Chapter Fifteen - It's in the blood...
The wind whipped her hair around her face as she stood in the ring staring down Goku. The match had began sometime before but neither one had moved yet. /I can't place her face but I know that I know her from somewhere./ he thought as he squinted at her. The crowd was already booing them for their lack of action.
"What are they doing?" Krillin asked. "Why hasn't Goku attacked yet?"
"Because of her energy." Trunks said staring out at Matrix. "She beat you without trying..."
"Gee, thanks a lot."
"... but she's not putting out much energy. It's very faint."
"She's holding back, obviously." Vegeta said. "But that's no reason for him to stand there like an idiot. She's still a weakling by comparison, and if she's not that Kakkarotto's even more pathetic than I thought."
Trunks swallowed as he watched the ring. So many things seemed off about Matrix... "It's not just that, it's her face too. I mean, look at her. She looks familiar. She looks like.... I don't know.... someone we know."
"Hmph, more nonsense. She's just stronger than most Humans." Vegeta snorted.
Piccolo shook his head. "No, she's more than that. If she's just strong then why hasn't she appeared before now?"
"Oh quite making up excuse for him, he's just to scared to fight!" Vegeta roared. "You hear that Kakkarotto! Now either got on with this match or give up and let a real warrior in the ring!"
Matrix smirked. "My my. Such a temper on him isn't there? Poor Vegeta, always the underdog and never on top. Even after seven years of training you still don't match up to everyone else do you?"
"Why you!"
Matrix laughed. "Please Vegeta, I don't think you could beat me. After all, you couldn't even take Cell and he was a weakling."
"What!" They all cried.
"I've been waiting for our match so that I could explain things a bit. You see, Gero's real base was in space. He had Mainframe and myself stored there incase anything happened to Cell. We were his back-up plans. If it hadn't been for that damned storm we'd have been here a few days Gohan beat Cell, but instead we had to wait. We're here now though."
"What's that girl talking about?" Hercule said from beside the others. "Everyone knows I beat Cell."
Krillin looked over at him. "Everyone but us that is. I still can't believe you took the credit for that, if I'd been Gohan I'd have showed the world that you're just a liar."
"Is Krillin." Gohan said. "Ju..."
"And just who do you think you are huh?"
"Dad?" Videl said walking into the area. "What's the yelling for?"
"Little punk friend of yours trying to say I I'm a liar, that I didn't beat Cell. I'll have you know I'm the Champ!"
"Chump's more like it." Matrix said from the ring. "It's pathetic that these people would believe for a second that you could beat Cell. After your daughters battle she probably doubts it too. After all, you've been claiming that everything Cell, Goku, and Gohan did at the Cell Games were tricks. Then she sees Gohan flying, learns to fly herself, and even managed the Kamehameha wave.
"Now, if you don't mind." She turned toward Goku and vanished. A moment later the arena was shook by a tremendous explosion as Matrix and Goku clashed high above the ring. "It's time to finally end this!" she yelled.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Goku threw a hard right hook which glided right passed Matrix who kneed him in the stomach and then landed a double elbow on his back. She chased down after him and as he began to stop himself she caught him with a hard right punch to the face knocking him into the ring.
She landed at the craters edge and stared down into the debris. A second later, before the announcer even began the count, gold light began to seep through the cracks. And then in a blinding flash the debris was launched into the air and Goku floated up with his golden aura surrounding him.
"Alright Goku! She her what you can do!" Krillin cheered.
"He... He's that guy..." Hercule stammered. "The one who fought Cell right after me... He...."
"Go dad!" Gohan yelled.
"I can't believe it." Trunks said staring out at Matrix. "An android, she's and Android, just like the others... and she said she's stronger than Cell...."
In the ring Matrix smirked again. "Ah, the famous Super Sai-jin." and again she vanished. Moments later a series of explosions rocked the arena as gold light streaked through the sky. There was a thunderous crash and more ruble spewed up from the ring. Then suddenly golden light streaked out of it and into the air.
Instantly Goku was smashed back down into the ring followed by a barrage of energy blasts. The entire ring was almost pulverized now. /This is no good. She's to fast and to strong. I can't beat her like this. Guess I'll have to, take it up a notch./
He stood from where he lay and looked up at Matrix. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The arena shook again and dust and pebbles swirled into the air around Goku. His muscles bulged slightly and a small flick of blue lightning lanced about his body. And then it was done, he'd transformed to level two.
Once more the two warriors clashed only this time the results were better for Goku. For every blow that Matrix landed Goku landed two of his own. The close range clashed raged on shaking the ring with every punch and every kick. Finally Matrix broke off and glared at Goku. "Curse you!" she spat.
"I get that a lot." Goku replied evenly.
"I should tell you something, Mainframe and I aren't like any other androids you've ever encountered." She smiled again. "You know how Cell was created. Gero took the DNA of the universes strongest warriors. You, Vegeta, Frieza, Tein, Krillin, Yamcha, Choutzu, and even your kid Gohan and brother Raditz, and grew Cell. Where as Androids like 18 over there were Humans who had the robotic parts inserted and grafted into them.
"Mainframe and I are a little of both. We under went cybernetic enhancements but they're just supplemental." Matrix spread her arms out in a 'look at me' gesture. "What really counts is in our DNA. He took some of the DNA he'd gathered from you and some of what he'd gathered from Vegeta and infused it into us. Once inside it began to merge with our own DNA until we became hybrids of what we once were. Part Human, Part Machine, Part Sai-jin." She smiled again. "Even our appearances shifted with our DNA. You must have noticed something of it."
"Of course!" Trunks cried. "That's why she looks so familiar, even Mainframe. I can see it now, the facial features."
Gohan nodded. "She's definitely got father's eyes."
"Yeah." Krillin said. "But they both have Vegeta's temperament."
"There's more to it than that. You see, we each inherited some of our... shall I say fathers... abilties." Matrix clenched her fists "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" her hair waved wildly as a blue white aura flared to life about her. Her hair stood up and the aura color began to shift to gold.
"There's... no way!" Goku cried.
"Oh but there is!" Matrix yelled. "I can transform to, thanks to you and Vegeta!" she smirked again. "It's all in the blood... pops."
The wind whipped her hair around her face as she stood in the ring staring down Goku. The match had began sometime before but neither one had moved yet. /I can't place her face but I know that I know her from somewhere./ he thought as he squinted at her. The crowd was already booing them for their lack of action.
"What are they doing?" Krillin asked. "Why hasn't Goku attacked yet?"
"Because of her energy." Trunks said staring out at Matrix. "She beat you without trying..."
"Gee, thanks a lot."
"... but she's not putting out much energy. It's very faint."
"She's holding back, obviously." Vegeta said. "But that's no reason for him to stand there like an idiot. She's still a weakling by comparison, and if she's not that Kakkarotto's even more pathetic than I thought."
Trunks swallowed as he watched the ring. So many things seemed off about Matrix... "It's not just that, it's her face too. I mean, look at her. She looks familiar. She looks like.... I don't know.... someone we know."
"Hmph, more nonsense. She's just stronger than most Humans." Vegeta snorted.
Piccolo shook his head. "No, she's more than that. If she's just strong then why hasn't she appeared before now?"
"Oh quite making up excuse for him, he's just to scared to fight!" Vegeta roared. "You hear that Kakkarotto! Now either got on with this match or give up and let a real warrior in the ring!"
Matrix smirked. "My my. Such a temper on him isn't there? Poor Vegeta, always the underdog and never on top. Even after seven years of training you still don't match up to everyone else do you?"
"Why you!"
Matrix laughed. "Please Vegeta, I don't think you could beat me. After all, you couldn't even take Cell and he was a weakling."
"What!" They all cried.
"I've been waiting for our match so that I could explain things a bit. You see, Gero's real base was in space. He had Mainframe and myself stored there incase anything happened to Cell. We were his back-up plans. If it hadn't been for that damned storm we'd have been here a few days Gohan beat Cell, but instead we had to wait. We're here now though."
"What's that girl talking about?" Hercule said from beside the others. "Everyone knows I beat Cell."
Krillin looked over at him. "Everyone but us that is. I still can't believe you took the credit for that, if I'd been Gohan I'd have showed the world that you're just a liar."
"Is Krillin." Gohan said. "Ju..."
"And just who do you think you are huh?"
"Dad?" Videl said walking into the area. "What's the yelling for?"
"Little punk friend of yours trying to say I I'm a liar, that I didn't beat Cell. I'll have you know I'm the Champ!"
"Chump's more like it." Matrix said from the ring. "It's pathetic that these people would believe for a second that you could beat Cell. After your daughters battle she probably doubts it too. After all, you've been claiming that everything Cell, Goku, and Gohan did at the Cell Games were tricks. Then she sees Gohan flying, learns to fly herself, and even managed the Kamehameha wave.
"Now, if you don't mind." She turned toward Goku and vanished. A moment later the arena was shook by a tremendous explosion as Matrix and Goku clashed high above the ring. "It's time to finally end this!" she yelled.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Goku threw a hard right hook which glided right passed Matrix who kneed him in the stomach and then landed a double elbow on his back. She chased down after him and as he began to stop himself she caught him with a hard right punch to the face knocking him into the ring.
She landed at the craters edge and stared down into the debris. A second later, before the announcer even began the count, gold light began to seep through the cracks. And then in a blinding flash the debris was launched into the air and Goku floated up with his golden aura surrounding him.
"Alright Goku! She her what you can do!" Krillin cheered.
"He... He's that guy..." Hercule stammered. "The one who fought Cell right after me... He...."
"Go dad!" Gohan yelled.
"I can't believe it." Trunks said staring out at Matrix. "An android, she's and Android, just like the others... and she said she's stronger than Cell...."
In the ring Matrix smirked again. "Ah, the famous Super Sai-jin." and again she vanished. Moments later a series of explosions rocked the arena as gold light streaked through the sky. There was a thunderous crash and more ruble spewed up from the ring. Then suddenly golden light streaked out of it and into the air.
Instantly Goku was smashed back down into the ring followed by a barrage of energy blasts. The entire ring was almost pulverized now. /This is no good. She's to fast and to strong. I can't beat her like this. Guess I'll have to, take it up a notch./
He stood from where he lay and looked up at Matrix. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The arena shook again and dust and pebbles swirled into the air around Goku. His muscles bulged slightly and a small flick of blue lightning lanced about his body. And then it was done, he'd transformed to level two.
Once more the two warriors clashed only this time the results were better for Goku. For every blow that Matrix landed Goku landed two of his own. The close range clashed raged on shaking the ring with every punch and every kick. Finally Matrix broke off and glared at Goku. "Curse you!" she spat.
"I get that a lot." Goku replied evenly.
"I should tell you something, Mainframe and I aren't like any other androids you've ever encountered." She smiled again. "You know how Cell was created. Gero took the DNA of the universes strongest warriors. You, Vegeta, Frieza, Tein, Krillin, Yamcha, Choutzu, and even your kid Gohan and brother Raditz, and grew Cell. Where as Androids like 18 over there were Humans who had the robotic parts inserted and grafted into them.
"Mainframe and I are a little of both. We under went cybernetic enhancements but they're just supplemental." Matrix spread her arms out in a 'look at me' gesture. "What really counts is in our DNA. He took some of the DNA he'd gathered from you and some of what he'd gathered from Vegeta and infused it into us. Once inside it began to merge with our own DNA until we became hybrids of what we once were. Part Human, Part Machine, Part Sai-jin." She smiled again. "Even our appearances shifted with our DNA. You must have noticed something of it."
"Of course!" Trunks cried. "That's why she looks so familiar, even Mainframe. I can see it now, the facial features."
Gohan nodded. "She's definitely got father's eyes."
"Yeah." Krillin said. "But they both have Vegeta's temperament."
"There's more to it than that. You see, we each inherited some of our... shall I say fathers... abilties." Matrix clenched her fists "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" her hair waved wildly as a blue white aura flared to life about her. Her hair stood up and the aura color began to shift to gold.
"There's... no way!" Goku cried.
"Oh but there is!" Matrix yelled. "I can transform to, thanks to you and Vegeta!" she smirked again. "It's all in the blood... pops."