Chapter 4: secret meetings
The hive was barely intact. Most of the computers were beyond repair, fried computer chips and debris littering the floor. Balconies had collapsed and the only thing still standing was the central pillar. Goten grunted as he kicked a particularly large rock across the room.
"This seems almost pointless. Your son fried this whole place! How are we meant to find anything in this mess?" he complained, side stepping past what looked like the remains of a cyborg arm. Trunks was bending over something that was set into the central pillar. It was a computer that had been miraculously spared from Eli's escape.
"Found something." Trunks called, using a few tricks he had picked up during his teens to bypass the security settings. Goten blinked in surprise and made his way over to the computer.
"What is it?" he asked, peering over his friend's shoulder. Trunks glanced momentarily at his impatient friend before focusing on the computer. He skim read a series of files, frowning as his eyes kept spying the same name.
"Kisho," Trunks uttered, confused. Goten snapped his fingers as the familiar name hit home.
"I know that guy! He's a science guy! Real high tech. He managed to pull off the biggest heist Satan city has ever seen with only the aid of computers," he exclaimed. Trunks twisted round to get a good look at his friend.
"What happened to him?" he asked. Goten shrugged.
"No one knows. The guy disappeared before anyone even realised what had happened. He could be anywhere now." Came the reply. Trunks turned back to the screen.
"Well if it's the same guy then he's been busy. looks like he poured all the money into this place. He's also got a lot of schematics on here. Including the ones for all those cyborgs. There's also something for some kinda energy pump and…hang on, what's this?" Trunks moved the cursor to hover over a file titled 'bio sch' but before he had a chance to click, a blast sailed past his should – narrowly missing his ear – and destroyed the only working piece of equipment in the whole hive.
Both men spun round with their hands raised in time to see a cyborg attempting to get away by flying towards the hole in the roof. Goten grunted as his arm tensed, a blast shooting out of it and slicing through the androids back, destroying it before it even had a chance to hit fresh air.
Trunks sighed as he looked down on the remains of the computer before turning to Goten.
"Come on 'ten, let's go home."
Chico let out a long sigh as she continued to stare up at the white ceiling of her bedroom. Goro was next to her, sitting at the desk they shared as he worked on his latest comic panels. His pencil paused mid-drawing before he looked over at Chico.
"Chi…" He started, placing the pencil back onto the desk along side his drawing. She glanced at him.
"What? I'm not distracting you, am I?" she asked.
"You wouldn't be if you'd just tell me what was bothering you. and don't tell me that it's nothing, saiya-girl, I can read you like a book," he replied, folding his arms to say that he wasn't about to let her go until she gave in. Chico smiled slightly at the use of the nickname. Goro had been working on a comic series ever since he had heard about his uncle's super hero days. 'saiya-force x' was something he had based on all of his friends and was the centre of many in-jokes.
"Ok, fine, I'll tell you but you have to promise to leave me alone afterwards, ok?" she asked. Goro nodded and Chico sat up on the bed opposed to lying across it.
"It's Eli…I think he's avoiding me," she said slowly. Goro shrugged.
"And? He avoids all of us when he goes through his 'I'm a freak' phases. We just have to let him cool down," Goro reasoned. Chico shook her head.
"He avoids you and Fry. You two have a habit of making him feel awkward. You might be super emotive guy with most people but Eli always feels kinda weird about that. He usually lets me talk it out with him. Either that or he goes to his grandpa. But not this time…" she trailed off, her knees being drawn to her chest. Goro didn't know what to say.
"Well…um…transforming to ultra saiyan is kinda a big deal. Especially for him. He's the only person anywhere that can do it. And you know better then anyone how sensitive he is. He just needs to adjust," He slowly concluded. Chico nodded slowly but didn't say anything. Goro sighed. Not sure what else he could do.
Chi must really be worried about him…I haven't seen her this down in years, not since our hamster died. I gotta do something to help…he thought. he watched her a few more moments before getting up and leaving the room.
The lab was just as dark and dingy as always. The master never did like to light the place up and the lab was too far underground for natural light to seep in. he was lucky no one spotted him on his way here.
The cyborg stepped underneath the lone flickering florescent light, there only being one spot where the light hit as though it feared to go anywhere else. The cyborg could see why even through its limited emotional patterns.
"The saiyans found the hive but did not access any key information. They-"
"…Got too close! They cannot be allowed to get any closer!" a figure shrouded in the darkness yelled at the cyborg, making it flinch.
"Have you any idea how much work and effort went into all of this? My plans have depended on them never knowing that I even existed, so that I could mop up any excess energy without them ever realising! Every fight fromthe budokais to the dark dragons I have captured any wasted energy to feed my creations and in one instant a mistake you made almost wrecked all of that! You were supposed to feed the final project, not unveil it! I cannot allow those pesky saiyan to know anymore!" The figure continued to yell. The cyborg quivered in place until it was sure that its master had calmed down.
"We still have the four androids. Surely we can use them to destroy them-"
"The saiyans are to strong for them. At most they will only serve as a distraction," the figure paused, the cyborg thought it saw some oversized cabals move along with the figure,
"dispatch them."
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