SailorStar9:This is Chapter 10 of the Incomplete Cell Saga. Read and review.
Disclaimers: Only the plot is mine.
Chapter Summary: It all starts when Android 17 starts to fight Cell. He asks Piccolo who is he after Piccolo saves his life. He says that his name is Cell and that he is here to come and destroy him. Piccolo and Android 17 join teams and starts to fight together. Meanwhile Tien goes to see how strong Cell is to Piccolo and to see what they are up against and Krillin meets up with Bulma so it will be much easier and faster to shut down the Androids. Gohan gets mad and wants to help Piccolo but Goku tell him to stay there they are no good like that and that and pleas for Vegeta and Trunks to hurry up.
Chapter 10: Up To Piccolo
"Cell!" Piccolo gasped at the unexpected intrusion. "Hell I was too preoccupied with the fight, and I didn't notice him."
"What's with that strange guy?" Android 17 wondered.
What? Piccolo blinked. Doesn't he know? No. 17 and the others don't know about Cell.
"At last, the day of commemoration has come." Cell grinned. "The day I merge with No. 17 and No. 18 and become my 'Perfect Form'. No. 17! No. 18! You will be my key to becoming a God! Who is this one?" he noticed Android 16. "Judging by his Red Ribbon marking, I have to think he is one of Dr. Gero's Androids. Well, in any case, he is an older model. It will be okay to ignore him." jumping into the battle, the green Android powered up. "What are you going to do about it, Piccolo?" he walked past the stunned Namekian. "If you wish to interfere, go right ahead."
"For you to be powered up to that extent," Piccolo voiced. "Just how many people have you sacrificed?"
"Sacrifice?" Cell echoed. "Hmph! Rubbish! On the contrary, it is an honor to become a fraction of my power."
"What?" Piccolo growled.
At Kame's House...
"How can it be?" Krillin stammered. "Cell's Ki has gone up unbelievably!"
"It's all over now." Tien realized. "We're powerless! There's nothing we can do!"
"For Bulma to bring that controller to stop No. 17 and the others, it'll take her 20 minutes, however fast she may be." Master Roshii added.
"In that case, you could go and get this controller thing from her." Chi-Chi suggested. "Doing that would get it to you faster than just waiting around here."
"That's it!" Krillin realized.
"You guys are all soft in the head." Chi-Chi sighed. "That's how you get from doing nothing but fighting."
"I'm going to fly there and pick it up." Krillin voiced. "If I fly all-out, I'm a lot faster than Bulma's plane."
"Krillin..." Master Roshii muttered as Krillin took off.
"I'm going to help Piccolo." Tien decided. "Even if I can't do anything for him, it's better than just waiting here."
"Tien, get back here!" Master Roshii shouted as Tien shot off. "Do you want to throw your life away? Damn, there's not a thing I can do now. Goku, hurry and finish your training, and come back to us. You may get one year's worth of training in one day, but right now, that one day is too long."
Goku, Gohan... Chi-Chi prayed.
At Kami's Lookout...
Still not yet, Vegeta? Goku looked at the 'Hyperbolic Time Chamber' door worriedly.
In the battlefield...
"I don't know what you are, but you're in the way." Android 17 snorted. "Get lost at once. I'm playing with him right now."
"No. 17!" Piccolo warned. "He plans to kill you and absorb you into himself! Run!"
"What?" Android 17 gasped, barely dodging Cell's tail thrusts.
Trapping Android 17 under his feet, Cell chuckled as he readied his tail to absorb his target, only to have Piccolo kick him off Android 17.
"Sneak attack?" Android 17 frowned. "Toy with me, will you? What is this? This monster is going to absorb me?"
"In short, his name is Cell." Piccolo supplied. "And he's a beast that's been created up by Dr. Gero's computer. He's still incomplete, but once he absorbs you and No. 18, it seems that he will finally become his 'Perfect Form' and will be powerful enough to assimilate the Princess into himself and take on the Gods."
"What did he say?" Android 18 echoed.
"Rejoice, my siblings." Cell declared. "When you become part of my body, it will mean the birth of the perfect super-being, with power greater than any other. We will be the very ultimate warrior that Dr. Gero was pursuing all these years. And once the Divine Ki girl is a part of me, we will have the ability to ascend to godhood!"
"That's enough of your nonsense." Android 17 retorted. "You expect me to let myself be absorbed by the likes of you? And as for ultimate warriors, there's already one here." he pointed to himself.
"Your will is of no matter." Cell shrugged. "That you will be absorbed is already certain."
"I'm going to silence that troublesome mouth of yours." Android 17 swore.
"Get out of there, No. 17!" Android 16 shouted. "The enemy's battle power is far too great! He must not be allowed his 'Perfect Form'. His aim is no longer the death of Son Goku, he intends to rule over the whole Universe!"
"My, my." Android 17 tsked. "Here I'm thinking you finally have something decent to say, and you tell me to run away? Don't make me the fool!" he charged at Cell.
"Die!" Piccolo rushed to engage Cell after the green Android pummeled Android 17 to the ground.
Blocking Piccolo's punch and kick, Cell knocked him to the ground. Not giving Piccolo any chance to recover, he kicked him off.
"Dammit!" Piccolo got to his feet.
"Are both No. 17 and that guy like Piccolo just being sloppy?" Android 18 wondered.
"That isn't it." Android 16 replied. "This Cell guy is just too strong for them. You at least should run away, No. 18. No. 17 will not listen to my warning. If No. 17 is absorbed, he will be beyond anyone's control. It will be the end of the world."
"What are you going to do, No. 16?" Android 18 asked.
Using his last ditch effort, Piccolo charged up as Cell approached him. "You go to hell!"
"Yikes!" Android 17 gasped, realizing what Piccolo had intended to do and fled before Piccolo released his attack.
"Piccolo got him." Android 18 remarked after Piccolo blasted the green Android into the water.
"He did not get him." Android 16 corrected. "On the contrary, he has not even taken damage."
Piccolo was stunned as Cell levitated out from the water.
"How can this be?" the newly arrived Tien was shocked. "There's nothing that can be done. Our worlds are too different."
"Get out of here, No. 17!" Piccolo barked, only to be silenced by a punch from Cell.
"His neck is broken." Tien realized as Cell picked Piccolo up. "This is bad."
"It appears that I've gotten too strong for you, haven't I?" Cell taunted. "It's because I got overly enthusiastic and killed more humans for their energy than was necessary. See you around." he blasted a Ki blast into Piccolo's body with his other hand.
At Kame's Lookout...
Goku, Gohan and Ami were stuck by a chill down their spines, sensing Piccolo's Ki decreasing drastically.
In the battlefield...
"He did him in." Android 17 stammered.
With Namekian nearing death, Cell tossed Piccolo into the water.
At Kami's Lookout...
"His Ki has vanished." Goku gaped in horror. "Then we weren't on time?"
"Kami-sama!" Mr. PoPo wailed.
"Gohan." Goku voiced.
"Wait, Gohan!" Ami's voice echoed in her Divine Ki that was rippling around the entire Kami's Lookout.
"Piccolo!" Gohan screamed as his father held him back. "Piccolo!"
"Gohan, if you go now, you can't beat him." Goku reasoned. "Wait! In any case, all we can do is wait."
"Goku is right, Gohan." Ami agreed. "Be patient and wait. I can sense it; Piccolo is not yet dead. His Ki may have vanished, but not his 'Life Force' Ki. You have to believe and put your trust in him."
Still not yet, Vegeta? Goku thought. What are you doing?
In the battlefield...
With Piccolo out of the way, Cell turned to Android 17.
SailorStar9: Phew, another chapter down. Stay tuned for Chapter 11: Silent Warrior.
