Locke

"Where exactly are we going?" I asked as we flew through the air. Below us was nothing but mountains.

Cell sighed. "I'll tell you when we get there."

Eventually we came to a mountain that looked as though it had experienced some kind of explosion. We touched down here.

Cell looked around. "The former sight of my father's lab," he explained. "Destroyed by those blasted Z-Fighters." He looked around more, then picked up a peice of melted glass. "My present-day self had been growing in a vat underneath, before they struck."

"Then what are we looking for?" I asked.

He looked one more time, then seemed to spot his target. "There." He floated down the mountain a ways and pulled away the vines, revealing a metal door. "Unbenounced to them, my father had one final lab, built separately from the other two." He placed his hand against the door, then it turned glowing orange and melted away. We walked in, only to be met with some kind of cycloptic tiny robot on wheels.

"Identify," it demanded.

Cell scowled. "I have no time for you." He held up his hand to blast it.

"Hostility recognized." A beam shot from the robot's eye, striking Cell. It didn't appear to do damage, but it stunned him. Sensing the danger, I took over and jabbed at the robot, smashing it to peices with a shockwave.

"You okay?" I asked my mentor.

He nodded. "I'm fine. But we should hurry." He continued into the lab. We came to a computer and he started typing, bypassing all of the locks and firewalls, until he opened a window with all of the sensitive files. One caught his eye. "Locke, would you mind checking the back rooms? Be careful- it's a maze back there." I nodded.

"Got it, Da- Cell." I stopped myself, hoping that he hadn't noticed my slip up. I'd made that mistake several times in the last week. In my mind, it wasn't exactly wrong; he'd taken to helping Mom with a lot of different activities, the two of them becoming really good friends, and my mom clearly having a crush on the Android. For the first time in my life, it felt like I had a dad. But I had to remind myself that he was still evil at heart; he might spare me and Mom, but the rest of humanity was still doomed.

Cell

I opened the file titled Android Birthing. My blood ran cold as I read, but nearly all of my questions became answered.

Android Birthing: an experiment to create biological Androids via insemination by artificially engineered sperm. Information on the Saiyans, Namekians, and Frieza Clan were collected and used to create reproductive cells for the purpose of impregnating human women with Android children. The Androids will not truly belong to these races, but will have abilities akin to their's. They will also be equipt with a Noire Form, in which their sclerae turn black and their Power Level rises exponentially, and a biological Dragon Ball locator coded into their cerebrums. Robotic flies were sent to plant the seeds, but the Namekian seed was placed unkowingly in a sterile uterus, and subsequently died, while the other two were successfully planted, the Saiyan seed in fourteen year-old Rachel Brangwen and the Frieza Clan into eighteen year-old Georgia Fae, growing into Locke Brangwen and George Fae. Rachel's memory was adjusted to explain the pregnancy without contradicting others', while Georgia was already pregnant, so simply assumed that she was having twins, and her memory was only adjusted to explain the child's inhuman appearance. As the seed was generated from information and not extracted from one of each race, it is unknown if the children will have any transformations besides the Noire Form. These first experiments have no way of following orders, but if successfully grown, the main supercomputer will conduct the experiment again, this time preprogramming their cerebrums to follow its orders. The file went on, but that was what was important.

I heaved a heavy breath, my questions answered. "This is why he's so powerful. He's an Android."

"I think that's everything," Locke called. I quickly transfered all of the files to a hard drive and took it.

"We should go then," I responded. "Let's go." Locke returned, and I used Instant Transmission to return.

Locke got ready and headed off to school, while I rested on the couch. Rachel took notice of my inner turmoil. "What's wrong?" she asked.

I gestured to her. "Bring me a laptop." She did as I said, and I showed her the document.

She stared at it, wide eyed. "So... Locke doesn't really have a father."

"It seems not." I sighed and sat back. "This explains why he grew so quickly. The Saiyans are genetically powerful, even without much training. And if his DNA was only based off of them, then it's possible that something else appeared within him, causing his rapid growth."

Rachel looked like she understood, but was still confused. "Well, it says that the computer can't control him, so we don't have to worry."

I grimaced. "But then we have the other one. We have no idea how powerful he is, or what his mindset is. He could prove to be either an enemy or an ally."

Rachel inspected it more. "George Fae... Fae... I think I've heard that name before."

Locke

"Meadow Fae," I read quietly before sliding the slip into the ballot box. The school year had ended and come back into session already. We were voting for this year's Class President this week, and Meadow had told me that she really wanted the post. While I understood that it would limit the time we could spend together, I was happy to help her.

As I moved from the ballot box, I spotted Goten closing his locker door. Our eyes locked, and I felt his ki spike slightly before he turned and walked away. We hadn't spoken since he found out that me and Meadow were a couple a few months before, and I could tell that he still resented me for it. Trunks and I were still good friends, but Goten didn't want anything to do with me, and while Meadow tried to hide it, I could tell that he was still trying to win her back, though this time he was taking a much calmer approach, which we both appreciated.

I continued to the Student Council room to wait for the afterschool meeting to conclude. A few minutes later, the Council exitted, and Meadow instantly saw me and smiled. "Don't you have anything better to do than wait for me?" I only smiled and pulled her into a hug.

"I need to talk to you about something."

She looked curious. "Yeah?" I put my hand on the side of her face, causing her smile to grow. "I don't know if I should be worried or- Mph!" I'd decided it was time, and went in for a kiss. But what I came into contact with wasn't her lips.

"Sorry," Goten growled. "I didn't want to see that."

We both jumped back and wiped our mouths. "Goten!" Meadow scolded him. "Do you know how long I've been waiting for that?!" Goten glared at me before continuing on his way. "God... So, wanna try again?"

I sighed. "I kinda want it to be a surprise."

"I'm only going to wait so long, Locke!" I grinned. "Augh, let's just get out of here." She took my hand and we made to leave the school.

Unfortunately, everyone started running back in when we got there. We waited to see what the commotion was, but I sensed it before I saw it. Slowly walking toward the door was a dark shape, like the silhouette of a man. Its ki was immense, and evil.

"Holy shit!" I breathed, then grabbed Meadow's hand tighter and rushed inside. I'm strong now, but not that strong!

"What!?" she gasped as I pulled her into an empty classroom. "Wait, can't you fight it?"

"No," I responded, grimacing. "That's the biggest ki I've ever felt; even more that Gotenks'!" Her eyes widened with shock. Suddenly, it felt like the ki was approaching even faster. "Shit!" I put my arm around her and ran out the door, narrowly dodging a black ki blast. I looked behind me and responded with my own. It hit him and he vanished into smoke, but quickly reformed. I pulled her into another room and placed a wall of ki in front of the door.

"What is that thing?!" she asked, her terror clear.

"No idea," I breathed. "But I can't fight it. Goten or Trunks should have contacted the Z-Fighters, so we just have to-" My barrier shattered, and the silhouette stepped inside. I stepped in front of Meadow and took my battle stance, knees and elbows bent and arms out at my sides, right shoulder turned towards the enemy. "What do you want?"

"Android," it hissed, then held up its hand, firing another ki blast. I caught it and threw it back, but he effortlessly dodged and closed the distance between us.

Meadow

The shape threw a punch at Locke, the speed causing a visible tailwind, and its fist went straight through him, but then his body faded into nothing, and the fist continued toward me. I panicked at first, thinking that he'd been killed or abandoned me, but he reappeared behind the shape and hit it with a spinning kick, throwing it across the room. I expected him to grab me and run again, but then I noticed something. A dark aura appeared around him, hazy black with neon blue, then I noticed his eyes. The whites of his eyes were now dark black, and he looked angrier than I'd ever seen him.

"I don't give a damn what you want now," he growled. "That almost hit her!" He brought his hands into a familiar position, one I'd seen Goten use. "Kamehameha!" He thrust his hands out at the figure, firing a blast of blue light. The shape was completely enveloped and exploded, taking down the walls around us. When the dust cleared, only lustrous black dust remained of the figure.

I slowly moved closer to Locke as his strange transformation faded, his eyes returning to normal. "How did you...?"

He gritted his teeth. "Dammit, I raised my Power Level too high! If Goten or Trunks noticed, I won't have a good enough excuse!"

I put my hands on his shoulders and hugged him close. "Why do you need one? You saved me."

"Because I'll have to explain how I know the Kamehameha, when only one person outside their group knows it." He smacked both hands against his head. "Dammit! He's good now, but... but..." He yelled in rage. "They won't believe me when I tell them he's changed!"

I tried to look him in the eyes, but he refused to open them. "Locke, you're a good guy. If you trust him, then he must have changed." He continued beating his own head. I decided to take a different approach, and moved one hand to the back of his head. I pulled him in and pressed our lips together. I could tell instantly that my plan had worked. I pulled back and looked into his shocked eyes. "Locke, it'll be okay. I'm with you."

He reached up and put his hand on mine. "Thank you." I smiled and kissed him again. After a few seconds, we pulled apart.

Locke

As we pulled apart, I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and checked it. I felt an evil ki near you, Cell had said. I'm in trouble. Don't jnterfere. I took Meadow's hand and pulled her with me back outside.

There was a crowd in the school yard, all looking up. I looked, and my breath caught. Floating in the air were Goten, Trunks, Goku, Vegeta, and Cell.

"I'm not sure how you revived, Cell," Vegeta growled, "but I've yet to pay you back for killing my son. Your friends in Hell will be seeing you soon."

Cell floated a few inches back. "Vegeta, I'm not here to make trouble," he informed them. "I'm not your enemy right now."

"Right now," Goten reitterated. "but you plan to fight us." He clenched his fists. "It's your fault I went seven years without a dad, Cell. And I've got some unrelated agression I need to vent, so don't think you're getting out of here alive."

"Guys," Goku said. "I think he's telling the truth. I don't sense any malice."

"Doesn't matter!" Vegeta yelled. "I never got to kill this bastard, and now I have my chance!" He roared and transformed into a Super Saiyan. "I'm going to end this right away, so you can't escape!" He got into the Galick Gun position.

I grimaced, then put my hand on Meadow's shoulder. "Sorry," I said, then blasted into the air, startling everyone.