I'll Protect the Future!! Trunks Eradicates Number 17, Number 18, and Cell

[Note: Based on the manga. I'll rewrite it for the anime when the DVD is available.]

The world of the future lies in ruins, just as Trunks left it. The Capsule Corporation building sports a large hole in the side, and it's one of the better looking buildings in the area. This is the Western Capitol of Trunks' future. The time machine appears in the sky above; it lands, and Trunks jumps out. "Mom! I'm home!" Mirai Bulma gets up from her desk. A cigarette hangs from her mouth. "Welcome home, Trunks!" Trunks joins her by the desk. Bulma, "What happened? Haven't you grown?" Trunks, "Yeah, in the past, there's a place called the Room of Spirit and Time inside Kamisama's palace. You can spend a whole year in there in just one day." Bulma, "I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm glad you're home safely. How was it? Looking at your face, I'd say something good happened." The next panel shows some wreckage outside. Judging by the panel following it, I would guess this is to show the passage of time. Anyway, next panel. Bulma, "I see, so in the end, Son-kun still died, but Gohan-kun was able to beat Son-kun's killer." Trunks, "Right. And Dad was just like you said, he wasn't just a cold-blooded person. When I was killed by Cell, Dad got serious and he got mad for me." Bulma, "See, I told you! That's why I said that!" Trunks, "I see." Bulma sips from a mug. "Heee, I didn't know Vegeta had that side to him."

The radio suddenly interrupts. "We're sorry to interrupt the programming again, but we have a report on the Androids. They're attacking map location BBN-49, Parsley City." Trunks slams his hand down on the table. "Great! I'll be right back." Bulma, "Are you really going to be okay?" Trunks smiles. "Of course! This is the reason I went into the past and met Goku-san and everyone." Trunks sheds his Capsule Corp. jacket as he turns Super Saiya-jin. He smiles back at Bulma. "I have to make peace in this era, too." Bulma, "Be careful, Trunks! Don't push yourself too hard!" Trunks, "Okay." He flies off to Parsley City and the Androids.

Number 17 and Number 18 blow things up all around them. Number 18 holds her hands out and throws off a large ki beam into the city as Number 17 watches with crossed arms. Number 17, "You still a little kid, getting this mad about losing a videogame?" Number 18 continues blasting the city. "Shut up!" Suddenly, Number 17 jumps away, but is still struck by a bullet. An old man lies in an overturned car. Despite being hit, Number 17 is, of course, unphased. "Pretty good aim, old fart. Do you want to play a game? I bet you do, huh? Here." He crouches, probably to kill the man, when Super Saiya-jin Trunks drops out of the sky. "This is as far as you two go! I've come to clean you up." Number 17 stands up and looks back at him. "What? Are you still alive? Don't you know wasting your effort like this makes you look stupid?" Number 18, "Do you mind if I kill him? I'm in a bad mood." She holds her hand out to blast Trunks. "We'll lose a fun game, but go ahead. Do whatever you want, Number 18." She smiles and throws a blast at Trunks. Trunks bats the blast away and holds his arm out in front of her; she gasps. He throws a huge blast at Number 18; when the dust clears, only Trunks remains. Number 17 gasps. "I don't believe it! What? What did you do? How could you kill Number 18?!"" Trunks glares at him angrily. "That was for my friends you killed... and this... is for Gohan-san!" He charges his ki. "DIE!" Trunks leaps forward and kicks Number 17 hard in the face, throwing the Android back. He holds out a hand. "Die!" He throws a semi-large ki blast at Number 17, resulting in a giant explosion from which Number 17 does not emerge. Trunks lands and fades out of Super Saiya-jin. "It's over...? Not yet. There's one more I can't forget about."

"Three years later, after enough energy had been gathered to go back in time to tell everybody the Androids had been killed..."

The time machine sits outside Capsule Corporation, awaiting its passenger. Bulma, "Tell everyone hi for me!" Trunks, "Okay." A familiar figure waits behind a corner of the buildling. Trunks, "Get out of here, Mother." Bulma, "Okay." Trunks turns around. "I know you're there, Cell. I know all about your plan to kill me, change back into an egg, and use the time machine to go back in time to absorb Number 17 and Number 18." Cell's eyes widen. "What? How...? How do you know that?" Trunks, "That plan won't work!" He smiles. "And everything will end here." Cell steps out from behind the building. "What do you mean my plan won't work? You're talking big for someone in your position." Trunks, "Cell, you're ultimate form was certainly too powerful for me to beat, but I should be strong enough to deal with your present form." Cell, "I see, you went into the past. That would explain why you know so much." He smiles. "But you've got to be crazy to think you can defeat me. I've learned everything about you through the spy robot. You shouldn't even be able to defeat Number 17 and Number 18, who are much weaker than I." Trunks smiles. "Then why have Number 17 and Number 18 disappeared?" Cell gasps, his eyes widening. "You were the one that beat them?" Trunks holds his hands out. "I don't want to fight here in the Western Capitol... They've rebuilt so much... Let's go somewhere else and fight." Trunks blows air at Cell, throwing him into the sky. He flies up after him. The two fly off into an uninhabited area and land on opposing "cliffs" (although these cliffs aren't very high up). They stare at each other, quietly until Cell breaks the silence. "You... You have gotten a lot stronger." Trunks turns Ultimate Super Saiya-jin Stage 2 (that's two, not three). He raises his fist. "There's no way I'm going to let you go into the past!" Cell, "Shut up you green-behind-the-ears brat!"

Cell jumps forward, but Trunks easily blocks his attack. Trunks punches him and he flies back. He stops, sitting on one knee, Trunks' impact still visible on his face. Suddenly, Cell swings his tail out, but Trunks grabs it. Cell gasps; Trunks lifts Cell into the air by his tail. He releases Cell, sending him sailing into the sky. Cell, without stopping himself in the air, "Asshole! You've forced me to..." He pulls his hands back to one side. "See how you like this technique!" He begins powering up his blast. "Ka... Me... Ha... Me..." He gasps. Trunks holds his arms up in the air, a ring expanding around him as he powers up. "Disintegrate into nothing, Cell!!" He throws an enormous ki blast at Original Cell. Cell stares down at the rising ki blast with wide eyes and a gaping mouth. "Da... Damn you!!" He screams as the ki blast engulfs him and completely destroys him, beyond the point of regeneration.

The smoke clears; the ground around Trunks is completely broken up. He sighs and fades out of Super Saiya-jin. "Now, it's finally over. Thank you, Goku-san."

Trunks lands outside the Capsule Corporation building as Bulma runs out excitedly to greet him. "At last, Trunks and Bulma have found peace in their terrible future. From now on, they'll treasure their peace... As long as Trunks is still alive..."