Author Note

Over the last month or so I've had some more messages encouraging me to write an anime fanfic. This tends to happen a few times a year.

Normally I have no idea what the person making the request is even going on about however I finally got around to watching Dragonball Z, or at least most of it.

So then I thought I'd do a sample chapter, and to my suprise I got some support for the idea and even some suggestions.

Which has led to me starting this story. I've already written four chapters and I am currently doing the draft for number five.

I know I have unfinished stories, but I simply have no desire to keep writing them. Plus I've been focused on my pokegirl sage for so long now that I need a break from it.

Anyway on with the show.

Cyborg Gothic

Sample Chapter

"Where...am I?" I asked.

That was the first thing I said, but it wasn't the first thing I did. Before I'd even inquired about my location I'd already found out what had happened to me. As soon as I'd wanted to know the information had just popped into my head, like it had been locked in the back of my mind somewhere and then let out when needed.

I'd been brought to this dimension by some mysterious being who had been working with a mad scientist called Dr. Gero. The brilliant, and oh so insane, man had spent years of his life turning people into what he called Androids.

Which aside from being totally immortal it was also wrong because many of his creations still had organic parts, and that meant that they were Cyborgs not just robots in human form.

To my surprise I too was now part machine, and even odder than that my DNA had been modified. So I was part alien as well, mostly Sayian although I didn't have tail. Which was something to be happy about.

"No, no, no, not him!" some purple-haired guy shouted out in what sounded like panic "He can't be here!".

I knew nothing about the young man who was currently very upset over seeing me. Which made me want to find out more about him. He seemed to be scared of me despite the fact that we had never met. I found that odd.

"Who are you?" I asked him.

It wasn't him who answered.

"I am your creator" Dr. Gero needlessly reminded me "And I gave you life".

Well he had not given me life my parents had done that, and I hadn't been talking to him anyway. I knew exactly who he was as I had a loads of information about him going through my brain. If just a tenth of it was true then Gero needed to die, as he was a total monster.

"Huh" I then said "I...don't really remember my old life"

Well that wasn't completely true. There were bits of pieces, and it all seemed to be as boring as fuck. Honestly getting turned into a cyborg who also happened to have some DNA from a few diffrerent alien races, was actually rather interesting when compared to what came before. Although I was pretty sure that I should be freaking out about the whole thing.

The movements of the others then forced me to pay more attention to what was going on. I looked to see Androids Seventeen and Eighteen who were both also actually cyborgs.

I had loads of data on those two. I knew that either of them alone were no match for me, but their combined might could end my existence. With this in mind I figured it would be a good idea to stay on their good sides.

Seventeen was smiling about something and I guessed his mirth was due to the fact that he held a deactivation controller in hand. Which was a pleasant thing because the doctor, or someone else, could have easily switched us all off with that unimportant looking device.

"Give that back!" Gero demanded.

For some reason I didn't think that Seventeen was going to do that.

"You mean this?" the dark haired cyborg said with what passed for an innocent smile on this face "I think I'll hold onto it"

The cyborg then started to squeeze, exerting great amounts of pressure. The metal and plastic that made up the device shattered. Destroying the sturdy remote had been no trouble for Seventeen than crushing a chicken egg.

"No!" the doctor exclaimed

Gero lunged towards Seventeen, desperate to save his precious controller, but it was too little, too late

"Do you have any idea how long it took for me to create that?!" Gero asked of the still smiling Seventeen "And how long it will take me to build a replacement?".

I assumed that those two questions didn't require an answer from me so I kept my mouth shut. Plus I still trying to process the news that I was now a fusion of man, machine and alien.

"Not really, no." Seventeen replied with a shrug.

The two 'Androids' then turned their attention to me. They didn't seem at all worried about anyone else.

"Hey, buddy" Seventeen greeted in a friendly way "Let me guess you're one of Doctor Gero's newer models".

I had no idea what to say to them as while I knew more than a little about them, they were in truth strangers to me.

"Not much for words, are you" Seventeen then commented

Normally I could be chatty, however I was still rather confused. There were some people here staring at us and two part machines acting as if they didn't have a care in the world. However I was pretty sure that the folks currently staring at us wanted to harm us.

"Let me try, Seventeen" said Eighteen.

She was Seventeen's twin sister, and she was kinda cute.

"Hey, Twenty-One" she greeted.

I couldn't help check her out. Blondes were normally trouble in my experience, although not as bad as red heads, yet her confidence combined with her fit body made her attractive.

"He's kinda cute" Eighteen then said.

I'd just thought that about her. That was weird, and also I'd never thought of myself as cute. Rugged in a handsome way perhaps, but never cute, not since I was a kid.

"Thank you" I told her.

It had seemed polite to reply to the complement.

"So you can speak" Eighteen then said, sounding overjoyed. "I was beginning to think Dr. Gero forgot to give you a voice box"

Actually my voice box was only partly a machine. My internal files told me that the tech used to make me a cyborg was extremely advanced, and therefore nearly all of me could pass for organic. But I would have problems boarding a plane as I'd set off metal dectors. However since I could fly faster than sound that wasn't really an issue.

"Twenty-One!" Gero then ordered "Kill the allies of Son Goku! Now!"

Once he had said that name some information about this 'Son Goku' which included his known associates, was mine to access. In theory I could defeat this Goku and any of his friends, but I had no real desire to. I was far more interested in finding out what my new body could do.

Also I was annoyed with the evil doctor because 21 was not my name, it was the physical age of this body for some reason, but that was the only connection I had to that number.

"That is not my name" I stated.

My real name, the one my mother had chosen for me, was not something I'd forgotten, but according to my files my other creator had a different title in mind for me.

"You are Android Twenty-One!" Gero shouted "Now perform the task you were created for".

Since I still had human free will. I could chose not to obey orders.

"My name is Gothic" I told the evil doctor "And I am not an android".

I was a cyborg. I was not a pure machine. I was still a person. My body just happened to have a high metal content.

"You dare disobey me" Gero said with anger in his voice "Perform your function and dispose of them immediately!"

I had no purpose. My programming gave me options, but there was nothing in my head that compelled me to do anything.

"And why should I listen to you?" I asked the mad man "What's in it for me?".

I had a whole new life now so he if was willing to pay then maybe I'd kill people. The idea of murdering somebody didn't bother me much anymore. On the other hand neither did I have any real desire to end lives. So I would need something to motivate me.

"What?" Gero asked back.

Before the doctor could say anything else an arm erupted out his chest. It was somewhat like the scene out of Alien movie.

I was only slightly less surprised than Gero to find out that Seventeen had decided to go ahead and destroy our creator.

"How...how dare you!" the insane genius said with his dying breathes "I created you!"

I wondered if his partner in mad science would have taken offence to that had he been here to hear those words spoke.

"You're not giving the orders anymore" Seventeen informed Gero

Then the dark haired cyborg then turned to me.

"You can kill him, if you want to, Twenty-One" he offered "I'm thinking that he screwed you up the worst".

I gave the cyborg a glare.

"My name is Gothic" I told him

Also I was called Android-X in some of my files. I had no idea why.

"Sorry, Gothic" Seventeen corrected himself "Do you want to kill him?"

I mulled it over.

"You know what I think I just might take you up on that kind offer" I told Seventeen.

The mad science guy had been abducting people, and while some of them had become powerful beings the vast majority had died in many different and nasty ways.

All because Gero, who was still hanging onto life, had wanted revenge on this Son Goku fellow. Who hadn't done anything wrong as far my files told me.

So I then decided to kill the doctor and without warning I lunged forward and soon I had Gero's throat in my grasp. Next I slammed the evil dde into the metal floor of the lab hard enough to dash the man's brains out, which he still had in a case of some sort under a hat.

The purple-haired guy looked about ready to snap at this point, and I had no idea why. He was taking this all very personally, however I had no idea who he was because he wasn't in any of my files.

I then glanced over my shoulder. I saw that Seventeen and Eighteen were investigating another of those coffin things that we had been stored in. This one bore the number Sixteen and again some files popped into my head. Sixteen was a real android, not a cyborg like Seventeen, Eighteen and myself.

"Let's open it" Seventeen decided.

I was good with that. No one, machine or not, should remain sealed away in a pod.

"Fine be me" Eighteen said as she reached for the catch that would open the pod's door "Lets see what else Gero made".

I too wanted to see as my files didn't tell me what sixteen looked like.

"Um...guys?" one of the on lookers, Krillin my files had told me, was now saying to the others "Shouldn't we do something?"

For some reason they were still just standing around, and this gave me ample time to study them. They were Vegeta, Tien, Piccolo, and Krillin. But still I had no idea who the purple-haired guy was, the only thing I knew about him was that he didn't like me. Actually I knew two things, about him. The second was that I would some time soon steal his cool looking sword.

"Now there are four androids!" sword guy shouted in rage "No, no, no, no, this really can't be happening!".

Then some sort of golden energy enveloped the very upsrt guy and he used his super powers to trigger a massive explosion. Gero's lab was blown to pieces however no was one hurt, even our clothes remained more or less intact. Also I oddly found myself floating in the air

"Eighteen, are you going to open it or not?" Seventeen complained.

Neither of them seemed to even care that someone had just tried to kill us.

"Fine!" she replied with a huff "Don't be such an impatient brat"

The blonde cyborg threw the pod to the ground. The occupant within did not react in anyway. At least not until Eighteen pressed a button on the side of the pod. The lid slowly opened, but she had no patience for that so she forced it open.

"Father!" I heard the purple-haired guy cry out "What are you doing?! We have to retreat!"

That would be wise of them as the red headed android was now waking up, or logging on, or whatever.

"Stay out of this, Trunks!" the prince of a dead race replied "This is my fight".

Given that Saiyan had tried to destroy this version of Earth I had no problem ending him as well. He was more a bad guy then even Gero, but first I wanted a weapon.

"Trunks I'm taking your sword" I told the purple-haired guy "It can be over your dead body or...

The Prince did not like me paying attention to someone else, and he cut me off.

"Nice try Android!" Vegteta said "But you are going to fight me not the boy, and I'm going to crush you. Nothing can stand against the might of a Super Saiyan!"

He was so wrong about that.

"Okay if you want to die then come at me bro" I replied "Just don't say I didn't warn you".

Without hesitation Vegeta launched himself right at me as he did that he become all golden too. Only he was still slower than me, and I was easily able to dodge his attack.

"Stop dancing and face me coward!" the prince of nothing ordered.

I was processing everything with frightening speed. Every punch, every kick, and every energy blast I was able to dodge in such a way as to conserve my own power while Vegeta was tiring himself out.

When the alien warrior spent a moment ranting at me I took the opportunity to hit the Prince of all two Saiyans very hard in the face with one hand, and then I used my other fist to hurt Vegeta's stomach. The attack brought the elite fighter to his knees and for some reason this stopped his hair being golden.

"Father!" Trunks called out.

I had a moment to think that Vegeta couldn't be old enough to have a fully grown son, only I never got a chance to inquire about that subject as now all the fighters were rushing at me.

The next few seconds were a blur, and a few seconds after everyone who was fully organic was on the ground.

It had been all too easy.