Okay, here it is. The last of three parts. This chapter wraps up the
loose ends and reveals a few things. By the way, it mostly revolves around
Cell's tournament, and because most of you already know what happens there
I'm just going to start at a good point (because I'm lazy and don't want to
do the whole thing.)
Anyway, if you liked last chapter, you'll love this one.
~~~~~~*** THE ONE KICKS BUTT ***~~~~~~
We find our hero's Goku-less and Gohan on the ground. Goku just took Cell to Other World where he blew himself up, killing Goku, but not himself. And that is where our story continues.
"Dad! Why did you have to go?!" Gohan was beating on the ground, asking why, but Alex had other things on her mind.
"Hey, Trunks. Would you do me a favor?"
"Uh, sure? What is it?"
"Move over to your left about six inches. Don't ask why, just do it, okay?"
Trunks didn't know what to say, so instead he just did what he was asked, moving over six inches.
And Tien was the first to notice it. Cell's power was radiating again, he had never truly left. "What's that?" Gohan looked up, but not before a shot of energy came out of the dust-cloud and penetrated Trunks in the chest.
"Trunks!!!" Vegeta got that look in his eye, Cell had killed his son! CELL HAD KILLED HIS SON!! HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD!!
Enraged, Vegeta was out for blood, Cell's blood! "CELL!! AAAAHHHH!!!" Vegeta grabbed him and threw him into the air with amazing speed. But Cell never raised a finger. Vegeta slammed him into the ground. Cell never even looked back at him. Vegeta launched a volley of ki-blasts with incredible ferocity, leaving a crater the size of a small city. But Cell was not there; he was behind Vegeta, laughing maniacally.
"Well, Vegeta. I suppose there is some fight left in you! But, I have just one more thing to say to you. STAY OUT OF MY WAY VEGETA!!" With almost no warning Cell slammed Vegeta to the ground and sent a humungous blast down after him.
"No! Vegeta!" Gohan sped after Vegeta and blocked the blast with the whole left side of his body.
"Hey, Cell!"
Alex was holding the now conscious Trunks in her arms. "Did you forget?"
Cell looked at her with a crazy grin on his face. "Forget what?"
"Forget our deal?"
"Deal?"
"Let me remind you." Alex started walking up to Cell, recounting the event between the two. "Ten days ago you and I fought. As part of the rules we agreed that neither of us was to kill the other."
"Yes. I remember those terms."
"Well, the last term was that I was to fight you at the tournament. Do you remember that?"
Cell smiled evilly. "Well, I hate to disappoint you, but I am growing tired of playing games here. I have eternity to spend destroying the Universe and I would like to get started REALLY SOON!! HAHAHAA!!!" And with that Cell powered up his most powerful attack, the Kamehameha.
"NO! CELL, DON'T DO IT!!!"
"Are you giving up so soon? Gohan? Because if you are I can put you out of your misery. RIGHT HERE!!! KAAAA!!"
"Oh, no! I can't fight anymore!!"
"MEEEEE!!!"
{Gohan!!}
"Huh? Dad?"
{Yes, son. You have to fight him. Use the Kamehameha wave and defeat Cell! I know you can do it Gohan. You have to!}
But Alex had other plans. She was already powering up. "I keep my promises, Cell. And I'm not about to let someone like you keep me from KEEPING YOURS!!!"
"HAHAHAAA!!! JUST TRY TO STOP ME!!! HAHAHAHAAA!!!!"
"Your wish is my incentive."
"Huh?" Gohan wasn't exactly sure what Alex was doing, if nothing more than buying time.
"Look Cell. Whether you like it or not, YOU WILL FIGHT ME!!!"
"NO! DON'T DO IT!!! YOU'RE NO MATCH FOR HIM!!"
"Look Trunks. Just trust me, I know what I'm doing, so just hold off and let me do my stuff. Okay? Now if you'll excuse me I have a disaster to prevent." Alex launched herself to right in front of Cell, who only barely put up his guard before being hit with a very powerful right hook.
CCRRAASSHH!!! Cell fell through a mountain from the force of the attack, his attack on Earth cancelled, his wrath now had a new focus. Rather than attacking a planet, he was now going to attack a person.
"All right, girl. You have earned MY WRATH!!"
"Come and get me!" Alex floated cockily in the sky for a time, daring Cell to do his worst. And Cell took the invitation, with a vengeance.
First launching a powerful ki attack, Cell flew out of the mountain straight at Alex. Once there he kicked her in the gut and slammed her in the back, sending her reeling to the ground, where she made a rather spectacular hole in the ground.
But after a volley of ki-blasts Cell discovered that she was not there. "Where did she go?"
"Cell!" Cell turned around to find Alex, relatively unscathed and definitely not injured. The greatest surprise came from the fact that he didn't even see her come out of the hole! "Look, you've earned my respect as a fighter, but you're also pretty dangerous so I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill you."
Cell laughed at this. "You're pretty cocky for a mere nuisance... You cannot defeat me!! I AM PERFECT!!! HAHAHAAA!!!"
"Oh shut up!" Cell shut his mouth, something about her unnerved him, and he didn't like the look in her eyes. It wasn't fear, or anger. What he saw in her eyes was something else, it was... annoyance! He was an annoyance to her!! "Look, like I said before, you've earned my respect so I'm not going to play around with you. Instead, I'm going to show you something I've only shown a very few other people." She smirked a little now, "Why, you should feel special just because I'm showing it to you!"
Cell didn't know what to think, 'What could she POSSIBLY have to show me that was THAT spectacular?' But he didn't have long to wonder, because Alex soon gave a response.
"Aaaahhh!!" Quicker than before, about as quickly as Goku going Super Saiyan, Alex went to the Hyper stage. And her power rose to incredible heights. Much higher than it was before.
"Well now. What an interesting trick! Is it like Goku's Kay You Ken? (A/N: That's how it sounds anyway...)"
Alex shook her head no. "No. Actually, it's closer to his Super Saiyan transformation. And I can hold this form almost indefinitely. And like Super Saiyan... my power, speed, awareness, and general abilities increase exponentially!!" She practically whispered this last part, as if it was some kind of secret.
But despite that he could feel her power, Cell still felt he could win! How could he lose? He WAS the perfect being after all!!
"Oh, and Cell. Just so there are no illusions as to you being able to defeat me; the truth is that even in this form. I'm still hiding the lion's share of my power. But I have something else to show you! I haven't had much time to practice so sorry if it's a bit sloppy. But I promise you won't be disappointed!"
Before Cell could even respond Alex went into the powering-up pose. Her entire body pulsed and radiated with still-unseen power. Her aura seemed to seethe even more violently around her as she gathered energy for her newest 'trick'.
"Now what do you think you're doing?"
Alex only just barely responded through the wall of light and energy surrounding her. "Well, Cell. I'm going... Super!"
"WHAT!?!?"
Before he could do a thing he was blown back by her still increasing energy. The glow of her hair intensified as it changed again from brown to a golden blonde recognized by DBZ fans everywhere. "AAAAHHHH!!!!" Her eyes shown with the intensity of a Solar Flare as her ki burst off of her and changed to a seething bonfire of golden flames and the change was complete.
Vegeta could barely contain his laughter as he watched events unfold from the ground. Incredible power. A lust for the perfect fight. And an overwhelming sense of honor. That was the clincher. This girl just HAD to be Saiyan. And now she had gone... SUPER?!?! What else COULD it be!?!?
Alex opened her eyes to look at Cell, and give him the first look at her new form. She had indeed gone super, and her power was so far off the charts that the planet had been threatening to shake itself apart just from her transforming!
But there was something wrong, and Cell knew it. But he just couldn't place his hands on it. What was wrong? Something didn't seem to be right here. Something just seemed, out of place!
'What is it about this fighter? Golden hair! Golden aura! Incredible power! And her eyes...' That was it!! That what was wrong!! Alex's eyes, they were 'Golden!!'
"Hey! What are you trying to pull here!?!" Cell was now demanding answers.
"Oh? What do you mean?" She was trying to act innocent, even though she knew very well what he meant.
"Your eyes! You CAN'T be a Super Saiyan! A Super Saiyan's eyes are green! But yours... yours are... GOLDEN!!!"
Alex smiled, a knowing smile, a smile one might have seen on Vegeta's face when he'd been caught in a secret. "Oh, that. Well, that's because I'm not a Super Saiyan!"
"What is she?"
"What do you mean 'What is she?' Isn't it obvious? She's a Saiyan!!" Vegeta was determined to prove himself right. But Krillin wasn't so sure.
"No, Vegeta. Look at her eyes. They aren't the right color." Vegeta thought they were crazy, but he looked anyway.
'He's right. A Super Saiyan's eyes are green. Perhaps she really isn't Saiyan?'
Just then, Piccolo decided to land beside them, ready to offer some insight. "She's an incredible person. But most definitely not a Saiyan."
"Oh really? What makes you so sure, green man?!"
"Remember, I spent a year in that time chamber with her. During that time she shared a few things with me. Among them was that 'Hyper' level she went to a little bit ago."
Vegeta was silent, but Krillin was just a bit confused. "Hyper?"
"Yes. She calls it Hyper anyway. See, the Saiyans knew that there was a Super Saiyan level because a Saiyan had done it before. But humans had done this level before and never even knew it."
"But how could they not recognize a change like THAT?"
"Well, among humans, brown hair and eyes are common. And the power was attributed to magic. So no one knew about that ability because it couldn't really be taught."
"I see." Krillin was deep in thought. "But that still doesn't explain THAT!"
"Let me continue! You see, she has some very good reasons for increasing her power. I won't go into that, but let me say that compared to him. Cell is like a single grain of sand in a large hourglass." Vegeta was silent, though annoyed. How could a human exceed HIS power? It just didn't make sense. Well, then he would just have to try harder.
"And the thing is, she is traveling... around... in an attempt to make herself stronger." Then he looked up at her. "Apparently, this is just another step towards her goal."
And Alex was dodging every punch, kick, and blast attack Cell threw at her. Her golden aura seeming to grow with every movement. "Well, Cell. I think it's about time to test out my new strength. What do you think?" Cell only growled, shouted, and blasted her with a rather powerful Kamehameha.
And when the smoke cleared. There stood (uh, floated) Alex. Completely unscarred and unmoving. "Well, thanks for the attempt, but I don't think that was a very accurate test of my strength. So instead, I think I'll try it out on YOU!" Before he could even respond, Cell found himself without a head, and Alex's fist poking straight through where it used to be.
"Hehe, oh come on Cell! Don't lose your head on me!" Cell took only a few seconds to rebuild his head. "Well, now. Don't you feel special?"
Cell was enraged. He was being beaten, BY A HUMAN! And, there was NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT IT!! "I'LL KILL YOU!!" Cell put one finger above his head and a red ball of energy appeared over him. "HAHAHA!! YOU CAN'T BREATHE IN SPACE, CAN YOU? WELL I CAN, PLANET CRUSHER!!" Cell went to the same tactic Frieza had used on Namek.
"GOHAN!! STOP IT!! USE THE KAMEHAMEHA!!"
"What!? Right!" Gohan went into classic pose and charged up a powerful blast. "KA ME HA ME HAAAAA!!!!" He launched the attack and stopped the red ball of energy in mid-air.
{NOW GOHAN!! GET RID OF IT!!} Gohan's energy surged and his attack overwhelmed the Planet Crusher, sending it safely to space.
But Cell wasn't finished just yet. "HAHAHA!! THERE'S PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM!! HAHAHA!!"
"Oh, really?" Cell's attack stopped as Alex grabbed his wrist, keeping him from launching another Planet Crusher; she chuckled a little as Cell's anger boiled over. He went into a desperate volley of punches and kicks and ki-blasts and whatever else he could think of. But despite all his efforts, he still failed to hit her! "Well, I guess it's about time to wrap this up!" And without a second word, she put her hands out in front of her, in classic style.
"WHAT?!?! How do you know the Kamehameha?!"
"Honestly Cell. I don't really, this move is simply similar. But don't worry, it still packs quite a punch!" She gathered energy as she moved her hands to her side, separating her hands so that they pointed to each other and created a baseball-sized ball of energy. "See, it's called the Manal-a Star (Mah-Nall-ay Star), and it's not a beam. Instead, it's more of a ball. And there's no need to yell out a silly chant. In fact, I don't need to say anything!" She chuckled a little more as she channeled her power into the ball of energy, then smiled even more as she watched Cell fly down to the surface.
"HA! YOU WOULDN'T LAUNCH THAT THING AT ME FROM UP THERE! WOULD YOU? HAHAHAA!!" But her actions seemed to suggest otherwise, as she continued so smile widely and channel energy into her attack.
"Oh, Cell. You should know better than that! Even though I don't know Instant Transmission, I have ways of doing what is needed!" Before he could even really register what she had said she disappeared and fazed back in right in front of him. "I HAVE MY SPEED!!"
"NOOOOOO!!!!" Cell realized his mistake just a moment too late as she thrust her hands forward and a ball of incredible power erupted from her hands. Expanding to cover him entirely, overwhelming him with indescribable power! "AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Cell went through his last throes as his entire being was swallowed by the ball of light; everything, right down to the last cell was torn to atoms, and then disappeared completely.
But even that wasn't the finish; the ball of energy still hadn't been launched, had it?
"HAHAHA!! NOW!" Just as she launched the ball of energy, she pointed her hands upward and launched it into the sky with incredible speed! A ball of overwhelming power was launched straight up into the sky!
"Almost... THERE!!" Alex separated her hands and the ball, about halfway between the Earth and the moon, exploded with tremendous force, searing the moon and shining as a second sun over Earth! The light from the explosion lit up the landscape for hundreds of miles and the force of the blast outmatched even the power of the Spirit Bomb used to destroy Majin Buu!
There was no doubt about it this time, Cell was gone for good. And there was no way around it; she was the most powerful being that Universe had ever seen. And even she wasn't powerful enough.
Back on the ground the Z-gang was trying to come to terms with what they had just seen. It was over, and Alex had made it seem... well, easy!
As Alex powered back down to normal, and her regular eye and hair color returned, she looked up at the faces before her. "Excuse me. Gohan? Can I speak with you? Alone?" Gohan nodded and the others flew off, injured in tow.
After the others had left, Alex started with what she had wanted to say for a while already. "Gohan. I'm sorry about your father. I really am."
"But he's not dead! I heard him!"
Alex didn't look surprised, instead she let her head hang; she knew what had really happened.
{No, Gohan. I am dead. I'm sorry to tell you this. But I really am dead.}
"But, dad! You can't be dead! We beat Cell! Everything is fine now! And besides, we can wish you back with the Namekian DragonBalls!"
{Yeah, Goku! We can still wish you back!} The others were in the conversation now, and Krillin was taking it almost as hard as Gohan.
{No, Krillin. I know it's hard, but I'm going to have to ask you not to wish me back.}
"But dad! Why? Why can't we wish you back!?"
{Because, son. Ever since I was a child, and was sent to Earth to destroy it, even though I was trying to protect it, it's like I was fulfilling that mission all along. Villains and evil tyrants have followed me to Earth too many times. I think it's time I let it go, and leave the hero stuff to you. So, take care of your mother for me, and try to keep up in your studies, okay?}
"[Sniff] Uh, huh. Okay."
{Great. I'm sure you can find something useful to wish for, but, just don't make a wish for me. I'm sorry. Good-bye.} And that was the last they heard from him.
But Gohan wasn't over it yet. "Daddy."
And Alex still had something to say to him. "Gohan. Look at me. I can't tell you too much, but I can tell you this. He will be coming back. Don't tell anyone else, but he will come back."
"B-but why did he have to die?"
"Well, did you see that Android he spit out?"
"You mean Eighteen?"
"Uh, huh!"
"What about her?"
"Well, in a little while, Krillin and her are going to marry. And if he hadn't died, that never would have had the chance to happen."
"Huh?"
"Not only that, but... Oh, you'll see. You'll understand in time. Listen, I know it hurts. Trust me, I've been there, I know! But the only thing you can do is try to get on with your life. Cell's gone and your father isn't gone forever, just do as he told you, and I promise everything will turn out right eventually!"
"Promise?"
"Would I lie?" Gohan only leaned in on her, and she took him to the Watch Tower to see the others.
"Hold on Gohan. You'll be as good as new soon." Dende healed him quickly and Gohan laid down. Tired and sore, he fell asleep instantly.
"Well, I think my work here is done." And with that, Alex climbed into her craft. "I think I'll try something different this time. This is just too easy. I know!" Before another word was said, Shenron arose, and Alex disappeared into her Warp hole. Gone from that Universe forever.
She was going to go somewhere totally different. And she wouldn't even use her own body. Instead, she was going to use the body of someone with a pure heart, and raise their power to at least ten thousand.
A true challenge, especially since she had no idea where she was really headed.
No idea whatsoever.
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 5 ***~~~~~~
Was that too long? Well, now you know that she's definitely powerful! But who will she be in the next chapter? Only time will tell! (I already know, but you'll have to wait and find out! Hehe, I'm so evil!)
Alex: I'm hungry.
Alex Ultra: You're always hungry!
Alex: I know!
Alex Ultra: Well, we have no pizza, so why don't you order out?
Alex: Sounds good!
Alex Ultra: Yeah. (Swings phone line around) Hehehe.
Alex: Hello? Hello? Speedy Pepperoni? Come on! Hello!
Alex Ultra: Until next time!
LATER
Anyway, if you liked last chapter, you'll love this one.
~~~~~~*** THE ONE KICKS BUTT ***~~~~~~
We find our hero's Goku-less and Gohan on the ground. Goku just took Cell to Other World where he blew himself up, killing Goku, but not himself. And that is where our story continues.
"Dad! Why did you have to go?!" Gohan was beating on the ground, asking why, but Alex had other things on her mind.
"Hey, Trunks. Would you do me a favor?"
"Uh, sure? What is it?"
"Move over to your left about six inches. Don't ask why, just do it, okay?"
Trunks didn't know what to say, so instead he just did what he was asked, moving over six inches.
And Tien was the first to notice it. Cell's power was radiating again, he had never truly left. "What's that?" Gohan looked up, but not before a shot of energy came out of the dust-cloud and penetrated Trunks in the chest.
"Trunks!!!" Vegeta got that look in his eye, Cell had killed his son! CELL HAD KILLED HIS SON!! HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD!!
Enraged, Vegeta was out for blood, Cell's blood! "CELL!! AAAAHHHH!!!" Vegeta grabbed him and threw him into the air with amazing speed. But Cell never raised a finger. Vegeta slammed him into the ground. Cell never even looked back at him. Vegeta launched a volley of ki-blasts with incredible ferocity, leaving a crater the size of a small city. But Cell was not there; he was behind Vegeta, laughing maniacally.
"Well, Vegeta. I suppose there is some fight left in you! But, I have just one more thing to say to you. STAY OUT OF MY WAY VEGETA!!" With almost no warning Cell slammed Vegeta to the ground and sent a humungous blast down after him.
"No! Vegeta!" Gohan sped after Vegeta and blocked the blast with the whole left side of his body.
"Hey, Cell!"
Alex was holding the now conscious Trunks in her arms. "Did you forget?"
Cell looked at her with a crazy grin on his face. "Forget what?"
"Forget our deal?"
"Deal?"
"Let me remind you." Alex started walking up to Cell, recounting the event between the two. "Ten days ago you and I fought. As part of the rules we agreed that neither of us was to kill the other."
"Yes. I remember those terms."
"Well, the last term was that I was to fight you at the tournament. Do you remember that?"
Cell smiled evilly. "Well, I hate to disappoint you, but I am growing tired of playing games here. I have eternity to spend destroying the Universe and I would like to get started REALLY SOON!! HAHAHAA!!!" And with that Cell powered up his most powerful attack, the Kamehameha.
"NO! CELL, DON'T DO IT!!!"
"Are you giving up so soon? Gohan? Because if you are I can put you out of your misery. RIGHT HERE!!! KAAAA!!"
"Oh, no! I can't fight anymore!!"
"MEEEEE!!!"
{Gohan!!}
"Huh? Dad?"
{Yes, son. You have to fight him. Use the Kamehameha wave and defeat Cell! I know you can do it Gohan. You have to!}
But Alex had other plans. She was already powering up. "I keep my promises, Cell. And I'm not about to let someone like you keep me from KEEPING YOURS!!!"
"HAHAHAAA!!! JUST TRY TO STOP ME!!! HAHAHAHAAA!!!!"
"Your wish is my incentive."
"Huh?" Gohan wasn't exactly sure what Alex was doing, if nothing more than buying time.
"Look Cell. Whether you like it or not, YOU WILL FIGHT ME!!!"
"NO! DON'T DO IT!!! YOU'RE NO MATCH FOR HIM!!"
"Look Trunks. Just trust me, I know what I'm doing, so just hold off and let me do my stuff. Okay? Now if you'll excuse me I have a disaster to prevent." Alex launched herself to right in front of Cell, who only barely put up his guard before being hit with a very powerful right hook.
CCRRAASSHH!!! Cell fell through a mountain from the force of the attack, his attack on Earth cancelled, his wrath now had a new focus. Rather than attacking a planet, he was now going to attack a person.
"All right, girl. You have earned MY WRATH!!"
"Come and get me!" Alex floated cockily in the sky for a time, daring Cell to do his worst. And Cell took the invitation, with a vengeance.
First launching a powerful ki attack, Cell flew out of the mountain straight at Alex. Once there he kicked her in the gut and slammed her in the back, sending her reeling to the ground, where she made a rather spectacular hole in the ground.
But after a volley of ki-blasts Cell discovered that she was not there. "Where did she go?"
"Cell!" Cell turned around to find Alex, relatively unscathed and definitely not injured. The greatest surprise came from the fact that he didn't even see her come out of the hole! "Look, you've earned my respect as a fighter, but you're also pretty dangerous so I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill you."
Cell laughed at this. "You're pretty cocky for a mere nuisance... You cannot defeat me!! I AM PERFECT!!! HAHAHAAA!!!"
"Oh shut up!" Cell shut his mouth, something about her unnerved him, and he didn't like the look in her eyes. It wasn't fear, or anger. What he saw in her eyes was something else, it was... annoyance! He was an annoyance to her!! "Look, like I said before, you've earned my respect so I'm not going to play around with you. Instead, I'm going to show you something I've only shown a very few other people." She smirked a little now, "Why, you should feel special just because I'm showing it to you!"
Cell didn't know what to think, 'What could she POSSIBLY have to show me that was THAT spectacular?' But he didn't have long to wonder, because Alex soon gave a response.
"Aaaahhh!!" Quicker than before, about as quickly as Goku going Super Saiyan, Alex went to the Hyper stage. And her power rose to incredible heights. Much higher than it was before.
"Well now. What an interesting trick! Is it like Goku's Kay You Ken? (A/N: That's how it sounds anyway...)"
Alex shook her head no. "No. Actually, it's closer to his Super Saiyan transformation. And I can hold this form almost indefinitely. And like Super Saiyan... my power, speed, awareness, and general abilities increase exponentially!!" She practically whispered this last part, as if it was some kind of secret.
But despite that he could feel her power, Cell still felt he could win! How could he lose? He WAS the perfect being after all!!
"Oh, and Cell. Just so there are no illusions as to you being able to defeat me; the truth is that even in this form. I'm still hiding the lion's share of my power. But I have something else to show you! I haven't had much time to practice so sorry if it's a bit sloppy. But I promise you won't be disappointed!"
Before Cell could even respond Alex went into the powering-up pose. Her entire body pulsed and radiated with still-unseen power. Her aura seemed to seethe even more violently around her as she gathered energy for her newest 'trick'.
"Now what do you think you're doing?"
Alex only just barely responded through the wall of light and energy surrounding her. "Well, Cell. I'm going... Super!"
"WHAT!?!?"
Before he could do a thing he was blown back by her still increasing energy. The glow of her hair intensified as it changed again from brown to a golden blonde recognized by DBZ fans everywhere. "AAAAHHHH!!!!" Her eyes shown with the intensity of a Solar Flare as her ki burst off of her and changed to a seething bonfire of golden flames and the change was complete.
Vegeta could barely contain his laughter as he watched events unfold from the ground. Incredible power. A lust for the perfect fight. And an overwhelming sense of honor. That was the clincher. This girl just HAD to be Saiyan. And now she had gone... SUPER?!?! What else COULD it be!?!?
Alex opened her eyes to look at Cell, and give him the first look at her new form. She had indeed gone super, and her power was so far off the charts that the planet had been threatening to shake itself apart just from her transforming!
But there was something wrong, and Cell knew it. But he just couldn't place his hands on it. What was wrong? Something didn't seem to be right here. Something just seemed, out of place!
'What is it about this fighter? Golden hair! Golden aura! Incredible power! And her eyes...' That was it!! That what was wrong!! Alex's eyes, they were 'Golden!!'
"Hey! What are you trying to pull here!?!" Cell was now demanding answers.
"Oh? What do you mean?" She was trying to act innocent, even though she knew very well what he meant.
"Your eyes! You CAN'T be a Super Saiyan! A Super Saiyan's eyes are green! But yours... yours are... GOLDEN!!!"
Alex smiled, a knowing smile, a smile one might have seen on Vegeta's face when he'd been caught in a secret. "Oh, that. Well, that's because I'm not a Super Saiyan!"
"What is she?"
"What do you mean 'What is she?' Isn't it obvious? She's a Saiyan!!" Vegeta was determined to prove himself right. But Krillin wasn't so sure.
"No, Vegeta. Look at her eyes. They aren't the right color." Vegeta thought they were crazy, but he looked anyway.
'He's right. A Super Saiyan's eyes are green. Perhaps she really isn't Saiyan?'
Just then, Piccolo decided to land beside them, ready to offer some insight. "She's an incredible person. But most definitely not a Saiyan."
"Oh really? What makes you so sure, green man?!"
"Remember, I spent a year in that time chamber with her. During that time she shared a few things with me. Among them was that 'Hyper' level she went to a little bit ago."
Vegeta was silent, but Krillin was just a bit confused. "Hyper?"
"Yes. She calls it Hyper anyway. See, the Saiyans knew that there was a Super Saiyan level because a Saiyan had done it before. But humans had done this level before and never even knew it."
"But how could they not recognize a change like THAT?"
"Well, among humans, brown hair and eyes are common. And the power was attributed to magic. So no one knew about that ability because it couldn't really be taught."
"I see." Krillin was deep in thought. "But that still doesn't explain THAT!"
"Let me continue! You see, she has some very good reasons for increasing her power. I won't go into that, but let me say that compared to him. Cell is like a single grain of sand in a large hourglass." Vegeta was silent, though annoyed. How could a human exceed HIS power? It just didn't make sense. Well, then he would just have to try harder.
"And the thing is, she is traveling... around... in an attempt to make herself stronger." Then he looked up at her. "Apparently, this is just another step towards her goal."
And Alex was dodging every punch, kick, and blast attack Cell threw at her. Her golden aura seeming to grow with every movement. "Well, Cell. I think it's about time to test out my new strength. What do you think?" Cell only growled, shouted, and blasted her with a rather powerful Kamehameha.
And when the smoke cleared. There stood (uh, floated) Alex. Completely unscarred and unmoving. "Well, thanks for the attempt, but I don't think that was a very accurate test of my strength. So instead, I think I'll try it out on YOU!" Before he could even respond, Cell found himself without a head, and Alex's fist poking straight through where it used to be.
"Hehe, oh come on Cell! Don't lose your head on me!" Cell took only a few seconds to rebuild his head. "Well, now. Don't you feel special?"
Cell was enraged. He was being beaten, BY A HUMAN! And, there was NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT IT!! "I'LL KILL YOU!!" Cell put one finger above his head and a red ball of energy appeared over him. "HAHAHA!! YOU CAN'T BREATHE IN SPACE, CAN YOU? WELL I CAN, PLANET CRUSHER!!" Cell went to the same tactic Frieza had used on Namek.
"GOHAN!! STOP IT!! USE THE KAMEHAMEHA!!"
"What!? Right!" Gohan went into classic pose and charged up a powerful blast. "KA ME HA ME HAAAAA!!!!" He launched the attack and stopped the red ball of energy in mid-air.
{NOW GOHAN!! GET RID OF IT!!} Gohan's energy surged and his attack overwhelmed the Planet Crusher, sending it safely to space.
But Cell wasn't finished just yet. "HAHAHA!! THERE'S PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM!! HAHAHA!!"
"Oh, really?" Cell's attack stopped as Alex grabbed his wrist, keeping him from launching another Planet Crusher; she chuckled a little as Cell's anger boiled over. He went into a desperate volley of punches and kicks and ki-blasts and whatever else he could think of. But despite all his efforts, he still failed to hit her! "Well, I guess it's about time to wrap this up!" And without a second word, she put her hands out in front of her, in classic style.
"WHAT?!?! How do you know the Kamehameha?!"
"Honestly Cell. I don't really, this move is simply similar. But don't worry, it still packs quite a punch!" She gathered energy as she moved her hands to her side, separating her hands so that they pointed to each other and created a baseball-sized ball of energy. "See, it's called the Manal-a Star (Mah-Nall-ay Star), and it's not a beam. Instead, it's more of a ball. And there's no need to yell out a silly chant. In fact, I don't need to say anything!" She chuckled a little more as she channeled her power into the ball of energy, then smiled even more as she watched Cell fly down to the surface.
"HA! YOU WOULDN'T LAUNCH THAT THING AT ME FROM UP THERE! WOULD YOU? HAHAHAA!!" But her actions seemed to suggest otherwise, as she continued so smile widely and channel energy into her attack.
"Oh, Cell. You should know better than that! Even though I don't know Instant Transmission, I have ways of doing what is needed!" Before he could even really register what she had said she disappeared and fazed back in right in front of him. "I HAVE MY SPEED!!"
"NOOOOOO!!!!" Cell realized his mistake just a moment too late as she thrust her hands forward and a ball of incredible power erupted from her hands. Expanding to cover him entirely, overwhelming him with indescribable power! "AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Cell went through his last throes as his entire being was swallowed by the ball of light; everything, right down to the last cell was torn to atoms, and then disappeared completely.
But even that wasn't the finish; the ball of energy still hadn't been launched, had it?
"HAHAHA!! NOW!" Just as she launched the ball of energy, she pointed her hands upward and launched it into the sky with incredible speed! A ball of overwhelming power was launched straight up into the sky!
"Almost... THERE!!" Alex separated her hands and the ball, about halfway between the Earth and the moon, exploded with tremendous force, searing the moon and shining as a second sun over Earth! The light from the explosion lit up the landscape for hundreds of miles and the force of the blast outmatched even the power of the Spirit Bomb used to destroy Majin Buu!
There was no doubt about it this time, Cell was gone for good. And there was no way around it; she was the most powerful being that Universe had ever seen. And even she wasn't powerful enough.
Back on the ground the Z-gang was trying to come to terms with what they had just seen. It was over, and Alex had made it seem... well, easy!
As Alex powered back down to normal, and her regular eye and hair color returned, she looked up at the faces before her. "Excuse me. Gohan? Can I speak with you? Alone?" Gohan nodded and the others flew off, injured in tow.
After the others had left, Alex started with what she had wanted to say for a while already. "Gohan. I'm sorry about your father. I really am."
"But he's not dead! I heard him!"
Alex didn't look surprised, instead she let her head hang; she knew what had really happened.
{No, Gohan. I am dead. I'm sorry to tell you this. But I really am dead.}
"But, dad! You can't be dead! We beat Cell! Everything is fine now! And besides, we can wish you back with the Namekian DragonBalls!"
{Yeah, Goku! We can still wish you back!} The others were in the conversation now, and Krillin was taking it almost as hard as Gohan.
{No, Krillin. I know it's hard, but I'm going to have to ask you not to wish me back.}
"But dad! Why? Why can't we wish you back!?"
{Because, son. Ever since I was a child, and was sent to Earth to destroy it, even though I was trying to protect it, it's like I was fulfilling that mission all along. Villains and evil tyrants have followed me to Earth too many times. I think it's time I let it go, and leave the hero stuff to you. So, take care of your mother for me, and try to keep up in your studies, okay?}
"[Sniff] Uh, huh. Okay."
{Great. I'm sure you can find something useful to wish for, but, just don't make a wish for me. I'm sorry. Good-bye.} And that was the last they heard from him.
But Gohan wasn't over it yet. "Daddy."
And Alex still had something to say to him. "Gohan. Look at me. I can't tell you too much, but I can tell you this. He will be coming back. Don't tell anyone else, but he will come back."
"B-but why did he have to die?"
"Well, did you see that Android he spit out?"
"You mean Eighteen?"
"Uh, huh!"
"What about her?"
"Well, in a little while, Krillin and her are going to marry. And if he hadn't died, that never would have had the chance to happen."
"Huh?"
"Not only that, but... Oh, you'll see. You'll understand in time. Listen, I know it hurts. Trust me, I've been there, I know! But the only thing you can do is try to get on with your life. Cell's gone and your father isn't gone forever, just do as he told you, and I promise everything will turn out right eventually!"
"Promise?"
"Would I lie?" Gohan only leaned in on her, and she took him to the Watch Tower to see the others.
"Hold on Gohan. You'll be as good as new soon." Dende healed him quickly and Gohan laid down. Tired and sore, he fell asleep instantly.
"Well, I think my work here is done." And with that, Alex climbed into her craft. "I think I'll try something different this time. This is just too easy. I know!" Before another word was said, Shenron arose, and Alex disappeared into her Warp hole. Gone from that Universe forever.
She was going to go somewhere totally different. And she wouldn't even use her own body. Instead, she was going to use the body of someone with a pure heart, and raise their power to at least ten thousand.
A true challenge, especially since she had no idea where she was really headed.
No idea whatsoever.
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 5 ***~~~~~~
Was that too long? Well, now you know that she's definitely powerful! But who will she be in the next chapter? Only time will tell! (I already know, but you'll have to wait and find out! Hehe, I'm so evil!)
Alex: I'm hungry.
Alex Ultra: You're always hungry!
Alex: I know!
Alex Ultra: Well, we have no pizza, so why don't you order out?
Alex: Sounds good!
Alex Ultra: Yeah. (Swings phone line around) Hehehe.
Alex: Hello? Hello? Speedy Pepperoni? Come on! Hello!
Alex Ultra: Until next time!
LATER
