1 The Cell Games

(Age 767, the near end of The Cell a Games)

"Release it Gohan, release everything. Remember all the people he's killed, all the pain he's caused. Make that your power!" Goku's words echoed through Gohans mind, the cacophony of the beam struggle between him and Cell doing nothing to halt his guidance.

"Say goodbye!" Cell's face adorned with a sinister expression, his only threat about to be destroyed before him. The beams began to draw closer and closer to Gohan death almost upon him.

Suddenly, a yellow ki blast descended from above, striking Cell directly in the back. Up in the air, Vegeta hovered, panting with the exertion of his last remaining power.

"Vegeta!"

Now's your chance!" Goku was right, Cell was distracted. With an ear splitting scream, Gohan expended every last drop of energy towards his target. The beams were no longer struggling with each other as Gohans final attack dominated Cells, blasting through his defence and beginning to strip away the beings body.

"No, I won't die to a brat like you!" Despite the explosion going off around him, Cell could still be heard. A small piece of him, almost inconsequential in size, dropped from his body and buried itself in the rock below.

"If I'm dying then I'm taking you with me!" Cells final words and promise were drowned out however, as he was finally erased from existence. The Kamehameha which held so much power, now flying off into space, dissipating harmlessly into nothing.

panting in exhaustion, Gohan dropped out of Super Saiyan 2, and fell towards the ground.

He…he did it." Krillins words were filled with disbelief. "He…he's dead. Cells finally dead!" A cheer ran among the Z warriors.

Gohan laid exhausted on ground still panting, a smile adorned his face. It was all finally over.

A small green organism in the ground however, begged to differ. The small speck and multiplied and grown, not enough to become Cell, it had no energy for that. It had one purpose, to activate its failsafe method. The Illusion method. The small sludge, for that was what had been formed, crept through the ground towards its target. It could sense the Z warriors approaching, not quickly, but it still had to hurry.

It was almost there, but so were the Z warriors, if it could surprise them it may have just enough of a chance to enact its plan. With its sudden rise in energy, the Z warriors stopped, disbelief and fear frozen on their faces. With a single leap, the being forced its way out of the ground and towards its target.

"Gohan!" Gohans eyes opened at the sound of his teacher's voice. Why was Piccolo shouting him? It was over wasn't it? Wait! He could sense it. It was…not quite Cell, but it was similar, and it was close! He saw it rise in front of his eyes, heading straight for him.

With extraordinary effort, Gohan began to raise his arm, a small ki ball appearing in his hand. He shot the ball towards the sludge, which promptly morphed and dodged.

'No!' Gohans final thoughts were cut off as the sludge landed on his stomach and began to rapidly spread around him. As his whole body was covered, the being began to glow

"Gohan!" Piccolos scream ran throughout the wasteland as the light grew brighter and more intense, before disappearing beneath a blinding explosion of yellow light.