Birth of an Android Hero

I don't own Digimon or Dragonball Z

"SCREAMING DARKNESS!" bellowed MaloMyotismon. He was the true Mega form of Myotismon. His two living jaw-like artillery cannons on both its left and right shoulders, named Sodom and Gomorrah, opened up and both fired searing beams of black fire towards his opponents the DigiDestined.

"Watch out!" Daisuke shouted. Her partner MirageGaogamon grew tense. His whole body was covered in chrome digizoid armour with a chest piece resembling Gaogamon, his Champion form, and he had three blades on each gauntlet with a red cape which was tattered and burned.

"FULL MOON BLASTER!" he shouted, his chest piece opening up. He concentrated his body's energy and fired it from the mouth on his chest as a monstrous beam of energy towards MaloMyotismon's attack, and both blasts fought for dominance.

"Don't give up MirageGaogamon!" Daisuke shouted, encouraging her partner. Daisuke was a fourteen year old girl with slightly spiky scarlet red hair which was shoulder length and had a bubble gun pink streak in it. Doe-like and almond shaped brown eyes stared forwards in determination. The fourteen-year old had a surprising body for her age with an hourglass figure, long arms and legs, and a creamy tan skin. She wore a simple skin tight and form fitting white shirt, a flexible leather demi jacket, a pair of black capri pants that were skin tight and were held up by a purple belt with a red heart shape buckle, and a pair of short heeled combat boots.

"Don't worry ma'am, I won't let this freak win!" her partner shouted as his attack overpowered MaloMyotismon's and crashed into the Mega, making him roar in pain as he was sent flying back.

"Nice work, Daisuke," said Ken Ichijoji, Daisuke's best friend as his partner Stingmon landed beside them.

"Ah it was nothing," she replied.

MaloMyotismon staggered to his feet, visibly injured. Across from him, a slightly battered by standing tall MirageGaogamon opposed him. It was clear to all who had the upper hand. The dark Digimon snarled. "Curse you! I would have ruled both worlds, I could have had everything! If I am to fall, I'm taking all of you with me," MaloMyotismon shouted.

"What makes you think that you can?" TK asked, another one of Daisuke's friends who had short blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Yeah. You're outnumbered!" Yolei, a girl with long lavender hair wearing glasses and an orange helmet, informed the Mega.

"That no longer matters," he dismissed.

"What do you mean by that?" Silphymon asked in a dual voice of Aquilamon and Gatomon, Yolei and Kari's Digimon partners fused together.

"This!" was all MaloMyotismon bellowed as he began to glow a sickly purple and black aura. "Now die! TEMPEST APOCALYPSE!" he roared. He held his arms out and his claws began to crackle and arc with purple electricity. He held them up into the sky, and with an eruption of energy a massive vortex appeared above the evil Mega. Immediately the vortex began to suck in its surroundings, causing the DigiDestined and their partners to slowly slide towards it. MaloMyotismon was sucked in quickly, but the attack persisted.

"I can't resist it," Kari gasped.

"Just hang on!" Daisuke yelled, though even she was slowly but inexorably being sucked towards the vortex. "MirageGaogamon, let's try to destroy it!" Her partner nodded, wincing as even he was slowly dragged forth.

"Hold on Daisuke!" Ken shouted at his friend who was holding onto her partner for dear life. She glared at him. Stingmon, Ken's partner, was holding onto him as best as the Digimon could.

"What do you think I am doing!? Pay more attention to yourself!" was her response as MirageGaogamon dug his gauntlet blades into the ground as he fought against the strength of the vortex.

"Hold on ma'am. FULL MOON BLASTER!" he bellowed, and the energy was sucked into the larger attack. At first the DigiDestined could not detect any change, but then it began to tremble. Immediately the suction increased massively, sending everyone flying. Daisuke saw that the vortex was slowly shaking itself to pieces, but it would be too late for her friends. With the last of her strength, she pushed Kari and Ken away from the portal while MirageGaogamon, obviously following her line of thought, did the same with her other friends.

Unfortunately for the two, that moment was all the vortex needed to completely engulf Daisuke and her partner. A moment later, the twisting energy burst apart, but there was no sign of Daisuke, MirageGaogamon, or MaloMyotismon.

"Daisuke!" everyone shouted.

"No," Ken moaned.

"They're gone Ken…..I'm sorry," Stingmon buzzed sadly and Ken began to shed tears at the loss of his friend.

Daisuke and MirageGaogamon both were flying through a strange space. There was light and darkness, movement and stillness, a place of paradoxes and contradictions. It was hot, it was cold, it was full, it was empty, it was white, and it was black. Feeling the strain, Daisuke clutched her head. It was too much. But before Daisuke could go insane a hole in the world ripped open in front of her and her partner. MirageGaogamon felt himself shrinking into his Rookie form, Gaomon as he passed through. Daisuke screamed as she fell down from the sky and crashed into a tree. She fell down to the ground, hitting every branch on the way down before she crashed to the ground hard. Her body was covered in cuts, bruises, and gashes. Blood was pouring from her mouth and her eyes struggled to stay open.

"Ow…." That was all she could say. The agony was indescribable. Absently she noticed a shadow above her, and the girl fell into darkness.

She felt like she was drifting into a strange world of colour and sound. Was she in water? No wait, she was lying on top of something. A table? There was a strange man standing above her, something in his hand. He reached out to her, and Daisuke fell back into darkness.

Another moment and Daisuke opened bleary eyes. Her body felt strangely heavy and stiff. She saw something blue. Gaomon? What was he doing here? And there was the strange man again. He was holding something… maybe it was her digivice. It was glowing and she knew that the man was saying something, but couldn't make out the words. Gaomon began to glow, and Daisuke was again plunged into darkness.

The third time Daisuke opened her eyes the world was clear again. She was lying in a strange pod with a glass screen separating it from the outside. She was wearing a simple black t-shirt and pants. "I see that you are still alive. Splendid, I would have hated for all my work so far to go to waste, a voice said. Daisuke focused on the space in front of her. There stood an elderly man with slightly tanned skin, blue eyes, and a large white pushy moustache stood above her. She realized that he was the person from before. The man also had long white hair and a hat with a red ribbon symbol on it.

"Who…?" Daisuke managed to gasp out.

"I am Dr. Gero. The only other thing you need to know is that I am your saviour," he answered. "I found you dying not far from here. I decided to act and use the opportunity that you provided."

"Act?"

"All you need to know is that you have been selected as part of a project to become something greater, an invincible fighting machine. Your injuries were severe, so part of the process involved replacing much of your skeleton with a recently developed substance called bio-metal. In addition, other… modifications were added," Dr. Gero told her.

"What are you talking about?" Daisuke asked, face of confusion. "And I don't want to be a soldier!"

"What you want is immaterial. You won't be retaining your free will for too much longer anyways. As for my other modifications… perhaps it would be better to show you." The man reached out with a remote and pushed a few buttons. A screen rotated from a nearby wall to face Daisuke, and the black screen flickered for a moment before lighting up. There Daisuke saw what looked like a young girl. She had somewhat spiky blue hair, amber slitted eyes, visible canines, what looked like a fluffy blue and white tail.

At first Daisuke was unsure what she was looking at, but a closer look at the girl's strangely puzzled expression an oh so familiar face lit up a mental lightbulb. Desperately she looked down and saw a tail coming from her own body, swishing slightly. "No…" she whimpered. "What did you do?"

"I fused you with that strange dog-like creature that appeared with you. It was uncooperative but that didn't matter. The fusion has enhanced your potential even further. Enjoy what little freedom you have now. I will return in time for your power testing," he said dismissively, and turned away.

Horror filled Daisuke. "No! Come back! Please let me out of here!" she screamed, but there was no answer. She punched the clear barrier in front of her with all the strength she could muster, but she was still too depleted and felt darkness once again call upon her. "No…" she whimpered before falling still.

When Daisuke next awoke it was to Dr. Gero standing outside her pod, a tall mechanical looking robot standing beside him. The robot had a metallic skin and bulky body, and was wearing a blue shirt and red pants.

Without ceremony, Dr. Gero addressed Daisuke. "It's time to test your capabilities. From on you will be known as Android 11, and my first attempt at an android based on a human template. Follow me Android 11."

Daisuke gritted her teeth, wincing as she felt her lengthened canines. "My name is Daisuke, not 'Android 11!' And I'm not following you anywhere."

Dr. Gero turned to face the robotic android next to him. "Android 10, bring her with us," he told it. Before Daisuke could react, the larger android clamped a powerful hand on her arm and began to drag her behind it, ignoring her futile attempts to break free. Gero led them through a few hallways to a large metal room that was otherwise unadorned. "Here you will have your physical abilities measured. 10, start out with human levels of strength and move up from there."

"Understood," it grunted, and tossed Daisuke into the centre of the room. "Android 11, defend yourself." Without further warning he raced towards her and threw a punch at her face. She staggered backwards from the blow and 10 threw two blows to her torso pushing her back again. A snap kick finally knocked Daisuke over and onto the ground. 10 backed up for a moment, surveying its opponent.

Daisuke clambered up to her feet. That was… that hadn't hurt her at all. Was this what she had become?

"Good," Dr. Gero said from the sidelines. "10, apply strength just beyond the capability of normal humans." Daisuke was barely given a moment's breath before Android 10 sped towards her again, this time noticeably faster. This time a quick combination of punches smashed into her face repeatedly, knocking her backwards. A rising knee crashed into her torso causing her to double over before a blow to her neck made her crash to the ground.

Daisuke rolled over and tried to punch 10, but the sloppy blow was easily deflected. The taller android made her pay for her attempt with a fist to her face and another to her chest before she had even finished being pushed back.

From the sidelines Dr. Gero frowned. While it did not appear that she was actually taking damage, blows of this level were still clearly affecting her. Somewhat disappointing. Moreover she wasn't even trying to put up a fight. He had hoped that fusing her with that dog creature would improve her fighting skills, as the dog had proven itself surprisingly skilled in combat and tactics. Perhaps she needed a push. "10, increase strength to full contact. Clearly we could be here all day at this rate."

Daisuke's eyes widened. This thing was still holding back? She barely had time to finish that thought before a barrage of sledgehammer blows that made her gasp in pain crashed into her torso, sending her flying back into the wall, colliding with a smashing sound. 10 instantly crossed the distance and grabbed her arm. A twist later and Daisuke was launched into the air. 10 leapt after her, a serious expression fixed on its face. She tried to raise a guard, but it was useless against the downwards hammer strike that it struck her with, sending her plummeting to the ground. 10 sped down, knee ready to smash into her exposed chest.

Ice filled her veins. Was this it? Was she this helpless against her foe? What would Gaomon think of her if he was watching? But Daisuke had a feeling, small and nearly unnoticeable, that Gaomon was still with her. If she had to carry on for both of them, she wouldn't disgrace their bond. Her eyes sharpened and focused on the android in front of her, and her hands came up into a guard. She rolled out of the way of the incoming strike and lashed out with a kick, tripping her unsuspecting opponent.

Daisuke knew that Android 10 wouldn't remain off balance for long and immediately moved to pick up the pressure. Something within her told her what to do, where to place her arms, and how to throw a strong punch. She shifted her body and hurled a rising uppercut strike to 10's torso, cracking the metal chassis and sending it back several steps. Stepping forwards, Daisuke rammed her fist into its face before it finally recovered itself.

It blocked her next shot by lifting an arm and retaliated with a cross-arm towards Daisuke's neck. She raised her own arm to block the strike before lashing out at 10's elbow joint. The taller android did not react in time and with a sickening crack, from the elbow down its arm fell limp. Daisuke did not have time to celebrate the victory before a hard smashing attack sent her plummeting to the ground for the third time that day. It placed a boot on her head and began to grind it.

"That's enough," Dr. Gero ordered. "You have matched my expectations 11. It's time for you to return to your pod. The next time we speak, I will have assured your loyalty to me." Daisuke's eyes widened.

"No, I won't let you!" she shouted, but before she could get anywhere Android 10 put her in a headlock and forced her to the ground. A syringe poked out of one of its fingers and it plunged the syringe into her neck. When the girl stopped struggling, Dr. Gero gave a sigh.

"She's almost more trouble than she's worth."

There was nothing, just a sea of endless darkness. Finally a voice pierced through, a familiar voice that travelled through Daisuke's very being.

"…You have to wake up."

Daisuke groaned slightly. "Wah…"

"You have to wake up!"

The young girl began to force her eyes open with everything she had. "Gaomon… where are you?"

"You have to wake up!" Her eyes flew open.

"Gaomon!" She relaxed, panting as she looked around. Daisuke was once again in her pod, and the glass viewport showed no one outside. Dr. Gero's last words echoed through her head tauntingly and she grew stiff. "Okay," she told herself. "Feelings towards him? As bad as ever. Memory? I remember everything as far as I can tell. Alright, I think I'm fine for now." Nodding in satisfaction, she turned her attention towards the pod door. "Now to get out of here." Daisuke glanced back at her tail and blanched. "I'll freak out after I'm free."

Daisuke threw a fist into the door with a loud clang, but there wasn't even a dent. More punches proved equally futile, and there wasn't enough room for a kick. Hopelessness began to spread through her being and she slumped. Tears slowly rolled down her face as she realized that escape was useless. She couldn't… "No!" she shouted. "I am the Child of Miracles! I can get out of here, I have to!" Power welled up and poured through her mouth. "WILD ECHO!" A concussive blast of energy blasted from her mouth and shattered the barrier in front of her with a loud screech.

Daisuke froze, expecting alarms to start or something similar. After a few moments of silence, she tentatively relaxed. Safe for now. Moving to creep through the corridors of the facility, she looked for anything that might resemble an exit. However, before she could get far, another room caught her eye. Daisuke tested the door and found it open. A peek into the room showed an office of some sort, papers strewn everywhere and strange devices lining the walls.

She walked up to the desk and looked at the papers atop it. Most of it was completely incomprehensible, but as she was about to turn away, Daisuke saw what looked like a journal buried beneath other papers. Opening it, Daisuke skimmed through, searching for anything that appeared relevant. Sure enough, she got to a familiar entry, one that matched her supposed arrival.

As already recorded, I have been looking into using a living, that is to say, human template for my androids. Finding people no one would miss would be little trouble, but how convenient that one simply dropped next to my laboratory, quite literally. A young girl of about 14 years of age and a strange humanoid dog fell out of a portal. She was quite badly injured, which gives me an opening to test out some of my most recent creation, the bio-metal project. Conventional metal wouldn't integrate smoothly with a living, growing organism. I haven't discovered how to grant functional immortality against aging in a biological android yet, so this is the best solution.

Daisuke flipped to the next page in fascinated horror.

The bio-metal integration went smoothly as far as I can tell. Most of her skeleton is now metal, a process that will immensely enhance her durability. To add increased strength and stamina, I have also laced her muscles with a strengthening fibre. While that is a tentative success, I believe I have just found something more interesting than even that. On her body was a small device that at first glance appeared like a strange phone. I examined it further, and discovered that it contained a massive amount of energy. If I can extract it or transplant it into an android, I would have control over a power far greater than any other on Earth!

As an aside, the dog (that will be referred to as Subject 23) woke up and put up a surprising fight, as I hadn't seen need to restrain it. Android 10 actually had to put effort into subduing it. Strangely it was a rather talented martial artist. Needless to say I'm relying on sedatives to keep it unconscious from now on.

Daisuke's face twisted as she continued to a lower entry. She was a monster now, an android. Could she really be called human? But this didn't explain what happened with Gaomon and her.

I have had little success with extracting that power. It reacts with almost nothing. The girl invoked one, but I have concluded that it will be no help in separating the power from the device; she is merely a user. Subject 23 is more promising. The device seems to have the ability to empower the creature to greater heights. I considered using the dog as my latest superweapon, but experiments have not been promising.

Firstly, I do not have a reliable way of controlling the creature; most of my methods are meant for humans, and it's not actually a dog either. Secondly, while something about Subject 23's body is malleable, neither could it hope to contain the full power of the device for long. If I could give the power to an already augmented body like the girl's however… she would be unable to tap into her full potential until her base power grew, but she would have near infinite potential! Unfortunately I have no leads on how to go about this yet.

Breath growing frantic, Daisuke desperately flipped through pages, looking for more information when she finally came to another entry that mentioned her name.

Success at last! If I use the girl's body as a trigger, I could alter the body of Subject 23 using the power of the device to fuse her own body. Normally the fusion would only last until the device ran out of power and had to recharge, but if I reshape the creature's body into its original form while fused, it should convince both the device and the girl's body that this is its natural state. The fusion will be permanent, and the girl should gain access to the device's power, along with her base power being raised even further. To ensure that the process moves smoothly, I have implanted the device within her body.

Theoretically she should subconsciously retain Subject 23's knowledge of fight as well. Something to test once she awakens.

Daisuke crumpled to the ground. So that's why she was a monster and that's why Gaomon was gone. She listlessly flipped through the book, only certain words reaching her thoughts.

…device somehow absorbed into body after fusion…

…plan to insert control device after preliminary testing, no need to waste resources…

…remote would be an acceptable medium for control…

…half a year after she first crashed next to my laboratory she awakens…

She sat up. Wait, what? Half a year, it's really been half a year. "Hehe…" she chuckled weakly. "I guess I'm 15 now. But I can have a breakdown later. I just won't think about it until I'm free," she decided. The girl left the room briskly and began walking down the halls again. Barely a minute passed before an alarm began to blare. Quickly abandoning her slow pace, Daisuke fled down the halls at a sprint despite having no idea where she was heading.

For the next two minutes but what seemed like hours she hurried down the corridor before reaching what looked like a doorway on the opposite side of a large room. The moment she stepped into that room she was sent flying to the side from a sudden explosion and crashed into the wall with a crunching noise. She staggered to her feet and shook off any dizziness.

Dr. Gero and Android 10 stepped into view. "Where do you think you're going Android 11?" he asked coldly.

Daisuke glared at him. "I'm leaving you crazy bastard. Get out of my way or I'll make you!"

The doctor sighed. "I don't know how you woke up without me deactivating the pod, but it doesn't matter at the moment. Android 10, take her down. Use as much force as you need to without killing her."

Sinking into a stance, Daisuke surveyed her opponent. He was strong and fast, she knew that much. While she seemed to have an intuitive knowledge of martial arts thanks to the fusion, 10 was more skilled than she was. The one weakness she could see was his still crushed elbow joint. It might be her only chance.

Expecting the other android to charge at her, Daisuke was too surprised to react when it simply reached a hand out towards her. Yellow energy formed in its hand, and shot towards her in a beam. "LINE PULSE," 10 said coldly as the attack was released. It crashed into Daisuke who cried out. She felt the energy burning away at her as it pressed her into the wall. As the attack faded, she slumped to the ground, skin badly burned. Her clothes were in tatters, though thankfully they still covered up the important areas.

It hurt a lot, Daisuke couldn't remember feeling this before. Android 10 walked up to her and picked her up by her neck. Choking, she tried to pry off its hands but failed. As darkness began to creep into the edges of her sight, Daisuke again felt energy well up inside of her. "WILD ECHO!" A burst of energy rushed forth from her mouth and slammed into the unprepared 10. It lifted the android off its feet and sent it flying backwards, chest and face cracked and smoking.

"You've already managed to utilize Ki?" Dr. Gero muttered just loud enough for Daisuke to hear. "Impressive, but not enough." Android 10 returned to its feet relatively unharmed. Realizing that she would not win a war between their Ki abilities, Daisuke rushed at her enemy faster than ever. She threw a hook punch at 10, but it casually blocked before retaliating with a rising knee strike. Raising and twisting her own leg to deflect the attack, she stepped forwards past 10's normal reach and hurled a combination of punches across its torso. The attacks were blocked and countered with answering punches to her face and ribs.

Daisuke caught the face shot with a hand and blocked the ribs with another. "WILD ECHO!" she shouted, and another burst of energy sent 10 stumbling backwards. The metallic android instantly took advantage of the increased distance and fired a series of small Ki blasts. She managed to dodge a handful, but the others crashed into her and sent her backwards.

Dazed, Daisuke could only idly notice that the attack stung badly but didn't seem to do anything else. She supposed there were advantages to being an android. A moment later she was defending herself from a brutal barrage of punches and kicks. Deflecting a punch with her left arm and leaning out of the way of another, twisting her leg to knock away a kick while catching one punch with one hand and another with her elbow, Daisuke managed to defend herself admirably, but found herself once again being forced towards the wall.

She attempted to counter with a punch towards 10's face, but it leaned out of the way and headbutted Daisuke, sending her stumbling back just in time to catch a kick in in the chest sending her flying to the ground. 10 leapt towards her in an aerial downwards assault, but the young girl thrust her legs into the air in a makeshift kick that thudded into its chest and knocked it to the ground. She quickly leapt to her feet.

Clasping her hands together in a hammer fist position, Daisuke tried to slam them down on the downed Android 10. It rolled out of the way and the blow crashed onto the ground, shattering it into pieces. She paused for a moment in awe of her own strength, but 10 immediately took advantage of the opening.

It dashed behind her and caught her in an arm lock. Another syringe appeared from a finger and it plunged towards her. This time Daisuke could move. She wretched her left arm to the side enough to loosen 10's grasp on her and slammed her elbow into the already damaged joint while twisting to the side. It tumbled to the ground, its lower left arm hanging uselessly. For good measure, Daisuke planted a solid kick into its torso and sent it flying the other direction.

Dr. Gero's face tightened in anger. "Your defiance irks me Android 11. Android 10, finish it off with your Ki, I can repair 11 later."

Android 10 got to its feet and held out its good arm. Sickly yellow energy began to gather in its hand. Daisuke's eyes widened and she quickly began to build up energy of her own, following the same paths as before.

"FULL PULSE!" 10 shouted, and a large blast of Ki zoomed towards Daisuke.

"WILD ECHO!" As her own energy collided with 10's, it became immediately clear that her attack was completely outmatched. As both fighters put more energy into their attacks, the collision rapidly moved towards Daisuke. Desperation filled her. Was this as far as she could go? Taken down by a monster and his pet robot? Whispers filled her mind. No! She could continue. Daisuke took a deep breath. "WILD HOWLING!" The energy pouring from her mouth suddenly intensified several times and clashed against Android 10's attack. Slowly the Full Pulse was pushed back until the clash neared 10. After a moment, they exploded into a blast that sent sailing backwards and Android 10 into pieces.

Scorched and burning fragments of metal were scattered around the room. "Error, error, error," 10's head kept repeating.

"Good riddance to rubbish," Daisuke snarled and turned to Dr. Gero, only to see that he had escaped. Tempted as she was to chase the scientist down, Daisuke's priority was escape. She staggered around for a few moments, feeling exhaustion fill every pore of her. She had to run, she had to keep moving. In front of her was a locked door, but she had just enough energy to try and break through. "WILD ECHO!" With another blast, the door was broken down.

Daisuke knew that her Ki was almost out, but as she pressed forwards and ran, her body did not give out. Further and further until she was miles away, through a desert landscape and into a forest. The girl barely noticed the passing of an entire day until she finally collapsed against a tree. Sobs wracked her body. She was separated from everyone she had ever loved, her partner was as good as dead, she was turned into a monster…

For the first time in her life, Daisuke felt like she wouldn't mind dying. As she fell into an exhausted slumber, her last image was that of a child with a red Gi, a black belt, and the craziest black hair she had ever seen.

The end of the first chapter

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