Co-written by SuperSaiyan2Link.
These past few days, aside from resting, she had worked on cleaning up the inside of her unit, which had been a mess. With items once scattered about, her bed sheets wrinkled and threatening to slide off the mattress, now her things were neatly placed and her bed coverings made and having been washed.
Along with that, she cleaned herself up, her hair no longer unkempt, her skin without dirt and sweat she neglected to wash before, and her training attire having now been repaired and lied neatly folded. Pan had finally began wearing her pajamas at night instead of just sleeping in her gear, and instead of feeling nothing but soreness, she felt like herself again.
She sat, having a decent meal, but was interrupted by a knock on the door. Pan opened to find Taino had come to check up on her, and her instructor was glad to see Pan all the better from taking the time to let her body recover.
Taino joined her inside, the two discussing the next course of action. There would be only a few more days of training left, then one final session to test Pan to the fullest on everything covered.
These sessions went leagues better for Pan, with her no longer feeling like she was far behind her instructor. Taino saw the improvement as well, even as she began getting herself closer to Ginyu's power.
Then came the last day of training.
"Here it is, Pan. My final lesson: I'll fight about as on par with Ginyu as I can, and you will try to stay in it for a whole minute."
Both immediately took on stances.
"And... GO!"
Spheres of ki surrounded them as they collided, the energy around them bursting as their elbows clashed. They hopped backward, then came back with a barrage of punches.
In the midst of this barrage, Taino grabbed Pan by her wrist, then tossed her to the ground. Pan saw Taino fly back, almost appearing to slide backward on the floor, as her hands charged with purple ki.
"Galaxy Dynamite!"
Pan hopped high upward, avoiding the explosions and shaking of the ground that the consecutive blasts created. Taino then saw that Pan had fired off a purple wave right as she concluded her attack.
"That's the way, Pan."
Taino was struck back, but then hopped high above the grounds, pointing her finger down at Pan...
...who was also performing the same gesture. The two streams of orbs that fired from their respective Visionary Attacks collided, countering each other perfectly, but making it hard for Pan to see where Taino had gone. She relied on her senses and sure enough, Pan found her:
Taino floated right above Pan, her leg lifted straight up. Pan blocked the falling leg, but saw the floor fast approaching. She span to slow her descent down, then landed on her feet, seeing Taino already waiting on the ground with one leg off the ground.
Now Taino was on a kicking frenzy, Pan guarding and redirecting them with her hands until at last Taino's final kick left her wide open.
A ki-covered fist struck Taino's chestpiece, after which she slid and skipped into a wall.
"That'll buy me a few seconds, tops."
As much as Pan may had damaged Taino so far, she herself was already starting to tire.
"Has it been a minute yet?"
Pan saw a yellow blur fast approaching and hopped backward, avoiding a slam to the ground with two fists. Right as her feet touched down, Pan blocked a kick of such power that she was sliding backward on her two feet. Taino flew after her with punch after punch, Pan's guard still holding up, but each threatening to make Pan lose more and more control.
The last had Pan tumble, trying to stop her roll as she came closer to a wall herself. She fired one blast at the floor to get her off the ground, then another at the wall itself to stop her momentum and get her back in the other direction.
While Pan landed it, she was exhausted, about to crouch over. But then she saw Taino spreading her arms upward.
"Change now!"
The imaginary beam left Taino towards Pan's path...
...but missed by just a hair as Pan sidestepped it. Once she didn't see the line on the ground turn red or hear the same familiar beep she'd grown accustomed to hearing, Pan gave out a sigh of relief.
"Phew."
This was followed by a beeping alarm sound on Taino's gauntlet.
"That's a wrap," went her instructor, clapping her hands together. "Well done."
Pan went ahead and lied down, her arms behind her head as she began to relax. Taino walked up to her, then sat down with her legs crossed.
"I always believed you could do it, Pan."
"To be honest Taino, if it had been just a few more seconds..."
"But it wasn't."
She gave a friendly tap on Pan's arm.
"Give yourself some credit. You worked hard getting to this point and, as your instructor, I say that you have effectively passed."
Pan recalled all too well the downward spiral she was in the last few weeks, trying to push her body to the point she completely ignored how overworked and hurt it was. But seeing that after getting out of it, training better and with much-needed rest, she had succeeded.
"Thanks again, Taino."
Taino made her way to her knees, then began tugging on Pan's arm.
"Now come on. Let's celebrate."
The two sat at a small outdoor table, each with an ice cream cone in hand. As Pan enjoyed this treat, she couldn't help but find that the swirled shape of Taino's ice cream wasn't entirely different from the way Taino's hair looked.
"What?" went Taino.
"Oh, nothing."
The next day, Pan was out for a walk when Amura and Umiu joined her. The two congratulated her on her success, though Pan realized the last time she had seen them was at one of her lowest points.
"Listen... about how I acted after the exam..."
"You had a rough day, Pan," Amura interrupted.
"We know you didn't mean anything by it," added Umiu.
"No," went Pan, stopping in place to make her point. "I was in a bad place. A destructive one. I thought I had to tough it out, never take any breaks, or else I was weak. I'm out of it now, but I acted out when you tried to help me. And I'm sorry."
Neither of the two felt "Don't sweat it" was an appropriate response, so both instead put one arm around one of her shoulders.
"If you get into trouble, whatever it is, you can always talk to us."
"Amura and I will do what we can. Just let us know, okay Pan?"
With a nod, Pan's expression began to morph from mournful to cheerful.
"I will. Thanks."
Right as they began to continue on their walk, they saw Trunks running, then slid to a complete stop in front of her.
"Oh Pan, there you are!"
She took a guess as to what was the emergency.
"Is it time?"
After nodding to her...
"Yes."
Quickly donning her patroller attire, Pan sprinted into the library of the Time Nest.
This was the first time Pan had seen Chronoa since her last mission, where she had gotten dangerously pale and could barely move at all. Now the Supreme Kai of Time stood before her, the glowing scroll in her hands opened so she, Trunks, and Pan could all see what was set to transpire.
Age 762
Ginyu floated overhead facing Goku, neither appearing any worse for wear. Just then, a purple glow overcame both Ginyu and Jeice.
"Change...!"
Goku saw Ginyu stretching out his arms, but also saw Jeice forming his blade of ki and indicating his intention to strike Ginyu from behind.
"Ginyu, watch out! He's...!"
Even with Ginyu being an enemy, Goku tried to warn him of his comrade attempting to slew him.
"NOW!"
Immediately after Ginyu finished, Jeice stabbed him through the chest, then Goku saw a beam coming for him.
Just then, Goku was in Ginyu's body, looking at Ginyu in his own body...
...as well as felt himself gravely wounded by Jeice's attack on his own commanding officer, which Goku realized now was meant to wound Goku after the body change all along.
Ginyu then struck Goku in the stomach as Jeice lifted Goku upward, the blade still cutting and burning him from inside, then tossed him to the ground. The moment Goku made contact with the ground, both Ginyu and Jeice landed on top of his chest with their feet.
A massive puddle of purple blood emerged from behind Goku, who reeled from the crushing blow, but also felt faint from the amount of blood being lost so quickly from the wound. With the guarantee that Goku would not be able to recover, Ginyu and Jeice flew away at high speed to leave the former Saiyan bleeding to death.
"So... aside from my grandfather dying, what's the difference?"
"For one, Ginyu wouldn't allow Jeice to do what he did," answered Chronoa.
"What, the backstab?"
"Just the idea of Ginyu relying on Jeice's help to win. He wouldn't accept it because for all his villainy, he has a code of honor."
"Towa's whole mission so far..." began Trunks. "From Piccolo and Raditz to the Ginyu Force now, has been trying to alter the main timeline by making them all act differently... out of character. In ways they would never behave because it goes entirely against who they are."
"So what is Ginyu supposed to do, Trunks?" asked Pan.
"Ginyu's supposed to wound himself with his own hand. And after switching bodies with Goku, he and Jeice should have taken off immediately after the swap. Towa's determined to make sure they finish the job."
"The one upside to this..." Chronoa continued. "Is that your primary focus will be Jeice. If Ginyu acts out of turn, intervene by all means, but Jeice getting involved is our main concern."
As Pan took the scroll into her hand, she wasn't feeling overly confident, as even with her preparation over all this time, she knew the stakes of failure all too well. But having completed her training under Taino, she had a sense that she was not just up to the task, but was actually ready for it.
"All set, Pan?" Trunks asked.
She answered with a nod, then closed her eyes and hand, vanishing from the Time Nest onto Namek in the past.
Keeping herself hidden, her cape included since it was what got her caught last time, Pan watched as Ginyu and Jeice touched down in front of Goku, Gohan, Krillin, and Vegeta.
"That's him, Captain!" began Jeice, pointing to Pan's grandfather. "He's the one that brought down Recoome and Burter. Killed them too."
Vegeta couldn't help but chuckle, shaking his head at them.
"You give Kakarrot far too much credit. He couldn't even stomach killing them."
"What's this, then?" went Ginyu. "Do you admit responsibility for their deaths?"
"Admit responsibility?"
He cackled, then looked at his gloved hand, their blood metaphorically on it, in pride.
"I savor it."
In a trend Pan had gotten used to, Vegeta, after being nearly beaten by someone, wherein he actually showcased some fear at the difference in power and realization of the possibility of his own demise, went back to his old and arrogant self once the situation was averted and he had gotten away.
"Yeah... after Grandpa and I saved your sorry behind."
Pan realized Trunks could clearly hear her thoughts on his father on the comms.
"Sorry, Trunks."
"No, no, it's fine," he replied.
She looked back to Goku, turning over to his son and best friend behind him.
"Gohan. You and Krillin get going after the Dragon Balls. Vegeta and I will take care of this."
He then turned to his enemy-turned-temporary ally.
"I'll take Ginyu. Take the other one, Vegeta."
While hesitant to leave Goku alone with Vegeta, Krillin and Gohan flew away with Ginyu and Jeice making no efforts to stop them. Pan's grandfather took on a battle stance in Ginyu's direction while awaiting Vegeta to do the same for Jeice.
"Alright. Now let's do this."
A scoff from the Saiyan Prince.
"Oh, Kakarrot. I never agreed to help you."
Goku turned, seeing Vegeta zoom away in the opposite direction of the field of battle.
"That deserting...!"
A purple glow appeared over Ginyu.
"Jeice. Let's bring this Saiyan down together."
Jeice immediately noticed something off about Ginyu's mannerisms.
"Captain, that's not like you to..."
The same glow overtook him as well.
"Sure thing, Captain. Let's clean up this space trash."
Pan didn't have to be told what the issue was.
"Now's my cue."
As Goku took on a stance to account for both attacking him at once, he felt something on his left. Now he, Jeice, and Ginyu all saw Pan, with Ginyu being the only one of the three who hadn't encountered her prior.
"And just who are you supposed to be?" he asked her.
In a flash, Jeice recalled each moment of Pan's involvement.
"She was helpin' 'em too, Captain. Kept interferin' with our fights. Not a shred of honor."
Instead of appearing worried, he was self-assured.
"No matter, though. We almost killed her earlier. Her power went up a little bit after, but it made no difference."
He stepped forward towards her.
"Leave 'er to me, Captain."
It seemed odd that Jeice was now set on going against Ginyu's plan, but him recalling Pan being no match for the three of them had him convinced he alone could take care of her.
"Very well, Jeice. I expect you to be all wrapped up before I am. Understood?"
"You got it, Captain."
Pan turned to Goku, who didn't appear worried for her safety.
"You've changed again."
She saw him with a small smile on his face.
"Don't know how you do it, but I..."
Ginyu struck Goku's cheek with an elbow, rocketing him away from Pan and then flew after her grandfather.
"That Saiyan monkey's got no idea what he's in for," declared Jeice. "He may have beaten us, but now he's dealing with the captain."
He cracked his knuckles, waiting for Pan.
"And you ain't even gonna get to face 'im."
As much as Pan wanted to respond to him out loud, she instead responded with her stance.
"You have no idea. I've been training all this time to face your captain."
"Don't overdo it, Pan," advised Chronoa. "Jeice needs to be in one piece for a later event."
"Roger that."
While Goku and Ginyu battled in the skies above, Pan and Jeice remained on the ground as their fists and legs clashed with one another's.
"The patroller has improved considerably, Mira," Towa cautioned. "Perhaps we waited too long to..."
"I assure you, it will make no difference," answered Mira. "The plan will go accordingly regardless."
Jeice was swinging and kicking away with everything he had, but found he couldn't get through to Pan.
"Come on! Give me one little opening! Just one!"
Meanwhile, Pan was stopping all of this with only the minimum necessary and without even needing to use Kaio-Ken. As much as a part of her wanted to take pride in the fact she was now matching the likes of Jeice, Pan was quick to remind herself to focus.
"Do not get cocky! Not now! Not on mission!"
She then caught both his wrists, then before he could act, hopped toward him with a kick under his chest. He stumbled backward, then caught himself with one hand on the ground before he could fall to his knees.
"Okay, so you're a little better than I thought you were."
"Gh!"
Pan couldn't help but look upward after hearing her grandfather being struck back by a hit from Ginyu.
"But I've got a bigger fish to fry."
Jeice fired at the ground to try creating a distraction with the dust that resulted from it, then fast approached Goku...
...his ki blade drawn.
"Jeice shouldn't be...!" Trunks exclaimed.
Pan took aim with her Power Pole like an athlete with a javelin.
"Say no more."
Accounting for Jeice's speed, she tossed the Power Pole into his path, striking Jeice's wrist. He span uncontrollably, his blade completely missing his mark as he then saw Pan, whom had caught the Power Pole, swing it downward at him. While blocking it with his ki blade, he was sent downward, but managed to fire a blast at Goku, forcing him to swerve.
Ginyu took maximum advantage of this, flying into and catching Goku in his arms. Jeice was ecstatic to see the result of his efforts.
"He's all yers, Captain! Finish him off!"
"Don't worry," began Trunks. "All of this happening because of Jeice didn't sit well with Ginyu. He should let go of Goku momentarily."
Instead, Ginyu began tightening his grip, trying to crush Goku.
"Not how it looks from down here." responded Pan.
Even with the formula affecting him, getting him to try snapping Goku in two, Ginyu seemed puzzled for a moment, almost trying to fight back against it.
"Come on, Ginyu," Trunks spoke aloud. "Fight the formula. You know you're not yourself right now."
"What am I...?"
But after this comment, Ginyu's eyes turned red and he began squeezing Goku even tighter, this time, causing the Saiyan to cry out.
"It's not working! Ginyu's still trying to crush him!"
Even before Chronoa or Trunks advised her on it, Pan made her way behind Ginyu.
"I'm getting Grandpa out of there!"
While she had been holding back on Jeice since the start of their battle, she struck the back of Ginyu's head with a double axe handle with no intention of doing the same. The sheer force sent both Ginyu and Goku downward with the captain releasing her grandfather as a result of the impact. He then caught himself in midair, turned around, and flew towards Pan.
"You'll die for your interference!" he snarled.
She saw him aiming his hands for palm strikes and caught them with her own, the two trying to overpower the other.
"Just tell me when to back off and I'll..."
"Hey!"
Goku flew behind Ginyu and Ginyu could tell his Saiyan opponent wasn't in a proper fighting stance or attempting to strike him while his back was turned.
"Your buddy helped you just now, then she helped me," explained Goku. "Now we're even. Now let's get back to our match again... okay?"
After Ginyu's face seemed to wrestle with several conflicting thoughts at once, the purple glow around him dissipated.
"Very well."
He let go of Pan's hands, then looked downward at Jeice, pointing directly at him.
"You will not interfere any further or I will kill you, Jeice. Is that understood?!"
After a clearly audible gulp from how nervous he was at the prospect of being on the receiving end of his commanding officer's wrath, Jeice mumbled, then answered "Yes, Captain."
But then Ginyu turned over to Pan.
"And you, girl... you stay out of this. Wait your turn."
Pan hovered back, watching Goku and Ginyu getting ready to battle once more...
...when Jeice went for a high speed tackle, which she narrowly avoided before grabbing hold of both of his legs.
"Now to keep him from trying any more sneak attacks on my Grandpa..."
With a Dragonthrow, she span, then tossed Jeice downward. When he began to slow his descent, Pan pursued, keeping him preoccupied with defending against her punches.
"Now is as good a time as any to send in the asset."
"Beginning preparations now."
Pan and Jeice both found that since landing below, Goku and Ginyu had suddenly stopped their battle, conversing in midair.
"Good news, Pan," went Trunks. "That means we're almost finished here. Goku's about to show Ginyu his power."
Jeice, taking maximum advantage of the momentary stop to take a breather for himself, grew irritated once he noticed a small smile from Pan.
"Wipe that smirk off your face."
"I've got an idea of how to keep Jeice out of play."
Jeice couldn't hear a single word of Pan's discussion, but found her expression remained the same as before.
"Is she... actually having fun right now?"
He looked to his gloved hands, seeing them partially tattered just from trying to strike her while she didn't look any worse for wear.
"Has she been toying with me?!"
Losing patience with her, he stomped forward.
"Okay, now you're really getting on my nerves, girlie! What in the hell are you so damn smiley about?!"
Pan simply waited for confirmation for her plan.
"Go for it, Pan."
Goku smirked at Ginyu.
"Check your scouter."
"Check your scouter," Pan told Jeice.
Jeice murmured, "Cocky little bugger, ain't ya?" as he put a hand to his scouter. Then with a clear voice, he responded, "Fine, then. I'll play along."
As he waited for Pan's power level to be scanned...
"She's completely full of herself. She's good, but not..."
His eyes enlarged at the sight of the number given.
"How? How could you gain so much power in so little time?"
"I already have a good idea of your peak," began Ginyu, who prepared his scouter. "Not much higher than eighty thous..."
"Kaio-Ken!" Pan's grandfather shouted.
Ginyu's smile soon dissipated as he saw the numbers rocket upward.
"A hundred thousand! A hundred ten!"
Then a gasp from Ginyu so audible Jeice and Pan could hear it even from below.
"He'd never act that way! Not unless that monkey's power is over a hundred and twenty... there's no way! No one but Lord Frieza's stronger than the captain!"
"Kaio-Ken!" Pan shouted.
His eyes shot out even further.
"No, that's not... you... you witch!"
Now Jeice's fear had evolved further into straight paranoia and a complete loss in confidence in himself.
"It ain't natural! It ain't fair! She shouldn't be allowed to do this! It goes against the very laws of...!"
With a burst of air enhanced by her Kaio-Ken, Jeice was knocked back, his feet gliding against the water until he stopped himself. Not only was he in disbelief at Pan's power, but also at how his always-calm captain was reacting to Goku's.
"Your power...!" Ginyu screamed. "It's more than doubled!"
As he made his way back to land, he formed his Crusher Ball, aimed right for Goku.
"Bet yer too busy showin' off to the Captain to block this, huh?!"
He tossed it as hard as he could at the Saiyan, but then saw Pan had intercepted it, swinging the Power Pole two-handed at it.
Right as he stood on solid ground again, he saw his own projectile flying right back at him. He was frozen.
"Aww, shoot!" exclaimed Pan.
Not wanting Jeice's reflected attack to either seriously harm him or change the landscape around them, Pan fired at the Crusher Ball, detonating it before it could strike the reeling Jeice.
Left with his ears buzzing from how close the detonation was and struggling to see through the dust in its aftermath, he looked to his left, then to his right...
...to see Pan standing next to him, holding the Power Pole behind her neck casually.
"Gah!"
He hopped backward, losing his footing and nearly falling into the water, but catching himself with both hands.
"It's just like when that Saiyan showed up..."
He looked down, seeing his cowering reflection in the water to his right.
"Look at me! Quiverin'!"
Then as if remembering age-old wisdom from Captain Ginyu, he shouted "No, no! I'm Jeice of the mighty Ginyu Force!" to snap himself out of it.
Drawing his ki blade in his fury, he swung right at the Power Pole in an attempt to disarm her, seeming to ignore the discomfort of clashing with an object his blade couldn't slice through. Pan remained on defense, using the Power Pole to block and redirect the blade of ki or simply moved to avoid slashes from it.
With a swing to his shoulder, his right wrist was plunged underground, leaving him exposed for a jab. Just then, he caught it in his left hand, keeping it upward away from his head and shoulder. Pan saw the ground near her heat up and realized the ki blade was going to swing upward at her. After a swerve to avoid the first swing, she stepped back to avoid a swing at her neck. Jeice swung rapidly, keeping the Power Pole from interfering while Pan continued to hold onto her polearm while dodging in place.
"Go on, then! Let go of that toy! I dare ya!"
He saw an opening and went for a stab with his right hand, but Pan took hold of his wrist. The standstill turned on Pan beginning to drag his right arm downward, the blade now heading closer to the ground...
"You think you're clever, girl?"
She then pushed him further down, the tip of the blade now partially submerged into the water. Steam sprouted out from it and Jeice couldn't lift himself off the ground or turn his head in the position he was in. The steam got into his face, his eyes watering and his scouter fogged up.
"Sh... shi...!"
She pulled back her right arm, the Power Pole squeezing out of Jeice's left hand as she then jabbed it right into his stomach. He reeled, grasping the polearm with both hands.
"Lucky...!"
Pan looked out into the distance at a hill-esque mountain on another island.
"Power Pole Extend!"
It jabbed forward, Jeice being sent away and seeing the Power Pole grow in length even as Pan remained in the same stance and position from before. She watched him vanishing farther into the distance towards the hill, then, upon feeling the faintest sensation that it had struck something, had the polearm slowly return to its default size while making her way back to Goku and Ginyu's location.
"Won't let you backstab my grandpa any time soon."
"And now..."
"It is time."
As far as Pan saw, Ginyu hadn't rekindled his combat with Goku in her absence, with the two simply hovering overhead.
"You are stronger..."
Now Ginyu was laughing, perplexing Goku.
"So much stronger than I am."
"What's so funny?" her grandfather inquired.
He took off his scouter with his left hand.
"I like your body."
Goku seemed further baffled at what Ginyu was saying to him, but Pan, Trunks, and Chronoa all knew what was about to happen.
"You know the drill. Get to a safe distance until it's done."
"Will do."
As Pan hovered backward, keeping an eye on everything, she spotted purple overtaking Ginyu as he put his right hand over his chest.
*SHNK!*
Now Goku was completely dumbfounded upon seeing Ginyu pierce into his own chest with his bare hand.
"What are you doing to yourself?!"
Ginyu, his right palm covered in purple blood, coughed before tossing the scouter high up into the air.
Trunks and Chronoa looked over as Ginyu's self-injury took place.
"Alright, where should we pick Pan up?" asked Trunks, history seeming to be back on track.
"Hold on..." contested Pan. "With everything going on, this isn't a wrap, right?"
Chronoa, having considered everything since first glimpsing at the scroll and what had transpired so far, didn't think it was over either.
"She's right, Trunks." Chronoa added. "Towa will still have something in mind for after the body change, so Pan, just..."
A mental shout of panic from Pan's end.
"What is it, Pan?"
"I...! I can't move!"
She was frozen in the air instead of on the ground.
"...but how is this...?!"
Pan had seen Ginyu hold up the seven Namekian Dragon Balls without even touching them, but it didn't add up, seeing as how his full attention was on Goku. She recalled that after Ginyu left, someone held both her father and Krillin in midair, the two appearing as stuck as she was now. Then her mind jumped to the moment after when Vegeta, who was meant to kill this member of the Ginyu Force, was shocked to find no sign of him anywhere.
"Last time, Towa abducted him...!"
Just as this member's name popped up in her head...
...from the corner of her eye, a familiar short green-skinned figure stood below her on the ground, his hands up towards her.
"Guldo!"
For the briefest moment, she glimpsed something around his head, chrome-esque in color, obscuring his three eyes with green domes.
"Is that a... a mask?!"
But then she put her immediate attention to what was happening in front of her.
"Change...!"
Ginyu had spoken the first word of the technique.
"But why would Towa stop me here?! Unless...!"
From behind her...
"Turn your back on me, huh?!"
Jeice, overflowing with purple, was flying straight at her at high speed, one foot out, with Pan unable to do anything but turn her head.
The kick that resulted sent her straight towards the area between Goku and Ginyu. She could feel Guldo's telekinetic hold on her was no more and immediately tried to move out of the way.
"...NOW!"
Goku was shocked at the sight of the yellow-white beam leaving Ginyu's mouth towards him...
...but also heard a collision and turned in shock to see Pan flying right in front of him into the path of the beam.
Jeice, seeing what he did, put out his hands towards Ginyu.
"Captain, WAIT!"
But Ginyu couldn't stop the technique now. Even as Pan desperately swerved...
...it struck her and now she felt locked in place once again as she looked over at Ginyu, who was frozen in his pose. The impact wasn't like her body tanking blunt force or heat: rather, it was like as if something deep inside her was being tugged on. Not like an organ or another innard, but almost like what she could only think was her very soul.
Her vision soon became a complete fuzz as now she couldn't even feel her own body, as if her soul was now being rocketed away in a straight line towards its new destination.
From Chronoa's perspective, she saw what looked like projections of Pan and Ginyu emerging from their respected bodies.
"No..."
She dropped to her knees as the projections then switched places.
"No, no, no...!"
Trunks didn't see the projections, but he knew what had just resulted from this, falling to his knees as well.
"Oh God..."
Taino was not in the Time Nest to witness these events, but somehow, she felt a terrible feeling in her chest.
"What if... even after everything I taught her... everything she went through..."
Now Taino couldn't help but picture what she feared most occurring.
"What if Ginyu pulled it off?"