Just one more…: I decided to let you guys have this one too for tonight. The story is done—just one chapter left after this, but I can't possibly give you the whole ending tonight ;) I like people to have a chance to speculate what's to come. It'll be up by the end of the weekend, for sure—if not earlier. Depends on how many reviews I get ;)

Enjoy.

Chapter 14: Fight with Death

The three of us stood before these evil beings while they summed us up. Kei and I had no chance for survival if Cell was unable to do anything about this situation. Cell though, as confident as he was, didn't look like he'd be able to take on such a huge monster. But I had learned long ago never to underestimate him. He had fought hard even after he had been severely wounded in his last battle—the one on Earth, that is. Maybe I wasn't giving him enough credit. Just because he was different looking didn't mean he was different in every way. In fact, I knew he wasn't attitude wise, so it's possible he just changed appearance wise.

Cell turned to us, his face stern yet unafraid. "I suggest the two of you vamoose," he told us coolly.

"I suggest that too," Kei said and started to pull me away. I nodded and we went arm in arm to the building we had come from.

Kei would've kept going, but I pulled him to a stop. "I want to see this," I said.

"Sasara, if Cell loses then we won't have chance of escape unless we get out now," Kei warned.

"If Cell loses then we all die anyway," I replied truthfully. He seemed to realize this and stood right behind me, his hands on my shoulders as if to protect me from anything that headed our way.

Bebidi, the little wizard that seemed to be convinced he already won this battle, moved to a rooftop to watch the show below. Cell, as short as he was compared to this Teufel creature, stood there with his feet firmly planted on the bricked surface beneath him. He bent his knees slightly, his hands curled into tight fists. I was afraid for him…I honestly didn't think it was possible for him to win.

Teufel started to laugh. It was so loud that it almost hurt my ears. The rumble of the chuckle rolled over us, but it didn't make Cell falter at all. "I've heard about you, android," Teufel said in a deep, booming voice. His heavy red eyes looked directly down at the man before him. "I shall finish you quickly enough, but I will be sure to make it painful."

"Shut up and fight me," Cell snapped back at him.

"I shall merely squash you!" Teufel roared and lifted his left foot to stomp down on Cell.

Of course Cell got away since he was still able to fly. If he had to rely on rolling off he might have been hit since the area the large foot covered was more than time allowed to move away. Cell flew up and behind the monster, his arms out and body stiff. I had seen this position before—he was gathering his energy. Surprisingly enough a large ball of light formed before him and he held it with one hand over his head.

One quick toss was all it took to throw it at the monster. But it didn't make a dent. There was hardly any dust rising from the spot the ball hit. Teufel turned around, his back now to us, but I could clearly see Cell's face. He looked surprised. Actually…he looked terrified.

Cell flew around to the other side of Teufel. I couldn't tell what he had hoped to do next, but it was clear as day that whatever he could do wouldn't be enough to stop him. Teufel sensed this too. He turned around, following the path Cell made.

What shocked everyone, though, is not any attack he made, but what his body did. Before our eyes he suddenly began to shrink at a high rate of speed. The rough body he portrayed earlier eased out into a tall, brawny man. His coloring remained the same, the horns on his head less drastic, and his eyes were still stunningly red, but he didn't look as fearsome as he had before.

Cell remained airborne, hovering still and looking down at the changed enemy. I tried as hard as I could to get a good look at the expression on Teufel's face, but all I could tell was that he was smiling—the bright beige, yet very sharp teeth told me so.

"Cell," he said in a husky voice. "You're weak and useless. It's not even necessary to remain in my transformed state. I can take you out right here with two fingers."

Cell came down to the ground and landed not to far from where his nemesis stood. I could tell that Cell was angry—not only at the bad guy, but with himself as well. "Two fingers," he replied, "If you were that good you'd do it in one."

"So you accept your fate," Teufel said mockingly.

"You deny yours," was the rebuttal.

"Then let us engage in a brawl," Teufel said confidently. "Let us see who the victor shall be."

Cell wasted no time. He jumped forward, his anger apparently getting the better of him. He swung hard and missed horribly. "Stand still!" He yelled out. He turned fast, leg swinging, but Teufel caught it and flipped him over. I could see from the way Cell fell and remained on the ground that he was in pain. It wouldn't have surprised me if his leg had broken with that simple defensive move.

With a lot of luck and determination Cell rolled over and got to his feet. He limped to the side, his hand instinctively going for his thigh. Teufel, though, wasn't about to play anymore games—at least not waiting to see if Cell had anything left. He dashed forward, elbow drawn to point at Cell and before the android new it it was in his chest. Cell went flying backward and landed on his backside with a large thud.

"Oh no…" I said with my hands flying up to my mouth and my heart pounding in my chest. "Cell…please get up."

"We've got to leave," Kei demanded. "Now, Sasara!"

"I can't leave him," I said. "I just can't!"

"You have to, babe," he said and tried to pull me, but I refused.

Without thinking of consequences, forgetting for a moment exactly where I was and what was happening, I raced out from the side to Cell's fallen figure. I dropped to my knees when I saw how badly scraped his arms were from sliding on the ground. Kei's shirt was ruined, not to mention the pair of jeans I had also given the android.

"Get out of here, you stupid girl," Cell said as he tried ever so hard to sit up.

"You're hurt," I said and tried to prop his head up.

Cell pushed me away and managed to force himself to sit up, regardless of the amount of pain he was in. He was about to say something, but his smooth magenta eyes looked up under his black hair to see Teufel appearing next to us.

"A little friend," the wicked man said with that freakish grin. He wasted no time in kicking Cell away—literally. I watched as my poor…friend…rolled off and finally settled on his stomach, face lying against the harsh surface of the ground.

I heard Kei yelling for me and I turned to get away immediately. When I looked up a strict gush of wind zoomed over me and blew Kei to the ground. "No!" I yelled and turned back to the monster behind me. His red and yellow eyes beamed down at me with a murderous stare that frightened me out of my skin. I got to my feet and tried to run for my Kei, but I was grabbed from behind and locked in a treacherous bind. Teufel had wrapped both arms around me, squeezing me tightly.

"Please don't do this," I begged. I didn't know what else to say or do. I could feel hot tears streaming down my face as I began losing my breath. I wondered what it was going to feel like as he started to tighten his hold on me. I watched as Kei rolled over and got to his knees. He hollered my name.

Cell too, saw what was happening. I caught his movement from the corner of my eyes and I turned my head to watch his face reappearing from the ground. Remarkably he pushed himself up yet again, but he could barely keep himself from shaking. "Your fight…is with me…" He said with a great deal of courage.

"Your point?" Teufel said as he turned me towards Cell. "Afraid she might die?"

"Let her go," Cell demanded as he stood up, putting all of his weight on one leg.

I heard and felt the man that held me laugh. "As you wish, my friend," he said. I felt his grip loosen and I was extremely surprised and relieved at the same time. I couldn't believe that I was able to be freed so easily.

I should have known he was far too evil to comply with Cell's request. I didn't really know what had happened at first. I was standing on my own feet and starting to move away. Then, without warning, something slammed against the center of my back. I couldn't breath. I couldn't think. The shock was far too great to realize that I had been hit so hard that not only did my spine snap, but I was lurched far enough from where I stood to land not to far from Kei.

I landed on the ground, unable to move. Every breath I took was filled with horrific pain. What scared me, though, was that I no longer could move any part of my body—not even my head. I could hear. I could see. I could think. But that was it. I was paralyzed. He had literally broken me.