The Androids Perspective
Copyright- Dragonabll Z and its characters in no way at all belong to me in any sence of the word. My character ????? is mine though and can only be used in others works if I am asked first.
Android 17
It took a couple of minutes of being thrown by the intense winds before we were able to control our flight again. We hesitated for a moment or two in the air before we both gave into temptation and turned round to stare back the way we had come. There was huge mushroom shaped cloud in the sky. Focusing on the gases in the cloud with my eyes, I identified them as just the normal make up of air. It hadn't been a nuclear bomb but the shape of the cloud seemed really similar to that of the bombs used by the huge. At the moment we were hovering over an ocean, there was no sign of the mountain or the Z fighters. The cloud enveloped all of these. But there was no point in staring at the cloud; it only created feelings of pain and nostalgia. 16's death had really affected me, but I didn't want to believe it. By not thinking about it I wouldn't be hurt by it. I was going to concentrate on something else. 16 had told us what to do. That had only been minutes ago… Stop it 17, I thought. Don't think about him. I had things to do and thinking about him would only slow me down. I would think about him at another time…. Getting 18's attention by grabbing her arm I motioned in the direction to the Dr's lab. The noise of the explosion still filled my ears and I couldn't hear anything but the distant echoes of the explosion in my head. Jumping forward I started to fly across the vast expanse of water as quick as I could. It was a couple of minutes before I looked back as saw 18 far behind me struggling to keep up. Cursing myself under my breath I waited for her to catch up. When she did, her breathing was laboured and her forehead was shiny. Sparks started to flick around her chest area. A look of gratitude crossed her face as I placed a supporting arm around her back. "Sorry…. keeping you up. Just… have to…get my breath back." My main computer had rectified the problem finally. Normally I would be critical of it working so slowly but at this moment in time I was thankful any of my components worked properly. We started off again but slower this time. I was nervous lest they catch us, but I was more nervous about 18's state of health. We were going at half the speed I was capable of but that still was only a hundredth of the power we used to cruise at. But the lack of speed only gave me more time to worry. I kept glancing over 18's shoulder at the cloud, which we were slowly moving away from. Searching for a hint of white or gold which would show the position of the Z fighter's. My mind had already worked out that at this current speed it would take us an hour to reach the lab. It was too long. They were sure to discover we were missing before that. I just had to hope we were over a good hiding place by the time they arrived. In a way I wanted them to appear soon. So I could get the ordeal over with.
Android 18
It was strange flying so slow but in a way I enjoyed it. I was noticing more things flying so slowly. I had known that the earth was teeming with creatures of different kinds. In fact I could tell you anything about any animal in any language. But that had been as much interest to me as knowing the composition of air. But staring below me at the dark blue ocean seemed to interest me in away I had never known. A school of dolphins playing through the waves, a whale coming to the surface letting out air in a massive fountain. But as we neared the shore the site became awe-inspiring. I had never seen such an array of colours as brightly coloured fish swam through the coral. My eyes could see straight through the water, which meant no sight, was hidden from my eyes. I was surprised at my own enthusiasm. I had never remembered being particularly interested in animals before. But the sight was soon stolen from my eyes as we made our way over the beach and up to the land. I caught a brief glance of hundreds of humans lying in the sun. For a second I was confused, the weather we had been having was horrendous. I was surprised to see sunbathers, but then looking upwards I noticed that the sun was shining and the sky was cloudless. This only further served to confuse me. Why was there such a difference? But no solution came to mind. A niggling thought said I should know but I was still mystified. But by this time we had moved from the beach and we were flying over a great city. Again I was confused, hadn't we destroyed the city in our fight? For a second I was unsure but then memories came flooding back to me, of destroyed buildings and streets. Of craters and rocks scattered everywhere. But the city was rebuilt and nothing was broken. Humans were not that fast, someone must have helped them. But only us Androids were that powerful, did we help them? No, we hated humans. It was a mystery. It was only when we had passed over the city that I saw a sign for the city. "Look 17, they made a mistake. They put the wrong sign up for the city." But we soon left the city and entered farmland. Below I saw a long brown animal. I liked horses. No I didn't, I hated all animals. I was confused again. Why couldn't I make up my mind?
Android 17
Looking up I was finally greeted with a sight I longed for. The mountains were Gero had built his lab. They were still in the distance but we were closing in on them at least. I turned round to give 18 the good news when I received a shock. Behind me growing in size was a large yellow aura. I didn't even stop to see who it was. I dropped down, my eyes fervently searching for a hiding place. Rocks, no too small, tree's, too little cover. I was just going to turn away when I noticed a small blue lake. Not even giving time to consider it carefully. I made for it as fast as I could, my arms tightly around 18's waist dragging her with me. I dropped into the water as cleanly as I could but with 18 beside me we made a bit of a splash. But to my dismay the lake wasn't very deep and it barely covered our heads As soon as I turned my eyes were on the sky's waiting for the aura to appear. As I waited my mind flicked from scenario to scenario. Would he try and drag us out, or would he just blast downwards. In either case there was nothing we could do. As the aura was golden it had to belong to Goku, Vegeta or the boy. Any of the three were powerful enough to annihilate us. Seconds passed as I stared up into the sky. It was taking too long, he must have seen us. Maybe it might be better to run. I was just going to rise from the water when something flashed across the sky above me. His face was looking in front of him, not below him. He mustn't have seen us, I though in relief. We were safe. I waited for a full minute before I rose out of the water with 18. Glancing over at her I saw her hair was all out of shape, plastered across her face. We were both also dripping wet and I noticed her skirt was covered in algae. I waited for the thunderstorm to break loose but I was shocked when she turned to me. Her face was smiling. "Look" she said, "I've caught a frog." I was to find her words without sarcasm. When she didn't follow it up I realised that her words hadn't been part of a quip or a jibe. She was actually being serious… Her memory banks must be starting to loose power I realised suddenly.
It took longer than I expected to get to where Gero's lab had been. 18's speed was dropping drastically which only made me more anxious to get into his lab. There had to be something there that could help her. I didn't even start to contemplate what would happen if she lost all her power…. After much searching I finally found the remnants of his lab. The whole scenery around it had been changed when the boy had attacked it. I thought back with nostalgia to that time. When we had been in control, we had been so powerful. It had only taken one warrior to stop all of that. But she was finally gone. Maybe we could regain what we had lost? Maybe we could still rule? But first we had to find his secret lab. I landed on the broken rocks and remnants, which used to be a lab. Leaving 18 on a rock to rest herself I went looking among the rubble for the lab. My natural instinct told me to blast at the rocks and find the lab that way. But I was weakened by the flight and I was in mortal fear and alerting the Z fighter's to our presence. No point getting this far and giving it all away. So I began the task of shifting through the stones and rocks trying to find it. For thirty minutes I worked hard but by the end I still hadn't found it. With a growl of impatience I smashed my hand into a rock crushing it instantly. But I did not loose my concentration or temper. As an Android I knew the only way to go about a task was efficiently. So I kept going, however demeaning it felt. Here was I, once a proud warrior reduced to hiding and sneaking about and having to shift through dirt. I took out my temper on the rocks around me. Though it took a while, efficiency finally paid off. At first it looked like a twisted piece of metal but after removing the rock weighting down on it I discovered that it was a ladder.
The room which 18 and I found ourselves in was smaller than the lab above been. But it was cluttered with machinery. I found myself looking at exoskeletons, heads and other half finished remains of Gero's early work. I soon forgot why we were really here and lost myself staring at our early prototypes. Some of them didn't look exactly human, spikes and other sharp instruments sticking out of different arms and legs. One arm ended in a large drill instead of a hand. But none of what I saw were fully built and I could find no power in any of them. I was reminded I wasn't alone when 18 spoke up behind me. "I like that jacket." I turned to see her reaching for a large padded black jacket. Before I could stop her she slid it over her head and stuck her arms from out the holes. "18!" I ran over to her only in time to catch her as she feel unconscious in my arms. I tore furiously at the jacket but it wouldn't come off my sister. What was it doing, draining her? Suddenly with a click my brain recognised it. It was some sort of recharger pack. I was about to continue my frenzied assault on the jacket when I realised what it meant. This was designed to give the early Androids, who had little energy sources, power. So… it would help 18, or at least I hoped it would. It couldn't do her damage could it?
Android 18
Someone was shaking me but I didn't want to wake. With an effort I opened my eyes and stared around me blearily. Where were we? A minute later and 17 had replayed all that had happened over the last hour. I was amazed how much of the journey I forgot or only remembered hazily. I had no recollection of lifting the frog and gave out to 17 about the state of my hair catching a glance of myself in one of the armoured chests which were arranged round us. I berated him for a couple of minutes but I eventually stopped when I saw he wasn't listening. "That recharger thing obviously works. You seem better." "How long was I out for?" "Three hours. While you were asleep I searched this place from top to bottom. After that I examined these." He motioned me over to a table where two blue prints were laid out. From their titles I could see they were of 16 and my brother. Trying to ignore the feeling of pain I felt when I thought about 16, I look a look at 17's plans. These should be pretty similar, if not the same as mine. I didn't know what I had been expecting them to be but they were much too complicated. The doctor had neglected to give us any of his knowledge about building Androids. He had probably felt we might start building our own Androids or become smarter than him. After giving me a glance 17 reached over and rolled the plans up. "We'll trawl over them later. We should get out of here as quick as possible. One of the Z fighter's could come scouting round here. How strong are you by the way?" "Well, I'm stronger than I was, definitely. But I don't think I am powerful as you yet." "Is that jacket still powering you up?" "No, it seems that I have lost a lot of power from my main source. The jacket will only power me up to an extent but I'm still losing power from my wound" she said pointing down at her stomach. We both made our way out of the lab then after taking one last look around. As soon as we had flown from the hole I moved a rock to block the hole. It was better to keep the lab a secret just in case. Slowly we both flew up from the remains of his lab looking for any enemies. And we found one. Standing on a plateau opposite us, dressed his normal green Gi. Tein!
Emu- Cell does not exist in this version. I didn't really like him and as this fic was all about the Androids I couldn't have him messing anything up.
Copyright- Dragonabll Z and its characters in no way at all belong to me in any sence of the word. My character ????? is mine though and can only be used in others works if I am asked first.
Android 17
It took a couple of minutes of being thrown by the intense winds before we were able to control our flight again. We hesitated for a moment or two in the air before we both gave into temptation and turned round to stare back the way we had come. There was huge mushroom shaped cloud in the sky. Focusing on the gases in the cloud with my eyes, I identified them as just the normal make up of air. It hadn't been a nuclear bomb but the shape of the cloud seemed really similar to that of the bombs used by the huge. At the moment we were hovering over an ocean, there was no sign of the mountain or the Z fighters. The cloud enveloped all of these. But there was no point in staring at the cloud; it only created feelings of pain and nostalgia. 16's death had really affected me, but I didn't want to believe it. By not thinking about it I wouldn't be hurt by it. I was going to concentrate on something else. 16 had told us what to do. That had only been minutes ago… Stop it 17, I thought. Don't think about him. I had things to do and thinking about him would only slow me down. I would think about him at another time…. Getting 18's attention by grabbing her arm I motioned in the direction to the Dr's lab. The noise of the explosion still filled my ears and I couldn't hear anything but the distant echoes of the explosion in my head. Jumping forward I started to fly across the vast expanse of water as quick as I could. It was a couple of minutes before I looked back as saw 18 far behind me struggling to keep up. Cursing myself under my breath I waited for her to catch up. When she did, her breathing was laboured and her forehead was shiny. Sparks started to flick around her chest area. A look of gratitude crossed her face as I placed a supporting arm around her back. "Sorry…. keeping you up. Just… have to…get my breath back." My main computer had rectified the problem finally. Normally I would be critical of it working so slowly but at this moment in time I was thankful any of my components worked properly. We started off again but slower this time. I was nervous lest they catch us, but I was more nervous about 18's state of health. We were going at half the speed I was capable of but that still was only a hundredth of the power we used to cruise at. But the lack of speed only gave me more time to worry. I kept glancing over 18's shoulder at the cloud, which we were slowly moving away from. Searching for a hint of white or gold which would show the position of the Z fighter's. My mind had already worked out that at this current speed it would take us an hour to reach the lab. It was too long. They were sure to discover we were missing before that. I just had to hope we were over a good hiding place by the time they arrived. In a way I wanted them to appear soon. So I could get the ordeal over with.
Android 18
It was strange flying so slow but in a way I enjoyed it. I was noticing more things flying so slowly. I had known that the earth was teeming with creatures of different kinds. In fact I could tell you anything about any animal in any language. But that had been as much interest to me as knowing the composition of air. But staring below me at the dark blue ocean seemed to interest me in away I had never known. A school of dolphins playing through the waves, a whale coming to the surface letting out air in a massive fountain. But as we neared the shore the site became awe-inspiring. I had never seen such an array of colours as brightly coloured fish swam through the coral. My eyes could see straight through the water, which meant no sight, was hidden from my eyes. I was surprised at my own enthusiasm. I had never remembered being particularly interested in animals before. But the sight was soon stolen from my eyes as we made our way over the beach and up to the land. I caught a brief glance of hundreds of humans lying in the sun. For a second I was confused, the weather we had been having was horrendous. I was surprised to see sunbathers, but then looking upwards I noticed that the sun was shining and the sky was cloudless. This only further served to confuse me. Why was there such a difference? But no solution came to mind. A niggling thought said I should know but I was still mystified. But by this time we had moved from the beach and we were flying over a great city. Again I was confused, hadn't we destroyed the city in our fight? For a second I was unsure but then memories came flooding back to me, of destroyed buildings and streets. Of craters and rocks scattered everywhere. But the city was rebuilt and nothing was broken. Humans were not that fast, someone must have helped them. But only us Androids were that powerful, did we help them? No, we hated humans. It was a mystery. It was only when we had passed over the city that I saw a sign for the city. "Look 17, they made a mistake. They put the wrong sign up for the city." But we soon left the city and entered farmland. Below I saw a long brown animal. I liked horses. No I didn't, I hated all animals. I was confused again. Why couldn't I make up my mind?
Android 17
Looking up I was finally greeted with a sight I longed for. The mountains were Gero had built his lab. They were still in the distance but we were closing in on them at least. I turned round to give 18 the good news when I received a shock. Behind me growing in size was a large yellow aura. I didn't even stop to see who it was. I dropped down, my eyes fervently searching for a hiding place. Rocks, no too small, tree's, too little cover. I was just going to turn away when I noticed a small blue lake. Not even giving time to consider it carefully. I made for it as fast as I could, my arms tightly around 18's waist dragging her with me. I dropped into the water as cleanly as I could but with 18 beside me we made a bit of a splash. But to my dismay the lake wasn't very deep and it barely covered our heads As soon as I turned my eyes were on the sky's waiting for the aura to appear. As I waited my mind flicked from scenario to scenario. Would he try and drag us out, or would he just blast downwards. In either case there was nothing we could do. As the aura was golden it had to belong to Goku, Vegeta or the boy. Any of the three were powerful enough to annihilate us. Seconds passed as I stared up into the sky. It was taking too long, he must have seen us. Maybe it might be better to run. I was just going to rise from the water when something flashed across the sky above me. His face was looking in front of him, not below him. He mustn't have seen us, I though in relief. We were safe. I waited for a full minute before I rose out of the water with 18. Glancing over at her I saw her hair was all out of shape, plastered across her face. We were both also dripping wet and I noticed her skirt was covered in algae. I waited for the thunderstorm to break loose but I was shocked when she turned to me. Her face was smiling. "Look" she said, "I've caught a frog." I was to find her words without sarcasm. When she didn't follow it up I realised that her words hadn't been part of a quip or a jibe. She was actually being serious… Her memory banks must be starting to loose power I realised suddenly.
It took longer than I expected to get to where Gero's lab had been. 18's speed was dropping drastically which only made me more anxious to get into his lab. There had to be something there that could help her. I didn't even start to contemplate what would happen if she lost all her power…. After much searching I finally found the remnants of his lab. The whole scenery around it had been changed when the boy had attacked it. I thought back with nostalgia to that time. When we had been in control, we had been so powerful. It had only taken one warrior to stop all of that. But she was finally gone. Maybe we could regain what we had lost? Maybe we could still rule? But first we had to find his secret lab. I landed on the broken rocks and remnants, which used to be a lab. Leaving 18 on a rock to rest herself I went looking among the rubble for the lab. My natural instinct told me to blast at the rocks and find the lab that way. But I was weakened by the flight and I was in mortal fear and alerting the Z fighter's to our presence. No point getting this far and giving it all away. So I began the task of shifting through the stones and rocks trying to find it. For thirty minutes I worked hard but by the end I still hadn't found it. With a growl of impatience I smashed my hand into a rock crushing it instantly. But I did not loose my concentration or temper. As an Android I knew the only way to go about a task was efficiently. So I kept going, however demeaning it felt. Here was I, once a proud warrior reduced to hiding and sneaking about and having to shift through dirt. I took out my temper on the rocks around me. Though it took a while, efficiency finally paid off. At first it looked like a twisted piece of metal but after removing the rock weighting down on it I discovered that it was a ladder.
The room which 18 and I found ourselves in was smaller than the lab above been. But it was cluttered with machinery. I found myself looking at exoskeletons, heads and other half finished remains of Gero's early work. I soon forgot why we were really here and lost myself staring at our early prototypes. Some of them didn't look exactly human, spikes and other sharp instruments sticking out of different arms and legs. One arm ended in a large drill instead of a hand. But none of what I saw were fully built and I could find no power in any of them. I was reminded I wasn't alone when 18 spoke up behind me. "I like that jacket." I turned to see her reaching for a large padded black jacket. Before I could stop her she slid it over her head and stuck her arms from out the holes. "18!" I ran over to her only in time to catch her as she feel unconscious in my arms. I tore furiously at the jacket but it wouldn't come off my sister. What was it doing, draining her? Suddenly with a click my brain recognised it. It was some sort of recharger pack. I was about to continue my frenzied assault on the jacket when I realised what it meant. This was designed to give the early Androids, who had little energy sources, power. So… it would help 18, or at least I hoped it would. It couldn't do her damage could it?
Android 18
Someone was shaking me but I didn't want to wake. With an effort I opened my eyes and stared around me blearily. Where were we? A minute later and 17 had replayed all that had happened over the last hour. I was amazed how much of the journey I forgot or only remembered hazily. I had no recollection of lifting the frog and gave out to 17 about the state of my hair catching a glance of myself in one of the armoured chests which were arranged round us. I berated him for a couple of minutes but I eventually stopped when I saw he wasn't listening. "That recharger thing obviously works. You seem better." "How long was I out for?" "Three hours. While you were asleep I searched this place from top to bottom. After that I examined these." He motioned me over to a table where two blue prints were laid out. From their titles I could see they were of 16 and my brother. Trying to ignore the feeling of pain I felt when I thought about 16, I look a look at 17's plans. These should be pretty similar, if not the same as mine. I didn't know what I had been expecting them to be but they were much too complicated. The doctor had neglected to give us any of his knowledge about building Androids. He had probably felt we might start building our own Androids or become smarter than him. After giving me a glance 17 reached over and rolled the plans up. "We'll trawl over them later. We should get out of here as quick as possible. One of the Z fighter's could come scouting round here. How strong are you by the way?" "Well, I'm stronger than I was, definitely. But I don't think I am powerful as you yet." "Is that jacket still powering you up?" "No, it seems that I have lost a lot of power from my main source. The jacket will only power me up to an extent but I'm still losing power from my wound" she said pointing down at her stomach. We both made our way out of the lab then after taking one last look around. As soon as we had flown from the hole I moved a rock to block the hole. It was better to keep the lab a secret just in case. Slowly we both flew up from the remains of his lab looking for any enemies. And we found one. Standing on a plateau opposite us, dressed his normal green Gi. Tein!
Emu- Cell does not exist in this version. I didn't really like him and as this fic was all about the Androids I couldn't have him messing anything up.