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