Whenever he returned to civilisation , he went through a route that was unfamiliar, and he happened to come across the androids and Piccolo fighting, but a closer examination of the scene revealed that Cell was also there, most likely to absorb 17 and 18. Rayne stayed hidden, which was a grave mistake, as not soon after he arrived, Piccolo was killed by Cell.

A standoff occurred between 17 and Cell, there being an unusual silence filling the air. Rayne decided to step in to avenge Piccolo, and stop Cell once and for all. He flew in and landed next to 17, facing cell in his dragon fighting stance. "Listen, you take 18 and get as far away as you can. He wants to absorb you two to become perfect, and destroy the planet. We can't let him do that, understand?" 17 laughed and walked towards Cell. "I doubt that this creature could overpower me, or 18 for that matter. If he's going to absorb me, then he should just get on with it, or else I'm going to destroy him." And with that said, Cell promptly leapt down and absorbed 17 swiftly, turning into his semi-perfect form.

Rayne was completely shocked at the quickness of Cell, and the arrogance of 17. Android 16 attempted to leave with 18, but Cell stopped them in their tracks. He went to absorb 18, but before he could, Rayne appeared and landed a devastating blow to Cell's face, the gauntlets blasting a buckshot of energy as the punch made contact. "Oh, so THAT'S how powerful they are!" He smiled and went back into his dragon fighting stance. "16, 18. Get out of here while you still can, it's imperitive that you both survive. I'll find a way to get 17 back, but for now just run!" And with that said, Rayne dashed towards Cell, cracking him in the face with another punch, releasing a second energy buckshot, and slowing down Cell even more.

The two androids managed to escape, leaving Rayne and Cell to battle. Rayne was ready to battle, and was convinced that he could take Cell no problem, but it was as if divine intervention helped out Cell because Rayne was getting absolutely pulverized. He would go for attack after attack, trying everything he could, but it wasn't good enough. The battle raged on, and Rayne did manage to hit Cell, releasing another energy buckshot, and driving Cell into the Earth. Rayne was too damaged and exhausted to capitalise, so he instead held out his hands and threw out two titanium white energy blasts, freezing Cell in place and giving Rayne enough time to retreat.

After flying for what seemed like hours, Rayne finally made it to Kame house. As he arrived, he began walking towards the house, but immediately collapsed on the beach out of exhaustion.