Chapter 2: The reactivation of Android 16
"Damn it all!" Piccolo yelled. "We're too late!" Vegeta stepped up. "Move out of the way, fool!" Vegeta shouted. Now it's Trunks' turn to react. "No! We have to get OUT of herefor now!" Trunks exclaimed. "We can wait until Goku gets better and then" Vegeta interrupted. "FORGET IT!" he roared as he let out an intense blast through the door.
The results were catastrophic. The whole lab fell in ruins, save for the capsules, the super computer, and the Androids. 17 and 18 calmly looked back to see the Z fighters standing there. "Is that them?" Vegeta asked. "They better the right ones this time." "Yes..." Trunks said with confidence. "Those are 17 and 18...?" Krillin asked. Trunks answered Krillin. "Don't let their looks fool you! They're deadly!"
"It's them...! The friends of Goku," Gero said. He turned to his deadly creations. "Don't let them catch you off guard. They destroyed #19 and almost killed me!" 17 looked at the doctor with a horrid look on his face. "#19?" he asked. "So you caused another of us to die, did you? And you talked him into turning you into an Android? What type was he, an energy-absorption model?" Gero was at a loss for words for the first time. "Well... yes..." he said. "Why did you go back to your old energy-absorption design?" 18 asked with a smile. "Because we infinite energy models were too powerful to control? But because of that... you lost!"
Krillin just stared blankly. "... Too powerful to control...?" Gero grew impatient. "It doesn't matter! Just kill them now!" He shouted.
What happened next put Gero in a state of shock. "We'll kill them... when we want to," 17 calmly said. Gero was shocked. "WH-WHAT!"
As the pair argued, 18 was looking at the chamber on the floor. "#16... This is also an Infinite model, isn't it?" she asked. Gero turned his full attention to 18, with an added look of surprise. 18 continued. "But he's not like us. A little bigger, for one. How else is he different?" Gero shouted at her. "Don't touch #16! Just BACK OFF!" Trunks was surprised. "No. 16..." he said. "I never heard of a 16!"
"Interesting," said 17. "Start him up, 18." "Stop!" Gero commanded. "You mustn't! Do you want to risk destroying the world! #16 was an experimental model and a failure! Don't activate him!" 18 smiled at the doctor to piss off the doctor. "You've left him around quite a while... for a failure. You disposed of all the rest up through 15..."
"I... I was going to fix him later!" Gero screamed. 18's smile had worked. "Just don't activate him! You're going to kill us all!"
"Um... you think maybe we should make a run for it while they're arguing?" Krillin asked. Vegeta just smiled. "Go ahead... Nobody can handle these things except me anyway." he said.
17 was still talking to the doctor. "Killing us? Heh... But I have a much higher power rating... Don't worry, 18. Open it," he said calmly. "Do you have to defy everything I say!" Gero roared. "You're both just like 16; FAILURES! I'll deactivate you all!" 17 smiled. "I destroyed the controller." "What makes you think that I can't make another one!" Gero replied. 18 started to press the switch. "Didn't you hear me! DON"T PRESS THAT SWITCH!" he roared.
17 had enough of this. He punched Gero where his heart would be. The fist came out the other side. Krillin and Piccolo were surprised. Gero tried to recover. "Wh-What are you...!" 17 kicked Dr. Gero's head clear off the body. The head rolled toward Krillin. The head spoke. "D...Damn pieces of junk..." 17 flew over to the head, and stomped on it. He looked at Krillin. "Eep!" Krillin shouted. 17 walked away. "Phew..." Krillin sighed. "My god. He killed his own creator..." Vegeta laughed. "So what? If you don't like someone, you kill him. It's the Saiyan way, too. You Earthlings have the strangest ambitions."
"Now press the switch, 18," 17 ordered. Trunks was furious. "No you don't..." he said. "I won't let there be any more Androids!" His chi increased, just enough to Super Saiyan level, and then went beyond. He blasted an attack similar to the Kamehameha wave straight at the Androids. Everyone leapt aside. "IDIOT!" screamed Krillin. There was a huge explosion. Half of the mountain was gone. "Yow! Why didn't you warn us before you did that!" Krillin yelled. Vegeta was angry. "What was that for, idiot?" he asked. "That was pointless!" "Pointless?" Trunks asked. He wasn't quite sure what he was talking about. That was his strongest blast. "Well, take a look over there." Vegeta answered.
On the ledge above them were the Androids holding up the chamber. "You'd better let him out right away," 17 said. "The pipes and cords have been severed."
Everyone was shocked except for Vegeta. "Like I said... POINTLESS!" he said.
18 pressed the switch. The chamber door opened. "They...They opened it," Krillin said. "There's going to be another one..."
A man stepped out. He had a large green vest bearing the Red Ribbon insignia over a large black shirt. He also had green pants and brown boots. He had something similar to a red mohawk, a pair of earrings, and an icy stare.
