The Pale Beauty and the Green Beast
By Psycho Llama and Sarah Dempster
Disclaimer: Neither of us own DBZ. Sarah Dempster owns Terra.
Gohan prodded the less than attractive looking vegetables that littered his dinner plate, he couldn't eat. He felt bad for killing Terra, even Cell for that matter. He sighed and continued prodding the vegetables on his plate with the chopsticks in his hand. Terra's shocked face kept flashing into his view, her words 'you killed him' echoed in his ears as if someone was still screaming at him. Gohan heard someone tell him to eat up.
"Not hungry. . ." he muttered quietly. He felt somewhat distant to the rest of the world as he stood up, excused himself from the table and climbed up the stairs to bed. He didn't know what time it was, he didn't even care. He just wanted to lie down and go to sleep, forgetting everything that had happened previously. He lay on his back on the bed, his mind reeling over the past day's events. He could see Terra practically worrying her head off, the fear and panic in her eyes. . . Her screaming echoing through his head. Gohan frowned and hugged the pillow around his head, trying to block out the sound, 'leave me alone. . .' he prayed silently to whichever god was putting him through this.
The rest of the Z fighters and family sat around the dinner table, quietly discussing the days events, "Poor girl. . ." Chi-chi sighed, "She even died for Cell. . . how tragic," she sniffed and blowed her nose on a handkerchief.
"What do you think happened to Gohan? He seemed so tired," Krillin asked.
Vegeta snorted. There was at least a minute of silence before a loud scream rang through the house. Gohan came crashing down the stairs and landed in a heap on the ground, panting heavily.
"Gohan? Honey? What's wrong?" Chi-chi ran over to him.
"Nightmare. . ." Gohan groaned, crawling out of the crater he'd made when he'd crashed on the ground.
Vegeta snorted again.
"Quite a pretty little thing, aren't you?" Frieza chuckled as he watched Terra's cheeks light up.
Cell was glaring daggers at Frieza, wanting nothing more than to cause the alien severe pain and bodily harm.
Terra looked at the ground, trying to hide her inflamed cheeks, "Um, no offence of anything but. . . I'm really not like that."
Frieza blinked, "Like what?"
"Um. . ." Terra's cheeks went darker.
Frieza smirked cockily, "It's alright if you think you're not good enough for me, I do agree but with your beauty, you'll do," he spoke as if it were flattery, just as he thought it was.
Terra shook her head, her eyes still on the ground, "No but I'm really. . . not. . . like. . . that. . ."
Cell tried not to burst out in laughter when he realised what Terra meant, a cruel smirk etched itself into his flawless, pale face as he watched the two further.
"You don't like people from different races?" Frieza asked flatly.
"No! I do really like alien guys and stuff but. . . not. . ." Terra's cheeks went a darker shade still, "I'm straight, okay?" she murmured.
Frieza, uneducated in the terms of human slang, smirked, "Oh but you look very curvaceous to me. . ."
"No, I mean to say. . ." Terra lowered her voice to a whisper, "I am not a lesbian, sorry if I've offended you!" she added quickly, not wanting to be rude.
Frieza's mind was working rapidly to try and work out what she meant.
"Erm, son?" King Kold was also trying not to laugh.
"What?" Frieza frowned.
"She thinks that you're a. . . female," King Kold coughed, trying to disguise his laughter and somewhat failed.
Frieza's face turned a nasty shade of violet and he turned to Terra, "I am a HE!!! MALE!!! GUY!!! Not female!!!" he growled loudly, his ki rising in anger.
Terra's face was slightly blank in shock, "You're not?" her eyes widened, "Then why are you wearing lipstick?"
"I am NOT wearing LIPSTICK!!!" Frieza roared.
"You're not?!" everyone in all three prison cells, including the ogre guards at the front, replied in shock.
Vegeta snorted.
Frieza, both mad and embarrassed, tried to avert the attention that had been directed to him, "Well. . . Captain Ginue is GAY!!!" he exclaimed, pointing at the other cell. The ogres and the other Ginue force members all turned to look at the captain.
Terra moved over to the corner of the prison cell and curled up defensively, she did not like the idea of spending eternity here at all.
Terra sat huddled in the corner, hugging herself and shivering against the cold of the stony cave. Her pale hand moved to brush away tears that had long since dried up on her face. The ice-cold grip of depression gripped her heart and a few more silent tears rolled down the side of her face. She wanted everything to be silent, as if to die again, but she couldn't. An eternity of this was by far the worst punishment. She wanted so desperately to let go, to rid herself of the problems and hassles of existing and sink into a dimension of nothingness, she wanted to rest in peace, but that is not what she got. She cringed as the loud, crude and almost drunk-like voices of the other aliens pierced her sensitive ears.
Cell sat moodily on the ground, watching Terra with a pained expression on his face, 'She isn't coping to well. . . I can't help her. . .' the words echoed through his head. He wanted no more than to hold her close and tell her that it was alright, to reassure her, but life, death in this matter, is never that simple. Cell didn't even pay attention to the scrawny looking man that had just entered the 'jail'. He simply continued to stare mournfully at Terra, like a small kid watching an expensive bike through the windows of a shop. The guy sniggered at Cell, and cleared his throat. Cell still ignored him.
Dr. Rikou scowled, "Android 21, Cell?" he asked sternly.
"Hmmm?" replied Cell absently, ripping his eyes away from Terra's pitiful form to stare coldly at Dr. Rikou.
Dr. Rikou spread his arms and smirked, "Well? Aren't you going to say hello to your dearest uncle?" he asked mockingly.
Cell narrowed his eyes, "Firstly, no, I will not give you a friendly greeting. Secondly, how exactly do you mean by 'uncle'?"
Dr. Rikou chuckled, "Simple. I am Dr. Gero's younger brother, but I changed my name ages ago so the government couldn't track me," he drawled, "I helped Dr. Gero create you, although I'd never gone near any of those useless androids before, Gero had a brain but lacked in style. No, I unfortunately lost my life during your creation. . ."
"Then. . . you would know about Terra's past, am I correct?" asked Cell slowly.
Terra's ears perked up, 'My past?' she thought distantly.
Rikou frowned, "And why would you want to know?" Rikou snorted, "You weren't supposed to love her, just breed with her to create an heir. The 'Cell juniors' were simply weaker clones of you, your heir would grow and take your place to ensure that those blasted Z fighters couldn't cheat using that damnable time machine. Once you'd successfully bred with her you should have destroyed her."
Cell got to his feet and snarled at Dr. Rikou, "How dare you even suggest-"
Dr. Rikou cut him off, "Obviously there is a flaw in your system, I didn't think you were weak enough to actually fall in love with her," Rikou snarled as he waved a hand in Terra's direction.
Terra had stopped crying, she just sat rigid in the corner, her subconscious databank of knowledge informing her of exactly who Dr. Rikou was.
"Obviously you've never had a good relationship with a female," Frieza sniggered, "Next thing you'll be telling us that love is 'icky' and that girls are 'gross'."
Dr. Rikou growled, "Silence!" he barked.
"Now would you care to enlighten me on Terra's past?" Cell asked him coldly.
Dr. Rikou stiffened, "Terra was originally a normal human, except that her DNA was tampered on before she was born. I injected a DNA-mutating virus into her birth-mother which turned Terra, who was still an embryo at that stage, into a female version of Cell. Her birth-mother died immediately after Terra was born, the virus only kept the mother alive to grow the child."
Cell, Frieza, King Kold and the Ginue force were all looking at Dr. Rikou with utter disgust written all over their faces. A few of them looked like they were going to be sick. Terra's audible sobbing could be heard in the background, she was holding her head tightly, tears trickling down her snow- white cheeks. Cell turned to look at her in sympathy, hating himself for not being able to help her.
"Terra's birth-mother was known as Aiyaki Rikou, my wife," Dr. Rikou snickered.
"That's sick!" Frieza wrinkled his nose up in disgust, "What kind of freak would kill their own wife for the sake of a stepping-stone for yet another freak? Ow!" Terra whacked Frieza upside the head as he called Cell a freak.
"A freak like me," Dr. Rikou chuckled.
Terra stood suddenly up and glared at Dr. Rikou, "Get out now!"
Rikou raised an eyebrow, "And why should I?"
Terra snarled, "There is no reason in this Kami-damned dimension why a monster like you should ever be able to even exist!" she hissed.
"Monster? Have you ever tried looking in the mirror?" Rikou drawled, "You freak of a mutant."
Tears welled in Terra's eyes, "I am a freak and a mutant because of my own father!" she cried, "Who killed my mother and destroyed who I was all for the sake of your brother's project?!"
Dr. Rikou shrugged, "Your mother meant nothing to me. You, on the other hand, I hate. I was quite prepared to kill you and your mother in the most painful way possible, but I decided to mutate you so that you could become Cell's little whore, you bastard."
Rikou sniggered at Terra as she stood there, trembling, before he turned and left the jail. Terra ran back over to her corner and sunk to the ground, curled up and sobbing. The dramatic scene had left everyone in the jail teary eyed, the Ginue force were sniffing and wiping their eyes, Cell didn't even care about the small droplet of water that skated down his cheek. After a while, Terra sat in her corner, singing quietly to herself. The very song causing the Ginue force to break down crying.
"Light pours in and Darkness fade. You never let the pain see. From the tallest tree to the shortest blade. You'll always be within me. Ice shall melt. Fire shall dim. Nearly everything has to end some day. Your life is paid for by sin. Our love has no toll to pay. Our lives shall pass.. It is destiny. Our love shall never end. You'll never let go of me. Even to the Hells we shall descend. Together..... Forever..... That's what we'll be.........."
Gohan heard the song echoing inside his head and nearly screamed. If you had been in a five kilometre radius of the house, you would have heard him yelling, "Muuum!!! She's haunting me!!!"
By Psycho Llama and Sarah Dempster
Disclaimer: Neither of us own DBZ. Sarah Dempster owns Terra.
Gohan prodded the less than attractive looking vegetables that littered his dinner plate, he couldn't eat. He felt bad for killing Terra, even Cell for that matter. He sighed and continued prodding the vegetables on his plate with the chopsticks in his hand. Terra's shocked face kept flashing into his view, her words 'you killed him' echoed in his ears as if someone was still screaming at him. Gohan heard someone tell him to eat up.
"Not hungry. . ." he muttered quietly. He felt somewhat distant to the rest of the world as he stood up, excused himself from the table and climbed up the stairs to bed. He didn't know what time it was, he didn't even care. He just wanted to lie down and go to sleep, forgetting everything that had happened previously. He lay on his back on the bed, his mind reeling over the past day's events. He could see Terra practically worrying her head off, the fear and panic in her eyes. . . Her screaming echoing through his head. Gohan frowned and hugged the pillow around his head, trying to block out the sound, 'leave me alone. . .' he prayed silently to whichever god was putting him through this.
The rest of the Z fighters and family sat around the dinner table, quietly discussing the days events, "Poor girl. . ." Chi-chi sighed, "She even died for Cell. . . how tragic," she sniffed and blowed her nose on a handkerchief.
"What do you think happened to Gohan? He seemed so tired," Krillin asked.
Vegeta snorted. There was at least a minute of silence before a loud scream rang through the house. Gohan came crashing down the stairs and landed in a heap on the ground, panting heavily.
"Gohan? Honey? What's wrong?" Chi-chi ran over to him.
"Nightmare. . ." Gohan groaned, crawling out of the crater he'd made when he'd crashed on the ground.
Vegeta snorted again.
"Quite a pretty little thing, aren't you?" Frieza chuckled as he watched Terra's cheeks light up.
Cell was glaring daggers at Frieza, wanting nothing more than to cause the alien severe pain and bodily harm.
Terra looked at the ground, trying to hide her inflamed cheeks, "Um, no offence of anything but. . . I'm really not like that."
Frieza blinked, "Like what?"
"Um. . ." Terra's cheeks went darker.
Frieza smirked cockily, "It's alright if you think you're not good enough for me, I do agree but with your beauty, you'll do," he spoke as if it were flattery, just as he thought it was.
Terra shook her head, her eyes still on the ground, "No but I'm really. . . not. . . like. . . that. . ."
Cell tried not to burst out in laughter when he realised what Terra meant, a cruel smirk etched itself into his flawless, pale face as he watched the two further.
"You don't like people from different races?" Frieza asked flatly.
"No! I do really like alien guys and stuff but. . . not. . ." Terra's cheeks went a darker shade still, "I'm straight, okay?" she murmured.
Frieza, uneducated in the terms of human slang, smirked, "Oh but you look very curvaceous to me. . ."
"No, I mean to say. . ." Terra lowered her voice to a whisper, "I am not a lesbian, sorry if I've offended you!" she added quickly, not wanting to be rude.
Frieza's mind was working rapidly to try and work out what she meant.
"Erm, son?" King Kold was also trying not to laugh.
"What?" Frieza frowned.
"She thinks that you're a. . . female," King Kold coughed, trying to disguise his laughter and somewhat failed.
Frieza's face turned a nasty shade of violet and he turned to Terra, "I am a HE!!! MALE!!! GUY!!! Not female!!!" he growled loudly, his ki rising in anger.
Terra's face was slightly blank in shock, "You're not?" her eyes widened, "Then why are you wearing lipstick?"
"I am NOT wearing LIPSTICK!!!" Frieza roared.
"You're not?!" everyone in all three prison cells, including the ogre guards at the front, replied in shock.
Vegeta snorted.
Frieza, both mad and embarrassed, tried to avert the attention that had been directed to him, "Well. . . Captain Ginue is GAY!!!" he exclaimed, pointing at the other cell. The ogres and the other Ginue force members all turned to look at the captain.
Terra moved over to the corner of the prison cell and curled up defensively, she did not like the idea of spending eternity here at all.
Terra sat huddled in the corner, hugging herself and shivering against the cold of the stony cave. Her pale hand moved to brush away tears that had long since dried up on her face. The ice-cold grip of depression gripped her heart and a few more silent tears rolled down the side of her face. She wanted everything to be silent, as if to die again, but she couldn't. An eternity of this was by far the worst punishment. She wanted so desperately to let go, to rid herself of the problems and hassles of existing and sink into a dimension of nothingness, she wanted to rest in peace, but that is not what she got. She cringed as the loud, crude and almost drunk-like voices of the other aliens pierced her sensitive ears.
Cell sat moodily on the ground, watching Terra with a pained expression on his face, 'She isn't coping to well. . . I can't help her. . .' the words echoed through his head. He wanted no more than to hold her close and tell her that it was alright, to reassure her, but life, death in this matter, is never that simple. Cell didn't even pay attention to the scrawny looking man that had just entered the 'jail'. He simply continued to stare mournfully at Terra, like a small kid watching an expensive bike through the windows of a shop. The guy sniggered at Cell, and cleared his throat. Cell still ignored him.
Dr. Rikou scowled, "Android 21, Cell?" he asked sternly.
"Hmmm?" replied Cell absently, ripping his eyes away from Terra's pitiful form to stare coldly at Dr. Rikou.
Dr. Rikou spread his arms and smirked, "Well? Aren't you going to say hello to your dearest uncle?" he asked mockingly.
Cell narrowed his eyes, "Firstly, no, I will not give you a friendly greeting. Secondly, how exactly do you mean by 'uncle'?"
Dr. Rikou chuckled, "Simple. I am Dr. Gero's younger brother, but I changed my name ages ago so the government couldn't track me," he drawled, "I helped Dr. Gero create you, although I'd never gone near any of those useless androids before, Gero had a brain but lacked in style. No, I unfortunately lost my life during your creation. . ."
"Then. . . you would know about Terra's past, am I correct?" asked Cell slowly.
Terra's ears perked up, 'My past?' she thought distantly.
Rikou frowned, "And why would you want to know?" Rikou snorted, "You weren't supposed to love her, just breed with her to create an heir. The 'Cell juniors' were simply weaker clones of you, your heir would grow and take your place to ensure that those blasted Z fighters couldn't cheat using that damnable time machine. Once you'd successfully bred with her you should have destroyed her."
Cell got to his feet and snarled at Dr. Rikou, "How dare you even suggest-"
Dr. Rikou cut him off, "Obviously there is a flaw in your system, I didn't think you were weak enough to actually fall in love with her," Rikou snarled as he waved a hand in Terra's direction.
Terra had stopped crying, she just sat rigid in the corner, her subconscious databank of knowledge informing her of exactly who Dr. Rikou was.
"Obviously you've never had a good relationship with a female," Frieza sniggered, "Next thing you'll be telling us that love is 'icky' and that girls are 'gross'."
Dr. Rikou growled, "Silence!" he barked.
"Now would you care to enlighten me on Terra's past?" Cell asked him coldly.
Dr. Rikou stiffened, "Terra was originally a normal human, except that her DNA was tampered on before she was born. I injected a DNA-mutating virus into her birth-mother which turned Terra, who was still an embryo at that stage, into a female version of Cell. Her birth-mother died immediately after Terra was born, the virus only kept the mother alive to grow the child."
Cell, Frieza, King Kold and the Ginue force were all looking at Dr. Rikou with utter disgust written all over their faces. A few of them looked like they were going to be sick. Terra's audible sobbing could be heard in the background, she was holding her head tightly, tears trickling down her snow- white cheeks. Cell turned to look at her in sympathy, hating himself for not being able to help her.
"Terra's birth-mother was known as Aiyaki Rikou, my wife," Dr. Rikou snickered.
"That's sick!" Frieza wrinkled his nose up in disgust, "What kind of freak would kill their own wife for the sake of a stepping-stone for yet another freak? Ow!" Terra whacked Frieza upside the head as he called Cell a freak.
"A freak like me," Dr. Rikou chuckled.
Terra stood suddenly up and glared at Dr. Rikou, "Get out now!"
Rikou raised an eyebrow, "And why should I?"
Terra snarled, "There is no reason in this Kami-damned dimension why a monster like you should ever be able to even exist!" she hissed.
"Monster? Have you ever tried looking in the mirror?" Rikou drawled, "You freak of a mutant."
Tears welled in Terra's eyes, "I am a freak and a mutant because of my own father!" she cried, "Who killed my mother and destroyed who I was all for the sake of your brother's project?!"
Dr. Rikou shrugged, "Your mother meant nothing to me. You, on the other hand, I hate. I was quite prepared to kill you and your mother in the most painful way possible, but I decided to mutate you so that you could become Cell's little whore, you bastard."
Rikou sniggered at Terra as she stood there, trembling, before he turned and left the jail. Terra ran back over to her corner and sunk to the ground, curled up and sobbing. The dramatic scene had left everyone in the jail teary eyed, the Ginue force were sniffing and wiping their eyes, Cell didn't even care about the small droplet of water that skated down his cheek. After a while, Terra sat in her corner, singing quietly to herself. The very song causing the Ginue force to break down crying.
"Light pours in and Darkness fade. You never let the pain see. From the tallest tree to the shortest blade. You'll always be within me. Ice shall melt. Fire shall dim. Nearly everything has to end some day. Your life is paid for by sin. Our love has no toll to pay. Our lives shall pass.. It is destiny. Our love shall never end. You'll never let go of me. Even to the Hells we shall descend. Together..... Forever..... That's what we'll be.........."
Gohan heard the song echoing inside his head and nearly screamed. If you had been in a five kilometre radius of the house, you would have heard him yelling, "Muuum!!! She's haunting me!!!"