Hey guys! I am honestly enjoying posting these stories again. Here's one of my more popular stories! R&R and no flaming, please! :)

P.S. Story isn't 100% exactly the same as before. I hope you all like it! :)

Disclaimer: Do I own DBZ yet? … No? … Ok… *Cries in corner*

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

The Coliseum

Goku is startled from his sleep, with a cold sweat dripping down his face. A pale moonlight pours in through the bedroom window, highlighting half of the room with the contrasting darkness to the other. He had been having these nightmares for the past couple of days. Nightmares of being held captive in some unknown place. Nightmares of being drugged while strange creatures poke and prod him on an operating table. He didn't know why he was having these nightmares, but they were getting worse every night. He lay there, staring out the window for a minute. Then, he looked at his wife, Chi-Chi. She stirred and twisted a bit, but he hadn't woken her up.

All of a sudden, he sensed something outside. He looking out the window, and spotted a dark figure walking among the shadows. He could sense dark energy from this ominous silhouette, against the illumination of the moon. Goku had to figure out what this was all about. He got up, slowly, as to not disturb his sleeping wife, and walked to the drawer to get his gi. He slipped it on, and he started towards the window. As he opened the window, he noticed a lump in his pocket. He reached in, and pulled out the one-star dragon ball he had found earlier that day. He decided to just take it with him, and jumped out the open window, into the night.

He followed the faint energy signal into the woods, but stayed cautious to everything around him. He came into a clearing, and saw the figure standing in the middle. Its cloak was pitch black and, with the hood pulled up, prevented Goku from identifying the creature. As it stood, motionless, Goku moved into a half stance, not knowing whether or not it was truly good or evil. He saw a small sparkle appear under the hood of the figure, and as it looked up, there was an intense flash of light. Before Goku could even react, there was a knee in his gut, and an elbow in his back. The attack was brief, but concentrated, as it brought Goku to his knees. Goku could do nothing but gasp for air, as he thought about what was happening. Before he could regain the strength to stand up, he was met with an elbow to the back of his head, knocking him out cold. The creature stood over Goku's body, and observed him for awhile. The it picked him up over its shoulder, and flew away.

As the creature shot across the night sky, it whispered to itself, "Yes. This one will do fine. Just fine."

Gohan woke up to the screams of his mother, and he instantly jumped out of bed to see what was wrong. Chi-Chi was running around the house, yelling something about Goku. Gohan tried to calm her down, but she was hysterical. She finally got tired, and slumped down in the chair, sobbing. Gohan walked up to her, and consoled her.

"What's wrong mom? What happened to dad?" he asked.

"He's gone. He's been gone all morning." she answered. She was still crying, but had even gotten too tired to do that. She finally became silent, and just sat there, staring at nothing.

"Maybe he's just out training, or fishing, or something like that." said Gohan.

"No. He would never miss breakfast, and I've already called Krillin and Yamcha. They haven't seen him either. They said it was strange, because the couldn't sense him anywhere." she explained. She almost started crying again, but managed to control herself.

"Is there anything missing? Or did he leave anything that could tell us where he went?" asked Gohan.

"His gi is gone, but he left his wrist weights, and his weighted shirt. Almost like he was trying to get to a fight, quickly." said Chi-Chi.

Gohan started thinking of what it all meant. He couldn't piece anything together with so little to work with.

"Mom, I'm going to talk to Krillin and see what we can come up with. Don't worry. I'm going to find dad." said Gohan.

"Alright, but you had better come back to me. I don't think I could take it if both my husband and my son went missing." she said, wiping tears from her eyes, as she saw him off.

Gohan sat upon the Nimbus cloud, as it soared through the sky, leaving a small cloud trail behind. He thought about everything that had happened this morning. He tried hard to sense his fathers' energy, but had no success. He arrived at Master Roshi's island, where Krillin was staying. Before he even got to the porch, Krillin flew out the door to greet him.

"Good, you're here, Gohan. Hurry. Everyone is inside. After Chi-Chi called I got worried that I couldn't sense Goku anywhere. So, I got everyone together to help figure this out." Krillin explained.

They both walked in, and Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu, Piccolo, Master Roshi, Puar, and Oolong were all sitting around the living room with worried looks on their faces. When Krillin and Gohan took seats with the rest of the gang, they began their meeting.

"So, no one here can sense where Goku is, right?" Piccolo started.

Everyone said they hadn't, no matter how hard they tried.

"So, he's either not on Earth anymore, or there is something or someplace on the planet that is suppressing his energy." Tien added.

"There's no way we can look for him in space, much less look around the whole world. It would be like looking for a dragon ball without a radar." Yamcha said.

This caused Gohan to stand up, as if he had suddenly remembered something.

"That's it!" Gohan blurted out. "Dad and I found a dragon ball yesterday. I remember him putting it into the pocket of his gi before we headed home. It was the same gi he took when he left home last night. The dragon ball wasn't at home. So, it must still be in his pocket. If we get the dragon radar from Bulma, then I'm sure we can find my dad." Gohan explained.

"Ok then. Let's head over to Capsule Corp., and get the radar, so we can find Goku, and put all of this behind us." Chiaotzu said.

Everyone seemed to stand up in unison, and they walked out the door. Piccolo, however, stood in the corner for a brief moment, thinking to himself.

'Something doesn't feel right about all this. I sense that this is much more than we can imagine right now. For now, we will just have to be cautious and see what happens.'

With that thought, Piccolo walked out the door and joined the rest of the group.

So, that was the first chapter of, The Coliseum! Please R&R, but no flaming. Be on the look out for chapter 2! Kami bless! :) 3