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Chapter 22: the robotic menace

The earth had mostly calmed down since the first rift in the sky had appeared. Most of the hell fighters were dead once more and only a few of the weaker – and possibly saner or smarter – ones were left but they were being taken care of by the older human z warriors and Tien's students whilst on the other side of the planet, a battle still raged on.

On the ground lay a small pile of bodies that was still growing. Uub lay flat on his back, blood trickling out of a small cut on his head where he had hit the pavement, with Goten on top in his normal saiyan form again, only slightly bruised but unconscious all the same.

High above the two men were their friends still facing Super 17.

Gohan and Trunks rushed 17 together, both preparing there own attacks to knock back to psychotic cyborg. Gohan pushed his fist down at 17 whilst Trunks approached with an axe kick but the cyborg fired off a burst of energy that sent both hybrids flying backwards before the attacks could hit. It looked like Trunks was going to go straight through a near by building when he suddenly stopped. He looked round in surprise before seeing Zara flying over him and towards 17.

She flew towards him at lightning speed, hoping to attack 17 with a sword kick too fast for him to absorb it. She swung her blazing foot at the cyborg at an incredible speed but he saw it coming and quickly turned round to clasp his hand down hard on her ankle, stopping the attack just inches away from her chest. He then smirked as he absorbed the energy whilst Zara was powerless to do anything despite her struggling.

"AHHH!" the battle cry caught both of their attention and 17 turned to see Trunks coming straight at him, ready to implant his fists into the cyborg's face.

17 had better ideas and swung Zara hard into the mighty saiyan. The two warrior's heads cracked together with a sickening thump which meant that they were the next two warriors out of commission.

Gohan landed swiftly on his feet and watched the two warriors fall. He grit his teeth and allowed his aura to flare to life around him.

We have to sort this out now or there'll be nobody else who'll stand a chance…he thought, thinking of his father up in hell as he continued to power up. His mystic aura began to have the occasional spark of gold run through it as he continued to power up. Soon the earth began to shake violently beneath his feet and cracks appeared in the street. These cracks continued to widen until a building fell through and he finally blasted into the air and lunged at the cyborg.

Gohan thrust punch after punch, kick after kick at 17 but the cyborg ducked and dodged everyone before finally landing a punch across the saiyan's jaw followed by a quick jab to the gut. 17 continued to drive his fist into the scholars gut until he finally got bored and gave Gohan a quick blow to the back of the neck. Gohan's aura instantly disappeared and 17 allowed the demi-saiyan to fall to the floor.

Vegeta stood on a rooftop, starring up at the battle above. He wasn't much for hanging back normally but this time he decided to hang back and wait for an opening. Now he gritted his teeth together as a low growl formed in his throat.

Great, there go the others. Looks like I'll have to deal with this. He thought to himself and then flared out his aura before taking off to meet 17 in the air.

"You better enjoy yourself whilst you still can, robot, because its about to get serious." The prince muttered and got into a stance. 17 sneered.

"You mean you weren't before? And there was me thinking you were giving it your all." He replied and Vegeta growled at him. 17 smirked at the look on the saiyan's face.

"Super 17! Stop chatting and destroy them all!" Myuu yelled from his spot on a rooftop. 17 glanced at the scientist through the corner of his eye and then turned back his gaze to Vegeta.

"Looks like this will get serious after all." He muttered and then shot his fist out too fast for the prince to track.

The fist slammed into Vegeta's right cheek and then 17 followed though with an upper cut to Vegeta's jaw and then a jab to the gut. Vegeta wheezed in pain as a mixture of blood and spit escaped his mouth before 17's leg slammed into his side, sending him flying towards a building. The cyborg caught Vegeta by the hair when he was inches away.

"You know what? This feels pretty good since not to long ago you were the one doing this to me." 17 commented before smashing the saiyans head through the concrete wall. 17 then flew through the building, using Vegeta's face to bulldoze through any wall that got in the way. Once outside again, 17 tossed his saiyan 'toy' to the side and then blasted him from above, leaving Vegeta to make a crater at a foot of a building that then collapsed onto the prince.

17 smirked at his handy work from above.

"Not bad, considering they are the most powerful creatures around." He commented to himself before his built in ki sensors began going off.

Pan and Bra had hung back after being told to do so earlier by their father's. Now they watched in horror, as their fathers lay unconscious under rubble and other debris.

"Daddy…" Bra muttered, as her ki began to rise. Both her and Pan were shaking as they watched.

"Oh Kami…Dad, Goten and even Vegeta…" Pan muttered. Bra didn't even hear her friend. She just continued to stare at the pile of rubble her father was under.

No…he can't be gone…come on daddy, get up! She thought but nothing happened. The rubble stayed where it was and high above; it looked as if 17 was getting ready to finish the Z warriors off once and for all.

Then something inside her snapped. If she didn't do something then her father, brother and all of the others would be gone and there would be no one left to put a stop to 17. Everything would be lost. That couldn't happen…

"No!" The scream escaped Bra's lips as more of an animal cry as a golden aura erupted around her, nearly pushing Pan off the building. Bra's hair shifted into spikes as her hair went from green to gold. Her hair didn't stand on end like the others, as it was too long, and spiked out in all directions.

Finally her eyes turned teal and lost their pupils and Bra blasted off of the roof before Pan could even think about trying to stop her.

17 turned his head as his sensors continued to beep inside his head. He looked over his shoulder and then received a blow directly to the jaw. It didn't hurt him but it was a shock to the system. He looked down at the furious super saiyan girl in surprise as she floated back and then launched a full-scale attack on any part of his body that she could hit.

17 simply took it with his brow raised. He was far beyond the powers of a basic super saiyan, as he had just proved by beating both Gohan and Vegeta, yet this girl was attacking him in the weakest form of super saiyan. He couldn't work out if she was stupid, crazy, brave or all three. But in any case, he decided to just allow her to vent out her anger. After all, he could probably have some fun with this.

Bra continued to kick and punch any part of the cyborg she could reach until finally she floated back, screaming in frustration. 17 continued to watch her in mild interest as she charged up a blast.

"FINAL FLASH!" she screamed, shooting her arms out at her sides before bringing them back in front of her and firing an apocalyptic sized blast at the cyborg. 17 practically yawned as it came towards him and then spread his arms out as he allowed it to hit, absorbing every last ounce of energy it contained.

Bra panted as she watched and quickly a look of fear spread across her face as 17 began to laugh.

"That tickled." He said through his laughter and then he suddenly appeared in front of her and backhanded her into a wall.

17 was about to blast Bra into oblivion when he suddenly turned and caught the fist of the second super saiyan girl. Pan's eyes widened as the cyborg sneered at her and then tossed her into the same building as Bra. He then pointed a blast at the two girls.

"Bye." He smiled and then fired but before the blast could hit, a second collided with it and made a huge explosion that rocked the remaining buildings. 17 frowned at where the blast had exploded and then turned to look at Vegeta in his normal form.

"Nobody touches my princess like that." He sneered and then powered all the way up to super three again. Super 17 frowned at the saiyan.

"I thought I dealt with you." he commented as he folded his arms across his chest. Vegeta continued to smirk up at the cyborg.

"A true saiyan is never defeated by search weak attacks." The prince exclaimed. 17 smirked as he eyed all of Vegeta's injuries. The saiyan had a nasty cut on his right leg and left arm as well as having a bloody nose and a cut lip.

"They don't seem to be all that weak to me." 17 commented and wiped the smirk from Vegeta's face. The saiyan glared at the cyborg and flared out his electrified aura threateningly.

"What ever, lets just get this over with." Vegeta called before vanishing. 17 continued to smirk.

"Good comeback." He said before ducking under Vegeta's kick.

Vegeta flung his fist forward for a blow to the cyborgs head and missed. He then quickly attempted a left kick that was slapped away before Vegeta tried a spin kick but it was blocked. Vegeta continued to press down on 17's forearm until he suddenly pulled back and kicked 17 in the face with his other leg. The prince smirked to himself before he thrust his fist towards 17's gut but the cyborg's fist came out of nowhere and grabbed it.

"Uh, uh. That'll be rude." 17 mocked and then shoved his knee into the saiyan's gut.

"You don't take advantage when someone gives you a free hit." He continued and then blasted Vegeta into the floor and followed the saiyan down.

Vegeta moaned in pain and tried to get up but 17 landed hard on his chest, forcing whatever air in the saiyan's lungs out. 17's lips spread into a psychotic smirk as he continued to press down on the saiyan, making Vegeta struggle to breath and cringe in pain.

Sailing through the air at an incredible speed flew a kick that planted itself at the base of 17's skull. It struck the cyborg by surprise and sent him off balanced enough for a second kick to throw him into a building.

Vegeta gasped for breath as soon as the weight had gone and opened his eyes to see super saiyan three Goku standing over him.

"I thought you were in hell." Vegeta wheezed as he struggled to get up. He got as far as propping himself up on his elbows.

"Nice to see you too, Vegeta." Goku replied, not taking his eyes off of the spot where 17 had fallen through.

"Now how about I sort him out?" he continued and powered up, his arms sprouting brown monkey hair as his hair shortened to his shoulders and turned black.

"Fine…just watch it when you use blasts. He'll just absorb them." Vegeta quickly warned his friend as Goku's red eyes settled on him.

"Thanks for the tip. See you in a few." Goku replied and took off to meet 17, who was climbing out of the hole he had made in the wall.

Vegeta watched the younger saiyan go and smirk.

"Damn you Kakarot, you always have to be heroic…" he muttered and then gave into the exhaustion.

Goku stopped in front of 17 and watched as the cyborg straightened himself out.

"I thought you got trapped." 17 commented when he was finally done.

"Yea, and then I found the door." Goku replied and continued to watch 17, who frowned.

"Amusing. Not very though." 17 replied and then glanced up at Myuu who looked like he were having a heart attack.

How could he escape? Gero assured us that he wouldn't! If he was wrong about this then what else was he wrong about? Myuu wondered and then decided it was best to just get rid of Goku as fast as possible.

"Super 17, forget about the others and take out Goku! He can't be allowed to live!" the blue scientist yelled and 17 nodded obediently before lunging at Goku.

Goku quickly jumped aside as 17's fist sailed towards him and then kicked the cyborg in the side. 17 winced and then fired a blast into Goku's chest, sending the saiyan flying backwards. Goku stopped himself in mid air and started to fly up as 17 chased after him.

The cyborg quickly caught up and began to throw punches at Goku that the saiyan dodged. 17 growled and then managed to land a punch across Goku's jaw that the saiyan then returned with one of his own. 17 winced in pain and then aimed a punch for Goku's gut but Goku caught it and tried to the same, which 17 caught.

The two entered a stale mate and both struggled to push the other back. 17 growled and raised his power level as he watched Goku and then managed to push the saiyan in to a wall. Goku growled as his back pressed against it and flared out his gold aura before managing to push off of the wall and slam 17 into the one behind him, pushing the buildings down like dominoes in the process.

17 growled once more and then stuck his knee up to hit Goku in the gut. Goku cried out in pain as 17 then dug his elbow deep into the saiyan's back. Goku's tail then swung round and slapped 17 hard over the face, startling the cyborg enough for Goku to twist round and throw his fist deep into the cyborgs gut. 17 gasped in pain and then laced his fits together to hit Goku in the side hard, sending the saiyan down to the ground but Goku instant translocated away at the last possible second.

Super 17 looked round for his opponent in frustration and didn't sense the saiyan behind him until it was too late. Goku attacked 17 with a jump kick to the spine that left 17 sailing hopelessly out of the city and into the farm land beyond where he finally managed to make him self stop in mid air. The cyborg frowned at himself as he floated into an upright position and then spotted Goku charging towards him.

The saiyan sped towards 17 faster then light and quickly managed to smack the cyborg round the head and then kick him into the ground. Goku smiled at the cyborg and then shifted his hands to his side.

"Ka…Me…" he began to chant. 17 looked up at Goku and nearly laughed at what he saw.

"…Ha…Me…HA!" Goku fired the wave at 17 who quickly jumped up and allowed the blast to hit him right in the chest, laughing all the while. It took Goku several moments to remember what Vegeta had said.

Uh oh…he thought as 17 floated up to meet him.

"Ah, that's much better." He commented with a smirk on his face as he cracked his neck to loosen up the joints. Goku simply glared at 17. This was going to require a different approach…

"So now that I've had my little pick me up, how about we continue?" 17 continued and then punched Goku right in the chest before the saiyan could respond. 17 was actually faster now that he had absorbed the kamehameha wave.

Definitely need a new approach. Goku thought as he tried to regain air.

Goku swung his fist forward to try and connect with 17's jaw, but the cyborg phased out of site and appeared beside Goku, quickly punching the saiyan in the face and following through with a round house to the back. Goku was left falling straight into the ground below with a multitude missile-like blasts following closely. Goku landed hard and was then hit by every single one of them. When the resulting smoke subsided, Goku was left in his normal form, struggling to get up amongst the rubble.

Dr Myuu landed on a rock not to far away and quickly took in the scene. Goku was still alive but 17 looked completely capable of finishing off the saiyan.

"Super 17! Finish this now!" Myuu yelled in sheer glee and 17 nodded as he raised a palm.

"Don't you dare!" a new voice called and 18 quickly flew past 17 and landed in front of Goku. Everyone stared at her.

"I've been watching you, 17, and I'm not going to let you hurt anyone else. You already took away Krillen so now I'm going to take you out!" she called and then painfully lifted her left arm over her chest.

Myuu laughed from his place on the rock.

"And how do you expect to do that? Super 17 here can defeat the great Goku so what makes you think that you have a chance?" he asked as he smirked down at her. He didn't notice how fixated 17 was on the hand hovering over her chest.

"17, you know how powerful my self destruct bomb is and right now I'm angry and desperate enough to set it off. Do you really want to risk it?" she called up. 17 floated frozen in the air as he watched his sister.

Meanwhile, Goku had sat up and was looking very confused.

But didn't Krillen say that he had the dragon remove those bombs? She can't self-destruct using it and she should know that! He thought, remembering the story perfectly when Krillen had told it. That wish had been part of what had set off their relationship…

But 17 doesn't know that they had been removed! She's just bluffing…Goku suddenly thought and jumped to his feet.

"18, don't be foolish. Don't…" 17 started from his place in the sky and trailed off. He watched his sister carefully whilst Myuu looked confused from his rock.

"Who cares about the self destruct? She's probably bluffing! So stop being a coward and destroy her!" the scientist yelled.

"17!" 18 called from below, never moving her gaze.

"Coward!" Myuu called and 17 growled.

"Shut up!" the cyborg yelled and quickly turned to fire the blast at his master. Myuu couldn't defend himself against it and went with the explosion.

"I can't think with all the noise." 17 muttered and then looked back at the startled 18 and Goku, who were looking at the ash pile that had been Myuu.

"You're bluffing." 17 called out after a moment's silence.

"Why would you say that after what you did to my husband? I'm perfectly capable!" 18 called. Her brother smirked and folded his arms across his chest.

"If you weren't bluffing then you'd have done it by now. Besides, it wasn't my fault that that baka human was so weak." 17 replied. 18 growled and both of her hands went to her sides and clenched into fists.

"How dare you…" she muttered and then powered up.

"It was your fault! And he was not weak!" she screamed and began to fire as many blasts as she could at her brother, all of which he allowed to hit him so he could absorb them.

Goku's eyes widened as he watched 18.

"Hey! What are you doing? You'll just make him stronger!" Goku exclaimed. 18 glared as she continued.

"Can't you see it?" she asked as she continued to fire blasts. This puzzled Goku.

"See what?" he asked, making 18 groan.

"He's completely defenceless whilst he's absorbing energy!" she explained and Goku looked up at 17 to see what she meant.

Sure enough she was right. 17 couldn't defend himself whilst he was absorbing the blasts. His arms were outstretched at his sides so that the blasts could hit every part of him and be absorbed and he was completely focused on the energy, nothing else.

"See what you mean." Goku muttered and powered up into his new transformation before disappearing.

17 continued to absorb the blasts that were heading towards him. He couldn't believe his luck. At least not until…

"Dragon fist!"

Goku was heading straight for him with his fist out stretched as he soared towards 17. The cyborg could do nothing to defend himself as Goku's fist connected and continued straight through to the other side of the cyborg. 17 screamed in pain as his artificial power source was punctured, which caused a chain reaction inside of the android that led to him exploding around Goku's wrist.

18 watched almost sadly as super 17 exploded. He may have gone crazy but he was still her brother. It seemed as though her family were being picked off…

"I'm sorry…about this." Goku's voice startled her and she looked up to see Goku holding his bleeding wrist. The explosion had caused him some damage as well.

"Its ok…" she trailed off. Goku continued to watch her.

"We'll gather the Dragonballs and wish Krillen back. We'll need them anyway to fix the mess Gero caused." He said softly. 18 smiled.

"Thank you." she muttered and then looked up as an air car approached them. A moment later and it had landed and an overweight man with an extremely sour face jumped out.

"Hey, Korin seems to think that you'll need these…" the man known as Yajirobe said, holding up a small pouch but he froze when he saw the surroundings.

"What the hell happened here?"

18 and Goku shared a look before she walked over to him.

"We'll explain in a moment. There are some people back in the city that really need those senzu beans right about now." She told Yajirobe and then led him into the city, leaving Goku alone.

He watched them go.

Well that's one disaster averted. Now for the next problem…

A/N: and that's how super 17 got defeated. Not much different, I know. I focused more on the others, I think but that's about it. That and I have a small hint in there for how a certain something might turn out…

Now next time is another original chapter where everything goes wrong for Goku! Look out for it next week!

Reviews:

Chico: ah, wondered where you had got to. And you won't need to know how GT goes soon, it's getting to the big plot changes! Yay!

Rejhan: glad you liked! And Krillen does have a nasty habit of dying. He's probably pretty well known in the check in station by now…oh well. Oh, and I added something in here for you. SSJ Bra! Enjoy!

Trugeta: yep, the z gang are a whole lot smarter this time around! And more active as you'll soon see. Glad you liked, here's the update.

Erica: umm…dunno? Do you? Well Goku took a while so…um…yea…

Psychomaniac: really? You do? That is really tempting… :) Nah. Of course there wasn't that much change here…but they are coming!

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