Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Androids ❯ Change ( Chapter 3 )

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Androids

Chapter Three : Change

Eventually, after three years of hard work from all parties, May 12th had finally come.It was nine am, and although they were meant to meet up at this time, Piccolo, Gohan and Goku were only just ready.
"Come on, mom!"Gohan cried.
"Oh Gohan"she cried, running out and kissing him, "You be careful!Now go on, get going!"
They started up, but Piccolo quickly warned Goku, "Goku, dont you remember?"he whispered.
"Remember...?"
"You're supposed to be away, in bed..."he murmured, "You should be in quarentine, Goku...you cant be fighting and you cant become a Super Saiyan..."
"But Piccolo I've been dying for this fight..."
Gohan looked on in confusion as Piccolo continued.
"So you planned to ignore his warnings and hope for the best?I'm sorry but I just cant let you..."
"Can I at least come and watch?Aww please?"he begged.
"It's out of the question!"Piccolo ordered."Stay put Goku, and explain everything to Chi-Chi like you should've three years ago"
Goku turned around and began to walk away.
"Uh..?"Chi-Chi murmured watching him walk back inside.
"Hey where's my dad going!Daddy!"Gohan called.
"I'll tell you now, Gohan, but we've gotta get going"Piccolo said.
"But dad..."he moaned.
"Come on!"Piccolo growled.He and Gohan blasted off and he explained all to him.

"So my dad cant fight at all?"Gohan asked, "That's bad...I mean, my dad saved us all the time before!I dont know if we can do it without him!"
"Be strong, Gohan..."Piccolo urged, "Remember Garlic Junior?We took care of him all alone!Now just think of the androids as if they were him"
"Mmmm..."Gohan murmured skeptically."Hey!"he cried, suddenly happy, "It's Krillin!"
Below them, not far ahead, a small figure entered their slipstream from the sea below.
"Krillin!Hey!"Gohan called.Krillin turned round and slowed down to their level.
"Hey guys!"he said, "Man, where's Goku?"
Piccolo explained to Krillin one portion of the prediction that had been left out.
"So Goku catches some virus!Bummer!"was Krillin's reaction.
"I just wanna know why he didnt tell us..."Gohan muttered disheartently.
"Chill out!I'm sure he had good reasons"Krillin told him.
I cant believe how much those two have improved, and me?There's so much more I could've done... he conceded to himself, But no, I can't reveal my weakness now... especially when Gohan doesnt have his dad around...
"So how do you rate your training, Krillin?"Gohan asked.
"I'd say ten outta ten on a bad day"he replied confidently."Seriously though man, I feel pumped!Really!It's like I've got some Saiyan in me or something..."
"Hey maybe some of Goku's glory rubbed off onto you"Piccolo growled.
"Sure, whatever..."Krillin replied.After a few minutes of flying they came upon the island nine miles south west of south city, finally, on May 12th 9.15am.
"This place is huge!"Gohan exclaimed.
"Hey look I see the others!"Krillin said."Over there!"
I didnt know that there would be this many people! Piccolo thought, I wonder if the androids are planning on using this place as some sort of hostage weapon...the odds are already stacked in their favour...
He, Gohan and Krillin touched down on the top of a cliff at the edge of the island.It was very high up.
There to greet them were Tien, Yamcha and Bulma, cradling a baby.
"Wow, who's the baby?"Gohan asked.
"Oh"Bulma said, "Hi Gohan!The baby is mine, his name's Trunks"
Piccolo's eyes flicked towards the boy, then back to the city.He stood away from the group.
"I bet you'll never guess who the father is"Yamcha said, not at all smitten, but bitter.
"You mean it isnt yours?"Krillin asked.
"Nope, it's-"
"Yamcha, I was planning to keep it a secret!Y'know, surprise them!"Bulma whispered.
"Does it matter if the kid's Vegeta's?"Yamcha asked, "Sheesh..."he walked off towards the edge of the cliff opposite from Piccolo.
Tien, although, joined Piccolo.
"WHAT?!"Krillin cried.Gohan was equally shocked, "Man!That's Vegeta's kid!And your the mother!No way!Unreal!"
"Look it's nothing to be surprised over"Bulma snapped.
"I guess Bulma's a little touchy over the subject"Gohan muttered.
"Hmmm..."Yamcha groaned.
"Piccolo, what do you think?"Tien asked, "About the androids?"
"Well I admit I'm a little..."
"Scared?"Tien answered, "Me too...I didnt even know this place existed, yet at least ten thousand people thrive here"
Piccolo looked knowingly at him.
"I did some research.It used to be a small port, but it's bloomed into a supertown over the last few years.They're thinking of making it an official city"Tien said.
"Hey you guys, where's Goku?"Bulma shouted.Tien and Yamcha turned, suddenly interested.
"Well"Krillin put up in defense, "Where's Vegeta?"
"Oh here's always running off"Yamcha answered.
"It's okay"Piccolo said, taking command, "You dont need to lie about it Krillin.I think we all have a right to know, like we should've three years ago...I dont blame Goku, that kid put him in a hard position.Here goes..."
Piccolo told the whole story, hopefully for him only one last time.He had grown tired just thinking about it.
"Bummer..."Yamcha murmured.
"Yeah, I wasnt really worried because I knew Goku was coming, but now..."
"Dont worry you guys!He's here with us in spirit!"Piccolo said.
"And I think Piccolo's gonna make a good a leader as my dad or Vegeta!"Gohan said.
"Thanks, Gohan"Piccolo murmured.
"That's three team members less than expected"Tien told Piccolo quietly, "I left Chaotzu at Roshi's...I didnt think he could handle it"
"Wise choice, my friend"Piccolo replied.

"What time is it?"Gohan asked, as he and Krillin entertained baby Trunks.
"It's 10.05 by my watch"Bulma told them all.
"Any minute now..."Piccolo murmured, watching the island through narrowed eyes.
"Look over there!"Gohan cried, pointing to a ship coming towards them.They all, apart from Bulma still cradling her baby, ran to the cliff edge closest to the ship, but soon parted as it landed, it's occupant being Yadjirobe.
"Hey, guys"he said, stepping out of his ship as the door opened."Korin whipped up a batch and he's got some spares up in his tower"he said, handing a senzu bean bag to Krillin.
"Thanks"Krillin replied.
"Yeah, good for us you guys have been quiet the last few years so we've had a chance to stock up"
"Why, because the only work you ever do is making those things?"Piccolo asked.
Yadjirobe ignored him, "What's all this training for, anyways?"he asked.
"Your part of the Earth's special forces and you dont even know!"Bulma cried, "Well all I can say is that two very evil, very strong people should be attacking this place right now"
"Really?"he asked.
"Androids, to be precise"Tien said.
"Well no hard feelings about the Earth's special forces and all, but I'd better be out of here"Yadjirobe said.He jumped in his ship and began closing the doors.
"Seeya Yadjirobe!"Gohan called.
He waved back, "Yeah, thanks for the Senzu beans!"Krillin shouted.He blasted off.
"There's still no sign of them, huh?"Tien asked Piccolo.
"Nothing yet...not even a power signal...I think if they were in the vicinty we'd sense them about-"
Piccolo was cut short as a massive explosion took place, blowing Yadjirobe's spaceship out of the sky.
"Look up there!"Piccolo shouted, pointing to two dots were the explosion was fizzing away, the ship in smoking ruins crashing into the sea far below.
"Man they just decimated Yadjirobe's ship!"Yamcha shouted.
"And we didnt feel a thing!"Tien cried, "What's going on?"
"I cant sense anything either!Man I wish Goku were here!"Krillin cried.
"Maybe we cant sense them because they're androids!"Gohan suggested in worry.
"Well then how are we gonna find them?"Yamcha asked.
"The old fashioned way"Piccolo said, once again taking charge, "With our eyes...Gohan, you go see if Yadjirobe's okay...everyone else, let's split up and find the androids.If anyone finds them or sees anything suspicious, then raise the alarm...raise your power"
"Right"they all said, quizzed on what to do.They all blasted off in different directions.

Tien landed on the highest building he could find, Piccolo on the farthest place he could find, and Krillin and Yamcha just got stuck in, running around the city asking anyone if they'd seen anything out of the ordinary.
Meanwhile, two people and a third hooded and cloaked, roamed the streets.They had disposed of a class B fighter not too long ago, and they were looking for anyone else with an unusually high power reading...in perticular, they searched for Goku...
The person hooded and cloaked looked about anxiously.No-one could see his face, the rest of his drab grey body was covered by shadow.
One of the two who you could see was short, bald, fat and very pale skinned, as though make up had been applied far too heavily.He stared around, but found nothing.
His companion was tall, old, had long flowing bushy grey hair and a tangled moustache.They both, however, wore hard hats to cover their delicate android brains, as well as gold earrings in each ear.Their clothes were baggy and light, like there skin.Especially the older looking one.The fat one's skin had been stretched roughly over metal.
It was Yamcha who would be unfortunate enough to find them, in just a few minutes.
They crossed the street ever so slowly, and a car soon found it's progress impeded by them.
"Hey!"the driver shouted, sticking his head out of the window, "Just whaddya think your doing, pal?"
The old man turned to him, walked over to his car and with one kick to a point just at the tip of the bonnet, the car went flying backwards up into the air, spinning and finally landing upside down in the middle of the road.A woman carrying her groceries home dropped them and the bag split, her contents sent rolling or spilling out into the road.
"Whoa, dude, did you get a look at that explosion?"a middle-aged man, trying to be young and hip, with wild crazy hair and bright colourful clothes said to a younger man.
The younger man looked strangely at him, "Dude, what is up with you man?"he asked.Then he continued, "But shoot, that blast was hardcore!"
The older android surveyed him, his eyes lighting up red.
Yamcha turned down a street corner.The road seemed normal.
"Darn it, how am I meant to tell who these creeps are if I cant sense their power level?"he asked himself."Man, I dont even know what they look like!"

Meanwhile, Gohan pulled Yadjirobe from the burning wreckage as it bubbled into the water at Light Harbour.
"Are you okay, Yadjirobe?"Gohan asked.
"What do you think?!"he shouted.

The androids stopped just behind the boy and the trying-to-be-sufer dude friend.
"That skycar blew straight outta the sky!"the older man called, turning to them.
They did not reply.Their cloaked friend picked up a fruit from the woman's grocery bag, sniffed it and then crushed it.
"Did you see it?Aint been anything that interesting happen here in long time!"he said.They looked dangerously at him."What's the matter?"
The fat android headbutted him and sent him down into the ground.He then punched the man's friend into the wall of a nearby building.He slid down it.
"Be careful, 19"the old man spoke at last, "Or you may draw attention to yourself"
Yamcha ran into an alleyway and knocked a dustbin right over a man crouched down there, a beer bottle in hand.
"Hey did you see anyone strange looking come down here?"Yamcha asked.
The man was in a haze."Hello?!"he asked.At that moment, a body came flying into the building at the end of the alleyway.
"There!"Yamcha whispered.
The old man turned to the alleyway, which was very long, "A human with an abnormally high energy level is approaching..."he murmured, "I would class him as a Type A fighter!What do your senses indicate?"
"Yes there is a great power coming towards us...could he the one we seek, android 20?"
"Perhaps...this level is far beyond the mean data level of the human race.At least a million times that!"
"Hmmm..."19 murmured.
"I doubt he is the one your looking for"the cloaked person said croakily."Goku was...Goku is more powerful than that"
Yamcha reached the end of the alleyway and stared around it.The body of the man, blood smeared on the wall behind him, collapsed at Yamcha's feet.
"Man he needs medical attention...."he murmured."Huh?"
Yamcha stood and ran out into the street.A car lay flipped over in the street.The cloaked figure sniffed and then vanished into the air.
"He was walked right into our midst"20 whispered to 19.They were on the same side of the road as Yamcha, not far away, "We shall absorb all his energy....this shall supply us with more than enough, each"
In surprise and fear, he saw the woman's groceries, the "hip" man lying unconcious on the floor.
"I must've just missed them...looked like a fresh attack..."Yamcha muttered.
"It was horrible!"android 20 shouted."They came out of nowhere and attacked!"
"Huh?"Yamcha murmured.He turned to them."You should get out of here then!"
19 disappeared and reappeared behind him.He turned, and saw the Red Ribbon Army logo."Ahhh...no!"he cried.
He jumped up just in time as 20's groping hand reached for his mouth.He flew back down and landed in the middle of the road.Before he could raise his power to alert the others, a hand grabbed his mouth.It was the cloaked figure.Without noticing, his hood fell down.
Yamcha found something strangely familiar about this one, even though there was no power level...yes he had seen him before....but it couldnt be, could it?!!
He felt energy draining away from him in great swathes.Android 19 and 20 appeared out of nowhere to grin maliciously and flank the greatest tyrant of the universe in great android form as he sapped Yamcha's power.
Freiza was back!

Krillin dodged some people, staring in all directions.Damn it!Goku, I bet if you were here we'd find them straight away!
Piccolo was having similar difficulty, searching Light Harbour.No-one was to be found, except the fisherman and cargomen transported crates of supplies, mainly fish.
Tien was hopping from building top to building top, but having no luck.
Yamcha had found them, yes...but he wished that he hadnt.

He was feeling tired already as he struggled against the android's deadly arm.Well, he wasnt quite sure what it was.It looked exactly like Freiza, remastered into his old form before he became a cyborg.Was it possible that they had wished Freiza back?But what did the androids have to do with Frieza?
He was finding it hard to fight against it anymore.His eyes began to close.He squeezed, as hard as he could, but it felt like metal.
There seemed to be no escape.He tried to muster enough power to raise the alarm, but it was all leaving him.
At that moment, a huge truck carrying an 18-tonne cylinder, full to the brim with gas, on it's monthly trip to the gas station came towards them.But the androids, holding the helpless Yamcha, barred his path.The driver swerved with all his might, only to come crashing into the gas station itself, causing a humungous explosion.Gas, flames and smoke escaped into the air and a great fire spread to the buildings and roads nearby.
Yamcha was willing someone to sense his fading power signal...but it would be too late for him.He knew that now.

Tien, Krillin and Piccolo all looked to the explosion.Gohan, Yadjirobe and Bulma looked to it atop the cliff.
"Oh no!"Gohan cried.

Back in Goku's house, atop the beautiful hills, the crown of the lucious countryside, was the perfect serenic house to match.
Inside, Goku folded his arms moodily.
"I brought you some water, Goku"Chi-Chi said, walking in with a tray, a water cup on top of it.
Goku did not accept."Oh, please Goku!You cant go on like this!"
"I just want to fight those androids!I want to protect Gohan like any good father!"he complained.
"It's not your fault your getting a deadly virus.I know I shouldnt be, but I'm whipping you up something special before you go into isolation"
I should be in isolation right now, Goku thought.Chi-Chi walked out, closing and locking the door behind her.
Man... Goku thought, looking at the clock, It's 10.30...why cant I sense anything?I cant even sense our own guys, which means they arent fighting...yet...

Frieza's eyes lit up unmercifully.He was loving the energy rush he was experiencing.He imagined crushing the jaws of one of those pathetic Namek beings...
Yamcha glanced at the other androids, and just then Freiza used his other arm to spear Yamcha, sending it straight through his stomach in an act of brutal savagery.
Yamcha's arms fell off Frieza's arm as his grip weakened.
"Frieza, I believe that you have accquired ample energy from your subject.Leave him now"
"You sound just like my father"Freiza said.He threw Yamcha into the ground just before the flames.
"I think that is enough destruction for today.Let us complete our transition to the mainland where we may seek Goku on more accurate ground...though I am surprised to locate one of the Earth's Special Forces on this place so far from their place of origin...and so quickly"20 said.
"Fine.Whatever"Frieza replied.
Just as Freiza turned a kick from Piccolo sent him flying into the ground.
"What?!"20 shouted, looking about.Tien and Krillin appeared beside Piccolo.
"Man, FREIZA is back?!"Krillin asked in surprise.
"Yes...and he's got friends..."Piccolo grunted.
"Stupid Namek!"Frieza complained, jumping up.
"Yes, you have met Freiza before..."Android 20 said, "And you are surprised by that..."
"He didnt tell us that these androids could sense our thoughts"Tien muttered.
"Your glands are working more than usual"19 replied.
"Are you not curious to know how this transformation came to be?"20 asked.
"These puny earthlings wouldnt understand!"Freiza shouted.
"Krillin"Piccolo telepathically told him, "Go give Yamcha a senzu bean and fly him back to Bulma"
Krillin nodded, dived to grab Yamcha and dashed off.
"Ahh!"Frieza shouted, firing a blast up at him.It missed and exploded upon a skyscraper, sending it crashing down over the road.
"That runt"Frieza murmured.He remembered back to Namek.
"Ahhh...Freiza!"Krillin cried, as he stood upon a rock, soaking wet from the catastrophic Spirit Bomb explosion.
"I wont leave any of you rats alive!"he cried, and using his awesome power, the power of the greatest dictator in the universe, he lifted Krillin into the air.
"No!Please!"Goku pleaded with him.And then, Krillin exploded.That's probably the worst mistake I ever made...Freiza thought, looking back.
"Yeah, so what did go on with that?"Tien asked.
"I suppose I could entertain you humans with the reasoning behind Frieza's complete cyborg enhancement...you are not the ones we seek.We shall destroy you in due course"
The one's we seek?...Tien thought, looking between them, as the android began the tale.
"It was three years ago that King Cold took his son's megabrain chip to the planet JiHee to rebuild him into a full android being.They rebuilt him and gave him all sorts of intelligence and instinct enhancements.Freiza retained his memory, his personality and his power from the Megabrain chip.At first, Frieza sought to return to Earth immediatly to destroy his sworn enemy, Goku...but it was then that he had an insertion of reality.It was obvious to all but him until that point that Goku was stronger than him, among other people"
"Would you get past the insulting!"Frieza asked.
Android 20 nodded to him, "He did return to Earth with his father in a much smaller, undectable ship, a year later.Being a total android, his power was unreadable"
"So it's true!"Piccolo murmured.
"Androids have unencrypted power signals"19 said.
"It was there, searching for someone who could help him in his quest, he met someone who shared a similar passion ; a hatrid for Goku.My creator told Freiza of his plans, and promised him that he would enhance Freiza to become an excellent tool of strength.My creator saw amazing potential : he was amazingly powerful"
"Flattery, that's what I like"Freiza said, "Yes, why would I turn down a chance to become the most powerful being once again?Now even Goku cant withstand me.And look, I've got my old skin back!The latest technology made me what I am, and the latest technology shall also maim you into what you are!"
"It is true that Frieza proved an invaluable asset to realising my creator's dream.Now we three shall seek out the one we despise!"20 shouted, "Goku shall die!"
"Not if I can help it"Piccolo told him."Your not getting away"
"Fine.Then we shall fight here"
"No!Not near all these people!"Tien warned.
"I know that"Piccolo said.But just then, 20's eyes flashed and out of them beams of power came out in all directions, destroying the ctiy.Black smoke burst into the air everywhere.
"What are you doing?!"Tien shouted.
"We have rid ourselves of all these humans.Now we may fight!"
"Leave these people outta this"Piccolo said."Let's fight somewhere else"
"Accepted.We shall locate a place of our choosing to continue our skirmish"Android 20 said.
They all took off, as Krillin, holding the near-dead Yamcha, reached the cliff and began feeding him a Senzu Bean.

"Yamcha?Are ya okay?"he asked.Yamcha, finally, sat up.
"Ahh..."he gasped, taking a deep breath.
"Yamcha we thought we'd lost you!"Gohan told him."I was really scared"
"Yeah what a dissapointment"Yadjirobe commented sarcastically.
Bulma ripped off his scarf.
"Hey whad' ya' doin'?!"he cried.
"Diaper's all out"she replied quickly.
"We've gotta warn Piccolo and Tien!"Yamcha said, "Those androids are fierce!And Freiza's with them!"
"Freiza?!"Gohan asked."No way!"
"It's...I'm afraid it's true"Krillin replied, looking at the ground."This is just terrible you guys!"
"Yeah, and Goku isnt here to help..."Yamcha muttered gravely."But look, we've got Tien and Piccolo, next to Goku the two strongest people I know, right?Well let's get to them and warn them about the android's secret technique before it's too late!"
"Secret technique?"Krillin asked.
"Yeah"he replied."They've got some weird ability to absorb people's energies!"
"What?"Gohan asked.
"When the android touched me it felt like all my life energy was draining away-and I'm afraid I cant let it happen to anyone else!"he said.He blasted off in a haze.
"Yamcha!Wait!"Krillin shouted.The team is falling apart...he thought nervously."We'd better go after him"
"Right"Gohan said.
"Your...your not scared are you Gohan?"he asked.
"Yeah...but we've gotta pull through!"he replied.The two of them blasted off in hot pursuit of Yamcha, Tien and Piccolo.

"Man!"Goku cried, jumping up."This is mad!I just felt a huge energy drain away, but I didnt sense any of the android's power levels!What is going on?!"
Back in his home, Goku was annoyed at STILL being cooked up inside.But there was nothing he could do...he'd risk infecting the others with his burden.
His nightmare, his fate, which had yet to come true.

They flew over the islands, Piccolo and Android 20 at the helm, in a tight group.Tien was at the back with 19 and Freiza, surveying the land, the little of it.Most of the islands were small and limited, but a few big ones were in between the small ones.Up ahead, Tien spotted the mainland, and a middle-sized island linking up to it.
"We shall fight here"20 said, stopping.
Piccolo turned around to face him, and the two went down to the ground, touching down lightly.
"So I shall fight you, Piccolo"20 said.He is a far inferior being to me, the android thought, calculating the whole battleplan, His design and structure prevent him from accquiring sufficent power resources.My design, however, incorporates the capacity for increasment.My potential is much greater than that of this Namek, and I shall rob him of all his power, and make good use of my capacity...
"Yes..."he murmured."Let us begin!"
Android 19 and Freiza landed behind Android 20, while Tien stayed back.

"Man by the time we find the other's it'll be too late!"Yamcha cried, as he, Gohan and Krillin searched wildly among the tiny islands."They'll only raise their power level when the fight starts, and then the android's will have their way with them!"
"Keep searching!"Krillin urged.

Piccolo blasted forward and rammed into the android, a strong headbutt in his stomach.He was thrown back into the ground, but quickly flipped back up to avoid Piccolo's blast.
Darn it... The android thought, I have just missed an oppourtunity to recharge!I must not make the same mistake twice...no.I shall absorb any energy that I can.
Piccolo came back for more and kicked the android into the air.He followed up with another headbutt to his stomach.
"Galgh!"the android choking, spitting out blood.Piccolo smashed down with his two hands on the android's back, spearing him between his head and his hands.He let the android fall and hit the ground, sending dust into the air.
Piccolo put two fingers to his forhead, powering up.
The android, without opening his eyes, scanned Piccolo.
"Yes..."he murmured, "The massenkopapo technique will provide me with an enourmous burst of energy.The battle will be over before the Namekian even knows what he is doing!"

"That's it!"Goku cried, jumping up, "I cant wait about anymore in this mystery!Piccolo's in trouble!"
Goku soon lost the battle with his common sense and sat back down on the bed, clenching his teeth in anger.
He didnt know how much more he could take.

"Over there!"Krillin cried, pointing to a large island not too far away.
"Right!"Yamcha and Gohan shouted back together, as they were each eyeing different locations.The three of them blasted towards the battleground.

"Raaarrghhh!"Piccolo roared, firing his blast down.The android was pretending to be out cold.
Man, Tien thought, Piccolo's on fire!We dont need the Saiyans when we've got a Namekian on our side...I think we might win this!
The blast reached 20, but he jumped up and absorbed it, using the red absorber on his hand.In the haze of the blast, Piccolo breathing hard, he did not notice where exactly his power absorber was located.
"What just happened?!"Piccolo cried.The android, pumped full of energy, blasted forward towards the weakened Piccolo.
Also within the three years since Trunks came, Dr.Gero had modified his creations further, making them able to use any technique that they have absorbed.So just then, Android 20 fired the Massenkopapo attack right up to Piccolo which tore through his chest.He then fired a blast of energy, appeared up behind him and smashed down like Piccolo had done to him, hard on his back, throwing him into the blast.The smoking, hurt Piccolo fell down to the ground.
"That is another of the Earth's Special Forces that we have disposed of"he said.
Tien was looking extremely worried at this point.He'd have to deal with all three of them, alone.
"I shall destroy the one named Tienshinhan, 20?"19 asked.
"You may"20 told him, "Then we shall eliminate our target"
At that moment, Gohan, Krillin and Yamcha arrived, and Krillin quickly fed Piccolo a senzu bean.
"Ohh!"he coughed, sitting up."Vegeta's here.That Saiyan, always cropping up where he's not wanted"
"What?"Tien asked.20 turned to them.
"Ahh yes, the Senzu Bean"20 said, "We have now witnessed two regenerations of strength using their powers.But we shall make sure that this does not happen a third time...19, destroy Tien!"
19 blasted forward and kicked Tien in face, throwing him backwards.He came behind to attack again, but a spinning kick from Tien sent him crashing into the ground.
He picked up the android by the head, flipped over and used it as his landing pad, crashing hard into the ground.He jumped off, letting the android's legs fall down softly.
"Tri beam!"Tien shouted, mustering his finishing attack.
"Tien!No!"Yamcha warned.
"Huh?"Tien asked, turning.In possibly the worst scenario, the android jumped up and grabbed Tien's hands, absorbing the neatly formed triangle and then some before he had even fired it.He was glued to the spot as his energy began to leave him.
"What did you say?Vegeta's here?"Krillin asked.
"Yeah"Piccolo murmured."I guess he's waiting for the right moment to intervene, but he's here...somewhere"
"Look!Tien's in trouble you guys!"Yamcha said.
"I....I got this under control!"Tien said, one eye half-closed as energy drained from him.
"I have an iron grip"the android said, "I am unbreakable.Tien powered up to his max, as far as he could go with his waning power.
"Yes!I shall have it all!"19 cried.
Tien blasted 19 and he was thrown back, his hands heavily singed.
"There!"Gohan cried, pointing at the red glass on his hands, "That's where I think they absorb people's powers from!"
"Yes...yes..."Piccolo murmured."Avoid his hands!And everyone, no more energy attacks!"
"So you have discovered our secret"20 said, "No matter, for without your energy beams it is impossible to destroy us...and we have plenty attacks to deal out.With this limitation, I am afraid you have no choice but to accept defeat"
"Yes, and then I'll ring that Saiyan's filthy neck!"Freiza said of Goku.
Tien began enaging in fierce combat with the android, smashing and kicking with all his force.
The android was blocking his moves quite well, and at present they seemed equally matched, even after Tien had lost so much energy and he had gained so much.
He's improved so, so much... Piccolo thought, I could remember back to when he and Goku were equal...he's not that good anymore, but he's trying.And he's getting there...
Tien had prepared for three years for this.No, he thought, the time where he would once again outrank Goku and Piccolo he had prepared for ever since he met them.
He clamped his two hands together and smashed them over 19's head, sending him into the ground.A runny substance burst from his nose.His eyes ached, as he accidently scanned the floor.He jumped back up.
"The cracks are beginning to show..."Tien taunted, "I see Dr.Gero didnt programme you as well as he thought"
It is highly unlikely that a class B fighter such as Tien accquired class A status.There seem's to be a malfunction in our sense, or Tienshinhan has some outside force supplying him with vast quantities of power.It is not possible that a weak Earthling like this could become so strong...
Android 20 thought.He turned to Piccolo, And Piccolo is even stronger than Tien...yes.My worries have been confirmed.My calculations were incorrect...they have far outranked my previous power limits.I must return to laboratory...but, wait... he turned to Freiza, as he watched the battle lustily, Yes, Freiza has an enermous power, as well as ego...he would seek to hold them off alone, and with his power, he might be able to...yes, Frieza is my only hope.











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