A/N: Thaaaank you for the reviews. It might take a while for me to update again because I'm trying to find my writing skills…. They're around here somewhere….
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Something wasn't right, Piccolo tilted his head back looking up at the sky, something defiantly wasn't right. He could sense Trunk's ki spark back into existence and it felt panicked. The boy's ki was followed soon after by one other unfamiliar ki and then nothing.
"That's not good." He mumbled to himself taking off for Capsual Corps. the place where Trunks' ki was headed, where most of the other Z-senshi were at. Simultaneously the Z-senshi's power level's sparked; scowling Piccolo sped up clenching his fists at his sides.
Goku's ki suddenly flared into what Piccolo assumed was Super Saiyajin, it was held at that level for a good five minutes then it began to drop. Piccolo arrived just in time to see the Saiyajin drop to the ground clutching at his chest.
"It's the virus!" Trunks shouted to the others as he struggled against an ugly green looking being.
The creature swung its large lizard like tail knocking Trunks to the ground and took off in the opposite direction. Piccolo silently debated on going after the creature then saw the condition that Goku was in and decided against it.
"What the Hell happened?"
Kimura looked up at Piccolo as he landed, "I don't know." She shook her head standing back as Crisjin and Yamucha helped Goku to his feet as the man cried in agony clutching at his chest.
"Where's his medicine?" Trunks asked as he ran up to the group, "Where's the medicine I gave him?"
Tora stepped forward, "It's at his house, I'll go get it-"
"No, you fly a head of us and tell Chichi what's happening, get the medicine and be ready for us to get there." Trunks interrupted taking Yamucha's place in holding Goku up.
Tora gave Trunks a steady look before she turned and flew off in the direction of Goku's house. Yamucha exchanged looks with Tien then shrugged.
Piccolo folded his arms over his chest, "Was that the android?" He directed his question towards Gohan who looked slightly stunned at what was happening.
He blinked turning to Piccolo, "I don't think so…" He floated into the air following after the others, "Trunks said everything is messed up."
Piccolo growled baring his teeth and flew off in the opposite direction; he needed to talk to Kami. If anyone knew what was going on it'd be the old man. So far everything had changed, or so he gathered from what Kimura had said. The only thing that seemed to be the same was Goku getting sick, good thing they had the medicine… Piccolo's eyes widened, if everything is messed up, would Goku still die but this time due to the medication?
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"Goku are you-"
"Oh my poor Goku!" Chichi shrieked pushing Tora out of the way and knelt down by her husband's side, "Did the medicine help?"
Tora shrank back towards the door watching Goku, he nodded and she turned finding Kimura standing in the doorway. Tora frowned pushing past and made her way into the bathroom closing the door behind her. Kimura looked back into the room catching Goku's eyes briefly; she nodded and disappeared down the hallway. The group was in the kitchen standing around trying to think of their next move.
Kimura bit her lip turning back to the hallway and moved to the bathroom door knocking on it lightly, "Tora, it's me." She called out shoving her hands into her pockets. Someone said something about Piccolo's sudden disappearance then Tora opened the door.
"You okay?" Kimura asked seeing beyond the mask, emotions was something hard for Tora to hide from her.
Tora breathed in sharply through her nose and nodded, "I'm fine." She said pushing past Kimura again and rejoined the group.
"How's Goku?" Krillin asked immediately, Gohan jumped to his feet upon seeing Tora.
Tora smiled lightly, "Better-"
"You can go and see him Gohan." Trunks said appearing behind Tora, "He's doing a lot better, the medicine's working." Tora moved out of the way tossing an annoyed look at Crisjin who looked at her curiously.
"That's good," Tien said sighing in relief, "But now what do we do about… what did he call himself Trunks?"
Trunks scowled, "Cell."
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Piccolo touched down on the clean white tiles of the Look-out. His eyes scanned over the flat landing on Kami approaching him with a frown on his face.
"Kami," Piccolo scowled crossing his arms over his chest, "We need to talk."
"Indeed." Kami nodded stopping two feet in front of the younger Namekian, he leaned a little on his staff, "I know why you're here Piccolo.
Piccolo snorted, "Good, then we can cut to the chase. You're old and decaying Old Man, if you die on me because of old age you'll have Hell to pay when we reach Other World."
Kami rolled his eyes, "You want to fuse with me Piccolo?"
"I thought you knew why I was here Old Man." Piccolo sneered.
"I don't know if it's a good idea Piccolo. The reason me and your sire separated in the first place was to separate the evil from my body. Are you still evil Piccolo?"
Piccolo grinned cockily, "If I was, do you really think I'd be standing here now ready to defend the Earth?"
"It wouldn't be the first time." Kami retorted.
Piccolo scowled, "I don't have all day Old Man! Quit fucking around!" He glared at Mr. Popo and the little genie man went pale and scurried off.
Kami snorted, "Right. I do sense a change in you Piccolo, and not just from Gohan." He looked Piccolo over noting the mild look of surprise that winked across Piccolo's face, "This will be permanent, you know?"
Piccolo nodded, "Yes."
"Alright then," Kami stepped forward, "Place your hand on my chest."
Piccolo looked slightly disgusted but did as he was told, "Good riddance Old Man."
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"You mean there are three other androids around somewhere?" Krillin squeaked then turned his eyes on his hands and he fidgeted, "Oh great, and we don't even have Goku to help now."
Vegeta glared at Krillin making the small man gulp, "Well if you have been training like the rest of us then we won't need Kakaratto!" He snapped following after his sister out the back door.
Yamucha smiled reassuringly at Krillin, "I'm sure you trained hard Krillin."
"Gee thanks." Krillin mumbled sarcastically.
Kimura rolled her eyes at the two from her spot on the stairs, "We all worked hard," She said leaning back on her elbow, "And Vegeta's right, we can't always rely on Goku. We're strong enough as a group, if not individually, to beat those androids."
Crisjin nodded as he fiddled around with the radio, "Exactly," He said then grinned successfully finding a working station, "Got it!"
The group turned towards the radio as it crackled and spit white noise at them in the background a man spoke.
Oh my God, another building up in flames! Everyone is running and screaming, it's chaos! ... 's this? There's someone else in… sky! Another attacker? No, he's fighting with the attackers! The attackers ran away! Ladies and gentlemen, our city has been- What's this… he's… he's… AHHH!
The group remained silent as the radio went back to spitting white noise and Crisjin turned back to surfing through stations. Trunks bowed his head running his hands through his hair, "No…"
"What's going on out there Trunks?" Tien asked eyeing the demi Saiyajin.
Trunks looked up at everyone, "That was Cell; he absorbs people leaving only their clothes behind."
"Why was he fighting the androids then?" Kimura asked making a face at the image Trunks had created in her mind.
"I don't know… I think it's to absorb them too." He shrugged.
Tora ran back into the room, "The city north of here is being attacked!" She shouted, "Vegeta's already heading there!"
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Clothes everywhere, whole outfits laying out as if the body that had once been in them crawled out. Piccolo walked around them carefully, his eyes scanning over the pavement littered in the clothing. A large pink hat blew past his feet like a tumble weed. White noise filtered out of the building ahead of him, a deserted radio station in the same state as the outside. Piccolo scowled continuing onward in the eerily quiet city.
Then he heard it, it was faint at first like an injured animal, then it grew into tortured screams. He turned a corner finding a large praying mantis-like creature hovering over a screaming man. The things tail stabbed into the man and began sucking, little by little the man began to shrivel and grow quiet. Piccolo's stomach turned at the disgusting display before him, he swallowed thickly moving forward again once the man was gone… leaving only his clothes behind.
"Piccolo," The creature rasped in a high bug-like voice, it turned fully to him and grinned, "Just enjoying a meal."
"Who are you?" Piccolo growled fisting his hands at his sides, "How did you know my name?"
Licking its lips, the creature moved forward, "My name is Cell; I was created to destroy you and all the Z-senshi." Piccolo's eyes darted to Cell's tail as it shot forward at him; he jumped out of the way firing off several Ki blasts at the creature.
Cell jumped over the blasts and flew after Piccolo; Piccolo whirled around and skidded to a stop. Having no time to stop, Cell flew straight into the Ki blast created by Piccolo.
"This… isn't what's …supposed-" He screamed as all of Piccolo's energy went into the blast incinerating his body.
"Where's the android?" Vegeta snarled landing next to the Namek, his eyes scanned the area observing the damage.
Piccolo snorted turning and floated into the air, "Dead."
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A/N: Please review!