"Dragonball AS: Ultimate Cell Saga"

Chapter 83- "Unholy Terror"

By- Tiny

Gohan couldn't believe what was standing before him as he began to back off slightly, his mouth hanging open as everyone else around him also moved away from the newly transformed Cell. His power had been unbelievable before, making the full-blooded Saiya-jin warriors look like insects in his wake, and now it was absolutely mind-blowing as Cell's ki overran the warrior's senses. His appearance didn't change all that much, save that his hair was green and his armor had returned, but Gohan had learned long ago not to judge a book by it's cover.

The godly bio-android stalked towards his stunned prey with the grace that put most natural predator's to shame, his face twisted in what had to be the most sinister smirk that anyone had ever laid eyes on. His eyes were an icy blue now, piercing the soul like the sharpest of daggers as he gazed upon the fighters and continued to move in on them. Even the strongest of the fighters, Gohan and Mirai, were shaking in their boots as they fell into fighting stance, prepared to fight for their lives if need be and hoping that they would have what it took to defeat Cell.

"What strength, that was just what I needed!" Cell chuckled, flexing his arm, "Now there is nobody left that can oppose me, not even you, Gohan!"

"We'll see about that!" Piccolo roared, launching himself at the bio android with Krillin following shortly behind, "You will die!!!"

"I don't think so," Cell smirked, whipping around to face his attackers, "BIG BANG ATTACK!!!!"

Piccolo was able to easily dodge Cell's relatively weak attack, pulling himself higher into the air quickly, but Krillin was not so lucky as the blast slammed full on into his chest. Everyone's eyes lit up in horror as the blue energy wave burst clean through the short human's chest, causing a pool of blood to erupt from the man's body just before he hit the ground dead. The other humans looked especially shocked, but had no time to think about that as the blue blast came in their direction, slamming hard into their bodies in a brilliant flash of light.

The blood-curdling screams muffled by disintegrating flesh and the roar of the energy blast exploding carried across the battlefield, splotches of red blood spilling onto the ground where the four most powerful humans in existence had once stood. Not even Piccolo could restrain the look of both pain and shock that begged to come across his face, turning a pale shade of green as he hovered silently over the ground. Even the Saiya-jin warrior's, who had seen more death in their years than anybody else, were disgusted by the sight of their friends mangled, disfigured bodies, causing Videl to turn around and vomit.

Cell, on the other hand, seemed absolutely ecstatic to see the four humans reduced to steaming piles of flesh and blood as he suddenly turned his icy gaze to the hovering Nameksei-jin warrior. Piccolo never saw it coming as the bio-android threw a thin, disc-shaped ki attack right at the green warrior's head, severing it from his neck with a sickening plop. Cell then followed up on the attack with a smaller energy blast to Piccolo's disembodied head, blowing it up in a spray of purple blood and burnt, green flesh with a smile on his evil face.

"Pitiful," Cell chuckled, "And to think, they are among the strongest on this pathetic, backwater world!"

"He...he killed them all, without even trying!" Turles gulped, his eyes widening in shock, "He's not a man, he's a monster!"

"A monster?" Cell grumbled, crossing his arms, "Who are you, a Saiya-jin, to make such a judgment?"

The Saiya-jin man could only growl lowly in his throat as he powered up to his current maximum, barely breaking the LSSJ stage, and falling into a defensive stance alongside the already powered-up Mirai. Videl was too depleted to fight on as she slumped back against what remained of her home, barely able to stay awake another second, but Gohan looked more than ready to fight. As a matter of fact, the Saiya-jin hybrid looked on the brink of losing all sanity as he glared at the bio-android with more contempt in his eyes then anyone had ever seen.

Cell did not look frightened, however, as the one who had destroyed him originally launched himself at the bio-android, followed closely behind by the other two Saiya-jin warriors. The green-haired warrior smirked as they converged on him, Turles swinging his leg towards Cell's head only to be smacked away like a pesky mosquito, crashing hard into Mirai as both tumbled backwards. Gohan was not nearly so direct though, charging right up to Cell's face before teleporting behind him and driving his foot into the bio-android's backside with all his might.

Cell flew forward a few inches, tearing up the ground underneath his heels, but quickly recovered and turned around to drive his fist hard into Gohan's stomach, causing the Saiya-jin hybrid to lean forward. Taking advantage of his opponent's distraction, Cell slammed his foot up into the hybrid's unprotected face, sending him reeling back from the blow's force. Gohan was not about to be outdone, however, as he caught Cell under the chin on his way back, causing a slight trickle of blood to launch itself from the bio-android's mouth.

"You will pay for that, Saiya-jin," Cell hissed, his eyes flashing, "All of you fools are going to beg for death by the time I'm through with you!"

"We'll see about that, Cell," Gohan snarled, falling into stance once more, "It'll take more then words to defeat me!"

"Of that I'm sure," Cell smirked, pulling his fist back, "It'll take something a little bit like this!!!"

Goten watched the events unfolding below him on Earth with overwhelming anxiousness, knowing that he was not to interfere but that little voice in the back of his head screaming for him to do some thing. Having to stand by why your friends and family were killed was not something the hybrid deity was taking lightly, as his sporadic aura showed, but he knew that there would be consequences should he do anything. He just wished that there was something he could do to turn the tide in his brother's favor, but nothing came to mind as he felt a hand fall onto his shoulder.

Turning his head to the side, Goten saw the calm, virtually emotionless face of the supreme Saiya-jin deity, Saiya, gazing down in the same direction as the newest inductee into her council. Goten knew that she rarely showed any kind of emotion in any circumstance, but it disturbed him greatly that even now, when the last of her race were being destroyed, that she did nothing. It was almost too much to take as his aura began to spike once more, causing the still grieving Trunks to yank his head up from the ground and stare at his friend.

"You seem troubled, Goten," Saiya commented, her gaze never leaving the spot on the ground, "Care to share what's on your mind?"

"My brother is getting his ass handed to him by an opponent he killed over seventy years ago, that's what's on my mind!" Goten shouted, "And why aren't you doing anything!?!"

"It is not our place to interfere except in extreme circumstances, such as the one with Trunks," Saiya explained, "Cell is not such a situation, as there are others that will defeat him."

"But he killed everyone, even the people on the Lookout!" Goten screamed, "It even killed my father, the legendary Son Goku, and the other, most powerful Saiya-jin warriors! How can anyone possibly defeat such a monster?

"Just trust me, Cell will be eliminated soon," Saiya smiled, "Who will do it I cannot tell you, but it will happen."

"And until it does happen?" Trunks butted in, wiping his eyes, "What do we do until then?"

"That's quite simple," Saiya sighed, "We pray..."

NEXT TIME: The fighters remaining to stand against Cell has, quite literally, been reduced to a handful in a matter of seconds, making things look increasingly bleak for the Z fighters? But with the Ultimate Kaio-Shin's plan in action, Goku and crew plan to give the bio-android a reception that will be to die for! Will our hero's emerge victorious in this, their most desperate of hours? Find out in the next installment of Dragonball AS!!!!!!!!!!