. His eyes snapped open and his teeth clenched. “They seek heat…” He muttered and looked down at the speeding melting red-hot hover board. He lifted one foot and found the soul of his shoe gooey with melting rubber. He tossed his head back and laughed like a madman, a laugh similar to Broly's. “They...seek…HEAT!!” He screamed at the top of his lungs, seemingly losing his mind, until his voice went hoarse. He suddenly crouched low to the board, his fingertips burning as he clutched on to the sides. And took a leap up in to the branches and the hover board sped out from under him glowing red with intense heat as the blasts followed the board into a tree and exploded. The powerful explosion sent Gohan flying through the branches of neighboring trees. He fell while being bombarded with wooden limbs and being scratch by twigs. He twisted and tumbled through them until he landed hard onto the forest floor snapping an arm at the same time.

Gohan shakily sat up and took deep breaths while watching the fire from the explosion. He looked over his shoulder and saw a bright gold glow off in the distance. He limped quickly to a nearby tree as he heard Broly crashing through the forest in search of the young ex-saiyin. He clasped his hands over his mouth as Broly landed in the area and walked with an eerie calm attitude. He searched quietly like a cat. Blood slowly ran down Gohan's face and ran in to his eye. He closed it quickly as the blood trailed down over his fingertips. It glided over his index finger leading directly under his nose. With out knowing Gohan took a deep breath and inhaled the drop of blood. His suddenly gagged and choked giving away his position. Broly violently ripped the tree from the ground and tossed it aside reveling the teenager. Gohan scuttled backwards with fear gripping at his throat.

“You're becoming a thorn in my side, boy. Why do you prolong the inevitable? In just half an hour I will be immortal and no one, not even Kakarott, will be able to stop me!” Broly said as he advanced on Gohan even more.

“You're wrong! Brook will stop you!” Gohan said with a small sense of hope. Broly laughed a throaty laugh and mocked him.

“You mean the girl? I killed her already. There's no one left to protect you.” Gohan's world fell and a sense of apocalypse washed over him. Broly quickly bent down and snatched him up with out a fight. Gohan didn't see the point in fighting back now there was nothing left. What else could he do? Broly was right he was only prolonging the inevitable. Broly held Gohan's neck tightly and grinned an evil grin. “Say hello to your father for me.” Broly whispered with fierce silence.

“Just a second there, Broly.” A voice said from behind him. Broly whirled around with Gohan still in his clutches. He saw Brook standing there perfectly fine without a scratch on her smirking at him. “ Didn't I tell you I wasn't done with you yet?”