Area C: Day One

[Ruhiel]

As he flew away from the fateful ruins sight, Android 20 took one last look at where the new King of the Changelings stood. Then he looked over to the bits and pieces of what remained of his friend Zarbon. Too much suffering, too much death. He had seen too much, and all around him. Why was he still alive? Why did King Cold spare him? Questions raced through the android's mind, and as they did, tears rose to his eyes. Turning around to face the horizon again, pearly clear tears of an android sprinkled down on the course soil of Dante. He let his weak white aura slowly appear, and he shot off towards a nearest bunker.

Zarbon, I will not forget you. One day, I promise, I will avenge you. Maybe not now, or even tommorrow, but one day I will.

He flew across a dark dead forest, the blackened trees swaying from the slight breeze that blew across Dante. Flying over the bleak land known as Dante, Gero slowly became more determined. He knew that if he let remorse get the best of him, another fighter could easily destroy him, and then nothing would have been accomplished. He looked at the map on his cracked scouter. It told him that he was approaching a safety zone and a bunker. Gero lowered himself to the ground, and walked inside. Deactivating his beeping collar, Dr. Gero pulled out his sole senzu bean and ate it. The rejuvinating effects of the bean slowly caused him to regain strength, but at the same time, made him increasingly exhausted. He fumbled over to the nearest cot, and dropped into a fitful sleep full of nightmares and the deaths of his friends.