Hello again everybody!!! Yay, go me! Chapter 20!!! Phew... and still going strong. Hmmm, okay, I think I am about three quarters of the way through this story or maybe a bit more, and the final confrontation is coming up!!! On the next episode of Dragon... Ball... Z!!! [AAAAAH!!! LAME!!!] [bursts out in insane laughter] [sorry ppl, I'm a little high at the moment! :) ].
ChickFlick Chapter 20
He was still just standing there. Standing, and staring at them. They were across the room from him, still hovering in he air in a straight line. Still breathing fairly heavily from the effort of building up their huge Destructo Disc, they floated slowly downwards.
As her feet touched the ground, Chichi continued to glare at Cell, willing him to break his long period of silence. Under the fierceness of her gaze he finally uncrossed his arms and allowed his old mocking smile to slide back into place.
"He made me lose my necklace!" Bulma growled to the rest of them in anger. Of course, they all knew how important this particular necklace was to her. "Raditz ripped it off and threw it, and then something really weird happened..." Chichi, Videl, Eighteen and Pan were all looking at her now. "You know the big sphere hanging from the ceiling?" They all turned to gaze at it, wondering what was coming next. "Well, it looks like it's made from solid metal, but it can't be; I was watching it really closely, and my necklace just went straight through it like it was nothing but air!"
"What?!"
"Are you sure?!"
They all turned to look suspiciously at Cell.
"Ok," said Chichi ominously, "I think it's time you were honest for once. Tell us fair and square: What is going on here?" A sly look crossed her face. "...Or are you afraid of facing us on even ground?" A spark of irritation flashed in his eyes, but he just laughed at her and said:
"I really wouldn't want to spoil the surprise for you, you know. I just can't wait to see the look on your face when you find out... but no, I don't want to give myself away, now do I?" He sniggered to himself.
They turned their backs on Cell to confer amongst each other.
"That's it," Chichi growled to her friends, it's some kind of powerful weapon, it must be." Sho shot a suspicious look at Cell, leant towards them even further and whispered "We'll have to destroy it before he can get a chance to use it." The others nodded their agreement. "Spirit Ball?" She queried thoughtfully.
"Yeah, that'll do the job," said Eighteen, nodding quickly.
"I'll do it, if you want." Videl offered. Chichi smiled.
"Be my guest."
Throughout this whole last part of their conversation, they had been speaking quietly so that Cell would not hear their plans. Now, within a few seconds, Videl summoned up a large Spirit Ball. With a flick of her wrist she sent it zooming towards the centre of the room.
"No!!!" Cell managed to choke out, his eyes widening with horror and shock. "Stop! You don't know what you're doing!" None of them moved, and Videl kept her energy ball straight on course. 'It really must have been a powerful weapon,' thought Pan calmly as she watched Cell pushing buttons on the large central computer frantically, his fingers flying over the keypad.
Suddenly the metal surface of the sphere shimmered, like water when a pebble is tossed in. Then, in its place, there instantaneously appeared a hollow red ball of energy, the same size as the metal sphere had been. It was translucent; you could now see its secret which it had been hiding from them for so long.
Videl cried out in alarm. Her ball of energy was still heading straight towards the glowing red ball. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut, and, using all the power in her mind, wrenched the energy ball off its previous course. The others held their breath and watched as the ball suddenly veered around in midair and went flying wildly into the side of the cavern. Videl was breathing heavily from her effort. The flow of water from the ceiling increased even more; now there was a steady stream.
After so long of not knowing, now they could see. They could finally see their goal. A muddle of confused and surprised shouts rang through the air, calls of friend's and loved one's names. Finally the echoes died away and they just stood there, staring back at each other mutely. Within the red, ball-shaped energy field was a metal cage. The eight corners were just inside the glowing translucent ball and the bars were very thick, set about 10 centimetres apart. A metal chain, with many electrical wires twisted around it, held the whole cage suspended in the air.
Chichi searched out the faces of Goku, Gohan, Goten... tears sprung into her eyes as she saw the condition they were in. Goku still had his mouth wide open with the shock of their appearance. Gohan was standing close beside his father. Both had their hands wrapped tightly around the bars, gazing outwards. The sweat was streaming off them; now that the sphere had been un-shielded, the girls could feel the heat waves emanating from it. The shield around the ball had been blocking their energy signals, but even now their ki was weak, and it was slowly, slowly, almost imperceptibly, fading away...
Goten was on his knees beside Trunks. The two younger boys were almost driven to the ground in exhaustion. Bulma gazed at Vegeta; he was standing tall and proud as always, trying to conceal his weak and helpless position. But there was a darkness in his eyes that spoke of his pain and humiliation louder than words. More than anything, Bulma wanted to reach out and touch him. She noticed something glinting golden in his hand. It was her necklace. Her eyes misted over as she realised that he, out of all people, had caught it for her. [AN: Yes... what an amazingly well placed coincidence... :)].
Eighteen was also crying as she looked at Krillin. The little man's shoulders were slumped, but there was a hope bourn of absolute desperation in his eyes. Both Pan and Videl were gazing longingly at Gohan.
"You MONSTER!" Pan cried to Cell in a rage. "How are you doing this?! WHY are you doing this?!"
"It is my destiny." Replied Cell simply, unfazed in the face of her anger. "As for 'how', you have Dr Gero to thank for that." Eighteen growled softly in the back of her throat. Cell ignored her and continued. "It's fairly simple; this is the invention that drains away people's energy. Anything within that red energy bubble will have its energy absorbed into the computer, where it will be stored until the absorption process is complete. And then, I will have their power." There was still that same old evil glint in his eyes as he looked around the cavern, sizing up the recent damage. The electrical equipment was pretty much untouched, with only a few scratches, dents, and scorch marks here and there.
The ceiling and the walls, however, were in a much worse state - [not sure about the grammar there...] - the water that was dripping from them was already almost ankle deep, and it was rising slowly but steadily. Cell, as per usual, smirked.
"Soon I will be ready. The process is almost complete. But in the mean time..." he rubbed his hands together in anticipation... "I hope you ladies have had a good enough warm-up by now. I'm just about ready to get down to business. So, who wants the honour, the privilege, of fighting me first?"
Bulma glanced up into Vegeta's eyes. Without saying anything, without even moving a muscle, she could tell that he was urging her on. And so, before the others had a chance to say anything, she stepped forward.
"I'll do it. I will fight you, Cell."
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AN: VERY short chapter, I know, but I haven't updates for SOOOO long, (like months and months), I am SO sorry, but year 10 is EVIL!!! And anyway, my notebook that I write the draft for this is fell apart. Completely. It is now just a whole heap of little bits of lose paper. But I got a new one, so... ON WITH THE JOB!!! On to the big, major, fight scene!!! Ugh. I hate writing fight scenes. What do you think of the ones so far, are they ok? I keep asking that don't I? Oh well. PLEASE REVIEW.
ChickFlick Chapter 20
He was still just standing there. Standing, and staring at them. They were across the room from him, still hovering in he air in a straight line. Still breathing fairly heavily from the effort of building up their huge Destructo Disc, they floated slowly downwards.
As her feet touched the ground, Chichi continued to glare at Cell, willing him to break his long period of silence. Under the fierceness of her gaze he finally uncrossed his arms and allowed his old mocking smile to slide back into place.
"He made me lose my necklace!" Bulma growled to the rest of them in anger. Of course, they all knew how important this particular necklace was to her. "Raditz ripped it off and threw it, and then something really weird happened..." Chichi, Videl, Eighteen and Pan were all looking at her now. "You know the big sphere hanging from the ceiling?" They all turned to gaze at it, wondering what was coming next. "Well, it looks like it's made from solid metal, but it can't be; I was watching it really closely, and my necklace just went straight through it like it was nothing but air!"
"What?!"
"Are you sure?!"
They all turned to look suspiciously at Cell.
"Ok," said Chichi ominously, "I think it's time you were honest for once. Tell us fair and square: What is going on here?" A sly look crossed her face. "...Or are you afraid of facing us on even ground?" A spark of irritation flashed in his eyes, but he just laughed at her and said:
"I really wouldn't want to spoil the surprise for you, you know. I just can't wait to see the look on your face when you find out... but no, I don't want to give myself away, now do I?" He sniggered to himself.
They turned their backs on Cell to confer amongst each other.
"That's it," Chichi growled to her friends, it's some kind of powerful weapon, it must be." Sho shot a suspicious look at Cell, leant towards them even further and whispered "We'll have to destroy it before he can get a chance to use it." The others nodded their agreement. "Spirit Ball?" She queried thoughtfully.
"Yeah, that'll do the job," said Eighteen, nodding quickly.
"I'll do it, if you want." Videl offered. Chichi smiled.
"Be my guest."
Throughout this whole last part of their conversation, they had been speaking quietly so that Cell would not hear their plans. Now, within a few seconds, Videl summoned up a large Spirit Ball. With a flick of her wrist she sent it zooming towards the centre of the room.
"No!!!" Cell managed to choke out, his eyes widening with horror and shock. "Stop! You don't know what you're doing!" None of them moved, and Videl kept her energy ball straight on course. 'It really must have been a powerful weapon,' thought Pan calmly as she watched Cell pushing buttons on the large central computer frantically, his fingers flying over the keypad.
Suddenly the metal surface of the sphere shimmered, like water when a pebble is tossed in. Then, in its place, there instantaneously appeared a hollow red ball of energy, the same size as the metal sphere had been. It was translucent; you could now see its secret which it had been hiding from them for so long.
Videl cried out in alarm. Her ball of energy was still heading straight towards the glowing red ball. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut, and, using all the power in her mind, wrenched the energy ball off its previous course. The others held their breath and watched as the ball suddenly veered around in midair and went flying wildly into the side of the cavern. Videl was breathing heavily from her effort. The flow of water from the ceiling increased even more; now there was a steady stream.
After so long of not knowing, now they could see. They could finally see their goal. A muddle of confused and surprised shouts rang through the air, calls of friend's and loved one's names. Finally the echoes died away and they just stood there, staring back at each other mutely. Within the red, ball-shaped energy field was a metal cage. The eight corners were just inside the glowing translucent ball and the bars were very thick, set about 10 centimetres apart. A metal chain, with many electrical wires twisted around it, held the whole cage suspended in the air.
Chichi searched out the faces of Goku, Gohan, Goten... tears sprung into her eyes as she saw the condition they were in. Goku still had his mouth wide open with the shock of their appearance. Gohan was standing close beside his father. Both had their hands wrapped tightly around the bars, gazing outwards. The sweat was streaming off them; now that the sphere had been un-shielded, the girls could feel the heat waves emanating from it. The shield around the ball had been blocking their energy signals, but even now their ki was weak, and it was slowly, slowly, almost imperceptibly, fading away...
Goten was on his knees beside Trunks. The two younger boys were almost driven to the ground in exhaustion. Bulma gazed at Vegeta; he was standing tall and proud as always, trying to conceal his weak and helpless position. But there was a darkness in his eyes that spoke of his pain and humiliation louder than words. More than anything, Bulma wanted to reach out and touch him. She noticed something glinting golden in his hand. It was her necklace. Her eyes misted over as she realised that he, out of all people, had caught it for her. [AN: Yes... what an amazingly well placed coincidence... :)].
Eighteen was also crying as she looked at Krillin. The little man's shoulders were slumped, but there was a hope bourn of absolute desperation in his eyes. Both Pan and Videl were gazing longingly at Gohan.
"You MONSTER!" Pan cried to Cell in a rage. "How are you doing this?! WHY are you doing this?!"
"It is my destiny." Replied Cell simply, unfazed in the face of her anger. "As for 'how', you have Dr Gero to thank for that." Eighteen growled softly in the back of her throat. Cell ignored her and continued. "It's fairly simple; this is the invention that drains away people's energy. Anything within that red energy bubble will have its energy absorbed into the computer, where it will be stored until the absorption process is complete. And then, I will have their power." There was still that same old evil glint in his eyes as he looked around the cavern, sizing up the recent damage. The electrical equipment was pretty much untouched, with only a few scratches, dents, and scorch marks here and there.
The ceiling and the walls, however, were in a much worse state - [not sure about the grammar there...] - the water that was dripping from them was already almost ankle deep, and it was rising slowly but steadily. Cell, as per usual, smirked.
"Soon I will be ready. The process is almost complete. But in the mean time..." he rubbed his hands together in anticipation... "I hope you ladies have had a good enough warm-up by now. I'm just about ready to get down to business. So, who wants the honour, the privilege, of fighting me first?"
Bulma glanced up into Vegeta's eyes. Without saying anything, without even moving a muscle, she could tell that he was urging her on. And so, before the others had a chance to say anything, she stepped forward.
"I'll do it. I will fight you, Cell."
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AN: VERY short chapter, I know, but I haven't updates for SOOOO long, (like months and months), I am SO sorry, but year 10 is EVIL!!! And anyway, my notebook that I write the draft for this is fell apart. Completely. It is now just a whole heap of little bits of lose paper. But I got a new one, so... ON WITH THE JOB!!! On to the big, major, fight scene!!! Ugh. I hate writing fight scenes. What do you think of the ones so far, are they ok? I keep asking that don't I? Oh well. PLEASE REVIEW.