Hello! The tale that began with Android 14 now continues in A14: The
Fight for Ki. You can read this without having read Android 14, but
I don't suggest it. There is a lot in here that depends on the knowledge
that would have been learned in Android 14.
I want to thank Eternal SailorM for beta-reading this for me. She also
converted it to html format, but as I forgot to send her the complete
version (author's notes and all), I had to change it back to txt to
add that.
Prologue: Three Years Later
Android 14 and 17 stood across from each other in the gravity room at
Capsule Corp. With no warning, 14 lunged at the other android, her feet
lifting off the ground as she flew forward.
Bulma sighed as she watched the two from the security room. When they
had moved in three years ago, she had learned to put the security
cameras scattered through the building to good use, especially as it
seemed they were slowly pushing Vegita out of his favorite place. She
was still fascinated with the technology Dr. Gero had used to make the
artificial humans and used every chance she could to observe them.
14 stopped her flight just to the side of 17 and threw her elbow back
at his neck. As quickly as 14 had moved earlier, 17 now turned to catch
her elbow before it could come in contact with him. He pushed her off,
already flying toward her as she fell back. 14 managed to push off the
ground and sidekicked 17 back against the gravity room wall before he
had a chance to react.
"Are they at it again?"Trunks's voice startled Bulma's eyes away from
the screen she watched the androids from. She chuckled faintly, nodding
as she turned her eyes away from her son to watch the screen again.
"They are almost as bad as your father and I. I would say they are, but
they don't argue nearly as loudly." Trunks chuckled, nodding his head
faintly. "But, maybe it's just me, but I don't think they are serious
about any of it. I think it's just part of their relationship." Trunks
looked at her mother as her eyes took on a slightly dreamy glaze. He
turned to see what had caused the sudden dreamy look and watched as 17
took 14's arm as she helped him back to his feet. His eyes went back to
his mother as the two androids drew closer to eachother.
"Um, mom, well, don\rquote t you think you should leave them alone?" he
asked hesitantly. His words snapped Bulma from her daydream as she
noticed the intimate situation the camera was tuned in on.
"Oh!" She quickly snapped off the screen, laughing nervously. "Guess I
should."
"Works everytime," 17 whispered into 14's ear as they felt the camera
switch off. "Now, where were we?" he asked quietly as his lips brushed
against her neck.
Goten sat on a bench in the park, his eyes closed as he began to doze
off. He was supposed to be meeting his girlfriend, but it seemed she
was late. He supposed he couldn't hold it against her. Her foster
parents were quite strict when it came to things like dates. But they'd
known him since they had met two years ago, and, as it would be her
eighteenth birthday in a few weeks, they had to know she wouldn't be in
their care for too much longer.
As he felt his head finally come to rest on the bench back, he let
himself sink completely into his dreams, only to be interrupted a
moment later.
"Oh, come on, I'm not THAT late." Goten's eyes opened quickly as he
managed to wake up. He looked to his side and smiled at his girlfriend,
though it was clear he was still not completely alert.
Umi sat on the bench, watching him and holding back a grin at his
sleepy state. No sign could be seen of the trauma she had gone through
three years ago in the yoma attack of Tokyo that killed the rest of her
family and that nearly killed her as well, had it not been for Goten
and the others.
"Hmm. Well, I was thinking of dragging you to that new restaurant for
lunch, my treat, but it seems you would rather take a nap." Umi had to
laugh out loud as Goten's eyes opened wide, a grin on his face.
"I'm up!" he said energetically.
As the two stood up, Umi thought she could already feel her credit card
bill growing. But she had just gotten her paycheck from work and felt
like having some fun. Besides, even years later, she still felt like
she owed Goten something for carrying her from danger and watching over
her.
Rei frowned angrily at the portable phone that still lay in her hand.
It seemed like the world was out to prevent her and Jadeite from going
out that night. She loved her daughter to death, but they both knew
that they needed a break once in a while. She closed her eyes, sighing,
as she placed the phone back on its hanger. She allowed herself a faint
smile as she felt Jadeite's arms wrap around her waist from behind.
"So no one's free?" he asked softly, resting his cheek against her
hair. He sighed faintly as Rei shook her head, then smiled.
"Didn't Gokou's wife offer to watch her whenever we needed a break?"
Jadeite asked, spinning Rei around in his arms. Rei's eyes lit up,
remembering the offer the saiyajin's wife had made a year ago when
Kagayaki was born.
"I had forgotten completely about that!" Rei said, happily surprised.
"Gokou! We're watching Rei's daughter tonight! Can you go pick her up?"
Chi-chi yelled out to her husband. Gokou turned to look at his wife
when he replied.
"Aw, but I was hoping to go see Vegita this evening," he said sadly.
Hearing this, Chi-chi's eyes narrowed angrily. Gokou laughed nervously,
moving his hand to the back of his neck. "Uh, sure. I'll go right now."
"Thank you dear," Chi-chi said sweetly, her expression changing rapidly
to a smile as she turned and went back inside.
Alarms screamed through the air as guards ran across the complex. Some
made their way through the rush to the communications deck, trying to
alert the nearby populated planets of the threat that was breaking
loose, but these were a minority. Most headed towards the main cell. A
very dangerous mistake had caused the power in the main cell to be
broken off for a short time. Its occupant, only kept subdued by the ki
absorption field in the walls, was able to take that time to pull the
energy from the air around him. He had already destroyed the field, so
there was no chance they could put him back under.
"Someone fix that thing!" the head guard, a woman with dark violet hair
and slightly pointed ears shouted to those around her. She watched with
growing dread as the cell walls were slowly being broken open.
"We won't be able to stop him," a male guard said quietly, sadly. His
boss turned her head to him at his words, growling.
"We have to." The wall cracked open, showing the small creature inside.
It had emerald green fur over its entire body and almost looked like a
lynx. The head guard, mentally crossing her fingers, raised her hands
so her palms faced the cat-like creature. A gray shimmery shield
appeared over the crack in the wall. The creature pulled away from it
for a moment, then quickly lunged through. The guards backed away, only
their boss managing to hide her fear as she glared at the creature,
challenging it silently. 'Please Kami, don't let this thing get away,'
she said silently in her mind. If it decided to take her on, it would
buy her men some more time.
The green lynx took one look at her and growled, barring its teeth.
'Please, come on, attack!' she mentally yelled. As she watched though,
it slowly shimmered away until there was nothing left. She could feel
the dread growing in her heart.
"He's gone," one of the men said softly.
"We have to get him back."
Fight for Ki. You can read this without having read Android 14, but
I don't suggest it. There is a lot in here that depends on the knowledge
that would have been learned in Android 14.
I want to thank Eternal SailorM for beta-reading this for me. She also
converted it to html format, but as I forgot to send her the complete
version (author's notes and all), I had to change it back to txt to
add that.
Prologue: Three Years Later
Android 14 and 17 stood across from each other in the gravity room at
Capsule Corp. With no warning, 14 lunged at the other android, her feet
lifting off the ground as she flew forward.
Bulma sighed as she watched the two from the security room. When they
had moved in three years ago, she had learned to put the security
cameras scattered through the building to good use, especially as it
seemed they were slowly pushing Vegita out of his favorite place. She
was still fascinated with the technology Dr. Gero had used to make the
artificial humans and used every chance she could to observe them.
14 stopped her flight just to the side of 17 and threw her elbow back
at his neck. As quickly as 14 had moved earlier, 17 now turned to catch
her elbow before it could come in contact with him. He pushed her off,
already flying toward her as she fell back. 14 managed to push off the
ground and sidekicked 17 back against the gravity room wall before he
had a chance to react.
"Are they at it again?"Trunks's voice startled Bulma's eyes away from
the screen she watched the androids from. She chuckled faintly, nodding
as she turned her eyes away from her son to watch the screen again.
"They are almost as bad as your father and I. I would say they are, but
they don't argue nearly as loudly." Trunks chuckled, nodding his head
faintly. "But, maybe it's just me, but I don't think they are serious
about any of it. I think it's just part of their relationship." Trunks
looked at her mother as her eyes took on a slightly dreamy glaze. He
turned to see what had caused the sudden dreamy look and watched as 17
took 14's arm as she helped him back to his feet. His eyes went back to
his mother as the two androids drew closer to eachother.
"Um, mom, well, don\rquote t you think you should leave them alone?" he
asked hesitantly. His words snapped Bulma from her daydream as she
noticed the intimate situation the camera was tuned in on.
"Oh!" She quickly snapped off the screen, laughing nervously. "Guess I
should."
"Works everytime," 17 whispered into 14's ear as they felt the camera
switch off. "Now, where were we?" he asked quietly as his lips brushed
against her neck.
Goten sat on a bench in the park, his eyes closed as he began to doze
off. He was supposed to be meeting his girlfriend, but it seemed she
was late. He supposed he couldn't hold it against her. Her foster
parents were quite strict when it came to things like dates. But they'd
known him since they had met two years ago, and, as it would be her
eighteenth birthday in a few weeks, they had to know she wouldn't be in
their care for too much longer.
As he felt his head finally come to rest on the bench back, he let
himself sink completely into his dreams, only to be interrupted a
moment later.
"Oh, come on, I'm not THAT late." Goten's eyes opened quickly as he
managed to wake up. He looked to his side and smiled at his girlfriend,
though it was clear he was still not completely alert.
Umi sat on the bench, watching him and holding back a grin at his
sleepy state. No sign could be seen of the trauma she had gone through
three years ago in the yoma attack of Tokyo that killed the rest of her
family and that nearly killed her as well, had it not been for Goten
and the others.
"Hmm. Well, I was thinking of dragging you to that new restaurant for
lunch, my treat, but it seems you would rather take a nap." Umi had to
laugh out loud as Goten's eyes opened wide, a grin on his face.
"I'm up!" he said energetically.
As the two stood up, Umi thought she could already feel her credit card
bill growing. But she had just gotten her paycheck from work and felt
like having some fun. Besides, even years later, she still felt like
she owed Goten something for carrying her from danger and watching over
her.
Rei frowned angrily at the portable phone that still lay in her hand.
It seemed like the world was out to prevent her and Jadeite from going
out that night. She loved her daughter to death, but they both knew
that they needed a break once in a while. She closed her eyes, sighing,
as she placed the phone back on its hanger. She allowed herself a faint
smile as she felt Jadeite's arms wrap around her waist from behind.
"So no one's free?" he asked softly, resting his cheek against her
hair. He sighed faintly as Rei shook her head, then smiled.
"Didn't Gokou's wife offer to watch her whenever we needed a break?"
Jadeite asked, spinning Rei around in his arms. Rei's eyes lit up,
remembering the offer the saiyajin's wife had made a year ago when
Kagayaki was born.
"I had forgotten completely about that!" Rei said, happily surprised.
"Gokou! We're watching Rei's daughter tonight! Can you go pick her up?"
Chi-chi yelled out to her husband. Gokou turned to look at his wife
when he replied.
"Aw, but I was hoping to go see Vegita this evening," he said sadly.
Hearing this, Chi-chi's eyes narrowed angrily. Gokou laughed nervously,
moving his hand to the back of his neck. "Uh, sure. I'll go right now."
"Thank you dear," Chi-chi said sweetly, her expression changing rapidly
to a smile as she turned and went back inside.
Alarms screamed through the air as guards ran across the complex. Some
made their way through the rush to the communications deck, trying to
alert the nearby populated planets of the threat that was breaking
loose, but these were a minority. Most headed towards the main cell. A
very dangerous mistake had caused the power in the main cell to be
broken off for a short time. Its occupant, only kept subdued by the ki
absorption field in the walls, was able to take that time to pull the
energy from the air around him. He had already destroyed the field, so
there was no chance they could put him back under.
"Someone fix that thing!" the head guard, a woman with dark violet hair
and slightly pointed ears shouted to those around her. She watched with
growing dread as the cell walls were slowly being broken open.
"We won't be able to stop him," a male guard said quietly, sadly. His
boss turned her head to him at his words, growling.
"We have to." The wall cracked open, showing the small creature inside.
It had emerald green fur over its entire body and almost looked like a
lynx. The head guard, mentally crossing her fingers, raised her hands
so her palms faced the cat-like creature. A gray shimmery shield
appeared over the crack in the wall. The creature pulled away from it
for a moment, then quickly lunged through. The guards backed away, only
their boss managing to hide her fear as she glared at the creature,
challenging it silently. 'Please Kami, don't let this thing get away,'
she said silently in her mind. If it decided to take her on, it would
buy her men some more time.
The green lynx took one look at her and growled, barring its teeth.
'Please, come on, attack!' she mentally yelled. As she watched though,
it slowly shimmered away until there was nothing left. She could feel
the dread growing in her heart.
"He's gone," one of the men said softly.
"We have to get him back."