Pan kept quiet as she listened to the conversation right bellow her. 'At least I know they won't make me go home. But I refuse to make it easy on them." She listened as the minutes went by and they searched every other place but the compartment above their own seats.

Trunks sighed as he crossed his arms. "We have checked everywhere but where the engine is. And if she hid there, I don't think she could have survived."

"Are you there are no more places that she could be hiding? Like none?"

"Well there is one." Trunks then walked over and reached up to a door right above his seat and pulled it down gasping when Pan fell out of it and into his seat with a thud. "Gottcha."

"But I am not going home. You said so yourself. Remember?"

Goten glared down at her. "Why the hell did you do this? Come on! You do know that mom and Videl were worried about you right?"

With tears filling her eyes she turned her own glare up at her uncle. "I know that Uncle Goten! But I am tired of always being told that things are too dangerous and that I shouldn't have to worry about it when my dad and grandpa are out there too!"

"Still…."

Pan stood and turned her back to them both. "Didn't anyone ever give the two of you a chance on something?"

Trunks stormed around and glared down at her. He didn't want her fighting for more than one reason, but couldn't tell her that. "Look do you know what your dad and grandfather would do to us if we let you fight and you get hurt? They would kill us!"

"I am stronger than you think Trunks!" Then with frustrated tears building in her eyes she narrowed her eyes. "Is this because I don't have as much Saiyan blood as you do?"

Blinking his eyes went wide. Of all the things going through his mind, the amount of Saiyan blood that she has in her was not one of them! Trunks reaches out and grabs her shoulders giving her a little shake as his own eyes narrowed. "Are you serious? It has nothing to do with how much Saiyan blood have or what your gender is!"

"Then what is it Trunks? Why does everyone always treat me like I can't do anything!?"

Goten sighs as he pulls Pan away from Trunks and turns her to face him with his goofy grin he always had with her. "Look Pan it isn't like any of that. We know you are strong. We know you can hold your own in a fight. Your father is the strongest of everyone, my dad and Trunks' dad included. There is no doubt that you are strong. But you are forgetting about one person that doesn't care how strong you are."

"Grandma."

"Exactly."

Jerking away from him Pan stomped over to Goten's seat and hit the call button. Not even flinching when it was her grandmother's face she saw on the screen. "Grandma….."

Chichi let tears fall from her eyes as she looked at Pan. "Thank God you are alright! What were you thinking? You don't need to be out there doing all of that you need to be here at home where it is safe and not in the middle of…"

"GRANDMA!"

Hearing her grand-daughters outburst Chichi gasped and went wide eyed when she noticed that Pan was glaring like she was upset about something. "Pan?"

Crossing her arms Pan glared at the screen. "Grandma get over yourself. I love you and all but I am not a little girl anymore. I am strong enough that I can take care of myself. Did you really think that I was just going to sit back and not do anything at all!? And do you really think that I am going to listen to these two and stay on the ship and not get into the middle of it?"

"But you….."

"Will do anything and everything that I have to do to try and save my dad and grandpa. I know you love me and only want to keep me safe but I am not a little girl anymore."

"But Pan you could get killed out there!?"

"Do you really have that little of faith in me Grandma? After all Papa and Grandpa trained me and no one is stronger than they are right? Besides. I am over eighteen now and you can't tell me what to do anymore."

"Chichi let me talk to her. Go outside."

Chichi turned with watery eyes and looked up at Bulma. "But she is…."

Taking Chichi by the hand Bulma lead her out of the room. "Right."

Videl sat down and gave her daughter a stern look. "I don't care how old you get. I ever hear of you disrespecting your grandmother like that again and you are going to be in hot water. Do I make myself clear young lady?"

"Yes."

Opening her eyes Videl relaxed but fixed her daughter with a worried look. "I know your grandma is over protective of you. Just like she was with your father. But when she had your Papa, she didn't know if her and Goku were going to have anymore kids and only wanted the best for him. Just like she isn't sure if she will have another grand-daughter. Or any other grandkids the way Goten acts."

Goten jumps over and leans in front of his niece. "I heard that."

Kicking him in the leg Pan made him move out of the way. "I get that. But what you don't get Mama is that you do the same thing with me. And I didn't mean to make you worry about me. I know you and Papa never had anymore kids after me even though you tried. But you do the same thing she does and you and Papa both don't want to let me live life to the fullest."

"That is not true."

"Would you have said "Yes Pan you can go help save Papa." To me if I asked you?"

Her eyes went wide as Videl saw the seriousness of her daughter's eyes. She did have a point in what she said. If she would have said she wanted to go Videl would have tried everything she could to make her stay there. She wouldn't have wanted to let her go at all. She cast defeated eyes down as she sighed. "I didn't realize that we were doing it."

"It isn't just you Mama. Papa, Grandma, Grandpa Satan, Uncle Goten, Trunks. Everyone wants to keep me safe, but that is also stopping me from living life the way I want. The only one who seems to understand how I feel and lets me when I am with him is Grandpa Goku."

With a smile Videl laughed as she gave a nod. "Well then. Just make sure that you come home with Papa and Grandpa Goku. Make sure that Trunks and Goten come back too. Grandma is going crazy over you and Goten, and Bulma isn't doing that good either."

"Will do Mama." Then she reached up and turned the monitor off and gave a gaping Trunks and Goten a smug smirk as she crossed her arms. "I AM going to help so just get use to it."