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Cell watched in dismay as the wormhole connecting the void to the world of the living closed up and left him alone in the eerie silence.

Cell looked about, there was nothing, no one, not even a distant sound wave. Cell felt dread settle in his already upset stomach as the sheer loneliness became slowly maddening.

"Aquaria. . ." he whispered hoarsely.

He could hear his voice echoing quietly inside his new prison, 'Even H.F.I.L was better than this!' thought Cell.

Cell started to shiver, not out of the cold, but out of fear. Fear of never seeing Aquaria again, or any life form for that matter. He didn't exactly know how long his life span would go for, and he sure as H.F.I.L didn't want to spend his eternity going slowly but surely mad.

'Yemma. . .' Cell thought bitterly, 'You will pay. I will find a way out of here, and then you will be sorry you ever split me from Aquaria!'



Aquaria sank to her knees and had to use Cindi as a support, "Cell. . ." she murmured aimlessly. Tears welling up in her eyes.

"It's gonna be okay Mum. Daddy will come back, I know he will," Cindi reassured her bravely.

Aquaria sat down on a rock and let her tears spill freely down the sides of her face. She gingerly took off her bunny slippers and hugged them close, remembering everything that had happened. The lake incident, she could remember that as if it happened two seconds ago.

Aquaria smiled as she remembered the time she had tried to put Cell's hand in a glass of warm water; she had almost completed her prank, but Cell had already been awake. She had got Cell back though. Aquaria sighed as the happy memories flooded her mind like a tsunami.

25 walked carefully over to his younger sister's side an bent down to whisper in her ear, "We should get you and Aquaria out of here, some pineapple-headed guy just blew up that ship," he murmured to Cindi.

27 shook his head at the crater where the ship once was, "Dude, that blows. Yo! Pineapple \dude! Man! You crash one hella cool attack!" 27 grinned coolly, giving Vegeta the thumbs up.

Vegeta snorted and ignored the hip Cell junior.

"Jeez, what a Scrooge!" 24 commented wryly.

Cindi picked up Aquaria and quickly rushed her off site.

"Okay, 25 and 27, you take Mum to a safe place. 22, you watch the fight from above. 23, you wait with 22 and if anything interesting happens, fly directly to 26. 26, you'll be flying in the sky directly above us. 24 and 28, you and I will be forming a plan of attack. Got it everyone?" asked Cindi strictly.

"Sir, yes Sir!" chorused the Cell juniors strictly, saluting.

"I am not a 'Sir'!" Cindi growled.

"You sure?" asked 22 in a quiet voice.

Cindi sighed and looked at Aquaria for advise.

Aquaria hugged Cindi tenderly, "You'll be fine. You're Cell's daughter. You were created to succeed, there is no other possible result," Aquaria smiled.

Cindi hugged her Mum back, "Thanks Mum," she smiled.

27 and 25 each grabbed an arm and flew Aquaria off to a almost far away town, where she'd be safe.

Cindi and the others followed their plan and each took up their positions.

24 and 28 landed on the ground beside Cindi, "So. . . Now what?" asked 24 in a some what cautious voice.

"We all storm the place and blow the thing up!" exclaimed 28 strongly.

"No! We don't know how strong it is! What if we misjudged it! It could kill us all at once and then there'd be no hope!" 24 sobbed, "We're all gonna die!"

Cindi sighed in frustration, she knew that SK was in a lot of pain, she could feel her bones aching and her energy low, 'Idiot! Would you keep your injuries to yourself?!' thought Cindi to SK's mind.

'. . .' SK didn't answer her. Cindi mentally slapped herself`. SK felt it, 'Hey! I'm hurt enough as it is!' his mind complained.

'Sorry,' Cindi apologised sheepishly, 'I shouldn't be lashing out at you. You're already injured. Stupid pink-thing. . .' Cindi thought angrily.

'I thought you thought that he was cute,' replied SK's mind slyly.

'What have 12 legs, six eyes, three tails and can't see?' asked Cindi's mind.

'I think I recall seeing a creature like that. . .' started SK.

'Three blind mice!' Cindi's mind interrupted him

24 and 28 were arguing as Cindi stood 'meditating'. 26 flew down with a crash with 22 and 23 following closely.

"The guys are going psycho at each other! I think they just re-invented the Big Bang," 23 frowned.

Cindi's eyes snapped open, "Who was still standing at the end?" she asked.

"The pineapple-head got blown up, some other people flew off before the bang could reach them. I lost three-quarters of my body in the bang, had to regenerate on the way back to 26," 23 explained.

"Same here. . ." 22 sulked, he really didn't like re-generating.

Cindi sighed and put her head in her hands, "Oh what are we going to do?!" she moaned.

Her siblings looked sympathetically at her, although she acted brave and strong, she was still a little seven year old with a strong liking of candy.

Cindi looked down at her fuzzy mouse slippers, as if to see some inspiration.

"Hey sis. . ." 22 started.

"Yeah?" she asked.

"Why do you have a tail like Cell's first form did?" asked 22 slowly.

"22! This is not the time nor place!" 26 growled.

Cindi looked at her long, elegant, blue with black spotted tail. It was an exact replica of Cell's first form's tail, except it was blue.

"I can swallow small things with it, the largest being your size," she smirked.

"As in. . . you could absorb us?" asked 28 slowly.

"Hey! You could get more power by absorbing us!" 22 concluded brightly.

"And have enough strength to go and blow up this disgraceful planet!" 28 yelled strongly.

Cindi smacked 28 lightly on the head, "What about my Mum?! I would never blow up this planet! I'm not sure I have enough energy, even after absorbing you guys, to even challenge the pink guy," she murmured.

"That sounds kinda like the 'fusion' thingie I heard someone once talk about," 24 frowned to himself.

22 nodded, "Let's do it!" he exclaimed.

"All in favour of being absorbed by Cindi say 'aye'!" 28 declared.

"Aye!" exclaimed 22, 28, 26, 24, 23 and Cindi.

"Cindi!" 23 chuckled.

"Wha?" she frowned.

"You can't vote to absorb yourself!" explained 28 as he made a face.

Cindi blushed, "Sorry, thrill of the moment. . ." she murmured.

"Okay. . . You gonna start or what?" asked 22 innocently.