A/N: Well I finally did it!
A little warnings...
1. 17 is a little OOC
2. Dende speaking telepathically
3. Piccolo speaking telepathically
4. Lots of flashbacks (the last one is the most relevant to the plot
Chapter 10- Dr. Gero's Hidden Bases and Notes
Chi-Chi sunk down to her knees and cried 'I told him to come back alive, why didn't he listen?' Dende bent down and gently put his hand on Chi-Chi's shoulder.
"Chi-Chi…" Dende softly spoke. Bulma slowly got up and wiped the tears from her eyes. Hercule walked in with Mr. Popo to see Chi-Chi crying on the floor.
"What the hell happened?" Hercule asked the silently crying Bulma. "Where's Tien?" Bulma looked up at him with tearful eyes.
"Tien….is dead…." Bulma said then looked back down with tears falling from her eyes. Hercule gasped then looked down to the floor while Mr. Popo went to comfort the weeping Bulma. Bulma looked at Mr. Popo then nodded.
"C-Come on Chi-Chi…we have to get his body" Bulma said softly. Chi-Chi slowly got up, with the help of Mr. Popo. Bulla quickly ran to her mother's legs.
"Mommy, where are you going?" she said with small tears in her eyes. Bulma looked down and smiled gently.
"Mommy has to go help a friend but I'll be right back, okay?" Bulla nodded and let go of her leg.
"Now y'all be careful now" Hercule then sat down and let Marron cry on his shoulder.
Once they were outside, Bulma threw a capsule then watched as it poofed into a VTOL plane. Chi-Chi and Bulma quickly boarded the plane and sat off to Tien's dead body's location.
Meanwhile with group 1…
"Are we there yet?" Yamcha whined from behind the Goku and Piccolo. "We've been flying for about an hour now and still haven't found the base. Maybe 17 lied or something" Yamcha whined 'At least I hope he did…..' Piccolo was about to shout at the whining human when he heard Dende speak to him in his mind. Goku stopped and heard Dende as well. 'Hey Dende…what's up?' Goku said telepathically. 'What is it Dende?' Piccolo thought with an attitude. 'Nothing good I'm afraid. The androids are wreaking havoc. Goku and Piccolo automatically stopped flying, causing Yamcha to look at them with confusion. 'What do you mean?What have they done?' Goku thought with anger boiling up inside of him. Dende sighed in sorrow 'They're destroying cities, villages, towns you name it and they might have already destroyed it. They're killing millions of people and' Dende paused 'One of the androids….killed Tien….' Piccolo and Goku grew pale. 'Once Tien heard about the androids rampage, he immediately set of to fight them. He knew he wasn't a match for them…..yet he still flew of with unlimited determination. Bulma and Chi-Chi have already retrieved his body and is on their way back to the Look out right now' Piccolo growled 'that idiot! Why would he put his life on the line on a fight he himself knew he wouldn't be able to win?' Goku looked at Yamcha with sympathetic eyes.
"What happened?" Yamcha asked.
Goku looked away from Yamcha "Dende just told us that Tien went off to fight one of the androids and…he was killed" Yamcha's eyes widened 'What..!' "Yamcha I'm sorry….." Yamcha couldn't breathe correctly. Tien was one of his best friends and all Yamcha could think about was what he could have done to stop him from making such a risky action. Yamcha quickly flew past Goku and Piccolo, leaving the two behind him. Goku looked at Yamcha with sympathy. 'I know exactly how you feel…' The two fighters quickly followed Yamcha's trail. After another half hour of flying, they finally found the four trees they were looking for. Once they got there they began to do what 17 instructed.
"So…what are we supposed to do again?" Goku scratched the back of his head. Piccolo had a thoughtful look on his face. "I know it had something to do with tapping a stone or something" Piccolo's eyes widen 'That's it!' He slowly walked up to the stone wall and began tapping. He taped three times, then six and finally three again. Soon the cold stone wall slowly rose in front of them, revealing a dust infested hall. The three nodded to each other and cautiously walked inside. Piccolo powered up his right hand until it glowed and used it as a flashlight. Goku looked around with a curious look in his eyes. The walls were old and dusty with cob webs on the corners.
"When does this hall end?" Piccolo said impatiently. Yamcha looked around and saw a switch on the wall. He slowly pulled it and looked behind him to see the wall lift up showing an old and broken down laboratory. Cut wires and fallen metal scattered the floor, being covered in dust and dirt. Broken glass was also scattered on the old metal floor. Yamcha slowly walked in and looked around for a light switch. Once he found one and turn it on, his eyes widen seeing an old and wrinkled diagram of Android 26. He looked at it and realized how much of a robot she really is. He sighed and leaned on a metal desk, accidentally pushing a button that made a screen slowly come from the ceiling. The screen turned on and showed Dr. Gero and some other scientist talking in a newer version of the laboratory. Yamcha stood there with a curious face.
On the screen…
"Dr. Gero you have done it again!" A wrinkled old bald scientist said with an evil smile. 'This has to be the best android you've made yet" The old scientist sat down in a wooden chair. "I have one question though, why are you taping this?"
Dr. Gero nodded with a sinister smirk "Well Dr. Tiope, It's to show future generations the genius of Dr. Gero of course." He said while drinking some tea.
"Well I'm sure your androids are proof enough" Dr. Tiope sipped some of his own tea.
"Thank you Dr. Tiope but I'm afraid I have made a small error in her programming" He sighed.
Dr. Tiope looked at him with a confused face. "And what might that be Dr. Gero?"
"I'm afraid I have made her too kind and caring when was trying to make her Vicious and cruel. Something must have happened during her programming I supposed" Dr. Gero said in between teeth. Dr. Tiope chuckled softly.
"Well Dr. Gero, even if she's a bit of a softly; she can still be of use. Beside that small error, how is she progressing" Dr. Tiope got up and poured himself some more tea.
"Very well actually, a bit faster then Androids 21 to 25 I might say. Her speed is way beyond that of her processors and her combat skills are impeccable" Dr. Gero said proudly. "She seems to have a small problem with killing her target though. I also caught her looking outside the window with a strange look in her eyes but I just called that off a as trick of the lights or something." Dr. Gero said. Dr. Tiope nodded.
"Very good; oh I almost forgot. Commander Red said to hurry up with the other three you promised him." Dr. Tiope mentioned before leaving the camera's view.
Dr. Gero slowly shook his head "So impatient" Then the screen went to static.
Back to Yamcha….
Yamcha listen to the static and sighed.
"What am I going to do?" he said to himself
"About what?" he jumped when he heard Goku's voice. Goku walked next to him and grinned. "That was a interesting video. Dr. Gero looked way young in it." Yamcha nodded nervously. "So I bet the code is in here, so we better get looking" he said then began to move objects around. Yamcha sighed and began looking as well. He searched the desk, closest, and other areas of the old lab. He stopped when he saw a capsule with the number twenty-six on the top. He looked around and saw a small tag on the bottom. It had a strange saying on it. 'The flowers are dead' He looked at it for a second then his eyes grew. 'T-The secret code is right here? I-I have to hide it or something' he grabbed the code and shoved it into his pocket.
"Have you found anything yet Yamcha?" Goku asked from across the other side of the lab. Yamcha quickly turned to Goku with a fake smile.
"N-Nope not yet." he nervously laughed then turned around 'what the hell am I doing?' He asked himself 'I'm putting my friends' lives at risk for some android girl I only met three times! Then again I never felt the way I feel when I around 26 with anyone in my entire life. But is this feeling really worth the risk? God, this is too confusing! I don't know what I 'm supposed to do I-.' He paused, picturing 26 and him holding hands and laughing.
"I love you Yamcha." he imagined her saying to him.
"I love you 26." he imagined himself saying to the pink headed beauty 'maybe….If I explain that 26 isn't evil…..They would let her live and then maybe we can….' Yamcha got up and walked towards Goku but stopped 'But what about Tien…? I can't just forgive them for killing Tien. Then again it wasn't 26's fault, right? I know she fought him before but she didn't kill him…..Because I stopped her but she wouldn't do that…she isn't like her brother.' he concluded and walked next to Goku
"G-Goku…?" Goku looked up at Yamcha and smiled "What is it Yamcha?" Goku asked the black haired man.
"I have a hypothetical question for you" Yamcha paused "What would you say if I said that we shouldn't kill the androids?"
Goku looked at him with a confused face "I would have to ask why."
"Well maybe they're not as bad as they may seem." Yamcha said while sitting down with Goku.
"But they killed Tien and innocent people!" Goku countered.
"Well so did 18 and 17 and yet we're trusting them." Yamcha said with a bit to much emotion. Goku tilted his head and stared at him.
"Well you do have a point." he said thoughtfully "I guess I would say that we could first say we should talk to them first then if they still want to destroy me and then you all, the codes could be used as a plan B" Goku said with a smile. "So….I'm guessing this was not a hypothetical question" Yamcha's eyes widened. Goku nodded "Give me the code Yamcha…..I promise I won't use it unless I have too." Goku said with pleading eyes. Yamcha cautiously went into his pocket and gave Goku the code. Goku looked at it and laughed "the flowers are dead?" Yamcha slowly chuckled with him. "We better get back before Piccolo gets impatient." Yamcha chuckled and got up with Goku.
"You promise Goku?" Yamcha said to the Saiyan.
Goku nodded with a thumb up "have I ever broken a promise before." Yamcha nodded and both came outside of the room with a fuming Vegeta staring at them.
"Where the hell were you two? God you humans are so slow, a snail is faster then you!" Piccolo said with an 'I don't care' tone. The two friends began laughing loudly. "What's so funny?" he asked with an eye twitching. Piccolo turned with a scowl on his face "whatever it doesn't matter anyway. Did you two find the code?" he said with anger leaking out of his mouth. Goku slowly got up from rolling on the floor and nodded. "Good lets go." he said then ran out of the base and flew off. Goku and Yamcha were right behind him. 'I trust you Goku….but…..how will the others take it?' he thought as he and the others flew back to the Lookout.
With Group 2…
"Hey guys stop" Gohan said to his girlfriend and brother. Goten and Videl immediately stopped and looked down at the huge blue ocean. Videl looked at the ocean with wide eyes while Goten looked at it with an emotionless expression.
Videl flew next to Gohan "So what did Android 17 say again?" Videl asked the half-Saiyan.
Gohan shrugged "I can't really remember. I think it has something about going into the water."
"Where supposed to fly down into the water, pull on a red coral reef four times and then a opening to the second secret base would open" Goten said with no emotion in his usually cheerful, and scratchy, voice. Gohan looked at Goten with a worried look. He flew next to Goten and patted him on the back.
"Hey Goten, are you alright? You've been acting a little off lately, like a robot" Gohan asked with a worried tone.
Goten nodded "I'm fine big brother. Let's just get this over with." He flew down into the water then swan back up. "Come on!" He shouted to the two. Gohan and Videl looked at each other with a worried expression then flew down into the water with Goten. As they swan deeper and deeper to the bottom of the ocean, Goten began thinking 'I feel so empty for some reason. I know I shouldn't risk my friends and family's lives but….The androids are my friends and I can't just sit and watch them get themselves killed. But what am I going to do?' Goten sighed in his mind then stopped swimming to see a small red coral reef sticking straight in front of him. Goten looked up at Gohan and nodded then pulled the reef firmly. Nothing seemed to happen at first but soon a large vortex pulled the three in. The next thing they know it, they're inside some sort of tube. Videl looked around, slowly loosing her breathe, and grinned in her mind when she saw a circular door. Gohan and Goten noticed it as well and made their way towards it. They bang on the thing, trying to open it quickly before they lose air, and then looked up to see the water slowly being drained. They all gasped in air as they laid on the wet floor of the tube. Goten looked tiredly at the door to see it open completely. They all quickly ran before it closed on them. They made it just in time and began breathing heavily.
"Okay….as soon…as we catch…our breaths…..we move on…." Gohan said in between breaths. Goten and Videl nodded slowly and leaned on the wall. Gohan decide to look around. They seem to be in a hallway with walls that are grey, damp and the floors that are wet with coral and dead fish. Once he felt like he had enough air he slowly got up and checked on the others. Goten was already up and leaning on the wall while Videl was still breathing heavy. Gohan knelt down to Videl with a worried expression. "Videl, I think you should sit this one out, okay?" Videl nodded at Gohan and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Gohan turned to Goten, with a slight blush on his face. "Okay Goten, let's move." They nodded at each other then began walking to an unknown destination. They kept walking down the long hallway, looking through room after room, and still found no trace of the secret code they were looking for. Goten looked up at his brother then looked straight ahead. 'I have to find the code before Gohan does. That way I can simply hide it and he'll just think that time got to it.' Goten grinned in his head. Gohan immediately stopped Goten from moving any further.
"What's wrong Gohan?" Goten asked his older brother. Gohan didn't say anything and just opened a near by door. Gohan slowly looked inside to see an abandoned laboratory. It was a huge laboratory with wires sticking out from old computers and rusted metal lying on the wet floor. Goten didn't step in, which confused Gohan.
"Goten what's wrong?" Gohan asked.
Goten pointed to floating wires in the water. "Some of these wires are still connected to the computers. They might still have electricity and you know about water and electricity right?" Gohan looked down to see old wires that were sparking slightly. Gohan quickly flew in the air and looked for a light switch. Once he found one he slowly turned the lights on. 'So there is still power in this place, which means that those computers still have electricity, and that Goten was right.'
"Good job Goten" Gohan grinned at his younger sibling "I feel like a real idiot." he chuckled then began searching from the air. Goten noticed this and quickly did the same thing. 'I have to find it first!' Goten thought with determination in his eyes. It's been a hour since they began their search and neither of them has found what they were looking for, Gohan leaned on the wall with disappointment in his eyes. 'What if it was engraved on metal and the rust covered it up or something. If that's true then this whole thing is a waste of time and effort.' he sighed and looked down to see a bottom on a slightly dry desk. He slowly flew down and pressed it. Soon a screen slowly came down from the ceiling. "Hey Goten get over here!" Gohan shouted. Goten flew over with a confused look on his face. "Look at this" Goten faced the screen that showed a younger version of Dr. Gero. He sat down in a chair in a newer and dryer version of the laboratory they were in now.
On the screen….
"Android 27 was a complete success!" he said to himself. "His progress has excelled that of his predecessors and his own sister. His speed and strength is amazing and his ruthlessness is beyond what I planned." he smirked evilly "I can't believe he turned out to be such a success while his sister is such a failure. To think they're both made by me is preposterous."
"Dr. Gero…" a old scientist walked into the room.
"Oh Dr. Tiope, I didn't know you were going to evaluate my progress again" Dr. Gero said while standing up quickly.
"Yes, Commander Red promoted me as your supervisor for now until Project ANDROID is completed" Tiope said while sitting down in a spare chair. "So, how is Android 27's progress?"
"He's beyond what I would have imagined. His speed and strength is off the charts, His ruthlessness is amazing, and he is probably the most successful android I have created so far" Dr. Geo said with pride.
"And how is his corporation with the other androids?" He leaned into his chair.
Dr. Gero looked down at his legs nervously "Well, he seems to find everyone and everything inferior to him and not worth his time. He though seems to have a protective nature when it comes to his 'younger sister' Android 26. I had to break up many fights when Red ribbon soldiers would flirt with her and Android 27…'took the situation' into his own hands." Dr. Gero smirked "Besides that, he seems pretty anti-social."
Dr. Tiope nodded "Dr. Gero my old friend, Am army is nothing if all their soldiers don't corporate together. Remember that" he said with a small smile. Dr. Gero nodded and began to help his old friend up. "Besides that Dr. Gero, your genius has once again surpassed what I would have expected. Excellent job" Dr. Tiope said to the evil scientist. Dr. Gero nodded then put a piece of paper into the desk drawer. "What's that?" Dr. Tiope asked.
"Oh it's just something I have if I ever have an emergency" Dr. Gero said then the screen went to static.
Back to Goten and Gohan…..
Gohan flew down and pulled opened the drawer. He pulled out the paper and read it out loud. "Weak little girl?" he flip it over to see if there was anything else. "Is this the code?" Goten's eyes widened 'Oh no!' "Well I guess since it's the only clue we have….." he turned to Goten "What do you think Goten?" he was shock to see Goten with small tears in his eyes. "Go-." Goten quickly flew out of the room then began running away. "Goten!" Gohan ran out to get his brother. Gohan saw Videl standing with wide eyes. "Videl have you seen Goten?" Videl pointed to the end of the other side of the hall. Gohan nodded then grabbed Videl's hand and ran to the direction she pointed at. He looked around and saw an opened door. He quickly ran in and saw a wet elevator with the Red Ribbon Army symbol on the top of it. Gohan turned to Videl who nodded then they both walked inside the elevator. The doors automatically shut, surprising the couple. The elevator then shoots into the tube it was in and made its way to the surface. Videl squeezed Gohan's hand, who squeezed back. Soon the elevator shot out of the water and landed on the shore. Gohan and Videl crawled out of the elevator. Videl stood up and read a sign that was placed on the elevator.
"Emergency escape pod?" she looked around and saw Goten sitting a few feet from them with a emotionless look in his eyes. Gohan ran over to Goten and knelt down to him.
"Goten what the hell was that? You don't just run off for no apparent reason!" Gohan shouted at his brother, who just ignored him and flew off. Gohan was about to shout at him when he felt Videl's hand on her shoulder. He sighed then began to fly off after Goten. Videl sighed and flew off with them 'I'm going to have a headache before the sun sets, aren't I?' she thought as she began to catch up with the two brothers.
Meanwhile with Group 3….
The three have been flying for 2 hours and still haven't made it to the cliff. Vegeta become irritated and started mumbling curses.
"When the hell are we going to get there?" he shouted from in front of them. Android 18 groaned from annoyance and tried to sound him out 'I can't believe I'm actually contemplating whether I should hide the code or not.' they immediately stopped, seeing Vegeta's watch blink. Vegeta pressed a bottom and sighed.
"What is it woman?" he asked.
Bulma's eye twitched "Hey, you don't speak to your wife like that! Who do you think you are calling me woman….I have a name, you jerk I-."
"What do you want?" Vegeta said with an impatient tone 'God that woman can go on and on for hours if she wanted too.'
Bulma looked down with a sad look "I just wanted to tell you that Tien is….dead" All their eyes widened with shock. "The androids were wreaking havoc on cities and other places and he went to fight them but…..I told that idiot not to go" Bulma said, trying to hold back tears. Vegeta noticed this and gave Bulma a rare soft look. "Chi-Chi and I have already got Tien's body and we are now on our way to the Look out" Bulma said then his watch went to static. Vegeta turned of the screen and glared at18.
"This is your fault that all these people are dying." he said then quickly flew off. Krillin was about to say something when he felt his wife's hand on his shoulder. Krillin slowly nodded and flew off with his wife to their goal. Once they landed on the cliff the three immediately began their search. 18 used her computerized eye to locate the distinctive rock. Krillin and Vegeta looked under and threw rock, while glaring at each other. They kept that routine going for an hour.
Vegeta picked up another rock and growled "Damn it, this is completely pointless! We are never going to find this stupid rock like this!" Vegeta threw another rock behind him, almost hitting Krillin in the head.
"Well Vegeta do you have any bright ideas?" Krillin said with an attitude.
Vegeta noticed this and turned around to the short fighter "Oh look, the short man has a short temper as well" Krillin stood up and glared at the Saiyan prince.
"You're the one to talk! You get angry if a snowflake hit your face!"
"How dare you speak to the-."
"Yes we all know you're the prince of Saiyans, which is only a hand full of people by the way, and most of them aren't even full Saiyans!" Krillin and Vegeta threw insult after insult, annoying 18. 18 pondered the situation and finally came to a conclusion.
"Vegeta, shut up and stand over there" Vegeta was about to say something when he saw the killer glance 18 gave him. He mumbled a few curse and stood where she told him to, right above the rocks. "Now power up" 18 shouted from below him.
"Why the hell should I?" Vegeta shouted back.
"Because idiot, the wind that appears when you power up will push the rocks off the cliff"
"Then the rock we're looking for well be pushed off the cliff as well!" Vegeta argued, his face becoming red with anger.
18 sighed 'Don't these idiots listen?' "You idiot, remember what 17 said.
Flash back….
"Wait you said that the wind can easily carry the rocks away, right?" Videl asked. 17 nodded his head. "So what if the wind carries the rock we're looking for away?"
"Dr. Gero made about a trillion of those things with a magnet built in. So even if the wind carries one away, another one would just roll towards spot that the last rock was at."
Flashback over….
Hm, not a bad idea actually, okay here it comes!" Vegeta said then began raising his energy level. "HAAA!" the wind soon pick up and blew the rocks around them. Krillin watched in aw as the beautiful purple rocks and flower petals flew around with the suns rays shining bright on them. 18 scanned the ground and smirked when she saw one particular rock move around on the ground until it stopped. 18 jumped to the spot and pressed it down firmly until a click was heard. Vegeta stopped powering up and looked down to see the ground open in the shape of a square, causing the rocks to fall down the stair cases like waterfalls. Krillin looked down and gulped.
"Do we really have to go (gulp) down there?" Krillin asked. 18 and Vegeta nodded and Krillin sighed and slowly walked down 18 soon followed with Vegeta behind her. They walked down the old staircase for about an hour, squeaking and creaking was heard every time they made a step. 18 sighed when she felt the bottom at last and looked around for the bottom that turned on the lights. Once she found it she firmly pressed on it and then the lights turned on, showing a large dusty laboratory. It was in better shape then the others. Not that many wires and pieces of metal were on the floor but everything was covered in dust and cob webs. 18 looked around 'Hmm, what a mess' She coughed and moved forward but stopped 'should I really give them the code….? If I do, then my friends would be saved but…..I know it's stupid and childish but when I see those four I can't help but think of a future where we're….a family…..they are technically my family after all…but…so is Goku and his friends….my friends….I may not want to do this but…I have no choice in the matter…..' 18 sighed and pressed a bottom that was on the desk she was leaning on. She and the others looked at the wall, which opened up to show a screen. Krillin tapped at it only to step back from fear when Dr. Gero's face appeared on the screen.
On the screen…
"Well Dr. Tiope, I see you let yourself in again" Dr. Gero said while messing with some strange device. Dr. Tiope sat down in one of the chairs and smiled.
"Well my old friend, I couldn't wait to hear about the great Dr. Gero's new creation." Dr. Gero sat facing Dr. Tiope and smirked "So how is your latest creation?"
"If Android 27 was my top creation then Android 28 easily beats him from the top. She originally was intended to be male but a system malfunction made her female, but her gender isn't really much or at all an issue. Her strength and speed is beyond comprehension, her skill as a killing machine is amazing and her ruthlessness far surpasses any of my earlier creations" Dr. Gero said with pride.
"And her corporation with the others…?" Dr, Tiope asked.
"She works well with the others, in fact is kind of the leader, but…there seems to be some bad blood with her and Android 27. But besides that I don't see any problem in her design at all…except" Dr, Gero muttered.
"What?" Dr. Tiope leaned back in his chair.
"But I feel like she's too strong actually….like there's some inner power I might have missed. But maybe it's my imagination."
Dr. Tiope nodded and wrote down what Dr. Gero said. "Well Gero, It seems like you did it again." Dr. Tiope got up slowly and shook Dr. Gero's hand. "So after Android 28 is your last creation correct?"
Dr. Gero chuckled evilly. "Maybe…" Dr. Tiope looked at him confused but brushed it off.
The screen then went to static
Back to Vegeta, Krillin and 18…..
"Huh that's it?" Vegeta shouted and destroyed the screen with a blast. "That was completely pointless!" Krillin shook his head and looked at his confused emotionallywife. 18 turned to her husband and smiled softly. She walked over to a computer and took out a small piece of paper. Vegeta stole the paper from her, earning him a glare. "The Beast is tamed? What the hell is this?"
18 sighed "Unlike 17 and I, in which the self destruct program is activated by a device, theirs is orally activated." 18 moved over to the stairs. Krillin stuck his tongue out and ran to 18's side. Vegeta growled and walked behind Krillin. Once they were outside, they immediately flew into the air and set off to Dende's Look out. 18 flew ahead of them with determination in her eyes. 'I will do anything to protect my new family….even if it means destroying my old one….' She thought but deep inside her mechanic heart…she felt like she was making a huge mistake.
Meanwhile with Group four…..
Trunks yawned while flying next to Buu. Buu noticed this and turned to Trunks with a worried look.
"Is Trunks tired?" Buu asked. Trunks smiled at the child-like former killer.
"No I'm fine" 17 looked from behind him and sighed 'This thing used to be biggest threat in the universe?' 17 asked himself. In a few hours they were at the jungle and were now searching for the tree. Trunks looked high and low but couldn't seem to find it. Buu split apart into two Buus and the two Buus split up and searched for the tree. 17 used his highly advanced eyes and smirked when he found the tree they were looking for.
"Hey I found it!" he shouted and saw Trunks and the Buus fly towards him. He then gently pulled the fourth vine and let it fall down. Trunks waited below until it showed up in front of him and gently pulled it down into a hole. Trunks then turned it the exact way that 17 told him too. Suddenly the trees trunk began to open, showing a metal platform. 17 and Buu quickly walked on but Trunks hesitated slightly.
"Trunks scared?" Buu asked. Trunks nodded slowly. Buu smiled "Trunks no worry, Buu and 17 will keep Trunks safe." Trunks looked at 17, who nodded with a smirk. Trunks nodded and ran in the elevator. Soon the tree's bark closed and the elevator slowly when down. Trunks got bored and decided to do something about it.
"Hey you guys want to play a game?" Trunks asked.
Buu jumped in the air. "Buu wants to play!" 17 sighed.
"Depends, what game?" 17 asked with a half interested tone.
"Um…Truth or Dare" Trunks grinned.
"Isn't that what human girls play at sleep overs?" 17 yawned "Whatever."
"Okay I go first" Trunks looked thoughtfully "17, Truth or dare?"
"Truth I guess."
Okay….have you ever kissed anyone before?" Trunks and Buu looked at 17 with a questionable look.
"No…." 17 said with a small blush. Trunks and Buu laughed so hard that they fell on the floor. 17 groaned in annoyance. "Okay Buu, Truth or Dare"
"Dare Dare!" Buu shouted. 17's eye twitched.
"I dare you to sit there and not talk until we stop" Buu nodded and sat down with his legs crossed. 17 turned to Trunks.
"Okay 17, Truth or dare" Trunks had his hands crossed over his chest.
"Dare" 17 said with hidden determination.
"I dare you to kiss Buu!" 17's eye twitched harder.
"What…?" 17 shouted at the 9 yr old.
"You heard me. You have to it's the rules" 17 growled and muttered something about stupid children. 17 quickly sat in front of Buu and bit his bottom lip. He quickly moved closer to Buu face and kissed him on the cheek and quickly pulled back and wiped his lips with the sleeve of his coat. "No I meant the lips!" 17 smirked.
"You never said that it had to be on the lips" 17 said with his arms crossed. Buu didn't say anything but in his mind 'Buu like girl kisses better!' Trunks muttered words that he shouldn't be saying and pouted. 17 stood up and leaned on the wall. "Trunks, truth or dare"
"Um…Truth" Trunks said.
"Have you already had your first kiss?" 17 asked with his eye brow raised.
Trunks looked away and blushed "Yeah…."
"Really, who" 17 said, now a little interested.
"Um….I-I forget." Trunks lied. 'Luckily I don't have to tell him that it was by accident and it was Goten. God I still have nightmares.'
Flashback…
Goten and Trunks were training hard, dodging each others hits easily. Trunks tried punching Goten in the face when Goten caught his punch and kneed him in the stomach. Trunks recovered quickly and kicked Goten hard in the hip. Goten jumped over his leg and tried to Kick Trunks' head. Trunks bent down and, while Goten was landing, did a swift kick, causing Goten to fall down. Trunks penned Goten down and grinned.
"Ha! I win again" he gloated. Goten pouted and tried to head bud Trunks but missed and his lips accidentally touched Trunks'. Both their eyes twitched and Trunks jumped off of Goten and gagged. Goten began licking the ground.
"WHAT THE HELL GOTEN!" Trunks shouted while downing his water bottle then spitting. Goten stopped licking the ground and glared at him.
"YOU THINK I DID THAT ON PURPOSE?" Goten shouted back at him. Trunks ran over to Goten and glared.
"YOU TOOK MY FIRST KISS!GOD MY FIRST KISS IS YOU!" Trunks began licking a near by tree, trying to get the taste of Goten's saliva out of his mouth . Once they were at Trunks' house and at dinner they were blushing and glaring at each other. Bulma noticed this and sat down next to Vegeta.
"What's wrong with you two?" Bulma asked.
NOTHING!" they shouted in unison. Vegeta's eye brow rose 'children are so weird.'
Flashback over…..
Trunks' eye twitched and he started rubbing his tongue with his arm. 17 looked at him confused 'what's wrong with him….?' He suddenly looked to see the doors open, leading to a huge, dusty laboratory. 17 was the first to enter, Then Trunks and Buu. Buu stretched, accidentally turning on the lights. 17 walked to a near by computer and pressed a few bottoms, causing a screen to fall from the ceiling. Buu grabbed a piece of metal and turned it into popcorn. He sat down on a chair and offered some popcorn to Trunks. Trunks nodded and took some.
"Thank you" Trunks said. Buu then turned to 17, who nodded and took some as well. The screen showed Dr. Gero sitting in the chair Buu was sitting in right now.
"Who's that scary man?" Buu asked.
"Dr. Gero…" 17 said with restrained anger. Trunks tilted his head 'Wow, Dr. Gero looks like a shriveled up raisin.'
On the screen….
"Your final creation…How's Android 29?" Dr. Tiope asked with a smile.
"Well…he's really strong physically but, like 26, he has a kind heart, though he doesn't seem to have a problem with killing like her. His strength is amazing but his speed is lacking. All he mostly wants to do is eat." Dr. Gero snickered. "Besides that, He seems to be progressing well enough" Dr. Gero finished with a sigh.
"And his teamwork…?" Dr. Tiope sipped some tea.
"Best out of all of them, he especially gets along with 26, probably because of their similar personalities. He, for some reason, seems to refer to everyone as his brothers and sisters and me as his father."
"Well you technically are." Dr. Tiope snickered. Dr. Gero blushed.
"Please, those things are nothing more then moving guns. They have no family and they have no purpose but to destroy and do as I say." Dr. Gero said getting up "Come back here, I have something to show you." Dr. Tiope got up and went behind the camera. They could hear a gasp.
"D-Dr. Gero, Commander Red never said for you to create something like this!" Dr. Tiope Back up, showing up on screen. Dr. Gero smirked.
"Think of it as a present for later" Dr. Gero said. "My friend, I would like you to introduce-."
The screen went to static.
Back to Android 17, Trunks and Buu….
"Well that was strange" Trunks said while getting up but stopped when he saw something made in marker on the screen saying 'My Family'. 17's eye brow rose slightly.
Back to the screen….
"Like is this thing one?" a girl said in a valley girl voice. She faced the camera she was holding to her. They saw a beautiful girl with long blond hair tied up into a high pony tail. She had two short bangs on her forehead and light blue eyes. She smiled and waved then walked into a large room. "Hey guys, look what I swiped from Dr. Gero's room" She showed a group of strange looking people staring at her. "It's an…um…um…."
"A video camera" 28 said with an attitude. The girl jumped in the air while holding the camera.
"Oh My God Yeah!" the girl jumped over to 28 "Hey I know! I'll make like a movie or something. As like a memory thing" She ran over to a young looking man with long black hair that ended at his lower back and was tied at the end, brown eyes and small glasses. He wore a white warrior's kimono that had the Red Ribbon Army symbol on the left side of his shirt with black pants and scandals. He was playing a game of chess with a girl that looked a lot like him only she had shoulder length dark purple hair that was slightly messy but still straight with a white short sleeve T-shirt with the Red Ribbon Army symbol on her right sleeve and blue jeans with white sneakers. She also had a guitar, a black Stratocaster, strapped on her back. "Okay say like Hi."
"Hmm…." He said in a deep tone, shrugged and went back to playing his game.
"Oh like come on Android 21! Can't you like say something besides 'hmm'" The girl whined.
"Hmm…" She sighed and turned to purple headed girl.
"Okay like say hi Android 22" the girl said cheerfully. Android 22 waved cheerfully.
"Hey what's up" She said with a gentle yet rough voice.
"I'm like so glad that you're not like your 'I don't like want to talk' twin. Oh my god I love your shirt!" She said, probably smiling.
"Thanks" Android 22 grinned.
"Do they like have it in women size?" Android 22 glared and punched the girl in the shoulder. "OW! What I like say and junk. So mean" She turned to another young man leaning on a wall. He had really short messy orange hair and a red cap on. He also had on black sunglasses and wore a short sleeve short under a long black jacket and black jeans with red sneakers. "This is Android 23!" She pronounced loudly.
"Hey how's it going" He said in a New York accent. He leaned close to the girl "Hey you uh….want to buy some watches." he said, opening his jacket to see a large number of watches.
"Watch what?" The girl asked confused.
"No do you want a watch?"
"Watch what?"
"NO! Do you want A watch?" He said slightly irritated.
"Watch what?" she asked again.
Android 23 stared and her and sighed "Just forget I asked."
"Like whatever" she walked away "What a weirdo" She then walked up to 28 "Hey like hold this" 28 grabbed the camera and faced the girl. Apparently her hair was longer then they thought, it reached to her knees. She wore a sleeveless short shirt; it ended right below her chest area that showed off her thin waist. She wore blue jeans and white sneakers with blue streaks on the sides. She also had on a white belt and the Red Ribbon Army symbol was on the right side of her shirt. "Like Hello and stuff. I'm like Android 24! I'm like the cutest out of all the androids."
"Girl, yo also the dumbest" 28 said from behind the camera.
"Like am not." Android 24 put her hands on her hips. 28 sighed and made her finger glow and pointed at the wall, making a purple light. Android 24 turned around and squealed "Oh my like gosh, what's that light?" she tired to grab it but it moved up, she then tried again but it moved to the side. This kept going on for a few minutes when 28 put her finger down "Aaaw, where the light like go?" 28 held back a laugh and handed Android 24 the camera and Android 24 ran over to a smiling young boy with spiky blond messy hair. He had green eyes and wore a long sleeve yellow shirt and orange jeans with yellow scandals. He had the Red Ribbon Army symbol on his right knee. "Like say hi Android 25."
"Hi there everyone, nice to meet you!" he said with a cheerful voice and smile. "Android 24, this is a wondrous thing you are doing! I can't wait to look back on this and smile with joy and love in my heart." he smiled brightly.
"Like your teeth! There too bright" She shouted then the screen went white. When it was clear it showed Android 26 staring out of a window. "26!" Android 24 ran over to the pink haired girl. "Say like hello!"
"Oh, hello" She waved and smiled gently.
"Like what are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm just watching the clouds, even though I can't really see them, these bases block my view" she said softly. "Oh well" 24 giggled then moved ove3=r to 27.
"Like Hi 27' she said cheerfully.
"Get that stupid camera out of my face now" The camera started shaking and moved over to 28.
"Like Hi 28!" Android 24 shouted brightly. 28 turned from talking to Android 29 and smirked.
"What's up ya'll" 28 winked and gave a thumb up "Now…Get that stupid thing out my face!" Android 24 quickly moved to 29.
"HI 29!"
"Hello sister!" he smiled and ran up and hugged her. Android 24 giggled and moved to the exit. "Oh look who decides to enter" he pointed to 17 and 18, who were just walking in. Android 24 ran over to the pair and greeted them cheerfully.
"What's with the camera?" 18 smiled.
"Android 24 snatched it from Dr. G and decided to make a home video" Android 22 walked over with her arms behind her head. 18 and 17 smirked.
"Really then give me the camera" 18 took the camera and let it face her and 17. "How's it going whoever's watching this"
"They're probably bored out of their mind right now if they're watching a bunch of androids talking." 17 smirked. 24 ran over and kissed him on the cheek.
"That's big brother for you" Android 22 grinned. Suddenly an alarm was heard and Red Ribbon Army soldiers where seen taking the androids away.
"Like what's going on!" Android 24 asked, dropping the camera on the floor. They now saw all the androids being thrown in capsules. "PLEASE LIKE STOP!" She screamed, being pushed into a capsule. They then saw 18 fighting the soldiers.
"Don't touch my family!" 18 screamed with tears in her eyes. Suddenly someone picked up the camera and turned towards them. It was Dr. Gero. He gave it to some random soldier.
"Take 17 and 18 to my hidden lab in the mountains. The rest I don't care about just don't kill them.
"YOU BASTARD…!" 17 shouted form his capsule, "HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO YOUR OWN CREATIONS? LET US. YOU CAN'T SEPARATE US LIKE THIS! Dr. Gero walked up to him and smirked.
"Don't worry Android 17, you will forget any of this happened." an explosion could be heard from the background. "Quickly put them to sleep and send them there now!" The soldiers quickly put them on a truck and drove off. "I have some reprogramming to do." he said then looked at the camera "Turn that damn thing off!"
Soon the screen went to static.
Back to the others…
Trunks and Buu stared wide eyed at the black haired android, 17 slowly got up and pulled out a small piece of paper and threw on the desk. Buu slowly got it and read it out loud.
"The fridge is empty?" Buu said and gave it to Trunks. Trunks looked at 17 with saddened eyes. 17 walked over to the screen and smashed his fist into it, shattering the screen.
"Damn you….." He said softly then continually punched the screen "DAMN YOU DR. GERO! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY A FAMILY BUT YOU HAD TO BREAK US APART! NOW LOOK AT US! WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE CODES TO KILL FOUR OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR DAMN REVENGE!" he sobbed loudly then breathed. He turned towards the elevator and stopped. "We have the code….now lets leave."
"B-But 17-." Trunks tried to say.
"I SAID LETS GO!" Trunks and Buu ran in the elevator as it began to go up. The ride up was quiet and the air was thick with tension. As soon as the doors opened 17 flew out, leaving Trunks and Buu alone.
"Buu thinks 17 is sad" Buu said with a sad face.
Trunks nodded slowly "Yeah….I think so too." he and Buu flew up in the air and followed 17. 'They are his…..family…..' Trunks thought with a heavy heart.
A/N: I AM SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY! I didn't mean for it too be take so long but I was a little stuck on certain parts and I kind of lost the feeling but its back now and in large numbers. Since school is so close I just want to say sorry if I'm not updating this story for a while. But cross your fingers because it won't be as long a wait as this one (I hope) thank you for being so patient and understanding. Oh just to let you know that any of the androids mentioned above besides the 5 main ones (17, 18,26,27, 28 and 29) are not that relevant to the story and will not be showing up in the story. They will however will be very important in another story I plan on writing *cough sequel cough* but that is up to you the readers.