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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>