Chapter 34: Great and Greater Surprises
"I gave you Androids an order!" Dr Myuu yelled out to Super 17 and 21 as their laughter started to die down. "What are you two doing laughing? I told you to free me, destroy Dr Gero and all these saiyans!"
"We heard what you said Dr Myuu," Super 21 said calmly to the astonished scientist. "It's just that we don't care, which is why we're laughing. You see…all this time we were fighting the Z-fighters I was carefully over-riding your control over Super 17."
"But you couldn't have!" Myuu exclaimed in disbelief. "I have control over YOU as well!"
"Correction," Super 21 replied mockingly obviously enjoying himself. "You had control over me. While I was in my two separate parts I was totally under your control, however your 'colleague' Dr Gero long ago operated on my brain to make me enjoy acting like a maniac. When I became a Super Android that desire wasn't just doubled, it was increased which caused me to break free of your programming."
"Ha!" Gero suddenly laughed despite the danger he was in. "It looks like the student has outdone the master hey Myuu? I'm willing to bet every time Super 21 allows Super 17 to fight for him; he was busy over-riding your control!"
"That's right," Super 21 nodded in confirmation. "I was so sure you would have noticed Myuu but you were too stupid for that!"
"And what do you intend to do now?" Myuu scowled at his rebellious creation furious that he was using the same mocking words he had used on Gero earlier.
"I can answer that," Super 17 said speaking up. "We have decided that once we have taken care of all of you, we will be the ones to replace the Galaxy with artificially intelligent beings like ourselves."
"But you can't do that!" Galina cried out in horror.
"What do you care?" Super 21 said carelessly. "You'll all be dead real soon anyway."
"But don't worry sweetheart," Super 17 said giving Galina a wink. "Because we shared something special once I promise I'll kill you quick and painlessly."
"Gee…," Galina said sarcastically while rolling her eyes. "How thoughtful of you, even after all this time you STILL have this delusional idea that I'm supposed to be with you!"
"You don't know how long I've waited for this," Super 21 said powering up a blast all ready to destroy Myuu and his captors. "I have always been the one controlled during my life, first it was Cell, then Babadi and finally Baby. Now I'M the one in control and I LOVE it!"
"Oh Sai," Future Pan said sadly realizing her husband was really warped this time due to his transformation.
"Now then it's time for you to scientists to go!" Super 21 said slowly increasing his energy blast. "Super 17 take out Dr Gero do it now!"
"With pleasure!" Super 17 said all ready to release his attack.
"Myuu!" Gero shouted furiously to his fellow scientist. "When we get back to Hell you and I are going to have a nice long 'chat' about this!"
"Shut up old man!" Super 17 said angrily and fired off his blast.
"Hey!" Chibi Pan yelled to Kei and Giru. "That's aimed at us!"
Hearing this Chibi Pan, Kei and Giru quickly released their prisoner and took cover just as Super 17's attack blew Dr Gero completely to bits. Unfortunately the three of them were caught up in the edge of the Super Android's attack and were sent flying into the rubble. Hercule, terrified that his granddaughter was hurt jumped down from his hiding place in the rubble and ran to their aid. He found Giru lying nearby with smoke and sparks coming out of his body, and to his great relief he found Chibi Pan and Kei were unconscious but alive! Kei had shielded his girlfriend from the blast with his body.
"Oh Kei," the 'World Champion' said sadly as he carefully moved the injured boy off his granddaughter. "Why did you do that for you silly boy? You could have gotten yourself and Pan killed! Oh please say that the two of you are okay!"
"You know," Super 17 said casually to Super 21 as he observed Hercule's behaviour without the slightest hint of compassion what so ever. "I'll NEVER understand these earthlings and their emotions!"
"Never mind that," Super 21 said calmly to his companion. "Let us clear up the rest of this planet's threat to us, even though it is quite small. I'll start with this pathetic excuse of a scientist!" Super 21 fired off his blast at Dr Myuu causing Future Pan, Future Trunks and Galina to flee for there lives.
"Not again!" Myuu yelled furiously as the energy blast flew towards him. "I can't be destroyed by my own creation! Not like this!" Myuu gave one last cry of horror as Super 21's attack hit him head on and blasted the evil scientist to pieces once and for all.
"Well so much for Dr Myuu striking out on his own," Galina said quietly to her husband and Future Pan. "It seems like Sai solved that problem for us."
"Yeah that just leaves us to deal with him and Super 17," Future Trunks said grimly as he saw Super 17 turn his attention back to his still helpless father.
"Now that those old fools have been dealt with," the Super Android said powering up a new energy blast. "I'll start by taking out Vegeta before he has the chance to embarrass himself again."
"Good idea," Super 21 said nodding his approval while he watched his companion power up his attack. "And with Goku out of the picture we have NOTHING to worry about, you may proceed as planned."
"Did he say KAKAROTT?" Vegeta spat angrily to himself despite his injuries. "How dare you mention that name," he said furiously as he pulled himself off the ground. "Especially to the Prince of all SAIYANS!" as he shouted this last word Vegeta powered up to a Super Saiyan again. "I am the LEADER and SOUL protector of the planet Earth!" Vegeta said grandly to the unimpressed androids. "And that Kakarott is a clown who only knows his stomach and his own stupidity! I came to do this job and I'm not leaving until I FINISH it!"
"Oh please," Super 21 said dismissively not at all impressed with Vegeta, his transformation OR his threats. "You've AGED so much Vegeta and the limitations of your flesh are NO match for us. It DISGUSTS me to listen to the 'Prince of Saiyans' saying he'll PROTECT the Earth. Your race is of NO use and you've LOST the pride you once stood for!"
Seeing this was his cue Super 17 fired off his attack but Vegeta made no move to get out of the way, he just stood there waiting for the blast to hit him.
"Father what are you DOING?" Future Trunks cried out in horror to the proud Saiyan Prince. "You're going to get yourself KILLED!"
"Saiyan blood still courses through my veins!" Vegeta shouted back defiantly to Super 21 ignoring his future son's warning. "And I call the Earth MY home!"
Just as it looked like Super 17's attack would blast Vegeta off the face of the planet when it hit him Goku suddenly appeared out of nowhere and shoved his friend out of the way.
"It's Daddy!" Galina cried out in delight to Future Trunks and Pan. "He's back at last!"
"Thank Kami," the other two sighed in great relief.
"Kakarott?" Vegeta said weak disbelief not knowing if he was real or not.
"It's me Vegeta," Goku said confirming his friend's belief for him.
"How did you…?" Vegeta never got to finish his sentence he suddenly collapsed into unconsciousness.
"Vegeta," Goku said reassuringly to the sleeping Saiyan Prince. "Don't you worry I'll handle the rest of them."
"Don't make me laugh!" Super 21 said smirking evilly at the stern faced Goku. "Super 17 and myself are MORE than capable of sending you BACK to where you came from!"
"No thanks Sai!" Goku said getting into a fighting position. "I spent more than enough time than I like in Hell, besides the food there was terrible!"
"Will you quit talking about your stomach?" Super 21 fumed angrily to the small sayian. "And there is NO Sai! I tell you he doesn't register in my databank! However it doesn't matter my fellow android and I will make QUICK work of you, just like we did with your pathetic friends and family before!"
"I wouldn't be so confident if I were you 21," Goku said slowly powering up and going Super Saiyan. "You androids failed before and you'll fail again!"
"We'll just see about that won't we?" Super 17 said cracking his knuckles. Without warning both he and Super 21 ran forward, while Goku also ran forward to quickly counter their combined attack. With a massive punch Goku sent Super 17 flying off onto a nearby wrecked skyscraper while Super 21 smashed Goku down into the rubble and then suddenly jumped up and vanished.
While this was going on Hercule was quietly crying over the unconscious forms of Giru, Kei and Chibi Pan. "This is all my fault," the brave but cowardly fighter sobbed to himself as he held his granddaughter in his arms. "If I hadn't endowed you with all my martial arts knowledge…this would never have happened!" Still sobbing Hercule lay the unconscious Chibi Pan next to Kei and Giru. "I'm sorry kids…those androids are just too strong…the three of us didn't stand a chance against guys like them…" Then gripped by a sudden anger Hercule jumped to his feet and shouted out "GOKU! If you show those two nuts ANY mercy you'll have to deal with ME!"
"You and Super 17 made quite a mess Sai," Goku said grimly to his adopted son as he picked himself up out of the rubble after hearing Hercule's cry. He then powered up again and yelled "Why don't you and your partner show your faces so I can start cleaning up? NOW!"
"Oh certainly Goku," Super 21 said reappearing not far away from the skyscraper where Super 17 was now standing on. "If you're LIVING body didn't like Hell…then perhaps you should return DEAD!"
As soon as Super 21 finished saying this he and Super 17 flew forward towards Goku like a pair of guided missiles. Super 17 was the first to reach Goku and he swung a massive punch at his enemy, however Goku just casually dodged the attack and then punched the Super Android in the stomach winding him. Quickly spinning around Goku repeated his attack on Super 21 then threw him into Super 17 sending them both flying off back into another nearby skyscraper which toppled over under the Super Androids impact on it. But the two villains didn't stop when they crashed into the skyscraper they kept on flying backwards until the reached a faraway mountain range towards the now setting sun. Once they managed to untangle themselves they stopped their reverse flight and regained their composure.
"The little creep's got spunk!" Super 21 said to his partner.
"Let's see how he likes THIS then!" Super 17 said evilly.
The two Super Androids raised their arms and both yelled out, "Super Flash Bomb!" immediately they released a huge flash of light and energy from their hands in the form of thousands of energy blasts. These blasts travelled all the way BACK to where Goku and his family were and started blowing up the surrounding area like long range artillery. Goku realized that he couldn't stay where he was, there was a good chance that some of the blasts would end up killing his friends and family. So he quickly took off in the direction that the combined attack was coming from, as he did so he used his hands to deflect the blasts into each other so the exploded harmlessly in the air.
When Goku finally reached the source of the attack he appeared right in front of the astonished Super 17 and punched him in the gut real hard! Super 21 stopped his attack but made no attempt to help his friend, he didn't need to. Once Super 17 got over his shock of being attacked he gripped Goku's fist and slowly removed it from his stomach despite the small sayian's attempt to break free. "Hands OFF!" he said angrily as he then grabbed Goku and held him up in front of him like a worm on a hook. "Oh Goku," he went on mockingly. "You can imagine my disappointment of both of us SEEING through your techniques!"
"Oh yes," Super 21 said smiling evilly in agreement. "It DOES get kind of old. But that's life," he added with a casual shrug.
"Indeed," Super 17 smiled evilly as he punched Goku real hard in the stomach about half a dozen times, before he dropped the small sayian and used his knee to send him flying up into the sky high above them. As Goku ascended into the dark night's sky the two Super Androids disappeared and reappeared above Goku and released a huge barrage of energy bolts, thankfully most of the bolts missed the small saiyan however a couple did hit him in the back. This caused a massive explosion which lit up the starry sky for a brief moment and sent poor Goku crashing back down to Earth like a falling star.
"Magnificent!" Super 21 said grandly as he and Super 17 appeared over the large crater Goku was now lying in created by his heavy impact. "Truly magnificent! It seems that the late Dr's Gero and Myuu REALLY came through on their end. However," he admitted to himself as a casual after thought. "It has been my OWN additions that make us Super Androids a TRUE work of art!"
"You mean breaking our programming?" Super 17 asked suggestively.
"Precisely!" Super 21 said with an evil laugh as they floated down to examine their opponent.
"You two think you've got me figured out don't you?" Goku said angrily despite the fact he was laying face down back to normal with the top of his training outfit torn clean off. He slowly picked himself up and gave a crafty smile as Super 17 and 21 floated down landing a short distance away from him. "Believe me…you have NO idea what I'm capable of!" With that said Goku went Super Saiyan and quickly fired off a HUGE energy blast which quickly engulfed the two smirking Super Androids.
"How about that?" Goku called out confidently to the smoke cloud that covered his enemies. "I'll bet you two didn't see that coming did you?"
Goku's confidence quickly drained away to unbelievable horror as he saw part of the dust cloud clear and Super 21 was still standing with his hands held out in front of him. "You really don't remember anything important do you Goku?" Super 21 said mockingly as he lowered his hands. "You AND your family seem to forget I have energy absorbers in my hands, so all you've done is power me up!"
"Well YOU might have energy absorbers Sai," Goku said slowly. "But I know for a fact your friend Super 17 DOSEN'T! So you're on your own!"
"Oh? Is that a fact you pint sized saiyan?" Super 17's voice rang out.
To Goku's astonishment when the rest of the dust cloud cleared he saw Super 17 standing next to his partner completely unharmed! As the Super Android threw his long black hair over his shoulders Goku noticed the muscles in his arms and legs briefly bulged before returning to normal size. "That tickled," he said smirking at Goku.
"You want some more Super 17?" Goku yelled angrily to his smirking opponent. "Because I can do this all day!" So saying he released a steady stream of energy bolts at Super 17, but neither he nor Super 21 moved out of the way. In fact Super 21 just held up his hands again and absorbed any stray bolts that happened to miss his partner. Goku expected Sai to do that however Super 17's actions really puzzled him, the Super Android just held his arms out by his side and LET Goku's attack hit him. Each time an energy bolt hit his chest it caused Super 17's muscles to bulge for a brief moment before they returned back to normal size. After a last flurry of energy bolts which knocked Super 17 into the wall of the crater and brought down a tonne of rubble as well Goku halted his attack.
"You okay Super 17?" Super 21 called to his partner as he lowered his arms.
"Never better," Super 17 replied cheerfully as he picked himself out of the rubble STILL unharmed by Goku's attacks.
"WHAT?" Goku exclaimed in disbelief at this impossible site. "All those attacks and he STILL hasn't suffered any damage! I gotta say," he said calming down. "THAT'S impressive!"
'That's right,' Super 21 thought quietly to himself with an evil chuckle. 'Just keep on trying you little runt!'
"I've had enough of this!" Goku yelled furiously. He started to run forward and as he did so he powered up the most powerful Kamehameha Wave he could manage.
"KA….ME…HA…ME…HAAAAAAAAAAAA!" On that last word Goku was right in front of Super 17; he jumped into the air in front of the Super Android and released his attack at point blank range. But as before the attack did nothing! All Super 17 did was give a defiant roar of anger as the attack hit him right in the chest which once again caused his muscles to bulge briefly as he absorbed the energy.
When Goku finally finished his attack and all the light, smoke and dust had cleared Super 17 had been blown into a small crater on the side of Goku's large crater.
"Still think you've got me figured out?" Goku called down to Super 21 from where he was floating in the sky. "Let's see your partner come back from that!"
"How's this then?" Super 17's voice called back mockingly. As he spoke the crater suddenly lit up with a brilliant flash of energy then, a huge tower of light emerged out of the crater into the night sky right to where Goku was floating. In the centre of this light tower was Super 17 and he was right in front of Goku in second! "You should try being more direct!" he yelled and savagely punched the astonished saiyan right in the face before he knew what was happening. As Goku went flying Super 17 followed up his punch with an equally powerful kick which once again sent the small saiyan flying off towards the horizon.
"Nice work," Super 21 said joining his partner as the light from his attack slowly faded away.
"Don't mention it," Super 17 said casually. "It was my pleasure, now lets get him!"
The sun was just starting to rise over the sea and a couple of small islands as Goku finally came crashing down after his long trip courteously of the Super Androids. He hit the water with a huge splash and started to sink down to the depths real fast like a heavy stone. 'These androids are doing more than just READING my techniques,' the small saiyan thought grimly to himself as he continued to sink down. 'They took every one of my best attacks head on without getting so much as a scratch! If anything they just keep getting stronger and faster! Especially that jerk Super 17!'
Meanwhile high above the sinking Goku Super 17 and 21 had arrived where they had seen their opponent crash and were now carefully scanning the sea for any sign of their opponent.
"Enough stalling Goku!" Super 21 called out impatiently over the still waters of the sea. "We ALL know that that last attack was not enough to destroy you!"
For a moment there was total silence then there was a huge burst of light which caused part of the sea to burst upwards like an undersea volcano had erupted. But both Super 17 and 21 knew that it was no volcano that was causing this disturbance, as they watched Goku emerged from the depths of the sea with a powerful roar in his Super Saiyan Four form.
"At last the big dumb gorilla emerges!" Super 21 said casually to his astonished partner as Goku continued to power up. "I was wondering what was taking him so long to GET this far."
"Big words Sai!" Goku said sternly to his adopted son. "Maybe you two should pick on someone your OWN size! I'd say Super Saiyan Four should be a challenge!"
"Super Saiyan…Four?" Super 17 stammered nervously to himself for he certainly hadn't been expecting THIS transformation at all.
"That right!" Goku said grimly to the shocked Super Android. "You may have anticipated my attacks before but you have NO idea what I'm capable of NOW! And what you DON'T know," he went on in a menacing voice. "COULD hurt you!"
Meanwhile many miles away from Goku, the Super Androids and all the chaos they were causing, things were relatively quite back at the Son house. Ever since Goku along with her friends and family had left to battle the released villains from Hell, Chi-Chi had been left behind to look after her little grand-daughter Takara until they all came back. However Chi-Chi and Takara were far from alone, Sho, Bra and Bulma were still around waiting patiently out at the front of the house for their friends and loved ones to come back. Videl was still around too, the moment everyone had left she had started going through her closet looking for her old 'Saiyagirl' superhero outfit. After Chibi Pan's birth both she and Gohan had 'retired' as Saiyaman and Saiyagirl, however with all the villains that had escaped HFIL Videl thought it might be wise to break Saiyagirl out of retirement 'one last time.'
"Ah ha!" Videl cried out in triumph as she finally found her old outfit at last and quickly put it on. "I found it! And it still fits too!" she added happily as she put her helmet on and checked herself out in the mirror.
"You know," Bulma said thoughtfully to Bra and Sho as they all scanned the skies for signs of their family and friends while she held Takara in her arms. "Goku is ALWAYS so hard to find when you need him; I've been thinking maybe we should buy him a cell phone."
"Do you think Dad and the others are alright?" Bra asked her mother and Sho worriedly. "They sure have been gone a while."
Before either Sho or Bulma could answer Bra's question the front door to the house opened up and Chi-Chi emerged. Turning around their mouths fell open in disbelief at what Chi-Chi was now wearing; all except Takara…she just gave a playful gurgle. Chi-Chi, who had grown tired of waiting, had armed herself with her trusty broom, and she was wearing bits and pieces of her strongest kitchenware all around her body like armor. Completing Chi-Chi's 'outfit' was a large cauldron she had tied to her head with a piece of string, much like an army helmet.
"Grandma…" Sho said in disbelief at long last. "What are you doing?"
"Just because Goku isn't around doesn't mean we can't FIGHT!" Chi-Chi said proudly holding up her broom like it was a staff. "You see this?" she went on doing some fancy moves as she talked. "This is my broomstick! If this thing scares you kids so well," she cried as she jumped up into the air. "It should work WONDERS on the bad guys!" she finished landing in front of the astonished Bulma.
"Uh…Chi-Chi," Bulma said worriedly to her friend while Takara clapped her hands in happy delight at the display her grandma had put on for her. "Are you…alright?"
"Chi-Chi's right Bulma," Videl's voice called out from behind. Turning around Bulma, Bra and Sho saw that Videl was standing on top of the house dressed in her Saiyagirl outfit. "As long as there is evil in the world," Videl went on grandly doing her famous Saiyagirl 'posing.' "It is our job as earthlings to defend our home! But more importantly," she went on as she jumped off the roof to join her mother in law and amazed family and friends. "I'm glad my old uniform still looks good on me!"
"Alright Videl," Chi-Chi said confidently to her unexpected ally. "It's our turn!"
"Right, let's go!" Agreed Videl.
"Hey wait a minute you two!" Bulma called out to Videl and Chi-Chi as they started off while Takara waved goodbye. "What about me?"
"Man," Bra said thoughtfully to herself. "Now THIS one I've GOT to see! Come on Mom, Sho," she called out as she started to follow Videl and Chi-Chi. "Let's go watch!"
"You can count on me Bra!" Sho said starting off after his girlfriend.
"Bra!" Bulma called out to the two teens as she ran after them with Takara still in her arms. "Come back! This isn't funny!"
"Come on you villains!" Chi-Chi called out defiantly as she and Videl lead their small group out into the wrecked remains of West City. "We're ready for you!"
"Not so loud Chi-Chi!" Bulma hissed warningly to her friend. "If there are any villains left here you'll draw them right to us!"
"Don't worry Bulma," Sho said reassuringly to her. "From the looks of it I'd say that there are no more villains left in West City, they've all been taken out."
"Not quite!" said a voice apparently out of nowhere.
"Down everyone!" Videl yelled and threw herself on top of Chi-Chi, Bulma and Takara while Sho did the same with Bra. As they hit the ground a series of energy bolts exploded all around them sending up huge clouds of dust, smoke and dirt. This went on for about ten minutes before it suddenly stopped, all that was left was a huge silence broken only by Takara's crying from all the noise.
"I spoke too soon," Sho said quietly as he stood up and helped Bra to her feet.
"Sshhh…" Bulma said gently to the crying infant giving her a comforting hug. "It's alright Takara, it's alright."
"Alright you big coward!" Videl shouted to their unseen attacker as she helped Chi-Chi back on to her feet. "You caught us unaware, now why don't you come out and show yourself?"
"As you wish." Suddenly a figure landed in front of the small group and once Chi-Chi saw him she gasped in horrified astonishment. Standing before them was a man about 6 feet tall and he was wearing a black cape and armour, with purple boots, a dark blue breast plate and gauntlets with a gold belt wrapped around his waist. He was also wearing a black helmet over his head and had a lipless lower jaw. Set into the helmet were two blue eyes that glared at his opponents through what appeared to be Perspex lenses. "Hello Chi-Chi," the man said in a soft sad voice. "We meet again for what could be the VERY last time."
"Oh my Kami…" Chi-Chi said slowly.
"Do you know this man Grandma?" Sho asked Chi-Chi in concern at her distress.
"She should my boy," the man said with a gentle sigh. "I am Raven. My father was the King of Crows, he was the Ox King's best friend at one time and I was once your step grandmother's childhood sweetheart."
"WHAT?" Bulma, Bra and Sho cried out together in astonishment.
"It's true," Videl said in grim conformation. "Gohan told me all about Raven."
"How flattering to know that a boy who COULD have been my son," Raven said sarcastically. "Told a girl who COULD have been my daughter-in-law all about me, it's nice to know he didn't forget me after all this time."
"It's pretty hard to forget a man who tired to kill first my husband and then years later my daughter with the same disease that killed HIM in the first place!" Chi-Chi snapped back angrily.
"What does she mean?" Bulma asked Videl in puzzlement.
"It turns out when Goku originally got engaged to Chi-Chi Raven tried to kill his opponent by infecting himself with a disease known as Ick," Videl explained to everyone. "He was going to challenge Goku to a fight where he knew he'd would die simply by touching his skin when the fought."
"But that's cheating!" Bra protested.
"Oh and doing his stupid 'light show' isn't?" Raven snapped back rudely referring to the super saiyan transformation as a primitive "light show".
"Hey!" Sho yelled angrily. "My Grandpa does not a cheat like you, and his 'light show' is part of who he is!"
"Yeah," Raven sneered jeeringly. "A big dumb ape, who steals loved ones!"
"Goku didn't steal me away from you Raven," Chi-Chi corrected her opponent wearily. "You did that yourself as I told you (reluctantly) years ago, remember? Mind you I didn't have much of a choice, you infected my daughter with your disease and then drugged me to get the answers you wanted by force!"
"Really?" Bulma, Bra and Sho said in amazement.
"Yes really," Videl said in grim conformation. "At least that's what Gohan told me."
"So what are you doing here now Raven?" Chi-Chi asked her old childhood sweetheart suspiciously. "You obviously didn't come to fight Goku or you wouldn't be ambushing us here right now."
"Quite right," Raven nodded. "I wasn't going to join those other idiots in an 'assault' on Earth; I knew your friends and family would make short work of all of them in a relatively short time. So I hid myself in your house while you all waited outside for your loved ones to come back! I even met the little girl who COULD have been my grand-daughter," he added sadly pointing to Takara.
"What did you do to her?" Bulma demanded to know as she held the now silent but scared baby protectively in her arms.
"Relax," Raven said casually. "I didn't harm Takara I'm not a savage you know! I was looking for this!" He held up a pocket watch which he opened up and it gave off a sad musical chime.
"A pocket watch?" Videl said in puzzlement.
"Not just any pocket watch," Raven said closing it cutting off the chimes. "It's MY pocket watch. It was a special gift the Ox King gave me for my birthday," he went on sadly. "It has my childhood picture along with Chi-Chi's picture in it; I lost it after my last trip to Earth years ago. I knew you'd have it," he said smugly to Chi-Chi. "After all you did smash the TWIN of this watch your father gave you along with my heart," he added scornfully.
"And that's why you came back to Earth?" Bra said to Raven in amazement. "To get your watch back?"
"That," Raven said grimly. "And to settle the score once and for all, you know what I mean don't you Chi-Chi?"
"You STILL want me to fight you?" Chi-Chi cried in disbelief.
"Well you ARE dressed for battle," Raven pointed out indicating Chi-Chi's 'armor.' "This will probably be the LAST time I get to face the REAL Chi-Chi! The Chi-Chi who sent my pulse racing with the fighting techniques she used on all her opponents, INCLUDING Goku all those years ago."
"You want to fight someone then fight us!" Videl yelled angrily as she and Sho stepped in front of Raven blocking his advance.
"Step aside you two," Chi-Chi said sternly to her daughter-in-law and step-grandson. "If you fight Raven there's a good chance you'll get infected with his Ick disease, at least I KNOW what to expect."
"Chi-Chi you can't be serious!" Bulma exclaimed to her friend as Sho and Videl reluctantly stepped aside.
"I'm dead serious," Chi-Chi said grimly. "However if things get nasty Sho and Videl will step in."
"Agreed," Raven said getting into a fighting position. "Here!" he said tossing his watch to Bra who caught it automatically. "Now," he went on grimly. "When the chimes to my watch end…attack me. Try and beat me Chi-Chi…just try…!"
Bulma opened up the watch and it started giving off its musical chime again, as it did so Chi-Chi and Raven tensed up ready to battle. For the next few minutes there was nothing but silence except for the watches chimes which were so soothing they put little Takara to sleep in Bulma's arms. The chimes were also affecting Raven too; however nobody but Chi-Chi noticed a tear escape the villain's eye as both he and she thought about old times long gone.
"That melody…it seems so sad," Bra said quietly to her mother.
Bulma nodded silently and said nothing as she waited tensely along with Videl and Sho as the chimes slowly came to an end, once they did Raven and Chi-Chi sprang into action. The two combatants charged forward with Chi-Chi swinging her broom like a staff and Raven trying his best to block her blows.
"Wow!" Videl said to Sho and the others in amazement as they watched the fight unfold in front of them. "I never knew Chi-Chi could fight like that!"
"Me neither," Sho said in equal amazement.
"Your grandma used to be quite a fighter when Goku and I first knew her," Bulma said to Sho as they watched Chi-Chi and Raven pause from their battle and step back.
"Good to see you still fight so well after all this time Chi-Chi," Raven said breathlessly. "Still doing your 'secret training'?"
"You bet!" Chi-Chi replied back proudly.
"Sadly," Raven said regretfully. "Its now time to end this!" he sprang forward knocking Chi-Chi's broom aside and started attacking her with a furious series of punches and kicks. Chi-Chi fought back the best she could but it was clear that Raven was getting the upper hand in this battle, finally the inevitable happened Raven knocked Chi-Chi to the ground by kicking her legs out from underneath her.
"Videl! Sho! Save her quick!" Bra screamed urgently.
The two Z-fighters acted without thinking Videl quickly kicked Raven away before he could finish Chi-Chi off and Sho helped her back to her feet and safety.
"Are you ok Chi-Chi?" Bulma asked her friend worriedly.
"I'll be fine," Chi-Chi panted as she tried to get her breath back. "Just…help Videl."
"I'm on it!" Sho said turning his attention back to the battling Raven and Videl and powering up an attack. "Ka…me…ha…me…."
"No Sho don't do that!" Chi-Chi yelled warningly to her step-grandson but it was too late.
"Haaaaaaaaaa!" Sho fired off his attack at Raven however as the villain heard him he quickly turned away from Videl and casually smacked the attack away as soon as it hit his armour.
"Nice try kid," Raven smiled at the astonished Sho. "Now try this! My REVERSE Kamehameha!"
"A reverse Kamehameha?" Bulma said in disbelief. "That's impossible!"
"No its not," Raven said proudly as he stood with his right palm over his left one. "Observe! HA…ME…HA…ME…KAAAAA!" He fired off a blast much like Sho's attack except it was twice as powerful and was full of DARK energy. However as Raven fired off his attack he forgot all about Videl, seeing her family and friends about to be blasted she quickly preformed a flying kick which spoilt his aim causing his attack to miss everyone by a couple of meters.
"NOW Sho!" Bra shouted to her boyfriend as she realised Videl had given them a chance.
Quick as lightening Sho fired off another Kamehameha Wave before Raven could try to attack again, he gave one last terrible scream as the attack consumed him in a brilliant blaze of light. When it faded Raven was laying on the ground in a smoking heap…Chi-Chi quickly snatched Raven's watch from Bulma and ran over to the dying man and knelt beside him putting the watch in his pocket.
"Goodbye…my sweet Chi-Chi," Raven whispered quietly to her.
"Goodbye…my handsome blackbird," Chi-Chi whispered back quietly and gently kissed his helmet.
"Ha…." Raven said to her in a triumphant but fading voice. "You see? You kissed me after all…after all this time," Raven's voice abruptly broke off and his charred body crumbled away into a pile of ash.
"Chi-Chi?" Videl asked her mother in law quietly as she and all the others approached her. "You ok?"
"I'm fine Videl," Chi-Chi said with a sad smile. "Bulma…after this is all over could you make me a watch with the same tune as Raven's? Just a little something for me to remember him by?"
"Grandma don't tell me you feel SORRY for Raven?" Sho said in astonishment. "He tried to kill you! To kill US!"
"Yes I do Sho," Chi-Chi said picking up her broom with a sad smile. "It was because of Raven that I knew how much I love Goku, that's the second time he's done that for me. So I think having a new pocket watch as a permanent reminder will remind me of that always."
"I'll see what I can do for you Chi-Chi," Bulma said quietly to her friend. "Now what about Goku? Are we still going to help him?"
"You bet we are!" Chi-Chi said suddenly returning to her old self. "If he missed Raven then who knows what other villains he and our families may have missed? Let's go!"
"That's the spirit!" Videl said brightly as she picked up her mother in law and flew off into the air.
"Here we go again," Sho said with a smile to Bra.
"So what are we waiting for?" Bra smiled back and the two teens took off after them.
"Hey!" Bulma yelled running after everyone with the still sleeping Takara in her arms. "Wait for me! Not ALL of us can fly remember?"
As Chi-Chi and the others started off again the battle between Goku and the Super Androids was still continuing. Goku started off the battle by firing off blast after blast not at Super 21, but at Super 17. He knew that if he fired any energy attacks at his adopted son he'd just keep absorbing them with his hands and that would make him even more difficult to defeat. So the pure hearted saiyan directed most of his attacks to Super 17, which blew him clear across the ocean with their impact as they hit him. However as before the Super Android didn't try to BLOCK Goku's blasts, he simply let them hit him in the chest where he absorbed them like he had done before and that was infuriating Goku to no end.
As for Super 21 he was making no move to help Super 17 at all, he was too busy monitoring and sending secret coded signals to his partner like he had done when they had been fighting the other Z-fighters on the mainland yesterday. 'This is exceeding our goals a hundred fold!' he thought to himself with an evil chuckle as he continued to watch Goku blast Super 17 towards a nearby deserted island. 'It'll be far too late by the time Goku realises Super 17's TRUE advantage! Very soon both he and I will FINISH off Goku permanently and THAT will give us the greatest of pleasure the universe has EVER known! Like me Super 17's power increase with every energy attack Goku delivers to him! He might as well hand over all his power at once and be done with it! Both he and I have surpassed all the other fighters and this time there will be NO mistakes!'
By this time Goku had blasted Super 17 right over the small island causing the smirking Super Android to go crashing down into the island's jungle like a falling star. However as he fell into the jungle and disappeared from sight Super 17 smirk became a smile and he chuckled to himself at some private joke. Goku saw Super 17 fall into the forest and he carefully followed him down, but once he reached the spot where his opponent had crashed he saw there was nothing there. Realising that Super 17 must be hiding in the jungle somewhere Goku slowly and carefully started looking around the immediate area around where Super 17 had disappeared. "Come out, come out where ever you are!" he called out into the surrounding forest.
Suddenly a huge energy beam came at Goku from the jungle to his right and he JUST managed to throw himself aside as the attack hit the spot he had been standing in and exploded. Looking up the pure hearted saiyan then saw Super 17 flying away from him through the jungle; he quickly picked himself up and started flying after him. Once he was in range of Super 17 Goku quickly started firing off a series of energy blasts, but what happened next he did NOT expect. Still flying Super 17 suddenly turned himself upside down and let the energy blasts hit him in the chest as before, and as each attack hit the Super Android's muscles bulged before returning to normal size.
'Something's not right here,' Goku thought worriedly to himself after a few minutes of flying through the jungle and repeating the same energy attacks on his opponent. 'He's not even TRYING to avoid my energy blasts! Its as if he's actually TRYING to get hit! Just like Sai does when he used his energy absorbers…
"Oh NO!" Goku yelled out in disbelief as a sudden realization hit him. 'What an IDIOT I am! Super 17 can ABSORB energy attacks just like Sai can except he absorbs them in his CHEST rather than his hands! That's why his muscles bulge every time I hit him! My attacks aren't hurting him, they're powering him up!' With this thought in mind Goku realised he'd now need a different strategy if he wanted to beat his opponent at all.
'Well, well, well!' Super 21 thought amusedly to himself as he flew over the jungle still monitoring his partner's battle. 'It seems that Goku has finally figured out Super 17's little secret, it took him long enough the stupid ape! Ah well…' he went on with a shrug. 'It's of no concern at this point, he's handed too much power to a pair of UNBEATABLE Super Androids! I can't tell which is more enjoyable, Goku's stupidity or the sweet smell of victory!'
While Super 21 laughed at his little joke Super 17 came to a stop in a small jungle clearing as he suddenly realised that Goku had disappeared. This fact was also registered to Super 21 who stopped laughing and started looking around himself in puzzlement. "Huh? Where'd he go?"
On a sudden impulse Super 17 floated up out of the jungle and joined his still puzzled partner in the air. Before Super 21 could ask Super 17 what was happening the ground started shaking and several pillars of rock with a few bits of jungle trees rose up into the air in random places all around the island. The last pillar of rock to rise out of the ground was taller than the others once it had finished rising it suddenly exploded to reveal Goku standing on top of it.
"ALRIGHT!" Goku yelled furiously to the two Super Androids. "Now I'm MAD!"
"I don't believe this!" Super 21 said irritably to Super 17. "He's STILL alive!
"Maybe we should offer him a banana or two to make him go away then?" Super 17 suggested to Super 21 hopefully.
Goku didn't waste any time he quickly powered up the largest and destructive Kamehameha Wave he could muster and fired it right at his two opponents.
"This idiot REALLY doesn't learn does he?" Super 17 said with an evil smirk as he held his arms out to his side so the attack would hit him in the chest.
"Sadly no," Super 21 said casually holding up his hands. "You'd think a Super Saiyan Four would also increase his BRAIN power but it's just not the case."
Goku's Kamehameha Wave hit the two Super Androids head on causing a huge explosion which totally destroyed some of the pillars of rock surrounding them.
"I don't believe this!" Goku cried to himself in amazement as he continued to fire off his attack. "It's not working!"
It was true the two Super Androids were STILL floating in the air in the centre of Goku's explosive attack ABSORBING the energy from it! The two of them were laughing insanely at Goku as this time BOTH their bodies bulged from the energy increase they received.
"How much power can these two nuts TAKE?" Goku exclaimed in disbelief as his attack finally faded away and the two Super Androids returned to normal.
"So that's it huh?" Goku yelled angrily to Super 17. "You've been feeding off all my attacks just like Sai and Android 19! You know guys like you should learn to fight with their OWN power!"
"Oh really?" Super 21 called back mockingly. "If you had really figured that out why did you keep on attacking? Are you REALLY that dumb?"
"Wait and see!" Goku yelled back defiantly. "Someone as brilliant as YOU Sai should know that I don't give up without a fight! I'll show you PERSONALLY what I'm capable of!"
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Super 21 laughed. "I wish I could say you had me worried Goku. Even I didn't know if Super 17 or myself could absorb so much power at once it seems that we're more than capable then even the late Dr's Gero and Myuu predicted! Their dream of creating the ULTIMATE Artificial Life form has FINALLY arrived! Now THAT dream has become YOUR worst nightmare!"
"Huh!" Goku sneered. "Quit your daydreaming! I don't honestly care HOW strong you say you are! Both of you are about to get the wake up call of your LIVES! So please SPARE me the small talk!"
"As you wish," Super 21 said turning to his partner. "Since we're BOTH sick of Goku's macho banter why don't we give this rotten little saiyan what he wants?"
"With pleasure!" Super 17 grinned.
With that said the two Super Androids raised their hands and released another combined Flash Bomb attack sending thousands of energy bolts right at their enemy.
"Let's try this again!" Goku said grimly as the energy bolts flew all around him.
Suddenly without warning out of the energy bolts flew Super 17! He flew right up to Goku and punched him hard in the stomach severely winding him. Before the injured saiyan could get his breath back Super 21 appeared next to him and kicked the pure hearted saiyan hard right in the face. There was such violence in the attack that Goku went plummeting down into the jungle where he skidded until he reached the end of the island and went crashing into a natural rock pillar that came out of the sea.
"Ow!" he said quietly to himself now that he had stopped moving. "Now….THAT hurt!"
Just as Goku opened his eyes he saw Super 17 flying towards him at full speed, but before the Super Android could reach him Goku flipped himself over and Super 17 went smashing through the pillar. "Missed me!" he called back to his opponent. Then wasting no time Goku quickly powered up another Kamehameha Wave; however as he was halfway through it he stopped himself as a sudden thought struck him. 'Wait a minute! This is not going to work! ANY energy I use on him or Sai will just make them stronger!'
Goku's realization came just as Super 17 was flying back to him where he punched Goku right into the side of the island with the force of a shooting star.
"Come on!" Goku called mockingly to his two opponents from his crater in the side of the island. "Is that the BEST you can do?" He broke off as he suddenly found himself nose to nose with the two Super Androids.
"Heck no," Super 17 smirked evilly answering Goku's question.
"THIS is our best!" Super 21 smirked just as evilly as both he and he partner blasted Goku at close range together.
The force of the combined blast sent Goku sliding back across the island THROUGH the earth! Realising he couldn't do anything underground Goku used his Instant Transmission to teleport himself above the island to safety. However as he appeared in the air Super 17 was there waiting for him! Before Goku could get over his shock the Super Android smashed him right in the face sending him flying through the air.
"Okay wise guy!" Goku said to himself as he continued to fly backwards. "Stop THIS one!"
Using his Instant Transmission again Goku reappeared over Super 17 and was all set to take the Super Android out while he was unaware. However as he approached his opponent he turned around with an evil chuckle and blasted Goku at close range. The force of Super 17's attack sent Goku crashing right back to the island where he landed with a huge bang sending dust and smoke right up into the air.
"This is CRAZY!" Goku said angrily to himself as he painfully pulled himself out of his crater. "It's like he knows PRECISIELY where I'm going to appear before I even get there!"
"I'm sure on one of your old INFERIOR opponents," Super 17 chuckled mockingly to Goku. "That Instant Transmission move works rather well. It's just one of the perks of being an android; both Super 21 and myself can sense the vibrations in the atmosphere at the point of your re-entry."
"So as they say in the classics," Super 21 spoke up as he floated up next to his partner and folded his arms in triumph. "You'll be stuffed"
"They're…too strong!" Goku muttered angrily to himself.
"Gald to see you're FINALLY learning at last!" Super 21 called down to the battered saiyan. "To bad you have do die now!" As he spoke both he and Super 17 started gathering up energy which started to form itself into a large ball of dark energy.
"From the looks of whatever they've got brewing," Goku said wearily to himself as he lay back down to gather his failing strength. "I know I'm gonna HAVE to get up to fight back! So I guess I should come up with a plan. I can't just lie here and wait to die…"
"Giving up already Goku?" Super 17 called down mockingly his exhausted opponent while he and Super 21 continued to power up their attack grinning like maniacs the whole time. "Too bad for you!"
Meanwhile back on the mainland Videl, still dressed in her Saiyagirl outfit, was flying high through the air carrying Chi-Chi in her arms still trying to locate their missing family and friends. Although Videl was used to flying in the air without the aid of a plane or air car, Chi-Chi certainly wasn't! She was keeping her eyes firmly shut, so she wouldn't have to look at the alarmingly long drop that was beneath her.
'I hate flying without a plane!' Chi-Chi thought shakily to herself. 'How Goku, Galina and the others can do this is quite beyond me!'
"Keep your eyes peeled Chi-Chi," Videl said suddenly to her terrified mother in law. "We're getting close!"
Hearing this Chi-Chi risked opening her eyes and looked down; when she saw how high they both were she gave a cry of alarm. "Videl!" she said in a shaky voice. "Can we fly down lower? There's no need to be flying THIS high!"
"Whatever you say," Videl said obediently and started zooming down towards the ground like an airplane coming into land.
"Are you CRAZY?" Chi-Chi screamed in alarm as she and Videl continued to descend at a very fast pace. "What are you DOING?"
"Why are you screaming?" Videl asked her passenger in puzzlement. "You told me to go down."
"Yes but not THAT fast you idiot!" Chi-Chi snapped back as Videl levelled herself out and continued to fly on.
Following close behind the flying Videl and Chi-Chi was a Capsule Corp plane and in the plane were Bulma, Bra, Sho and little Takara. Bulma decided that using a plane was a lot safer than getting Bra and Sho to carry her and Takara around and she sure wasn't going to risk her granddaughter's life again after what had happened with Raven earlier.
"Boy," Bra said to her mother and Sho in amazement while she held Takara in her arms. "Chi-Chi must be really brave, I don't know if I'd trust Videl's flying after all these years."
"Are you kidding?" Sho chuckled. "I'll bet you anything that Grandma is yelling so loud she could swallow a bird!"
"You're not wrong there," Bulma smiled in agreement. Her smile suddenly turned to a frown as she noticed a huge crack in the ground in which they were now flying over.
'This is awful!' she thought quietly to herself. The crack seemed to be originating from the mountains where it looked like several volcanos had started to erupt for no apparent reason. Looking down from the plane's left hand window Bulma saw that an entire costal city had been flooded, and on the distant horizon ominous thunder clouds had formed spitting huge bolts of lightening. 'What is going on here?' Bulma wondered to herself. 'The whole planet is going haywire! It can't be due to the Super Androids can it? No, something else must be causing all this chaos but what?'
Far away on an island at sea miles away from the wondering Bulma, a beaten up Goku was still lying on the ground in exhaustion. In the air above the apparently unconscious saiyan the two Super Androids were still busy powering up their combined attack all ready to blast him out of existence.
"Huh!" Super 21 said cheerfully to Super 17. "Flesh and blood organisms are so delicate and frail, if I were in Goku's shoes I'd ask for my money back."
"You're not wrong there," Super 17 nodded in agreement as he continued to power up his attack along side his partner. "Now it's time for the final touch!"
'What the heck is THAT?' Gokuthought to himself as he watched his enemies attack finish powering up in great alarm.
"Electro Eclipse BOMB!" Super 17 and 21 yelled together as they fired off a GIGANTIC ball of dark energy right at their weakened opponent.
"Everyone's counting on me!" Goku said weakly to himself as the dark energy ball flew towards him at an alarmingly quick rate. "I CAN'T give up!" Goku quickly jumped to his feet and used Instant Transmission to move himself to a safe place just as the energy ball hit the spot he'd been standing in and exploded in a massive bright flash.
On the edge of the explosion Super 17 and 21 were grinning to themselves as they watched their attack explode, but what happened next took them both completely by surprise. Goku sudden appeared out of nowhere, punched Super 21 to one side and grabbed Super 17 by the arms from behind while wrapping his legs around the Super Androids legs at the same time.
"WHAT?" Super 17 exclaimed in disbelief at this unexpected attack. "How did you do that? You were done for!"
"It obvious," Super 21 said calmly rubbing his now sore jaw. "He must been bluffing the whole time especially if he has THAT much power to sneak up on us."
"You know," Goku said grimly to the struggling Super 17. "That attack of yours wasn't too smart, it was a nice move but it provided me the perfect cover! Now you can't attack me as long as I have you in this hold. So give it up Super 17! I doubt even Sai here will risk attacking me just in case he might hurt or damage you!"
"Well that's a VERY good strategy you got there Goku," Super 21 admitted to his opponent. "However there IS a flaw you seemed to have over looked," he went on matter of factly. "You can't attack HIM or me EITHER! It's a stalemate! Unless…" Super 21's eyes widened in alarm as a sudden thought struck him.
"Unless," Goku went on completing the Super Android's thought for him. "I'm willing to die with him!"
"You wouldn't dare…would you?"
"I sure would!" Goku said proudly. "Don't get me wrong," he went on. "I'm no fan of dying, but if that's the way to stop you nuts from hurting people then I'll do it!"
"Let go of me!" Super 17 yelled in alarm as he tried desperately to get Goku off his back. "Are you CRAZY?"
"What's the matter?" Goku tauntingly asked his panic stricken opponent as he continued to hold on for dear life. "You only want to play the game if you're WINNING? Is that it?"
Super 21 could only watch on helplessly as Super 17 gave a yelled of frustrated anger while Goku prepared to destroy them both. "Super 17!" he yelled starting his power up. "I won't let you kill anymore!"
Suddenly Super 21 saw particles of energy start to form out of the air around Goku and Super 17 and surround them, he then realised Goku was going to use that energy to get rid of his partner AND himself! "NO!" Super 21 yelled out in helpless anger as Goku and Super 17 exploded in a GIGANTIC blue explosion that took out the entire island they were on.
Goku's explosion was SO large that it was felt miles away back on the mainland where Hercule, Galina and Future Trunks were still busy tending to their unconscious family and friends.
"Holy smokes!" Hercule cried out in alarm as the shock wave from Goku's explosion nearly threatened to blow him and the others over like leaves. "What's happening?"
"I don't know!" Galina yelled over the all the noise and wind as they all grabbed onto something to stop them getting knocked over. "But I'll bet it has something to do with my dad!"
"Of course it does!" Vegeta yelled from where he sheltering behind a large piece of rubble. "That clown as REALLY done it now! What we're feeling here PROVES IT!"
The shock waves were also being felt by Bulma, Bra, Sho and Takara in the Capsule Corp Plane, it was causing the plane to rock alarmingly and poor Takara was terrified! The effect was worse on Videl and Chi-Chi as they were outside in the open air, so much so Chi-Chi's 'helmet' went flying off in the wind to hit the windshield of Bulma's plane. Thankfully the glass was shatter proof, but it terrified Takara even more which made Bra and Sho's job of calming the wailing baby all the more difficult.
By the time Goku's explosion died down most of the island had disappeared and in its place was an enormous smoking crater. In the centre of this crater a lone figure emerged, it was Goku and he had powered back down to his normal child like self as his attack had taken almost ALL his energy.
"I don't BELIEVE this!" Super 21 said in disbelief as he surveyed the area Goku had blown up just to destroy his partner. "EVERYTHING ruined! It was all for NOTHING!"
Hearing this statement Goku lay on his back in great relief, now that Super 17 was gone he'd quickly rest up, get his strength back and then try and subdue Sai. He just hoped his crazed adopted son had lost the will to fight due to his partner's destruction, he had no intention of dragging him back all beaten up like he was. Future Pan and her kids would kill him if he did! "Is it over?" Goku asked himself weakly just to make extra sure.
However as the pure hearted saiyan finished saying this a strange light suddenly came from the sea, the light suddenly rose into the sky and out of the sea where the light was coming from was Super 17! His outfit was a bit tattered and torn but he himself was completely alright.
"No…" Goku said answering his own question. "I guess not."
"You're alive!" Super 21 cried in surprised delight to his revived partner. "You DID it Super 17 you've PROVEN that we are number one! Goku played his BEST card and your trumped him!"
"It was nothing," Super 17 said modestly to Super 21 as he joined him in the air above the crater. "Goku doesn't make the grade as a kamikaze; I guess he can blame ME for that because the shield I put up kept HIM alive as well."
"I SHOULD thankyou," Goku said weakly to Super 17. "But I wish we were both in the next dimension."
"Actually Goku," Super 17 said grinning to Super 21 as if sharing a private joke. "We can make at least HALF of that request come true!"
"How right you are!" Super 21 smiled back in agreement.
To Goku's horror both Super Androids powered up ANOTHER Electro Eclipse Bomb attack like they had done before! "Only half of my request huh?" he chuckled weakly to his attackers despite the danger he was in. "I guess I'm in no position to bargain."
"No you're not!" the two Super Androids said together as they continued to power up their attack chuckling evilly to themselves.
"Huh…" Goku muttered quietly to himself. "I can't even move my PINKY, so moving my whole body is really out of the question!"
"Oh and Goku!" Super 17 mockingly called down to the exhausted saiyan. "This time we WON'T miss!"
"Sorry…I left everyone down," Goku said weakly to himself. "I did try…"
"At last we're finally going to beat the 'great' Goku!" Super 21 laughed as he powered their attack up to maximum.
"Prepare yourself Goku!" Super 17 yelled in triumph. "It ends NOW!"
"Hold it right there you two!" a voice suddenly boomed out of nowhere.
To Goku and the Super Android's astonishment 18 suddenly landed in between them and she wasn't alone either. Landing behind her to lend a helping hand was Shooter! Both he and 18 were still pretty battered from their last encounter back on the mainland and they were both still very angry at what 17 and Sai had done to Krillin and Marron.
"18?" Super 17 said in astonishment. "What are you doing here? Get out of the way, and take that kid with you!"
"18!" Goku called out weakly to his unexpected saviours. "Please…I don't want you OR Shooter to get hurt here."
Hearing this 18 and Shooter looked over their shoulders and gave Goku a 'trust us' look before turning to back to face their grim faced opponents.
"How DARE you order me around 17!" 18 yelled furiously to her brother. "I will NEVER forgive this! I will avenge my husband's death!"
"Huh?" Goku said weakly forcing himself to sit up. "Krillin's dead?"
"It's true Goku," Shooter said in confirmation. "I was there, 17 killed Krillin and my dad just stood there and LET it happen! He never even lifted a finger to try and stop him!"
"That's right!" 18 yelled up to the two Super Androids. "I can't stand to look at the pair of you anymore! You sicken me! You're only HALF of what you were before!"
"Hm…" Super 17 said thoughtfully. "How do you figure that 18?" he asked mockingly. "Both me AND my partner us are TWICE as strong now!"
"Strength is one thing 17…" 18 yelled back grimly. "But character is another! The 17 I knew WASN'T a cold blooded killer! At one time you were programmed to destroy Goku but you NEVER took pleasure in killing innocent people! You even managed to overcome the programming! You were so strong and independent that you refused to be controlled! But now look at you! If you want to kill Goku, Shooter and me than go right ahead! But you know full well that I have a bomb in my chest! So if you take me down, you're going with me!"
"What's 18 talking about?" Goku whispered quietly to Shooter. "Doesn't she remember what happened? We had Shenron remove that bomb a long time ago after Gohan and Galina defeated Cell!"
"Yes I know that," Shooter whispered back urgently to the puzzled Goku. "Mom told me, Sal and Sho about that long ago! But 17 DOSEN'T know that…we're bluffing him!"
"Go ahead!" 18 continued to threatened the two Super Androids. "Blow us all up!"
'Wow!' Goku thought quietly to himself. 'What a great actor! She's really believable!' Just then the small saiyan was struck by a sudden terrifying thought. Super 17 might not know that 18's bomb was removed, but Sai most certainly WOULD know! If Future Pan had told Shooter and his siblings about that little secret then it was odds on that Sai knew too, and with that little ace up his sleeve he would call 18's bluff! Goku tried to shout a warning but found his throat so dry from all the fighting he'd done all he could manage was a weak croak.
"What are you waiting for you cowards?" 18 yelled tauntingly up to the two Super Androids. "Are you scared to die or what? If you're going to do it, get it OVER with! Come on! Go ahead you guys DO it! Why not? Destroy me and Shooter the only two people who really care about you!"
"Shooter you have to stop 18!" Goku managed to hiss urgently to his step-grandson. "Sai's going to call her bluff! If YOU know about her bomb being removed HE'LL know too!"
"OH MY GOSH!" Shooter cried out in alarm as he suddenly realised Goku was right, but it was too late.
"You know 18," Super 21 suddenly spoke up smiling an evil and knowing smile. "Since you're so determined to let yourself be destroyed with your friends, we might as well accommodate you!"
To 18's horror both the Super Androids fired off their attack they had been powering up between them the whole time they had been waiting.
"TAKE COVER 18!" Shooter yelled as he picked up Goku and flew off to safety.
Quickly getting over her shock 18 flew off after Shooter and Goku just as the Electro Eclipse Bomb hit the spot they had all been standing in and exploded in a massive bright flash like before.
"I don't believe it!" 18 cried in astonishment as she, Goku and Shooter watched the Super Android's attack die away in a cloud of dust and smoke. "Sai called my bluff!"
"It's all my fault 18," Shooter sighed sadly. "I forgot mom told dad about you and his bomb's being deactivated years ago, we almost got killed because of that."
"Don't blame yourself Shooter," Goku said weakly to his step-grandson. "We're still alive and that's all that matters."
"Not for long!" called Super 17 as he and Super 21 emerged from the fading dust cloud.
"Shooter look after your Grandpa!" 18 ordered the young teen. "I'll take care of these two!"
"Don't do it 18!" Goku yelled out warningly. "They'll kill you!"
Seeing 18 approach them Super 21 turned to his partner. "As she's YOUR sister, I think you should have the pleasure of battling her."
"Thank you," Super 17 smiled and flew off to attack. "Now then…" he said to his waiting sister powering up a new attack. "Let's see who the REAL coward is 18!"
18 quickly started firing off energy bolts at Super 17 and she was quickly joined by Shooter, however unlike Goku, both fighters were blissfully unaware of his new energy absorbing abilities. Super 17 laughed mockingly at 18 and Shooter as they fired off blast after blast and he just absorbed them all into his chest as they hit causing his muscles to bulge like before.
"Shooter! 18!" Goku yelled urgently to his two friends. "That won't work! Super 17 is absorbing your power! You can't beat him that way!"
Hearing this Shooter quickly stopped his attack however 18 kept on attacking with increasing fury.
"18 stop it!" Goku pleaded to her. "Didn't you hear what I said?"
"I have to at least TRY Goku!" 18 yelled back as she continued to fire blasts at Super 17. "He KILLED Krillin!"
"I understand that," Goku said patiently. "But your energy blasts are only making him stronger!"
"I can't stop now!" 18 protested. "When I stop I die!"
Looking up Goku and Shooter saw that Super 17 seemed to have gone temporally insane, he was laughing to himself like a maniac while Super 21 had stood in and was now absorbing 18's attacks.
'That's strange,' Goku thought to himself. 'Sai's absorbing the blasts now, he's shielding Super 17! Of course!' he suddenly realised. 'That means he can be hit! He must have to stay in one posture for the absorption to work, he's vulnerable! This is our chance!'
"Shooter!" he ordered his step-grandson. "Fire with 18 again and don't either of you stop! I have a plan keep it up!"
Puzzled but obliging Shooter joined in with 18's attack again, making it more difficult for Super 21 to absorb the barrage from his laughing partner. While this was going on Goku quickly started to power himself up again.
"That's it you two!" Super 17 laughed down insanely to 18 and Shooter as they continued to fire their barrage of energy blasts. "Let it all out! I'll just sit here and let my partner gather the energy so we can both destroy you when you're finished!"
"Maybe not!' Goku yelled standing up an vanishing only to reappear in front of the firing 18 and Shooter. "This is for Krillin!" the small saiyan shouted as he jumped up and flew along the energy bolts.
Realizing what Goku was up to Super 21 quickly moved out of the way unfortunately it left Super 17 completely exposed! He could only look on in horrified astonishment as Goku flew up to him and yelled "SUPER….DRAGON…FIIIIIISSSSST!"
Not even a Super Android could withstand Goku's most powerful attack at such close range, for as the dragon fist hit Super 17 it smashed a huge hole in his chest.
"Aaaah…" Super 17 chocked out in horrified astonishment. "You…wretch!"
Seizing his chance Goku quickly powered up a Kamehameha Wave before his opponent could recover.
"You fool!" Super 17 spat. "Haven't you learned yet? That will only make me STRONGER!"
"I don't think so!" Goku yelled, he fired off his Kamehameha Wave and it hit Super 17 right where the hole in his chest was. Super 17 gave one last scream of agony as he was blasted into atoms by Goku's attack.
"Yes!" 18 cried out in triumph. "We DID it, Krillin, Shooter."
"What about dad?" Shooter asked 18 nervously.
Sure enough Super 21 was looking on in dumbstruck amazement at where his partner Super 17 had been it looked like he was having a real hard time grasping the fact Goku had beaten him.
"You killed my partner," Super 21 said quietly to the small saiyan in a faraway distant voice. "You…KILLED my partner!" he said again this time in a voice of growing fury. "YOU KILLED MY PARTNER!" he screamed hysterically and fired off a blast that nearly blew a hole in Goku's chest!
"Yeow!" Goku yelled as he frantically tried to dodge the furious Android's attacks.
"I'll KILL YOU!" Super 21 roared to Goku as he drew both his wrist blades.
"He's gone CRAZY!" 18 yelled to Shooter. "Let's go!"
They both flew up to distract Super 21 but he just sent them flying with a single swipe of his wrist blades!
"Since you killed my partner Goku," Super 21 said angrily powering up a new attack and pointing it at 18 and Shooter. "I think it only fair I KILL yours!"
"NO!" Goku yelled and flew forward grabbing Super 21 by both arms. "I'm sorry to do this Sai," he said real regretfully to his crazed adopted son. "But you leave me no choice!"
With the last remaining bits of his strength Goku TORE Super 21's arms clean out of their sockets!
"That's not good!" Super 21 laughed. "You seem to forget I can REGROW my limbs like Piccolo could!"
"Too bad you won't have the chance to Sai!" 18 called back before moving out of the way.
Behind 18 was Shooter and he had just powered up the largest Kamehameha Wave he could muster, Super 21 could only look on in terror as Shooter released his attack at full force along with 18 and Goku joining in to help The Kamehameha Wave boosted with all the extra energy supplied by the other two Z-Fighters, hit Super 21 right in the chest. The damaged Super Android could only give his opponents a look of utter disbelief as he was slowly blown to kingdom come like his partner Super 17 was, his body completely consumed by the energy beam. Once the light from his attack had final faded and Super 21 was no more Shooter floated to the ground and began to sob; Goku and 18 landed next to the young teen and tried their best to comfort him.
Meanwhile back on the mainland in the ruins of a wrecked city, a battered Vegeta emerged carrying a battered Chibi Trunks in one arm and an equally batter Sal in the other.
"Dad…" Chibi Trunks asked his father weakly. "Did we…?"
"Yes," Vegeta said gently to Chibi Trunks. "You and your girlfriend can rest son…its over."
"Well Kakkarot,' the proud saiyan prince thought to himself with a grim smile. 'You've done it!'
Back on the island Goku, 18 and a now calm but still sad Shooter were looking out over the sea.
"How could 17 have done that Goku?" 18 asked the small saiyan with tears forming in her eyes. "I'm his twin sister, how could he kill my husband like that?"
"That wasn't really your brother 18," Goku sadly to the crying woman. "Just like that wasn't your father you destroyed Shooter," he added putting a hand on the teen's shoulder. "They were both in there somewhere but they weren't calling the shots, Gero and Myuu were controlling them. But you know," he went on thoughtfully. "I think they were both trying hard to help you two."
"Huh?" both 18 and Shooter asked in puzzlement.
"Well there was no need for 17 to start powering up, and there was certainly no reason to let Sai do it for him," he pointed out. "He could have just kept on absorbing your energy on his own."
"That's right!" 18 said excitedly. "I sensed him then, he forced that monster into making a mistake that would cost him the battle. He was showing us where his weakness was? Wasn't he?"
"I'd like to think so," Goku shrugged. "He had SOME control otherwise he'd never have done that, there was certainly a struggle there and I think your brother won."
Hearing this 18 gave a sigh of relief. "Thankyou Goku…you don't know how much that means to me."
"I'll bet both he and Sai are celebrating," Goku said cheerfully. "Celebrating because you BOTH won," he said directing that last statement to Shooter.
"What do you mean?" Shooter asked in puzzlement.
"Well I think Sai was struggling too," Goku went on. "When I destroyed 17 he could have killed me but he chose instead to attack you and 18, it was like he was deliberately allowing me a chance to defeat him by removing his arms."
"He went after us so you could remove his energy absorbers," Shooter said slowly as realization dawned upon him. "So he couldn't absorb the energy from my attack!"
"Exactly!" Goku beamed at him.
"Where are they?" a familiar voice yelled out before Shooter could say anything. "No Super Androids are going to bully US around!"
Turning around Goku, 18 and Shooter were amazed to see Chi-Chi and Videl run up still dressed in their 'battle outfits.'
"We've come to subdue the wicked and punish the evil doers," Videl panted exhausted by her long trip.
"Yeah," Chi-Chi panted in agreement equally exhausted. "What she said."
"Sorry you two went to the trouble of getting dressed up," Goku said with a nervous chuckle. "But 18, Shooter and myself already took care of business."
Hearing this and Chi-Chi and Videl blushed with embarrassment suddenly feeling very foolish with themselves.
"Well that's good," Chi-Chi said quietly while behind them Bulma, Bra, Sho and Takara landed in the Capsule Corp Plane. "A little disappointing maybe, but I'm sure it's for the best."
"Goku!" Bulma cried urgently as she jumped out her plane followed by Shooter and Bra who was carrying Takara. "We've got a BIG problem! ALL volcanos are starting to erupt!" she went on as they ran up to him. "Earthquakes are being reported all around the globe! Flooding so bad that whole CITIES are going under! That big interdimensional doorway the villains opened up must have upset the natural balance!"
"Yeah," Bra nodded in agreement.
"It's true," Shooter said in conformation. "We saw it on the way here!"
"Well then we have to gather up the Dragon Balls and wish things back to normal," Chi-Chi said decisively.
"Yeah," Goku said in agreement. "Good idea we can use them to wish Krillin and Sai back too."
"Thank you Goku," 18 said gently to the small saiyan. "I may give Krillin a hard time but I do love him. I miss him and besides," she said ruffling Shooter hair. "I have to tell him what a good job his future son-in law did at protecting his daughter and helping me."
"Aw shucks…" Shooter said quietly blushing crimson at all the complements.
"Then it's settled!" Goku said grandly. "Let the official hunt for the Dragon Balls begin!"
Now that the Super Androids had been defeated it was time to make reparations. King Yemma took care of returning all the escaped villains to Hell, Future Trunks went to work on the Dragon Radar and restored Giru to full working order much to Chibi Pan and Takara's delight. And with the old Dragon Ball hunting team back together they began scouring the globe for the seven magic balls. Everything was going according to plan till the team located their first Dragon Ball and made an unusual discovery, the Dragon Ball they found were cracked? Not just one, but all SEVEN Dragon Balls were inexplicitly cracked and giving off an unusual red glow. Thinking that Shenron himself might be able to tell them what was wrong with the Dragon Ball's and how to fix them Goku summoned the mighty dragon. However what emerged from the cracked magic balls was a plume of black smoke and when that finally cleared up a creature appeared that was anything BUT Shenron! True it was a dragon, but it was a dragon that NOBODY had ever seen before!
Authors's Notes: WHOO-HOO The Super 17 saga has been completed! Hurray! There is some modifications due to the some of the reviews. Hope you guys enjoy. Wow this fic is almost over D: Now on to the Shadow Dragons saga!