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Author's Note: "Anrui" means "silent tears"
Chapter Four- Earth
Chichi sat silently on the couch, as the television showed the downtown area, deserted and destroyed. Clothes, strewn over the road and sidewalk, cars stopped in the road, driver-less and passenger-less. Chichi's face clouded in fear as a bank's security video played and she got her first image of Cell and what he was doing to Earth.
"Oh my... Gohan! Krillin! Come in here! Look at this!" she called. "Gohan!"
Gohan and Krillin stood up from the kitchen table, where they'd been debating the various energy sources they'd been sensing.
"What is it, Mom?" Gohan asked as they entered the living room. "Whoa..." he whispered as his eyes locked on the television screen. "What's that?"
"I don't know, but I bet that's where all that energy is coming from," Krillin responded.
"Yeah." Gohan nodded. *And maybe that's why Saiai disappeared.* he thought to himself, remembering his promise to Piccolo to take care of Saiai while he was on Namek.
Chapter Five- Earth
Cell looked up as Gohan and Krillin arrived, joining Tien and Chiaotzu in the air. He smirked up at the pitiful group.
"Welcome. You four can have front row seats as I suck the life out of this pathetic planet. And you can be my grand finale."
Rage flooded through Gohan's system, anger at Cell's attack on a helpless community.
"Hell no! I don't know who you are, or why you think you have the right to kill anyone you choose, but you are sadly mistaken. There is no way I'm going to stand by and watch you destroy innocent lives!" Gohan yelled, sounding so much like his father.
"Little Gohan, you sound just like Son," Cell replied, laughing slightly. "You've grown so much. ...I've heard you've become a teacher." He smirked. "You aren't too good at keeping your pupil's attention, are you?"
Gohan blinked. "What?" Confusion spread across his face.
Cell smiled sadistically, and disappeared.
Chiaotzu looked at Gohan. "What's he talking about?"
Gohan shook his head. "I don't know. I really don't know..." he replied, his face still clouded in confusion.
Chapter Six- Namek
Piccolo looked resignedly at the four dragon balls he had collected. There was one at the eldest Namek's, which left two more to be found. He sighed. Bizarre things were taking place on Earth, and he knew nothing of the situation, except that Saiai was gone. He'd sensed Goku's ki, and Yamcha's, but both were already dead, unable to be brought back by the Earth's dragon balls.
An idea sparked in Piccolo's mind. He decided to contact Dende directly, and determine just how bad the situation was.
He flew off toward a small, serene area he knew of. It would take concentration to contact Dende from Namek, and he didn't need anything around that would take the chance of annoying him.
He knew from Dende's previous contact that it would be a faint telepathic link and wouldn't be able to be held up very long.
Piccolo landed in the quiet desert and immediatly began floating cross legged. He closed his eyes and focused on Dende. *Little Munchkin.* he smirked. *Namek calling Earth. Come in Earth. Daddy slug calling Baby slug.*
*Piccolo.* Dende replied faintly, with slightl distaste. *Lovely choice of words for an introduction. When'd you get a sense of humor?*
*Nevermind, kid. I got your message. What else is up? I've been sensing Goku's ki.*
*You've been sensing Cell.*
*Cell? How so?*
*He's made ..... Z Fighters' cells.*
*Munchkin, you're fading out.*
*The link........ far. There isn't.... much longer..... Concentrate.*
*All right. I've got two extra wishes over here. Goku and Yamcha?*
*Yes, bring Yam-... -ku back.We need....*
Piccolo paused for a minute, then gritted his teeth. *Saiai's dead, huh?*
*Hai, Piccol-...*
*Over and out Munchkin.* He sighed to himself. The link to Earth had confirmed his thoughts. But this time he didn't want to be right.