Save the Day

Once again I say I don't own Dragonball Z, but I do own Kilik and this universe's version of Cell.

Flash backs and thoughts are in italics .

Chapter Eight

She was numb. It had actually come to this. Her heart beat unevenly in her chest. And try as she might she could not even force herself to blink against the wind whipping in her face. Her eyes shifted to the left of her and took note of Cell's location. He was flying at her same speed, facing forward.

Kilik wondered what he could possibly be thinking.

What in the hell had just happened? Had they really done what she thought they had just done?

There was an odd fluttering in her chest. It got worse as time passed. This could only mean that the bots were getting closer. And where the hell was Raditz? He had been right behind them not a few minutes ago. This was his grand idea right? So why the hell had he suddenly disappeared and left them out here all alone.

Her breath hitched. The electricity pulsed causing the weirdness in her chest to get worse. Damned Doctor and her fucking enhancements; she had made it difficult for them. Cell didn't seem to be showing any signs of having any troubles. But well, he never did.

Kilik almost fell from the sky when she felt the atmospheric disturbance of a mighty powerful Ki rise. She stopped mid flight and turned around. She knew that Ki sig anywhere. It was Raditz. But what the hell was he doing?

Cell stopped mid flight too and looked off in the distance. His eyes squinted briefly. The girl guessed that the former Android was trying to find out just what his mate was up too as well.

"What's going on?" She asked. "I thought we were supposed to lead them as far away from the city as possible? Where's Raditz?"

The green haired Saiyan turned to her with a look of utter hopelessness before marshalling himself and saying…

"C'mon."

"But…"

"I said let's go!" His tone of voice had changed to one that she'd never had directed toward her. It had startled her even.

Kilik watched in complete confusion as Cell's Ki flared and he shot off in the distance. She turned one last time to look back before speeding off as well.

She found herself staring at a pair of dark yellow and black tanker boots. So he had decided to wear shoes today. Her gaze traveled upward past the long army fatigue clad legs to the black hooded sweatshirt covered torso before she broke into a grin. She had never seen that one before. In bold neon orange letters "BIOHAZARD" was written across the front. She hadn't noticed it when she'd seen him in Kabu's room.

"You called?" His deep accented voice rang out about the clearing.

"Yeah." She said meekly.

"So, Trunks finally finished the time machine, I see." He said as he took a seat in front of her.

She raised a brow at the statement. "You knew about it?"

Cell scoffed before responding. "I helped Trunks build the engine."

"So Trunks has already talked to you about…y'know…"

"Going back into the past to bitch slap some sense into my former self?" He finished with a sardonic grin.

"Uh…yeah." She said with wide eyes.

"No, he never did come out and said it." He replied. "But what else could he have been planning?"

"Oh." Kilik said still a bit taken by surprise. "Well, are you going?"

"Sure, why not."

A wave of Ki passed through the atmosphere sending bone shattering ripples outward in succession. The weakened ones had finally made their way to Kilik causing her to lose her aerial 'footing' per say. She gasped and stumbled in flight before stopping completely. She proceeded to just float there staring ahead numbly and watched as the Ki waves made their way toward Cell. He was struck the same as she'd been and reacted in the about the same way. But he turned around, she had assumed to check on her but she could tell even being so far away from him that his focus was else where.

The brown haired girl found herself slowly floating toward her companion but she had turned around as well to see what had occurred. Her eyes went wide as she realized that she could no longer feel Raditz's Ki.

Kilik turned around and noticed Cell's paler than usual face. Not to mention the pitiful whimper that escaped his lips just before his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he began plummeting towards the ground.

"Cell!"

She shot after the falling Saiyan but she wasn't fast enough. She had to cover her eyes as a flash of eerie blue light engulfed the hybrid's body right before it created a rather large crater in the earth.

She approached the indentation with caution, not sure of what condition the other was in. She peeked over the edge to find Cell lying in a pile of rubble and rock straining to sit up. She jumped over the edge and rushed to his aid.

"Are…are you okay?" Kilik asked with wide worried eyes.

"I'm fine!" He growled, snatching his arm away.

"But you…"

That's when she noticed the change. She had never actually witnessed the shift of personalities before herself but she had often wondered what it would look like. Did the Android Cell always make such a violent entrance?

Cell got up and dusted himself off and made his way top side with Kilik following meekly behind him. She had dealt with him before she knew what to expect. The girl watched him like a hawk, not really sure what he was up to.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Raditz is dead." He stated simply. "Mirai, of course, didn't take it too well."

Mirai? Yeah that's what he called him. Kilik half wondered how weird it was to actually have a two personalities living in one body. She could barely handle the one in her's. Never mind that… was Raditz really dead?

"He killed himself, the fool." The Android that now inhabiting Mirai's body continued. "With out regards of what it would do to us."

Kilik figured that the android had meant he and Mirai Cell.

"He's really dead." The girl said quietly. "Why would he do that?"

"No Ki to steal." Cell continued. "He had to do something if he intended to win." He added as he took to the air.

"Where are you going?"

"Back to Tyler Inc." He said with a grim smirk. "I suppose some one has to finish this."

And with that he speed off.

"Fuck." Kilik squeaked.

She had no choice but to follow.

"You fucked me because you missed Raditz, didn't you?"

There was a sudden shift of green spikes and she was just as quickly pinned in place by a pair of lavender saucers.

"What!" He blurted.

She had been staring off into space for a minute or two now and all he had wanted was for her to say something, anything. But he hadn't expected this.

"I'm not stupid, Cell." She said calmly.

This new found resolve had come out of nowhere. She was even surprised, but she had to get it out in the open. If they were going to go on such a bizarre potentially life altering mission there were just some things that had to be brought out in the open.

The teenager's (well technically he was a teenager though he didn't quite look the part) eyes fell as his key lime colored tail coiled tightly around his waist.

"Don't you dare!" She wailed as she grabbed for his shoulders all but forcing him to look at her.

Cell didn't take the action lightly. He sprung to his feet and started back toward the house.

"Cell!" She hollered, scandalized. "I asked you a simple question! I think I deserve an answer!"

He kept on walking. Kilik was in utter shock. And it was beginning to really piss her off. Before she could regain control of her self she'd ascended and was tackling Cell to the ground. The surprised hybrid stared up at her from his position trapped between her knees with a look of bewilderment. He hadn't expected this from her, though he probably should have. There was a gleam in her newly aqua hued eyes that the young man could not place. But truthfully at the moment he didn't really care to.

"Tell me the truth you fucking bastard!" She screamed, her golden aura crackling about them.

"I don't have to tell you anything!" He yelled back. The thick spikes of his hair rising as his own aura began gaining strength.

They fought and rolled on the grass covered ground. Their powers warring until Kilik finally found herself in the losing position. She lay there defeated; as well she had suspected she'd be sooner or later. She let go of her transformation and stared back at him with tearful brown eyes, a frown still in place. Cell stared back unmoved.

"You used me!" She said in a quite but angry tone. "And your too much of a COWARD to admit it!" she screamed.

"I'm not a coward." Cell seethed.

"Then admit it." Kilik growled. "Admit you used me!"

She watched as the pale boy's mouth pressed into a thin line. Then suddenly his power level all but vanished and he relinquished his death grip on her wrists. He sat up on his knees, giving her the opportunity to scoot away from him. She found herself soon backed against a tree stump eyeing his sagging form warily.

"Had he really just attacked her?"

"Fine." He muttered quietly still staring at the ground in front of him. "I used you!" He erupted suddenly. "Is that what you wanted to hear?"

"No…NO! Who wants to hear something like that!?"

He was watching her now, waiting for her to say something in response. What the hell did he expect her to say?!She swallowed the lump in her throat. That had hurt a lot more than she had thought it would. What had she been thinking? He didn't want her. He'd never wanted her. He couldn't want her. Just like Kabu had said. She was a fool to have ever thought that she'd had a chance against the memory of a man that could rape and humiliate you and still make you love him. She just wasn't capable of a thing like that.

She tried her damnedest to fight back the tears that burned her eyes. She felt like her chest was going to implode.

Cell didn't say anything; he just dropped his head pitifully. Ebony tipped fingers dug into the fabric of his pants and twisted. The sound of him gulping in lungfuls of air was all that could be heard as Cell tried desperately to calm himself. He was shaking so badly, Kilik wasn't sure if he was going to erupt in a rage or burst into tears.

Not that she cared. The selfish bastard.

He finally calmed himself enough to look up at her, his face flushed violet, his eyes shimmering with unshed tears.

"I'm sorry." He ground out, before climbing to his feet and raising two fingers to his forehead.

The air shimmered and then he was gone.

"That was it? He was sorry? He was fucking sorry?!"

"No, I'm the sorry one…for ever letting you fucking touch me!" She screamed.

There were no words to describe it. The pain was unbearable. Kilik's chest felt like it would cave in. She tried to catch her breath but it was useless and she finally gave in to a chocked sob. Why did she even care? Why was she stupid enough to? But he had led her to believe…Maybe. Hadn't he?

She wiped away stray tears with the back of her gloved hand and watched as many others soaked into her pant legs.

She couldn't keep doing this to herself. Just when she'd finally let him go…Why'd he?

It was hopeless. It had always been hopeless. She was just too stupid to see.

Saiyans mated for life and Cell was still very much alive.

A/N: I know, you're wondering what the hell is going. Sorry, can't tell you, at least not yet.