Chapter 10 baby! Wow! This could very well be the last chapter, but as I stated in the last chapter's A/N, I am a free writer, so there's no telling. I hope you have and will enjoy this!
~Silverleone
(Last chapter)
I walked over to the rock that I was leaning against before and Trunks followed me. Standing next to me, he gave me a look.
"Now what do we do?"
"Now...we wait..."
PS:LT Chapter 10
"What do you mean we wait? One of the strongest, most evil beings on the planet is just laying there, and you're telling me to wait?! I thought you were looking for a weak point to punch right through him, not type on his literal personal computer."
"Careful Trunks, your Vegeta is showing..." I gently smirked as he glowered at me, not finding any humor in the joke. Clearly, no one else was in the joking mood as anyone that heard it, either scoffed or rolled their eyes. "Alright, I get it, everyone's a comedian but me...(Geez, tough crowd...)" I smirked as Trunks just shook his head and walked away, probably to sulk. Piccolo and Gohan were having a conversation, and at first it was hard to hear them, then it suddenly became very clear what they were saying. I listened in as Piccolo consoled Gohan, when there were foot steps behind me.
"You know, if you're going to use those new ears, at least be discrete about it." My back and tail stiffened as Tien sat next to me. I felt heat rising to me cheeks in embarrassment. "It is interesting though, I never thought I'd see the day when a person grew animal parts...I know the ruler of the world is a dog, but come on, a human with animal appendages as a transformation? I've never heard of such a thing." I looked at the ground and thought about it.
"What if I'm not human...? What if I'm like Goku...Raised as an earthling, but I'm really some sort of other species that no one has heard about...my whole life might be a lie...my master could have lied to me. He said my parents were no longer able to take care of me, so they left me in his care...thing is, I started training under him when I was 10...I think I would remember something like that. If that's even what happened..." I looked up to the sky, my tail simultaneously coming up to block the sun. "Well...I've found a use for this thing now." I chuckled a little, trying to get it to move of my will instead of its own.
"I wonder...do you have the same weakness in your tail that Sayians have?" I shrugged and it suddenly reached out in Tien's direction.
"Apparently I want to find out..."
"And you don't find this weird...at all?"
"Just grab it before it does become weird..." He reached over and grabbed it, but I didn't feel any weakness like Goku had described feeling when he was younger. I shrugged and he let go. "Huh...nothing...okay, so I'm not some weird Sayian mutation..."
"So what does this mean...I mean, your hair changed color, kind of like a Sayian's, but instead of going from black to gold, it went from blonde to gray. And although you gained muscle mass, it's a lot less compared to the others."
"Gee, thanks." I hid a smirk.
"I didn't mean it like that and you know it..."
"I'm just kidding. One thing I noticed though...I've always focused on be faster, not stronger. What's the point in being really, really strong if you can't hit your opponent." I heard Trunks scoff in the distance, and ignored him. "When I transformed, I not only got stronger, albeit not as great of a strength boost as the others, but I gained possibly triple the speed. Cell literally had to force his body to the limits just to block me when I wasn't toying with him. I am very close to being untouchable to anyone but Gohan and Cell at the moment."
"Very true, so this transformation was built to bring out someone's speed, not their strength. That could mean your species, if you aren't human, could be less of the fighting kind and more of the run-if-I-can type. Speed isn't just for fighting, if you face an opponent that is too strong for you, why not run if you can?"
"You have a point...great, I could be from a species of cowards, not that I'm not one myself." I laughed a little as I thought about a bunch of Great Apes chasing down a race similar to my build and being unable to catch them.
"Back to the topic at hand...why are we just sitting here if Cell could wake up at any moment?"
"Because, watch." I pointed over to where he was laying, and Tien saw him shift. Apparently, everyone else did too, as the area as a whole tensed up. I stood up and walked over calmly. Cell sat up, shaking his head while holding it with his hand. "'Bout time you woke up." He looked up in shock and tried to back away. I reached a hand out and he flinched and closed his eyes. When I didn't move, he opened his eyes and looked at my out stretched hand. He looked at me in confusion but didn't say anything. "Look, do you want help up, or is this going to be a very awkward staring contest?" I smirked as he looked around. He slowly reached out and took my hand. I grasped his and pulled him up into a standing position. He looked around and saw almost everyone glaring at him.
"What happened? I remember Dr. Gero yelling at me, then silence."
"Yeah, about that, Gero planted a small copy of his own system into your programming, making it constantly scream to kill anyone who stood in the way of your perfection. You never really wanted to follow his orders, you were forced to do so."
"What are you on about?" Cell seemed more timid than a couple of hours ago. He still had his superiority complex, but I'm guessing that's just his own personality. "I follow who I want, which is no one. I have never listed nor obeyed Dr. Gero's orders."
"I thought that was the case. Cell, you've been hearing Gero's voice for so long, you eventually grew to think of it as your own thoughts. No one has ever been born to want to kill, only taught. You on the other hand, Gero designed you as a weapon, to not have any emotions, and only to kill those in your way. You, Cell, yo are the only being that I know of that was born to kill. Not that you had any choice. But now you do. I'll bet if you look into those feelings the Namekian DNA gave you, you would find that fighting isn't all there is. Namekians have found peace, and you can find it too." I held up my hand again.
"I could have stepped back and let the others destroy you without a second thought. But that's not what I was taught. I was taught to give others another chance. Will you join us Cell? We can still spar, albeit not to the death, and we can show you what it's like to really live life." Cell looked from my hand to my eyes, looking for any type of deceit in them. Finding none, he slowly raised his hand to greet mine when he was sent flying.
"I kill every last one of you who stand in my way of killing this monster!" Vegeta blasted off towards Cell.
"VEGETA NO!"
