This one's a little less light-hearted(not that the last one was), but I feel like I did a good job with it.

Locke

We were both jerked awake by the alarm I'd set on my phone. "Please get that," Meadow grumbled, still groggy.

I quickly silenced it and rubbed her head. "I've gotta go work. My shift ends at eleven, then we'll fill up the bike and head out."

"Do you even need to?" she asked, yawning. "I know you took that perv's wallet after you..." She trailed off, seeming to only then remember what I'd done.

"This job's what got us this room," I pointed out. "I want to hold up my end of the bargain." She rolled to the side to let me get up. I kissed her, then went to shower and get dressed, but stopped, suddenly remembering something. "And you should probably hurry and take that pill. It only works for twelve hours after." I smiled awkwardly back at her. "The last thing we need is something else to worry about."

She smiled back, then placed her hand on her stomach. "And what if I want a baby? I'm not the one fighting for my life."

My smile faded. "Y-you're kidding, right? I mean, I'd be terrified about being a teenage dad anyway, but now that I know I'm... not normal, there's no telling what could happen."

She sighed. "Yes, I'm kidding. I'll..." Her eyes closed and she drifted off mid-sentence. I was still concerned, but I had to hurry, so I decided to trust her.

Goten

Trunks and I once again set out to search for Cell and Locke, flying through the air and looking with our ki sense. "Where the hell are you?" I growled.

Trunks looked over at me with concern. "Goten, why does finding these two mean so much to you?" he asked. "Cell was already punished for what he did, and Locke hasn't really done anything wrong." I stayed silent. "Goten, this isn't still about Locke stealing Meadow, is it?" My teeth clenched. "If that's it, then this won't change anything. I played third-wheel with them for a while, so I know what I'm talking about when I say this: you can't win her back. She's in love."

"With a villain," I responded coldly. "He killed Gotenks, before he even knew that we'd survive. How is that not evil?"

"We tried to kill him first," Trunks pointed out. "And that was his first time in that form. We both know how hard it is to control yourself during your first Super Saiyan transformation." His face darkened. "And that huge ki... it increased his power even more than Super Saiyan does for us. He beat Super Saiyan 3 without breaking a sweat. There's no way that could be easy to control."

"What about that Noire Form?" I followed up. "If he was a normal Earthing, or even a Saiyan, it would be impossible. How do we know there's nothing more between him and Cell than two people who just happened to meet and strike a deal?"

"What are you suggesting?"

I shook my head. "It's only a hunch, but what if he's an Android, like Cell?"

"No way," Trunks responded. "We met him before he revived Cell, and he was only as strong as Hercule. It was just a coincidence. Although..." He closed his eyes, thinking. "You bring up a good point, him being an Android of some kind. He said he didn't know who his dad was, and now we have this inhuman spike in power in such a short time. His mom's clearly an Earthling, but there's no way he could be. But we can't count on it until we have concrete evidence."

"In that case..." I stopped and turned in the direction of a familiar mountain range. "Vegeta told you about Dr. Gero, right?"

Locke

We started to approach the edge of the dome, the motorcycle's tank filled to the brim. I stopped and looked at it. "What's the plan this time?" Meadow asked.

I smiled and raised my hand straight up, at the peak of the dome. "People aren't meant to be held like this," I said simply, then fired a small blast. It connected with the shadows, then spread like a wave, quickly reducing them all to dust. All through the town, I could hear cheering, strengthening my smile. "How bad can I be?"

"Hmm?" Meadow asked, then winced slightly, still finding it slightly painful to even sit after the night before.

"Nothing." I started the motorcycle and hurried out of town.

Goten

After finding the new door melted, Trunks quickly got to hacking the computer, and found the file we were looking for.

"You were right," Trunks announced with astonishment. "Locke's an Android, made from data collected on the Saiyans!"

"Told-"

"And so is Meadow's twin brother, apparently. Made from data on Frieza." We both stood in an awkward silence. "I'm assuming that we're not telling her that."

"If she doesn't already know. Now, anything on the shadows?"

He opened another document. "Yeah. They're later models of the same project Locke and George were part of, grown in vats instead of actual wombs. They can be controlled by a supercomputer."

I charged a blast. "So let's waste it!"

Trunks held up his hand to stop me. "Wait, this computer is just for data storage. There must be another one somewhere else. But there's nothing here saying where it is." He stepped back and sighed. "Well, that's all. Everything else is either of no use or the data's corrupted."

"Let's get back on patrol, then."

Locke

"Locke..." Meadow moaned as we sped through the rocky desert. "Make it stop."

I sighed. "How? I'm a fighter, not a healer." She'd been suffering a severe stomach ache since we'd left town almost three hours before. I knew how bad food poisoning could be, so I sympathized with and respected her for putting up with it for so long, but she'd yet to vomit, so I was starting to wonder if it was that simple an illness.

"Oooooh..." She rested her head against my shoulder, holding me so tight I'd probably suffocate if I wasn't superhuman.

I hate seeing her like this, I thought. But what can I do? If it's some bug, then we need medicine, and the next town is... The word "medicine" echoed through my head for a few seconds, slowly turning into "pill". "H-hey, you took that pill in time, right?" She was silent. "Meadow?" I hoped she was just quiet in agony and not searching for an answer.

"Didn't I take it... last night?" My blood ran cold.

I chose my words carefully. "M-Meadow, I still think you probably just had a bad egg or something, but there's one other possibility."

I felt her go rigid. "Wouldn't you be able to sense it?" she asked urgently, her stomach ache seemingly forgotten.

"No," I answered. "It would take about a month for its ki to grow enough for me to sense with my level of proficiency at it, but by then it'll be pretty visible anyway."

"Locke, stop the bike." The urgency in her voice had grown, so I obeyed. Once we were stopped, she threw her helmet off, dropped to her knees, and started to hack, but nothing would come up. She made to beat her stomach, but stopped short, remembering what might be growing inside. "L-Locke," she choked as she turned her head back to me, and I could see the tears forming in her eyes. "I'm scared." I knelt down and hugged her. "I've never felt something like this before. I might be p-p-p... you know. But even if I'm not, this still feels really serious."

A thought popped into my head and I sighed. "I just remembered biology class. You shouldn't get stomach aches this early in. So-"

"But you're not all human," she sobbed. "We don't know anything about Saiyan biology, or Androids. Wh-what if this has something to do with that?"

My fear returned. "I'd need to check Gero's notes," I replied, "but I guess..." I sighed and hugged her tightly. "It'll be okay. Once we get there, I'll have the doc take a look at you. Before Cell, if you want."

She shook her head, catching me by surprise. "I don't want anyone to know... until I'm sure." She heaved a heavy breath and leaned against me. "I-I think it's passing." I would have smiled, but the grave possibilities made it impossible. "When we get to your grandparents town, I want to stop by a pharmacy." I nodded, knowing what she meant. "But, you know, now that it doesn't hurt so much..." She turned her head upward so she could look me in the eyes. "I did say I wanted it, didn't I? I guess it would be karma for that bad joke." The tears returned. "But what'll I tell my parents? They'll be so mad. They'll want me to... back out..."

I put my hand over her mouth to stop her. "Don't worry about this stuff until we know for sure; but we should still be careful," I said. "And if that is what's happening, I want you to promise me something." She looked into my eyes, tears still dripping down her cheeks. "If what's causing this is our baby, I want you to have it. You don't have to raise it, but I don't want my kid to die before they even see the world."

She slowly nodded and pressed her head back into my chest. "I'd never do that... to my baby..."

After a while, her trembling stopped, and she suggested that we get moving. "We're already behind schedule," she pointed out, her voice still a little shaky.

I nodded. "Okay; let's go." We mounted the bike and started moving again.

Because I have a feeling that someone's going to gripe about it: no, this story won't turn into just them worrying about a potential baby. This is a DBZ fic, and I tried my best to keep it that way.

P.S. I'm double-uploading today because this was pretty short. You're welcome, followers/favoriters.