Disclaimers: I don’t own any of the Dragon Ball Z or the Deadlock characters
Cell’s Return
I wrote this story from different points of view. And if it gets confusing, that s okay. Thoughts are in italics. This story is based on Junanagou's Story by Nix.
All translations will be in brackets.
It has been 3 years since Cell’s defeat. 2 Androids, 17 and 18, lie with their eyes on the sky. Little did they know of the danger that this forest holds.
(in a forest somewhere)
Chapter 1-Cell is Discovered
=Android No. 18=
"18, what are we going to do now?" asked 17, my brother, my friend, my counterpart.
"17, I don’t know, everyone one knows who we are, we cant just walk into the city" I replied, depressed as ever." "Being an outcast is easier then trying to fit in when you’re an android."
"Tell me about it". He answered
I spotted a young human, about 13, walking our direction. Her midnight blue eyes blended perfectly with the dark, starry sky. I wished to be human so many times; I envied her greatly.
"You shouldn’t be in these woods at dark. HE comes and takes anyone who does" The small girl told us.
17 looked scared and shocked at the emphasis on he. I did too, but not to his extent.
"Cell?" 17 asked, and I could see his worry about the answer.
"Who is cell?" the girl asked. "No, I mean Terrace MacNown. He comes around in this forest and has these empty blue eyes, its scary"
I wondered how this girl did not know about cell, but this Terrace guy worried me, even though I could beat any full human. I could see 17 calm down, but there was still very obvious worry in his usually smirking face.
" You guys should leave here soon, if you don’t want to meet HIM."
I saw the girl turn around and walk down the hill we were on, but she turned around after a few steps.
"Oh, and if you want shelter, just come to my house. My name is Kaitlyn."
"Thank you for this information"
She didn’t reply. "17, this Terrace guy worries me. I think he may have some connection with cell" I could still see a lot of worry in 17’s face, so I put a comforting arm on his shoulder.
17 gently removed my arm from his shoulder, and looked at me with a fierce determination, something I had not seen since Cell absorbed him. "We will see about this Terrace tonight."
I agreed, but in the back of my mind, I wanted to say no for 17’s health. I know he wanted to say no too, but running away from your fear only makes it greater.
17 and me stayed there, talking about various things, what we would do if we were human, cell, Goku and his son, the other saiyans and half-saiyans, and we topped it off with 16. 16 was so monotone, but there was something about him that made you like him. I spotted a man with a black trench coat, wearing a long brimmed hat, and dark glasses. He was wearing long boots and they extended to the point where he coat ended, so that none of him of showing. I looked over and 17 and realized he was watching the man too. I bravely walked up the man.
"Are you Terrace MacNown?" I asked nervously, and I was almost stuttering.
"Yes, I have come to clean the forest of anything that doesn’t belong."
His tone had a hint of familiarity and it was obvious this was not his true tone of voice. "Would that include us?" I asked.
"Yes, android #18. I have finally found a home for you too. No one will annoy you."
My artificial heart was loud, pounding in my ears. I realized it was too good to be true. "Where?" I asked, nervously. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw 17 trying to tell me something, but I couldn’t understand him. Only a split second beforehand, I realized what it was…
"INSIDE ME!" said the stranger as he threw off his hat and glasses, and I saw the eyes that had haunted my dreams for 3 years. His tail was tauntingly close to me, but it was obvious that there was something bothering him.
"LOOK OUT!!" screamed an unfamiliar voice. Only then did realize it was the girl that had warned us earlier. Kaitlyn, yes that was her name. I watched her avoid Cell’s every move, and I watched in awe. Who is this girl? I thought to my self. There are no female saiyans, yet she has that natural grace of a warrior. I thought about this until a ‘thud’ broke my thought. What I saw was amazing.
Chapter 2- The Mysterious Alien
=Android No. 17=
18 and I watched in awe as this girl single-handedly was defeating cell. I wondered what I had been doing wrong if this girl, this human girl, could defeat cell and I, android 17, one of the strongest android could not. I could see Cell’s frustration and I could easily read his emotions. I walked over to 18 to tell her of my theory.
"18, I think that cell has seen this girl before" I told 18 in a whisper.
18 replied with an answer that was very smart, "I figured that, but she said she didn’t know of cell before, remember?"
"Yes" I replied politely. I began thinking again what I had been doing wrong until I heard 18 gasp.
=Kara =
I decided to change form Kaitlyn, my human form, to Kara, my true form, as an Io. We are a despised race, which is all the reason for me to hide in a human form, because I have 5 different prices on my head.
I could see Kio’s emotions go to surprise to anger. These androids had referred to him as ‘Cell’. I could also see the surprise on their faces when I finished changing. I slid into a fighting stance.
"Bring it on, Kio," I said to him. I could see him move into a fighting stance and try to attack me. I blocked every move, attacking in the Haio [gut] after his last attack in this spurt. He stepped back.
"I thought I rid myself of you, Kara-Minohko-Kaseen. You never fail to anger, or surprise me." He told me.
English is a strange language indeed, but I decided to speak it, so these androids could understand me.
"And I thought I rid myself of you, Kio, when Miaok’s [Goku’s] son killed you. I am happy to anger you whenever possible. Your attacks are good for sleeping techniques. I am not fooled by your regeneration, but you do surprise by your stupidness. You knew I was looking for you, so it was foolish to come to a planet teeming with life, because that is a place I knew you would come. Only someone as stupid as you would do such a thing." I told Kio, and he looked shocked.
I could see cell gathering energy for a ki blast, as they call it. "How dare you insult me so and your species paid dearly for it, and SO WILL YOU!!!
=Android #17=
I was shocked at this…this creature’s use of words. I am shocked at the fact that he is alien. I wondered who "Kio" was, but I soon realized it was cell. He must have existed long before us, if he destroyed this creature’s race. Miaok must be Goku. His power is so small, how can he defeat cell?
"I know how I can defeat cell, android. You are sensing my ki. I am using energy, pure destructive energy. There is a difference." The alien said.
How did he know I was thinking about that? How??
"I can read minds. I just chose to start telling people I could now. I insist you call me Kara. Not "alien" Kara said.
"Okay." I almost stuttered. I was amazed. A mind reader, stronger then cell!!
"I will absorb you 2 some other time, when I do not have any disturbances." Cell told us. Then I saw him fly away.
Chapter 3-18’s run away
=Android #18=
"Did you really just scare off cell?" I asked, amazed.
I saw him look into the distance. I started to think about this creature. His strength amazed me.
"Yes I did, but he will be back. Oh and I am a Monati. A female." Kara told me. I could feel myself blushing. "Sometimes I look for any Io ships. I hope they will destroy cell," Kara continued. "I don’t look for my home planet because a race called the Skirineen destroyed it. They stated out as friendly and useful traders, so we allowed them to build bases on our home world. We never knew that they set quantum and atomic bombs deep inside the crust of our planet inside their bases. When they left, they exploded the bombs, killing millions of Io. Only a few hundred escaped. I was one"
"Gee, that’s really sad" I said. I knew that she knew that I knew it sounded corny.
"Unfortunately, most of them were of the Io army, the Kal El. When they destroyed hundreds of races and planets, every Io got a price on his or her head. That is why I have a human form." She informed us.
I felt sorry for this creature. Her entire race was a race of killers except for her and a few others. Her planet is gone and she is wanted for doing nothing.
"Don’t pity me," She had read my mind again. It was getting annoying. I saw her smile. I think it was a smile at least. " And don’t diss my mind reading power" I was getting aggravated.
"WELL IF YOU CAN READ MY MIND, THEN I MIND AS WELL SCREAM OUT MY THOUGHTS!!!!!" I screamed at her, angry. I could see 17. He was shocked.
"I am sorry to invade on your privacy. You should have just told me that you didn’t want me to look at your thoughts." She said, apologetically. I was embarrassed because I didn’t think of this before. I could see 17 smiling his mischievous smile and trying to stifle a laugh. He was getting on my nerves, big time. "LISTEN 17, I AM MAD AND YOU ARE ONLY MAKING IT WORSE" I saw that this only made me look more humiliated. Now both Kara and 17 were stifling laughter. I felt I flying off right there and that’s what I did. I knew I shouldn’t but my anger was too great.
"Juuhachigou!! I'm sorry!! Cell could get you!!" 17 screamed at me. It was the first time in quite along time that he had used my not-number name.
=Android #17=
As I watched 18 fly away, I wanted to go get her, but her anger would only increase that way. I tried to go after here but something was pulling me down. It was Kara.
"If you try to get 18 and fly off, Cell could get both of you" Kara told me. I understood this and landed.
"But I need tot get 18 back"
"I know you do. But flying after her now wouldn’t do anything good. Wait until she simmers down a bit." She replied. Great. Words of wisdom from an alien. Just what I need. I stepped back to check out Kara. She had snake-like scales that were a solid jungle green. She was probably about 6’11"and I wondered how old she was.
"In earth years or Io years?"
She was reading my mind again. "Earth years. And please don’t read my mind."
"Okay, I wont. I'm about 400 in earth years but 4 in Io years. In comparison, I'm probably about 16." Kara answered my question I hadn’t asked. She wasn’t that bad for an alien not even close to close to cell. But the presence of an alien was disturbing. I saw her change back. Now she looked 17 more then 13, as she had appeared when she warning about cell’s human game. She had long thick brown hair, longer the mine and 18’s. Her midnight blue eyes dazzled me and she was wearing a comfortable pair of jeans and a long-sleeved black shirt. I was afraid to ask but I did anyway.
"The people you live with, are they Io or human?"
"They are Io. I have 5 sisters, 2 brothers, 1 aunt, 1 uncle, and 1 father and 1 mom." She informed me.
Chapter 4- Android 17’s New Friend
=Kara=
I decided to head home. I asked the android, called 17, to come. He agreed and I was overjoyed. I saw him begin to fly. "No!" I called "we can go faster my way" I led him toward the series of tunnels my family had created. I saw his amazement at the length of them. Soon we were at my house. I changed into my true form and strolled over to my mother. Both my brothers eyed 17 strangely.
"Kai mena nus android ko abalikk mika. Ook mios soosd mi? I spoke in my natural language. [I have an android on the run. Can he stay here?]
My mother replied, "Do android ka noow okss. Kadin we wosd gog pad di." [That android my become lunch. We are low on supplies.]
I turned to 17, who was very confused by my language." We are low on supplies. If you stay to long, you will become lunch" I told him.
He shrugged carelessly. He still amazes me with his courage. "It’s better then being absorbed by cell".
"I guess you’re right." I put an arm around his shoulder and we walked into my room.
Android 17 was amazed by my room, to the holographic picture of the home world all they way to my kia [communicator]. After he found the N64, he just fell over laughing and I was left to wonder why. After reading his thoughts I found out he was amazed at me being an alien and have a Nintendo system. We played Diddy Kong Racing and Goldeneye. After that we played Jet Force Gemini. He kicked my butt at DKR and Bond but I won at JFG. WE had a great time.
=Android 17=
I had a great time with Kara, amazed at the fact she had a 64, even though she was an alien. But when we stopped playing 64, my thoughts went back to 18.
"Kara, can we get 18 now?" I asked impatiently.
"I was waiting for that. Yes, we can 18. But I must come." She told me.
"Okay" I replied, "can we use your tunnels?"
"No, we will have to fly" she told me. Personally, I was all too happy to fly. I missed 18 around and using my ki would make me feel better. It always did.
"17? Are you thinking about 18 again? Come on!"
I snapped out of my thoughts and began to fly towards Cell’s hideout, where we assumed 18 was.
To Be Continued…….
What will Kara and 17 find at Cell’s fortress? Where is 18? Will Kara and 17 meet any new friends? Find out in Cell’s Return Part 2!