Androids 17 and 18 Awaken

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"So, what do these other androids look like?" Krillin asked Pan as the group looked around for Androids 17 and 18.

"I'll know them when we see them, and you guys will too, trust me," Pan answered.

"Given how many androids we've faced today already, I wouldn't be too shocked if we find them quick. Though these canyons are making it hard to see anything that looks like Gero's lab," Azumi said, looking around with her brother.

"Maybe he put a big sign up, so he wouldn't get lost himself," Gohan said with a grin, and his sister rolled her eyes.

"This isn't the time for joking, you brats," Piccolo growled at them as he flew above the others. "And besides, how do we even know that Gero actually activated those androids when he said he did? That remote could have been a fake to scare us."

"I doubt it was a bluff, considering that the two androids Trunks warned us about weren't here. And that aside, we have to assume he wasn't bluffing and prepare for the worst. We need to find his lab and destroy it, hopefully before the androids are fully activated," Daisuke said.

"Easier said than done," Vegeta interjected. "I say we split up, first one to find the androids fights them first."

"Sounds like a plan," Piccolo said as both he and the Saiyan prince flew off in different directions, making the others stop.

"Get back here you idiots!" Pan shouted but they ignored her. "They have no idea what they're up against."

"It's their funeral, I just hope Piccolo doesn't die, otherwise the Dragonballs are going to be rendered useless again," Daisuke said before she and the others sensed an approaching energy signature. They turned to see the boy from the future flying towards them.

"Trunks, when did you get here?" Pan asked the lavender haired boy with a smile.

"Not too long ago. I arrived at the island where we knew the Androids would attack, but I only found Bulma who told me you and the others had flown off with the androids," Trunks answered.

"We did, though you didn't mention that Dr Gero would turn himself into an android or that he would make 13, 14, and 15 along with 19," Daisuke told the time traveller who looked at her in shock.

"Wait, Gero turned himself into an android. And made more than just 17 and 18?"

"It's true. I saw all the androids myself, it seems our coming back in time changed this timeline up. Goku didn't even get the heart virus until a year and a half after you left," Pan informed him.

"It's true, if it wasn't for that medicine you gave me I probably wouldn't have made it," Goku said with a smile. Trunks looked at the Saiyan in surprise before smiling.

"Don't mention it, I'm just glad you're alright. But where did Vegeta and Piccolo go? I saw them fly away just now."

"Those idiots are trying to find Gero's lab to fight 17 and 18 on their own, Gero remotely activated them before Daisuke destroyed him," Pan said.

"This is bad. Nobody can beat 17 and 18 if they fight together, it's how they killed everyone else in my timeline," Trunks thought in worry.

"We need to get moving. Trunks, what can you tell us about the androids? We need to know everything, what they look like, their strengths, any weaknesses they may have," Daisuke told him.

"Well, Android 17 is a teenager with a short, slim build, much like his twin sister. He has shoulder-length black hair and cold emotionless, blue eyes. He wears an orange bandanna around his neck and a short sleeve black shirt with the Red Ribbon Army's logo. Android 18's petite form and beautiful face hides her massive strength. She has shoulder-length blonde hair, blue eyes, and wears golden hoop earrings in both ears. In my timeline she wears a blue denim vest and skirt with the Red Ribbon logo on the back of the vest. They have infinite energy, and no weaknesses I know of," Trunks explained.

"Infinite, as in so much that it might as well be infinite, or literally infinite?" Goku asked, and Trunks nodded at the second. "That's not good. It means they can keep fighting for a long time and wear us out that way," Goku said.

"We need to hurry then, and destroy them before they break out of the lab," Daisuke said, flying off with the others following.

Meanwhile in Dr Gero's secret lab, two pods with the numbers 17 and 18 on them hissed and slowly opened. Two figures, a man and a woman, stepped out and blinked. "Well now, it seems we've been activated by Dr Gero," the male said.

"About time, I was getting a cramp in that pod," The woman said, rubbing her neck before she looked around the lab. "And from the looks of things, Dr Gero isn't here. Perfect."

"Let's get out of here, 18, it's time to have some fun."

"I couldn't agree more, 17," The blonde android said with a smirk. Both saw another pod across from them with the number 16 on it. "Another android, and it looks like this one is the android Gero made to look like his son, but he deactivated when he saw it was a failure."

"Shall we wake him up?" 17 asked, and his sister nodded. Both walked to the pod, and 17 pressed a button, causing the pod to open. Both siblings stepped back as Android 16 stepped out of the pod.

Android 16 was a tall android, towering over double the height of Android 18. His eyes were the same icy blue as Android 17 and 18, and he had a reddish orange mohawk. A small Red Ribbon Army logo was sewn to the left side of his vest. "Where…am I?" he asked, looking around slowly.

"Rise and shine, Android 16," 17 said with a smirk, and the android look at him and 18. "We're Android 17 and 18, and we decided to activate you again given how Dr Gero isn't here."

"I am only to be activated to destroy Son Goku, where is Son Goku?" 16 asked.

"Don't worry big guy, we'll find him once we get out of this place. You've got his address in your databanks, right?" 18 asked him.

"Affirmative. It is prevalent we leave now," 16 said evenly, walking off, and Androids 17 and 18 followed.

"Looks like we'll finally get the chance to live on our own," 17 said, a softer smile on his lips. "To do things because we want to, not because Gero told us to. Might as well indulge 16, though, and take out Goku. After that? We have all the time in the world." The three androids walked to the door of the lab, and with a single blast of energy from his hand, 17 destroyed the entrance, alerting the Z-Fighters to the location of the lab.

"Oh, that doesn't look good," Tien said.

"The androids are awake, this is bad," Pan said, as memories of her timeline's androids and what they did began playing in her mind.

"Pan, Trunks, calm down. We'll handle it, if we work together we should have a chance," Daisuke reassured them, flying ahead with Goku behind her. Both floated above the ground and saw Androids 16, 17, and 18 walk out of the base. "That's Android 17 and 18 alright, but the tall one is new."

"Yeah, Gero must have made extra that were never activated in the other timeline," Goku said, noticing Android 16 look up at him. "And that one is giving me the stink eye, I think he wants me." He shouted and turned into a Super Saiyan again, preparing for another fight as Daisuke powered up to her MachGaogamon form. The others joined them.

"That's them!" Pan exclaimed in horror. She and Trunks saw the third android and trembled in fear. "No…not another one…this can't be happening…we're done for."

"Pan!" Goku barked, making his granddaughter stop trembling, and she saw him smile. "Don't worry, we'll handle this. You both stay back with the others."

"But you can't fight all three of them, Android 17 and 18, maybe, but that third android is an unknown," Trunks told him.

"That may be true, but he looks like he really wants to fight me in particular," Goku told them, shocking Pan and Trunks.

"Son Goku," 16 said calmly as he looked up at the Super Saiyan.

"Looks like we don't have to wait long to have some fun. 16, you can fight Goku if you want, but leave the rest to us," 18 told him.

"Son Goku is my only target, I care not what you do with the others," the android replied as he shot towards Goku, who flew away from the others and blocked the first punch from 16.

"You're pretty fast," he praised before jumping back.

"Son Goku, I will eliminate you as ordered by Dr Gero." 16 said.

"Even for a dead guy, he holds a grudge," Goku thought as 16 flew towards him again, and he dodged once more. "Need to keep out of his reach until I can figure out any weakness he may have."

Meanwhile, Daisuke eyed both remaining androids before an energy blast sailed past her head towards the two who flew out of the way. The blast hit Gero's lab and destroyed it in a giant explosion and a plume of smoke rose into the sky.

Daisuke looked over her shoulder to see Vegeta in his Super Saiyan form floating behind her and the others. "I see you found the androids."

"You idiot, are you trying to kill me!?" Daisuke shouted at him.

"Calm down woman, I didn't hit you," he replied with a smirk. "Now stay out of my way, I'll finish these androids on my own with my bare hands."

"Are you insane, you're going to get yourself killed. How do you think Bulma will feel if you die?" Daisuke asked him.

"I don't care about that woman or her brat of a child. The less I think about them the better," he answered, and Daisuke grit her teeth.

"I know that's not how you truly feel," she thought.

"That nearly hit us. Whatever shall we do?" 17 asked with a mocking smirk as he and his sister looked at Daisuke and Vegeta. "Which one do you want 18?"

"The short blonde guy, he seems pretty sure of himself. I'm going to enjoy bruising his ego and breaking everything else," his sister answered with a smirk which Vegeta copied.

"Don't think that I'll go easy on you because you're a woman, I'm the strongest person on this planet!" he boasted. 17 scoffed and looked at Daisuke as his eyes glowed red briefly.

"I'd say the one beside you is a lot stronger then you are. I'll take her, this is gonna be fun."

"I wouldn't be so sure of yourself," Daisuke said, firing an energy blast at the android who leaned to the side, letting it fly past his head.

"Well they do say to let the lady go first," he nonchalantly replied before he shot towards Daisuke and kicked her in the chest, sending her skidding back. She grabbed his ankle and spun before releasing the android, sending him spinning through the air. He righted himself and vanished. Appearing behind Daisuke, he aimed a kick at her side, but she vanished instantly. 17 smirked and leaned forward, avoiding her attack from behind and she sailed over him.

"He's toying around. Well, the less focused he is on seriously fighting me, the better," she thought. 17 chuckled before he made his move and began exchanging punches and kicks with Daisuke, who was able to block them.

"Some excitement. It seems that the information gathered by Dr Gero about you was wrong," 17 said making Daisuke growl.

"You're going to find out that everything he thought was far from accurate," she told him, hitting him in the head with a double axe handle sending him to the ground. "Hadoken Barrage!" she fired dozens of Hadokens at 17 who began flipping back, easily dodging the energy blasts.

"Well look at that, I might actually have to get serious," 17 thought. Daisuke shot down towards him and threw a punch. He dodged and grabbed her. Throwing her through several trees. He didn't let her get back up as he appeared above her in an instant and drove his knee into her stomach, driving the breath from her lungs. He kicked her in the jaw, sending her flying into the air.

"I hope Goku is doing alright with that other android," she thought.

Goku dodged another charge from Android 16 and kicked him in the back, hardly fazing the android. 16 turned around and held his arms out, and his fists detached and shot towards Goku like rockets. He dodged both but missed them turn around and collide with his back, sending him tumbling through the air until 16 slammed his leg into Goku, sending him crashing into the ground.

"Man, he's strong," Goku thought, wiping blood from his lip. He saw Android 16 dive towards him and he jumped back as the android crashed into the ground, creating a crater.

"I will eliminate Son Goku," 16 said, rushing Goku. He hit him with a right hook, then an uppercut to his stomach, then a powerful kick to his chest, breaking a rib or two, and Goku was sent rolling across the ground. He ran towards Goku who fired energy blasts from his hands, propelling him skyward where he cupped his hands.

"Kamehameha!" he shouted, firing a blue energy wave down at 16, and it hit its mark, creating a giant explosion, and Goku waited for the smoke to clear. When it did, his eyes widened to see 16 was unharmed minus a few scuff marks on his face and chest. "You gotta be kidding me, just how strong is he?" 16 looked up at Goku until a bird landed on his shoulder and he gazed at the creature, taking it in his hand as it chirped. The android smiled before stroking the bird, and it flew away. He turned back to Goku.

"The time has come to end this. Hell's Beam!" he shouted, detaching one of his arms and firing a large wave of yellow energy directly at Goku, who barely dodged it. Before Goku could recover, 16 rammed into him with a shoulder tackle, and Goku was thrown back. He tumbled across the ground before he got to his feet, only for Android 16 to hit him in the chest. There was a horrible, loud cracking sound, and Goku gasped wordlessly before slumping to the ground, motionless.

16 stared intently at Goku's body before nodding. "Target eliminated." His task complete, he flew over to join the other androids.

"Dad!" Gohan and Azumi screamed, seeing their father fall.

"Goku!" Krillin shouted, flying over to his friend followed by Tien, and both flipped Goku onto his back and saw his eyes were glazed over. Krillin leaned his head on Goku's chest and paled upon hearing no heartbeat. "No, he can't be dead! Someone get a Senzu bean!"

Tien shook his head sadly, a look of disbelief on his face. "If he's really dead, Krillin… a senzu isn't going to help." Tears began falling down their faces. What were they going to say to Daisuke? Gohan and Azumi began sobbing, clutching Goku's body close.

Meanwhile, Vegeta shot towards Android 18 and punched her in the jaw, sending her flipping through the air. She shot back towards the Saiyan, and both began exchanging blow for blow. 18 punched Vegeta in the face, Vegeta hit 18 in the back, sending her crashing into a mountain where he fired a powerful energy blast down at the android. He smirked when she was hit.

"I told you I wasn't going to go easy on you. When I am done, I'll make you into something useful like a toaster," he mocked as 18 stood up and glared at Vegeta. She removed her now ruined vest.

"Funny. I can't imagine you doing that to me. I've been holding back to keep this interesting, but if you're so confident you can defeat me, I'll gladly show you how much you've underestimated me," she told Vegeta, who remained completely unafraid of her. The two charged each other and continued their fight. Both were even until Vegeta went for a right hook, but 18 drove her knee into his stomach, making him cough up blood. "Tell me big boy, are you really as strong as you claim?" she cooed, lifting his chin up with her finger before she backhanded him, sending him crashing into a mountain.

"Vegeta!" Pan shouted, watching the fight in worry as Trunks clenched his fists and trembled with anger.

"I'm not going down so easily," Vegeta growled jumping back at 18. "I won't lose to a bucket of bolts like you!" He charged 18, and the two continued to fight with 18 dodging his attacks and blocking with ease. She got several good shots in on Vegeta before dodging another punch and kicking him in the arm. It broke causing the Saiyan prince to let out a scream of agony and hold his arm which now was bent at a sickening angle.

"Father!" Trunks screamed, going Super Saiyan and flying towards 18. He drew his sword which he swung down at the android, only for her to lift her arm and block it. The sword shattered upon impact, leaving only a shard of the blade left and the hilt. "Wh…what?" he whispered in disbelief until 18 kicked him in the back of the neck, sending him face first into the dirt.

"That was just sad," she muttered before catching a punch from Pan who had turned Super Saiyan, and she smirked. "So, the children want to play now?" she asked before elbowing Pan in the stomach, making her eyes go wide before another kick sent her crashing into a tree where she slumped to the ground and groaned. "It's been fun, but we've got other things to do today." She flew off and headed towards 17 who still was battling Daisuke. "Having trouble?" she asked as 17 was kicked back by Daisuke.

"More than I would like to say, she's really strong," her brother replied. "Rather than drag this out for a while, let's finish this 18, together." 18 smirked and nodded, and both floated side by side. Daisuke grit her teeth. Already she wasn't confident that she could defeat 17 alone. Both of them? Out of the question. The two constantly moved around each other until they began punching her in unison, forcing her to block each of their punches with one hand or dodge if she could.

"This is bad." Daisuke thought. She kicked 18 away and elbowed 17 in the jaw, causing both androids to be sent spinning. "Kamehadoken!" she shouted, firing a gold energy wave from each of her hands at both androids who easily dodged them.

"Let's finish this, 17," 18 said, slamming her knee into Daisuke's stomach as 17 slammed his knee into Daisuke's back, sandwiching her between both androids who then began pummelling her until they knocked her to the ground.

"Shall we?" 17 asked, holding his hand up, and 18 did the same. Both began charging an orange and green energy blast together.

"Oh, not good," Daisuke thought, looking at the androids who fired their combined attack towards her. She crossed her arms and raised her power level as high as she could, hoping she'd survive the blast. She screamed as the attack hit her and she was engulfed in an explosion. When the smoke cleared, she was still standing but was in pain. She trembled and fell onto her back and whimpered. "Ow…I…can't…move."

"Shame, I quite enjoyed fighting her," 17 said with a grin.

"Don't worry, if we leave her like this she'll survive, then you'll get to play with her again," 18 said with a smirk.

"I like the sound of that," 17 said as both androids flew off and were joined by 16 as Daisuke groaned and tried to sit up, but couldn't move a muscle.

"16 is here as well? So Goku lost. I hope he's okay. This is bad, if they're this strong we need all the help and training we can get in order to beat them." she thought as she waited for the others to find her and to give her a Senzu Bean.

The end of the chapter

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