Cyborg Gothic

Part 3

Much to Eighteen's ire, Seventeen had decided to steal a pink delivery van. Clearly he was insane, but at least now we were on the move. In fact we were currently cruising down the highway at what I considered to be a slow speed. However since we could all fly faster than sound driving at any speed was rather pointless.

Our lack of speed meant that we were now battling our most fearsome foe ever: Boredom. Sixteen refused to speak to anyone unless he had something meaningful to say, which he didn't right now, and as Seventeen was driving, which left Eighteen with only me talk to. However I was busy reviewing information, and thinking about my new life.

I had a computer inside my head, and while it wasn't part of my brain it was connected to it so when I desired information it would give it to me. I was learning a lot about this world, but mostly that just led to me not understanding how any of it worked

Another thing I was thinking about was Vegeta. Right from the start the Saiyan prince simply refused to leave me in peace, and to be fair I wanted to kill him too, but only because he hated me for some reason. Something about that guy made me want to rip his head off.

Sadly the remaining fighters had prevented that from happening, and while they were naught but powerless children when compared to us they'd been able to stop me form killing the prince.

Not that they been able to do much else as we'd beaten them all in short ordered. Only the bald-headed one had been left unharmed because he'd just stood there and done nothing. Goku's friends seemed to spend quite a lot of time just standing around while other people did things.

Now were off in search of what Seventeen called 'fun'. And by fun, that meant finding and killing Goku. Well, we'd get around to it, we weren't in any rush and we did need new outfits.

"So" Eighteen said as she began sidling over to me "You like being called Gothic, right?"

I hadn't picked the name, but it was better than being called 21 or X, those were stupid names.

"Yeah" was my simple reply.

My response wasn't enough for her so she pushed herself a little closer and she angled herself in such a way that I was able to check out her assets, they weren't that big but they looked be a decent handful at least and I was still anatomical correct so she if she carried on doing things then she would get a noticeable reaction.

Her twin brother also noticed this and decided to comment.

"Yo sis" he said while keeping his eyes on the road "If your going to do stuff like that wait until I'm not around, alright".

Oddly sixteen decided to chime in at this point.

"Android Seventeen was programmed to find Android 21 attractive" he informed us "I do not know why".

I wanted to know why he knew that at all.

"So Gero was playing matchmaker" Seventeen said "I beat the old perv wanted to watch you two get it on".

If this was true then it made me extra that glad I killed him.

"Well its not like I have a lot of options" pointed out 18 "I know three guys who can keep up with me, and one of them is my brother. As for the other. I'm not sure even if notices that I'm a woman. So yeah I'm not exactly spoilt for choice".

She was very well handling the fact that she was programmed to think I was sexy. Then again compared to being turned into a cyborg I figured that it wasn't really a big deal.

"Do you...remember anything?" 18 then asked "About your life before?"

I honestly couldn't care less about my life before now, as I was far more interested in figuring out what I was going to with my present, but 18 was eager to learn more about me because if nothing else she really didn't have anything better to do. So I took a moment to organise my thoughts.

"Are you going to talk to me?" she asked before I could start chatting " or do I have to kiss you?"

Somehow she made that sound like a threat

"Having fun back there, Gothic?" Seventeen inquired.

I got the feeling that he knew exactly what Eighteen was thinking, and that he was amused.

"Oh shut up" I ordered.

Seventeen did as he was told, but only because his sister was glaring daggers at him.

"I don't think we should starting making out just because some mad scientist decided to make you find me attractive" I said to 18.

Although Gero couldn't have programmed Eighteen that way. He was too consumed by revenge to care about such things, so his partner must have done it. The blonde haired cyborg however did care about such things. She kissed me, and not gently.

"Will you please stop doing that?" I requested "I am trying to think".

That made her smile.

"What don't you like kissing girls?" she asked.

My answer could have been better thought out.

"Of course I do!" I said, wanting to make it clear I was heterosexual "But I barely know you, and we have...".

More kissing followed. Thankfully it didn't last too long.

"Your hesitation is understandable, twenty-one" Sixteen said suddenly. "You were activated before your programming was completed".

That I wanted to hear about.

"What do you mean big guy?" asked Seventeen from the driver's seat.

Before Sixteen could reply Eighteen also spoke.

"Did you say something, Sixteen?" she inquired "I wasn't paying attention".

Clearly she had decided to devote this time to do something with her mouth that didn't involve talking.

"Android Twenty-one was brought online before his programming was completed " the giant robot explained to the driver "This is why he does not return Eighteen's affection".

Now I wanted to go back in time and kill Gero again. Sadly no one I knew had a time machine, and I was just going to find one lying around.

"So how do we fix that?" Eighteen asked.

I seemed fine to me. I did not want to change any further.

"He is not yet complete" the true android said "But he will grow in time".

I figured I had some sort of machine inside me that allowed me to grow stronger by copying other people. Maybe there was more to it.

"What does that mean?" 18 asked next.

I too wanted more information.

"Dr. Gero intended Android 21 to kill Son Goku by learning all his attacks" Sixteen told us "Not by battling him directly but having Android 21 observe other battles so he could learn from them".

Which explained why I could do the whole red aura super power thing. It must be my machine side's way of trying to mimic that golden aura thing.

"Well there is no need to worry about that" I said to the group "I'm perfectly capable of kicking ass as I am".

Plus I now had a cool new sword, and I wanted to stab someone with it. Like Vegeta.

"Hold on which way is Goku?" Eighteen then wondered.

Seventeen raised his shoulders in a helpless shrug. Which was kinda worrying as he was the driver.

"Your guess is as good as mine" he replied.

I didn't even know where on Earth we were.

"North" Sixteen told us.

I didn't have a clue how he knew that, and I didn't bother asking as I figured that he would not answer.

"If you say so" said Seventeen "North it is".

We didn't get very far as the police wanted us to pull over.

(Line Break)

After the hover car parked behind the van, two people who I guessed were police officers stepped out of their flying cruiser and walked towards us. 16 lingered behind because as ever he didn't seem to care.

"Ugh" 18 groaned "I can't believe you pulled over".

Well it was what you were suppose to do.

"No, no, shut up; this is going to be great" 17 whispered.

While I could shoot energy blasts I was very tempted to steal some guns. I seemed to have developed some sort of fetish for weapons. I so wanted to get a home somewhere and then install an armoury.

"This vehicle has been reported as stolen" one of the officers told us

Since I'd helped to steal it I knew this to be true, and when Seventeeen admitted our crime the cops cuffed each of us

"You are all under arrest for breaking the law!"

I was pretty sure that he was suppose to read us our rites, and that he wasn't suppose to arrest people who hadn't broken the law.

"Sir I have checked the vehicle and I have identified another male!" The other cop reported before addressing Sixteen "Please exit the vehicle".

As 16 steps out of the van the junior officer had to make a comment.

"He's big fella!".

The android didn't even react to that fact that the rest of us were now wearing handcuffs.

"You cannot sit in the back" 16 declared in flat tone of voice "That is where twenty-one and I sit".

I didn't mind him calling me Android 21 as he was a machine and therefore he was more limited in his speech.

"Just cuff him!" the older cop ordered.

The younger cop immediately followed that ordered and he arrested android 16, but much to his surprise, the cuffs easily break apart as a result of big bot's tremendous strength.

"Um sir, do we have any bigger… and much stronger cuffs?" the junior officer asked his superior.

Even the kind of chains that were attached to the anchor of a ship couldn't have held us.

"Yeah, they're in the car!" the older officer said.

That was when both the law enforcer got an even bigger surprise, their car was suddenly, and rather easily, lifted by a smirking android 18, who went on to flung it against the nearest rock formation. Which of course destroyed their transportation.

"Alright, I take it back" the blonde said "That was fun".

That was when Seventeen and I broke our cuffs, and the two cops did they only smart they could. They ran away.

"Not for me it wasn't" I complained "I wanted to get some guns".

I had no idea if you could just buy the things in a store in this world. But at least it was something to look into.

"You got to beat up that Vegeta guy, twice" was Eighteen's response "Wasn't that enough fun for you?"

It had been enjoyable. At least at the start.

"Yeah, you're right it was" I said "He made all kinds of funny noises".

Plus the guy had been a bully, and it had felt so good not only to be able to stand up to his type, but also to make him the victim.

"You know, we never got to finish our make out session" Eighteen then reminded me "Want to keep going".

As we got back into the truck and I pondered the mortality of her offer. Since 18 was programmed to find me attractive then it would be wrong to take advantage of her as she didn't control her feelings. On the other hand it wasn't as if she could ever stop following her programming, at least not without some major help. Also I did like kissing girls.

"What the hell I'm not a robot" I said.

I was about to start making out with Eighteen when Sixteen spoke.

"Correct" he said "You are not a robot. You are a cyborg".

I sighed.

"Maybe we should wait until were alone" I suggested to the blonde.

Given that her brother was in the van, and the fact that sixteen was staring at us this seemed wise.

(Line Break)

After a long and somewhat interesting journey, at least at times, we had finally reached a clothes store. One that thankfully sold clothes for men and women. Much to the relief of 18, as her clothes were falling apart. Not that I had minded.

The good news was, that I got to see her in a few outfits that showed off a little to much skin. The bad news was that a woman was shopping so every second felt like hours. She was spending so much time trying and failing to find the right outfit to wear.

In the end Seventeen and I decided to sit down while 18 was trying out an outfit she'd found that might met her high standards. I looked at the clock and was surprised that only half an hour had passed, and that included the time I'd done my shopping.

I was now in all black, and I even had a cool new jacket. What was even better than that was the fact that I hadn't paid for any of it. The people who had been staffing the shop had run for the hills.

"You know what I always wanted to do?" said Seventeen after a while "Be a Park Ranger".

I wasn't the outdoors type, but I could see the appeal for someone who liked trees and such.

"What's stopping you?" I asked "Once we kill that Goku guy you can do whatever you want".

Granted there were a few people out there who could at least get in our way, but really they were no threat.

"Nothing I guess" replied Seventeen before asking me something "What about you. What are you going to do with your life now that your not stuck inside some pod".

That was a good question.

"I don't know" was my honest reply.

The problem with being able to do anything was that you had to many options. It was hard to pick just one thing.

"I will become Emperor of the Earth" I joked.

Although now that I'd said it the idea wasn't as laughable as it might sound. I could destroy entire cities if I wished to, so it would be a simple matter to demand that the nations of this world to surrender to me or to be destroyed one city at a time.

"This is the only outfit in this store that I like" 18 said when she finally got out of the dressing room "At least it's something I can fight in"

She looked cute, and if she'd asked my opinion I would have admitted it. Granted the outfit made her look like she was off to the rodeo, but she was able to pull it off.

"Whatever you say 18" replied 17 "Let's just get out of here and do something else. Us guys aren't big fans of shopping".

18 cocked an eyebrow at us.

"What makes you think that I forgot about your clothes?" she asked "You two need fashion help".

Since I'd already changed I was now badly hoping for something to come along and draw the blonde's attention away from my style of dress.

That was when a nearby wall collapsed, and it wasn't until the dust started to settle that I found that we under attack by what I guessed to be a SWAT team of some sort. They had blown there way in here, and now they had a bunch of guns pointed at us.

"So someone did call the police" I realised.

That or the cops we'd met earlier had called for a lot of backup.

"Hey 18, 21" 17 said "do you mind if I take this guys?"

Given that I'd gotten to fight the prince of bugger all this was fine with me so I nodded at him.

"Knock yourself out." 18 answered "I just got this new outfit I don't want I filled with bullet holes. We'll be outside with Sixteen".

Neither did I want my new clothes to get ruined so I sped away, and I missed seeing what 17 did to the armed police officers, however judging by the screams it wasn't something pleasant.