A/N: I don't own Dragon ball Z
Chapter 4- 18's Confession
"Well explain yourself Android!" Vegeta glared at 18 with anger filling the space around him. Bulma turned to Vegeta and gently elbowed him in the stomach.
"Shut up Vegeta and let her talk!" Vegeta looked away from his pissed off wife. Goku stared at the two for a second then looked at 18, who was trying not to look at him.
"So 18 you were saying" Bulma said to 18 with a gentle smile. 18 smiled at Bulma but the smile quickly faded as 18 began.
"Well the truth is 16, 17 and myself weren't the only androids Dr. Gero created" 18 started
"We all know that!" Vegeta interrupted. "There was 13, 14, 1nd 15, 19, for gods sake he turned himself into an android am I correct or am I bloody stupid?! Maybe I imagined the other androids?!" Vegeta shouted angrily at the slightly pissed android. Vegeta looked at his wife, who was cracking her knuckles, and immediately shut his mouth. 18 cleared her throat and began again.
"That's correct he did make all those androids and even turned himself into one but… he didn't stop at himself…he continued. He created up to 9 more androids" shock and fear appeared on the faces of the z-fighters. 'H-He created up to 9 more androids?!' Goku thought with fear going through his entire body. Gohan looked down to see his brother and his brother's best friend step back in shock. Videl looked at Gohan worryingly 'Gohan…'
"We when he finished 17 and me, Dr. Gero began thinking. He feared that one day we'll one day malfunction and betray him, which we did, so he began to make more, as backups for his plan or to protect himself from us I don't really know, until he stop at 29." Piccolo looked 18 with a glare 'Why the hell didn't she tell us this sooner?!' he subconsciously growled to himself, making everyone look at him questionably. Everyone then turned back to 18, waiting for her to continue.
"I saw him making then with a sinister grin on he's shriveled up face. When he finished creating them all, he wanted to test their, 17, and my self's strength so he made us fight each other until we couldn't lift up our own bodies." 18 gently began to rub her arms, remembering the pain and horror when she fought those crazed monsters. "But Dr. Gero saw them to be too strong so we decided to store them in the Red ribbon army Headquarters for safe keeping. But there was a massive explosion, causing the remaining containers of androids to fly off, so I've heard. Apparently Dr. Gero placed a sensor on each of the androids in case one of us betrayed him. He must have also put the program telling them to kill Goku in their programming too" Vegeta was about to shout once again but Piccolo beat him to it.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!" Piccolo angrily shouted at the shocked android "WHY DID YOU KEEP THIS INFORMATION TO YOURSELF?!!!" Goku firmly put his hand on his hand on Piccolo's shoulder, calming Piccolo down a bit.
18 looked away from Piccolo and said "I have my reasons"
"I have my reasons?!" Vegeta repeated "What the hell kind of answer is that?!" Vegeta was about to walk to 18 but Bulma held him back. Yamcha looked at 18 worryingly 'what was your reason 18'
"Listen, I didn't want to tell you for my own personal reasons that I don't plan on telling any of you in the near future so back off!" 18 shouted at Vegeta. Vegeta, filled with rage, got out of Bulma's grip and quickly walked up to 18
"Listen here you tin can, I'm not letting some rouge toaster tell me what to do!"
"What are you going to do about it then?" 18 challenged "If I'm not mistaken I think the last time we fought I kick your proud Saiyan ass." Vegeta was about to deliver a punch but felt someone firmly hold his fist back. He turned his head slightly to see Goku holding his fist with a serious look in his eyes
"Let me go Kakarot! I'm not going to let some future garbage disposal insult me in such a manner!" Goku only held his fist firmer
"Vegeta I think you need to calm down for a second" Goku firmly said to Vegeta.
"Why should I?! She's the one who didn't tell us that more androids out there to kill you and probably kill all of us in the process and your telling me calm down?!!" Vegeta viciously yelled at Goku.
"She said she had her reasons didn't she so maybe we should just leave it at that" Gohan said from afar. Goku let go of Vegeta's fist, knowing that he's isn't going to do anything anymore. Vegeta growled lowly then walked passed 18 to go back to he's wife. 18 looked around seeing everyone staring at her.
"So is there anything else we need to know?" Dende said softly but still audible for everyone to hear.
18 sign with her eyes closed "The androids that we are facing are, out of all of us androids, the deadliest. The one that Tien and Chiaotzu faced is named Android 26. She's gentle, sweet, and kind that isn't much of the fighting type but… when she is pulled into battle… she becomes a mass killing machine that doesn't care who's in her way" Yamcha looked away 'Android 26 huh…' "She has a brother named Android 27. Unlike her he's cruel, menacing and doesn't care about anyone but himself. Also unlike his sister he loves to fight and kills for the sick fun of it. Their unofficial leader is Android 28. Compared to every android Dr. Gero created she's the strongest and deadliest. She has her good moments but there something about her that…that makes her so evil" 18 paused for a second remembering when 28 went haywire and almost destroyed an entire continent. 18 shook her head and continued "The last android is Android 29. He may seem kind and peace loving but when he feels like it he will kill you without blinking. The main reason why they are the deadliest of all the androids is mainly because of their amazing teamwork. Dr. Gero was so amazed by their teamwork and ability to read each other's moves yet he feared them because of it as well. He mostly feared Android 28, which is also one of the reasons why he sent them to the Red Ribbon Army Headquarters"
"This doesn't make sense" Goten finally spoke. Everyone turned their stares from 18, much to 18 pleasure, to Goten.
"What are you talking about Goten?" Trunks said to he's friend.
"What I mean is that… didn't he create them so why didn't he just redid there programming or something?" Goten asked
"Because he couldn't…" 18 answered making everyone stare at her once again. 'Damn it, their staring at me again.'
"What do mean he couldn't? He created them so he should be able to modify them if he wanted to, right?" Gohan asked 18
"He should but the thing is that… They wouldn't let him. Like 17 and myself they can easily betray Dr. Gero if they wanted to and they almost did" 18 signed "One day Dr. Gero asked them to do something but they said no. When Dr. Gero ordered then again, they still said no. He then tried to deactivate them but… but…"18 stop what she was saying
"18 are you okay?" Videl asked worried about 18
"Y-Yeah…um… let's just say he didn't order them around anymore" 18 faked laughed. She then looked down at the floor. "Besides that I can't tell you anything else"
"So what are we supposed to do just sit here and let them go around possibly killing millions of people?" Yamcha was frustrated that they can't do anything.
"I don't know about you earthlings but I'm going to go down there and beat the rusting iron out of them!" Vegeta cracked his knuckles and was walking to the edge of The Lookout "If any of you want to come then by all means". Gohan, Piccolo, Videl, Yamcha, Goten, and Trunks began to walk to where Vegeta was standing. Goku looked at them walk and signed. He then began to walk to the edge with the rest. 18 slowly followed them but slightly turned her head to Bulma
"Watch Marron for me" She said to Bulma. She then began flying down to the earth with the others following her. 'I'm not going to let them kill millions of people just for their sick thrills… I'll stop them if it's the last thing I'll do!'
A/N: I finally finished it! Personally I don't really care for this chapter but I still had fun writing/ typing it. Thank you for reading
