Lucky Chance Chapter 16 A/N: Let's pretend that for this fanfic, Cell's power is doubled because it has some influence with Pan's presence. Hey! It's an AU, so anything is possible! Was it all just a dream? Was I simply dreaming? There was no way I could have ascended. Perhaps it was just my imagination running wild, but I could have sworn my energy was almost as strong as Gohan's right now. Was that the power of an Ultra Saiya-jin? The pain of my loss seemed to be fueling my rage and power. It was like the anguish was tripled to increase my strength. I couldn't cry. Or maybe I was crying, but my face was too numb. I touched a finger to my cheek, confirming my tears. They froze like crystals on my finger tips. I looked down at the tiny crystals, then up at the worried faces of my friends. It was hard to tell if they were worried…or horrified. My vision blurred as more numb tears fell. I tried to focus my sight, but all I saw was Cell. Glaring in what appeared to be a mix of anger and fear. My face hardened. He was the reason that my soul mate was dead. He was the reason that all my promises were broken. He was the reason I would never be happy for the rest of my life. There was no way I knew of to bring Trunks back. "You monster!" I screamed. "It's your fault! Your fault!! You killed more than enough, Cell!" Grandpa, Trunks, all those humans. For them, I was going to end Cell's life. It looked like grandpa's sacrifice was in vain. I didn't even understand how or why Cell was back, but that didn't matter now. He hurt the one person who I could have trusted my life with, but wasn't able to save his. "You will die." I took slow steps forward. Cell didn't say anything. And even if he tried, I wouldn't let him. I held my hand up and collected a bit of energy. Then, I breathed out on them. The tiny marbles of energy flew gently off my hand and towards Cell. He growled and tried to brush them away, but only succeeded to detonate them on impact with his hand. The smoke cleared, exposing burn marks all over his arm and hand. I smirked casually. He looked at his injuries with curiosity. "Nice little prank, little girl," he muttered. "But tricks are best left for me to do." His eyes met mine. "You do realize that even though you got a power-up, you're still weaker than me by far." He was bluffing. And I was going to call his bluff. I rushed at him with speeds I only dreamed about before. Once I was close enough, I landed a few punches on Cell, kicked him and threw a ki blast right in his face. But I wasn't done there. I grabbed him by the head, spun him around, and sent him crashing into a nearby mountain. I landed on the ground and waited. A light explosion was heard and Cell emerged, his arm blown off. I didn't move, waiting for him to regenerate. And not even a second later, that's just was he did. There was a look a fear on his face. He knew now that I was stronger. 'Gohan!' I said telepathically. 'You're still at full strength. Let's fight him together, double-team. Okay?' Tousan nodded and turned his glare to Cell. 'Go!' We launched at the same time, striking Cell in the back with our elbows. He fell forward, but caught himself and flipped out of the way. 'Forward, then you left, I go right. Meet and jab.' Those were all code words for battling. Rather than stand around, telepathically relaying everything to each other, we simply shorten them to directions and jump or fly. We jumped towards Cell, then spilt apart, Gohan going left and myself going right. Cell looked utterly confused as he tried to watch us both. When we were both behind him, we stopped short and lunged at Cell's turned back, jabbing him in the back. He howled in pain and doubled over. He took a few steps away and turned, glaring daggers at us. "You may be able to attack me together, but how are you with defending others?" He charged up before either of us were ready and launched a blast at the Z warriors. Gohan and I yelped and ran at tops speeds to stop the blast from hitting our friends. I managed to get ahead of the blast, but not in time to get in a defensive position. The blast hit me head on, knocking me back a few. Pain seared through my left arm. It hurt to move it. "Pan!" I heard cries from the side. I tried to focus my vision, but all I seemed to see was white dots. Finally, it cleared up and I noticed Gohan standing just above me. "Pan, are you alright?" he asked worriedly. I nodded and struggled to my feet. "Is everyone else okay?" I quickly asked. "I hate to break up your sentimental moment," Cell insulted. "But I have a planet to blow up and I'm on a deadline." He smirked. "I may be injured, but I can still kick your -" "Pan..." Gohan said softly. He was looking at my arm with a worried look on his face. "It's probably broken in three spots. It's be a miracle if any senzu could heal this." I looked at him, then to my arm. "Does it hurt a lot? 'Cause if it does, I'll fight, okay?" I shook my head stubbornly. "No! It's numb. I'm helping you fight, no matter what." I turned my death glare to Cell. "He's going to pay for killing grandpa, for killing Trunks, for killing everyone he has." 'I can't let him get away with it!' Gohan understood. Of course he did. He was closer to Goku than I was. Cell was looking bolder than ever. He grinned and launched forward, fists flying. Again, Gohan and I double teamed, but for some reason it wasn't as effective as before. I knew it was because of me. Soon, Cell was getting the advantage and focused on beating tousan around. He grabbed dad by the arm and threw him into the ground. I jumped over and kicked at Cell, but my leg was caught by him and I too was tossed into the dirt. "I'm going bored of this little game," he muttered. "I think it's time to put an end to this pointless planet for good." My eyes widened. He began charging up and cupped his hands behind his back. "KA..." "Crap! The Kamehameha!" I yelled. "ME..." Cell continued. Gohan seemed dazed out. He snapped out of it and turned to me. "We have to do something!" he called to me. "HA..." I didn't know if I could do it. I was still in pain from the loss of Trunks. 'Pan! Gohan!' Someone was talking to us telepathically. I looked around. "G...grandpa?" I whispered. "You hear that too?" Gohan asked me. I nodded. 'Listen you guys,' said Goku's voice. 'You have to continue the fight with Cell. Together, I know you can stop him. Everyone's depending on you!' My eyes watered. "I don't know if I can do it," I whimpered. "ME..." 'Don't you two want revenge?' grandpa asked. 'Just let your emotion take control and attack!' I looked to Gohan and nodded. "Ka...me...ha...me..." we chanted, mimicking Cell. "HAAA!!" "HAA!!" Our twin Kamehameha's met with Cell's in the middle of what was left of the battle grounds. They fiercely tore apart the nearby area. I felt the shockwave and attempted to stand still, but the force of the blasts was pushing me back. 'He's too powerful!' I thought to chibi dad. 'No! We can do this! My dad's helping!' he thought back to me. Now that he mentioned it, I did feel a strange, almost heavenly aura surrounding the both of us. 'Pan, you have to push all your pain into this attack,' grandpa told me. I closed my eyes. This was so hard. I was trying not to think about what happened, but it hurt so much. I had to get rid of the negative emotions. I knew what grandpa was saying was right. Using one arm wasn't helping any either. I tried forcing out all my anger, all my pain, anything that made me feel horrible. I had a flashback of when Trunks had promised me we'd see a sunrise together. That seemed to be my most painful memory. I drained all my emotions into that final attack, draining my strength as well. But it was barely enough. Then, out of the blue, a ball of energy shot out of nowhere and hit Cell head on. My eyes followed to where the blast had come from, meeting Vegeta, floating in the sky. 'Now is your chance!' grandpa yelled. I looked straight ahead. Gohan powered up to his max. Pushing all my worries, pain, anger, and sadness into the Kamehameha, I felt an overwhelming sense of happiness in the end. The blast tore through Cell, disintegrating any trace of him. It was over!! We beat him!! A silence covered the field. "WE DID IT!!" Gohan cried breaking the silence. I smiled weakly and gave my young father a hug. "Finally..." I felt a bit dizzy from it and dropped to my knees. The Z warriors gathered around us, smiling. "You guys did it!" Krillin yelled for joy. "Congratulations!" Gohan sighed, probably exhausted, and he sat down beside me. "I wanna take a nap," he whispered before falling asleep on my shoulder. The group began laughing softly. I yawn too, my eyes feeling heavy. The last thing I heard before passing out was 'Kami's Lookout'. Finally, I could rest a little easier. For now...