Chapter 4

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Age 767 (Android Saga)

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''Hmm… Something isn't right here… It's dad! He hasn't catched the heart virus yet! What's going on?'' He thought as he glanced towards his father who continued flying. ''If dad catches the heart virus before the androids arrives, he'll probably need rest at home or somewhere safe. Out first place would be our house of course, then Kame's house and finally the lookout… wait! The lookout! The time chamber! I'll go in with him and take care of him and his medicines until he becomes well again. Why didn't anyone think of that?!'' Gohan thought as his most genius idea yet came to mind. It was perfect. ''Why haven't we wished for a bag of infinite senzu beans as well? I feel like there are so many things we haven't done that we should.'' He thought to himself as he chuckled.

''Hmm?'' Goku said as he looked towards his son, ''Did you say something?'' he asked. Gohan shook his head. Before he could reply he saw the rest of the Z Fighters up ahead. ''Dad! We've arrived!'' he exclaimed as his blood started pumping

''Goku! Gohan! Over here!'' Krillin waved over to them. At the mountain side on the island stood all the current Z Fighters: Krillin, Tien, Yamcha and Piccolo, waiting for them. ''Finally. I took off before you to get here early.'' Piccolo said. Goku beamed at seeing his friends. ''Everyone! Glad you could all make it! Don't worry Piccolo, we sensed you fly over here.'' Goku said happily at seeing his friends again. He frowned at the thought that the only time everyone was together was when the earth was in danger, but quickly pushed it aside. Tien smirked and said, ''Wouldn't miss it. Wow! Look at you Gohan, you're growing up so fast! I think you're even taller than Krillin now.'' Tien jokingly said before laughing. Krillin playfully glared at Tien before laughing as well. ''Hehehe, thank you Tien. Guess I just got lucky huh?'' Gohan replied laughing.

As they we're conversating, they suddenly felt a familiar energy signal fly closer and closer to them. As the figure came closer, they could see spiky hair and saiyan armor. Vegeta had arrived earlier than anticipated and looked to be in deep thought. As he landed, Tien and Yamcha glared at him. He simply shrugged them off before walking up towards his enemy/rival, Kakarot. He stood infront of him before speaking up in his deep and gruff voice. ''Kakarot. I need a word with you, come.'' He ordered. Goku simply shrugged and flew off not too far to talk in private.

''What is it Vegeta?'' Goku asked curiously. Vegeta looked conflicted as he tried choosing his words carefully. ''Kakarot… Ever since I've came to this mudball called Earth, my life has changed. I made love with Bulma and had a son. My honor and pride will not let me leave my own son, and as I've made love with Bulma, I've chosen her as my mate. Nothing can change that. I can't simply leave now. That boy that came from the future, he was my son, wasn't he?'' Vegeta asked.

Goku looked shocked at how he figured it out. ''Guess there's no harm in telling it now. Yes. He is yours and Bulma's son. In his future, everyone was killed. Even you. You never got the chance to see him grow up and pass on your saiyan legacy to him.'' Goku carefully said, trying to make Vegeta see the consequences. Vegeta's brow's furrowed as he harshly spoke up, ''I know that idiot!''. Vegeta looked towards the distance with a far away look in his face. Goku patiently waited as he looked at Vegeta.

''All my life I've been ruled over by Frieza. He made me what I am. I was destined to rule my people, but he took it away from me. He destroyed our race Kakarot and now there are only two full blooded Saiyans left. Me and you.'' Swallowing his pride, he continued. ''If we perish in the battle against the Androids, the Saiyan race will almost be extinct. We're the only pure blooded saiyans left. I think it's time we start a new with our race. We're lightyears stronger than what our people were, and I believe its time for a change. I was born a royal prince, yet the only thing I've done Is commit atrocities to others and my own race.'' Vegeta said with a heavy heart. Goku's eyes widened as he knew where this was going.

''I'm here to offer a truce and put an end to this feud between us. Knowing what the future may behold, I want to make a change. I'm going to be a better father than what my own father was to me. I'll help protect this planet.'' Vegeta genuinely said as he looked at Goku and extended his hand out. Goku shook his head and refused his hand, instead stepped back and knelt on one knee and a hand on his chest with his head bowed down.

''You are a true prince Vegeta. I'm proud of you. Or should I saw, King Vegeta?'' Goku said in happiness that he gained yet another ally. Vegeta's eyes widened. Never in his life did he think he needed to hear something this bad. Quickly composing himself he stood upright before addressing his fellow saiyan. ''Stand up Kakarot, that's no position for an elite saiyan to be in'' he said, promoting Kakarot from a third-class warrior, to an elite. Goku smiled and stood up before expressing his gratitude. Something in his blood made him excited and pumped at finally embracing his saiyan heritage. ''Thank you Vegeta, you've really changed.''. ''Let's go back now, the Androids will appear at any time now.'' Goku said before taking off back to everyone. Vegeta remained still as he gazed out the horizon. ''King huh? Sounds nice.'' He said before shedding a single tear in memory of the fallen saiyans. He made a vow become a better leader and a better husband/father. With a determined face, he took off towards the others.

Landing on the cliff, he looked at Piccolo who had a smirk on his face as if he heard everything. He nodded to Vegeta and he returned it. Gohan, with his now deeper saiyan instincts and pride, turned towards Vegeta and knelt down in respect, having Goku relay everything Vegeta had said to him mentally. ''Stand up brat- no, Gohan. Get ready for battle everyone'' Vegeta said, respecting Kakarot's first child. Gohan smiled and stood up, now respecting Vegeta for his sudden change.

In the distance they could hear a song being played in a hover craft. As the figure came closer they could see Yajirobe flying towards them, blasting a song repeating ''Cat loves food, yeah yeah yeah'' with an oddly familiar voice singing it. Everyone, even Vegeta, turned towards Yamcha with a sweat drop as they stared at him. Yamcha looked embarrassed before explaining, ''Look. I was in desperate need of money alright? It wasn't even worth it…''. Some laughed, some chuckled before Yajirobe finally arrived.

''Yajirobe! Do you plan on fighting the Androids aswell?'' Goku asked, not really sure if he would have been any use. Yajirobe slipped and hit his head on the ground after hearing Goku's question. ''HELL NO! Are you crazy? Here's your batch of senzu beans, good luck. BYE!'' Yajirobe franticly explained before throwing the batch towards Goku, who handed them over to Krillin and then flew off. ''The fatass probably ate all the senzus up there, that's why there's so few left. Weren't there like 3 pots full of those?'' Krillin said. No one seemed to pay attention as, yet another hovercraft came into view. Their eyes widened as Bulma arrived at the scene… with her baby boy, Trunks.

''Bulma?! What are you doing here?!'' Gohan said shocked. Bulma got out of her hovercraft and walked towards the gang with her son in hand. ''Scientifically modified Androids? I'm not going to miss this for the world.'' She said as if the world wasn't in danger. ''But what about your son? Isn't it a little dangerous to bring a baby into a battle field?'' he replied back. ''Nah, it'll be fine as long as I stay in the hovercraft.'' She said. Gohan sighed before giving up.

''Bulma. What's the time?'' Goku asked. She looked at her watch and replied, ''Ehm, one second let me check. There, it just turned 10AM.''. Everyone tensed up and started looking around. ''The Androids are supposed to be here now…'' Gohan said as the words were left hanging in the air. Gohan's eyes widened in realization before speaking out, ''Guys! They're Androids! Maybe that's why we can't sense them!''.

Everyone gave out sounds of ''Aaah'' and ''Ooh…'' as they too understood what he meant. ''Smart as ever Gohan.'' Goku chuckled. Gohan grinned and said, ''That's probably it. We should probably split up and find them.''. Some looked apprehensive at the thought of splitting up, but soon gained confidence when they saw Gohan's determined face.

Gohan looked towards the gang and took charge. ''Let's find them before they find us. The future Trunks said they would arrive on an island 9 miles south west of south city. If anyone finds them, raise your Ki three times to alert us. This is it, let's go everyone! Split up!'' Gohan spoke. Goku and Piccolo smiled proudly and took off. Krillin, Yamcha and Tien nodded determinedly and took off as well. Gohan, feeling good about himself, blasted off into the island.

Alone stood Vegeta, Bulma and their son. ''Vegeta…'' Bulma awkwardly started. Vegeta looked around, not seeing anyone close by, pulled her in for a kiss before pulling back and kissing his only son on his forehead. Bulma was shocked but quickly smiled. ''Be careful.'' She simply said. Vegeta nodded and said, ''I'll be back.'' Then took off. Little did they know, a figure in the distance was watching them, smiling.

Krillin walked around town asking people if they had seen some unusual people, most people ignored him or made fun of him. ''Ughh… I'm starting to hope the Androids appear now.'' He jokingly said.

Tien was flying around, not really caring to ask people. Looking around, he tried spotting anything unusual. They weren't given any specific details about the Androids, though he was sure he could spot anything unusual.

Gohan was flying around up high to look out for anything out of the ordinary. Goku, Piccolo and Vegeta flew out to the borders of the island to observe anything out of the ordinary. Seeing nothing they continued looking out.

Yamcha was walking down the streets asking people if they saw anything unusual, but sometimes getting too caught up in the women. He shook his head and focused on his objective. As he was walking by, he saw an elderly man and a chubby albino clown. They could have been anything, but Yamcha decided to ask them. Walking up, he called out to them. ''Excuse me sir! Have you or your friend seen anyone suspicious around here? We're trying to find some nasty people, if you could help us out it would mean a lot!'' he told them.

The elderly man simply stared, but was thinking deeply ''What? Is it possible they know?''. He quickly glanced at his ''friend'' and gave a silent order. The fat one stared at Yamcha, as if calculating him. ''What are you looking for?'' the old man suspiciously said. Yamcha gave him a careful look before hearing the chubby one speaking up in his meek and childish voice. ''Scan finished. He is not Son Goku. He is Yamcha, the desert bandit.'' He said.

Yamcha's eyes widened in realization and quickly jumped back as the elderly man tried grabbing him by the throat. He quickly raised his Ki three times, making everyone's head snap towards his location before quickly taking off as fast as they could. The old man charged at Yamcha, grabbing him by the throat, succeeding. He lifted him up as Yamcha struggled, feeling his strength slowly fading away. As the man pulled his fist back, readying himself to impale Yamcha in his stomach, Yamcha quickly pulled up his hand and blocked him.

Suddenly a foot was connected to the Androids face, as Goku came flying in rescuing his friend. The old man flew backwards and landed beside his friend. Goku gave him a hard and serious look, before thinking back to what Trunks had said. ''Their creator, an old Red Ribbon army scientist named Dr. Gero, created them. When they awoke, the first thing they did was kill their creator.''. His eyes widened as he thought of who he just kicked.

The rest of the gang dropped down on the ground, standing in a half circle around them. Goku looked toward the Android he kicked and spoke up. ''Are you Dr. Gero?''. The old man's eyes widened and quickly got up. He looked shocked and said, ''How did you know?! No one was supposed to know about us!'' he said in anger. ''Ah so it's true, you're him. Guess I didn't take you out along with the Red Ribbon army as well.'' Goku said seriously. ''Where are his creations then? Did Trunks make a mistake?'' he thought.

Dr. Gero quickly composed himself and chuckled. ''No matter, we'll simply take you all out.''. ''We'll see about that old man.'' Gohan said, glaring angrily at him. Goku flinched as he felt a little pain in his chest but shrugged it off as no one but Gohan noticed. He narrowed his eyes but didn't think much of it. ''Cocky, are you?'' Gero replied before continuing, ''We've seen all your battles. Starting from the 22nd World Martial Arts tournament, we created a miniscule bug that would later follow you all around and spy on you. We know your strengths, weaknesses, techniques and powers.''. They all looked shocked, and some angry. ''Just curious, did you follow us to Namek?'' Piccolo asked. Gero shook his head no before saying, ''There was no need to. We concluded your peak at the battle against the Saiyans.''.

Everyone stared, until they all erupted in laughter. Even Piccolo and Vegeta were chuckling. ''Oh man, that's rich.'' Gohan said as he wiped a tear from his eye. ''What are you laughing at you imbeciles?'' Dr. Gero angrily said. Gohan waved his hands franticly while laughing, ''Oh nothing, nothing, really.'' Gohan said in between chuckles. The were all silent before Krillin tried suppressing his laughter but failed, ''Pffftt''. They all laughed again as Goku rolled on the floor, weezing and laughing. ''I've had enough! #19, take them out.'' Gero angrily said, not knowing what they were laughing about, and kind of wanting to join in on the fun. ''No, what the hell am I thinking.'' he thought.

Before #19 could attack, Goku held up his hands. ''Wait! Wait, let's take this somewhere else.'' He said as he got up from the ground.

''As you wish, you'll all be dead soon anyway.'' Gero stated. ''Yeah sure, follow us.'' Goku replied. They all took off to a nearby wasteland to battle. As they arrived, they dropped down and got ready. ''Me first!'' Goku said. Gero nodded and spoke up to his creation, ''#19, take him out.''. #19 nodded in obedience and got ready. ''Hit it dad'' Gohan said crossing his arms. Goku smirked and started powering up. ''As you wish son.''. With a loud yell, his muscles bulked out and his hair stood upright. ''Nnn… Nyaah! Grrrr.. AHHH!'' he grunted and shouted. With that, he ascended to a super saiyan and stared at #19's soulless eyes.

''WHAT IS THIS?! THIS STRENGHT!'' Gero shouted. #19 took off towards Goku and threw a punch. Goku easily blocked it and hit him in the face, sending the albino Android flying back. As they were punching and blocking in the air, Goku kicked him towards the ground and charged up a Kamehameha wave. Yamcha quickly remembered something he forgot to say, ''Kaaaaa'' Goku chanted, gathering his energy into his hands. ''Wait! Goku!'' Yamcha shouted, but to no avail as he didn't hear him. ''What is it Yamcha?'' Krillin asked him. ''I think the Androids can absorb energy! When Gero grabbed me, it felt like he was sucking up my energy.'' He replied. They looked at Yamcha in shock before looking back at Goku, but it was too late. ''HAAAAA!'' Goku shouted as a blue energy beam exploded from his hands towards the Android.

The Android grinned and held out his hand to absorb the energy. Goku smiled as the beam hit him dead on, but the smile quickly vanished when he saw the Android holding out his hand, absorbing it. He got flashback to Mr. Popo eating his Kamehameha wave and shivered. ''Kakarot! That thing absorbs energy!'' Vegeta shouted. ''Aw now you tell me!'' Goku replied. He suddenly felt very tired and started panting and sweating. ''Is it hot out here or is just me?'' he said.

They looked at him confused before Goku realized something. ''Ah!'' he shouted, grabbing his chest in pain. Everyone looked shocked, before realizing the same thing. Goku had finally got the heart virus. ''No! Not now!'' he shouted angrily before starting to float down. Seeing this as a chance, the Android charged towards him and punched him hard in the face. Caught by surprise, he yelled out in pain, ''AGH!''. The Android continued to punch and kick him.

Gohan grew angry at the site, but before he could act, Vegeta beat him to it. Flying in, he kicked the Android in the head before lifting up Kakarot quickly and tossing him to Gohan. ''Give him a senzu!'' he ordered. Krilling quickly pulled out a single bean and fed it to Goku. He yelled out in even more pain as the bean made it even worse. His hair faded to black as he lost consciousness. ''Oh no! Dad!'' Gohan yelled out, concerned. ''I'll take him home to give him the medicine. Don't worry Gohan, your dad won't go down so easily.'' Yamcha stated before lifting him off. ''Alright Yamcha, be careful.'' Gohan replied.

Yamcha took off towards Goku's house to get him the medicine. Gero, seeing this, quickly tried firing a Ki blast towards Yamcha. Before he could fire it, a hand gripped his arm tightly. ''Not so fast, monster.'' Gohan said, angry that he would do such a cowardly thing. ''No mercy!'' he shouted as he powered up into a super saiyan. While transforming, he gripped the arm so hard that everything inside shattered. Dr. Gero yelled out in surprise and pain, before being blinded by the mighty light the super saiyan before him gave out.

Gohan crushed his arm before ripping it out and tossing it to the side. Everyone stared at Gohan in shock, before Vegeta yelled out. ''How are you a super saiyan? You're only 10 years old!'' he shouted in surprise. Gohan simply smiled but had suspicions that Vegeta could transform as well. He could feel it. Vegeta smirked and acknowledged him in respect. ''You make the Saiyan race proud kid.'' He said. Holding out his fist, he gave a mighty roar before transforming as well. The ground shook from his might as the wind picked up around them. Everyone, excluding Gohan, shielded their face from the winds blowing everywhere. Rocks and dirt started flying up and thunder struck the ground behind him, making him look even more fearsome as his hair changed from black to gold. His eyes, formerly black now teal, looked towards #19 with an arrogant smirk.

Android #19 looked fearful as he looked as Vegeta. ''When did everyone become a super saiyan?'' Tien said. ''You tell me buddy, this is insane. We're no match for them now.'' Krillin said in agreement. Piccolo opted to stay quiet, as he knew he could get stronger if he merged with Kami and became the Nameless Namekian again incase their foes were too strong. Even though he hated Kami with his all his guts, he couldn't help but wonder why he hated him. He shook his head and cleared his thoughts.

Vegeta slowly walked towards the Android, in slow motion and a total badass. Gohan sweat dropped and continued to observe, ignoring the Android in front of him. Krillin looked around, noticing a low music playing around. ''Uhm, does anyone else hear that? What's that music with the bells? It sounds so badass.'' He said. They looked towards him in confusion but shrugged it off as one of his jokes. He shrugged as well, not really caring as the music was good.

Vegeta heard Krillin and smirked but didn't comment. Android #19 was stuck in fear and tried to move. He quickly composed himself and growled before charging up Ki blasts and shooting them towards the King. As the smoke cleared from the impact, it revealed Vegeta still with a smirk walking towards him. The Android shouted angrily and charged towards him intending to hit him head on. Vegeta easily caught his fist and hit him right in the middle of his fat stomach. #19's eyes comically almost popped out from the pain and flew backwards. He quickly recovered and charged back. He fully intended to suck his delicious super saiyan d-energy.

Vegeta knew what he was doing and let him. The Android grabbed him by the arms and grinned wickedly. ''Oh, you want my energy? Well take as much as you like. In return, I'll just take your arms for a bit.'' Vegeta said before planting his feet firmly on the Android's chest. #19's eyes widened and started shaking. He grunted, trying to pry himself off, but with Vegeta's iron grip on his arms it was near impossible. He shouted in pain as Vegeta slowly but surely ripped his arms out. The Android fell on his butt as oil shot out from his arms instead of blood. He franticly tried getting up and escape the monster infront of him. As he was getting up, he heard Vegeta say, ''Tell me. Does a machine like yourself experience fear?''.

#19 looked ready to piss his pants as he turned around and tried running. Vegeta, not waiting for an answer, slowly flew up. With a grunt, he held his palm out towards him. ''Behold! Vegeta's Big Bang Attack!'' he shouted out as he charged a blue energy blast in his palm, growing in size. The Android was now fully running as he tried escaping. ''Welcome to oblivion!'' he shouted as he shot the blast toward the Android.

The blast collided with the Android's back as he exploded into million pieces. His head rolled around until it landed in front of his creator, Dr. Gero. The scientist growled before smashing the head with his foot angrily. Everyone's attention turned to Vegeta as he slowly descended down. Krillin, with a low voice said, ''Wow… Badass?''. A figure in the distance was watching them, and also had a similar thought. ''Amazing. He's so cool!''.

With their attention turned to Vegeta, Gero quickly took this to his advantage as he hurriedly escaped from them. ''NO! Gero escaped!'' Gohan shouted, ''How did I not notice him!'' he said irritated. ''Quickly! He's going for the mountains!'' Vegeta shouted as everyone started rushing, chasing Dr. Gero. ''He's going towards Bulma's location!'' Vegeta thought in worry.

Quickly rushing, jumping and hiding, Dr. Gero made his way up to the mountains. He looked below and saw the gang standing on a cliff looking for him. ''Blast it! I may have to activate #17 & #18! They're not complete yet…'' he thought to himself angrily. Before he could move, he saw a hovercraft near them. A sinister grin came over him as he quickly blasted it to distract them. ''BULMA!'', ''MOTHER!'' Vegeta and a mysterious voice shouted at the same time. Vegeta quickly rushed over and caught his mate and son before they were killed.

Baby Trunks was crying loudly, scared but unwounded. Bulma looked to be in shock as well. ''You coward!'' Vegeta yelled angrily to the Android that had already escaped. He held Trunks in his arms as his crying quickly ceased being in the presence of his mighty father. Vegeta smirked proudly, but quickly hid it. ''Thank you Vegeta!'' Bulma said hugging him tightly. He hugged her back and looked around, everyone was shocked at the affection Vegeta was showing, but quickly turned around at the glare he was giving them.

''Did anyone else hear someone shouting MOTHER?'' Gohan said curiously. A figured stepped out from the shadows and answered. ''That would be me. Nice catch Fat- uhm Vegeta.'' He said almost slipping up. Vegeta looked at his son in his hands and back to his future son. The resemblance was uncanny, and he answered, ''I know who you are. Bulma, this man in front of us is our son from the future.'' Bulma looked shocked but quickly saw it as well. ''Call me Father son, it's all right.'' Vegeta said. Trunks looked shocked and thought to himself, ''Mom said Father wasn't the most affectionate person. Even cold. He's clearly showing care for his family, something must have changed when I went back to the past.'' Trunks nodded and replied back, ''Alright Father.''

''Not to tear up this reunion but don't we have an Android to look out for?'' Piccolo growled. ''Gero could be anywhere now!'' Tien said worriedly. Bulma's head snapped towards Tien. ''Did you say Gero? As in THE Dr. Gero?'' she asked him. Gohan nodded and explained to her that Goku didn't finish him off while destroying the Red Ribbon army. ''He's probably heading towards his base then! I know where it is!'' she said excitedly. ''Really Bulma?! How come?'' Krillin answered back. Bulma huffed arrogantly before exclaiming proudly, ''All the smartest scientists in the world know each other's bases''. Silence surrounded them before Krillin spoke out. ''That's seems really convenient…''. ''Well where Is it? '' Gohan asked.

''Oh, right. Let me see if I remember. East? No. Ah! It was in the North! His base is in one of the Northern Mountains surrounding North City!'' she said. Vegeta looked at his mate with pride. She was a strong and smart woman, attractive to him. ''Bulma, go to Kakarot's house and check if everything is going alright.'' Vegeta said, trying to get her to leave. She nodded but quickly remembered her hovercraft got blasted into oblivion. ''My hovercraft…'' he sadly said. ''I'll take you, I need to check up on dad.'' Gohan exclaimed. She nodded, and everyone quickly got ready and took off.

The remaining people who flew over to the mountains were Vegeta, Future Trunks, Piccolo, Krillin and Tien. Vegeta and Trunks were flying a little further away from the rest in silence. ''Father… I never got the chance to talk to you. You perished in the battle against those filthy killing machines.'' Trunks started and got angry at the though of those heartless Androids. Vegeta had a solemn look on his face and glanced over to his grown-up son. ''Trunks. If you can already turn super saiyan, then I'm sure my counterpart is already proud of you. Heck, I'm proud of you.'' He genuinely said. Trunks smiled and felt a little better. Honestly, he thought his father was going to reject him and be all up in his pride.

''Thank you, father. No matter what anyone says, I'm proud being your son, the prince of all Saiyans.'' He said in pride. Vegeta chuckled and said, ''It's King Vegeta now son. Kakarot, or the one you call Goku, and his son Gohan acknowledged me as their King. The people chose their King. That makes you a prince son.''. Trunks's eyes widened and he looked shocked. ''K-K-King?!'' he said in surprise. Vegeta simply smirked. Trunks stared straight ahead and said, ''Prince Trunks huh? Has a nice ring to it'' proudly.

They soon arrived at the mountains and split up. After a few moments, Krillin found a door at a mountain side and quickly alerted them by raising his Ki. Sensing Krillin, they quickly flew towards him and stood in front of the door. ''In my timeline, Dr. Gero didn't turn himself into an Android and there was no #19. He's probably going to activate Android #17 and #18! They are the ones I was warning you all about! If he releases them, it's going to be the end of all of us! NO!'' Trunks shouted in fear, before quickly powering up to a super saiyan and blasting the door.

''Trunks!'' Krillin shouted in worry, everyone covering their face from the wind. After the smoke settled, three figures stood there in the lab. Dr. Gero was talking to them but was cut off when Trunks blasted the door. ''It's them! No! We were too late!'' Trunks shouted in worry and despair. The two Androids were a boy and a girl, the boy with black hair and the girl with blond. ''#17! #18! I order you both to take them out!'' Dr. Gero shouted. The boy, called #17, quickly snatched the controller that would turn them off from Gero's hands. Gero fearfully looked at #17. ''Oops, my hand slipped. Sorry doc!'' #17 said as he crushed the controller in his head. ''Idiot! What if you accidently pressed the button!'' #18 said as she smacked his head playfully. #17 quickly composed himself and rushed forward to punch a hole through Gero's chest. ''This is for what you did to us! You MONSTER!'' #17 shouted in anger.

Gero looked down to see a hole in his chest. He couldn't believe it. How was he dying? ''You're a failure! You and your whore of a sis- '' he was cut off as #17 quickly cut his head clean off with his hand. His head rolled towards the group and he stared up at them. To their surprise, the head started talking. ''You wouldn't possible maybe consider helping me up?''. Vegeta glared at the head and stomped on it. ''This is for Bulma and my son.'' He said as he spit on the remains.

''Psst. Hey, Trunks.'' Krillin whispered to Trunks. Trunks looked back at Krillin, ''What is it?'' he replied. Krillin took a last look at the Androids who were walking around the lab as if they weren't here. ''Don't they seem kind of normal? I mean, they looked pretty angry at Gero for whatever he did to them. It kind of looks like they are humans.''. The Androids looked at Krillin before #18 spoke up, ''We were humans, before Gero kidnapped us and turned us into Cyborgs.''.

Trunks's eyes widened. ''In my timeline, you both were created from scratch. How much changed when I went into the past?'' he said. The Cyborgs heard him and looked confused. They walked over to a pod that contained yet another Android. ''Android #16 huh? Geez, look at the size of that man. Hey sis, should we activate him?'' #17 asked as he looked at #16. ''I really don't care.'' She replied back. With a shrug, he activated him. ''NO! If he gets activated, we're doomed!'' Trunks shouted. He flew back and fired a powerful blast intent on destroying them. ''Trunks! No!'' he heard Krillin shout.

(Back with Gohan)

Gohan was staring up ahead as he flew closer and closer to his home. Seeing him all tensed up, she tried reassuring him. ''Hey kiddo, don't worry! Your dad's a champ! He won't succumb to a heart virus.''. Gohan was snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Bulma thankfully. ''Thanks, Bulma. I believe in him'' he replied. Bulma smiled and went back to talking with her son in her hand.

As the home came upon view, they slowly descended and entered the house. Gohan rushed up and saw his mother sobbing, with Yamcha and Ox-King in the back watching. He quickly rushed to his mother and pulled her into a hug. ''Don't worry mom, I have a plan. He'll be back before you know it.'' He tried assuring her. She slowly stopped crying and started changing Goku's damp cloth.

''Mom. Where's the medicine?'' he asked his mother. ''Right here'' she said and pointed to the top of a drawer. He went up and took it. He looked at all of them and spoke, ''I need you all to trust me. Please let me take Dad somewhere. I can get him healed quickly.'' He said. They looked at him in shock and a little skepticism. ''I trust you son, but how?'' Chichi asked Gohan. ''I just need you to trust me. We don't have much time. Judging by the rise of Trunks's KI, something had happened. We need to act fast. If the Androids were associated with the Red Ribbon army, then they're probably after father.'' He explained.

Chichi nodded and said, ''Alright son I trust you. Go ahead.'' She said. Gohan nodded thankfully and looked at Yamcha. ''Yamcha, I need you to please move everyone here to Kame's house. Can you do that?'' he asked. Yamcha nodded, ''Sure thing buddy, no problem.'' He said. Gohan nodded and went over to Goku. ''Dad…'' Gohan thought, hating to see his father in such pain. He carefully lifted him up and flew off towards the Lookout.

As he was flying, he tried forming a telepathic contact with Piccolo. ''Piccolo! Helloooooo!'' Gohan tried communicating, after a while he got heard Piccolo's voice. ''KID! SHUT UP! I HEAR YOU!'' Piccolo growled. Gohan sheepishly smiled and got Piccolo to explain what was happening. He quickly told them to get to the lookout as quickly as possible. With that, the contact was cut off.

Quickly arriving at the Lookout, he greeted Mr. Popo and Kami. ''Hey Mr. Popo and Kami! Sorry to bother, but can we use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for a bit?'' he asked the guardian and his helper. Mr. Popo looked at Kami waiting for his response. ''Hello Gohan, it's nice to see you. Of course, you are all welcome here.'' He responded in kindness. Gohan smiled and looked at Mr. Popo. ''Of course, I'll prepare the room right now.'' Mr. Popo said and quickly took off to prepare the chamber.

''If I may ask young man, what do you intend to use the chamber for? Isn't your father injured?'' Kami asked out of curiousity. Gohan looked at Kami and answered, ''In due time Kami, everything will be revealed. I have a plan.'' He answered wisely. Kami nodded and the two stood silent, the only sound was Goku's grunts of pain.

Mr. Popo soon came out and told Gohan the room was ready. As they were walking towards the chamber, Mr. Popo explained more about the chamber. ''Only two can enter at a time, and do not stay for more than 2 years, or else the door will vanish, and you will be permanently sealed inside for all eternity.'' Gohan gulped and Mr. Popo continued. ''There is enough food in there, and the gravity increases the further out you explore. The temperature can suddenly go from extremely hot, to ice cold. We're here. Are you prepared?'' Mr. Popo said. Gohan nodded determinedly and waited for Popo to open the door. As he opened the door, all the could see inside was whiteness, save for the platform for sleeping and eating. ''Yes. We're ready! We don't plan to stay for too long right now.'' Gohan said as Popo bid them good luck.

(Back with the gang)

After a fierce battle between Vegeta and #18, resulting in Vegeta getting his arm broken, the gang quickly headed out for the Lookout. ''7 days huh? Hope Goku will recover.'' Krillin said as he recalled how the Androids/Cyborgs gave them a 7-day grace period before coming after Goku. ''Yeah, let's just hope.'' Tien agreed.

Finally landing on the Lookout, they waited around for a what seemed like a couple minutes, before the doors to the chamber opened. Out stepped Gohan and… GOKU?! ''GOKU?! Weren't you just ill?'' Krillin said shocked. Goku chuckled and pointed to Gohan. ''Let me introduce you to the smartest person in the world.'' He said with pride as Gohan blushed at the praise, but quickly smiled, proud of himself.

''He took me in the chamber, where one day out here equals a year in there. We stent a fortnight in there, and I recovered. Now I'm back stronger than ever hehe.'' Goku said grinning wildly. Kami and Mr. Popo looked shocked and the genius of the boy before Kami praised him. ''My… Gohan, where did you inherit that intellect?'' jokingly jabbing at Goku. Goku simply chuckled.

''A year in there is a day out here?'' Vegeta asked. Gohan nodded in affirmative. ''Tell me more.'' Vegeta said.

And done!

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