We left the lab and began to destroy everything in our paths, but first I
needed a new outfit. This one had no taste whatsoever. So we stopped by a
clothing store and I "convinced" the owner to give me an outfit for free.
While I was looking around for my outfit 17 and 16 lounged around. "Come on 18!" 17 said after ten minutes. "How hard can it be to pick out an outfit?"
"Harder then your mind can understand," I shot back as I tried on the last outfit. "This will do nicely, what do you think?"
17 turned his head and said, "Whatever."
16's eyes bulged out of his head and he said, "That's very nice 18. Now let's go back and get to destroying."
We stepped out and 16 went off in one direction while we went looking for Goku. After all, it was our job to kill him. But, we ran into a little resistance. The resistance was in the form of a saiyan with flame-like black hair and cold eyes, Vegeta.
"We're looking for Goku, please tell us where he is," I said.
Vegeta smirked. "Sorry, to get to Goku you're going to have to go through me!" He went into a fighting stance.
"Oh please," 17 laughed. "18, take care of this wimp while I go and find someone more amusing."
"You're not worth my time," I said and made a shooing motion with my hand. "Go on and play with the other little boys your power. I have bigger fish to fry."
Vegeta's face turned the color of a tomato and he yelled, "I'll make you regret that!" He charged in and I fought him, barely putting forth any effort in the process. He went super saiyan, and that surprised me.
Finally, after he was tired he snapped, "Aren't you going to put forth any effort?"
I grinned and said, "Okay." I kicked him in the groin and he doubled up and fell on the ground. I heard gasps and turned to the assembled other fighters. One of them, a short bald guy caught my eye for some reason. I walked by him and kissed him on the cheek before flying away.
16 had been watching the entire fight and was waiting for me in the air. "Was that really necessary?" he asked."
I laughed. "What, the fight or the kiss?"
"The kiss."
"Yup, it threw them totally off. That guy doesn't have a clue of what to think now. Besides, the fight with Vegeta wasn't even necessary. He's too weak to be a challenge for any of us."
We then landed in the next village and began to destroy it. 16 went one way and I went the other. At first I felt nothing, no guilt or anything. But then after I had killed an entire family I came upon a small girl with blond hair and blue eyes. I raised my hand and formed a small blast. But then an older boy came running up and began hitting at me with a stick. That made me mad so I fired the blast at him.
He fell to the ground with a hole in his chest. His eyes were wide and his mouth wide. The girl began wailing and tears streamed down her face. She threw herself beside her brother and began to wail. Then she looked up at me and shouted, "Monster! Monster, you're a monster!"
I backed away, my hand going up to my mouth in horror. Something clicked in my mind and I knew what I had done. I looked around the town and saw fire, and bodies lying in puddles of red, blood. Then I looked at my hands, which were spattered with blood. My outfit was too. I looked again at the boy in front of me and I felt guilt overwhelm me. The girls' screams ran through my head, accusing me.
I let out a yell and flew away as fast as I could go, screams and accusations echoing through my mind. "No, no, no!" The people I had killed flashed through my mind, I saw them all again.
When I at last reached the cave where we had made our home I curled up in a corner and wept. Wept! I cried, me, an android who was supposed to have no feelings. Feelings meant death because something was wrong with me.
I just hoped that the others wouldn't come back and find me like this. I had to fix myself else I would be destroyed, Dr. Gero had made a mistake while creating me and he would fix the mistake.
An hour later I was beginning to calm down and pack away those condemning feelings when I heard someone stumble into the cave. Frightened I dried my tears and pasted an uncaring expression on my face.
Then I saw her, the little girl. Her words ran through my head, "Monster! Monster!" In her small hand she held a knife, her eyes shone with hate. She leapt at me and I stopped her. I wrested the knife out of her grasp and set her in front of me.
"Monster!" she yelled. "Give it back! I'm going to kill you, you'll pay for my family!" She began to cry, tears of anger I was sure.
I felt more guilt flood through me. "I'm.sorry," I said softly. "But I'm an Android, I was created to kill and destroy. It's my mindset, it's what I'm supposed to do."
She wiped away her tears. "An Android?" she asked. "What's an Android?"
"A machine, a machine that does whatever it was created to do. I was created to destroy and have no feelings. But something went wrong, I, I.feel."
She smiled and I was shocked. This little girl, whose entire family I had killed smiled at me. Why? Her smile was gone in a second, when she heard someone approaching. I shoved her into a small niche and said, "Hold very still and make no noise. No matter what happens, stay right there. Come out only when the cave is empty and go somewhere safe."
Then 17 and 16 came into the cave. "Good day," 17 said. "I got at least three villages destroyed and fought with Piccolo, kicked his butt too!"
I felt a stinging pain in my hands and looked down to see blood trickling from my clenched fists. 17 looked at me. "What's wrong with you 18? Have a rough day?"
"No," I said through clenched teeth. "Nothing's wrong with me." But something's wrong with you!
"How many did you kill today?"
I looked away. "I don't remember," I said, my voice dead.
"You don't know?" 17 echoed. "We're Androids! We remember everything!"
"Not today," I said. "I don't remember. I don't want to remember. I'm not a monster." The last part came out before I could stop it. My eyes widened with panic and I covered my mouth.
17 and 16 looked at me in surprise. "A monster!" 17 cried. He looked at me and saw the panic in my eyes. "Feeling?"
I shook my head. "No, no I don't have feelings."
"Yes you do," 16 said somberly. "When you kissed that guy you had feelings for him. And now you feel guilt, and obviously fear."
17 punched something into a small instrument then put it away. "Dr. Gero is on his way here to destroy you. Or maybe he'll just fix the problem in your mind. Don't worry 18, I'm sure he'll just switch a few things around and then re-activate you."
"No," I said. "No I won't be disassembled." I backed up in front of the niche. "I won't let you harm anyone!"
17 shook his head. "You'll give him problems," he stated. "That means that I'll have to bring you down now and prevent the trouble." He formed a blast and fired it at me. I let out a scream and fell to the ground.
Then the blast broke off and I saw through bleary eyes the small child hitting 17. He was surprised and didn't do anything. So I jumped up, grabbed her and zoomed away into the night.
I flew for as long as I could, but I was damaged, damaged probably beyond all repair. But I could save the girl by getting her far enough away. My thoughts started to blur and I began to fall to the ground. I landed and for a few minutes did not move.
"Are you all right?" someone asked. I looked up and saw a figure standing over me. Then I blacked out.
While I was looking around for my outfit 17 and 16 lounged around. "Come on 18!" 17 said after ten minutes. "How hard can it be to pick out an outfit?"
"Harder then your mind can understand," I shot back as I tried on the last outfit. "This will do nicely, what do you think?"
17 turned his head and said, "Whatever."
16's eyes bulged out of his head and he said, "That's very nice 18. Now let's go back and get to destroying."
We stepped out and 16 went off in one direction while we went looking for Goku. After all, it was our job to kill him. But, we ran into a little resistance. The resistance was in the form of a saiyan with flame-like black hair and cold eyes, Vegeta.
"We're looking for Goku, please tell us where he is," I said.
Vegeta smirked. "Sorry, to get to Goku you're going to have to go through me!" He went into a fighting stance.
"Oh please," 17 laughed. "18, take care of this wimp while I go and find someone more amusing."
"You're not worth my time," I said and made a shooing motion with my hand. "Go on and play with the other little boys your power. I have bigger fish to fry."
Vegeta's face turned the color of a tomato and he yelled, "I'll make you regret that!" He charged in and I fought him, barely putting forth any effort in the process. He went super saiyan, and that surprised me.
Finally, after he was tired he snapped, "Aren't you going to put forth any effort?"
I grinned and said, "Okay." I kicked him in the groin and he doubled up and fell on the ground. I heard gasps and turned to the assembled other fighters. One of them, a short bald guy caught my eye for some reason. I walked by him and kissed him on the cheek before flying away.
16 had been watching the entire fight and was waiting for me in the air. "Was that really necessary?" he asked."
I laughed. "What, the fight or the kiss?"
"The kiss."
"Yup, it threw them totally off. That guy doesn't have a clue of what to think now. Besides, the fight with Vegeta wasn't even necessary. He's too weak to be a challenge for any of us."
We then landed in the next village and began to destroy it. 16 went one way and I went the other. At first I felt nothing, no guilt or anything. But then after I had killed an entire family I came upon a small girl with blond hair and blue eyes. I raised my hand and formed a small blast. But then an older boy came running up and began hitting at me with a stick. That made me mad so I fired the blast at him.
He fell to the ground with a hole in his chest. His eyes were wide and his mouth wide. The girl began wailing and tears streamed down her face. She threw herself beside her brother and began to wail. Then she looked up at me and shouted, "Monster! Monster, you're a monster!"
I backed away, my hand going up to my mouth in horror. Something clicked in my mind and I knew what I had done. I looked around the town and saw fire, and bodies lying in puddles of red, blood. Then I looked at my hands, which were spattered with blood. My outfit was too. I looked again at the boy in front of me and I felt guilt overwhelm me. The girls' screams ran through my head, accusing me.
I let out a yell and flew away as fast as I could go, screams and accusations echoing through my mind. "No, no, no!" The people I had killed flashed through my mind, I saw them all again.
When I at last reached the cave where we had made our home I curled up in a corner and wept. Wept! I cried, me, an android who was supposed to have no feelings. Feelings meant death because something was wrong with me.
I just hoped that the others wouldn't come back and find me like this. I had to fix myself else I would be destroyed, Dr. Gero had made a mistake while creating me and he would fix the mistake.
An hour later I was beginning to calm down and pack away those condemning feelings when I heard someone stumble into the cave. Frightened I dried my tears and pasted an uncaring expression on my face.
Then I saw her, the little girl. Her words ran through my head, "Monster! Monster!" In her small hand she held a knife, her eyes shone with hate. She leapt at me and I stopped her. I wrested the knife out of her grasp and set her in front of me.
"Monster!" she yelled. "Give it back! I'm going to kill you, you'll pay for my family!" She began to cry, tears of anger I was sure.
I felt more guilt flood through me. "I'm.sorry," I said softly. "But I'm an Android, I was created to kill and destroy. It's my mindset, it's what I'm supposed to do."
She wiped away her tears. "An Android?" she asked. "What's an Android?"
"A machine, a machine that does whatever it was created to do. I was created to destroy and have no feelings. But something went wrong, I, I.feel."
She smiled and I was shocked. This little girl, whose entire family I had killed smiled at me. Why? Her smile was gone in a second, when she heard someone approaching. I shoved her into a small niche and said, "Hold very still and make no noise. No matter what happens, stay right there. Come out only when the cave is empty and go somewhere safe."
Then 17 and 16 came into the cave. "Good day," 17 said. "I got at least three villages destroyed and fought with Piccolo, kicked his butt too!"
I felt a stinging pain in my hands and looked down to see blood trickling from my clenched fists. 17 looked at me. "What's wrong with you 18? Have a rough day?"
"No," I said through clenched teeth. "Nothing's wrong with me." But something's wrong with you!
"How many did you kill today?"
I looked away. "I don't remember," I said, my voice dead.
"You don't know?" 17 echoed. "We're Androids! We remember everything!"
"Not today," I said. "I don't remember. I don't want to remember. I'm not a monster." The last part came out before I could stop it. My eyes widened with panic and I covered my mouth.
17 and 16 looked at me in surprise. "A monster!" 17 cried. He looked at me and saw the panic in my eyes. "Feeling?"
I shook my head. "No, no I don't have feelings."
"Yes you do," 16 said somberly. "When you kissed that guy you had feelings for him. And now you feel guilt, and obviously fear."
17 punched something into a small instrument then put it away. "Dr. Gero is on his way here to destroy you. Or maybe he'll just fix the problem in your mind. Don't worry 18, I'm sure he'll just switch a few things around and then re-activate you."
"No," I said. "No I won't be disassembled." I backed up in front of the niche. "I won't let you harm anyone!"
17 shook his head. "You'll give him problems," he stated. "That means that I'll have to bring you down now and prevent the trouble." He formed a blast and fired it at me. I let out a scream and fell to the ground.
Then the blast broke off and I saw through bleary eyes the small child hitting 17. He was surprised and didn't do anything. So I jumped up, grabbed her and zoomed away into the night.
I flew for as long as I could, but I was damaged, damaged probably beyond all repair. But I could save the girl by getting her far enough away. My thoughts started to blur and I began to fall to the ground. I landed and for a few minutes did not move.
"Are you all right?" someone asked. I looked up and saw a figure standing over me. Then I blacked out.
