Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragonball Gaiden: The Search for Goku ❯ Huh?! Android 18 is Evil?! ( Chapter 7 )

The blonde android pushes a few strands of hair out of her eyes as she turns to face the newcomer. Her eyes gently glow a dull crimson and as she scans the young battler, a voice inside her CPU states: `IDENTITY NOT KNOWN… NO RECORDED ENTRY IN DATA BANKS. COURSE OF ACTION: TERMINATION.' With that she leaps forward, slicing the air with her agile frame as she heads directly towards Uub. Before he even reacts she is on top of him landing a flurry of punches ending in a spinning elbow which sends him careening into a nearby fallen office building, demolishing it further. As he picks the rubble off of him and attempts to stand up, his cold, lifeless attacker is there to meet him, but this time he is prepared. He manages to avoid taking most of the blows by skillful dodging, and the ones that he does take are well blocked to avoid too much damage. In retaliation, the young boy strikes back with a few combos of his own but the only response is a small grin from the beautiful machine. Damn it… I need to put some distance between us. Flying away into the sky, he hurls an energy blast down at his assailant, then turns and flies off to look for cover. His flight is short-lived as he is interrupted moments later by the blonde bombshell skyrocketing upwards from the ground into Uubs' abdomen. Damn near losing consciousness, the boy plummets to the ground; with his head spinning he cannot muster the concentration to stop his descent and he's sure he's done for. Right before hitting the ground his fall is suddenly stopped, and he can feel the solid grip of cold, metallic hands around his neck just before he passes out. A soft glow emanates from the hands around the youth's neck as 18 begins to smirk at the prey she's caught.

 

“Not so fast!” The voice came from out of nowhere, as did the foot that wiped the smirk off the android's face as it slams into her. Her grip on the boy loosened as her body recoiled from the shock that sends her flying backwards about 200 yards, decimating anything; living or not; in her path. Looking down at the boy, Vegeta quickly checks for a pulse. Damn, it's faint. She got to him good. Damnit, Uub! Why would you try to fight something like this without help?! The Saiyan Prince bends over and picks Uub up, but before he can Instant Transmission away, 18 is on top of the two. However she is not motioning to attack in any way, instead her eyes are glowing the dull red again. Her CPU stating: `IDENTITY: VEGETA. COURSE OF ACTION: RETREAT ON SIGHT.' And with that she flies off, which suits Vegeta just fine for he can get Uub back to safety.

 

The safety of Capsule Corp Headquarters Medical Labs, that is. Many of Dr. Briefs' best apprentices and interns stayed at the Corp and were offered quite well-paying positions with the company. Bulma often spends her time in this wing of the Corp also, the only other wing dominating her time being the Cybernetics labs. In fact, she is there to greet her unexpected guests, and Uub is immediately rushed via stretcher to the Intensive Care Unit. Once Vegeta sees that his responsibilities are fulfilled to the best of his abilities, he raises two fingers to his head and disappears without a word. Homing in on a familiar ki signature, he appears inside of a house, next to a small pink bed covered in Teddy Bears. A young girl, in her early teens, comes out of the bathroom to the right with nothing but a towel on, tying the last half of her hair into a second pigtail. As soon as she's done she opens her eyes to see the Saiyan standing in the middle of, what appeared to be, her room. “VEGETA?!” She dove back into the bathroom, “What the HELL are you doing in my room, you PERVERT!!” His face was beet red, as he spoke. “I'm sorry Marron, I'm not here for you, I'm here for your…” “I don't care! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM!!!” And with that, he rushed out the room into the hallway and damn near bumped right into her mother, Android #18. “Vegeta? What's all the commotion about? And why are you in my daughters' room?! And when did-““Cut the chatter, bitch!” He cuts her off relentlessly as he begins cracking his knuckles. “You're gonna pay for what you did to Uub, and all of North City!” With a look of utter bewilderment, 18 stumbles backwards and almost falls down the stairs. “N…North City?” She stammered, “You think I had something to do with that?! You're crazy Vegeta!” The Regal one dashed forward and pinned her against the wall, hand around her throat as he whispered in her ear; “Oh am I? Don't play coy with me, I saw you there with my own two eyes, draining Uub of his life.” “VEGETA!!” Marron was out of her room now and in the hallway, watching the scene unfold. She was frozen in fear at the sight of her mother struggling to break free of the grasp that Vegeta had on her. Shit, Marron's here… I wanted to do this without her seeing. Oh well, guess there's no helping it… He pushes harder against the wall, bursting through it and out into the street with 18 still in his grip. Once they land on the grass, he kicks the blonde square in the chest, sending her sliding across the street into the house directly opposite hers. While she's distracted, Vegeta hovers slightly in the air, spreading his arms and legs apart as he begins to power up. “I'm sorry 18. If what you say is true, and you have no memory of doing what you did, then you're broken and Bulma can fix you. But I can't risk you going berserk again, so… FORGIVE ME!” As he says the last, his hair stands farther on end and turns gold as a huge wave of concussive force spreads outward from his body, leveling 3 buildings and tearing up the asphalt road between the two. His body begins giving off a golden glow, as each of his palms contains a small ball of energy which is growing rapidly. “Final…” His hair whips violently in the force coming off his body, as electricity begins sparking all around him. His tail, which he so cleverly hides all the time, rips out the back of his pants during the strain. The balls of energy in his hands are now gigantic globes, and he pushes both arms forward in front of him, so the orbs meet in the center. “…Flash!!” He finishes, and the energy he had gathered flies forward, blinding the area in a huge flash of golden light.

 

You would've thought someone had performed a Solar Flare instead of a devastating technique like the Final Flash. The glow finally subsides however, but when it does, Vegeta is utterly shocked at the image before him. Not only is 18 not in pieces, but instead she has closed half of the gap between them and is standing there perfectly fine! What the hell? There's no way ANYBODY, Android or not, can withstand my Final Flash! The building across the way was saved for the most part too, apparently everything directly behind 18 has survived too, for there was a rummaging of the rubble from 18s first impact. The Saiyan's mind completely blows once the rubble clears however, for out of the wreckage arises… 18! What the hell?! TWO 18s?! How is this possible?! “What's going on here?!” Vegeta and the original 18 both shout in unison at this new, imposter 18 between them. Silence is the response, as the new 18 turns to face her twin. “Sorry 18, guess you were right. Didn't mean to try to kill you…” he apologizes during his lunge at the new challenger. His fist extended, his body fully powered up, the connection of flesh and metal imminent and, mere moments before the impact, he is frozen in mid-air as a small opening on her back releases a taser-like appendage. An electric current courses through his body, powering him down and once his power is drained, it drops him and she continues to walk towards her mirror image. “You bitch!” The original 18 shouts and readies an attack, but her body begins to power down unexpectedly as various mechanisms inside of her begin to conflict with mechanisms inside of imposter 18. An electrical feedback sounds as arcs of energy spring back and forth between the two blonde androids. Their bodies levitate into the air for a moment before rocketing forward in a crash-course for each other. The clash of metal on metal is heard, as the humming and whirring of the mechanisms in both androids' is increased tenfold and is joined by a grinding sound. By the time Vegeta shakes off his electrical numbness and looks up, it is too late. There is a large electrical disturbance in the air before him, and inside of it he can vaguely make out the bodies of the two androids melding together. Shit! I can't let this go on!! He stands up and powers up again, raising one arm straight out, palm forward at the disturbance. “BIG BANG… ATTACK!” He shouts as a blast of energy leaps from his palm and collides with the electric field, but it does nothing. Before he can attempt another assault, the field subsides and what is left is completely different then what there was originally. A single Android 18 stands before Vegeta now, almost 6 feet in height. Long blonde hair cascading down her back, and darkly outlined blue eyes seem to pierce right through him. A very tight strapless black dress emphasizes her newfound assets, contrasting her pale skin and embellishing her now extremely curvy frame. Long fingerless gloves beautify her arms up to the elbows and fishnet stockings can be seen right underneath the bottom of the dress at the thigh, leading down to a pair of black high heels. “What's the matter, Vegeta?” Her voice is like a low growl, with every syllable dripping with seduction. “You don't seem too happy to see me. I'm sure I can fix that, though.” After that, she giggles a bit as she makes her way over to the protagonist. Oh man, this is bad. I've gotta do something!