Summer has reached his peak,And it's going to stay that way for a long while,
The night was stuffy also a bit too warm,and the humidity will be worse at day time since heat waves are predicted this summer.
Gohan laid under a large air conditioner Erasa provided,last summer almost drove him nuts during the heatwave,and now he's able to sleep peacefully this year.
The air conditioner blew cold chilly wind against his skin and he couldn't thank Erasa enough,she's truly been a blessing for the short while she's with the group.
Gohan dried his forehead with his palm and turned to his side,his room has cooled off to a pleasant temperature and felt sleep kicking in.
He opened one eye when he heard soft pitter-patter,
He sat right up and then noticed lights started flickering around the corner of bedroom,and also weird disturbing noises despite having the tv on a low volume.
Gohan got onto his feet,carefully walking towards the sound.
Trunks was glued infront of the tv with a fan blowing against his back,staring anxiously at the screen.
"What are you doing?" Gohan asked
"Iep" Trunks squeaked dropping the controller,
"Hey don't do that!" Trunks said annoyed, "Aww I got killed off again"
Gohan looked at the screen seeing Trunks player being eaten by some zombie like creatures in an abandoned ward.
"Trunks this is very unhealthy" Gohan said but Trunks didn't pay any notice," I won't rest until I passed this level," Trunks said outloud to himself.
Gohan sat down trying to achieve the level for Trunks, Trunks quickly explained how the controllers works.
As Gohan played through the game avoiding the undead medical staffs tension starts to build up. Subconsciously Trunks held onto Gohans upper arm and hid behind his shoulders but Gohan didn't notice him doing that since he keeps fixated on the blood stalling game.
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Erasa was by herself, she breathed out as she looked at the date on the computer,and also at the blue print of the time machine,how Dr Briefs could come up with this is mind buggling.
she was also doing research about this horrid doctor,and documents Bulma left but then an old paper caught her attention as she went through the pages.
her blood ran cold watching the strange looking area, It was a lab that seems abandonned,and knew where the location was,
and when she turned some pages she found details about Dr Gero,about what he has done to build them,
Erasa was in deep shock, Gero abdutcted real humans and remodeled them as cyborgs,could It be that he has done the same to android 18 and 17?
on the final page she found the gold mine, the device to shut them down forgood is displayed infront of her.
she could cry with joy and let out a happy chuckle,she clasped her face in her hands as euphoria was present from head to toe,
This could change everything,but then she felt a bit disheartened,in order for the device to work she must be very close to each one of them,her new allies are alot faster than she is so maybe they can do it.
Erasa saved the pages on her computer,she checked where the androids are last seen,and they are far away from there,
There was no time to contact the others,since she couldn't even find the words to explain what she has discovered.
she immediately left a voice message for her friends and also a note where she tells everyone where to find the lab incase she doesn't come back alive.
atleast they know where the lab is and find everything they need to know about the androids.
Erasa felt her hands going numb and her heart throbbed in her throat, she's scared but It's worth the risk,this could save mankind.
It started to rain and the wheel of her bike created a slush full of mud as she sped through the forest,she made a jump and the bike landed on the otherside of the path,it was a bumpy landing but she barely noticed as she kept her eyes fixed on the road.
Her heart started to beat quicker,trying to keep her shaky grip on the wheel study. the lights of her bike shined towards an old building,she arrived and it was dead silent.
there could be harmful inventions or unfinished androids but she has an idea on about how to deal with that,no soul should ever have the chance to continiue the terror Gero has inflicted on mankind.
the door opened and a musk smell escaped like a tomb that hasn't been opened in centuries,and a strong smell of iron and burned machines wrinkled her nose. lights of damaged machines flickered on and off and she felt for the light switch.
one by one they lit on and Erasa looked around.
there was a hidden chamber on the labs blue print and she almost doesn't to know what she could find there,with her rocked launcher attached to her back she entered the hidden dome.
the stairs cracked with every step,and could see glass tanks, some were empty of unfinished androids that seemed neglected.
but in the centre there was a large one,at first nothing seemed in there but when she looked closer she could see something brewing,
Erasa looked at the android in the make,she felt sick to her stomach, not only because of this creature but also because of it's creator,
another human betraying his own race,because one boy stopped his plans of world domination. Erasa knows Goku granted him mercy but he should have made sure Gero can't harm anyone again.
she took a few steps back without looking away from the glass,
Erasa clenched her fist,summoning all her human strength and threw one powerful blow toward the glass.
first nothing happened but then a crack appeared and it grew in size, Erasa went for cover and waited until the goop came out,the tiny android inside moved and Erasa stabbed it with the glass shards,and it no longer moved, then hurried back to her bike to get the things she need to set that rotten place on fire.
she unscrewed the lid of the gasoline tank and drenched the whole lab,she also poured alot on the organic android she killed,still stuck to the glass shard but couldn't take any chances.
Erasa drove to a safe distance and aimed the rocket launcher at the secret lab,she almost fell from her bike when the lab exploded,
Erasa starts the engine to drive away,she looked back one more time, the lab started to burn to ashes and knows that there won't be any of these monsters and now she must work on her goal
to finish the androids and with these documents they can make a change.
Erasa felt that her friends struggles will come to an end soon, all she has to do is stay alive long enough to create the device that will shut these androids down forgood.
Erasa placed the documents in a protective cylinder and also looked at the damaged device, with this thing she doesn't have to start from scratch and within 10 days or a bit more It's done.
she looked at her computer and it seems that her note hasn't been read yet and threw it in the trash can but kept the message on the voice recorder keeping it in the protective cylinder aswell.
The future of Earth lies in her hands now and that re candled that fire inside of her to keep on going with the resistance.
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"Trunks was on the edge of his seat when Gohan had to hide from the limping Nurse who creeped up on him.
"I know you are there" she said but Gohans player hid in a closet,the controller viberated as the creature comes closer.
When the creature left,Gohan made his player leave and get the key to get out of there,
The creature sensed the player leaving towards the exit,you could hear it howl a shot it tries to catch up, Gohan's playerwent through a dark passage on its way to the door.
Stage one completed! The screen said,
"Oh I did it!" Gohan said placing the controller down,
"Gohan you are great!
"Lets try the next level" Trunks said. Gohan glanced over the clock,
"Hey maybe you shouldn't play this game at night,watching these kind of images could be the culprit of these Nightmares of yours" Gohan said expressing his consern.
"Nah I know zombies aren't real," Trunks said hopping off the bed.
"But.." Gohan said following Trunks to a different location of the room,
"Trunks your brain stores data and playing these kind of things at night is unhealthy for the mind,You shouldn't even be playing this," Gohan said tapping his index finger on the rated M logo motherly.
"uhum" "uhu" Trunks said while Gohan was explaining why he shouldn't be doing this at night and went through some new games,
Gohan sighed a bit frustrated,
he's not even listening,he thought and made himself fall on the bed.
"I got another one I haven't played yet," Trunks said handing it to Gohan.
"Sudoku" Gohan said amazed."Where did you get that?"
"Erasa gave it,she also think I shouldn't be playing these creepy games past my bedtime "
"Well maybe you should listen," Gohan smiled lightly.
"I know but it's addictive but I told her I'll tone it down" Trunks said.
Gohan wished he would quit doing these unhleathy things completely but it's better than nothing,
"come, I'll show you how to do this"Gohan said and Trunks skipped towards him,
Gohan was busy solving all kinds of puzzles and Trunks watched on over his shoulders with amazement,even the most difficult ones were done with ease.
"Man you're such a nerd" Trunks joked watching Gohan solve the whole Sudoku puzzle book,
"Haha," Gohan laughed "Thanks,".. despite the androids on the loose I never stopped learning,because maybe one day I can pick up my life again"
"Tomorrow will be a long day,and if we managed to get up early we can avoid the heatwave coming up," Gohan said,
"I know, I'll go to bed,"Trunks said leaving his shirt on the chair,
Gohan smiled following with his eyes,happy that Trunks co operates without a fuss"I'm hitting the sack too "Gohan said stretching as he was ready to get up,
"Gohan I'd like to ask something" Trunks said,
"hmm?" Gohan responded
"If life was different,what kind of career path would you choose?" Trunks said.
It took a moment for Gohan to answer since he never really thought about that,"I was Always interested being an Accountant CPA, or IT"
"Or research sience" Gohan said.
"I like to be CEO of Capsule corp,and be strong as I possibly can if life was different, That would keep my parents dream alive,Dad wants to break limits and mom was a hard working woman" Trunks said.
"That's beautiful," Really it is,I want to make my Father proud too even though I don t like martial arts As he does,"
"I mean I love fighting but I don't need it as the center of my existence" Gohan explained.
" It we'll talk about that in detail another day" Gohan said who finds it harder to stay awake,the bright screen gave him a light headache.
Gohan held up the covers while Trunks crawled on the matrass,
"Gd,night" Gohan said standing up swiftly ruffled Trunks hair,
"We had a cool moment,just playing and talking" Trunks said turning his head a little to where Gohan was.
"I almost forgot the horrid world outside the hideout" Trunks said quietly.
"Yeah me too," Gohan said sympathizing with Trunks,
" But don't let it trouble your heart" Gohan said "Every evil has an end,including this one"
"Believe me," Gohan said kneeling next to Trunks.
"I Always have" Trunks said,
That response moved gohan,he picked Trunks up from the bed just like Goku would do and and Trunks grabbed on like a Koala,
content Trunks rested against his shoulder,
Their bond is improving each moment they share and it feels so nice that Gohan's stoic nature is mellowing out,
Goku came back from showering,his muscles were still sore,still feeling the heavy sensation of the gravity,he pulled the towel off his neck and found them outcold, Gohan was on his back and Trunks rested against his stomach,
They looked like siblings,If Chi-Chi was still alive she would have used this opertunitity to make a picture of them snoozing,quietly Goku came over there and placed Trunks next to Gohan without waking him and tucked them in with a thin sheet.
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The next day broke through as a blood red sun rised from the trees,and the warmth increased as some hours went by,the news report already gave a code red,but the night passed by pleasantly for anyone inside the hideout,Goku rolled on the ground in his sleep but remained there,it was quite cute seeing a grown man snoozing like a baby.
Gohan hasn't moved from his spot,he still laid on his back when the cold airconditioner blew against him,Trunks was curled up and nestled against his shoulder,
Gohan was the first to wake up,and carefully placed Trunks on the pillow,he carefully went outside,and as the door opened he could already tell that it was a dry desert outside,maybe it was for the best to do gravity training instead,hopefully the weather will cool off in the afternoon.
Gohan brought his Gi and towels to the gravity chamber,leaving them in the inbuild shower whenever he's done 's been with the others during his training and If he spend some time by himself he'll take it.
when she arrived the door opened and Gohan stepped out of the bathroom,
still looking tired besides having a good bath,
"Hey there,..You're up quite early" Gohan said greeting her.
Erasa smiled,but became a bit serious. "Gohan I've tracked Gero's lab and I've found the blue prints of the androids" Erasa spoke.
"But Erasa you could have gotten hurt why on Earth didn't you wake us?" Gohan wondered.
"The androids never go there,and not even near the village where the lab is located so I knew I will be safe"
"I've also written down the location for you If there is a small chance I run into them" Erasa said.
Gohan wanted to amdire her bravery but couldn't,
"Don't leave when we aren't awake,If they caught up with you then none of us would have known." Gohan said,gripping her shoulders.
Erasa could tell, he was scared for her life and felt a bit bad so she has to make it up to him.
"Gohan please come with me, I have important things to show you,"
"It's about the androids weakness" Erasa added. That caught Gohans attention right away and hurried after her.
She showed him what she has found,every detail about the androids is here,thank goodness the androids never destroyed the hidden bunker,
Gohan never knew the end of the androids would be in sight this soon,his promise to Trunks for a better world will comment True soon,But he has to tell her how he feels about her leaving her only safe haven like that.
"Erasa..I'm not saying that I do not appreciate this,but you were all alone out there," Gohan said,
"I know and I wouldn't go there If It wasn't safe,the androids hate that place since that's where they were remodeled into machine's" Erasa said,
"They were once humans?"Gohan asked, he could hardly imagine that these demons ever had a pulse.
Erasa nodded, and turned towards her PC,and showed him everything she found including the shutting down device that has been broken,
"Gero must have tried to use it against them but killed him before he could,"Erasa said looking at the broken device.
"I will work around the clock until it's finsihed"Erasa said,but before she could walk pass him her gentle held her shoulder.
"Erasa..please,I don't want to worry about you all the time,so can you please discuss things like this with us?"
"We are a team" Gohan said.
Erasa rubbed his heart and Gohan placed a hand on hers,caressing it as it rested against his chest.
"I will,for you" Erasa said,they made eye contact for a moment and Gohan suddenly changed the subject.
"uh training almost starts, I better get going" Gohan said.
"Oh right" Erasa said brushing a hand through her hair,
"Don't tire yourself out,have a walk outside if you need to okay..I uh I'll see you later" Gohan said and left Erasa by herself.
He didn't understand what made him shut down on her again,she's no longer a stranger and they have plenty of things in common,he had it as a kid but always thought that he outgrown it over the years.