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P.S. To clear up some confusion, the timeline is BEFORE Super and AFTER the Buu Saga in an AU.
Once raised to the roof of the Go Tower, the Go Plane prepared for launch on the extending ledge that formed an expanding runaway. Its expansion facilitated the entire process. The Go Plane began its engines and moved forward, increasing speed and height off the ground. Once off the runaway, the plane flew straight towards Kim and Ron's location immediately, despite its incredible speed, the flight was moving quite smoothly. It was Hego who piloted the plane.
"Are you heading there, Hego?" Wade asked, right after he appeared on the screen in front of the blue member of Team Go.
"We're heading right there, don't you worry," Hego informed him, firmly grasping the controls on the flying vehicle and turning on another screen that revealed the other members in the team.
"How close are we, Mego?" inquired the leader. His brother answered with a disrespectful look and reply.
"About a few thousand miles, why do you ask-"
"Excellent!" Hego shouted with excitement, abruptly interrupting his brother. "I can finally try out the rocket boosters I've installed last night!" Mego's eyes widened immensely out of shock and rage. He watched in panic and anger as Hego lifted every switch connected to the rocket boosters.
"You big dolt!" he snapped furiously. "Have you even tested them out?! Have you even considered consulting with me?!" Hearty laughter left Hego as he heard his brother's panicked/enraged voice. This only managed to make his younger brother even more furious. A yell was nearly released out of Mego if it weren't for Hego's next announcement.
"Now commencing test run!"
"Awesome!" exclaimed the Wego twins in unison.
"Not awesome!" retorted Mego at the twins before having his back slammed into the back of his chair; the Wego twins were in the same boat. It seemed the rocket boosters had now been activated, throwing almost everyone's back against their seats; except Hego, he stayed upright with his hands grasped firmly around the controls.
"How close are we now, Mego?" Hego asked excitedly, watching the clouds fly past him rapidly. His younger brother struggled to open his eyes and attempted to glance at his own screen. The now quickly dwindling numbers of the distance was the encouragement Mego needed to open his eyes completely.
"L-Less than a thousand miles!" he shrieked, watching as the numbers now became double digits. "HOLY MACKEREL, LESS THAN ONE HUNDRE-" Mego's face came in contact with his own screen as the entire plane came to a complete stop in midair, causing him to cease speaking abruptly. Confusion washed over all of the superheroes as they examined what just transpired.
"That's quite odd," remarked Hego, staring out his window as the plane slowly and gradually made its way towards the ground.
"Big dolt, why'd you stop the plane in the middle of the air?" Mego asked venomously, rubbing his now throbbing forehead that had been bruised from the sudden stop. "We're going to crash!"
"The power's gone dead, we're going to have to jump!" Hego announced, ignoring Mego's attitude all about and pulling out a parachute out of the ceiling of his compartment and leaping out of the closest exit; the Wego twins following suit. Mego grumbled something from under his breath and also took out a parachute. Once everyone was out and floating, they all watched as the Go Plane crashed into a forest they were above, smoke and fire now billowing out of it immensely. By now it had permeated the sky.
"Do you know how long it took to build that plane?!" asked Mego angrily.
"We do!" one of the Wego twins spoke.
The other about to finish for his twin. "Yeah, it was about a few-"
"IT WAS RHETORICAL!"
The entirety of Team Go made it to the ground, releasing themselves from their parachutes and examining their surroundings. It looked like the coordinates Wade sent them led them to the forest, but why would Kim Possible be here? Was she stranded? How could it be possible for someone like her to be stuck in such a simple predicament?
"She doesn't need our assistance for this," Hego remarked. "She's perfectly capable of handling something like this! Why does she need us?"
"Maybe she's being held hostage, Hego!" the Wego twins pointed out in unison. The leader of the team gasped and shook his head in disbelief.
"Preposterous! She's Kim Possible, there isn't anything she can't do!" he stated defensively. "She's obviously escaped hostage situations before!" The other brother standing nearby muttered something before actually letting out audible words.
"That's just her slogan, you big dolt. No one can do anything, it's impossible," Mego added with a snarky tone. Hego held one hand in the air and put on a gallant smile.
"I'll let you tell Kim Possible that," he said. "I bet she'll get a real kick out of it!"
Mego turned away and rolled his eyes, quickly losing his interest in the conversation. "Whatever."
Once the commotion concluded, the members of Team Go strolled forward, calling out for the crime fighters who were supposedly in peril. Mego seemed to doubtful about the entire thing; the Wego twins followed suit with whatever seemed reasonable; Hego merely continued with their objective: Find Kim Possible and her sidekick, not to forget the naked mole rat, but who knows where he could have went?
The teen heroine was completely silent. Besides her outward demeanor, within her mind was practically chaotic with thoughts and questions racing through. Most of which concerned her well being, as well as her boyfriend's. Despite all this, she decided to try her best to appear intrepid; fearless. There was no way she was going to let Cell get into her skin.
She was definitely scared, yes that was true, but it wasn't just for her an Ron, but for the upcoming help that would arrive. Telling the tech genius to get the team of superheroes was an enormous mistake on her part; one she should have never made.
"It's going to be my fault again," Kim murmured to herself, having a remembrance of the time she let Cell get away with murdering the General. She stared at the margins of the clearing and considered booking it out of there to find and tell Team Go to leave while they still can—before it was too late.
"Kim..? Are you alright?" Ron asked, snapping his girlfriend out of her deep thinking.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine," she answered quickly, briefly casting her eyes toward his direction before turning back to the edge of the clearing. She contemplated for another moment before turning back to her boyfriend with a dejected expression in place. "Ron, I'm sorry."
Ron shifted slightly at the sound of this. "W-What? What are you talking about?"
Kim collapsed onto her knees and sat on the ground and sighed loudly. "Everything. Even this little stunt we pulled, it was just a big, stinkin' mistake."
"Mistake?" he asked incredulously. "KP, we needed help and they were the only people we knew to find." The look of despair still remained on his girlfriend's face.
"I know, but don't you think that.. it was a mistake leading Team Go here? This is.. Cell we're talking about" Kim planted a hand on the ground and stood back up on her feet. She then gestured towards a part of the forest that was decimated and ravaged by the bio-android. "Look at what he did just hours ago!"
Ron gazed at the ruined part of the forest with a fearful expression, then he returned to his girlfriend with what looked like an attempt at a composed expression. "I-I see that, KP, he's really strong and stuff, but-"
"But what, Ron?" Kim interjected.
"Team Go!" he exclaimed abruptly, quickly trying to think of a way to convince his girlfriend to go through with her plan. "Y-You know, Hego's pretty strong too, a-and Mego shrinks! The Wegos multiply a lot and.." The boy was quickly silent in contemplation. He didn't want Kim to lose faith in the superhero team, they were their only chance at escaping. Albeit he was losing his faith as well. If the bio-android had the power to destroy this very forest, nonetheless the entire planet—what chance did Team Go have against him? If he couldn't convince himself, what hope was there to convince someone else?
'Oh man, I don't want to let KP down, she's everything to me.' Ron gazed at Kim awkwardly, since he could no longer tell her what he was about to say. Feeding her lies would be the same as feeding it to himself.
"Ron," Kim started, kneeling down to her boyfriend's height to examine his face. The only thing she could find was despair. "Sometimes.. not every plan I cook up ends up perfectly. I kind of rushed into this one, and it's just now that I'm realizing it's a mistake." She bit her lip, trying to think of something else to say. "I'm sure a better one will come in time, let's not worry about it."
Ron glanced from the ground and towards Kim, seeing that she wasn't in her despair-like state. He also saw that she was motioning him forward for a hug, one he gladly accepted. The both embraced each other until they heard the the snap of a twig. Someone was close, it could be the bio-android.
"Just leave us alone! We never try bothering you!" she shouted angrily in the direction of the sound. Soon, more twigs were snapped. It sounded like someone was running towards them. Kim straightened up briskly and held both of her fists in the air; forming a fighting stance. She didn't care how strong or powerful Cell was, protecting Ron was her main priority.
The sound of twigs snapping slowed down, revealing four familiar silhouettes in the shadows. Kim peered in the direction and tried to decipher who the newcomers were, hoping it wasn't who she thought they were.
"Kim Possible! Do my eyes deceive me?" The first person to leap in the clearing from the shadows was the oldest member and leader of Team Go himself, then it was the second oldest member, and then the youngest members, the twins. The sight of the superheroes struck immense fear into Kim once more.
"Oh no," she gasped, watching the leader of Team Go stroll forward until he was in front of the crime fighters. Memories of what happened to General Sims came flashing forward and it was all she could imagine of these superheroes' fate if they remained in the area.
"We came as quickly as we could as soon as we heard your cry for help!" Hego proclaimed. "Come now, Possible, it's going to be a long walk because our ride has somehow ceased working."
Kim shook her head, backing away from the leader. "You've got to get out of here!" she shouted almost immediately, grabbing onto Ron. "You're going to die if you don't leave right now!"
Hego's eyes broadened. "What's the matter? You don't seem to be in any real danger!"
"Come on, dude! You've gotta jet!" Ron pressed on. "Before he finds out that you're here!"
The blue superhero rose a brow in curiosity. "And who's 'he'?" he inquired.
Just as he asked, the sound of an abrupt and windy landing transpired in front of everyone, catching their attention at once. It was at this moment that Kim's worst fears were realized, sadly, it wasn't the first. She could feel her heart sink all the way to the pit of her stomach.
Cell gazed at the newcomers with a smirk, deducing that these people were the help the crime fighters cried out for. He examined them thoroughly, trying to find the strongest out of the team. 'The blue one looks promising,' he noted in his thoughts, his attention caught by the leader of the superhero team. 'But his power does not meet my expectations.. Pity.'
"They are here as you predicted," the bio-android said towards the quaking crime fighters, after he dismissed any further thoughts. "They'd better not be a disappointment."
"Leave them alone, Cell!" Kim shouted at him, an irate expression crossing her face. "They've done nothing to you! Just let them go!"
Hego turned to the heroine with widened eyes. "This is the Cell you spoke to me about? I didn't know the situation was this dire."
"Yes.. which is exactly the reason you should leave right now," the heroine replied firmly.
Hego gazed at her for a moment before turning in the bio-android's direction. He saw the devilish smirk plastered upon his face, the sinister look in his eyes, and the evil way his presence affected everyone. This was no ordinary villain, he was no Aviarius or Electronique, he was entirely something else. The monster who took lives only for his own gain and delight. Hego perceived the situation in a way he had never in others.
"No," he said firmly, causing a shocked expression to appear on Kim's face. "You expect me to back off from this threat, but I will not do that. It is imperative that us, Team Go, try in any way we can to stop any villain possible." He stared at Kim with a somewhat disappointed expression. "I thought someone such as you, and especially you would understand that."
The teen heroine was at loss for words. "Hego.."
"Just step aside, Possible, let us handle this villain." Hego motioned Mego and the Wego twins over to prepare for the upcoming battle with the bio-android.
Cell chuckled as he watched the superhero team advance forward. "Do you plan to attack me simultaneously?" he asked. "I would prefer it if the strongest fighter you have step up." He looked at Hego as he had spoken that, watching the superhero's eyes narrow in anger. Hego loathed villains, but this one in particular somehow affected him differently than others he faced in the past.
"Boys, let me fight this one. It'd be a bit unfair to if the odds were stacked against him." The Wego twins, as usual, complied immediately. Mego, however, scowled at his older brother and crossed his arms angrily.
"Maybe you can lend the fight to someone different this time, it'd be the first," he remarked acidly.
A weary sigh was released from Hego. Of course he noticed his younger brother's disrespectful attitude, he just decided to neglect it and move forward with the mission. It was constantly something trivial, so it didn't have any importance to the hero, until now.
"Mego, this is no time for your attitude. We are in a very important matter now that needs to be resolved, it will not cease because of personal issues. Set them aside so we can stop this fiend." Hego stared at his brother with a look, a new one at that. It was firm, incredibly grave, and he hoped his younger brother would understand.
Mego, having his ego easily insulted, merely scoffed and averted his eyes. He eventually nodded in agreement, but stared with a slightly angered look. "Fine."
Hego sighed in relief and turned to the matter at hand. "Ready to fall, villain?" he asked the bio-android.
"Let us see how that ends," Cell said, standing completely straight with his arms crossed. "I'll grant you a choice, if you'd like."
Hego rose a brow. "A choice? What do you mean by that?"
"I'll allow you to hit me with everything you've got. If I fall, you can turn me in or however the process goes. If I don't, well, let us say that is self-explanatory." Cell chuckled afterwards, awaiting a response form the superhero.
Hego nearly laughed aloud. If he hit the villain with everything he had, he could kill him! That would end things way too quickly, and this villain looked like he had hurt too many people to go unpunished like that. "Everything you say? Are you sure?"
"100 percent. It's either that or we can fight. Your choice, human."
'There is no way he could face all my power at once without injury. I must take this choice,' thought Hego. He looked to Cell and nodded, seeing the smirk on the bio-android's face broadened.
"Excellent," he said. "Now, as I said before, everything you have. If I see that you are hiding a partial amount of your power, I will see to it that the others near us suffer greatly. Am I clear?"
Hego, for the first time, glared. He hated villains before, but for this one, he developed hate that was beyond compare. There was absolutely no way he would allow the bio-android to cause harm his friends and family. "Crystal," he muttered loudly, gritting his teeth as he said it.
Kim shook her head, in complete disbelief. "No.. no, no, no!" she suddenly shouted. "You can't do this, Hego! You aren't going to beat him!" She stepped forward, but not close enough for the distance to be considered dangerous.
Hego turned to Kim, an expression of great solemnity upon his chiseled face. "Possible, I know you think he's impossible to beat, but you never know until you try." The superhero turned away from her and towards Cell. "Besides, he needs to be stopped at once." Little did he know, Kim had tried stopping him before—twice. Her attacks did nothing but show how weak she was in comparison to him.
"Take the chance while you still have it, Hego, you won't get it again," Cell assured villainously.
Hego merely nodded and positioned himself in a stance, one that was ready to give the bio-android everything he had. The superhero filled his lungs with as much air as possible and released it, clenching his right fist greatly. If he was as strong as the heroine said he was, he should muster all the strength he had, and if possible, try mustering more strength, even if he didn't possess it. Break through his limits!
"Brace yourself, villain!" Hego announced, a blue glow enveloping his right fist. The superhero released a yell as he rushed forward with as much speed as possible. A surge of anger and power rose from within him as he threw the most powerful punch he could muster at Cell. The punch contained all his strength, including so much more he never thought he had. The evil he felt from this foe must have been the encouragement he needed to possess this greater power.
A smile of victory formed on Hego's face, and remained as such for a brief, but seemingly long silence. His smile began to face when he realized the result: Nothing happened. The results were inevitable, they were decided long before they had met. His smile fully faded and his face had twisted in horror when he saw the proud smirk upon Cell's face, because he, too, had known the very fact he had come to realize. Hego had no effect on him. An immense fear rose inside the superhero as he realized how truly dire the situation was. His power was super strength, and he gave the bio-android everything he had, even that extra burst of power he received during his strike. What good was his super strength if had done nothing at all?
"Impossible," he muttered, his body quaking and struggling to remain standing.
Cell rose a hand, about to strike. A sadistic tint in his eyes as he looked down upon the confused, trembling superhero. "No," he began, grinning madly. "You're just weak."
With one swift strike on Hego's neck, the superhero's movements jerked once before stopping altogether. Hego's eyes rolled back into his head and he collapsed onto the ground with a loud thud, laying motionless. He was no more within mere seconds.
Mego and the Wego twins watched in horror as their older brother, the strongest member of Team Go, fall to the ground after one strike to the neck. They couldn't believe just one strike could knock him dead. They couldn't comprehend how quick the death of their fellow team member occurred. The macabre scene was so sudden, their minds appeared to be not quick enough to catch up. But they were certainly impulsive as they charged at Cell.
"Mego, the Wego twins, we have to stop them!" Kim rushed forward, but was quickly stopped by her boyfriend. She glanced at him in utter shock, wondering why he was allowing this to happen.
"KP, lets leave while we still have the chance, if we try helping them now, we'll only end up getting in the way!" Ron tugged her away briskly and feverishly, hoping she would understand and escape with him.
"B-But the others-"
"They're fine!" he interrupted loudly, feeling the inevitable guilt creep into his gut as the lie left his mouth.
Kim gazed confusedly. "What?" she returned, her reply telling him she wanted answers.
Ron gulped once and prepared for the barrage of lies that would shoot out his mouth. "KP, they know what to do, they came here to rescue us! I'm-I'm pretty sure Hego is, uh, playing distraction! He's probably making Cell think he's got an advantage and throw a sneak attack! You understand now? They'll be fine, and I'm sure they'd want us to go right now!"
Kim gazed at him for a moment, she was about to protest, but found that she couldn't think of anything good to say. The teen eventually agreed with him, incredibly disappointed in herself for the decision. It brought unpleasant memories of what happened at Area 51. The crime fighters left the clearing in attempt to escape the danger, only to meet a new one ahead.
The Wego twins multiplied briskly and tackled the bio-android. "We've got him now!" All the copies yelled in unison, until a burst of power blew them all away, causing all the copies to fade away and the twins to writhe in agony on the ground.
"Too strong," one of the twins remarked painfully.
"We're too weak," the other added, seeing Cell approach them.
"If your strongest fighter didn't stand a chance, how could you have?" he asked with contempt. Before he knew it, both of the twins passed out. Mego was already dealt with, it didn't take long for the bio-android to take him down, considering he basically killed himself by shrinking. What a useless ability, it only made it easy to end things, as always, it was easy for someone like him. He looked around the clearing and noticed the crime fighters had left. A bold move, but it would be their last.
"Foolish humans, you never learn, do you?" Cell chuckled and strolled forward. He thought it would be kind of him to let him have a head start, then with one simple move, he would appear right in front of them in an instant.
Meanwhile, Kim and Ron bolted through the forest, determined to escape. They escaped the danger for now, but there was a new one just waiting to strike on them, waiting to take their lives.
After watching the entire scene transpire, L, Drakken's assassin, took the chance to chase after them when they fled, a scabbard in hand. She unsheathed her signature blade while running. A little weapon like this wasn't found or bought just anywhere. It was stolen from a secretive place in Japan.
"Brace yourself, Kim Possible, this is one fight you will not win!" she announced to herself confidently, watching the crime fighters make a sudden turn in her direction. This was her time, the perfect time to strike! She gripped the hilt of her weapon firmly, awaiting the teens to run right by, they wouldn't see the incredibly thin blade in front of them. With no further ado, the assassin struck in between Kim and Ron as they ran, causing the heroine to trip and stumble back.
"Whoa!" she called out, astonished to see a long, slim, silver blade sticking into the ground. When she looked up, she saw a familiar wicked expression. Someone she barely encountered over a week ago.
"Remember me?" L asked with a rising laugh. She quickly lifted up her weapon and swung it near Kim's head, but missed as the girl dodged it by ducking as quickly as possible. If she took one more second, she could have been decapitated.
Kim landed on her hands and swung her legs at the assassin's. L easily dodged it by leaping up, and throwing downwards. Using her hands, Kim moved to the side and got on her feet to dodge the next attack.
"K-KP!"
Kim ceased moving for a moment when she heard her boyfriend. This was ample time for L to strike, which she had done immediately. The blade was sharp enough to cut flesh as if it posed no resistance. At once a trickle of blood flowed down the heroine's cheek.
"Just go on without me, Ron! I've got this, just go! She's nothing compared to me!" she shouted, ignoring the pain swelling in her cheek and dodging more of the assassin's blade as it was swung at her repeatedly both left and right, now with more sheer force after hearing the heroine insult her. Ron still remained where he stood, debating whether he should take flight or fight.
L took out four ninja stars from her pockets without hesitance and threw them at the freckled teen. He let out a mini yell as he dodged all four by posing awkwardly against a tree, the stars pinning his clothes against it. He felt a pain on his cheek and noticed he received a similar injury to Kim's by the final star.
Kim tried to use the opening to attack but the assassin was too fast for her to react. She swung her weapon towards the redhead again and managed to get another cut on her face, this time, on her forehead. A similar trickle of blood flowed down her face. Distracted by the blood getting into her eyes, the blonde woman had gone towards Ron and yanked him off the tree, holding a blade to his throat as she awaited the girl to come to.
"Hey! Your fight's with me!"
"Precisely," she answered promptly. "He stays, he dies. He gets in the way, don't get angry when you see what happens."
"What do you want, then?" Kim asked, her heart pounding in her head. Cell and Team Go should still, probably be busy. She didn't want to see if Cell won, it only meant he'd seek them out and target them next. But what was happening with Ron terrified her too.
"He has to leave now. I'll grant you that much mercy, this fight is between you and I. Tell him to leave or I behead him here."
"Hey, I'm right here, you know-"
"Ron, you have to leave," Kim said without thinking, unintentionally interrupting him. "I'll meet with you when I'm done, I'll be as quick as possible."
Ron threw her an astonished look, although angry as well. "Hey! No way! How can I just leave you all alone when-"
"Silence," L hissed, leaving a small cut on his neck to clear any doubts of her threat. "You think I'm bluffing? Remember, Kid, I tried to kill you once before, I can do it again just for the fun of it!"
"Ron!" Kim yelled, and briskly when she saw what L had done to her boyfriend. She caused the two to cast their eyes on her quickly. "I'm a Possible! As in, anything is! I defy the odds!"
The freckled teen stared at his girlfriend, she seemed steadfast and determined, and surprisingly without fear. He didn't want to leave her though, something told him a terrible fate awaited for the person he loved if he chose this path.
"Stoppable-san, we cannot change our fate, only the way we arrive to it."
For some odd reason, he heard Sensei's voice in his head, but horrifyingly enough, it sounded like he was telling him to leave. If fate meant they were to meet again, then so be it.
"Okay," he let out, glumly. Then a force shoved him away from the fight.
"Hurry and leave, I don't usually spare people, you know," L said. "I'm quite a greedy person."
Ron shivered at the sound of her voice, then looked to Kim. She looked back, sending him a determined nod.
"We'll meet again, I know we will!" he yelled to her, causing her to tear up, although it wasn't visible. She was stealth enough to avoid crying.
"Nothing's impossible for me, Ron, I'll meet with you in a sec!" she replied back.
He turned to leave, but hesitated, turning his body slightly around to view his girlfriend. "Kim, I lov-"
"GO ALREADY!" L shouted at Ron angrily.
Ron quickly straightened up and nodded fearfully before retreating. Meanwhile, the assassin nearby formed a wicked smile and disappeared from Kim's range of sight. The heroine's eyes broadened as she quickly recognized this technique. It was utilized by the one and only bio-android, but she never knew it could be used by someone else! This made the fight entirely different now! She looked around briskly, trying to find the assassin but with no avail.
Suddenly, she felt an immense pain in the back of her head. Before she knew it, she collapsed onto the ground, feeling something warm trickle down her face. With one hand, she felt the back of her head and flinched in pain. She must've hit the spot where she had been stricken. She felt the blood move over her hand, the thick fluid no warmer or cooler than her own skin.
"Looks like you two will meet each other soon," the assassin whispered in her ear, a laugh leaving her mouth as she prepared to deliver the final blow.
The color of crimson was the last thing Kim saw before shutting her eyes completely.
I sincerely apologize for the late update. I hit a writer's block during the chapter, it took some time before I could actually think of something.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please R&R, I'd like to know what you think so far. (Seriously, I'd like to know.)
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