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Beneath the water, AREU looked around. The water made it fairly hard for him to see correctly, but thanks to his mechanical eyes he was fully capable of keeping them open under water. ~It was a good idea that I made myself water resistant.~ He thought to himself, thankful for his forethought. And also, for that matter, that he hadn’t just dove into an ocean of acid. Only now did he even consider that terrible possibility. Of course, seeing the namekian go in first made it seem like it was perfectly safe. However, he forgot one important thing. He was metal. Immediately, AREU shot down. Delving deeper and deeper beneath the water’s surface. His metallic mass sinking like an anchor. Finally, the android hit a solid mass, presumably the floor. But he had gone to deep to really see where he was.

Feeling around, the android noted to himself how soft the ground was. Almost rubbery in the way it responded to pressure. Rubbery or… Fleshy… But that wouldn’t be possible. Why would the ground he fleshy? At that moment, a light shimmer caught his mechanical eye. A shiny object in the otherwise dark depths. Pulling out his dragon radar, AREU checked the map, the dim glow of the screen lighting the area just enough to see a dragon ball wedged between two large, white constructs. ~Perfect.~ AREU thought, standing up and doing a sort of underwater moonwalk for the ball. ~This was quicker than I expected.~

Suddenly, as if without warning the ground began to shake as a low growl escaped the floor beneath him. With a sense of astonishment, AREU gazed downward, holding the dragon radar up to use the screen as a light. Slowly, a strange chasm seemed to form beneath him, slowly growing wider and wider. A jet of warm water blasting out with such force as to send the dragon ball and the android scientist shooting upward. A low, bellowing roar ushered from the depths, blasting the android into the light, the dragon ball just happening to fly up and slow down, gently rising up in front of Ander as if it wanted him to grab it. The one star dragon ball.

“We have a complication..” AREU said lowly, the sound from his mouth largely muffled by the water. At that same moment, a tremendous, fifty foot long behemoth of a demonic fish came up from the depths, teeth larger than most trees. It’s scales shimmered in the new light, a bright crimson glow radiating from the reflective hide. “… This will not end well.” AREU said, waiting for Ander’s move.

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The massive beast roared again, releasing the android and flailing around. It’s massive tail bashing the poor, metal man with overwhelming strength, and sending him down to the darkest depths of the waters. With a fit of rage, the creature turned it’s body around. The massive coiling form lashing out in a brutal attempt at slamming the gargantuan tail into Ander’s body. Roaring widely, the beast seeked only to devour it’s assailants.

AREU himself continued down, hurtling through the water like a green torpedo made of lead. Finally, he came crashing into the sandy ground, leaving a skidding trail behind him. ~That was unpleasant…~ He thought to himself, slowly rising and dusting the wet sand off. Though under water, it really didn’t make a difference. Gazing upward, he casually tried to think of a way to get the ball from the monstrous sea beast. Ultimately, he held his hand out, forming a small green energy ball in the center to illuminate the darkened area. Almost the exact moment he did so, he found himself staring at another pair of massive jaws…

~….. What could I have done to avoid this?~ He asked himself silently, musing about how tremendously unfortunate this was. And with that, the second sea beast lunged forward, bringing the giant fangs down on the android and biting deeply, flailing his body around like an oversized dog who just found a new chew toy. ”Aaaaaahh” AREU called out in his bland, monotone voice. Although there was no hint of emotion it in, almost like he was just joking, AREU was truly in danger. His mechanical vocal cords unable to create a sound large enough to fully express his fear. Luckily his metal body was not pierced by the giant fangs, but that didn’t make it any easier to regain control of the situation.

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Somehow in his flailing his head broke the surface of a random air bubble that had been trapped inside the creatures mouth. The air smelt very stale so it seemed it had been there for quiet a while, but still it was breathable. He held himself there with one hand on a tooth and the other on the roof of the mouth while he devised a way out of his current situation. He looked around and saw that little hanging bit coming down from the roof of its throat. It was actually shaped like a massive joystick. Ander snickered a laugh, wasting more of the precious stale air, as he realised just how not plausible the idea was. But anything was worth a try in his current state, it was either that or accept dying by digestion, or drowning. He took one last deep breath, dove under the surface and swam over to the joystick and grabbed it with both hands, planting his feet on the roof of the creatures mouth for leverage so that he was effectively upside down. Luckily gravity did not matter much this far under water.

As soon as his grip was tight, the creature opened his mouth and let out a roar of immense pain and the namekian used this opportunity to properly orientate himself to the outside world once more. He was close enough to coldie that he could see another of the massive creatures bite down on him and shake him around quiet hard. Hopefully he was still alive, but even if he was, there was not much time to save him. Ander angled the stick in the direction away from his friend and just as he planned, the creature endeavored to get away from the pain and swam towards the android. Within seconds the creature that was being controlled slammed its open mouth into the side of the other creature’s long cylindrical body, taking a massive chunk out of it with it’s teeth. One of the teeth broke off in the impact and Ander saw the opportunity, quickly grabbing it out of mid air... or water, and holding it ready for use no matter what would happen next.

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As the two monstrous sea beasts entangled and fought viciously, AREU’s small frame was jumbled and tossed around like a rag doll. Every time he managed to stabilize his position, one of the beasts slapped him with it’s tail or rammed it’s head into him. Finally, with one more powerful blow AREU was sent crashing down against the murky earth once more.

Rising again, AREU shook his head and attempted to dust off his clothing. Brushing away the wet sand and mud, and noting the severe damage to his clothing. His white lab coat was littered with tears and teeth holes, and what little exposed “flesh” he had was partially peeled off to expose a very metallic body beneath it. It was mostly external damage, but AREU was all the more annoyed that it had come to this.

AREU turned around and looked upward, hoping to catch a glimpse of what was happening above him. But what he saw was one of the massive beast’s backs. Pausing, the android let out a muffled, metallic sigh as the tremendous beast came crashing down on top of him. Forcing his body beneath the sands and burying him under a mountain of rough scales and muscled flesh.

Meanwhile, the beast that had Ander inside it floated up above it’s newly vanquished foe, watching the second monster collapse on top of the green skinned android. Yet it still had the a large namek in it’s throat. All that tugging and pulling on it’s uvula had finally trigged what that particular part of the anatomy was suppose to trigger. A gag reflex. Almost immediately afterward, the namekian would hear a strange gurgling deep within the monster’s bowls. A terrible taste and smell filling the water, before a sudden wave of purplish slime came erupting from it’s throat. A disgusting mixture of grim, half digested flesh, stomach acid, and various other bacteria filled substances rushing out of the mouth with such force as to try and send the namekian flying from the creature’s mouth, enveloped in a floating pool of demon fish regurgitation.

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ooc: sorry about the delay dude, Life is shit sometimes.

Down below, the other beast now dead began to shift. Moving slightly and rising up from the sands. Slowly, it’s body came up, as if to life, only to suddenly shift to the side and fall back down, revealing AREU beneath it. A clear feeling of annoyance about him, and a small stream of bubbles rising up from his left shoulder. With a quick glance to the source of the bubbles, he could see a very small hole from where one of the fangs had punctured. ~Now I’m leaking…. Perfect.~ He thought to himself, looking up at the mass of purple water. The namek was in it, desperately trying to reach the surface of the water. His body weakened from the struggle. Almost dead from lack of oxygen and overexertion of his body.

Knowing the namekian would not last long, the android decided to forget about his small leakage issue, he rose up from the murky sand. Quickly gliding up through the water and into the purple mist. It was harder to see, but his mechanical eyes were strong enough to make out the basic form of a namekian. Gliding gently over to him, AREU wrapped an arm around his upper waist, pressing the man against his metallic form so that the namekian’s arms were slung over his shoulder. At the same moment, a small shimmer of light caught the android’s attention. A glimmer of orange. Turning to face it, he could plainly see it was the dragon ball. Reaching out with one hand, AREU scooped the ball up and brought it to his chest securely. “Finally.” He muttered, his voice garbled by the water. And with that, he shot up into the air, bursting up from the water surface and slowing down to a gently glide, eventually touching down by the water’s edge.

Laying the namekian on the warm, sandy beach, AREU examined his person. He was weakened, and seemed to have a severe need of oxygen. Placing the dragon ball on the ground beside him, AREU brought both arms to the center of the namekian’s chest and applied pressure, hoping to force any liquid within his body out of the lungs to allow air passage. Unfortunately, because of the android’s mechanical form, normal CPR was impossible. He had no lungs or breathing apparatus to breath new air into the namek. And so, it was almost entirely up to the namekian himself to inhale.

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Have the dragon ball in our posession. We'll officially gather it after the thread ends.

It was at that point that the dream started to dissolve and real life really began to come into proper focus. There was no gorgeous and scantily clad namekian female, the only life around him was the cold one who was beating down on his chest. He tried to throw him off while still asleep but only ended up rolling over and tangling them both around each other.
“Well, this has been fun cold one, but i do think we should get that dragon ball back to the ship.”
Not waiting for the android to reply he found the void inside his mind and tried to remember and repeat exactly what the cold one did with his energy to allow him to fly. Within a second he had the theory of the technique down pat inside his head and he pushed off the floor with his arms and legs using his energy as a spring board to launch into his first real flight. The theories in his head were not as perfect as he thought and the ground came back at him, fast and hard. Ander flipped in mid air, orientating himself so that his legs were the first to hit off the floor and charging his energy once more into his legs. As soon as his feet touched the ground he wanted to bounce up into flight once more.
He ‘hopped’ like this for a few seconds until finally he managed a form of shaky flight.
Looking over to where the android was he yelled out “I am going to beat you back to the ship coldie!”

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Reading into his lab coat pocket, AREU produced his usual pair of glasses, now missing their lenses and crooked. With a heavy metallic sigh, the android placed the broken frames on his face. Clearly upset by his loss. Gently, he rose up into a floating position just over the sands, even his flight shaky and wobbly. His eyes met the namekian, examining him and his energy. “How can you not be tired?” He said, floating up to match the namekian’s height.

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