Chapter 35: Paralyzed emotionally and physically

Goku opened his eyes and looked up to pans body; she was now awake and smiling down at him. He smiled up at her and pushed the drain button. She was still weak so Goku had to carry her to the surgical table and get a towel for her. Before he could let her go to get a towel, pan pulled goku into a suffocating hug while crying into his shoulder. Goku just smiled and returned the hug with a few kisses to her forehead and cheek.

"Thank you grandpa!" She said through tears into his shoulder

"Don't thank me panny, we should be the ones to thank you!" He said with a smile as he squeezed her harder.

"Panny, it takes a true warrior to protect those they love, and it takes a tougher warrior to face an enemy they fear, I'm so proud of you!" He said speaking into her hair.

She pulled away from him and looked up into her grandfather's eyes. He smiled down at her at he wiped the tears that covered her face. She leaned into his hand and smiled down at her.

"Thank you grandpa! I won't let anyone hurt my family!" She said happily as she stood up from the table, immediately falling down. Goku caught her before she could hit the ground.

She immediately grabbed on to her head and chest, they hurt so bad. Goku placed her back down on the table and grabbed a blanket to cover her naked body.

"Panny, are you ok?" He asked concerned trying to help her

"Yah, it's just that I had a sharp pain go through my head and chest all at the same time!" She said through her teeth

"Should I go and get Trunks?" He asked confused

"I need to speak with all the men!" She said still holding her head from the pain.

"Alright, I'll be right back!" he said as he placed 2 fingers to his forehead and used instant transmission to go to the GR.

Trunks, Vegeta, Gohan, Goten, and Boxer were all in the GR training and sparing with each other, while Tien, Yamcha and Piccolo were outside the GR doing their own style of training. Goku phased right in front of trunks, trunks jumped out of his skin and threw a punch towards him. Goku quickly avoided it and broke out laughing.

"Kakkarot, what is the meaning of interrupting our training?" Vegeta growled out of breath

"Yah, goku aren't you supposed to be guarding pan?" Trunks said in a worried tone

"I ...came...here...to...let...that...shes...awake...and...wants...to...speak...to...!" Goku answered through his laughter

"Dad, why didn't you say so?" Gohan yelled as he ran out of the GR and towards the house. Everyone soon followed him, especially Tien, Yamcha, and Piccolo; they didn't plan to miss all the action again. They ran into the medical wing, Pan still laid still on the surgical table wrapped in a blanket. Trunks and Boxer ran to her side to hold her hands.

"Pan, I was so worried about you!" Trunks said leaning down to kiss her

"Mom, I'm glad you're ok!" Boxer said squeezing her hand

"Well for the best part I'm ok, but my head is killing me and my chest where I got shot, I have a feeling that he did something to me?" She said softly

"Are you still in pain? And what do you mean he did something to you?" Trunks asked a little concerned

"I'm so weak I cannot even stand up and I even took a sensu bean and I still haven't been able to stand up. Every now and then I get a sharp pain through my head and my chest where he shot me!" Pan answered holding her head.

"Dad, what do we do?" Trunks turned to his father for advice.

"Woman, when will the zanzites be here?" Vegeta asked as he stood closer to her

"The end of this week" She said softly as she closed her eyes

"Son, we should let her rest until then, we don't want to force her to stand up or over-exert herself and hurt the other brat!" Vegeta said taking a seat. Trunks just nodded in agreement to his father.

"Panny, can you tell us what happen upstairs this morning?" Gohan asked his daughter calmly. She kept her eyes shut but nodded

"When I got out of the shower this morning, it felt like there was someone in my room watching me, I couldn't see anyone but I could sense it. At first I ignored it but then I felt it again. So I asked who was there and then I felt a breeze shoot up my legs and I heard someone calling my name. Once I heard that voice, I knew who it was and it was like I went paralyzed, I couldn't move anymore, so I fell into the corner. He told me he knew who I was and that he wanted to take me home. I told him no. That's when he shot the blast at me, and told me he had his ways of making me do what he says. That's when I screamed, then he began to disappear but before he gone he said,

'I will see you at the end of the week and then you will be mine!'" Trunks looked down at his wife's body, and noticed how much it was trembling and the tears that now flowed down her cheeks. He bent over and scooped her into a hug.

"Pan, I won't let anyone take you away from me, you are mine and no one else's to claim!" He whispered in her ear as he kissed her temple. Pan nodded into his chest, but she knew deep inside that it would be her to save them. Gohan left the room and ran upstairs, returning with bulma next to him.

"Bulma?" Pan asked confused

"Panny, I told her how you were feeling and she wanted to do some tests on you?" He asked hesitantly as bulma walked over to the side of the table

"Panny, how are you feeling?" Bulma asked

"Physically I'm ok, but everytime I try to get off this table I get a sharp pain shoots through my chest where he shot me, and even if I stand up I feel paralyzed!" She said while pointing to her chest and legs. Trunks held her hand to reassure her.

"Ok, I wanna do some tests on you then, maybe I can find what's wrong?" She asked Pan as she nodded in agreement.

"If its bulma then she can find what's wrong!" Tien answered from the wall

"Ok I need some help from the men to carry her to the other table for an x-ray?" she said looking up to the men.

"No! I'll do it!" Trunks stepped forward scooping her up into his arms.

"Trunks why did you do that?" She whispered to him as they walked into another room

"Because if you haven't noticed yet, you're not wearing anything except for this towel, and I'm not letting anyone touch you like that, even if they are family!" Trunks whispered back to her with a smirk. She blushed a little, only now noticing that she was naked, but she smiled back at Trunks and leaned into his chest. Bulma instructed trunks to place her onto this white cushioned table, she placed a pair of goggles on pans eyes and told everyone to leave the room. Bulma flipped a switch, in the room there was a white flash, then everyone went back in. Bulma left the room to get the x-rays as Boxer and trunks held pans hands. They were hoping everything would be ok.

"This is really interesting?" Bulma mumbled as she stared at the x-ray in her hands.

"What's wrong bulma?" Yamcha asked

"Is there something wrong with her?" Piccolo asked concerned

Bulma nodded and placed the x-ray up to the light so everyone in the room could see it. In her chest was a weird anomaly that was clinked to one of Pans blood vessels and one connected to an artery? Bulma explained that whatever it was it was cutting off the circulation to her legs and from her heart when she stood up.

"How is that even possible? She was totally fine before the Zanz guy showed up?" Trunks panicked

"I don't know, the only one that would know that would be him!" She said in a whisper.

"Well we can't just walk up to him and ask what he did and how we can get rid of it!" Trunks said sarcastically

"Brat, what about the other woman that works for him?" Vegeta said interrupting everyone's thoughts.

"Teal? Yah! Grandfathers right, she would know what to do and how to get rid of it, but...we would have to tell her about mom?" Boxer said looking down to his mother.

"I think it's time to tell her son, if she is out to kill, everyone in this room with protect your mother!" trunks said as he placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder. Pan nodded.

"Before you call her boxer, I wanna see what happens when Pan stands up, if that's ok?" Bulma said turning her attention towards Pan. Pan nodded as she secured the towel around her as she sat up. Goku noticed the dilemma and used instant transmission to go to her bedroom and grab that red dress she had in her hands when they found her.

He came back and tossed it to Trunks. Pan smiled to her grandfather and pulled it over her head, tossing the blanket to the side. Pan swung her legs around to the edge of the bed and began to slide off. Trunks and Boxer were at her sides in case she fell and Gohan was standing in front of her to catch her. Pan took one deep breath and got to her feet. Instantly she felt the pain return, she clung to Trunks arms as she held onto her chest, the pain was intense. Boxer grabbed on to his mother as he watched her fall to the ground. Trunks pulled her into his arms and placed her on the bed.

"Well I see what you mean panny? Are you having any trouble breathing?" Bulma asked concerned

"Yes, actually!" Pan said gasping. Bulma nodded as she wrote something's down.

"I know what's wrong with pan!" Bulma said seriously

"What's wrong with her bulma?" Tien asked concerned

"Whatever the king did to her, I'm sure he purposely did it to keep her from fighting him, he knew if she couldn't fight then defeating you and taking her would be that much easier. It seems that he has placed something like a virus in her that attacks the nerves that are responsible for her legs and the blood vessel that is responsible for keeping her heart pumping. Whenever she stands up, its attacks the nerves and blood vessels causing pain in her heart and her legs to go paralyzed." Bulma said calmly. Everyone just stared at pan in shock.

"How is it possible for someone to do that?" Piccolo spat out in anger

"I have no idea, but this Zanz fella is one powerful guy to be able to do that!" goku said seriously and then he remembers what he and pan were talking about when she was unconscious. That's what she was scared of, but what other powers did he have that she saw.

"Hey panny, that reminds me, when we were talking earlier, you said you were scared to come back, is that why you were?" he asked as everyone's eyes shot opened and stared at pan.

"Panny, you were scared to come back to us, why?" trunks said bending down to her level

"I saw something's, and sensed something's from him that I was terrified of, he has more power than anyone I ever fought and it scared me when I saw his past after he shot me. He killed so many people looking for aurora. They were also strong people but he killed them with ease, like he was fighting a bunch of kids. I couldn't live with myself if I came back scared and let something happen to one of you because of that." She said breaking down into tears. Trunks pulled her into a hug again.

"Panny, you will be fine, if anyone can defeat this guy, it will be you and we will be there to help you through it!" Trunks whispered into her ear. Goku came to pans back and placed his hand on her shoulder. She looked up from trunks chest and turned towards her grandfather. Goku was the only one in her family that she was ever really close to he was her best friend, besides trunks, but with goku she could tell him everything and he would never judge her. She pulled out of Trunks arms and leaned over into Goku's arms. She continued to cry into Goku's chest as everyone stared at her worried. They knew how much she has been through, saving the planet and them numerous times.

They expected that it would take its toll on her someday and it seemed like it has caught up to her. Pan knew she had to be strong for her families' sake and for the sake of her unborn child. Then it finally registered in her mind, if she gave up her daughter would never have a chance at life, and she wasn't gonna let that happen. She pushed her fear to the back of her head and wiped her tears away.

"I'm gonna fight king Zanz, I'm not afraid anymore!" She growled, wiping the tears from her face

"Panny are you alright?" Gohan asked concerned at her sudden change of mood.

"Yah papa, I'm alright, I just realized that if I gave up my daughter wouldn't get a shot at life and that would be my fault!" She said calmly as she looked down to her stomach.

Trunks smiled at her and held her hand in his, bringing it up to his mouth and kissed it gently. Pan had a plan of her own.