A/N: Thank you again reviewers. I love you guys. And enjoy.
Chapter 5
The area around ROCO was silent. Just a place that looked like there was a business there, with a bunch of birds and trees around. Suddenly the peace was broken by a chair being tossed out of the window.
"AAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!" a man yelled.
"I HAD HER, I COULD NEARLY TOUCH HER, BUT THESE STUPID....!!!"
He couldn't finished his sentence, he tried to catch his breath. After a long while of panting he started throwing stuff again.
This time a computer was the victim. The poor thing was thrown out merciless.
"Dr. Please calm down, there must be another way to catch the android" a man begged.
"First, I'm betrayed by one of my most trusted employees, then my plan fails, and then you start whining, shut up. Cause I'm ready to kill someone." Rayo warned.
The man trembled, it was the same who was sitting behind the scanner the day the Z-fighters where there, he saw Eighteens true identity. He agreed with Rayo's obsession with dr. Gero. Gero was a hero to him as well. His name was Jecye, Richard Jecye. His father served in the Red Ribbon Army many years ago. In his youth he heard nothing but good things about dr. Gero. And he followed his fathers advice.
"Dr. please, Jamy was a traitor, yes. But I'm still loyal to you, and to dr. Gero's ideas. Let me help, together we can think of a plan to capture the android, and bring her back to the labs where she belongs. I'm as fascinated by her as you are."
"Fine" dr. Rayo sneered "do you have any good ideas?" he said sarcastic.
"A surprise attack would be the best" Jecye said.
"If you haven't noticed, that failed already, that's why I'm so cranky!!" Rayo said doing a very bad effort controlling the emotions in his voice.
"I mean an attack when her friends are gone, she must be alone, then she'll be an easy target, we have the design for the stop design, we can shut her down and take her."
"How are we going to do that?"
"Lure her friends away. Make sure something happens that they have to go away, like pretend you attack somewhere. They'll leave her behind because they fear her safety. Heroes are predictable you know. Such a plan cannot fail, you just need to work it out careful."
"You might've said something useful. The Z-fighters will want to protect her" he smirked "They treat her like she is family, a human. They've forgotten that she's a weapon. A beautiful, powerful, fascinating and dangerous weapon. But if they'll leave her, and is she's alone, she's no match for us. She may want to be human. But a push on one little button can stop her, get my team together, I'm working on a plan now."
"Man, that was close, he almost got you Eighteen" Goku sighted as he and the rest landed on Bulma's backyard.
"Yeah, you've said that like a million times, I know it by now" Eighteen replied sarcastic and a little irritated.
"Sorry" Goku said softly.
Everyone dropped themselves on the grass. They weren't sure what to say, nor what to do. They where simply silent. It was the first time that realized that there where still people seeing Eighteen as nothing but wires, chips in a body. Persons who didn't care that the body had a life before it was changed.
Suddenly Marron ran out of the house, she jumped in her mom's arms instantly. "Hey, little one, how are you?" Eighteen whispered to her daughter.
"Where've you been mommy?" Marron said in her usual, tiny, sweet little girl voice.
"To meet an old friend honey, but I'm back again" Eighteen said, when she talked to her daughter her voice experienced a major change, it became softer, friendlier and more mommy-like.
"Nice friend?" Marron asked.
Eighteen nodded, "let's go in."
"Mom, I wanna go home" Marron whined.
"Sorry Eighteen" ChiChi apologized, "we tried to keep her happy but she only wanted you and her daddy."
"It's alright angel, we'll go home" Eighteen said while lifting her child in her arms.
"Hey" Goku protested "shouldn't we be discussing your protect..."
He was cut of by Piccolo giving him a small tap. "Let her go, we're close, so if anything happens we can go to them or they to us, besides Marron doesn't has to know that her mother is in danger" Piccolo told Goku telepathically.
"Alright" Goku said cheery "go home, we'll call."
Eighteen nodded, showing that she understood the case and she flew up, Krillin followed her after he grapped the bag with Marrons' stuff like toys and her cuddle toys. She refused to go anywhere without it.
After the family was out of sight, the rest of the Z-fighters turned to each other.
"We need to keep an eye on her from now on, her and the rest of the family. This Rayo is evil enough to hurt Marron to get to Eighteen." Piccolo said.
"I agree Piccolo, but you can't stay close to Eighteen from now on, she'll go nuts" Gohan said.
Goku laughed a little "You're right son, but just make sure that if you sense any power changes anywhere, just warn everyone and fly there."
Everyone nodded in agreement. "Bulma, could you see if you can do anything to find Rayo, his labs, his friends, or something?" Goku asked.
"I'll see what I can do" Bulma said.
"Can we eat something now? All that fighting made me hungry" Goku asked in his usual tone.
Eighteen softly stroke trough her daughters hair. It was late, far beyond Marrons usual bedtime. Eighteen has read 5 stories, and tucked Marron in for 7 times and now it was time that she actually went to sleep. She ran her hands over the blankets one more time and kissed her child's forehead. "Come on baby, you're going to miss the boat to dreamland" Eighteen said softly.
"Isn't it the train to dreamland?" Marron asked suppressing a yawn.
"Maybe to others, but I prefer the ocean, it's the source of all life, so if you sail over it, I'm sure you'll be having the most powerful and beautiful dreams of all" Eighteen smiled. "Go to sleep" on last kiss and Eighteen turned around. When she came to the door she heard a soft voice.
"Mommy?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you think a dolphin can show me the way? I don't know how to sail?"
"The whole ocean will guide you" Eighteen answered, and she walked downstairs.
Marron smiled and closed her eyes, waiting for the spirits to show her the way.
As Eighteen walked into the living room Krillin checked his watch. "Not bad, 35 minutes."
"34" Eighteen answered, "I very well know how long something takes, I have a biological AND a mechanical clock."
"You have a clock?" Krillin asked amazed.
"Not literally, but I have a very good sense of time, like we've been chatting about time for 57 seconds now, can't we do something more fun?"
Krillin smiled, "aren't you scared to death?"
"If I was, I wouldn't admit it. I think you should know that by now. But it would be logical to be scared if some sick twisted mind is after you again." Eighteen said calmly.
"I'm sorry you have to go trough this."
"It's not like you wanted it, I probably have a sign on my head that says 'Hey, I'm a nice little science experiment, come and get me' so everyone comes after me."
Krillin laughed for a while. "Still, I feel sorry that I cannot help you. I'm not strong enough, not smart enough, I just feel useless."
Eighteen landed next to him on the couch and gave him a small kiss "You're not useless, you're everything to me, I wouldn't know what I'd do without you now."
"Thanks" Krillin whispered.
A few days later
Everything was quiet. It seemed that dr. Rayo was busy working on another plan because he hasn't tried anything. Or he'd just given up, but no one expected that to happen.
It was a hot day probably the hottest of spring so far. Everybody alive was on the beach, in the pool or searching for shades or water somewhere else. At Kame House Krillin, Eighteen, Marron, Master Roshi and Oolong where sitting on their own private beach with their feet in the water or swimming trying to cool down. The Turtle has been gone all day, he was probably on the bottom of the ocean.
"I just know the seasons have gone nuts" Krillin sighted, "it's just too hot for spring."
"Mankind is screwing up this world, it's called the Greenhouse Effect, that's why it's so warm" Eighteen said.
"You know, you can say that so dark, like the world is dead already" Krillin joked.
"It is, people won't admit it, but it is." Eighteen said softly.
Suddenly everybody but Marron and Oolong looked up. A huge power was coming from the east.
"What is that?" Krillin asked.
"Trouble if you ask me" Master Roshi answered.
"We should look there" and Eighteen stood up to put on some clothes.
"This could be a trap you know?"
"It can also be a trap to leave me here, so.."
"You're right, Master please take Marron somewhere safe, Goku's place, and warn the others if they haven't sensed this already" Krillin said.
Master Roshi nodded, Krillin and Eighteen ran up, changed their swimming outfits for normal clothes, and they flew out of the window towards the east.
A/N: Ow, what could this be, a trap, no trap? You'll see......
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