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In My Heart
Chapter 1: The Death of the Z-Warriors
All of Earth looked peaceful at the Lookout. Piccolo quietly gazed downward, looking at all the cities. His eyes wandered toward Gohan's house. He sighed ever since Goku died from that heart virus the boy was very depressed. Bulma was in the process of making a new dragon radar after Vegeta raided her lab and broke it. An explosion in South City made him look up in surprise. Half the city was destroyed in one blast. -What could have done that?- Piccolo wondered as he flew toward the city. He powered up considerably alerting the Z warriors.
Everyone met up in the sky wondering what was going on. They certainly didn't sense anything wrong. "I demand to know what is going on namekian." Vegeta said loudly. "That." Piccolo pointed behind Vegeta toward a huge cloud of smoke. Vegeta turned and flew off in that direction with a smirk. -This is my lucky day, I finally get to test out my super saiyan power- Vegeta thought as he arrived at the city. He looked around at the city that was almost a mass of burning rubble. The others arrived shortly after he did gasping at the sight of the city. There were masses of bodies blown in half, some burning, others that were headless in a large pool of blood. There was a cry behind a building it sounded as it was pleading for mercy. The warriors rushed to the building. They were met with a pair of teens, one holding a small girl, the other watching in enjoyment. The one holding the girl shoved its hand into her body ripping out her heart. The girl vomited up blood and the teen looked at her in disgust. "Dirty humans." It spoke with a male voice. He crushed the heart in his hands and threw the girl to the ground. He looked up at the warriors with a smirk. "Well 18 what do we have here?" he spoke up menacingly. "I don't know 17 should we kill them?" the blond female spoke up. "Sure." 17 replied. "Who do you think you are destroying a city like this?" Piccolo asked. "Simple we are androids." 17 answered. The battle began as 17 charged at Piccolo. 17 slammed Piccolo into a building while 18 fought Vegeta.
Vegeta growled in annoyance as the so called 'android 18' dodged all of his attacks like they were nothing. He finally managed to hit her only to feel his bones crack in his knuckles. "Damn it. Nothing I do is effecting this damn machine." Vegeta cursed. 18 simply smirked and brushed her hair behind her ear only to have it fall back into place again.
Meanwhile Piccolo and the others were fighting 17. He laughed at all their feeble attempts to hit him. Yamcha was lucky enough to get a shot in with a kamehameha wave only to see that it also had no effect on the android. He gasped as the android turned on him and blasted a hole through his torso, killing him instantly. The others looked at the fallen Z-warrior, his body landed on the ground with a sickening thump, blood flowing freely from his mouth as his eyes rolled back into his head. They were interrupted by 17 who was laughing with shear joy. "That was fun. Now lets get started for real." 17 with malevolence dripping from his voice.
Vegeta was beginning to get desperate he couldn't land anything without breaking a bone and his strongest attack failed to destroy a hair on the android's head. -Shit this isn't good I can't even hit this stupid machine. The others aren't doing well either- Vegeta thought to himself. "That was very entertaining Vegeta, but its my turn now." 18 spoke deadly calm. She rushed him attacking him with not only speed but with deadly precision. Hitting him in the gut and uppercutting making him cough up a mixture of blood and saliva. She fazed behind him while he was coughing and slammed her fists into the back of his head making him fly into a partly destroyed building. Feeling a sudden second wind, Vegeta shot out of the building his Super Saiyan aura formed a flame like shield around his body. "Impressive but not enough to divert all the power in this blast. 18 said as she shot a ki blast at his chest at high speeds. He screamed as pure energy vaporized his insides and pierced through his back. He fell to the ground motionless.
17 was still dealing with Tien and finished him off with a single punch to the chest, blood spilling onto the ground from his wound and mouth, then his eyes slowly rolled back into his sockets. Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan watched in horror as two of their friends now lay dead. 17 shot a strong ki beam at Gohan but before it could reach him Piccolo jumped in front of the beam. The blast went through his upper chest and his right arm and hitting Gohan in the left shoulder rendering it useless at the moment. 18 arrived and flew next to 17. "Did you finish Vegeta?" 17 asked. "Yes 17 I am not childish like you and play with the humans for hours on end." 18 replied. 17 scowled but turned his attention toward Krillin. He was frozen in terror and was thinking that if Vegeta couldn't beat him what chance would he have. The two stared at the human then blasted him in the heart.
Gohan watched as he fell to the ground motionless and his eyes rolled to the back of his head. "18 I just had a great idea, what if we spared this one and let him come back to fight us again he could be useful if we want to have fun." 17 exclaimed. "Fine whatever lets go home." 18 replied. They flew off leaving Gohan to grieve. He felt something and noticed it was Vegeta's ki barely holding on. He quickly ran towards the broken prince of a fallen race.
Vegeta was barely alive but he stubbornly held on until Gohan came to his side so he can deliver his message. "Gohan. I will not make it so don't start trying to get a bean down my throat. I want you to protect Trunks and Bulma. When he is old enough train him and teach him of our great race. My only regret is that I never told Bulma that I loved her and that I never held the child. You are a great warrior Gohan train my son and avenge . . our. . . deaths." Vegeta spoke, shuddered, then quietly passed into the next life. It was too much for Gohan to handle the sadness for his friends death turned into rage. His hands dug into his palms making blood drip out of his hands then it happened in a flash of light. Gohan turned into a Super Saiyan enveloped a yellow flame. He screamed in anger then began to weep for his friends.