Returned! Dearest readers, please forgive me from the ridiculous absence. I had no idea it has been 2 years since my last post. But oddly enough, I had this completely random dream and Cell was in it, and, of course, I started getting some more ideas. I didn't want to start a whole new story, so I reread this one and I'm trying to work it in...I forgot my original path of this story, but I think this will make it better in all honesty. Anyway, life has changed drastically for me and I'm not sure how much I'll be able to do, but I'm going to try very hard to continue and hopefully finish this before I lose interest. So we'll see how this works out. I easily threw this together last night and I'm hoping to get another chapter out before the weekend, but don't quote me, lol. Hope I still have readers on this!

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8-The Better Android

At this point I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. A part of me wanted to continue with the obvious. I had Cell in the perfect hold and he wasn't resisting. His eyes bore into mine as if trying to find answers to what I was doing and why I was doing it. My mind was racing but I couldn't seem to focus on just one thing. First, I thought of Cell and how I was ridiculously attracted to him. Then, I remembered that I was to destroy him because of the horror he had already caused and the chaos he was about to start. On the other hand, though, I wanted nothing more than to figure out just who I was and it seemed there was a shared link between him and I that stirred up these memories.

I leaned closer to Cell, all of those thoughts trying to take precedence over the other. My hair swept past my face and grazed his cheek. His eyes continued to stare at me as my mouth went towards the feature on his head that was his ear. "Are you curious?" I asked, not quite realizing what I was saying. I was begging for the memories to jump to life again.

Cell didn't reply. Instead his hands gripped my hips and he tried to pull me away, but my mouth immediately locked onto his and I kissed him roughly. At first he resisted, but slowly his body relaxed and eased into the kiss. Our tongues met once again and I felt him hold me tighter. My hands gripped his shoulders and I felt every muscle in my body become tight. Before I knew it his hands started to snake their way under my shirt...

Then, without warning, I was thrown to the side and my head hit a corner pillar. "What the hell was that for?" I yelled at him as I opened one eye and started to lean up.

Cell was already on his feet, his hands absentmindedly brushing himself off. "I'm not playing your games, Serika. I know what you're trying to do."

"Oh you do, huh?" I said as I stood up and fixed my hair.

"You think that if you tempt me with physical contact that I will submit myself to you and you'll gain the upper hand," he stated. "You seem to forget that I am not human in any way. I do not desire such things."

"Like hell you don't," I muttered but he didn't seem to hear.

"Seika, my dear, I believe that your desperate course will need to take a new path. If you continue trying to seduce me into these sexual encounters you'll find that you're doing nothing but sealing your fate faster than necessary. I've decided to allow you to take some time and rethink your strategies." He smiled. "You really are very admirable with your efforts to...finish me off, shall we say?"

I listened, but at the same time I was already trying to figure out what to do next. He was right. Being an android myself I knew that a mission was a mission and Cell's mission was to destroy Earth. He wouldn't falter until he completed it. He was obviously much too stubborn to allow me to make any moves on him. But what now?

"Come back for the tournament and you may have your chance to defeat me. Perhaps you can learn some more moves by then," he snickered.

Maybe he was right. What I needed was time to rethink my plans. The thing was, I already knew that I couldn't beat him in hand-to-hand combat. He was far stronger than me and I was well aware what another major fight with him would do to me. I probably wouldn't survive, android or not. It worried me that Goku, who was supposedly the most powerful person known to Earth was no match for him. I really wished now that I had taken the time to ask Bulma how Cell was defeated in that other time.

"Serika, I'm giving you a chance to rethink your plan, but I'm not allowing you to stay here to do it. Find another place to lay out the pieces."

His words broke my train of thought. I scowled. "I don't remember seeing the sign that says this area belongs to you."

He laughed. "This world belongs to me now. It won't be long before I annihilate everything in existence on this planet."

"Jeez, you're ridiculous," I commented and turned away.

"Yes, that's why you took the liberty of nearly exposing yourself to me," he said from behind. I stopped and clutched my fists. He obviously noticed and started to laugh. "Now I know why Dr. Gero failed to use your for greater things. He obviously saw the flaws in you. I can tell that you're of the same design as 17 and 18 were...you were once human, weren't you? Your emotions cannot be overridden, therefore that is why you cannot defeat me." He continued to chuckle like he made a marvelous discovery.

My emotions as he called them started to flare and I was trying very hard not to attack him. "You're out of line," I said through clenched teeth. "You have no idea what he did to me..."

"And neither do you," I said truthfully. "You know my words are true, yet you cannot remember anything. That is why you continuously black out for short periods. You're trying desperately to remember your past."

I said nothing. What could I say? He was right, which made me feel even more angry.

He started walking towards me, which caught me slightly off guard. His hands rested on his hips when he stood only a few arms length away. "It all makes much more sense to me now. Those images you mentioned are flashbacks. You, like 17 and 18, have no idea how Dr. Gero was able to abduct you and force you into this. You feel that you may have volunteered yet you're sure that you never would have chosen this for yourself. Am I correct?"

"No," I lied.

His face twisted into a menacing smile. He came closer. "No, I'm right on the dot. You have an interest in these memories, Serika and you want me to help you unleash them." His body drew closer. I tried not to look at him. "Does our contact help?" He brushed his hand across my face. "Is it generating these flashbacks?"

"Stop," I said at once.

"No, I think you're secretly begging for this." He pushed me against the pillar and took hold of my shoulders. "You want me to help teach you about your past, even if I myself do not know the story."

And there it was...the feeling of some inner feeling washing over me. But this time I felt extremely hot, my legs giving out from under me. I felt Cell catch me and hold me for a moment before he put me on the floor. His image became a shadow and if I was right, my eyes were nearly blank. I felt like I was watching everything from a television screen...

"I can teach you many things that your school and professors would never dare even acknowledge was possible," Dr. Gero said firmly. "You will have the opportunity in helping me with one of my greatest projects."

I listened eagerly. I sat on a stool by a computer that continuously printed out random codes that made no sense to me. The large tank with the tiny organism he called "Cell" floated lifelessly in front of me. I wondered what that creature would become.

"How much to do you weigh?" Gero asked.

I raised an eyebrow at such a random and mildly inappropriate question. "What does it matter?"

"Oh, it matters quite a bit," he said with a mad look on his face. "The serum doses depend on how much mass there is. Now answer my question, how much do you weigh?"

"I don't know, around 135 pounds or so?" I couldn't understand what he was talking about.

He was quietly working at a side table, pulling something out of the drawer and then another vile off the shelf. When he turned around he held a large syringe full of a blue liquid. My heart immediately began to race as he looked at me with hungry eyes.

"What are you doing?" I asked, my voice almost lost in my throat. My eyes scanned for the exit.

"Science," he said. "You don't believe I would have taken on an apprentice, do you? I have already tried trusting my work with another scientist but he was a failure and I vowed to always work alone from thereon out. No, what I need is another android. The model I've chosen for myself has it's faults. My 17 and 18 models are far superior, but those two were flawed. I know where I went wrong the first time."

Without thinking further I leapt off the stool and lunged towards the door. Gero instantly was there, his hands coming up to grab me. My eyes caught site of a small orb on his palm that I wasn't sure I needed to know what it was. My only worry now was getting out of here alive. I quickly headed to another corner of the room, but I was blocked by computers and desks. Gero growled as I nearly slipped away from yet another attempt to grab me. I crawled under a table and shoved a chair towards him which he easily tossed aside. He was no ordinary man, that was for sure. He has some sort of super strength and unless I was able to get through that door ahead, I had no chance.

I tried again to make my way to the exit, but he came around and kicked me to the ground. I coughed hard and grabbed my ribcage. My heart was pounding madly in my ears, my eyes filled with tears that leaked down my cheeks. "Please, don't do this," I begged. "I just wanted to learn..."

"And learn you shall."

I turned to only come up against the tank which held "Cell." I felt the sharp needle of the syringe bury itself in my neck and the cold liquid seeping into my bloodstream. I breathed heavily, my vision becoming blurred even as the tears continued to flow from my eyes. The last thing I saw before finally losing my balance was small air bubbles floating from the creature inside the tank.

I looked at Cell. There he was, as tall and proud he could be. He was far from that creature I just saw in my memory. He was this massive, powerful creation from the worst man I had ever met. I didn't chose this. I was forced into it. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. The words of the girl that I had apparently despised came crawling back to me: "You're going to find yourself begging for help one day..."

"Ah, yet another flashback," Cell said amused.

"Shut up," I said as I held back the urge to scream at everything that I was. I turned quickly to leave but I heard him move.

"Oh, I see this one wasn't as interesting as the rest," he said. "Are you going to attempt to run away from it?"

I turned and without realizing it was on the edge of my eye lid a tear flew from my eye. "You're such an asshole, Cell. My life was ruined because of you and your stupid 17 and 18. He destroyed me. And if the only thing I can do to get back at him is to destroy his precious creation, then damn it I will find a way."

Without further conversation, I was gone. He did not follow. I raced to the nearest city in hopes that I would figure something out; something that would give me the power to finally destroy him.