Life or something like it 8
AN: Here's the next chapter like I promised. I'm getting good at this whole updating thing huh? I hope you enjoy.I also decided to ignore the 3 days in the hyperbolic chamber rule. You know the rule that states that if you stay in the hyperbolic time chamber for three days, then you'll get stuck in there forever. That rule does not apply here. That is the only thing that I can think of that I wanted to mention. Enjoy the latest chapter. Don't forget to R&R.
Last time:
"Dr. Gero has reawakned the Sheron Dragon somehow. He was somehow able to retrieve Goku from the merger with the Dragon. This caused Sheron to become unbalanced, if you will. Do you remember that the purity of Goku's heart condition is what caused the dragonballs to become stable enough to where no evil being could use them, also allowing Goku to merge with the dragon? Well without Goku's prescience, Sheron has been going haywire. We have a reason to believe that Sheron has been tainted with evil, and I fear that once Goten finds out what has happened, then I can only imagine the worst. I guess we're not doing as bad as you thought huh Vegeta, considering we are weak human idiots."
"So what! At least you have Kakkarott on your side"
"Um no we don't. When he was removed from his merger, Gero took advantage of Goku's weakened state. He took off with Goku, and when he returned Goku was at his side...as an android."
"Dende! I don't belive this! Vegeta shouted.
"Yamacha tells us everything from the very beginning. I need to know how things went down, so that'll we'll be ready when we get out of here." I said calmly.
"Well it all started like this....but before I begin, Vegeta could you please put on some clothes?"
While Vegeta was off getting dressed, I talked with Yamacha some more. I asked him how my mother was holding up, and he assured me that she was fine. I was quite surprised to hear that she was still fighting as well as she was. I've never seen my mother fight, though I've heard tales of how she used to be a fighter. I've also heard about how she got her butt kicked in the martial artist tournament by Spokavitch, but of course that was never brought up in our household. I always got the dirt on my parent's wild lifestyle from Trunks. It's good to see that my mother is still holding her own, as well as Yamacha. From what I was told, Yamacha was nothing but a coward. Trunks would always tease the man by saying that he rather sit at home twiddling his thumbs, instead of getting out there and fighting for what he believed. I guess Trunks was wrong. Right now the world's only protectors included an Namek, an android, and a handful of humans, and I was grateful for that. I was just about to ask Yamacha some more questions, but I was interrupted by the stern voice of the Prince of all Saiyans.
"Will you two stop all this pointless chattering. We have more important things to discuss like how we're going to get out of this prison." Vegeta yelled
Vegeta came back dressed in a tight black jump suit. I have to admit the man looked good, and for some reason I couldn't stop staring at him. Now I see where Trunks got his good looks from. I admired the way his bodysuit was clinging to his body, and how the outfit outlined how toned and muscular he was. My eyes were glued to the man that was standing on the side of me, and I guess with all my staring the man was bound to notice which he did.
"See something you like?" Vegeta asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No." I said stubbornly.
"That's funny. I mean you were staring."
"I was only trying to figure out why you're such an idiot."
"No, you were staring." Vegeta said with a plastered smirk on his face.
"Oh my god, he is an idiot." I said talking to myself.
"Idiot!! I'll show you an idiot, you baka onna!!"
"Baka Onna. If I had a dime for every time that you called me that, little man!!"
"LITTLE MAN?!" Vegeta hollered.
"GUYS!! Stop it! I don't have the time for this. Now do you want to hear this story or not, because I have a world to protect while you two lovebird's argue with each other."
"LOVEBIRDS!!!" Both Vegeta and I shouted.
"Guys come on." Yamacha half asked and pleaded.
"Fine. Go on." I said as I took a seat on the floor in front of the vid screen.
"Well it all started like this...."
(Flashback)
Yamacha watched as Krillian and Videl flew off towards the lookout with Vegeta and Pan, only to feel a heavy fist punch him in the face. He directed his attention back to the blonde haired and blue eyed android in front of him. He balled up his fist, and aimed a miscalculated punch that hit nothing but air. Marron gave the aging man an lopsided grin, and dodged the barrage of punches that he was throwing out. It seemed as if she was enjoying taunting the man, as she danced literal circles around him.
"You never were a fighter Yamacha. No wonder Bulma dumped you the first chance she got. I mean you haven't even landed one decent punch yet. It's pathetic really. No, I take that back. You're pathetic."
Yamacha could feel the anger building within himself as his pride took an abusing from Marron.
"You take that back, you walking robot!" Yamacha yelled.
"Like mother, like daughter." Marron said as she punched Yamacha in the stomach.
Yamacha could feel his airway constrict, and he struggled to regain his breath. He closed his eyes, trying to summoned his strength back up once again. He could feel Marron's aura as she quietly approached him.
"You're such a weakling Yamacha. I've heard tales about how people were frightened of your great name, and that you actually made them tremble with fear. Now I see the truth for what it is. Everything that I've ever heard about you were nothing but tales, because the man before me now is nothing but a weakling and a coward."
Yamacha stood up releasing the tight hold that he had on his belly. The frightened and defeated look that was on his face, was replace by an eerily calm demeanor.
"Coward? Is that what you think of me?"
"It's what everyone thinks of you. You're nothing Yamacha, and you'll never be anything more."
"Enough of that! You've managed to tick me off little girl. Prepare to find out why."
Yamacha stood face to face with the android, and never once did he waver of sway in fear. He grabbed the hilt of his sword, and slowly started to pull out his silver blade out of it's sheath.
"Am I supposed to be scared?" Marron said.
Rage surged through his body, and he gritted his teeth tightly together.
"Enough talking, let's fight!"
Yamacha pulled his sword completely from it's sheath, and then he threw the sheath on the ground. Then before anyone could blink, he was standing right in front of Marron. He took his blade and used it to uppercut a blow to the surprised android. Marron was able to dodged the blow. With the sword in his hand, Yamacha raised it high above his head. He aimed the blade at the top of Marron's head, wanting to destroy her once and for all. Fortunately for the girl she was able to block the blow, by catching the blade with her bare hands.
Yamacha struggled to get his blade from her grasp, and the two stared at each other with a deep seated hatred. Suddenly Yamacha wrenched his sword free, and then he suddenly charged the unsuspecting girl. He swung his sword around trying to land one blow on the android, but she always remained one step ahead of the guy.
She was able to dodge the blows that was thrown at her head, and was genuinely surprised when Yamacha changed his tactics. Instead of aiming for her head, Yamacha took a swing at her feet. He tried to get her unbalanced so that she would fall, but once again Marron was prepared for that attack as well. She avoided the swipe of the sword aimed at her feet, by doing an elevated back flip. She landed on top of an fully intact building.
She looked down at the young man, as she stood tall on the building. She attempted to gather enough energy so that she could throw a Kai blast at Yamacha. However, she was surprised to see the man coming after her. What surprised her even more, was the fact that he was now literally running up the walls. Soon after that the two fighters were standing face to face once again.
Marron didn't hesitate to throw the Kai blast that she had collected, and was surprised again when Yamacha blocked the blast with his sword. Marron then charged the man, and pretended like she was going to punch him in the face. Yamacha prepared to protect himself from the punch, but was shocked to see that Marron phased behind him instead.
Marron took Yamacha's moment of hesitation, and threw a rough punch to his back. Feeling an intense pain traveling down his spine, Yamacha fell to the ground in pain. His sword fell out of his hands, and the sound of metal clanging against concrete was enough to make him shudder in fear. For Marron it was a sound of victory, as she stood above the defeated Yamacha.
Marron took the opportunity to power up a Kai blast, but she was suddenly stopped when a Kai blast appeared out of nowhere. The blast knocked her to the ground, and she looked up to find her source of her irritation. She immediately spotted Videl carrying Pan, and she powered up once again. She figured that she could kill two birds with one stone, and then she powered up even more. Videl instantly knew what Marron was about to do, and so she did the only thing that she could think of. She called for help, because she wasn't ready to lose her only child.
"Yamacha! Don't forget the wolf!" Videl yelled.
She hoped and prayed that Yamacha had heard everything that she said, and then she mentally prepared for being struck down by the Kai blast. Just as soon as Marron was about to release the Kai blast, she was suddenly struck from behind. She feel down face first in the dirt, and Yamacha stood right above her with anger seething from every pore.
Up in the air, Krillian jumped in front of Videl, and batted the stray Kai blast away. Both he and Videl watched as Yamacha looked at the android, as she stood back on her feet.
"Lucky shot Yamacha. It won't happen again."
"There won't be a next time, because this ends now! I call upon the power...of the wolf."
A loud howl could be heard in the background. Suddenly Yamacha was throwing punches like never before. Each strike was hitting it's mark, and the blows were so swift that no one could even see his hands move.
"Way to go Yamacha buddy!" Krillian shouted.
"Finish her off Yamacha!" Videl shouted
"Get out of here you two. Don't worry, I'll handle this!" Yamacha yelled.
Both Krillian and Videl proceeded to go to the lookout, while Yamacha still battled the android. He almost had the android destroyed, but a Kai blast hit him in the center of his chest. 18 was immediately at his side, and then she slipped a senzu bean in his mouth. Marron recovered from her attack, and stood up to see her mother helping out the young man.
"Mother! I thought you were dead."
"Well you thought wrong little girl. You have a lot to learn about being an android, and clearly you are just a beginner."
The mother and daughter were about to go head to head. before a Kai blast blew 18 away from the young android. Dr. Gero landed next to Marron, and both the androids looked at the remaining Z fighters in disgust.
"Marron get Trunks and Goten, and take them back to my lab. I believe you know what to do?"
"Yes of course, but what are we going to do with the rest of them?"
"I'll handle this minor distraction. Now go and do what I've asked you to do!" Dr Gero sharply replied.
"Your wish is my command Dr. Gero."
Marron went to the fallen caskets of the deceased warriors, and then she picked them up with ease. Piccolo, who was still hurt from his previous battle defiantly stood up He face the young girl, and tried to prevent her from kidnapping the two deceased Saiyans. However, he was too weakened to stop the young girl, and Marron was able to escape.
Piccolo turned his attention back towards Dr. Gero, and then he called out to 18.
"I need a bean! Give me a bean right now before it's too late!"
Dr. Gero knew that if the green Namek received that bean, then he would have to fight him until he was weakened all over again. That was something that would interrupt with his plans regarding the Sheron Dragon. Time was of the essence, and he was not about to let some little green alien destroy all that he worked for.
So as 18 prepared to throw Piccolo the senzu bean, Dr. Gero redirected his attack toward the green skinned Namekian. Knowing that the blast would reach him before the bean did, Piccolo gritted his teeth and prepared for the blast. However, the blast never came.
Piccolo opened his eyes in time to see Dr. Gero getting hit by a Kai blast. His eyes darted towards the source of the blast and saw that Bra was responsible for it. He was so shocked that he almost didn't catch the bean that had been sailing towards him. However he caught the bean, and quickly ate it. He savored it's bitter taste, as he felt the many wounds on his body heal.
Dr. Gero stood back up apparently angered by the surprised attack. He hadn't thought that the weak Saiyan female would have the nerve to actually hit him. He was so tempted to send a Kai blast straight through the girl's heart, but as he watched all the Z fighters arising to their feet., he realized that he was out numbered.
Dr. Gero wanted nothing but to take them all on, especially the little blue haired witch. However he had other plans, and fighting the remaining Z fighters would definitely interrupt his plans. His plans with the Sheron dragon had to be timed perfectly, and now was not the time to battle what remained of Earth's greatest hero's. So he stole one last glance at all the remaining fighters, and gave each and every one of them an evil glare.
"Make no mistakes Z fighters, I will be back."
With that said Dr. Gero jumped into the air and flew away towards the direction of the Sheron Dragon. Yamacha who had been filled with anger and fury tried to follow the android, but was stopped by a large green hand.
"No let him go. He'll be back, but right now we need to figure out our next strategic move. Those blasted android's are going to come back, and they'll have some reinforcements when they do. We're going to have to up our game, and come out with a solid battle plan. We're all this planet's got, so let's make sure that we do everything to keep this planet intact."
Piccolo looked at 18, and she returned his look questionably
"Why'd you come back? If I recall correctly you were the one that started all this mess. Give us one good reason why we shouln't send you back to HFIL?"
"What I did was wrong. I wasn't thinking clearly, but your right. We have to stop Dr. Gero. He has plans that involve the Sheron Dragon."
"Tell us everything you know."
"Ok.When Dr. Gero was reawakened his programming included waking up 17, and then from there 17 would try to conquer the world. Dr. Gero was also programmed to help 17 try to retrieved the dragonballs from the Sheron Dragon, as well as the dragonballs from the Namekian Dragon. More dragonballs, more power. Somehow Dr. Gero ignored his programming that included waking up my brother. It's like he is doing everything that my brother was originally programmed to do. It could be glitch in his system or anything. I don't know. All I know is that we need to stop him before it's too late,"
"There's no telling what'll happen if he interferes with the merger between Goku, and the Sheron Dragon."
"Utter chaos. That'll be what happened" Krillian said as he and Videl returned from the lookout.
Videl was holding onto a vid screen camera tightly in her hand as if it were her life line.
"Hey V. what you got there?" Yamacha asked Videl.
"Vid camera."
"What you got that for?" Yamacha asked.
"I think it's only fair to let my daughter know that she'll be in the hyperbolic time chamber for ten years. Who knows....we may be gone when she comes back. Just look it as my way of saying goodbye."
"I hope that their going to be all right. Man we should could use their help right about now." Krillian said.
"They'll be fine Krillian. Remember that Bulba placed that protection spell around the chamber." Videl said.
"Bulba?" Piccolo asked.
"Yeah. She decided to give us a little help in this battle."
"Where is she now?" Piccolo asked
"She went back to the other world. She's trying to help the Grand Kai train some of the warriors there in case worse comes to worse. They would be a great asset to the cause."
"Well right now that's not an option. We have to concentrate on the here and now. Right now we've got bigger fish to fry.Let's discuss our battle plans." Piccolo concluded.
The remaining fighters talked about their battle plans, and decided that it would be best to send 18, Piccolo, and Krillian to the area where Sheron was in hopes stopping Gero. On the other hand Videl, Bra, and Yamacha would try to stop Marron from reawakening the dead Saiyans. However neither team realized exactly what they were up against, and they would soon find out just how much their battle planned sucked.
That's it for now, but don't get your panties in a bunch. There's still more to this flashback sequence, but my hands couldn't type any more. So don't forget to review. I will also be going out of town this week, and I will return sometimes next week. Anyway I hope you've enjoyed this chapter.
Next chapter:
We will focus on the flashback including Dr. Gero interrupting the merger with the dragon.We'll also take a look at the new android Trunks, and we'll find out exactly what caused Goten to become so evil. You don't want to miss it. Trust me guys. You just ain't seen nothing yet. Laters.