Chapter six: That's not how I expected it to go.

Trunks tried to break free from her grasp, but she held him tightly, pinning his muscular arms in place. She kissed him again, and without even realizing he started kissing her back. His self-control slipped away as he felt 18's body press against his and felt her breath against his skin.

Sensing that her plan was working 18 took charge of the situation, rolling Trunks over, so she was on top. Here she could control the situation a lot more effectively. She released Trunk's arms and decided to focus on stroking his muscular chest.

Trunks jerked his head back and hit his head against the dirt, temorarily breaking the kiss between them. With that split second to think he suddenly realized what he was doing and tried to push 18 away. His attempts were half hearted and when 18 persisted she easily overcame his efforts to stop her.

She kissed him again and Trunks slowly reacted to her advances as she started swaying her hips against his body. She felt Trunks arms wrap around her torso as the two made out.

Trunks sat up, lifting 18 along with him. Taking advantage of the situation 18 re adjusted her position, she wrapped her legs around his body and ran her fingers through the back of his head. She allowed herself a moment to gloat "This was a lot easier than I thought"

18 broke the kiss and slowly started a trail of kisses down his face, which quickly led to her kissing his chest, Trunks slid his hand down her back.

18 moaned "Come on Super Saiyan, show me that incredible power of yours!"

Her voice gave Trunks a shattering moment of clarity. What was he doing! More importantly who was he doing it to! This was the person that had destroyed his childhood, destroyed his life, his best friend, and the rest of the world. Now he was seconds away from having sex with her.

18 tried to kiss him again but this time he stopped her. He stared into her blue eyes, they where majestic, but he could still see the hatred burning within them. It was a hatred that had terrified him all of his life.

He immediately gave her a powerful upper cut that sent her flying straight up. She landed face first into the ground. Ignoring the pain she quickly picked herself up and immediately looked to see where Trunks was, he stood there fuming staring at 18 with murderous intent.

Trunks yelled "You're going to pay for that, android!"

18 thought to herself "Oh shit! I just pissed off the big guy, this is not good!"

Trunks let out a giant roar, as he felt the Ki exploding within him as he transformed into a Super Saiyan. His power was so great that the ground started to shake as he powered up.

18 readied herself for the upcoming fight, her mind was ticking over. She tried to think of a way to escape, and no matter how hard she tried, besides waiting for the right time to use the solar flare technique, she had nothing. As much as she hated to admit it, the chances of the solar flare working again were slim to none.

18 thought "Well a slim chance is better than nothing, if I can jus—'

Within seconds Trunks had landed a hard blow to the center of her chest. The impact was so powerful that it sent her sailing into the air, before she had time to recover Trunks hit her from a different angle. He was flying so fast that he was able over take her and hit her before again she could even comprehend what was happening.

18 felt like she was a ball in pinball machine, being constantly hit and rebounded in different directions. She was amazed that she hadn't been broken in two. Trunks was being ruthless and it soon became clear to 18 that he planned to slowly beat her until she was nothing more than a pile of scrap metal.

She finally crashed into the ground, the pain was so unbearable that she just laid with her face in the dirt, hoping that Trunks would end the fight quickly. Never had she received such a beating in all her life, she was amazed that she hadn't passed out yet.

Trunks landed right next to her and chuckled "You tell me something. How does it feel to get taste of your own medicine?"

18 could only manage a muffled groan.

"What was that?" he effortlessly picked 18 up by her throat and held her out in front of his face.

18 spat blood at Trunks "Go to hell, you bastard!"

Trunks slammed her into the ground then picked her up. He spoke again "You know, you destroyed this planet, destroyed the lives of millions of people, the world will never be the same again because of you. I think it's fair that when I destroy you I make you suffer as long as possible. The worst thing is, no matter how much pain you suffer, it's been nothing compared to what you've done to the people of this planet!"

He slammed her into the ground then pulled her up one last time

"Goodbye 18!" Trunks said as he threw her towards a giant building.

18 struggled to get up of the floor. Never in her life had she experienced so much pain, it was almost unbearable. She was amazed that last attack didn't leave her in two pieces. Trunks had clearly won and there was no way for her to get out of this situation alive.

She was becoming desperate "Maybe I could self-destruct and take that bastard out with me. He's so powerful, would it even work? Well, what choice do I have?'

She looked to see Trunks slowly walking towards her, taking his time, savoring every second of this victory. It was then she noticed out of the corner of her eye a young teenage boy who was hiding amongst the rubble, praying that he would not be caught in the crossfire of this horrific battle.

A thought struck 18 like a lightning bolt. Maybe there was a chance she could get out of this fight alive. She looked back at Trunks, he hadn't noticed the bystander. If there was a chance this could work she had to take it!

"I'm going to have to be quick to make this work!"

Gathering the last of her energy together, she jumped up and screamed "Take this you monster!" With that she fired her energy mine attack. As soon as the blast left her hand she charged towards the young teenager, hoping her attack would distract Trunks long enough so she could reach her target.

The incoming blast was no threat to Trunks, he could probably take it without putting any guard up and come out with nothing more than a scratch. Instead of deflecting, he caught it mid air and was about to throw it back at 18 but he had fallen for her plan. She had moved with lightning speed and was now holding a terrified teenage boy hostage.

Trunks advanced just a tiny bit towards the android. 18 tightened her grip on the boy and dug her nails slightly into his neck. Trunks stopped, he noticed that 18 had deliberately backed herself against a wall.

"If you move one step closer, he gets it "said 18

Trunks laughed, "Do you really think this will save you?"

"If you don't want this kid to die, then yes," 18 confidently stated.

Trunks bit his lip hard in frustration. The situation had just taken a turn he felt very uncomfortable with. If he continued to fight there was a good chance this kid would die. On the other hand if he let 18 go, how many other innocent people would be killed, and would he even be able to find her again?

Trunks swallowed then spoke in a very cold tone "It will only take a second and you will be dead. You won't even have time to move an inch"

A smile came across 18's face and her body started to glow, "Nice bluff, Super Saiyan, but I just activated my self-destruct mechanism. You touch me and the boy dies too!"

A wave of frustration and confusion swept over Trunks, he wanted to kill her. He could end the nightmare now, but could he kill an innocent? He knew his father would have no issue here. He would blast away, destroying his enemy at no cost, but he couldn't. Trunks hadn't had a cruel up bringing like his father, he couldn't make cold calculated choices so easily. He knew what Goku would do, he would let her go and fight her later.

Despite his apprehension, he knew he wanted to kill her now. Every part of his being was begging him to finish her and finally bring her to justice.

18 calmly mocked him "It's your move, Lover."

Trunks shuddered as he tried to block out the memories of his moment of weakness, but an image of her eyes crept into his mind. It infuriated him.

"Fine!" He yelled back "Have it your way, bitch!"

He began to summon all his energy and slowly held up his hand in preparation for the final contest. This was going to end the android's reign of terror.

He looked up and saw the teenager who was terrified beyond belief, knowing death was only seconds away. It broke Trunk's heart. He wanted to save the kid, but he could not let this opportunity get away from him. He tried to reason with himself "If I let 18 go, how many more will die?" Trunks didn't know if he could he kill an innocent to get the job done. He stared into the eyes of his enemy, her bright blue majestic eyes, that had hunted him for so long. His fury flew to a new level.

A small yellow sphere appeared in Trunks hand as he screamed "Now the nightmare is over!"

It was right at this moment that 18 realised her life was finally coming to an end. She would now be paying for the crimes she had committed. Her life flashed before her eyes, snippets of her life before she was kidnapped with her brother by the evil Dr Gero, and turned into this machine.

Then all she saw was death, the billons of people she had killed mercilessly. She could see their faces etched with fear, and she remembered every single person she had slain. She realized she was now feeling the same emotions that many of her victims would have before they died. She was now one of them and she would die with that same sense of helplessness they had all had.

For the first time since she was kidnapped, she felt tears run down her face. She had become worse than the man who had destroyed her life. She had taken countless lives and now it was her turn to pay for it. She cried out to herself "I'm sorry! I'm sorry for everything."

Trunks held back his attack in amazement, never had he expected her to apologize. None of his opponents had ever apologized when they died. Freesia didn't, neither did her father. When Gohan destroyed Cell, he remained as evil as ever, even though death was upon him. Even 17 didn't feel remorse when he died.

"So why is 18 different from all of those monsters? She was just as ruthless, just as evil and self centered. Probably even more so than the rest! She killed people without a second though, so why is she crying?" he mused "Not like it really matters!"

Trunks paused just long enough to ask "What was that 18? I missed what you said!"

18 cried "I'm sorry Trunks!"

Trunks smiled "Well I'm glad you said that, 18, but you can save it for when you're burning in hell!"

He powered up his attack again. He was still going to kill 18, no matter who stood in the way. He was just about to deliver the fatal hit when he remembered something that his master Gohan had said to him. "Winning without honor is not winning at all." His master would never hurt an innocent. He was there to protect them at any cost, not to destroy them.

He had been so caught up in killing 18 that he had allowed his bloodlust to take over. He knew he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he killed this kid, but he wanted to destroy 18 more than anything.

He looked at the pair again, he didn't feel the slightest bit sympathy for 18. She deserved what was coming to her. It took all of his self control not to blast the two into oblivion but he managed to revert back to his normal state.

He looked at 18 with disgust "You got lucky today."

With that he took off into the sky and flew away from the battle.

18 was stunned. How did she survive this attack? She was certain that she was going to die. She didn't understand why Trunks had spared her, it wasn't because of the hostage, he had been a split second from blowing them both up.

It took a couple of seconds for her to comprehend the next thought.

"That means Trunks let me lived, because I said I was sorry"

After seeing Trunks leave she let the kid go. As quick as she could she flew off into the opposite direction, wanting to get out of the area before he changed his mind.

aouthers note

one quick question

do you guys enjoy the third person writting styile that i ve been using,

would you guys prefrer if i started using first person( i could proably go it into the story this way, but i would foucus on less things )

just some thing ive been wondering about,

any thanks for reading

and thanks for my sister for edditing my story