Counterpart to Evil
Chapter two
Flawed
Dr. Gero had always been a work-a-holic. If he wasn't experimenting on something or
someone then he was typing up data on his computer about previous experiments. He slept very
little and socialized even less. He was a decrepit old man, obsessed with a defeat he'd suffered
at the hands of Son Goku years ago. His previous attempts to destroy this man had been
unfruitful. The cybernetically enhanced humans he'd created nearly fourteen years earlier had
rebelled in every sense of the word. One of them, the male Junanagou, had promptly blasted the
old man through the chest and into the opposite side of the mountain his lab was located on as
soon as Gero had activated him. Once done with that, Junanagou and his twin sister
Juuhachigou had essentially ignored him, figuring he was dead. And Gero would have been had
he not performed the same cybernetic enhancements on himself. As it was Junanagou's attack
had left Gero badly damaged and while he repaired himself beneath the debry his impact had
created the twin's took off. What exactly happened after that was unknown to him, but what he
did know was that when he returned to the mess of rubble that was then his lab after several
months had passed Son Goku and his friends were still alive.
Angry and enraged, Gero set out to see what had caused his cyborgs to fail. He made
sure not to let himself be known; the Z warriors would not have let him live another day if they
discovered he was still alive. Instead he slunk around in the guise of an elderly homeless man,
visiting various cities and listening to any kind of gossip to see if it would lead to information on
what exactly had gone wrong. Gero had no progress until nearly two years later his travels took
him to a small tavern in one of the southern cities. It was there he found him: Junanagou. Yes,
the male cyborg was still alive and at the moment consuming a large amount of alcohol. He was
sulking and looked pissed at the world.
Making sure that his disguise was in place, Gero cautiously made he was to a table beside the pouty Junanagou. Keeping his face hidden and masking his voice, Gero grumbled
"Rough day for you too, kid?"
Junanagou had smirked bitterly. "Rough day, old man?" He laughed coldly and took another
swig of his drink. "My entire life has been one fucking rough day." With that he whipped the
empty glass at the wall, where it shattered. Some of the other patrons looked in his direction but
no one said anything. It was apparent that Junanagou had made a reputation for himself. Gero
maintained his calm persona.
"Girl trouble?" He asked casually.
"No," Junanagou said pointedly. Both were quiet for a moment and it was clear that the cyborg had no more intention of speaking. Gero grew frustrated. How could he get the damned boy to talk?! Gero looked him over. Junanagou was sitting hunched over his fresh drink and looking just the slightest bit woozy. It seemed that he'd maintained more of his human traits than Gero had thought and could still be effected by alcohol. And what was more was that Junana appeared to be trying to get drunk. Gero smirked under his cloak and thought "perfect."
"My boy, why don't you let me buy you a stronger drink. Something to get your mind off
this.....little problem of yours."
"No way old man, I don't need your charity. Leave me alone," Junanagou replied. Ignoring
him, Gero signaled for the drink to be brought anyway and when the waitress brought it,
Junanagou took it. An hour or so passed and the alcohol began to loosen the dark haired
cyborg's tongue.
"She never listened to me!" Junanagou burst out suddenly, slurring his words slightly. "It
always has to be her own damn way, without a thought for my fun! She ruined everything! Her
and her fucking soft heart and her....morals!" He spat out the word. "Couldn't destroy a damn
thing! She let them all go and what am I supposed to do, huh?! I mean, I'm her brother and
everything and if she gets pissed at me then who do I fight with?"
*Juuhachigou...she must be the cause of this failure* Gero thought. Junanagou continued to
ramble on.
"Bad enough that she had to stop me from killing the basturds but then she went and became
attached to one!" He took a swig of his drink and waved the glass around in front of him. "Now
she says she's never gonna come back and that she's in 'love' and she's getting 'married.' Damn
her......damn him.........its his fault.......It is all HIS FAULT!" And with that Junanagou had blown
a large hole in the wall and flown off. Gero left calmly and headed back to his underground lab,
pondering this new information. From what he gathered Juuhachigou had convinced her brother
to let the Z warriors go free and was now getting married to one of them. Which one, it didn't
matter. At least he knew what had gone wrong.
*Poor Junanagou,* Gero thought cruelly. There would be time later to deal with Juuhachigou
and Junanagou. If they wanted to join up with Son Goku and the Z warriors then they could die
with them too. Because Gero had just the thing to destroy them all. It just needed some time to
grow.
Before the twins were completed, Dr. Gero had gathered DNA from them and the other Z
warriors. He combined them with an egg he had harvested from Juuhachigou to form an
embryo. The whole procedure had taken many years, and then it had to grow. Gero was trying
to create a perfect soldier, one bred to obey only him and destroy all he despised. And so for
years Gero waited patiently, working in his lab and typing on his computer endlessly.
In the present, as he sat typing away there was a sudden crash coming from the room
which housed his creation. Thinking someone was trying to sabotage it, Gero ran to the room
and threw open the door. The containment tube was shattered, its liquid all over the ground.
The sink had been torn off and there in a growing lake of water admiring his handy work stood
Gero's creation.
He appeared like a young boy, around the age of fifteen years old, with a very light
colored skin. Long, straight, corn-husk colored hair spilled down his back, allowing his nude
body at least a little modesty. His cat shaped emerald green eyes stared back at Gero, and the
little smirk on the boy's sharp face faded.
Gero was absolutely...........APPALLED. This.......this thing looked human, not anything like the great being that Gero had planned. Something must have gone wrong during its growing process. Instead of an all powerful enormous monster, here was a human-like weak little child!
Scowling, Gero used his internal scanners to read the boy's power reading. He nearly wretched
when he read the number :15,000. Stronger than an average human, true, but no where near
even the weakest of the Z warriors. Gero screamed in anger, causing the boy to jump. Now he
would have to start all over!!
*No.......* thought Gero. *Maybe he is just suppressing his energy. Yes, I'm sure that's it. As
soon as I tell him to raise it, he will get much stronger, I am positive.* Gero forced himself to
calm down and looked back at the boy; he was shying away now, confused about this ugly little
man who was screaming for no apparent reason. Gero attempted to smile pleasantly.
"I see you're awake now, Cell. I've been waiting for this day for a very long time," Gero said.
"Cell" narrowed his eyes. He recognized this man's voice as the recording from his tube
and he didn't like it. It gave him a bad feeling. He knew exactly what this man wanted of
him......he couldn't explain it, but he knew before Gero even spoke what he was going to say.
"My name is Gero." The boy heard it before Gero said it. "I-"
"Created me. I know," the boy said quietly, watching the old man carefully. Gero seemed a bit
taken aback and raised his eyebrows slightly. Clearing his throat, Gero took a somewhat hesitant
step towards the boy.
"Good. It seems like you've been paying attention to my recording. So you know what your
mission is then?" Gero watched the boy anxiously. "Cell" didn't respond. He didn't move. He
didn't blink. He just stared right back at Gero. Gero took his silence for confusion.
"Your mission, Cell. The reason you were created." Still, silence. Gero began to get uneasy.
The twins had often looked at him like that before they did something wrong. But this creature
would be harder to control than the twins. No remote control could shut the quiet child down. If
he was going to disobey like the others then Gero would have to destroy him before he gained
good control over the abilities, if any, he had. Still, it would be ridiculous to destroy something
if it was useful, and if the creature could raise his power than he could still prove useful yet.
Gero thought all this quietly, unaware that they boy on the other side of the room knew
everything he was thinking.
*....going to disobey like the others, then I must destroy him before he gains good control
over his abilities.....if he has any....* The boy flinched as Gero's this echoed in his mind. Part of
him grew enraged. How dare this old man presume to control his life!!? The boy wanted more
of his power, wanted to feel the energy course through his body. His power rose subconsciously
as he prepared to attack and kill that wretched old man.
But.....
Another half of this "Cell" creature said: no. That would accomplish nothing. He had just been
born and had no idea what the world outside was like, or how to control his power and mental
talents. Perhaps this "Gero" could teach him how to utilize his abilities. All he had to do was
pretend to be docile, pretend to obey for a little while. Then, when the time was right......then he
could escape.
"My mission...." the boy said suddenly, causing Gero to jump. "....is to.....destroy Son Goku and
his friends......"
When the time was right.....
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A/N: Alright, I know this is probably still very confusing. Just please, stay with me!! There's a
lot of character building here and it may take a few chapters for everything to become clear.
And don't worry, this mystery Cell will have a name. He will not be called "Cell" or the boy or
the creature for the entire fic. His name too shall come. Again, any questions feel more than
free to ask. This is my baby fic so I'll edit and add and delete as much as it takes for everything
to make sense. Thank you!
~Juu