Chuckling as he landed beside Gohan's battered body, Bojack then wordlessly reached down and picked him up. As soon as he yanked the youngster out of the ground, he then wrapped his arms around the young Saiyan's body, including his arms. Then, without hesitation, he began to crush the boy one piston at a time. The sound of muscles popping and bones creaking echoed out across the city as in a few short seconds the alien tyrant started squeezing the life out of the defenseless fighter. The sudden degree of pressure being applied upon his weakened frame caused a strangled cry to escape the demi-Saiyan's lips.
With Zangya and Bujin floating down to land beside their master, the two of them then stood in contemplative silence as they proceeded to watch as their boss crushed his opponent into a fine paste between his arms and chest.
The sound of the boy's back beginning to split became more pronounced the tighter the alien made his hold.
"How ironic that your father's death was the key to my escape," Bojack mused, continuing to squeeze the boy to the point he started choking up blood. That pretty much told him that everything inside the demi-Saiyan was starting to give in as his bones gradually lost their structural integrity. "I so wanted to thank him personally, but you'll have to do it for me." He then let out another joyous laugh and tightened his grip even more.
Gohan's cries echoed across the deserted city, with a pitch that would send cold chills through even the most hardened of warriors. Even though his screams and exclamations of agony fell upon the deaf, unconscious ears of the downed Z-Fighters scattered across the battle zone, the only ones there to really hear his howls of pain were Bojack and his henchmen.
While the boss relished in the child's suffering and Bujin found himself a seat to enjoy the show, Zangya remained standing.
At first smiling when she saw her boss increase his stranglehold, the young woman then recoiled when she saw Gohan glance in her direction. In his split second gaze, the alien warrior saw the boy's eyes shimmer with hurt and despair, with a thin sheen of tears forming at the brims. Caught completely off guard by the boy's expression, the woman bit her lip and tried to look away.
Unfortunately, her averted gaze did nothing to stop the boy's screams from reaching her ears and after several moments of standing there and listening to his bones crack, Zangya stepped forward.
"Master… I think that's enough…"
Eyes narrowing, Bojack rounded on her aggressively, "Back off, Zangya! Or I'll kill you too!" When he saw the woman step away, the leader grinned down at the child bending in his arms and increased pressure once again. It was only a matter of time before he broke, because a few seconds later he felt Gohan's body go limp and his head cock back. In only a few moments, his life signs started to drop. "This rat has given me more trouble than I can stomach. After I'm done killing him, I'm going to slaughter what's left of his friends, kill every single person on this island, and then, once I've sent them all into the next world, I'm going to destroy this entire planet!" He then chuckled darkly, "And just like with him, I'm going to savor every last scream!"
These words echoed through Gohan's ears, causing the boy's fingers to twitch.
"M-Mother… Piccolo… Krillin…" Images of his friends and family flashed through his head like ghosts, their smiling faces flying in one after the other as his world spiraled into darkness. "Trunks… Bulma… T-Tien… Yamcha… Videl…" More and more faces appeared one after the other in flashes, and all at once, he saw it.
He saw the broken bodies of his loved ones lying across the battlefield as they were killed; their bodies carved up and turned into ash. Fires raged in cities across the globe as he bore witness to Bojack killing his mother, Videl and all of his friends one by one, slowly, painfully, until he saw the entire planet become engulfed in a hellfire as it was wiped from existence.
The screams of millions of innocent people echoed through his ears and with them, he heard the cries of his family and friends. It was these sounds and the culmination of images shooting through his mind like a strobe that eventually sent an electric shock running right through the demi-Saiyan's body and, unable to hold back the flood, jumpstarted his heart.
He remembered! His promise!
He'd sworn to himself, to his father and to his friends that he would be strong for them! He couldn't give up now. Not when everyone and everything he loved was on the line. If he didn't grow up and push forward, then Piccolo, Krillin, Bulma, Videl, everyone…
HE WAS GOING TO LOSE THEM ALL!
Gohan's eyes flew open and, in a startling display of anger, his ki skyrocketed, shocking the three alien invaders standing around him while his once charcoal irises flashed teal.
"NEVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR!" Gohan roared, his hair flashing gold and his aura exploding around him like wild fire, shaking the entire island with a violent shockwave that caught Bojack completely by surprise.
"What?"
Then, with a deafening cry of rage that pierced the heavens and baffled the invaders, the boy tensed up, thrust forward with his left hand and grabbed Bojack by his side, the demi-Saiyan's fingers impaling the man's flesh as he dug into the area directly over his kidney.
The group's leader let out a yell of agony when he felt his vital point burn from the boy mercilessly crushing his waist and doubled over in pain, before the young warrior fired a blast at pointblank range right into his soft spot. The blast sent Bojack bouncing like a ragdoll across the open clearing, releasing Gohan from his hold who then suspended himself in the air above the ground. Zangya and Bujin could only look on in disbelief when, in a blinding flash of light, the boy let out a mighty howl of rage and his aura exploded off of him like a tornado. The power he emitted shredded the ground in all directions.
His ki climbing higher and higher without any signs of slowing down, the boy's energy sent shockwaves rippling across the terrain, knocking Zangya and Bujin off their feet and causing several buildings to collapse. After the bellowing waves ended and the light faded away, the three staggered aliens looked back to see what'd happened.
When their eyes landed upon the demi-Saiyan, they saw the boy touchdown and do an about-face, turning to lock his glare upon them. This time though, he looked a little different.
Not only was Gohan's aura sharper and fluctuating at a higher frequency, his hair had spiked up even more and was practically standing on end, save for a single strand hanging over his face. His eyes also had a more turquoise coloration to them.
What's more, bolts of electricity shot from his body, sparking and flashing dangerously, as if to show just how enraged he actually was.
Standing up, Bojack, with five newly formed puncture wounds in his side that were bleeding profusely over the burn mark, looked upon the boy with an expression of shock, "W-What is this?" His subordinates, who were also back on their feet and standing outside of the boy's blast radius, wore similar expressions of astonishment.