Gohan was eating in the Capsule Corps base. Devouring the food on the table with trunks as if he hasn't eaten in a milennia.
"Wow Bulma.." he spoke with his mouth full. "You sure do know how to cook!"
"Thank you, you have to do this much to survive, right?" She responded with glee. "But still, you look a lot like your father now."
"Thats refreshing. If only he passed down his strength too...." Everything became depressing so fast. There was silence at the table for a bit.
"Gohan, you're plenty strong yourself. If your father were here he'd have a hard time against the androids as well." Trying to assure him, Gohan did look assured at all.
"Thank you for believing in me Bulma." He said with a smile on his face. Bulma could tell that he was drowning but wasn't strong enough to save him.
"Gohan, are you going to stay here?" Trunks asked.
"I wish I could but the androids...they're still out there. I can't stop until the jobs done. For everyone's sake." He gripped the fork in his hand, thinning the handle.
"Then teach me!!" Trunks stood up. "I'm a saiyan too. I can help you beat the androids."
Gohan finished his food and wiped the residue from his mouth. "That would help a lot but.." before he could finish his sentence, he sensed strong energy miles away from his current position.
(Who is that?) He could sense their distressed and offensiveness. (I can't sense who they are fighting. That means.) Gohan stood up. "Sorry guys, I have to go." He started walking to the exit.
"Wait!!" Trunks followed the man. "Is it the androids!? Let me come with you!!"
"Not yet Trunks. You're not ready yet. I start training you when I come back." He left Caspule Corps and flew off immediately. Racing toward the Wastelands.
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Cell was gripped by his neck. "My jugular!!" Through multiple rocks, his body was dragged and slammed by Android 14. He yells out in pain as his body was dropped onto the pavement. He used this time and put his fingers near his temple. "SOLAR FLARE!!" Blinding the android.
"ARGH!!" His grip loosens up and Cell moves out of the way.
He jumps into the sky. Cell raised his hand and summons a saucer of ki above his palm. "DESTRUCTO DISK!!" Launching the saucer at the android. Because his optical senses were blinded, he couldn't see the desuctro disk coming but could hear it come close. As he jumps up to avoid it, his ankles are caught by the attack. Taking his feet off.
"...." android 14 floated with no feet.
"You should admit defeat while you still can." Cell said.
Android 14 said nothing and charged at Cell immediately.
Expecting this, he controls all of the energy in his body and yells. "KAIOKEN!!" Boosting all of his stats in a sudden burst. Charging at Android 14 with a sudden burst in speed, he elbows the machine in the jaw. As the android started to fly away, his leg was grabbed by Cell's tail. A barrage of attacks was relinquished onto Android 14's body. Android 14 grabs the beast's tail and pulls him in. His forehead slams into Cell's face. "Gah!!"
A gut check from his fist sends him barrelling. (Damn, Kaioken isn't enough.)
He puts his fingers near his temple again.
Android 14 closed his eyes, expecting him to use the blinding technique again but instead gets punched in his face.
His stats increase further. "KAIOKEN TIMES 3!!" He raced forth at android 14 again. Raising hos hand up, he dropped a blade hand into the man's chest. Crashing toward the ground, Cell flew to the ground, he folds his hands together and concentrated ki into the attack. "Kaaaaameeeeehaaaaameee!!!" Blue ki folds and condensed between his palms. He releases it forward after extending his arms toward android 14's body. "HAAAAAA!!!"
Android 14 turns around to the kamehameha and puts their hands out to the kame wave to stop its assault. Connecting with the energy, there's an obvious struggle between the two.
Arriving at the scene, Gohan saw a large blast of energy and man stopping it in its tracks. (I sense my dad...and piccolo....and krillin....no I sense everyone!!" He looked down and only saw one person on the ground. (Is he the source? Then that means.)
"If that isn't enough then.." He breathes in and controls the energy in his body further. "KAIOKEN X4!!!" Blasting his energy with further output. Sending his kamehameha through the android and destroying it. The blast flies through the clouds, dispersing it completely.
It dissipates and Cell huffs and puffs from the damage he recieved and the stamina taken from him.
Gohan appears beside Cell, catching the manthing as it was falling. "A savior?" Cell weakly looked up at Gohan.
"..." He was quiet. As if he was assessing and analyzing him.
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Gohan didn't bring him back to Capsule Corps for the sake of Trunks and Bulma. In a destroyed city, he laid Cell on a bed.
"Argh, don't worry about me. I heal faster than normal." He put his hand on his stomach.
"I don't care about that." Gohan stood over Cell. "Answer my questions and I won't kill you."
That cold nature of Gohan was prevelant. (Right, he isn't soft hearted in this timeline.) He sat up on the bed. "Ask away."
"Earlier you were fighting someone, was that an android?" Gohan asked.
"Yes, Android 14 to be exact." He cleared his throat. "One of the other androids lerfected by Dr. Gero's Super Computer."
Gohan was surprised. "One of them? There's more like him?"
"Yes, Android 13, 15, 16, and 19. They are the only one's left to my knowledge." Recalling Android 18 and 17's strength, he looked at Gohan. "As long android 13 does not absorb 14 and 15, then he should be less of a threat than 18 and 17. Tsk." He looks away from Gohan. (I forgot 17, 13, and 18 are the only biological androids Dr. Gero made. So that bet I made with 14 was useless to begin with.)
(There's really more of them...How am I suppose to deal with 4 more when I can't beat two?)
Cell looked at Gohan's face and saw the distress. "No need to worry about them. If you're so worried about their numbers then don't fret." He pointed at himself. "Consider me as your new ally."
"You will fight alongside me?" The weight on Gohan's shoulders decreased right then.
"The more help there is the faster we can get rid of those androids right?" Cell popped his neck. "But I have to tell you somrthing important."
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Meanwhile in Dr. Gero's lab, the computer was assessing the destruction of Android 14. "Android 14 has been eliminated. Android 15, 19, 16, 13 Capsule Is Set For An Upgrade..."