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(A/N: I'm particularly happy with the way this chapter turned out. I didn't expect this to happen, but things fell into place perfectly. Enjoy.)
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Chapter 17: Taking Control
Lowering his hand, Trunks nodded in satisfaction. “And that ends that.”
18 breathed a sigh of relief. “You know, you actually had me worried there for a minute.”
Trunks smiled and gave her a thumbs up. “Hey, come on. You didn’t think that bucket of bolts could get the best of me, did you?”
18 cut her eyes at him. “Maybe when he revealed that ability to repair himself.” She looked down at some of Cooler’s remains, kicking them away. “Though that ability is quite useful. Do you think your mother could design a program like that for me?”
Powering down, Trunks laughed nervously. “I doubt it. He was all machine. You still have organic qualities. I don’t think-”
A blast of energy hit him from behind. Stunned, Trunks doubled over before falling flat on his face. 18 was at his side in an instant, helping him up.
“You ok?” she asked.
Wincing in pain, Trunks forced himself to stand up. “Yeah, I think so. But who hit me?”
He turned around and received a shock, as did 18. Standing several feet away was none other than Cooler, completely intact. He was smiling at them with that cocky look on his face.
“It can’t be.” Trunks muttered. He looked down at the broken pieces of the Cooler he had destroyed before looking back at this new Cooler. “It’s not possibly.”
Cooler laughed. “But it is. This battle is far from over. And when it finally does end, it will be with your death.”
Trunks powered up again. “We’ll see about that!”
He flew at Cooler, and the two began fighting again. 18 remained on the ground, staring up at Cooler in disbelief, unable to figure out how he was still alive. But as she watched, something shiny caught her eye. There was a figure standing on the Big Gete Star. It appeared to be a person, but they were clearly made of metal. And whoever they were, they were aiming at either Trunks or Cooler, and she the feeling that it wasn’t Cooler.
“Oh, no you don’t!” she cried.
She raised her hand, preparing to fire a blast of energy, but a pair of metal hands grabbed her arm, pulling it back, before two more seized her other hand.
“Don’t interfere.”
Recognizing the voice, 18 looked over her shoulder. Cooler was one of the people holding her back. And the other person was Cooler as well. There were two Coolers. No, including the one Trunks was fighting, that made three. And she had a feeling that the shiny person standing on the Big Gete Star was a Cooler was well.
“Trunks, behind you!” she shouted.
The Cooler standing on the Big Gete Star fired. Having heard 18’s cry, Trunks noticed the attack and dodged it. Being up high, he got a better look at the person, his eyes confirming what 18 had suspected.
“What?” he gasped. “Another Cooler?” He looked down at 18, seeing two more Coolers holding her. “Two more?”
The Cooler he was fighting chuckled. “Are you surprised? I told you that the Big Gete Star constantly monitors my body and corrects any flaws in my design.” His grin widened. “Even if that flaw is that I have only one body.”
Trunks looked at him in horror. “What? You mean you can have more than one body?”
The alien sneered at him. “If you like that, you’re going to love this.”
He nodded towards the Big Gete Star. Trunks looked and couldn’t believe his eyes. Coolers, there were Coolers everywhere. It was an entire army of mechanical clones, all itching for a fight.
A shiver of fear ran through Trunks. “This… can’t be… How many are there?”
Cooler snickered. “I had originally made a thousand. And you managed to destroy one of them. Congratulations, only 999 more to go.”
He laughed loudly. All the other Coolers echoed his laugh, the sound coming at him from all directions. A bead of sweat ran down Trunks’ cheek as he realized the hopelessness of the situation. As an Ascended Saiyan, he was stronger than Cooler. He could handle two or three, maybe even four, but 999. It was impossible. He couldn’t win.
“What’s wrong?” Cooler asked. “Is the mighty Super Saiyan afraid?”
Trunks struggled to find his voice. “This… just isn’t possible. How can… how can all these things… be you?”
Cooler chuckled. “Yes, I guess it is worth telling. I told you before how the Big Gete Star absorbed the remains of my body, which included my brains. I took control of the Big Gete Star. So in a sense, I am the Big Gete Star. This entire structure consuming your planet is me. All these Meta-Coolers, I’m controlling them. So go ahead, destroy as many as you like. I’ll simply make more. No matter how many you destroy or damage won’t make a difference. They’re nothing more than empty shells that my consciousness is controlling from the Big Gete Star.”
Trunks’ eyes narrowed. “Then all I have to do is destroy the Big Gete Star, and these Meta-Coolers will be nothing more than oversized tin-cans.”
Cooler laughed. “You make it sound so easy. Foolish boy, just how do you plan to destroy the Big Gete Star? Not only are my Cyclopian Guards and my Meta-Coolers protecting it, of which all together I have a total of ten billion, but the Big Gete Star is latched onto the planet. If you destroy the Big Gete Star, you’ll destroy Earth as well, and you and everyone else will die.”
Down on the ground, 18 listened to every word Cooler said carefully. With some quick thinking, she came to a decision. ‘We’ll see about that.’
Summoning up all her power, she unleashed her energy. The two Coolers holding her went flying. She flew straight up in the air, going past Trunks and the Cooler he was fighting, heading directly into the sun.
‘Shut you’re eyes, Trunks.’ She told him telepathically. “Hey, Coolers, try this! Solar Flare!”
Trunks realized what she was about to do a moment before she did it. Shutting his eyes tightly and covering them, he looked away as the sunlight flashed brightly. Even then he could see a glow through his tightly squeezed eyes.
The Coolers all roared in pain and fury as they were blinded. Even their mechanical eyes were sensitive to the intensity of the light. They rubbed their eyes and blinked repeatedly, trying to clear their vision.
Once Trunks felt it was safe, he opened his eyes and kicked the Cooler in front of him in the gut, sending him flying. He looked up to 18, but she was gone. Had she retreated? That certainly didn’t sound like a bad idea. But where could they go? Where could they hide? The entire planet was being consumed by the Big Gete Star.
He couldn’t think about that now. While the Coolers were blinded, he began unleashed energy blasts at them. He didn’t even bother to aim, knowing that each attack would at least hit one. The Coolers scattered in different directions like ants escaping a heavy rain. Several took to the sky, attempting to avoid the others, yet they still constantly crashed into each other, being unable to see where they were going.
But Solar Flare did not last long, and soon their vision was restored. Several hundreds flew at Trunks while the others looked around for 18. Not seeing her anywhere, they too went after the saiyan.
Trunks kept firing. It was all he could do. But for every Cooler he shot down, ten more rose to take its place before even that one came at him again. They flew towards him like an angry silver swarm, laughing at his sad attempts to keep them at bay.
A pair of arms grabbed Trunks from behind, followed by several more grasping his feet. More and more Coolers surrounded him, grabbing, and punching, and kicking. The blows came repeatedly without stopping. Trunks was helpless against their onslaught of attacks. His strength began to give out and he powered down to his normal state.
The attacks kept coming, and Trunks was beginning to feel lightheaded. Unable to remain in the air, he dropped down, taking a cloud of Coolers with him. They crashed into the ground, several hundred crushing him upon impact. Still the blows came. But soon the pain faded away as Trunks fell into darkness.
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“Monkey see, monkey do. Wake up little monkey. Uncle Cooler has a special treat for you.”
Groaning, Trunks opened his eyes. He felt awful. His body ached terribly from the beating he received. Truthfully, he was surprised to still be alive. He thought for sure he’d be dead. Never had he been this sore, not even from his past battles with the androids. It wouldn’t surprise him if his body were one large bruise.
“Ah, good, you’re finally awake.” It was Cooler, only his voice seemed louder and deeper, and it seemed to be coming from all around. “Did the monkey enjoy his little nap?”
Breathing heavily, Trunks tried to move, but couldn’t. It was then that he noticed that there were wires attached to his body, and he was suspended in the air.
“What… what is this…? What are you… doing…?”
Cooler chuckled. “I’m going to use you as my own personal battery. I could have just chopped you up and taken your energy that way, but I wanted you to be aware. I wanted you to feel your life sucked dry before you die, and know that it was with your own energy that this planet met its destruction.”
Trunks made a futile effort to get free, but couldn’t. “Where’s 18?”
“18 what? If you’re referring to that woman that got away, you don’t need to worry about her. My Meta-Coolers and Cyclopian Guards are watching every entrance to the Big Gete Star, so she won’t be coming to your rescue. Not that she would be able to do anything if she tried. But don’t worry; I’ll hunt her down soon enough. There’s nowhere she can hide on this planet.”
“Bastard!” Trunks grunted.
A terrible sensation overcame him. He felt the energy being drained from his body. It hurt, it hurt terribly. He cried out in agony as he felt his strength being sucked out.
“Yes, yes, that’s it!” said Cooler. “The power of a Super Saiyan. It’s exquisite. So strong, so pure. I love it.”
The draining stopped, leaving Trunks panting for breath. “You won’t… get away… with this…”
“And what are you going to do?” Cooler asked, and began draining him again. “You’re nothing but a miserable saiyan monkey. You can’t stand up to me. You’re weak. And soon, what little strength you do have, will belong to me.”
The draining stopped again, leaving Trunks gasping for breath, and on the verge of passing out again. But through his dazed state, he became aware of some movement right in front of him. Opening his eyes, he saw was appeared to be the disfigured head of a partly made Meta-Cooler. But part of this head was real; it was flesh instead of metal.
“I wanted you to see the true face of your killer before you died.” Cooler told him. “This, this is all that was left of my body after my battle with Goku. The rest of me had been destroyed, or rendered useless. But when the Big Gete Star absorbed me, it had no idea that it was combining with a still living creature with a mind of its own.”
Trunks struggled to remain conscious. “So… that’s… the… real… you…”
“More like what’s left of my organic body that could be salvaged. The rest of me, my mind, my entire being, lives within the Big Gete Star. I have become a living mechanical planet capable of creating a whole new race under my complete control. Goku nearly destroyed me, but he failed. And now I have returned greater than ever. I am a god!”
Trunks sneered at him. “Bullshit. You’re insane. That’s what you are.”
The organic eye staring at him narrowed. “And you, saiyan, are extinct.”
The draining of energy resumed. Trunks howled in pain as more and more of his strength was zapped from his body. Through the pain, he could hear Cooler’s sadistic laughter as he sucked him dry. It wouldn’t be much longer now. Soon he would be dead and the pain would end.
‘Is this it?’ he thought sadly as his eyelids grew heavy. ‘Did I manage to save and heal the earth, just so it could be destroyed by this monster.’ In spite of the pain, he laughed humorlessly. “18, if you’re out there, I could really use some help about now.”
The draining stopped and Trunks went limb. It seemed as if Cooler was going to drag this out, torturing him for as long as he could.
“What? What is this?” Cooler cried angrily. “Why have the circuits closed? He’s still alive, so I couldn’t have taken all his energy.”
Trunks cracked an eye open. Cooler hadn’t stopped draining him? Then why…?
Cooler growled angrily. “What’s wrong? All systems are working fine, so why did it stop? What happened?”
“I happened?”
Cooler’s organic eye widened. “What? Who is that?”
Trunks recognized the voice. “18…”
An incredible feeling of relief washed over him as energy began pouring into his body. It felt great, like a he was taking a slow acting Senzu bean.
“No!” Cooler wailed. “The energy is returning to him! Why is it doing that?”
“Because I’m giving it to him.” came 18’s voice.
Cooler’s eye scanned the room. “You miserable bitch! Where are you?”
“Right here with you?”
Cooler’s eyes stopped searching and widened in surprise. “What?
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From elsewhere on the Big Gete Star, 18 lay still on the ground. Several plugs connected to her head, linking her up with the Big Gete Star.
“You made the mistake of not knowing who you were up against.” 18 told him, though her voice was not coming from her mouth. “You didn’t know that I was an android, did you? I’ve connected myself to the Big Gete Star. I’m right here in the system with you.”
“You despicable whore! Get out of here! I’ll kill you! Meta-Coolers, Cyclopian Guards, find her! Find her!”
All throughout the giant spaceship, the robotic inhabitants began running around searching for 18. But then they stopped. They seemed to be trying to move, yet not move at the same time, as if an invisible force was holding them back.
“What’s going on?” Cooler roared. “Why aren’t my soldiers responding?”
A smile broke out on 18’s still form. “I’m taking over, ass hole. I’m becoming in control just as much as you are. You’re going to have to fight me for control of the Big Gete Star.”
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Back in the room with Trunks and Cooler’s remains, Cooler’s eye flashed angrily. “Damn you! Damn you, you fucking bitch! Give me back control!”
“Take it back, tough guy.”
Cooler growled angrily. He tried to, but he couldn’t. 18 was spreading everywhere. He was losing control more and more as 18 infected all systems. Then the entire ship began trembling. Since Cooler had lost control of most of the Big Gete Star, he was unaware of what was happening.
“What are you doing?” he demanded.
“What do you think?” she said. “Separating this thing from Earth so you can’t hurt anyone else. Then you can die with this ship, and all you’re Meta-Coolers will be useless.”
“If you think that you can beat me like this, then you’re mistaken!” He contacted his soldiers. “All Cyclopian Guards, flee now! Kill all in you’re path! Tear this planet apart!”
18 sent out her own mental command. “All robots self destruct now.”
“NO!!!”
The Big Gete Star was suddenly filled with small explosions as the robots exploded one after the other. The Meta-Coolers remained immobilized, caught between Cooler’s commands and 18’s.
“All my work, ruined!” Cooler bellowed. “Years of planning and building gone to waste! This can’t be happening!”
“You should be more concerned with yourself rather than your ship.” Said Trunks.
Cooler glanced at Trunks, who had just torn free from his bindings. “What? You?”
Trunks smirked. “Yup, it’s me, back in action. Thanks to 18, I feel even stronger than before. And now,” he began to power up, “I’ll finish what Goku started.”
Cooler’s single eye looked around fearfully. “This can’t be. There must be something I can do, somewhere I can go where that bitch hasn’t infected yet.”
Trunks floated up until he was hovering right in front of Cooler. “Face it, Cooler, it’s all over.”
“The hell it is!” Cooler bellowed. Several cords came together, forming a large imitation of a body that attached to Cooler’s head. His large hands grabbed Trunks and began squeezing tightly. “If I go down, I’ll take you with me, saiyan scum!”
Trunks cried out as he powered up, blowing away the large wire arms holding him, leaving Cooler’s head hanging. The alien glared at him before firing a laser out of his single eye. It struck Trunks, but, to Cooler’s horror, did no damage.
Slowly Trunks raised his hand, holding it right up in the alien’s face. “Sorry, Cooler, but you die alone.”
And then he blasted the floating head.

(A/N: How was that? I figured that 18 would be perfect for taking down the Big Gete Star, being an android and all. Also, being an android will be an important part in the next chapter. You'll see.)
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