Future Cell

Maybe it’s because I haven’t watched Z or Kai in awhile but a thought just came into my head, why was Trunks unable to defeat Cell in his timeline before he yoinked his Time Machine? From what I can remember Trunks was preparing to head back to tell the past Z-Fighters that he beat the Androids when he was ambushed, but then it looks like he didn’t even go super saiyan he immediately went with his sword instead. Was he unable to sense Cell and the anime added onto the confrontation? Did Cell even absorb the power of anyone before fighting Trunks? Was Trunks just being an idiot? It’s usually in his nature to be careful. Either way I’d appreciate if someone could fill me in!

Future Gohan is killed by Future Android 17 and Future Android 18, so Future Gohan becomes a Future Super Saiyan and releases an energy wave that destroys Future 17 and Future 18 before sending Future Trunks into the Future-Future. Future Trunks then finds Future-Future Imperfect Cell, but the latter is killed by Future-Future Trunks who tells Future Trunks to go back to the future since the Future-Future is unsafe. Future Trunks protests, saying that the Future-Future is more safe than the Future, and Future Trunks doesn't know how to get back to the future with the Future Wave. Future-Future Trunks then sees that Future 17 and 18 managed to get to the Future-Future via the Future Wave and team up with Future-Future 17 and Future-Future 18, who attack Future-Future and Future Trunks with a Future Wave, unfortunately missing. Future-Future Trunks then uses the technique Change The Figure to shoot Future-Future 17 and Future 17 through the chest, sending the two back to the future. Future-Future 18 and Future 18 then leave, with Future-Future Trunks and Future Trunks in the Future-Future. Will Future-Future Trunks bring Future Trunks back to the future with the Future-Future Dragon Balls, or the Reverse Future Wave? Or will they go further and enter the Future-Future-Future, against Future-Future-Future Trunks and recruit Future-Future-Future Trunks to the team consisting of Future and Future-Future Trunks? Find out next on the comment of section of Future Ball Z. Or Future-Future Ball Z. Or Future-Future-Future Ball Z.

What if you do if you were Future Gohan? What would you do to save your future and defeat the Androids? After you succeed in defeating them, what'll you do after that?

If you don't defeat the Androids, what will you do to warn the present timeline? Will you warn the present timeline? Or will you stay in your future and continue with your goal?

And by extent the timelines?