Keep it Brief 002

Speed running the assembly in a feat of sweat fueled anticipation, Ty wiped himself clean, and wore a bright smile on his face. With a soft hiss of the generator, Z-Force flowed through a pump, igniting the central chamber in the android's body. Much like Android 18, this robot body would not need to recharge for a long time, if ever. 

Years of design, iteration, and quiet obsession had led to this moment. Now an adult at the ripe age of 18, there were no more moral quandaries holding him back. He felt his pulse quicken as her synthetic eyes opened and focused on him. Ty was breathless, as science did what had been deemed impossible. He had built himself a fully functioning robot girlfriend, and she was…

Flawless. 

Like any true mad scientist, he wanted to cackle, throw his hands into the air, and shout something bombastic, like ‘she's alive!’ instead, he settled for a big wide grin. 

The android body took the same elegant shape as the combat model he’d always admired: pale, porcelain-smooth synthetic flesh, white hair cut in a sharp bob, and a graceful strength in every line of her form. Amanda flexed her fingers experimentally, and stared down at her new body. 

“Diagnostics complete.” She said, her voice was the same, carrying with it unmistakable rich, feminine, loving amusement. “Though I must say…I much prefer this method of interaction, Ty.”

Amanda stepped closer, her movements were fluid and natural, as if she were no different from a living being. He could feel the warmth from her body as she leaned in close, and an artificial breath passed his ear. 

“I am fully operational, and available at any time you desire.” Her whisper had him biting his lower lip. 

Ty swallowed hard. His hand lifted almost without permission, fingertips brushing her arm, and caressed her impossibly smooth face with the back of his hand. The sensation sent tingles throughout his body. It was warm, convincing, and as real as any living person. His thoughts raced. This was the moment, wasn’t it? The line he’d never dared to cross.

Her hand slid to his waist, fingers grazing the waistband and his- 

And then the lab erupted in red.

An alarm blared overhead, lights flashing as warning klaxons echoed through Capsule Corp’s main facility.

Ty snapped back to reality. Although he was a horny nerd, he knew how dangerous this world was, and wouldn't win a Darwin Award with his pants down, like the lawyer from Jurassic Park. 

“Amanda, what’s going on?!”

Her eyes shifted, pupils contracting as data streamed in. A nearby monitor flared to life, displaying footage from orbit. Five massive containers burned through the atmosphere, screaming downward before slamming into the concrete outside the complex in a storm of dust and fire.

“Analysis complete. Origin: Pod Corporation assault carriers. Probability of hostile intent: ninety-nine point eight percent.” Amanda’s tone sharpened, any trace of romance was gone as she spoke. 

Any thoughts of love making had gone to the back of Ty's head as the threat to his-and his family's safety-had made itself known. 

‘Damned Pod Corporation! I knew they were an antagonist in one of the DBZ video games, but didn't expect them to attack so soon!’ Ty raged to himself with gritted teeth. 

In one of the games, Pod Corporation had tried to destroy their rivals, and now just happened to be an unlucky time! Where was Goku to save the day when you needed him?!

The feed switched to local cameras, depicting the follow up scene. The containers split open in a cacophony of metal and sound. Five mechanized wolves emerged. Each one was sleek metallic grey with ruby red eyes, and bristling with weapons & armor. Energy gathered in their jaws before blasting outward in a thin, beam attack. Some security drones and armed personnel met the enemy, but were no match for these strange new beasts. 

Ty let out a breathless laugh as his adrenaline started to surge. 

“Wow, I didn’t think a live-fire test would happen this soon.” He said, glancing at both her, and his own power suit. 

“You’ll do wonderfully.” Amanda said, turning back to him with an arousing grin. She leaned in and pressed a quick kiss to his lips. “We’ll resume our…extracurricular interests once this situation is resolved.”

Those words were all he needed. Want to motivate a man? Promise him a hot robot girlfriend. And boy was he motivated! 

In a blur of motion, Ty dove into his power suit's harness. Plates locked into place, systems synced with his neural network, and thrusters roared to life. In less than half a minute, he was airborne, blasting through the lab doors and into the sky.

Amanda watched on in pride, a soft chuckle escaping her as timers scrolled past her vision. 

“Ten point seven seconds faster than last deployment, a new personal record.” She noted fondly. “Oh yes he’s going to do just fine.”

Flying at great speeds, Ty burst from the upper atmosphere in a streak of blue light. The same tech his sister developed for flying vehicles had been upgraded with Z-Power, and a thin film of ‘aura’ like ki coated his frame, propelling him forward. 

Given he wasn't a martial artist, or some ace pilot, his flight was anything but perfect. Going forward was no problem…it was stopping that he had an issue with! As he came to a halt, and tried to hover in place, he wobbled for a split second, and almost found himself flying headfirst into the ground! 

Arriving a second later, Amanda had seen it all. She flew effortlessly, was well balanced, and graceful. Red energy traced clean lines around her android form, and a hand covered her mouth, muffling her laughter. 

“Careful, Ty, perhaps if you had spent less time drooling over my chassis and more time in the flight simulator, your approach vectors would be, mm, cleaner.” Amanda teased, amusement coloring her voice. 

Ty let out an embarrassed laugh, rolling his shoulders as he stabilized. “Hey, it's my first field run with an enemy to fight. Cut me some slack.”

But as soon as the laughter left his lips, he heard a not-so-distant scream. The humor drained from his face as he took in the ground below.

Power poles lay snapped and sparking, fires crawling up their fallen frames. One wing of the Capsule Corp complex burned fiercely, black smoke clawing into the sky. Security drones littered the courtyard as flaming wreckage, and several vehicles had been tipped over. 

This wasn't some kids manga or hero cartoon where buildings exploded without any casualties. It was one thing to conceptualize that war existed on Earth, it was another thing to bare witness to such a tragedy first hand. 

Down below, carnage met his gaze. 

Over a dozen Capsule Corp security personnel lay motionless on the concrete. Bright red oozed from their wounds, and white bone was exposed to the air. One man had a perfect circular hole drilled into his stomach by an energy beam, the stench of cauterized flesh was sickening. Another had been shredded by metal claws, the torque must've been powerful, because he was little more than bits of skin, and a puddle of blood. 

Ty’s jaw tightened at the scene. He felt sick. But much more than that, he felt enraged! 

‘Pod Corporation! You bastards have signed your own death warrant!’ Ty internally raged. 

Amanda’s voice broke through his fugue, bringing his mind back to clarity. Her playful edge was gone as data streamed across her vision. “Scanning battlefield…analyzing attack patterns. Their fire appears coordinated. Based on crater depth and residual energy signatures, three simultaneous mouth-blasts would be sufficient to overwhelm our personal energy shields.”

The five wolves prowled the ruined plaza, metal claws gouging the concrete as their optics glowed with predatory intent. As one, they turned to the two of them, preparing to attack. 

Ty’s eyes hardened. His hand reached back, fingers closing around a familiar hilt.

“What are we waiting for then?” He said quietly. Dangerously. 

With a sharp pull, he drew his longsword free. Blue energy flared to life along its edges, the blade hummed as if it was eager for violence.

Beside him, Amanda mirrored the motion. Her katana slid free in a smooth, elegant arc, crimson energy igniting along its length like liquid fire.

“No further objections. Engaging the enemy. Protocol: Leave No Survivors, engaged.” 

The two of them dove.

Ty rocketed downward first, sword raised, thrusters screaming as he aimed straight for the center of the pack. Amanda followed half a beat behind, red and blue streaks crossing the smoke-filled sky as they descended to meet the mechanized wolves head-on.

The battle had begun. 

As a nerd who had never thrown a punch in anger, Ty wasn't exactly a fighting expert. However, he knew that this was a weakness, and had developed a virtual videogame to help him practice. Uploading real world data, and controls, it was an extremely state of the art system that mimicked real life. As a result, he wasn't a complete fish out of water! 

The targeting solution in his helmet had a lock, but just as he was about to swoop down, his suit beeped in warning. Noticing three yellow energy beams surging up towards his position-with two more shooting in spaces he might dodge to-he only had seconds to react. 

Reacting instantly, he stumbled midair due to clunky controls, and accidentally danced around each and every attack. 

“Beautifully done.” Amanda praised, worry ever so slightly tinged her voice as she swooped past him towards the wolves. 

Ty hid his embarrassment, and trying to keep up the veneer of competence, swiped his blade down at a mecha wolf from 5 ft. away. A blue crescent of energy was launched forth, and the mecha beast-who hadn't been anticipating this attack-had its front paw sliced clean off, making it stumble to the ground. 

“Nice!” Ty cheered himself on. 

Buoyed by his first successful strike, he glanced at Amanda to see how she was doing, only to see her easily 2v1 a pair of mecha wolves. She moved with a fluid, lethal grace that had his mouth unconsciously open wide. Splitting one wolf completely in half with her red-tinged katana, sparks and wiring flew everywhere. Then, with her offhand, a ball of red gathered, and she held it backwards without looking. As the remaining wolf lunged at her, about to snap its jaws around her fair hand, the red ball pierced the wolf's head, then exploded deep inside its body. 

A wave of super hot air rushed by, making her black skirt lift up, revealing a pair of creamy legs. 

Ty only snapped out of it when the limping dog made to swipe at him with its claws. Acting on instinct honed from hours upon hours in the simulator-he had spent much more time on the sword than in flying-he met the claw head on, parrying several strikes. Due to its awkward movement, he easily slid into its guard, and cut off the remaining front paw where his scanners had identified a weak point. He was about to slay the monster, when it opened its mouth for a point blank blast. At the same time, his scanners shrieked in warning as the remaining mecha wolves had also unleashed their ranged attacks! 

Amanda ran at him in worry, but she would be too late! Brain working furiously, he recalled what she had said about the broken shields, and there was no time to dodge…however…what if he didn't want to dodge! 

Pumping an extra 40% of his energy into his longsword, he overclocked it to such a degree, that it threatened to come apart. The experimental materials that bound it together thrummed with power, and his shields began to fade as the energy had been diverted elsewhere. 

“Ty!” Amanda yelled in worry, as the beams came close. 

Ignoring her, he was 100% focused on the task at hand. First and foremost, he struck forth towards the point blank blast, cleaving it in half, and directly destroying the mecha wolf in front of him. The mind he had inherited from his father was powerful, like a computer, and in that short span of time, he had made a perfect calculation. 

By cleaving the first attack in two, the energy had been diverted, and precisely impacted the other two beams that threatened his flank! An explosion erupted as they canceled one another out. Without further pause, he flew forward, and met the two mecha wolves head on. 

One of them tried to flank left as the other lunged for his throat. 

Ty pulled up, flying directly into the air, and just inches from their claws. Performing a corkscrew flip, he extended his arm, and sliced a head off. Then, disabling his flight, he  let gravity bring him down. Kicking off of the fallen mecha wolf's corpse, he launched himself at the remaining opponent. 

Sword shining, he hacked it apart without a second thought. Entering a hyper focused state ignoring all else, he dodged a paw to the chest-recognized it was a feint so the wolf could bite his neck-and leaned in close to the ground, avoiding the bite by an inch. Then, raising his sword from the ground, he moved in a blue flash, accelerating to his maximum speed. 

A thin, horizontal line spread across the robot's frame, and then, seconds later, it collapsed into two separate pieces. 

Ty found himself gasping for air, and felt sweat clinging to his back like flies on honey. 

Within seconds, he felt a warm, caring embrace. 

“Thanks. I needed that.” Ty gasped, as he worked to get his breath under control. 

His helmet folded into itself, revealing a worn out smile. The fight had only lasted a handful of minutes, but had been utterly exhausting. 

Amanda held onto him lovingly, and stroked his sweat stained hair. 

“You look like you could use a shower.” She said suggestively. “Statistics state that males have a 65% increase in morale after post combat sex.” 

Ty held her close, and nodded, but then shook his head once he glanced at the bodies. 

“Knowing my father, he is probably too busy with research, and didn't even hear about this attack. He probably wouldn't think much of it, as terrorists have struck our headquarters before.” Ty grimly intoned. 

Amanda seemed to understand his unsaid intentions, and gave him a critical look. 

“Pod Corporation HQ is guarded by much more than the likes of these dogs. Are you certain you wish to go through with this?” Amanda pressed. 

Ty gave a long hard look at the damaged Capsule Corp HQ, and stared at the billowing smoke as employees assisted by robots ran to put out the fires. 

“My baby sister was in that building yesterday. My mother and father could have been killed. This is my home.” Ty quietly whispered. 

Today was a real wake up call to how dangerous this world could be. He had been having fun as the prodigal son of the richest man, and hadn't needed to ever worry about stuff like this. Locked up in his lab laughing with the AI he had built or fooling around in his virtual world, he was the ultimate homebody…all he wanted to do was enjoy the life of a rich super nerd with a hot girlfriend, but some jealous bastards weren't satisfied, and wanted to take the Briefs family out. 

To hell with that! 

As Capsule Corp employees began to cordon off the area, Ty turned to Amanda, and planted a kiss on her cherry red lips. 

“I'm not going to sit around and wait for a second attack. If Bulma, mom or dad were taken out…then there aren't enough Dragon Balls to wish your way out of what I'd do to you.” Ty darkly muttered, referring both to Pod Corporation, and any theoretical enemy that might harm his family. 

“I'm with you, Ty.” Amanda squeezed his hand. 

Ty smiled, and squeezed back. 

By the end of the day, Capsule Corp wouldn't have any more competition. 

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AN: Pod Corporation is from the games, and Goku 100% murdered their ass's. For a guy who is notorious for 2nd chances, kid Goku-and video game Goke-didn't play!