Return of a Nightmare
Return of a Nightmare
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Chapter 1: The Nightmare Returns
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"Oh comeon! It'll be ok I promise!" Eighteen pleaded to her brother, Seventeen. Seventeen rolled his eyes. For the last hour she had been begging him to come to dinner with her at Kame House. Master Roshi, Krillen, Chi Chi,Goku, Gohan and Goten,Yamcha, Bulma, Vegeta, Trunks, Piccolo, Tien and Choutzu would also be there. They planned on having sort of like a reunion for all the Z fighters to celebrate how long and hard they have fought over the previous years. Of course, since Eighteen and Krillen were about to be married, she was invited even though she didn't actually help any of the Z fighters defeat any of the monsters of the past. Now Eighteen was begging her twin brother to go, but with little luck.

"Look sis, if they wanted me to go I would have heard from one of them, not you" Seventeen replied. Since his revival after Cell's defeat, hes had little contact with anyone, basically being a hermit in the woods. Eighteen looked at him, a hint of anger in her voice, "Look, your MY brother, nobody minds you being there. Trust me, if Vegeta can get used to me he can surely get used to you." He just looked at her, knowing that this argument would continue until he agreed to go to their stupid reunion. "Fine" he muttered and walked past her, taking off into the sky. Eighteen smiled a little bit, proud of herself for her accomplishment, and took off in the sky after her twin."

*****Meanwhile at Kame House, everyones getting ready for the reunion..everyone except a familiar, spikey haired, short man named....

"VEGETA!!" Bulma screamed. "Don't you dare!! Seventeen is one of us now just like Eighteen and I will NOT have you fighting with him at this reunion!" Bulma was having a time of it. Vegeta had overheard a remark from Master Roshi to Goku about Eighteen going to get Seventeen. Vegeta had been in a cranky mood as it was already and this really got under his skin to hear that the other "pile of scrap metal" would be coming. It was hard enough to live with Eighteen, but her AND Seventeen?

He turned around and looked at her, anger flashing in his blacker than night eyes, "Woman, have you forgotten what those Androids did to us?! Its bad enough that the bald midget here has to have his little robot over, but you want to go and let that other one here too?!" Vegeta's veins were bulging slightly from his anger. Krillen heard that one, but because he really didn't feel like Vegeta beating him senseless in front of everyone, he let it slide.

Bulma got right in Vegetas face, her blue eyes locked on his black ones, "Either he gets to come, or you can cook for yourself from now on!" He looked at her, growling a little bit, then stormed off. Bulma smiled slightly and looked around at all her old friends. Gohan and Piccolo were sitting outside on the beach meditating, Chi Chi was busy trying to keep Goku from getting to the food, Tien, Choutzu and Yamcha were sitting around a table, laughing and telling jokes, Goten and Trunks were in another room giggling while looking through Master Roshi's.."magazines". As for Master Roshi, he was on the couch talking with Krillen. She smiled, thinking of the countless adventures she'd had with them all and loving every second of it. Her thoughts were interruped when Yamcha looked out the window and say Eighteen and her brother land on the island. Some of the fighters, Yamcha, Krillen, Tien and Piccolo cringed at the sight of Seventeen, recalling the beatings they had all suffered by him. But not Goku. Having never before seen Seventeen, he walked outside and offered his hand, still wearing his trademark grin.

"Hi! My name's Goku, you must be Android 17" Goku said with a grin. Seventeen looked Goku up and down, his memory banks recalling all his statistics, moves, and a past history of him. Because his sister was standing next to him, Seventeen managed a small half-smile, but didn't bother to shake Goku's outstretched hand. Goku put his hand down but kept the grin on his face, "Comeon, foods about ready, why don't we go eat?" Seventeen opened his mouth to give a nasty reply but a sharp jab by his sisters elbow in his side stopped him. He glared at Eighteen and reluctantly followed Goku inside.

At dinner, there was enough food to stock a small grocery store. Even though he didn't need to eat because he was an Android, Seventeen ate his food anyway. He sat there chewing his food, head slightly bowed, not speaking despite the conversations going on around him. Piccolo and Gohan were discussing new attacks they were inventing, Goku was busy stuffing his face. Eighteen, Chi Chi and Bulma were discussing going shopping that day, Goten and Trunks were talking about the new video games they wanted to get, and Krillen was laughing about old memories with Master Roshi, Yamcha, Tien and Choutzu. Everyone was having a great time except for Seventeen and Vegeta. While Seventeen kept his eyes on his food, Vegeta kept his on Seventeen, silently praying the Android would make some sort of semi-threatening move so he could have an excuse to blast him to pieces. Seventeen glanced up,seeing Vegetas angry glare. He looked at him for just a moment before going back to his food. Vegeta however was not so eager to let everything be peaceful.

"What are you looking at tin can?" Vegeta demanded. Everyone stopped talking and eating to look at Vegeta. Seventeen said nothing but continued eating his dinner, not paying any attention to Vegeta. This angered him even furthur so he reached across the table and grabbed Seventeen by his shirt. "Listen Android! I don't who you think you are, but if you think you can just sit here and--EEAHHH!!!!!" Seventeen, without losing his calm complexion, grabbed Vegeta by his arm and slung him through the window and off the island, he landed in the ocean several hundred feet away from Kame House. Everyone looked at Seventeen who stood up and turned to go. "Thank you sis for inviting me here. I had a great time" he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Goku looked at Seventeen with a look of concern, "I know Vegeta can be a pain at times, but try to understand him a little bit please. Hes just a little cautious thats all." Seventeen turned to look at Goku, "Thanks, but I think I'll keep my distance." With that he walked outside and flew away to his cabin. Eighteen had started crying and Krillen was busy trying to comfort her. Bulma sighed, "Great...what a way to wreck the reunion.." Then she turned and looked at the ocean where Seventeen had thrown Vegeta and screamed "THANKS A LOT VEGETA!!!!". Seventeen was already halfway home by the time Vegeta pulled himself out of the water.

******Elsewhere, in a long-forgotten part of the desert.........

The mountain of rubble loomed like a giant. Inside was the wreckage of what used to be Dr. Geros lab before it was blown to bits. The rubble had remain undisturbed for years, no living soul had been in this section of the desert in ages. The mountain of blasted and destroyed rock and electronic equipment had remained silent...until recently that is.

****Inside the mountain..

The wreckage was massive. Dozens and dozens of destroyed machines and computers littered the ground. The chambers that held 16, 17, and 18 were now just scraps of metal, twisted and burned. Everything left in utter ruin..except a chamber in the underground of the lab, a chamber that had its entrance buried under countless tons of rock and machines. The chamber inside is small, about the size of a good sized room of a house. Inside is darker than a grave, the only light coming from machines and computers that are still active. In one corner are glass tubes, similar to the ones in which Cell grew, only larger. They are all broken and destroyed except for one in the very corner. A small sudden gust of wind from the outside blows some of the dust the unbroken tube off revealing its contents..

A brain..attached to the brain stem is a spinal cord, its nerves float lazily in the greenish liquid. A tag bolted to the base of the tube reads "Dr. Gero clone #3". The tags on the bases of the broken tubes read "Dr. Gero clone #1 and Dr. Gero clone #2". The computer screen begins to blink and flash.

Dr. Gero clone #1...Status...Deceased..

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Dr. Gero clone #2...Status...Deceased..

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Dr. Gero clone #3...Status........Alive....

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Well! Thats the end of Chapter 1! Write me a review telling me what you think. If you like, I'll continue the sage, if not I'll pull the story from my archive.

--The Angel of Death