05-31-2006, 06:30 PM
Walk, walk, walk, it?s all they ever did. The scenery was as green and beautiful as ever, but still, all this walking was starting to wear thin on the droids nerves. He wanted so badly to tear someone limb from limb and use their head as a soccer ball. Wondering if he would ever get a chance to, Thirteen closed his eyes for a moment, just to calm his fragile mind. The sound of a man broke into his consciousness and startled him awake.
?So, how?s it going??
Opening his eyes and turning his head, he spotted the fused Sayajin standing right next to him, hands in his pocket and a smile on his face. Unsure as to where this man was heading with the conversation, Thirteen decided to engage in the conversation, so long as it didn?t probe too much.
?Not bad.? replied the droid as a smile crept up his face. ?It?s only a minor wound, won?t slow me down a bit. A tough bunch of them, weren?t they? And how about that little rascal that got away, think we?ll ever see him again??
Trunks nodded. He had no doubt in his mind that the escapee from their last attack would return with a vengeance, one that he could only hope would prove his own stupidity and nothing more. Thirteen on the other hand, knew that the would return, though he probably wouldn?t come back alone, not with the location of a mass of people, no. He would most likely find another alliance or rally up a group of stragglers and sway them to attack him and his alliance. He was completely ok with this scenario, in the end only one thing would be proved, either that he needed more training, or he had reached new levels of power, one that he himself hadn?t fathomed.
?Yeah, it?s a shame we couldn?t finish him off too, would have saved us time in the long run.? Trunks finally came back. ?We?ll just have to make sure that we fix our mistakes, you know? When we fought Goku, we went overboard, then we didn?t do enough when we faced that alliance the first time, and it would seem as if we had just barely underestimated them for the second time.?
The hybrid looked out into the distance and Thirteen began to ponder if Trunks had taken the failure to heart. For the first time in a very long time, compassion found it?s way into the androids mind.
?Hey, don?t worry about it.? Thirteen smiled. ?It happens, we all underestimated them, we figured that we would go in there and come out with a clean sweep, but you know what, we didn?t, oh well. We?ve learned from these three brawls, now we?ll be ready when the bigger powers come. We?ve formed a pretty tight knit alliance thus far and as far as I can tell, you and Kami make great leaders and believe you me, I?ve met quite a few people in power and none of them have the compassion and drive that you two display.?
Trunks went to reply, but before he could, there was a snap of a twig in the woods. Instinctively, Thirteen grabbed onto the lavender haired man and pushed him to the side. The air around the droids hand crackled as the energy gathered into a sphere. Thrusting his open palm forward, a ball of charged ki shot into the woods and struck something which made a shill noise, then it collapsed. Gathering his breathing and nerves, the android turned and saw that his whole alliance had frozen in their places, they couldn?t take their eyes off of the trees.
Taking a few steps into the brush, Thirteen spotted his kill. Smiling as he bent over and lifted it by it?s legs, the android turned around and held it in the air, he had killed a chicken.
?Guess we?ll save this for a little bit later huh?? Asked the android as he stuffed it into his bag and returned next to Trunks? side.
Thirteen didn?t realize it at the moment, but had that have been an attack, he would have saved Trunks? life.
?So, how?s it going??
Opening his eyes and turning his head, he spotted the fused Sayajin standing right next to him, hands in his pocket and a smile on his face. Unsure as to where this man was heading with the conversation, Thirteen decided to engage in the conversation, so long as it didn?t probe too much.
?Not bad.? replied the droid as a smile crept up his face. ?It?s only a minor wound, won?t slow me down a bit. A tough bunch of them, weren?t they? And how about that little rascal that got away, think we?ll ever see him again??
Trunks nodded. He had no doubt in his mind that the escapee from their last attack would return with a vengeance, one that he could only hope would prove his own stupidity and nothing more. Thirteen on the other hand, knew that the would return, though he probably wouldn?t come back alone, not with the location of a mass of people, no. He would most likely find another alliance or rally up a group of stragglers and sway them to attack him and his alliance. He was completely ok with this scenario, in the end only one thing would be proved, either that he needed more training, or he had reached new levels of power, one that he himself hadn?t fathomed.
?Yeah, it?s a shame we couldn?t finish him off too, would have saved us time in the long run.? Trunks finally came back. ?We?ll just have to make sure that we fix our mistakes, you know? When we fought Goku, we went overboard, then we didn?t do enough when we faced that alliance the first time, and it would seem as if we had just barely underestimated them for the second time.?
The hybrid looked out into the distance and Thirteen began to ponder if Trunks had taken the failure to heart. For the first time in a very long time, compassion found it?s way into the androids mind.
?Hey, don?t worry about it.? Thirteen smiled. ?It happens, we all underestimated them, we figured that we would go in there and come out with a clean sweep, but you know what, we didn?t, oh well. We?ve learned from these three brawls, now we?ll be ready when the bigger powers come. We?ve formed a pretty tight knit alliance thus far and as far as I can tell, you and Kami make great leaders and believe you me, I?ve met quite a few people in power and none of them have the compassion and drive that you two display.?
Trunks went to reply, but before he could, there was a snap of a twig in the woods. Instinctively, Thirteen grabbed onto the lavender haired man and pushed him to the side. The air around the droids hand crackled as the energy gathered into a sphere. Thrusting his open palm forward, a ball of charged ki shot into the woods and struck something which made a shill noise, then it collapsed. Gathering his breathing and nerves, the android turned and saw that his whole alliance had frozen in their places, they couldn?t take their eyes off of the trees.
Taking a few steps into the brush, Thirteen spotted his kill. Smiling as he bent over and lifted it by it?s legs, the android turned around and held it in the air, he had killed a chicken.
?Guess we?ll save this for a little bit later huh?? Asked the android as he stuffed it into his bag and returned next to Trunks? side.
Thirteen didn?t realize it at the moment, but had that have been an attack, he would have saved Trunks? life.