One Day Maybe
By Hannio
Chapter 2
An Android's thoughts
Disclaimer - I don't own Dragonball Z or any of it's characters and that's really all I have to say about that
Author Note - I know this is a pretty long and boring chapter but I needed to get 18's thoughts down, now we know kinda a gist of her life and what she felt during the pass day I can now get on with the actual story which is of course how her and Krillen got to know each other, but please read it cause it's worth it
"This looks a good place" 18 said looking round her, a look of satisfaction on her face, it was a small village in an isolated area and it should have the stuff she needed and she even had the money to pay for the stuff. She walked in drawing glances as she went. It was clear they weren't use to visitors especially not ones that looked like her but that was the whole point of Doctor Gero's she was meant to be the deadly beauty of the 2. She shook her head and entered the dress shop, for such a small town it had quite a good selection, she wandered through picking up anything that she thought looked good. Within half an hour of constant trying on she finally had the outfit, it was simple and blended her in more with the crowd. She paid for the stuff and walked out still wearing it. She knew she looked good and more human, she was wearing a pair of black jeans, trainers on her feet, a simple V neck baby blue T-shirt with a navy blue jumper tied round her waist, she even had a matching baseball cap and sunglasses to hide her eyes. She walked out of the town and flew towards the nearest biggest city, she had enough money to rent a place, having found the money at the last town which Cell had completely sucked dry, she couldn't find anyone then she saw the money and since no-one would be able to use it she took it for herself.
As she flew her mind cast itself back. She could remember everything. Her twin being absorbed, 16 being injured, meeting that bald man again, Getting absorbed, waking up to find herself surrounded by the enemy, escaping them but returning drawn to the Dragon like a moth to a flame and then leaving again.
She couldn't believe her brother was gone. They had done everything together always running off together and that's when their problems happened. It had been his idea, it always was. Their parents had said no to something and he had gone and done it anyway and dragged her alone with him. They had ran into Doctor Gero that day, she was frightened since she was only 10 and he was a freaky man but 17 had been fine and cocky, that's when he had knocked him out and although her mind was screaming for her to get away and get her father, she couldn't move, she didn't want to leave him he was just lying there and there was blood running off his head onto the ground, when she had finally decided and turned she was knocked out, the next thing she knew she was an Android and most of her childhood memories had been erased to make way for all the new intelligence Doctor Gero had placed in her. she couldn't even remember such a simple thing as her old name all she knew was she was called 18. From that day they were worked on, more of their humanity being destroyed until all that remained of her was her core, the rest was simply a killing machine. Deep down at that core she cried all the time about what happened to her, she was still the young girl she had been waiting for Daddy to save her. For all she knew she had killed her Dad alone the way. Her brother had been there all the time though still playing the games he used to and making things more normal for her, but then the monster absorbed him. It was their own fault she could see that now, believing all that time they were unstoppable meant they became careless and that resulted in her brother being gone. At least at that time she still had 16, she had almost come to think of him as a big brother, but he had been badly injured and though they tried they couldn't get far away enough. Cell had soon caught up with them and at that point she knew she was going to die. 16 had tried to comfort her but she could see her brother's death floating before her all the time, her first instinct was to flee but Cell would of caught up with her in a second she was trapped time was running out for her there simply wasn't an escape. Then Vegeta had appeared, so much stronger than the last time she had seen him when she beat him senseless, but he was thrashing Cell and for the first time since she discovered his intent she had felt almost relief, It was clear Vegeta would destroy him which meant the threat was over. She was musing it over when Krillen appeared.
Krillen. She really didn't know what to make at him, when she first saw him he looked so scared of the two of them and yet was so determined to save Goku, something, which intrigued her. What was so important about Goku that would make Krillen try and talk them out of it. His friends were basically dead, her and 17 taking care of that and yet he still tried. Something about the look of earnest in his eyes had brought a long lost image of her father up for a brief second. She had seen that look in his eyes, maybe that's why she reacted the way she did, walking up to him and kissing him on the cheek with the words
"Good luck" afterwards she was puzzled why she had done that but thinking she would never see him again except to kill him she had forgotten it. There was more important things to worry about like where Goku was and where she could get some decent looking clothes, occasionally it came up as a fleeting memory but it was simply sucked into her core where she couldn't reach. She was shocked to see him on the Island, staring at her with the control that they had destroyed in his hand. The controller that could turn them off. It was the perfect way to destroy Cell and she knew it. Deep down she wanted to die that way, it would of been better than being absorbed and helping a monster like Cell but Krillen destroyed it flooding her with doubt. What the hell was his game, when she had asked he never gave her a definite answer saying she needed to escape but she couldn't move, just like before her hesitation to leave was going to cost her though at the time she had no idea. It was at that point the boy shouted down to her that Cell knew where she was. Fear enveloped her in a cloud. Had he destroyed Vegeta and yet when she looked round she saw him just standing there and that's when it hit her, he was letting him absorb her, all she had left in defence was the boy who could easily win except for the fact Vegeta interfered. Then cell was there and although all 3 of them, herself, 16 and Krillen fought there was nothing she could do and she was absorbed. From there on it was darkness, she was aware of what was happening and yet at the same time she wasn't. That feeling disappeared and the next thing she saw was green face. At first she thought she was dead but looking round she saw Krillen and his friends, they had somehow saved her and healed her. They informed her Cell was defeated by Gohan and the rest of it, it was then Gohan blurted out that Krillen had a crush on her. she couldn't believe it she had thought he wanted to help her as a person but it seemed that all the time he was hoping to get a chance to get with her, for the first time in along time she felt angry. She left after that but the sight of that Dragon had brought her back to watch them make their wishes that's when Krillen stepped forward and asked for her to be made human, she stared at that. Human. What was he going on about, why did he care so much what was the deal. When that failed he got rid of her explosive making her empty. then they had talked about Goku and to her amazement they were nice, but then they began talking about her and that she and 17 made a good couple, for some bizarre reason she had to make them see that it wasn't like that so she appeared in front of them, scaring them and told them that she was his twin. Then she went to leave but Krillen stopped her asking her if she was mad, but she wasn't for some reason and said so. Now she was stuck in her position.
"Where am I going to go?" she asked herself looking round, her mind skipped ahead. If they changed their mind and decided she was too much of a threat to be alive then the first place they would look would be the villages or the small town, if she hid right under their noses then it would give her the time she needed to get away if need be. So the logical place would be to hide in the same town as Vegeta and his mate no one would think of looking there. Decided she headed over to it and landed before she walked in she put her glasses and cap on, tying her hair back, she needed to be careful. She sighed and entered the thriving town, she just hoped she could pull this normal life off.
Come on people. If you've read it then I know you can review it. No flames allowed though. I have too much on my plate to worry about that. Criticisms, which are useful and of course good points, are always welcomed though. Sorry it took so long. I'll make sure chapter 3 is up a hell of a lot quicker.