Unexpected Fate

Chapter 20

CMG: Okay, I think those of you who wanted to see the next movie will have to wait. Now, we're on to the Android Saga (finally).

Scrix: About damn time!

CMG: (ignores Scrix's remark) Like everyone who's writing these blasted fanfics and posting them on Fanfiction.net, I don't own them, so stop asking! I own Scrix, Karis, and Infr. On with the story!

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Three years passed, and the night before May 12th, Bardock sat awake in the guest bedroom looking at the Zoi Stone he held in his hands.

"Kakarot..." said Bardock quietly. "It's only a matter of time before I lose you again, this time, maybe for good."

"Not quite," said a voice as Bardock turned around to see Infr in the room.

"Infr!" cried Bardock as Infr covers Bardock's mouth.

"Hmph! You still have no manners after you've spent nearly 3 years on Earth, don't you, Bardock?" said Infr quietly.

"Sorry," said Bardock in a softer voice.

"Good," said Infr. "Your son will not be permentally dead, my boy."

"Huh?" said Bardock. "I don't follow you."

"You see, in seven years, another villian will appear," said Infr. "This villian will be so deadly that your son will return to life in order to slay this monster."

"He won't let him go?" said Bardock.

"Yes," said Infr. "Kakarot will defeat him with a human's help as well as Prince Vegeta's. You too will play a great role when the time is right."

"How will I help them?" said Bardock.

"You'll see," said Infr as he disappears.

'I wonder what the next threat is?' thought Bardock as he stays up for a couple of hours more until he finally falls into uneasy sleep.

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When Bardock woke up, Goku, Gohan and Piccolo were already gone. He flies off to find them as he tried despritely to locate their energy. He cletched the Zoi Stone in his hand as he flew faster towards where he felt his son's energy flare up.

'Kakarot,' thought Bardock. 'I hope you aren't...'

Bardock suddenly came to a sudden stop in the sky as he saw his son in front of him on the ground, pinned by a pale-faced chubby man-like clown as Goku thrashed under him. Bardock noticed that he was clutching at his heart as Bardock tried to kick the man off of Goku, but someone else managed to cut #19's head off somehow and blown up by a shadowy figure before the vision ended.

'Huh?' thought Bardock. 'I need to get there, fast!'

Bardock pressed his fingers to his forehead and teleported.

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When Bardock got there, Goku was surprised.

"Dad," said Goku. "I thought you were sleeping."

"I was," said Bardock. "Why in the hell didn't you wake me up?"

"Because, I heard what you were saying last night," said Goku. *About my return in seven years,* Goku added telepathically.

*You know?* said Bardock.

*Somewhat,* said Goku.

"Hey!" said the old man (#20, AKA Dr. Gero). "You need to get off of the battlefield."

"Who in the hell is that old man?" said Bardock.

"That's Android #20," said Goku. "He's Dr. Gero. The other one is Android #19 and he's one of his creations that he made after I destroyed the Red Ribbon Army when I was a kid. Remember what Tr- I mean the young man said 3 years ago?"

"Yes," said Bardock as he steps off the battlefield. "Good luck, Kakarot."

"Thanks, dad," said Goku as he turned towards #19 and #20 as he shifted into his battle stance.

"Hmph, this should be easy to calculate how strong you've gotten in such a short time," said Dr. Gero/#20. (I'll alternate, so stay with the story, folks since I'll get sidetracked a bit.) "You see, I've collected the data from every battle on Earth, up to Goku's battle with Vegeta. I had small bots gather information about every fight you had and I've estimated your full power."

"You're calculations are inaccurate," said Piccolo. "You didn't send it to Namek because you thought that Goku was going to be weaker than you say."

"No, I'm right," said Dr. Gero. "If there's something I don't know, then prove it."

"Fine," said Piccolo. "Goku is a Super Saiya-jin."

"What?!" said Dr. Gero.

"Allow me to demostrate," said Goku as his eyes became aqua colored as his hair stuck straight up into the air; still black as night as the electricity cracked around his body. Bardock felt the electricity hit his body as Goku's hair became blonde as he became a Super Saiya-jin.

"I-impossible!" said a shocked Dr. Gero as he backs away.

"Hmph, that's nothing," said Bardock. "There are 3 more of us. One from the future, Vegeta, and myself."

"B-but how?" said Dr. Gero. "I thought I was..."

"Well, you're wrong," said Bardock as he becomes a Super Saiya-jin as well and quickly decapitates Android #19's head off. (A/N: Okay, now it's going to go A/U, folks.) 'At least I saved him from stealing Kakarot's energy.' He then fires a blast at #19's body as it exploded.

"Bwah!" cried Dr. Gero as he flies away.

"After him!" said Piccolo as he heard a dull thud and turned around to see Goku on the ground. "Huh? Goku?"

Goku was clutching his chest as he reverts to normal. Bardock felt his energy falling rapidly as he tried to talk to his son.

"Kakarot," said Bardock. "What's wrong?"

*M-m-my heart... it feels like... it's on fire...* said Goku weakly through the telepathic link he had with his father.

"Oh shit," said Bardock. "It's the heart virus!"

"What?!" said Piccolo. "Why is it attacking now?"

"It never happened like the boy said it would," said Gohan.

"Guys, I have to take Goku back home," said Bardock as he picks Goku's body up and hauls it on his shoulder. "I'm the only other person who can also perform Instant Transmission, so I'll catch up later. Oh, and be careful. Dr. Gero can absorb energy."

"I already know that," said Yamcha as he winced in pain and rubbed where the hole in his shirt was at. "He's absorbed some of mine. If it wasn't for Goku and the others, I would had been toast."

"Good luck everyone and watch my grandson or I'll come back and kick your ass," said Bardock as he disappears. (A/N: There's the Saiya-jin kink I needed to get out.)

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"Chi-chi," said Bardock as he comes through the door, holding his son in his arms.

"Bardock, what's wrong?" said Chi-chi.

"Kakarot's heart virus is attacking," said Bardock. "Quick, find the medicine!"

"Right," said Chi-chi as she rummaged through the medicine cabinet. "Where did I put that damn thing?"

Bardock puts Goku down on the sofa as he thrashed. Chi-chi runs out of the kitchen with the medicine in her hand. Carefully, she gave Goku a dose as he stopped thrashing. Bardock sighed as he sits down in a chair.

"I think both of us should take a bit too," said Bardock. "Who knows if it's contagious or not."

"You're right," said Chi-chi as she takes a small sip. "Here."

Bardock takes a small sip as well as he gives Chi-chi back the medicine bottle and quietly watches over his son. Chi-chi noticed that Bardock was worried as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

"Huh?" said Bardock. "What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to comfort you," said Chi-chi. "He'll make it through this."

"I hope so," said Bardock as they both watched on.

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Elsewhere, Dr. Gero is running through the desert to his secret laboratory as the Z-Fighters try despritely to find him. However, it was too late. Dr. Gero managed to activate #17 and #18. They both betrayed the doctor and killed him. They brought out #16 from his sleep as the three fly off and located the Z-Fighters, who were only a small distance away from the laboratory.

"Damn!" said Tien. "Dr. Gero must had activated the androids! But I thought the boy from the future said that there was only two!"

"Don't worry," said Vegeta as he flies in. "I'm the one who's going to stop them now."

"What? Are you crazy?" said Krillin.

"Shut-up, baldy," said Vegeta. "I am now much stronger than Kakarot is and to prove it, I've finally surpassed him."

Vegeta started to power up as the sky grew dark. Thunder crashed through the sky as rocks flew high in the air. Lighting danced across the desert as the wind started to blow against the Z-Fighters. Suddenly, Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiya-jin as the androids arrived.

"Nice light show," said #17, "but you'll never defeat us."

"How did you become a Super Saiya-jin?" said Gohan.

"Yeah, you have to be as calm and pure as Goku to be able to do that!" added Krillin.

"I am pure," said Vegeta. "Pure evil." (A/N: Original lines from the Japanese episode. I don't know where it falls in, but I don't really care.)

*** Vegeta's Flashback... ***

/"While I trained hard under 450x normal gravity,"/ said Vegeta's narration, /"I was determined to surpass Kakarot and trained my body passed it's limits."/

Vegeta dodges his energy blast as it hits the panels off the robots. He gets hit eventually as he falls to the ground as the blast comes at him. At the last moment, he fires a counterblast that blinds the area and destroys the gravity room.

/"Even though I got injured,"/ continued Vegeta, /"I kept training, trying to continue to strive to become a Super Saiya-jin..."/

Vegeta is shown, training with his body still partually wrapped. Time flashes forward as Vegeta is shown flying faster as the sweat (A/N: *drool* J/K!) flies off of his face.

/"However, no matter how much stronger I became, I didn't break the barrier until I went into space."/

Vegeta is shown on a planet blasting rocks as he keeps them from destroying his spaceship. He then sees a huge one coming towards him.

/"When the mother of all of the meteors came, I had to use everything I had in order to save my ship."/

In seconds, Vegeta blasts the meteor as it came closer until it finally exploded, sending Vegeta crashing through some rocks.

***

"I pretty much saved my ship, but I was terribly spent," said Vegeta as the androids stand there bored listening to Vegeta's space story.

***

"I don't care anymore! I don't want it, damn it!" said Vegeta as he slams his hand into the ground.

/"No longer caring about becoming a Super Saiya-jin," said Vegeta, "I was pretty much assured that I was going to die on a planet where no one knew I was at and wouldn't bother wishing me back. But then..."/

"Argh!" cried Vegeta as his body glowed a golden color and he transformed into a Super Saiya-jin.

/"...it finally happened,"/ finished Vegeta as the planet was engulfed with a golden light.

***

"So, there you have it," said Vegeta as a sarcastic clapping is heard from behind Vegeta's back.

"Nice," said #17 in a bored voice. "Can we please kill you now?"

"I'd like to see you try," said Vegeta as the golden aura around his body shone brightly.

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Back at Goku's home, Bardock removed the Zoi Stone from the leather pouch as he tried to concentrate on the only person he knew would save his son's life from the heart virus.

'Scrix...' thought Bardock.

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CMG: Yeah, I know. There's no Trunks in this story yet. Don't worry. Next time, he'll make his appearance since the Z-Fighters are going to need his help to fight off the androids until Goku gets better. Later!