Destiny Of Oblivion: Chapter 12.
"There it is." 17 yelled as he pointed to a mountain. Tien and Piccolo
just looked at it and couldn't see it. 17 flew down low to the ground and
landed at the base of the mountain, the other two followed.
"I'm sorry, but I don't see any lab…" Piccolo groaned, but 17 just
stared at the cliff face.
"Now I know there's a hidden switch around here somewhere, I have it
programmed into my database." continued 17. He ran his hand across the
surface of the rock, and soon enough, he hit a hidden switch that opened
a large door right next to them.
"Woah! That sure was well hidden…" Tien gasped as they all began to
walk inside.
"What is this place?" Piccolo asked. 17 smiled and replied
"It is one of Dr. Gero's hidden labs. Only him and me knew about this
place. This is where he kept all of his backup research.". As they walked
past a lot of equipment and devices Tien noticed a large tube containing
a strange looking creature inside. It was small, about the size of Tien's
arm. It had black skin and red markings all over it's body as it was floating
in fluid.
"W-w-what's that?!" Tien asked, freaking out. The other two came running
back and Piccolo asked the same question. 17 looked at it strangely and
said
"I don't know. This isn't programmed into my data base…".
"Just like Cell wasn't?" Piccolo grunted.
"Either way, it's no threat." 17 explained, pointing to the control
panel, "Look, it's not on life support. It must be dead.". They all took
one last look at it and continued through the lab, observing the other
freakish things there. 17 stopped right in front of a huge machine with
a big tube in the middle, surrounded by three smaller ones.
"There it is." 17 triumphantly announced. The other two looked up at
the huge machine.
"What on Earth is it?!" Piccolo asked. 17 smiled and said
"It's Dr. Gero's ultimate machine. It was a backup device that allows
3 people to fuse in the case of an emergency. It was mainly built for 16,
18 and me to fuse if we couldn't defeat Goku.". They both continued
to look at the giant machine, speechless. Tien put down the Dragonball
next to him and continued to stare.
"How does it work?" asked Piccolo.
"Well one person steps in each of the outer tubes and someone pushes
the button on this here panel. Then the three people are permanently fused.
Though, there may be side effects." He informed.
"Woah, then what's stopping us from-". Before Piccolo finished, something
grabbed 17 and pulled him back behind them. They both spun around as quickly
as they could to see Cell who had almost sucked 17 up his tail.
"NOOO!!!" Tien yelled and ran at Cell. He swung his fist at Cell's
face and hit it. Cell was unhurt and just grinned as he finished absorbing
17. The ground began to shake as Piccolo and Tien backed away slowly. A
green orb of energy appeared around Cell and the sheer power being emitted
from him was destroying everything in the lab. Piccolo realised that if
the machine blew up, all hope was lost. He leapt in front of the machine
and used everything he had to form a shield around the machine. Tien just
watched as Cell began to change from a fish looking reptile, to a slightly
human looking form.
"No…I can sense his power…" Tien gasped as Cell gave out one last yell,
blowing up everything but the fusing machine. Piccolo was blown back into
a wall and Tien was luckily holding onto a supporting beam in the lab.
They both opened their eyes to see Cell, standing there in his ultimate
form. Cell was perfectly calm, tilting his head side to side and stretching
his arms. He then stopped and looked at the Dragonball which was lying
on the ground next to Piccolo.
"It's been nice seeing you again, but I really must be off with my
Dragonball…" he smirked. He began walking towards Piccolo when Piccolo
stood up and shot a fireball at Cell. There was an explosion and Cell was
surrounded in smoke. He instantly walked out of the smoke, unaffected,
and knocked Piccolo aside into a steel bar poking out of the wall.
"AAARRRGGGHHH!!!" he screamed in pain and fell to the ground. Tien
watching helplessly as Cell picked up the Dragonball and looked at it for
a while. Cell turned to Tien with a ginned and told him
"I can't thank you enough for giving me back my Dragonball, I've been
looking for it everywhere. How can I repay you?". Tien didn't say anything,
he just stared at Cell with anger in his eyes, knowing there was nothing
he could do now.
"YOU ARE NO MATCH FOR ME!!!" yelled Vegita and tried to kick Adon from
every direction. Adon was blocking as much as he could, but with struggle.
Vegita was in Super Saiyan 2 and so was Adon. They were now an even match.
After some blocking and dodging, Adon was kicked in the face by Vegita,
then instantly afterwards elbowed in the head from above. Adon hit the
ground and quickly spun around to kick Vegita, but he vanished.
"Huh?" Adon thought. Adon, became angry and swung his arm behind him.
Vegita was caught off guard and hit to the side where he skidded across
the ground a bit. Vegita was getting very angry.
"I am the most powerful Saiyan…" he sneered, "…and I refuse to be beaten
by some stupid stranger!!". Vegita didn't really believe that about Adon,
but he was trying to lure himself into a false reality, so he'd get angry
enough to be a Super Saiyan 3. Vegita began to go so quick it almost looked
like he was teleporting. Adon was trying to follow him, but was failing.
He suddenly was struck in the back by Vegita. Adon turned around to strike
but was shocked to see Vegita's hand right up to his face.
"YAAAAA!!!" he screamed and shot a fireball directly into Adon's face.
Adon was sent flying and hit the ground with a thud, badly hurt. Vegita
lowered his hand and began to slowly pace towards Adon with an evil smirk.
"Come on, I thought you were going to train me? Or are you too weak?"
he laughed and continued to walk towards Adon. Adon slowly stood up and
faced Vegita. Adon began to crack a grin as he tensed his fists. Suddenly
Adon's hair grew down to his feet as a yellow flame surrounded him. Vegita
with a smile said
"Wow, I never knew changing your hair style made people so confident…"
(again, creating a false reality). Adon laughed and instantly appeared
in front of Vegita, winding him. With a yell of pain, Vegita fell to his
Knees, crouching over. Adon gave an evil laugh. Vegita slightly lifted
his head and Adon kicked him in the face, making Vegita skid across the
ground for several meters. Adon just stood there and lifted his hand to
blast Vegita. Vegita managed to stand up to have a fireball fly directly
at him.
"NOOOOO!!!" he screamed and blasted a fireball back at him. The fireball
was overpowering Vegita at first, but without warning, Vegita's fireball
came flying at Adon and hit him. A giant explosion occurred and surrounded
both of them. Goku and Gohan who were training a fair distance away stopped
and saw.
"Wow Daddy, that explosion is so big! Did Adon do it?" asked Gohan,
staring in awe. Goku shook his head and answered
"I don't think so, I think it's…". The smoke cleared and Adon was standing
perfectly still, looking at Vegita. Vegita, extremely tense, had extremely
long hair like Adon and a yellow flame burnt around him. He was a Super
Saiyan.
"Vegita, you've done it. You have exceeded my own power just as I hoped
you would." He smiled, for once it didn't seem to be an evil smile, but
more of a smile of satisfaction. Vegita couldn't grin, he was too busy
focusing his energy to stay in that mode. After a few minutes, Vegita calmed
himself and stood relaxed. He stared at his own arms, marvelling at his
achievement when Goku and Gohan flew over.
"So Vegita," Goku smirked, "you finally did it, huh? How do you feel?".
Vegita gave an evil grin.
"I feel fine…" he snickered.
"Hey! I sense power levels coming from that mountain!" Krillin pointed
as Yumcha also looked down. They began to fly towards it when they both
suddenly stopped. They were both horrified.
"You can sense it too?" Yumcha shuddered. Krillin without saying a
word just nodded.
"Should we still go down there?".
"We have to! I sense Tien down there, he must be in trouble…" replied
Krillin as he flew down to the base of the mountain. Yumcha quickly followed.
They soon landed at the doorway to the secret lab. They both stared at
the gigantic doorway.
"I'm guessing this is one of Dr. Gero's secret labs…" snarled Yumcha.
That was when they both looked inside to see Cell walking straight towards
them holding the Dragonball. They both froze, too afraid to move. Cell
stopped about 3 meters away from them and stared at them for a moment.
"Ah yes, the people who were responsible for delaying my transformation…"
he thought to himself, rubbing his chin. He then continued to walk towards
them calmly as they were frozen with fear. Tien suddenly snapped.
"STOP RIGHT THERE CELL!!!" he yelled. Cell stopped and looked behind
him, wondering what Tien was up to. Tien crouched and tensed his body.
After about 30 seconds of charging, Tien suddenly split into 3 forms! Cell
now turned around completely, slightly amused.
"Interesting…" he smirked. Tien made each of his forms go into each
of the outer tubes.
"Quick Piccolo! Hit the switch!" Tien yelled at Piccolo. Piccolo ran
over to the control panel and didn't know which one to press. He knew Cell
might react and blast the machine, so he had to hurry. He panicked and
pressed a random button. Cell stood still, holding the Dragonball and watched
all three forms of Tien in the three different tubes disappear.
"Huh?" he wondered and something began to form in the middle tube.
Everyone in the room just watched silently as a being began to form in
the centre tube. Within seconds, Tien appeared in the centre tube and looked
no different. The room was quiet for a second when Tien, who's eyes were
closed, open and stared directly at Cell. Cell gave a smile and began to
clap.
"Very nice party trick. That was most entertaining. Do you have any
other tricks I might like to see?" he chuckled. Tien just stared at him
and said
"You're finished Cell…".
"What did that machine do to him? He looks the same as he did before…"
asked Yumcha, "And what does he think he's doing threatening Cell?!".
"That machine has done something to him alright. I can sense his power.
It's…it's incredible!" Krillin gasped.
To be continued…