DBZ X-Readers, Vol. 2

Cell x Reader Pt. 11 'Topi'

For some reason your first thought was to go to Gero's lab.

You didn't trust your gut, but that was what it said, and in the end you decided to go. In any case, it was about time for you to move out of that city anyway. Maybe...maybe there would be something in the lab that would help you. The dates coincided--if Cell was out and about, the androids most definitely were, and there was a slim chance that Gero wouldn't be in the lab but keeping track of him. Or them.

You just felt as if the lab was important.

One short flight later, you found it. Or at least, where it had been. A pile of rubble seemed to be all that was left of it, but maybe the sublab was still there?

After pulling aside some of the rocks (when had you gotten this strong? Some of these were pretty big!), you found the ladder and took flight to move down it.

You remembered it like it was yesterday, this walk. Down the hallway to another set of doors, which you would push open and then...

...and then...

You couldn't explain what happened next in any other way than a scent hitting your nose and inspiring anger. Whatever you were smelling didn't disgust you, it simply made you upset. The scent, and the feeling, only got stronger the farther into the room you went. What the hell was going on?

Then you checked over the tank Cell's embryo was in. You could figure out what to do about it later--but for now, you would leave it be. He wasn't even an infant yet; he was too small to survive outside, that was for sure.

Everything seemed to be in working order with the attached console, and he was receiving all the right nutrients. There appeared to be quite a large amount of them stored away. Perhaps this version of Gero was afraid of what the androids might do, and planned for the long haul?

The same table was off to the side, and on it you saw several technical papers. On closer inspection, you realized that they were the plans Gero had laid out for 17 and 18. Lapis and Lazuli, huh? Those weren't names you'd have guessed were theirs. These weren't something you needed to concern yourself with anyway.

As you looked away, you noticed another tank in the corner.

Curiosity was piqued. You didn't remember there ever being a second one, so why...?

You approached, and once you could fully see what was in the tank, your breath caught in your throat.

It was a woman.

Well--it was obviously female, anyway. It looked as if Gero had tried to do to her what he had to you, except that she looked much more, well, like him. There were no longer breasts, but a chest like his and some odd sort of gem. No hair, but a tiny crest. The tail was also different, it was much larger than your own.

As you were studying this...thing...the console gave a short series of beeps and from one side of the tank you could hear a "tsss" noise, like something being sprayed. What followed was an even stronger blast of that scent, and an equally intense burst of anger.

Perhaps this female had her own pheromones tailored to attract Cell?

It didn't take much thought to lead you to another conclusion. Maybe the reason you were angry is because the scent was from a "competing" female. It may or may not have been intended, although when you considered it, it made sense. If one female didn't work out, it was best to engineer them to be angered by one another's scents so that they would fight, no doubt resulting in the first one's death.

You hated to admit that it was genius, but it was, and it was working. Rationally, you knew that she was probably in the same situation you were. She'd probably been kidnapped the same as...