Chapter 3

Capsule Corp

I DO NOT OWN Dragon Ball Z!

(Note: Bulla can fight and fly like the rest of the Z fighters. Plus she is 16 years old. A year younger than her brother Trunks. Vegeta does NOT have his DBGT appearance. He looks like his appearance in the DBZ series. So that means NO mustache and shorter hair. Also Goku is NOT a kid. Italic type is thoughts.)

Pan runs in the streets of West city. She zooms past people. She smiles at the thought of tricking #17 that she was long gone. The crowd she zooms by have only 2 seconds at most to get out of Pan's way. One blink from the human eye and Pan would have been long gone. As she zooms by she thinks the people in her way can be obstacles she has to dodge. She accepted that challenge and starts purposely creating near misses towards the people, scaring the unsuspecting crowd that Pan was going to run right into them. Girl's dresses fly up and papers from business men rain around them. All of this caused by Pan's close proximity running. Pan slows down and stands in front of a building. The sign reads "Capsule Corp." Pan looks at the bold print and smiles with delight. "I made it, I am here!" Pan says happily. She then makes her way to the next building next to the Company and it was Bulma's Home. She excitedly rushes towards Bulma's front door.

She knocks the door with force but, not with enough force to break a whole through the door. Pan waits. 5 seconds later the front door opens. A female figure answers the door and stands in front of her. She has Pan's figure. With Short black leggings, boots, and a white t-shirt on. She has a headband on and hair long blue hair in a pony tail. She was sweating and her clothes and herself were lightly beaten up.

"Hey Bulla!" Pan says happily.

"Hey Pan! What an awesome surprise." Bulla says and smiles with delight.

A woman then pop outs next to Bulla.

It was Mrs. Briefs.

Her sudden appearance spooks Bulla and Pan.

"Oooo! Hello there Pan!" says cheerfully holding a dish with full cups of lemonade on the dish. Pan smiles and bows towards Mrs. Briefs.

"Hello" Pan says sincerely. Bulla smiles

"Hey come in" Bulla tells Pan and steps aside to let Pan in.

Pan smiles and walks into the house.

Bulla grabs a cup of lemonade for herself and Pan from dish and thanks her grandmother. places the dish of lemonade on the dinning table and exits outside to tend to her garden. Pan sits on the sofa in the living room and Bulla hands Pan her drink and joins Pan to sit down next to Pan on the sofa. Pan is a bit disgusted by Bulla's sweat so she creates distance between them on the sofa. Bulla frowns.

"What is it?" Bulla says concerned on why Pan moved away from her.

"I don't want your nasty sweat on me!" Pan tells Bulla

Bulla chuckles nervously and scratches the back of her head. "Hehehe sorry. I was training with my dad."

A woman walks into the room with jeans on and a lab coat on. She has short blue hair being held down under lab goggles that she was using. Her name was Bulma.

Bulma immediately sees Pan siting on the sofa sipping a glass of lemonade. Bulma smiles. "Hey kiddo!"

Pan sets the cup down on the coffee table in front of her and smiles at Bulma.

"Hey Bulma." Pan says delighted to see her.

All of a sudden Bulma, Bulla and Pan hear yelling. The yelling had an angry tone to it. A man walks into the living room yelling at Bulma. It was Vegeta.

"Woman! I told you to fetch me a glass of water and it isn't in my hand yet!" Vegeta yells at Bulma. Bulma gets full of rage and slams her foot to the ground and holds tight fists by her sides she yells back at her husband. "I am NOT your slave! If you want something then your going to have to get it yourself! and for the last time it's BULMA NOT WOMAN!" Bulma yells back and growls gritting her teeth at Vegeta.

Bulla has a sweat drop behind her head. "That's mom and dad." Bulla tells Pan facing Vegeta and Bulma. Vegeta was about to argue back until he notices Pan siting on the sofa looking at him.

Pan quickly gets eye contact with Vegeta but quickly looks away. She regretted making eye contact with him.

Vegeta still looks at her harshly and does a silent growl. "What is Kakarot's granddaughter doing here?" Vegeta askes Bulma. Bulma is less angry but has an upset tone in her voice. "She is here to visit! I hope that's not a problem!" Bulma tells Vegeta harshly. She then looks at Pan and smiles at here. "So where's your dad?" Bulma askes Pan.

Pan hesitates to answer Bulma's question.

"Uhh my dad is back home." Pan answers Bulma not making eye contact with Bulma. Instead Pan looks down at her drink building up condensation on the outside of her glass of lemonade. Her lemonade was on the coffee table. Pan then looks at the ground. "Umm can I got to the restroom?" Pan asks bashfully to Bulma still looking at the ground.

"Sure Pan" Bulma tells Pan smiling. Pan slowly and bashfully get off the sofa and walks past Bulma and Vegeta. Bulma watches Pan walk past her. So does Vegeta with his cold look as always. Pan then walks out of view. Bulma looks back at Bulla. "She reminds me of her dad when he was little boy." Bulma tells her daughter. Bulla simply smiles as Bulma's statement. Vegeta quickly and quietly follows Pan. Pan walks through Bulma's house. But she doesn't head towards the rest room instead she heads towards the lab where all of Bulma's equipment is located. On the way there she walks past a mirror. Also in front of the mirror was a little table with family and friend photographs framed. Pan stops walking and looks back at the photographs. She at first hesitates to walk back towards the photographs but still does. She stands in front of the mirror and looks at her self. She looks at her features. Her hair. It was a bit longer than before, her bandana she doesn't wear anymore. She pauses for a while then looks at the photographs on the table. She picks one up. It was a picture of her when she was younger. Back then when she used to wear her bandana. She is sitting on Goku's shoulders. Pan sighs and puts down the picture and rushes to the lab. Vegeta still follows her there. Using stealth he is easily undetectable. Pan enters the Bulma's lab. She slowly enters and looks at her new surroundings. A metal looking room. There were machines, test tubes, robots. What ever you could think that could be in a scientist's lab it was in Bulma's lab. Pan then takes notice of the ship. It was a small ship but it was going to work. It looked like it could only fit two people in it. Pan then grabs a blank capsule. She clicks it and tosses it on the small ship. A cloud of smoke fills the area and when the could slowly disappears the ship is gone. Pan grabs the capsule from the ground and walk out of the lab. But all of a sudden Vegeta stands at the door. Pan gets spooked by his sudden appearance and steps back.

"Oh hey Vegeta..." Pan says nervously. Vegeta pauses and makes his presence certain.

"What are you do here?" Vegeta ask with a stern tone to his voice. Pan starts to lose her cool and stubbles between her words.

"Uh it's nothing Vegeta I just wanted to check out Bulma's cool lab" Pan says nervously and chuckles nervously.

Vegeta is not buying it. He only grows more angry. "Liar!" Vegeta yells at Pan.

Pan then thinks of the stupidest plan that she could ever think of. It might cost her her very life. But she knows she's got no other choice left. She better think of something that can get her out of this mess.

"Vegeta..." Pan says.

"What?" Vegeta responds.

"Grandpa Goku is right behind you!" Pan cries out and points behind Vegeta.

Vegeta's eyes widen and he quickly looks behind to see if it were true.

Pan then takes the opportunity and runs past Vegeta and quickly runs for the front door.

Vegeta grows enraged to see Pan as tricked him. And he runs after her.

"Get back here you runt!" Vegeta yells out with great anger.

Pan hurries for the exit. Bulma and Bulla hear Vegeta's enraged yelling and Bulla and Bulma think of the worst. Then they see Pan running towards the exit. Pan touches the front door knob until something hits her from behind. It felt hot and it burned against Pan's back. It blew an entire whole on the front door. The front door and the surrounding wall was destroyed. Vegeta has shot a huge ki blast at Pan. Bulla shielded her mother from the blast before it touched Pan. Dust settles around and the dust then slowly disappears. Bulla and Bulma can't believe Vegeta has attacked Pan. Pan lays outside still on the ground face down and not moving..

Back with Gohan, Videl and Chi Chi at Mount Paozu

Gohan, Videl and Chi Chi sit in the dinning table ready for breakfast. Chi Chi cooks and Videl sits with Gohan.

"Hun is Pan awake yet? I don't sense her ki.

Videl askes Gohan with a concern tone and a concerned face.

Gohan ponders.

"Yeah your right. She usually doesn't sleep this late."

Gohan answers Videl.

Chi Chi over hears Gohan and Videl's conversation over in the kitchen.

Well I am going to go wake her up. She needs her nutrition. Without nutrition she won't be able to learn!" Chi Chi cries out.

Videl hears Chi Chi and lightly chuckles.

"I am going to get her up this instant." Chi Chi says with determination and puts down the spoon she was stirring her food with and makes her way towards Pan's room.

"OH NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Chi Chi cries out.

Gohan get's alert and rushes to Chi Chi. Videl quickly follows Gohan.

Gohan enters the room to find his mother on the floor on her knees next to Pan's bed. Her back is towards Gohan and Videl.

"Mom what happened?" Gohan says with great concern.

Chi Chi with out turning her head shows Gohan the note Pan has written last night.

Videl puts her hand on his shoulder.

"What does it say?" Videl askes Gohan referring to the note in his hands.

"She has ran away!" Gohan says with a stern tone.

Videl gasps and covers her mouth with both of her hands.

Gohan then walks towards the open window in Pan's room. Videl goes to comfort her mother in law.

"Pan must of jumped out of this window." Gohan says.

"But where could she have gone?" Videl askes holding Chi Chi in her arms. Gohan starts to think.

"Why? Why did she have to run away? I thought she was happy!" Chi Chi cries out.

Videl assures Chi Chi that Pan will be alright. Gohan then gets and idea.

"I got it!" Gohan says.

"What is it?" Videl askes Gohan.

Gohan turns to face Videl.

"Pan went to go after Goten, Trunks, and my dad!" Gohan tells Videl.

"But she can't go into space she isn't ready!" Videl says with a worried tone in her voice.

Chi Chi regains her self and sniffs.

"But where could she get a ship to go off into space?" Chi Chi askes.

Gohan and Videl gasp at the same time and look at each other.

"Capsule Corp!" Gohan and Videl say at the same time.

Gohan hurries to the window.

"Mom I am going to Bulma's house I am going to bring Pan back before she shoots off into space!" Gohan tells his mother and jumps out of the window and blasts off towards West City. Videl hurries to the window as well.

"I will be back Chi Chi. Keep those pancakes warm for us when we come back." Videl tells Chi Chi and winks at her and gives her the thumbs up. Videl then jumps out of the window and blasts off to follow Gohan. Chi Chi stands alone in Pan's room still holding the Pan's note in her hand. "Gohan.. Videl please bring my grandchild back safe and sound." Chi Chi softly says.

End of Chapter three