Tien landed on the island where the battle was under going. He looked around for any sign of Piccolo and the Androids, but only found 18 and 16, and very huge bubble in the water.

BOOM! Tien stumbled in the shockwaves left behind after the giant bubble exploded. Immediately, two figures leaped out from the water. Tien understood what was going on; the fight continued. Tien knew he mustn't involve himself in this matter of business. Piccolo was hanging in there, as was 17.

"Well, Piccolo, you are holding up pity well, if I do say so myself!" a voice commented. Piccolo and 17 stopped fighting at the new interruption. Piccolo frowned, he knew the crackled voice. Piccolo slowly turned to face the green, spotted monster.

"Hey! Were in the middle of something. Could you please go away or you're going to get in the way!" 17 yelled. Cell jumped from the cliff.

"Well excuse me, I wasn't thinking. How rude of me." Cell apologized, his voice dripping with sarcasm. 17 narrowed his eyes.

"Well, great. Now leave!" 17 shouted. Cell narrowed his eyes.

"Oh, I'll leave when, I've absorbed you two into my being." Cell shouted, then crouched and began to power up. White flares of energy began to emit from him. Piccolo and Tien both grew wary of this new development, and the Androids also became slightly uncertain.

"Gees, I don't believe what I'm feeling! Cell …his power has grown! I can't stand this…" Tien thought. This power reached deep inside of him, making him feel weak. Even Yamcha and Master Roshi could sense it, all the way back at the Kame-house.

Much further away and in the air, Bulma was having fun with baby Trunks. They were laughing all the way to Roshi Island. Baby Trunks were having fun talking to his grandpa on the mobile phone instead of playing with the remote. Something caught the baby's eye, and he giggled as he pointed outside the ship. Bulma looked at Trunks tiny finger pointing out.

"Trunks? What are you …huh?" Bulma began to say, seeing a short, bald headed man waved his arms about. Krillin was smiling and laughing as they noticed him.

"Yeah Trunks! You could sense Krillin, you're a smart little boy aren't you?" Bulma cheered. Baby Trunks laughed and clapped his tiny baby hands. Bulma slowed down the ship and opened the hatch. Krillin flew up to the front of the ship.

"Hey Bulma did you bring the remote?" Krillin asked seriously, getting straight to the point. Bulma reached to her side and grabbed the item in question and handed the remote to him. Krillin examined the small box in his hands.

"Krillin, What kind of person would I be if I forgot to bring this?" Bulma questioned. Krillin gave a small chuckle and began to fly away. "Wait, Krillin!" Bulma shouted. Krillin stopped and turned back to look at her. "For this to work, and the Androids to shut down, you must be within 10 meters of them. Don't forget that. If you want me, I'll be at Kami's place." Bulma explained, and closed the hatch again. Krillin waved as she flew away, and headed back to Master Roshi's. Along the way, he felt strange; the brief kiss 18 had given him kept making him uneasy about himself. He shook off the feeling and flew off.

Cell's powering up finally stopped. Piccolo was shaking, his face stuck in an expression of shock. Cell stood tall and walked past Piccolo, the Namek not moving as Cell passed him. Cell stopped when he was just behind Piccolo.

"What's the matter, Piccolo? Oh yes, my power. It must be almost too horrifying for you to stand it, which would explain your expression right now." Cell chuckled. Piccolo abruptly turned around to face the monster.

"YOUR power! You stole that power from other people! It is not your own!" Piccolo snapped. Cell turned back to face Piccolo.

"Oh, but it is Piccolo. Everyone absorbed into my being is a part of me, so it IS my power." Cell explained with a smirk. Cell turned back and continued walked towards 17. "Ah, 17, I've been waiting for you. You, 18 and I are going to make the ultimate fighter! You will be part of my being and we will become whole, as Dr Gero intended it to be." Cell told the android. 17 narrowed his eyes, trying to hide his confusion. Cell started walking faster, and then he was running. He charged 17 and aimed a punch directly at him. 17 managed to avoid the hit and turned around to face his attacker, who started at him with a flurry of punches. 17 tried to block them all, but lost contact and was hit backwards. Piccolo stopped him from crashing into the ground.

"…Thanks. So …do you know this guy?" 17 asked. Piccolo nodded.

"Yes. His name is Cell. He's from the future, another android created by Gero, and he is here to absorb you." Piccolo explained. "Whatever you do, don't under estimate his strength." He added. Cell started to charge an attack right at 17. Piccolo grabbed 17 and took the full brunt of the attack, as 17 looked on, wide-eyed at the Namek's actions. Piccolo was down for just a second before bouncing back to his feet and racing full pelt towards Cell, and the re-match began.

The room was dark where Link was placed. He had set the setting to night. The wind was blowing hard and felt to be as cold as ice. Link was in the final area of his practices, and was now training his mind instead of his body. Currently, Link was trying a meditation involving imaging fights and winning. But a few times it got hard. Not being his first time trying, but because he most thought of how weird his training has been. This new way of fighting was so incredibly different from the various weapons he normally used, along with the very small amount of magic. He shook his head to get rid of the excess thoughts and returned focus to his mind. Suddenly, his concentration was completely shattered. A scream broke through his meditative shield and scattered his thoughts. Link gasped, and opened his eyes wide.

"Piccolo!" Link shouted. He looked about the place. The scream sounded close by, but he was alone in the dark room. Confused, Link closed his eyes and tried again. His thoughts changed as he saw glimpses of a battle. He saw Piccolo being shot through the chest and a boy; identical to the boy he'd seen at Goku's house, being sucked up through an ugly green monster's tail, and then the monster changing into something…else. Link opened his eyes again. "What was that?" he asked himself. "What were those glimpses? Piccolo? What happened to Piccolo? This is all so strange - what is it trying to tell me?" Link closed his eyes again. The glimpses came back. This time he saw Vegeta and Trunks. Different somehow than they were before. Vegeta was challenging this monster. As Vegeta powered to his full capacity, Link lost the images in his head. He felt something push him, almost like wind from those visions. Link looked down to the ground. "Vegeta." he said softly. Link stood up starched his head. Link closed his eyes and tired to reach Goku.

"Goku?" Link whispered in his mind. There was silence for a few seconds.

"I'm here, what's wrong Link?" Goku replied. Link smiled with relief.

"Goku! I saw Piccolo getting killed, and Vegeta starting to fight a monster!" He exclaimed

"You saw that?" Goku responded, confused. "But how? It only happened a second ago." He added.

"You mean it really happened?" Link asked.

"Yeah. Vegeta and Trunks finished with the hyperbolic time chamber and Vegeta's fighting Cell." Goku replied.

"I was training my mind when it happened. That monster… Cell! Killed Piccolo. Then that boy getting eaten by his tail!" Link exclaimed

"Link. I'm not sure how, but you can see what's happing over there as it happens. Piccolo is ok though, just leave it up to Vegeta." Goku told him. Link frowned and sighed. He didn't like the idea of Vegeta going to fight alone and getting himself killed.

"Alright Goku. I'm going to train some more. I'll see ya later." Link finished and opened his eyes.

The training was hard. As he continued to train his mind, he kept seeing glimpses of the battle against Cell. Each vision seemed yet more ruthless, showing more and more destruction. Cell had to be stopped, of that he was sure. As the visions increased in intensity, Link had more trouble focusing with such pressure on his brain. At a sudden revelation, he opened his eyes with fear. Cell had change once more, into a far more power form. This form held an evil greater than Ganondorf could ever think of. Cell's 'ultimate' power had been reveled. Link wished that he could understand all of this better. He started at the sudden feeling that he was now not alone. Cell's power was making him feel that there was someone else with him.

Link stood up and stared out beyond the holographic plain.

"Ten days till the Cell games, huh? Vegeta, you blockhead! What were you thinking?" Link began shouting into the emptiness as if Vegeta was there. After that, Link began to calm down. "It's not time for blaming, what happened is done now, and it can't be undone. I guess the training continues." He felt Vegeta and Trunks approaching. "Look who's back." He said softly. Link lifted himself into the air and flew off towards the doors. He pressed himself against the wall outside the training room, and could hear footsteps approaching. He bowed his head and made no effect to look up as Vegeta walked past, himself making no eye contact with Link.

"Hi Link, what are you doing out here?" Trunks asked. Link turned to Trunks, making a mental note about Trunk's hair.

"I was awaiting for you guys to show up. Cell is stronger I guess." Trunks closed his eyes.

"My father, he just never thinks! He always wants to prove himself… It's going to get him killed one day." Trunks explained harshly. Link nodded in agreement.

"Where are Goku and Gohan?" Link asked.

"They're training in the hyperbolic time chamber." Trunks replied. Link nodded and pushed off from the wall. "Where are you going?" Trunks asked as Link walked away.

"I'm going to do my own training. Call me in ten days." He explained, just before the doors closed.

The tenth day…The Cell Games.

The final day of waiting and training was over. The call for the world's champions is out. Gohan and Goku had finished readying themselves, Link has just finished some last minute training and the others and waiting for the time to pay a visit to Cell.

The gang gathered at the Look out, waiting for everyone to show before heading out. Gohan, Piccolo, Trunks and Krillin were sitting around the garden. Gohan was playing with the small Namek Dende, and the others were doing a few last minute touch ups of their training, or just calmly waited for the time to leave.

Soon, the grouped turned to face Goku who had just arrived by instant transmission. Goku greeted his friends with his warn smile.

"Hey guys! It looks like we're all here, nobody chickened out?" He joked, laughing a bit, trying to lighten the mood. He paused when he noticed that some people weren't there after all. "Wait a sec…Vegeta, Tien, Yamcha and Link are missing."

"Vegeta went ahead of us, Tien and Yamcha will meet us along the way." Piccolo explained from his cross-legged meditation position. Goku rubbed his golden hair.

"Ok then, I'll just go find-"

"No need to Goku, I'm already here." a voice cut in. The group turned to look at the figure walking towards them.

"Link? How did you get here?" Goku asked. He didn't remember showing Link the way to the Look out.

"I just used some magic to find you, and used it to bring me here." Link explained, simply. Goku didn't really understand Link's magic, but if it brought him here then it good enough. "I just need a few seconds to change into better clothes." Link added, pointed to his ripped outfit. Goku nodded, letting Link into a room.

"Piccolo?" Gohan looked to Piccolo, who had just stood up. "Could I wear an outfit like yours?" Gohan asked. Piccolo peered down and gave an almost smile to the small boy.

"Sure, kid." Piccolo out stretched his hand and rested it on Gohan head. Gohan began to glow, and after a few seconds gave a burst of light. Gohan's clothes had changed into a smaller version of Piccolo's outfit.

"I'm ready too!" Link said, coming into the group. He had removed his white shirt in favor of just the green tunic, for more flexibility. He had also removed his cap, and exchanged his white leggings for black pants. Link dusted his tunic and crossed his arms. "Now what?" He asked, looking to the others.

"Now, let's go to the Cell Games and finished this mess!" Goku announced. The group nodded and each one powered up. The white flame-like aura covered each of their bodies, except for the two Super Saiyans with their golden auras, and they all flew off into the clouds.