Dragon Ball Z: Dynasty

Written by: Feraligreater328 and StevenBodner

Chapter 61: The Androids Attack

On Amenbo Island…

With the fires of the burning gas station behind them, Goku and his allies faced down the two Androids. Goku was trembling with rage as he looked down at Yamcha's unmoving body. A vein popped out of his forehead as he glared at Android 19 and 20. "Bastards! You'll pay for this..."

He took a fighting stance. "You hear me, Androids?! You'll pay!"

The burst of power that came from Goku made the flames flare behind him. 20's eyebrows raised. "I see. How surprising..."

He stroked his bushy, white mustache. "How peculiar that you seem to be aware of what we are. Likewise, it is strange how you seemed to have been aware of our arrival. How did you know?"

Piccolo growled. "Like we're obligated to tell you anything!"

Taking Piccolo's response in stride, both Androids took a step forward and Tien and Piccolo each took a fighting stance as well. Krillin recoiled in fear. Goku called over to him. "Krillin!"

Krillin turned to Goku. "Y-Yeah?"

Goku pointed to Yamcha. "Yamcha is still alive. Take him up to Chiaotzu and get him a Senzu. Hurry!"

Hastily, Krillin ran up to Yamcha and hoisted him over his shoulder. "Come on, buddy. Let's..."

Krillin glanced up at 19 and 20, their icy cold, blue eyes trained on him. He shuddered. "Let's get you outta here..."

As Krillin flew off, the Androids watched him. 20 sneered. "I had thought I had killed Yamcha. But I suppose that even the smallest cockroaches may live without a head..."

As the Androids were distracted, Tien turned to Goku and Piccolo and whispered. "Guys, what do we do? We have to get these two out of here before they cause any more harm..."

Piccolo shot a stony glance towards the various corpses near the Androids. Goku clenched his teeth. "Yeah... we can't risk any innocent civilians getting caught up in our fight with these two. We have to-"

"I agree."

Goku, Piccolo, and Tien all snapped their attention back towards the Androids. 20 was staring right at them. He stepped forward and spoke. "I was just thinking a similar thought, actually. The presence of the interloping humans on this island is an indisputable irritation."

Android 20's eyes began to glow golden. "Allow me to solve the issue."

And then, to the surprise and horror of the Z-Fighters, 20 shot a pair of deadly eye lasers past the three of them and into the burning gas station, making a huge explosion. They could only watch on in shock and horror as the assault continued. 20's head jerked from left to right, firing bursts of energy into various buildings and sending a mass of explosions chaining across the island. 20 turned fully to his left and began to fire, 19 bending a perfect 90 degrees at the waist to accommodate his partner's needs. As the unrelenting killing spree continued, Goku charged forward, furiously angry. "STOP!"

The Saiyan from Earth slammed his fist into 20's face, sending the Android's headwear flying and making him stumble back. 20 turned his attention back to Goku and hatefully glared, liquid bubbling in the mysterious dome atop his head. In his thoughts, 20 was actually quite surprised at how much power Goku had displayed with that punch. But he simply wrote it off as a product of Goku's clearly enraged state.

Goku roared at 20. "Leave these people out of this!"

20 turned around, picking up his displaced helmet and carefully adjusting it back atop his head. "I do not understand your anger. I was merely doing as you had suggested and clearing the way for our fight."

The Android put on a sarcastic smirk. He was all too aware of how angry he had just made his foe. "Do you object to my methods?"

As the Android snarked at Goku, Tien looked behind them and observed the horror. Almost the entire island was on fire. People were scrambling around in the frames of torched buildings, screaming for loved ones and screaming for help. It was an unnerving sight, to be sure. Goku glared in fury at the older-looking android. "You have no idea what you are in for now!"

Android 20 merely raised an eyebrow. "Oh, don't we, Son Goku, Saiyan warrior from Planet Vegeta?"

Goku was left shocked. Apart from his closest associates, no one on Earth should know that about him. 20's eyes glowed as they locked onto Goku. "Target is identified as a Saiyan male. Birth name: Kakarot. Nominal Designation: Son Goku. Warrior Sub-Class: S. Height: 181 cm. Weight: 120.2 kg. Age: 30 years old. Birthday: May 9. Home address: Mt. Paozu Village, coordinates 58N 018, 439 East District. Immediate family: wife - Chi-Chi, father - Bardock, mother - Gine, father-in-law - Ox-King, single son - Gohan, older brother - Raditz. Notable skills include a mastery of Jan Ken-Style, Turtle-Style, and Kaioken-Style, and bojutsu. Signature techniques - Kamehameha, Kaioken, Solar Flare, Spirit Bomb."

Goku was left shocked at such in-depth intel on him. 20 smirked and decided to continue. "Special biological traits: Accelerated learner and advanced growth rate, adrenaline and anger-augmented strength, reactive adaptation, enhanced healing, heightened senses and reflexes. Education: None. Occupation: None. Notable weaknesses: Accelerated metabolism, pacifist mentality, emotional immaturity, limited social knowledge, mild aichmophobia, severe trypanophobia-"

Goku shouted. "Enough!"

20 smirked at Goku's obvious flustered attitude. "We know everything about you, Son Goku."

Getting past this shocking revelation, Goku's mind returned to the true matter at hand and was furious once more. "Why?! Why bring these innocent people into this?!"

20 chuckled. "Because, hurting others hurts you. You and your kind spirit... the senseless deaths of innocent people crushes you on the inside. So, it only fits my programming to personally reduce you to such a state. It helps to fulfill the grand desires of Dr. Gero~"

Tien scowled. "Hypocrites! You're out to follow Gero's orders?! Didn't you kill him?!"

20 seemed taken aback by that question. "Killed him? No. I can assure you that Dr. Gero was able to finish his work on us before he peacefully passed away of old age. It would seem that whatever your source of information might be, it is quite faulty."

Finally, Piccolo spoke up. "Information sources aside, you've rendered this city unacceptable to fight in."

20 turned to Piccolo. "Oh, is that so?"

Piccolo nodded. "You want to show how superior you are, right? Then, shouldn't we fight on an even playing field? Smoke and fire everywhere makes for an unfair battleground against two foes that don't require breathing."

19 and 20 turned to each other. And then, they turned back to the Earth protectors and smiled. 20 spoke. "Quite so. Please, lead us to this 'fair battleground' that you so desire."

Amenbo Outskirts…

Yamcha's eyes popped open as the Senzu took effect. Like a lightning bolt, he shot up and clenched his chest through the hole in his shirt, gasping for air out of panic. Krillin gave him a gentle pat on the back. "Hey Yam-"

Yamcha yelped in fear and shoved Krillin away. Krillin stood back and held his hands up. "Hey! Calm down, man. It's okay! You're with friends!"

Krillin motioned around, showing Yamcha that Gohan, Chiaotzu, and Yajirobe were all gathered around as well. The former desert bandit didn't speak, he simply cupped his hands over his face and continued to gasp for air. After what he had gone through, Yamcha was inconsolable. A few silent moments passed, the sounds of flames crackling and screams echoing coming from below. Despite all of the warnings they had received, none of them had thought the Androids would be anywhere near this destructive. Staring out across the sea, a quick blur flashed across Yajirobe's view and he called out. "L-Look!"

Everyone looked up and saw, to their surprise, Goku and the others all flying away from the island at top speed, with the two Androids following closely behind. Gohan was surprised. "Th-They're leaving?"

Chiaotzu nodded. "That's good. They'll take all of the real fight away from these defenseless people."

Krillin sighed and glanced down at the flames. "Maybe we should-"

But then, to everyone's shock, Yamcha stood and shoved them all out of the way, taking off after the five of them. "Those guys don't know what they're getting into! I have to warn them!"

Krillin shouted after his friend. "Yamcha! Wait!"

He took off, chasing after him. "Warn them of what?!"

Gohan seemed nervous. "S-Something is wrong. We should go after them."

Chiaotzu nodded. "Right."

Gohan and Chiaotzu both took off. And then, with his telekinesis, Chiaotzu grabbed Yajirobe and pulled him behind them. "Come on, Yajirobe!"

Yajirobe called out as they all flew after Goku and the Androids. "Are you crazy?! I don't want to be anywhere near those guys! Put me down!"

Meanwhile, on the Capsule Corp lawn…

As the horrors on Amenbo Island played out, the Saiyan Hunters carried on their mission in West City. That mission: exterminate the extraneous Saiyans while 19 and 20 carried out their mission against Goku. Bardock and Android 13 brawled high in the air, Vegeta played around with Android 15, and Raditz fought for his life on the ground with Android 14.

The elder brother's lack of a Super Saiyan transformation was damning him as it had so many times before. Raditz was an excellent warrior after all of his training with his brother and newfound friends on Earth, but this Android had a new level of power and speed all his own. Android 14 remained terse as he shot his hand to the side and summoned a bolt of energy, forming it into an energy spear. He charged at Raditz and stabbed at him with the weapon over and over, nearly hitting the Saiyan several times. Raditz clenched his teeth. "HAAAAAAHHH!"

His energy flared, colliding with the point of the spear and causing it to shatter. Raditz leapt back and watched at 14 tossed the broken spear aside and summoned a new one. He took a deep breath and sighed. And then Raditz's eyes snapped open. "Bring it, Android!"

Two spears came flying at Raditz; he dodged each of them with relative ease and then fired back a few blasts of his own. 14 grabbed two of the blasts and crushed them in his grip. The third hit him in the chest, but it did no damage. 14 charged and summoned an energy tomahawk, bringing it down hard towards Raditz's head. Raditz dodged and watched as the tomahawk dug into the ground, creating a massive fissure going both ways across the yard. Raditz fired several more blasts at 14's face and then followed it up with a kick. But all that resulted in was a serious pain in Raditz's foot. He fell to the ground clenching his leg and snarled. "Dammit... what are you made of?!"

14 levied his massive fist down towards Raditz, but Raditz was quick to react. He popped out of reality using his Instant Warp, appearing right behind 14 and pressing his hands onto the Android's back. "Double Sunday!"

The energy blasts shot from Raditz's palms and engulfed 14. Raditz smirked, thinking he had done the job. But, once the smoke cleared, Raditz was shocked. 14 stood there, barely fazed by the attack. The Android silently glared back at Raditz and grabbed the Saiyan by his massive ponytail. He tossed Raditz to the ground and stomped on his chest twice. Raditz gurgled, but managed to warp out of harm's way before the third stomp. Atop a nearby roof, Raditz took a second to breathe, but 14 was right on top of him. Raditz and 14 traded blows, with Raditz getting in several jabs to 14's face and chest. But 14's resilience won the day again. His lack of fatigue or injury in the face of these strikes allowed the Android to summon another spear and nearly run Raditz through. Raditz leapt back and caught the tip of the blade with his hands. With a jerk, he snapped the spearhead off and, turning it on its former owner, he sank it into the center of 14's chest. For the first time in the fight: real damage!

Continuing with his new lead, Raditz used the Instant Warp to bounce across the yard. He smirked and motioned 14 to come at him. 14's eyes were steely. He charged Raditz and Raditz responded by charging a Saturday Crush. Once 14 was close enough, he threw a kick. Raditz feinted off to the side and levied his Saturday Crush at 14's new wound, sending a current of Ki-based electricity into the behemoth's chest. Raditz smirked and charged another attack as 14 hovered there, paralyzed. "Shining Friday!"

But, to Raditz's shock, 14 regained his senses too quickly. The Android sneered at Raditz and grabbed the Saiyan by the throat. With his free hand, he busted Raditz in the jaw. Raditz was dazed, so 14 sent him off with one last attack, a devastating kick to the stomach that sent Raditz crashing hard into the ground.

In the sky, above Capsule Corp…

Sending sonic booms through the air, Bardock and Android 13 traded intense blows back and forth. It was quite clear from Bardock's point of view, even if he couldn't sense a power level, that 13 was the strongest of these three. As he and Bardock continued to fight, the two of them threw not only punches and kicks, but also sarcastic jabs at one another. They clashed with mirrored elbow jabs. Bardock snarked. "Nice hat, scrap heap..."

They exchanged a rapid series of punches and kicks. 13 chuckled as he caught Bardock's forearm and tossed the Saiyan across the sky. "Dr. Gero certainly had a peculiar sense of design when he was coming up with my final schematics! Not that I much care to complain~"

He charged and tried to kick, but Bardock caught his leg and headbutted 13. "You look like an idiot."

13 shook his head with a wry smirk. "Ya tryin' to catch me off guard with ya petty insults. Organic fool! I don't fret over the superficial aspects of my outer appearance! I exist for one reason n' one reason only, to kill me some Saiyans! So why don't ya quit snarkin' at me with your 30-zeni-haircut and prepare to die, Saiyan!"

13 charged again and the fight started again in earnest. 13 and Bardock zipped across the sky as little more than blurs, trading intense strikes back and forth and knocking each other around. Every now and again, when an opening presented itself, one of them would go for a more lethal blow, but the other was always prepared to dodge, deflect, or defend. Bardock shot towards 13 like a missile and slammed his knee into the Android's jaw, knocking him sideways. And then, in one swift motion, Bardock grabbed 13 by the head, flaring his Super Saiyan power, and twisted the Android's head backwards.

13's eyes went blank and he began to drop like a stone... only to suddenly stop in the air and smirk at Bardock. "Did ya really think that would work? I'm mechanical, son!"

The redneck Android twisted his head back the appropriate way. "Pretty half-assed idea if ya ask me. I think ya done been out in the sun without a hat on ya head for too long!"

Bardock crashed down and punched 13 across the face, grabbing his hat in one swift motion. "Well, seeing as you don't care about appearances, how about I just borrow yours?!"

13 shot back up and grabbed Bardock's wrist. "How dare you?!"

And backhand slapped Bardock across the face. "Ya don't EVER touch a southern gentleman's hat!"

Bardock glared. "I know you didn't just slap me."

He sank his fist into 13's stomach, brutalized him with a series of kicks, and then sent him flying across the sky with a spinning punch. 13 stopped himself mid-flight and dusted himself off with a smirk. "Data Collection complete."

Bardock cocked his head. "What...?"

13 smiled and pressed his right finger to his temple, making his eyes flash multiple colors. "Data Input."

Android 13 pulled his hat back onto his head and chuckled. "The three of us are special models conceived by Dr. Gero. Unlike 19 and 20, we can, at will, instantaneously rewrite our database with uniquely calculated information based upon the fighting style and tactics of the person I'm fightin'. We just need to take a few hits from a foe to extrapolate a proper sum total of their skill factors."

Bardock made a note of that. "19 and 20, huh?"

And then he struck a fighting stance. "Quit it with that damned Bulma speech..."

13 chuckled. "Let's make it easy, ya idjit. You. Can't. Beat. Me!"

Bardock smirked. "Well, your brain computer apparently isn't perfect..."

13 cocked his head. "Oh so?"

Bardock charged at him. "Yeah! It ain't advanced enough to see the writing on the wall!"

Android 13 and Bardock clashed once more, with 13 much more quickly reacting to Bardock's attacks, blocking and catching most of them at an excelled rate. Bardock was annoyed. He threw a punch and 13 caught it. "See?! My computer-"

Bardock headbutted him, denting in his nose. "Didn't see that coming, did it?!"

13 headbutted back. "Looks like I got more data to collect!"

Bardock spat. "That's why science and fighting don't mix! Fights are always changing. Don't start thinking there's a set blueprint to win!"

Over by Bulma and Vegeta's house…

Vegeta was snidely chuckling as he leapt away from and dodged every attack that Android 15 had to throw at him. Despite his systems having finished analyzing Vegeta's attack patterns, whether it be a punch, a kick, or an energy blast, 15 could not touch Vegeta. The purple dwarf was furious. Sparks could be seen flying around inside his electronic brain case. He shot another blast and Vegeta, rather than dodge or deflect, caught the attack.

He came to a halt, smirking at 15, and tossing the attack from hand to hand. 15 smiled and tried to detonate it remotely, but nothing happened. He was shocked and Vegeta laughed out loud. "Fool! I've already surrounded your pathetic, artificial energy with my own! This is no longer your blast to manage."

15 screamed. "Overconfident Saiyan bastard!"

He ripped off his right hand, revealing a gun beneath, and charged an attack. Android 15 shouted. "Die!"

He fired, sending a beam of energy right at Vegeta. Vegeta shrugged and tossed the energy ball as hard as he could, shredding through the energy beam and sending it straight up the barrel in 15's arm, causing it to explode.

15 recoiled back, screaming in frustration. He tried to regain himself, but Vegeta shot out of the smoke and kicked him directly in the face, shattering his sunglasses. 15 sat up, his electronic eyes glaring at Vegeta with a sinister red glow.

Vegeta chuckled and beckoned. "Come on then, fool. I don't have all day."

Android 15 stood and charged at Vegeta. "I'll teach you to treat me like a joke!"

Vegeta sneered. "I would never treat you like a joke..."

And then, drawing back his fist, Vegeta threw a punch right at 15's face. The prince's fist tore through the mechanical construct that was 15's head, rending metal into scrap and sending pieces of debris flying. Vegeta shook his head. "Jokes are funny. You're more of an embarrassment that's fun to point and laugh at."

Vegeta ripped his fist away from the remainder of Android 15's head, a twitching lower jaw and a fuel-line that was spurting bursts of synthetic fuel. Vegeta pressed his hand against 15's chest and shouted. "RARRGH!"

A massive ball of energy came out of Vegeta's hand and pushed 15's corpse across the yard. It collided into the side of Capsule Corp and exploded, making it rain 15's various parts. 14 and 13 both gave pause to this, looking over to their destroyed teammate's remains. Vegeta marched over to 14 and chuckled. "I guess it would be your turn, eh lummox?"

14 sneered and charged, but Vegeta sent him crashing away with a heavy kick. He thrust his hand towards 14, ready to blow him to pieces, but then Raditz stepped in the way. The elder brother was bursting with red Kaioken power. He held out his hand. "Save your energy, Vegeta! I've got this!"

Vegeta chuckled. "Oh~! Does Little Raditz want to fight the big, bad tinker toy by himself?"

Raditz snapped. "I'm older and taller than you. Now shut up and go to the Amenbo Islands! Just because Androids happened to show up here doesn't mean that there aren't more over there!"

Vegeta cocked his head. "Are you sure?"

Raditz barked at him. "Quit screwing around, damn it! You know that you had the same thought!"

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "I did. That Android 15 loser was nowhere near the challenge a prince such as myself deserved to face. Gero spent over 20 years preparing for this day. I can't believe, even factoring in my improvements, that the real threats would be this easy. So the real threats are most likely on that island..."

The prince rose into the air. "So, I guess I'll head that way. Try not to die to that fool and embarrass us. Okay, Raditz?"

Raditz growled in annoyance. As Vegeta began to fly away, 14 stood back up and tried to follow. But Raditz quickly stood in the Android's path and sent him crashing back to the ground with a heavy punch. Looking out of the corner of his eye at what had just happened, Vegeta cracked a small, proud smirk and sped off in the direction of Amenbo Island.

Meanwhile, with Bardock and Android 13…

Bardock and 13 continued their heated brawl with more fervor than before. But something was different this time. 13 was no longer smiling, nor was he snarking. He seemed furious. He smashed Bardock away with a punch and shouted. "I will not fail the mission I was given! No Saiyan'll escape my purview!"

He turned and immediately tried to chase after Vegeta, but a heavy blast to the back caught his attention. Bardock sneered at 13. "I don't recall saying we were done!"

13 glared back at Bardock. Bardock rushed at him, ready to start brawling anew. But this time, 13 managed to catch him off guard. The Android turned and charged a massive energy ball, shooting it directly in Bardock's face and stunning him. Bardock was quick to shake that off, but that split second was all that 13 needed. Bardock stared, wide-eyed, at the massive energy ball that 13 had prepared. "Let's see ya bounce back from this one, hoss!"

Android 13 overhand tossed the blast at Bardock. "S.S. Deadly Bomber!"

Bardock retreated towards the ground. "Bulma's gonna be pissed about her yard..."

At the last second, Bardock dodged to the side, expecting the blast to collide with the ground and explode. But to his surprise, the attack came to a quick halt and then rapidly shot over in his direction. Bardock cursed. "Ah shit. A homing attack..."

He crossed his arms in front of his face as the attack hit him head on, sending the Saiyan crashing through Bulma's fence and into the side of a nearby office building. 13 smirked. "Target destroyed. Now for Vegeta..."

He turned mid-air to start flying in Vegeta's direction. Just as 13 began to take off, however, a massive energy beam came shooting towards him. 13 dodged backward, but his hat came flying off of his head and was quickly incinerated. Angry, the Android glanced down to the ground below and found a new challenger glaring at him. Gine cracked her neck and sighed. "I might not be your next target, but..."

A golden flash caused Gine's hair to erupt and spike up. "I'm a Saiyan, myself. Are you just going to run off and leave me standing here, perfectly alive? Huh, Saiyan Hunter?"

13 scowled at her. "Now, it ain't too polite to lay hands on a fair lady..."

Gine took a fighting stance. "I might not like fighting, but I'm anything but a fair lady."

13 smirked. "Well that's good. Cuz I ain't feelin' too polite right now..."

The Android sped down almost too quickly for the eye to see and stomped his foot down onto the side of Gine's head, grinding his heel into her cheek and forcing her head into the dirt. "I take it ya don't leave the kitchen much, eh lady? All it took was one-"

Gine charged a blast and shot it into 13's knee, damaging the joint fairly significantly. 13 buckled and winced. "Ah! Ya bitch!"

She leapt up and slammed her heel into the side of 13's head, sending him crashing across the yard. "I might be weaker than my husband, but it'll take more than one stomp to put me down!"

She spat blood out of her mouth and squared up. "Come on then! I'm not getting any younger!"

13 raised his hand and fired three rapid energy blasts. Gine defiantly deflected the three blasts. She then shouted and powered-up before charging at 13. The two of them exchanged blows back and forth, with Gine occasionally managing a solid hit against the Android. They separated and Gine struck an Ox-Style fighting stance. "Gotta focus on defense. He's... definitely stronger than me..."

13, meanwhile, smirked and pressed his finger to his temple. "Data Input."

Meanwhile, with Raditz and Android 14…

As Raditz fought with his Android foe, he could see that his mother was struggling against Android 13. The elder son growled and turned. "Dammit! I'm coming, Mom!"

Raditz tried to speed over to her, but 14 was there in a flash. He double ax-handled Raditz to the ground and shot him in the back with a hefty blast. Raditz bounced and coughed up blood, but managed to roll out of the way as 14 tried to stab him with an energy spear. 14 glared at Raditz, summoning an energy tomahawk into his free hand. Raditz struggled to his feet. "D-Damned Android..."

Raditz charged at 14, summoning a blast into his hand. "Get out of my way!"

He unloaded the attack into 14's face. But again, it did nothing. 14 emerged through the blast and shoulder tackled Raditz across the yard. Raditz tumbled and landed in a heap. 14 glowered down at him, his face bereft of emotion. But then, Raditz began to feebly, one-arm drag himself away and 14 adopted a sinister smile. 14 loudly stomped up behind Raditz, hoping to instill some more fear into the Saiyan before he delivered the final blow. Eventually, Raditz came to a stop and began to tremble. "M-Mom... Mom..."

14 smiled wide, showing all of his teeth, and then he raised his spear high into the air to run Raditz through. But before he could stab, 14 was shocked as Raditz turned over. Raditz glared up at 14, his middle and index fingers pressed to his brow. Raditz thrust his fingers directly toward the previously made hole in 14's chest and shouted. "SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!"

The piercing energy drill shredded through 14's already compromised outer shell and blasted a massive hole through the Android's chest. He dropped his spear and his tomahawk and they shattered as he stumbled back, sparks of electricity and roiling smoke belching from his mouth. Raditz stood and ran past 14. In the distance, he could see that 13 had his mother on the ropes. "Mom!"

Out of the corner of his eye, Raditz just barely saw the attack before it was too late. He crashed to the ground to avoid the massive, energy tomahawk splitting his head in two. Raditz looked up and saw, to his horror, that Android 14 was still very much alive. The hulking Android loomed over Raditz, his skin shifting from light purple to blood red. He looked absolutely enraged and he shouted a shrieking war cry. "HWAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Raditz stood, looking just as angry as 14. "Damn you!"

And then, with a shout, Raditz began to explode with bright red energy. "KAIOKEN x45!"

He struck an aggressive fighting stance at 14. "Don't think you can stop me! I will move you to save her!"

Raditz and 14 charged into one another and clashed. They locked up and began to try to wrestle one another to the ground, looking for any advantage to kill their foe. Ultimately, the wrestling match was won by 14, whose brute strength allowed him to toss Raditz aside like a toy. Raditz tried to scramble to his feet, but 14 jolted towards him and kicked him hard enough to make him airborne. The brute followed that up with a hefty smash that sent Raditz crashing to the ground. 14 snarled and tossed a massive energy bomb towards Raditz. Raditz caught the bomb and bent under the pressure, instantly being pushed to his knees. "D-Dammit..."

Raditz was sweating. He squeezed his eyes shut and his mind went to the same place it had gone every time he had been under pressure since the battle against Frieza. He saw them all standing there, in the light... all of them glowing with that mystical, golden power: his younger brother, his arrogant rival, his lower-ranking father, and even his pacifist mother. They all stood there, like golden torches marching forward in life... while he was left behind in the dark.

What was wrong with him?

Why was that power out of his reach?

What was stopping him?

Why was he stuck like this, left to rot in mediocrity...?

"RADITZ!"

Raditz's eyes popped open. He glanced out from under the energy blast and saw her peeking out from the rubble that used to be Bulma's house. Blonde Launch was standing there, a worried look on her face, and Ranch was in her arm, cooing and babbling right at him. Raditz's view switched from them and over to his mother, who was currently receiving the beating of her life from Android 13. He clenched his teeth. "No time to fall into that pit of despair again. Not right now..."

The Saiyan roared at the top of his lungs, summoning even more power from within. The Kaioken x45 wasn't enough, so Raditz decided to jump straight to Times 50! Raditz fired a massive blast of his own into 14's blast and caused a massive burst that dispelled both. 14 trembled with rage up in the sky. Raditz motioned. "Come on! Let's do this dance one more time!"

14 shrieked once more and charged down towards Raditz, ready to pummel the Saiyan. Raditz smirked. "Looks like I have to steal another move from that day..."

And then, putting all of his strength into his legs, Raditz leaped upwards and smashed the top of his head into Android 14's chest hole. Raditz smirked. "Thanks, Gohan. I owe you one..."

Raditz shoved both of his hands into the crippled 14's stomach and sneered. "Now, begone..."

And finally, sapping almost all of his energy and focusing it into his hands, Raditz launched his newest, most deadly attack. "BLACK FRIDAY!"

All of Raditz's energy erupted through Android 14's body. The sheer force of the power came blasting out from 14's mouth, his nose, his eye sockets, and even the tips of his fingers. 14's rigid skin began to warp and ripple, and then a final explosion rocketed out, sending his parts flying everywhere. Damaged, Raditz crashed hard into the ground and groaned. "P-Please tell me that worked..."

He looked up into the air and breathed a massive sigh of relief. After the smoke cleared, all that was left of Android 14 was a charred, metal skeleton. It dropped from the sky like a stone and crashed onto the ground, crumbling into a pile of metal dust. Raditz stood up, feeling woozy. "Ugh... Too much energy at once. I feel lightheaded..."

The sharp crack of a punch quickly snapped Raditz awake and he turned to see that Android 13 and his mother were still fighting. Raditz began to drag himself toward the fight. "Damn it... Mom..."

Android 13 caught Gine's fist and punched her in the mouth. And then, as she recoiled, he wrapped his hand around her throat. "Lookin' like this is about over, little lady~!"

13 began to squeeze harder, but then Raditz called out. "Drop her!"

The Android glared over at the Saiyan and sneered. "Ya gotta to be kiddin' me..."

13 sighed. "And just who's askin' me to drop her, huh? You? Land's-sakes boy, you ain't even a golden fella! What the hell do you think you're gonna do?"

Raditz clenched his fist. "Yeah, I'm not... a Super Saiyan. So what...? I have my whole life ahead of me to reach that level, so that doesn't matter right now..."

He shouted. "Drop my Mother!"

13 squeezed Gine's throat tighter. "Make me."

Raditz lurched forward, every part of his body aching. "Dammit..."

13 held his hand up, prepping a blast to fire at Raditz. But then, to his shock, Gine sprang back to life. She made a "V" with her fingers and shouted. "RADITZ! SHUT YOUR EYES!"

Raditz complied and Gine snarled. "SOLAR FLASH!"

The miniature Solar Flare blasted directly into 13's eyes and he growled in frustration. "Damn Saiyans and ya tricks!"

With 13 distracted, Gine broke free and leapt over to Raditz's side, looking at him with concern. "Your energy is flagging. Are you okay?"

Raditz sighed. "R-Running on empty..."

Gine reached into her qipao and pulled something small, popping it into Raditz's mouth. Quickly realizing what it was, Raditz chewed and swallowed it. Within seconds, Raditz was fully recovered. He stood up and turned to his mother. "What are you doing with a Senzu?"

Gine smiled. "Ever since the whole Garlic Jr. incident, I grew pretty close to Master Korin. I visit him every so often. Last time I went, he gave me a few beans for good luck. That was my last one, so make it count."

"Ya damn idjits."

Raditz and Gine turned back to 13, who didn't take long for his eyes to readjust. He chuckled, an energy ball crackling in his palm. But before he could fire, another attack came at 13 from behind. Hearing it coming at the last second, 13 dodged a piercing arrow of energy, similar to the Destructo-Disc as it shot past his head. However, the dodge wasn't clean as the attack and blew off his ear. Sparks shot from the wound and 13 turned. He glared at his attacker. "Damn... ain't I killed you before?!"

Bardock stood there, a wry smirk on his face. His armor was intact and he himself was more than ready to continue. "Nah. Not even close. That half-assed little party balloon you tossed at me barely even damaged the building behind me. Certainly, it didn't hurt my shiny new armor. Gotta thank Bulma for this later."

Bardock shouted. "Yo, Raditz! Good work killing that Android. But, we got this! Go and help your brother!"

He cracked his neck. "Your mom and I will finish this Red Ribbon Redneck."

Raditz was confused. "Why would Kakarot need-"

Bardock sighed. "Feel his energy closely, Raditz. Something is... off."

Raditz briefly felt around for his brother's energy, and then a sense of dread came over him. "R-Right. I'll head that way..."

The elder brother took off into the sky, his posture showing concern and worry. Bardock turned to his wife. "Ready to help me fight?"

Gine wiped blood away from under her nose. "Let's end this. I'm worried about Kakarot as well."

13 sneered and aimed a blast up towards Raditz. This was met with a quick reaction from Bardock and Gine, both of whom fired their own attacks at 13. The Android smacked Gine's to the ground. But when he saw Bardock's attack, another Destructo-Disc beam, he dodged out of the way. 13 sneered. "What the hell is that all about? My data banks don't show ya knowin' that technique!"

Bardock chuckled. "Your data banks are shit. I always take influence from wherever I go and use it to expand my repertoire."

He shook his head. "Not that I owe you any explanations. You're trying to kill my youngest son. And you've already attempted to kill my eldest son and my wife. You know..."

Bardock's power flared. "I've gotta make you pay for that! You know that, right?!"

13's eyes chirped and flashed and then he chuckled, tapping his temple. "Data Input."

Bardock snarled. "Keep it up with that Data Input crap! It won't help! We've been training like crazy for you robot bastards to show up for 2 years! We're ready for you!"

13 chuckled. "Yeah, that clears up a lot. Y'all have had answers for us non-stop since we showed up. Certainly, wasn't expectin' all the hair dyin' and strength gainin' y'all got up to today. But... I bet I have a surprise you ain't got the answer for..."

Bardock was confused. "What the hell are you talking about?"

13 smiled wide. "14 and 15 have been destroyed... and that's good..."

Android 13 laughed out loud and grabbed the edges of his vest. He pulled it wide open and then, from the wreckage of Androids 14 and 15, four components arose. Two of them flew to the sides of 13's head, sliding seamlessly into his temples. And then the other two collided with his chest and melted in through his skin. Bardock and Gine both flinched back, watching as Android 13 doubled in height and his skin shifted to an unnatural shade of blue. 13's hair spiked up high and turned a plastic shade of orange. Finally, his synthetic muscles expanded and exploded out, reducing his vest into tatters.

Super Android 13 loomed over Bardock and Gine, both of whom powered up and faced him down. Bardock chuckled. "You are one ugly son of a bitch."