It came from the lab.
"Mom!?" screamed Trunks from the entrance.
"It's ok! Everything's ok!" Bulma shouted
She limped out, supported by Vegeta, who had already rushed to his wife's aide.
Pan and Trunks sat Bulma down while Vegeta went to get medical supplies.
"Damn it! I said I'm all right!" Bulma kept saying as Trunks examined her leg.
"Well, it's not broken…"
"That's what I've been trying to tell you!"
"So, what happened?" interjected Pan
Bulma looked exasperated.
"I'm not entirely sure. I was working on a machine and…."
She stopped speaking suddenly and had a blank look on her face. Her hands flew up to her head as if she were in pain.
"Bulma? What's wrong?" asked Pan.
"D-don't you hear that?"
She had a frightened look on her face.
"Why is it dark?"
Trunks looked at Pan.
"Stay with her, I'm going to find dad."
"Vegeta? Vegeta!?" wailed Bulma, panicking.
"Bulma, it's ok! Nothing's wrong!"
It wasn't helping. Bulma was scared at something that wasn't there.
Vegeta burst through the door
"You two! Out!"
Pan and Trunks ran out without any hesitation.
"Bulma, I'm here." whispered Vegeta
"I can't see anything. What's going on?"
"I don't know, but just stay calm. Nothing's going to hurt you while I'm here."
Bulma looked at him with sudden clarity.
"It's gone…."
'What the hell?' thought Vegeta, hugging his wife closely.
Pan and Trunks were waiting outside still, both extremely worried.
"It was like she wasn't mentally there. She was so scared." Pan said, then she went silent.
She looked around.
"What's up?" asked Trunks
"I just thought I heard something…."
'Must be nothing' she thought.
But there it was again.
"Ok, I swear I heard someone saying my name." Pan said
Then she couldn't stop hearing it. Everyone's voices were in her head.
She squeezed her eyes shut tightly and put her hand over her ears.
"Pan!"
Trunks caught her as she fell to her knees.
"They wont be quiet!" she yelled
She heard the voices of her parents, Goku, Trunks, everyone….
'Go outside and play'
"It's too dangerous for a little kid'
'You're just a kid'
"I am not!"
'Worthless'
'He'll never notice you!'
'You're all alone"
'Weak!'
"What the hell is going on?" yelled Trunks
"It's fear!" came his fathers voice from behind him.
"Whatever is going on is playing on peoples fear, there doesn't seem to be any real danger!"
"Listen, Pan! It all in your mind!" Vegeta shook her, but she just couldn't snap out of it.
Trunks took her by the shoulders…"Come on Pan, you can do it."
"All I can hear is are voices!" She cried, squeezing her eyes tighter
'You will never be accepted, never be loved!'
She repeated the things the voices were saying.
"Pan! Don't listen to them!"
"Everyone loves you, you bring cheer to all of us." Trunks rested his forehead on hers. "Your parents, my mom, Bulla, even dad! We all love you! I…I love you!"
It was like the world was silent. Pan's eyes snapped open to look at him. They were blue.
She exploded into a Super Saiyan, knocking back Trunks.
"Get…out….of…my….head!" She screamed