Android 20 stared at me fearfully, but that soon changed when everyone started hearing a familiar voice that was chanting a single word over and over, growing louder by the second.
"...MineminemineminemineMINEMINEMINEMINEMINE!" shouted Vegeta as he flew closer to us. He landed and finished, "Mine."
"Hey, Vegeta!" called Goku.
"Shut up, Kakarrot!" Vegeta was being arrogant as usual. "Now, kid, let me get this one!" he told me.
"Enjoy dying," I sighed as I reverted to my base form and joined the others.
"Let's not tell him about the Androids' powers," I whispered to the others.
"If Frieza is considered alive, then this Android is going to be vaporized," responded Vegeta. "I can handle this myself."
"Could we get on with your death now, Vegeta?" Android 20 complained impatiently.
"Oh, I'm sorry to make you wait," teased Vegeta cruelly. "However, you're not dealing with the average Saiyan."
"Here we go again," muttered Gohan. "It's like Namek all over again."
"What's that supposed to mean, you dumb ape?" asked 20, referring to the time Vegeta unleashed his giant...gorilla. "Is this about your 'royalty?' Oh, and the fuck's a Namek?"
The Prince replied angrily, "I will not be mocked by the likes of you! HAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Suddenly, Vegeta's Power Level started shooting up, his aura quickly bursting to life before changing from blue-white to gold. His eyes turned blue-green, and his hair became blond. The wind kicked up by the transformation knocked down Tien. "I AM VEGETA! NOBODY MOCKS VEGETA!"
"Another one?!" 20's jaw dropped. "Seriously, the fuck's a Namek?!"
"Holy shit," I murmured.
"That's right," Vegeta boasted. "I may not be the first Super Saiyan, but I am better than any other! And Kakarrot, that includes you!"
"Hold on, I'm trying to comprehend all of this," the cyborg stated. "First the kid turned golden, now you, and you're saying that Goku can, too?!"
He never got a real answer. Vegeta punched 20 in the face, making the Android fall to the ground. "I'm sorry, I was too busy not caring!" taunted Vegeta.
Number 20 got up and flew at Vegeta, grabbing the Saiyan's neck in a choke hold while the Super Saiyan just watched patiently. "Got you!"
"Whatever you're doing, it's not working," muttered Vegeta as he began to feel weaker. "Wait...stupid scrap heap! Why do I feel my energy draining?!"
"Ah, Vegeta," said 20, "you made this too easy! Now your energy is mine!"
When he was satisfied, 20 let go and flew to the north as quickly as he could. Vegeta gripped his neck, gasping for air a bit. I could tell that he hadn't been using his full power in the first place so he could toy with his opponent, but it had made him too vulnerable.
Krillin flew over to us after that, having waited for the threat to leave. "Hey, guys!" greeted the now-healthy human. Then, he noticed Vegeta. "Ve...Ve...Vegeta...! Super...Sai...Saiyan?!"
"Get over it, baldy," replied Vegeta. "I'm on your side...this time. Now, if you have any of those bean things, I could really use one right now!"
"Oh, I have them, all right," Krillin announced as he patted his pocket, "but don't think I'm just hiving them away...'cause I'm not."
"Krillin, give him one," said Goku. "It's not like he's going to hurt us while there's an Android on the loose."
"Fine!" Krillin threw a Senzu Bean to Vegeta angrily, and the Saiyan ate it.
"Much better." Vegeta raised his power to its maximum. "Now to destroy that wretched Android!"
Vegeta flew in the direction that 20 had gone. Everyone else was about to follow, but Goku suddenly clutched his chest and cried out in pain.
"What's up with the low-class scum over there?" Vegeta asked, frustrated.
"It's starting!" he yelled painfully as he took the heart medicine out of his pocket. He was struggling to put some into his mouth, so Krillin helped him.
"I need to lie down somewhere," said Goku. "Home, maybe. Or Master Roshi's."
I went up to Goku and told Krillin, "I've got this." Then, I put my hand on Goku's shoulder and I used Instant Transmission to take us to Kame House.
"Master Roshi!" I called.
"Eh? Who's there?" answered the old man.
"Goku needs help!" I exclaimed. "The heart virus is attacking, and he needs to lay down somewhere! Do you have a bed somewhere?"
"Of course I do!" Roshi ran to his house. "Just use your teleport thingy to get to me when I get there!"
"Okay...but how will I know when you're there?" I asked.
"I'll be still!" shouted the hermit.
I did as Roshi instructed. He went into the room, and I used Instant Transmission to take Goku there. Together, we carefully lifted the Saiyan into the bed and pulled the covers over him.
"I've got to get back to the fight," I told Roshi as I gave him the medicine bottle. "Give some of this to him if he shows signs of pain, okay?" Roshi nodded. "See you!" With that, I Instant Transmitted to Piccolo.
Everyone was at a much hillier and rockier part of the wasteland, searching for 20.
"Where's Goku?" asked the Namekian.
"I took him to Kame House," I replied. "He'll be safe there."
"The medicine?" asked Piccolo.
"Roshi has it," I said.
"Hey, Namek!" screamed Vegeta. "Shut your mouth and help me find this metallic bastard!"
Piccolo sighed and flew to a large pillar of stone. I went in the opposite direction to look around a pile of rocks.
"Another one?!" shouted a slightly metallic voice from not too far away. Everyone turned their heads to see Android 20 being cornered by Super Saiyan Trunks. "Could somebody PLEASE tell me what a Namek is?!"
Vegeta got there first. "Move aside, kid, and let the REAL men deal with this scum!"
"No, you don't understa-" Trunks tried to explain.
"Tell me," interrupted Vegeta, addressing the cyborg in front of him. "Do Androids feel fear?" At that moment, he formed an energy ball in his hand. Trunks backed away quickly, anticipating a large explosion.
"PREPARE FOR SUPER VEGETA'S BIG BANG ATTACK!" shouted the proud Saiyan. He threw the ball of ki directly at the bearded Android.
"Wrong choice." 20 put his hands forward, absorbing the entire blast. "Thanks for the boost, Vegeta! I knew I could count on you!" With that, he continued moving north.
Everyone quickly changed directions and followed 20. While we flew, we also caught up with Trunks. "I see you're all a lot stronger," he said, surprised.
"We've been training like crazy for the past few years," remarked Krillin. "I think it's paid off, too!"
"Is it just me, or are you stronger, too?" I asked.
"I went back to the future and managed to get some training in myself," he explained. "I also got beat up a bit, and that somehow gave me some sort of power boost."
"Zenkai," interjected Vegeta. "It's called Zenkai, you moron."
"All right." Trunks knew not to argue. "I tried to save a small village from my time period's Androids, but they were too powerful and I nearly died. Thankfully, I had a Senzu Bean. Otherwise, I'd be in OtherWorld with all of your future selves. Oh, and I didn't know that Dr. Gero was an Android, too."
"You mean...Red Ribbon Army's Dr. Gero?" gulped Krillin.
"We'll, yeah, he made the Androids," stated Trunks. "I didn't realize he converted himself, too."
"Then we've been after the wrong damn Android!" shouted Vegeta as he stopped. Everyone else stopped, too. "You said two Androids, we found two Androids, one of which was gone by the time I got to the fight, and now you're saying that the ones we found aren't the real ones?!"
"To be fair, he didn't give a very good description of them," Piccolo argued. "Now let's stop this Gero guy before he does something like get the other Androids!"
"I think I know where he's going," said Trunks. "Follow me." He flew to the north, followed by the rest of the Z Fighters and Vegeta.
Hey, guys! Vegeta is officially a Super Saiyan, and Goku now has the heart virus attacking his body (no, not like Pedo-Bear-attacking). Also, Trunks came back. Yay.
With Vegeta not knowing about Gero's energy absorbers, it adds a major difference from the original anime/manga that seriously has a large impact on how strong Gero gets and the rest of the timeline. If Vegeta had known, Gero wouldn't have been able to escape (and you guys know what that leads to).
Good job to anybody who got the reference from Gohan's only dialogue in this chapter! Here's a hint: it's a reference to another DBZ fan fiction on this website.
Power Levels:
Vegeta: 19,500,000
SSJ Vegeta: 975,000,000
Dr. Gero (Vegeta's energy): 205,000,000
Dr. Gero (Big Bang Attack absorbed): 350,000,000
Trunks: 18,000,000
SSJ Trunks: 900,000,000
Goku (heart disease beginning): 550,000
Q: I don't like the Yamcha bashing. Also, your Power Levels are inaccurate.
A: I'm going to take advantage of this moment to talk about my Power Level system. Basically, a while ago, I wrote a list of Power Levels that I personally calculated, using as many of the canon ones as possible to start with. The Power Levels in this story are loosely base off of those ones. They aren't "inaccurate" to this story, but they might be inaccurate to the original anime/manga.
About the Yamcha-bashing, I'm not the one who thought of that idea. A few of my friends suggested that I use Yamcha as one of the running gags in RS, so that's what I did. If you don't like those jokes, then don't laugh at them.