Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Beam me up Goku? ❯ Memories of Voyager ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter 8: Memories of Voyager

 

“What is it?” Janeway asked confused.

 

“It appears to be an interdimensional rift, Captain,” Seven replied emotionlessly.

 

The ex-drone walked over to a nearby console and started to insert commands. The screen showed something that looked like a warp trail

 

“A warp trail? Why didn't we see that before?”

 

“High levels of chronoton radiation are disrupting Voyagers sensors, but I've been able to adapt them. I believe the Delta Flyer went trough that rift”

 

“Chronoton radiation?” the Captain frowned, “Are you saying that…”

 

“Yes Captain, the rift is also a time portal of some sort, but I have no idea where it leads to”

 

“Can we follow them?”

 

“I'm afraid not. Susan and Lara have probably not been affected by it thanks to their Uranian physiology, but the chronoton radiation is much to high for humans to endure… however, I might be able to alter our shields with Borg technology, but it will take at least two weeks… maybe three”

 

“Do it! In the mean time, I'll talk to the Doctor, maybe he can come up with some sort of inoculation to protect us in case the shield won't be enough”

 

“Aye, captain”

 

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“Got you!”

 

With lightening speed, the monster shot its tail towards Susan, who just barely dodged it it.

 

“That's really a nasty habit you know, but I happen to know a great doctor that can…YIKES!”

 

Susan almost tripped over her own feet when she dodged his second attack That was WAY too close for comfort!

 

“Very good!” the creature chuckled evilly, “Let's see how long you can keep that up”

 

He continued trying to stab her with his tail. Susan franticly kept jumping, leaping and flying around the elevator to dodge it, but with every move he got a little bit closer to actually striking her, as if she was having more and more trouble to keep up with him. She was losing energy. Their little `race' outside and all that running and flying in the hotel had taken it's toll on her. The small confinements of the elevator weren't exactly helping either. To make matters worse, the monster had not even broke a sweat. O, boy…

 

“Let's just end this now,” he purred, “we both know that sooner or later you will make a mistake”

 

Susan flew up against the ceiling, ready to avoid his next attack but he just stood there with his arms crossed, smirking at her.

 

“What makes you think that?” she shot back

 

A sly smile slowly crept across his face.

 

“Most people tend to, especially when they are getting tired”

 

Monster: 1 Susan: 0.

Uh oh...

 

“Okay, for the sake of argument” Susan started, trying to be calm and collected (but failing miserably), “let's assume you're right and I do make a mistake… what would happen? If you just wanted to destroy me, you could have done that by blowing this building up. From what I've seen, that should be no problem to you!”

 

“You're very perceptive!”

 

“And you're dead!” someone suddenly shouted. “YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

 

“WHAT THE…!”

 

“OWW!”

 

Lara had woken op and jolted towards the monster, planning to attack it with everything she had. Unfortunately, he had managed to get out of the way just in time, causing her to crash into a wall and pass out again.

 

“Your sister is very…interesting”

 

“Tell me about it...”

 

She looked at Lara, and realized how much she cared for her even though she could be very embarrassing sometimes. Sure, they fought a lot, but isn't that what sisters did? Besides that, it even was their fighting that caused them to end up living on Voyager and having the adventure of a lifetime. Susan had just passed her piloting exams and was taking Lara (who was -and is- still studying to become an engineer and had been begging her for three Earth weeks to take her for a ride, so she could 'practice'. Unfortunately, it only took about 20 minutes for them to reach a `disagreement' (to put it mildly) regarding their course (“go left!” “go right!” “LEFT!” “RIGHT!” “AAAAAAARRGH!”) and because of that, neither of them noticed the wormhole they went trough and the cube-shaped vessel that was waiting on the other end, about to inform the two squabbling aliens that resistance was futile and that their biological and technological distinctiveness would be added to their own. By the time they realized what was going on, their ship was already caught in a tractor beam. If Voyager had not received their distress call and beamed them out of there…

 

A cold chill ran down her spine.

 

Things had turned out okay eventually, though. They lost their ship, but Captain Janeway promised them that she would give `em a ride home. The only problem was that the wormhole had collapsed and it would take at least three years before they would come across the nearest Uranian colony, but they didn't mind. The reason Susan became a pilot, was because she wanted some adventure and Lara almost had to be dragged out of engineering!

 

“Hello? Anyone home?”

 

Startled, she looked down at the monster, who was yawning and tapping impatiently with his foot, waiting for her to come down. How long had she been lost in her own thoughts? 5 minutes? 10? Long enough for him to catch her off guard if he had wanted to, that's for sure! How embarrassing! She tried to stay focused but she was so…exhausted…

 

Yeah, taking the Delta Flyer for some innocent fun and ending up trapped in an elevator with a 7foot monster that looked like a giant cockroach, definitely was nr. 2 on her list of Most Stupid Actions Ever (nr. 1 was, and always would be, trying some `wholesome Talaxian herbal tea' when she had a headache because it was *that* time of the month).

 

“That was your first mistake, my dear,” the creature rasped. In one swift motion, his tail whipped out in front of him, the deadly syringe aimed straight at her throat. It smirked evilly.

 

“Still think you can escape?”

 

Susan looked at him, and… made a decision she just knew she was going to regret.

 

“No…”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Look, I'm to tired to even concentrate on dodging you, and even IF I would be able to somehow get past you and reach that hole in the roof, I have to leave Lara and Bulma behind, completely defenseless, because carrying them would slow me down too much… I can't do that…so…I give up…”

 

Susan sighed and landed on the floor.

 

“Don't feel bad, you three should be proud of yourselves… No one of my victims has ever been able to run from me for as long as you did, but this little game of cat-and-mouse will end now”

 

He slowly walked towards Susan, and prepared to strike, but just at the last second…

 

“WAIT! Before I surrender to you, please answer a simple question…. WHY?”

 

The monster cocked his head.

 

“Why what?”

 

“WHY ARE YOU AFTER US? WHY DID YOU KILL ALL THOSE PEOPLE? WHAT'S WITH THE WEIRD DNA? WHO ARE YOU?”

 

Whew, that felt good! She really needed that.

 

“Weird…DNA…?” he blinked.

 

How did she know that? O, well… it didn't matter. Soon she would be a part of him and he would find out. When he absorbed someone, he didn't just absorb their body, but he could take their mind as well. Of course, he almost never did the latter. To much memories would only give him a headache. He only did it when it was absolutely necessary, to learn how to use a new attack for instance. Or psychic abilities.

 

“Alright…” he finally said.

 

“What?”

 

He lowered his tail. He was tired of playing games and wanted to get it over with, but he couldn't help but slightly admiring those girls. Even though their strength was barely above human, and even their speed had proven to be useless in the end, they still had managed to give him a very hard time. Maybe some of Goku's cells were talking now, but he would grant her a last request.

 

“Since you are going to die, I might as well tell you. I'll answer your questions in reverse order”

 

“I'm all ears…”

 

“My name is Cell, and I am an android…“

 

The creature, who was called Cell, kept talking and talking. Susan could not believe what she was hearing, but he was telling her the truth. She would have sensed it if he didn't, and why would he lie anyway? He told her that he also came from the future with a time machine someone else was about to use (it was a good thing Captain Janeway wasn't hearing this, no one here seemed to care ANYTHING about the Prime Directive!), that he was made up from cells of the greatest warriors his creator could find, and that he came here to find two OTHER androids called “17” and “18” (how original). He even explained a little thing about ki!

There were now only a few pieces of the puzzle missing:

 

“What did you do to all those people?”

 

“I absorbed them”

 

Susan gulped.

 

“What do you mean?” she asked, her voice sounding a bit shaky.

 

“They are a part of me now,” he answered proudly. “Their qualities…their energy…those are all added to my perfection”

 

Added to my perfection? That sounded awfully familiar. What would be next? Nanoprobes? She did not like where this was going…

 

“Just as android 17 and 18 will be soon…” Cell continued, “and let's not forget you!”

 

O, boy... definitely not good.

 

“Your speed is unlike anything I've ever seen, and those psychic abilities will also be a great addition to my ever growing power! I just have to absorb you two and then not even the Z-warriors will be able to stop me!”

 

Susan tried to stop herself. She could not ask him. She WOULD not ask him. She did NOT want to know! Uh oh…her lips started to move on their own… brain to mouth, brain to mouth, Please, please, PLEASE don't ask him! NOOOOOO!

 

“How do…you absorb…someone…?”

 

Great.

 

“I'm glad you asked,” he grinned, “allow me to demonstrate…”

 

He raised its tail, and all of the sudden it felt like all the pieces of the puzzle fell in place. The empty clothes, the holes in them, absorption… He had stabbed them with that tail of his, and sucked them right out of their clothes! They had literally become a part of him, and she was going to be next! (but at least he didn't make her drink any Talaxian tea…)

 

“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!”

 

Susan began to panic, when Cell was about to stab her, but suddenly someone came crashing trough the roof of the hotel, AND the elevator, grabbed the three females and carried them trough the elevator shaft, out of the building. Susan blinked when she felt the sun shining on her face. There could only be one possible explanation for all of this. She first glanced at the hotel, and then slowly looked up at her green, pointy eared rescuer.

 

“Uhm…excuse me!”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Am I dead?”

 

~*~*~*~

 

A/N: That was a close call! Will their mysterious rescuer be able to defeat Cell? Will Lara ever learn not to jump at people/evil monsters in close quarters? Will Bulma be able to repair the Flyer when she wakes up, if she ever wakes up? Find out next time, on DBZ! Tadada…whatever… :-)