Cell vs Gideon (Advanced Warfare)

At the Hero Corps base, located in a realm between realms, Cell was tasked with the duty of sweeping the floors of the base.

"This is stupid," Cell remarked as he was in the bar-club-jazz party room within the base, sweeping all the dust off the ground. "Why the hell do I need to clean all of this?!"

"Need help?" Gideon asked as he walked into the room, hearing Cell's whining.

"Oh great, the pity police is here!" Cell remarked. After a moment, Cell said, "Yeah… Yeah I do."

"So hard is it?" Gideon commented as he pulled out a broom and helped sweep.

"Y'all had a million and one powers, and ya couldn't just clear up all the dust like that?" Cell questioned, looking at Gideon with a deadpan glare.

"That is a fair argument, but I'm pretty sure the boss just wants to keep you safe by having you clean this area," Gideon replied, lifting up a table as he swept. "You stand zero chance against Evil after all, and if he decided to suddenly start hunting you down, you would stand no chance."

Cell grimaced at the thought of the author's blatantly overpowered OC. "Alright, I have to ask…" Cell began. "...what's the deal with him?"

"The boss, or Evil?" Gideon asked, turning to look at Cell.

"Obviously Evil," Cell replied. "Like, why does he exist?!"

"Because there was a time where Lego thought that almost everyone else was weak," Gideon explained. "So the only way to protect everything was by making clones of himself, each with their own personality traits and alterations to make each of them different, giving them different names as well." Gideon went back to looking at the floor as he swept. "Evil was the first of those made…"

"So what, he went rogue?" Cell questioned.

"Actually, he was good just like everyone else," Gideon replied. "I personally don't know what went wrong exactly, or why he started changing, but it's caused the boss a lot of grief."

Cell raised an eyebrow. "You're referring to Lego, right?"

"Yeah," Gideon confirmed. "When he recruited me earlier, hoo boy he was pissed… I'm certain he's just a bit worked up. He really seemed to be trying to move on."

"...worked up how?" Cell asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well uh… he called the Hero Corps thieves," Gideon began with a small wince at the memory of Lego's explosive anger. "And he even went as far as to compare us to villains."

Cell was surprised by that comparison. "...the fuck?"

"I think it's his sense of duty that had him reach that conclusion," Gideon remarked. "I mean, we created Evil and then had to stop him… plus we did take a LOT of powers when making the Power Cubes that enhanced every member of the Hero Corps." Gideon paused and leaned the broom against his shoulder. "...and potentially inflicted lots of psychological trauma upon billions of civilians across multiverses."

"...well to be fair, I am a villain," Cell said. "Technically, anyways."

"That's not much of an excuse," Gideon replied. "We recruited plenty of villains. Well, good versions of them anyways."

Cell raised an eyebrow. "You… all abused the whole multiple timeline thing, didn't you?"

"Yep," Gideon confirmed with a nod. "It came in handy though, as we learned where to make the cubes that give us all a diverse range of powers from one of such timelines where many different worlds came into play." Gideon patted his chest. "It's how I would also be capable of keeping up with Evil, unlike you. I got to keep my cube."

"You're strong enough to keep up with Evil?" Cell asked, curious and surprised.

"Probably if he hasn't gotten stronger," Gideon replied, going back to sweeping now. "Can't make any promises though… Evil's tough. It was mainly Lego fighting against Evil while I led everyone else in taking down Evil's army."

"Right, Lego's a goodie two shoes," Cell remarked. "What, is he a protagonist or something?"

Gideon chuckled. "He probably is at this point. But then again, he always did keep the most powers for himself. It was a way to remain on top if you think about it."

"Oh yeah sure, just give yourself whatever fucking powers you want, that's gonna end well," Cell remarked, not impressed with the Author's behavior. "...how did he get dogged on by Evil though?"

"Evil likely got the upperhand on him," Gideon answered. "I mean, that would make the most sense. Suddenly appearing out of nowhere is still a viable strategy." The super soldier then picked up a dust pile using telekinesis and deposited it into a trash bag.

"For a supposed god, Lego has a lot of flaws," Cell commented, annoyed.

"Yeah, but nobody's perfect," Gideon replied, causing Cell to glare at him.

"I take offense to that!" Perfect Cell shouted.

"You lost to a child," Gideon retorted, forcing Cell into silence. Cell muttered things under his breath and resumed his sweeping and cleaning of the room. Content with how he helped Cell for the time being, Gideon said, "Well, I'mma take off. Gotta help make sure everything's up to date on all the old equipment so the weaklings like you stand a chance." Despite how his words were meant to be uplifting, it only pissed Cell off further. "Later."

As Gideon walked away, Cell grumbled. "Didn't have to word it like that, douchebag…"

"I heard that!" Gideon shouted from outside of the room, making Cell jump in surprise.

Another short chapter meant more for world building than anything.

A bit of a side note though as well as backstory as to why I'm more partial towards Gideon from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, it's more or less because I started playing COD starting around Advanced Warfare and Ghosts, which are looked at as two of the weaker games in the franchise.

I also enjoyed the campaigns for Advanced Warfare, and it's definitely where my attachment to Gideon started. That game meant so much to me! Shitty how it never got a sequel, but it's 2025, so maybe it'll happen sooner or later. They brought the EM1 back in Vanguard as the EX1, sooooooooo it's possible.