I said the story was coming to a close, but we still do have a few more chapters. This has been so much fun!

Prepare yourselves for a HUGE chapter!

Chapter 7: System Reboot

Immediately after I had taken my fighting stance, Videl took one of her own. I gave her a nod of reassurance before I threatened the machine-man. "We've taken one of you down before. We'll do it again."

He grinned sadistically. "I can't wait to see how this goes then. Can we go outside for this?"

We followed the android to the front lawn of the Satan property. The wind blew a few stray strands of my hair back. I went back to my fighting stance. "Are you happy? Let's fight."

"Eager to die? Bring it on," he taunted back. "Oh wait. I can't kill you! But I can bring you close to your death!"

I smirked. "Funny. The other guy said sone thing very similar."

"Did he? Well, I'm not 'the other guy,' so I wouldn't underestimate the power of this androi-"

He was cut off by a foot to the face from none other than the lovely Videl Satan. I looked at her incredulously, and she shrugged and said, "His smart-talk was getting annoying."

Extremely grumpily, he sat up from where he had fallen over. "That's not fair! I was about to crush you! You can't just- Oompf!" And another kick from the teen girl ended his sentence again. "That's it! It's my turn now!"

He charged in the direction of Videl, who was not expecting such a quick recovery after the last blow. I ran in front of where she stood and intercepted the punch by blocking it with my arm. It was a bit painful, but it was worth it. I could never bring myself to see Videl get beat up again. Again...? I ignored it in order to stay focused.

"Has nobody ever told you to never hit a girl?" I asked him before he could attempt another strike.

He rolled his robotic-looking eyes. "Has nobody ever told you that you're just a scrawny little punk?"

I shrugged. "I wouldn't know. I can't remember anything because my memory got wiped by you guys." Extra loudly, I yelled out, "Thanks Gero! And yes, I do know who you are now!"

The android smirked. "It's about time you figured that one out. Now let's get back to our fight."

I held up a hand to stop him as a question suddenly popped into my mind. "Okay, I know that I was eager to fight earlier, but I was just wondering...how did you even know that I was at the Satans' house?"

"Simple. Someone called it in. It was a brief phone call, but it was all we needed."

Videl and I shared a glance before looking back at the porch. Patrick stood there looking extremely guilty. He must've immediately rushed to the phone before Videl called that Sharpener guy. It didn't surprise me that much though. I had doubted that Patrick trusted me once he found out the whole "criminal" thing, even after Videl tried to say otherwise.

"Never trust a butler..." she muttered, sending one final glare to Patrick. "I'm going to have him fired after this is all over."

After throwing a quick punch to the android's gut, I smiled. "Good." This android was not happy with me, and I did my best to show that I didn't care. "I thought it was time to get back to the fight."

"Stop attacking me when I'm off guard!" he shouted angrily.

"Then stop being off guard!" I taunted in response.

He bore his metal teeth and tried to surprise me with a kick to the legs that would've knocked me down had I not dodged it. He threw a few more punches and I just dodged and blocked them all causally. I was only vaguely aware of my actions. I had no memories of fighting, so I could only rely on my instincts. For now, it seemed to be enough, but I was worried about what would happen if I faced a more challenging foe.

"Videl! Back away!" I shouted as I prepared a ki attack for the android.

He did his best to prepare himself for the impact. At this point, he was doing everything and anything he could to try to male it out of this situation alive. I knew I had won when I saw the fear in his eyes before I had even launched the attack. With a loud shout, I used a large amount of ki and fired a giant blast that would've been extremely difficult to either dodge or block.

After my attack, the only remains of the cruel android were a few pieces of scrap metal here and there. He was blown to bits, and my safety was secured once again. Well, for a little while anyway. It was reasonable to assume that the other androids would be flying in soon. And with a blast like that, I was practically asking for them to find me.

"Videl!" I shouted to the girl in the distance. I told her to move back because of my attack, but I needed her close to me again. "We need to leave this area immediately! Other androids will be coming soon. Your house isn't safe either. We need to just make a run for it as casually as possible, okay?"

She nodded and walked over to me after I spoke. "I still can't believe you can do those things with your energy or whatever it is."

I let out a light laugh as we casually, yet quickly, jogged along the sidewalk. "Neither can I. It's hard to explain, but I guess I've been doing it for so long now, it's become instinctive." I half-wondered how long I had been doing it though. I also worried that my instincts would fail me.

Videl stopped to scan the area ahead of us that we were jogging toward. "I'm not sure where we are going exactly, but I don't think we should continue straight ahead. Does that figure look like an android to you?"

"It looks like there's actually two of them! I don't know if they're androids or not, but I don't want to find out. Let's just turn down that street back over there and hope they don't notice us."

After turning the opposite direction, she nodded and followed me. I turned down a street to the right. Once we were on this new street together, we took a moment to relax. It was hot outside and moving around so much did not help. I wiped some of the sweat off my brow and tried to cool down a little.

With a deep breath out, relieving some of my tension, I turned to face Videl. "At least we're out of those androids' view. Assuming that they were androids. Hopefully they didn't suspect anything of us coming down here."

"Are you kidding me? They never give us a break. My guess is that we're going to have to start running in a few," she said with a scowl.

"Your guess is correct," a young lady with blonde hair said as she dropped down from the sky.

"Or you could try and fight us," a young man with black hair said with a mocking laugh as he dropped down next to the girl. He got a better look at Videl and suddenly stopped laughing. "Wait! You're Videl Satan!"

She seemed surprised that he recognized her, although from what I could tell, she was pretty well known. Maybe it was because the other androids didn't recognize her. "Does that scare you?"

I think she was trying to intimidate him, but he didn't seem very scared. He shared a glance with the blonde woman next to him that I couldn't read, then looked directly at Videl again. "I'm not scared of you at all. I'm just surprised that someone like you would get involved in this mess. I really don't want to hurt your pretty little face."

Videl and I shared an odd look. It was almost as if he was awkwardly flirting with her. She shook it off and stepped forward boldly. "So are you two androids?"

The two began to laugh a little bit, but I didn't know what was so funny. The female gave a small smile after she had stopped her laughter. "Actually, no. We're technically cyborgs."

"Cyborgs?" Videl asked. "What's the difference between a cyborg and an android?"

"Cyborgs are mechanically enhanced humans," I explained. "Androids are completely robotic. So these two were once ordinary humans who have been modified to basically mimic what an android is."

The black-haired guy nodded. "Good job, Gohan. Looks like you have remembered a thing or two!" He laughed cruelly, then looked over at Videl, giving her an odd smile. "In any case, Android 18 and I actually do go by android numbers even though we are technically cyborgs."

"Why?"

Android 18 sighed. "The full reason is pretty ridiculous, but to make a long story very short, Gero is an idiot."

"Plus 'Android 17' and 'Android 18' sound much cooler than 'Cyborg 17' and 'Cyborg 18,'" Android 17, chimed in, waggling his eyebrows at Videl.

"Some people might beg to differ," 18 stated blandly, shaking her head his behavior. "Well, we should take Gohan back to Gero before the rest of the androids find us here. Honestly, the old man's requests are getting a little dull, but I certainly don't want the other androids to get the glory of bringing Gohan back."

"But I thought that you just wanted to bring Gohan back so you could 'get to know him' and-"

She jabbed him in the side and became scarily serious. "Can it! I don't know what you're talking about, but if you're implying what I think you're implying, then you can-"

"I wasn't implying anything!"

"That's what I thought."

"Let's just bring them to Gero now," he said, almost a bit grudgingly. He glanced over at Videl. "Do you think he'll want her too?"

She shrugged and shifted her weight. "Probably. The whole 'she knows too much' deal. Gero will probably just force us to kill her or something."

Android 17's face visibly fell, which I thought was a little strange of a reaction for an android...cyborg. "Kill her...? Can't we just-"

"Are you soft on her, 17?"

"No! Not unless you're soft on Gohan!"

The female android gritted her teeth tightly. "I don't know what gave you that idea because I'm not. Let's stop screwing around, and bring the boy with us before the other idiot androids arrive."

I took a fighting stance. "I'm not going to let you take me or Videl to Gero. You can try all you want, but I'll beat you two just like I did with the other androids. I'm not going down without a fight. I don't know what sort of identity crisis you two are going through right now, but it doesn't make a difference to me."

18 smirked as she tucked a piece of hair behind her ears. "Funny. The boy who can't even remember who he is tries to lecture us about an identity crisis."

"It's true that I don't know exactly who I am," I stated firmly, keeping my guard up. "But I do know that I'm about to put an end to this. For now, that's all that matters."

"Are you sure that's all that matters?" Android 17 asked in response to my words. "What if I told you that you are a cyborg too?"

Suddenly the world stopped moving, and I wondered if I had heard him correctly. "I'm- I'm a cyborg?"

18 looked at me as if she expected me to fall over, which at this point, I was coming pretty close to doing. "I don't know if you actually are one yet, but I do know that Gero was at least planning on transforming you into one of us. Part of that process is erasing your memory, and you're obviously at least at that point. 17 and I have been through it too."

As my world had completely shattered, I didn't realize that I'd also dropped my guard, and the androids saw this as their chance for a grand attack. The female kicked my stomach so hard that I fell to my knees in pain. She bent over and grabbed me by the collar with an angry look on her eyes.

"I really don't want to have to harm you," she said in a low voice, so that only I could hear. "But I have to take you back to Gero. I don't want him to put you through all of the things he put us through, but maybe once it's all over we can-" She cut herself off to shake her head. She refocused herself on attacking me.

Just as she was about to follow through with another attack, Videl jumped in the way and took a knee to the stomach that was probably meant for my head. She dropped down beside me and began to cough. "These two seem are much stronger than the others."

"I know," I hissed through gritted teeth. I had only been attacked because I had dropped my guard earlier out of pure shock. "I think I can beat them if I could only remember my fighting experience, and especially if I hadn't dropped my-"

I was cut off when something hit my forehead. It happened all too fast, so I'm not sure if it was a fist or a foot or a knee or what, but it certainly hurt really bad. But I couldn't stay down on the ground any longer, or else they'd keep attacking me while I was still vulnerable. Blood dripped into my eyes from the gash on my head where I had gotten hit.

In this awful state, I still stood up and Videl mimicked this action. I wiped away the blood quickly and took a breath. "I don't know if you're lying about trying to transform me into and android or cyborg or whatever, but I don't care. Whatever Dr. Gero was trying to do to me obviously didn't succeed because I'm right here right now instead of there with him."

I took a fighting stance as Videl took one of her own, once again. The two android-cyborgs gave each other a nod, as if they were reassuring each other that they needed to attack. Android 17 leapt at me and threw a punch, but I quickly blocked. Videl began to fight with Android 18, but I couldn't pay much attention to how she was doing after 17 threw yet another punch.

Moving swiftly, I caught his punch and tried to kick his legs out from underneath him, but he jumped up to dodge. While his legs were in the air, he quickly readjusted himself so that he placed his feet on my chest and sprung himself off of me, escaping my grip. I stumbled back, but I caught my balance as he landed a flip a few yards away.

We both prepared ourselves to go another round, but I got distracted by the sudden sight of Android 18 jumping in the air and yelling as she charged a giant ki blast. As she hovered above the ground, I ran over to Videl, screaming her name and pushing her out of the way just in time. It was too late for me though. I was crushed by the large energy attack.

I was uncertain if I had blacked out or not because the next thing I knew, a shooting pain filled my right arm and I cried out loudly. Android 17 twisted my arm at an uncomfortable angle, with 18 standing right beside him. Videl rushed over to stop him, but 18 quickly put an end to her efforts as she knocked her down to her knees.

Snap! I screamed loudly at the pain in my arm. 18 pulled her counterpart away from me. "That's enough, 17. Stop messing around and claim our property before we have to deal with the rest of the androids. I'll get the girl, you can get him."

I tried to sit up, and I opened my eyes, which I had apparently shut when 18 spoke earlier. As I slowly began to sit up, I watched Android 18 knock Videl down with a blow that could've been deadly. I hoped with all my heart that the girl was strong enough to take it, and that the androids really were sensible enough to let her live.

Compared to the other crelations of Gero's I had seen, the behavior of these two seemed a little strange. They didn't appear to be too thrilled about having to follow these orders from Gero to begin with. Maybe it was because they were technically cyborgs and not androids? But orders were orders after all. Regardless of whatever feelings they seemed to have, we were still just another task to be checked off of their list.

It was only then that I noticed that 17 wasn't in my sight anymore. Something hit me on the head from behind, and I fell forward as my vision went black.

...

When I woke up, the first thing I noticed was how dim the lighting was. The second thing I noticed was that my broken right arm hurt more than my temples did when I would get those awful headaches. I recalled what had happened with the two android-cyborgs, but I couldn't tell where we were now. I only assumed that we had been taken back to Dr. Gero's lab or something.

Ever-so-slowly I sat up and saw that Videl was as lying on the ground next to where I was. For once, she was the unconscious one. The amount of times I had lost my consiousness lately was ridiculous, and in an odd sort of way, it felt nice for someone else to have passed out too.

I scooted my way over to where she sat and used my left arm to check for a pulse. I remembered how hard she had been hit, and I was worried that I had lost her, but I recognized the soft drum of a heartbeat, which meant that she was still alive.

My eyes were adjusting to the low light, and I got a clearer view of how beaten up my girlfriend was. Well, she isn't my girlfriend, but she's the girl who is my girlfriend in another universe. The whole multiple universe thing was still pretty screwy...

In any case, Videl was in an awful and bloodied state. She had scrapes and wounds all over her visible skin that covered her in a sticky, red mess. I wanted to pick her up and hold her in my arms, but there were two reasons why that was not acceptable. The first was that although she admitted to having feelings for me, it was clear that she didn't want to get romantically involved with a man from another universe, and holding her in my arms would've been too romantic of a gesture. The second reason was simply that one of my arms wasn't even physically able to hold her.

It didn't matter that we weren't from the same universe and that she didn't want to get attached to me; I still cared deeply for her. It didn't matter that I had a broken arm; the other still worked perfectly fine. So with my good arm, I picked up her head and placed it in my lap.

She began to stir and slowly opened her eyes. She looked up at me. "Is that you, Gohan? It's dark. Where are we? What happened to those two android people?"

I pushed a piece of her hair that was sticking to some blood out of her face. "I'm not sure where we are, but I suspect that we're in Gero's territory now. The androids must've taken us here."

She slowly began to sit up and looked at my arm with a horrified look on her face. "That looks awful! Does it hurt?"

I finally did what I was trying so hard not to do and looked at my broken arm. It was awkwardly bent and positioned in a way that was hard to look at. "It's broken. Of course it hurts! But I've been able to suck it up so far."

She buried her face in her hands, and I think she may have started crying. "I'm so sorry, Gohan. I'm so sorry! This is all my fault! You were doing so well and probably could've beat them on your own, but I got involved and I distracted you!"

"That doesn't make it your fault!" I told her. "I was already distracted by the fact that they told me that I'm supposed to be a cyborg. Plus, even though I'm pretty sure I have lots of fighting experience, I hardly know what I'm doing because I've lost all those memories. It would've been hard for me to win against them anyway."

Videl lifted her head slowly, and I saw that a few tears had streaked her face. I did my best to wipe them away and offer my comfort as much as I could. Then out of absoultely nowhere, she moved forward and pressed her lips on mine. At first I was too surprised to even make a move, but eventually I kissed her back. Her lips tasted like blood and tears...which, I'm not going to lie, was kind of gross.

Just as suddenly as she had kissed me, she had pulled away. "I shouldn't have kissed you."

"I don't mind. It distracts me from the pain in my arm," I told her. "The taste of your blood and tears isn't my favorite thing, but I do like kissing you."

She laughed a little and shook her head. "I keep telling myself that I can't get to attached to you because you'll be leaving me soon. But I will admit that I really do like kissing you too. And I really do like you, Gohan. I'm just-"

"You don't need to explain," I told her. "I understand. All this mushy gushy stuff is great and all, but we can wait later for that. Right now, we need to figure out what to do." Now it felt like I was the one who was being cold, but we needed to focus on the task at hand.

I scanned the room that we were in clearly for the first time. We were contained in a small box with clear walls. Nothing was around us, on the inside and outside of the box. We shared a glance filled with all sorts of uncertainty. The metallic, magnetic bracelet weighed heavily on my pocket, and I began to form a newer and even better theory than the other one that I was going to test.

"Shall I test my next theory about the bracelet?" I asked her. I searched my pockets for the bracelet. I pulled out the three small beans and my ID as I reached for the magnetic bracelet.

"At least they didn't search your pockets," she commented.

I nodded in agreement. "So in my memory-dream, the lady with blue hair told me that her father helped Gero create a device that erased people's memories, right? And this bracelet is somehow supposed to make everything work out even if my memories are erased. I think that it's supposed to be some sort of tool to help me remember things again.

"My original theory was going to be to put in on and try to remember stuff, and although it seemed closer to home, it still didn't seem to be exactly right. After the androids said the things about me being a cyborg and getting my memory erased, I just came up with a new idea that might seem a little ridiculous, but if I'm right, it'll work."

I managed to transfer the bracelet from inside the palm of my left hand to around my wrist. I was practically praying at this point that this would actually do the trick. I needed to remember now, in this desperate state that I was in, more than anything else.

"If my suspicions are correct, the device that that woman's father and Dr. Gero created to erase people's memories is actually inside my head," I said, feeling a familiar throb in my temples. "Every time I try to remember something, I can't because of the device blocking these 'erased' memories. But they're still there, which is why I can sometimes access them. It just hurts my temples, which I'll bet is where the device is located."

I raised my arm with the bracelet. "I'm betting that this magnet will interfere with the signals from the device in my brain. I'll just hold the bracelet up to my head and hope that it doesn't do any damage. Depending on how much of a cyborg I am already, this could be pretty harmful."

"Do you think this is something that can kill you?" she asked with worry.

It wasn't easy for me to say. "Yes, but that's a risk I'm going to have to take. This idea might be a dud just like the others, but my gut is telling me that it's not."

I slowly brought the bracelet close to my left temple. "Here goes nothing."

The closer I moved it, the more of an attraction I began to feel. There was definitely something in my head that was pulling in the magnet. Thankfully, nothing was ripped out right through my flesh, and the magnet successfully made contact with the strange memory-eraser in my brain. I closed my eyes as everything got very hot and painful.

An image. It was the face of my father. It went by so quickly, I almost wasn't sure how I knew it was him, but I could suddenly remember. He was the strongest and most skilled fighter alive. Everyone would call him Goku, but to me he was just Dad.

Another image. This time it was my mother. She was a beautiful, strong, and independent woman. Her stubbornness often caused her to win any argument that I would have with her. Although she may have been a bit harsh at some points, I knew that she loved me and I loved her.

A third image flashed in my mind. This one was of my father again. He was lying on the ground and was wounded. A man with spiky and really long hair was there too. This was not just an image though, this was a memory. Anger and fear exploded from within me, and I attacked the man with the long hair.

The memory quickly changed. I was with a green man. Piccolo. My dad wasn't here anymore. Another shift. Two men in strange suits, one short one tall. The more and more I regained these memories, the quicker the transitions came. A distant planet. The two androids from earlier. A green creature that I defeated with the help of everyone around me. A pink monster.

I had everything! I had all of my memories! They had all flooded to me quickly, but I now knew everything up to this point, including how I got involved in this mess to begin with.

It was a sunny day outside, and I was enjoying the Vitamin D on the Capsule Corp property while Bulma made some adjustments to one of their hover-cars. I had only planned on dropping Goten off to play with Trunks and quickly say hello to the Brief family, but somehow I had gotten caught up in a scientific discussion with Bulma. She was impressed with my knowledge, which led to talk about schooling, which then led into an embarrassing conversation about my future with Videl.

While we were discussing my girlfriend, someone strange also stopped by to make an unexpected visit. "What do you know? I thought I was going to have to ask the Brief family for information about your location, but you are right here in their front yard! How convinient!"

Bulma quickly crawled out from underneath the hover-car. "Dr. Gero!"

"In person," he said, giving a wrinkly smile. A small metallic object in his hand reflected the sunlight.

"You're supposed to be dead!" I exclaimed.

He laughed. "That's true for this universe, but I come from an alternate timeline where I am clearly very much alive."

I had experience with multiple timelines between the androids and Trunks, so I knew that this was definitely very much possible. "What do you want with me?"

"I need to borrow you for a short little while," he said. Something told me it was not indeed going to be a short little while. "Something went wrong with one of my projects, and I'm afraid that you're the only one who can fix it."

"I would never help someone like you," I spat at him.

His wrinkly face contorted a bit, and he gripped the object he was holding tightly. "Fine. I suspected you wouldn't. But all I'm asking is that you follow me back to my universe to help me with this one litle thing...or else I will release an army of androids upon this entire world."

I looked over at Bulma, who didn't seen to believe him. "I don't buy it, Gohan. This guy is probably bluffing about the androids. He's trying to scare you into complying to his wishes, but you don't have to."

"You don't believe me?" he asked, beginning to laugh. "I guess I'll dispatch the army and then see what you believe!"

I didn't want to find out if the man was bluffing, but I didn't want to help him either. "Can you give me some time to consider it?"

Gero seemed a little surprised at my response as well as Bulma. The older man's shock turned into a smile. "Of course. I'll give you exactly 24 hours to make up your mind. After that time, I will return to this spot and you will tell me whether you want to help me with a project, or you will feel the wrath of my androids."

He flew away into and through a strange portal in the sky. Once he was gone, the portal closed and Bulma exploded. "What are you thinking?! He's an evil man! You can't just consider his offer!"

"I'm not actually considering it," I reassured her. "I think I am going to go, but I'll put a stop to whatever he's up to. It shouldn't be that hard. I just needed a bit of time to prepare."

She didn't seem to be very happy with my choice. "Gohan, you're going to have to be careful. I know you want to put an end to his evil plans, but you can't let him get a hold of you. I think I have an idea of why he wants you and you alone."

"Why?"

"I think he's going to try to turn you into a cyborg for some reason."

"How do you know this for sure?"

"There was a small device in Dr. Gero's hand that I recognized. In order to turn someone into a cyborg, you have to erase their memory. The device that he was holding is what you have to put into someone's brain to start the process. That's why I think that he's trying to transform you."

"Maybe it was for someone else," I said, throwing my ideas out there as well. The thought of me being an android made me sick.

Bulma sighed and grabbed a wrench before returning to her business under the hover-car that she had been doing before Dr. Gero arrived. "Maybe it was. We won't know for sure until it's too late. If you really want to go through with this, I have a different device that will counteract with the memory-eraser if the worst-case scenario does happen."

"What is it?" I asked eagerly. If it would allow me to stop Gero and keep my memories, I was in.

"It's a bracelet," she told me. "It can replace your Saiyaman watch for now. Once the device in your brain is installed, it will take sometime before all your memories are completely erased. If he does install the memory-eraser, you need to immediately hold this magnetic bracelet up to your head to undo Gero's work. It's still pretty risky though, so do your best to not let him place the device in your brain in the first place."

"Don't worry," I said firmly. "I won't let him get a hold of me. But I do have one question. How do you know so much about this device to begin with?"

"The bracelet? I designed it myself to undo anything that went wrong with the memory-eraser."

I shook my head, but realized that Bulma couldn't see me because she was under the hover-car. "No. I mean Gero's memory erasing device. How do you know so much about that?"

"Assuming that it's the same device that it is in this timeline..." She stopped what she was doing and slid out from under the car. She stood up and looked me dead in the eyes. Bulma's face was filled with seriousness as she took a deep breath in and a deep breath out. "It's because my dad helped him design it."

That scene from my memory was over. That scene was what had led into my memory-dream from last night...or whenever that was. And the one from last night led into my first memory dream that I had since my memory had been erased. Everything connected, and I understood what was going on.

I looked over at Videl who was staking at me strangely. "Gohan? Are you okay? You blanked out for a second."

"A second?" I asked.

She rolled her eyes. "I said a second, but it was more than that. Maybe a minute. It was kind of weird. One moment you were right here with me and then you put that bracelet on your head. You closed your eyes for a few seconds, but then you opened them again. That's when I got really worried. It was like you weren't even here. You just stared at nothing and didn't even seem to be aware of what was going on around you."

I tried to reassure her with a smile. "It's okay, Videl. I remember! I remember everything! It worked!"

Her eyes widened and she nodded excitedly. "That's great! Since we don't really have anything better to do, you may as well fill me in on what's going on."

And so I did. I told her everything that I had just witnessed in my flashback. But I didn't just stop there. I kept going on to tell her what had happened after everything that had taken place in my flashback too. I told her what happened when I followed Gero through the portal to this alternate universe...

...

(Do I even need to say? Somewhere else in a dark room.)

"My favorite two little androids. I'll admit that lately you guys have been slacking off, but I'm pleased with your success today. You two seem to be the only two beings competent enough to handle such a simple task."

"18 seems to think that you aren't comp-"

"Shut up. We did what Dr. Gero asked of us."

"Correct. The two of you were successful in bringing me the boy. And you brought back the girl too! How considerate!"

"Sir, we were only doing our best to...please you. But I do have one question, doctor."

"What is it, 18?"

"What are your plans for both of then now that they are in your possession?"

"Simple. We pick up where we left off on Gohan. I have a team of people setting up the labs again while the two troublemakers themselves sit in a containment cell. We'll return to our operations on the boy soon, and as for the girl...hmm... She can be disposed of."

What a chapter! Who's ready for the next one? Things are getting pretty intense now! I also added my own little (semi-awkward) twist to the 17 and 18 of this universe too lol. ;) Man, I love those two so much.

-TOW