Almost there, 18 thought. She growled as she came up with another error and tried a different approach. Suddenly, she sensed Trunks' ki drop dramatically. Spinning around, she found Semadd holding Trunks a foot above the ground, strangling him. Trunks went limp as 18 leaped to help.
"Trunks!" she yelled. Well, she caught Semadd's attention. He released Trunks who fell to his knees, then onto his face. Semadd attacked 18 and she managed to throw him into the closed door, which buckled and Semadd flew through it into the hallway. 18 turned back to Trunks. He had raised himself up on his hands, where he was gasping for breath.
"Get…them…out." Trunks panted. He got to his feet. She saved me! He thought, surprised. An android saved me! He raised his eyes and looked at her. She nodded and turned back to the computer.
"You will PAY!" Semadd roared. He leaped at 18, hands outstretched. Trunks jumped to intercept Semadd. He twisted and hit Semadd's side with his shoulder, knocking him off course. Semadd bounced into the wall between Gohan and Goten. Trunks slid across the floor and rolled to his feet. Semadd stood up and laughed. Trunks let him. He didn't necessarily need to destroy Semadd, despite how much he would love to, he only needed to stall him.
Besides, he thought, I think 18 is the only one who can defeat him with the defenses online.
"So," Semadd chuckled, "You're still alive."
"I'm not that easy to kill."
"Luck." Semadd snorted.
"Blood." Trunks said and Semadd laughed. Suddenly he struck. Trunks now knew how Semadd reacted to certain attacks and he had figured out his pattern, so he faired much better this round. He met Semadd blow for blow and scored his own hits against him.
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That's it Trunks. 18 returned her full attention to her work. As soon as she was done, she'd take out Semadd.
"Hmm." 18 found a possible backdoor, but it would take time to access it. And it wasn't assured that it would get the Saiyans out of their prisons. Yet, it may be faster than stumbling around in the dark. She put her hands back to the keyboard and got back to work.
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A fist contacting with his chest sent Trunks sprawling backwards. He flipped himself back onto his feet just as Semadd caught up with him. His pattern had changed; Semadd was fighting like another man! It had caught Trunks off-guard. He forced himself to forget everything he had learned of Semadd and started over. Trunks spun and hit Semadd's cheek with the top of his boot, sending him spinning to the ground. The background noise changed to a higher pitch again but Trunks took no notice as Semadd struck at him.
Trunks took a swing at Semadd with his right fist. Semadd caught his wrist and Trunks tried with his other fist. That wrist became captured too. Semadd smiled at the half-Saiyan and let him go. Trunks backed up a few steps, perplexed. Why had Semadd let go of him? His answer came in the form of a cold mettle cord darting around his chest and snapping shut, pinning his arms to his sides. He struggled in the grasp of the stupid defense weapon that had taken him before. He had concentrated more on Semadd's form than keeping his ki down.
The defense raised him above the ground as Trunks twisted and squirmed to free himself from its hold. 18 would have faired better against Semadd and his defenses, but Trunks knew next to nothing of hacking into computers. Trunks stopped struggling as the defense zapped him of his energy.
Keep working! He urged 18. As he slid close to unconsciousness, a thought crossed his mind: why not transform into a Super Saiyan? He had nothing to lose. He looked at Semadd, who stood a few feet away, arms crossed, head tilted to one side, his green eyes boring into Trunks.
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Semadd released his opponent when he felt his defenses trigger. Trunks backed away with a confused expression on his face.
I have you. Semadd said to Trunks, silently. I'll have you're energy, I'll have you're life. You can't win. I'm going to have you're world for my own. The defense snatched Trunks and held him suspended where he struggled to get out. Semadd crossed his arms and watched as Trunks lost his energy and his head drop to his chest. The boy raised his head and looked at Semadd. His eyes looked different. They flashed a bluish green, but no black. Semadd's eyes widened as Trunks' hair stirred, almost as if a breeze had begun to blow from beneath him. His hair straitened and turned gold and a golden fire surrounded him.
Trunks screamed. He attempted to brake out of the defense by straining to raise his arms. Semadd snorted.
"Futile." He spat. He gasped and hastily took several steps back as the coils around Trunks shattered. Trunks hung in the air and looked down at Semadd with his hauntingly, all-blue eyes. Semadd hissed. That wasn't suppose to happen. Three more coils shot from the ceiling at Trunks. He glanced up at them. They reached down to Trunks and closed……on empty air! Trunks had disappeared! Semadd spun around as he heard the pulsing of the flames that surrounded Trunks. Sure enough, Trunks stood right behind him.
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"Ah," Semadd said to Trunks "Vegeta tried that trick." Trunks' eyes narrowed. What is Semadd up to now? Trunks had out-maneuvered the defenses and had Semadd out-classed, but the doctor didn't seem to be worried. Semadd laughed and Trunks growled.
"It's time to end this!" Trunks snarled. He punched Semadd in the stomach and it threw him back past 18. He hit the wall between Vegeta and Goten and bounced off. More of the coils attacked Trunks but he easily destroyed them. He advanced on Semadd when he heard a hiss. With his heart pounding, he spun around, expecting to see an even stronger defense.
"Yeah!" Trunks laughed. The hiss was of escaping air from the Saiyans' cells. The glass rose into the ceiling, setting everyone free. 18 had done it. He turned back to Semadd. He was gone!
"What!" Trunks dashed over to where Semadd had been.
"Trunks." Trunks turned to see Vegeta struggling to raise himself up on his arms. Trunks walked over and kneeled next to him.
"Father, are you okay?"
"It's a false wall." Vegeta muttered.
"What?"
"That wall!" Vegeta pointed to the wall where Trunks had thrown Semadd against. "It's another exit. Kill him!" Vegeta snarled. He ran out of strength and fell back to the floor. Trunks nodded and stood up. He raised his hand towards the wall and looked back at 18.
"Move Goten!" he ordered. She leaped and pulled Goten off the platform. She backed up with him in her arms, out of danger. Trunks nodded and blasted the wall apart. Shards of super-hot mettle flew passed him. He charged in search of Semadd. He would kill him.
Trunks dashed through the hallways, seeking Semadd. Explosions rocked the complex from the workstations. Trunks didn't know what 18 did, but it was affecting the whole place. He saw many of the android workers, frozen in whatever they were doing at the time. Other android statues exploded, causing a reaction that blew all those near it, not to mention the computer systems.
Trunks was able to track Semadd easily. The last attack seemed to have hurt him badly. All Trunks had to do was fallow the small pools of crimson along the hallway. Trunks had no idea of where he was going but he knew he was going to kill Semadd for the suffering he had caused. He growled and ran harder.
The farther Trunks went into the complex, the bigger the pools of blood became, and closer together. Trunks hoped that Semadd wouldn't die from loss of blood. He wanted to kill him with his own hands.
He dashed into a deep room and froze. Something was wrong.
"Yaaah!" he yelled as something wrapped around his chest. He strained to brake out, but found he couldn't.
"I will kill you." Semadd hissed in his ear. "I will kill you. I will kill you. YOU WILL DIE!!" Semadd's arms suddenly felt extremely hot. A whine from behind him, that was too low for him to notice before, increased in volume and pitch. What was Semadd doing? What was going on?
"No!" Trunks increased his attempts to escape. 16 had tried this will Cell. If Trunks' guess was true, Semadd was planning on blowing himself up, along with Trunks and most of the complex. Trunks froze. 18 would be able to survive the blast but there was no way that the others would, as weak as they were.
"No!" Trunks screamed. He powered up and summoned all his strength and tried to pull away, but to no avail. He wouldn't let them die! He wouldn't! He could do something about it this time! He had to. Trunks screamed and tapped into a well of power that he hadn't realized he had. His hair stood up straighter and energy crackled around him. Still yelling, he broke free of Semadd's grip and spun around. Semadd backed from him, glowing an angry red.
"I will kill you." Semadd rasped. "I will kill you." Trunks snarled and raised his hand. Trunks released his energy on Semadd. Semadd disappeared under the onslaught, screaming. His cries were drowned out by an explosion as the bomb placed within Semadd's android body exploded prematurely. It slammed Trunks through several walls. And left him battered and bloody, panting on the floor of a laboratory. Trunks slid open his eyes. He was lying on his back among scattered debris. He gasped as he raised himself up onto his elbows. Pain shot through him. He felt as if his whole skin had been burned off. He was bloody enough for that to have happened. He leaned on one elbow and used the back of his other arm to clear his eyes of the blood running from his forehead.
"I did it." He sighed. By blasting Semadd, the bomb had gone off before it had fully charged, causing a smaller explosion. Trunks couldn't see the room that everyone else was in, but he felt sure that they were untouched. He fell back with a sigh and let himself slide into unconsciousness.
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Thank you Frozenflower, that was exactly what I was looking for. ^__^
I can't believe I'm almost done with this fic! This will be the first story of any length that I've completed. I don't know what I'm going to do when it's done…maybe work on the sequel to Raven the Saiyan…anyways. Please R&R, good, bad, and anything in between…Thanks everyone!