Ok so I've been getting messages about some of you being confused about Hercule and Pan so here it is.

Pan has no idea that Mr. Satan is her grandfather because he died in her timeline before she was born hence Gohan never knew the guy and could never tell about her other grandfather. I hope that clears that up.

*Disclaimer: I still do not own Dragonball Z*

Last time on chapter 20:

Goku turned to face the Z-Fighters, "I'm sorry to say this you guys but I'm afraid I can't win this fight. I need someone to take my place and that someone is you… Gohan."

*Chapter 21*

Gohan stared at his father in shock; Pan put her hand on Gohan shoulder and gave him an encouraging smile.

"Pan what's my dad thinking? I can't beat Cell," Gohan said panicking.

"Grandpa believes you can and so do I dad," Pan told him.

Goku landed beside Gohan and Pan, he put his hands on Gohan's shoulders.

"Son, I know you have the power to beat Cell," Goku said as the others gasped in shock.

Goku if you couldn't beat Cell, what makes you think Gohan can?" Krillin asked.

"Dad, why me? I...I don't think I…I can't beat Cell." Gohan said he felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders.

"Gohan I know you can do this," said Goku.

"Goku stop it! This is madness! Think about what you are saying! If Gohan goes out there he's going die!" Piccolo told the saiyan.

"You all need to trust me when I say this; Gohan has a power hidden within him, him and Pan both. I've seen it when we were in the time chamber, and Gohan has always been able to keep up with us since he was a little boy." Goku told the Z-Fighters.

"Hey Goku, we've all known Gohan has always been strong for age, but fighting Cell… I don't know," Krillin said unsure.

"Tell me something son, when Cell and I were fighting did you ever have trouble keeping up? Were we ever going too fast for you?" Goku asked Gohan.

"No," Gohan told him, "But I'm sure if you were going as fast as you could I wouldn't be able to keep up."

"Well I don't know about Cell, but I was giving it everything I had! The reason you think I was holding back was because you were comparing your energy to mine, weren't you son?" Goku asked.

"Is that true?" Piccolo asked in shock.

"Yes," Gohan told him.

"So is dad stronger than Cell?" Pan asked Goku.

"Well, I would say 'enormously' stronger," Goku laughed. "But he is pretty close."

He turned to Gohan again. "Son, I know you can do it. I know you're strong enough. You just have to believe in yourself! What do you say son? Go out there and win this one for us then we can all go home." Goku said smiling down at his son.

"Okay dad I'll do it." Gohan said as he stood in front of the Z-Fighters.

Everyone was still a little uneasy as Gohan took off his white cape and flew towards Cell. He landed on the ground in front Cell as the monster stared down at him.

"Hey, Krillin you still got some of those senzu beans? Goku asked his friend, "Can I have one?"

"Yeah sure," Krillin said handing Goku a senzu bean.

"Hey Cell!" Goku called to him. "Catch," he said throwing Cell the senzu bean. "You're going to need it."

Krillin stared at Goku in shock before he spoke, "Okay Goku it's now official, you've gone mental!"

"Well, it wouldn't be fair if Gohan beat Cell while he isn't at his best you know?" Goku told Krillin logically.

Cell ate the senzu, and was brought back to his full strength.

"So runt, are you ready?" Cell asked Gohan.

Gohan stared at Cell for a moment before he screamed powering up and surprising everyone. Dirt and rocks were flying everywhere around them, all the Z-Fighters except Goku and Pan, were shielding their faces from the rocks. It was amazing to see so much power coming from a fifteen year old boy.

"Okay Cell, I'm ready," Gohan told him.

"Maybe your father wasn't bluffing about your power after all," Cell said.

Cell and Gohan started their fight and Gohan was doing amazingly.

Cell threw Gohan to the ground making a creator, but Gohan got right back up ready to fight the monster.

"Is that all you got Cell? Common I'm ready when you are creep!" Gohan told Cell.

Cell smirked slightly before he started blasting at Gohan. Gohan dodged the attacks. The fight was going good, but soon Cell started getting the upper hand again.

"Common Papa you can it," Pan whispered.

She believed in him as much as her grandfather did. He had it in him, she just knew he did. Suddenly though, Cell sent Gohan through a couple of mountains. The rocks came down everywhere surrounding the teenage boy.

"Goku you fool!" Piccolo shouted. "We told you this would happen! We told you, but you wouldn't listen! Well maybe you'll listen now, your son is dead! Do you hear me? He's dead!"

Pan's anger got the better her as she looked Piccolo up strait in the face. "You're an idiot! Can't you feel his energy?! My dad's fine!" Pan shouted surprising both Piccolo and rest of the Z-Fighters.

Trunks smirked at Pan, *That's my girl,* He told her telepathically.

"None of you but my grandpa and me were in the hyperbolic time chamber with my dad. So how can you possibly understand why my grandfather and I have so much faith in him?"

"My dad has it in him! You should know, you were his mentor! So Instead of downing my dad and thinking he's going to fail, why not try supporting him!" Pan said huffing leaving Piccolo standing there dumbfounded.

*Oh my kami you left him totally speechless,* Trunks said laughing through the link.

*Good he deserved it,* Pan said with a smirk on her face.

Just then Gohan blasted out of the rocks and started walking towards Cell.

"Great job bro, what a way to stay alive out there Gohan!" Krillin said taking Pan's advice and started supporting Gohan instead of think he might fail.

"Please Cell," Gohan pleaded. "Stop this tournament right now. I don't want to hurt you."

Cell laughed, "You hurt me?" he boomed. "Like that's even possible."

"I can hurt you Cell, but only if I'm angered enough. I don't want that to happen, because if I get angry, you will die." Gohan said trying to convince Cell to stop.

"Oh really?" Cell seemed to ponder this. "I want to see this power of yours."

"I'm telling you I don't want to fight you!" Gohan told Cell. "Even if you are evil I still don't want to kill you."

"Funny, wasn't it you that told me that you were going to kill me? Cell asked Gohan.

"Now I know what my father meant. I now know why I'm the only that can take you down." Gohan said as it all came clear to him.

"Don't make me laugh, you can't touch me kid" Cell told Gohan.

"Maybe not right now but I think it's important that you know what will happen if you push me too far," Gohan said. Gohan told Cell all about Raditz, his training with Piccolo and when he was on planet Namek.

Cell laughed at Gohan's story and Instead of being scared he was more determined to unlock Gohan's power by pushing him anyway possible.

Cell attacked Gohan, hoping to make the saiyan teenager angry, but nothing was working. Gohan wasn't going to let his anger get the better of him...or so he thought.

The fight continued. Cell started using Freezia's finishing moves aiming right for Gohan. When that move wasn't working Cell caught Gohan in an arm lock squeezing him tightly.

"Goku this has got to stop now! He's not a fighter like you! He's a scared fifteen year old kid!" Piccolo said he didn't want anything to happen to his former student, the boy was like a son to him.

"Krillin throw me a senzu bean!" Goku told Krillin.

Before he could hand Goku one though, Cell flew up and grabbed the bag away from Krillin.

"Maybe you'll react better if your friends were the ones getting hurt" Cell told Gohan as he flew back down.

Sixteen ran up behind Cell and wrapped his arms around Cell in an arm lock.

"Sixteen!" Krillin called after him.

"We've got to help him," said Piccolo.

"In a matter of seconds, you'll be nothing more than a pile of ashes," Sixteen growled angrily. "I will kill you by self-destructing!"

"No!" Pan cried out tears coming down her cheeks as Trunks stared at Sixteen in shock.

"Sixteen, wait!" Krillin yelled, but his plead fell on deaf ears. Cell struggled insanely to get away, but Sixteen's grip didn't loosen.

Sixteen looked at the Z-Fighters, "I am sorry for all the pain and suffering that we androids have caused to the Earth. But this ends now Cell! Once and for all!"

Cell tried once again to break free from Sixteen's death grip, but with no luck. Sixteen started glowing and a countdown started.

Pan buried her face in Trunks' chest as he wrapped his arms around her. She didn't want see Sixteen destroy himself.

"5...4...3...2...1..." There was silence. Nothing happened. The Z-Fighters all looked in surprise, he didn't self-destruct? A look of horror was seen on Sixteen's face.

"Why didn't he blow up?" Pan asked Trunks confused.

"I…I don't know," Trunks told her.

"Something isn't right" Sixteen said confused.

"That's what I've been trying to tell you!" Krillin yelled. "Sixteen, your bomb is gone! Bulma took it out of you!" In android Sixteen's shock, Cell got away and started laughing evilly at the android.

"Sorry Sixteen, but I'm staying. If you have a death wish of course, I'll be happy to oblige you," Cell then blasted Sixteen blowing him into pieces.

The Z-Fighters all watched in shock, Cell was truly a monster.

Cell kicked Sixteen's head sending it flying.

"So Gohan, we still haven't gotten you mad yet? Let's try to fix that shall we. Let's see 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8..." he said counting the Z-Fighters. "That seems easy enough," He smirking evilly.

"What are you planning, Cell?!" Gohan demanded.

You'll see boy," Cell said before eight blue creatures came out of his tail, "I'd like you to meet my children," Cell announced loudly.

"These are Cell Jr.'s, each one of them has the same strength and power as me." He then turned to Gohan.

"And I'll have them mercilessly attack your friends unless you attack me with all your strength!" Cell threatened.

Gohan gasped, "You wouldn't Cell!"

Cell gave Gohan an evil smile, "Oh would I? Cell Jr.'s! Attack!" Cell ordered.

The blue creature leapt at the Z-Fighters.

Vegeta, Trunks, Goku and Pan powered up to super saiyan as they got into a fighting stance, as did the others.

The Cell Jr.'s flew towards the Z-Fighter. They were just as strong as Cell, but they acted more like little children, taunting the Z-Fighters.

It seemed that no matter how hard any of the Z-Fighters tried the Jr.'s were faster. It was total madness as Cell sat down on the ground with his arms crossed as he watched his children proudly.

At first the Z-Fighter were doing fine until the Jr.'s started getting to them.

"You're getting angry, that's good" Cell told Gohan. "Feed off your anger. Just look out there only Vegeta, Trunks, and Pan can defend themselves, even your pathetic father will die."

Vegeta tried to do the final flash on his Jr. But with no luck. The Jr. slapped it away.

"Play time is over now my children," Cell said. "Kill them!" Cell ordered.

"No please!" Gohan pleaded as tears came running down his face.

The Jr.'s started stomping on the Z-Fighter, Vegeta's Jr. was stomping him to the ground and started pulling his hair, Yamucya, Tien, Krillin and Piccolo's Jr.'s stared pouncing on then like trampling's, Trunks' Jr. was leaving him helpless as his Jr. made him watch Pan's Jr. kick her to the curb.

Pan landed with a thud and didn't move for a few seconds, feeling a little paralyzed at the moment. that brief pause cost her. The Cell Jr. grabbed her by her feet and slammed her into the side of a mountain cliff. Then he kneed Pan's back several times.

Trunks growled as he freed himself from his Jr.'s grip, he leapt and pounce on Pan's Jr. and started punching the Cell Jr. Both Jr.'s started attacking Trunks.

Soon the Jr.'s over powered Trunks and Pan as the Jr.'s grabbed the back of Trunks and Pan's necks. The grip the Jr.'s had over Trunks and Pan was painful and it was cutting off their oxygen supply.

Gohan had to watch everything helplessly, his anger boiling over more and more.

Cell eager to get Gohan to snap said, "Hurry it up now, the first one with a kill wins a prize."

Suddenly Sixteen's head was kicked out in between Cell and Gohan.

"Android Sixteen?" Gohan whispered.

"Gohan, let it all go," Sixteen told him. "It is not a wrong to fight for what's right. There are those who words alone will not reach, Cell is such a being. I know how you feel Gohan, you are gentle and you do not like to hurt. I know because I too have learned these feelings but it is because you cherish life that you must protect it."

"Damn," Cell said as he walked over to Sixteen. "This sentimental garbage is sickening me. It's so nice of you to help Sixteen, but I plan on doing things my way."

"Please Gohan," Sixteen said smiling at him. "Drop your restraints, protect the ones you love. You have the power my scanner senses it. Please just let it all go."

"Give your big mouth a rest already! You piece of out dated garbage," Cell said before he smashed Sixteen's head.

Gohan's eyes widened as something inside of him snapped. He did as Sixteen had told him, he let all of his anger go. He screamed as loud as he could as he ascended to a super saiyan two.

Ooo! Cell's in for it now, please tell me what you think so far.