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Age clarification: Trunks 13 to 16, Pan 3 to 6, Bulma classified lols. Go from dragonball to the time Gohan was born and you'll figure it out he-he! ;-)

*Chapter 2*

Trunks was relaxing by a river, he was lying on his back listening to the wind brush the leaves in the trees and the birds singing.

He then heard the giggling of a little girl. He opened his eyes sat up to see Pan playing by the river with the cutest little smile on her face.

"I'm a birdy! I'm a birdy!" Pan said spinning around and flapping her arm.

Trunks smiled, she was so cute and innocent, she ran over to him giggling, "You gonna play wits me Tunks?" Pan asked.

Trunks laughed thinking Pan calling him 'Tunks' instead of Trunks was cute, "Okay Pan, what you like to play?"

Pan opened her mouth to say something when she was interrupted by a voice.

"I know a very fun game we can play," came the voice of a male and Trunks turned to see android Seventeen.

Trunks' jaw tensed up and eyes widened in fear, fear for Pan's safety. Before he could do anything, android Eighteen appeared out of nowhere and took Pan from Trunks' side.

"TUNKS!" Pan screamed and was crying as she tried to get free from the android.

"PAN!" Trunks cried and tried to attack the female android, but Seventeen was in front of him in a flash and punched him hard in the gut then elbowed him in the back before breaking the saiyan male's leg.

"Tunks! Help me!" Pan cried.

Seventeen smirked at Trunks evilly and walked over to his sister and took Pan from Eighteen. Pan was kicking and screaming trying break free from the male android's grasp but it was no use.

"What fun this is, we killed Blondie and now we'll kill his daughter too, right before his best friend's eyes. Looks like you've failed," Seventeen told Trunks as he and Eighteen started beating on the helpless three year old girl.

"STOP IT! LEAVE HER ALONE!" Trunks screamed and balanced himself on his good leg and quickly flew at the androids trying to save Pan.

Seventeen just grabbed his other leg and broke that one also before tossing him away.

Pan screamed and cried as she called and called for help. Trunks watched in horror, growling and his anger was rising and but he couldn't do anything to save her.

Seventeen and Eighteen let Pan fall to the ground in a bloody heap, Pan was shaking in pain her eyes closed and breathing shallowly.

"Pan!" Trunks said dragging himself closer to her.

Seventeen flew in between Trunks and Pan and placed his foot on Pan's head.

"No!" Trunks cried horrified.

Seventeen smiled evilly at the saiyan boy and stepped on Pan's head crushing her and instantly killing the little girl.

"PAN!"

Trunks was covered in sweat, breathing heavily and shaking in fright, it took him a few minutes to realize that it was just a dream a nightmare was more like it, the same one he has been having for the past month.

Trunks was used to having bad dreams. He had them almost every night, and the androids were almost always part of them.

But ever since Pan came into his life, the dreams had taken a different turn. No longer was he the target, but Pan. That's what made the dreams far more terrifying.

Trunks tried to calm himself down, taking deep breaths and raking his fingers through his hair.

Trunks looked at his clock, it 4:00 am, he placed his head back on his pillow but he didn't want to go back to sleep, fearing of have another nightmare, *Did you ever have such nightmares Gohan? Fearing for Pan's life?* Trunks wondered.

Trunks was startled when he felt someone was climbing onto his bed and looked to see Pan trying to climb up.

"Hey," Trunks whispered and picked up Pan and set on his bed, "What are you doing up?" Trunks asked her.

"I had a bad dream," Pan said sniffling and hugging her teddy bear tightly.

*Seems to be lot of that's going around,* Trunks said to himself.

"Can I sleep with you tonight Tunks?" Pan asked him.

Trunks gave her soft smile and started tucking her in, he was glad that Pan was starting open up to him more, she wasn't the quiet little girl he brought back to his home a month ago but more talkative and she brought back innocents into the Briefs home. She and Trunks had both grown a fondness for each other.

"Good night Pan, I'll see you in the morning," Trunks told her.

"Night Tunks," Pan said yawning.

The thirteen year old just laid there thinking, about Gohan, about the androids and about those haunting dreams. He guessed it was time to start Pan's training, if she was anything like her father, she would exceed at it.

He turned to see Pan sleeping peacefully, hugging her teddy bear and a thumb in her mouth.

It made him smile, *Don't worry Pan,* Trunks thought, *I'll never let anything happen to you, I promise.*

"The first thing I have to teach you is how to harness the ki inside you," Trunks told Pan the next day.

He explained what Pan had to do (in a way she would understand) in order to bring out the power was lying dormant inside her.

She got it down pretty fast, within half an hour; Pan could already form a ki blast in her hands. Another hour after that, and Pan was flying, hovering a few feet above the ground.

Trunks took Pan's hand while she was still in the air, and slowly pulled her higher, "You're doing great Pan!" he told the little girl with smile.

They flew higher and higher, Pan held Trunks' hand tightly afraid if she let go she might fall.

"Don't worry," Trunks told her knowing what she was thinking, "I'm not gonna let anything happen to you, I promise."

That made Pan feel better and they started to increase their speed. Trunks would pull Pan one way or the other, teaching her how to turn, how to speed up, how to slow down, and land properly.

"See flying comes naturally to us Saiyans," Trunks told Pan, "It's not as scary as you thought it would be huh?" Trunks asked and Pan shook her head no.

"Okay you try it all on your own now," Trunks told her.

A huge smile crossed Pan's face as she started flying all by herself, "Wii! Look at me Tunks! I'm flying, I'm flying all by myself!" Pan told him flying around Capsule Corp.

Trunks chuckled at Pan and took flight to join her, "Very good Pan! You're a natural!"

"Well, look who's learned to fly," Bulma said smiling as Trunks and Pan came in for a landing.

Bulma handed the two kids a couple of drinks, "You're not gonna be doing any intense training with Pan are you Trunks?" Bulma asked, "I mean she is still three after all."

"Don't worry mom, I'm just teaching her the basics… for now," Trunks told his mother.

Bulma mumbled something to herself before heading back inside Capsule Corp.

*Three years later*

"Bulma-san, can I get another book from the library?" Pan asked handing her the text book she already finished.

At the age of six Pan was already reading books advanced for her age and she had the education of a seventh grader.

"May I Pan," Bulma corrected her, and grabbed the biology text book from Pan.

"May I get another book Bulma, please?" Pan asked again.

Bulma smiled at her, "Of course you may Pan," Bulma told her taking her to the library.

"Bulma-san, did you like to read a lot when you were little?" Pan asked rummaging through the shelves for a good book.

"I still do," Bulma chuckled, "I was a pretty smart kid like yourself when I was your age, I would spend hours on end in this library reading and gaining as much knowledge as I could," Bulma said reminiscing on her childhood.

"Hey Bulma? What's this book? It's called the Time Machine," Pan said showing her the book.

"That's a very good book, it's about this scientist who invents a time machine and travels into the future," Bulma told her.

"That sounds cool! To travel in a time machine!" Pan said grinning, "But I would want to travel to the past so I could meet my grandpa and see my daddy again," Pan said more to herself than Bulma.

"There you two are," Trunks said coming into the room, "Should have checked here first. I got the parts you wanted mom, they're in a box in your lab," Trunks told his mother.

"Thank you Trunks," Bulma said before talking taking off back to her lab.

Trunks watched his mother leave before turning to Pan, "So what are you studying this time miss brains?" Trunks asked in good humor but stopped when he got a glare from her, she didn't like it when he called her that.

"I'm gonna read this," Pan told Trunks handing him the book.

"Mmm… the Time Machine huh..? Sounds interesting," Trunks said handing her back the book and they both headed for the living room.

Trunks turned on the radio while Pan was lying on her stomach reading her book, "Do you think it would be cool to travel back in time Trunks?" Pan asked him.

"Yeah I guess," Trunks said.

"Where would you want to go the future or the past?"

Trunks shrugged, "I don't know, the future sounds… kinda scary," *and especially if the androids are a part of that future,* Trunks said in his head.

"What about the past?"

"What's with this sudden fascination about time travel?" Trunks asked with arched eyebrows.

Pan sat up, "Okay don't tell Bulma-san, but I peaked at what she was inventing last week and the blue prints said it was time machine," Pan told Trunks who looked at her surprised.

"You're kidding; mom's inventing a time machine? That's crazy, the thing probably won't even work," Trunks said.

Pan just grinned that all too familiar grin of her father's and grandfather's, "But what if it did…" Pan was interrupted by the news broadcast.

"Attention: We are reporting live! The androids are attacking Bridge Town! I repeat Bridge Town!" the reporter blared out, "Anyone in or near the area should evacuate immediately!" Trunks jumped off the couch and grabbed his sword that was on the kitchen table.

"You're not going are you?" Pan asked concerned.

"Yes I am," Trunks told her seriously and strapped his sword over his shoulder.

"Then I'm coming with you," Pan told him.

"Appositely not Pan! You're staying right here," Trunks told her.

"But…"

"No but's Pan, now stay here," Trunks told her and ran out the door towards Bridge Town.

Pan was fuming; he was treating her like baby. After a few minutes Pan ran out the door following Trunks' ki.

Pan made it to the city to find it in runes, she stayed a good distance away so she wouldn't get spotted or sensed by Trunks.

Trunks landed behind the androids confronted them. Pan stayed hidden in a nearby trench.

Trunks powered to super saiyan, drew out his sword and lunged at the two androids. They split up and kicked Trunks away. He took a few swings at them and cut off a few strands of Eighteen's hair.

Eighteen growled evilly and kicked Trunks across the city. Seventeen dove in at Trunks and punched him hard in the gut.

Trunks fell over in pain. Both androids shot mutable ki blasts at the teen. Trunks flew the androids and took them by surprise.

He punched Seventeen in the face, then kicked Eighteen in the stomach. Trunks then flew up in the air and threw mutable energy blasts at the androids.

But they just stood there, unfazed by Trunks' attempts and started making fun of him. His anger rising, Trunks fired a more and more ki blasts.

Pan hoped he would stop soon, she knew if he didn't he was going to burn out before he finished off the androids.

A large dust cloud formed over the two monsters and just as Pan had thought, Trunks was greatly weakened and landed on the ground exhausted.

Pan was about to go in and help Trunks, when she heard voices coming from all around.

Suddenly, Seventeen jumped out from an abandoned building and punched Trunks sending him straight into the building.

Pan ran in to the building undetected and tried to find Trunks. she made her way to a broken wall for cover when she saw android Seventeen's shadow and panicked trying to make run for it only to trip over a bunch of junk and made lots of noise.

She scrambled to her feet quickly and ran; she hid behind a beat up old couch thinking she was safe from the android.

Before she knew it, she was grabbed from behind and came face to face with a pair of blue eyes, but these weren't kind and full of life like Trunks' these eyes were cold, lifeless and full of evil.

"Well what do we have here, a little girl," Seventeen said smirking.

Pan tried to kick herself free from the android's gripped but he just held tighter.

Eighteen had found Trunks and punched him through the walls landed beside Seventeen.

"Hey there, is this yours?" Seventeen asked Trunks holding out Pan for him to see.

Trunks became panic stricken and tried to attack the male android to get Pan back.

Eighteen grabbed Trunks before he could do anything to kick him out of the building and he landed hard on the pavement.

The androids took to the sky above Trunks and Pan was biting Seventeen's hand trying to get him to let her go.

Trunks' ki started spiking in anger, "LET HER GO RIGHT NOW!" Trunks shouted and flew at the androids head on going super saiyan.

Seventeen just smirked at him, "If you want her so bad, THEN TAKE HER!" as soon as Trunks was close enough, Seventeen flung Pan at Trunks and both half and quarter saiyans collided again each other.

They crashed to the ground making a crater; both androids flew above the crater and threw mutable ki blasts. Explosions sounded and soon the battlefield was covered with smoke and dust from the blasts.

Seventeen smirked, "I can't sense their life force anymore. What a pity, I was starting to like that little girl," Seventeen said and Eighteen rolled her eyes.

Both android took off back to their hideout oblivious to the fact that both the young saiyans could suppress their ki and survived attack... just barely though.

Pan coughed as the dust cleared and slowly opened her eyes, she tried to move but felt very heavy. She soon realized that Trunks was on top of her, he had shielded her from the blasts.

"Tr-t-trunks?" Pan breathed out heavily but Trunks didn't respond. His body was limp and she could tell if he was breathing or not.

Pan began to panic, "Trunks...? Tr-tr-tr-tr-unks?" when he didn't reply back Pan began to cry.

"P-please d-don't go T-trunks," Pan said struggling to out from under Trunks, "I-I-I d-don't want y-y-you to d-di-die!" Pan dragged herself out and gathered the rest of the strength she had left and flew back to Capsule Corp carrying Trunks over her shoulder.

*Back at Capsule Corp*

Bulma was worried; when she camp up from her lab, she found that both Trunks and Pan were gone; she just hoped they would be okay.

Bulma was in the kitchen and tried to keep herself calm by drinking a cup of coffee, maybe she worrying for nothing, maybe they would just come back with a few cut and bruises.

That's when the front door burst open and Bulma got there in time to see Pan collapse to the floor with an already unconscious Trunks sprawled on top of her.

Trunks was gaining consciences, the first thing he noticed was that he was lying on something soft and it felt like something was resting on him. slowly opening his eyes and letting his vision clear, he saw Pan; she was bandaged up from here to there and she had her head resting on his chest deep in sleep.

"She's been by your side the whole time," Bulma said startling Trunks a little.

"Mom?" Trunks asked.

"The one and only," Bulma said giving her son a wink and coming over to his bed.

"How long have I been out?" Trunks asked.

"A couple of days, you really worried me Trunks," Bulma said with a little frown.

"I'm sorry mom, I thought I could beat them this time but I guess I was wrong," Trunks said sighing.

"You and Pan are alive, that's all that matter to me," Bulma told him smiling.

Pan started stirring and opened her eyes tiredly, "Hey there sunshine," Trunks said giving Pan a smile.

"Trunks!" Pan shouted attacking him in a hug. He winced in pain but returned the hug with his one arm that wasn't in a cast.

"I'm so happy you're okay," Pan told him tears welling up in her eyes.

"I'm glad to see you're alright too Pan," Trunks told her.

They all sent that night talking grateful that they were all alive.

Months passed since the android attack and Bulma talked to Trunks about the time machine.

"Do you think this thing is even going work," Trunks asked Bulma kinda doubtful.

"I know it might sound crazy Trunks, but this gonna work, I believe if you give the antidote to Goku it's gonna change things," Bulma said before taking a sip of her coffee.

"Gohan's dad huh? You really think he can make a difference?" Trunks asked.

Bulma nodded and smile, "Yes he can make a difference alright, it's not only his strength that's gonna make the difference… Goku just has this incredible feeling about him. When you're with him you just know things are going to be okay and they always are."

Trunks gave a light smile, "Wow that sounds good, I can't wait to see Gohan again, I can even get to meet my dad and see what he's like."

Bulma looked over at Trunks and sighed a little, "Yeah, well I just wouldn't expect too much from your father Trunks," Bulma told him.

Pan was sitting at the kitchen table with Bulma and Trunks listening to whole conversation silent, finally she spoke up, "I wanna go too," Pan told them.

Bulma shook her head, "I'm sorry Pan but you can't, this mission could be dangerous and we don't want you getting hurt," Bulma told her.

"But Bulma I want to help, I want to help rid the past of the androids, I wanna help Trunks," Pan said.

"Pan I agree with my mom, it'll be too dangerous for you," Trunks told her.

Pan looked at him annoyed, "I'm not a baby Trunks! I know how to fight…" Trunks cut Pan off.

"It's not about knowing how to fight Pan it's about keeping you out of danger," Trunks told her.

Pan looking down at the table, her eyes narrowed, "You think I'm weak, don't you?" Pan asked looking up at him.

"Pan that's not what I…" Trunks tried to tell her but Pan got up from her chair and ran upstairs to her room slamming the door as she did.

Bulma sighed and shook her head, "Sometimes that girl reminds me of Chichi," Bulma said cracking a light smile.

"Okay," Bulma said the next day. "This is the medication for Goku's heart virus. There's enough energy for three trips, give it to antidote to Goku and warn him about the androids, then make your way three years when the androids are supposed to appear and help Goku fight them. The last trip will be back here," Bulma explained and handed the antidote to Trunks.

"Do me a favor and don't drop the medicine," Bulma joked.

"Where's Pan I thought she would be here to see me off?" Trunks asked looking around for the six year old.

"She's still mad that she can't go on the trip and told me today that she didn't want to say goodbye and locked herself in her room," Bulma told him.

Trunks sighed; he knew how badly she wanted to go to the past. She said herself that she wanted to meet her grandfather Goku and to see her father again, he was just doing what he thought was best, keeping Pan safe.

"Tell her that I love her and I'll miss her," Trunks said giving his mother a hug and flew into the time machine and sat in his seat, "You and Pan better stay out of trouble while I'm gone," Trunks told his mother.

"We will good luck son," Bulma said waving.

"I love you," Trunks told her before the dome closed and he started up the time machine.

"I love you too son!" Bulma called out to him and he vanished into twenty years into the past. Little did Trunks know though, he was heading for a surprise.