13SO, this was going to be a young justice cross over, but when I got down to writing it, I was like "But what if it was avengers instead" and boom, creative juices got to going, and suddenly, I have two stories the same in the beginning but whom diverge when it comes to world choosing in the changing of universes. lol, oh well.
Disclaimer: If you recognize it, I don't own it.
Gohan ran through the forest terrified, his daddy wasn't anywhere to be seen and yet he could have sworn that he was just there a second ago. Coming to a small clearing not far from where he lost track of his daddy and yet far away from home, Gohan was breathing hard, lost, and was extremely scared. What was a big cool fun forest with his father was now dark and looming. Every rustle and shadow seemed to be reaching out to get him, knowing that they could now that his strong daddy was not here to protect him. Clutching at his yellow green dress robe that his mother insisted on him wearing, Gohan felt tears well up in his eyes. In all his four years of age, he could always be assured that his mommy or daddy would be there for him should he really need them. Sure his dad was always out training or something, and mommy was always making him study those boring books but they were always there for him, and they always ate mommy's delicious dinner together as a family.
Sniffling, and jumping terribly at an unexpected snap from the bushes behind him that he had just come from, Gohan shakily turned to see what it was. A desperate sort of hope sprang forth in his chest,
"D-Daddy? I-Is that you?" his wavering voice could barely be heard over the rustling trees and bumbling forest. Gohan's tail twitched agitatedly behind him, the hairs puffing out in alarm and swishing uneasily. When another crack was the only response he received, resounding through the small green grassy patch Gohan had managed to find for himself, his tail stopped moving, instead now it stuck straight up behind him the fur fluffed out and immobile. A little louder this time, Gohan hesitantly called for his father,
"D-Daddy!" It was as though the entire forest had gone still, the snapps had stopped as well as the movement of other animals in the surrounding area, there were no insects buzzing and no birds chirping. The only sound was the wind running its fingers gently through the tree branches, fondly rustling the leaves as though being reunited with a long lost lover. Gohan felt himself go still. His senses felt sharper and he could almost feel the forest around him. The leaves became sharper, the colors around him more vivid, the sounds of the forest seemed amplified almost unbearably to him. Above it all he could feel his own heart beat, his breathing short and shallow in his panic. And just as suddenly and stealthily as it had come, like the silence before the storm, the forest erupted into a flurry of motion.
A large saber toothed lion with a mane seemingly spun out of golden sunlight launched itself out of the bushes directly at Gohan. Gohan felt as though the world had slowed down around him and yet sped up at the same time. He could see the approaching predator and he knew with a crystal clear clarity what would happen to him should he fail to escape. Death. He could feel the Lion's breaths, could hear its strong heartbeat, could feel the adrenalin pumping through its veins; the anticipation of a kill, the taste of blood on the tip of ts tongue. There was no evil in it, there was just instinct, survival of the fittest, and what it saw was easy prey in its territory. Next moment he felt as the Lion's dinner plate sized paws pulled up on each side of him, almost like a large hug. He could see and feel as the Lion's massive and powerful maw came towards him aiming to wrap around his throat and impale him on the long and powerful two frontal fangs. He could feel the end fast approaching, and he felt his own blood rise up in response to the Lion's.
Gohan couldn't even feel himself moving, nor was he conscious of it but next thing he knew, he was no longer in that green grassy patch that his father had left him in, instead he was now in one of the many large trees growing on the side of Mount. Paozu. He was at the very top of the tree, clutching the highest standing branch for dear life. Barely comprehending what had just happened to him. Looking down he could see the Lion as it landed spritely on its feet, he saw it as it looked round, sniffed the air and ground in question. The Lion looked up and Gohan's onox eyes met the captivating golden orbs of the Lion's. Frozen solid, Gohan and the Lion just stared at each other for what felt like an eternity and yet couldn't have been more than a minute.
When the Lion licked its lips and turned and walked away, breaking eye contact at last, Gohan felt all the tension built up in his body drain out more and more with every step the Lion took away from him. Feeling something snap in his emotions, the adrenalin draining out of his body Gohan felt the warm rivulets flowing freely down his face. He didn't know how long he had been crying but he didn't care, he really was into it now. Hiccuping and having trouble breathing his sobs were so great, Gohan felt snot clog up his nose and it was not pretty.
That was how his father finally found him a short time later. Gohan was still clutching the tree branch for dear life, shaking the whole tree with the power of his heart wrenching sobs. His dad pulled up behind him on the Nimbus Cloud and with the traditional Son grin, scratched the back of his head.
"Hey Gohan, what's wrong?" Freezing momentarily at the sound of his dad's voice, sniffling powerfully, shudders wracking his whole body, Gohan turned slowly to see his father. His strong daddy was there and he was safe, nothing was going to get to him when his daddy was there. Absolutely nothing.