12-04-2004, 03:57 AM
Following his loss in a spar against the mowhawked Konat, Tapion, Android 20 once again returned to the gravitron chambers, ready to test his limits once again. Having fully been able to handle 75X gravity, Android 20 was going to push himself even further. He had just had his first encounter with one of the stronger competitors in this tournament, and if he had been beaten that badly, he knew he would die. So he reentered the gravitron chamber and walked to the console. Someone else had been in here after he had left. Somone weak. It was set to 5X gravity. Then, he felt an incredible power surge from the next room over. It's power was incredible. He wanted to see who or what it was, but any wasted time was wasted life, and he wasn't about to throw his life away. So he pressed the buttons on the console, and set it to 100X gravity, with the heat element added in as well.
"This is gonna hurt..." 20 knew in his mind, but pressed 'Enter' anyways.
Once again the familiar sensation of being crushed by one's own body came over 20, and he was forced to kneel slightly. Standing up straight again, the android started out small, just taking some baby steps, but the new element, heat, was causing him to sweat profusely. His footing slipped, and he fell flat on his face. The increase in gravity made him feel like he had just broken his nose, and he wouldn't be suprised if he had.
Eventually, 20 became able to throw punches and train in the new gravity setting, falling into a rhythmic pattern, and getting a favorite song of his stuck in his head. After about an hour of an intense training session, which bordered suicide and insanity, another figure entered the room. It was a tall, blond-headed human. It was the same one who hung out with Krillen a lot. He nodded, regarding the new arrival's presence in the room. The android then returned to his combat training. He heard the human set the gravity in the room to max, with max heat element. The max was somewhere in the upper 100's for this room, but other chambers had higher levels of gravity. As the human pressed 'enter,' the gravity strained everything in his body to the max. He was on the verge of screaming. How could the human tolerate this sort of gravity strain? He wanted to fall to his knees and just wait until the pain ended, but he decided to hold to his stoicism, and showed no physical change. He continued to throw punches at an invisible fighter. The heat was getting to him, the gravity too much. But he saw the blond teen go about the room practicing with ease. 20 turned back to his corner of the room, and began doing some acrobatic feats around the room. He saw the human pause, and seem to note what he was doing. It made him feel a little better about himself as a fighter, although for all he knew, the human was laughing at him. But he pressed on, knowing that in the end, this training would pay off. Eventually, the human left the room, and 20 was left alone once again. The other chamber had another flash of purple light. Gero then decided it was time to test his power. He let his white aura erupt around him, and expand to fill half of the room.
"Er......." the android rumbled.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" 20 screamed, his aura exploding and creating a shockwave of wind to spread from him. He could feel his power peaking out. He was at about 90% now, and he wanted to increase still. Mustering together everything he had, the android released it as power.
"HAAAAAAAAAAA!" 20 roared and his aura turned ominously black. Red energy currents began flowing around his body, and his pupils and irises disappeared. Dr. Gero lost all control and the android took over again. Blue flames erupted from the android's eyes. Android 20 looked very menacing and dangerous now. While he knew it not, he had just forced electrons into his generator, and pushed all the atoms within it to the tertiary valence energy level. This energy surge caused a rapid increase in his strength and speed, but an incredible decrease in defense and stamina. Not only that, but the stress on his generator from all the energy was literallly frying his circuitry. But as soon as the power had come, it was gone, and 20 dropped to his knees, his breath coming in shallow gasps. The aura receeded, and Dr. Gero regained control.
"Almost... had... it..." 20 moaned, gasping between each word.
20 stood up and walked back over to the gravitron console, currently reading MAX. He switched it to off, and felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. He felt light as a feather, and this wonderful feeling left him feeling like he was floating, which in fact, he was. Gero floated all the way out of the chambers, as another purple flash emitted from a different chamber. He hovered all the way back to his sleeping quarters, where he promptly plopped onto his cot and was asleep instantly.
"This is gonna hurt..." 20 knew in his mind, but pressed 'Enter' anyways.
Once again the familiar sensation of being crushed by one's own body came over 20, and he was forced to kneel slightly. Standing up straight again, the android started out small, just taking some baby steps, but the new element, heat, was causing him to sweat profusely. His footing slipped, and he fell flat on his face. The increase in gravity made him feel like he had just broken his nose, and he wouldn't be suprised if he had.
Eventually, 20 became able to throw punches and train in the new gravity setting, falling into a rhythmic pattern, and getting a favorite song of his stuck in his head. After about an hour of an intense training session, which bordered suicide and insanity, another figure entered the room. It was a tall, blond-headed human. It was the same one who hung out with Krillen a lot. He nodded, regarding the new arrival's presence in the room. The android then returned to his combat training. He heard the human set the gravity in the room to max, with max heat element. The max was somewhere in the upper 100's for this room, but other chambers had higher levels of gravity. As the human pressed 'enter,' the gravity strained everything in his body to the max. He was on the verge of screaming. How could the human tolerate this sort of gravity strain? He wanted to fall to his knees and just wait until the pain ended, but he decided to hold to his stoicism, and showed no physical change. He continued to throw punches at an invisible fighter. The heat was getting to him, the gravity too much. But he saw the blond teen go about the room practicing with ease. 20 turned back to his corner of the room, and began doing some acrobatic feats around the room. He saw the human pause, and seem to note what he was doing. It made him feel a little better about himself as a fighter, although for all he knew, the human was laughing at him. But he pressed on, knowing that in the end, this training would pay off. Eventually, the human left the room, and 20 was left alone once again. The other chamber had another flash of purple light. Gero then decided it was time to test his power. He let his white aura erupt around him, and expand to fill half of the room.
"Er......." the android rumbled.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" 20 screamed, his aura exploding and creating a shockwave of wind to spread from him. He could feel his power peaking out. He was at about 90% now, and he wanted to increase still. Mustering together everything he had, the android released it as power.
"HAAAAAAAAAAA!" 20 roared and his aura turned ominously black. Red energy currents began flowing around his body, and his pupils and irises disappeared. Dr. Gero lost all control and the android took over again. Blue flames erupted from the android's eyes. Android 20 looked very menacing and dangerous now. While he knew it not, he had just forced electrons into his generator, and pushed all the atoms within it to the tertiary valence energy level. This energy surge caused a rapid increase in his strength and speed, but an incredible decrease in defense and stamina. Not only that, but the stress on his generator from all the energy was literallly frying his circuitry. But as soon as the power had come, it was gone, and 20 dropped to his knees, his breath coming in shallow gasps. The aura receeded, and Dr. Gero regained control.
"Almost... had... it..." 20 moaned, gasping between each word.
20 stood up and walked back over to the gravitron console, currently reading MAX. He switched it to off, and felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. He felt light as a feather, and this wonderful feeling left him feeling like he was floating, which in fact, he was. Gero floated all the way out of the chambers, as another purple flash emitted from a different chamber. He hovered all the way back to his sleeping quarters, where he promptly plopped onto his cot and was asleep instantly.
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