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Chapter 27 - It's Time...
Goten was frozen, as was Android 28 and 29. They had just been informed on the situation they were now facing...and of the lose of Android 26 and 27. Memories began flashing in Goten's mind of the two Androids...of their times together. The memory of 26's smile and 27's scowl, the sound of their voices echoed through his mind. How...How could this have happened? How could...How could they be taken from him. Anger started to fill his heart, his blood boiled with rage. He wanted to go and seek vengeance for what Fortissimo has done. The blood of his friends...no...his family was now on Fortissimo's hands and there was no way that he was going to be able to clean it off.
"26 and 27..." 28 said in disbelief. "No..." 28 stood up, her body shaking with rage. "NO!" She shouted as she slammed her fist onto the wall beside her, leaving a cloud of dust and debris in the process. Goten watched 29 walk over and tried to calm her down, and in a way try to calm himself down, with tears threatening to fall from his eyes. 'I have to be strong...' He told himself again and again, hoping that those words would eventually numb the stinging of his eyes. He looked up at the others to see them trying to avoid his gaze. Why...this wasn't supposed to be like this? This wasn't supposed to...they were supposed to...he found his eye sight falling to Yamcha and sympathy quickly started to enter his heart. He could only imagine what Yamcha was going through. Sure he was only a kid so something as deep as what Yamcha and Android 26 felt towards each other is a foreign feeling to him but he assumed it must be a lot more painful than what he was feeling.
"Hey watch it you little brat." He growled at Goten. Goten got himself up and bowed apologetically
"I'm sorry." Goten said to the angry man in front of him.
"Oh don't be so mean it wasn't he's fault" Someone gently said. Goten looked up slowly to see a beautiful girl with pink hair. Goten began blushing lightly
"N-No I should have look where I was going, I'm sorry." She sat down on her knees to Goten's level.
"Oh don't worry about him, He's just grumpy that's all." She smiled "We've been looking for someone for a very long time and he's just a bit tired."
"Hey don't talk like I'm not here!" He yelled at her but she just smiled at him, Goten started laughing softly, which caused the angry man to turn to the small child.
"Hey you little brat, what the hell are you laughing at?"
He remembered seeing them for the first time...never realizing that such a meeting would change his life in such a large way. His heart was shattered as his soul was slowly but surely aching at the thought that he would never see them again. Suddenly a thought came to him, a thought that should have popped into his head as soon as he had left the chambers. "How's Dad?!" He had almost forgotten that his father was also badly injured from the attack.
Chi-Chi sighed. "He's...okay...Thankfully the Senzu Beans saved his life but..."
"He won't be waking up anytime soon." Piccolo finished. 'Which truly means that Goten might be our only hope after all...' He thought. Goten felt relief replace the aching in his heart, at least for a moment.
"So where is Fortissimo now?" Goten asked, wanting to quickly finish Fortissimo once and for all. However his question received no answer, only receiving silence as a response.
"We've tried to sense his energy but..." Krillin crossed his arms. "For some reason it just disappeared."
"We felt his power level skyrocket yesterday, which I can only assume was caused by finally absorbing Android 27, but it vanished right after that."
"That's weird..." Goten muttered. How could such a power level, at least from what they are telling him, just disappear? Finding him is going to be a lot harder that's all Goten knows for sure.
"But Goten you're probably tired, maybe you should rest." Chi-Chi offered. She could tell he needed time to soak in the information that had just given him.
Goten wanted to protest but thinking about it more, he really needed to think and maybe resting was a wise choice. "Yea...I'm gonna go...do that..." He said as he got up and began to walk away. 28 watched him leave and knew deep down in his soul he was torn. Her eyes glanced over the Z fighters with a deep feeling of regret in her heart. This shouldn't be happening...They shouldn't have been created.
"I'm sorry ya'll..." Her voice was soft, surprising everyone, and held a deep feeling of regret. "I know that...I know that this is all our fault..."
"28..." 18 muttered.
"I don't want to put anymore of ya'll in danger no more so now..." she fully turned to face them. "...I think that maybe ya'll shouldn't be involved anymore than ya'll are now." She was tired of being the cause of destruction, tired of being the cause of mayhem. Sure at first she lived off the high of power. She was filled with joy at the fear in the eyes of her opponents but now...she couldn't do it. Seeing everyone around her and finally seeing the consequences of her and the other Androids' actions, she now knew that enough was enough. She had to protect them...
"Well that has to be the dumbest thing I ever heard from your mouth Android." Vegeta spoke as he leaned on the wall. "You honestly think that we've made it this far to just jump out now?" This shock both of the Androids, especially since it was coming from Vegeta of all people.
"He's got a point." Piccolo agreed. "Whether you like it or not, this isn't just your problem now." 28 stared at him in awe. "Our comrades were injured because of this threat, Goku was almost killed because of him."
"Fortissimo made it personal..." Gohan muttered. "And besides if my brother is gonna put his life on the line for you and your siblings then so am I."
"What were trying to say 28 is that this we're not going anywhere." Videl smiled. 28 and 29 looked around the room and felt strange, as if a deep memory was being held back from them. For a moment familiar faces flashed in front of them, faces that she had never seen before. For a moment...a tear wanted to fall from her eyes. Neither of them knew where such memories had come from, or whether they were real or not, but for some reason it brought this aching feeling in their hearts.
"Thanks ya'll..." She cleared her throat. "But now we gotta find this fool and take his ass down!" She pounded her hand. "We gotta find some way to-."
"Guys!" They all turned to see Goten running inside with panic in his eyes. "Some bad is happening right now!" He motioned for everyone to follow him quickly. They all wondered what could possibly have the smaller half-Saiyan act to strange until though a name quickly flashed into their minds causing them to quicken their pace. They continued to follow him until they had finally reached one of the vacant rooms that Goten and Trunks stayed in. All eyes motioned to the small television screen and fear quickly overflowed the warriors' faces.
A gruesome creature with two black horns and blood red eyes appeared on the screen. His body, or armor, was a deep blue with black stripes on his arms and legs. His wings were much larger and appeared more bat like than anything else while his claws, drench in blood, were long and black like coal. Goten couldn't move, his body frozen in fear. 'What the hell is he...?!'
"Hello my dear audience..." His voice was deep and sinister, able to pierce fear into the hearts of even the strongest of warriors. "I do hope that you find my new form to your...liking."
"H-How...?" 18 asked. "H-How the hell did you find us?!"
"Find you?" He snickered. "Oh dear you were never hidden. I could smell your fear from a mile away." 18 narrowed her eyes. "But this isn't about that...This is about achieving my goal..." His eyes flickered to 28 and 29. "My you two really tried running away, I must say I'm impressed." 28 bit her lip. "But Unfortunately like a cat chasing their prey...I'll eventually get you."
"You bastard..." 29 growled.
"Such name calling isn't going to solve anything brother." His voice grew deeper, the silky smoothness making it only more menacing. "You and sister will eventually be mine and I will eventually gain my true perfection, it's only a matter of time." He chuckled evilly.
"We dealt with a guy like you and we're gonna take you out just like we took him out." Just staring at him made Yamcha's blood boil with rage. 'I swear you're going to pay for taking 26 away from me.'
"Oh?" Fortissimo asked in mild amusement. "And what, may I ask, are you going to do? Do you honestly think a weakling like you could ever measure up to me?" Yamcha knew that his words held truth but...even if he wasn't going to be the one to do it, just seeing Fortissimo's death would be enough for him. "But enough talk...It's quick time that I finally take back the power that you have rudely been keeping away from me." He snickered. "Enjoy the sweet air of freedom my dear brethren, because soon it would be last thing you will ever have again." The screen quickly went to static.
"He knows where we are..." Piccolo muttered. "I don't know how but..."
"It doesn't matter." 17 interrupted. "What matters is that we stay prepared for whatever tricks he's gonna pull."
"We have to stand guard and make sure he doesn't get his hands on 28 and 29." Tien spoke. "If he gets a hold of even one of them..."
"You can kiss this planet goodbye." Vegeta jumped in. "Bulma I need you and the children to leave immediately!" Usually Bulma would protest but she knew that this was going to get ugly and that their first priority was that children. Vegeta watched his wife leave before letting out a sigh. "We have to be prepared for anything now, he could be here at any moment." They knew that wasting time was completely out of question and quickly rushed to prepare themselves for whatever might come there way. Goten watched the others scatter off with a deep feeling building in his chest. Soon...Soon he was about to seek revenge for everyone that has fallen to the hands of this monster.
New Androids
The air was thick, as it usually was when a deep tension was in the air. The feeling before a battle was never comfortable...the inevitable waiting for your opponents attack, the increasing of your heart rate, the tightness of your lungs...this was a feeling each of the Z fighters knew all too well, and sometimes welcomed. But this was no welcoming party at the moment, this was an army ready for war. Bulma watched on as the others prepared for battle with a worried expression. To think that her life had become this just from meeting a boy in the mountains...
"Do you have everything prepared." She turned to face her husband, clad in his Saiyan armor he insist on wearing in every match.
"Yea..." She muttered absent minded. If her 16 yr old self were to see her now...she wouldn't be able to believe that this would be her life. Constant battles, wars, death...this was what she had become used to. Don't get her wrong, the adventures she had experienced and have yet to experience are worth everything but...she just wished it wasn't always followed by violence...and death.
Vegeta glanced at his wife, knowing that something was on her mind, but knew that time was not on their side. "Bulma, it's time that you and the others leave." She nodded slowly. Vegeta sighed, knowing he had to comfort her in some way, before placing his hands on top of her shoulders. "I...don't want you getting hurt..." He muttered. Bulma stared up at him with a blush on her face, never used to these moments of vulnerability that happen ever so rarely. She gave him a smile before placing a small kiss on his cheeks.
"Don't die on me." She giggled. "Okay kids lets go!" She motioned for Marron and Bulla to follow her.
"Tien." Piccolo called. "Go with them and make sure they get out of here alive." Tien nodded, not willing to argue with the Namekian, and ran over to walk beside Bulma. He glanced over at Android 28 and 29 before facing the front again. Though he still holds a large grudge on what they had done to him, he knew that they were probably their only hope of survival.
The sound of an engine running and the blowing of the wind where the only sounds within the area. No one dared to speak, in fear that would summon Fortissimo's presence. They all kept a close eye on the aircraft as it propelled into the air before racing off towards safety. Vegeta couldn't help but feel a sensation of relief at the fact that his wife and children, excluding Trunks who insisted on staying, are now out of harms way. Now that Goku was down, he knew that he had to put all of his all into this. He was the Prince of all Saiyans and he was not about to allow some science project take him out.
"So..." Krillin finally broke the silence. "When do you think he's coming?"
"I don't know, but its better we prepare ourselves now than to be caught off guard." 18 responded. "Knowing that he can hide his power level so easily...how can we know?"
"Well whether we know or not isn't important." Vegeta tightened his fist. "What matters is that we're prepared for whatever punches he's going to throw at us."
"Oh I don't think you have to worry about that." Everyone quickly turned to face the owner to such a menacing voice, only to have fear strike their very core. "Oh no go on...tell me more about being prepared for my arrival."No one could move nor speak, his aura was too dark. It was almost as if his mere presence brought you to a state of panic and numbness...
Suddenly images of 26 and 27 flashed into Goten's mind, replacing the paralyzing fear he once had with hot red anger. "FORTISSIMO!" He roared before charging at him.
A/N: Hope you liked!