And before you start, I know this completely disregards any reality that DBZ may have been created in. I know the manga existed before the anime but it suits my purposes to have Toriyama-san and a Director discussing the story before it's actually created.
I really hope I've got the names spelt correctly but I don't think I have for the first interview. I'm running off memory here and it's been a couple of years. ^_-
Time Frame: Between DB and DBZ so Chichi is pregnant with Gohan.
Attendant #2: "Number Twelve. Call for the Twelfth Audition - Company Name Chronos."
[A bunch of well dressed middle aged gentlemen walked in. And I mean really well dressed.]
Director (sighing): "We're never going to find anyone!" (to Toriyama) "How many more have we gotta find you?"
Toriyama: "I've only got one definite! Piccolo's not going to be a Bad Guy for long so I need at least two more. These guys could be interesting."
Director (not convinced): "Please tell us something about yourselves."
Aptom: "We represent the Chronos Corporation."
Director: "Chronos Corporation?"
Guyro: "The Chronos Corporation is a world wide organisation. We have representatives in every government across the globe."
Aptom (sniggering): "Even if they don't know it."
Ankaphel (softly): "There is no need to give away all our secrets."
Aptom (sweating): "Gomennasai."
Toriyama: "A world wide organisation? It would certainly provide a
balance for Capsule Corp. What are your goals?"
Aptom: "Goals? Isn't it obvious? Our goals are the complete domination of the earth."
Director: "That's nice, but how are you going to achieve them."
Valkus: "Achieving our aims will not be a problem. Our agents have already been prepared. Enzyme," (to the one who has remained silent so far) "Why don't you give them a demonstration of our Corporation's abilities?"
[One of the people was a little bit bulkier than the others and this is the person who stepped forward. He glanced once at the Director and Toriyama before he drew a deep breath and tensed himself up. A moment passed before rips began appearing in his suit and he got even more bulky. Soon after, with a roar of complete transformation a new thing stood before them.]
Valkus: "Good, good."
Toriyama: "What is that?"
Guyro: "That is something Chronos Corporation has to offer your series."
[The cast looked on somewhat dumbfounded. The thing before them had been human an instant before.]
Cast and Director: "..."
[Before them stood an Enzyme II - white fur, thick flexible tail, claws, teeth, four protruding back tentacles, acid blood and about 12 foot tall.]
Toriyama: "Are you human?"
Aptom: "Of course we're human!"
Valkus: "What you are looking at though, is one of the most advanced forms of humanity."
Director: "I think an explanation is in order."
Guyro: "Briefly then. Our name is the Chronos Corporation. Our aim is world domination. And these and things like these are our soldiers."
Valkus: "They are ordinary humans who have simply had their genetic potential fully activated. All of our agents are like this. And since they are everywhere, on the appointed day, we will not have much trouble taking over the earth."
Toriyama (happily): "Good, good. I can work with this. A multi pointed attack." (frowning) "Could you please tell me some more about this transformation?"
Aptom: "What is there to tell?"
Valkus: "Simply put, we take a normal human subject, and process them. Once we are done they are our loyal soldiers called Zoanoids."
Director: "A normal human?"
Aptom: "Right off the street."
Valkus: "We discovered the method by examining prehistoric artifacts."
Toriyama: "A historical aspect? Good, good."
Valkus: "Our treatment renders the human strength at least ten times that of a normal being."
Goku: "Ten times! Sugoi! They'd offer a great fight!"
Toriyama (to the Director): "They would and the taking of ordinary people to be their soldiers does at a new terror to the series."
Cell: "NO WAY! They have more problems than they do good points. Do I have to point them out to you?"
Attendant #2 (running up to Cell): "No! You can't just come in while there is an audition taking place."
Cell (looking down at the attendant): "What an annoying pest!"
Attendant #1 (from a 'safe' distance): "I remind you - Injuring or killing any of the cast OR crew at this stage, will result in your immediate disqualification from the auditions!"
Cell: "How bothersome!"
Toriyama (patiently): "Why don't you point some of their problems out to us then?"
Attendant #2 (getting at least the procedures correct): "Number Thirteen! Call for the Thirteenth Audition - Name Cell!"
Cell (stepping forward): "I will."
[Now that they have been called, #16, #17, #18, #19 and #20 walk forward to accompany Cell. Although they are all careful to stand a small distance away from Cell. Don't ask me how, but Cell is in his perfect form.]
Kuririn (looking at #18): "Kawaii..."
Cell (pointing to the assembled Audition Twelve): "First of all, they supposedly represent a world wide organisation. That concepts already been taken twice! First of all by the Capsule Corp., and by Red Ribon."
Goku: "Red Ribon's been destroyed."
#20, aka Dr Gero: "Not entirely, Son Goku!"
Cell: "Which is one point in my favor. I come from one of the already mentioned world wide organisations. Now secondly they supposedly create those things" (pointing towards Enzyme) "From humans! But exactly how powerful are they?"
Director: "Attendant! Check that thing's power level."
Attendant #3: "Right away sir!"
[The scouter was passed over the Enzyme unit.]
Attendant #3: "It's not that much more powerful than Son Goku, sir!"
Cell (nodding wisely): "My point exactly!"
Valkus: "This is just a front line soldier. They are mass produced so you can't expect them to be too powerful. Besides, this unit was especially created to get rid of the Guyver. It's really a one off."
Cell: "Especially created to get rid of the Guyver? Ha! #16 and myself are especially created to get rid of Son Goku. Someone who is already in the series."
Toriyama: "Not just in the series. Goku is the series! Will people please get that correct?"
Cell: "Oh..? Son Goku is the series? I can fix that."
Director: "That would be your job as a Bad Guy, yes."
Cell: "That's not important right now. As I was saying they use humans to create those weakling things. Well I can use humans too. I simply devour them, body and energy and my power level is nothing so weak. It's all very clean really and I cut down enormously on the expenses of having to dispose of all those bodies!"
Director: "Attendant! Check his power level!"
Attendant #3: "At once sir!"
Director: "Of course 'at once!' You do everything I order 'at once!' If you want to continue working for me that is!"
[The Attendant sweet dropped but passed the scouter over Cell.]
Attendant #3: "Wow! He's above the parameters sir!"
Cell: "Of course I am. I have a perfect body and perfect power!"
Toriyama (pointing at Enzyme): "But he's got a tail! The names 'Enzyme' and 'Cell' rank equally to me, but him having a tail gives him an advantage!"
Cell: "A tail? Is that all?"
Toriyama: "A tail is an essential item for the Bad Guy!"
Cell (smiling in that superior manner): "Oh, I can beat a mere tail! As I said, this is my perfect form but to get to this form is the result of several transformations! Roughly speaking, this is my fourth or fifth form! And in all of them, except for my first form, I have a tail!"
Toriyama (disbelieving): "You don't have a tail in your current form!"
Cell: "I do so. I just keep it tucked away, since any number of people have tried to cut it off!"
[Cell allows his tail to extend and whips it around for a bit.]
Cell: "Shall I list the advantages of choosing me over them?" (gestures vaguely in the direction of Chronos'' representatives)
Director: "Please."
Cell: "One, I come from Red Ribon. An off shoot of that which wasn't destroyed so I have some motive."
Toriyama: "Previous history with the characters is always good."
Cell: "Two, I'm more powerful and I completely devour humans, not just transform them."
Director: "You're right. With the transformation, there is always the hope of bringing the person back."
Valkus: "Now just a ..."
Cell (over Valkus): "Thirdly, to get to my perfect form, I have to absorb both #17 and #18, who are very unwilling, so that adds some interest to the story line. Incidentally, they were human too, until Dr Gero got his hands on them."
Kuririn: "No way!"
Toriyama: "The tragedy aspect is always good."
Cell (superior smirk in place): "And finally, while I wasn't created by Dr Gero, the concept came from him and was developed by his computer, I am created from the cells of the finest fighters in the world! I am created from Son Goku, Piccolo, Tenshinhan, Kuririn and others and I have all of their abilities!"
Cast: "..."
Goku and Piccolo: "No way!"
Toriyama: "Wonderful! Twelfth Audition, thank you for your time, but you are dismissed. Cell, you're accepted! Welcome to Dragon Ball Z!"
Goku and Piccolo: "Since he is created from us, we'd better get to completely vaporise him!"
Toriyama: "Oh, don't worry!"
[The Chronos Corporation representatives leave quietly.]
Aptom: "I knew we should have brought Murakami or Makashima with us!"
Guyro: "Oh yeah right. Bring the good guys for an audition to be Bad Guys!"
Aptom: "Those two probably would have accepted the invitation. Makashima anyway. Remember he was one of us almost! Fukamachi's a different matter though."
Director (to Toriyama): "Could you save the celebrating for later? We've still got to find at least one more bad guy right?"
Toriyama: "Yes. NEXT!"
Attendant #2: "Number Fourteen. Call for the Fourteenth Audition - Name ..."
To Be Continued...
Chronos comes from Biobooster Armor Guyver. (VIZ killed it a couple
of years back, just as it was getting good! WAH!)