POV - Piccolo
I quickly assessed the situation.
The scene which presented in front of us was Android 17 fighting Krillin in what must have been the most one-sided fight the i have ever seen in my life... obviously, the Android was easily winning the fight, or most likely he was playing with Krillin, just to prolong the suffering of the human warrior.
A quick glance on the side confirmed that Yamcha was already defeated, his body halfway through the wall of Kame House, with only his feet popping up from the huge hole his body made.
Only a few instants have passed since our arrival and the assessment i came to was that we were outmatched what snap me out of my thoughts tho was that Android 16 seemed to have already noticed our presence. The Android seemed able to perceive us instantly, probably making use of a Ki sensing capability of some sort, emulating what actual Ki sensing was like and making it compatible with that artificial body of his.
The massive Android locked eyes with Goku shouting his name alerting his companions of our arrival at the same time.
"Goku!"
His call also distracted the poor Krillin, which received a nasty kick on the head, then crashed on the ground and lost consciousness soon after. I couldn't decide if that was a good or a bad thing; on one end he could finally rest after the one-sided beating he was subjected to.... but on the other...just...Damn.
Android 17 turned toward us as well, with a smug grin gracing his lips and it looked like he was about to say something unflattering, to rile up us... and would have probably done that, if not for Jamall's intervention.
"Piccolo, distract the big one." ... Jamall basically ordered to me before leaping in the direction of the black-haired Android at high speed.
In any other situation, i would have disregarded whatever he just said, especially considering that we don't even know each other at all and i never accept orders from anyone, but given the situation we're in, i could understand that there wasn't exactly much time for such things as social skills, a skill that I am currently lacking
I also did offer to help Jamall earlier on, so I guess it's only logical for me to do what Jamall asked but still why is he forcing me to take on the big one.
"It's not like you can do anything about it, so put an end to your tantrum and do something."
Quickly following my 'newfound companions' orders i flew at high speed toward the giant Android colossus, pausing just a few meters from said individual and getting in position for a fight, ready for the confrontation with the massive Android.
I barely noticed Goku behind me, giving his greetings and good lucks before he left using his instant transmission .
Great now Android 16 has his soulless sight on the me instead of staring at Goku with that obsessive intent... what was the problem with these Androids and their obsession with Goku, anyway?
The tension was incredibly high as our gazes met each others, the two of us trying to perceive a weak spot from which to start a respective assault on the other.
Our intent clear, as my cape was blown by the wind and-
*Dear Kami*
*Not again.*
*Sadly, not even I can stop this.*
-and screams could be heard in the... wait, what?
Piccolo completely disregarded his own predicament and sharply turned his head in the direction of the shouts, seeing as one of the Android, the one 'named' 17, was already halfway inside Jamall's tail, only his hands and legs flailing frantically from the enlarged tip as he futilely tried to escape, clearly without much success.
This distraction could have cost me dearly, that was if the Android had any interest in fighting me; instead, the giant humanoid noticed his companion's predicament and seemed to put all of his attention that... huh so that's how he's been absorbing criminals .
"No!" Android 16 right arm rose, his closed fist pointed toward Jamall... and ejected from his arm, shooting at impossible speed in that very direction.
...
"Crap."
POV - Jamall
This was so damn easy, i can't believe how over-prepared i got for this.
Just as we came on the scene, iwas quick to act, not wasting any time talking when that same time could be used absorbing, and instructed Piccolo to distract Android 16 so that u could freely absorb the two Cyborgs without being distracted.
The situation was perfect for me so advantageous I mean with Bulma, Baby Trunks and Chichi already having left meaning there weren't easy target that could be taken out by the Androids yet...of course, Baldy and Yamatrash were already out cold, and Master Roshi and the other useless guest stars, of which i barely remember the names of, were all holed inside the house, probably watching fearfully from a window or something.
I still had to make it fast though, almost a day passed since Vegeta and Trunks entered the hyperbolic chamber and i had no intention of being interrupted by Vegeta as my Canon counterpart did. Even if i knew how to work around the Saiyan Prince's stubbornness, i couldn't take any unnecessary risk when things could be done more easily instead.
You know what no I'll simply gain perfection before Vegeta can even have the chance to ruin things.
Anyway, saying that this fight was underwhelming was an understatement. Seventeen didn't even put up a real fight, or anything resembling such; he was instead down with just a punch in the stomach... if only Yamatrash was still conscious to see this, he would have been so proud to see what was Akin to his own performance.
Well, 17 wasn't completely down yet, he still had some fight in him, but he was basically just a 'corpse-to-be' and he knew that... or actually not even that, i proceeded with the absorption straight away, the black-haired weakling barely strong enough to flail aimlessly as his sister screamed something on the background, but was completely paralyzed in fear to do anything dumb like trying to save her brother... not that she would have succeeded in the endeavor, anyway.
Still, her screams were annoying, couldn't she just shut up and wait for her turn already god and never got was why Baldy chose her I mean I get it she's bad and all but she's basically just a human sex toy...yuck?
In hindsight, i should have known that it was all too easy to be true.
"Damn!"
I barely had the time to notice and dodge the fist coming toward my head at supersonic speed, and was shortly distracted by the lack of an arm or even a body following said hand, only for another fist, this time followed by a body, to impact on my stomach, sending me crashing on the Kame House... right beside eww Yamatrash.
Being here irritated me more than the punch itself did.
Of course, even in this situation, perfection came before everything else, and i instinctively kept what remained of my mental focus busy on keeping my tail steady and continued with the absorption process.
I wouldn't be stopped, no matter the odds.
So I Rose and another punch came toward my face, but it was easily dodged since i was expecting it this time, and responded with a quick a Roundhouse kick of own, which sent 16 flying back.
Still, Android 16 was seemingly expecting this move and managed to shield himself using two arms, only for the arm which was still lacking a fist to move and point in my direction.
It was only then that i remembered that his arms also worked as energy cannons , but it was too late to evade the blast of energy that was sent toward my tail.
"Damn!" It was my turn to shout that same word, as my tail was painfully shredded from its place, disintegrated, taking the half-way absorbed 17 along with it and interrupting the absorption.
I wasn't worried about the Android, it wouldn't be destroyed by such a measly attack, but i was livid nonetheless for the interruption. Where the fuck is Piccolo!?
Of course the green bastard chooses that moment to intervene and quickly kicked the red-headed titan in thehead, sending him crashing on the ground.
I acknowledged Piccolo with a nod, repressing the internal grimace at his incapability, how hard was it to distract behemoth for just a few moments?
Of course, in the instance i myself got distracted 18 managed to free her brother and the two were trying to run away from the battle, the woman supporting her weakened brother as they flew away, barely making it a dozen meters before being noticed. Did they really believe they even a real chance of escaping? That I would just let them go?
HA, AS IF.
Enraged by Piccolo's shortsightedness, i quickly sent an area Ki blast in the direction of the rising giant, prompting him to shield himself once again and giving me some time to regenerate my tail back.
"Distract. Him." Hopefully, Piccolo would be able to follow such simple instruction this time.
As i followed the two 17 and 18 at full speed, 18 barely had time to turn in my direction, before a Ki charged kick sent her and 17 impacting to the ground.
I was quick to follow them and soon squeezed 17 by the neck, choking him to unconsciousness... and showed his body directly inside my enlarged tail.
This time, with 16 hopefully busy with Piccolo, and 18 still recovering from the impact, the Android didn't resistance whatsoever and was quickly absorbed.
For the first time in my life, I was transforming evolving even.
The ecstasy and excitement I felt at that moment was hard to describe with words. It was as if a lightning coursed through my entire body, but causing me to feel pleasure instead of pain. As if some part of me that was always wrong, but i just never realized up until this very moment it was like my body finally being fixed ro what it should have always been, to begin with.
The whole experience was sadly quite short but nonetheless enjoyable... and once that high of the transformation subsided, i felt almost complete, almost whole, almost... perfect okay that sounds corny but with closeness to perfection, my desire, my hunger, came back only greater than before.
I needed perfection, i wanted perfection.
And now, perfection wolud be mine.
Even if i wished to bask in the feelings and sensation that thr transformation gave for a little longer, i knew that now there wasn't time for such things, especially when i was so close to my final objective and then after this I can enjoy my 7 years of peace in my perfect form,Hoorah.
I barely noticed the screams of anguish of my next target, the cry of desperation for the loss of her twin brother, or the gasps of shock caused by my transformation made by the other two combatants, which temporarily stopped their fight to watching attentively as i achieved perfection.
Of course, none of that mattered to me at all.
Enjoying my newfound speed, i was quickly in front of 18 again; with the poor woman being completely paralyzed by fear and sorrow, unable to do anything but stand there and watch me as i prepare to absorb her.
" I'm sorry but I have to achieve my perfect form." Doing this only made me think of who Krillin end up with in the future huh anyway.
No one tried to stop because no one could stop me but Android 16 was probably thinking about doing something like that, but even the he didn't move,and if the expression of desperation on his face was anything to go by, he knew that as well.
So i proceeded with the anti-climatic absorption, unable to wait for a second longer, enveloping the young blond Android and absorbing her as quickly as possible.
For an instant, nothing happened, but then it came, the final transformation began with an explosion of light so great that I couldn't see anything but white in every direction, as what it felt like? Well it felt like unlimited energy coursing through my body and my mind freed itself of the fog it always had, replaced with this perfect clarity.
I could even feel my insides pulsating with energy beyond anything i could ever expect, for a short moment i almost felt like exploding from the inside out...pause, but my power increased instead again and again so much so that i feared it would surpass me... and after a few instants, the absorption of 18 was complete... i almost couldn't believe it.
With perfection came understanding as well; now i knew how to replicate Goku's instant transmission perfectly, or hell, even make it better than the original. Every move i ever saw and perceived i could now replicate with perfect ease. Not only that, but ideas came to my new perfect mind of possible new techniques, a veritable river of thoughts and speculations on the workings of Ki... and everything else.
I felt my power growing exponentially, going over anything ever thought to be possible, man oh man am I ecstatic... i was finally complete.
Perfection, at last.
Then, my mind, power, and body stabilized once more, as the bright light that engulfed everything receded and my mastery and control over my insanely bigger Ki pool settled. Clarity remained, but the thousands of confusing ideas were now all neatly categorized and my thoughts now faster than they had ever been before.
I've Got to calm down from the 'high' of this power , a ridiculous thought passed through my mind: I kind of wish a cool song was playing at the moment, like the ones from that Abridged counterpart were that cell sang when he completed his own final transformation. Sadly i didn't even think about preparing one earlier, my Imperfect self clearly lacking in style as well as hindsight. Should i improvise? I could certainly do it now, with a mind so sharp and so quick ... Nah, it wasn't worth it anyway, with such little of an audience to listen any way.
Basking at my own glory for the moment , i then sighed. It was a sigh of joy, of contentedness.
I started walking toward the battle once again, or the place where a battle would have been fought if the two fighters weren't too busy staring at me in wonder and, in the Androids case possibly complete and utter terror.
This time though there was no rush in my actions, there was no urge that guided me... at least for the moment, i could now calm down a little. I mean i finally have time to enjoy the little things in life, now that my thoughts were free of any outside influence.
Perfect Cell, i like that name, turning toward the last of our enemies still standing, the utterly broken Android 16.
I smirked at the over-sized tin-can.
"Oh 16... there is no need for you worry. I assure you... you will reunite with them very soon. Now, it is your tur-GHHH!"
Taking me and everyone else by complet surprise.
PÄÎṄ
Flared inside of me, so great that everything i have ever felt up to that moment was barely a drop in the ocean compared to this
PÅĮŊ
My hands quickly rose toward my head, as a greater headache than ever before began to assault me with
PÂÏŅ
I screamed and thrashed left and right, my body started convulsing in an unnatural way as my insides felt like they were on FIRE,my brain felt like it was melting,legs were shaking and eyes burning and all i was felling was
P Æ ÎŇ
I was able to retain a sliver of conscious thought, but it was nothing more than confusion over my own predicament. What was this? This was not supposed to happen!?
POV - Piccolo
As the shining white light receded, i could almost feel the simmering power emanating from Jamall on my own skin, it was a power so great that if i had to compare it with my own i wouldn't even be able to know where to start.
At that moment i thanked Kami (ignoring whatever he had to say on the matter) that Jamall was on our side.
Of course, the transformation of Jamall came as a surprise, and for a short moment, i feared that he may turn on us, but seeing as his only target seemed to be the last Android still standing, and I'm currently not feeling any hostile intent emanating from his KI,i breathed in relief... realizing only then that i had stopped breathing a few seconds before.
Then Jamall turned in our direction and began to slowly walk toward the Android.
"Oh 16..." he said, his new voice deep and mellifluous. "... there is no need for you worry. I assure you... you will reunite with them very soon. Now, it is your tur-GHHH!"
... only to cut himself short.
Jamall's hands rose toward his head, as he started trashing and screaming incoherently.
I obviously had no idea of what was going on, but knew that it couldn't be anything good, so i decided to temporarily put aside my grudge with the latest Android and focus my entire attention on whatever was happening to Jamall in front of me.
Then i felt it: a second Ki rising from nowhere, immense as that of Jamall... no, even greater than that, greater than anything he thought possible, but still with a Ki signature very similar to Cell's own, a mix of different Ki but still unique enough to make it easy to distinguish them... but now, there were two of those Ki signatures.
Sadly there was a veritable difference between the two Ki signatures in question; while Jamall's Ki felt like calculating, kind and arrogant coldness, the newcomer gave him a nefarious and unpleasant feeling of malice, malevolent hate and all around utter evilness.
Not an encouraging mix if i had to be honest.
But that wasn't even the worst part... no, the worst part of this new dreadful predicament, was that the second Ki came from Jamall himself.
"This... doesn't bode well."
For once, the i could do nothing else but agree.