Soon, we were surrounded by mountains. In a large valley nearby was a city.

"My mom always told me that Dr. Gero had a lab in this area," Trunks explained once we stopped. "I think he might be coming here to get the Androids—the ones that I know from my time—to attack us!"

"Let's split up," I suggested. "We'll cover more ground that way."

"Save that scrapheap for me," growled Vegeta. "I want to bring about his death personally. If any of you takes him down, I'll take you down."

"I'm not making any promises," I responded.

With that, we split up to find either the lab or Android 20. I don't know where everyone went because we were all suppressing our power.

Soon, I came across a heavy titanium door in a small cave. 'I wonder if I can speak to the others telepathically,' I thought.

'Hey, Piccolo!' I thought as loudly as I could, trying to project my thoughts to the Namekian by using a concentrated string of invisible ki. 'I think I found the lab!'

To my surprise, I got a response. 'Ugh, I can't think while people are shouting in my head!' I figured that he was getting tired of Nail's screaming, too.

'Sorry,' I said quietly.

After a few seconds, Piccolo said something else. 'I'll tell the others and be right there.'

'Got it.' I let my energy surge to about the strength of a Saibaman to act as a guide for the others.

Everyone except for Krillin was there quickly. The short human got there about a minute later. "Well, then," said Vegeta. "I call blowing it up!" Then, he moved his hand forward and destroyed the door with a single blast. It wasn't that big of a deal. After seeing the seemingly empty room, the Prince of Saiyans said, "Too bad, nobody's home."

"We must've beaten him here," observed Trunks. "He might be lost somewhere, looking for this exact location."

Suddenly, there was a hissing sound. I could hear metal hinges moving, too. When I looked, I saw a tall containment unit of some sort opening. It had the number 17 on it.

"You really thought I didn't get here?" asked Gero. He was hiding behind the machine. "You're all wrong, and for that, you'll die!" He reached out and pushed a button on a second pod, this one labeled with the number 18.

Out of the first came a young man. He looked to be about 25 years old. He had jet black hair, a black shirt, Levi's jeans (style 514, 34 inches (86.4 centimeters) long, 31-inch (78.7-centimeter) waist), and a red bandana around his neck that had the Red Ribbon Army symbol on it.

"Hello, doctor," he said in an electronic monotone. "Where is my partner?"

"Well, that's new," murmured Android 20. "She'll be out in a second," he answered with greater volume.

The second pod, labeled 18, opened and a girl walked out. Her hair was blond, and she greatly resembled the boy. 'They must be siblings or something,' I thought. She wore boots, a plain dark-colored shirt, black leggings, a denim skirt, and a denim jacket that had the Red Ribbon Army logo on the back.

"It's them," growled Trunks.

"I'm surprised you know about us," said the girl in a normal voice.

"Awe, sis!" complained 17. "I was doing this whole robotic voice prank, and you just ruined it!"

"I'm sorry, but I didn't know!" she argued.

"All right, you two, just calm down and attack the intruders," interrupted Gero.

"I think you're in our way," said 17 nonchalantly.

"Oh, well, I'll step aside." Android 20 briskly moved out of the walkway.

"Hey, 17," asked 18, "remember that glitch where everything he says sounds like he's asking us to kill him? I think it's back."

"Yeah, I'm starting to have that again, too," he responded. "Well, you know what they say...doctor's orders." Then, he swiftly cut off the robotic doctor's head with a single chop. Gero's body collapsed. "You asked for it, Doc."

Gero's head bounced off of the ground and rolled to my feet. "Please," it begged, sounding more metallic than ever. "Help me."

"Vegeta, he's all yours." I stepped back before Vegeta stomped on and destroyed the head.

"That's better," the Saiyan sighed evilly.

"Thanks for freeing us," smiled 17 maliciously. "The old man was the only one who knew how to shut us off, but that's a thing of the past."

"Hey, 17," called 18 from the other side of the room, "you might wanna see this. It says '16' on it."

We all watched as Android 17 joined his sister and they opened the pod.

"I guess Gero must've made a few models before us," he stated while the soundless machine opened. "My scanners say this one is weaker than me, though."

When the hatch was open all the way, a giant-sized robot climbed out of its container. He had reddish hair and strange yellow armor covering his body.

"Hello there, Number 16," greeted 17.

"Where is Son Gōkú?" asked the newly awakened Android.

"He's not here," I proclaimed. "But if it's Goku that you want, you're going to have to get through me first."

16's eyes turned red for a second. "Temporary target acquired," said the Android. "Target not found in database. Unknown personnel."

"Just call me Frui!" I shouted as I transformed and cupped my hands by my side. "KAMEHAMEHA!"

Everyone except a cocky Super Saiyan Vegeta was already behind me, so they were safe from the blast. Vegeta was to the side, and I didn't really care if he died, anyway. However, all three of the Androids took it full-force. The entire mountain disintegrated around us, the remaining bits falling away. When the smoke cleared, all of the machinery was gone, but the Androids were just standing there in front of us.

"That felt nice," said 18. "Like a warm summer breeze in the middle of winter."

"I barely felt it myself," boasted 17. "Weakling."

I looked down at my hands. 'Why didn't that do anything?!' I wondered. 'I'm not weak! I'm definitely a lot stronger than I was on Namek! I'm stronger than even Vegeta! So what's going on? Are they just that powerful?'

"If you're not going to be any fun, we'll just head out," said 17 sarcastically. He seemed to be the leader of this new gang of Androids. "Let's go." With that, the Androids started to fly away.

We all watched as our opponents fled the scene. "Damn them!" shouted Vegeta, forming an energy ball in his hand. "Kakarrot is mine to kill!" He threw the ball of ki.

"Pitiful." 17 deflected it toward the city, adding some of his own energy to it.

"I got it!" Still a Super Saiyan, I charged to intercept Vegeta's deflected attack. I was barely fast enough to get in front of it. "HaaaaAAAAAA!" I shouted, forming an extensive energy shield in front of me to protect the town below me.

BOOM! The enhanced Big Bang Attack hit my shield right in front of me, the following explosion going around my shield. The attack also started cracking my defense.

"No," I groaned, struggling to maintain the protective barrier. "NO! KAIOKEN!"

Suddenly, new power flowed through me. My muscles expanded slightly, and my aura turned red-orange. I used the extra strength to maintain and expand the shield more easily. However, the strain felt like it was going to make me pass out at any second.

By the time the ki attack had faded, I was almost completely drained. I released my Kaioken, reverted to base form, and fell to the ground. Krillin caught me.

"Here's a Senzu Bean," he said as he pushed the small bean into my mouth.

I chewed on it for a few seconds until I swallowed. It was the first Senzu Bean I had ever had, so I wasn't expecting what came next. I felt my energy regenerating, which I'd anticipated, but suddenly, every single injury on my body, little or big, healed almost instantaneously. When it stopped, I got out of Krillin's arms and flew up into the air to find the Androids.

"They're gone," said Trunks. While I was protecting the town, his clothes had been torn up by something, probably the Androids. Vegeta was lying on the ground next to Trunks, injured. "We don't know where the Androids are anymore."

Hey, guys! Now that the Androids have been released, what do you think is going to happen? Will this story remain true to the original storyline with only small variations, or is there going to be a major difference?

Power Levels:
Android 17: 1,700,000,000
Android 18: 1,600,000,000
Android 16 (according to 17's scanners): 1,620,000,000
Android 16: 1,800,000,000
Big Bang Attack (enhanced): 1,706,250,000
SSJ Frui (Kaioken x1.5): 1,657,500,000