Concerned Reader

I did watch the Buu Saga and recall that Vegeta betrayed Goku by stricking a deal with the wizard alien.

Besides even if Vegeta does reform, and that might not even happen in my story, it hasn't happened yet. At this point he is an evil jerk who only cares about himself.

Joe Lawyer

Remember that in the first few chapters that Cyborg Gothic wasn't finished that's why his actions seem odd at first. Once he merges with Android 16 he becomes a lot more reasonable and mature.

The cyborgs and androids were created by a man called Doctor Gero, and he wanted Goku dead because of what happened to the Red Ribbon Army.

It makes a lot more sense if you've seen the show in full because that whole thing with the Red Ribbon Army goes back to very start back before it became DragonballZ .

Cyborg Gothic

Part 13

The Return of Cooler

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As I opened my eyes I saw that I was inside some place I didn't recognize. Also it was a dark space, but this hardly mattered as I had a sort of night vision thing going on. Everything was a different shade of blue and things were tricky to make out, but at least I could see a few things.

While I was looking around I could not fail to notice that were wires all over my body, and elsewhere as I was able to feel them on my face. In fact I was being suspended in the air by some wires.

Then I saw that Goku and Vegeta were also tied up on the other side of the large room, and as far as I could tell they weren't awake. Still it was hard to tell due to the darkness so I decided to pose a question in order to find out if they could reply.

"What is going on?" I asked.

Neither of them replied.

"Welcome to the Big Gete Star." Cooler said

This didn't look like no star to me. I figured that I was inside some giant machine.

"Cooler… where are you?" Goku asked.

I looked around and tried to find him. At this I failed.

"Ah a difficult question to answer." Cooler said before sort of answerign "In one sense I am everywhere around you".

That was very unhelpful.

"But I suppose what you are looking for is right here in front of your eyes" Cooler then said to us.

When I switched back to normal vision I saw a light in the corner of the room that grew in brightness.

"What?" Goku inquired.

Soon I found what looked to be a big head that was also attached to everything by wires, the voice had come from that thing. I hadn't been able to see it in any detail until now so I'd assumed it was just another part of the huge machine we were trapped in.

"Before you die I shall tell you the story" Cooler said "Somewhere far in space there existed a single computer chip. It floated for eons among a graveyard of broken space ships and forgotten satellites. Until one day it began to connect to the other machines. It began to grow from a single chip to a giant machine".

That all seemed very unlikely, but this was a fucking weird universe so I didn't question the tale.

"At some point what was left of my body including my brain was also absorbed" Cooler then told us "My conscious was merged with the main computer and I took control…so in a sense I am the Big Gete Star"

My ability to fuse with others seemed rather unimpressive now.

"And using the technology at my disposal I created a new metal body for myself, a Meta Cooler if you will" Cooler said.

Which had been the thing that had kicked all our asses.

"So what are you going to do with us now?" Goku asked.

I somehow knew it would be nothing good.

"Well let's just say that I'm going to extract my revenge." Cooler said.

Extract was word that a I did not like.

"What?" Vegeta said.

That query was answered when energy began to get pulled from his and Goku's body. It looked extremely painful so I was go glad that it wasn't happening to me.

"What delicious irony it is that your energy is going to fuel the destruction of the very planet you were trying to save." Cooler said with glee.

I could do nothing. I wasn't able to move and I hated the feeling of being helpless. I was suppose to be the strongest of Gero's creations, yet for all my machine parts and modified DNA I might as well have been nothing at all.

Cooler laughed like a maniac as he watched the two Sayians scream out in what had to be extreme amounts of agony. Then the energy sucking process came to a sudden end.

"To think these Super Saiyans have so much energy anymore and it would exceed my capacity" Cooler was now saying.

I thought this was the end, but then suddenly energy spark caem from Goku's body. The golden coloured energy travelled up the wires and soon there was a small explosion nearby.

"What was that?" Cooler asked

It seemed that the bad guy had bitten off more than he could chew, or in this case more energy than he could absorb.

"The circuit is supposed to be closed" Cooler was now saying "Why does the power keep flowing in?".

I had no idea, and I was too busy watching the two Saiyans go extremely golden to care much about what the machine guy had to say.

"No I'm past my limits." Cooler said, sounding very shocked "Stop! Stop!"

The wires holding all of us retracted but Goku and Vegeta and grabbed the metal trendiles. Then they somehow funneled even more energy through the wires.

That was when I realised that we would all die soon as this place was going to blow. We had to get out of here if we wanted to live.

As luck would have it an explosion freed me, and after I hit the floor I tried to pick myself. Only I didn't have much luck with that.

"I can't maintain my hold on the planet!" Cooler was now saying.

The big bad had underestimated the super saiyans. Just as Gero had.

"Dad!" I then heard Gohan cry out.

I managed to turn to my side and I saw Krillin, Oolong, Master Roshi, Piccolo, Yamcha and a whole group of the Namekians. I was somewhat happy to see them.

"Help" I requested.

Again I was ignored.

"Goku!" Krillin shouted.

I felt very neglected right now. No one seemed to care about me.

"All of you get out of here as fast as you can!" Goku shouted to them.

That was stupid they should rescue me first.

"Wait are you sure?" Piccolo asked.

That was when I sensed danger and I came to understand why the Saiyan wanted his son and his friends to run away. As it turned out our enemy had not been destroyed.

"Given the state you Saiyans are in, how do you plan to take care of me?" Cooler said to the golden haired warroirs..

The big bad was still around, this was not good

"You heard him get out of here!" Vegeta yelled

That sounded like a plan so I rushed towards the nearest exit while avoiding the falling debris. When I found a patch of sky I jumped and flew out of star thing. Once I got high enough I saw that the Big Gete Star was pulling away from the planet.

I then turned my attention to the ground as I saw all the Namekians running away. Then I saw Gohan and lesser fighters so I decided to join them as they grabbed the smaller aliens and carried them to safety.

"Dad, hurry up!" Gohan said desperately.

He was the one person that I wasn't worried about. This whole planet could go boom and he would somehow survive I just knew it. His son didn't think the same he was worried.

"Come on Gohan." I said "We need to get away from that thing".

He at least paid attention to me.

"But dad is still inside." Gohan replied.

If needs be I'd teleported him away.

"There is nothing we can do now." I said as I grabbed the kid and teleported him to our ship.

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Not long after our escape we were all gathered at the ship as we stared into the sky. The Big Gete Star thing had detached itself from the planet and was trying to escape into space.

Only it didn't get far as the so called star blew up. The explosion was so bright that we had to shield our eyes from the intense light.

"Go…ku." Krillin said as he stared up into the sky.

I wasn't worried about the hero as I was sure that 16 would have informed me should the Saiyan expire.

"W…where's my dad?" Gohan asked.

I stared up into the sky as I tried to sense what was going on.

"It's okay." I said as I tried to comfort Gohan "If anyone could have survived that explosion its your Dad".

The light in the sky slowly died out as all the Namekians and us watched. Then I finally did sense something, and soon after that I saw two figures as they flew down from the sky.

"Dad!" Gohan said happily as he stuck his hands out to the sky.

Goku looked exhausted and Vegeta was also worse for wear so Yajirobe walked up to all of them and gave them both a magic bean.

"Good thing you brought those Senzu beans after all uh Yajirobe?" Goku said as he got up

That was when I noticed that the prince was already gone.

"Hey where's Vegeta?" Goku then asked.

I guessed he was already at his ship.

"Eh you know Vegeta he's never really cared much for happy endings." Krillin said.

I wasn't that found of them either. Not because I wanted people to suffer, but because they were often super cheesy.

"Funny cause I think it's his fault that we have a happy ending in the first place." Goku said as he looked towards the sky.

That was kinda of amusing.

"I have to admit, without Vegeta we would probably all be dead" Piccolo then remarked.

While this was true I would not to it agree verbally. Also I suspected that the prince had come here for a different reason, although I couldn't imagine what he'd come looking for on this planet.

"Thank you Vegeta, we couldn't have done it without you" Goku said next

It was like I hadn't been there at all.

"Can we go home now?" I asked.

I had some proper training to do and it was important that I get started as soon as possible. If there were things like Cooler out there then I needed to become stronger before I would have even a chance at beating them.