Title: Love conquers all
Auteur: Tanja88
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Dragonball Z and GT.
A.N: This takes places three years after Dragonball GT ended. I've tried to be true to the characters and timeline.
Rating: T (might change)
Pairings:Trunks and Pan (and other obvious couples)
Summary:Three years after the unfortunate death of our hero Goku the Z-fighters try to move on with their life. His granddaughter Pan still hasn't really moved on with her life but when a mysterious illness befalls her what are her friends and family going to do?
Chapter 1: A dreadful week
For nearly three years the earth has been at peace again. Everyone tried their best to continue on with their lives. For a lot of people it was easy, they just had to start over or in some places of the world where there wasn't any chaos or destruction they could pick up where they left off. For a small group of people it wasn't so easy. Three years ago those people lost a dear friend and family member. Goku had beaten the evil shadow dragons and freed the world of (un)natural disasters, like pollution, draught and fish falling from the skies. Because the dragonballs had been overused Shenron the dragon of earth thought it was time for Goku to join him. Goku agreed, he was the one responsible for overusing them in the first place, at least that's what he thought. Out of all those people his granddaughter Pan took it the hardest.
At Satan City University.
"And then he locked himself in because he thought I would be there soon after. Little did he know I ran in to an old friend and forgot all about him." A young woman laughed as she looked at the other woman next to her. Seeing that she didn't respond to her story, she got a bit irritated. "After that aliens came, grabbed my friend and turned the planet in to a dessert." She said.
The other woman didn't notice the sudden change of topic and continued to stare to the ground. "Oh come on Pan, what's the matter? You've been down all day, well all week if I really think about it." The woman said sighing.
Pan responded to her name and looked up sadly. "I'm sorry Sayuri I was just thinking about something, you have my full attention now" Pan said with a slight smile that couldn't quite reach her eyes.
Sayuri stopped walking and used her left hand to turn Pan around so that she was facing her. "Do you want to talk about it, I'm a good listener." Sayuri uttered.
Pan looked up and nodded. "I want to but not where everyone can see me." She proclaimed.
Sayuri nodded and grabbed Pan's hand. "Good I know a perfect place for us to talk, just follow me."
Sayuri and Pan walked for five minutes in silence when Sayuri suddenly stopped and searched in her blue purse, after a couple of seconds she found what she was looking for.
Pan looked curious. "What's that?"
Sayuri just smiled and continued her walk until they reached a couple of restaurants. The third on the right was the one Sayuri stopped at and used the object that sort of looked like a mobile phone but was actually a digital key. Sayuri punched in a couple of numbers on her digital key and pressed OK. A couple of seconds later the door before her opened.
Pan looked from Sayuri to the door and back at Sayuri again. "What is this place Sayuri?" Pan asked puzzled.
Sayuri mentioned for Pan to come inside and started talking. "This is a highly exclusive restaurant owned by my aunt and uncle. The door is always locked and you can only come inside when you have a digital key like I do. You can only get them if you've proven yourself to the society.
Pan's eyebrow rose. "So only rich people can eat here?" Pan interrupted.
"No, people who have done something to help improve the world. For example Mr. Satan who saved the world twice or his daughter who helped catching criminals.
Pan smiled uncomfortably at Sayuri. She started university a couple of months ago and easily made friends with Sayuri. Pan decided not to tell anybody about who she really was because she didn't want to be treated differently. "That's great, but does that mean that there aren't a lot people coming to this restaurant?" Pan asked.
"You would be surprised." Sayuri said while turning on the coffee machine.
Sayuri pushed put two coffee cups under the coffee machine and pushed the button. While the coffee was running she turned her attention to Pan. "So tell me what's been bothering you."
Pan smiled slightly and started to tell her friend bits and pieces of why she was so upset. "I've always been really close to my family and in particular to my grandpa. We actually went on a adventure together for a whole year. After that year when I was 15, so about three years ago he died suddenly. This time for good." Pan said sadly.
"For good, what do you mean this time for good?" Sayuri asked bewildered.
Pan's eyes widened, she slipped up! "Ehh, I mean he was a martial artist and came close to dying a couple of times." Pan quickly said.
Sayuri gave Pan her coffee and continued asking questions. "A martial artist, that's amazing. Anyone famous?" She asked curiously.
"No not really." Pan lied.
Sayuri could tell Pan didn't want to tell her anything more and dropped the subject. "So when is the anniversary of his death?" She asked sipping her own coffee after adding two teaspoons of sugar.
Pan drinking her coffee black made a face, the coffee was bitter! "In two days, we're actually holding a memorial for him. Just his friends and family."
Sayuri smiled and came from behind the bar to give Pan a hug. "I'm so sorry for you to lose a person so close to you. If you ever want to talk or just want someone to hang out with, I'm your girl." Sayuri gave her an other hug.
"Thanks Sayuri, I really appreciate everything you have done for me." Pan finished her coffee and left the last sip behind in her coffee cup, knowing it would be even more bitter than the rest.
"Sayuri I have to go, my parents are expecting me back soon." Pan said sadly.
"I don't understand Pan, how come you have to go back to your parents every weekend, it's like a three hour drive!" Sayuri exclaimed.
"They just want me to be close, that's all. It's a miracle they let me live on campus from Monday till Friday!" Pan gave Sayuri her coffee cup and stood up.
"I'll see you on Monday in class and send my greetings to Tadashi!" Pan ran outside the door and gave a quick wave to Sayuri.
"I will! Bye Pan!" She shouted.
Pan ran around the buildings and made sure no one was watching. Then she jumped to the sky and flew off in the direction of her parents house in the 439 mountain area approximately 500 miles away from Satan City where she went to university.
West City Capsule Corp.
Meanwhile in West City the president of Capsule Corp was signing papers looking rather bored. Half way through he stood up and reached for his mobile phone. He dialed a number he knew by heart. On the other end a man answered.
"Hello, Goten speaking."
"Hey Goten, how have you been man? It's been too long." The president answered.
"Trunks, is that really you? How come you haven't been answering my calls?" Goten sounded a little angry.
"Sorry man, I've been real busy. There was a snitch sharing our secrets to Diabolical Concern. We've had to sue them and the snitch. It's been real stressful. But enough about that, I wouldn't want to bore you. I was wondering if you're free tonight, you know to catch up or something." Trunks asked quickly.
Goten pondered for a second and quickly replied. "Okay bro, how about a sparring match this evening. I've been meaning to train, but had loads of excuses not to. " Goten replied.
"Sounds great! I'll see you at seven." Trunks eagerly replied, he sounded happy.
"Till then!" Goten said and hung up. Trunks quickly returned to signing papers with a huge smile on his face.
439 Mountain Area.
Pan landed in front of her house in thirty minutes. She took her time because she didn't feel like rushing. She opened the front door and found her parents sitting at the dining table. Videl looked up and smiled at her daughter. "Hey sweetie, it's good to see you." She said.
Gohan seeing his daughter looking a bit depressed walked over to her and gave her a hug. "How are you holding up?" He asked referring to the death of his father.
Pan gave her father a slight smile. "I'm okay dad, thanks for asking. She walked to her mother and gave her a kiss on the cheek and sat down next to her.
"Your grandmother asked us to join dinner. Be ready in 15 minutes dear." Videl told her daughter.
"Okay mom." She stood up and went upstairs to her bedroom.
Videl stared at the empty space Pan just walked to and started talking to her husband. "I'm worried Gohan. She's acting so depressed. She smiles at us, but you can see it's eating her alive." Videl stated while turning to her husband.
"I know what you mean." Gohan replied. "Even Goten noticed, and he's usually oblivious to that sort of thing." Gohan stood behind Videl and started rubbing her neck. "Maybe the memorial will help her, at least I hope it will." Gohan said sadly.
"I hope you're right Gohan, I don't know what else to do." Videl gave a small sob. Gohan grabbed his wife's hand and helped her up and embraced her.
Ten minutes later Pan came downstairs after taking a shower. Her long hair that reached below her shoulder blades was tied up in a ponytail. She wore a blue blouse with boyish looking jeans. She didn't wear her bandana anymore, but always made sure she had it with her as a reminder of the times she spend with her grandfather and Trunks. Her style in clothing hadn't really changed since she was fifteen but because of her more mature looking body she looked more feminine. She applied some mascara and lip-gloss that made her natural features stand out. "I'm ready." She told her parents.
At Chichi's house
"Pan tell me how did you do on your psychology test, the one you were studying so hard for." Her grandmother asked while putting the pots and pans on the table.
Pan helped her with serving the food. "Great grandma, I got an A+." Pan replied proudly.
Chichi smiled. "Wonderful dear, I knew you had it in you." Chichi exclaimed.
Pan turned her attention to her uncle. "So uncle Goten how are you and Valese doing these days?" Pan asked him.
Goten blushed and responded rather quickly. "We broke up." He said quietly.
Pan's eyes widened and held her hand before her mouth. "Oh I'm sorry to hear that uncle Goten." Pan quickly looked at her food.
"Don't worry about it. She just couldn't handle what we are. She tried, but she had to put in so much effort that our relationship didn't quite work out." He told his niece.
Gohan looked at his younger brother and sighed. "Give it some time Goten, you'll be alright."
Goten looked at his brother and smiled. "Thanks Gohan.".
Dinner went very smoothly. Everyone was eating in peace with a occasional conversation between the family members. It soon turned seven and there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it." Pan rushed to the door and opened it. On the other side was her friend Trunks whom she hadn't seen in almost a year.
"Hey Pan." He said smiling.
Pan smiled back and gave him a hug. "Trunks, what are you doing here?" He gave her a kiss on the cheek, Pan blushed.
"Goten and I are going to spar, I was just picking him up. How have you been Pan, it's been too long." He said while walking inside the house.
"I've been great Trunks." She said trying to convince him, it worked. Her parents, uncle and grandmother looked at her as if she'd grown two heads.
Trunks continued to talk. "Good to hear. I have an idea, if it's alright with Goten. Why don't you join us while we spar. I want to see how much progress you've made." He said enthusiastically.
Goten saw a great opportunity to help his niece get her mind off of his father. "Good idea Trunks, I'll just change real quick. Good to see you man." He gave Trunks a handshake and walked upstairs to change into something more comfortable.
Pan rushed to her house and changed as well. Five minutes later the trio flew to a secluded area and started sparring. Goten and Trunks didn't turn Super Saiyan because Pan still wasn't able to. But both soon found out that they couldn't slack and really had to put effort in trying to keep up with her.
Oh come on you two, just turn Super how else can I learn." Both men looked at each other and nodded. Once they turned Super, Pan powered up as well.
Two hours later they were all exhausted and powered down. "That felt refreshing, I haven't felt this energetic in a long time." Pan said while sniffing herself. "pfew I smell."
Trunks and Goten both laughed. "We can smell you all the way from here!" Trunks joked.
Pan showed her middle finger and laughed as well. "Well guys thanks for the sparring match, I'm going to take a shower. See you in two days." Pan floated a bit before she took off.
Trunks gaze lingered a bit before he turned to Goten. "She sure has gotten good, don't you agree?" Trunks asked his best friend.
Goten sighed "Yeah she sure did, too bad fighting only helps her be happy."
Trunks looked confused. "What do you mean Goten, isn't she happy?" He brushed his fingers through his lavender hair feeling nervous about the answer. He didn't want Pan to be unhappy.
"No, she has been depressed or at least feeling very sad." Goten replied frowning. "Her grades are good, but she hardly trains, almost never hangs out with her friend and when she's back at home she only stays in her room. She thinks we're not on to her, but we know that the smiles she gives us are fake." Goten answered sadly.
"My dad's been gone for almost three years now and it's been hard on all of us. I mean I lost my father again. I'm 30 years old and I've only seen my father eleven years total. Pan's the most devastated about him not being here anymore." Goten looked at the sky as if he was talking to his father. "He doesn't know what he has done to his family and friends, he thinks it all was for the greater good, but that is a load of crap!" Goten angrily shouted.
"I'm sorry man. I miss him too." Trunks put his hand on Goten's shoulder as a gesture of comfort.
Goten shook it off angrily. "What was that, Goten?" Trunks asked perplexed.
Goten just frowned some more and irritably replied. "You used to know everything what was going on with my live. Now you're just too busy with your company. You didn't know about Pan and you don't know about me!" He said stomping his foot to the ground.
Trunks feeling a bit guilty about being a workaholic asked Goten what he had missed. Goten told him the story about his breakup with Valese. Goten even started to cry. "I'm sorry man, I should have been there for you." He gave Goten a friendly hug, Goten returned it.
"Just promise from now on that you'll answer my calls or at least come over once in a while." Goten blubbered. "I promise. I have to get back home, but I'll see you in two days okay?" Goten put his right hand on his neck and laughed, a real Son trait. "Okay I'll see you there." Both boys waved to each other and took off to their respectful homes.
Two days later Chichi was preparing a big meal with the help of Videl and Bulma in honor of Goku and of course to feed the guests. The memorial would be held at the garden of Goku's old home. The Briefs had offered to hold it at their house, but Chichi wanted it at her own house. The two brothers Goten and Gohan were making sure everything was in order in the backyard. They placed the dishes and cutlery on the table and put up a sign with a picture of their dad. Pan meanwhile was nowhere to be found.
A couple of hours later the Z-fighters were slowly dropping by. The first to arrive was Krillen and his family. Master Roshi and Turtle came with them as well.
"Hey guys." Krillen said while clapping Gohan and Goten on their backs. He gave Chichi and Videl a hug. Eighteen just nodded at everyone and Marron walked to Videl.
"Hi Videl how've you been." Videl smiled at the blond woman. "I've been doing great, thanks for asking."
Videl knowing that Marron was making polite conversation knew the real reason she was there. "Bulla isn't here yet sweetie, Pan isn't here either. We're expecting them both soon." She said smiling. Marron blushed and thanked Videl.
A couple of minutes later the rest of the Briefs family dropped in. Vegeta didn't feel like helping out so he trained a bit in the Gravity Room before his children dragged him along. He pretended to not care about the memorial, but in reality he sort of missed Kakkarot, over the years he sort of became his only friend. Bulla came in and greeted everyone and went to talk to Marron. Trunks did the same but went to Goten.
"Hey Goten, how are you holding up?" Trunks asked his friend.
"I'm okay Trunks. It's just weird that we're having this memorial for him you know. In the past he always came back. It sort of makes it official." Goten poured some sprite for him and Trunks in a glass and gave one of the glasses tot Trunks.
"Thanks." Trunks said. "I know what you mean, it doesn't feel real."
Trunks looked around the crowd and saw Tien, Chiaotzu, Dende, Piccolo and Mr. Popo arriving. He couldn't find the person he was looking for. "Hey Goten, where is your niece?"
Goten shrugged and looked around as well. "I haven't seen her today, I think Gohan told me she went out training this morning." Trunks nodded. Both men started to talk amongst themselves.
Thirty minutes later everyone had arrived. Uub being one of them. He started talking to Trunks and Goten, while Marron and Bulla joined them as well. "Where's Pan? Shouldn't she be here by now?" Bulla whispered.
"We don't know, I'll go ask my brother." Goten put his glass down and walked over to his brother and sister in law.
Videl anxiously looked at her watch while Gohan tried to sense his daughter. "Hey guys shouldn't Pan be here by now?" Goten asked them.
Gohan looked worried. "I don't know where she is. I can't sense her."
Goten got concerned as well and tried to sense her. He couldn't either. "Where did she say she was going this morning?" Goten asked his brother.
"She didn't say, she just told us she was going to train and would be back before everyone arrived." Gohan anxiously replied.
Videl looked as if she was about to cry. "This is not like Pan, she always follows through on what she says." Videl shed a few tears and turned around. "Excuse me." She said as she left for the bathroom.
Goten pondered for a second and sighed. "Don't worry Gohan, I'll go ask Trunks and Uub to help me look for her. It's probably nothing. She must have fallen asleep or something." Goten grabbed his mobile phone out of his pocket and turned it on. "When we find her we'll call you, okay?" Goten asked.
Gohan nodded. "Thanks Goten, I'll go find Videl now and tell her what you guys are going to do. I just hope she's okay." Gohan walked away towards the direction of his wife.
Goten walked towards his friends and told him of his plan. The first thing Trunks did was to search for her energy just like both Gohan and Goten had done before. He couldn't find her either. Trunks went south, Uub covered north, Goten west. Goten told his brother that they would cover more ground if there were four of them. Gohan told his wife that he was joining in the search, he went east.
Videl was standing in the kitchen biting her nails, her Chichi came up to her seeing daughter in law looking nervous. "What's wrong dear?" She asked. "Oh Chichi you scared me." Videl said.
"You look a bit anxious. Where's Gohan?" Chichi said looking around.
Videl pretended to look around. "I don't know, must be talking to some friends of his."
"Okay." Chichi said not pressing the subject any further, she had a feeling something was off. "I saw my son and Trunks and Uub fly off a couple of minutes ago. I'll hope they'll be here before eight o'clock, we'll be beginning the memorial." Chichi sighed looking a bit sad. Videl gave the older woman a hug. "It'll be alright." Videl told her hoping her words had some meaning to her own feelings.
Uub wasn't able to find anything. At first he thought he saw something but on closer inspection is was a dead dear. He actually felt quite embarrassed. Goten couldn't find her either, but continued his search. Almost 25 minutes later Trunks, Goten and Uub returned, there was no sign of Gohan.
Meanwhile Gohan searched in one of the places where he knew his eighteen year old daughter occasional trained. He remembered one time his daughter told him about this place. It was about two years ago.
"Where are you off too?" Gohan asked his sixteen year old daughter.
Pan grinned at her father and gave him a peace sign. "That's for me to know and for you to never find out." She laughed and was about to walk out the door.
"Come back here young lady." Gohan said sternly. "I want to know where you are going, what if something happens to you and we can't find you." He sounded concerned.
Pan changed her attitude and sympathized her father. "Oh papa, nothing bad is ever going to happen to me. But if you must know it's a secluded place about 200 miles east from here. It has lots of mountains for me to practice my speed. But there is also a little valley where I can train all I want."
Gohan looked relieved and gave her a hug. "Good that's all I wanted to know. Now go have fun!" He told his daughter.
Pan laughed and walked towards the door and turned around. "I'll take you there someday papa, you'll love it!" After that she took off.
Gohan sighed. He hadn't been to that particular place that she told him about, there just wasn't enough time. He had his job and she had her finals and after that went to university. 'If I find you Pan, I'll make it up to you' he thought.
Gohan had been flying for over 20 minutes now and the closer he flew east the more his stomach turned into knots. He had a bad feeling about this. Something had happened to his little girl, he just knew it. Gohan picked up his speed and saw a little valley in the distance. He landed there and looked around. He had a feeling she was close by, he was also very nervous as to what he would find.
What he saw next he wasn't prepared for. Behind a large boulder he saw his daughter lying on the ground with her body in a fetal position. He rushed over to her and gently shook her. "Pan! Pan honey wake up!" Gohan shook her some more. He saw some yellowish substance from her mouth and panicked. "Oh no Pan, what's wrong with you?" He exclaimed.
Gohan tried to compose himself, he wasn't to any use if he was frightened. He put his ear near her mouth to check on her breathing. When he felt her breath he gave a sigh of relieve. After that he checked her pulse, it was dangerously low, about 20 beats per minute. The next thing he did was flare up his KI, so his brother and friends could feel his distress.
Back at the memorial.
Goten tried to calm his mother. "I'm sorry mom, I don't know where Gohan is or Pan for that matter." Goten told her.
Chichi scowled. "I raised you better than this Son Goten, I know you are lying. Tell me now or I'll take away all your gadgets and no food for a week!" Goten's eyes widened. He knew what his mother meant by gadgets, his mobile phone and mp3 player. He also knew she couldn't take them, his was thirty years old for goodness sake. But giving him no food for a week, that was pure punishment. He himself could barely cook and he knew she would tell Bulma not to give him anything either. He also hadn't enough money to satisfy his hunger every day, so he caved.
"Sorry mom, you should sit down for this." Chichi immediately obliged. If living with her husband and sons had taught her anything is that they could give her some bad news. And from experience she knew she would react badly to bad news. She usually fainted.
" You've probably noticed Pan not being here today at all." Chichi nodded and looked pale. The bad news was about her only granddaughter! "We've been trying to find her, none of us can find her energy. Trunks, Uub and I have came up with nothing. Gohan went east, we hope he'll have more luck than we do. Chichi nodded and looked faint.
"Can you give me a glass of water honey?" She asked her youngest son. Goten immediately went to the kitchen and poured her a glass of water. Chichi quickly drank her water and stood up.
Goten's eyes widened. "Mom what are you doing, please sit down!" Chichi just held her hand up as to say I've got it from here and walked over to her daughter in law.
Videl saw Chichi approaching her and knew strait away that her mother in law knew about what was going on. They two woman didn't need any words between them and gave each other a hug. Videl cried freely now. The others started to notice that something was amiss.
Trunks sat on a chair with his elbows on his legs and both hands in his hair. He had a feeling something was terribly wrong with Pan. He just couldn't shake that feeling. Bulla came up to him and stroked his back. "I'm worried Trunks." Trunks gave her a sound of acknowledgement but other than that remained in the position he was in. Then Trunks head went up, just like all the other Z-fighters. They could feel Gohan's energy signal going up.
Goten immediately grabbed his mobile phone and dialed Gohan's number. After a few rings he heard his brother on the other site. "Have you found her Gohan?" Goten didn't get a response. "Gohan are you there?" Goten became even more worried.
"Yes I'm here." He heard his brother say. "Pan is here too, she's in bad shape."
"What happened?" Goten asked softly.
Gohan sniveled a couple of times before he answered. "I don't know." He told his brother.
"All I know is that I have to get her to a hospital, I'll take her to Satan City Hospital. If you could tell the others I'll be grateful." Gohan said.
Goten nodded but realized his brother couldn't see that. "I will bro, see you in a little bit." Goten hung up the phone and turned his attention to the rest. Seeing everyone was looking at him he began to explain.
"We were worried about Pan because she hadn't shown up. When we tried to sense her energy we couldn't find any. We tried to find her but had no luck. Gohan did however and found her in bad shape. What exactly happened. I don't know. All I know is that he's taking her to the hospital and we'll know more soon." He told everyone there.
Videl came up to him a bit shaking. "What hospital is he taking her?" she asked calmly.
"Satan City Hospital." Was his reply. Videl immediately flew in the direction of Satan City. Followed by Trunks.
Trunks held on to Videl. She looked up at him questionably. "We'll be there much faster this way." Videl nodded.
Chichi walked up to Goten. "Goten please take me to see my granddaughter!" Goten nodded and scooped her up heading in the same direction as the others.
Meanwhile with Gohan and Pan.
Gohan was flying as fast as he could with his daughter in is arms. He saw Satan City in the distance. He looked at his daughter. "Hang on Pan, we're almost there!" When he saw the hospital landed near the entrance not caring if anyone had seen him. People were staring and whispering but he didn't give them a second thought. He rushed his daughter in to the hospital and began yelling franticly.
"Please could someone help my daughter!" He rushed her to one of the doctors he thought available. The doctor looked up and saw the girl the man was holding looking quite ill. The doctor put down the chard he was holding and took a better look at Pan. "Get a stretcher for this young woman and take her tot room 4!" He ordered to two of the nurses. The immediately got a stretcher and Gohan gently put his daughter on it.
"What's her name sir?" The doctor asked.
"Pan." Gohan replied automatically.
"Could you tell me what happened sir." He said rushing with Gohan to room 4.
Gohan looked desperate. "I don't know, she went out to train and was supposed to be back before fife. She never came so we went to look for her. I found her hardly breathing and with some sort of foam coming from her mouth." He saw a nurse put an IV in her left arm. Another checked her pulse and blood pressure.
"Sir?" A female nurse came up to Gohan with some sort of document in her hand.
Gohan looked up at the young nurse, she couldn't have been more than 25. "Yes?" He asked her.
"I just need you to fill out these forms. The doctors are doing everything possible to see what's wrong with that girl. Is she related to you?" She asked.
"Yes, she's my daughter." The nurse nodded.
"If you're finished filling out the forms you can give them to one of the nurses behind the desk." She said pointing over to a desk left from her. "Over there is a waiting room." She pointed to her right. We'll soon give you an update." She said and was about to leave. She turned around once more. "Sir she's in good hands." Gohan smiled a little and sat down in one of the chairs behind him to fill out the form.
A couple of minutes later Gohan finished the form and gave them to one of the nurses. Another nurse this time a male. Gave Gohan a cup of coffee. "Here you go sir." Gohan thanked the man and sat down in the waiting room. He then saw his wife and Trunks coming inside and went to the desk to ask the whereabouts of Pan.
"Videl, over here." He shouted to his wife. Videl looked towards the direction she heard the voice and saw her husband sitting there. She rushed over to him with Trunks in tow. Gohan stood up and gave his wife a hug.
"Gohan what's wrong with her?" She asked anxiously.
"They don't know yet, they're keeping us updated." He told his wife.
Trunks frowned. He wanted to get some answers. Usually he didn't like to use his influence as the president of Capsule Corp. But right now one of his best friends was in danger and he didn't care at the moment. Trunks walked towards the desk again without telling Videl and Gohan and talked to the nurse.
"Excuse me." The woman didn't look up, she was busy typing something. "Excuse me!" Trunks said louder.
The woman still didn't look up, but replied anyway. "I'm sorry sir, I'll be right with you." The nurse said. Trunks got angry and slammed his hand against the desk leaving a little dent. The woman jumped a little and looked up. When she saw who he was she blushed. "I'm sorry Mr. Briefs. What can I do for you?" She asked standing up.
He still looked angry. "I want to know how Son Pan is doing."
She typed the name in the computer. "Are you related?" She asked him.
"No I am not. But those people over there are." He said pointing to her parents and saw Chichi and Goten had arrived as well. "She's also my best friend." He told her softly.
She saw the distraught look he gave her and smiled a litte. "I'll see what I can do, Mr. Briefs." She walking around her desk. "I'll be right back."
Trunks walked over to the Son family and sighed. "She's going to find out what's happening." He said sitting down.
A couple of minutes later the doctor came over to the family. "He everyone's hand and introduced himself. "I'm Dr. Yamada. I've been trying to find out what's wrong with your daughter."
"Have you found anything doctor?" Gohan asked.
"We don't know what caused it precisely, but what I do know is that's it's some sort of Virus, that's attacking her heart and other organs." He told them carefully.
The five people standing in the waiting room went quiet. Chichi turned blue and fainted. Goten caught her. The doctor continued to explain.
"Her blood pressure was 60 over 20, we've managed to bring it to 80 over 50. Her heartbeat is still dangerously low. We've rushed blood samples to the lab to find out what we are dealing with. Also because she has trouble breathing we had to put a breathing tube down her throat.
Trunks being the first to speak up asked if they could see her. The doctor explained that they could but only two at a time. Gohan and Videl went first.
When they walked in to her room she didn't look like the Pan they knew. She was hooked to a machine, had a tube down her throat and had lots of tubes coming out of her body. Videl buried her head in Gohan's shoulder and cried. Gohan shed a few tears himself.
They stayed with their daughter for a couple of minutes. When they came back Chichi was lying on a gurney still passed out. Gohan told both his little brother and Trunks that they could visit Pan. Gohan grabbed his mobile and walked outside. When he got outside he dialed Bulma's number to tell her what was going on and asked her if she could send everyone home.
Trunks and Goten both walked in silent to Pan's room. Their heart broke when they saw her lying there. Trunks walked up to her and held her hand. "Panny how could this have happened, you're always so strong. You almost kicked our buts the other day!" He tried to lighten the mood.
He kissed her hand and was about to leave when Pan started to shake. The bed went up and down and the IV in her left hand was ripped out. The foam Gohan saw earlier came back. Her eyes opened but rolled back in her head.
"Pan!" Trunks shouted.
Goten looked scared and ran to the hall. "Somebody help up! My niece is not doing well!" Goten yelled.
A nurse in her fifties with a tight bun on her head came to him calmly and asked what was wrong. When Goten pointed his finger to his niece the woman's eyes widened. She rushed to Pan's bedside and pressed a red button. A few seconds later more nurses came and tree doctors, including Dr. Yamada. He turned to Goten and Trunks and asked them to leave.
Goten and Trunks stood in the hall when they heard one of the doctors yell that she was in cardiac arrest.
To be continued.
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