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Worth It
By
Starfire Grace
Summary: After losing her husband of five years in a tragic accident, Pan doesn't feel like life is worth going on but will that all change when Trunks comes back into her life? Will the friendship and love of Trunks show her that life is worth going on after tragedy?
Pan 23, Uub 28.
Chapter 1: The accident
It was just a normal day like any other, Pan had just finished her classes at the university and was waiting for Uub to pick her up. He had told her that he was going to take her to a fancy restaurant to celebrate their fifth year wedding anniversary. Pan smiled to herself, thinking how lucky she was to be married to the most wonderful guy in the whole world.
She remembered how surprised her parents were when she had told them that she and Uub were getting married. After all, she had been eighteen and barely out of high school at the time. But she didn't want to wait any longer and neither did he. Her parents didn't put up much of a protest, she knew that they liked Uub and probably thought he was a perfect choice for a mate, being the strongest human on earth and already knowing everything about saiyans.
The wedding had been beautiful, it had been held in a big church so there was plenty of room for all their families and friends and it was a good thing too cause Uub's family almost packed half the church. They seemed like a small village, Pan mused at the time. Bra had been Pan's maiden of honor and Uub couldn't choose who he wanted to be his best man, because Trunks and Goten were both his friends so the boys had flipped a coin and Trunks had won. She had felt joy soaring through her body as she went down the aisle with her father and seeing that wonderful smile on Uub's face brought a bright a gleam to her eyes.
The ceremony had passed in a blur and when the minister had told Uub he could kiss the bride, he bent slightly reaching Pan's eye level and kissed her shyly, not really used pubic displays of affection.
That had been the beginning of their lives together. Pan been accepted at one of top Universities in the states and Uub had went from job to job trying to support them however he could. They weren't wealthy but they managed pretty well and money never mattered to them anyway and Bulma had always told them if they were ever in any financial trouble that she would gladly give them some money and Pan was really thinking of taking Bulma on her offer so she and Uub could buy a house one big enough for her, Uub and the surprise little addition that would soon be coming in the next seven mouths. Pan smiled to herself again, she couldn't wait to tell Uub. They had been trying for years and it was finally happening.
She was brought out of her thoughts when a car pulled by the front of the University and Uub came out and opened the passenger door for her, "My lady, your carriage awaits!" Uub said and they both starting laughing.
Pan got up from the steps and made her way towards her husband and gave him a loving kiss. "Thank you, Andrews. Do take me home," Pan said, giving her best urban voice and they both burst out laughing again.
"How was your day, baby?" Uub had asked once they were in the car.
"Pretty good, you?"
Uub started the ignition and he started heading towards the outskirts of town to their little capsule home in the country.
"Well, I got some good news." Uub had a huge smile on his face. "I found a great job at a dojo. They were desperate for a martial arts teacher so I went in for an interview and when I showed them what I could do they hired me right away. It's great pay so much so I don't think I'll be needed those other jobs anymore, and I'll be home in the evenings now," he finished, giving Pan a smile.
Pan eyes gleamed with joy and she reached over and gave Uub a peck on the cheek. "That's wonder, Uub. And it's great timing too." A smirk was growing on her face and Uub started getting a bit nervous.
"What's with that smirk? You only ever do that when you got something sneaky on your mind or when you want to make love with me." Pan smacked his arm and Uub just chuckled.
"Get your mind out of the gutter, Mohawk Boy!" Pan told him calling him by her nick name for him whenever she was scolding him.
He just chuckled some more and gave her a smirk, "It's not the gutter when you're married, sweetheart." He gave her a wink that could make any woman's heart flutter. "Come on tell what you're thinking."
"I'll tell you when we get home," Pan told him.
"Awe! But you know how I hate waiting!"
"Well, too bad." She loved teasing him this way it always brought the little boy in him.
"Paaaan!" Uub whined.
"Uuuuub!" Pan mocked with a teasing grin.
Without warning, a speeding car came from the left side of the car and Uub tried to slam on the breaks, trying to avoid the car but it was too late. The car smashed into them send them flying off the road and hitting a telephone pole. The collision of it all had made Pan hit her head hard against the dashboard and not being prepared for it, had knocked her out. Uub had slammed his head against the door window making him cut the side of his face and his side of the windshield had smashed in and it pinned his legs.
"Pan?" he moaned out. Fear grew him when she didn't respond. PAN!" he yelled croakily.
Pan let out a moan "Urgh." Her had was pounding, where was she? Suddenly, she remembered that they had crashed and turned to Uub and put her hand to her mouth when she saw the state he was in. she unblocked her seat belt and moved closer to him, trying to figure out a way to get that windshield off him but it was pinned in pretty good and she didn't know if she had enough energy to lift that thing and it looked pretty pinned in.
"Uub, are you alright, sweetheart?" Pan asked, putting a hand in his hair.
"I never felt better," he joked and laughed a bit before the pain set in.
"Well at least you sense of humor is still in tacked."
"Go get help. I'll just wait here," Uub told her.
"No! I'm not leaving you! I'll get this damned thing off you and then I'll fly you to a hospital, okay?" she was just as stubborn as her grandmother. Pan tried lift it up but it wouldn't budge and it was starting cut her palms.
"Pan stop it! You're making yourself bleed! Just go get help! I'll be okay."
"NO! I don't want to leave you here!"
Suddenly they heard a creaking sound and the telephone pole they had crashed into started leaning. Uub's eyes widen as he realized what was going to happen. He needed to get his wife to get out of the car.
"Pan! Get out of the car, NOW!" he shouted.
"NO! I'M NOT LEAVING YOU!"
"GET OUT OF THE DAMNED CAR WOMAN!" Uub scream as hot tears stung his eyes. He would never forgive himself if Pan died. "Honey look at me. There's no way I can get out of this and that pole is coming down. You have to get out of the car, please, baby," he begged.
Pan had tears streaming down her face and she shook her head violently. "I'm not leaving you. I love you," she cried.
Tears streamed down Uub's face as well and then they heard the pole coming down again this time much louder. He knew he only had seconds. He lifted his arm out and started gathering energy.
"Uub what are you…?" Pan started but Uub interrupted her.
"I love you so much, Pan," Uub whispered and released his ki blast at Pan sending her—and the door—flying out of the car and she landed in a field three feet away. She took a hard landing and she broken one arm and a leg.
The pole had collapsed and landed on the car. Spark from the wires shot onto the car like lightning bolts and Pan looked on horrified as she knew her husband was dying in there. "UUB!" she cried at the top of her lungs and collapsed. Everything was getting dizzy and it felt like she was going into a black void. Then, everything went dark.
Pan woke up to sound soft beeping coming from the corner of her and was lying on something soft. Her eyes fluttered open and she instantly knew she wasn't in the car with Uub. She was in a room. A room that looked like the inside of a hospital. Where was Uub? She wondered and turned her head slowly but it shot slight pain through her body. She looked towards her left and saw her grandma Chi-Chi resting in her grandfather's arms. Then she saw Marron who was holding Goten's head against her shoulder in comfort. She had tears in her eyes and Goten looked like he choking back his own tears. Finally she saw her father and mother. Gohan was holding Videl and giving shushing noises as mother sob silently. It looked as if not any one of them had slept in days.
"Uuuhh!" Pan tried to speak but her throat felt dry and all she get out was that moan.
Everyone's heads shot up and Videl came to her daughter's side in a heartbeat. She ran a loving hand through Pan's hair. She had tears welling in her eyes again as she looked down at her daughter and Pan could only guess she must look like now. She was hurting bad and one of her arms and legs felt heavy, then she realized they were in casts. She could barely remember how she got into this state. She remembered being the car with Uub heading for their home and they were talking about him getting a new job. Then she remembered that a car had crashed into them and it had sent them off the road and into a telephone pole. Then she remembered fighting with Uub when had told that she had to get out of the car and she refused, then Uub blasting her out of the car just before the telephone pole had onto the car.
Where was he? Was he in another room recovering? Did he even make it? And what about the baby? Was the baby okay too? She wanted her husband. She wanted him to wrap his arms around her and tell her that everything was going to okay.
Pan couldn't hold it back anymore and broke down crying.
Gohan, Chi-Chi, Goku, Goten, and Marron were all watching her feeling helpless. Pan knew, but she couldn't stop crying. She wanted Uub so badly, her whole body ached for his love and comfort.
"Shh…Panny, it's gonna be alright. Everything's going to be alright." Videl's slow soft reassurances did nothing for the physical pain but slowly she started to calm down and she was glad that her mother was there for comfort. Videl gave her a glass of water and Pan downed it thirstily after she drank the water and caught her breath she looked at her family, then asked.
"Where's Uub?" she whispered. "Please tell me what happened."
Everyone looked reluctant to answer and Pan could clearly see the tears their eyes. In that instant she knew. Uub was dead. She burst into tears and uncontrollable sobs raked her body violently.
Goku came over and took Videl's place at Pan's bedside and made shushing noises. "We're so sorry, Panny," Goku whispered as tears welled in his eyes for Uub and for Pan and he kissed his granddaughter's forehead.
"What h-happened?" Pan got out through sobs.
"You and Uub had gotten hit by a drunk driver. They say the driver died on impacted. And they said that…" Goku bit on his bottom lip, trying to get the words out. "That Uub never had a chance with his legs being pinned in and he was bleeding out. But when the pole hit the car…" Goku sighed taking a deep breath. "The eclectic shock coursed through his body and caused his heart to fail. I'm so sorry, Panny."
Pan felt numb all over. And silent tears ran down her face. She knew that that meant Uub couldn't ever be revived. Heart failure meant that he had died a natural death. It felt like a part of her own soul was dying along with Uub.
"Pan?" she looked over towards the rest of her family and Goten straighten up and looked her in the eyes. "How did you get out of the car? When the ambulance found you, you were in a field. What happened?"
"Uub blasted me out of the car when I refused to leave him. I would be dead too if he hadn't…" Pan trailed off as her body raked with more sobs.
Goku got out of the way as all the women made their way towards Pan's bedside trying to comfort her and giving reassurances.
Just then, the door opened and a doctor came into the room. "So you're finally awake Ms. Majin? That's good, we were getting worried about you. My name is Dr. Toga and I am deeply sorry for you loss, Ms. Majin."
"Thank you, doctor," Pan sniffled. "Is my baby okay?" everyone looked shocked, they had no idea Pan was pregnant.
Dr. Toga looked confused. "Your baby?" she asked.
"Yes my baby, I'm two months pregnant." Pan was starting to panic. She didn't lose the baby too? She didn't think she would able to make it if she lost both Uub and their baby.
"I'm sorry Ms. Majin. The ex-rays we took showed no signs that you were pregnant. I'm afraid to say this. But I think that the injuries from the accident caused you to miscarry. I'm so sorry."
Pan simply nodded and felt like she had just been stabbed in the heart. She never even got to tell Uub he was going to be a father and now she had lost her little piece of Uub along with him. She felt so alone and all she wanted to do was curl up into a ball and close her eyes and never wake up.
Stay tuned for chapter two. Pan will be moving back in with her parents, how will she take grieving and getting back on her feet? So leave a review and tell me what you thought.
