Chapter 2
Gohan and Trunks raced home back to Bulma's house at breakneck speeds. Trunks had never seen his mentor this excited. "So tell me what's so great about this chamber," Trunks yelled over the sound of wind flying past the saiyans.
"Don't you see Trunks! We can never train enough to gain ground on the androids because they always come around, but in this room if it's real we can get a whole year's worth of training in only one day. We could definitely surpass the androids and take them out then," Gohan could barely hold in his excitement.
"I️ mean, we're kind of just hoping that this is true right?"
"Yes, but if it is it's a fucking game changer, we can get strong enough to kill those smug sons of bitches. Just imagine, in a year of uninterrupted training you could definitely achieve Super Saiyan and who knows how much stronger I can get. Wow Krillin really came through in the clutch here." Gohan then said to himself, "Thanks old buddy!"
"Yeah, I️ can't wait," Trunks was also excited now after hearing his mentor talk.
They flew quickly all the way back to Bulma's.
"That's a great idea!" Bulma, the ever hopeful one said. She stood smiling, her blue hair was losing some of its color due to age. "How long will you be gone?" She asked with a cough interrupting a few of her words.
"Just a day, according to Krillin's book. We spend one year in there, but only a day passes here on Earth. It should be just the training that we need to beat those androids."
"Ok. Let me prepare some capsule meals for you both and I'll send you on your way." Bulma took a few hours to get the boys ready for their training.
"I'll spend the rest of the day working on the machine, in case we need a back up plan." The two saiyans packed their things and meditated for an hour to prepare for what they were about to face, while hoping that the story would be true. They got dressed and then prepared to leave.
"Bye boys! Be safe and good luck. I'll be here, hopefully I️ can have this machine up and running soon. See you when you get back."
The saiyans flew off and headed towards Kami's Lookout.
"I️ love you Trunks," Bulma said softly as her son flew away. She coughed again as the smile faded from her face. She walked gingerly back into her workshop and continued to devote herself to the machine.
Trunks and Gohan reached the Lookout and began heading up, they stopped at Korin's. They had to make sure that the rumor was true.
"Of course, it's true. The room has been up there for thousands of years. It has not had many visitors. It's a shame that Piccolo and Vegeta never took it for a spin, they might still be alive," Korin said matter of factly.
"Well that's what we're hoping for us, can we still go in?"Gohan asked.
"Yes, you can. There won't be anyone to help you if anything goes wrong and it can get pretty intense in there, so be careful."
"Will do!" Gohan said as they flew to the top of Kami's Lookout.
When the got to the top, it was completely silent, there was no movement. Trunks paused to look out over the Earth and from this height it was so peaceful, almost as if there were no android terrorists destroying the rest of the Earth and the humans that were left. "Are you ready Trunks?" Gohan asked.
Trunks broke his focus from imagining what could be and replied to his mentor, "I'm ready sensei." The two saiyans walked towards the door and braced themselves as they pushed it open. One long year of intense training was about to begin.
I'm going to time skip to the two most important moments in their training regimen.
Day 52
Trunks and Gohan had been going hard for 52 straight days and they had no intention on giving up. Trunks had made significant improvements since they began and he was actually able to lay a finger on the Super Saiyan Gohan now. He launched forward with a strong flurry of punches, that Gohan blocked with some accuracy. Ahhhhhhhhhhh, he continued to push forward as Gohan was being driven back by his pupil. He was very impressed by Trunks's diligence. Yahhhhhh, Trunks shouted as Gohan fazed out and away from a punch they would have grounded him. BUSTER CANNON! Trunks shouted and Gohan turned up the intensity. He dodged the massive blast and fazed behind Trunks, delivering a devastating punch to the teen sending him flying to the ground of the Chamber. Trunks launched himself full speed at his master, Gohan realized that there was no surrender in his student decided this was the perfect time to push him. He started listing off names of cities that the androids had demolished. He could feel the anger rising in Trunks now, he felt the rage with every punch that he blocked. Trunks continued his assault as Gohan increased the speed of his defense. "They killed your father!" He yelled, "They RUINED your life!"
"Enough!" Trunks exploded in fury, "Father I️ WILL avenge you!" He fazed our behind Gohan and delivered a double fisted hammer punch to the back of Gohan's head sending his mentor crashing into the ground.
"Nice," he said smiling, "but not nice enough." He fazed out and appeared in front of Trunks delivering a planet crushing blow to Trunks's midsection sending the saiyan youngster to the ground in the fetal position. "That's all you have, you're not ready, we've been in here for 50 days. And you're still giving up after one hard hit!" Gohan taunted his pupil in his best Piccolo impression. Trunks stood up with a disheveled look on his face. He had never heard his master speak to him this way. He would not give up, he would not surrender to this pain. The hair on Trunks's head starting to blink and Gohan pushed him even harder. "You call yourself the son of Vegeta, the prince of all saiyans. Ha, I'll fight the androids by myself. Go home and help Bulma." He powered down to his base form and walked back towards the sleeping quarters, looking over his shoulder. Trunks was angry now, angrier than he had ever been. He felt the rage swelling up inside him. "How dare you? My father was a great man, I️ am the PRINCE OF ALL SAIYANS!" Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, his aura begin to spike and his power surged. "There you go Trunks," thought Gohan. His aura continued to spike and it turned gold, his hair shot up and blinked from purple to gold, purple to gold, purple to gold and then stayed gold. "Yahhhhhhhh, you bastards, you'll pay!"Super Saiyan Trunks charged his mentor with a newfound ferocity. Gohan powered back into a Super Saiyan and prepared for the assault. Trunks threw a magnificent flurry of strikes, with speed that he had never had before. He threw a left and a right, it was too much for Gohan with one arm to defend. He landed some planet shattering blows on Gohan who lad to retreat in order to survive. He flew up and Trunks followed him with so much anger. "No you don't!" He appeared above Gohan and struck him in the back of the head. He then fazed out and appeared in front of Gohan, punching him in the ribs and sending him flying about 100 feet before he regained his momentum. Gohan was really impressed with his student now, who appeared behind him and threw a powerful kick which Gohan narrowly avoided. Trunks refused to let Gohan who tormented him get away so easily, he elbowed him in the midsection. Gohan returned with a powerful fist to Trunks's nose who was rocked back and his face was filled with pain. He refused to give in, "Buuuusster Cann-" He fazed out and appeared above his mentor who whipped around to look. Gohan actually had a mixed look of fear and pride across his face. "ON" Trunks shouted sending the Ki Blast to Gohan's head. He blocked it, but the power of Super Saiyan Trunks was too much, Gohan fell to the ground and was still standing in a lot of pain. Trunks chased his mentor to the ground, he fazed out and reappeared in front of Gohan who was already prepared for this. "Haaaaaaaa-" Trunks was interrupted by a planet crushing punch in his gut. His hair fell back to purple, and he collapsed on his mentor's arm. "I️ love you little buddy, I'm sorry we had to take it there. That's enough for today."
Day 267
The Super Saiyans clashed, matching each other blow for blow. Each time Trunks's hand connected with Gohan's the room vibrated. Space and Time itself vibrated, they grasped each other's hands struggling for position. Trunks then threw Gohan down. Gohan was very frustrated, recently Trunks had been getting the upper hand because of his injury. He couldn't allow himself to get behind, even though Trunks was his pupil. From the ground, he dropped his hands to the side. KAMEHAMEHA! He shouted as the beam launched from his hands, Trunks returned fire GALICK GUN! Using his father's technique he matched Gohan and the beams crashed in mid air. Trunks in the air and Gohan on the ground. The entire chamber rocked from the vibration of their intense beams of energy. Neither Super Saiyan was willing to give in and neither were their energy beams. Neither Saiyan was giving ground, they were both going for broke here. Trunks shouted AHHHHHHH, his beam pushed further. Gohan returned the increase in energy, his beam pushed back to the middle. His arm was growing tired, unbeknownst to Trunks, Gohan had been training late at night while the teenager slept. This fatigue was starting to devastate him now, he felt it but he couldn't give up. Every night he had been doing extra training and meditation to reach a new level of Super Saiyan, with no success so far. His body was fatigued from the extra training, he was definitely stronger than Trunks and he knew it but without full use of his right arm he was being overwhelmed. This really worried him about future fights with the androids, he would have to compensate for this injury by growing in other ways. Doubt and anger was slipping into his mind. He felt doubtful they could win unless he saw a new improvement in his skill set. He felt anger and resentment towards Trunks, he injured his arm protecting the kid from a blast that wouldn't have been shot if Trunks had only listened to directions. No time for that now, he had to push himself. His arm continued to wane and he felt the strain now more than ever. Trunks's blast pushed closer to the teacher and Gohan was running out of power to keep it away. Gohan's arm gave out and the beam smacked him with an incredible amount of force. He felt so much pain, his body was on fire like it hadn't been before. He thought he might die, but no he couldn't give in. He fought the ki blast with all of his power and fell to the ground in a heap. He felt his energy disappear, but he was still conscious and his hair still golden. Trunks watched from above, originally thinking he had killed his master. But Gohan stood and Trunks wondered if it was even possible to kill Gohan. Gohan was covered in scratches and blood from their intense battle. He felt his bones were broken and saw as Trunks soared down to meet him. "Are you alright? Do you want to call it a day?" Trunks questioned his master.
"No, the androids will never call it a day. They'll keep killing and killing. We HAVE to stop them. Let's go!" Gohan exclaimed with a newfound vigor. "Let's try that again!"
"Are you sure, I️ don't know if you can take another one."
"I️ have more power in me and I️ KNOW it. Let's try it again,"Gohan said fiercely.
Trunks rose again and fired another MASENKO that matched Gohan's KAMEHAMEHA wave. As he pushed back, he knew this was over before it started. He had no energy left, Trunks might actually kill him. "Gohan!" He looked at Trunks's face, no words came from there. "GOHAN!" It happened again. "It's me, your dad and Piccolo is here. Come on son, you have to keep pushing."
"Dad, I️ miss you, I'm sorry I️ can't do what you did. I️m sorry I️ can't save the world."
"There's no time to feel sorry for yourself kid," the stern voice of Piccolo interrupted.
Goku informed his son "Son, you have more potential than I️ ever had. You are the most powerful of all of us. You have to tap into the power, release what you have deep inside. The androids have ruined everything, they have taken Piccolo from you, Krillin, your mother. You have to make them pay. You can do it son, you are the world's only hope. We believe in you!"
"You can do it kid, those bastards will die by your hand," Piccolo supported him.
Gohan felt a new surge of energy that increased his limits, he felt stronger than ever before. He pushed Trunks's beam backwards, but it wasn't enough.
"I'm not strong enough," Gohan yelled.
"Son, you are so much stronger than all of us. You are the best man out of all of us, you can defeat the androids."
A new, deeper voice entered the conversation. "Gohan, protect my son, protect Bulma. I️ failed my family, please protect them for me," Vegeta's voice began to trail off. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Vegeta had done it, Gohan broke his seal and his powered increased massively. He felt his energy multiply and suddenly, his weakness wasn't apparent to him anymore. Trunks was shocked by his master's sudden increase in power. His hair was standing higher and his aura was different, the energy that emanated from him was incredible unlike anything Trunks had ever seen before. He hardly noticed that his beam was pushed all the way into his face and he wouldn't be able to stop it. Trunks released his ki blast and barely dodged a move that would have killed him. He looked down at his master who was standing there more powerful than ever. His hair was golden., standing much higher and stronger than that of a Super Saiyan, his aura was golden and extended farther out. Trunks could feel his energy from way in the sky, his master was something different completely. He lowered himself to get a better look, and Gohan's face was full of a new intensity. He had ascended past a Super Saiyan.
"Thanks guys, I️ love you all and I️ will win for you,"Gohan said staring at the sky apparently talking to no one.
"We Love you Gohan, go get em!" Goku smiled down from Other World at his son.
"Trunks, your dad says hello."
Both Saiyans powered down and headed toward their sleeping quarters.
Day 365
Trunks and Gohan emerge from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, fully prepared to face their adversaries. There was no doubt in either sayain's mind what would happen in the next fight.
The two Saiyans exited the chamber and flew down to Korin to let him know they were finished. Korin wished them good luck and gave a bag of senzu beans to the Earth's Mightiest Heroes. They were off, this time there was no subtlety in their flight, they wanted the androids to find them.
"Where are we going?" Trunks asked his mentor.
"We're headed to West City. Orange City is a complete ghost town, but there are still people for them to torment in West City. That's where we'll start looking for those monsters," there was a fierceness about Gohan that Trunks was in awe of.
"Trunks, when we get there you have to be ready. You have all the skills, go all out and don't hesitate. You take 18, she murderered your father and I'll take that bastard 17, he killed Piccolo."
"Right," Trunks looked over his shoulder at his sword. It had been so long since you used it, training with Gohan he had been working on his martial arts skills and neglecting his swordsmanship, oh well problem for another time he thought.
"You really think we're gonna win this time?" Trunks asked.
"Yes, with every fiber of my being. You can go Super now and I️ can go Super Saiyan 2, we've both had plenty of time to master these transformations and even get stronger. They don't stand a chance," Gohan picked up his speed out of determination. Trunks matched his speed and the two saiyans went in search of the androids that made their lives a living hell.
Meanwhile on the outskirts of West City
17 and 18 sat in the home of a family they murdered earlier that week, 18 was brushing her hair as her evil twin brother was flipping through the television channels. There was barely anything on TV thanks to the deaths of so many people. He stood up and started perusing through the family's movie collection.
"Trash, trash, stupid," he said tossing the family's collection of dvds to the side.
"I'm bored," his sister groaned aloud. "Let's go do something."
"Like what, go shopping again. I'm not standing around and watching you try on clothes all day," her brother was bored with her habits. "Besides there are barely any stores left, remember you blew up the last Marcy's because they didn't have your size."
"Well who doesn't carry a size 2 in skirts! Women around here aren't that fat!" She was frustrated with her lack of fashion choice and looked down at her clothes in dismay. She wore a blue jean skirt with a black shirt. Her twin wore a black shirt with the insignia of the Red Ribbon Army on it and a bandana around his neck. He wore a pair of jeans with a gun in the holster, he'd even learned how to use it pretty well. Taking the gun out of his holster, he aimed it out the window and stated "We could always go hunting."
"Hunting, what kind of hunting did you have in mind?"
"Well, what about sick people? There's a hospital nearby, we could take some victims. It'll be fun," 17 was really a sadistic bastard, much worse than his sister.
"Why do you want to blow up a hospital?" at this point 18 was very used to her brother's cruelty and asked it very nonchalantly.
"Come on, it'll be like shooting fish in a barrel. Then we can go look for another store for you to shop in."
"Deal." The two evil creations of got up from their residence and beamed towards the city.
West City
The two cyborgs stopped when they got downtown and located West City General. West City had definitely felt the wrath of the androids but was nowhere near as devastated as Orange City. There were a few people on the street, all of which screamed and ran for cover when they saw the androids. West City was a ruin of what it used to be. The buildings were decrepit, nearly all of them were abandoned. The restaurants and shops that once lined a thriving downtown were all but empty, in fact the only people walking around were those that had to be at work. The structure of the buildings were deteriorating due to the earthquakes caused by a combination of the androids's ki blasts striking the ground and the nuclear fallout from governments trying to kill them. No bomb had hit West City but its neighbors had met that cruel fate, now 75% of the population was suffering from leukemia due to nuclear fallout. The androids and their campaign of evil, along with humanity's stupidity had wiped out 95% of the Earth's population. The once thriving planet home to billions, was now home to millions of sick and dying. The atmosphere was ruined and environment was completely devastated, there was little green to be found and the sky didn't show its clear blue hue anymore. Instead, it was a blanket of grey, almost as if the sun itself was hiding from the dying creature that used to be planet Earth. The androids stopped flying when they reached West City General, once the largest hospital in the country and now essentially a hospice. Doctors there worked day and night, to cure cancers they couldn't fix and to research the answers to problems they didn't have the technology, manpower or money to fix. But mostly, it was ran by the nurses, those valiant nurses were the ones who helped make the last days comfortable for people who were suffering. That was the biggest job at West City General, making lives comfortable. The androids arrived and looked down at the once proud building, it still stood 15 stories high, but looked as if a giant had taken a bite out of it. The earthquakes had shattered the foundation on the entire east wing of the hospital and it was gone, exposed to the elements. The whole was barely covered by a large blue tarp, the roof looked as if it was going to cave in any day now. The parking lot next to hospital had already collapsed trapping hundreds of cars inside and lives of those who were trying to flee.
Android 17 said coolly, "This building has seen better days anyway. We're practically doing the poor souls a favor." He charged a ki blast and his sister did the same, "On the count of 3. 1,2,3!" They yelled with excitement as their blasts flew towards the defenseless hospital, then just before their fireworks were expected the two beams were deflected by another. They careened off into the distance and destroyed an already burnt out cafe'.
"What the-" 17 blurted, he whipped his head around to see two floating Saiyans.
"Well, well, well," his sister smiled, "today might be exciting after all."
"It's that kid Trunks and his other friend. Let's play with them. Did you come to play pretty boys?" the female cyborg teased.
"No! We came to kill you," Trunks barked in response.
"There is no retreat for you, this ends NOW!" Gohan screamed and as he did, he aura spiked and his hair turned golden. The locks of his hair standing straight up to the sky, he went straight into Super Saiyan 2. Simultaneously Trunks powered up and went into his Super Saiyan form.
"Look they can both do the hair trick now. Ooh I'm so scared" teased the male android.
"No, they're different today, we have to take them seriously," 18 was always the more observant one and she readied her stance. Gohan went after 17, 17 threw a combo that Gohan expertly dodged and then backhands 17 into a far away building. 17 climbs out of the rubble thinking "where the hell did that speed come from?" But he had no time to ponder the origin of Gohan's strength, before he blinked Gohan was back under him and with one uppercut launched him high into the sky. Gohan then launched a series of KI blasts that 17 saw but could do noting about, they bombarded his body and put him in excruciating pain. Still afloat, he looks on the ground for Gohan and sees nothing.
"Behind you, bitch"
17 turns around with an animatronic look of fear on his face as he is hit with a haymaker to his ribs that sends him back to the ground and removes the breath from his lungs. 17 was shocked, he couldn't believe that this was happening. Sure this guy was strong, but he couldn't do any of this last time they fought. "SIS! I️ need you" he called out as he stood brushing the rubble from yet another building off of him.
"I'm a little busy with the pipsqueak at the moment," she yelled back. Trunks was giving her all sorts of problems. "DIE" she yelled as she launched yet another ki blast that Trunks avoided. He spun around, kicking her hard, she cried out in pain and threw a return punch to his stomach. It hurt like hell, but the Saiyan warrior would not be outdone today. He punched again, she blocked it, but the force pushed her back several yards, Trunks appeared on the side of her and delivered a devastating elbow to her ribs, she punched right back nearly breaking his nose. The two backed up and set in their fighting positions again, "You little shit." She launched a ki blast that would have destroyed the Earth at him, he launched a Masenko right back and caught it in mid air. The two enemies were driven back by the sheer force of the collision, but it didn't cause either one to drop their ki blasts. "I'll never forgive you for all the people you've killed." Trunks increased his energy and sent both beams into Android 18's chest, she cried out in pain and she flew to the ground. Trunks aggressively pursued her, she took advantage and used all of her strength to punch him in the chest. He collapsed to the ground and coughed up blood. She jumped on him and began kicking him in his ribs, he cried out, but never gave in. AHHHHHH he cried out and increased his aura again, pushing her back. He stood to face her with a confident smile on his face, Trunks wasn't going down. She looked over at her brother who has at Gohan's mercy, on the ground in agony. Their telepathic twin conversation said that it was time to go, they immediately started to fly off in the same direction shooting ki blasts to cover their tracks.
"Not so fast," Gohan appeared behind them blocking their escape, " I️ told you, this ends today." He then launched a new attack he had been working on in the chamber, releasing several balls of blue ki energy encircling himself and the androids. "I️ call this attack, Throws of Defeat. There is no escape, the closer you get to those balls of energy they will collapse on you filling you with unmatched pain. You will not get away, this is your end!" Trunks floated to the sky to meet the three warriors inside Gohan's newly created arena. The androids looked scared, but then found new hope. "Foolish humans, we will finish you!" 17 struck first, he attacked Gohan with all he had, who was easily avoiding him now, taunting him. He delivered a soul crushing punch to the android's stomach who spit out blood/mechanical oil and cried out. Gohan then kicked him to the ground. "This is for Earth,"launching a ki blast between each word, "This is for Krillin, Vegeta," launching two planet ending blasts. "This is for Piccolo!" He launched another massive energy blast. "AND THIS IS FOR MY MOTHER!" Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, KAMEHAMEHA! The blue energy wave could surely take out an entire galaxy, but its target was an Android today. All of the moves collapsed on 17, he felt unexplainable and unquantifiable pain. 17 was still alive, but barely, he started crawling away as Gohan landed near him. "Burn in hell," he said as he reached down and ripped 17's head clean from his shoulders. The lights inside his body shut off and his mechanics stopped beeping. The greatest terror of the Earth was dead.
Trunks attacked 18 with all of his might, getting the upper hand on her. She couldn't believe she was about to be defeated by this runt, suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her chest. She looked down and saw Gohan holding her brother's head in his hand. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" she screamed in a voice that would make Black Canary jealous. Her brother was gone, defeated by these humans, she couldn't believe it.
"You dropped your guard," Trunks said coolly, he grabbed the locks of her hair and began delivering earth shattering kicks and punches to her midsection, she spit up blood and cried out in pain. As the light was about to leave her eyes, he said "Take this with you, for my father." His aura increased as he put a ki blast into her stomach and fired. Every single fiber of the cyborg was destroyed, except for her pretty head which remained in his hand. The war was over.
The Saiyans mounted the heads of the monsters on spikes and declared the Earth free of their tyranny. The people from the hospital and hiding in the buildings came out to celebrate their heroes. That night the entire world partied like it never had before. Trunks and Gohan received many toasts in their honor that night, Bulma downtown to hug her son and his protector.
"I'm so proud of you son, I️ know your father is too." They hugged and cried and celebrated with the newly freed citizens of the Earth. Gohan was offered pussy by every woman in town, he politely refused something else was worrying him and he couldn't be concerned with women right now.
The next day
Bulma announced to her son and Gohan that the machine was finished and that they could go back in time.
"Why do we need to mom? We won and the battle is over we don't need people from the past anymore."
"You're right son, but the Earth is destroyed we need the dragon balls to revive all of our friends and restore the Earth. Going back in time to when piccolo is alive will allow us to the Earth. We NEED to take this chance, or I'm afraid this victory will be short lived."
"You're mom's right" Gohan said, "we have to back in time to keep my dad alive, this future would never happen."
They packed a few bags and some capsules with important materials. Gohan dressed in a Gi just like his father, orange with a blue undershirt that showed every muscle. Trunks in his Capsule Corp jacket, a black tank top underneath, black pants and boots. They both packed scouters, just in case and extra changes of clothes. Gohan gave Bulma a big hug and said "I️ love you Bulma." The two adults whispered something to each other and gave a look that said goodbye, she handed him an envelope. Then it was Trunks's turn, he gave his mother a big hug but Bulma didn't let go. She kissed her son on the cheek and told him how much she loved him. "Mom," he said embarrassed, "We'll only be gone for a few days. I'll see you soon. I️ love you." Tears were starting to come from Bulma's cheek as her son and her friend walked towards the time machine. They boarded it and a Trunks enthusiastically waved goodbye to his mother, Gohan gave a softer look. The two saiyans took flight as Gohan punched in the destination and they were off. As they left Bulma began weeping openly, she broke down and cried.
