ChickFlick Chapter 4
That night, just before she went to bed, Chichi opened her window and leaned out into the cool, dark night air. She looked up at the billions of stars. She started comparing them to the groups of girls she had been training with that day. She would be the large whitish-blue star, flickering against the black of the night sky. Pan would be the large reddish one, burning with a fierce light. Videl would be the medium-sized white one, burning steadily. Eighteen would be the pale yellow star, flickering so much that sometimes it seemed large and sometimes tiny. And Bulma would be the smallish pure white star, twinkling through it all.
She lowered her gaze and looked towards the dim horizon. Somewhere out there Cell was holding Goku, Gohan, Goten and all the others captive. What could he possibly want them for? Sure, they were the strongest group of men in the world, but...
"Chichi!" She was suddenly jerked out of her thoughts. It was King Kai's voice in her head, communicating by telepathy.
"What is it King Kai?" She was nervous. Any news King Kai could possibly tell her would either be extremely good, extremely bad, or would help them rescue Goku and the others. She braced herself.
"I've found out something. I've been trying to track down Goku's thought patterns ever since they were captured, and I haven't got a thing. They must have done something to stop him communicating with telepathy." Chichi's blood ran cold, but she didn't interrupt. I've also been following Cell's thought patterns, although he doesn't know it. And...... I think I know what he's trying to do with them."
There was a pause. Chichi's stomach dropped. King Kai was obviously debating with himself, wondering whether to tell her or not.
"Come on, King Kai, you've got to tell me!"
"Okay," said King Kai reluctantly, "if you really want to know..." Chichi clenched her teeth, balled her hands into fists and then nodded. Then she realised King Kai couldn't see her. He answered anyway.
"Alright. Well. Cell's thought waves were full of evil; not a very nice thing to comprehend, I can tell you. But he kept having one thought over and over again; his obsession is to be the strongest being in the universe. [well duh that's what all bad guys want to be ;)] His thoughts were somewhere along the lines of 'once my draining machine has finished with them all...they'll just be pathetic piles of skin and bones...and I'll be the most powerful being in the universe! Because of their power that got drained into me! [Insert evil laugh here]' I think maybe he's a bit mad. That was the kind of thing he thought about all the time.
There was a stunned silence from Chichi. She couldn't let this happen! But she had to be strong.
"Don't worry about them King Kai. We're not gonna let Cell do this to them."
* * * * *
The others were surprised when they arrived at the gym and found that Chichi was already there, fully dressed in her training outfit, and was training on the practice mats. And they were even more surprised when she told them that she had been there all morning and most of last night, too.
"But why?" mused Bulma, with her hands on her hips, "Why have you been here for so long?" Chichi stopped blasting energy at the target and slowly walked over to them.
"Because I've found out what Cell is doing to them."
Everyone glanced around at all the tense faces, and fixed their gaze back on her.
And she began to speak.
That night, just before she went to bed, Chichi opened her window and leaned out into the cool, dark night air. She looked up at the billions of stars. She started comparing them to the groups of girls she had been training with that day. She would be the large whitish-blue star, flickering against the black of the night sky. Pan would be the large reddish one, burning with a fierce light. Videl would be the medium-sized white one, burning steadily. Eighteen would be the pale yellow star, flickering so much that sometimes it seemed large and sometimes tiny. And Bulma would be the smallish pure white star, twinkling through it all.
She lowered her gaze and looked towards the dim horizon. Somewhere out there Cell was holding Goku, Gohan, Goten and all the others captive. What could he possibly want them for? Sure, they were the strongest group of men in the world, but...
"Chichi!" She was suddenly jerked out of her thoughts. It was King Kai's voice in her head, communicating by telepathy.
"What is it King Kai?" She was nervous. Any news King Kai could possibly tell her would either be extremely good, extremely bad, or would help them rescue Goku and the others. She braced herself.
"I've found out something. I've been trying to track down Goku's thought patterns ever since they were captured, and I haven't got a thing. They must have done something to stop him communicating with telepathy." Chichi's blood ran cold, but she didn't interrupt. I've also been following Cell's thought patterns, although he doesn't know it. And...... I think I know what he's trying to do with them."
There was a pause. Chichi's stomach dropped. King Kai was obviously debating with himself, wondering whether to tell her or not.
"Come on, King Kai, you've got to tell me!"
"Okay," said King Kai reluctantly, "if you really want to know..." Chichi clenched her teeth, balled her hands into fists and then nodded. Then she realised King Kai couldn't see her. He answered anyway.
"Alright. Well. Cell's thought waves were full of evil; not a very nice thing to comprehend, I can tell you. But he kept having one thought over and over again; his obsession is to be the strongest being in the universe. [well duh that's what all bad guys want to be ;)] His thoughts were somewhere along the lines of 'once my draining machine has finished with them all...they'll just be pathetic piles of skin and bones...and I'll be the most powerful being in the universe! Because of their power that got drained into me! [Insert evil laugh here]' I think maybe he's a bit mad. That was the kind of thing he thought about all the time.
There was a stunned silence from Chichi. She couldn't let this happen! But she had to be strong.
"Don't worry about them King Kai. We're not gonna let Cell do this to them."
* * * * *
The others were surprised when they arrived at the gym and found that Chichi was already there, fully dressed in her training outfit, and was training on the practice mats. And they were even more surprised when she told them that she had been there all morning and most of last night, too.
"But why?" mused Bulma, with her hands on her hips, "Why have you been here for so long?" Chichi stopped blasting energy at the target and slowly walked over to them.
"Because I've found out what Cell is doing to them."
Everyone glanced around at all the tense faces, and fixed their gaze back on her.
And she began to speak.