Six months had passed by and everyone was getting ready for the wedding between Trunks and Iva. Bra was highly distraught over the fact that her only brother was actually going to marry this weakling. Pan tried her best to comfort her but to no avail. Bra didn't want to hear anything anyone had to say about the wedding. The day of the wedding had come and everyone was getting ready. Bra was in her room sitting next to Pan while they were getting their hair and makeup done. The maids left the room when they had finished and Bra sighed. She looked over at Pan and Pan looked at her with a small smile.
"It'll be okay, Bra. I promise. Hopefully this union won't last long," Pan said.
"I hope so."
"Come on. Let's go get ready. We are the bridesmaids."
They both got up and walked out of the room and ran into Trunks who was pacing back and forth. He stopped and looked at them with a worried smile.
"Are you okay," Pan asked.
"Yeah, just a little nervous," he said.
"You don't have to go through with this," Bra said quietly.
"Yeah, I do. Don't worry about it, Bra."
He walked off and Bra and Pan looked at him in confusion. They walked to a side door and opened it and saw Iva sitting at a vanity. She turned around and looked at them with a small smile. Pan and Bra smiled and sat in two chairs. Iva's parents walked in ten minutes later and looked at Iva with smiles.
"Where are Eiko and Toyo," Iva asked suddenly.
"I don't know my love," Noriko said.
"Well I want them here. Someone needs to go find them."
Noriko summoned a guard and he left to go find Eiko and Toyo. He came back ten minutes later saying he couldn't find them. Iva was livid but calmed down before her temper got the best of her.
"I'm sure they will be here. Just calm down," Noriko said.
A female servant walked in suddenly and everyone looked at her.
"It is time."
They all stood up and walked to the door that led to the throne room. The doors opened and Bra and Pan walked through first and everyone looked at them. Iva walked through the door with Kusunagi next to her and everyone smiled to themselves. She was so beautiful. She got to the altar and looked at Trunks with a huge grin on her face. The ceremony began and Bra was so upset that her brother was actually going through with this. The ceremony ended fifteen minutes later and the entire wedding party walked to the balcony to celebrate with the citizens of Vegeta-sei. When Iva and Trunks stepped out onto the balcony everyone cheered for them. Iva and Trunks waved to the kingdom and Bra and Pan just stared at each other in disgust. The wedding party made its way back into the throne room and went to the banquet hall for the reception. During the reception, Bra sulked the entire time and was still in shock that her brother had married this weakling woman. All of a sudden a loud explosion was heard and Vegeta stood up and looked at the door. Bulma looked up at him worriedly and stood up next to him.
"What was that," she asked.
"I don't know."
Another explosion was heard and everyone in the banquet hall looked around in fear. Something was definitely not right. Vegeta summoned the guards to go check and they ran off outside of the banquet hall. Trunks stood up and walked towards Vegeta and they stared at the door. Suddenly, the doors flew open and all of the guards were thrown back into the banquet hall. Everyone gasped and stood up in shock. The dust settled and when it did Eiko and Toyo were standing on the other side and Eiko was staring at them evilly. Iva stood up and looked in shock.
"Eiko, what are you doing?!"
Eiko pointed her finger at Iva and lifted her up into the air and Iva began to scream for help. Noriko and Kusunagi looked on in shock at what was happening.
"Eiko, I command that you stop this immediately! Put Iva down," Kusunagi said.
Eiko stared at him defiantly and threw Iva across the room and she hit the wall with a sickening thud. Eiko started walking towards everyone and everyone started running off in different directions. Bra grabbed Pan's hand and in the midst of the carnage she found a hidden doorway and they crawled into it.
"Oh my God! What is going on," Bra said.
"I don't know. I don't know," Pan said quietly.
"Come on."
They started crawling through the corridor and every so often they would hear screaming in the hallways. They stopped thirty minutes later and Bra listened in the room. She could hear her mother talking to her father. She sighed to herself when she realized they were safe. She pushed the trap door open and jumped up into the room and pulled Pan out.
"Oh my goodness. I was so worried about you two," Bulma said as she walked over to them and hugged them.
"We're okay mama. What's going on?"
"I don't know. I'm just as confused as you are."
"I want you to leave the palace," Vegeta said suddenly.
"What? I'm not going to leave you, Vegeta."
"Don't argue with me, woman! Just do it."
"No! I am your mate and I am going to stand by your side no matter what."
All of a sudden they heard Eiko and Toyo talking to each other in the hallway. Bulma looked at Vegeta and then she looked at Bra and Pan.
"Girls, get back in there."
"Mama no! I won't leave you," Bra whispered.
"Do it now, Bra. I promise you, everything will be okay."
"Mama…"
"Bra, do it now."
Pan grabbed Bra and they jumped back into the hidden corridor and Bulma closed the door as soon as Eiko and Toyo walked through the door. Vegeta and Bulma stared at them, not afraid of them and Bra and Pan listened intently.
"Well, well, well what do we have here? If it isn't the Queen and King of Vegeta-Sei. I must say, you two have a lovely planet. So lovely, in fact, I'd like to take over it and be ruler."
"That will never happen."
"We'll see about that. I am much stronger than you'll ever be."
Vegeta stepped in front of Bulma and stood his ground. Even if he wasn't strong enough he would not go down without a fight. His Saiyan pride refused to let him. Bra and Pan looked at each other and wondered what was going to happen. All of a sudden, they heard scuffling and screaming and then silence. They heard the door open and slam shut. Bra pushed the hidden panel and looked at the room in shock. It was in complete disarray. She heard Eiko suddenly and she closed the panel and held onto Pan. Neither one of them could believe this was happening. When it got quiet again, Bra looked at Pan and thought.
"We have to find Trunks. It's our only chance."
"Okay."
They began to crawl through the corridors and would stop and listen to see if they heard Trunks. Every so often they would hear screaming or cries for help. They stopped two hours later and looked at each other.
"It's hopeless, Pan. We're never going to find Trunks. He's probably been killed."
"Bra, don't say things like that. I'm sure he's okay. Maybe he got off the planet in time."
"I doubt that he would leave without putting up a fight," Bra said. "But I have no clue as to where he could be if he were here."
Pan thought to herself and then she gasped and Bra looked her with confusion.
"I think I know where he might be."
"Where?"
"The gardens. I don't think Eiko knows about those."
"Yeah. Come on."
They continued crawling and then they stopped and listened. When they knew it was safe, Bra pushed the trap door up and they crawled up. Bra helped Pan up and then they opened the door to the gardens. They walked in and saw Iva sitting on the ground, still in her wedding dress. Pan almost called her name but then they heard Eiko's voice from the hallway. They quietly walked past Iva and hid behind two huge trees. Eiko opened the door and looked around.
"There she is."
Eiko walked over to Iva and stared at her. Iva looked up at Eiko and backed away in fear.
"What do you want, Eiko," Iva asked.
"You know what I want. I told you that you owed me a favor after I got Trunks to fall in love with you. Now I'm coming to you for that favor."
"Why do you still need me when you have taken over Vegeta-sei? You have what you want apparently. I wasn't expecting you to do this. I trusted you, Eiko. I trusted you."
"Oh shut up you naïve child. You are so stupid. Are you really that ignorant to think that I was really trying to help you? I was helping myself. But I still need you to do something for me."
"What do you want, Eiko," Iva said quietly.
"The princess. I need you to find her and her friend. I haven't seen or heard them since I began to take over the palace. They were in the banquet hall but after that they disappeared."
Bra and Pan looked at each other in shock and continued to listen.
"What are you going to do with them," Iva said.
"That's none of your concern. Just do what I have asked you."
"No."
"What?!"
"I won't do it, Eiko. This is ridiculous. You have lost your mind and this won't last."
Eiko lifted Iva into the air and glared at her.
"You will do what I say, Iva. If not, I'll kill you."
"Kill me then. I don't care," Iva said defiantly.
Eiko growled to herself and put Iva down. She walked up to her suddenly and grabbed her by the neck.
"This little game you are playing isn't going to last. You will do as I say. Just wait and see."
Eiko let Iva go and pulled her by her hair out of the gardens and she slammed the door as she did.
"This is getting ridiculous, Pan. We have to find Trunks."
"I know. He's not in here though. Where else could he be hiding?"
"I don't know but we have to keep looking."
Pan nodded her head and they opened the trap door and jumped into the corridor and continued crawling and listening out for Trunks. All of a sudden, Bra stopped and looked at Pan. She pointed up and they listened. They could hear Trunks' voice and they both sighed in relief. They pushed the trap door open and climbed through. He looked at both of them in shock and then grabbed them both.
"Are you two okay?"
"We're fine. We've been looking for you all day," Bra said.
"I've been doing the same. Where are mom and dad?"
"I don't know. We found them and papa told us he wanted us to get off the planet and mama refused. And then Eiko showed up and I guess she dragged them off."
"Shit! Why didn't mom listen to dad?"
He looked over at Bra and Pan and sighed. He knew he had to protect them but what was he going to do? Suddenly it hit him and knew what he could do. He would have to send them to another planet and he knew there was a planet that they would be safe on.
"What are you thinking, Trunks," Bra asked.
"I'm sorry B-Chan I have to do this for your sake."
"What are you sorry for?"
"I need you and Pan to get off the planet."
"No, I'm not going. I don't know where mama and papa are and I don't want to risk losing you."
"And I don't want to risk losing you either, Bra. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to you. I have to protect you and for that to happen I need you to leave Vegeta-sei."
"Trunks…"
"Please Bra. Leave with Pan and be safe."
"What if something happens to you," Bra asked on the verge of tears.
"I'll be fine, Bra. I can take care of myself. Please just go." Bra sighed and looked at Trunks with hurt eyes. "If I could promise that you would be safe I would let you stay here but I can't promise that. This is in your best interest."
"My best interest is staying here and trying to protect my people, Trunks."
Trunks chuckled and realized how mature his sister was. She definitely got it from their mother but he knew he had to be stern with Bra or she would be in grave danger.
"You will go, Bra and there will be no more arguing."
"Bra, please listen to him. You will be fine," Pan said.
They heard a loud crash suddenly and all three looked at the door. Eiko was on the rampage again and they could hear her screaming out for Bra and Pan. Trunks looked at Bra with a sense of urgency and she nodded her head. They opened the secret panel and jumped down into the secret corridor. All three of them started crawling through it and they stopped fifteen minutes later and Trunks opened the panel. Trunks looked around and walked around the hangar. He stopped in front of a small spaceship and opened it up. Bra and Pan walked over to him and looked at him in fear.
"Bra, you remember Transita right?"
"Yes, but what does that have to do with where we're going?"
"I'm going to send you to her planet. You'll be safe there I'm sure of it."
"Okay."
Bra and Pan stepped into the ship and Trunks put in the coordinates.
"I love you Bra and you will see me again. Don't worry and I'll find mama and papa."
"I love you Trunks."
The door on the spaceship closed and the hangar ceiling opened up and the spaceship revved up its engines and took off into the sky. Bra looked out the tiny window of the spaceship and looked at Trunks who was walking away thinking to himself. He prayed that he would see his sister again and he also prayed that he would see Pan again. Even though he had faked the marriage to Iva, something in his heart was telling him that Pan was the Saiyan woman he wanted in his life. He made a promise to himself that he would get back to Pan.
