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The day began like any other. Normal. Which for Kim was good, but for her partner, not so well.

Ron did not want attending to the base for their positions to be a normality for them. He wanted his summer to be filled with fun and excitement, unlike his past experiences over the years.

He sighed, as he stood in front of the door in a dejected manner, alone. Kim had left to attend a meeting of some sort with General Sims and other important people to discuss her mission. Ron couldn't come, because someone had to guard the room, unfortunately for him, he was the first choice.

"Man, this blows," said Ron, disappointed. He hatched an idea few days earlier, but he didn't know how to accomplish it, even though the solution was plain in sight. The naked mole rat, Rufus, popped out of his pocket. The boy smiled.

"Hey buddy, mind helping me with something?" he asked. Rufus gave a nod with an assuring "mhm". Before Ron could begin his plan in saving his summer, Sorgel strolled in the room with a clipboard in hand. She was pretending to write something down on it, throwing a glance at the boy ahead with a slight smirk.

"Hello there, you're the sidekick, right?" she asked, pointing at him with her pen. Ron scowled.

"That's what people think I am.." he mumbled in reply. Sorgel merely gave a half nod and approached the heavily locked door, staring through the window with a gaze of longing.

"Isn't he extraordinary?" she asked Ron. He shrugged.

"More like creepy," he remarked, as he turned to stare through the window at Cell. Sorgel ceased gazing through the window and looked at Ron with a look of disappointment. She didn't understand how Ron could not be fascinated by the sight, if not, the existence of Cell. He was something incredibly odd and new, despite the fact that she discovered him years ago.

"With brains like yours, I can imagine you'd think that," she added, turning back to the window to gaze at Cell with a fascinated stare. Ron seemed a bit offended at the comment the bespectacled girl made.

He decided not to dignify what she said with a response-mostly because he didn't have one. When Sorgel noticed, she turned back to him.

"Curious?"

"What?"

"Aren't you curious?" she repeated herself.

"Uh.. well, yeah!" he replied. "I mean, he's not human.." He glanced her way with a skeptical look. "Right?"

"Not fully," she responded. "He was never human if that's what you're thinking, but I've found trace amounts of human DNA within his being."

"So he's some kind of weird science experiment gone wrong?"

Sorgel's face fell briefly. "Well.. I wouldn't say that, it looks like he was intentionally created this way."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, find out for yourself," she just said with a wide grin, opening the door and gesturing for him to enter.

"R-really?!" he asked incredulously, and she nodded in reply.

"Of course, with me supervising you, you will be completely safe," she assured him.

'Just like Jamie was,' she mentally added with a small giggle.

Just as Ron was about to enter, Kim strolled in. The teenaged boy noticed and stopped in his tracks immediately.

"Hey KP!"

"Hey Ron, managed it alone?" Kim inquired, as she took her position beside Ron at the other side of the door. He shrugged in reply. Sorgel smiled at Kim, her face twitching a bit as she prepared to ask the redhead the same question she asked of the freckled teen.

"Isn't he extraordinary, Kimberly?" The teenaged heroine turned to Sorgel with a raised brow, unsure of what she was referring to.

"Who is?"

"Well, who else?" Sorgel continued, gesturing towards the door, to the unique being known as Cell. Kim turned and looked through the window, spotting him quickly. He was always in one spot after all.

After examining him for a moment, Kim turned back to Sorgel. "He's.. interesting," she responded. Sorgel smirked in reply.

Kim peered within the room once more, this time with curiosity. Sorgel noticed this and widened the door, surprising the crime fighting trio who questioned her motive.

"Care to have a closer look?" Sorgel suggested. Kim shook her head sheepishly while Ron jumped with excitement. It wasn't safe, the teen heroine knew that, which was why she chose not to enter. The bespectacled girl looked at her with a discouraged expression.

"Why not, Kimberly?" she asked.

"I've been ordered to only prevent Cell's escape, it'd be dangerous to get closer to him considering what happened to.. uh," Kim paused for a bit, trying to remember the same of the person who died prior to her and Ron's appearance, "Jamie?"

Sorgel shrugged. "Jamie was reckless, but you shouldn't worry, I'm here. You can enter if you wish with a clear mind," she persisted.

Kim eyed her warily, crossing her arms over her chest. "Well, I wish not to. It's rude to stare anyway."

Sorgel continued to stare in disappointment. 'Looks like I'll have to try again later,' she pondered. These questions were left unanswered, she didn't want to bother the crime fighters with more questions, it would make her seem suspicious.

"What about you, Ronald?" Sorgel asked, although she didn't have to, Ron was already inside the room.

"Cool!" he exclaimed. The bespectacled girl was just about to follow until an interruption transpired. She moaned in disappointment as she took out her cellphone and answered it.

"Hello? Yes I'm at the bottom floor. Now? Sir, now's not really a good time-" Sorgel was interrupted by yelling that came from the other side of the line. Kim stared in curiosity.

"Y-Yes sir, I understand. Just give me a little bit more time, don't be so haste to make such dangerous decisions," she continued, walking away from the door and out the hallway.

'Oh no, Sorgel's not going to be here to supervise Ron. I really don't want to go in though..' the heroine thought, but then she dismissed these thoughts. Ron's safety was more important to her than idle, personal issues.

Kim briskly strolled in, closing the door behind her. The first thing she did, search for Ron and make sure he was safe, albeit he seemed to be doing well.

He was standing right in front of Cell, staring quite rudely. It wasn't until the eyes of the creature flashed open that he stumbled back, but into Kim.

"Ron, be careful!" she warned, on the brink of yelling. Ron quickly saw her and straightened himself up.

Cell watched these two in amusement. From what he had observed, they were very close; tight. Have known each other for awhile, a long one at that. The reason for his amusement, was how pathetic they were. How could these simple-minded humans keep him imprisoned? If he caught freedom, he could kill them instantly without a second thought.

"How pathetic," he sneered, the word coming out with a chuckle and with a creepy vibe. Kim and Ron froze in shock.

"H-He can talk?!" Ron gasped out, utterly incredulous.

Cell nearly burst out laughing. Even though it was quite fair for the teen to think he couldn't speak, he didn't appear humane at all, if anything, more alien-like.

"Surprised, human? I have a vast vocabulary even you couldn't comprehend," Cell continued on. Ron tried to say more, but was still incredibly shocked.

"Ron!" Kim finally said aloud, trying to shake her boyfriend out of shock. He was shaken vigorously until he found himself.

"This is way cooler than before!" he exclaimed. Kim frowned.

"You're just going to ignore the fact that he called us pathetic?" she continued, her hands on her hips. Ron shook his head at her.

"Kim, Kim, Kim. I'm pretty certain it wasn't directed at us," he responded coolly. Cell scoffed.

"It seems there is an absence of intelligence here," he remarked, blatantly calling the boy an idiot.

"Hey! Words can hurt you know," came the hurt teen's terse reply. A wicked smile appeared on Cell's orange beak-like mouth.

'Not as much as the pain I'll inflict upon you all,' he thought evilly. Albeit he shouldn't be saying things such as that, for all he knew, escaping the base was something he couldn't get his hands on.

"Ron, you shouldn't raise your expectations so high," Kim advised. "We were already informed of Cell's mass murder, remember?"

The teenage boy admitted she had a point, but it's been seven years since then. Cell could have possibly altered, but who was he to say?

"Right.."

Kim sighed and leaned against the door. "At least we know he's able to communicate," she added, looking at Cell as she said that.

"Yeah!" Ron suddenly exclaimed, quickly turning to Cell.

"Do you mind answering some questions?" he immediately asked. Cell gazed curiously, though with an annoyed look also. Kim could be heard groaning.

'After all he's been informed, he acts as if I'm another human. Such idiocy is great in this one,' he mused, slightly annoyed that he was being treated like these inferior beings. He should be feared from all over the planet, if not, the universe. It was all going to be a reality until a young boy by the name of Son Gohan made it a fantasy.

"Ron, I don't think he's in the mood to be answering questions. Considering his.. predicament," Kim remarked. Cell's ceased his gaze at Ron and shifted slightly towards to the human girl.

'At least this one's understandable.' Now Kim, was a human he could stand. Smarter than Ron, less likely to be annoying, nonetheless, it didn't change the fact that she was human. And Cell despised humans.

"I guess you're right.."

Cell would have thanked Kim for preventing a load of questions being fired at him, but it wasn't in his nature to. The absolute least he could do was allow her to live if he ever escaped.

Ron took a nap, laying against a wall near the door, snoring quite loudly. Frankly, this was more irritating to Cell than him speaking.

Kim didn't know why she was still there. She thought it was because Sorgel hadn't come back yet, since she was awaiting her return when she entered the room. The wait turned from minutes to hours, which Ron couldn't take, so he fell asleep. This meant the heroine had to be awake in order to keep watch on the other being across the room.

'This is actually pointless.. the machinery should be enough to keep him in place, there's no reason for me to be here,' Kim pondered. Perhaps Cell has encountered solutions to escape, new ones could pop up any second now. This debate began to irritate the girl.

'Well, can't complain.' Kim merely sighed and crossed her arms over her chest while Cell did what he had always been doing for seven years. Plotting his escape, searching for any solutions, anything for that matter. One thought came to mind and it included the human boy.

'Perhaps I can fool the boy into freeing me. Won't be long until curiosity kills him,' he thought. Just like Jamie, Cell knew Ron was fascinated by him, and definitely knew he wanted a much closer look at him too. This plan seemed perfect, albeit there was one issue he had to eliminate. His slit-eyes quickly found Kim leaning against the door, he growled.

'There has to be a way to get rid of her,' he continued in his thoughts. He obviously couldn't tell her to leave, it would make him appear suspicious and he wanted nothing of that.

'Curse these humans!' Cell was infuriated. Of all things, something so idle angered him. He was the perfect being. He was supposed to be the strongest in the universe, the smartest, the superior being compared to everyone. All that was taken away from one little gadget seven years ago. This event he experienced then was truly mortifying. It left him in a form he felt weak in; his imperfect form.

Kim took notice at Cell, watching his glowering slit-eyes close in anger. Frankly, she felt bad for him. Imprisoned in an unknown location for seven years, and for what? To be experimented on, which was more like torture. Sure, he took the lives of many people, but she would've expected him to be executed rather than be tortured for years on end.

"Hey, uh, are you.. okay?" she started to ask, stretching out the last word in her question.

Cell opened his eyes when he heard the human girl's voice, but didn't look at the her so nicely. He didn't like communicating with humans, or any beings for that matter. Everyone was inferior to him, no one deserved to be in his presence or to even have a look at him. Even so, this girl was asking him if he was content.

It was about one whole minute until Cell decided to respond. "Wouldn't you like to know?" he hissed, his words slipping out with venom. The heroine merely shrugged at him sheepishly. She should've known better than to ask a murderous creature like him if he was alright. She was the guard, and he was the prisoner, questions like hers would only end badly.

"Sorry for being concerned?" the redhead added in question. "You didn't have to answer anyway," she muttered shortly after. Cell obviously heard her mutter and shot her a glare.

'Foolish human, you'll take those words back as soon as you see me slaughter your race,' he thought bitterly. She had absolutely no reason to be concerned, it was weaknesses like these that make humans such an inferior race to Cell. One day, her kindness can or will be taken advantage of, and there will be heavens to pay.

Kim saw the hateful look and averted her eyes. Never had she seen so much hate bottled up in one person. With the exception of Drakken and Shego, but it might have just been spite.

"Hey, look, I said I was sorry, don't get all worked up, okay?" The continuous apology only seemed to make Cell angrier, more so he was growing annoyed.

"I do not need such idle apologies. There is nothing worthy or beneficial a human such as yourself can grant me," he responded, his words still slipping out venomously, albeit it seemed even more so.

The ginger was nearly taken aback, but the way he spoke to her like she was inferior to him definitely irked her. With that in mind she decided to take back what she said and shoot something right back at him.

"Oh, don't act so high and mighty, Cell. This is coming from someone who's stuck to the wall!" she shot back.

Cell growled at her. She definitely had a big mouth for a being who could get killed by him in an instant. Albeit she didn't know that, and that was what angered him. He decided not to get angry and forget this little squabble ever occurred. Emotions were useless and she wasn't worthy to witness any of his. Besides, emotions would get in the way of almost anything. They were incredibly lucky they had him contained. If it weren't for their "technology" they'd be absolutely defenseless against someone like him.

"Do you not have time to waste somewhere else?" Cell later asked, hoping he'll drive Kim away from the room. The teen rose a brow after hearing this.

"Unfortunately for you, no," she answered. "I've got a mission to finish and I'm so not leaving until it's over." The slit-eyes of the once perfect being narrowed.

"Heh, mission?" he scoffed. So that's how she viewed it. A mission. Of all things.

Kim could hear the mock in his voice. She merely ignored it and went back to laying against the door and being silent. She already knew the guy was a murderer and despised him for something so despicable, but she began to hate him on a personal level.

Cell growled. He hated being ignored, but not as much as he hated the humans and their worthless planet. If only he were free, then he wouldn't be ignored to much. Every single one of them would beg him to spare their lives.

And he'd make sure she would be one of them.

Drakken attempted multiple times to contact this person Motor Ed spoke of, albeit every time he got it wrong. He kept thinking it was some some of prank his cousin was pulling on him. Was Motor Ed intentionally trying to make a fool out of him?

"Damn him," Drakken cursed out of anger. Shego watched him in amusement.

"Dr. D, sure you're doing it right?" she asked, sneeringly. Drakken growled at her and attempted to call once more, but failed, as usual.

"Arghh! Why can't it work?! I've done every step correctly!" he bellowed, slamming the phone down in anger. His female sidekick snickered at him.

"Let me have a try," Shego suggested.

Drakken glared. "No."

Shego's hands glowed green threateningly. "I wasn't asking," she growled.

The evil scientist trembled and handed the phone to Shego. She snatched it and dialed a number. She overheard Motor Ed explaining how to call this person the other day. So she didn't exactly require an explanation from Drakken, even though she was completely sure he'd get it wrong.

"Well?" Drakken inquired impatiently.

Shego shot him a glare. "Shut up, it's ringing," she snapped afterwards. Drakken mumbled some expletives and mocked her from under his breath.

"Hi, my boss would like to speak with you," Shego said out of nowhere, chucking the phone at Drakken. It missed his hands and he fidgeted until he actually caught it.

"H-Hello?" Drakken asked, awaiting a response.

In the dark of an alleyway, a lean woman stood over a body-unbeknownst to anyone that whoever it was, they were either unconscious or deceased. With the only communicator she had, she answered her device while finishing her mission. The life essence was now being sucked away from the body and flowing into her fingers. "Well hello there, who might I owe the pleasure of speaking with you?"

She heard a gasp at the other line. It seemed the evil scientist was incredulous. He was shocked that he actually managed to contact this person Motor Ed spoke of, with assistance from his sidekick of course. He would be happy if it weren't for the chilling voice she had.

"Do you know the name, Motor Ed?" he asked.

A chuckle rose from her throat. To which Drakken found chilling, causing his entire body to shudder briefly.

Besides that, she knew Motor Ed quite well. One of her frequent customers at the moment. She was just glad word was spreading of her business, it sure helped with her cravings now and then and it sure did boost her abilities, even if they were just mere humans. "Of course, you a friend?"

"Family more like, he told me you can be hired to.. finish the job, if you catch my drift," he responded.

"You are right. If you want more information about what I do, meet me at The Bermuda Triangle. I find it that you're acquainted with such a place?" she suggested.

"Yes."

"Good. Meet me there tonight and we'll discuss about.. finishing the job. I'll wait until then." At that point, she hung up, leaving Drakken in shock, but then a smirk seized its place on his face.

"Shego, put on your best outfit! We're going to The Bermuda Triangle!"

Thanks for reading! Please R&R if you have the chance!

P.S. I tried sticking to Cell's nature. He's usually arrogant and he can be seen getting angry easily in the anime. I suppose you could say it's a bit difficult trying not to spit multiple threats at Kim and Ron, considering his.. predicament.

Thanks again!