NOTE: There are a few things I'm gonna have to say real quick.
1. Yes, the movies will be after the episode "Fear and Loathing in Ginger Town" since that episode ends right as Cell appears.
2. The decided game for the side story is DBZ Kakarot. Look forward to that once this story concludes.
3. I apologize for those who wanted me to make a joke about Ichiya having the same voice as Cooler and Gero. I kept forgetting to do it each time and at this point it's too late. Again, I'm sorry for that.
Other than that, enjoy and review.
Chapter 54: or: How I learned to stop worrying and Love the Androids
(cut to Bulma's destroyed plane falling down inside a crevice with the camera panning over to Trunks, who saved Bulma and his infant self from the explosion)
"Oh, thank Kami!" Levy released a breath and eased her stress.
"Trunks is a good boy," Erza smiled.
BULMA: Uh... Oh, wow, pretty sure I was about to be a wish there…
"Because you're a damn idiot!" Levy yelled.
"Hopefully, this teachers her to not be so reckless," Makarov frowned.
BULMA: Oh, God, the baby! (looks to her right and grabs baby Trunks, who is crying heavily, from Trunks' arm)
"Now, you're concerned with his well-being," Levy scowled.
"You ok, squirt?" Gajeel asked her.
"Yeah, I'm just a bit miffed," She answered.
BULMA: Ah, there you are... Aww, don't worry, Trunkie. It was just an explosion. You'll get used to those, those happen a lot around mommy.
"Sadly she isn't wrong. Especially with Vegeta as a lover," Evergreen sighed.
TRUNKS: I could have sworn I saw somebody else in the car with you.
BULMA: Hmm?
(cut to Yajirobe who's stuck under a pile of rocks)
"IS HE OK!?"
YAJIROBE: (reminiscing an earlier conversation with Korin) "Hey, Yajirobe." "What is it, Korin?" "Why don't you go help out the gang?" "Oh, sure, Korin, why not? What's the worst that could happen?" (a tiny rock falls and nails him in the face before crumbling into pebbles) I got a rock up my butt…
"I've had that happen before," Natsu answered. Those near him looked at him in concern and disgust.
[OPENING SEQUENCE]
(cut to Vegeta floating in the sky)
VEGETA: Oh, you've gotta be kidding me! He got away again?! And not a nut or bolt to be found! Not that you had any nuts to begin with!
"Are you NOT concerned about your wife and child?" Gildarts asked, angry.
(Trunks angrily glares at Vegeta and flies up into his path)
TRUNKS: Look, I don't mean to tell you how to be a father.
"I AM!" Makarov, Gildarts, and Macao shouted at once.
TRUNKS: But why didn't you try and save your wife and son?
VEGETA: My what and my son?
"Please tell me Saiyans know what the term "wife" means," Erza's eyebrow twitched.
TRUNKS: Wait, you mean you two never got married?
VEGETA: What is that, some kind of food?
The sound of facepalming rang all around the guild at Vegeta's answer. Even Natsu knows what a wife is.
"Why do I get the feeling Goku made the same mistake?" Erza said, apprehensively.
"Because he would make that mistake," Lucy sweatdropped.
TRUNKS: No, just, listen... When two people love each other...
VEGETA: Oh, wow, I'm just f**king with you.
"OH THANK KAMI!" Everyone sighed in relief...somewhat.
"Goku's still an idiot," Minerva shrugged.
VEGETA: My God, who doesn't know what marriage is? Also, love each other? Making a lot of assumptions here.
"Not true! You guys definitely love each other!" Juvia shouted, defiant.
"If he loved her, he would've saved her," Gray explains to the water mage. Juvia pouts at her one-and-only.
"There's no way two people could share a night of such passion and not be in love! Vegeta just hasn't realized it yet!" Juva told him. Gray didn't have the heart to say anything back as Juvia continued to pout.
TRUNKS: Grr...
(back down on the ground with the others...)
BULMA: So, I thought you guys were fighting androids? Why was Dr. Gero here?
"Who?" Freed perked up, since it seemed Levy didn't want jot notes.
(everyone gasps like it's some big revelation)
KRILLIN: Who dat?
BULMA: Scientist. Worked for the Red Ribbon Army. Adequate with robotics.
"So, he's the mad scientist. Then, how come Trunks never told anyone his name?" Jellal questioned.
"A lot of things aren't adding up here," Laxus stated.
KRILLIN: Oh... Hey, Mr. Can't Say! You may wanna hear this!
(later)
VEGETA: You f**king failure!
"He's that kind of dad," Laxus mumbled, tightening his fist.
TRUNKS: Hold on a second, I-
VEGETA: You told us... two androids... May 12th... 10 a.m. South City!
TRUNKS: Well, by nine miles off of...
VEGETA: And what happens? We waste our time on the wrong f**king androids!
"And there's the confirmation needed," Freed jots down.
"So, what happens now?" Sting asked.
"They need to stop Gero from getting to the actual androids and killing them all," Rogue explains to his partner.
TRUNKS: Look, I was... (looks over to Bulma) Uh, how old is that baby?
BULMA: 'Bout ten months.
TRUNKS: Ten months old at the time!
"Even still, shouldn't Future Bulma have known about this?" Lucy questioned. Though, she remembers how her future self didn't know about Future Rogue following her through time.
VEGETA: How about next time you come back to give someone a heads up, you give them a goddamn photo?!
"Look, the kid made a mistake. Get off his back already," Gildarts said, irritated with the Prince's attitude.
"A mistake that could've gotten them all killed," Jellal responded.
TRUNKS: Just, listen... I think traveling back in time may have caused a butterfly effect. The androids that kill you in the future could still appear!
"Exactly as you said, Jellal," Erza smiled. The criminal mage smirked at the compliment from Erza.
VEGETA: I don't give a shit about butterflies! With all this time we've wasted, Dr. Gero has probably made it back to his lab already! And God only knows where that is!
BULMA: I know where that is.
"Why have you been sitting there and not saying, shit?" Levy questioned.
VEGETA: You do?
TRUNKS: You do? Why didn't you tell me!?
BULMA: Because this never came up before.
"Future Bulma would give him the exact same response," Lucy sweat drops.
TRUNKS: No, I meant in the future... (shows Bulma's blank expression) Never mind. How do you know?
BULMA: All scientists know where other scientists' labs are. Dr. Frapp, Dr. Wheelo…
"Haven't heard from in a while. I wonder how he is," Wendy wondered.
TRUNKS: Who?
BULMA: Long story. Last time I checked, Gero had a secret lab right outside North City.
VEGETA: Well then it's time for round goddamn two! (powers up and starts flying away)
TRUNKS: Wait! (flies in front of Vegeta again) You can't just take off on your own!
"Wrong person you're talking to," Gajeel said.
VEGETA: Are you giving me orders?
TRUNKS: No, I'm trying to help you!
VEGETA: Ohohoho, well, I'm sorry, but... (flies up in Trunks' face) I don't listen to bastards. (flies off, leaving Trunks speechless)
The entire guild sits in silence at Vegeta's words and the only emotion flowing through each one of them is anger.
"He's a shit father. He doesn't deserve to be a father and nothing will change that," Laxus growls, lighting coursing off of his body.
Juvia trembles a bit at Vegeta's words and feels doubt about if Vegeta actually cares for anyone other than himself. Gray holds her hand to help her feel better.
Gajeel trembles in anger. Yeah, him and Levy weren't married and that would make their kid a bastard. But, he'd never even think about saying something like that to his own child.
Lucy sees steam flowing off of Natsu's body and sorta places a hand on his hot shoulder. "Natsu…"
"Trunks has waited his whole life to talk to his dad, but all he gets in return is nothing, but disrespect and insults. Igneel would never…" Natsu growls.
PICCOLO: Gohan?
GOHAN: Yeah?
PICCOLO: You're a good kid.
"He is and we're all thankful for that," Mira agreed.
"Goku and Chi-Chi need to tell him that too," Lisanna
GOHAN: Oh... Thanks?
TRUNKS: No! We have to stop him! (flies off after Vegeta) Dad! Wait!
"And he still can't help, but care for the asshole," Minerva sighs.
BULMA: Wait, "dad"?
PICCOLO: Oh yeah, by the way, that kid's your son. No harm telling you now. Damage already done.
BULMA: Oh, wow, he grows up to be a cutie! And... (remembers her last interaction with her future son) Oh, my God, I solicited my son for sex… (Krillin bursts into laughter off-screen) WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!?
The mages laugh at Bulma's realization, and it lightens the mood a bit within the guild.
KRILLIN: Because it's hilarious!
"True," Minerva agreed with the midget.
PICCOLO: You just learned about it.
KRILLIN: And it is hilarious.
PICCOLO: Anyway... Gohan, I think Bulma and the baby need to go home.
"Good idea," Mira agrees, with sending Gohan away.
BULMA: We do?
"Yes! Now leave!" Levy yells.
PICCOLO: You do.
GOHAN: Well, it would be nice to check in on my dad.
"Yeah," Erza was still miffed a bit.
YAJIROBE: Actually, I kind of need a ride, too.
GOHAN: But I-
BULMA: Actually, I'd like you to take me home first.
"So damn needy," Laxus complained.
"She does have a baby with her," Mira reminded him.
GOHAN: But you-
PICCOLO: Stop worrying, Gohan. I'm sure Goku's fine.
(cut to Goku, who is screaming and writhing in agony)
"Yes, he's totally fine," Sting said, sarcastically.
(cut to Dr. Gero running away from the Z-Fighters and heading toward his hidden laboratory)
DR. GERO: (thinking) All right, made a miscalculation... a couple miscalculations. Lost an android, and a hand... And I think my brain case is loose.
"I feel like that should be your bigger concern," Romeo blanched.
: But there's no way they could follow me and none of them know where to find my lab- Huh? (takes shelter under a rock and he sees Piccolo, Tien, and Krillin fly by) That's funny... they're all flying right toward my- Oh, find me in the alps! No, there's no way they could have secured the location of my secret lab. Unless they know a scientist, like Wheelo or Frapp. Or any of the Brief- (remembers shooting down Bulma's plane earlier, out loud) SHIT! (a few crows are seen flying up into the air in distress)
"Bet you feel stupid now!" Bickslow laughed.
(flashback of Trunks talking to his mother his own timeline)
FUTURE BULMA: Oh... Your father, huh?
TRUNKS: Yeah, you never talk about Dad. What was he like?
FUTURE BULMA: He was... a loner? Had a lot of trouble making friends- very abrasive.
"Sugarcoating everything about the man," Makarov said.
TRUNKS: Am I a lot like him?
FUTURE BULMA: You have his gender.
"And that should remain as the only thing you two share," Kagura said.
(back in the present where Trunks is flying behind Vegeta)
VEGETA: You know, if you really wanted to help out, you could stop following me around and start searching these mountains.
TRUNKS: I'm trying to save your life! If you just stop and listen to me...
VEGETA: The hell do you care?
TRUNKS: Oh, come on! We both know I'm your son!
VEGETA: And are you as disappointed as I am?
"I'm disappointed in you. Does that count?" Minerva asked.
TRUNKS: Argh!
(cut to Piccolo, Tien, and Krillin, who have reached the outskirts of North City)
PICCOLO: All right, we've got a lot of ground to cover.
KRILLIN: Please don't say what I think you're gonna say.
PICCOLO: We should probably...
KRILLIN: Here it comes...
PICCOLO: ...stick together for safety.
"For Krillin's safety? Right?" Lucy asked, concerned.
KRILLIN: Oh. Thank our green God on the Lookout-!
TIEN: I don't know... Probably cover more ground if we split up.
"Shut up, Tien!" Lucy yelled.
KRILLIN: YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
PICCOLO: Nah, he's got a good point.
"He was gonna run out of good ideas at some point," Mira deadpanned.
KRILLIN: Ah, green goddamn it!
(all three of them fly off)
KRILLIN: Why am I so scared, anyway? There's like a sextillion mountains around here. The chances of me running into him are- (Dr. Gero grabs his leg from below and throws him towards a bolder) Ahhh! (Dr. Gero runs up and elbows him in the face and then proceeds to knee him in the stomach)
Everyone winced as Krilin got his ass kicked very easily. "Well since, Yamcha's not here you get the short end this time," Yukino laughed, nervously.
DR. GERO: 540,000 to 1. Lucky you. Ta-ta. (flees the scene)
(Krillin is seen left on the ground and moaning in pain)
(Krillin Owned Count: 30)
"Poor Krillin," Wendy frowned.
(cut to Dr. Gero arriving at the entrance of his lab)
DR. GERO: (thinking) Ah, there's no place like home... And the only person who even got close is currently incapacita-
KRILLIN: (is seen floating right in front of Gero's lab) Hey, guys! I found Dr. Gero... And his lab! I found Dr. Gero's lab!
"Wait, how did he?" Lector asked.
DR. GERO: Inconceivable! How are you a-
KRILLIN: Senzu Bean.
"That's right! He is the one carrying them," Lucy remembered.
DR. GERO: I don't know what I was expecting... Please, if you wouldn't mind waiting for a moment, uh, Tien.
"Not sure if that counts as an insult or compliment," Bickslow said.
Dr. Gero: I have something I'd like to show you.
KRILLIN: Okay! (starts humming but stops)
The mages stared at Krillin with dumbfounded expressions.
KRILLIN: Aw, crap... It's the androids.
"NO SHIT!"
(cut to Dr. Gero inside his lab)
DR. GERO: (thinking) I literally can't believe that worked…
"You'd be surprised with this group," Freed rolled his eyes.
DR. Gero: (the lab lights up, playing a Mac startup sound) I also can't believe I may have to resort to 17 and 18. I should measure my choices... I can't be too careful with i-
KRILLIN: (from outside the lab's door) Piccolo, over here! I found Gero's lab!
PICCOLO: (from outside the lab's door) Hrah! (tries to break down the door) Ahh, my wrist!
Mira burst into laughter from Piccolo's failure.
"What is that door made of!?" Everyone else wondered.
DR. GERO: Caution to the wind, then.
(opens Android 17's pod, who wakes up and steps out of the pod)
The mage's faces turn serious at the sight of the actual androids or at least one of them.
"Looks younger than I thought...cuter too," Evergreen noted.
ANDROID 17: (in a robotic voice) Hello, Dr. Gero. How are you today?
DR. GERO: Well, that's new... I-
ANDROID 17: (normal voice) I'm just messin' with ya, man. What's up, Doc?
"Reminds me of teenagers," Makarov grimaced.
DR. GERO: Oh, there it is. Good morning, Android 17.
ANDROID 17: Man, according to my database, it's been a while since you last turned us off.
DR. GERO: You mean, since you tried to destroy me…
"Destroy? They've tried to kill you and you didn't try to fix them?" Freed raised an eyebrow.
ANDROID 17: Yeah, Doc. And I'm real broken up about that. It's just, every time you talked, all I heard was "Kill me, kill me, kill me".
"That's usually a warning sign for most scientists," Yukino shivered.
ANDROID 17: Something with my auditory. Think it's gone now, though.
DR. GERO: Well, suppose you just needed to be turned off and on again.
"What is he? A light switch?" Romeo asked.
ANDROID 17: Hmm, how 'bout that? You gonna wake my sister up, too?
DR. GERO: Indeed. I require both of your assistance. (pushes a button to open up Android 18's pod)
ANDROID 17: Wow. Must have gotten yourself in some shit.
"Some real shit," Gajeel nodded.
TIEN: (from outside the door) Here, let me get in on this. (tries to break down the door) AUGH! Now, MY wrist!
"How are you still having trouble!?" Lucy shouted.
(Android 18 wakes up and gets out of her pod)
Some of the members couldn't help, but acknowledge the beauty of Android 18.
"She has a big forehead," Romeo pointed out. His dad bonked him on the head for the comment.
"Brat! You don't insult a woman's looks!"
"She's a killer android! Why do you care!?"
ANDROID 18: (in a robotic voice) Hello, Dr. Gero. How are-
ANDROID 17: I already did it.
ANDROID 18: (normal voice) Ugh, you dick! We were supposed to do that together!
"Siblings," Gray shrugged.
ANDROID 17: I know, but I couldn't help myself.
ANDROID 18: Whatever. (to Dr. Gero) What do you want?
DR. GERO: Well, Son Goku's comrades are currently knocking at a door!
PICCOLO: (is heard from outside once again trying to break down the door) Ah, my other wrist!
"JUST BLAST THE DOOR!"
KRILLIN: (from outside the door) Jesus, use your shoulder!
DR. GERO: After a bit of an... incident earlier today, I lost Android 19, and my a-
ANDROID 18: Wait a sec, you built another android?
ANDROID 17: Wait, wait, wait. Was it that fat clown thing? I thought that was a joke!
"To Vegeta, it was a joke," Rogue said.
ANDROID 18: Well, clearly it was- it's dead.
DR. GERO: And so are we if you don't-
ANDROID 17: Whoa, slow down. Are you an android? Holy shit, you're an android! How did you even do that?
DR. GERO: I took my brain out and put it into this body.
ANDROID 18: How?
DR. GERO: I... Huh. How did I do that?
"You don't even know!?"
(Cut to outside the lab, where Piccolo, Tien, and Krillin are still trying to break down the door. Tien attempts to break down the door with a shoulder tackle.)
TIEN: Ah, now my shoulder!
KRILLIN: It's like it's made out of some kind of metal…
"And these are the protectors of Earth. I'm still shocked they all aren't dead yet," Minerva deadpanned.
VEGETA: So, we having a party?
(Vegeta and Trunks arrive in front of Gero's lab)
PICCOLO: Must be, 'cause you're late.
"Gotta be fashionably late," Lily said.
VEGETA: Only because of this brat's constant backchat!
TRUNKS: Because you flew 200 miles past North City!
(cut to back inside Dr. Gero's lab)
VEGETA: (from outside the door) And I'm about to put my hand 200 miles upside your head!
TRUNKS: (from outside the door) That doesn't make any sense!
Romeo eye'd his own dad, before turning back towards the screen.
ANDROID 18: Jesus, they're loud.
"Agreed," Evergreen said.
DR. GERO: Great, and now Vegeta's here. 17! 18! You two are charged with eliminating them!
ANDROID 17: You know, I'll get right on that- but first we gotta talk about these trust issues, because I get this strange feeling that after we kill them, you're just gonna turn us off again. And I don't even know how...
DR. GERO: (while holding a remote) Why, with this remote, of course.
"And he's dead," Levy said.
"Scientists are idiots," Gajeel shrugged.
ANDROID 17: Oh... (swipes the remote from Gero's hand) You mean this remote?
DR. GERO: Uh, but, you see, that's just the decoy remote. I wouldn't show you the real thing, ha... But, uh, I do need that remote back. It was my mother's.
"Why would your mother need that?" Wendy questioned.
"He's lying, Wendy," Carla told the girl.
"Oh."
ANDROID 17: Oh, don't you worry. I'ma hold onto it real tight... (crushes the remote) Whoops.
ANDROID 18: Did your hand just malfunction, bro?
ANDROID 17: Think it did, sis.
"Starting to see why he turned them off," Lucy shifted, uncomfortably.
(cut to back to outside Dr. Gero's lab)
VEGETA: Enough of this! I'm sick of standing around! (prepares to blast down the door)
"I'm upset that he decides to do so," Minerva said.
TRUNKS: No! We can't do this without Goku!
VEGETA: Why? It's a goddamn door!
"Because you will without a doubt find a way to get everyone killed," Laxus answered.
TRUNKS: That's not what I-
VEGETA: Gah! (fires an energy blast which blows down the door with the group standing face to face with the androids) All right, so where are the real androids?
TRUNKS: That's them. (shows a shot of Androids 17 and 18)
VEGETA: Wow, you are just the Grand Central Station of disappointment, aren't you?
"He is your son soooo…." Bickslow quipped.
TRUNKS: How are these people friends with you?!
"That is a giant assumption," Lily spoke.
TIEN: Making a lot of assumptions right now...
ANDROID 18: Wow... you got a whole hot mess of these guys over here.
DR. GERO: And you need to get rid of them!
ANDROID 18: I don't know... we might need some help... (walks up and looks at another unactivated pod) Oh, what's this? Your secret project?
DR. GERO: No, he's in the base-
Levy and Freed cock their eyebrows.
Dr. GERO: I mean, yes! Very secret- don't touch!
ANDROID 18: (takes a better look inside the pod) Wait a second, did you build a ginger android? Man, there's a Soulless Machine joke there, but that's beneath me.
"You kinda just made one," Kagura mentioned.
TRUNKS: (completely shocked) Wait, what!?
"Another change caused by the butterfly effect," Jellal frowned.
VEGETA: So, I'm pretty sure that's three androids you've missed? Do I hear four?
TRUNKS: (thinking) No, no, no, no, no!
"I think standing around time has ended," Makarov said, seriously.
DR. GERO: Do not activate Android 16! He's not properly programmed!
"That's an even bigger warning sign," Lily said.
ANDROID 17: Oh, and how many of us are? (in a southern accent accompanied by banjo music) Howdy, folks, I'm Android 13, look at my trucker hat.
"You'd have to be an idiot to make that," Gajeel snickers.
DR. GERO: I was going through a phase!
"HE ACTUALLY DID!?"
ANDROID 18: Well, let's say we open him up and get to know our new friend.
DR. GERO: Don't you dare! I am your master and you will do what I say!
"That's always the one thing you don't say," Lisanna said, afraid for what's about to happen next.
ANDROID 17: I... I'm sorry... could you repeat that? I think the ear thing's back.
DR. GERO: I said I am your master and you will do what I- (Android 17 impales him the chest with his hand)
"OH SHIT!"
ANDROID 17: Sorry, doc. (decapitates Dr. Gero with a kick, with his head rolling towards Krillin) Just following orders.
The mages remember that these androids are dangerous and things just went from bad to worse.
DR. GERO: (as his head stops directly in front of a whimpering Krillin) So... could one of you possibly spare one of those Senzu- (Android 17 crushes crushes his head under his foot)
"I was right to be afraid," Lisanna shivered.
[ENDING SEQUENCE]
[STINGER]
(cut to Gohan carrying Bulma, baby Trunks, and Yajirobe on their way to Bulma's house)
GOHAN: Bulma, are you sure it's safe to hold the baby like that while we're flying?
BULMA: Well, what do you expect me to do?
GOHAN: Give him to Yajirobe?
BULMA: I'm afraid he'll either drop him or eat him out of spite.
YAJIROBE: I am pissed and hungry. She is right to fear me.
"Don't eat baby Trunks, please," Wendy pleaded.
Chapter End