Chapitre 51: Dr. Gero Escapes
"Forget about that. He's getting away!" Piccolo yelled. He was the first one to chase Dr. Gero.
Everyone reacted and hurriedly chased after him. Raditz was the only one who hadn't reacted yet.
"Uncle Raditz? Are you coming?" Gohan turned around and shook Raditz.
"Ah? Oh, yeah. I'm coming." Raditz nodded and followed. He didn't feel urgent since all he needed to do was ask Bulma for the location to Dr. Gero's lab.
They chased down Dr. Gero to a rocky area filled with numerous rocks and cliffs. Since they couldn't sense android's Ki, after Dr. Gero hid himself, they had no way to find him. Everyone once again spread out to scout.
After a while, Yamcha's Ki hit rock bottom.
"Aww, shit. He's wasting all the senzu beans." Raditz blamed Yamcha. Everyone moved toward Yamcha as fast as they could.
A few moments later, Vegeta's and Nappa's Ki also turned faint. Dr. Gero had hidden himself as soon as the Z Team came close. Then, after finding an opening, he started absorbing the other's Ki.
Krillin and Tien Shinhan carried Yamcha, Vegeta and Nappa to Raditz to feed them senzu beans.
While Raditz was feeding them senzu beans, Gohan's Ki suddenly spiked. Dr. Gero had found Gohan alone and targeted him. Unfortunately for him, although he kept up to date with the WMA, Gohan had joined the Junior Division and had not had the chance to showcase his actual strength.
Because Gohan was just a 10-year-old kid, Dr. Gero had seen him as an easy target.
By the time Raditz and the others arrived, Gohan had already caught Dr. Gero.
"Tell me where the two scary androids are." Gohan kept Dr. Gero alive to find out where the two androids Future Trunks had warned them were.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Dr. Gero's eyes shook, but he kept a calm expression.
Gohan was inexperienced as an interrogator, while Dr. Gero an old and experienced man. There was no way he would let out such important information.
While they were trying to get information out of Dr. Gero, Trunks appeared in the distance, he was flying to the Z Team.
"Who is this guy? He's the one you're fighting right?" Trunks asked confused. He had earlier seen the battleground of their earlier battle with #19 and even seen the beheaded body of #19.
"You don't know? That's Dr. Gero!" Piccolo said. Since Dr. Gero created the androids, he assumed that Trunks had also met Dr. Gero.
While the Z Team was losing their focus on Dr. Gero, he himself was trying to find an opening to escape and run back to the lab. Even without the Z Team's focus, he was still surrounded by them.
Just as his mind spun furiously to find a solution, Bulma arrived in the sky, riding on a hovercar with Yajirobe.
"Hey, guys!" Bulma waved from the car.
"This is my chance!" Dr. Gero looked at the hovercar.
"I was speaking the truth when I said you had no chance of victory! #17 and #18 will be here to kill you all soon!" Dr. Gero shouted loudly and whipped a large ranged Ki beam like a rope and slug it at the hovercar. Everything it touched exploded. The attack covered several kilometers area.
Raditz had forgotten the minor details in the storyline, but once he saw Dr. Gero look at the hovercar, he suddenly remembered that Dr. Gero would destroy the hovercar to put everyone's attention on saving Bulma.
Although Dr. Gero's goal was to make sure Bulma was alive to distract everyone, Raditz felt that it was better to be safe than sorry. He quickly teleported into the hovercar and brought Bulma and Yajirobe out just before the hovercar was caught in the explosion.
"Mother!!" Trunks was alarmed and hurriedly flew to the spot the hovercar was.
"Hey, I got them." Raditz's voice came from the ground.
"Phew, that was a close one. Thank you, Raditz." Bulma heaved a sigh in relief after looking at the disaster created by Dr. Gero which had devastated the surrounding several kilometers far.
Bulma was curious about the androids, she thought that android just now looked similar to Dr. Gero and wondered if it really was Dr. Gero as she did not expect a scientist to come out and fight.
It took a while before the conversation moved to finding Dr. Gero's lab. Bulma had heard rumors that Dr. Gero had built a lab in the mountains near North City. As the rumors were quite old, it was also possible that Dr. Gero had moved the lab already.
Since it wasn't safe for Bulma to be here, and she lost her only mode of transport. Krillin who was the weakest of the group was given the duty to bring Bulma and Yajirobe back home. The one who suggested Krillin was naturally Raditz.
Yamcha, Vegeta and Nappa were also advised by the rest of the team to go back since their opponents were too strong for them.
Yamcha thought it was a good idea to leave right now since he had almost died twice already. Vegeta and Nappa were unwilling to leave, maybe it was their Saiyan nature driving them to stay.
But Raditz did notice that even though they did not have a fight and only had their Ki drained, both Vegeta and Nappa's Ki had increased after eating a senzu bean. Raditz assumed that Zenkai was also able to unlock some of their hidden potentials similar to Guru's ability.
Everyone flew to the mountains near North City, Raditz, on the other hand, felt a craving for some food and made a short stop in North City and visited a few food stands. He got some grilled kebab and grilled lamb skewers.
Since everyone scattered around scouting for Dr. Gero's lab, this time no one gave Raditz weird looks while he slowly looked for Dr. Gero's lab while eating his skewers.
Unfortunately, none of them in Z Team managed to find Dr. Gero's lab. Raditz even thought Krillin had some special affinity for finding the lab in the original storyline. But since he had already sent Krillin away, they could only continue looking.
Half an hour later, Dr. Gero with two youths in tow appeared openly in the sky. The two youths were a young blond girl and a black-haired boy. He was openly challenging the Z Team.
"Dr. Gero!" Piccolo yelled.
"Ah! That's #17 and #18!" Trunks said in shock. He could never forget the two androids that had slaughtered and brought his timeline into darkness.
"What a beauty!" Raditz was staring dazedly at #18. Even drooling, others thought he was a foodie and was getting hungry again. Only he knew why he was drooling.
Dr. Gero had a weird look when he saw Raditz holding a bunch of skewers while drooling.
"They are the two terrifying androids you talked about? They are just two teenagers." Piccolo said in disbelief. It was too bad that they could not sense their Ki and get a feel for their power. Otherwise, Piccolo would not have asked such a foolish question.
"Don't let their looks deceive you. These two are terrifying beyond our imaginations!" Trunks looked tense.
"#17, #18 kill them all!" Dr. Gero pointed at Z Team and ordered.
No one else but Raditz noticed the small remote control held in Dr. Gero's hands.
"Yes, Master Gero." The two androids obeyed. But the way they talked felt unnatural.
"Let me handle the boy!" Piccolo dashed to #17.
"Alright, then I'll handle the girl." Tien Shinhan nodded and dashed to #18.
Piccolo and Tien Shinhan had worked hard during the three years and were brimming with fighting spirit.
Raditz who was just about to quickly swallow all the food in his hands, seeing Piccolo and Tien Shinhan already blocking the androids, decided to take his time to enjoy the food while watching the fights.
Piccolo tried to fight with his weighted clothes on, but #17 was just too strong. He quickly took off his turban and weighted cape and got serious. After he spat out some purple blood, he activated 2x Kaioken.
Piccolo was toyed by #17 who was enjoying the one-sided battle. Piccolo got punched and kicked continuously. He spat out mouthfuls of blood. In anger, he pushed up the Kaioken to 3x. For a brief moment, he managed to defend most attacks, but he was still weaker than #17 and after a few moments later, even with 3x Kaioken, Piccolo got hit no matter how he tried to defend himself.
A minute later, Piccolo was lying weakly on the ground.
"Uncle Piccolo!" Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan and fought #17.
Tien Shinhan was also not a match to #18. His Kikoho did some damage to #18, but it still didn't weaken her strength. It was unknown if it was due to her being an android that her power didn't fall down after being injured or her just being resilient.
Raditz fed a senzu bean to Piccolo and Tien Shinhan. He had finished his food and flew up to #18.
"Hey, I'll do you a favor. So be grateful, alright?" Raditz winked at #18. His eyes stopped by #18's chest for a few more seconds. Tien Shinhan's Kikoho had ruined her clothes, her chest was barely covered.
"What?" #18 looked confused.
Raditz disappeared and appeared behind Dr. Gero and snatched the remote control. Dr. Gero had served his purpose, to activate the androids. Raditz had no more need for him and put his palm on Dr. Gero's back.
An explosion emerged from Raditz's palm, Dr. Gero was blasted away with some robot parts showing from his back.
"Eh. He didn't die?" Raditz couldn't sense Dr. Gero's Ki and had miscalculated his strength. He thought a surprise attack would be enough to kill him. But Dr. Gero had absorbed quite a bit of energy earlier and had powered up.
"Damnit! My remote control!" Dr. Gero shouted in distress and looked nervously at #17 and #18.
#18 smiled and blasted Dr. Gero into pieces with a Ki blast.
"Why did she kill Dr. Gero? Aren't they on the same side?" Gohan stopped fighting.
Vegeta, Nappa, Piccolo and Tien Shinhan were equally confused by the other side's internal strife.
Now, both #17 and #18 looked nervously at Raditz who was holding the remote control.
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