Infiltrating the Fortress

(With Goku)

Goku's eyes fell wide open and turned to Bardock with a sense of urgency. "Gohan's in trouble, we need to get to him right now!"

"But we're-"

"I know where he is now!" Bardock was going to ask him how he knew before Goku took off, but he wasn't going forward, he was flying straight up…

'What in the world is he doing?' Bardock wondered before following his son.

(With Gohan)

"Pathetic weakling…" The scientist muttered under his breath as Rifkin threw Gohan down on his white bed, turning it red where he landed instantly. "At least we now have the necessary information to complete our finest warriors. – Let's go, we'll come back for the child when we're ready." Rifkin looked down at the bloodied boy one more time before leaving with the scientist. He couldn't help but feel a bit bad for the boy. The least they could do was heal those wounds…

"Sir, shouldn't we get the boy in a healing Capsule? I mean if we're going to-"

"No, he needs to learn to NEVER try and escape like that again, even if it costs him his own life." Rifkin couldn't help but clench his fists in anger. 'He's just a child! How, how can he stomach that?'

Gohan remained as still as stone, pale as snow, and lips tinted dangerously blue. If he didn't get help soon, he wasn't going to make it…

(With Goku)

Bardock finally caught up to Goku before a pain shot through his head and stopped flying completely. 'Oh no…'

"DADDY!" Bardock heard the small child cry out before turning to see a white lab. It was rather plain; everything was white except for the computers and other contraptions in the room, and the tall man that Bardock growled at. There in front of a glass window was the man that kidnapped Gohan. His smirk was still playing on his face that resembled a scientist's that stood next to them. They seemed to be interested in whatever was behind the glass, but what could be so entertaining that they'd be smiling like this?

"AH!"

'No no no no!' He yelled to himself before quickly running over to the window and looked through it only to almost gage in horror. There was Gohan bound by energy restraints against the wall, one on each arm and leg as something on his neck was electrocuting him. His left arm looked completely dead as it hung loosely without support thanks to the gaping hole in his shoulder and his skin was extremely pale with lips tinted blue, signaling that he was suffering badly from blood loss.

"That's enough; we need to begin the last and final test." The scientist said as Bardock watched him push a button on his watch and Gohan's screams stopped completely. Looking back up at his grandson, he saw his head fall back down, hovering over his chest. His eyes were shut but he was awake, trembling badly. The sight of the boy made him want to blow up in anger, to take the pain away from the child, but it seemed like there was nothing they could do even if they did. He looked so frail…

"Thank you for everything you did for us kid, thanks to you we have done the impossible." The scientist next to Rifkin said with a smirk on his face as something came out of the wall, a needle. "But in order to keep our warriors alive, we can't have you 'conscious' to say the least…" Gohan didn't move, but Bardock knew he would if he could. "So we're going to put you to sleep, a sleep you'll never wake up from!" He laughed as the shot got closer to Gohan. Bardock could only watch as Gohan struggled to open one of his eyes and Bardock's heart broke there. Gohan's eyes were filled with hopelessness, weakness, fear, pain….somehow they managed to break this pure innocent boy and that was the worst thing he's ever known any one do. "Good night, Gohan…"

Bardock tried to get in and pounded on the glass, but could only watch as the needle lounged itself in the child's arm. Gohan's eyes widened before slowly closing, his last few tears falling before the scene turned to black….

Bardock felt himself come back and shook his head, trying to get that image of his dieing grandson out of his mind. "Dad, what did you see?" He heard Goku asked with a wavering voice. Bardock really didn't want to be the one to tell him what he saw, it broke his heart… 'But maybe we can prevent it…'

"I saw Gohan again…" Goku's eyes became stern, listening intently. "He was in a worse state then before, but this time he was restrained to a wall by energy restrains… Goku…" Bardock then looked up into his son's eyes. "They're going to put Gohan to sleep like they do to…to animals…" Goku's stare didn't change on the outside, but Bardock could feel the ranging anger on the inside.

Goku slowly returned his attention above him and continued flying up, trying to push his anger away. 'No one treats you like an animal, NO ONE HURTS YOU WITHOUT DIEING!' Goku snapped to himself before flying even faster, leaving his father in the dust. 'HANG ON GOHAN, DADDY'S COMING!' He hollered as he saw the floating fortress in the near distance.

(With the Scientist)

"Stupid Goku….destroying the entire Red Ribbon Army…" The scientist muttered to himself before finishing up inputting the data into a computer. "Let's see how he likes the taste of defeat when he finds his son's corpse!" He chuckled before a hatch opened, a pair of eyes gleaming out from the mist.

"Rifkin, go get Gohan and bring him to the final testing room…" Rifkin looked at the creation that stepped out before a smirk of his own appeared on his face. They had succeeded after all those long hours.

"Yes sir." He replied before running off to Gohan's cell, a smile never leaving his lips.

Rifkin quickly made it over to Gohan's cell to see the child hadn't moved since they left him. If he didn't stop and make sure he was still breathing, he'd think the kid was dead. 'It's a good thing we're ending his misery right now…' He reminded himself before picking the child up in his arms, not caring if the blood clung to his cloths. It was the least he could do for the child after everything they put him through. His master said they weren't going to make him suffer much, but that was obviously a lie.

He sighed as he came up to the door where they were going to end his suffering. "I'm sorry you had to feel this much pain, we only meant to use your DNA, guess my boss got a little carried away…" He trailed off knowing that Gohan was too much gone to have heard him anyway. Taking one more deep sigh, he was about to enter the room when the doors opened before him.

"Aw, you've finally made it…WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?" The scientist snapped before a figure jumped in front if Rifkin. At first he couldn't believe his eyes but soon recalled their creation.

"So our Shape Shifter did work after all huh?" Rifkin asked as another Gohan looked up at him. He was very convincing, considering the fact that he could hardly tell the difference between the real Gohan and the fake.

"Yes, he's even more then we could ever imagine. All he has to do is hear a description and he can take form of him immediately. Just wait until we set the trap for Goku…" He chuckled evilly before the Shape Shifter looked at the bloody boy in Rifkin's arms, glaring.

"Ha ha! You see your counterpart don't you?" The scientist began to laugh before stopping his laughter. "The only one who can control you besides me is that boy, but you already know what he'd make you do." The Shape Shifter flinched, pulling his hand back to strike the boy.

"HOLD IT!" The scientist ordered. The Shape Shifter's eye twitched, deciding whether he wanted to obey or not. "We've decided to end his life a more…natural way…If he dies of a somewhat natural cause, they can't bring him back with the Dragonballs." The Shape Shifter looked back at the boy before forcing himself to stop and walk away, but gave the child quick little death glares. "Rifkin, proceed to put him in place." Rifkin nodded before going on over to yet another glass room. There was really nothing different about this besides the fact gravity didn't affect them here.

Releasing his grasp on Gohan, he allowed the boy float on to the middle of the room before applying energy restrains. They attached themselves on both his wrists and both his legs. Rifkin smirked before exiting the room, leaving the still unconscious boy strapped to the wall. "He's in position."

"Good…He he…This also helps make his death harder on Goku….Since we couldn't hurt him physically, we'll just attack him emotionally until he's nothing but an emotional reck…" The scientist smirked before rolling up his sleeve and pressed a button on his watch, triggering the electrical collar around Gohan's neck. For a few minutes, it didn't do anything as Gohan remained motionless. "A son can live when his father dies…but a father cannot live if his son dies…" He trailed off before increasing the intensity of the electricity on Gohan's collar.

"AAAAAHHHHHHH!" Gohan cried out weakly, but still was unable to move.

"Bingo…" The scientist smirked before turning the collar off, watching Gohan's head hang lifeless hovering over his chest. "I think it's about time to seek revenge, is it not?" The scientist chuckled as Rifkin and the Shape Shifter crowded around the glass window. The scientist then pressed a button and a latch opened from the wall, a large needle with a liquid in it coming out and hovering in front of Gohan…

(With Goku)

"GOHAN!" Goku screamed as he forced his way through the wall and looking around urgently. He didn't care that the guards were rushing at him, he could feel Gohan's fear rising rapidly. "WHERE IS MY SON?" Goku snapped at the guards who froze where they were at immediately. Goku looked at all of them and clenched his fists. "I ASKED WHERE IS MY SON?" When no reply came, Goku ran past them and deeper into the fortress, he had to find Gohan before it was too late…

(With Gohan)

"Thanks you for everything you've done for us Gohan, with your help we've finally created the ultimate warrior…" The scientist chuckled as Gohan looked weakly though the glass and gasped to see another him.

'Wa, who-who's the, that?' Gohan questioned before realizing what they were planning. They were going to kill him and then use that fake to torture his dad and mess with his emotions until he'd fall apart. Just the thought of someone acting like him sickened him, but he couldn't do anything anymore…

"Good-bye Gohan…" The scientist chuckled before the shot lounged itself into his arm. It seemed to awaken everything in his body at first before his world faded out to black…

'I love you daddy…' He cried to himself before he was gone…