Disclaimer: This applies to all chapters, I do not own DBZ or Shinzo or any of their characters. All I own is Allegra. This fanfic is a crossover with Shinzo, but written for a DBZ-reading audience that knows nothing about Shinzo, so don't worry! All will be explained. Happy reading!
The Creations- CicadaS
Chapter FourGoku shook his head; "Cell was using her as a hostage. I was almost going to fight him…" Goku went silent, scowling in anger and frustration. "She wanted to thank you Tien, for saving her life."
"Me? She does know I'm… of course she knows I'm human; was she all right? Hallucinating or anything?"
Goku shrugged, "I dunno. I thought it was weird too, her thanking a human. Well maybe she's learning to like humans after all," Goku grinned optimistically.
Tien sighed, "Well, what now? When to we go save her?"
"…We can't. I don't know where she is; I checked the island she was last on when Cell left it, she was gone."
"He took her with him?" Tien asked in disbelief, "Why?" Horrible scenarios already forming in his mind's eye. He rubbed his head, trying to banish the disturbing thoughts.
"Cell's probably keeping her as a contract to me fighting him," Goku muttered darkly.
"We've got to go after him! Maybe we can rescue her—"
"No! Cell is too strong for us to fight now… going after Allegra would only endanger your life as well.
"So we leave her there?"
Goku hissed a sigh; "I know. I know."
Tien shook his head, 'There has to be something…'
When Allegra woke up she felt strangely… good. Rested, recovered and completely fine, save for the slight bump on the back of her head. She woke with a soundless ping, sky blue eyes snapped open and her head turned to the blinding light being reflected off a marble plateau. Cell stood at its centre, his back to her.
Allegra sat up, wings stretching outwards, grateful to be fully regenerated.
Cell had absorbed the other android; that was the only explanation for his change in appearance. She briefly wondered what he looked like from the front, "Cell?" Allegra floated to her feet, "Cell?"
Allegra inhaled, paused, Cell seemed to be in deep meditation, and screeched. The screech of a siren, loud enough to make any human's ears burst with blood. Two seconds and an alabaster hand was clamped over her mouth and twin magenta eyes bore into her own twin hues, "There had better have been a reason for that," Cell frowned.
Allegra pushed Cell's hand away from her face without much resistance, "You didn't respond the first few times…" she noticed Cell rubbing one of his ears absently, "And I also wondered if you had inherited Piccolo's sharp hearing as well."
"Satisfied now?"
"No."
Cell raised the ghost of an eyebrow, "That was very off the bat."
"Satisfaction is an illusion," Allegra tittered softly, "And satisfaction is irrelevant at this moment in time. I have many questions to ask you."
Cell folded his arms, smiling pleasantly, "As I do you, my dear. Why don't we take some time to get to know each other? Believe it or not, I happened to find a reference to Enterrans in my extensive databank of knowledge," Cell gloated, "And I am eager to learn more about your little race."
"There is no doubt that you are infinitely more powerful than me, Cell, and I also suspect you are faster than me, in this current form. So I ask you this, when will you permit me to leave?"
"After the fate of this planet is decided."
"And when will that be?"
"In nine days."
"Nine?"
"It was ten, but you slept through the first," Cell told her as he moved back towards the centre of his marble plateau. Allegra followed, seating herself on the edge of the ring. She really started to regret waking the arrogant bug up.
"And I was well aware of your existence during the whole of my meditation; I would have noticed had you tried to escape." Oddly that made her feel better, less to regret.
"What happened since you rendered me unconscious?"
"I absorbed android 18 and became perfect," Cell smirked over his shoulder, "I also announced the end of the world via most of the television channels the humans use, built my arena and found you again. Various other things happened of much less importance also."
"Killed anybody important?" Allegra asked nonchalantly.
"No one important. In fact, the last person to have died as a result of my presence would have to be one of the news presenters at the station I graced with my presence. He had a heart attack upon seeing me," Cell drawled, smiling nostalgically as he looked over his black nails.
'So they are all still alive. Good…'
"You look relieved. Were you worried that I might've killed your dear little saiyan friend?"
"Gohan is the only one on this miserable planet that ever attempted to befriend me," Allegra retorted.
"Now Allegra, you know that is not true," Cell purred, "If we recall correctly, I tried to befriend you back by the outskirts of Ginger Town. Your forgetfulness is breaking my heart."
"Ah, but Gohan's motives are always pure," Allegra pointed out, "Your only motivation is survival. To you I was an interest, snack, threat, dessert, dessert, dessert, and then a hostage. You tried to befriend me to stop me from calling Piccolo."
"Sacrifices had to be made in order for perfection to be fulfilled."
"Oh yes, your wonderful perfection," Allegra replied dryly, "Personally I preferred the first Cell I had the misfortune of meeting; he seemed more…"
"Like an Enterran?" Cell finished with an equally dry tone, "I'm afraid, my dear, that you go on about your own pathetic species even more than I do about my perfection."
"WE ARE NOT PATHETIC!" Allegra yelled; on her feet and looking as fierce as she cold possibly make herself.
"Oh please," Cell sniggered, unimpressed, "You are convinced that you are the last of them in this universe. You talk about nothing else. Clearly our universe must know all of an almost extinct race of no consequence." And how dare she find his Perfect form less attractive than his previous Imperfect one!
"At least I KNOW who I am!" Allegra didn't flinch this time when Cell appeared but an inch in front of her, determined to stare the neurotic android down.
"Mind your manners my dear Allegra, or I will be forced to commit you serious harm."
"And if you kill me, Goku will not fight you," Allegra hissed.
"Goku will fight me no matter what. And I will win. But you are expendable, do not forget that. You live purely for the sake of my entertainment."
"And are you not entertained?" Allegra laughed bitterly.
"Hardly," Cell muttered.
"Well, what do you want? A juggling performance? I am not a dancing monkey, Cell."
"I am very pleased to hear this. We already have two and two half dancing monkeys on this planet; I'd hate for there to be more of them. …Can you sing?" Cell asked curiously.
"No."
"Oh everyone can sing, Allegra."
"Can you sing?" Allegra challenged.
"Of course I can sing. I am perfection embodied. I can emulate any sound; I can sing every song ever archived as the artist originally intended it and better. So yes, I can sing," Cell replied matter-of-factly.
"Human songs? Hmph, that is nothing. I have not the skills for singing. I fight."
A grin suddenly spread itself across Cell's face and his eyes lit up, "Then fight me."
"Now?"
Cell smiled wolfishly, "Exactly. Free shot, and one only," Cell smirked, holding up a commanding finger.
The Enterran focused her rage. One shot to hurt that bug's ego as much as she could… or, more realistically, prove she was not a push-over, that the Enterrans were not push-overs. Allegra walked backward ten steps. The wind was steady; Allegra was completely recovered and boiling with rage. She gathered the energy she needed, steadied herself. 'One shot. One go.'
Allegra sprang forward, wings and air propelling her as the architects of her species had designed. All she could muster was in this blow, and she could not lose it. 'Not this time, not to him.' Allegra had been so focused on a still target that she could not stop herself when Cell moved. The Enterran spluttered in protest, but pulled up out of the air before the force had carried her too far. She stood at the foot of the cliffs.
"What was that for?" Allegra demanded, her voice shrilling over the howling wind.
"My dear Allegra, did I ever mention what time I would allow you your free hit?"
"Ourgh!" Allegra yelled in frustration. It would be a while before she could be rested enough to strike him as hard as she could have then. Cell appeared in front of her, gloating. Allegra struck him hard in the chin. Cell's head jerked lightly upwards from the blow. He chuckled darkly, "I'm impressed."
"You are impossible!" Allegra spat.
"Hmm; a lot of philosophers did say perfection was impossible; yet here I am," Cell smirked, "Though I must say, that was quite a punch."
Allegra just floated a foot off the ground, eyes smouldering white.
"You are quite a strong race, aren't you?" Cell's magenta eyes glinted with devious mischief, "How then did such a race fall so easily to Frieza's invasion?"
The girl's face paled considerably, almost matching her eyes, "How—"
"I told you I found a reference to your little planet inside my memory banks; did you not believe me, dear Enterran?"
"How is that possible? What else do you know?" Allegra demanded.
"That," Cell smirked, "You will have to defeat me to hear." Cell sped off.
"No!" Allegra screamed after him in frustration. She gave chase.
Sorry folks, but the next break will be a wee bit longer than most because I have run out of stuff I've already written, ehe. Thank you all very much for the reviews, favourites and watches... it really means a lot to me. :) and just a question to reviewers; is the story summary overly cheezy? Any ideas on improvements?
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