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I actually enjoyed typing this one, much fun. So, I hope the feeling is mutual for you guys when you read the chapter.

P.S. I know there's been a lack of "conversation" between Kim and Cell, so I hope this chapter makes up for it. :v

P.P.S. PLEASE READ THE A/N AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER.

Another horrendous day to be spent suffering, trapped in a clearing and cut off from the entire world had passed. The girl didn't choose this now permanent way of life, it was forced on her. As for now, she was waiting for something to eat. She was so hungry, she already envisioned fruit in her hands. There should be a couple of fruit trees around here, it was funny, she almost imagined the fiend picking them like a farmer. Although she couldn't fathom why he would bother to, all so he could be the one to do it? To end her? It was almost unbelievable, two people out to end her life just like that.

A loud noise from inside snapped her out of her thoughts. She groaned, pulling on her hair and clutching her gut. The fruit, she had to keep her mind on the fruit that awaited her. She could already see it now.

SPLAT.

Splatter of red hit her clothes, staining them with spots and lines. Kim didn't even jump, it happened so suddenly. She moved her eyes in the direction of the loud, disturbing sound and covered her mouth with her hands.

It was a deer, legs twisted awkwardly in a position that seemed painful, eyes that were rolled back into its head as if it wished dearly not to witness its own death; which, incidentally, included Frieza's death beam through its head. Its entire body appeared that it had fallen from a tall mountain, though similar since it was thrown onto the ground from a rather high height. Kim's eyes widened to the size of saucers, nearly letting out a blood-curdling scream if it weren't for her own hand slapped over her mouth.

"Delicious, is it not?" remarked the bio-android with a proud smirk, as he landed on the other side of the dead animal. The horrified expression on Kim's face had already given him an answer, as was her next reply.

"Hey, haven't you heard of fruit?!" she shrieked at him. "There's no way I'm eating that!" She pointed at the deceased deer with a shaking finger—rage or fear, she couldn't tell which sentiment caused her to shake so fiercely. She noticed the strange wound on its head, it looked as if it were burned through, and she didn't want to know how much further the abilities this fiend had. Then, she switched glances from the dead animal to the bio-android. "You killed that poor animal, you monster!"

"What's this?" asked Cell, nearly in disbelief. "You've requested sustenance and I've delivered. Your complaints carry no value, so deal with what you get even if it's not what you want."

Kim didn't answer him, but was astonished at his response. She didn't exactly request food, the bio-android just attended to her predicament and solved it in a gruesome, twisted manner. She once more switched glances and continued on staring at the deer, still feeling guilty for being the reason it perished. She had already allowed the bio-android to get away with multiple murders, now this time, it was a poor animal that was caught in his range of sight. Her whole purpose of being a hero was to save the world and its people from dangers, but now it seemed she was the cause of it all.

"Oh? So you pity this creature?" the bio-android questioned, taking notice of her guilt-ridden expression. "It was bound to get killed by you humans; you all absolutely love to kill these things for sport. This creature dying at my hand makes no difference, you know."

Kim clenched her teeth as she tried her best to bottle in her growing anger. "Don't lump all us humans in the same group. In case you don't know, I'm a vegetarian! I don't-I don't prefer to eat meat." she answered in a low, angry voice, turning her head away from the deceased creature and crossing her arms, simultaneously narrowing her eyes in disgust. "I'm so not eating that."

"Oh what, you won't eat it because of a preference?" Cell asked, nearly in disbelief. "You humans are even stupider than I thought, letting your own preferences get in the way of survival. Get over yourself and eat, otherwise you will die."

Kim opened her eyes and returned her gaze to the bio-android, a glowering expression on her face. "I'd rather die."

A scowl formed upon the chimera's face as he was discouraged by her answer. He already knew she was stubborn, but he didn't realize she would give up this easily. Just before, she was so despaired practically over everything that occurred. Now it seemed she was accepting her fate as easily as switching a channel on TV with a remote. For someone as intrepid as herself, he expected for her to hold on a little bit longer than this.

"What do you think you are going to accomplish by this action?" he asked, his scowl dissipating and his smirk returning. "Surely you will try to think of something to save your planet. Do you not care for it? Or is it that I've finally broken you?"

"Ugh! So not!" Kim shot out, her gaze altering to a glare; a somewhat determined glare. "Son Goku will beat you."

Cell was nearly taken aback by these words. This human had never met Goku, nor had she ever heard of the man. Only when he mentioned the Saiyan Warrior had she ever heard of him, other than that, the two never met or knew one another. Much like the Z-fighters, she seemed as dependent on him to beat the villain as they had. More so, that she was stupidly relying on this warrior unknown to her.

"You resemble his asinine comrades," he mused, having remembrance of his battles with the warriors seven years ago. Trunks especially, the boy kept going on and on about how Goku would be able to defeat him with ease. "They were so dependent on him to battle me and win. Unfortunately for them, he failed and ultimately met his end."

As soon as Kim heard this remark, she looked at him with a confused look. She knew he had been training laboriously for quite awhile, it was the first thing on his mind as soon as he left the underground base, but she was confused as to why he wanted to battle someone who he already killed. She figured the bio-android had a screw loose, then again he already committed mass murder so she wasn't far off.

"Whoa there, back up that truck," the heroine said, trying to make sense of what she was just told. "Why are you training to fight a dead guy?"

When Cell heard this, a couple thoughts went through his head for a moment, but then he threw his head back in laughter. Kim only continued staring with a now more puzzled expression.

"Oh my God, he is crazy," she thought to herself, trying to make sense of his madness.

After stifling his laughter, he finally responded. "I've forgotten your ignorance to their abilities," he later mused. "It's fruitless to elaborate more on that as it is not vital for me to. You are going to die after all along with your fellow earthlings. Of course, your partner isn't exempt, I'll see to it that he is granted a special death, and I'll make sure to keep you in mind."

Within seconds, Kim was livid. Every time Cell brought up Ron, she knew it was always a lousy, but successful attempt at angering or upsetting her. The heroine swore she felt her nail puncture the palm of her hand, but she didn't care. She was now careless to whatever pain she may have accidentally inflicted upon herself. She had been able to keep her nonchalance out for so long, but the way the bio-android talked about planning on killing Ron was the encourage she needed to snap, dissipating all cool she had once kept. The only thing she had now was her boiling rage.

"You really think you're so unstoppable, don't you!?" she asked with gritted teeth, preparing to release all her rage on the bio-android.

Cell scoffed at her question and chuckled at the little scene she was making. "Think? No, I know I am, seeing as you pathetic humans continuously fail to get rid of me. I am created to be the perfect weapon, I am made to be unstoppable. My brilliant creator made it so that I am what I am today."

"You just..!" she bit down on her tongue, refraining as much as possible to let flash her anger out on him, though all her efforts were vain. "You just sound so strong and powerful right now, well it definitely explains why you're hiding like a coward here!"

The bio-android stared at the human, narrowing his eyes as he did. "You know very well why. Surprisingly, you humans managed to a find a way to contain me and-"

"-and you know Goku's stronger than you!" Kim snapped, interrupting him immediately. "I bet you're scared that the second he finds you, you're going to get killed!" The heroine didn't regret saying these words, only because she knew she was right. This Goku was going to defeat Cell once and for all. The chimera's incessant training only proved how desperate he was for more power. Everything he was doing now was to prevent his inevitable defeat.

"But he isn't going to," Cell simply responded, appearing unfazed by the heroine's words. His expression remained the same as he heard her disrespectful interjection. It seemed unreadable in fact; there couldn't be a single emotion found on his face. There was a hidden emotion though, one he wouldn't allow to be revealed.

It was his unyielding rage. He knew there was something about her that pissed him off greatly. Far too much than he expected, she needed to be put in her place, and what better than to slowly and gradually break her spirit to the point someone of her nature would beg for mercy, even then he wouldn't relent.

"And what makes you think that?" Kim pressed angrily, attempting to read his expression for any clues in his next response. He seemed composed at the moment, but she felt she was starting to get at him with her continuous replies.

Cell was snapped out of his thoughts momentarily by her question. Using one hand and one finger, he gestured to the sky, revealing the faint, purple electrical field above. "Why else would I have put this barrier around the area?"

Kim cast her eyes above, nearly forgetting that he had shown her and Ron this barrier some time ago. She knew he had placed this barrier here, but didn't know that this was its true purpose. All she could remember it doing was taking out the power in flying vehicles, or just vehicles in general. Even so, she despised the sight as it was a dreadful reminder of how she and Ron got trapped in this predicament in the first place.

"Oh, that," Kim said disappointedly, glancing back down, but simultaneously forming a question in mind. "How does that even stop him from finding you?"

A scowl formed on the bio-android's face, showing that he wasn't pleased with the question. "That's not important at the moment, I've wasted enough time on this pointless conversation. I must return to my training," Cell responded firmly. Then, he glanced down at the deer and back towards the heroine. "As for your.. little predicament. I advise you to consume that thing."

"I'm still not eating that poor animal!" Kim shouted angrily, shaking her head and backing away from the deceased animal on the ground. The heroine closed her eyes and flinched at the idea of consuming the deer. She couldn't bear to look at the sight once more, it was far too dreadful. "There's no way I'll ever consider it!"

Cell's stare hardened on the girl. "You have no other option."

"Yes I do," Kim spat, forming yet another glare and crossing her arms in an indignant manner. "I'll just.. starve."

"So, that's it?" the bio-android asked with disappointment, crossing his arms over his black-plated chest. "Do you realize how idiotic you sound? You are going to die if you continue on with your refusal to consume."

"That's because.." The heroine ceased speaking and sighed, wondering if it was even worth it to continue this conversation. It wasn't like he could see her way on things; he wasn't born with morals but created with a cruel mission. He killed to get his way and didn't have any remorse for it. For someone like her to convince a fiend like him to see her way sounded like a miracle.

"Well?" Cell asked impatiently, seeing that the girl wasn't going to finish her sentence anytime soon.

"Because I have morals!" Kim shouted. "I'm not some psycho killing machine like.. well, like you! I can't just—take another life and act like it's nothing! Oh, and in case you've forgotten.. I'm a vegetarian."

"Morals?" the bio android asked with a laugh, ignoring her vegetarian comment all about. Afterwards, he couldn't help but release yet another laugh, only because this girl's ignorance was far greater than he had expected-which resulted in his next action. "Ah, Kimberly, I do as I like without a care in the world. If I harm I will not care; if I take a life? Ditto." Cell uncrossed his arms and raised one of them in the air, his palm opening and closing as he stuck a finger out right at the heroine.

Kim began backing away with both of her arms stretched out in front of her and palms open to protect herself from the imminent threat. "Wh-What are you doing? Why are you pointing at me?"

As the question made its way to Cell, an evil smirk snaked its way across his face. "You will see soon enough."

Before the heroine knew it, a light red orb began glowing on the tip of Cell's finger. Once it was fully charged, a laser-like light shot out of his finger and out onto the woods behind the girl. Seconds after, an enormous explosion was erupted from the blast, launching trees and broken pieces of wood from the trees everywhere, especially into the clearing the bio-android and the heroine were within.

Kim bolted to the other end of the clearing and tried with all her might to not get hit with the debris. A few managed to scrape her across the cheek, arms, and legs, but other than that she could still live. Albeit, she was in shock with Cell's sudden action. He ravaged an enormous part of the woods behind her, removing all life in that direction simultaneously for no reason at all. She wondered what his intention was in causing this tremendous devastation.

"Why did you do that?" Kim asked, placing both of her hands on each side of her head and staring in horror at the decimated part of the woods.

The smirk remained the bio-android's face; he seemed incredibly delighted at the sight of the destruction he just caused. "Why do you think I did it?"

"I.. I don't know," the heroine responded, an expression of horror still on her now pale face.

"Because I wanted to," Cell began, turning away from the destruction and back to Kim. "I wasn't cursed with such pathetic naivety like you humans. I do as I like. I don't care for the damage I've done to others, it's their own fault for getting in my way. I will destroy anything or anyone to get my way, nothing is going to change that, and quite certainly you aren't going to change that."

Kim turned away from the devastating sight and backed away until her back reached the barrier. Her green orbs, unfortunately, was laid on the deer Cell had killed moments before. She was one hundred percent on the idea of not consuming it, it was just too gruesome to even consider it—besides, she was a vegetarian.

Cell quickly took notice. He rose his hand once more, a finger pointed directed at the deceased animal. "If you are wondering what I've done with your 'help' when I've dealt with them, here is a hint." The bio-android formed another orb of ki, blasting the animal instantaneously and reducing it to dust.

Kim's eyes broadened at the sight, and even more so when the bio-android mentioned the superhero team. "Team Go..?"

"Is that what they call themselves? An odd, silly name.. nonetheless you are correct. Their bodies were going to stink up the area, thus ruining my ideal place to train. That is when I've decided to get rid of their corpses. Efficient, is it not?" Cell looked towards Kim expectantly, awaiting a response or a reaction to entertain him once more. Her fearful, horrified expressions never got tiring to the bio-android.

The heroine shook her head, collapsing onto her rump and facing the ground and fighting the urge to break down. She could feel tears stinging her eyes, so she closed her them and tried her best to ignore anymore questions or remarks from Cell—she just couldn't take anymore devastating news.

"It looks like we still haven't got you eating," remarked Cell discouragingly, before turning on his heel and preparing to take his leave. "I am going back to my training, I will return with a solution to your predicament, you'd better not be dead by then." After the warning the bio-android gave her, he levitated into the air and left, leaving the teen all by herself.

Kim was relieved by his departure. She was afraid that he would take more lives by twisting her requests in a wicked way, she also despised looking at that smug face of his. She could imagine why he was so smug, that feeling of immense power over someone; that feeling of being able to do whatever you wished without being stopped. The heroine wished for their roles to be switched, only so she could see him as powerless and helpless as she was now.

"I can only wish for now.."

The time traveler waited in the hallway outside of his mother's works pace; the same work space she utilized in building his time machine. While he was in wait, he was growing quite impatient and anxious, as was his concern. The other timeline was in great danger, this new threat was imminent, it could wreak havoc on the Earth at any moment. It could even defeat the Z-fighters single-handedly.

"No," Trunks interjected in his thoughts. "I'm sure Goku has got it handled, he's grown incredibly powerful since the last time I saw him. Even so.. he didn't survive when we fought against Cell-" The time traveler shook his head, dismissing the sudden doubts in his thoughts. "Quit doubting Goku! He's not going to let us down this time. He's reached a level far beyond Super Saiyan, far beyond the level Gohan reached back during the Cell Games."

"Trunks, he's ready!" called his mother, snapping the half-Saiyan out of his thoughts.

"Alright, Mom, I'm coming in," Trunks called back, opening the door and entering briskly.

"I didn't think I could do it," began Bulma with a weary smile, wiping sweat from her forehead. She was seated in a wheelchair placed in front of her one and only computer. With that, she located the bomb and with what little tools she had left, she removed the bomb without damaging the android. She gazed from Android 16 and towards her son before continuing. "But I did. I've successfully taken out the bomb and disabled it."

Trunks grinned in response, stepping forward to hug his mother. "Thank you, Mom, I can't come up with a bigger thanks than this."

His mother shook her head, placing her arms around her son and returning the embrace. "No need, Trunks, you've done just enough when you took care of those androids here and there." She pulled away from him and altered her weary smile to a determined grin, her eyes following suit. "Now, go back to the past with the android to aid the others. I bet they're awaiting your return."

Her son nodded quickly, releasing his mother from the embrace and glancing towards Android 16. "Come on, 16, lets head to my time machine. The others will be pleased to see you."

The mechanical android nodded at once, forming what was suspected to be a smile. "Alright."

Bulma watched as Trunks exited the his mother's work room with the android. Then, she went to the nearest window to see her son's departure. She spotted his time machine at once, its build was conspicuous to her since she was the one who built it. Her son and Android 16 came into view as they approached the time machine. The aqua haired woman gazed as they squeezed into the machine. Her son lifted up his head and stared at the window she was at. He smiled and waved, mouthing the words "goodbye" before ultimately departing from the timeline with the android.

The aqua haired woman left the window and returned to her work space. The fuel she granted Trunks to travel to the past once more could only provide two more trips; one to the past and back to the future. She decided to create more fuel for the time machine, in case another enemy would erupt in the future or the past. You never know what could happen in both timelines.

"No one can say for sure, but evil never ceases to rest. The peace here is fragile enough as it is," Bulma thought, before dismissing any further thoughts to continue working on creating more fuel. Besides, she needed to act quickly, creating fuel for the time machine takes months, even years.

"Land right here!" shouted Ron as he pointed to an explicit location he had in mind.

Luke carefully landed the helicopter down on the ground near a well-known restaurant; Bueno Nacho. Albeit this may be Ron's favorite place to dine, it wasn't the most imperative thing on his mind at the moment. There was a secret passageway to Global Justice headquarters nearby, he had forgotten its location, but he just had to find it at all costs.

"For Kim," he added in his thoughts determinedly.

"Here we are, Ronald," remarked the driver as he turned away from the controls and towards the teen. He noticed the restaurant nearby, and was curious as to why the Ron wanted him to land near it. "Why do you want to dine at a time like this?"

"There's no way I can with KP's life in danger! This place just has something I need to find." Ron hopped off of the helicopter and waved goodbye at Luke before departing. The driver had left and the teen began his search for the secret passageway. All he could remember was that it was placed on the ground. Possibly a sewer hole, but he didn't like that possibility for obvious reasons.

While he was searching, a sudden beeping noise was being emitted out of nowhere. He glanced everywhere for the source before realizing it was coming from his pocket. It was at this moment that his comrade Rufus would pop out and give him the beeping device, but never did. A dejected expression appeared on Ron's face as he made this realization.

"Oh great, I've lost Kim and Rufus.."

Ron slipped his hand in his pocket and took out the beeping device; or Ronmunicator as his girlfriend had called it when she gave it to him. The beeping ceased when he answered the call.

"Ron!" Wade exclaimed, pleasantly surprised to see the teen on his screen as it took him quite a long time to get through to him. "I've been trying to contact you and Kim for ages!"

The teen began laughing awkwardly, not knowing what to say next. "Uh, yeah, sorry about that. We, um, we ran into trouble on our way to the mission."

"Trouble? The both of you were gone for days! Your parents have been searching tirelessly for you guys! Where have you two been?"

Once the question made its way to Ron's ears, he gulped nervously. He did not know how to answer his question. How could he explain what transpired without sounding insane? A being with unimaginable power kept him and Kim imprisoned for revenge sounded crazy enough by itself. He'd postpone the explanation for now, he just needed to go through with his plan to save Kim as soon as possible.

"..That's a long story. Have you been in contact with Kim lately?" Ron asked hopefully.

Wade sighed, shaking his head as an answer. "No.. wait a second, she's not with you?"

Ron glanced down dejectedly. "No, she's not.. Rufus is gone, too, so there's that."

"Don't worry, Ron, I'll try my best to get in contact with her. As for now, I can only come in contact with you. Something keeps preventing me from contacting her. You don't happen to know what's blocking me from getting through to her, do you?"

A remembrance came to Ron; the field that the bio-android kept around the woods. It was a good start, he could at least tell the boy that piece of information.

"There's a field around the area, it's purple, you can't miss it!" Right after his response, a light bulb moment came up. He was speaking to a tech genius. Wade could aid him in locating the secret passageway to Global Justice!

"Well, now that I've found you, I guess I should alert Kim's parents and yours. Do you happen to know where Kim is?" inquired the tech genius.

"I think so, but first, I need your help. Do you know where the closest entrance to Global Justice is?"

Briskly, Wade began typing away at his computer. It wasn't long until he found the nearest entrance way. "Yep, walk forward, it should be just a few feet in front of you."

"Boo-yah, Wade!" Ron exclaimed, quickly strolling forward and looking around for the entrance way. "Uh, boo-yah?"

"Look down, Ron," the young boy at the computer advised.

The teen glanced below, very discouraged with the sight he was given; a sewer hole. "Ugh.. not the way I expected to find it."

"If you want, I could inform Dr. Director of your entrance," the tech genius suggested as he began typing away once more. Before Ron could respond, the director of Global Justice was on a split-screen with Ron and Wade.

"I'm quite busy, Wade, so if you must, please tell me what you want to say quickly," said Dr. Director, A.K.A. Betty, before noticing the teen on the other side of the screen. "Ron, such a pleasant surprise. How's Kim?"

"Yeah, about that.. I need your help, specifically, Kim needs your help!" Ron exclaimed quickly.

"Help? Is she in trouble? I know she runs into trouble often, but what happened?" she questioned.

Ron quickly shook his head. "I'll tell you once you let me inside GJ headquarters, Dr. Director!"

"Ron says it's very urgent," added Wade.

Betty raised a brow at the both of them. "Is that so? Well, since you're already near, just stand on top of that sewer hole. It'll take you right to us."

Ron nodded in compliance and stepped forward until he was on top of the sewer hole. He looked back to the director and awaited another response. "Alright, I'm on top of it. Now what?"

A smirk stretched across Betty's face. "Brace yourself."

Like a trap door, the opening to the sewer hole opened quickly. Ron didn't have time to respond to the director as he and his device was sucked right into the hole. Traveling through a series of transport tubes, the teen screamed until he landed surprisingly graceful at the other end with the device falling in hand. He had his eyes closed, but hesitantly opened them to see that he was now in Global Justice Headquarters.

The director strolled forward out of nowhere and approached Ron with a different kind of smile plastered on her face. "Had a nice ride, Ronald?"

"I wish." Ron said in reply, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Since you're here, please elaborate why you require our aid," requested the director, as she began strolling away, motioning the teen to follow.

Ron took notice and complied at once. "I've already told you, Kim's in danger, she's trapped somewhere! Or kidnapped! I don't know, by a crazy lady or this horrible bug looking dude named Cell."

Betty ceased strolling abruptly, raising a brow in both confusion and curiosity. "What? Cell?"

"Yeah, him and the lady I mentioned! I don't know her name, but she and Kim were fighting and she managed to hurt her. I-I don't really know what went down, but if Cell's involved, I need your guys' help!"

]"We might be able to help you against this woman, but with someone like Cell? I'm not so sure."

Ron gazed at her incredulously. "So, you've heard of him?!"

"Of course, he is the cause of countless deaths seven years ago," she began. "We were going to stop him, but seeing as the Royal Military was wiped out completely by the fiend, we thought it'd be fruitless to try. A good thing Hercule Satan came to the rescue."

"So you know what we're up against?" he asked.

"I do now, and frankly, we have no chance against someone like him," Betty responded honestly. "The only chance we have is contacting Hercule to stop him again. Even then, he's a very, very busy man."

"You think we can contact him now? Will he help be able to help us right now?" Ron quizzed briskly.

"Hold your horses, Ronald," Betty said, noticing the teen's speedy questions. "I'll do so right now. Since he is the Earth's savior, we added him on our contacts list. It's fortunate for you that I have him on speed dial. " The director proceeded to grab her device, pressing a button and awaiting a response. After a few rings it led right to voicemail.

"The CHAMP is currently busy right now!"

The woman was discouraged by the result, but Ron was even more so as time was being wasted.

"Keep trying!" Ron suggested impatiently. "You gotta bug him until he answers!"

Betty shot him an weary look. "He must be busy. I'll leave a voicemail so he can answer us another time. For the time being, we'll have to wait."

"But we can't waste another second!" the teen shouted, clenching both of his fists and raising them in the air. "Right now, KP might be seriously hurt, I can't risk that by waiting! Try again, please!"

The director gazed at Ron for moment after hearing his plea. She had never seen him in such a state before, well, she had but this was quite new. "Okay, fine, I'll try calling Hercule again."

The teen sighed in relief. "Thank you."

"You can thank me later once we come in contact with him," the director later added. Afterwards, she tried calling the world's champion once more. And once again, failed. It led right to voicemail like it had before.

"And to think he could stop Cell and that one lady that tried to take out me and Kim."

"Huh? Oh, right, this person you mentioned. While we can't handle Cell, we can handle her. Give me the details if you don't mind."

"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you," Ron mused. "There's this one lady working with Drakken, she tried to kill me and Kim! I don't know her name, but the last time I saw her she was fighting KP."

"I can only say that we, Global Justice, can try. She's probably a mercenary or assassin, they've become more popular these days. I don't think it's below this Drakken fellow to follow the trends. Do you mind describing her appearance? We could try finding her identity in our system."

"Uh, sure," the teen answered reluctantly. "I think she had, like, short blonde hair, and she was kind of tall—taller than me. She was also really pale, like really pale. That's all I can remember."

"Are you sure?" she asked, a bit suspicious of his description sounding awfully familiar. "What about her eyes? Can you tell me about her eyes?"

"Uhh... they were kind of weird looking. Like, a-uh, light-ish blue color, I guess?" Ron replied with a confused look. He noticed her behavior changing as the description went on.

Betty felt frozen, like she was shot and she was in shock. She stared at the teen with what looked like a deer caught in headlights. He couldn't describe her behavior, she just seemed very surprised for some reason. She always seemed so nonchalant, he couldn't picture a reason why she would be acting out in such a way.

"Her eyes, what did you say about her eyes?" she asked once more, now sounding very demanding.

"Th-They were like a light blue! That's all!" Ron answered once more, stammering slightly.

Suddenly, the director grabbed Ron by the collar of his shirt and brought him close to her face. Her one coal-colored orb staring intensely at the teen's face. "Her pupils, describe them now!"

"They weren't normal! They looked like they belonged to a cat! Or-or a snake, I don't know!" he finally shouted, before being released, falling on his rump on the laminated floor.

"It can't be.. it can't be.." she whispered, seeming out of breath. She broke into a run towards a nearest computer.

Ron stood up briskly, dusting himself off before following the director to her destination. He saw her typing away at her computer. He reluctantly approached her and stared at the computer screen until a page came up, titled, "VILLAINS" and "CONVICTS". Right afterwards, another page popped up, revealing a photo of a fair looking woman, smiling happily at the camera as if it were picture day. She was wearing a uniform unfamiliar to him, but he recognized the Global Justice logo on her chest. Her eyes appeared normal though, nothing compared to the ones he described, but.. everything else was spot on. Right on top of her photo, was a dreadful word in capital letters. "DECEASED," it read.

"Is this what she looks like?" Betty instantly questioned Ron.

The teen gulped at her question nervously, examining the photo before answering. "Y-yeah-"

"And you're positive that's who you encountered?" the director asked once more, approaching the teen again with that felt like intimidation.

"Yeah! I'm 100% positive!" he answered, holding both of his hands up awkwardly and sounding far more nervous than previously.

The director backed off and narrowed her eye, simultaneously furrowing her brows in concentration. She began musing to herself as she tried figuring out this confusing information she was just given. "But how..?"

Ron raised a brow. "How what?"

Betty turned to him, her one eye staring narrowly and intensely at him. "How is she still alive?"

"What do you mean by that?"

The woman sighed, strolling away from him. "Years ago," she began. "I was engaged in battle with this woman. With six fatal shots to the chest, she was presumed dead. I killed her, well, at least I thought I did."

"You mean.. she's supposed to be dead?!" Ron yelled incredulously, holding both of his hands on each side of his head in shock.

"Yes, but unfortunately for us she isn't," Betty answered dejectedly. "She was.. very wanted for a brief time. She's done unspeakable things.."

Ron gave a confused look. "What did she do that was so bad?"

The woman inhaled and exhaled deeply. "Murder."

The freckled teen went silent for a moment before speaking again. "What's she called?"

"What?"

"Her name, what is it?"

"Oh, um, I assume she goes by an alias now," she answered. "L might be the best guess presently."

"L? That's a weird name," Ron remarked with a cocked brow.

"An alias, but yes, it is quite odd," continued the director. "Only a selected few know her true name."

Ron looked at Betty curiously with a question in mind. "Do you know her true name, Dr. Director?"

The director was silent once she heard this question. She remained that way for a few minutes in thought. Ron wondered what she was thinking about and why she was taking awhile to answer his question. He watched as Betty closed her one eye and released a weary sigh. Her silence would have been incessant if it weren't for her next response.

"Yes, I do know her true name, but I don't intend on giving it away."

The teen rose a brow once more in confusion. "But, why? Wouldn't it benefit GJ?"

"Because I made a vow to her," Betty answered quickly, sounding surprisingly and incredibly firm. She opened her one eye again, looking at Ron with a determined stare.

"One I promised to keep."

The evening had set in quickly. The sun was now setting, removing all aqua related colors and creating a gradient, orange colored sky. The clouds seemed to have dissipated, making the sky appear clear and unobstructed, and not only that; serene. This tangy colored sky would have been a great view to gaze at, if it weren't for the heroine's horrendous predicament.

Cell had returned as promised with his solution in mind, but as he did he noticed the girl was on the ground face-down with her eyes closed. She laid there, very still; not moving a single muscle; appearing dead. Curious, the bio-android approached her and nudged her body with his foot to awake her.

She did not move.

A frown formed on his face as he was discouraged by this result. He then placed his foot under her skin, lifting it up to examine her face better, hoping this would awake her from her dead-like slumber.

She still didn't move.

Cell removed his foot from her being and raised a hand, forming an orb of ki. If she was dead, then he'd have to dispose her corpse like he had with Team Go. He had no use for bodies stinking up his training ground. Other than that, he was disappointed that he didn't get his chance to punish her for her actions.

He finished charging his orb of ki, but before he could blast the heroine away, she groaned and rolled over on her back, clutching her being out of pain—she felt incredibly and surprisingly sore. A smirk stretched across the bio-android's face.

"So, you aren't dead," Cell remarked with a laugh. "I was just seconds away from blasting you into oblivion. A good time to move like you had."

Kim slowly opened her eyes and looked up, seeing the smirking bio-android towering over her with his arms crossed over his black-plated chest. She groaned, quickly closing her eyes and turning away in attempt to cease looking at his smug face. This irked her far more than her hunger ever did.

"Get up," he ordered. "I've returned with a solution as promised."

The heroine groggily got up, but sat on her rump. She wiped at her mouth and noticed she had been drooling, and considering the position she was in, she doubted her hair looked pleasant. Shortly after, she wiped at her eyes and yawned. "Ever heard of saying please?"

A disgusted expression spread across Cell's face. It would be no exaggeration to say she looked as ugly as he expected humans to be. Adding onto that, he was very displeased with her manner, but he decided to dismiss it and continue on. "Brace yourself, human."

Kim gazed at him with dazed, confused look, but watched curiously as he stood back and held both of his fists in the air. His jet-black wings spread apart at once and the stinger on his back opened, a few moments later, the stinger shot out a small-but powerful-being out.

The heroine continued gazing, but with eyes widened to the size of saucers. She believed her hunger had caused her to hallucinate, as the sight she witnessed was incredibly unbelievable.

Cell relaxed his stance and looked upon his creation with a proud smirk. The creation, was a miniature version of him, but had off-shooting sections on the head shortened and an exoskeleton with the color blue. It, or he, appeared to have a similar expression as well as he turned around to face his father.

"I have a mission for you," the bio-android began at the mini chimera. "Get this human what she needs to survive, I don't care what it is, but try to keep her alive." Cell then gestured to a stunned Kim behind him before continuing. "Do not let her escape this area. You have my permission to use deathly force if the situation calls for it. Trust me, kid, I won't blame you if you accidentally kill her, humans like her are laughably weak. Have I made myself clear?"

Briskly, the Cell Junior nodded in compliance, causing the smirk on his father's face to broaden.

"Excellent, I'll leave her to you," he finally said, before taking his leave to continue training. He ceased abruptly, glancing back with one more thing in mind. "Ah, beware, she is very picky."

Kim was finally snapped out of her shocked state. She quickly turned to the bio-android's direction angrily, holding a clenched fist in the air. "You beamed a deer to death! A deer! You never even bothered to ask what I wanted to eat! How is that picky?!"

"..and very mouthy," the chimera added with an irritated tone, ignoring what she said altogether. "You can shut her up as you see fit, but don't go too far, I would like at least some fun when this is over." He then left to continue training, leaving his child and the redhead alone together.

The heroine looked into the Cell Junior's direction anxiously. She had no clue as to how to deal with this new issue, so mentally, she wished herself luck.

PLEASE READ: If you were confused with the conversation Ron and Dr. Director were having, I've edited chapter 4 that includes L appearance. That should answer any questions you may have. And also chapter 6 where the bank robbery occurs, it will describe her signature feature there as well.

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