Gero's Final Vengence
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Chapter 7: Gero's Final Vengence
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Piccolo and Gohan certainly had their hands full. Gero was matching them blow for blow, never giving an inch despite their efforts. Having blown #24 to bits, Seventeen and Eighteen were helping Goku to his feet. In the skies above, Vegeta was almost finished charging his Final Flash. Eighteen reached her in pocket and produced a Senzu Bean. "Krillen asked me to give this to you in the event you were badly injured." she said. Goku took and ate it. Instantly the beans powers healed his body.Silently Eighteen wondered just where Krillen had gotten off to. Goku, now healed, got to his feet. He glanced up at the sky to see what he thought was a 2nd sun hovering low in the sky. A second look revealed it was Vegeta! And the energy he had compressed in that little area was almost 3 times the size of the Final Flash he used on Cell.

Piccolo and Gohan were beginning to tire. As an Android, Gero never tired nor had to stop and rest, so he could continue fighting for eternity and not tire. 'Dammit Vegeta hurry!' Gohan thought. Then, as if out of thin air, Gero's arms slammed into his and Piccolo's stomach at the same time. Before he knew what was happening, Gero was beating him into a bloody pulp. Piccolo wasen't getting off any lighter, Dr. Gero was thrashing him around as well. Gero pulled his hands above his head, his eyes focused on Gohan.

"MAAASENNKO!!" He screamed, hurling the yellowish blast at Gohans head. Gohan, petrified with fear, barely dodged in time. As soon as he was out of harms way, Gero was back on him, time time using Piccolos barely conscious body to hit him with. Suddenly all the Z fighters felt a rising power level off. They all knew instantly what it was...Vegetas Final Flash was ready. Gohan flew at Gero, smashing his fist into his face. Clearly angered, Gero took off after Gohan, who appeared directly in front of Vegeta. Gero rushed forward and as he did, Gohan vanished to reveal a VERY evil looking Vegeta and a ball of energy that could rival Goku's spirit bomb. Gero's eyes went wide with terror..

"FIIIINNAAALLLL FLAASSHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Vegeta screamed as the gigantic tidal wave of energy erupted from him and soared towards Gero like a meteor. He never had time to reach. The Final Flash rammed head on to Gero. The resulting explosion was at about the force of a nuclear bomb. The entire planet flashed yellow, and for a moment, every single living person on the planet went completly blind. After 10 or 15 seconds, the yellow glow faded and the people could see again. For the Z fighters, although it didn't blind them, it hurt their eyes so bad they had no choice but to close them.

****At that moment in heaven..

From on his tiny planet at the end of Snake Way, King Kai was thrown completly off his feet. "Wow!! That was a big one! Vegeta sure took care of the Doctor all right!" King Kai said with a grin. He started doing a victory dance..with little knowledge that he was doing the dance all too soon..

***Back at the battlefield..

The smoke and dust had cleared. A canyon twice the size of the one left after Gohan and Cells Kamehameha battle was now in the middle of the desert. Seventeen and Eighteen were simply awestruck at the power Vegeta had. They had never seen him, or Goku for that matter, fight so fiercly before. Piccolo, although weakened, smiled at Vegeta. It seemed like only yesterday that the arrogant prince had came to Earth to overrun it. Now he was one of its strongest protectors. Gohan picked himself up from the rubble. "Wow Vegeta, that was great! Excellent shot!" he praised. Vegeta smirked at Gohan, not a smirk of contempt, but almost one of thanks. He looked over at Goku who was headed his way. "Well done Vegeta...well done." Goku smiled. "Kakarot, although I do in a small way apprechiate the praise, save it. You may praise me when I've finally kicked your 3rd class ass all over this miserably planet." He said with a slight grin. Goku grinned in return and held his arm out. "Touch my arm everyone, we can use Instantaneous Movement to go back to Capsule Corp at the same time. One by one, Piccolo, Gohan, Vegeta, Eighteen and Seventeen laid their hands on Goku's arm.

Only Krillen stood back, away from the others. "Goku I'm...I'm..staying here..I'm such a coward, when Gero started fighting I ran..I'm sorry. I don't deserve to be your friend, or Eighteens husband." Krillen said, a bit of a tear forming in his eye. "Hey its alright, I was scared too, I might have done the same thing. Don't blame yourself." Goku said, resting his other hand on his best friends shoulder. "I know Goku..its just that..I won't ever be as strong as you and I feel so weak compared to you.." Krillen said. Eighteen put her arm around her future husbands shoulder, "Krillen, don't speak like that. You were brave enough to confront me, Seventeen, and Sixteen before remember? Your not weak, I promise" she said with a smile. Krillen managed a slight grin, "I guess your right. Well, comeon Goku." he said placing a hand on Goku's arm. He concentrated and seconds later they were all standing in front of the Capsule Corp building.

****In the lab where Bulma was working..

The screen flashed red suddenly. Bulma looked at it. At first she thought maybe she was watching the weather because she could see hundreds of balloon sized silver objects. A closer look and her eyes widened with fear. They were not weather balloons..

They were bombs, each with an explosize power equivilant to Goku's Spirit Bomb..

And the Bulmas screams brought everyone rushing in..

****An hour later..

"What the HELL is he thinking?!" Goku yelled. Goku was very rarely heard using bad language, so when he did he was usually extremely angry or terribly depressed. Bulma was sitting at the computer, pages upon pages printing out from a printer nearby. Bulma had finally cracked the rest of the salvaged Androids memory banks. It revealed that, in the event a near-fatal injury to Gero occured, the "Spirit Balloons" as he called them, would be released..not only on Earth, but on New Namek, Yardreck, and all the other planets he visited. Gero considered this his way of punishing not only the Earth, but the other planets also for helping him. "But how!?" Gohan yelled. Bulma explained. "Apparently these things have remained invisible and undetectable for close to a year now. Gero is using this as a failsafe. In the event he is nearly killed in battle, the balloons will.." she was then cut off by Vegeta, "NEARLY killed? What do you mean NEARLY killed? I finished Gero myself! Of that I'm certain!" he yelled. "No you didn't" Bulma countered, "If you had in fact killed Gero, the balloons would simply deactivate and be worthless. Apparently he's still alive.." she said.

She swallowed and continued, "The power than Gero's been collecting all these years wasen't just to power his machines, hes been storing it up for some time now, sealing it into canisters which are transported by anto-gravity balloons. The balloons are all protected by some sort of sheild which derives Ki energy from the energy stored in the cannisters. I'm guessing..from all the sparring you and Goku have done in the desert..." She trailed off.. "Well..theres only one thing left to do....Find Dr. Gero!" Krillen yelled. "Agreed, lets go, we are wasteing time" Piccolo added. "According to the Androids memory banks, Dr. Gero created a final lab in the desert just for such emergencys." Bulma said. 'Man, how many of these damn things does he have?' Bulma thought. She printed a grid map showing the location of the lab. "Woman, how long before these damn things explode?" Vegeta asked. Bulma checked, "2 hours" she answered. "Then MOVE IT!!" Vegeta screamed at Goku and the others. "Gohan, go get Trunks and Goten. They are not very well trained, but we'll need everyone we have to defeat Gero for good."

****Back at the battlefield..

Gero's final lab was a lot closer than the Z fighters thought. It was actually about 5 miles from the last fight. Inside the lab, Gero's body had regenerated and he was once again laid out on the operating table. This time was different. Gero had the Emergency Override Control embedded in his being. 'Now..if they want to save the Earth they have to kill me first' he thought with a smug smile. When the operation was done, Gero walked over to a cabinet and produced a box of capsules, 60 in all. "These droids will keep Goku and his friends busy while my death balloons prepare to blow up Earth and all the other planets who DARED to assist Goku. With Earth gone, I'll simply use Instantaneous Movement to travel to what planets are left. There won't be anyone left to stop me!" he laughed. He loaded the capsules into a specially made cannon and fired them outside of his lab and onto the grounds outside..

***On the way to the lab..

Goten, Trunks, Krillen, Eighteen, Seventeen, Piccolo, Gohan, Vegeta and Goku were headed for the lab. Yamcha and Tien had heard of it through Bulma, but due to the lack of training, had decided to stay clear unless absolutly needed. Gohan checked the map Bulma had printed for them, according to it they were almost there. Goku, usually a smile on his face, even in the most dire situations, was looking very stern-faced. Gohan assumed it was because he realizes what will happen if Gero isn't defeated. He glanced at his watch, he had an hour and a half left before detonation. 'According to this map, we'll be there in plenty of time' he thought. Vegeta turned to him and asked, "How much farther boy?" Gohan re-checked the map, "THERE!! Right there guys!" he said, pointing to an area of the desert surrounded by mountains.

The group zoomed ahead, Goku landing first, then Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo and the others. They landed inside the mountain area, but saw nothing! Goku looked around for any sign of Gero. Finding none, him and the others started to advance forward. Goten looked around, seeing a lot of small capsules lying around, similar to the ones Trunk's mom uses. "Hey Trunks! I think your mom dropped some of her capsules!" he yelled. Everyone looked around, seeing bunches of capsules lying around. Goku's eyes suddenly got wide. "RUN GUYS!!" he yelled.

Too late. The capsules all exploded at once. When the smoke cleared, dozen's of Androids stood before them. Unlike the others, Gero made these to look like machines. Their eyes flashed red then all 60 of them attacked the fighters at once. Goten, Gohan, Goku, Trunks, and Vegeta instantly went SSJ and launched themselves at the attackers. Piccolo and Krillen powered up as high as possible and joined in. Seventeen and Eighteen hesitated at first, but then joined in also.

*****Inside the lab.

"HAHAHAHAHA!! Perfect! They didn't suspect anything!" Gero crooned. He checked a timer, 1:15 (One hour, 15 minutes) until detonation. "As many Droids that I sent after them, it should take them hours to defeat them all!" he declared, producing a small black box that he clipped onto his belt. He pressed a button and a blueish-green shield enveloped him. He pressed it again and it dissapeared. He pressed and held it while he flipped a switch. The shield came on but then vanished. "Perfect! The shield is working wonderfully!" he exclaimed. Satisfied, he turned his attention to a monitor to watch Goku and his friend be beaten to a pulp.

****Back at the battlefield

BOOOOMM!!! BOOOOOM!! KAA-BOOOOOM!! The sounds of explosions and blasts could be heard for miles. With only 3 out of 60 droids destroyed and 1:07 left until Gero's Death Balloons detonated, the Z fighters were in serious trouble. The Super Saiyans had their hands full. Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, Goten, and Gohan all had 1 droid each, Piccolo and Krillen had one, and Seventeen and Eighteen had one together too. Suddenly 5 droids lined up, each with their left palm out facing the Z fighters..

BIG BANNNG ATTACK!!!! They yelled as one, sending 5 rockets of sheer power towards the fighters. Almost as one, all the fighters threw the droids to the ground and vanished. The explosion not only killed those 7 droids, but an additional 4 that got too close.

"Arrg!! You damn IDIOTS!" Gero screamed from his lab. He had seen the whole thing and was NOT pleased. Angered, he slammed his hands down on his desk, breaking it into pieces. He had meant to make them a tad weak, but not THAT weak! Secretly he wondered to himself where the Z fighters had gotten their new power increases.."Oh well, no matter." he said. He then adjusted the timer for the detonation. What had 1:03 left now had 10 minutes left. He smiled slightly and began to make his way outside to announce the end of the world to the Z fighters.

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What do you know? Last chapter coming soon! Ok, I won't give any hints or anything, but this last one if going to be a giant thrill ride!

Coming soon- Return of a Nightmare Chapter 8: Final Farewell / Divine Intervention