Chapter 2: Tear-Stained Death
Starlight was too weak from using her psychic powers to see into the future. The Cell Jr. that took her on was winning. Then he flew up into the sky and began a "Big Bang Attack." Goku, still weak from his battle with Cell, noticed that his daughter was too weak to even dodge. Thinking quickly he rushed over to her, held her close to him, and turned his back to the attack (something he does often with Gohan). Starlight was stunned. She hadn't expected him to do that. She pulled away from him, noticing that they were both energy drained and were both panting. The two Cell Jrs laughed nefariously and joined forces. Goku and Starlight were too weak to dodge and ended up getting hit a lot. Trunks, still struggling with a problem of his own, noticed this and knew he had to do something. He distracted his counterfeit Cell with an energy blast and rushed to the aid of Goku and Starlight. The two could barely stand anymore. Then a kick sent Goku falling to his knees.
"DAD!" Starlight yelled with all her might. She went over to him, noticing that he was barely breathing. The two little freaks went into the sky and began a conjoined Kamehameha Wave. It's all over, sorry I couldn't help you more Dad.....Starlight thought to herself. She stood up with her back to Goku, to barricade him from the blast. It worked. He wasn't harmed. But Starlight on the other hand, wasn't harmed either. Trunks had made a security bubble to protect her and Goku. Starlight, still awaiting the pains of the blast, opened her eyes. Trunks was standing in front of her. All three of them were surrounded in a blue bubble. He was losing energy fast. "Trunks? What are you doing? Go away, save yourself!" She pleaded. He turned his head to her.
"No. Like I said, I don't want any one to die!" He yelled as the bubble grew larger and exploded, sending an impact on the Cell Jrs., tossing them far away into the sky. Gohan was busy with the large Cell when he noticed the trouble his friends and family were having with the others. He was enraged.
"STOP IT!" He yelled, "STOP HURTING THEM!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. His energy flared, his power increased greatly. He was still screaming as his hair grew shorter and he reached a new level of Super Saiyan. His eyebrows crossed. He blasted the Cell Jrs. away from existence through his rage. Everyone powered down. Starlight was relieved. She rushed to her father's side. He smiled at her.
"I'm very proud of you.....but never try to sacrifice yourself like that for me again okay?" He said standing up drunkly. Starlight nodded and collapsed in her father's arms. She was drifting in and out of consciousness as Goku placed her on the floor, propping her up against a rock. Meanwhile, Cell was getting desperate. Then he felt a bubbly feeling in his stomach as he threw up Android 18. Everyone gasped. Krillin quietly flew to her side and rushed her away. Cell was overwhelmed, all his Cell Jrs. were destroyed and he was no longer perfect, and he found out the grueling truth; he was going to lose. Then he had a flashback to what Android 16 had said:
"I was built with a special self-destructing device," he had said, then he glowed for a while but nothing had happened because it was removed....Cell had that same device.
Cell smirked and gathered the energy needed to trigger the bomb inside of him. He began laughing maniacally as he grew larger and began bulging. "I too am an android....BUT MY SELF DESTRUCTING DEVICE WAS NEVER TAKEN OUT! I'M GOING TO BLOW UP AND TAKE THIS PATHETIC PLANET WITH ME!" He screamed. Gohan was appalled. He dropped to his knees. It was all over, there was to way to stop it from happening. The Earth would be gone in a matter of minutes. Tears formed in his eyes. There was no stopping him. He glared at Cell as he grew larger in size, there were only several seconds between now and their demise. Gohan pounded the rocky ground with his fists, creating craters. Goku's mind was racing as he placed the Earth in front of his life and selflessly transported himself to the side of Cell. He placed a hand on the enormous alien's body and brought his two fore fingers to his head.
"Goodbye son. Take care of your sister and your mother for me." He said softly, and with that Goku and the threat to Earth were gone. Goku had made the ultimate sacrifice by transporting Cell somewhere else, therefore sparing the Earth. Gohan felt the tears leave him for a short while. He was too grief stricken to even cry anymore.
If I hadn't held back so much I could've beat him. Dad would still be here. He thought to himself. Then the tears returned. "COME BACK DAD!" He yelled. By now Starlight had regained full consciousness. Her bottom lip quivered. Tears formed in her eyes but never fell.
"Oh Dad..." She whispered looking into the sky. Everyone was too shocked to move. Even Vegeta.
"Kakarrot you stupid softie..." He grunted in his own arrogant way. No one moved a muscle. They just stood there trying to comprehend what just happened. Then Starlight had a random vision (meaning she didn't use her powers, it happened out of nowhere, so she didn't lose any energy). She saw a bird flying overhead and then bright yellow light coming out of nowhere and piercing Trunks in the chest. He died instantly. She came out of her vision scared. She stopped breathing and found herself gasping for air. She looked up and saw a bird, the same bird, flying overhead. Then she felt it. The power that would kill her best friend.
"TRUNKS LOOK OUT!" She tried to scream out loud. He was confused. Then he saw the bright yellow light come towards him with amazing speed and crash through his armor, skin, bone, and eventually through his heart. Starlight had been too late. He fell to the floor, with blood all around him. (A/N: This is the part that bothered me.....) Everyone stood there, staring at him, not offering a helping hand. (A/N: So I fixed it....) Starlight gathered her remaining strength and rushed over to him. She picked up his head, trying not to look through the gaping hole in his chest.
"Father." He said reaching a hand out towards Vegeta. Then his head fell on Starlight's chest and the little life he had left slowly drifted away. Starlight bit her lower lip. She needed to scream, she needed a shoulder to cry on. And up until now Trunks had always been that shoulder. Now he was dead. Gone forever. She looked down at his dead body and shut her eyes tightly, as if doing so would make it all go away. But it didn't. His corpse still bled in her hands. She opened her mouth and screamed a rage of fury, tears falling for her departed friend. It wasn't the death of her father that had been upsetting her that much. Cell didn't exactly kill him. But he had killed Trunks.
Vegeta was mortified. He had never accepted Trunks as royal blood up until now. His mind began flashing back to all the times he told Trunks that he was worthless. That he was too weak. That he would never amount to anything. Now, now that Trunks was finally gone, it hit Vegeta. All Trunks wanted was for his father to love and care for him. Vegeta was enraged. Tears formed in his eyes. He couldn't control his anger. He balled his fists. He yelled out loud. His hair flashed yellow. Tears were streaming down his face. He charged at Cell. Cell was not expecting this sudden burst of rage, everyone was. As Vegeta went ape-crazy on Cell, Starlight brushed the hair out of Trunks's eyes.
"Your death will not be in vain." She whispered softly to his dead body, "Your father and I will avenge you..." Starlight said baring her teeth. Tears fell onto his face. He blinked weakly and opened his eyes ever so slightly.
"S-star?" He asked coughing on his own blood, "I...love...you..." He said. His eyelids dropped; Starlight felt it, he was completely gone. She kissed his forehead as more tears fell onto his face.
"I love you too." She whispered pulling him closer to her, "I love you too."
Starlight was too weak from using her psychic powers to see into the future. The Cell Jr. that took her on was winning. Then he flew up into the sky and began a "Big Bang Attack." Goku, still weak from his battle with Cell, noticed that his daughter was too weak to even dodge. Thinking quickly he rushed over to her, held her close to him, and turned his back to the attack (something he does often with Gohan). Starlight was stunned. She hadn't expected him to do that. She pulled away from him, noticing that they were both energy drained and were both panting. The two Cell Jrs laughed nefariously and joined forces. Goku and Starlight were too weak to dodge and ended up getting hit a lot. Trunks, still struggling with a problem of his own, noticed this and knew he had to do something. He distracted his counterfeit Cell with an energy blast and rushed to the aid of Goku and Starlight. The two could barely stand anymore. Then a kick sent Goku falling to his knees.
"DAD!" Starlight yelled with all her might. She went over to him, noticing that he was barely breathing. The two little freaks went into the sky and began a conjoined Kamehameha Wave. It's all over, sorry I couldn't help you more Dad.....Starlight thought to herself. She stood up with her back to Goku, to barricade him from the blast. It worked. He wasn't harmed. But Starlight on the other hand, wasn't harmed either. Trunks had made a security bubble to protect her and Goku. Starlight, still awaiting the pains of the blast, opened her eyes. Trunks was standing in front of her. All three of them were surrounded in a blue bubble. He was losing energy fast. "Trunks? What are you doing? Go away, save yourself!" She pleaded. He turned his head to her.
"No. Like I said, I don't want any one to die!" He yelled as the bubble grew larger and exploded, sending an impact on the Cell Jrs., tossing them far away into the sky. Gohan was busy with the large Cell when he noticed the trouble his friends and family were having with the others. He was enraged.
"STOP IT!" He yelled, "STOP HURTING THEM!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. His energy flared, his power increased greatly. He was still screaming as his hair grew shorter and he reached a new level of Super Saiyan. His eyebrows crossed. He blasted the Cell Jrs. away from existence through his rage. Everyone powered down. Starlight was relieved. She rushed to her father's side. He smiled at her.
"I'm very proud of you.....but never try to sacrifice yourself like that for me again okay?" He said standing up drunkly. Starlight nodded and collapsed in her father's arms. She was drifting in and out of consciousness as Goku placed her on the floor, propping her up against a rock. Meanwhile, Cell was getting desperate. Then he felt a bubbly feeling in his stomach as he threw up Android 18. Everyone gasped. Krillin quietly flew to her side and rushed her away. Cell was overwhelmed, all his Cell Jrs. were destroyed and he was no longer perfect, and he found out the grueling truth; he was going to lose. Then he had a flashback to what Android 16 had said:
"I was built with a special self-destructing device," he had said, then he glowed for a while but nothing had happened because it was removed....Cell had that same device.
Cell smirked and gathered the energy needed to trigger the bomb inside of him. He began laughing maniacally as he grew larger and began bulging. "I too am an android....BUT MY SELF DESTRUCTING DEVICE WAS NEVER TAKEN OUT! I'M GOING TO BLOW UP AND TAKE THIS PATHETIC PLANET WITH ME!" He screamed. Gohan was appalled. He dropped to his knees. It was all over, there was to way to stop it from happening. The Earth would be gone in a matter of minutes. Tears formed in his eyes. There was no stopping him. He glared at Cell as he grew larger in size, there were only several seconds between now and their demise. Gohan pounded the rocky ground with his fists, creating craters. Goku's mind was racing as he placed the Earth in front of his life and selflessly transported himself to the side of Cell. He placed a hand on the enormous alien's body and brought his two fore fingers to his head.
"Goodbye son. Take care of your sister and your mother for me." He said softly, and with that Goku and the threat to Earth were gone. Goku had made the ultimate sacrifice by transporting Cell somewhere else, therefore sparing the Earth. Gohan felt the tears leave him for a short while. He was too grief stricken to even cry anymore.
If I hadn't held back so much I could've beat him. Dad would still be here. He thought to himself. Then the tears returned. "COME BACK DAD!" He yelled. By now Starlight had regained full consciousness. Her bottom lip quivered. Tears formed in her eyes but never fell.
"Oh Dad..." She whispered looking into the sky. Everyone was too shocked to move. Even Vegeta.
"Kakarrot you stupid softie..." He grunted in his own arrogant way. No one moved a muscle. They just stood there trying to comprehend what just happened. Then Starlight had a random vision (meaning she didn't use her powers, it happened out of nowhere, so she didn't lose any energy). She saw a bird flying overhead and then bright yellow light coming out of nowhere and piercing Trunks in the chest. He died instantly. She came out of her vision scared. She stopped breathing and found herself gasping for air. She looked up and saw a bird, the same bird, flying overhead. Then she felt it. The power that would kill her best friend.
"TRUNKS LOOK OUT!" She tried to scream out loud. He was confused. Then he saw the bright yellow light come towards him with amazing speed and crash through his armor, skin, bone, and eventually through his heart. Starlight had been too late. He fell to the floor, with blood all around him. (A/N: This is the part that bothered me.....) Everyone stood there, staring at him, not offering a helping hand. (A/N: So I fixed it....) Starlight gathered her remaining strength and rushed over to him. She picked up his head, trying not to look through the gaping hole in his chest.
"Father." He said reaching a hand out towards Vegeta. Then his head fell on Starlight's chest and the little life he had left slowly drifted away. Starlight bit her lower lip. She needed to scream, she needed a shoulder to cry on. And up until now Trunks had always been that shoulder. Now he was dead. Gone forever. She looked down at his dead body and shut her eyes tightly, as if doing so would make it all go away. But it didn't. His corpse still bled in her hands. She opened her mouth and screamed a rage of fury, tears falling for her departed friend. It wasn't the death of her father that had been upsetting her that much. Cell didn't exactly kill him. But he had killed Trunks.
Vegeta was mortified. He had never accepted Trunks as royal blood up until now. His mind began flashing back to all the times he told Trunks that he was worthless. That he was too weak. That he would never amount to anything. Now, now that Trunks was finally gone, it hit Vegeta. All Trunks wanted was for his father to love and care for him. Vegeta was enraged. Tears formed in his eyes. He couldn't control his anger. He balled his fists. He yelled out loud. His hair flashed yellow. Tears were streaming down his face. He charged at Cell. Cell was not expecting this sudden burst of rage, everyone was. As Vegeta went ape-crazy on Cell, Starlight brushed the hair out of Trunks's eyes.
"Your death will not be in vain." She whispered softly to his dead body, "Your father and I will avenge you..." Starlight said baring her teeth. Tears fell onto his face. He blinked weakly and opened his eyes ever so slightly.
"S-star?" He asked coughing on his own blood, "I...love...you..." He said. His eyelids dropped; Starlight felt it, he was completely gone. She kissed his forehead as more tears fell onto his face.
"I love you too." She whispered pulling him closer to her, "I love you too."