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Trunks stood where he blasted Bran's body. There wasn't anything left. Trunk's rage had still not left him. He wanted to bring the bastard back just so he could kill him again. He punched a tree knocking it down. How dare he touch Pan! He deserved to die slower than that. He heard her moan and could feel her ki slipping away. He powered down with the shock all the rage gone in an instant. He had taken too long with Bran. His heart thudded in his chest as he rushed over to her broken body.

~Catch me as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now
Speaking to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself
This truth drive me
Into madness
I know I can stop the pain
If I will it all away~

Trunks fell to his knees at the sight of her. It looked bad. He began to tremble. 'She looks so pale...Please oh Kami please no!' He thought as he picked her up. He wiped the blood from her mouth and nose. He traced the curve of her cheek then checked for a pulse. There was none. His hot tears began to fall on her face as he held her close rocking back and forth. "Pan honey...Please wake up....It's Trunks...Your boxer boy...Please you can wake up now....It's over he's gone...He won't hurt you ever again...I promise..." Knowing the truth but not wanting to believe he picked her up and flew to Capsule Corps. His mother had the best technology in the world. She will save her. He landed and ran inside cradling Pan's lifeless body. His mother rounded the corner. "Trunks how dare you leave that meet..." She stopped seeing Pan in his arms. "Oh Kami what happened?!" Trunks was looking at his mother in a daze. "She's just sleeping...But you can wake her up mom...I know you can...Please mommy..." Bulma had tears in her eyes at Trunks' words. She felt for a pulse and finding none. "How long has she not been breathing?" Trunks looked up still dazed. "She's been sleeping for about five minutes, but it's time for her to wake up....Wake her up momma....I know you can!" Trunks was near screaming. Bulma was crying too, as Vegeta walked in. He took in the scene and his jaw dropped in shock. "Wh-Where's her ki?" It was all he could manage. Bulma finally got control of herself. There was still hope. "Bring her to the med lab!" She said it forcefully, knocking Vegeta out of his stupor. They both followed her. They laid her on the examining table and Bulma started doing CPR. "Trunks! I need you to activate those three med bots." She said it gently, but he was still staring at Pan caressing her hair. "Now!" Trunks was still mumbling about how much she looked like an angel in her sleep. Vegeta activated the med bots. They went about their work right away. Two minutes later her pulse was back, but barely. She was on breathing machines, monitoring equipment, and there were tubes everywhere. Trunks just stared at Pan holding her hand. Begging her to stay with him. To wake up. That's when the other Z-team began to arrive.

~Don't turn away
(Don't give in to the pain)
Don't try to hide
(Though they're screaming your name)
Don't close your eyes
(God knows what lies behind them)
Don't turn out the light
(Never sleep never die)~

Pan felt herself slowly becoming aware. All there was, was hot searing pain. She tried to turn away. To get away from the pain, but she could hear everyone screaming at her. Begging her to wake up. She knew she had to fight it, but it hurt so bad. "Pan honey...Please don't leave me. Please wake up!" Trunks' voice. She couldn't leave him. She had to fight this. She fought for consciousness. She started to climb out of the black abyss. The pain. There was so much pain. She felt herself stopping, but Trunks' voice was soon joined by her parents. Then bra. Then Yamcha. Then Vegeta? Sure enough. "Hey brat you better wake up...you still haven't finished your training!" They were all calling for her. She could not stop. She was climbing faster and faster. Black turned to white and white slowly turned to colors. Bright vibrant colors, that hurt badly just to see. The colors slowly turned to shapes and the shapes gradually became more defined. She took a deep violent breath as her sight came back to her. It hurt so much, but she fought it with all her might. Opening one eye, the other was swollen shut, she saw everyone looking back at her so relieved. She saw their tears and could not help but cry herself. She tried to form words, but the respirator denied her this. She finally managed a slight smile and squeezed Trunks' hand. Then everything started to go black. 'No! Stop!' She fought as she was pulled back down into the abyss.

~I'm frightened by what I see
But somehow I know
That there's much more to come
Immobilized by my fear
And soon to be
Blinded by tears
I can stop the pain
If I will it all away~

There was a brief glimmer of hope as she opened her eyes. Trunks had let go of a breath he hadn't known he was holding. She didn't leave him. He was still holding onto her hand willing her to stay awake. He saw her smile and felt a light squeeze on his hand. Then he saw her drifting back as all the machines started to go off. "No! Pan. Stay awake! Please!" He didn't hear his mother telling him to move. That he was in the way. He didn't feel the med bots bumping into him. He just stood there frozen with realization and fear. He was roughly pulled away by Vegeta. He didn't put up to much of a fight as he was hauled out of the room completely and into an empty corridor. "She's gonna die....No...She's gonna die!" Vegeta slammed him into the wall and smacked him a couple of times. Trunks finally focused on his father. "She better not die you brat! Now tell me what happened." Trunks told him everything. Vegeta glared at him. "She is still weak from that virus and her saiyan healing is not kicking in as strong as it is supposed to. Dammit boy! If you had just completed the bond with her all of this could have been prevented. You could have shared your strength. She would have probably never gotten the virus. You would have been alerted sooner of her danger. Why did you not complete the bond? what stopped you?! You selfish brat! If she dies I will send you to the next dimension to join her!" Trunks stared numbly at his father. He had wanted to bond with her that first night. He knew that Pan had wanted to wait for marriage before they completed the bond. He had sensed it in one of the few thoughts he managed to catch with their forming bond. The ring was just finished a few days ago. He was going to ask tonight. Now he might never get the chance. He saw the tears in his fathers eyes. Tears that he knew his father wouldn't shed. He knew his father hadn't meant those painful words. Knew it was just his way of coping. Knew he had to put the blame on someone or something tangible. He took strength from that. He put a hand on his father's shoulder. "She will be okay. I will not let her die. I promise." With that he went back in the room. With new determination, he took back her hand and concentrated willing her to come back to them. Their bond may not be complete, but he had to try. No, he would not try he would succeed...

~Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear
She beckons me
Shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for
I rise to meet my end~

Pan felt herself being dragged down. She felt herself hit a ledge of a cliff. She looked next to her to see Nut. She was trying to drag her further down. In panic, Pan lashed out kicking her off the ledge. Pan looked down seeing Nut holding out a hand for her. She made many sweet promises. No more pain. No more fear. Paradise. Pan felt the ledge cracking as her heart was pulled towards those promises. She felt it give way and saw Nut fall screaming like a banshee. Then she felt herself start to fall and knew this would be the end. All of a sudden someone grabbed her. She looked up to find Trunks. She saw him smile as he pulled her further into his embrace. Then they started to rise. It was so fast. She could see the the white approaching and she clung to him tighter. Then she was back. She woke with another gasp. She found herself hugging Trunks in physical form. She held him as tight as she could in her weak state. 'He didn't let me fall....He didn't let me fall...' Was all she could think, as she cried into his shoulder.