Chapter 18: End Game
3rd P.O.V.- Cell
Cell was having a blast fighting again. The Inner Light had been wrong; he was stronger than a human, but not anything near his real power. Here, Frieza was more powerful. Raditz was more powerful than him, but Cell did have one thing the others didn't; he could sense Ki. And Katie was the strongest power he felt next to Frieza, King Kold, and Kooler.
"Hey Go- I mean Kakorot! How you doing!" Cell saw that Kakorot was mainly guarding his mate as he fought.
"Fine, this is great! I never thought my cousin would be leading us all against Frieza, who knew?"
Cell glanced up to the balcony and saw that an energy blast was heading right at her. She would die now, and then his entire mission would be lost. He did the only thing he knew; he used Instant Transmission to move next to Katie.
1st P.O.V.
Cell was suddenly there, between the blast and me. He was looking right at me as the blast hit.
"What! How did he do that!" Frieza screamed.
"Cell, what are you doing?"
"If you die then I've failed my mission. I'm dead already, anyway. As long as you remember who you really are, I'll be fine."
It ended as quickly as it began. The blast went through him and he fell to the ground, dead.
"Cell, no! Don't go!" I cried as his body disappeared.
3rd P.O.V.- Normal
On the Lookout, the sun was only moments from being completely set.
"Dammit, come on Katrin!" Vegeta hissed as he watched the sun sink lower.
"Cell, come on! We're depending on you!" Mirai hissed.
But then Cell was thrown back, his tail out of Katie's chest, and his body started becoming transparent. Soon all that was seen was light energy, which flew around the room and then it exploded in a sparkle of light over Katie's body.
"What happened?" Goku asked.
"I think Cell just lost." Mirai said shakily.
3rd P.O.V.- Inner Light
Inside Katie's mind, psyche, whatever you want to call it, the Inner Light was all but gone. A faint outline was all that was left of the once powerful embodiment.
"Cell may have failed, but I have enough strength to send her one last image. If this works, Cell's loss won't be in vain."
1st P.O.V.
"Cell, no! No!" I was still on my knees, looking at the floor. Tears were flowing, but it wasn't grief, not completely, it was anger.
"Your pathetic friend is gone, and there isn't anything you can do about it, so stop crying and fight already!"
"I will not have reason to be mocked anymore!" I screamed as I threw a volley of Ki blasts at Vegeta and Trunks.
The smoke from my blasts cleared and I saw both of them smiling. Well, Vegeta had more of a smirk, but Trunks was smiling.
"Why are you two still smiling!" I screamed at them.
"You did it. You transformed into a Super Sayjin." Vegeta said. I didn't believe what I heard, but I took a good look at myself, and sure enough I was glowing gold. My hair was flowing upward, my eyes were blue, and my aura and Ki were golden.
"I knew you could do it." Trunks said.
"I will stop crying. I will fight, and I will win!" my energy flared and grew. I knew from my visions it wasn't SSJ, but it was a definite boost.
"What is this? Your power has grown! That's impossible!" Frieza called as he read his Scouter.
"Cell was right about a lot of things, and one of them was you. He said I was stronger than you. And we both know I am."
"You are a bug compared to me! I'll squash you now as proof!"
Frieza charged at me again, and since I wasn't prepared he hit me. I went flying off the balcony and I hit the ground hard. A group of fighters were right there, and they moved out of the way and stopped. Everyone stopped to see the leader of the rebels fight Frieza.
I calmly got up and stood to face Frieza. I felt a small amount of blood ooze out of my lip, and I absently wiped it away.
"Isn't this lovely, we have an audience. The first and final battle of the war is now, Frieza." I called to him. He jumped off the balcony and walked toward me slowly.
"You're right about one thing, this is the final battle. But you will be the loser, not me." King Kold and Kooler jumped down as well, walking behind Frieza. "This is my planet, and you all our my property."
"A planet cannot belong to one person. This planet belongs to the Sayjins, and anyone else we say can live here. And that does not include you!" the Sayjins behind me cheered, and I heard some humans and Namekians cheer along with us. "Sayjins, Namekians, and humans are welcomed, but after I win I will declare that no Icejin will ever set foot on this planet without permission."
"Those are big words, monkey." King Kold said.
"But can you stand up to the power of three almighty Icejins?" Kooler asked.
"I'll not only stand up to it, I'll knock it down."
Kooler was first to charge, but I played dirty and tripped him. Then I went on the offensive and charged at him. I threw punches and kicks as he blocked. I knew he hadn't powered up yet, but it couldn't be that much, right?
"XYZ Mega-Cannon!" I threw the blast at him, throwing him through the courtyard and out of the castle grounds.
"Kooler!"
"Not so cool now, are you Icejin?" I snapped, "I'm in a good mood, so I'll go after the big guy next. You're last, Frieza."
"You insolent little pest!" King Kold screamed as he charged, but he was so big I was able to dodge him easily.
"You Icejin are so easy to annoy! This'll be more fun than I thought!" I turned and proceeded to latch on to Kold's tail and I threw him into a castle wall.
He got up with a smirk on his face and came right back at me. He was so big it was hard to block his attacks, but he was favoring his left side.
He's so big he has his own blind spot.
I quickly moved to his right, just barely out of sight, and powered up my favorite blast.
"Delta Volley!" I threw my blast at his chest and he went straight through a wall and disappeared.
"Father!"
I turned to face Frieza, the only person I was really after, the only person I had ever hated.
"Give it up, Frieza! There's a new packing order on this planet, and it doesn't include you!" I noticed that while I was fighting the Icejin the rest of our two armies, the humans, Sayjins and Namekians vs. the Icejin and guards, had stopped fighting and were watching me the entire time.
"Lord Frieza!"
"Zarbon, Dodoria, its about time! Take care of her, but don't kill her."
"Yeah boys, don't kill me. I'm vital to your master. Without me he can't rule planet Vegeta."
Well, Dodoria and Zarbon attacked. The two of them were working together beautifully, so I decided I had to break them apart. Piece by piece.
First I powered up to my limitation, causing the ground to shake and a few older model Scouters to shatter.
"There's no way a Sayjin could have that much power!" Dodoria said.
"So I am the strongest Sayjin." I said with a slight smile. More of a happy smirk, "So tell me, what's my reading? Or is the number too big for you to read, Dodoria?"
"It's at 375,000 units!" I heard someone call out.
"That's impossible! No Sayjin could become that strong! Not unless he were a-"
"Frieza, I think you mean if she were a Super Sayjin? Though I hate to admit it, I'm not a Super Sayjin. But that doesn't matter, because I can still destroy you!"
Zarbon charged at me full on, and the two of us got into a real serious battle.
"Super Beautiful Arrow!" Zarbon attacked. I didn't have time to dodge, so I blocked it full on.
"Is that all you got?"
"You stupid monkey!" Zarbon was furious, so I took that as an advantage. I flew right up to his face and blasted him with a strong Ki blast. He fell over dead, and to be safe I checked with my Scouter. No Ki at all.
"Now who's a filthy monkey?"
This has been too easy. Either I really am stronger than they are, or they're giving me false hope.
Dodoria was in a stupor at the defeat of his partner. He looked at Zarbon's motionless body, then up to me, then repeated. After one more glance at me he ran off.
What if Cell was right? This isn't right, but how is it not right? Is it that Frieza rules over us, or is it that what Cell said was true? Is my home truly not my home?
I heard an echo in the back of my mind, a voice that seemed so familiar.
"Our memories are what define who we are. Our memories give us our character and our soul. Without our memories we're only flesh and bone." I recognized it as my own voice.
But if that were true, who am I?
"I hate to break your concentration, but I'm still standing." Frieza scowled.
"And so am I. Are you ready to dance?"
"Dance all night long if you want, I'll end the party now!"
Frieza and I charged at one another and began fighting. He was faster and stronger than he let on before, but it wasn't by much.
"You aren't anywhere near your full potential Frieza. I know, I can tell."
"Neither are you, your energy has decreased since fighting Zarbon."
"Then why aren't you powering up?"
"Because he doesn't need to." I turned to see the speaker, Kooler, and King Kold next to him.
"What! But you two were-"
"Dead? I don't think so. That didn't even hurt."
"You just don't get it, do you Sayjin? We're far superior to you and your kind." King Kold said.
I suddenly felt a pain in my tail, and I fell limp. Frieza had grabbed my tail while I was distracted.
"My father is right, just look at you now!"
"Katrin!" Kakorot moved, but Kooler blocked his path.
"Anyone who moves to help the girl will get the business end of my Death Beam." Kooler sneered loud enough for the crowd to hear.
"That isn't honorable, Frieza! Let go of my tail."
"You monkey dare try to tell me what honor is? I welcomed you into my house, I was going to make you queen! But you are the one who betrayed me."
"You betray all Sayjins, humans, and Namekians every moment that you breathe."
"So this is how it ends?" Frieza wrapped his tail around my neck tight and lifted me up. He released my tail, but the grip on my neck was too strong for me to break free. "You die now, as this planet's sun sets."
"I may… die, but you will… pay one day. Karma has a... funny way of… doing that." I laughed, but I was interrupted as he squeezed tighter.
My mind was slipping, and my lungs were burning. Freiza's ugly face was twisted with laughter as blackness ate away at my vision.
Cell was right… the visions were true… this isn't—
Then nothing.