Ichidou descended to the last location Gero had been. Now, two, even stronger androids were lurking inside. He wasn't worried. This time, they had an ace up their sleeve, this time, they were prepared.

"We're too late." he said. "They're already active."

"Excellent!" Vegeta said. "I can destroy them. We don't need Kakkarot!"

The two androids stepped out into the light. The others didn't know how powerful they were. Ichidou did, though, he had fought them in his own time.

"Who are you?" Seventeen asked. Ichidou wanted to kill him, right here. He wanted to end this battle at this moment. He wasn't strong enough, though, not yet.

"I am Vegeta, prince of saiyans!" Vegeta said. "I am here to destroy you!" He said. "You, the one with the black hair, why don't you come and fight me." he regarded Eighteen with disdain. "Your woman can sit by and watch."

"Seventeen, sit back, I'll handle the 'prince'." Eighteen said.

"Do what you want." Seventeen said. "I'll watch."

Vegeta charged, and started to pound Eighteen into the ground. At first, he was winning easily, beating the android mercilessly. He kicked her into the side of a mountain. He waited, knowing that she wasn't done yet.

Meanwhile, Ichidou was watching. He knew that the android was bluffing, but he couldn't tell Vegeta that. Vegeta wouldn't have listened, not to him, or anyone else.

Predictably, Eighteen crawled her way out of the mountain, and went on the offensive. She rushed at Vegeta, and began to beat him senseless. After only a few minutes, he was knocked unconscious.

Ichidou moved in. He ran towards Eighteen at full speed. He was a lot stronger than Vegeta, and he had one distinct advantage. His android arm was stronger than his ordinary arm, and they didn't know it. She didn't expect him to rush to Vegeta's defense.

She countered everything he threw, but unlike Vegeta, he was giving her a workout. Soon, however, Seventeen rushed in to help. Overwhelmed, Ichidou blinded the two of them, ran over, picked up Vegeta, and flew off. By the time they could see again, the Z fighters were gone.

Ichidou landed, and put Vegeta down. Thanks to his handy device, they were off the androids' radar.

"Ichidou…" Piccolo said. "I'm going to Kami's Lookout, I've got a plan…" He said. His mentor gone, Ichidou struggled to think of a plan.

"Um, Ichidou, I think we ought to go to Master Roshi's house to figure out what to do." Krillen said.

"Excellent idea." Ichidou said. He decided to detect them. "They've activated a third one…" He said. "Alright, I'm going back to the lab."

"Did you say back?" Krillen shouted. "You'll get us killed!"

"No, the androids are all the way over there…" he pointed in a random direction. "They've already taken off. Gohan, go home and check on your father. Once that's taken care of, go to Master Roshi's house. Krillen, come with me. Take Vegeta there, and make sure he recovers." He said.

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Gohan asked.

"We'll be fine, the androids are out having 'fun'." Ichidou flinched when he said the word 'fun'. Krillen and Gohan didn't want to know what 'fun' meant. "They're not interested in fighting right now. I learned how to predict their movements. They go and destroy large portions of civilization, and then randomly go attack people. They don't generally go after strong warriors unless they get in their way. Even then, they're more likely to kill someone straight out instead of fighting them."

"Got it." Krillen said. "Say no more…" He whispered. Gohan took off, flying for home. Ichidou turned to Krillen.

"They're probably going to try and kill Goku…" He said. "We're going to distract them." he said.

"WHAT!" Krillen shouted. "They'll kill us!"

"Not really…" Ichidou said. "We're not going to attack them directly, just mess with their minds a bit. Throw them into a wild goose chase." He said.

"How?" Krillen asked.

"With this…"Ichidou threw him a small device. "It's a ki distorter. It will alter the 'feel' of your ki into the ki of anyone you want. Everyone, including the androids, will be fooled by the device. It can also delete your ki signature so that no one can sense you." He turned to Krillen, and chuckled. "They're going to spend the next few hours hunting after Son Goku, and he won't be around at all."

"That's brilliant, who invented this thing, did you?" Krillen asked.

"No, someone else did…come on!" Ichidou said. They began to fly. "Change into Piccolo, I'll turn into Goku." he said.

"Wow, you really do feel like Goku!" Krillen said.

"Okay, now change to Gohan, and I'll change to Vegeta." Ichidou said. They flew around the world as fast as they could, shifting their devices off and on, turning into random Z fighters. The androids couldn't track them down.

"This is a good way to do this, but I'm tired." Krillen said.

"Okay, go down into that canyon…" Ichidou suggested. "I'll keep watch."

"Thanks, man, I'm bushed." Krillen said, descending into the canyon.

Krillen sat down, and began to breathe deeply. Suddenly, he looked up. The female, android Eighteen, was standing over him. "Eep…" He whispered, paralyzed. "Ichidou…help…" he said.

"Hello…I saw you when you were with your friends…" Eighteen said.

"Um…" Krillen said. "Help?" Krillen tried to call for help, but he was too scared.

"Don't call out for somebody's help…" Eighteen said. "I don't want to hurt you." She said.

"Why do I find that hard to believe?" Krillen said.

"You have no choice but to trust me, don't you." She said. She began to walk over to him. He couldn't move. She leaned in, getting closer and closer…

Suddenly, he felt her lips on his mouth. She pulled back, and smiled. "I think you're cute…" She said. "See you later!" She suddenly took off.

"Krillen, what happened!" Ichidou said, flying down. "Was that Eighteen?" He asked.

"Yeah…" Krillen said. "She didn't see me, turned the device off just in time." He sputtered.

"Krillen, is that lipstick?" Ichidou asked.

"What?" Krillen said, turning away. "No, no a little blood must've got on me from when I helped carry Vegeta, that's all…" he wiped his mouth off. "Stupid saiyan blood." he muttered.

"Okay…" Ichidou said, looking at Krillen in disbelief. "Wait, you didn't help me carry Vegeta…" He said.

"We need to get moving, she might circle back around!" Krillen said. He really didn't want to tell him that he thought that Eighteen was cute. How do you tell someone 'I think the most evil person in your life, the person that destroyed your world, is hot'. It just isn't done.