Chapter fourteen - GX73 and A10
Son Home:
Chi-Chi rolled over in bed and instantly woke up, she'd been doing that for the past two weeks, she still hadn't gotten used to Goku being out training before she got up. Sitting up she rubbed her eyes and slid legs over the beds edge. Getting up she grabbed her robe and walked from her room into the kitchen. Looking around she frowned and shook her head. "I've still got leftovers from last week... I'm so used to cooking for Goku and Gohan I make to much for just me."
She made her way over to a book shelf near the front door and glanced at the row of pictures. The first one was of her wedding day, Goku had a chicken leg stuffed in his mouth. The next was of baby Gohan, then one of the three of them taken down by that tree... At the end of the row was the newest picture, one of her, Gohan, Goku, Bardock, and Appla all together. It was hard to believe those two where Goku's parents, they didn't look all that old. But they'd definitely had his appetite.
Then she saw the text book beside the picture and frowned. "Where are those two? I bet Goku lost track of time partying with those bum friends of his out at Master Roshi's again! I can't believe I waited here for him! Oh, he's in big trouble!" She turned from the book shelf and walked out the door producing a capsule as she went. A moment later she was climbing into the air car and speeding toward Master Roshi's. "When I get my hands on that Goku...! How's Gohan supposed to become a genius scientist if his brain is always getting knocked around? He was suppose to start Calculus last week but somehow they talked me into letting him enter the tournament. Well no more, from now on Gohan does nothing but study!"
Elsewhere:
Bulma set the air boat down just outside the old Red Ribbon base once more. This time she stayed behind everyone else while they looked for the Dragonball. Vadora led the way through the brush, even in her weakened state she was still the strongest of them. As they emerged into the clearing a rather impressive sight came into view. There were at least sixty robots standing in front of the derelict base now.
"So how do we get past all of them?" Yamcha asked curiously. He wasn't to worried about fighting them, from what Roshi said they wouldn't be to dangerous to him and the others. Painful yes, dangerous, not quite.
"I've got a new attack I'd like to give a go." Krillin said with a smile. "I've not tried it in a few months but... I think it could cut down our odds to something less overwhelming."
Vadora glanced back at him. "Alright shorty, let's see what you can do."
Krillin stepped in front of the others and anchored his legs firmly into the ground. He placed his left hand over his right, palms facing each other, directly in front of his chest. There were sparks and crackles of energy between his hands as he began to charge the attack. A moment later a small yellow-orange KI ball formed and began to grow in size until it was about the size of a baseball.
Slowly he turned his hands and moved them so that his palms were facing left and right. Then he began to slowly pull his hands away from each other and the KI ball began to stretch. After a moment it split into three, then they split making five. He kept stretching them until there were seven balls of floating KI. Then he moved his hands and turned his arms so that his palms were facing up and down. Then he bent his wrists so they touched and bent his hands back like he'd just fired a Kamehameha.
Six of the KI balls had floated into a circle surrounding the seventh. Again he turned his wrists so that his arms were no longer one atop the other but side by side. The KI balls flashed for a second and then Krillin smiled. "Perfect... I just need to be able to do this faster... Here goes, Shotgun!" Suddenly the seven KI balls shot forward, the six on the outside moving in toward the one in the center which was just ahead of them. After going a few feet they hit the middle ball and there was a minor explosion followed by a spray of KI blasts going off in every direction except back at them.
When the dust and explosions died down they saw a number of the Sentinels laying on the ground with holes through them or limbs missing. Only about thirty still stood. "There, that evens things a bit. I'm still trying to get as much control as Piccolo's Scatter Shot, but it's still got some punch."
"Not bad baldy." Vadora said with a smile. "Not bad at all. Now let's get the rest of them." Vadora charged in toward the machines with the others right behind her. She brought her fist back and then forward into and through the midsection of one robot.
Master Roshi blocked two crushing metal arms with his own arms then slammed both open palms into the machine cracking it's shell, then he fired a quick, weak, KI blast that tore through the weakened armor and blew it apart. Then he turned and attacked another one while Yamcha and Hotaru tore through another. Tien buried an arm into one of the robots and blew it apart with an energy blast from inside it's body.
They continued to tear through the sentinels yet the ranks of robots didn't seem to be dwindling but increasing. More of the these things were coming out of the building, through the hole Roshi had made earlier. Still they kept fighting, tearing through as many machines as they could as quickly as they could. As Vadora incinerated six machines in one energy wave she grabbed her side just as her legs gave out and she collapsed.
A few feet away a Sentinel saw her fall and turned toward her raising it's arm. A red glow began to gather at the end of it's arm. Vadora stared at it knowing she'd overdone it, she didn't have the strength left to stop the attack. Then suddenly there was a flash of light, sparks flew from the metal arm, and it fell hitting the ground with a thud. A second later Tien landed in front of her.
"You okay Vadora?" he asked looking back it her. She just nodded, to weak to do anything else. Tien nodded and turned back to the battle making sure that none of the Sentinels got close to the weakened warrior.
"Destructo Disk!" Krillin cried out. The others dodged out of the way as Krillin guided his attack through several Sentinels before losing control of it as a metal foot slammed into his head. He stumbled forward, then turned and shot a stream of energy through the Sentinel destroying it.
"We're not getting anywhere like this." Chaotzu said dodging another metal kick. "We need to do something else..."
"I'm open to suggestions." Yamcha told him slamming a fist through another machine.
"Clear out." Tien said shooting into the air. "Go on, get back!" Everyone did as he said as they watched him place his hands together and aim down at the robots. He floated higher and higher until he had a good view of most of the Sentinels below him. "Take this, Tri-Beam!"
The yellow-orange glow bathed the area as the attack flowed down. An instant later there was a massive explosion and the ground shook violently. Dust was thrown skyward and out everywhere. As Tien landed he got a clear view of the attacks results. Most of the robots had been completely destroyed, the rest were heavily damaged. "That should do nicely." he said.
"Very well done Tien." Master Roshi said walking up. "Come on now, let's head inside."
"Go on without me." Tien said picking Vadora up from where she'd slumped over against a tree. "That attack took most of what I had left... I'm going to stay out here and keep an eye on Vadora, just in case more of those things come along." The others nodded and watched him take the Sai-jin back to the air boat before turning and heading into the abandoned base.
They made their way cautiously through the dilapidated halls with Bulma guiding them toward the Dragonball. There was debris scattered everywhere. Parts of the ceiling, damaged Sentinels, and things they couldn't recognize. "Which way?" Krillin asked as they reached a split in the hall way.
Bulma looked at the radar and zoomed in a bit more. "Let's see, that way." she said pointing. They turned down the right hall and went a few yards before coming to a set of red double doors. It took Yamcha, Krillin, and Hotaru to get the doors to budge and finally open. As the doors clanged open everyone gasped at the sight inside.
There were standing just inside a large room filled with computers, cylindrical tanks, and rows of what looked like strange lockers. Some of the tanks were cracked, those that weren't were filled with various colored liquids. A few tanks had other things in them, one seemed to hold a human skeleton inside a green bubbling slime. "What is this place?" Hotaru asked making her way toward a nearby wall.
Bulma shook her head. "The Red Ribbon Army was rumored to be involved in genetic experiments. This must have been one of their lab facilities."
"My god...." Hotaru said looking through the window of one of the 'lockers' along the wall. It was more like a storage tank than a locker though. The others came over to see what she was looking at. The tank was marked GX56 and inside was a tall, thin, pink.... creature. It looked like it had at one time been Human but now...
"This place gives me the creeps." Yamcha said. "Let's get the Dragonball and get out of here."
"I agree." Bulma said. They continued across the room to another door and left the room behind them. "We're almost... there." Bulma smiled stopping. Everyone looked around wondering just where the ball was, then the wall beside them exploded. As the dust settled a short creature, about three and a half feet tall, stepped through the opening. It had a light blue skin tone, large yellow eyes, and a very muscular body. A long thin tail swished around behind it for a moment before wrapping about the creatures waist.
"I believe you are looking for this?" It asked in a deep hiss holding up the Dragonball. They could feel this thing's power, it was stronger than any of them. At least, without their enhancers on. Unfortunately none of them had their enhancer rings with them.
"Who are you?" Yamcha demanded.
"I am Genetic Experiment 73. Not that you'll care about that shortly." It turned and looked behind it. "Android 10, if you would please eliminate these intruders."
A figure emerged from the shadows. It looked like a large man in his mid twenties. Completely bald and wearing a large blue armor of some kind. No one in the group could sense any KI coming from this thing. "Be careful." Master Roshi said readying for battle. "This thing is probably going to be stronger than those others were."
Son Home:
Chi-Chi rolled over in bed and instantly woke up, she'd been doing that for the past two weeks, she still hadn't gotten used to Goku being out training before she got up. Sitting up she rubbed her eyes and slid legs over the beds edge. Getting up she grabbed her robe and walked from her room into the kitchen. Looking around she frowned and shook her head. "I've still got leftovers from last week... I'm so used to cooking for Goku and Gohan I make to much for just me."
She made her way over to a book shelf near the front door and glanced at the row of pictures. The first one was of her wedding day, Goku had a chicken leg stuffed in his mouth. The next was of baby Gohan, then one of the three of them taken down by that tree... At the end of the row was the newest picture, one of her, Gohan, Goku, Bardock, and Appla all together. It was hard to believe those two where Goku's parents, they didn't look all that old. But they'd definitely had his appetite.
Then she saw the text book beside the picture and frowned. "Where are those two? I bet Goku lost track of time partying with those bum friends of his out at Master Roshi's again! I can't believe I waited here for him! Oh, he's in big trouble!" She turned from the book shelf and walked out the door producing a capsule as she went. A moment later she was climbing into the air car and speeding toward Master Roshi's. "When I get my hands on that Goku...! How's Gohan supposed to become a genius scientist if his brain is always getting knocked around? He was suppose to start Calculus last week but somehow they talked me into letting him enter the tournament. Well no more, from now on Gohan does nothing but study!"
Elsewhere:
Bulma set the air boat down just outside the old Red Ribbon base once more. This time she stayed behind everyone else while they looked for the Dragonball. Vadora led the way through the brush, even in her weakened state she was still the strongest of them. As they emerged into the clearing a rather impressive sight came into view. There were at least sixty robots standing in front of the derelict base now.
"So how do we get past all of them?" Yamcha asked curiously. He wasn't to worried about fighting them, from what Roshi said they wouldn't be to dangerous to him and the others. Painful yes, dangerous, not quite.
"I've got a new attack I'd like to give a go." Krillin said with a smile. "I've not tried it in a few months but... I think it could cut down our odds to something less overwhelming."
Vadora glanced back at him. "Alright shorty, let's see what you can do."
Krillin stepped in front of the others and anchored his legs firmly into the ground. He placed his left hand over his right, palms facing each other, directly in front of his chest. There were sparks and crackles of energy between his hands as he began to charge the attack. A moment later a small yellow-orange KI ball formed and began to grow in size until it was about the size of a baseball.
Slowly he turned his hands and moved them so that his palms were facing left and right. Then he began to slowly pull his hands away from each other and the KI ball began to stretch. After a moment it split into three, then they split making five. He kept stretching them until there were seven balls of floating KI. Then he moved his hands and turned his arms so that his palms were facing up and down. Then he bent his wrists so they touched and bent his hands back like he'd just fired a Kamehameha.
Six of the KI balls had floated into a circle surrounding the seventh. Again he turned his wrists so that his arms were no longer one atop the other but side by side. The KI balls flashed for a second and then Krillin smiled. "Perfect... I just need to be able to do this faster... Here goes, Shotgun!" Suddenly the seven KI balls shot forward, the six on the outside moving in toward the one in the center which was just ahead of them. After going a few feet they hit the middle ball and there was a minor explosion followed by a spray of KI blasts going off in every direction except back at them.
When the dust and explosions died down they saw a number of the Sentinels laying on the ground with holes through them or limbs missing. Only about thirty still stood. "There, that evens things a bit. I'm still trying to get as much control as Piccolo's Scatter Shot, but it's still got some punch."
"Not bad baldy." Vadora said with a smile. "Not bad at all. Now let's get the rest of them." Vadora charged in toward the machines with the others right behind her. She brought her fist back and then forward into and through the midsection of one robot.
Master Roshi blocked two crushing metal arms with his own arms then slammed both open palms into the machine cracking it's shell, then he fired a quick, weak, KI blast that tore through the weakened armor and blew it apart. Then he turned and attacked another one while Yamcha and Hotaru tore through another. Tien buried an arm into one of the robots and blew it apart with an energy blast from inside it's body.
They continued to tear through the sentinels yet the ranks of robots didn't seem to be dwindling but increasing. More of the these things were coming out of the building, through the hole Roshi had made earlier. Still they kept fighting, tearing through as many machines as they could as quickly as they could. As Vadora incinerated six machines in one energy wave she grabbed her side just as her legs gave out and she collapsed.
A few feet away a Sentinel saw her fall and turned toward her raising it's arm. A red glow began to gather at the end of it's arm. Vadora stared at it knowing she'd overdone it, she didn't have the strength left to stop the attack. Then suddenly there was a flash of light, sparks flew from the metal arm, and it fell hitting the ground with a thud. A second later Tien landed in front of her.
"You okay Vadora?" he asked looking back it her. She just nodded, to weak to do anything else. Tien nodded and turned back to the battle making sure that none of the Sentinels got close to the weakened warrior.
"Destructo Disk!" Krillin cried out. The others dodged out of the way as Krillin guided his attack through several Sentinels before losing control of it as a metal foot slammed into his head. He stumbled forward, then turned and shot a stream of energy through the Sentinel destroying it.
"We're not getting anywhere like this." Chaotzu said dodging another metal kick. "We need to do something else..."
"I'm open to suggestions." Yamcha told him slamming a fist through another machine.
"Clear out." Tien said shooting into the air. "Go on, get back!" Everyone did as he said as they watched him place his hands together and aim down at the robots. He floated higher and higher until he had a good view of most of the Sentinels below him. "Take this, Tri-Beam!"
The yellow-orange glow bathed the area as the attack flowed down. An instant later there was a massive explosion and the ground shook violently. Dust was thrown skyward and out everywhere. As Tien landed he got a clear view of the attacks results. Most of the robots had been completely destroyed, the rest were heavily damaged. "That should do nicely." he said.
"Very well done Tien." Master Roshi said walking up. "Come on now, let's head inside."
"Go on without me." Tien said picking Vadora up from where she'd slumped over against a tree. "That attack took most of what I had left... I'm going to stay out here and keep an eye on Vadora, just in case more of those things come along." The others nodded and watched him take the Sai-jin back to the air boat before turning and heading into the abandoned base.
They made their way cautiously through the dilapidated halls with Bulma guiding them toward the Dragonball. There was debris scattered everywhere. Parts of the ceiling, damaged Sentinels, and things they couldn't recognize. "Which way?" Krillin asked as they reached a split in the hall way.
Bulma looked at the radar and zoomed in a bit more. "Let's see, that way." she said pointing. They turned down the right hall and went a few yards before coming to a set of red double doors. It took Yamcha, Krillin, and Hotaru to get the doors to budge and finally open. As the doors clanged open everyone gasped at the sight inside.
There were standing just inside a large room filled with computers, cylindrical tanks, and rows of what looked like strange lockers. Some of the tanks were cracked, those that weren't were filled with various colored liquids. A few tanks had other things in them, one seemed to hold a human skeleton inside a green bubbling slime. "What is this place?" Hotaru asked making her way toward a nearby wall.
Bulma shook her head. "The Red Ribbon Army was rumored to be involved in genetic experiments. This must have been one of their lab facilities."
"My god...." Hotaru said looking through the window of one of the 'lockers' along the wall. It was more like a storage tank than a locker though. The others came over to see what she was looking at. The tank was marked GX56 and inside was a tall, thin, pink.... creature. It looked like it had at one time been Human but now...
"This place gives me the creeps." Yamcha said. "Let's get the Dragonball and get out of here."
"I agree." Bulma said. They continued across the room to another door and left the room behind them. "We're almost... there." Bulma smiled stopping. Everyone looked around wondering just where the ball was, then the wall beside them exploded. As the dust settled a short creature, about three and a half feet tall, stepped through the opening. It had a light blue skin tone, large yellow eyes, and a very muscular body. A long thin tail swished around behind it for a moment before wrapping about the creatures waist.
"I believe you are looking for this?" It asked in a deep hiss holding up the Dragonball. They could feel this thing's power, it was stronger than any of them. At least, without their enhancers on. Unfortunately none of them had their enhancer rings with them.
"Who are you?" Yamcha demanded.
"I am Genetic Experiment 73. Not that you'll care about that shortly." It turned and looked behind it. "Android 10, if you would please eliminate these intruders."
A figure emerged from the shadows. It looked like a large man in his mid twenties. Completely bald and wearing a large blue armor of some kind. No one in the group could sense any KI coming from this thing. "Be careful." Master Roshi said readying for battle. "This thing is probably going to be stronger than those others were."
