The Clash of Realities

Chapter: 15

Title: So close…(By Myself) Part 2

Creator: Thundercracker417

Helpers: Genroththe1 (He is giving me ideas and Hunter-136 is based after him.)

Rated: T

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from it. I only own the OC's that are in the story.

(Chris-417)

"Nick, how close are we?"

"We're about 10 minutes from the crash site sir. And please stop asking me. The more time I talk to you, the less focused I am on piloting and we'll get there slower."

"Sorry." How could I stop asking? One of the only people I care about is in trouble. I would do the same for Hunter and even James if either of them went missing.

(602)

Luckily I am one osf the strongest Spartan IV's. The monster I was fighting was just to strong or probably even Chris. I was only still alive because of my strength and intelligence.

Punching it in the face as it charged, it instantly stopped and stumbled back. 'Cell' growled and punched at me at an amazing speed. I dodged the fist and swung my leg around to hit 'Cell'.

He caught my foot with his other arm and lifted me into the air.

'What is he going to…' my brief thought stopped when he started to spin around. He spun around once, then again, and again, and many times after that with more speed each time.

He suddenly threw me and with the momentum he had gained, I flew from his hands as fast as someone could blink. My shields went down as I felt my back hit something and I realized that it was the burning Pelican. I was currently lying in the blazing inferno that my old ship was now in.

I struggled to get up from the fire. It was hard because I was being burnt by the flames since my shields were down. I eventually got up and walked out of the fire. I looked at Cell who looked surprised that I wasn't dead. He didn't seem to care though as he charged at me again. He might be slow, but he was no pushover.

I ducked as his fist whizzed over my head. I stepped forward and nailed Cell's stomach with my head. He fell down while grabbing his stomach. I jumped up and tried to kick him upon landing. Instead, he rolled over and I missed it. He grabbed my leg and pulled it from under me. I screamed as he flipped me over onto the ground. He held my leg as he stood up.

"Foolisssh human." He lifted me up into the air as though I weighed nothing. He then suddenly bashed my body on the ground. Then he lifted me by my one leg again and he bashed me on the ground. He did this over and over and I felt extreme pain shoot up my back.

Cell dropped me onto the ground and I closed my eyes in pain. I curled up and quickly began to fear of what he was going to do to me. Was Cell going to slowly kill me like all of my allies? Was he just going to kill me? Would he torture me to death?

(Chris-417)

'8 minutes.'

(Android 17)

"16, are you sure this is where you last felt Cell's power level?"

"Affirmative 17. He is somewhere around here," The behemoth stood silent for a second His eyes closed and I could guess he was searching for Cell. His eyes flickered open instantly.

"Cell is currently south-east of our current location. Let's hurry because he is attacking someone who is about half as ssstrong as him."

I smirked. Cell couldn't stand a chance against me if I went super. When I did that, no-one could stop me. "How strong is he 16? Anything special?"

"He is only one six-thousandth as powerful as when we originally encountered him. He will be easy to beat if we stop him now."

"Alright let's get going."

(602)

I was currently having the worst time of my life. I was holding onto the gigantic tail hanging over my head acting like a giant vacuum. My hands were clenched on either side of the gaping hole of death that overshadowed me.

"Awww, look at that. The pathetic loser is putting up a fight. Just give up now and I promise it will be painless." Cell stopped for a second.

"You honestly think that you'll be able to escape? You can't stop your absorption forever. Please stop denying your fate and accept that your min-agghh"

Thud. I hit the ground after I kicked him in the stomach when I caught him off-guard in a monologue. I rolled over and kicked him while jumping. I landed on top of him with my foot right on his face.

"Deny what you bastard?" I kicked him right across the face. He moaned and growled at me while I repeatedly kicked and punched him while he was flat on the ground.

(Chriss-417)

'4 minutes.'

(Android 17)

"There he is gang. Let's kill him." Cell currently was on the ground with some figure kicking him. This must be that person 16 told us about that was fighting Cell. By the way it was looking, the person was exhausted and Cell didn't look much better, but he could regenerate and she couldn't.

Cell kicked the person assaulting him off of him and slowly stood up. The helmet the person was wearing flew off and fell a few meters away. Cell was panting and breathing as heavily as someone could. 16 already was charging towards him. 16 landed right next to Cell and tapped him on the back like all that time ago.

Cell turned and was as surprised as he was last time. His beak gaped as 16 punched him across the face. I decided to get closer to the action. 18 decided to follow me towards the battle.

I could see this was 16's fight and could see that he wanted to fight alone. I knew what pride felt like and what it felt like to lose it to someone and swear revenge.

I looked at the person that had been fighting Cell. They were unconscious from the kick they had just taken from Cell. They looked funny in the armor they wearing. The armor was light blue with patches of white and dark blue. I could tell from a distance many things about them with their menacing body and armor, but I couldn't see details like this.

I turned to see Cell hobbling away from a last zone where 16 must have used his hell flash attack. Cell didn't look to good. He grabbed his head in pain. Then I realized to late that it wasn't out of pain but he was instead grabbing his head with a familiar hand sign.

I put up my energy barrier as did 18. 16 didn't have to worry about being absorbed so he didn't care about Cell's attack.

"SOLAR FLARE!"

I closed my eyes and smiled because of my barrier's protection. Cell couldn't get past this baby.

As the flash faded I again realizesd a detail too late. He didn't want to absorb me or 18. He must know we could beat him if we tried. he just wanted to escape!

"16, where is he!"

"I don't know 17. He is hiding his power level. We'll have to search for him the usual way."

(Chris-417)

'Wait a sec. 602's status bar just went down. Oh come on, only 2:30 minutes left.'

(Cell)

'Idiots. I only hid my power level and jumped in the hole that 16 made when he blasted me. I didn't actually run. Time to have myself a meal.'

I climbed out of the crater and looked around for my prey. They were a few meters from the vehicle I destroyed. I paced over to the Spartan-IV's body. I picked them up slowly and licked my lips.

I was enjoying today so far. I now have gained much power from these Spartan's and also I now knew that 17 and 18 were here as well. I couldn't fight them yet, but if I played my cards right, I could absorb them both in no time.

My tail flipped over my head and over my victim's. I noticed that they were starting regain consciousness again.

"Agghh," They moaned.

"Don't worry, this will be quick."

My tail closed around their upper body. They struggled and writhed as I started to suck their body into my tail. Soon, only their feet stuck out and soon after nothing at all. Their body went through my tail into my stomach. I digested them quickly and loved every second of it.

The power that I gained was tremendous and godlike compared to the other's I absorbed today. It felt so good that I closed my eyes and embraced it. Yes, this was a major step closer to becoming the strongest in the universe.

A loud noise went by over-head. The cause of it was a vehicle similar to that I had just shot down. MORE enemies were coming!?!?

I decided to run because there is no way that I would be able to face more even with this new power. I needed time to rest. I I run they'll spot the movement. I should just try and get some cover. Hope they're as stupid as some of the last group.

(Chris-417)

I looked out of the back of the Pelican ad I saw 602's Pelican in flames down in a forest.

"Nick, stop! This is where we need to be."

He set down the aircraft, but I had already jumped out of it. I landed perfectly without a slight bruise. Jumping was one of my specialties. I looked around myself and saw very little. Other than trees and the Pelican there was little to see.

Now everyone had gotten out of the Pelican an had caught up with me.

"Where is everybody?" James asks stupidly.

"I don't know. Let's check out this area."

Dominic checked out the field for anything interesting. James decided to help him Nick and Hunter followed me towards the wreckage of the Pelican.

Near the Pelican I see a familiar teal body of armor. It matched that of Paul's, but it was empty.

"Where is he?" Nick asked me. I doubted that Paul would just leave his armor behind so what could have happened was baffling.

"Hey look over here!" Hunter-316 yelled to us. Where he was standing were two more suits of armor. They matched those of Camie and Jamie's. They too were empty.

'What the hell is going on here?" I ask myself lightly.

I decided to go see if James and Dom. have found anything, but on my way I see another body suit. It belonged to Alec. Again, the suit was empty.

I continue walking and see that James and Dom. are still looking without having found anything. The trees looked like a nice place to sit down for the moment. I walked over to them and sighed. What the hell was going on? Where were the Spartans that had just arrived? Where was 602? All these questions were bubbling inside my head and I had no answers for them. I sat down against one particularly large tree.

I looked down to look at the leaves. There weren't many on the ground yet because it just turned fall in this dimension. I watched one leaf's path to the ground. It slowly but beautifully descended to the forest floor. But, before it could hit the ground it rubbed against an object I hadn't noticed.

Right next to me was the helmet of 602.

Picking it up, I decided to play back the video recorder in the helmet.

After I showed everybody what was on the tape. There was complete silence. No-one could think of something to say.

The helmet may have fallen off of 602 and fallen on the recorder, but it could still record sounds.

We could tell what happened to our comrade. Why though does it say that 602 is perfectly fine in my helmet's status bars?

Where was this mysterious monster that had assaulted the recovery squad? It couldn't have gotten far because the helmet also had the time where it must have gotten 602. The sounds indicating my friend's death ended about 38 seconds before we landed.

Being the leader of an army means a lot of things. That included being able to accept the loss of soldiers and comrades. It also meant not making rash decisions that coul threaten the lives of your allies.

Most of all, it meant perseverance.

I could never cry in front of my best friends no matter how hard I tried before. I came close to doing that just now though. I couldn't believe this happened.

Even though I was the leader of the army, how could I forget what just happened?

(What do I do to ignore them behind me?)
(Do I follow my instincts blindly?)
(Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams?)
(And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?)

I was furious. I wanted to find the monster responsible and I wanted to kill it NOW.

(Do I sit here and try to stand it?)
(Or do I try to catch them red-handed?)

I surely thought that I would lose my sanity. How could I let this happen? I shouldn't have let this happen. How come it did though?

(I can't hold on)
(To what I want when I'm stretched so thin)
(It's all too much to take in)
(I can't hold on)
(To anything watching everything spin)
(With thoughts of failure sinking in)