Chapter 18
Vegeta looked at the four figures standing across from them with a smirk on his face already knowing who these figures were that could withstand that small amount of his power. Turles was right about not being able to sense their energy. This fact made Vegeta a little wary, but he also felt a strong feeling of excitement in fighting the unknown.
"You've been expecting us huh? Why is that and who are you?" Yamcha asked with his arms crossed, not really intimidated.
"We are the Androids, and your group has been causing a lot of problems for the Red Ribbon Army, so we've been activated to neutralize you. Make it easier on yourselves and hand over the dragon balls you've collected; I promise that we'll make your deaths quick if you comply" a large Android answered. He had a hoodie with 'RR' on it in big bold letters.
"#11 is correct, but I'd rather take them from you forcefully. Tell me, would you prefer to die all at once or one at a time?" A shorter Android (#10) with a suit and the 'RR' logo on his tie asked.
The arrogance radiating from the androids was really starting to annoy the Saiyans, who weren't keen on being talked down to.
"You robots seem to think that you're capable of defeating us. That's interesting when Android #8 feared our power; you'd be wise to do the same" Turles replied smugly letting his aura flare around him a little bit.
"#8 was a failed prototype boy. His power pales in comparison to ours. How dare you compare us to him" the smallest of the Androids (#12) answered. He had a polo shirt on with the horse being replaced with 'RR' logo and jean pants.
"You're right I shouldn't have compared you. Eighter is much smarter than you since he decided not to fight us. Your circuits must be malfunctioning, but do not worry soon enough all of you computer men will be rendered obsolete" Turles said smirking.
The Android that had yet to talk (#9) flew straight towards Turles, fed up with the young Saiyan's words only to kicked in the side halfway there by Goku sending him spiraling towards a nearby mountain.
The other three androids looked on with looks of shock. Vegeta smirked at their surprise.
"Alright everyone split up. Raditz stay with me to take out the shrimp here, Kakarot and Turles go after the hoodie guy, Piccolo, Krillin and Yamcha attack the well-dressed one, Tarble, Tien and Chiaotzu you take the one that Kakarot just kicked into the mountain" Vegeta ordered as the group broke off to attack their assigned targets.
The Androids separated to fight better and just like that the battle for the dragon balls began.
Tarble, Tien and Chiaotzu vs. Android 9
Android 9 removed the rubble that covered him with a look of surprise on his face. He hadn't expected that little monkey to intercept him and hit him that fast. He wasn't going to allow that sucker punch to go unpunished.
He got up to fly back into the base only to get hit by an elbow that sent him flying back towards the mountain.
He got up furious.
'Is sucker punching the only thing these people were capable of doing?' He thought to himself.
He looked up to see a tall human with three eyes, a small one that resembles a clown, and a saiyan with a smirk on his face.
"Sorry but you're not going anywhere, we're going to take care of you right here" Tarble said smirking.
Android 9 scanned the three fighters to see who the biggest threat was. After scanning for a few seconds, he realized that he had to take out the triclops and clown boy fast because if the saiyan was allowed to fight with them, he'd have to use more energy than he was comfortable with.
Making up his mind, #9 charged straight at Chiaotzu at a speed he couldn't follow. Luckily for him, Tien saw the whole thing and moved to intercept the Android.
Tien caught the first punch #9 threw, but the android quickly adjusted to the situation and fired eye beams straight at Tien who was barely able to dodge at that range. Noticing that he was off balance #9 kicked Tien on his side sending him spiraling towards the ground. Tien managed to regain his balance and landed on his feet, but he could feel that attack had broken a few of his ribs.
Tien grimaced, not believing the strength of the kick. He honestly believed that no one on Earth besides his friends could damage him. He looked up in anticipation.
#9 was flying towards Tien to continue his assault when he heard a voice behind him.
"GALICK GUN"
He activated his barrier just in time to block a large purple beam that could've caused him damage if it had connected.
When the barrier dissipated #9 was hit by a massive rock covered in light blue aura knocking him on his back. His eyes shut in pain, and he opened them again he saw the boot of Tien closing in on his face.
He activated his barrier just in time, as the triclops halted in midair to avoid contact with the raw energy.
#9 let the energy dissipate as he stood up to look at his three opponents in a calculating silence.
Tarble didn't give the android any time to come up with a strategy as he charged at the android full speed punching him in the jaw. #9 retaliated with a quick elbow to Tarble's sternum as the two exchanged blows Tien flew in to kick the Android in the back of the head sending him to the ground.
#9 recovered quickly, but he couldn't effectively counterattack because he was being bombarded by the combined efforts of Tarble and Tien. #9 was holding his own but he was slowly starting to get overwhelmed by the conjoined attack. Every time he'd get some separation from Tarble, Tien would get a clean hit and vice versa, not to mention the occasional rock being thrown by Chiaotzu, who kept his distance. #9's temper was slowly starting to get the best of him.
Tarble and Tien smirked at this knowing that his temper was starting to get the best of him. He began to fight sloppily, but they didn't realize that the Android had something sinister planned for them.
Powering up to his max, #9 blasted Tien and Tarble away from him. He zoomed towards Chiaotzu who quickly put a force field up to block the attack, but #9 shattered it in one hit sending him flying back into the same mountain #9 had crashed into before.
#9 flew fast to Chiaotzu's location, he had to dispose of these three fast because staying at his maximum power overloads his battery and he already wasted enough energy during this fight. He tried to fire a blast at the down Chiaotzu, but he was blindsided yet again by Tien who kicked his hand sending the blast flying off safely away from the unconscious Chiaotzu.
#9 twisted and grabbed Tien's neck with his other hand. He applied pressure and proceeded to choke the life out of Tien. Tien tried everything to break free but the android's grip on his neck was not loosening, just when Tien thought he was going to suffocate, Tarble came to the rescue.
The saiyan elbowed the android's arm causing him to drop Tien, and look towards the Saiyan with a fierce sneer on his face.
#9 teleported behind Tarble to deliver a swift kick to the back only to be blocked by the Saiyan's tail. Without missing a beat, he grabbed Tarble's tail and pulled him towards him to deliver a devastating punch knocking Tarble away.
#9 then fired a barrage of energy blasts in Tarble's direction as the Saiyan started to recover. The blasts collided with Tarble creating a large cloud of smoke. #9 stopped firing when he figured Tarble was dead, but the smoke cleared to reveal the form of Tarble covered in a golden aura.
#9's scanners went off the scale as Tarble smirked and looked at him with his pure white eyes.
"Sorry Robot, but I'm no longer playing around with you. Give up or be destroyed" Tarble demanded.
#9 took a shaky step back as his scanners showed the full scope of Tarble's transformed power, he was in no condition to take on a power like this. He was suddenly propelled forward courtesy of a sneak attack from Tien.
Tarble grabbed his throat and punched a hole through his stomach causing the android to cough up blood. He then removed his hand from his stomach and placed it in front of the Android's face.
#9 looked at Tarble with a mixture of fear and disgust.
"You'll never defeat the others" Android 9 said speaking his first words to the fighters. He knew it was the end for him, but he refused to die without trying to cause the group despair. Unfortunately for him, Tarble didn't care.
Not wasting anytime pondering the Androids words Tarble fired a strong blast instantly disintegrating the androids' head. Tarble dropped the now headless body and nodded over at Tien and Chiaotzu before powering down.
"That Android was stronger than I thought it would be. It was stronger than me before I transformed… if the others are a strong as that one was then we should go help Piccolo's group" Tarble said.
The group nodded and flew over to where they could feel Piccolo's group engaged in battle.
Piccolo, Krillin and Yamcha vs. Android 10
Piccolo, Krillin and Yamcha were having problems keeping up with Android 10's overwhelming speed. They have been fighting for 2 minutes and they have yet to land any hit on the android even though they were all attacking together.
They were currently all breathing heavily while Android 10 walked towards them with a disapproving expression on his face.
"You lot realize how hopeless your situation is yet? You can't even touch me let alone destroy me, but because of your transgressions against the Red Ribbon Army I'll make your deaths slow and painful… unless you give me the dragon balls of course. In that case it'll be quick and painless. Your choice" Android 10 said walking towards the group while adjusting his tie.
Piccolo let out a feral cry before charging the Android only to be stopped midway by the Androids foot.
Piccolo spit up blood as Android 10 replaced his foot with hard fist to Piccolo's stomach. The Namekian's eyes narrowed as he fired a close-range eye beams at the Android. #10 simply used his other hand to smack the eye beams away towards Yamcha and Krillin who both dodged.
#10 then raised his hand and fired an energy beam at Piccolo destroying the whole right side of the Namekian's body. He smirked and then threw the remainder of Piccolo's body on the ground.
"PICCOLO!" Krillin and Yamcha shrieked before charging at #10.
The two began attacking the Android with a flurry of quick movements only to have him block or dodge their every attack. It was becoming painfully clear that the Android was superior to them in every way, but they refused to give up.
"KAMEHAMEHA" Krillin and Yamcha yelled together as they fired twin blue beams of energy that converged on the Android who simply backhanded the beam away from him.
Krillin and Yamcha looked at the Android in shock. Android 10 smirked at the human's while fixing his tie once again.
"Ah so you're finally accepting how hopeless your situation is?" The Android said chuckling before zooming between Krillin and Yamcha before hitting both simultaneously sending both humans to the ground.
With both palms facing towards the grounded humans, Android #10 began to charge up his energy to dispose of them when he heard an unexpected voice scream.
"EXPLOSIVE DEMON WAVE"
#10 was knocked away by the strong blast to his back. He recovered quickly and looked to see the person who dared to blindside him. He was shocked to see Piccolo standing there smirking at him. He was also fully intact as if he hadn't just blown-up half of his body.
"What!? Explain how you aren't dead green man. I know for sure that I blew up half of your body!" The Android said furiously noticing his suit was destroyed.
"Don't worry about the details, it doesn't matter because you're about to die anyway" Piccolo said smirking at the obviously rattled Android.
Android 10 growled at the young Namekian and charged at him only to be intercepted by a taller bald man with his hands on his head.
"SOLAR FLARE"
Android 10 was unprepared for the onslaught of light. He was blinded by the technique, so he had no way to prepare for what happened next.
Tarble had transformed into his False Super Saiyan form and was charging his strongest energy beam alongside Piccolo.
"GALICK GUN"
"EXPLOSIVE DEMON WAVE"
#10's eyesight improved slightly just in time to see the giant purple and yellow energy beam heading straight towards him. His eyes slightly widened in fear before the blast completely engulfed him destroying the previously well-dressed Android.
"That's two taken care of. Let's go see how the others are doing" Tien suggested.
"We'll split up to go to the other two locations. Krillin, Yamcha and I will go to Goku and Turles' battleground, you three will go to Vegeta and Raditz fight to help if necessary" Piccolo said.
Everyone nodded as they split up to check on the still ongoing fights.
Goku and Turles vs. Android 11
Turles had transformed and was currently going toe to toe with the hoodie clad Android with the two exchanging blows. Goku had the first turn, but he had opted not to transform in order to test out the Android's power, but that had proved to be a mistake as he was easily tossed aside with a swift kick to the gut.
Seeing that, Turles transformed and attacked the Android. #11 was surprised at Turles' drastic increase of strength, but he wasn't necessarily worried about it. He was the second strongest of Gero's creations up to date, so he had the upmost belief in his abilities and even if this transformation did make Turles stronger; #11 was a never tiring android model, so he'd simply have to wait for Turles' energy to run out before he'd dispose of him.
Turles jumped over a fist aimed at his stomach and placed his palm on the Android's head. He smirked then fired a ki blast that engulfed #11.
His smirk disappeared when the android's massive arm came out of the blast and grabbed his hair before slamming him to the ground hard knocking Turles out of his False Super Saiyan state.
#11 looked at Turles with unrestrained hate and anger, Turles' blast had destroyed his favorite hoodie, and he was determined to make sure the boy paid for the crime with his life.
#11 began rapidly firing punches at Turles, who was unable to do anything but block the onslaught from the mighty Android.
When #11 was satisfied with the beating he gave Turles, he slowly backed away to look at the mangled body with a smirk. The smirk left his face when he saw Turles' body twitch signifying that he was still alive.
"You're a stubborn little monkey boy I'll give you that, but I'm afraid it's all over for you. You committed the unforgivable crime of destroying my hoodie so you must die" Android 11 said charging up a strong energy blast and firing it at the downed form of Turles.
The blast seemed to engulf Turles, but it was soon volleyed back to the Android who had to use an energy barrier to block the blast causing smoke to surround him.
"Who dared to interfere with his execution!?" Android 11 yelled as the smoke cleared to reveal Goku in his False Super Saiyan form looking at him menacingly.
"Oh, it's you" Android 11 chuckled before he continued, "I'll kill you in a second child now step aside, he has to die now" Android 11 said motioning for Goku to move aside with a smirk.
Goku smirked back and phased out of sight only to reappear in front of the Android delivering a full power punch to his face knocking the android down to the ground and knocking a good chunk of his face off revealing the circuits on the inside.
#11 looked up at Goku's smirk with a mixture of surprise and anger. Goku went for another punch, but #11 was ready and dodged the attack.
The two exchanged a series of powerful blows until Goku started to be on the defensive. The Android had more power than Goku and Goku's stamina was starting to wane from overuse of the False Super Saiyan form.
#11 realized that Goku was slowing down and allowed a smirk to show on the part of his face he had left.
"Looks like you bit off more than you could chew huh monkey boy?" Android 11 asked sarcastically while landing a clean hit knocking Goku to the ground.
Goku was exhausted from the form's overuse, but he couldn't afford to power down. If he did, he'd lose instantly to #11, he was racking his brain for ways to overcome his stamina issues while the Android approached him with a smirk on his face.
He grabbed Goku by the front of his Gi and lifted him off the ground raising him up to look him in the eye.
"I'll admit you and the other little monkey are pretty strong, you two together could probably take out #9 and #10. It's unfortunate that your leader matched you up against me" Android 11 taunted.
Goku was getting tired of listening to this machine talk. He was about to fire all the rest of his remaining energy in the cocky Android's face when he looked behind the Android. Goku smirked right back at #11's face.
"Maybe you're right, it is unfortunate that we had to fight you…" Goku started as he saw the smirk widen on #11's face.
"…Unfortunate for you!" Goku said as Turles in his False Super Saiyan form came barreling into the android headfirst causing his upper half to separate from his lower half.
#11 let go of Goku as his upper body fell to the ground. There was the unmistakable look of shock and denial on the face of #11 as he looked at the smirking form of Turles.
"You brat! How did you heal so quickly?" #11 asked furiously.
"I just got tired of hearing you speak so I forced my body to move" Turles said nonchalantly.
#11 was furious, but he allowed a smirk to show on his face.
"Hmph whatever you little monkeys you're both in no condition to continue fighting, I've made sure that you'll be easy pickings for #12. My only regret is that I'm not the one personally responsible for your death. HAHAHAH-"
#11's laughter was cut off by a boot crushing his head. Goku and Turles powered down and looked up to Piccolo looking at the Android's smashed head with an annoyed expression.
"Gosh are all android's that annoying?" Piccolo said as his group arrived, causing Goku and Turles to laugh at their friend's unamused face.
"Alright so now that that's taken care of, we can go get the dragon balls from the inside of the base. Vegeta and Raditz should be fine handling the shortie" Krillin said pulling out the dragon radar.
Goku and Turles looked at each other before busting out laughing at Krillin's comment. Krillin looked confused at what his best friends found so funny when Piccolo decided to speak up.
"You're the last person who should be talking about someone's height" the Namekian said causing Goku and Turles to fall back laughing with tears in their eyes, even Yamcha was laughing uncontrollably at the offended expression on Krillin's face.
"I'm not done growing yet Piccolo! I promise you I'm going to grow my parents were over 6 feet tall!" Krillin defended himself causing more laughter from everyone around, even Piccolo had a smirk on his face.
"Whatever you say Krillin. Let's go get the dragon balls" Piccolo said snatching the radar from him and flying off leaving a steaming Krillin behind. Yamcha flew off after Piccolo giving Krillin a thumbs up and Turles and Goku just smiled at their friend before both took one of his arms and flew after the others all while Krillin grumbled to himself.
TBC
Power Levels
Android 9: 2,000,000
Tien: 70,000
Chiaotzu: 27,000
Tarble: 310,000
(FSSj x25): 5,250,000
Android 10: 5,200,000
Piccolo: 115,000
Krillin: 68,000
Yamcha: 67,000
Android 11: 8,200,000
Goku: 405,000
(FSSj x25): 7,625,000
Turles: 370,000
(FSSj x25): 6,750,000