"Ha ha ha ha haaaaa!" Cell laughed as Android 17 struggled to stop Cell
from absorbing him through his tail. As 17 held on for his life, Android
16 calmly walked up to Cell. Suddenly Cell felt a hand on his shoulder,
but as he came to turn around he received a massive punch in the face from
16 sending him flying. Cell manages to stop in mid air and land on the
ground around 9 meters away.
"So the big one is more powerful than I thought! Interesting…" Cell
smirked as he wiped where he had been punched with the back of his hand.
17, hurt badly, lifts himself up slightly and sees Android 16.
"16, it's you! I don't believe it! How did you manage to get him off
of me?". 16, emotionless replied
"I used one of my hard punches.". Cell lowered his head and gave a
smile.
"I find this disturbance to be refreshing…oh yesss…" Cell grinned,
observing 16 and swishing his tail now closed up.
"Thanks for the help 16, but I think you just made him angry!".
"I am going to destroy him.".
"Sure," 17 responded in doubt, "may I ask how?".
"According to my calculations I am just as strong as Cell.". Before
17 even has a chance to respond, 16 takes several steps forward toward
Cell and stops, looking him directly in the eye.
"Cell, I recommend surrender.".
"What? To a piece of junk like you?" Cell laughed. 16's face showed
a new emotion since he was released from Dr. Gero's Lab…anger. 16 tensed
his entire body and went flying at Cell with incredible speed. Cell, still
with an evil grin on his face, braced for impact. Just when 16 was only
a few meters away suddenly a very loud noise occurred which they could
all hear clearly. 16 stopped and looked around.
"What is that sound?" 16 asked. The ground wasn't shaking, in fact
it was perfectly still, but the noise sounded like a cross between an earthquake
and grinding metal. Tien standing on a nearby rock looked up and saw something
strange in the sky.
"What on Earth is that…" he gasped with fear on his face. All the Z
warriors, no matter where they were, could sense a strange energy coming
from high above the island where Cell was. Now all the Androids were looking
up in the sky to see a strange, glowing light, ever so small, begin to
form high up in the air. They all looked in awe, speechless…except for
Cell.
"What are you all looking at?" he yelled, trying to see where the noise
was coming from. Suddenly there was a gigantic explosion where the light
was and a powerful blast knocked all of them to their feet, some even a
couple of feet into the ground.
"How? That's…not…possible…" Goku spoke as he stood up very quickly.
"You can sense it too Daddy?" Gohan asked, with a terrified look on
his face. Goku too, had a look of horror on his face.
"The power coming from that explosion is incredible!". Goku fell to
his knees in denial.
"This power level has got to be at least 1,000 times more than Cell's!!!" yelled Goku. Popo also fell to his knee finding it hard to believe. Bulma's
cruiser was instantly knocked out of the air and Krillin, who wasn't far
away, went flying into the sea which he was flying over. But back at the
battlefield, everyone, even Cell, now had their eyes glued to the explosion.
The light now became blinding, forcing everyone to look away and cover
their eyes.
"17! Can you feel the power coming from that light?" 18 yelled.
"I can!" 17 said absolutely terrified, "It's more powerful than anything
I ever imagined…". Unfortunately, Cell was the only one there who was not
worried by the power level, and was unaware of the danger.
"I might use this event to my advantage!" Cell thought and began to
fly at 18, or at least what he could see of her in the blinding light.
16 and 17 simply looked up as what looked like an asteroid came flying
out of the light, leaving a beautiful trail behind it. The asteroid descended
diagonally, away from the island, where is landed a long distance away
with another large explosion. Cell swooped by 18 and picked her up with
his tail and continued to fly away from the island.
"You're coming with me!" he cackled as he flew out of view from the
others. Luckily, 16 heard her scream and tried to figure out where it was
coming from. But before he really had a chance to, the explosion reversed
and completely disappeared almost as quickly as it came. Everything was
back to normal again except for the damage the explosion had done.
"The enormous power level…it's gone…" said Gohan. Goku relaxed a little,
but only for a second as he sensed a huge power level still there. Not
anywhere near as big, but still large.
"What do you think that power was Daddy?" Gohan asked. Goku, still
with fear on his face, replied
"I'm not sure, but whatever it was, some of it is still out there…AND
IT'S MOVING!!!" he screamed. Gohan and Popo suddenly realised that the
danger was now bigger than ever.
"Gohan! Come with me!" Goku yelled and he started to fly off.
"But Daddy, you said that we shouldn't leave until we had finished
training!"
"This power level is far larger than anything we could reach in the
time chamber. Now come on! We must find out who this power level is and
who's side it's on…" he said, already flying away. Gohan powered up and
flew off after him. Meanwhile, 16 and 17 were still on the island, gazing
at where the explosion was.
"Well, whatever that was, I'm glad it's gone, right 16?" smiled 17.
But 16 was already flying away from the island.
"Hey! Where are you going?!" 17 yelled.
"To rescue 18, we must not get distracted from the problem at hand…"
he yelled to 17 as he flew out of view.
"Bah!" 17 said, folding his arms, "leave me here, I guess I'll have
to find my own amusement." He said, looking up at Tien. A face of panic
struck Tien as he stared back at 17.
"What the heck was that?!" Krillin said to himself as he rose up out
of the sea, "That was an explosion that I won't forget anytime soon.".
That's when Krillin stopped dead in his tracks.
"Wha…oh no! I sense a power level still out there, and it's far stronger
than anything we've encountered before!" He said to himself…when it hit
him.
"And Goku and Gohan are heading straight for it!!!" he yelled. A white
flame appeared around Krillin and he started flying full speed toward the
power.
"I can't let Goku face this alone…I have to help, even if it kills
me…"
To be continued…