Hey there everyone! I'm trying very hard to finish off Sparks of Light, World of Darkness Saga 1 as well as Saiyjin: Now and Forever. This is chapter 13 of I believe shall be 15 (maybe a little more).

The disclaimer is I don't own DBZ so don't sue!

I do, however, own the poem that is in this story. The poem (which is the song that Pan sings) if called Baby Child.

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Sparks of Light, World of Darkness

By Katie

Saga 1 The Dark Ones

Chapter 13 Juuhachigou and Pan

Pan leaned her head against the wall of her cell. Her eyes were dry, yet in her mind she saw herself weeping. Never had she been so alone, never had she felt such a disappointing rage flow through her soul, her heart. She didn't quite know what was going to happen to her, but for some reason she knew, without a doubt in her mind, that it would be horrible.

Kakorotto was dead. She had sensed it. Call it a mother's intuition if you want. Her eyes had remained dry although inside she screamed.

She wanted to run, run like the devil was on her heals. But something held her in place. Something deep inside of herself told her she had to stay, something would present itself in time.

Pan leaned her head back against the wall of her cell. Silence. It was a usual and indescribable sound to be heard. There was nothing in the air, no fragrance, no life, not even a single draft against the food bowls and spoons, not a single draft hitting the food opening. Not the breath of a guard walking past the doors. Not a sound.

This would turn out to be the only relief for poor Pan. It ended up drawing her to the first sound she heard, the soft whimpers of a creature in the next cell over.

Pan crawled over to the wall where the sound emanated from. She leaned in, slowed and quieted her breathing and lifted a glass to the wall. It was a creature of some sort whimpering in its tears.

Soon Pan had no need for the glass. The crying grew louder and she recognized that crying from anywhere.

"Kakorotto…" she whispered into the wall. It was her Kakorotto. The baby she hadn't held, nor felt in her arms since her departure with Trunks. True she had had glimpses, but never held, felt, nor comforted her infant daughter.

At first she felt that her mind was delirious, hearing the whimpering of her daughter through the walls. Yet after a time she knew, it was she, as though Kakorotto were trying to contact her.

The next sound she heard was the scream of a passing by guars at Kakorotto trying to shut her up. He just continued to upset her more and kept her crying.

Pan needed to do something. The guard had stomped off to find someone to shut up the babe and Pan wouldn't have of it.

The only thing she knew to quiet her daughter as it had her and her mother before her, and her mother before her was a simple and sweet tune that had been passed through her mother's side of the family for generations. She cleared her voice and leaned as close to the wall and as close to her baby as she could estimate and began to sing in a clear, yet quieted voice, for she did not want the guards to hear.

"Do not cry

Yon baby child

Now is no time for tears

Now is the time for memories to sway

And strength be on our minds.

Do not lay your head down to rest

Yon baby child

Now is no time for dreams

Now is the time for action in our midst

And memories like thieves to steal away.

Do not beg for a song

Yon baby child

Now is not a time for lullabies

While the beautiful song may bring you peace

No peace lies in the words.

Do not think about the past

Yon baby child

Now is no time for remorse

Now is the time for the future to reign

And tomorrow to be sought for.

Do not worry

Yon baby child

Now is no time for worries

Now is the time for hope to come

And strength wash away our fears.

Do not sleep

Yon baby child

Now is no time for rest

Now is that time for action to be done

And plans to be outlined.

Do not cry

Yon baby child

Now is no time for tears

Now is the time for you to realize

You aren't a baby anymore."

Juuhachigou felt the tears of realization slice down her cheeks from the pools, which were her eyes. Never had she been so alone, not since the time when she was an android. She hadn't cried since she was just a little girl alone in the world with her brother alone. Her mother had died when she was young and her father, he had run out on them. She knew the feeling of being an orphan; she knew what it was like to have no one in the world. She always had Juunanagou, but Junnanagou was always distant, even to her.

That was why she had to survive through this ordeal. She didn't want her daughter her beautiful daughter, to live the life of an orphan. She was grown, yes in deed, but yet she knew that her daughter wouldn't be able to live alone.

Yet as she listened to the muffled sound of Pan's singing through the walls of the chambers she knew it all. Her daughter wasn't a child no she wasn't a child, not anymore.

Yet was anyone just a child anymore?

As Pan's song ended Juuhachigou leaned against the wall from which the sound came. She leaned closely and grabbed for a spoon that she had used from her last actual decent meal that was more than just a crust of bread and water. She tapped it gently against the wall, hard enough to make a sound, but not a very strong sound.

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Pan could hear a light tapping on the wall of her chamber. She leaned her head against the wall, checking if it was really a sound not her imagination. When the tapping came again she knew it was real.

She reached for anything, anything at all. Her hand rested upon a cup. She placed the cup against the wall and lightly tapped.

Next came a response.

Pan was taken by surprise. Someone was there, and that personal was trying to contact her.

"Who…who's there?" she said, trying to get her voice across.

"Juuhachigou," came the response.

"Juuhachigou?"

"Hai."

"I thought we had been taken to other parts of the ship."

"So did I. I guess this must be the prisoner wing. They had simply tried to trick us."

"Interesting. Is Marron anywhere near?"

"No, I already checked that side of my cell. What about you Pan, is she on your side?"

"No Kakorotto is."

"Strange…"

End of Chapter 13

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