[9] Cell's Mind

[Burter Jr]

END OF ROUND

Perfect Cell yelled over the din of the searing energies, ?Just give it up! There?s no reason to sacrifice your body along with your mind!?

?N?never! This is my? body? my? mind,? struggled his opponent. He burst forth with another wave of energy into his energy wave, driving Perfect Cell?s back. The other answered with a burst of his own. This was going to be a struggle of dogged determination. A struggle of fear and desperation? And to the victor go the spoils?

Passing through the insane blast of Perfect Cell's was like drowning in a pit of fire and lava. To any normal warriors, the power alone would have disrubted their skin, blown apart their organs, and killed them within two microseconds. For Imperfect, however, it would take much more then that to remove even a single skin cell on the determined Android's body.

Beyond the unspeakable energy powers of the green aura in front of him laid his target. Perfect Cell. An arrogant dictator looking to remove hiimself and his lesser form from the body. His usuaully cocky face was deformed into a fit of fright, the speed at which Imperfect closed in was unimaginable.

This was it. What he wanted. His tail was extended, ready for the kill.

"No!" Cried the Perfection, "You can't!" The tail forced it's way into the gut of the handsome android. His scream would forever scar the eardrums of Imperfect.

It took some time, and a lot of screaming, but Imperfect had finally done away with him. Back in his body, where he would remain forever. Dormant. Quiet.

"My mind," Imperfect claimed.

He paused. His voice had changed. He began to feel different...look different. His own hands told the obvious tale of what was happening. He was becoming what he had always dreamed of becoming, and he did without unleashing the arrogance of Perfect. He was still the mind of Imperfect, upgraded to Perfection.

"Good job, my boy," said a new voice. Cell spun around, his new handsome face making it much easier to display the shocked emotion. The watchman only smiled, hands behind his back. "You have done it."

"What...why are you here? In my mind?"

"To ask a question. What is it you fear?"

This question was easy. He didn't even hesitate.

"I fear Perfection."

"Then may you overcome it. For you, my boy, are nothing short of it. You have passed my test."

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Perfect Cell woke up to see Android Seventeen alone in the corner of the lobby. Everyone else was asleep.

"Man...what a dream."

9. Cell - Wins Perfection