The Coal Saga: Chapter 6

(All characters except the ones I made up are from DBZ, in other words don't sue me. I'm just writing a fanfic here.)

Everyone eyes gleamed with hate as they watched Frieza fall to the ground. After they had tried to hard to allow Frieza into their lives, Coal had just snuffed out his life as if it didn't matter at all. Coal could only laugh as he watched their determined faces, knowing that they would be unable to get any retribution for their fallen comrade.
"So who's next? Does anyone else want to try?" Coal asked, laughing, as his eyes shifted over the remaining Z warriors on the ground. His eye focused in on Goku especially since he seemed to be the one taking Frieza's death the hardest.
"How bout you Goku? Will you give it another go?"
"You....you....you....." came a voice that no one could readily indentify. Soon everyone eyes settled on Trunx. His muscles bulging just as they were way back during the last Budokai Tournament.
"I can never forgive you!!! For what you've done!!! I can never forgive you!!!" Trunx kept repeating as he slowly made his way towards Coal.

"Oh...this again. I'm tired of these power up fights, where someone thinks they can beat me because they found some newfound power. I promise that if I win this fight, I'll swiftly kill the lot of you. I'm getting tired of taking you all out one by one anyway." Coal stated as he landed on the ground in front of Trunx.
"Now lets see what you got kid."
Trunx instantly sprang into action. His gold hair pulsating with power as he quickly took the upper hand of the fight, pounding Coal into the dirt. The tyrant soon found that he was anable to return the furious swings that Trunx was throwing. There seemed to be an odd calmness to Trunx as he preceeded with the fight. As if he no longer cared for his own existance, or the continued existance of Cell. All he cared about was that Coal, the one who he loathed would be defeated.
After only another few seconds of fighting, Coal seemed to be going down. Everytime Coal threw a punch, Trunx seemed to dissapear from view and reapper somewhere else, so that he may give Coal two times what the tyrant had tried to dish out. And after awhile of doing this, Coal was on soon the ground, breathing heavily.

"Get up!" Trunx demanded as he landed a few feet away from him. Coal just growled.
"You...little brat. I'll destroy you, and your entire family!"he screamed in retribution, though all this caused was Trunx to violently kick him very hard, so that he was sprawled on the ground a short distance away. Then once again Trunx walked over to him. His hand began to slowly glow as he was preparing to crush Coal's head. With that part of him gone, Coal would be unable to regenerate, and would surely die.

Jade, who had been spending most of her time caring for her child finally looked up to the fight when she noticed that everyone else had been saying small words of confidence. She knew what they meant when she noticed a very determined looking Trunx walking over to the fallen Coal. Though when she noticed his glowing hand she realized that he was going to kill him.
She immediately sprang to her feet.
"Trunx stop! Don't kill him!" she cried, a few tears rolling from her eyes. Though even with her passionate words, they did not seem to reach the boy.
"Trunx! If you don't stop right now your going to kill Sapphire's father!" she screamed again, trying to strike a nerve inside his now cold brain.
Suddenly he stopped and turned around. His gaze slowly settled on Sapphire, as she lay in the dirt, unconscience.
"Sapphire....?"
This proved to be a mistake though, as Coal was suddenly behind him holding him a choke hold. Trunx tried to struggle and get away, but the cold, ruthless part of his personality had just faded away when he had looked at Sapphire. Meaning he was no longer the super power he was a few minutes ago.
"Now I'll show you a lesson boy." he scowled as he violently kneed him in the back, and threw him to the ground. Jade watched in new horror as she realized that what she had done was a big mistake. In saving her husband she had condemned everyone else.

Coal flew up into the air, holding a hand to his side. His sights were set on Trunx as he slowly began powering up an attack.
"Now it ends boy. It ends for this entire planet. I'll destroy you all in one blast!!" he screamed laughing maniacally. Everyone realized that this was it, Coal was just going to destroy the entire planet right here and now.
Everyone seemed frozen in their places. Then the most unexpected person became animated. Of all the great fighters there, it was Bulma who ran out onto the battlefield. She quickly ran to where he son was lying on the ground, seemingly unconscience. And in a desperate move tried to wake him up.
"Trunx! Please wake up! You have to wake up!" she yelled shaking his unmoving body to no avail. Suddenly the immortal words started leaving Coal's lips.

"KAAAA....MEEEEE......HAAAAA.....MEEEEE....."
Something about this scene started to have an odd affect on one of the Z fighters. He watched as Bulma refused to budge from her son's side. Watching this he couldn't believe the bravery she was showing. Then all of a sudden he felt a need to protect them. So in a daring blast of energy he zoomed to where Coal was floating in the sky.
"HAAAA!!!" Coal screamed, though as the blast started to leave his hands, suddenly somebody got in his way.
Bulma looked up to see what had just happened, she heard Coal finish the Kamehameha, but nothing happened. Then her eyes looked up to where Coal was and she saw someone she never would of expected falling to the ground, looking as if he had been cooked.
"Vegita!!" she screamed as she dashed to the place where he violently landed. She kneeled down next to him and checked him over.
Her breath quickened as she realized he was dying. His breathing was getting heavy, and she knew from her medical expertise that the stress from the blast was killing him. And any minute now he would be dead. In a sudden burst of emotion she shook him violently.
"Vegita!! No no no no! You can't die!" she screamed as she shook him, not knowing why she was doing this. All she knew was that Vegita just could not die. Her tearing eyes brightned as she saw his eyes slowly start to open.

His eyes slowly started to focus as the world started to take color again. What they saw first was the strange woman who he had once had his first born with. He had no idea why she was there, or why she had such a strange expression on her face, all the knew was that he felt something about her. Something he felt in the strangest part of his body, his heart.
"Bulma....you....why did I....I don't know...." his mind wondered as he watched her holding his hand, squeezing it gently. Almost automatically he began to squeeze it back.
"I guess....I never told you....or Trunx....how much I care.....for you both..." he stated slowly as he could feel himself starting to slip into darkness again. His last conscience thoughts were that he didn't want to die without telling her how he felt.
Bulma's heart skipped a beat at those words, and when she saw him starting to slip again she suddenly remembered that she had the senzu beans with her. In a quick movement she took them out and put one in his mouth. Though as she sat back to let him chew, she noticed that his mouth wasn't moving.
"Eat it Vegita! Please for the love of....just eat it!!" she screamed shaking him again. Though he seemed like he was already gone.
"Please...if you love me just chew...please." she yelled again, then suddenly the muscles in his mouth started to move. And after a few moments he had eaten the bean. Her eyes brightened as she watched his condition switch to peaceful sleep rather then the sleep of death.

Bulma shook her head suddenly when she noticed someone was standing next to her. She glanced up to see Jade holding Trunx. She slowly laid him down next to her and turned away.
"Bulma, give Trunx a senzu bean. I'm going to stop Coal once and for all." she simply stated and began to walk to where Coal was. Bulma just nodded, words not seeming to form in her mouth. Her whole body was vibrating from the intense moment she had just had with Vegita, and she no longer cared if she died. All she cared about now was that she didn't want to die alone.

Jade slowly floated to where Coal was. Her eyes burned with no determination. Her face only showed what seemed to be total tranquility. Coal watched her as she approached. His face started to contort in anger. He was getting very bored with these pathetic creatures constantly getting in his way.
"Thats it. I'm just going to kill Cell's wife right here and now. That will stop all this madness." he simply stated, just not wanting to deal with all these troubles over and over again.
He prepared to charge at her and give her one crushing blow when she was suddenly right in front of his face. He blinked wondering what the heck she was going to do when suddenly she slapped him across the face.
"Cell, this is for you." she stated simply. And doing the strangest thing that had been yet seen, she suddenly kissed him. Everyone on the ground had no idea what the heck was going on. All they knew was that up in the sky, Jade and Coal were very close. Though they were to far away to see properly what they were doing exactly.
Coal's mind suddenly started to swim, as he started to feel himself starting to lose control over something. Then in an istant his mind snapped.

Cell suddenly opened his eyes. After he allowed them to focus after what seemed to be a long sleep, he looked around to see where he was. He looked around and saw that he was in the middle of a vast wasteland. He had no idea how he got there, and had no idea how to get back to where his family was. He slowly started to turn, seeing if he could find a way back to them. But he could not.
"Where am I?" he wondered out loud.
"What is this?!" came a voice from behind him. He quickly turned to see Coal standing there, looking just as confused as he was.
"Coal! I'll kill you!" he screamed bursting out with emotion. His mind suddenly remembering all the horrible things Coal had done. And being who he was, he was going to make him pay for hurting his family.
"Cell? What the heck is this. I thought I had taken over you body. How can you be standing over there. Oh well, no matter. I have a feeling if I destroy you then I will be able to get out of this place. And get back to killing you wife." Coal simply stated, though his voice took a sudden edge when he mentioned the last sentence.

Cell stamped his foot on the ground. He didn't care how he got here, or where he was. All he right now is that he had to destroy this monster.
Focusing on nothing but his rage, and pushing the questions he had to the back of his mind. Cell powered up to Super Saiyan 2 and dashed at Coal.
"I defeated you once. I can do it again." Coal stated as he readied himself in a battle stance. After a short moment, Cell collided with Coal violently. The two immediately got into an battle so quick that the naked eye was unable to see it. Soon after both fighters reappeared and were kneeling on the ground, their backs turned away from each other, showing obvious fatigue.

"It seems I underestimated you. At least you put up a better fight then your daughter did." he mused, mocking Cell outright.
"How dare you! I'll kill you Coal!!!" Cell screamed, and turned around quickly to attack Coal. Though Coal had already anticpated this and was behind him. Having caught Cell off gaurd he was left almost completely open, and Coal was able to take that opportunity to slam him into the dirt.
Coal then pushed his foot against Cell's cheek.
"Oh how the mighty have fallen. I was really hoping that I was going to have fun fighting you Cell. But I guess you dissapointed me." he said with a laugh, pushing his foot onto Cell's face harder.
Cell gritted his teeth. He was not going to let it end this way. For his wife, for his daughter, and for everyone else. He was not going to end this way. Suddenly he saw an image in his mind. The image slowly took shape, and he could reconize it as Goku.

"Just let go of your anger Cell. A fighter free from an apprehension can do great things." Goku said with his usual goofy smile. Then suddenly Cell's eyes gleamed, he smirked knowing what Goku meant.
Coal felt himself being lifted off the ground as Cell used new found strength to get up. Not believing that he had just been humiliated so, he quickly stood up.
"How dare you do that! I had you. Don't you know when to give up!" he screamed, venom pouring out of his mouth.
"Heh, I'm sorry if I ruined your fun Coal. But it ends here." Cell answered back with a small smile. His eyes rested on Coal as he suddely dashed forwards and upper-cutted him so that he was flung high into the air. Then immediately he chased after him, drawing back his fists to slam him back to the ground. Though after he hit him, he didn't let him fall down, instead he put his knee in the way so that it violently slammed into Coal's stomach.
Coal fell to the ground, coughing and wheezing. He clutched his stomach as he curled into a ball, his whole body being racked with pain. Cell landed a few feet away from him, then walked over to the fallen tyrant.

Coal looked up with a pathetic look.
"Cell....I didn't mean what I said before. I mean c'mon, with out strength we could rule the world. Cough Cough. We could rule the universe even. Cough Cough. Why don't you just let me live an...."
Cell suddenly smiled.
"Shut up Coal." he simply stated, and with a quick movement he simply lifted his foot, and brang it down on Coal's head, crushing it.
A horrible scream of pain could be heard eminating from Coal as light began to suddenly eminate from his now dead body. He could feel himself being drawn towards light, and soon he was totally engulfed in it. The light slowly began to blind Cell, and when the light subsided he realized that he was staring face to face with his wife. Not only that, she seemed to be kissing him passionately.

He slowly began to break off the kiss and look into her eyes.
"Jade? How did I..."
"Shutup....just shutup." she said with a smile as her eyes glittered with tears of happiness. She hugged him tightly, not caring about anything anymore. Just that her crazy plan had worked and that she had gotten her husband back. Cell just shook his head, forgetting all that had happened, and only allowing himself to feel the happiness of being reunited with is loved ones again.
Everyone on the ground cheered suddenly when they saw that Coal was no longer Coal anymore. His body had turned to green again, and he was Cell once again. Happines could be literally felt as everyone was practically dancing on the ground. The unbeatable Coal had finally been defeated, and the world had been saved once again.
Though even with all this happiness, there was one person who didn't feel happiness at all.

Sapphire looked through a blurry cloud. She knew this had to be another one of her dreams but she had no idea what was going on. Or why she was having it at a time like this. Suddenly the clouds parted and she could see the form of what looked like a sword.
"What the..."
"There is no time to talk. Here take these. Your foe is not defeated yet." an old voice stated, and Sapphire soon found that there was a set of earrings in her hand.
"But what are these for?" she asked looking at them. Though before she could be answered the clouds began to get thicker again. And after awhile they started to get darker and darker. Then suddenly she noticed that they were forming into something. She realized what this thing was in horror.
"What? Coal!!!" she screamed. Then she realized that she was awake again. She glanced around quickly to see that her parents were still holding each other in the sky. A few people looked down at her with smiles on their face, ready to tell her that her father was alright. Though before they got a chance, Sapphire shot off into the sky.

"Mom! Dad! Coal's not dead!" she screamed as she flew towards them. The earrings from her dream still tightly held in her hand.
They looked down at her happily, until they started to process what she was saying.
And true to be told, and ominous voice could be heard.

"NO ONE CAN DEFEAT THE LIKES OF COAL!!! IF I CAN'T POSSESS CELL HERE! I'LL JUST FIND A CELL WHICH I CAN POSSESS!" came a extremely loud booming voice, followed by intense light. Everyone covered their eyes as they strained to see where it was coming from.
All of a sudden a giant hole opened up in the middle of the sky, and Cell started to feel himself being sucked into it.
"CELL! I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL! BECAUSE YOUR COMING WITH ME!!!!!!" came the voice once again, as Cell found himself unable to escape the vacuum of the hole.

Jade held onto him tightly.
"I won't lose you again!" she cried, as she felt herself being aborbed into the hole along with her husband. The last conscience thought she had was seeing her daughter suddenly latch onto her leg. Then in a brilliant flast of light, all three of them were gone.
Everyone looked around to see what had happened. Their emotions were still caught up in the confusion of the moment. The extreme happiness they had felt a moment ago, was gone now, and had been instead replaced with extreme worry. This sudden change in emotion had caused everyone to be very confused. There was only one thing that anybody could mutter.
"They...they're gone...."

To Be Continued.