After reading this Trunks stopped crying for a moment and sat in shock. It was on the wall in red writing. He knew immediately that it was her blood.
"After all that time trying to stop them, they killed you while I was gone...", Trunks said out loud to his mothers cold, motionless body.
The rage he was feeling almost overtook him, but he would not let it overtake him. Not yet. He wanted to savor the rage while he could. Trunks sat his mothers body down and wiped some tears out of his eyes, only to get some of her blood on his face.
Trunks raised his hand and fired a small blast of Ki, blowing a hole into the ground. In it, he placed his mother, gently as he could.
"Right now, I don't have the necessary tools to make you a proper grave, but I swear, as soon as this is finally settled, I will".
Trunks stood back up, looking down at the ground. He wanted to at least make sure nothing else would happen to her body. He would find a casket somewhere, and finish the grave. He looked up to the sky, thick clouds flying overhead.
"I will make them pay for this...", Trunks said. He could think of no other words to express how he felt, as her blood began to dry on his face.
Trunks turned around and began to walk away, but he stopped and glanced back.
"I'm sorry mother, I'm sorry I wasn't here to save you. I will make them pay for what they did to you, especially Android 17...", Trunks fist clenched, nails digging into his skin.
Trunks went back into the almost fully destroyed building, only to notice that some lights were on. He knew that this meant some of building had power, so he grabbed the nearest radio, sat down, and started waiting. It didn't take long for a radio broadcast to break up the peaceful tune that had been playing.
"...and this just in, sources say the Androids are attacking a small town about twenty miles east of West City, anyone in the vicinity are urged with caution, and are warned to leave immediately", the Newsman finished, as Trunks got up, and walked outside.
Trunks knew what he was going to do to them for killing his mother, he took of his jacket and shirt, throwing them onto the ground. The weighted clothes hit the ground with a small thud. Trunks wasn't going to let anything get in his way, not even some weighted clothing.
He looked over to some broken glass and saw his own image, shattered. He thought it fitting, considering what had happened, and then he noticed the blood.
Her blood.
He didn't move. He stood there and stared at it, for a second, not realizing what it was or how it had gotten there. For that instant he was dumbfounded. Only for an instant. He walked over and punched the glass, watching it shatter and fall to the ground.
"Twenty...miles", he said to himself, jumping into the air and flying east.
Not to long thereafter, he heard a girls scream and looked downwards, seeing a small red-headed child, and someone that he was hoping to run into a bit later on.
The creature had snuck up on the girl as she was playing outside like her mother had told her too. He had eyed her like pray, and then saw his chance to attack, warranting the childs screams and pleas for help. Trunks noted that there were clothes hung up outside the back, but for some reason, they were on the ground. He believed whoever was there saw the creature and ran.
He turned Super Saiyan, and used the speed increase to appear behind the creature, grabbing its tail before it impaled into the girl.
Trunks tried his best to act mature, given the current circumstances. He looked at the little girl and told her to go home.
"This is no place for you to be, run along to your family now", Trunks said, giving as best a smile as he can. He wanted the girl to know that everything would be all right now. He hoped that the smile had given her the message. It appeared it had failed as the girl still cried.
The girls mouth quivered slightly as she stared, trying to find the words.
"I...don't know where they are...they were...out back, but all that's left are their clothes", she said, starring as the creature protested to Trunks about letting go of its tail.
"I killed them, you stupid girl!", it screamed, then started laughing.
"Cell, you have gone too far", Trunks stated, abruptly ripping Cell's tail off.
Cell screamed in agony for a few moments, as his blood poured out.
"How...do you know of my existence?", Cell asked, adding, "I..haven't made myself known to you yet!"
"I know your game, Cell", Trunks replied, "I know what you're seeking and I know about your abilities".
"Then...you know about this?", Cell asked. Cell's tail grew back out to full form, and Trunks gave a quick nod to him.
"You won't get them, Cell. In fact, your existence ends right here, right now", Trunks stated, to Cell's laughter.
"According to my data, you're FAR to weak to compare to me, you fool!", Cell boasted, laughing some more. Trunks snickered, and then quickly punched Cell into the sky. The little girl looked on as he took flight, and immediately sent a few quick Ki blasts towards Cell's body, watching them hit and explode.
Cell flew back right out of the smoke, and punched Trunks back. It had no effect as Trunks' anger took hold of him and he screamed. Trunks' body mass increased as he powered up to his next stage. As he did, he remembered the training he did with Vegeta, his father. The man who was The Prince. The sudden power increase caught Cell off guard, as Cell could do nothing but watch on as Trunks quickly became much stronger than himself.
"No, this cannot be. How did you obtain this strength?", Cell questioned. Trunks did not reply, instead, he held his Ki steady in the air, and spread out his arms and legs, aiming straight at Cell.
"Cell... I knew what you intended to do from the very start. You won't succeed, I have already seen it, you will fail!", Trunks yelled.
"You've already gone back. But...if you're hear that means...no...I didn't die, I must have accidentally let you escape. Hmph, you think you could pull one over on me, do you?", Cell questioned, to an unresponsive Trunks.
"No. You died. Gohan killed you. He destroyed the Perfect Cell", Trunks said, laughing.
"LIAR!", was Cell's response.
"It doesn't matter anymore. You're life ends right now, I am sending you straight to Hell, Cell, and I hoped you packed a lunch, because from what I have heard, the food tastes like crap!", Trunks screamed, as he raised his Ki to around 60 percent of his maximum. Cell looked on as the ground started shaking. The little girl walked over towards a tree, so as not to fall over.
"I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS CELL, ITS FROM ME TO YOU, THANKS TO MY FATHER!", Trunks screamed as Cell turned away and started flying away as fast as possible.
"I'll become perfect! THEN I CAN WIN! YOU'LL SEE, I WILL BE BACK, I CANNOT DIE. NEVER, I AM PERFECT!", Cell screamed back. Trunks thrust his hands forward as a ball of golden Ki appeared in the center of them, and Trunks released the blast. "FINAL FLASH!", where the last words Cell ever heard as the blast consumed him, leaving not even a trace of his existence behind.
Trunks was about to continue East, and remembered the little girl. He decided it would be best if he took her to an Orphanage, and flew back down.
"The monster that killed your family is gone now. However, I cannot leave you hear alone, will you come with me to a place you can stay?" Trunks asked the girl. She stood there for a few minutes, trying to think properly after seeing what she had just seen. She nodded her head and he picked her up, flying up into the air.
Trunks landed in front of the closest Orphanage, which was actually about eight miles out of his way. He sat the girl down and looked at her, as she looked back up at him.
"The Orphanage will take care of you until you grow up, then you can do whatever you want", Trunks said, and the girl started crying again.
"Hey, wait, why are you crying now?", he asked.
"Those scary Androids will get me before then. Everyone dies because of them...", she replied. Trunks looked up at the sky, nodding that he understood.
"I have a feeling they will disappear sometime soon...", Trunks said and turned around, beginning to leave. Before he jumped into the air, the girl asked one last question.
"Mister...what are you? Why can you fly?", She asked, her eyes going a bit wide. Trunks stood there for a minute, thinking to himself.
"Me...?", he said, not even turning around, "I'm...a Guardian Angel. Though, lately, I haven't been that much of one...". With that, Trunks jumped into the air, and continued on his way. He looked back and noticed that someone had come out and was taking the girl inside.
As he flew, several thoughts went in and out of Trunks mind. He thought very deeply and came to the conclusion that no matter what happened, he would end it today. He will end everyone's suffering. It was personal. But it was also much more than that now. It was a matter of hate. Pure, unrelented hate.
When he had arrived, he saw them playing over in the north end of the small town. Explosions shook the area and people ran away at all angles. Only when he started landing, did the Androids notice his presence.
"No. This is not right. This reading is wrong", Android 17 said stunned.
"It has to be wrong. Our scanners must need repairs. Too bad we destroyed the Doctor.", Android 18 said with a grin.
Trunks starred at both of them with anger and fury abundant in his eyes.
"You...you killed my mother while I was gone!", Trunks said as his Ki went out of control and started causing lightning to appear around his body
"Yes, I killed your mother. The weak fool, she didn't even want to tell us where you had gone too. So, before I killed her...I, ha heh heh, had a little "fun" with her, if ya know what I am saying...", Android 17 said with as a sick, malicious smile crept on to his face.
"You would have loved to have heard her screams", Android 18, added, with a laugh.
Trunks was staring at the ground. His mother had been raped, then murdered. He felt something inside of him, pulsating. It was his heart. He slowly felt it beat, as the Androids continued on about how much fun they had. It slowed down, and then stopped. He wasn't dead though, he knew that much, he just couldn't feel it any longer.
"...You will both pay and suffer for what you did, you...", Trunks said, the ground slowly beginning to shake. Many things were going through his mind at this time. Hate, spite, love, honor, and most of all, Need. He could feel the need. He needed to be stronger. He knew he was already stronger than them, but he wanted more, he wanted to make them feel as much pain as his body could muster to produce.
"...YOU WILL PAY THE ULTIMATE FOR PRICE FOR KILLING MY MOTHER!", Trunks screamed as his Ki raged out of control. Trunks looked straight up at the sky, and let out a cry. Not just a cry for revenge for himself, a cry for revenge from every single person on the planet. His cry thundered and echoed throughout the sky. Lighting had begin to rain down onto the ground, as the Androids looked around, absorbing the most of what they thought was an Atmospheric anomaly.
The evil in Trunks heart was swirling out of control, the darkness was imprisoning him. It felt as if he was trapped, trapped inside of a cage and unable to break out. They had finally gone too far. She was all he had left. He loved his mother and tried to be a good son. Memories where flashing through Trunks' mind, memories of his mother when he was younger, her teaching him everything, of when she finally spoke of his father, her explaining his heritage to him. The present finally came back into his mind and it came down to one thing.
He was going to kill the Androids.
It happened at that instant. He finally understood what it took to get there. The loss of someone important, and the need for it. He finally realized that it was foolish of him to wish for this power. He wished for it, and that's why this happened. He silently cursed himself as he look at the Androids. His fists clenched as his body changed and adjusted into his Super Saiyan 2 form.
"You two...are already dead!", he said as his eyes grew dark and a cold, blank, apathetic stare came on his face. Before they could act Trunks had already moved over to Android 17 and had punched him in the gut, he then moved over and kicked Android 18 in the back, sending her flying into rubble of a building which they had already destroyed.
Trunks decided to make quick work of the Androids so he could then hope and pray his mother would be proud of him. Android 17 had just gotten up from the rubble he had been sent into after Trunks' strike landed dead square on its target. 18 arose aswell, and the twin Androids gazed at Trunks in fear.
"This...cannot be the same boy we have been fighting. His power is far to high for it to be him!", Android 17 yelled.
"Well it is 17, and I don't think that's good for us either, I say we run", Android 18 said, apparently only concerned with her and 17's survival. Trunks slowly moved over to them and landed, looking at them. He had snapped, his eyes where pure white, pupils gone.
"You seem to be under the impression that if you run, I will let you live", Trunks said coldly. What he said both shocked and scared 17 and 18, but before they could turn to run, Trunks had grabbed Android 17 by the head and moved over to Android 18 doing the same. With all his might and strength, he took there two heads and slammed them together as hard as he could.
"THIS IS FOR MY MOTHER!", Trunks screamed as The Androids heads connected with each other. Trunks threw their bodies to the ground and flew up above them. He powered up several blasts, sending them raining down on the Androids. He hoped they had remembered it, it was the same attack they used to finish Gohan.
"THIS IS FOR GOHAN!", Trunks screamed, as 17 just barely dodged. However, 18 couldn't. 17 turned and watched as the blasts went straight threw his sister. Trunks saw that Android 17 had moved and that he was watching. He decided to show him the pain of loss, so he sent a small aimed blast right at 18's chest, where her heart would be. 17 watched on in shock, as if what he seen was some sort of bad nightmare, his sister was gone now. He, too, was alone.
Who would he have fun with?
Who would he laugh with about killing all the miserable, incompetent humans?
"You just made the biggest mistake you ever could have, boy!", Android 17 screamed up at Trunks. Trunks floated down and landed on top of a building, smiling.
"Really now?", he said, "From my point of view, it seems like I am doing the right thing".
Android 17 looked up at him with one slight tear coming out of his eye.
"You killed my sister, how could you even see that as the right thing!", Android 17 screamed up at him.
"Because, you heartless monster, you have killed so many others. Your deaths will be celebrated, and not one single person will care for you. I can assure you of that much...", Trunks said.
Android 17's mouth dropped open in sudden realization that Trunks was right, they had killed, destroyed, and ravaged the world, it was obvious why he didn't care, but he had a plan, the secret of most of the later model Androids.
"...so, go ahead and do whatever you want to, before I take you apart", Trunks said as he smiled, looking more like Vegeta then he ever wished he did.
"Very well, I will show you why we defeated the others, and why I, the last of my kind, will now defeat you!", Android 17 said as he walked over to Android 18's body.
"Please, sister, forgive me for having to do this, but I know you would want me to live", he said as he jammed his hand inside her chest, to the shock of Trunks. Trunks wondered what he could possibly be searching for, and then watched as 17 pulled out a circuit board and shook it to get the blood off.
"Good, not damaged...', Android 17 said. He looked up at Trunks and smiled, he then looked back down and ripped part of his shirt off, pulling back some artificial skin on his chest, and opening his circuit box.
"This will enable me to use all of my sister's strength and attacks, and it will increase both of our strength together, collectively, as one being!", he said as he jammed the circuit board into a free space inside his stomach, then closed the box and skin. Android 17's body grew a bit as the robotic parts of his insides processed the data and reconstructed his body accordingly. His hair grew longer and his eyes changed color to a dark blue.
Streaks of blonde hair erupted from his head and took over, intertwining themselves into his black hair. His skin color became instantly tanned, and his voice grew a bit deeper.
The scarf on his neck ripped off and blew away. 17 proceeded to rip off his shirts and throw them to the ground, as his muscles bulged out and grew more defined. Blood started erupting from Android 17's chest, and it formed the red ribbon insignia, as if it was being controlled. Electricity then shot around Android 17 once more and he took a deep breathe then exhaled.
"Now, Trunks, how does it feel to know that I could destroy you and this planet at any second?", Android 17 asked.
Trunks huffed at him and then spat at 17. 17 looked at the spit, and it changed direction, hitting the ground nearby. They stared each other down, yet again.
"I hope you prayed", Trunks said, "You're going to need help from God if you want to kill me".