Cell looked very different. Instead of an insect, Cell looked more like a frog. Still ugly as sin, Piccolo thought. Piccolo knew that Cell was more powerful than him, but Eighteen was still nearby, and Piccolo wasn't going to let the strongest foe they had ever fought achieve its most powerful form. That's Vegeta's job, he thought to himself.

Cell came at him full bore, and Piccolo was ready. He began to throw blows at the namek, and Piccolo blocked them all. At first, Piccolo wasn't sure that Cell had become much more powerful at all. But soon, he was proven wrong.

Cell knocked Piccolo away, and was on top of him, ready to kill, before he could recover. Piccolo was struggling to stay alive.

Elsewhere, Ichidou was following the fight with his senses. "Piccolo!" he said.

"Ichidou, what are you doing?" Goku asked.

"If the fight continues like this, Piccolo will die." Ichidou said, and with that, he left.

Cell had Piccolo by his shirt, preparing the final blow. Piccolo was helpless, and felt more angry than he ever had in his life. Not even Raditz overwhelmed him so easily. Cell grabbed Piccolo from behind, and began to crush his ribs. Piccolo roared in pain, but was helpless in Cell's grasp.

Suddenly, Cell's crushing strength lessened, and Piccolo burst out of his grip and landed on the ground nearby. He pulled himself to his feet, and stared at the sight before him.

Ichidou had grabbed Cell from behind, and was pulling him into a vice like grip. Ichidou was somehow paralyzing the android. Piccolo was trying to figure out how it worked. Ichidou wasn't stronger than Cell, in fact, at the moment, he wasn't even stronger than Piccolo. How, then was he paralyzing him? The answer came soon enough. He let go, and Cell fell to the ground.

Ichidou's left hand was uncovered. Piccolo stared. It was the same jewel-like device that had been in the palms of Nineteen and Twenty! Was Ichidou an android? Who was he.

"How did you…" Cell said, standing up. "What did you do to me?" He asked. He was weakened, by a lot.

"In my time…" Ichidou said. "My left arm was destroyed by android Seventeen. Shortly after, one of my fellow survivors told me that they discovered the android blueprints. That person then constructed a new arm, exactly like the arms that were built for Nineteen and Twenty. One of the new features of my limb, was an energy draining device exactly like the one they used." He glared at Cell. "Thanks to the power I stole from you, I'm now far stronger than you are." he said. "I think I'll kill you now."

"You'll pay for that!" Cell shouted, flying at his foe. He pulled his arm back, and punched. Ichidou caught his hand with his android arm, and began to drain even more energy. "I'll kill you!" He shouted, and kicked himself out of Ichidou's grasp.

Ichidou put his glove back on. "It's over, Cell." he said. "I have you." Cell charged.

He punched Ichidou, who moved behind him. He swung behind him, only to hit yet another after image. Ichidou was now above him. He kicked Cell in the head, and sent him flying into the ground. Cell recovered, and growled. "You will die!" He screamed, and began to charge at Ichidou.

"KA…" Ichidou said, pulling his hands back. Cell wasn't paying any attention. "ME…" Cell continued to charge, as Ichidou prepared the attack. "HA…" Ichidou continued. Cell, at this point, noticed that Ichidou was preparing a Ka-me-ha-me-ha. "ME…" Cell after imaged, trying to catch Ichidou off guard from above. "HA!" He shouted. Suddenly, Cell realized that Ichidou had redirected his hands upward.

The blast hit him full force, and carried him into the air. Piccolo stood by, amazed at how powerful the Ka-me-ha-me-ha was. Cell was lost in a sea of bright light. When the light faded, Cell was nowhere to be found. "His ki…" Ichidou said. "It's gone." He turned to Piccolo, and smiled. "I did it!" He was exhausted, and had used up all the energy he stole from Cell, but he did it.

Piccolo walked over to Ichidou, ready to congratulate the man on his victory. "You did a good job. Who taught you the Ka-me-ha-me-ha?" He asked.

"I wasn't really taught it…" he said. "One of the other survivors showed it to me, and I just picked it up." He said.

The two of them stood there for a few minutes, trying to figure out how to tell Goku and Vegeta about the problem of Cell being destroyed. They both agreed that the two of them would probably have preferred to do the job themselves.

"That's the problem with people like you." A voice cut in. "You think that just because your foe disappears, that he's dead." It looked kind of like Cell. "I just took the opportunity to run off and find our little android friend." He said. "She wasn't too happy to find out that her brother was gone." He smirked. "But that's okay, they're together now."

"NO!" Ichidou said, charging. "I will kill you!" he screamed, coming at Cell full force.

"Fool!" Cell caught him in mid air. "Did you really think that you'd be able to compete with the full force of my perfect body?" He slammed Ichidou into the ground. Ichidou got back up, and charged at Cell again.

Cell grabbed Ichidou, swung him around, and snapped his android arm in two. "AAAH!" Ichidou screamed. He jumped back. His arm was only held in place by his skin. He ripped his sleeve off, and tied his arm into a makeshift sling. He prepared to attack again, when Cell appeared behind him.

"Nighty night, saiyan…" Cell said, and with that, he knocked Ichidou out cold.

Suddenly, Vegeta appeared. "Cell!" He roared. "I am Vegeta, and I am here to challenge you!" He shouted.

"Hmph." Cell said. "You're not strong enough."

"What, I'll make you pay for that!" Vegeta roared. He attacked. Unfortunately for Vegeta, Cell wasn't in a playful mood. He charged at Cell, and punched him in the face.

Cell flew back, but recovered soon. He came at Vegeta as fast as he could. Vegeta fired ki blasts off, but Cell dodged them all. He flew up close to the prince, and got within inches of his face.

"You…" He said. Vegeta swung for his face, but only met an after image. "Are…" Cell said from behind him. Vegeta swung around, but Cell wasn't there again. "Not…" Cell said, this time from above. Vegeta aimed upwards, hoping to blast the android. "Strong enough!" Cell suddenly said. Vegeta looked up to see Cell's foot slam into his face. Vegeta slammed into the ground. Cell descended, and looked at the prince.

"He should be dead…" Cell said. "Pity, I was hoping for more of a fight." He looked at the battered Piccolo. "Vegeta was much stronger than I anticipated. How did he get so strong?" He asked. Piccolo just stared at him. "No answer?" Cell asked. "Very well." He said. "Answer me this…do you think that he could get even stronger? I mean, if he got so strong in such a short amount of time, maybe if I give you all even more time, you might put up a fight." Cell suggested.

"Yes…" Piccolo said. "Give us time to get stronger, and we will challenge you." he said.

"Does ten days sound sufficient?" Cell asked. "Ten days then. I give you all ten days to get strong enough to provide me with a challenge."

"Where…" Piccolo said.

"When I figure out the exact time and location, I will let you know via television." he smirked. And with that, he flew up. Piccolo knew not to provoke him, he was far beyond him.

Piccolo turned to the other two, both of them unconscious. He walked over to Vegeta, and threw the saiyan over his shoulder, not paying attention to how gently he did it. He started to walk over towards Ichidou. He stared at the unconscious warrior. It couldn't be, it just couldn't. Something was different, Ichidou's ki didn't feel like Ichidou anymore, it felt like…

"Gohan?" Piccolo said, and he walked over towards the fallen saiyan. "This is going to be hard to explain. Where should I take them." He thought. "Ichid…" he caught himself. "Gohan needs that mechanical arm of his repaired, and Vegeta needs healing." He looked down at Vegeta. "No, he really doesn't, he was only knocked out. So I guess I'll head over to that old man's house. I'll get that Bulma woman to look at Gohan's arm, she's good with machines."

"Wait!" A voice said.

"Who are you?" It was a rather tall man, with red hair.

"I am, android Sixteen. I wish to help you stop Cell. You just said you know someone who can fix machines?" he asked.

"Yes I did…" Piccolo said.

"Good, because I need repairs." And with that, the android collapsed. His head was caved in, but it didn't look like he'd been hurt too badly.

"Sorry, but I'm going to have someone else pick you up." Piccolo said to the unconscious android. "I only have two arms." Piccolo took off for the old man's house, trying to think of a way to explain to everyone that he was holding Gohan in his arms, even though he was currently off training with his father…