Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Mechanical Marvels. Enjoy the 3000-word chapter. I don't own DBZ, Akira Toriyama and a few others do.
21 tapped on the datapad in front of her as she seemed to consider what to do next. The data was interesting, she'd admit that… But it wasn't until she saw outside. She keyed in a code she saw sprawled across a wall and stared at 23 whom she thought was smiling. He wished to be anywhere else than stuck in this damned base surrounded by nothing but machines and failed experiments.
Still? It was honestly the most interesting thing that he could fathom. It had become a lot of fun and he wouldn't lie about that. Yet? He wished to be free from this place. Free from the shackles that had been placed on him. This place was a lot of things and yet it seemed as if it was to be a lot more interesting to him. He had yet to like this place. This had been fun as well.
"Are you ok, 21?" 23 questioned before he seemed to question what to do next. "There's a lot more on the tip of the tongue, but I don't honestly know what to say. Not at all curious about what to say or do if I'm wrong or right. Just feels a bit weird." 23 stated which wasn't exactly wrong at all if she was honest.
She had been honestly a lot more interested in what he'd do next. She was a lot more hopeful as to how this went and how best to respond. The more time she spent in this place meant the more that he had to be scared of as it meant more problems.
Still? He was terrified of this place and what lay beyond it. This place was new, it had been a lot more terrifying than it had been before. She was happy at the moment and he didn't want to ruin that.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I'm simply deciding what to… Do." 21 started to say before she tilted her head. "What is this? What has it been as of the second? I haven't seen anything like this." 21 stated before she seemed to tilt her head.
She stared into the sky as the steel doors slid open. She had been far too curious about what this was at the moment. She noticed it. The beams of light seemed to slowly beam down on their faces. It had been so nice to see each brilliant beam of light that soaked into their faces. It was pretty and both androids slowly steeped into the golden light in a way that made both slowly raise a hand to their faces. 21 looked at 23 who seemed to be almost basking in the light.
"It's a lot nice than I expected to be honest." 23 stated which caused 21 to nod at this. "I'm not sure whether or not to be happy or sad that I had been here as of the moment. I'm almost ready to drop to my knees in praise." 23 stated while he rubbed at the bridge of his nose.
21 fell silent as she pondered how to best handle the problem. There was more on the line than simply waiting and praying the doddering own fools would keel over.
Still? She had more on her mind than this. She had to make sure that something broke, it'd be easier said than done either way to try and fix this. The fact that she was going to bend in half from the pressure was a problem… But she couldn't falter, couldn't let him simply back down when it came down to it. there was more coming.
She had a plan, a good one, one which would allow her to control this place and make sure that it all ended peacefully. She had enough time to study the effects as well and understand they had been created for a certain purpose, one whom she planned to understand and find out more with. This had been something new, something odder in her mind.
She looked at 23 who had been silent, waiting for her instruction. It had been nice to see she wasn't alone in this world. She knew he was to wake up and assist her in her endeavors, it had been something as of the second.
It would be a lot nicer to have a friend in this world, a partner who could enjoy life like this.
Still? There was more time on her hands than this, more to hope for, to pray for something more and nicer. She looked at 23 before slowly starting to focus her energy as she had seen on a computer. Slowly but surely, she felt her feet leave the ground as she floated up and into the sky. It'd be a nicer gesture if not for the face.
"We're going to need to find something better out there as of the second." 21 stated before she tapped a finger on the bridge of her nose. "C'mon, the sooner we find a better lab? The sooner we can find out more about what we were made for." 21 added to which 23 could only blink before he nodded and sighed before he slowly and surely followed.
He couldn't exactly do much to follow after her. It was something odd, curious and odd to a degree. It had been something he wished more than anything to find out.
He sighed and slowly followed after her, she was going to keep impressing him even if he didn't entirely know what the hell she was doing. He was honestly scared to know what the hell that was, but he also couldn't back down at the time. he had to draw the line sooner or later.
Still? there was more to do, more to explore and see when it came down to it. He had a lot more interest when it seemed to question. He had a lot more to say and do when it came down to it. there was so much that couldn't be said at the time.
Yet they'd never find anything here when it came down to it. there was a lot more to research, more to find out what to do next. He was a lot more curious as to what she could say and do before then.
Still? more was to be said and done before now. They couldn't afford any type of weakness or mercy on their tests before now. Anything else would simply get in the way, this way was one of the only ways they won without throwing away what little they had left when it came down to it as of the moment, anything else would be far more immaterial.
"You are scared, aren't you?" 21 asked as 23 seemed to wring his hands, curious as to what would happen if she fell apart entirely.
He fidgeted and looked around. He was a lot more scared than he had been in a few seconds. There was a lot more on the line if he couldn't deal with this before when it came to their tactic. There was more to be done, more to fathom and condone, more to question before now.
Then again? She knew that answer. There was doubt in every little measure of his body, every single little microbe of emotion made him cautious, it made him volatile and willing to snap into thousands of pieces if he didn't end this in a better way. It had to be a better way before now. Anything else would be beyond what could be said or done. Beyond what they wished to have done as of the moment. Yes, that'd be something else, and he cherished it all the same.
21 floated around the area, her skin seeming to soak up every little drop of solar radiation around her. She wasn't a machine. Machines didn't feel the warmth on their skin. They didn't doubt what they'd become if given time. it was part of what they were and whom they turned into at the end of the day. that was what seemed to matter to one another… And it'd matter each way. Every way.
This had to be how it all ended. There was a lot more on her mind than now. Anything else was far too little and far too late for her liking. It had to be beyond this at the end of the day. that was the only real damn way this ended properly. It'd need to be this way for it to end the way she wanted it to.
She wouldn't deny that this planet was beyond beautiful and if she had time? She'd comb over the cities… But she had neither the time nor the resources to do much.
"We need to find another lab." 21 stated before she hummed to herself. "Before we run out of food. There should be some emergency supplies down there. All we need to do is bring it up and we're being set to move." 21 ordered while she slowly started to float downwards.
All of this was going to be impossible when it came down to it. He had to be better than he had a question when this was all said and done. She had to question what her friend and her could do before she hummed to tilt her head to the side, questioning what the next thing to do was.
It'd be something horrid if they hadn't managed to find the place where she believed they'd be safe. She knew damn well he or she might not need food, but SOMETHING was clawing inside her stomach like a tick or worm trying to cut its way out. He'd be interesting when it came down to this … But she wouldn't throw him away before all was said and done.
He'd be a lot more as of the time being. She had to protect him if it could be as of the second. Still? there was so damn much she needed to understand before she managed to get something done at the time. She turned toward him while snapping her nails on her side and rubbing at her side. There was so much she could question when it came down to it. The idea that they hadn't even cut the surface of this was… Wonderful. It had been an idea she wanted to research further if she had the chance to do so. This had been something they needed to do at the time.
The idea was so odd and needed to be completed for the time being. It was just an odd idea in the middle of his brain when it was said now. She did know there had to be research done before now as of the time being.
There was a lot more to say and do at the time.
"23, come here for a moment, please?" 21 questioned before she slowly started to frown to question when all was said and done long.
21 watched as he slowly floated down towards him before now. this had been something fun for her. She knew for a fact that this had been something interesting for the time being. whatever little problems had slowly started to ebb and flow away for the time being when it came down to it now for the time when all of this was said and done. She knew more than anything that it was odd to them… What hadn't been as of the time being? This had been something that needed to be handled either way. It would be something that had to be addressed either way.
This had been something that needed to be documented anyway. She had little memories of any other androids who had been like them. 21 had seen SOMETHING resembling another android in the lab. Yet? She didn't at all remember them for the time being when all of the time being. She had been a lot more curious as of the time being when all was set in order. She knew that something had gone wrong when it came to the data before now. She had been a lot more focused on the time being.
She watched as he floated towards her, his arms reached out as she seemed to wish. This day had been a day that had been inside of their mind when all of this was said and done. It was something that had been wanted for the time being.
She took his hands with hers as energy seemed to wash over them. She blinked in confusion. It wasn't exactly as if 21 had expected them to have any similar compatibility.
'He was designed to help me. Perhaps every little part of his upgrades is made for absorbing and passing along energy? Maybe he's also a fighter like me? I'll need to do more testing to see if he's like this more often or now. The more I know about this? The more I can try and design a better upgrade to help him.' 21 thought to herself before she tilted her head at the time.
He cleared his throat and looked at her with interest before now. this had been something fun for the time being when it was decided the time.
Whatever little questions had been coming were replaced with mirth from what had been done. She watched as energy flowed from his hands, energy which had been allowed to flow freely with more time and effort put into it.
There was a lot more she didn't at all understand for now. It had been a lot more interesting topic for now when this was all over with… Whatever came next couldn't be a problem nor could he let it get in the way for now and he knew it. The idea of this plan being a problem had been a small little topic before now.
Still? she had been a bigger problem than she had been before now. She knew more than anything for now. it had been something interesting when all of this was over with for now. It was going to be something odd at now. This had been a lot odder for now when this was done and dusted. It had been something odd for now and he couldn't at all stop him for now. Whatever little thing that had been there before now.
What she had been before now was nothing. It had been a lot more interesting to deal with as of the time being. It had been something odd before she had learned to expect it. It had been something odd for now. She had a lot more to question
She hummed as she tilted her head to the side, curious as of now. What this had been was something tiny and odd for now. the idea had started to come apart for now. It had been a lot more interesting for now and they all seemed to need to stand together at the end of the time being. She had been a lot more focused on the result when all of this had been done and dusted.
It had been a lot odder when all of this was done and dusted for now. it had been something odd yet interesting. She couldn't at all deny the fact that she needed it.
Then again? What had been said and done was interesting as of now. it'd be something odd for now and he knew it for now when this had been a lot more of an odd thing for now and he knew more now as of now. She knew more than anyone just how odd this had been before now.
She gripped his hands as he seemed to question what to do next. It had been something cool.
"Are you sure you're, ok?" 21 questioned 23 as she tilted her head to the side and looked at him before she had been over with this.
She hummed to herself while she decided to question what to do next. She watched as more energy flew from his hands, straight into her as if she had been a living generator. It made her oh so curious as of now. This had been a lot more curious as of now. It had been something odd for now. She had been a lot more interested.
She watched as more energy started to seep out from him. It had been an odd part of life. She could feel the power and control he had over everyone else.
"You're growing stronger with each second." 21 heard from her friend as she turned out to be interesting for now. It had been something weird for anything.
It had been a lot more of a curious part of the plan when this was all decided for now. This had been something weird. She questioned what was happening next. This would be a lot more fun as of now.
"What is going to happen with all that power building up in you?" 23 questioned as he glanced with a lot of interest before now.
He tilted his head before glancing at her for the time being. Whatever before he questioned before now. She had been a lot more focused on the power building in his body before now and she knew it for now. What little had been done before now as of the time being. What she didn't know was just how odd this had been. It had been a long time for now.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter done! I want to point out that next chapter will be delayed for now. Next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will show both 21 and 23 trying to train at the time and more about their bond. Until the 900–6500-word chapter. Lighting Wolf out!
