The Pale Beauty and the Green Beast
By Psycho Llama and Sarah Dempster
Disclaimer: Neither of us own DBZ. Sarah Dempster owns Terra.
Notes: The plot and Terra are owned by my good friend Sarah Dempster, who wrote the chapter briefs for me and I've written the actual chapters which you see here before her, all reviews for it will be forwarded to her as well via e-mail.
The dappled shadows cast by the overhead canopy of pure green leaves gave the forest track a dark yet comforting appearance. Trees of oak, ash, pine and other such species lined the woodchip path that lead to the almost distant Ginger town. Terra smiled softly as she walked along the path, thinking only of her home town, Ginger town.
Terra inwardly sighed, 'Two whole days of walking non stop! I wonder why I'm not tired yet. . .'
Cell was perched on a thick branch of an oak tree, watching Terra as a cat would stalk a mouse, his beak twisted into a frightening smirk. He reached out his bony, green hand and plucked an acorn off the branch. Cell held out his hand over the path, waited to Terra was exactly underneath it, and dropped the acorn square on her head.
'. . .I hate squirrels. . .' thought Terra as she rubbed her head, she craned her neck and looked upwards to see where the acorn had come from, but saw only branches and green canopy. Terra inwardly shrugged and returned her gaze forward. Terra froze when she saw the seven foot tall android standing in front of her, his arms crossed cockily and a broad smirk on his face. Terra's already chalk-white face went even paler, if that was possible, her deep magenta eyes wide in shock.
'How did he do that? I'm sure he was the one that threw the acorn at me, but how could he get from way up there to right down here in not even a second!' Terra pondered as she stared, thunderstruck up at Cell.
Cell looked Terra over, 'Not bad. . . not bad. . . But it isn't humanly possible to be that pale. Black lips and nails? Could she be an android. . .?' Cell mused.
Cell was the first to break the silence, he chuckled darkly, "Well my dear, you look even paler than a bucket."
Terra cracked up, he may have been tall, intimidating, evil looking and his intentions were probably for the worst but hey, that joke was kinda funny.
Cell frowned slightly, 'She looks so familiar. . . I've seen her before. But where? Her eyes are almost the same colour as mine, how. . . interesting,' Cell mused, he leaned slightly closer to get a better look at her face, his mind racing to try and remember where he had seen her.
Terra, a great fan of personal space, subconsciously stumbled backwards a few steps to give herself some room. Cell saw this and smirked evilly, 'Oh this should be fun. . .'
Cell took one long stride forwards so that he stood even closer to her than he did before. Terra jumped back, her body shaking slightly. And so it was like that, Terra jumping back wards a few steps and Cell striding forwards. Terra suddenly yelped, spun around and sprinted away from Cell, her eyes squeezed shut.
'I don't know what the heck that was, but. . . Ow!' Terra's thoughts were cut off when she ran straight into Cell. Cell didn't even flinch when Terra ran head-long into him. Terra stumbled back until her back was pressed against a rather large tree trunk, she rubbed her head, "Ow. . ."
Cell chuckled, "I'd say that 'you can run, but you can't hide', but it seems that you can do neither my dear."
"Who are you?!" Terra demanded firmly, her magenta eyes narrowed slightly and her body language practically shouting, 'back off!'
Cell smirked, again, 'Such an interesting specimen, not at all bad-looking either.'
"My name is Cell. And what is yours, my dear?" Cell asked politely.
"Terra," she stated simply.
"Terra. . ." Cell purred, "Such a pretty name. Do you have a last name as well?"
"You never told me yours," Terra responded quietly, perhaps even shyly.
"I don't have a last name my dear as I am an android created by Dr. Gero," Cell explained calmly, "Do you?" Cell purred.
"I- I refuse to answer!" Terra added hastily.
"And why is that?" Cell purred, leaning closer to her.
'Come on Terra! Think! Excuses. . . excuses. . .' Terra thought, the excuse came. Terra folded her own arms and narrowed her eyes, "Because you're a stranger."
Cell chuckled, "My dear Terra, do you really think that I would stalk you?" he purred, his tail moved over to her arm and began stroking it gently, a deep purr coming from his throat like a pleased cat.
Terra inwardly shuddered, she did not like that tail. She turned her head and glared at the tail, "Down!"
Cell chuckled inwardly as he let the tail snake down to the hem of Terra's longish black skirt.
"Woah! Not that down!" Terra yelped, 'Oh dear. . .'
"Well you did say, 'down' my dear. . ." Cell purred.
Terra felt herself begin to sway slightly, 'I feel sleepy. . .'
Cell frowned, "Terra?"
Terra shivered and hugged herself slightly, the cold grip of sleep enveloping her almost instantly.
Cell reached out a hand and gently gripped Terra's shoulder, steadying her, "Terra, are you feeling well?" he asked her gently.
"Sleepy. . ." Terra mumbled weakly.
Cell gently wrapped his arms around her almost limp body and waited until she was asleep, 'Interesting. . . I need to investigate this 'Terra' further. There is no point in taking her back to Ginger town, I've already absorbed everyone in that pathetic city. . .'
By Psycho Llama and Sarah Dempster
Disclaimer: Neither of us own DBZ. Sarah Dempster owns Terra.
Notes: The plot and Terra are owned by my good friend Sarah Dempster, who wrote the chapter briefs for me and I've written the actual chapters which you see here before her, all reviews for it will be forwarded to her as well via e-mail.
The dappled shadows cast by the overhead canopy of pure green leaves gave the forest track a dark yet comforting appearance. Trees of oak, ash, pine and other such species lined the woodchip path that lead to the almost distant Ginger town. Terra smiled softly as she walked along the path, thinking only of her home town, Ginger town.
Terra inwardly sighed, 'Two whole days of walking non stop! I wonder why I'm not tired yet. . .'
Cell was perched on a thick branch of an oak tree, watching Terra as a cat would stalk a mouse, his beak twisted into a frightening smirk. He reached out his bony, green hand and plucked an acorn off the branch. Cell held out his hand over the path, waited to Terra was exactly underneath it, and dropped the acorn square on her head.
'. . .I hate squirrels. . .' thought Terra as she rubbed her head, she craned her neck and looked upwards to see where the acorn had come from, but saw only branches and green canopy. Terra inwardly shrugged and returned her gaze forward. Terra froze when she saw the seven foot tall android standing in front of her, his arms crossed cockily and a broad smirk on his face. Terra's already chalk-white face went even paler, if that was possible, her deep magenta eyes wide in shock.
'How did he do that? I'm sure he was the one that threw the acorn at me, but how could he get from way up there to right down here in not even a second!' Terra pondered as she stared, thunderstruck up at Cell.
Cell looked Terra over, 'Not bad. . . not bad. . . But it isn't humanly possible to be that pale. Black lips and nails? Could she be an android. . .?' Cell mused.
Cell was the first to break the silence, he chuckled darkly, "Well my dear, you look even paler than a bucket."
Terra cracked up, he may have been tall, intimidating, evil looking and his intentions were probably for the worst but hey, that joke was kinda funny.
Cell frowned slightly, 'She looks so familiar. . . I've seen her before. But where? Her eyes are almost the same colour as mine, how. . . interesting,' Cell mused, he leaned slightly closer to get a better look at her face, his mind racing to try and remember where he had seen her.
Terra, a great fan of personal space, subconsciously stumbled backwards a few steps to give herself some room. Cell saw this and smirked evilly, 'Oh this should be fun. . .'
Cell took one long stride forwards so that he stood even closer to her than he did before. Terra jumped back, her body shaking slightly. And so it was like that, Terra jumping back wards a few steps and Cell striding forwards. Terra suddenly yelped, spun around and sprinted away from Cell, her eyes squeezed shut.
'I don't know what the heck that was, but. . . Ow!' Terra's thoughts were cut off when she ran straight into Cell. Cell didn't even flinch when Terra ran head-long into him. Terra stumbled back until her back was pressed against a rather large tree trunk, she rubbed her head, "Ow. . ."
Cell chuckled, "I'd say that 'you can run, but you can't hide', but it seems that you can do neither my dear."
"Who are you?!" Terra demanded firmly, her magenta eyes narrowed slightly and her body language practically shouting, 'back off!'
Cell smirked, again, 'Such an interesting specimen, not at all bad-looking either.'
"My name is Cell. And what is yours, my dear?" Cell asked politely.
"Terra," she stated simply.
"Terra. . ." Cell purred, "Such a pretty name. Do you have a last name as well?"
"You never told me yours," Terra responded quietly, perhaps even shyly.
"I don't have a last name my dear as I am an android created by Dr. Gero," Cell explained calmly, "Do you?" Cell purred.
"I- I refuse to answer!" Terra added hastily.
"And why is that?" Cell purred, leaning closer to her.
'Come on Terra! Think! Excuses. . . excuses. . .' Terra thought, the excuse came. Terra folded her own arms and narrowed her eyes, "Because you're a stranger."
Cell chuckled, "My dear Terra, do you really think that I would stalk you?" he purred, his tail moved over to her arm and began stroking it gently, a deep purr coming from his throat like a pleased cat.
Terra inwardly shuddered, she did not like that tail. She turned her head and glared at the tail, "Down!"
Cell chuckled inwardly as he let the tail snake down to the hem of Terra's longish black skirt.
"Woah! Not that down!" Terra yelped, 'Oh dear. . .'
"Well you did say, 'down' my dear. . ." Cell purred.
Terra felt herself begin to sway slightly, 'I feel sleepy. . .'
Cell frowned, "Terra?"
Terra shivered and hugged herself slightly, the cold grip of sleep enveloping her almost instantly.
Cell reached out a hand and gently gripped Terra's shoulder, steadying her, "Terra, are you feeling well?" he asked her gently.
"Sleepy. . ." Terra mumbled weakly.
Cell gently wrapped his arms around her almost limp body and waited until she was asleep, 'Interesting. . . I need to investigate this 'Terra' further. There is no point in taking her back to Ginger town, I've already absorbed everyone in that pathetic city. . .'