8:27 P.M.
Cell is sitting down while I'm sitting next to him, playing some games in my 3DS. I also got myself a pillow and I'm wearing pajamas. No, Cell didn't give those to me. I got them. So now, I can get really comfortable going to sleep.
I put down my 3DS and set my blanket over me, getting ready to sleep.
I lied my head on Cell's shoulder, "Good night."
He glanced at me and grinned, "Good night, miss."
Tatum found herself seeing Cell mockingly laughing at a black-haired Saiyan boy down on the ground, bruised and broken, along with his friends.
"Look at you now, miserable and alone. What happened to the Saiyan spirit?" Cell sneered.
"No...you can't do this!" The boy enraged.
Tatum darted to him, shocked from his injuries. "Are you okay?"
Cell rolled his eyes, "Oh don't pity the poor boy. He could've stopped if he knew my power is greater than his."
He grunted, "Tch. Y-you're right."
Cell chuckled, "Is there anyone left to fight me?"
The fighters can't respond but grunting.
"Then I declare myself as the winner of the Cell Games!" Cell announced.
"No! Please, someone out there, fight for us!" The boy begged.
But there was no hope.
Cell picked Tatum up, "So long, Gohan."
Gohan muttered to himself, "I-I'm sorry father…"
Cell raised to the sky and Tatum gazed at the Saiyan down below, seeing him in tears. Her thoughts were, 'What is happening?'
Just as soon Cell reached to space, Tatum cried out, "Wait a minute! I can't—"
He reached to space. Seconds went by, she is still breathing? What is the meaning of this?
"Breathe?" Tatum is left in confusion. 'I'm alive?' she thought perplexedly. She looked around and it was just like what Marshall said. 'A rainbow-colored painting, made by an artist.'
"You forgot? I spared some of my ki to you, so you can breathe, so we can enjoy our victory." Cell grinned.
Tatum doesn't know what is going on. 'Our victory?'. She felt if this is not the Cell she knew.
"Oh, how long I waited for this." He ruthlessly smiled.
He formed an immense ki blast from his hand until it got larger and larger, it matched to the Earth's size. Tatum saw how massive the ki blast is and was horrified by it. 'All of the people who are going to die. Cell, are you really Cell?' She thought sadly.
Cell finished forming his ki blast and let go of it, letting it destroy Earth. He burst out a wicked laugh, while watching the Earth blowing up.
Tatum let out one single tear, watching the Earth to be no more. She began to feel sick, cold, and somnolent. Her heartbeat was beating slowly, and she didn't feel anything at all. Pieces of rocks from the explosion started to slow down; everything seemed to slowed down.
Everything except for Cell.
"That worthless brat thought he won." Cell smirked at Tatum. 'How amusing. She's in tears.' He mused to himself. "How terrifying the explosion is, yes?"
Tatum kept silent.
"The full experience," He chuckled villainously. "Just for you."
Cell saw her shivering, "It seems this is the end."
"W-Why?" She stuttered. "What's happening?"
"Your skin. It is turning pale. I only put a certain time limit on the ki I used on you."
"C-Can you g-give me some more now?" She begged, looking worried.
He smiled and look away, "No. I'll make your death memorable."
Another tear came out, "D-Death?" She glared at him. "I thought we're friends! W-Why would you do something like this?"
Cell didn't say anything. His smile suddenly changed to a sulking look.
Tatum gritted her teeth, "Tell me! Tell m—"
"Silence! Idiot, do you understand that I am perfect? I would be a fool to be friends with such a pathetic imbecile!" Cell growled.
She knitted her brows, "But I thought you said you weren't perfect!"
"I only said that to trick you. I warned you about your experience with me." He ridiculed.
She clenched her fists, "I don't care if you warned me or not. I'm caring about your honesty!"
He laughed at her comment, "Now you know, my perfection."
Tatum is infuriated by him laughing at her, like she was nothing! Like all of this is a game! Anger was rushing through her head. She remembers about all of those times she been with him. How he brought her a blanket, or even her playing games with him on the Wii U. Talking about their experiences on Earth, learning about each other. 'How could he… betray me like this? Is this even him?' Quickly, she snapped, "If you are a perfect being you say you are, then why you didn't kill —"
He seized her neck out of rage, causing her to choke. His nails was stabbing her neck, causing Tatum to lose some blood.
"You dare to question perfection?" He snarled.
She began to cry and wondered why she is in this mess, and if it was a dream.
He stopped and throwed her, she floated off to the empty space.
Tatum started to breathe again, "What's wrong with you?" She shouted while she rested her hand on her neck, trying to stop the blood that was overflowing.
Suddenly, they weren't in space anymore, the background glitched to a white empty void. Cell seemed different. He wasn't angry, instead he was calm, like nothing happened.
Her eyes shifted left to right. Her voice went soft, "What?"
Cell was also confused, "Why am I in here?"
Tatum crossed her arms and looked away, "How am I supposed to know?"
Cell closed his eyes, "We must be in a dream."
She was puzzled. 'How does he know we are in a dream? Could it be him?' she wondered. She faced him, "Wait, is that you? Really you?"
He opened his eyes, "Yes, what do you mean?"
She look down, "I-I'll talk about it after this."
Cell rested on the ground and so did Tatum.
"So, I guess you do sleep." She smiled.
He crossed his arms, "I don't. This is the first time I slept."
Cell glanced at Tatum's neck, seeing that there are holes on the sides with some blood coming out. 'She's hurt. She must be having a nightmare.'
"Did your dream included me in it?" He questioned.
"No. I don't want to talk about it!" She scowled.
Cell was baffled. He frowned and didn't reply to her use of anger. 'I am right. It is not her for acting this kind of behavior.'
Tatum lowered her head, wrapping her arms around herself, "Sorry. It is just this dream I'm having."
His voice grown solemn, "It's me, isn't it?"
She sighed, "Ye-"
The background glitched back to space, where her Cell wasn't the one she thought.
She found herself gently floating away from Cell while she watched him far away, crossing his arms with a malevolent expression, which made her distressed.
Every time she would blink, she will get tired and even more colder. Tatum raised her arm to her face and saw her skin looked pale as Cell said and was suddenly covered with dark purple spots.
'What is happening to me?' she thought confusedly. Tatum let out more tears from the pain she's in and he'd leaved her like this. Dying alone. She started coughing and hardly can breathe. But she spoke out these last two words:
"Cell, why?"
She ran out of oxygen.
3:09 A.M.
I flinched and woke up from laying my head on Cell's shoulder.
He cocked his head, "What's wrong?"
My shoulders slumped, "Nothing."
"You were crying in your sleep." His voice became more concerned.
"I was?" His thumb swept the tears off of my face and he was right.
"What was your dream?"
I look down, "I don't really want to tell you about it. It'll be hard to explain."
He gently rested his hand on my head.
My eyes glanced up at him, "What are you doing?"
His eyes were shut, "I am reading your mind."
From Cell's expressions, his face turned to confused, to frowning, to serious. He released his hand off of my head.
I sweatdropped a little, "U-um, are you done?"
"Yes."
My brows lifted up, "Could this be a sign?"
"It could be."
"So, who is Gohan?"
"He is Goku's son. Another Saiyan." He stated.
"Oh."
There is a silence.
He opened his eyes, he turned to face me, "Miss, what you saw, it wasn't me."
I twirled my hair, looking down. "I-I know. It just felt r-real."
I closed my eyes. It did feel real. Suddenly, I feel someone's arm is softly pulling me into them, and it felt like a hug. I opened my eyes and looked up.
It was Cell that is hugging me.
I rest my head and my eyes are shut, I smiled. "Thank you, Cell."
He chuckled, "Good night, Tatum."