With the speed of his urgency it only took him a little under half an hour to actually reach his destination. By the time he was there he wished it had been anywhere but here.
Ginger town was still smoldering when he'd entered that zone, yet Amenbo island looked as though the town that had been sat on it was wiped off the face of the planet. Nothing remained except charred land where grass even refused to grow.
A few bits and pieces of metal still remained scattered across the island...a roof here or there but the houses for the most part were nowhere to be seen. Why was this necessary...? "Why so much destruction...? They get joy out of killing humans...but this island can't even support LIFE anymore."
The thought left him clenching his fists, purple blood coming from his palms and dripping onto the ground at his feet. They weren't murderers...and their only mission was to eliminate Goku. Did they alter their mission because he no longer existed? NO.
"This had no purpose. They're having a joyride, that's all this is." Cell snarled, letting his feet kick up a layer of dust before surveying the ocean side. It was faint but he could definitely detect a strong residual trace of energy from it. Not the Androids that's for sure...they didn't produce that kind of source and were untraceable unless one were to track their opposition...Like his other timeline self had done with Piccolo.
"This is still just the easy part...Now then..."
It was easy enough to find the source of this trace. There was a lot of ocean to cover...and Godzilla was a big beast that could be anywhere at anytime given his aquatic nature. But following the great beasts energy, he would be found in a matter of minutes.
Cell's hunting eventually lead him right into the middle of the ocean somewhere off the tropical islands. He knew them well enough as the place in which he WOULD have become complete if he took Trunks's time machine to the past.
"Now then..." He stretched his hand out towards the water's surface. He could survive without oxygen but there was no logical reason for halving his combat strength against a creature that survived a nuke. Truly other than the Androids...this would be his greatest challenge in life.
He dug deep into his reserves of Ki and forced the water to split. It wasn't perfect given he was still himself VERY imperfect but he saw what he was looking for. A great yellow eye...Practically as large as HE was. The black scaled mass that began to rise out of the water's surface left a shivering sensation in Cell's spine. Despite the fact they were submerged in the ocean...he could hear those quaking foot steps as he crossed into shallower water.
Cell vaguely recollected watching monster flicks in his old world. Many of which depicted Godzilla as this all powerful behemoth...unmatched in raw power and his size. For a moment, as those black scales glimmered in the sunlight, and those eyes settled on him, he felt a twinge of fear. Unlike the other beasts of earth, the gaze it held on him told of something ancient.
He could not toy with this one. It would crush him if he underestimated it. Cell watched the tail slowly coming out from the water's surface, strong dark green ridges running along it's back all the way to the tip of it's tail.
"Well Godzilla we finally meet..." Cell had to hold back a swallow so as to not show cowardice to such a foe. "I'm standing here in front of a final boss character...! This is fantastic! I never thought I'd actually meet THE Godzilla."
If his colossal foe was confused it didn't show it. Those eyes blinked once, burning right into the android's core. It had been disturbed, and judging by the look in it's eyes, he was unamused.
"Right...! Ahem..." Cell cleared his throat and tucked his fanboy reactions down into the depths of his core. He needed to get serious. "Prepare to become one with the greatest being in the universe...! I will have your power!"
He'd barely noticed the tail coming at him like a thundering whip and took a glancing blow that sent Cell cartwheeling in the air towards one of the unoccupied islands on the archipelago. It took all his willpower to force himself to stop and gather his bearings. He was looking at Godzilla upside down, even as that tail came at him again.
Tucking his body into itself, he spun into flight around that tail and started flying along the great beasts back. "That won't work again." He clenched his fists and started punching into Godzilla's back just under one of his spines. But at his size he might as well have been an ant. Judging by Godzilla's head turning to face him, it definitely felt the impact but at their size difference it barely mattered.
This was like a mouse trying to fight a lion. He watched one great hand reach out and grasp him in it's claws. Such strength in those digits that held Cell in place. "Nnngh...! If Goku wanted a challenge he should have fought this guy to prepare for my predecessors...!"
I...Won't lose...!
Godzilla squeezed him tight, like he were a stress ball and for a moment he'd even thought he might be smashed into paste. The Kaiju however wound his arm forward and hurled the android right into the island, breaking several trees on his impact.
Several snaps echoed through the Archipelago until a dull thud signaled Cell's body finally settling. He lay in the middle of a number of smashed trees looking up at the sky. This was a lot different than the triceratops king. This was his first legitimate fight and he was so far not doing so well...
"No wonder this earth's military do their best to avoid Godzilla...! But I can't give up."
Pushing off a tree that had landed on top of himself, the Android got back up onto his feet and looked back at the oceanside where Godzilla appeared to be waiting patiently for him to return. "Hmph...You're certainly more intelligent than I give you credit for. Hmmm?!"
Once he was at the edge of the island, he saw something that gave him just a moment of pause. Godzilla's back was glowing, electricity running through it as his jaws parted. The blue energy that was gathering there only told him one thing.. "His Atomic breath. This...is going to hurt..."
NO. He couldn't let that hit. He had to start showing his true android powers. The powers he inherited from the greatest in the universe. Cell held both hands out in a familiar pose, palms outstretched, clawed fingers spread out as he held them just at his hip. His power flared as he summoned up every ounce of strength in his body, electricity dancing around his body as if he were a Super Saiyan. "KAAAAAA...MEEEEEE...HAAAAA...MEEEEEEEEEE...!"
He was channeling every ounce of the power he'd collected from this worlds predators. This would be the test he needed. The test to see if he could protect the people that were on this island. {I'm going to make this world a better future...!}
A bright blue sphere enveloped the android's palms as they held together like a great maw that was about to spew forth fire. In a way...it was exactly what he was about to do. Yellow aura danced around his body, the electricity much fiercer now as the desire to protect this world granted him strength.
Godzilla's body was glowing a powerful blue aura, dangerous and deadly in itself before firing a massive beam that was heading right towards the charging android.
He should have been scared...Should have had the instinct to RUN from this attack but right now he was feeling oddly protective. His power hit it's peak and the energy he'd been saving how ready to fire, even as that breath of pure destructive force was barreling towards him.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Cell stretched his arms forward, pressing his palms outward as he let the massive build up of Ki fly from his grasp. He watched with newfound courage as the two forces of energy collided, creating quite a few sparks of their own and upsetting the oceans current as waves of great force lapped at the surrounding islands.
It was truly as though a hurricane was in effect around the area...There were no thunder clouds, yet thunder roared and lightning flashed between their attacks. Anyone who may have been watching from one of the surrounding islands would be treated to a rare, if not quite deadly sight.
Whoever gave out first would lose this tug of war...And it wasn't going to be Cell...He refused to let it happen.
"This world is mine...You are no longer the king of monsters in this world...!" Cell declared, roaring in his own way as he pushed his body past it's limits to force his Kamehameha through the atomic blast, practically splitting it in half with the results being that his Ki attack flew straight into Godzilla's mouth.
An explosion ensued that left the androids view completely obscured. Did he get em...? Godzilla surely had to have taken SOME damage from that Tug of war...or Ki war as Cell decided to dub it. However as the smoke cleared, and Cell found himself looking at the towering figure in front of him...Godzilla had certainly taken a handful of damage specifically around his mouth, but his body looked almost largely intact. "How can I defeat something like that...?! Sure I'm powerful but so long as there's this big of a size discrepancy I might as well be an appetizer to him...!"
An appetizer...?
He gave his enraged foe one last look at his damaged muzzle and snapped his fingers as if something came to mind. "Godzilla...I think it's time we got to know each other a little better..."
Drained of much of his power thanks to that ordeal, Cell was slow to return to the skies. If he was going to do this, he'd have to provoke Godzilla before it would work. He wasn't experienced. All that he knew, all of his power, he'd learned and gained from the super computer underneath the lab. Invaluable experiences all of them, and if not for all of that information running around inside of him he never could have even dared challenge this fearsome foe.
"Alright big guy...! I need your power and I'm going to take it! No hard feelings..." It felt wrong in some ways to pick a fight with this behemoth...But for the sake of the future it had to be done.
He started pressing two fingers towards his forehead, gathering his energy up for one last ditch effort. Maybe if he hadn't expended his power he could come up with something more than a minor annoyance to this majestic creature, but it was THAT Kamehameha that saved not only HIS hide but the people in this archipelago. He had no room for regrets...It was now or never as electricity started sparking along the tips of his fingers. "This won't be nearly as powerful as a 100 percent Special Beam cannon...but I think you'll find this to be more than enough to tick you off big guy...!"
Either Godzilla wasn't worried after their display of power, or he was simply curious of what Cell was going to do...Either way as the Bio Android charged his fingertips, once again the great behemoth swung it's tail in an attempt to slam his foe right back into the ground.
With near perfect timing, Cell leapt out of the way with gash in his arm as one of those spines cut close right into his muscle fibers. It hurt like hell and he wanted to scream more than anything! So that's just what he did...!
"SPECIAL BEAM CANNON FIRE!"
He let out all of the pain he'd just been given in that shot as a Special beam cannon fired from the tips of his fingers, making contact head on into Godzilla's left eye! If he'd been at full strength he might have been able to pierce THROUGH it and deal a fatal blow but as he was right now it was like he'd just poked the poor guy with his finger.
The roar that came from this beast was earth shaking. Even levitating in the air Cell could STILL feel the vibrations in the air as the great behemoth of a creature clutched at it's eye, rage burning in the second one. If Godzilla had merely been amused by his attempts till now...he was absolutely enraged NOW.
"That..." Came labored breaths from Cell as he put his hands over his knees. "Boys and girls...was all she wrote...no autographs please..." He joked, panting between words as he started feeling very fatigued. This was what it was like to fight all out...To put your life on the line...His Saiyan instincts found this exhilarating...as did he.
But he had to temper his expectations. As he expected, Godzilla's speed and strength doubled since their bout began, and he found himself scarcely able to avoid the monster's tail and arms. It would only take one mistake...one wrong move...and he was done.
He dove under the tail and sidestepped a clawed slash in his direction here and there, the strength draining from his body by the minute but eventually...one attack got through.
Like before, Godzilla managed to reach out and grab Cell in his massive claws. There was a pained groan from the android as he felt his bones being crushed. This wasn't part of the plan...He just had to hold on...HOPE this guy would be angry enough to do what he thought he might do. That was when he saw those glistening white teeth.
In his rage, Godzilla brought Cell towards his jaws nice and wide, stuffing him inside without even a blink of an eye as if he were a candy. Cell barely had any time to scream out before the jaws clamped shut.
Where he was now it was dark and damp...The scent wasn't all too pleasant either...like fish...looots of it...And the tongue beneath him just rolled underneath him, slapping and slithering around him to taste over his body.
It was a disgusting feeling far as Cell was concerned...but this had to happen. If his plan was to succeed...he needed this to work. He endured it with eyes closed.
Outside, there was no real discernible difference in Godzilla's demeanor...If anything he grew a little lazier...part of his cheek bulging with Cell's form as if he were a piece of candy...but the look in his eye was still all too clear...He intended to swallow down his foe and send him to oblivion in the only way he thought was worth the annoyance and pain he inflicted upon his eye.
There was a rumbling around Cell. He thought the beast might have been ENJOYING his flavor...how humiliating...! It was only seconds later however that he would feel his surroundings shift...The great tongue that had been matting him down suddenly curled upward some, guiding him towards the hungry Kaiju's throat.
{This is it...! The moment I was waiting for...! I'm so glad he didn't chew to make this happen...!}
Cell was both eager, and terrified by this new adventure...With one carefree motion from his predator, he felt the muscles dragging him down right into the abyss of this colossal beast. How long would this wet, fleshy trip last...?
Outside, his bulge could barely even be seen along Godzilla's neck. Far as the King of Monsters was concerned...this was just a small snack no different than a fish. In some respects it had been a disappointment. Here this strange green creature interrupted his sleep, yet offered nothing of the same fight some of the other Kaiju's of the world offered him...They ended as a snack just like other small insects.
As large as Godzilla's body was...hearing the sounds of his body came as even more of a marvel to Cell...So many wet noises...Squelches and Gurgles further down along his trip...but the heart...the sound of that great beast's heart drilled into him just what he had tried to conquer. With his Namekian cells he could hear this and many other sounds in ways he sincerely wished he couldn't...
{Just a liiiittle bit longer...}
Finally, after what felt like eternity, Cell felt resistance as his body pressed against a tight ring. Passing through, he felt the heat suddenly increasing, as if he had just been deposited into a sauna. No...This was more intense. Thankfully he was beyond human measures and the heat did not bother him nearly as much as it should have...
What did was the pink fleshy walls which he could see with some degree of clarity. They pulsed and contracted around him yet only the floor kept contact with him. Everything was slick, and whenever he made a motion to step around his new surroundings, the flesh gave in some underneath, forcing him to squish somewhat into the pink flesh.
GWRRRRRRRGLE...!
The sight of his surroundings were bad but it was the sounds...the very biological nature of where he was that terrified him. He saw a drop of acid drip down from the walls, undoubtedly what was promising to be the end of him. "This...Is at least more of a body than Majin Buu's...Now then...If this doesn't work I'll have to call it quits...Trunks can at least defeat my brother and sister."
But Cell had NO intentions of giving up on his ambition. This world was going to be his. If he learned anything from this battle it was that Godzilla's body was tougher than Saiyan Battle armor...heck...it gave him some ideas himself but he needed to act fast...
His first idea was to jab his tail's stinger right into the belly flesh but it seemed to resist his touch...In fact, all he did was make the stomach walls squish outward some and get a rather loud, noisy groan from the chamber he was surrounded in. "Well I knew THAT would happen. Thankfully...I have other ways to get what I want..."
He clasped his hands together, slowly gathering energy in his weakened state right where he was into his palms. In here...without threat of attack from Godzilla, he could take all the time he needed...And if the stomach wasn't quick on melting him down then he could gather all of his power back.
"My regenerative powers will keep me alive but I need to act fast...Ugh...the air here is so stale...so...acidic...It's a good thing I can survive in a vacuum."
Cell was grateful to not have a nose in this form either. He could simply shut down his sense of smell without any complications. Arms outstretched in front of him, he watched the electricity gather into it while the stomach gurgled noisily around him.
The flesh started contracting...Shaking beneath him in a snaking motion that seemed a means to try and trip him up and prepare him for digestion. A drop of acid fell on his shoulder but he ignored the sizzling pain it caused him. Banished all feelings of pain right here so that he could focus on the task at hand. "You think I'm going to let you digest me? Sorry big guy...You're going in MY stomach...And I'll be keeping you once you've gone in there."
"Now...BIG BAAAAANG...!"
On the outside, Godzilla was starting to walk back into deeper waters, having intended to return to his sleep now that the creature whom disturbed him had seemingly succumbed to his belly. Upon his third step however he felt a strange presence deep within his gut.
Looking down on it, it looked relatively normal...Aside from a bright yellow glow that seemed to be coming from within. He wasn't charging his Atomic breath anymore...Suddenly however, that feeling of unease only increased, followed by an outgoing bout of pain as his stomach ballooned outward as if he'd just gone to town on one of those human settlements and gobbled everything up.
And it wasn't stopping! Was it that strange figure? He DID pull off a few strange tricks...Even forced back his Atomic breath! Without thinking, Godzilla pressed his arms to his stomach, as if trying to keep the swelling from getting any worse but the bloat he was feeling just kept building and building...
The discomfort turned to great pain as he suddenly let it out in one great breath.
"HWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARP!"
He belched loud and thunderously. With it came a bright flashing light that came right from his jaws. Ironically...the force of it's might was enough to force Godzilla to go sliding back towards the shore, crashing into the closest island that was at his back before falling helplessly onto the ground.
To someone as large as him...the one island was as like a bed to him. Still...After such an outburst he felt so weak...Another small burp escaped his jaws as smoke came out of it. A moment later he felt movement rising from within him...A feeling of something crawling right out of his gullet and back out into the world.
Cell's hands gripped at Godzilla's teeth, coated in sticky drool and his body heavily damaged not from digestive acids but by the force of the blast he endured at point blank range...His arm that had been nicked before was gone, right at the shoulder but he still forced his way out of the weakened Kaiju's jaws.
Godzilla felt strength draining from his body, as if he had been cooked from the inside out by this...this small creature. His one remaining good eye stared in some form of acceptance at this little ones clever thinking...somehow he'd been bested by this one...But how did it survive such an explosion...Certainly there must have been some sort of explosion in his stomach to force him into such a state.
"I win...I can already see that you're too weak to get back up...especially with your insides cooked like a well done steak dinner." Cell cackled, gesturing to his arm or lack thereof. "Curious how I survived are you...? I'll show you before I consume you..."
"Hrrrrrrr...rrrrrahh!" Cell shouted as he gathered what little energy he had and forged a new arm right into existence, dripping with green fluid as he panted from the exertion. "I...Can regenerate...So long as a single cell in my body remains untouched...I kept repairing and regenerating before your stomach could do me in..."
The King of monsters rumbled some kind of reply, but whatever it was became lost on Cell, who approached it's head with a look of triumph. "I won't forget this battle. In this, we will be friends. You will live on inside of me, and make this world a better place. Now...it's time...!"
Cell lifted his stinger towards the Behemoth's great neck and jabbed as fast and swift as he can, eyes tired. "I will make this as painless as I can...out of respect for your power."
There were no other words for either of them to say. Godzilla had been weakened to the point even his breathing was becoming labored...Cell had to act quick and willed his tail to suck in the bio extract of his morsel with quick efficiency.
This was done for two reasons...One was so that he could lessen the time that Godzilla would have to endure having his body being broken down and pulled into Cell's body, and the second was time...He had a week to finish his preparations...Almost certainly he would need a full day to fully process this one at their tremendous size. This would leave him undefended...
He shuddered at the thought of how big his belly was going to be when he finished...With his fastened pace his stomach was already showing massive signs of bloating. Becoming rounded just as Godzilla's body was just starting to show visible signs of shrinking.
The king of Monsters...reduced to a meal to further his OWN goals. Because of this quickened absorption the bulging mass that contracted his tail were more frequent and gave him less time to admire them. At the same time, due to his Big Bang Attack on the inside...His tail was pulling in quite a fine assortment of flavors...Smoked ham came to mind but he didn't know why. It was the closest flavor he could come up with to describe the taste that was running through the tip of his stinger.
He rubbed it obsessively, like praising a child that was doing a job well done. As he watched Godzilla's body shrinking and flattening before him, his body groaned, sloshing with the excess food that was being pulled right on into his stomach. Never before had he consumed something with such urgency...
By the time he was at the bare skin of his adversary, Cell's belly had rounded out at least a few feet ahead of him. Enough that the debris that had fallen from Godzilla's rampage was easily brushed aside to make room for himself. His hands could barely reach out around his stomach. The rest of his body remained largely the same but after this ordeal he was certain Gero made sure that his abdomen remained flexible to contain such large specimens...
He tried lifting up his massive dome of a belly but found that doing so was a chore in itself...It even growled and gurgled at him when he made the attempt. "Yeah...I'm definitely NOT going anywhere..."
He sighed, resigned to just lay right on top of his gut, hearing a rather noisy sloshing sound as if it were nothing more than a water bed. Right now...it was about as good as one. He wasn't going to be leaving this island...not for another day or two...until his body fully absorbed Godzilla, he was stuck.
"All experiments a success...Tomorrow...begin project...Perfect Imperfection..." He grew tired quite easily...What with the softness of his stomach the way it was...He was in bliss even if just for the moment. When he'd wake up again he knew that he had a LOT of work to do...lots of people to save...and a brother and sister who'd gone rogue that needed to be dealt with. For now...he slept.
(To be continued)