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I wanted to apologize to any of my readers that are still around after this long Hiatus. I gave a better explanation in my updated profile but I had just gotten into my early 20s when I left off and I guess I wanted to experiance my young adult life with no resposibilities.
But I'm trying to get back on track now
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Chapter 40: It's up to Piccolo & Bardock & King Vegeta
"Hello Piccolo, I'd like to thank you for making it easier to track down 17 & 18's location for me" Cell smirked looking down at the shocked look on the Namekian's face
Piccolo gritted his teeth at the android's unexpected arrival, along with the army of drones hovering behind him "Oh great, I thought I'd have more time than this"
Meanwhile 16, 18, and 17 were all confused by this sudden intruder.
"Hey what is that thing?" 17 asked
Piccolo turned back in his direction, widening his eyes "They don't even know? They don't even realize Cell is another android!"
"I have been aching for this moment for so long, its almost as if I've seen them before '' Cell continued to stare down at the blond and ebony haired androids "I recognize them somehow. Android 17 is amazingly efficient. Android 18 beauty incarnated" He then turned to the fourth android present, Android 16 "Hmm? Now who is this one? He bears the Red Ribbon Insignia"
The head drone that had arrived behind cell floated down to his side "That would be one of Dr. Gero's earlier creations. Android 16. You need not worry about him. He is not necessary for your evolution"
Cell smirked turning his attention back to his goal "I have sniffed the bouquet and now it's time for me to drink" He jumped down from the cliff he had been standing on and landed a few feet away from the group.
Seeing them all take a defensive posture as he got closer, He took that as the sign for him to begin powering up to begin his conquest.
Cell hunched into a defense posture of his own and began screaming as he brought all the power he had been absorbing from the humans and saiyans he had eaten to the surface causing the ground to begin to rumble underneath them
"What's he doing? This can't be!" Piccolo was shocked at the sheer number of souls he was sensing coming from the android
16, 17, and 18 continued to watch behind Piccolo as a yellow aura began to envelope around Cell, but it was when they began to sense his energy that they could almost feel and hear the screams of fear from all the victims he had eaten to get this power
"There must be thousands of them!" Piccolo was astonished. He had thought the saiyan army that had come to aid the humans evacuate the cities had been enough to protect them from this fate
"Yes! You can hear the sounds of those souls cry from knowing they have become apart of something so splendid can't you!" The head drone spoke continuing to cheer Cell on as he finished his power up with a shockwave of wind blowing debris outward
Once the smoke had finally settled Cell could be seen standing on a small piece of ground in the middle of a crater that had been formed from his outburst of energy. The yellow aura prominent around his lizard-like form.
Piccolo remained speechless from what he had just witnessed while the androids remained silent at this unexpected turn of events
"Well then. Shall we get started" Cell began walking forward moving past Piccolo's still trembling form "What's wrong? Frightened are you? Don't be too ashamed my power is that just hard to comprehend isn't it" He chuckled as he began walked away again
Piccolo finally glared at him "What do you mean your power! It's power you stole from thousands of innocent humans and saiyans!"
"Stole did I?" Cell asked "Don't be silly, I''ve given them all a purpose now. They have become part of greatness!"
"Your Nuts!" Piccolo yelled
"A simpleton like you could never understand" The head drone following Cell turned towards the namekian allowing Cell to ignore him "But with Cell's perfection this will bring light to what every being in the universe should behold as the sheer Omnipotent of power!"
At Kame's house everyone present weather they had the ability to sense energy or not could feel the sudden shift in the atmosphere after the wavelengths of Cells power up could be felt from miles away
"Wha–What a horrible energy!" Roshi trembled as he too had felt the thousands of cries of the victims cell had consumed to get this power "Piccolo must be flipping out. I'm flipping out! Oh Dear, I think I may have overdid it on the coffee again"
"I didn't have any and I still feel like I'm about to jump out of my skin" Krillin felt goosebumps tingling all over his skin "This sort of energy just isn't natural. It driving me nots just sitting here on the sidelines while the fighting going on everywhere"
Tien agreed" Yeah, you said it! This is nuts! There's gotta be something we can do!"
"There's not much we can do in this situation though guys! Were not at the same level of power as everyone else" Chiaotzu tried calming them both down
"Chiaotzu's right boys. In our current state we would only get in the way! The best thing for us to do is wait for Bulma to get here with that remote" Roshi added
Krillin sighed "Guess you're right" But he wasn't happy about it
Blue-Haired Launch could see all the frustration on their faces "But wait, Can't you fly faster that the speed Bulma can get here in her jet? Maybe we can save more time by having one of you meet her halfway"
All the boys turned to her, surprised that none of them had thought of doing that way earlier. "Hey you're right!" Krillin cried
"Right! We can solve problems without using our fists too ya know!" She smiled
"Gotta be sure to write that down then!" Krillian smiled as he powered up "Now if you'll excuse me I'll volunteer to go get that remote" Taking off into the sky
"Good Luck Krillin!" Roshi yelled after him seeing him disappear into the distance
Tien gritted his teeth "I can't take this anymore!" Roshi turned back to see Tien was also powering up "I'm not sure if I can help or not but I'm not gonna find out if I stick around here!" He then also took off flying in the direction of the battle with Cell
Roshi tried to grab him before he took off but he was too late "Tien No! Don't do it!"
"TIEN!" Chiaotzu and Launch both cried seeing him fade further away "Oh no!"
"We gotta call reinforcements!" Roshi then turned back toward the house getting the scouter he had to contact Kakarrot at the Saiyan base at Kami's Lookout
"Sir were getting a message from Earth's Lookout for Commander Bardock!" One of the saiyan computer technicians at the Saiyan Army Headquarters on Planet Vegeta called out to King Vegeta who had come to help monitor the situation and Bardock who was at the commander desk
"What is it now" Bardock had been monitoring the frequencies of the scouter comm's for any mention of new activity from the Androids, Drones or Cell. He pulled up the transmission they were getting from earth "Talk!" He answered
"Grandpa!" He could hear Gohan on the other side of the line
"Gohan?" Bardock raised an eyebrow. He thought he had gone to train in the Hyperbolic time chamber with Kakarrot and Chidori
Yamcha who had been sitting next to him could also hear the cries from the young hybrid "Gohan what's wrong!"
"You've gotta come help! Cell found 17 & 18 and Piccolo's in trouble!"
"What!" King Vegeta was surprised he was only just learning this. Where were all the members of his army that were scattered across the planet right now
Yamcha began pulling up the map of Earth for him showing the location beacons for all the saiyans that were currently on earth
"Dad!" Raditz took the phone from Gohan "Piccolo's the only one there right now holding off Cell but we can't leave right now! You've gotta send help! He's located at _"
Bardock took down the coordinates and entered it into the map that had just been pulled up. But it looked like the closest Saiyan unit was several kilometers away. He then turned to his subordinates in the room." Alright, no one else is likely to get there much faster than I am! I'll use Instant Transmission to get there first"
"I'm sick of sitting here on the sidelines. Might as well provide my assistance at the crucial moment" King Vegeta set his hand on Bardock's shoulder to follow him
Bardock turned over to Yamcha who was also in the room and took one of the scouters sitting on his desk handing it over to him "You're in charge here till we get back."
"Huh! Wait how am I supposed to—" Yamcha was cut off by Bardock putting two fingers to his forehead and disappearing
Hasky could see the dumbfounded look on his face at being left with such an important task "Maybe you can start with telling that unit the coordinates for them to have backup"
"Uh Right"
17 crossed his arms seeing the intruder walking up to him "Hey I was in the middle of something here"
"Yes, I see that now. How rude of me, there must be something I can do to make it up to you" 16 began to narrow his eyes as the creature answered
17 smirked "No need for long winded apologies. Just get lost. I have business to settle with earth resident Namekian over there"
Cell began to raise his tail behind him "Yes I see your point, But I have a little business of my own that needs taken care of first"
Piccolo who had been standing behind Cell could see the pincer on his tail begin moving "17 get away from him! He came here to kill you and Android 18! Don't let him hit you with his tail!"
"Huh?!" 17 frowned when all of a sudden he could see the tail on their newest foe shoot out from behind him aiming for his chest. At the last second he managed to move out of the way but Cell continued to barrage him with a series of more attempts to piece him, He managed to continue to dodge until he jumped backwards to try to avoid him but Cell raced after him grabbing him by the arm and throwing him across the ground onto his back.
Cell then used his other foot to pin 17'th other arm to the ground and brought his pincer back towards his chest
Out of nowhere Bardock appeared just in time kicking Cell in the face causing him to fly several feet away into the cliffside
King Vegeta turned to him "We received the transmission of the situation so have come to provide our assistance"
"Hmm, We can't say i'm not happy with the backup at least!" Piccolo smirked seeing Bardock land in front of them and the smoke begin to clear from where he had kicked Cell into the cliffside
The surrounding drones were just as surprised by their elder saiyan's arrivals, The head drone flew over to the dust cloud where Cell had landed "Oh no, sir are you still alright!"
Cell's tail came flying out of the rubble knocking the drone back. He growled at the machine "Of course I'm alright you incompetent machine. Why didn't you alert me beforehand of their incoming arrival"
"We're sorry sir. They seemed to appear out of thin air. We are not familiar with this technique as it seems to have been developed during the period Dr. Gero cut off his observation"
Cell glared at the newest arrivals seeing now that it was Bardock and King Vegeta. He remembered his last encounter with the father of Kakarrot and how it hadn't ended well for him then either
The drone, seeming to know what he was thinking, tried to reassure him "You are much surely much stronger than that monkey now sir! You have devoured thousands more Saiyans since your last encounter!"
Cell huffed at the machine and pushed it away " I don't need any cheerleaders getting in my way of dealing with this! If you're not gonna provide me any real assistance then stay out of my way!" He said before walked back up towards the group
"I guess I should be thanking you Bardock. That was a little too close for comfort" 17 had gotten back off the ground now standing alongside the Saiyans and Namekian "So what the deal with this thing Piccolo? You said this creature's here to kill us?"
"Yes. His name is Cell, He's another creation of Dr. Gero who's come here to absorb you and Android 18"
"Apparently his goal is to reach his Ultimate form but needs to add yourself and the female android to make that possible. He has even traveled from the future where my grandchildren are from" King Vegeta added
"What a creep" 18 mocked after hearing this
"Rejoice my brother and sister. The three of us are like three pieces to a puzzle designed and destined to combine and form one whole" Ignoring her remark Cell took over the explanation "Unite with me and fulfill Dr. Gero's dream of creating the Ultimate warrior"
17 glared "Tempting offer but no thanks. Besides, it seems a little crowded in there already" He smirked and pointed at himself with his thumb "I don't need you. I'm already happy with the strength I have now"
"It doesn't matter what you think you are. You are apart of me and I'll be sure you meet your destiny with me"
Smirking at the challenge 17 took up a fighting stance " Go ahead and try."
"Don't try it boy" King Vegeta glared at the young android "Even if you want to challenge this beast we won't risk you getting anywhere near him where he can even begin to get his hands on you! That would only endanger everyone further!"
"I can take care of myself just fine Old man" 17 smiled turning back to the future android but was then stopped when he heard 16 call out to him
"17 I have to agree with the Saiyan king on this! It is too risky" Cell turned to the red haired android " It would be best for the both of you to run. This is a creature that has great power. Escape is highly recommended"
But the young android only continued to smirk "So now you decide to speak up. Well go ahead and run if you want. I'll take care of the big bad monster here" He took that as the initiative to leap forward aiming a punch at Cell, However he was quick to dodge appearing above the android landing an elbow into his back and sending him to the ground
"Huh!" 18's eyes widened at Cell's quick movement while 16 grit his teeth seeing the younger android ignore his warning
"Dammit!" Bardock, Piccolo, and King Vegeta quickly moved in as Cell stood over the fallen android. Cell glanced behind him seeing the incoming threat as Piccolo first tried to land a hit to his neck but he was able to block it was it arm, Piccolo continued with trying to land a kick but Cell was able to block that too with his other hand before swinging him around to throw him into the incoming Bardock sending them both flying onto the ground.
King Vegeta then moved to also try to punch the Android as well but Cell side stepped him grabbing his cape behind to bring him backward and then kicking him in the stomach sending him flying towards the ground
"You three shouldn't interfere with my perfection!"
Bardock struggled to get back up from the impact of his collision with Piccolo "He's certainly gotten more powerful since our last encounter"
Piccolo growled "That really smarts"
18 and 16 were still watching on the sidelines and she was confused seeing them all struggling to get back up" Come on it doesn't even seem like all of them are even trying"
"They are but the creature has a much larger power level then them" 16 answered as he continued to watch alongside her seeing 17 was in the same state as the Z-fighters "You should leave here, while you still can"
"What?"
"If there creature manages to absorb 17, we will not be able to stop him from coming after you next. He will be much to strong for any of us then"
18 could begin to see the danger of their situation now but was hesitant to leave her android siblings behind "What would you do? Stay or go?" but 16 remained silent
The Z-Fighters had all gotten back up and surrounded Cell from three corners. Each of them moved to begin powering up one of their energy attacks
Piccolo held his hands in front of him in a circle shape" Alright we can do this" His energy began to manifest in the palms of his hands along with the Saiyans " Steady as she goes!" As their energy attacks began to power up it caused the wind to pick up around them sending dust clouds and debris from the earth to begin flying around them
Cell smirked as the three of them powered up their attacks around him but he didn't see the need to do anything about it. He only continued to stand there watching them try their best efforts to stop him
17 was watching as the three powered up their attacks but then something by the cliffside where cells army of drones were caught his eye
At that same moment Piccolo, Bardock, and King Vegeta each fired their attacks at Cell, lighting up the entire side of the island Cell had been standing on. Within the light of the attack the parts of the earth could be seen disintegrating and waves of water flying outward from the force of the blow.
The Z-fighters each were out of breath for the moment watching as the rain of the water that had been sent flying upward came down on them and waited for the dust cloud to settle. "Wow I think they actually did it" 18 said
"No, I think we have another problem now!" 17 yelled, getting everyone's attention to look over in the direction where Cell had first arrived. The drones that had been sitting idly by had all but disappear but now in there place they could see that somehow Frieza and King Cold had shown up in there place
"What the—" Bardock and King Vegeta both yelled in surprise
18 turned over to the sapiens that had somehow manifested "Well they managed to get that creature out of the way at least. Frieza and Cold shouldn't be that big of an issue"
16 stopped her "No it's not over. He's not dead"
While Piccolo had been just as surprised at the arrival of Frieza and King Cold, once the dust cloud had finally settled he could see Cell floating several inches over the water where the island had used to be underneath him. The head drone that had been kicked away before came floating down next to him to explain the sapiens arrival
"Now this is interesting" Cell glanced over to see that Frieza and King Cold that had appeared didn't look as they had when they were alive. These new forms appeared to be all gray in color and had red voids for eyes much like the drones had
"Sorry it took so long to provide our assistance to you Lord Cell" The head drone explained "Dr. Gero had designed an innate ability within our system to allow us to fuse and create copies of the fighters he had taken DNA samples from. This should allow us to take care of those pesky monkeys and the namek so you may focus on your evolution"
Cell laughed at this new information "This will surely provide me some entertainment then"
Tien who had just arrived watching from a distance was trembling at the sight of Cell who had survived the onslaught of three Z-fighters several times more powerful than him, now combined with the appearance of copies of Frieza and King Cold
"They just gave Cell everything they had, didn't they? But it didn't even phase him. Now they won't even be able to fight together!"
Piccolo, Bardock, and King Vegeta all stood back to back now each facing one of the opponents as this time they were all getting ready to fire an attack at them
"Now then, why don't we show them what a real attack looks like" Cell smirked
Kakarrot and Raditz who had been monitoring the situation from the Lookout were shocked by the sudden turn of events
"Dad, we've gotta go help them!" Gohan yelled at him along with Chidori "They won't be able to protect 17 & 18 if they're all surrounded like that!"
The earth raised saiyan could tell even though he couldn't sense the power levels coming from the Frieza and King Cold copies they didn't seem to be the same power level versions that had been killed off 3 years ago. He got back on the saiyan com links "Yamcha where the heck is that saiyan unit!"
"I've already informed them of the location! They getting there as fast as they can ok!"
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I'm currently on semester break right now from the college I'm attending but classes won't start up again until January 27 so I'm hoping to get another chapter out before I go back. I've also recently made a Tumbler and X page with the usernames on my Fanfiction Profile. I'll provide better updates for my story and ideas I'll try to put into the new chapters there since I can't do that on this site
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