Egads!  I'm actually doing it.  I'm posting a fic!  I hope you're not too confused with this.  If you notice, it's a prologue.  Chapter One will take us back a couple of months, explaining how our characters got to this point.  Enjoy!  And of course, I disclaim everything! 

bPrologue: A Good Cry Does Wonders/b

She smiled and waved as she watched her husband prep their spaceship.  They were about to travel to another planet and she really wasn't looking forward to being cramped inside again so she decided to enjoy the fresh air until the ship was ready.

Trunks looked out the glass window and smiled back at his beautiful wife.  She was six months into her pregnancy and was ballooning up quite nicely.  He couldn't help but beam with pride.  He blew her a kiss and went back to checking the ship's systems.

She giggled in spite of herself.  The past couple of months had been the happiest of her life.  After what the Supreme Kai had told them a while ago, she really didn't think she and Trunks would ever find bliss.  But they did.  Even if it was for a short time, Pan was grateful for anytime they had together.

She stretched her hands and rotated her neck to relieve the weariness in her body.  Ever since the baby, she was constantly tired.  She wasn't surprised.  Vegeta did warn her about possible saiyin pregnancy symptoms.  For one, she would be tired and weak as the baby not only fed from her, but from her energy as well.  Pan couldn't even turn super saiyin, let alone fly being drained from her unborn.  It was one of the reasons the pregnancy was so dangerous.  She couldn't defend herself.

With the other Z-fighters on constant lookout for the threat Shin had warned them about, it fell upon Trunks to protect his wife and their child.  He had resigned from Capsule Corps and made the gravity room his second home. Now at SSJ3, he gave both his father and his father-in-law a run for their money.  It wasn't because he was more powerful, in fact quite the opposite.  His father was at SSJ4 and Gohan was the legendary after all.

What drove Trunks to constantly train was his fear of failure, for his failure meant her death. Our death, Pan thought, as she rubbed her swollen belly.  And suddenly the realization of Trunks' responsibility to the world, to their family, to her overwhelmed her.  She bit her lip to keep the unshed tears at bay but the grief wouldn't subside.  Pan turned her back to the ship.  She couldn't let him see her cry.  She had to be strong for Trunks, for their baby, for everyone.  'It's not fair!  Dende, it's not fair!' she sobbed silently, hugging herself to keep from shaking. 

She didn't hear his approach until he turned her around to wrap her in his arms.  "Panny?"

The feel of his love surrounded her, in his touch and in his voice… she lost it then.  Pan flung her arms around her husband and cried uncontrollably.  He tightened his hold in response and allowed her to cry.

"It's s-s-so unfair T-Trunks.  Why us?  Why our family?  Th-they already took Grandpa and n-now Shin s-says they want our b-b-baby?  W-why?  Why c-can't they leave us al-lone? Why can't th-they leave us alone?"

Pan burst into another round of tears as she clung on tightly to Trunks.  He did nothing to discourage her outburst.  He knew she needed this.  Instead, he kissed her forehead and gently stroked her long black hair in an effort to calm her.

She pulled herself from his embrace and looked worriedly into his face.  "Oh T-Trunks, I'm so s-sorry.  I sh-shouldn't have forced you into this.  Y-you w-were right.  I should have listened.  This is a-all my f-fault.  It's all my f-"

He silenced her with a kiss, a gentle but passionate kiss filled with all the love he had for her.  She was calm when he stopped.  He cupped her face with his hands, wiping her tears with his thumb and whispered, "You did not force me into anything.  I love you Panny and I love our baby, with all my heart.  We will get through this together."

Then he stood up proudly and smirked, looking every bit like his father.  "Besides, I'm the arrogant and cocky Prince of all Saiyins.  Who would dare defeat me?

Feeling a whole lot better, Pan playfully punched her husband in the arm and replied just as conceitedly, "Me."

Folding his arms across his chest, Trunks replied, "Well then.  I'll just hold off our enemies until you give birth.  Then I'll babysit and you can have your way with them."

Pan giggled and tiptoed to give her husband a lingering kiss.

"Although I think I'd like you to have your way with me first," he replied huskily against her lips.

She squealed as he swept her off her feet and walked towards their ship.  "I'm six months pregnant!"

"So?"

Pan laughed.  "You're insatiable."

"Only with you babe.  Only with you."

The happy couple entered their ship, oblivious to two figures standing over the horizon, watching.

"Is it them?"

"It is."

"Contact Shakti.  Tell them we've found the couple."