Cell looked down as he heard Trunks call out and frowned. Making sure he had a good grip with his left arm he pointed his right down toward Trunks. His arm jerked a little and then a force blast slammed into Trunks knocking him back down into the ground. Sakura tried to use the loosened hold on her to get free but Cell still had her gripped too tightly. /Damn, how do I get away/ her mind cried as she clenched her eyes shut trying to fight off the pain. /Maybe... gaaaaaah... gotta get this... FREAK off of me. Well, either way I'm dead, so I guess it's worth a try, at least this way... I've got a chance./
Trunks climbed back to his feet and looked up in time to see Sakura's fists clench and her eyes open. A faint glow came to her eyes first and then to his which snapped wide instantly. "Sakura, no!" he cried. "That's too dangerous!"
Cell looked down at him again and scowled. However, he didn't have time to say anything as a low growl from Sakura drew his attention to her. "Time... to... let... me... go... you... freak. Sanjuuuu... KINRYOKUUUUUU!" she cired, snapping her arms out to the side. Her aura flared up blindingly bright, her power swelling and washing out around her. Cell let out a mixed cry of shock and pain and jerked back from her. And then her sky rocketing power started to plummet, as did she. Her silver aura faded and she reverted to normal as she fell to the ground.
Trunks jumped up and caught her making sure she was okay before looking up to find Cell. The creature was still floating there, a few dozen feet back from where he'd been while holding Sakura, with a very angry look on his face. The entirety of his legs were missing as well as his arms and half his tail. No doubt blasted off in the rush of power, since he'd had his defenses down. Trunks floated down to the ground and lay Sakura down beside his father. By the time he looked up again Cell had regrown his missing parts.
The Sai-jin scowled. Cell had managed to absorb a decent amount of energy while he'd been draining Sakura, he had even less of a chance of beating him now than before. Especially with only himself left to fight. Now that both his father and mate were down... things did not look good. But he had to find a way to win, he had to. Vegeta and Sakura were defenseless now, if he didn't destroy Cell...
"No..." he shook his head. "I wont lose her, she's all I've got left." He started shifting his position, turning sideways to Cell. The ground under his feet cracked and he sank a little and then he raised his right arm up toward Cell. Blue energy began to gather from the ground and air around him, as well as his own golden energy, and formed into a ball before his hand.
"What do you think you're up to?" Cell asked smirking and crossing his arms. "You can't defeat me!"
Trunks narrowed his eyes. He had a feeling Cell was right, even if he hit him with his strongest attack he'd probably just come back. His regenerative powers were an unknown factor. He'd just have to hit him with his best, grab his father and Sakura, and take off before he regenerated. If he was lucky the blast would take Cell out for good. If not... at least they'd have gotten away.
He shook his head. "I don't know if I can or not but I can give it my best shot!" he called up. "I wont let this world suffer the same fate as my own!" The energy in front of his palm pulsed and flared, he'd have to go with what he had, charging more would be too dangerous, too hard to control. "Wakusei Okaeshi Bakuha!" he called.
The ground beneath his feet cracked and shattered further as the energy he gathered flared and shot toward Cell in a massive and powerful wave of blue and gold energy. Cell's eyes widened in shock, the power of the attack had flared up the instant it was fired. As soon as the attack engulfed him Trunks ended it, bent down, grabbed his father and his mate, and then took off toward the Lookout. He wasn't sure how the fighting was going or had gone there but it was still the safest and best place to go.
Shortly after Trunks vanished into the distance the last of the energy sped passed Cell revealing a severly distorted creature. His arms, head, legs, and tail were gone and his body was half gone as well. Suddenly shoulers and then arms sprouted from it. Then legs shot down, his tail grew back out, and his head popped up like a turtle's. From the instant it reformed he had a rather pissed look on his face.
"That brat! I have GOT to stop underestimating these pests. They know things, moves, that I don't... No matter. Once I have 18 my power will be unreachable and the transformation to my Perfect Form will allow me to fully integrate the DNA I got from that girl." He smirked at that. Integrating her DNA would boost his power even higher than just integrating 18. A two for one deal, once he had her.
The question was, where was she? He wasn't even sure where the Android had gone to find her or if the battle had ended yet. "I guess I could go track down that lab Tao mentioned. He said it was in the north... to the East of North City... Not much to go on but it's all I've got." he said thoughtfully, turning north. He could still feel Trunks flying off to the west at high speed but wasn't interested in him. Attaining his full power was more important. In a flash of gold he shot off to the north.
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Planet Vegeta, the Palace:
"No way!" Vadora cried, wide-eyed, at what she felt and saw. These new 'Super Scouters' were amazing. Despite the powers on Earth they were still reading and not overloading. Even with the sudden and massive increases they'd been getting lately. First with Sakura's power-up against Super 13 followed by Trunks' own power-up. The next shock had been Tien's attack, and then came Sakura's sudden rush of power with her use of the Kinryoku followed just now by Trunks' massive rush of power with his attack.
King Vegeta nodded as he gazed at the power reading of Cell. "And with the power this Cell creature absorbed from Sakura he's almost equal to my own Oozaru form... if I still had access to it at least."
"Such power is hard to believe." Pug said slowly. "Even if Goku had not defeated Frieza on Namek his reign would have ended within the next few days anyway. Especially with the likes of this Cell creature running around."
"Is there even a chance now?" Vadora asked after a moment. "With the Prince, Trunks, and Sakura beaten there's nothing left standing between Cell and 18. If he becomes Perfect..."
"All we can hope for..." The King said slowly. "Is that Goku and Bardock's training pays off. If the Kais are on our side then the Guardian Powers will come to our aid. Whether or not they can compare to Cell's own power is another matter."
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Earth, about 120 miles south west of North City:
18 had picked up Super 13 trailing her about a couple minutes ago and it was obvious she'd not out run him. So she decided that instead of going where she'd intended she'd find a new, closer, destination. As such she turned skyward, toward the space tears. It had taken her the last two minutes to reach the border of time-space tears. She was just out of their reach but just close enough to move into them in a moment's notice.
If she was lucky she could get him into the reach of the tears, use them to destroy him. If not... she'd go in herself. Either way she'd be free of him chasing her... She'd still need to do something about Cell if it was 13 that was destroyed but it'd still be a step in the right direction. She couldn't move back into the tear, her self-preservation systems wouldn't let her. But she could fire off a strong Ki blast, use it's recoil to push her into it.
A moment later she saw him nearing, charging up toward her. /That's it, come at me you stupid piece of junk./ she thought, bringing her arm up and gathering the energy she'd need. Suddenly he pulled to a stop, still a good distance back. "Come on, what are you waiting for!" she yelled.
"I don't know what you're up to but it's not going to work." the Android responded. He then held his arms in front of him and brought his hands together in a circle. Blue energy circled its way around the inside of his hand making a ring. He then pulled his arms apart, spreading his fingers, and the circle grew larger and larger. "Containment Rings!" he called thrusting his arms forward.
18's eyes widened as the ring charged toward her breaking into four as it neared. She tried to move back but her systems wouldn't respond. /Damn it/ she cried mentally as she fired the energy blast at the rings but they simply expanded to let it pass through them. The recoil from the blast pushed her back as she'd hoped but not far enough before the rings reached her and surrounded her.
Two slid down from above, one locking around her waist, the other at her shoulders. The other two came up from below, the first wrapping around her knees and the second around her ankles. And just like that she was bound up, unable to move. "Let me go!" she growled, trying to break the energy bonds.
13 floated over to where she was and grabbed her head pulling her to eye level and close to his face. "If it wasn't for Cell wanting you I'd just obliterate you right now." he said, his eyes narrowing. "We never liked you or your brother. You were far too much trouble, pathetic Humans."
18 scowled right back at him. "So why are you even taking me to Cell then? I thought you hated anything organic, not just 17 and I."
"True, but strength is strength and he is stronger than me." 13 then tucked her under his arm and turned toward where he could detect Cell flying. "Ah, good, he's coming in our general direction. Won't take long to reach him now." he said. Just as the Android started down toward the planet 18's eyes flashed, the force of the energy she'd just released pushed her free of 13's lax grip on her and she started back toward the tears again.
The Android turned quickly reaching its arm out. Its palm glowed a faint blue and the bonds around 18 pulsed. Still a few inches short of the tear she stopped and drifted back toward 13's hand. She stopped a foot short of reaching him however and he pulled back a fist. "Lights out!" he growled thrusting his arm forward and smashing his fist into 18's stomach hard enough to knock her out. He then tucked her under his arm again, locked onto Cell's power, and took off toward him.
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The Lookout:
"Now what do we do?" Hotaru asked as she watched Super 13 flying off with 18 under his arm. "Once Cell's become Perfect nothing will be able to stop him."
"Goku will come through." Bulma said watching as well. "He always does."
Yamcha glanced over to her as he joined the others at the edge. "I hope you're right Bulma." he said as he looked off toward where Trunks was at as he made his way toward them. "But I don't think that even Goku could beat Cell at his full power." He sighed and looked toward the odd sky above them. "And without the Dragonballs we can't wish ourselves off of the planet, like we'd planned, before destroying it."
"If that's what it comes to..." Appla said softly, her eyes looking over the planet below. "We have to destroy him, no matter the cost. We can't let him loose on the rest of the galaxy, they just got free of Frieza's grasp four years ago."
Everyone turned to look as Trunks topped over the edge of the Lookout and then landed. As he laid Sakura and Vegeta down Bulma walked over to him, the bag of Senzus in her hand. She took out one and gave the bag to Trunks. The two of them knelt down and slipped the senzu into their unconcious mate's mouths. A moment later the two warriors were sitting up again.
"Damn it." Vegeta growled, his hand clenching into a fist. "All of my training... everything... and that... that freak..." he trailed off, too angry to talk.
"It gets worse." Raditz said. "They've met up." The others looked over to Raditz and then down at the planet. Trunks, Sakura, Vegeta, and Bulma walked over to the others and looked as well. Super 13 had caught up with Cell and the creature now had hold of 18.
"We have to do something!" Krillin called, his hands closing into fists.
"There's nothing we can do." Piccolo said with a sigh as Cell's tail opened up. A second later 18 was gone. Cell's body began to pulse and flash and his power built. Suddenly there was a blinding flash and the clouds around him were blown outward and away by several miles. Blue energy swirled around him hiding him from view. The energy sphere itself was at least a hundred yards across.
"U-unreal!" Tien cried. There was another flash and then the energy shrank away revealing a fully transformed Cell. "Oh man... how do we fight against that?"
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The Sky:
Cell looked down at his hands and just floated there for several moments. And then a smile spread across his face. "This is amazing!" he cried laughing. "This power... it's incredible! Even greater than I'd expected!"
"So, how about we go finish off the others?" 13 asked, turning toward the direction of the Lookout.
Cell floated there in silence for a moment and then shook his head and looked toward 13. Not with the blue eyes he had possesed in his previous form but new red eyes. "No, no. I don't just get the power from these transformations, but memories as well. And 18 knows something that intrigues me. I now understand how Vegeta improved so quickly. I had been curious about that."
"What's that matter?"
"I want to test my new strength against real opponents, that means waiting a little while. Come on, you can guide me to this lab of Dr. Gero's... I don't know if it's the same location as the one from my time and world." 13 frowned as he turned around but led Cell off toward the lab anyway.