A/N The review fairy hates me, I just know she does… I haven't had a single review since chapter 5! Come on people, I know you're busy but I really want to know what you think of a new chapter when I post it, so pretty please with lots of sugar and dirty magazines (authoress distracts Roshi doing something that's not exactly rated PG and steals his treasure) on top? Thanks :)

P.S. Don't get confused by the all the dialogue in the beginning of this chapter, you'll understand later on.

Chapter 10: Talking pigs and dirty magazines

"LOOK OUT!"

"EEEEEEEEKKK!"

"LARA! I need that warpdrive back online, NOW!"

"I'm working on it Susan! Stop bossing me and get us out of here!"

"I'm trying but they've locked on to us with a tractorbeam! We're screwed!"

"They're hailing us!"

"On screen!"

"We are the Borg, Lower your shields and surrender your vessel. Your biological and technological distinctiveness…"

"Sorry, not today! Computer, end transmission!"

"Hey, I'm detecting another ship, only a few light-years from here!"

"Send out a distress call!"

"Do it yourself, I'm not listening to YOU anymore miss-that-weird-transwarp-reading-is-probably-just-a-sensor-glith!"

"WHY YOU LITTLE…!"

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"ABSOLUTELY NOT!"

"C'mon Susan, we both heared what Captain Janeway and Seven were talking about"

"Refresh my memory again, will you?"

"Sigh… Voyager's dilithium supply is running low and they're going to be in BIG trouble if we don't find some soon!"

"Hold on a minute…'we'?"

"Wes, 'we' you dip! Seven located a HUGE amount of that stuff in a nearby asteroid field but the radiation is much to high for humans to endure and the next source is to far away!"

"So… we're going get it?"

"Why not? The radiation might be deadly to humans, but not to us"

"Well… I guess it's the least we can do for them, since they did save us from the Borg and everything…"

"Woohoo! Let's go!"

"Wait a minute Lara, you did ask the Captain about taking the Delta Flyer, right?"

"Uhm……………………"

"I KNEW IT!"

"I just thought it would be cool to surprise her when we get back! Beside that, she would've probably said 'no', so why bother trying?"

"Of al the stupid… Alright, Just hurry up and bypass the security of this thing before I change my mind…"

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"Ah… hold on Lara, the door is finally starting to give"

"WOOHOO! FRESH AIR! We should…O no! Look at the Flyer!"

"Its wrecked!"

"Captain Janeway is gonna kill us…."

"Don't be so.."

"EEEEEEEEEEEEK! O NO! O NO! O NO! WHATDOWEDONOWWEARESOSCREWEDNOWWENEVERGETTOGOTO…"

"CALM DOWN YOU MORON!"

"Thanks… I needed that...'

"Aright, here's the plan: you stay here and try to repair as much damage as you can, in the mean time I'll try to find out where we are. According to my tricorder, there's a city nearby, maybe the people living there can help us"

"I'm not an engineer! I'm still studying!"

"Well until I find some help, IF I CAN find some help that is, you'll have to do. At least try to fix the communication equipment"

"Sorry, those were destroyed just before we went into that rift, remember? If they weren't beyond repair then, than they sure are now!"

"Of all the… alright, just get this thing flying again! We don't know who or what lives here so I want to be able to leave if we need to"

"Slave driver…"

"I HEARD THAT!"

Memories started to resurface in Susans mind as she was slowly regaining consciousness. She opened her eyes a bit. What was going on? She was in a house, lying on a sofa. She tried to sit up, but was pushed down by a strange (but very handsome!) boy with lavender hair.

"Easy, you've lost a lot of energy"

"Ugh…"

"Here, eat this, it will help"

He gave her something that looked like a bean. She could immediately feel a power boost surging trough her body when she ate it.

"WOW! This certainly beats a hypospray!"

"Huh?"

"Never mind… who are you?"

The boy introduced himself as "Trunks", future son of Bulma (who was very, VERY happy to see him). He had sensed a very strange powerlevel coming from Gingertown, but bumped into them when he was on his way to investigate. Lara and Bulma told him what had happened (for as far as they knew, of course) and he had taken them to Capsule Corp.

She looked around. There were other people in the room that apparently had decided to also go here and check things out. A sleeping man who for some reason didn't look very healthy, a boy with black hair, a hysterical women that kept yelling at him about something she called "homework", a tall man with a third eye in his forehead, a normal man with a scar on his face, an old man that was busy drooling over some rather…uhm… "interesting" magazines, a short bald guy with dots on his forehead, and to top it off, a flying cat, a talking pig and a very short clown-like figure. This was getting weirder by the minute!

"SIS!"

"What the…HMMPFH?"

"OMGYOUREALRIGHTITHOUGHYOUWHEREDEADIMSORRYFOR…"

"Ugh……need……air……!"

Susan coughed and looked at her "attacker" who was holding her in a bearhug. For a minute she thought Cell had returned, and was trying to kill her, but it was just her sister freaking out again. Almost 30 minutes later, Lara finally calmed down.

"Piccolo told us what happened…"

"Is he…"

"Yes, I'm here"

A dark figure emerged from the shadows in the corner of the room, where he had been watching them the whole time. Susan knew he was one of the good guys, but she still found him a bit creepy.

"Did you…"

Piccolo shook his head, already knowing what she was going to ask him

"When you left, he tried to surprise me with a Kamehameha wave but thanks to you, I knew what he was capable of. We fought for what felt like hours but at the end, when I almost had him…" Piccolo clenched his fist in frustration, "…he got away…"

"We're dead…"

"NO!"

The black-haired boy stepped forward.

"My dad will beat him!" He pointed at the sleeping man. "I know he will! That monster might have Saiyan cells but he doesn't…"

"Whoa, slow down kid!" Susan interrupted him, "Who are you and who are the Saiyans? I believe Cell mentioned them before, but he never really explained what…"

"Wait a minute," Lara butted in, "I'll show you.. it'll be faster than them telling the whole story all over again"

Lara walked towards Susan, and performed a mind-meld to share what their new friends had told her. Because she just had eaten a sensubean when she wasn't really that injured, she had a lot of left-over energy that was being used now, instead of the usual five hours of sleep.

"So…" Susan said, "basically, this 'Goku' here is suffering from a heart virus and is hunted by the same androids Cell is after… talking about a cat-and-mouse game!"

"We can't let him absorb them! The androids I know destroyed my world…and this freak is even worse!" Trunks yelled

"YEAH! LET'S GO KICK SOME ANDROID BUTT!"

Lara made a run for the door (knocking everyone over who was in her path, including a very surprised Master Roshi who didn't seem to mind at all), but was hold back by Tien and Krillin.

"HEY! LEMMEGO! EEEEEEEEK! THIS IS NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY!"

Lara struggled to get free, determined to seek out Cell and give him a piece of her mind. She managed to free her right leg and was about to kick Krillin in the you-know-what, until…

"Lara! Susan! Both of you listen up!"

Everyone turned to Piccolo.

"The androids are not the only ones that Cell is interested in, remember? You might not be very strong, but…"

"HEY!"

"Shut up Lara…" Susan sighed, rolling her eyes

"You shut up!"

"NO YOU…"

"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!"

(everyone but Piccolo): "o.0;;;"

"Look…" He took a deep breath while placing his hand on his forehead as if he was having a headache (which was true, believe me) "you guys have to stay put and keep your ki as low as you can… I know you can't control it good enough to hide it entirely but if you don't fly he will not be able to sense you unless he's extremely close"

Susan suddenly thought of something

"Piccolo, I can imagine him wanting to absorb us while we're 'in the neighbourhood' anyway, but do you really think he would go through the trouble of actually looking for us? If I were him, I would rather search for the androids because they're a lot stronger than we are, right?"

"Strength is only one factor in a battle… there are a lot of other things that makes one a powerfull fighter, like extreme speed…"

"And psychic powers…" Susan whispered. She looked at Lara who had the same terrified expression on her face as she had. Suddenly, they both realised that Cell would indeed look for them and absorb them no matter what. Maybe even before he would go after the androids, because she and her sister were no doubt easier prey and their cells would certainly give him a greater advantage when it was time for Step nr. 2, absorbing 17 and 18. With speed and psychic powers alone, he could never defeat them but he didn't have to. He only needed to get close enough…

Lara was the first to say something.

"I think I'm going to be sick…"

"Maybe we should take them to the lookout!" Yamcha suggested "I'm sure they'll be safe there!"

"Well… I think we should all go back to Kamehouse again" Oolong butted in

"We're staying here!"

"What?"

Everyone looked at Susan

"If we stay here, we can help Bulma repair the Delta Flyer and maybe make contact with Voyager. If anyone can help us, its them"

"But Cell will…" Piccolo tried

"No, Susan's right!" Lara interrupted him "If it had not been for Captain Janeway, we would now have Borg designations instead of names!"

"You're not safe here!" he growled, "You have to leave!"

(Susan and Lara together): MAKE US!

It was very tempting to just grab them by their hair and drag them to the lookout, but since they weren't going to come along willingly, Piccolo would have to use force, which meant raising his power level and alerting Cell. He looked at the two Uranians who were already fighting about what they were going to repair first. He then looked at the other Z-fighters who apparently had decided to also stay here and were helping Chi Chi carry her husband to one of the guestrooms. Ugh… this was going to be a long day…

A/N: Our heroines are finally safe! Or… are they? Will they be able to contact Voyager in time? Will Piccolo remain sane long enough to defeat the androids? Will Master Roshi ever stop reading those dirty magazines? Find out next time, on DBZ!

P.S. I know what you're thinking...yes, I can read your mind trough the screen...You're thinking: o great... Lara and Susan get back to Voyager within the next three chapters and/or destroy imperfect/semi-perfect/perfect Cell and live happily ever after, right? NO! YOU'RE WRONG! MHUHAHAHAHAHA!