Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen Heroes ❯ Chapter Five ( Chapter 5 )

The mountainous city of North City was cold, extremely cold. The mountains surrounded the city and seemed to extend out for a lifetime. As the three of us, Vegeta, Trunks, and myself, started our search, I felt the rest of the gang show up. Minutes drew past, then an hour. I was almost shivering out of my skin, trying desperately to conceal it, when Trunks showed up next to me. He took his jacket off and handed it to me.

“Here, put this on. You're trying to keep yourself warm so hard that your energy signal is pulsing. You don't want to give out a false signal.” I took the jacket from him and put it on.

“Thank you.” As I floated next to him, I noticed that we were almost the same height. I was only about a half inch shorter. It made me smile. I'd been taller than Vegeta for a few years now but I would never mention that to him. He'd kill me for that.

The blowing winds that had cut me like paper were now dulled thanks to the jacket and we floated face to face for a while, staring dumbly at each other. Finally, we felt a real pulse. It was Krillin and we rushed to his location. Tien, Piccolo, Krillin, and Vegeta were already there when we arrived. Krillin seemed to be beaten up pretty badly and Vegeta eyed me suspiciously, probably wondering where we had been.

“Let's move in.” he said, gruffly.

“Wait, guys,” I heard Krillin say from behind us. We stopped and turned. “Gero beat me here.” I sighed and continued to the opened in the cliff face. As we landed on the ledge, I heard yelling inside.

“Out of my way.” Vegeta said and without hesitation, blasted the door open. As the dust settled, I heard Vegeta laugh. “This is what you were worried about? A beautiful girl and a boy with a neckerchief. Are these even the right androids?”

“That's them.” Trunks confirmed. The blonde and black haired androids were standing next to a white chamber on the floor.

“Android 16, I thought you weren't going to finish him.” The blonde haired girl asked the old man.

“I haven't finished him yet. I order you to stay away from there. Do not open that chamber.” The old man yelled.

“Or you'll do what exactly?” the black haired boy asked.

“I will make another remote and shut the two of you off again! Now get away from there!” The black haired boy moved to the old man and shoved his hand through the doctor's chest. He jumped in the air and kicked the old man's head off. It rolled across the lab and came to a stop at the door. The boy jumped in a graceful arc and landed with his foot on the doctor's head, crushing it. He looked at us and then walked back to the girl.

“We can't let them open that stasis chamber. If they do it will be the end of us all.” Trunks said. The girl looked at Trunks with a sly smirk and bent down to press the button. “NO!!!” Trunks screamed and let loose a blast into the lab. I was blown back by the fire ball that came out of the lab and, after I had gotten far enough away, I looked down to find first and second degree burns on my legs. `Damn, these fucking shorts. What a bright idea, wear nothing on your legs and leave them exposed to things like fire!' I yelled at myself.

“Brilliant idea, boy.” The debris cleared and the two androids were on a cliff below with the stasis chamber.

“But how did they survive that? That was my most intense blast.”

“Great, you've just shown them how weak you are. Never send a boy to do a man's job.”

The blonde haired android threw the chamber to the ground and opened it. The android that appeared was tall, over six and a half feet, with a red mohawk. They took to the sky and flew off.

“But wait, they're not heading to South City. Where are they going?” Tien asked.

“That's the direction of Goku's house.” Krillin said. As Vegeta took off, Trunks tried to block him from leaving again.

“Listen, we need to wait for Goku.”

“I wait for no one.” Vegeta said and punched Trunks in the stomach. He doubled over in pain and Vegeta left.

“Are you ok?” I asked.

“I'm fine.” He said, straightening himself. Vegeta's energy signal had stopped but as we continued to follow it, he started moving again. The erratic movements suggested he was chasing something, maybe one of the androids, and then he stopped again. We reached the highway and found the three androids below us; Vegeta was no where in sight.

“Are you ok in there, Vegeta?” Trunks yelled out as we landed on the highway.

“Of course I'm ok, why wouldn't I be?” He stepped out of the cave his body had made and came face to face with the young girl.

“Another android approaching at twelve o'clock.” Tien said. I turned to see the boy walking towards us.

“I don't have a problem with Vegeta fighting 18 alone, but if anyone else joins the fight I will be forced to step in.” the boy said.

“You don't have to worry about them jumping in, they're cowards. They wouldn't lift a finger to help me even if I needed it, which I don't.” Vegeta said.

“Well, then, please continued.”

Vegeta charged the girl, knocking her into the air, and brought his combined fist down between her shoulder blades. She crashed into a cliff face and pulled herself up. Vegeta charged again, throwing kicks and punches.

“He's doing it. He's actually doing it.” Trunks said from beside me.

“No, he's done for.” Piccolo said from my other side. “The android's making him burn up all of his energy and then she's going to strike. He can't win.” There was a scream from below. Piccolo was right; the android was on the attack now. With one swift kick, the android dislocated Vegeta's shoulder with a sound pop. He screamed again, staggering away from the android. Suddenly, Trunks was gone from my side. As he reached the girl, he drew his sword and tried to strike her. A high pitch noise resonated through the canyon and I saw Trunks' sword crack and shatter from hitting the android's arm. With a punch to the jaw, Trunks fell and didn't get up. Tien was next to jump in and was scooped up into a choke hold by the boy. Piccolo rushed the girl but was also knocked out. I looked at Krillin and I could literally taste his fear. I came in from behind and kicked the boy in the head. Tien, now release from the choke hold, fell to the ground with a thud. I changed into a super Saiyan and attacked the boy. Vegeta and Trunks were up again, but they were quickly knocked down by the girl. Vegeta screamed and I wheeled around to see if he was okay. The boy took advantage and kneed me in the stomach, knocking the wind from me. Before I knew it, I was on the ground and I couldn't pull myself up. Blood stung my eyes and I changed back to normal, as the androids landed by me.

“Even their strongest warriors fall at our feet.” The boy was laughing.

“Look, Vegeta's hair is black. He's not a really blonde, what a faker.” The girl said.

“Same goes for these two and they're not glowing anymore. I don't have any files on them.”

“Me neither. Oh well, let's go.” They both left and I cracked my eyes open to see where they'd gone. I found them on the highway talking to Krillin and I waited for them to leave before getting up. Everyone else was getting up and Krillin had finally decided to come down to help. As I staggered to Vegeta, Krillin went to Tien and gave him a senzou bean. I could see that Vegeta's left shoulder was dislocated through the spandex and I grabbed his arm, jerking it to move it back into the socket. He screamed in pain but didn't move. Krillin, finally, made his way over to Vegeta. I grabbed him by the front of his tunic, bringing him close to me.

“You could plainly see that he was injured the most and yet you heal him last. I don't care that you stayed on the highway but to avoid someone who's gravely injured, our best fighter until Kakarrot gets back mind you, is just plain cowardly. I would've expected this out of Yamcha, but never you Krillin. Give me the bean and get away.” He gave me two beans and crashed to the ground as I threw him away from me. I shoved the beans in Vegeta's mouth and he swallowed them. I could feel Krillin still standing next to me. “What?!” He extended his hand toward me.

“There's one left for you. You're hurt really bad, too.”

“And you'll be even worse if you don't get away from me now.” I limped, stubbornly, over to the group to find out what the next plan was.

“This is all Vegeta's fault.”

“Shut up, Tien. This is no ones fault. We all underestimated the androids.” Vegeta charged up and took off. Trunks also charged up.

“Trunks stop. Let him go. He just needs to blow off some steam. He'll be fine.” Piccolo said.

“These androids are stronger than the ones from my time. I don't understand how though.” Trunks said.

“Well we're not going to worry about that now. The next plan is to get Goku to safety. If Krillin is right, then the androids will be heading there next. You four go; I have something I have to do.” Piccolo said.

“What do you have to do Piccolo?” Krillin asked.

“It's none of your business and don't try to follow me.” Piccolo growled and released an energy wave, before taking off. I barely moved out of the way in time but I fell to my knees, unable to get back up. Krillin walked over to me and handed me the bean. I glared daggers at him but took it. I didn't want to slow everyone down because I could fly.

“Let's go.” I said after the bean kicked in and the four of us took off.

“Trunks, how long do you think the medication will take to heal Goku?” Krillin asked.

“In Goku's case, I'd say about ten days.” After a bit, Tien veered off the go to Master Roshi's house.

Kakarrot's house finally appeared on the horizon and the three of us put on an extra burst of speed to get there quicker. Krillin knocked on the door.

“Gohan?!” Chi Chi yelled as she came out of the house, smacking Krillin with the door in her haste.

“Chi Chi, we have to move Kakarrot now. He's in grave danger here.” I said.

“You mean you guys didn't defeat the androids?” Yamcha asked. Krillin shook his head.

“They're on their way here now. That's why we have to move Goku.”

We moved quickly. Trunks and I carried the bed out while Yamcha and Krillin carried Goku. As we loaded the last bag of supplies into the plane, Chi Chi let out a shriek.

“Gohan's here.” After he landed, Chi Chi scooped him up into her arms.

“What's going on, Mom?”

“We have to move your father. The androids are on the way.” She explained.

“Come on, everyone on the plane.” I said and we were off. Yamcha took the pilot seat while the rest of us sat in the back.

“I have an idea.” Trunks said, after we were in the air. “I could take the time machine to the past and destroy the androids before they wake up. It'll be easy since I know where the lab is now.”

“Yeah, but that won't change anything here, will it? Did your time change after you came back?”

“I don't know. I didn't go back after I was here three years ago. I just came straight here from that time. But you're right, it won't change anything.” He sighed.

“Then why did you come back to warn us if it wouldn't change anything in your time?” Krillin asked. Trunks stood and went to the window.

“My mother asked me to. She knew it wouldn't change our time but she knew it would make yours better. I also came back to see if I could find a weakness.” Chi Chi screamed all of a sudden and started rooting through bags.

“There's no time to waste.” She pulled a stack of books out of the bag and put them on Gohan's lap. “It's time to study, young man.”

“But Mom…”

“Don't but Mom me. We've already lost enough time. You study now.” Gohan pulled a book out and started reading.

“Krillin, why don't you call Bulma and tell her what's going on?” Yamcha said.

“Why don't you do it?”

“I'm piloting the plane. Come on, man.” Krillin sighed and moved to sit in the copilot chair.

“No offense, man,” Krillin said to Trunks. “but sometimes your mom's hard to deal with.”

“I know what you mean.” Trunks said, laughing. Krillin called Capsule Corp. and after a minute, Bulma came over the intercom.

“Krillin, what's going on? I've been trying to call Goku's house and no one's picking up.”

“We're moving Goku to Master Roshi's house.”

“Oh ok. Hey, is my son with you, I mean Trunks? You know, the one from the future?”

“Yeah he's here.”

“Well put him on the line. I need to talk to him.”

“Go ahead, Bulma. He can hear you.”

“Hey Trunks, a guy called in today because he found a vehicle and he does know how to drive it. He said he wants to keep it but his description didn't match any of our vehicles. So, he faxed me a picture and, you're not going to believe this, it's the time machine.”

“What? That's not possible. I have the time machine right here.” He lifted his hand but then remembered that I had his jacket on. I took it off and handed it back to him. He took a case out of the pocket. “It's in its capsule right here.”

“Well, how many did you make in the future?” Bulma asked.

“We only barely managed to make one.”

“I'm pretty sure this is your time machine. I'm going to send the picture through the fax. Now Trunks, I want you to take a good look at it and tell me what you think.” Within a matter of seconds, a picture was printing from the machine.

“This is my time machine, all right, but what does this mean?”