Cancerous Threat
Chapter 12 Practice Round
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Cancer Cell watched his puppet land on the ground below a few yards away from Saitama and face him and the other heroes. Saitama eyed the newcomer curiously.
"I am Cancer Cell!" Said Cancer Cell through his puppet.
"Cancer Cell? So are you some guy that had cancer and ended up turning into a monster?" Asked Saitama scratching his head.
Saitama liked to fight monsters, but he felt conflicted about fighting someone who had cancer.
"No I am no mere human that had cancer and turned into a monster. I am cancer!" Said Cancer Cell.
"Seriously?" Asked Saitama eyes a bit wide with surprise.
He had wished to punch cancer, after his encounter with the the little girl undergoing chemotherapy, but he never imagined that cancer would take on a physical form and confront him. Saitama had seen some weird monsters, but Cancer Cell was a different case. Nevertheless he was a tiny bit excited about punching the hated disease and maybe Cancer Cell might provide him with the fight he had been craving for quit some time.
Saitama put on a serious face and took on a heroic stance. Cancer Cell grinned, raised his hands up at the bald hero and fired several balls of glowing energy at him. Saitama saw the projectiles coming and sidestepped them with incredible ease as he made his way towards Cancer Cell, but the controlled puppet had expected this and had setup up a little trap for the hero. As Saitama closed the distance between himself and Cancer Cell the ground beneath him suddenly burst open and a gigantic arm and hand shot up at the surprised Saitama and grabbed him. The giant hand began to squeeze down on it's captive.
"Master!" Cried Genos in alarm.
"What terrifying power!" Thought Fubuki with horror.
The Cancer Cell puppet grinned with delight at what appeared to be a instant win. Now all he had to do was collect Saitama's blood and the real Cancer Cell would get a big power boost. The giant hand then exploded to bits and the arm collapsed to the ground with Saitama standing on top of it looking completely unharmed. The Cancer Cell puppet stared at Saitama in shock and then an enraged scowl appeared on his face as his right arm turned into a enormous scythe-like blade and he leaped at the hero swinging. Saitama dodged the first swing and then he casually punched the blade arm and it exploded to bits! Cancer Cell puppet yelled in both pain and surprise as he leaped back from Saitama clutching his bleeding numb. The villain glared at Saitama and then his arm grew back.
"Regeneration. Guess I couldn't expect cancer to go down that easy." Said Saitama.
"I'm only getting started!" Said Cancer Cell as he slammed both his palms on the ground and began to spread more of his veins out.
More giant arms and hands shot out of the ground and flung themselves at Saitama. Saitama dodged some of the giant limbs and destroyed a few with some punches. One giant hand raced at Saitama and suddenly sprouted dozens of smaller hands that tried to strike the hero. Saitama punched all the oncoming hands with ease and destroyed them, before he leaped at Cancer Cell puppet intending to finish him off. Cancer Cell puppet sprouted wings and took off into the air to avoid Saitama. The villain sopped about a hundred feet in the air and then he used his powers to conjure up a energy ball the size of a house and hurled it down at Saitama. Saitama leaped through the air, destroyed the energy ball with a punch, and continued flying forward and punched Cancer Cell puppet in the stomach and blew a hole through him!
Saitama fell back to the ground below and Cancer Cell puppet crashed to the ground a few feet from him.
"Simply...incredible...!" Gasped Cancer Cell puppet.
"You're still alive?" Asked Saitama looking at the defeated enemy.
"I am, though not for much...longer. You are strong Saitama, though you haven't defeated me." Said Cancer Cell puppet.
"What do you mean?" Asked Saitama.
"This was just...practice. This was just a puppet created by the real me and controlled from afar. I'm a careful and strategic being when it comes to fighting. I now know that I need to become stronger in order to truly be a match for you. This has been a very educational experience for me and I look forward to our next encounter." Said Cancer Cell though his puppet before he disconnected his connection with it and it just laid on the ground fully dead.
Saitama just looked down at the puppet and wondered what the real Cancer Cell was up to.
To be continued.
