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Chapter 3: The horror revealed
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****Over at the Kame House
The day had just begun to turn to dusk.
Krillen and Eighteen were sitting on the porch, talking about their upcoming
wedding. Tien, Yamcha, and Choutzu were off training while Goten was sleeping
over at Bulma and Vegetas house for the night. Besides Eighteen and Krillen,
only Goku and Master Roshi were at Kame House. Bulma invited Chi Chi over
to watch movies with her (Much to Vegetas dislike). It was about then that
a news bullotin popped up on the TV screen. Bulma and Chi Chi booed, but
Vegeta smirked, silently glad such a thing happened, he was tired of that
boring movie anyway.
"We interrupt our regularly scheduled evening
movie to bring you urgent and disturbing news" the newscaster said. Then
it flashed to a shot of a nearby city..it was completly annihilated. Vegeta
bolted upright, his eyes wide with shock. Bulma and Chi Chi sat, completly
numb from what they were seeing.
"It appears that the Androids have once
again begun raining terror upon this peaceful city. After so many years
of quiet some had thought it was too good to be true and well folks, they
were right. Police reports show that..." BOOM!!! Vegeta blew the TV up
with a fist-sized Ki blast. He growled loudly, going SSJ as he did. His
energy flung pictures off the walls and threw furnature around like paper.
"ANDROIDS!!" He screamed before blasting through the wall, headed straight
for Kame House, where he knew he'd find Goku.
****Back at Kame House
Eighteen and Krillen were out on the porch
with Goku, deep in conversation about the wedding and the house, and possibility
of kids, when something struck Goku and Krillen like a bolt of lightning..It
was Vegetas Ki, and it was closing in FAST!! "Oh uh..Uh Goku, do
you feel that??" Krillen asked. "Yea..Vegeta..What a horrible emotion I'm
sensing." Goku replied. Eighteen tried very hard, but was unable to sense
Vegeta even a little. Suddenly he was right in their faces. He glared down
at Eighteen and pointed his palm at her, time for talk is over, time to
get serious is just beginning. "Whoooaa!!! Hold on there Vegeta, lets talk
about this...please?" Krillen pleaded. Vegeta looked at him through green
eyes. "I'll show you, then I'll blow that android to scrap!" he smirked.
With that he turned on the nearest TV set. The news program about the Android
attack was still on. Goku and Krillen's eyes bulged at the broadcast while
Eighteen turned white as a sheet. "Oh no..Seventeen! Krillen I think hes
gone berserk again!" She said. Goku placed two fingers to his forehead
and concentrated, vanishing from sight. A few seconds later he re-appeared,
holding Seventeen in his right hand. The dark-haired Android did NOT look
happy.
"Well Goku you could at least have CALLED
first!" He barked at Goku, but when he saw the news program, he almost
went nuts. "Goku you can't POSSIBLY think we did this!" he said. "No, I
don't. You were both here at the time this happened...But, if you two were
here, and 16 and 19 were destroyed, I can only think of one other Android.."
he said. Everyone gaped at him, "Dr. Gero!?!" they all cried out in unison.
"Impossible! I killed him myself, he CAN'T be alive!" Seventeen protested.
Vegeta scoffed at him, "Well if you two can openers were here, and that
big lummox 16 is dead, then that HAS to be Gero. Theres simply no other
way!"
Seventeen and Eighteen sat down, clearly
disturbed by this. Goku tapped his forehead in thought and muttered
something about being right back before he took off using Instantaneous
Movement. Everyone waited..and waited..and waited...after about 5 minutes,
Goku came back, looking like he'd just seen a ghost..and in a way, he did.
"Get everyone...tell them to meet me at Capsule Corp in 1 hour" he said
before vanishing again. Krillen looked at his wife and nodded, then together
they flew off. Master Roshi, old or not, didn't want to miss this, so he
departed as well. Seventeen looked at Vegeta for a moment before flying
off after them. Vegeta didn't leave for a good 10 minutes...too lost in
thought as to just what in the hell had happened..
*****1 hour later at the Capsule Corporation
headquarters..
"Is everyone here? Gohan asks. He looks
around. Vegeta is standing against the doorframe, Bulma and Chi Chi are
sitting together at the end of the table. Trunks and Goten are sitting
by each other on the other end, Master Roshi was sitting in a chair by
himself. Tien, Yamcha, and Choutzu couldn't be located. Piccolo was sitting
on the floor near Gohan, and Eighteen, Seventeen, and Krillen were standing
against the wall by themselves. "Ok," Gohan said, "Father? Want to tell
us why you called us all here?" Goku stood up and faced the group. "After
hearing about the Androids destroying more cities, I did think for a moment
Seventeen and Eighteen had somehow snapped and went back to being evil
again..but I went and found Gero's lab..and what I saw was NOT the work
of Seventeen and Eighteen." Everyone looked at him with wide eyes as he
continued, "The Dr. Gero Android #17 killed a few years ago was, in fact.
Dr. Gero. However.." he paused, wiping sweat off his forehead, "However,
it seems Dr. Gero cloned his brain in case something like this every happened."
That last comment sent a wave of fear throughout
everyone, even the Androids present, who were horrified to discover their
old master was still alive. "Dr. Gero had 3 clones of himself, the first
two apparently were shattered by an earthquake or something, the last one
was still alive. Gero used machines to build himself a new body. He.."
Goku stopped..sweat coming off his forehead "He somehow obtained cells
from us..again..and this time he has more abilities that all of us..even
me.." With that, Goku read off the abilities the new Dr. Gero had, hesitating
on the Final Flash and Spirit Bomb. "Thats impossible Kakarot!! I never
taught ANYONE the Final Flash! Not even my own son, he CAN'T know it, its
impossible!!" Vegeta exclaimed. "Goku, are you sure about this?" Bulma
asked with more than a little hint of concern in her eyes. "I'm positive...Gero's
alive. He took most of his documents and fled the lab. He left behind some
papers detailing the process..thats the only way I know of this.." he replied.
"Did you..salvage anything?" Bulma asked hopefully. He shook his head "I
destroyed the entire lab, this time for good. But I did manage to get this
before I left" he handed her a envelope of computer CD's. She grabbed them
up and ran to the lab to start analysis work on them. Gohan sighed deeply,
"Ok everyone..you can go..We have to wait till Bulma's done with the CD's
before we even have a clue as what to do."
***** Meanwhile, in a cave about 50 miles
south of Ginger Town...
Dr. Gero looked around his new lab with
a gleem of pride..Even though the droids built it, HE designed it, and
for him, that was a good as actually doing it yourself. He looked over
at the incubation tubes. Already 2 new Androids, #21, and #22, were complete.
'Just one more' he thought, 'and then I will be ready to dominate this
worthless planet' Already he had destroyed one city with ease. He
fondly remembered it, the police attempting to kill him with their pathetic
firearms. He had "dispatched" them all with ease. He smiled, still hearing
their screams as he ripped them apart, blasted them to hell, burned them
alive...all the wonderful things he had done..
"And tomorrow" he said out-loud, looking
at a screen of Ginger Town, "Tomorrow we get to do it alllll over again!"
And the the evening air was filled with his satanic laughter..
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Well, worried yet? If not, get that
way, part 4 is coming soon. This time Dr. Gero, #21, #22, and #23 square
off against Vegeta and Goku. evil grin>