I know. I know. Apologize for the time it is taking me to write out the ending of this story, but I will finish it. I just want you all to know that I won't leave it hanging incomplete forever ( I personal hate that in other story's!) Enjoy this chapter and I hope to have the next one up within a week! (Cross my sore fingers that I can.)

Anyway, read and enjoy!


C-31

Panic


Gohan was mesmerized by what he saw on the screen. The famous whip that had caused her so much pain was wrapped around her arm. He couldn't believe that she would allow it to even touch her and was even more surprised that she was allowing the fight to go on as long as it has. She should have finished him by now. What the hell was stopping her?

He could see the blood on her arm.

"I don't really want to see this. Why does their have to be TV camera's everywhere? I don't like seeing my family being killed on national TV all the time. OH... look at Goten! My baby!" She sat on the couch and shivered as she looked at the TV.

He never really thought about that.

She always got to watch the fights. She saw Goku die on more than one occasion, he was sure of it. He knew that she saw him get hurt more than one time. But they had to fight. They always had to fight. There was no way around it. They always had to save the world.

The camera panned onto Goten, Trunks and a now super Saiyian Vegeta who all looked as if they were ready to pounce upon the laughing Krad and the grinning white haired boy.

The thing that amazed him, was that Soyna didn't look like she was in that much pain despite the blood that was dripping from around the whip.

"Gohan!"

He turned to his mother who was clutching a pillow to her chest.

"Do something!"

Yeah. Right. Do something. What was he supposed to do? They all trained more than he did and were more prepared for this fight that he could ever be. He knew that he had the brute strength without the ability to transform as he once did, but he was also sure that they had more skill than he did. Most of his was lost into books and red markers.

What the hell could he do?

Goten was still able to transform and transform further than he ever did and he was able to fuse with Trunks. He didn't see why they would suddenly need him, when the better prepared of the fighters were all there.

But then, he couldn't sit and watch it on TV, now could he?

............

"We can't just leave," Legen protested from under Pan's arm. He couldn't pull himself out. She was way to strong for him, even though he could see that the wiggling was annoying the hell out of her.

"Your mother will be just fine. Don't you worry about her. We got to get you and your brother safe and something for your uncles eyes," Pan said looking back as Bra was dragging both Junior and Benot behind herself.

Legen could see how badly his eyes were hurting him. He wasn't to sure if all the tears were from the bright sunlight or for leaving Soyna behind to fight without him.

Legen knew that he wanted to go back. He knew that he should go back. It was his mother and how could he abandon her? He knew that he was only six years old but he also knew that he could not let anything happen to her.

He was his mother.

He knew that she wanted this fight. He knew that this fight was supposed to cleanse her the last one between her and Krad. He knew that it was supposed to make everything all better once she won. He wiggled some more in Pan's arms. But what if she lost. Who would carry on her fight. He had to be there. He didn't want to go over to see Uncle Raymond to make sure that he was okay. He was fine. Benot was the one that got beat up, not him. He was just fine and he didn't want to abandon his mother like they were forcing him too!

"But mom needs me!" he complained. He wanted to be there. She would not play if their lives were in danger. He knew that she like to taunt her opponents. He knew his mother all to well. She would get down to bushiness if he was there and it would all be over.

The big fight would all be over and then they could all go out for ice cream or burgers and mom could quit putting her guard up around Goten.

Damn it. Things were starting to look so good!

Stupid Krad had to ruin it!

He almost had a dad! He could see her crumbling around him. Slowly, but there was a part of her that would treat him different than if someone else did those things. He knew damn well, that Goten was infatuated with her. The kiss they saw them in, even though Benot totally ruined the moment, was the happiest moment of his life!

He wiggled some more and tried to get out of Pan's grip. He wanted it all over! Over and life to get back to where they left off.

"Quit squirming. This is for everyone's own good," Pan said.

What would she know? He thought angrily. She didn't know his mother like he did. He knew her nightmares. He knew her pain better than anyone! He knew that she had to win this and quickly or else things were going to go bad and he was not about to loose his mother!

"The strongest are there," she said. "Krad and his men don't stand a chance against your mother and Trunks."

Of course. Her thoughts were on Trunks. His grandfather-of-sorts. He looked at the worry on Pan's face. Why was she worried? Trunk's was so very strong, almost as strong as his mother. She didn't need to worry about him?

Mom would not let anything happen to him.

He knew that.

He knew her dreams better than anyone ever did and he knew that she would win and then everything would be good.

Of course, it would go much faster if he were there!

............

Goten lunged and felt that Trunks was right beside him.

Ligh stopped them both. "Let them finish. I will have my turn with you two!"

Goten looked at Trunks. There was no way that this boy could defeat them. They were both charged up pretty high and they both knew what they needed to do to make this quick and simple.

No point dragging on the fight.

............

Krad frowned.

She wasn't going down. She had raised her hand. He looked out of the corner of his eyes to see a very angry looking Vegeta standing ready to lunge.

This was not what he was expecting at all.

He pulled the whip tighter and saw that it did nothing and pulled it back to him. He could see that he got her and that it was definitely her blood that was drawn. Why wasn't she going down? He was sure that his whip was still poisoned! "You should be down!"

"I know," she said and removed her torn sleeve and let it drop to the floor. "But, then, I was poisoned once before and I do have an immunity to it now."

Poisoned once before? How?

She laughed at him.

He didn't care for that at all.

He thought he knew so much about them, but they were playing games with him, instead of him playing games with them! He felt his anger rise.

"I don't know you! How the hell can you know me?" He yelled at her.

"Time travel is a bitch, isn't it?" she laughed and ran a hand through her golden hair. She didn't seem to notice that blood was now streaking the light gold.

Time travel. These people had that capacity? That was an impossibility! His scientists said it was not possible. How? It still didn't explain much, but it was easier to digest now. It was how she could know him, and he not her.

"You won't win again. It is my turn to win and none of that charm of yours will work on me this time," she whispered. Her whole body seemed to shift again. She grew just a little bit bigger and her hair a little lighter, and ten times more beautiful. Her eyes seemed be glowing more. Was this another Saiyian transformation? How far could they go? In the time that he was watching them, no one went that far. He did not like the fact that he had totally underestimated these halfling Saiyians.

He had no advantage.

He had to get out of here quick.

He looked to his son, who turned out was rather busy with a fellow that he didn't see before, but he was aware that Goten and her father were no longer there. There was a new guy that he didn't know fighting his son.

............

The Fusion was disorienting. It wasn't like before. But then, before, they didn't have any secrets between each other and were pretty much living the same lives.

Goten found out with a shock that Pan was pregnant and they were scared as hell to tell Gohan.

Trunks found out how deep his feelings were for Soyna (he thought there was something there but he didn't know about the time they spent in bed) and the secret hiding spot that he always found her in.

Goten was a little repulsed with the though of how (they) got Pan pregnant. He did not want to ever know that much detail

Trunks was more than a little repulsed of the thought of how (they) felt about his daughter.

It was a struggle to push those emotions back and push the thought of defeating Ligh in front of them.

A quick mantra entered their minds and they were able to focus their eyes on what they had to do to get rid of these pests. Get rid of the people that were trying to take over the world and then universe.

Ligh. They had to get through him, before they could get to Krad who had hurt his daughter/woman. Trunks almost shuttered at the thought of Goten and Soyna together. He didn't know if he liked the idea but he had other things to worry about at the moment.

They had to get this fight over with quickly. The thoughts at the back of their mind were maddening and it was a struggle to look calm as they attacked Ligh and he was able to block their first couple of blows.

They grabbed his arm and felt a slight crunch.

Ligh gave out a scream.

They let him go.

Some sort of metal band crumbled off his arm.

............

"My booster!" Ligh said and suddenly looked very frightened. He was looking to his father who was sandwiched between a golden haired Soyna and a tense looking Vegeta.

Krad's eyes were momentarily diverted to his son and the small pile of mechanical wires that lay now on the dust covered ground. He gave a little nod.

Ligh still looked rather upset, but put his chin down in determination and looked at the mixed Saiyian in front of him. He didn't know how they did it. He had never heard anything like it, but it sure as hell made them a lot stronger than before.

He looked to his father again. His father looked like he was planning something yet, but he wasn't too sure what it was.

He turned back and Goten and Trunks were no longer 'together'. It shocked him as he took a few steps back. They both looked a little dazed and he decided to use it to his advantage.

He pulled the slim blade from under his belt and lunged at the closest half Saiyian. All he had to do was give him a scratch. Just a little nick and they would have the advantage again. The purple haired one was within his grasp.

.........

Trunks had to clear his eyes. He never remembered the separation being so difficult either. The separation was almost painful, just as they were getting used to being together and then ripped apart. He was just thankful that they weren't fused longer, it could have killed them.

They needed to practice that, if it was so painful, for next time.

He didn't see Ligh coming at him right away and when he did, he really didn't think he was that much of a threat without that booster thing on his arm. The boy was not strong enough to even give him a bruise.

He saw the dagger a little too late for his own good.

............

Gohan was so relieved to see his daughter that he rushed up to her and nearly crushed her and Legen.

"We have to go back and save mom!" Legen protested trying to get out of Pan's grasp, but she wasn't letting go. "Mom will end it quicker if we are there!"

He looked over at an exhausted looking Junior who was rubbing his eyes. He had them squinted shut and the looked swollen and red. He knew it was the poison acting on them. He didn't have his glasses.

Benot snorted. "Mom doesn't need us there!" he yelled at his brother. "She can whip all their butts! Hey look, there on TV. We can watch from here without getting in the way."

Gohan frowned at the boy. He looked a little worse for wear. He didn't know what happened to him, but he sure didn't look like he wanted to go back into that situation.

Bra helped Junior to a chair. "I'm going to call Raymond," she said and jumped to the phone.

Junior just lowered his head and allowed his black hair to fall in front of his face. "I wasn't supposed to fail her this time," he whispered. More to himself than anyone else. Gohan sighed and turned to the TV where both the boys and Pan were now staring at it intently.

Pan still had a firm hold on Legen so that he wouldn't squirm away.

The fight had drastically changed.

He saw the fused form of Trunks and Goten split apart and was surprised to seem them look so disoriented. He didn't have the pleasure of ever experiencing that, but he did not remember ever seeing them look so... so confused.

He heard Pan gasp. "What are they doing?"

Legen squirmed and looked as if he was trying to push back his tears. "We have to go back and help mommy," Legen moaned. "She can't do it without us!" Pan was ignoring him and was starting intently at the screen.

The camera shifted again. The announcer kept going in a low hushed voice that seemed racked with concern. He chose not to really pay attention to the announcer. Since when did he really know what was going on? They never did.

"Your mother is strong," Chi Chi said and pulled Legen into her lap from Pan. Legen didn't seem to mind and his look of tension and the look of bolting left him. "She will do what she has to do to make sure that you will be safe."

Legen no longer seemed to be able to hold back the tears. He allowed himself to bury his face into the shirt of Chi Chi and cried. "That is what I am afraid of!"

Gohan turned back to the screen. He missed something.

Trunk's was bleeding. He had his hand over his cheek. That white haired boy lay crumpled under the hands of Goten at the moment, but Trunks was standing their holding his hand over his right cheek with a dazed look on his face. Goten now held a dagger that looked like it had a rather nasty looking edge.

The boy took advantage of their disorientation!

Krad was laughing but he couldn't make out what he was saying.

............

"I don't plan on loosing this time either," Krad said simply as he watched the look of horror cross the mighty Soyna's face as she watched the blood trickled through her would be father's fingers.

He heard the roar of Vegeta behind him, but he was ready for that! He could hear the voices in his ear piece telling him that they were coming for them. His shuttle craft.

He had his whip out again. It wouldn't be so easy to dodge when he was coming right at him. He knew one things about Saiyians. They had two weaknesses. They were way to proud for their own good and two, once they had an attachment, rage was the best state to get them in for they no longer thought straight. He was counting on that here and it seemed to be working. He knew the moment would be brief. It always was, but a moment was a moment.

Vegeta looked as if he had transformed to the same level that Soyna was at. His hair a little lighter than before and he had no hair on his eyebrows that made the prince of a dead race look, well, he thought at least, silly.

He cracked the whip.

He could hear the roar of his shuttle craft. It was time to clean this up, go back to his comfortable ship. Have a nice bath and destroy the planet so that he would never be bothered by such pesky creatures again.

He could hear the pained cry come from Trunks as he fell to his knees. That other baffoon standing there as he threw the poisoned knife into a nearby wall. And tried to help Trunks keep to his feet. The blood was just a slight trickle but it was dark. He saw the glaze appear on his eyes.

He was very glad to see that the poison was still effective on some people.

He concentrated on Vegeta. He cracked the whip again and missed. He saw that cocky smile on his face. Of course, Vegeta didn't know about the little button that he seldom used on the end of his whip that split the tightly wound leather into about 20 wildly flailing poisoned tips.

.............

Gohan held his daughter tightly to his chest as she weeped and mumbled stuff that he could barely understand.

Junior, even though the could not see the TV seemed to know what happened too. Benot had crawled into his arms and was holding his uncles hand firmly.

Legen looked as if he was going to burst into a new set of tears.

This was not how it was supposed to happen! He felt his chest tighten. He felt his hands going though his daughters hair and he felt his mind go blank as he listened to the heightened whisper of the announcer saying that the spiky haired short guy was on his knees and everyone else seemed to stunned to move.

His only thought that came to him, when he saw the camera do a close up on Soyna and seeing that pained look on her face was, they were not supposed to loose. They never loose. But then, Goku wasn't here, now was he?

............


... well, that is the chapter. It took me forever to get it down.
The next chapter, Last Resort, should come a little quicker... I hope. One finger typing is brutal!!!

Soyna