"What the hell is that thing?" Vegeta asked while standing up, knocking his chair over at the same time.
Terrified at the sight of the large robot standing in the doorway, Trunks leapt out of his chair and rushed over to his mother to hug her leg, "M-Mum?" However, he received no immediate comfort from the woman, as Bulma was still staring at the automaton in horror.
Chortling as he stepped further into the room, the seven-foot-plus robot stood over Doctor Briefs's lifeless form and smirked across at his stunned audience."I apologize for my lateness. You see, I've just spent the last several hours familiarizing myself with the incredible abundance of technology down in the research and development labs." His eyes flared dangerously as he continued scanning the room and the faces of Briefs family. "The conversion process was a long and tedious one, but I was finally able to install all of the hardware and software necessary for my upgrade. In other words… it has been a really long night. So, Bulma Briefs…" The robot leered, "What do you think of my new look?"
Gritting his teeth while everyone else around the table shivered with fright, Vegeta rounded on the blue haired scientist once again and barked, "Woman! Talk! What the hell am I looking at here?"
Eyes shimmering with disbelief, all Bulma could do was shake her head in disbelief. "A-Android… Sixteen?"
"What?" Vegeta glared back at the robot and gave it a once over. After a couple seconds of analyzing the abomination blocking the archway, the Saiyan Prince snarled, "Is this some kind of a joke? How in the hell is this thing anything like that animal-loving hunk of metal?"
"My sensors are detecting a high level of hostility and discomfort," the robot said before grinning snidely at the baffled crowd. "My… how exciting. Mum and dad are having an argument. But as much as I would love to stand here and watch you two bicker for the next several minutes, I'm afraid I'm on a very tight schedule." Tilting its head, the android cracked its neck before rolling its shoulders one after the other. "Oh, and for your information, your highness, if you think my current design is anything like that defective, washed-up model of a cyborg from before, you're sadly mistaken."
Getting frustrated at being kept completely in the dark, the flame-haired Saiyan raised a fist and stepped forward. "Who are you?!"
The robot straightened up as soon as his whole body had moved into the dining room, leaving Doctor Brief's form lying motionless behind him. "Oh? Are you feeling angry, Vegeta? Are you feeling… impatient and a little bit stressed?" His questions earning a snarl from the warrior, the red-eyed machine merely stood in place and leered at his quarry. "Hypothesis: correct. It seems that the information I have regarding your personality traits is a hundred percent accurate." A sly smile then slowly appeared on his face, "To answer your question though, I am unfortunately unable to tell you my name, as Doctor Gero never gave me one." This announcement had the Saiyan Prince balk in shock, drawing another cocky smirk from the robot. "You could say I was just an idea that he had; a Mark I prototype that never got off the ground… or in this case the hard drive on his computer. I was the program that he was originally supposed to install into Android 16, yet he never got around to completing."
"Oh this is just perfect. Another android?!" Vegeta growled in his head, his fists shaking with rage as he focused all of his attention on the condescending metal man. "Damn it! I thought we were already past this shit!"
The towering creation then raised an artificial eyebrow at the Saiyan Prince, "But… seeing as how you're just dying to know who I am… all things considered… I think I'll go with…" His right eye beeped and flickered, typing in a name for him to speak from a list of choices. Eventually he settled on one, which he immediately took a liking to. "Sentinel."
By this point in time, Vegeta had had enough.
"You're going to be called 'pile of scrap metal' by the time I'm through with you!" With a roar the man sprang over the table and charged straight at the android.
This proved to be his blunder because the second he sprang into action the robot opened his jaw and fired a colossal red blast right out of his mouth. Vegeta only had a split second to look stunned before the attack crashed into him like a missile, sending him rocketing backwards in the opposite direction and through the kitchen wall. The entire building was rocked by the massive explosion that followed.
In a flash of blinding light, the entire side of the dome-shaped structure blasted outwards in an immense cloud of debris and smoke, which spat the Saiyan's body out the other side and into his back garden.
Having dropped to the ground the instant the explosion filled the entire dining area, Bulma, Trunks and Mrs. Briefs looked through the enormous hole that stood in place of the kitchen area in shock. After gawking at it for several seconds, they then watched as the hulking android Sentinel strolled past them, before leaping through the hole and following after the fallen Saiyan.
Landing on the front lawn with a loud thud, the silver automaton gave a low chuckle as he then began a casual approach of the small, human-sized crater lying several yards away.
His legs making a metallic crunching sound with every step, Sentinel soon stopped at the edge of the indentation beside the slightly wounded Vegeta, who was covered in burns and was missing half of his shirt. "Did the Saiyan Prince experience a sudden malfunction? Number crunching must be extremely difficult for someone of your limited means. Here. Let me help you up, sire." The android then reached down, grabbed the man by the leg, and casually lifting him off of the floor.
Vegeta, looking up at the robot, sneered angrily, "Go fuck yourself…"
Sentinel grinned, "File not found." Cocking his arm back, he then effortlessly pitched the hapless Saiyan across the property, through a garage and straight into a café right across the street. The man collided with the building with an earthshaking crash, causing rubble and smoke to explode into the air and the people in the store to cry out in terror.
Pleased with the throw, Sentinel moved back into a normal standing position and fixed his attention on the landing site. Eyes flickering with lights as he analyzed the life forms in the area, the android then brought up its left arm and clenched it into a fist. A couple clicking sounds later and the plates and parts in his arm and hand separated and reformed into a cannon, which he then pointed. "Photon Shot!" With only a few seconds of loading time, the android then fired a golden blast straight towards the smoking building a full block away.
The attack hit the hole in the café dead on, only to be smacked into the clouds where it detonated harmlessly above the city. This was instantly followed by Vegeta flying out of the ruined building and into the airspace high above.
Spotting him, the android took aim once again. Dropping his arm, which quickly morphed back into a regular hand, his left and right shoulder plates separated and popped out a pair of compact UB-32 rocket pods. As soon as they appeared, the android unleashed a hellfire of rockets that shot up after the Saiyan Prince.
Seeing the missiles fast approaching him, Vegeta growled and threw his hand forward, launching multiple ki blasts at once which collided with several of the missiles and destroyed them. The rest of the five dozen rockets blew past the explosions and honed in on him, forcing the man to dodge.
Avoiding the first few, the man then kicked one of the rockets away and watched it explode elsewhere above the city, a sight that had him frown deeply. "That explosion was quite powerful. I should avoid getting hit by these things." He then blasted off when the rest of the tracers continued to follow him.
Arcing through the sky above West City, the Saiyan Prince dodged and avoided the rockets chasing after him, watching as several went off one after the other while the rest began to gain ground. Getting frustrated at his inability to lose them, Vegeta quickly decided to counter the assault. Flying backwards, the flame-haired warrior then unleashed a barrage of multiple ki blasts at the approaching missiles.
In an impressive display of accuracy and firepower, he managed to shoot all of them out of the air and after spinning around, focused his sights on his target once more.
Narrowing his eyes, the Saiyan Prince brought his hand up and produced a blue ball of ki, which sprang out of his palm and hovered in place. He then cocked it back and took aim. "You're finished! I'll take you out in one-" Vegeta then stopped, his gaze suddenly shifting over to the Capsule Corp building, where he saw the Briefs family and his son watching them through the massive hole in the wall.
After several quick seconds of switching his glare between them and the android on the lawn, the warrior cursed inwardly and dispelled the attack he was charging, which would've been more than capable of incinerating the entire block. "Shit!" He then clenched his fists angrily.
The Saiyan knew that if he went all out here against this walking pile of junk then he ran the risk of killing Bulma and his son. As much as his pride demanded he settled this as quickly as possible, he still had the right state of mind to show restraint around his family.
As it currently stood, this robot had several impressive tricks up its sleeve, including one hell of a throwing arm. But judging from what it was able to pull so far, Vegeta knew that he would be able to destroy this thing without having to go all out. It would just take a bit of time.
Hell, he could probably take it down without even having to go Super Saiyan.
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