05-21-2006, 01:47 PM
The white-maned android had left the bar rather quickly. It wasn't because he didn't wish to speak with the one known as Seventeen, or the one known as Trunks, but it was because he didn't have enough time. He never did. Something else always came up, and he always had to go deal with whatever that was.
This time, it was a result of the power signatures he was sensing here. There was one who Twenty was near positive was... Android 13. But he just couldn't believe it was. Thirteen had been missing for months, and the last time Twenty had seen him, he had been stripped of his powers, weak and frail, but still the same Thirteen regardless. This new energy was near identical, but it was so much more massive. Twenty could hardly believe it was real. Judging by the intensity of the echo of power he received from it, Thirteen was more than double his own power.
"Why is it that this Thirteen is always one step ahead of me? The first time I met him, he had already found a way to easily overshadow his humanoid host. The next time I saw him, he had done it completely, and unleashed a power similar to my own. But now, he's one step ahead of me again! What don't I understand?" Twenty thought furiously to himself. "Gero, what aren't you telling me? You made me, you know how to unleash more power!"
The android followed the signs into one of the chambers of the massive station known as "Burter's Dojo." The name rang a bell for the android, as his memory banks matched the name "Burter" with a blue reptilian warrior Gero had sparred in Heaven against and lost to. He wondered why this Burter was in charge of the Dojo, but didn't give it much more thought than that. All he knew, is that he needed to keep training. He had no idea what he was lacking to reach the level of power that Android 13 now apparently had, but training and becoming stronger and more efficient seemed the most likely course of action. He entered "Burter's Dojo."
It was rather busy in the dojo. A large number of energy signatures bombarded Twenty from all directions, although only a select few concerned him at all. Most were lower-echelon warriors, in a league that Gero had been in. But then there were those select few in the room that Twenty could sense were as powerful as him, and some even more so. And upon feeling this, his drive to grow more powerful built.
"Hello, do you need any assistance, Mr. 20?" a Syntex employee said cordially, approaching the android with a smile on his face.
"Yeah. I need some real practice against something fleshy. Care to stand right there and not move while I pummel you?" Twenty responded, sounding sarcastic, yet at the same time, sounding completely serious as well.
"Uh... I- well, I think someone over there looks like they need my help. I'm going to go help them now." the employee stuttered, his voice cracking in mid-sentence.
Twenty let a grin cross his face, as he chuckled silently to himself. As the man hurried frantically away, the android began to walk to one of the empty sparring mats in the corner of the room. However, the android was not going to seek out an opponent to fight, he already had one. Thanks to his experience in the Pendulum Room, he now had a rather helpful ability, one which had helped him to gain his freedom from Gero, and seal that body-stealer within his own mind. The ability to replicate his form.
Now standing calmly on one of the blue mats, the android dropped his arms stiffly to his side, and closed his eyes, focusing. He had to make sure that Gero didn't make a break for implanting himself in the other body, lest he would have to beat him back down once again. Making sure to put up several mental defenses, he then began to focus his energy about himself. His muscles began to expand and the contract as he prepared to undergo the replication. Then, with a flash of red light, his mind split apart, into two separate forms, each taking their own corporeal form. Two crimson-hued glowing entities wavered in the air for a moment, before solidifying and gaining their true appearance. Twenty now stared into the dark crimson eyes of his training partner: himself.
"Let's go." he muttered, allowing for a faint dark aura to rise around himself.
This time, it was a result of the power signatures he was sensing here. There was one who Twenty was near positive was... Android 13. But he just couldn't believe it was. Thirteen had been missing for months, and the last time Twenty had seen him, he had been stripped of his powers, weak and frail, but still the same Thirteen regardless. This new energy was near identical, but it was so much more massive. Twenty could hardly believe it was real. Judging by the intensity of the echo of power he received from it, Thirteen was more than double his own power.
"Why is it that this Thirteen is always one step ahead of me? The first time I met him, he had already found a way to easily overshadow his humanoid host. The next time I saw him, he had done it completely, and unleashed a power similar to my own. But now, he's one step ahead of me again! What don't I understand?" Twenty thought furiously to himself. "Gero, what aren't you telling me? You made me, you know how to unleash more power!"
The android followed the signs into one of the chambers of the massive station known as "Burter's Dojo." The name rang a bell for the android, as his memory banks matched the name "Burter" with a blue reptilian warrior Gero had sparred in Heaven against and lost to. He wondered why this Burter was in charge of the Dojo, but didn't give it much more thought than that. All he knew, is that he needed to keep training. He had no idea what he was lacking to reach the level of power that Android 13 now apparently had, but training and becoming stronger and more efficient seemed the most likely course of action. He entered "Burter's Dojo."
It was rather busy in the dojo. A large number of energy signatures bombarded Twenty from all directions, although only a select few concerned him at all. Most were lower-echelon warriors, in a league that Gero had been in. But then there were those select few in the room that Twenty could sense were as powerful as him, and some even more so. And upon feeling this, his drive to grow more powerful built.
"Hello, do you need any assistance, Mr. 20?" a Syntex employee said cordially, approaching the android with a smile on his face.
"Yeah. I need some real practice against something fleshy. Care to stand right there and not move while I pummel you?" Twenty responded, sounding sarcastic, yet at the same time, sounding completely serious as well.
"Uh... I- well, I think someone over there looks like they need my help. I'm going to go help them now." the employee stuttered, his voice cracking in mid-sentence.
Twenty let a grin cross his face, as he chuckled silently to himself. As the man hurried frantically away, the android began to walk to one of the empty sparring mats in the corner of the room. However, the android was not going to seek out an opponent to fight, he already had one. Thanks to his experience in the Pendulum Room, he now had a rather helpful ability, one which had helped him to gain his freedom from Gero, and seal that body-stealer within his own mind. The ability to replicate his form.
Now standing calmly on one of the blue mats, the android dropped his arms stiffly to his side, and closed his eyes, focusing. He had to make sure that Gero didn't make a break for implanting himself in the other body, lest he would have to beat him back down once again. Making sure to put up several mental defenses, he then began to focus his energy about himself. His muscles began to expand and the contract as he prepared to undergo the replication. Then, with a flash of red light, his mind split apart, into two separate forms, each taking their own corporeal form. Two crimson-hued glowing entities wavered in the air for a moment, before solidifying and gaining their true appearance. Twenty now stared into the dark crimson eyes of his training partner: himself.
"Let's go." he muttered, allowing for a faint dark aura to rise around himself.
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