Author's Notes: Thank everyone for their lovely reviews. You sure know how
to make a gal feel all warm and gushy inside. Anyway this chapter is going
to be just as sad, because the whole DBZ gang will find out what happened
to their love ones. Also note that Goku will be in the other world. I love
Goku as much as the next person, but he has a strange way of getting
killed. Therefore he will be dead in this fic, but it wasn't as a result of
the car accident. As if you guys didn't know that. Anyway enjoy the read,
and let me know if you liked it or hated it. Trust me I'll smile like the
Chester cat on a sunny day, if you say that you liked my story.
Disclaimer: These characters don't belong to me. Gee I wonder what would happen if I said that they do? Hmmm. Let me try it out, Dbz characters belong to me in each and every right. Yes I claim sole ownership. They're mine, all mine. Mwhahhhaaaa. Wait a minute whose that? Wait .please don't hit me. Wait!! NOoooooooooooo! Ok I'll admit it. I told a lie The DBZ characters belong to Toonami and the powers that be. I've told the truth, now can you please remove that stick from my.assachhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Thank you. Sob. Sob.
Vegeta stood by his bedroom window, staring out into a beautiful morning sunset. He couldn't help looking at his empty bed, without wondering where his wife was at that at that precise moment. If it weren't for the nightmare that he had just had, then he would have still been sleeping in the bed. He stood by the window, and his entire was covered with sweat. He looked over towards his bed, and noticed that his bed was also heavily soiled with perspiration as well.
He tried recall exactly what his dream was about, but at that moment his mind was a total blank. He tried to remember why he awoke with his heart beating a mile a minute, and his body covered in sweat. Then suddenly it hit him. He remembered that he heard the sound of Bulma's voice, or rather the sound of Bulma screaming. His entire body shook with fear as he recalled the way his wife's scream sounded. He thought about the possibility that he was just overreacting, and that he had just had a bad night the night before.
At the anniversary party, he had been feeling a little bit sick. So he decided that he was going to go home early. He intended to use that time to get some extra sleep, but as soon as he was getting ready to go he was stopped short by the sound of his daughter's voice. She had mentioned that she wanted to talk to him in private, and so instead of flying home he took the car instead. Arrangements were made that Trunks was going to take home Bulma as soon as the party had ended. So he drove his car back to his house, with his only daughter in tow.
They rode in silence, until the peace was broken by the soft sobs coming from Bra. He tried to get her to open up, but she was so overwhelmed with emotions that she couldn't even speak until they got home. He wasn't able to get her to talk, until he gave a shot of whiskey to calm her nerves. He didn't think that his father, daughter talk would take so long. However, once she began to talk, there was stopping her. There were things that she told him, things that he didn't want to know about. However, she was his daughter and he wanted to be there for his baby girl.
It took over five hours and three bottles of cheap whiskey, before she even revealed the real reason for her tears. She revealed that she had been aware of her husband's infidelity for the past year and half. She had no clue as to which woman he was sleeping with, but she assumed that he was messing around with one of her friends The assumption was made into a reality, when she walked in on him having an affair with one of her best friends. Originally she thought that he was messing around with Paris, and she even fathomed the thought that he was sleeping with a much older Launch.
Imagine her surprise when she found her husband and Marron going at it like a bunch of wild rabbits. She had always assumed that it was some other woman who was sleeping with her life mate, but never in a million years would she have guessed that the woman in question was one of her best friends. When the two cheaters realized that they had just been caught, Marron had the nerve to smile and shrug her shoulders. It was bad enough that they were caught red handed, but to act like nothing even happened was the final straw for Bra.
Bra explained to her father that she lunged at Marron, aiming to make her pay. The two fought tooth and nail, with Maaron being the victor. Then as Marron stood above a defeated Bra, her own husband had the nerve to point fingers and place all the blame on her. She then announced to her husband that the relationship was over, and walked out the room holding her head up high. She wasn't about to let them see her cry, and she definitely wasn't going to go back and beg Goten to take her back.
Naturally Vegeta would be ranting and raving, cursing the spawn of Kakarrot for hurting his daughter. However, he had a calm disposition about him, which had Bra a little confused. Vegeta simply told his daughter to go sleep on it, and to try to forget Goten. She followed his advice, and went to her old bedroom. Meanwhile, Vegeta went to his room, and fell asleep in a matter of minutes.
Bra walked to her bedroom, still in shock over her father's behavior. She just wanted to go lie down, and forget about the whole Goten and Marron incident. She walked in her old bedroom, and she marveled at the appearance of the bedroom. She noticed that everything was still in its place. She was mildly surprised that her father didn't turn her bedroom into some type of training room. So she went to her bed, and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Her night was filled with dreams of him of her together. In the dream she felt like her heart was literally being torn from her body.
She slept with horrible images floating through her head, until the telephone brought her out of her hate filled dreams the next morning. She imagined that it was Goten calling, and pleading for her to come home. She jumped out of the bed and answered the phone. She snatched up the phone, only to recognize Videl's voice on the other end. The news that Videl gave to her was almost like a dream come true. Goten was dead and gone.
*That's what the cheating baka gets.
However that dream quickly turned into a nightmare when she learned that her both her mother and brother also suffered the same fate as her cheating husband. She hung up the phone, and was suddenly feeling dizzy. She tried walking towards the door, to inform her father of the news. Suddenly she felt her feet fall from beneath her, and she quickly fainted.
Vegeta on the other hand continually stared out of his bedroom window, still unaware that his only son and wife was now gone. He kept remembering the dream that he had, and was beginning to get a little worried. He walked out of his room, and towards the nearest telephone. He was sure that Bra wouldn't mind him using her phone, so he walked into her bedroom. He wasn't surprised to find Bra sleeping on the floor, and guessed that she didn't make it to her bed last night.
He shook her shoulders lightly, and she finally woke up. She looked her father into his piercing blue eyes, too afraid to tell him that both Trunks and Bulma were gone. She suddenly broke down into tears, and her father pulled her into a tight embrace.
"It's going to be O.K. baby." Vegeta said worriedly
"No dad. You don't understand.I wished that he would die."
"You're upset. Why don't you go get in the bed and rest a little bit?" He said still believing that she was talking about Goten's unfaithfulness.
"It's all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself for this. This is that brat's fault. I told you not to marry him to begin with, didn't I?"
"Daddy you don't understand."
"Perhaps I don't."
"He's dead daddy. Videl needs us to go over to Pan's house to collect his belongings." She said despondently.
"What that can't be. Surely there has to be some kind of mistake. That brat is a Say-jin warrior. What else did Videl say?"
"She said that they're all gone daddy." She sobbed into her father's chest.
"What are you talking about Bra?" He asked confusedly.
"There has been some sort of car accident, and Videl wants us to come over. She wants to explain what happened."
"I know this is hard, but I want you to go upstairs and rest. I'll go see what's this is all about." He said as he pulled her into a tight hug.
"I'm sorry daddy. It's my entire fault. It's my fault that they're all gone. Why didn't I just go home with Goten? Maybe they would've still been alive."
"Bra! Will you stop it? This is not you're fault. We will get through this together. Goten got exactly what he deserved, and you're grieving over him?" Vegeta shouted out loud.
"Daddy you don't understand."
"Then help me to."
"I can't."
"Why?"
"Because it's all my fault. MY FAULT!" Bra shouted angrily.
She shook from her father's embrace, and ran out of the bedroom. A few minutes later Vegeta heard the front door slam. He ran to the window in time to see Bra jumping into his car.
*Damn brat. Now I'm going to have to fly all the way to that woman's house. I need find out what in the hell is going on. I've never seen the brat act that weird before. I mean one minute she's mad at that low life husband of hers, and now she acts like it's her fault that he's gone. What did she mean by their all gone? I need to get over there, and find out exactly going over there.
Krillin was in the kitchen, cooking breakfast for his wife. Normally he would wait until noon to cook for her, but lately her appetite had increased dramatically. Krillin didn't know why she was so hungry, and he definitely didn't want to upset her. He knew for certain that she wasn't pregnant, because she already took a pregnancy test to make sure that she wasn't. So he didn't know why she was as hungry as a vulture, but she definitely had an enormous appetite
As he finished cooking, he neatly piled her plate on the serving tray. He walked towards the bedroom, with the tray shaking nervously in his hands. Once he arrived in the room, he was surprised to find his wife sitting up in the bed. She smiled at him as he walked up to her as sexily as he could, while he held on to the large tray. He set down the tray in her lap, and gave her an affectionate kiss.
"Morning babe."
"Krillin what are you doing?" She asked directly.
"What? A man can't get up in the morning, and cook his beautiful wife breakfast?"
"What did you do?"
"What makes you think I did something? I've been the perfect gentleman." He said coyly.
"Yeah I bet."
"Ouch." He said mocking a faux pain in his heart.
"You are aware that this is unnecessary?" She said impassively.
"Everything I do for my wife is necessary. Come on and eat before it gets cold."
"Krillin?"
"Trust me, I've been a good boy." He said deviously.
"Trust me he says." She smiled mischievously.
Krillin picked up the fork, and scooped up a small portion of eggs. He lifted the fork, and placed it in her mouth. He watched her chew the food, and then smiled with appreciation. She greedily took the fork from him, and began stuffing the food in her mouth fast enough to rival Goku. In a matter of minutes she was all done, and was beginning to lean in to give Krillin a kiss. Then the telephone unexpectedly ranged, and they both were startled out of their little private moment. Krillin began to rise slowly from the bed, before 18 reached out and grabbed his arm.
"Let it ring. You on the other hand, need to finish what you've started."
"Look babe that could be an important call." He said pulling away from her kiss.
"It could also be some annoying telemarketer too."
"Let me just answer that, and then we'll play cops and robbers after I answer the phone. I promise."
"How about we play bounty hunters instead? You can be the bounty hunter and I can be the crook."
"Sounds like a plan to me babe."
Krillin ran to the phone, and picked it up the receiver. He answered the phone and was surprised to hear Videl's voice on the other end.
"Krillin. Hey this is Videl. I hope that I'm not bothering you this morning. I need you and 18 to come over to Pan's house as soon as you can."
"Gee.Videl actually I'm kind of busy at the moment. Can it possibly wait until later?"
"Actually it's about Marron."
"Is she still over there?"
"Krillin there's been an accident, and I need you to come over as soon as possible."
"Accident? What kind of accident?" He asked fearfully.
"I don't feel comfortable discussing this over the phone. Just promise me that you'll come over as soon as possible."
"Just tell me what's going on Videl."
"I can't. I promised Pan that I wouldn't discussed what happened over the phone."
"Damn it Videl! Tell me what happened!"
"Just come over, and we'll talk about it there."
Videl quickly hung up the phone, and Krillin stood there as a new wave of trepidation hit him. He ran his hand through his jet-black hair, as he nervously looked at his wife. She sat up in the bed, and began looking at Krillin apprehensively. When he didn't answer, she jumped out of the bed. She grabbed onto his shirt, and shook him like a rag doll.
"Krillin what's going on? Is something wrong?" She asked worriedly.
"Aw man."
"Krillin! Speak to me. What's going on?"
"Honey. We need to go over to Pan's house."
"What on Earth for?" She said infuriatingly.
"There's been some kind of accident, and Videl needs us to come over."
"Did someone get hurt?"
"She didn't say, but Marron's name was mentioned."
"Marron? What about Marron? Is she hurt?" She asked as she continued shaking him harshly.
"Grab your coat. I'm going to find out what's happening."
"Are you sure that she said Marron's name?"
"Yes I'm sure. Look we don't have time for this right now. Let's get out of here."
Both Krillin and 18 took to flight, and flew as fast as they could to Pan's house. They tried hard to figure out what was happening, but no matter how hard they tried they still came up with nothing. Images of Marron with her hair in pigtails kept entering into Krillin's mind. Suddenly he feared the worst, and had to remain focused on flying safely to Pan's house. He had never felt this type of fear in all his life. He had faced many fearsome creatures that had him terrified, but this petrified him ways that he didn't think possible. He thought that he knew fear, but now he realized exactly what true fear felt like.
18 also realized that being part android had kept her safeguarded from feeling many different emotions. However as news of an accident involving her only daughter began to spread, her emotions allowed her feel maternal instincts. At that precise moment she wanted nothing but to find her daughter, and consolingly tell her that she would be all right. It was these maternal instincts that told her that the feeling that she was feeling was fear. She didn't like this new feeling invading her body, and she reasoned that the only way to get over them was to make sure her daughter was all right.
Videl waited until the last of all her family and friends gathered into Pan's living room. It was hard to imagine that just yesterday, everyone was just so happy. Now as it seems the news that she had to tell them, settled heavily on her heart. How could she look her husband in the face, and tell him that his baby brother was gone. How could she face 18 and Krillin, and tell them that their only daughter was dead as well. Then there was Chi Chi, Vegeta, and Bra, and she had to explain that a simple automobile accident took away their love ones.
As these thoughts weighed heavily on her mind, Videl was somewhat relieved when she saw her daughter come down the stairs. Albeit she felt glad that her daughter was still alive, but she couldn't help feel guilty at the fact that she was glad because of it. She knew that she should be sad, and in a sense she was. However, she felt nothing but relief in knowing that her daughter was going to live another day. Was she an evil woman because she felt this way? Was she wrong in thanking the Grand Kai's above for sparing her daughter's life?
At the same time as her heart became heavy, when she saw the look on her daughter's face. Pan appeared with red swollen eyes, and her hair was entangled all over her head. Pan looked over at her mother, who was at her side in a matter of minutes.
Pan leaned against her mother, and cleared her throat. She looked at everyone, and a wave of apprehension hit. She realized that everyone would soon feel the way she did, and that was the one thing that she didn't want. However, they needed to know the truth, and so she opened her mouth to speak.
"I had some very bad news to tell each and everyone of you."
"Pan what's going on?" Krillin asked.
"Yeah. Why don't you just spit it out already? I don't have all day, you know." Vegeta said harshly.
Pan burst out into tears, and Videl held her into her arms. She looked at Vegeta hardheartedly.
"Vegeta, will you stop it! This is hard for Pan. Honey do you want me to tell them for you?"
"No mom. I think I can handle it." Pan sobbed as she continued explaining what happened.
"If you need me to take over, just let me know hon."
"That won't be necessary mom."
Pan paused as she looked over the entire room full of family and friends. They all looked at her worriedly, and she began to speak once again.
"What I have to tell you guys, isn't going to be easy for me. It's still not easy for me, so just bear with me for a moment. Last night.two cops came to my door. They explained that there was a car accident, and that they needed me to identify the victims of the wreck. I complied, and was surprised to find out that my husband was killed in the accident."
Suddenly the room filled with the voices of surprised, and grieving family members."
"What the hell are you talking about? There's no way that Trunks is dead. There's no way!" Vegeta shouted out in rage.
Pan composed her self, and raised her hands in the air to calm down the frantic crowd.
"I'm sorry Vegeta, but it's true. Do you think that I would lie about something like that?"
"My son.is he really gone." Vegeta said as his eyes filled with tears.
"I'm afraid that he is, but that's not all that I wanted to say. Unfortunately there's more. My husband Trunks was identified by me in the morgue, as well as Goten, Bulma, and Marron."
The room filled with screams, some filled with anguish and others filled with rage. It took a matter of minutes to calm everyone down, and then Pan continued.
"They gave me their belongings, and I wanted to give them to you guys."
"When did this happen?" Vegeta shouted.
"Last night." Pan said quietly.
"And you're telling us this now. Idiot! Don't you think that we would want to know this as soon as possible? Didn't it ever occur to you that they would've been all right, if you'd given them some sezun beans?"
"I tried that already. That didn't work. They didn't revive. The cops told me about their accident too late. Believe me, if there was anything that I could've done I would've done it."
"You didn't try hard enough damn it!" Vegeta hollered.
"I tried everything that I could."
"Did you now?" He shouted as he stood directly in front of her face.
"I've lost him too you know. I lost my entire family, and there's nothing that I could do to change that fact. If I could trade my worthless life, in return for theirs, then I would do it in a heartbeat. I'm sorry that you lost both Bulma and Trunks, but I lost them too. It's not fair that I'll never see them again, and it's definitely not fair that you're taking this out on me. It's not my fault Vegeta." She said through a blanket of tears.
Suddenly Vegeta remembered his daughter, and the knowledge that she wasn't here worried him to no end.
"I'm sorry Pan. I didn't mean to upset you, but have you talked to Bra? What did you tell her? She believes this accident was her fault."
"Why would she think something like that?" Pan asked confusedly
"That's what I was trying to figure out. I'm afraid that she'll try something drastic."
"Then let's go find her. We don't need anything else to go wrong today. Let's go." Gohan said almost too quietly.
The group gathered up together in search of Bra, and they all left the room with a sense of purpose. They weren't ready to lose another one of their own. They knew that the possibility of Bra hurting herself was pretty high, and they knew exactly what she was feeling too. They too were feeling like they would rather die, but each person knew that they had to be strong for their other hurting family members. Now it seemed like Bra was the one in need of a good friend. So they all left the living room, all feeling despondent over their current situation. They went out in search of Bra, hoping against hope that she would be all right.
There you go. The cat's out of the bag, and everyone knows the tragic news befalling the members of Dragon Ball Z. I hope that wasn't too long. I was really in the mood to write. Keep your eyes open for the next chapter.
Disclaimer: These characters don't belong to me. Gee I wonder what would happen if I said that they do? Hmmm. Let me try it out, Dbz characters belong to me in each and every right. Yes I claim sole ownership. They're mine, all mine. Mwhahhhaaaa. Wait a minute whose that? Wait .please don't hit me. Wait!! NOoooooooooooo! Ok I'll admit it. I told a lie The DBZ characters belong to Toonami and the powers that be. I've told the truth, now can you please remove that stick from my.assachhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Thank you. Sob. Sob.
Vegeta stood by his bedroom window, staring out into a beautiful morning sunset. He couldn't help looking at his empty bed, without wondering where his wife was at that at that precise moment. If it weren't for the nightmare that he had just had, then he would have still been sleeping in the bed. He stood by the window, and his entire was covered with sweat. He looked over towards his bed, and noticed that his bed was also heavily soiled with perspiration as well.
He tried recall exactly what his dream was about, but at that moment his mind was a total blank. He tried to remember why he awoke with his heart beating a mile a minute, and his body covered in sweat. Then suddenly it hit him. He remembered that he heard the sound of Bulma's voice, or rather the sound of Bulma screaming. His entire body shook with fear as he recalled the way his wife's scream sounded. He thought about the possibility that he was just overreacting, and that he had just had a bad night the night before.
At the anniversary party, he had been feeling a little bit sick. So he decided that he was going to go home early. He intended to use that time to get some extra sleep, but as soon as he was getting ready to go he was stopped short by the sound of his daughter's voice. She had mentioned that she wanted to talk to him in private, and so instead of flying home he took the car instead. Arrangements were made that Trunks was going to take home Bulma as soon as the party had ended. So he drove his car back to his house, with his only daughter in tow.
They rode in silence, until the peace was broken by the soft sobs coming from Bra. He tried to get her to open up, but she was so overwhelmed with emotions that she couldn't even speak until they got home. He wasn't able to get her to talk, until he gave a shot of whiskey to calm her nerves. He didn't think that his father, daughter talk would take so long. However, once she began to talk, there was stopping her. There were things that she told him, things that he didn't want to know about. However, she was his daughter and he wanted to be there for his baby girl.
It took over five hours and three bottles of cheap whiskey, before she even revealed the real reason for her tears. She revealed that she had been aware of her husband's infidelity for the past year and half. She had no clue as to which woman he was sleeping with, but she assumed that he was messing around with one of her friends The assumption was made into a reality, when she walked in on him having an affair with one of her best friends. Originally she thought that he was messing around with Paris, and she even fathomed the thought that he was sleeping with a much older Launch.
Imagine her surprise when she found her husband and Marron going at it like a bunch of wild rabbits. She had always assumed that it was some other woman who was sleeping with her life mate, but never in a million years would she have guessed that the woman in question was one of her best friends. When the two cheaters realized that they had just been caught, Marron had the nerve to smile and shrug her shoulders. It was bad enough that they were caught red handed, but to act like nothing even happened was the final straw for Bra.
Bra explained to her father that she lunged at Marron, aiming to make her pay. The two fought tooth and nail, with Maaron being the victor. Then as Marron stood above a defeated Bra, her own husband had the nerve to point fingers and place all the blame on her. She then announced to her husband that the relationship was over, and walked out the room holding her head up high. She wasn't about to let them see her cry, and she definitely wasn't going to go back and beg Goten to take her back.
Naturally Vegeta would be ranting and raving, cursing the spawn of Kakarrot for hurting his daughter. However, he had a calm disposition about him, which had Bra a little confused. Vegeta simply told his daughter to go sleep on it, and to try to forget Goten. She followed his advice, and went to her old bedroom. Meanwhile, Vegeta went to his room, and fell asleep in a matter of minutes.
Bra walked to her bedroom, still in shock over her father's behavior. She just wanted to go lie down, and forget about the whole Goten and Marron incident. She walked in her old bedroom, and she marveled at the appearance of the bedroom. She noticed that everything was still in its place. She was mildly surprised that her father didn't turn her bedroom into some type of training room. So she went to her bed, and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Her night was filled with dreams of him of her together. In the dream she felt like her heart was literally being torn from her body.
She slept with horrible images floating through her head, until the telephone brought her out of her hate filled dreams the next morning. She imagined that it was Goten calling, and pleading for her to come home. She jumped out of the bed and answered the phone. She snatched up the phone, only to recognize Videl's voice on the other end. The news that Videl gave to her was almost like a dream come true. Goten was dead and gone.
*That's what the cheating baka gets.
However that dream quickly turned into a nightmare when she learned that her both her mother and brother also suffered the same fate as her cheating husband. She hung up the phone, and was suddenly feeling dizzy. She tried walking towards the door, to inform her father of the news. Suddenly she felt her feet fall from beneath her, and she quickly fainted.
Vegeta on the other hand continually stared out of his bedroom window, still unaware that his only son and wife was now gone. He kept remembering the dream that he had, and was beginning to get a little worried. He walked out of his room, and towards the nearest telephone. He was sure that Bra wouldn't mind him using her phone, so he walked into her bedroom. He wasn't surprised to find Bra sleeping on the floor, and guessed that she didn't make it to her bed last night.
He shook her shoulders lightly, and she finally woke up. She looked her father into his piercing blue eyes, too afraid to tell him that both Trunks and Bulma were gone. She suddenly broke down into tears, and her father pulled her into a tight embrace.
"It's going to be O.K. baby." Vegeta said worriedly
"No dad. You don't understand.I wished that he would die."
"You're upset. Why don't you go get in the bed and rest a little bit?" He said still believing that she was talking about Goten's unfaithfulness.
"It's all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself for this. This is that brat's fault. I told you not to marry him to begin with, didn't I?"
"Daddy you don't understand."
"Perhaps I don't."
"He's dead daddy. Videl needs us to go over to Pan's house to collect his belongings." She said despondently.
"What that can't be. Surely there has to be some kind of mistake. That brat is a Say-jin warrior. What else did Videl say?"
"She said that they're all gone daddy." She sobbed into her father's chest.
"What are you talking about Bra?" He asked confusedly.
"There has been some sort of car accident, and Videl wants us to come over. She wants to explain what happened."
"I know this is hard, but I want you to go upstairs and rest. I'll go see what's this is all about." He said as he pulled her into a tight hug.
"I'm sorry daddy. It's my entire fault. It's my fault that they're all gone. Why didn't I just go home with Goten? Maybe they would've still been alive."
"Bra! Will you stop it? This is not you're fault. We will get through this together. Goten got exactly what he deserved, and you're grieving over him?" Vegeta shouted out loud.
"Daddy you don't understand."
"Then help me to."
"I can't."
"Why?"
"Because it's all my fault. MY FAULT!" Bra shouted angrily.
She shook from her father's embrace, and ran out of the bedroom. A few minutes later Vegeta heard the front door slam. He ran to the window in time to see Bra jumping into his car.
*Damn brat. Now I'm going to have to fly all the way to that woman's house. I need find out what in the hell is going on. I've never seen the brat act that weird before. I mean one minute she's mad at that low life husband of hers, and now she acts like it's her fault that he's gone. What did she mean by their all gone? I need to get over there, and find out exactly going over there.
Krillin was in the kitchen, cooking breakfast for his wife. Normally he would wait until noon to cook for her, but lately her appetite had increased dramatically. Krillin didn't know why she was so hungry, and he definitely didn't want to upset her. He knew for certain that she wasn't pregnant, because she already took a pregnancy test to make sure that she wasn't. So he didn't know why she was as hungry as a vulture, but she definitely had an enormous appetite
As he finished cooking, he neatly piled her plate on the serving tray. He walked towards the bedroom, with the tray shaking nervously in his hands. Once he arrived in the room, he was surprised to find his wife sitting up in the bed. She smiled at him as he walked up to her as sexily as he could, while he held on to the large tray. He set down the tray in her lap, and gave her an affectionate kiss.
"Morning babe."
"Krillin what are you doing?" She asked directly.
"What? A man can't get up in the morning, and cook his beautiful wife breakfast?"
"What did you do?"
"What makes you think I did something? I've been the perfect gentleman." He said coyly.
"Yeah I bet."
"Ouch." He said mocking a faux pain in his heart.
"You are aware that this is unnecessary?" She said impassively.
"Everything I do for my wife is necessary. Come on and eat before it gets cold."
"Krillin?"
"Trust me, I've been a good boy." He said deviously.
"Trust me he says." She smiled mischievously.
Krillin picked up the fork, and scooped up a small portion of eggs. He lifted the fork, and placed it in her mouth. He watched her chew the food, and then smiled with appreciation. She greedily took the fork from him, and began stuffing the food in her mouth fast enough to rival Goku. In a matter of minutes she was all done, and was beginning to lean in to give Krillin a kiss. Then the telephone unexpectedly ranged, and they both were startled out of their little private moment. Krillin began to rise slowly from the bed, before 18 reached out and grabbed his arm.
"Let it ring. You on the other hand, need to finish what you've started."
"Look babe that could be an important call." He said pulling away from her kiss.
"It could also be some annoying telemarketer too."
"Let me just answer that, and then we'll play cops and robbers after I answer the phone. I promise."
"How about we play bounty hunters instead? You can be the bounty hunter and I can be the crook."
"Sounds like a plan to me babe."
Krillin ran to the phone, and picked it up the receiver. He answered the phone and was surprised to hear Videl's voice on the other end.
"Krillin. Hey this is Videl. I hope that I'm not bothering you this morning. I need you and 18 to come over to Pan's house as soon as you can."
"Gee.Videl actually I'm kind of busy at the moment. Can it possibly wait until later?"
"Actually it's about Marron."
"Is she still over there?"
"Krillin there's been an accident, and I need you to come over as soon as possible."
"Accident? What kind of accident?" He asked fearfully.
"I don't feel comfortable discussing this over the phone. Just promise me that you'll come over as soon as possible."
"Just tell me what's going on Videl."
"I can't. I promised Pan that I wouldn't discussed what happened over the phone."
"Damn it Videl! Tell me what happened!"
"Just come over, and we'll talk about it there."
Videl quickly hung up the phone, and Krillin stood there as a new wave of trepidation hit him. He ran his hand through his jet-black hair, as he nervously looked at his wife. She sat up in the bed, and began looking at Krillin apprehensively. When he didn't answer, she jumped out of the bed. She grabbed onto his shirt, and shook him like a rag doll.
"Krillin what's going on? Is something wrong?" She asked worriedly.
"Aw man."
"Krillin! Speak to me. What's going on?"
"Honey. We need to go over to Pan's house."
"What on Earth for?" She said infuriatingly.
"There's been some kind of accident, and Videl needs us to come over."
"Did someone get hurt?"
"She didn't say, but Marron's name was mentioned."
"Marron? What about Marron? Is she hurt?" She asked as she continued shaking him harshly.
"Grab your coat. I'm going to find out what's happening."
"Are you sure that she said Marron's name?"
"Yes I'm sure. Look we don't have time for this right now. Let's get out of here."
Both Krillin and 18 took to flight, and flew as fast as they could to Pan's house. They tried hard to figure out what was happening, but no matter how hard they tried they still came up with nothing. Images of Marron with her hair in pigtails kept entering into Krillin's mind. Suddenly he feared the worst, and had to remain focused on flying safely to Pan's house. He had never felt this type of fear in all his life. He had faced many fearsome creatures that had him terrified, but this petrified him ways that he didn't think possible. He thought that he knew fear, but now he realized exactly what true fear felt like.
18 also realized that being part android had kept her safeguarded from feeling many different emotions. However as news of an accident involving her only daughter began to spread, her emotions allowed her feel maternal instincts. At that precise moment she wanted nothing but to find her daughter, and consolingly tell her that she would be all right. It was these maternal instincts that told her that the feeling that she was feeling was fear. She didn't like this new feeling invading her body, and she reasoned that the only way to get over them was to make sure her daughter was all right.
Videl waited until the last of all her family and friends gathered into Pan's living room. It was hard to imagine that just yesterday, everyone was just so happy. Now as it seems the news that she had to tell them, settled heavily on her heart. How could she look her husband in the face, and tell him that his baby brother was gone. How could she face 18 and Krillin, and tell them that their only daughter was dead as well. Then there was Chi Chi, Vegeta, and Bra, and she had to explain that a simple automobile accident took away their love ones.
As these thoughts weighed heavily on her mind, Videl was somewhat relieved when she saw her daughter come down the stairs. Albeit she felt glad that her daughter was still alive, but she couldn't help feel guilty at the fact that she was glad because of it. She knew that she should be sad, and in a sense she was. However, she felt nothing but relief in knowing that her daughter was going to live another day. Was she an evil woman because she felt this way? Was she wrong in thanking the Grand Kai's above for sparing her daughter's life?
At the same time as her heart became heavy, when she saw the look on her daughter's face. Pan appeared with red swollen eyes, and her hair was entangled all over her head. Pan looked over at her mother, who was at her side in a matter of minutes.
Pan leaned against her mother, and cleared her throat. She looked at everyone, and a wave of apprehension hit. She realized that everyone would soon feel the way she did, and that was the one thing that she didn't want. However, they needed to know the truth, and so she opened her mouth to speak.
"I had some very bad news to tell each and everyone of you."
"Pan what's going on?" Krillin asked.
"Yeah. Why don't you just spit it out already? I don't have all day, you know." Vegeta said harshly.
Pan burst out into tears, and Videl held her into her arms. She looked at Vegeta hardheartedly.
"Vegeta, will you stop it! This is hard for Pan. Honey do you want me to tell them for you?"
"No mom. I think I can handle it." Pan sobbed as she continued explaining what happened.
"If you need me to take over, just let me know hon."
"That won't be necessary mom."
Pan paused as she looked over the entire room full of family and friends. They all looked at her worriedly, and she began to speak once again.
"What I have to tell you guys, isn't going to be easy for me. It's still not easy for me, so just bear with me for a moment. Last night.two cops came to my door. They explained that there was a car accident, and that they needed me to identify the victims of the wreck. I complied, and was surprised to find out that my husband was killed in the accident."
Suddenly the room filled with the voices of surprised, and grieving family members."
"What the hell are you talking about? There's no way that Trunks is dead. There's no way!" Vegeta shouted out in rage.
Pan composed her self, and raised her hands in the air to calm down the frantic crowd.
"I'm sorry Vegeta, but it's true. Do you think that I would lie about something like that?"
"My son.is he really gone." Vegeta said as his eyes filled with tears.
"I'm afraid that he is, but that's not all that I wanted to say. Unfortunately there's more. My husband Trunks was identified by me in the morgue, as well as Goten, Bulma, and Marron."
The room filled with screams, some filled with anguish and others filled with rage. It took a matter of minutes to calm everyone down, and then Pan continued.
"They gave me their belongings, and I wanted to give them to you guys."
"When did this happen?" Vegeta shouted.
"Last night." Pan said quietly.
"And you're telling us this now. Idiot! Don't you think that we would want to know this as soon as possible? Didn't it ever occur to you that they would've been all right, if you'd given them some sezun beans?"
"I tried that already. That didn't work. They didn't revive. The cops told me about their accident too late. Believe me, if there was anything that I could've done I would've done it."
"You didn't try hard enough damn it!" Vegeta hollered.
"I tried everything that I could."
"Did you now?" He shouted as he stood directly in front of her face.
"I've lost him too you know. I lost my entire family, and there's nothing that I could do to change that fact. If I could trade my worthless life, in return for theirs, then I would do it in a heartbeat. I'm sorry that you lost both Bulma and Trunks, but I lost them too. It's not fair that I'll never see them again, and it's definitely not fair that you're taking this out on me. It's not my fault Vegeta." She said through a blanket of tears.
Suddenly Vegeta remembered his daughter, and the knowledge that she wasn't here worried him to no end.
"I'm sorry Pan. I didn't mean to upset you, but have you talked to Bra? What did you tell her? She believes this accident was her fault."
"Why would she think something like that?" Pan asked confusedly
"That's what I was trying to figure out. I'm afraid that she'll try something drastic."
"Then let's go find her. We don't need anything else to go wrong today. Let's go." Gohan said almost too quietly.
The group gathered up together in search of Bra, and they all left the room with a sense of purpose. They weren't ready to lose another one of their own. They knew that the possibility of Bra hurting herself was pretty high, and they knew exactly what she was feeling too. They too were feeling like they would rather die, but each person knew that they had to be strong for their other hurting family members. Now it seemed like Bra was the one in need of a good friend. So they all left the living room, all feeling despondent over their current situation. They went out in search of Bra, hoping against hope that she would be all right.
There you go. The cat's out of the bag, and everyone knows the tragic news befalling the members of Dragon Ball Z. I hope that wasn't too long. I was really in the mood to write. Keep your eyes open for the next chapter.
