70 Chapter 70: Androids (1)

"It's this way" Trunks muttered as he walked down some stairs that led to an underground floor.

Gohan noticed that Capsule Corp's exterior was destroyed, it was sad compared to the version of the past.

'Mom and Grandpa must be alive, when all this is over I'll go visit them' Gohan reasoned knowing how much his mother suffered here.

She saw her husband die and then her son was killed. There was nothing left for her in this world, but now that he was there, everything would change.

After a few seconds down the stairs they reached a kind of living room. Trunks arrived at the site first. "I'm back mom!"

It didn't take long for Bulma to come running up to him and give him a hug. "Thank goodness Trunks, why did you take so long?!"

Trunks smiled nervously. Bulma spotted the boy behind her son. "I saw that face a long time ago, is it you, Gohan?"

"Yes, it's me" replied the boy smiling.

"What a surprise, but what are you doing here?! I'm sure your mother will kill me if she finds out" Bulma exclaimed quite alarmed by that.

Chi-Chi was always very strict with Gohan, and if she found out that he had traveled through the time machine, she would be angry.

But for some reason, she noticed something weird about this Gohan. He wasn't like the shy boy he knew, he seemed stronger and more confident.

'I don't know, but surely he has to do with time travel, now what did you do Trunks?' the scientist wondered rubbing her temples.

She looked at Trunks with a raised eyebrow and her arms crossed, as if he was waiting for a rational explanation from her son.

"Mom, we'd better sit down in one place because it will take a long time to explain" Trunks spoke as a result of what he suffered a few days ago.

Bulma nodded smiling, after all she didn't think there had been so many events in the past that it would take too long to explain.

But, to her great surprise, it was much longer than she expected. She never thought that the past era would be changed to this extent.

"M-Mom, do you want me to get you coffee or something?" Trunks asked seeing his mother in shock, "I was just like you when they told me everything"

"N-no, calm down son, I'm already assimilating everything" replied Bulma stunned, "So... In your time there are more Saiyans and you are the most p-powerful?"

"Yes, I trained a lot to achieve this power" Gohan answered seriously, "But dad, uncle Raditz and the others are also very strong"

Bulma nodded swallowing hard, this was too hard to believe. But the child before her eyes was proof that it was true.

"And tell me Gohan... what am I like in your time? Just as beautiful, right?" Bulma asked with a smile and Trunks blushed in embarrassment.

"Of course!" Gohan pointed out with a big smile, because this woman, despite the passage of time, was still as beautiful as she was before.

"I knew it! My beauty is eternal hehehe"

Bulma laughed as Trunks covered his ears, praying for the ground to swallow him up already.

"How different am I in your time? I'm curious" the woman spoke resting her head on her cheeks, she felt quite intrigued.

"You created artificial Senzu beans and a lot of gravity machines" Gohan replied leaving Bulma excited by that.

"Did you hear, Trunks? I'm great! Although honestly I never thought about the beans" Bulma brought her hand to her chin.

"That's because the idea was mine" said the boy taking out of his pocket a bag where there were several beans, "I also deserve credits!"

Bulma looked at him puzzled, but she frowned and stuck her tongue out at her and snatched the bag from her. Trunks and Gohan looked at each other, before bursting out laughing.

The beautiful woman raised a curious eyebrow, but she was soon joining in the laughter. It had been a long time since she laughed so much, she made him feel more alive.

"Hey, you don't mind if I analyze them in my lab, do you? It would be great if we could replicate them" Bulma spoke with a smile.

"Of course not, since you made them yourself," Gohan answered, and remembered something important, "Bulma, by the way, I brought you some materials"

Bulma was intrigued as the boy pulled some capsules out of her pocket and tossed them a few feet away, setting off a blanket of smoke.

After a few seconds, multiple boxes appeared. Bulma walked over to watch as Gohan opened them. And then she got a surprise.

"Well, what do you think? You're the expert here," Gohan asked smiling, and to his surprise, Bulma hugged him tightly, "W-what's wrong?"

"Uhh... t-thank you I really appreciate it" Bulma sobbed leaving Gohan shocked. Trunks smiled seeing that.

Bulma walked away, while she wiped away her tears with her forearm. Gohan took advantage of the moment and approached Trunks.

"What's wrong Trunks? I don't understand"

"Mom is happy for what you have brought her" replied the boy, "She used all her resources to create the time machine"

"And as you know, she loves to create things. But without resources, she can't do anything. What you brought is the best possible gift for mom"

"I also thank you very much, seeing her like this is something that also makes me happy" Trunks said with a smile and the young man nodded with a smile.

"Let's go leave all these boxes in his lab, so he'll be happier" Gohan spoke creating clones and Trunks was stunned.

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Thanks to Gohan's clones, it didn't take long to transport the boxes. They were now having lunch as they chatted.

"This is very tasty, your mother cooks very well Gohan" Trunks asserted eating the dish that he had prepared Chi-Chi to eat on the trip.

"Yes, he hadn't tasted a single one of his meals in a long time but with what happened last night I have enough to last several years" said Gohan smiling.

Trunks laughed and continued with his plate. Bulma was pleased noticing that her son was more animated, and she guessed that must have something to do with Gohan.

"We're reporting here live from Channel 5! Those monsters are in the Northwest Capital!"

Trunks was alarmed when he heard the radio and Bulma frowned, but reached over to turn up the volume on the radio to hear better.

"They just landed about four minutes ago! One of them, the boy, got into a vehicle and now he's running over all the people!"

Trunks clenched his fists in anger, the damn androids were doing their thing again. And suddenly, the radio signal was lost.

"Damn androids!" Trunks cried out helplessly and Bulma looked down, but then turned to Gohan, who was her last hope.

"So Gohan... are you going to fight those androids?" Bulma asked seriously and the boy nodded eagerly slurping the noodles from her.

For a moment Bulma saw in him Goku, her childhood friend. She closed her eyes remembering all the friends she had been losing.

"Gohan, they're pretty powerful! And not even Vegeta could do anything to them. Your future self couldn't either, much less Trunks."

"I know you've been through different things in your time, but think about it. I'm tired of seeing the people I care about the most die" Bulma murmured.

Gohan heard a lot of sadness in Bulma's voice, and that motivated him even more. He finished his noodles bowl and he looked the woman sternly.

"I'm sorry... but I can't Bulma. I've promised Trunks that he would fight until I gave my last breath. I can't ignore all that you're suffering"

"I can't ignore what those androids are doing, you know my father would say the same" Gohan uttered seriously.

"Yes, you are definitely Goku's son" Bulma spoke with tears in her eyes, "Okay, I won't stop you, I-I know you're going to do your best"

"I swear on my life that everything will go back to the way it was before" Gohan said getting up from his seat and looked at Trunks, "It's time to fight"

Trunks stood up seriously and turned his head towards Bulma. "Mom, don't worry, Gohan is an awesome person. Everything will be alright"

"I hope so, be careful," Bulma warned with concern as the two walked out of Capsule Corporation, 'Gohan... I trust you!'

Gohan took flight and Trunks quickly caught up with him, they needed to get to the northwestern capital as soon as possible and avoid more deaths.

"Quickly Trunks, put your hand on my shoulder. We'll be there in no time" Gohan indicated putting two fingers to his forehead. Trunks obeyed without further ado.

Shp!

So, both of them teleported towards the northwestern capital. They appeared next to some terrified people hiding under a table.

It was a building with the windows already destroyed, there were dead people around and the few who were still alive were hiding under the table.

"M-mom I'm scared" a girl whispered as her mother hugged her tightly. Gohan looked at that place and clenched his fists.

Destroyed buildings, several bodies on the ground, the same scene from a few hours ago. He was already tired of those fucking androids.

The androids of the future were very evil, they enjoyed the death of others unlike their versions of the past. But why?

His theory was based on the fact that it was his father Goku who defeated Frieza and his father Cold after coming from Yadrat at this time.

As Gero saw all this, he implanted an aggressiveness chip in the androids so that they would kill Goku and thus fulfill his greatest ambition.

Goku died soon after and Gero activated the androids, only to be killed by them. And then, the androids went on the offensive.

Since Goku was not alive, the androids unleashed their aggressiveness on the humans, killing them in the most savage ways.

But in the timeline of the series, it was Trunks who defeated Frieza and his father after traveling to the past. With this, he changed all events.

Gero didn't see the need to implant any chip or wake them up, he created 19 and made himself an android thinking that this way he would defeat Goku.

But since he couldn't defeat him, he urgently woke up Androids 17 and 18, which in turn woke up Android 16. It was more or less his idea.

That would explain why androids 16 and 19 didn't ppear at this time. Ironically, they appeared in the series because of Trunks' time travel.

'In short, I'm going to destroy them' Gohan thought, clenching his fists as Trunks looked at him in amazement at the power he was unleashing.

"Trunks, please take care of the people and try to get them away from this place" Gohan indicated crossing the roof of the building, and left.

Trunks nodded. He took the six people who were under the table and left. He trusted Gohan to defeat those damn androids.

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A dark-haired boy was driving a small vehicle at full speed, cruelly running over every person he crossed.

"Hahaha! Get out of my way you trash!" shouted the boy, who also had a black t-shirt, a red scarf and jeans, he was android 17.

"This bores me 17, let's destroy this city!" a beautiful girl in a blue vest and blue jeans asked. She was android 18.

"It's just really fun to mow down these ants, it's like a video game!" 17 exclaimed as he continued the outrage.

18 sighed bored. She stretched out her arm and creating a Ki blast shot it towards a family sheltering just behind a nearby car.

Flush!

But suddenly a golden flash appeared before the explosion and took the family away. 18 opened her eyes surprised by that event.

"Wait 17! There's someone here!" exclaimed 18 exhorting her brother to stop.

17 paid attention and stopped the car. They both got out curiously and suddenly a young boy with blond hair appeared in front of them.

"Another Saiyan? Haha, to top it off he's a boy" 17 crossed his arms with a mocking smile while Gohan looked at them with great anger.

In front of him were the androids, who terrorized Trunks' time and who destroyed all vestiges of hope.

"His face looks familiar to me" commented 18 scrutinizing the boy, "I know! It's Gohan"

"What? Goku's son?" asked 17 puzzled. "Don't talk nonsense, we already finished with that useless man a long time ago"

"I don't care. I don't want to dirty my clothes, so finish him" 18 spoke walking towards a rubble. She sat on it, bored.

"Don't worry, you won't get dirty because I'm not going to leave a trace of you" Gohan commented releasing his bloodlust and 17 let out a few laughs.

"You saiyans are always with your nonsense, I'll be the one to leave no trace of you!" 17 flew towards him with the intention of killing him.

"Solar flare!" Gohan turned his Ki into sunlight that completely blinded the two androids.

17 stopped his movement suddenly putting his hands to his eyes. "Damn brat! What have you done to my eyes?"

Gohan wasted no time kicking 17's abdomen with all his power, sending him into some buildings, and then appeared in front of 18.

"I can't see anything! Argh!" the girl groaned trying to open her eyes and in the small instant that she was able to do so, she saw Gohan, "Get away from me!"

Flush!

Flush!

Flush!

18 started to fire random energy blasts at him but Gohan grabbed her hand tightly, and 18 screeched in pain.

"It hurts, right? Well, this is nothing compared to the damage you've done to humanity" Gohan commented fiercely.

He expelled his Super Saiyan aura and hurled 18 into the sky with all of his power. The android headed ineluctably toward the atmosphere.

But little by little 18 began to recover his vision. Then, she opened her eyes and saw a white sphere of dark lightning millimeters from her.

"W-what happened..." 18 was speechless.

"Shut up, the dead don't talk" Gohan sentenced with an icy look and 18 was shocked to hear him, "Yin-Yang Blast x50!"

Gohan slammed his most powerful attack into 18's face, and then an explosion rumbled across the sky, creating a huge flash.

'One less' Gohan thought seriously. It would be foolish to extend the fight against beings that had unlimited energy, so he came up with that plan.

17, who was getting up after being hit, widened his eyes quite surprised as he gazed at the smoke in the sky.

His sister had been killed.

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