A/N Oops, it took me a while to update… Sorry! I hope you enjoy this chapter, don't forget to review! I apologize if this one isn't very long or action-packed, but there will be plenty of that later! Stay with me!

"Ehm... no, I think I'll pass..."

Tex and Jeice both grinned and advanced on the poor boy.

"Ah, come on Jake, don't be shy!"

"Yeah, come on," Amy nudged him, "it'll be fun!"

Jake shifted uneasily but sighed and got in position.

"Alright, everyone ready?" Tex asked. "Here we go!"

"RECOOME!"

"JEICE!"

"TEX!"

"AMY!"

"eh...JAKE!"

"AND TOGETHER, WE ARE..." Tex tried to stifle her laughter, but failed miserably. Everyone looked at each others ridiculous Ginyu poses and started laughing as well.

"O-Okay," Jake choked, "I a-admit, that was f-fun"

"Hey, come on mate!" Jeice protested. "Being a member of the Ginyu Force isn't a joke!"

"Yeah," Recoome nodded, "we have to get our poses right, or no one will take us seriously"

"I-I 'm not even going to comment on that," Amy snickered, earning herself an insulted pout from Jeice.

"Tex," Boris called from the back, "have you seen... oh no, not again!"

"Don't mind him," Tex whispered to Amy, "he's just grouchy because Captain Ginyu out posed him in Challenge Mode... three times in a row"

"He did not!"

Tex laughed.

"He so did, and you know it!"

The hacker was about to retort, when they heard someone moaning softly. They all hurried to the living room where Yvette was sitting on the couch with her knees to her chest, shaking like a leaf.

"Yvette?" Jake asked carefully, "hey, are you alright?"

"He's attacking..." she whispered hoarsely, "he's attacking again..."

"Ooookay," Amy started, "anyone else creeped out here?"

"She... she does that sometimes," Tex said softly, the cheeriness in her voice completely gone. "Yvette has a gift"

"Curse is more like it," Boris growled, trying to comfort the shivering girl. "She can feel when Cell is on a killing spree and sometimes she can also sense where"

"That's how we used to find his victims," Jeice added. "But we rarely made it on time, though. We can't detect his powerlevel without our scouters, and Yvette could only give us a general direction. By the time we got to the scene..." he shook his head.

"And now, without Guldo, that thing is gonna mop the floor with us if we do show up," Recoome sighed.

"It's... over," Yvette whispered and fell asleep against Boris' shoulder.

"Dammit..." he clenched his fists. "DAMN YOU, CELL!"

He let out a string of Russian words from which Amy and Jake could only guess the translation and put his head in his hands. Amy thought she heard him sobbing, before Jeice nudged them out of the room.

"Eh, let's go, mates," the Ginyu said quietly while Recoome and Tex followed. "Let's leave them alone for a while"

"Man, he's taking this hard, isn't he?" Jake said when Jeice closed the door behind him. The Ginyu looked away.

"Boris has always been our leader," Tex started. "He saved hundreds of players with his hacker skills, but when that monster found our hideout, there was nothing he could do to protect them. He still blames himself for their deaths"

"He shouldn't," Amy growled, her temper suddenly flaring, "Cell killed my dad, but you don't see me pulling a Mirai Trunks on everyone!"

"Amy!" Jake went bug-eyed at her rudeness.

"Don't even start! Boris is the only one who might be able to turn things around, yes? So, he shouldn't spend his time whining over a bunch of strangers when SOME of us have lost…"

"One of those 'strangers' happened to be his best friend," Jeice glared.

"And Radditz and Nappa got killed too," Recoome added.

"Don't forget Guldo," Jeice spat.

"As you see," Tex said, "you're not the only one who has lost someone"

"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's kick some roach butt!"

"Like you 'kicked butt' back at that house?"

Amy came to her senses and sat down, putting her head in her hands.

"I'm sorry I acted like that," she sighed, "I'm just…"

"Hey, we're all stressed," Jake patted her back.

"She's right, though," Boris suddenly said, standing in the doorway. "I took Yvette upstairs and put her to bed… Tex! Don't give me that look!"

The girl laughed. Amy watched in wonder. Apparently, pretending everything was normal, was the social code here. It was probably for the best: if they were going to face this challenge, it was better to do so without trying to depress each other before hand: Cell was already doing a pretty good job at that on his own.

"We need a battle plan," Boris stated, sitting down at the dinner table and motioning the others to join him.

"No offence, but you're nuts if you think we can fight that thing," Jake said.

"Not necessarily," Tex countered. "The power cap is not active at the World Tournament Arena. If we could lure him there…"

"We'd still get clobbered. That thing controls 80 percent of the game! If the arena is not part of the other 20, he can still cap our power all he likes! Besides that… I couldn't even defeat Frieza," Amy sighed.

"82 percent, actually," Boris spoke up. He showed her a device that looked like a PDA. The screen showed a bar, that was steadily progressing towards the 100

He hit a few keys, and frowned.

"Odd…" he mumbled.

"What is it?"

"He's been taking over bits and pieces of the Saiyan Saga, Frieza Saga and Trunks Saga, as well as most Challenge Mode levels and almost all of World Mode, but…" worry appeared in his eyes, "the Android saga and up have not even been touched…"

"Whoa!" Tex exclaimed. "This is Cell we're talking about! Out of all Saga's, why has he left the Android Saga alone?"

"Perhaps he doesn't think he's strong enough yet?" Amy suggested.

"Cell's strong enough to take down five android after absorbing all those players and game characters, and he knows it," Boris slammed his fist on the table. "What the hell is going on?"

"Wait a minute… this is weird, but it's also great news!" Amy exclaimed, excited. "If the villains of those saga's have not been attacked or erased, the heroes might be safe as well! I'd like to see if Cell is still going to be that cocky against the Supreme Kai!"

"Or Gotenks!" Tex grinned evilly.

"They're the same height…" Amy mused, then jumped up. "KAITENKS!"

They fell over laughing, while Boris, Jake and the remaining Ginyu Force members just sweatdropped. This battle plan was going to take a while…