Search for the Two-Star Ball

As her feet touched down on the ground and the sole's of her feet were dampened by the fresh dew on each blade of grass underfoot, Eighteen immediately began to scan the area. Craning her neck from left to right, she began to move forward. Her optical sensors were programmed to hone in anything round and/or orange. She'd caught wind of her brother's return from Hell. Number 18 couldn't be sure that the rumors were true, but if they were, then this excursion could be deemed insurance. Knowing her brother Number 17 - and she knew her brother well - he would having something malicious in mind. And one way to insure that his malicious intent wasn't backed by supernatural magic was to have one of the Dragon Balls in her possession.

If she could locate it successfully, then she wouldn't tell anyone but Krillin that she'd found it. Even though Goku and his family lived somewhere in the near vicinity, Eighteen didn't believe her searching Mt. Paozu would be in vain. Goku and his sons were busy people - too busy to search for a Dragon Ball that they didn't need. And Chi Chi certainly wouldn't be out looking for it in this wilderness. Oh no, the only person who seemed to understand the need to make sure that Android 17 - or any other other villains who managed to escape hell, for that matter - shouldn't have access to all seven of the Dragon Balls.

Her sensors told her to look up! It was unlikely that a Dragon Ball would be in a tree. The nest of an albino woodpecker housed three large and perfectly round eggs of the orange hue. Her sensors needed to be adjusted to search for orbs of a certain size too, apparently, because Android 18 didn't have time to waste looking up at nests or at stray, forgotten basketballs. Finding a Dragon Ball was too important of a task to be trifled with.

And so as silently as she could, she continued on her way. She'd trek half the perimeter of the Mt. Paozu area - maybe the entire thing if she had time left over. As long as she left enough time to make it to Marron's school before dismissal.