Cell zoomed over the landscape, arms folded over his chest. He put as much distance as he could between himself and the lookout, before finally coming to a halt over a frozen sea. He slowly lowered to the frozen surface of the water.
He widened his stance, fists clenching. With a yell he powered himself up to his Super Perfect form, becoming a beacon. If he knew himself, and oh he did, he would want nothing more then to fight himself
It would be something he would want more than fighting Goku or Gohan.
No games. No holding back. He would do as Vegeta said and give it his all and kill this 'him' in a glorious one on one battle.
"That cat was right… I am here."
Cell smirked as he was met face to face with himself. There were honestly no differences between the two of them. Their coloration, their eyes, even their spots were all identical. Down to the very last one
Cell put a finger to his lips in thought. "Everyone is all up in a tizzy about you. But I can't say I see what is so impressive."
The other him smirked back, his own stance widening. He powered up, and Cell was left to bite his tongue. Vegeta's blunder had indeed brought this him to a higher level. But when had one's power been the factor into their victory? He had been higher than Gohan and still the boy had overpowered him.
Cell simply could not make a mistake. "Vegeta yet again hands myself power on a plate. I can't say I am surprised."
"Nor can I. The prince had a horrible habit of not finishing things when he should have." The other him looked him up and down, "There is all this talk I keep hearing. I must confess, I am confused by it. Who is Mita?"
"My son." Cell put his hand on his chest, smirking proudly, "A prodigy child I must say. But only the best comes from me. Wouldn't you say?"
The other's smirk fell. "Who is the mother?"
"Poppy. She is-"
"A Human?"
Cell frowned at being interrupted. A man did not get the chance to brag about his family to himself every day. "Yes. She is human."
The Other Cell's face went from impassive to a condescending sneer. "So while you have been pumping a worthless wretch full of your semen and having bastard hybrids, I have been destroying empires."
Cell's face fell, his fists clenching at the insult to his paramor and progeny. "Excuse me?"
"You boast about having a family, but what have you accomplished? What have you managed to do? Gohan is alive. Goku is alive. Even Frieza is alive." The other him held open his arms, smirking, "I killed Goku, I killed his son. I destroyed this planet. I hunted down every one of Frieza's race. Not even Majin Buu could contend with me."
He laughed then, holding his chin. "Did you even win your Cell Games?"
Cell clenched his fists, not answering him.
"I take your silence as a no, then."
Well, Cell was done with this conversation. He launched forward, his fists connecting with the other's wrists, sending a shockwave that cracked the ice below them. They exchanged blows, Cell getting into the flow of things quickly and putting all he had into it.
It felt good to put everything he had, to hit with the intent to kill. It had been so long since he had done that. He skidded along the ground after a hard punch, his hands coming together at his side. "Kamehameha!"
His other instant transmissioned out of the way, his knee planting into Cell's face and smashing his nose. That certainly smarted.
"You certainly are strong, despite your lack of accomplishments, but you should of waited for Goku."
Cell backed up, scowling as blood dripped down his face. "How dare you, you-"
"How dare you stoop so low as to lay with animals." Cell posed his hands before him, forming a triangle.
Ah, that move.
"You know what the best thing is about this move? It is one hundred times the power of the users power level. I hope to use it to turn the Tien here into paste but you will be an excellent test." he sneered, "Shin Kikōhō!"
Cell braced himself, and was uncomfortably reminded of a time long ago when Tien had used the same move on him, albeit worse. So much worse. It felt like he was being crushed and not just minorly inconvenienced. He slammed into the ice, the frozen water around him forming a triangular crater.
Tien had been leagues below him. This Cell was stronger, though not by much, then he was. Indeed this made the Shin Kikōhō far more damaging then what Tien had done.
"Hō!"
Cell was being crushed. He spat out blood, his body already caving in to the massive force. His other stopped the assault, laughing.
"Wow, only two and you went down like the fly you are." He held his chin, landing beside him, watching as Cell rolled over and heaved in air.
Cursed regeneration did nothing for this kind of damage. It was only good for regrowing lost tissue, not rapidly healing crushed organs in seconds. He still healed fast but in the heat of battle crushed lungs that took a day to heal were still crushed.
He got up on shaky legs, holding his torso. At least his saiyan and frost demon DNA allowed for being able to take the punishment he had been dealt and keep standing.
Before he could speak, the Other Cell grabbed his neck, lifting him into the air. Did he really look that smug when he smirked? It was aggravating.
"It's almost cruel you know." the other him said, squeezing Cell's neck tightly, "Being your lover. Mothering your pitiful little welp."
Cell bared his teeth. He never thought his own voice could cause such disgust, but he supposed there was a time for everything. "How so?" he croaked.
"You can't go out with her. You can't take her on dates, can't be out with your family. And if people knew she spread her legs for you… Well, that's no different than putting a target on her back."
Cell grimaced as he was dropped to the ground. God damn that Vegeta. He yelled as his other slammed his foot into his chest, crushing the shell of his exoskeleton.
"Pathetic." He stepped away then, not battering Cell any more. Probably to prevent a hefty power boost of his own.
The Other Cell looked out onto the frozen water, arms folded over his chest. "Hmm. No one came to assist you. You don't even have their friendship do you?" He looked down at Cell, smirking. "I have a visit to make. I really do want the most out of everyone here."
With that he instant transmissioned away, leaving Cell to lay on the cold ice, his blood slowly freezing on his skin. He rolled over with a snarl, fluctuating his ki wildly hoping to get some sort of attention from one of the others.
"Which one are you?"
Cell looked up, Gohan standing before him. Cell moved to push himself off the ice, the slick warm blood flowing out of his mouth making his hands slip and slam his broken nose back into the ice. "Shut up and help me…"
"Which one are you? What is my daughter's favorite food?"
Was he really doing this? Was he stupid? "Your daughter is a quarter saiyan, she has no favorite food." Cell groaned out, once again trying to get onto his feet, "On my son's first birthday she wanted to learn the fusion dance and fuse with him… is that enough?"
He slipped again, but this time Gohan caught him, holding him up. Gohan powered up, and Goku appeared almost immediately. "Gohan! Cell! What's going on?"
"What do you think? Where the hell were you?" Cell winced, his lungs hurting. "Get me on the damned lookout and give me a senzu bean."
Goku put his hands on both of them, and instant transmissioned after a bit of focus. Everyone turned to look at them, Vegeta spitting. "So much for killing him."
Cell frowned, noticing a distinct lack of Poppy running up to him to see if he was alright. In fact, he didn't even sense her or his son in the direct vicinity.
Fear suddenly gripped him, remembering what the Other Cell said. "Where is Poppy?"
