Chapter 2
Trunks shrugged off his suit jacket, placing it behind his desk chair before looking up at the girl hovering nervously at his doorway. His secretary bustled in, holding a stack of folders and juggling a cup of coffee.
" Give me the data on the 2nd division please."
His secretary gave him a curt nod, setting down the folders and the coffee managing to set it down without any spillage.
" Um...send that girl in."
Not quite knowing how to address the young woman standing in the doorway he looked down at the pile of folders in front of him, picking up his cup and took a sip.
" Mr President. This is Pan Satan."
His secretary placed a file on his desk before gently pushing the nervous girl into the large office and closing the heavy wooden double doors.
" Satan?"
Trunk's eyes widened at the name of Satan. He almost spilt the horrible black coffee that he drank to stay alert. Coughing, he tried to cover up his surprise and set his cup down, gesturing for her to sit down.
" You want any coffee?" Trunks asked Pan.
" No thank you."
The girl sat rather stiffly in the comfortable chair, looking down at the floor. He had seen that posture before...when he was in school, being sent to the principal's office.
" Don't worry. I'm not going to yell at you or anything."
" Phew."
"But I do wonder how you got on the roof."
Trunks flipped open the profile in front of him, comparing the rectangular picture in the file compared to the real live person. He quickly scanned her profile.
" Its about your work experience placement."
" Is it off?" the girl asked anxiously.
" No. Just that the department you had originally assigned to has been abolished and we haven't found a department anywhere that can take you-"
A knock interrupted them.
" Come in."
Bura walked in carrying a briefcase and wearing a well cut business jacket, a pink shirt and a matching grey skirt. With her glasses and attire, he had to admit that his sister had managed to look professional.
" Bura? Is that you?"
Bura walked over, dragging her hand through her straight blue hair and walked over to the desk and peered at Pan. She took of her glasses and her eyes widened with realisation.
" Pan! Oh my gosh!"
The two girls hugged each other leaving a very disorientated Trunks sitting behind the desk.
" I suppose you two know each other?"
" I met Pan in the France course."
" Oh well I'm pleased you know each other since she's your assistant Bura."
" She's my assistant?"
" yeh. I have no other department to put her in. Since your research group is short on people...well"
" Ok. This will be great!"
Bura began to grin like an idiot, as Pan looked a bit sceptical.
" Erm what exactly will I be doing?"
Bura looked a bit confused and clicked her fingers.
" We'll be working on a project."
" Actually you will be assisting Bura in her department...possibly making you a vice while Bura is off on a business trip that she will be on pending how well you do."
" I am?" Bura asked.
" But I thought that workers here got seniority...I mean--"
" Usually yes. But since Bura is heading the new department and the employees haven't been finalised you get the seniority because you start right now."
Trunks got up out of his chair and extended his hand. Pan stood up as well hand shook the large hand.
" Nice to meet you. Now if you excuse me..."
" Same here...um bye."
Pan followed Bura out of the lavish office and towards the elevator.
" So Bura...what exactly are we gonna do?"
" ...Revising the older models of the capsule and incorporating the good points of them into the newest model I'm designing."
" Great."
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Pan scanned the design in front of her, marred by pencil marks and little notes. Bura had left her with the rest of the research work to complete at the old Capsule Corp building outside town. The worst thing was, it was supposed to be her day off.
" I don't know how I'm ever going to finish this. I swear..."
Suddenly a loud boom hit her ears. The building shook slightly before stopping.
" What was that??"
Suddenly a cry for help sounded as she hurried out, grabbing her coat while she was running. A girl lay in the record rooms underneath piles of books and bookcases. Quickly acting, she pulled it off her.
" Thanks..."
" You hurt anywhere?"
" No...I think I can walk. Thanks so much...ARGH!!!"
Pan turned and saw a green thing fly by the window.
" What in the world was that?"
The girl was halfway down the hall when she had finished her question. Quickly looking around, making sure no one could see, she jumped out the window. The lower half of her coat flapped about in the wind as she flew in the direction of where she'd seen the green thing head to.
" It's heading towards the city. This is really bad."
Suddenly her senses felt a strong feeling. She didn't know what to call it but it was just really strong. Suddenly she could feel a whole group of different feelings. Quickly she made her own lower and dropped to the ground, waiting for the owners of the feeling fly by.
" He's sure got a strong Ki."
Pan looked up and saw a group of people fly by, each with spiky black hair.
" So that's what they call it. Ki. I know mom told me not to reveal myself but maybe...just maybe I can find out more about my kind."
Keeping her ki very low, she sped along the sidewalks towards the city.
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" You think Trunks is already out there?" Goten asked.
" I think he is. He should be...it's in the Capsule Corp. building area."
Gohan flew steadily on until he felt something following behind them.
" Hey Gohan where are you going?"
Gohan looked at his father as he flew down to the ground.
" I think there's someone down here. I'm going to check."
" Alright. But hurry up"
Gohan nodded and landed on the ground. He scanned the area, trying to sense any ki.
Pan flattened herself against the wall, trying to stop from tensing up and keeping her ki as low as possible.
"Don't let him find me. Don't let him find me."
She held her breath as the man walked past. In her mind, she frantically tried to search for some other ki so she could teleport.
There had been awhile then, a few years back when she kept have the same dream...of the same creature. When she woke up, she couldn't really remember the events in the dream...and one day she woke up with the ability to turn 'blond' as her mother called it, and to teleport. She had kept teleporting to herself, thinking that her mother would have told her about it if she had known. She had wanted to be a normal little kid, just like everyone else.
She could sense this man's powerful ki...and somehow it seemed so familiar. Much like her own. Suddenly she saw a girl huddled in a crumpling building. Quickly she put her fingers to her head and she vanished into thin air.
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Gohan could feel the ki very nearby. He couldn't hear anything but suddenly it was gone. Shrugging, he quickly took off again. As he flew towards the battle he wondered how the ki could have simply disappeared. Even if the person who belonged to the ki killed him or herself, he would have at least heard a thud of something. Suddenly a large explosion shook him from his thoughts. The waves of strong familiar ki hit him like a sonic wave as he got closer to the battle field. He had been training a lot for the past few years. Since...
"Gohan don't think about it now. You got a battle to fight."
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Pan let out her breath as she landed safely next to the ki she had found. It was a girl in her early teens, clawing desperately in an attempt to free herself. A huge wooden table and bookshelf among other things covered her, dislodged from their positions in the large impact which had made it seem like there had been an earthquake. The girls shoulders were pinned to the floor. Outside, Pan could see a battle raging. If they didn't get out of there soon, they'd both be dead.
" ...help...Help me please! I can't lift it."
" Alright...Calm down. Take a deep breath. I'm going to get this off you ok?"
Pan dusted off her head as she watched the plaster of the ceiling crumble. The building was threatening to collapse.
" Are you hurt?"
" I don't think so..."
" Good...now easy. Try to get yourself out as I lift ok? On the count of 3. 1. 2. 3"
Pan picked up the bookshelf slowly to make it seem heavy for her. Piece by piece, she removed the furniture off the girl until she was free. At that moment, the lighting fixture fell, shards of glass scattering all over the floor. Bits of plaster rained down on them as Pan grabbed the girl by the hand as she raced out towards the window.
" Quick we have to go." Pan said before preparing to jump out the window.
" But this is the 3rd storey! We can't jump from here!"
Pan dragged the girl out just as the roof collapsed. Quickly taking off into the sky, they landed safely on the adjacent sidewalk just as the entire building had collapsed.
" How in the-"
" I guess the force must have propelled us here. Well you hurry up and get out of here."
" What about you?"
" I'm...erm...gonna go find some other people who might need help."
" Oh I'll go with you!"
" No...Better me than both of us risk getting crushed."
" But we'll get more people between us."
Pan thought silently to herself as the girl looked at her with shining eyes.
" Ok. You look on the outskirts of town and I'll look around here ok?"
" Ok!"
The girl ran off as fast as she could. When Pan could no longer see her, she ran in the direction of the battle. She could already see some glowing figures in the sky involved in what seemed like a dangerous fight.
" Pan! What are you doing here?"
Pan stopped in her tracks as she saw Bura float down behind her.
FLOAT?!
Bura pointed up and Pan looked. A quite well built man was busily fighting a green thing with a long tail.
" C'mon, Let's get you out of here."
" Bura...how do you know how to fly?"
" ...um...Pan let's not talk about it now...we have to go."
" Bura didn't we tell you to get out of here!" a male voice screamed from above.
" In a minute Goten!" she yelled back, tugging on Pan's hand.
Pan stood silently refusing to budge. Why did she always have to be stopped every minute by someone?
" Bura look out!"
Pan could see Trunks floating in the sky yelling down at them. A ki ball was coming straight towards them.
Trunks shrugged off his suit jacket, placing it behind his desk chair before looking up at the girl hovering nervously at his doorway. His secretary bustled in, holding a stack of folders and juggling a cup of coffee.
" Give me the data on the 2nd division please."
His secretary gave him a curt nod, setting down the folders and the coffee managing to set it down without any spillage.
" Um...send that girl in."
Not quite knowing how to address the young woman standing in the doorway he looked down at the pile of folders in front of him, picking up his cup and took a sip.
" Mr President. This is Pan Satan."
His secretary placed a file on his desk before gently pushing the nervous girl into the large office and closing the heavy wooden double doors.
" Satan?"
Trunk's eyes widened at the name of Satan. He almost spilt the horrible black coffee that he drank to stay alert. Coughing, he tried to cover up his surprise and set his cup down, gesturing for her to sit down.
" You want any coffee?" Trunks asked Pan.
" No thank you."
The girl sat rather stiffly in the comfortable chair, looking down at the floor. He had seen that posture before...when he was in school, being sent to the principal's office.
" Don't worry. I'm not going to yell at you or anything."
" Phew."
"But I do wonder how you got on the roof."
Trunks flipped open the profile in front of him, comparing the rectangular picture in the file compared to the real live person. He quickly scanned her profile.
" Its about your work experience placement."
" Is it off?" the girl asked anxiously.
" No. Just that the department you had originally assigned to has been abolished and we haven't found a department anywhere that can take you-"
A knock interrupted them.
" Come in."
Bura walked in carrying a briefcase and wearing a well cut business jacket, a pink shirt and a matching grey skirt. With her glasses and attire, he had to admit that his sister had managed to look professional.
" Bura? Is that you?"
Bura walked over, dragging her hand through her straight blue hair and walked over to the desk and peered at Pan. She took of her glasses and her eyes widened with realisation.
" Pan! Oh my gosh!"
The two girls hugged each other leaving a very disorientated Trunks sitting behind the desk.
" I suppose you two know each other?"
" I met Pan in the France course."
" Oh well I'm pleased you know each other since she's your assistant Bura."
" She's my assistant?"
" yeh. I have no other department to put her in. Since your research group is short on people...well"
" Ok. This will be great!"
Bura began to grin like an idiot, as Pan looked a bit sceptical.
" Erm what exactly will I be doing?"
Bura looked a bit confused and clicked her fingers.
" We'll be working on a project."
" Actually you will be assisting Bura in her department...possibly making you a vice while Bura is off on a business trip that she will be on pending how well you do."
" I am?" Bura asked.
" But I thought that workers here got seniority...I mean--"
" Usually yes. But since Bura is heading the new department and the employees haven't been finalised you get the seniority because you start right now."
Trunks got up out of his chair and extended his hand. Pan stood up as well hand shook the large hand.
" Nice to meet you. Now if you excuse me..."
" Same here...um bye."
Pan followed Bura out of the lavish office and towards the elevator.
" So Bura...what exactly are we gonna do?"
" ...Revising the older models of the capsule and incorporating the good points of them into the newest model I'm designing."
" Great."
_______________
Pan scanned the design in front of her, marred by pencil marks and little notes. Bura had left her with the rest of the research work to complete at the old Capsule Corp building outside town. The worst thing was, it was supposed to be her day off.
" I don't know how I'm ever going to finish this. I swear..."
Suddenly a loud boom hit her ears. The building shook slightly before stopping.
" What was that??"
Suddenly a cry for help sounded as she hurried out, grabbing her coat while she was running. A girl lay in the record rooms underneath piles of books and bookcases. Quickly acting, she pulled it off her.
" Thanks..."
" You hurt anywhere?"
" No...I think I can walk. Thanks so much...ARGH!!!"
Pan turned and saw a green thing fly by the window.
" What in the world was that?"
The girl was halfway down the hall when she had finished her question. Quickly looking around, making sure no one could see, she jumped out the window. The lower half of her coat flapped about in the wind as she flew in the direction of where she'd seen the green thing head to.
" It's heading towards the city. This is really bad."
Suddenly her senses felt a strong feeling. She didn't know what to call it but it was just really strong. Suddenly she could feel a whole group of different feelings. Quickly she made her own lower and dropped to the ground, waiting for the owners of the feeling fly by.
" He's sure got a strong Ki."
Pan looked up and saw a group of people fly by, each with spiky black hair.
" So that's what they call it. Ki. I know mom told me not to reveal myself but maybe...just maybe I can find out more about my kind."
Keeping her ki very low, she sped along the sidewalks towards the city.
_________
" You think Trunks is already out there?" Goten asked.
" I think he is. He should be...it's in the Capsule Corp. building area."
Gohan flew steadily on until he felt something following behind them.
" Hey Gohan where are you going?"
Gohan looked at his father as he flew down to the ground.
" I think there's someone down here. I'm going to check."
" Alright. But hurry up"
Gohan nodded and landed on the ground. He scanned the area, trying to sense any ki.
Pan flattened herself against the wall, trying to stop from tensing up and keeping her ki as low as possible.
"Don't let him find me. Don't let him find me."
She held her breath as the man walked past. In her mind, she frantically tried to search for some other ki so she could teleport.
There had been awhile then, a few years back when she kept have the same dream...of the same creature. When she woke up, she couldn't really remember the events in the dream...and one day she woke up with the ability to turn 'blond' as her mother called it, and to teleport. She had kept teleporting to herself, thinking that her mother would have told her about it if she had known. She had wanted to be a normal little kid, just like everyone else.
She could sense this man's powerful ki...and somehow it seemed so familiar. Much like her own. Suddenly she saw a girl huddled in a crumpling building. Quickly she put her fingers to her head and she vanished into thin air.
________
Gohan could feel the ki very nearby. He couldn't hear anything but suddenly it was gone. Shrugging, he quickly took off again. As he flew towards the battle he wondered how the ki could have simply disappeared. Even if the person who belonged to the ki killed him or herself, he would have at least heard a thud of something. Suddenly a large explosion shook him from his thoughts. The waves of strong familiar ki hit him like a sonic wave as he got closer to the battle field. He had been training a lot for the past few years. Since...
"Gohan don't think about it now. You got a battle to fight."
__________
Pan let out her breath as she landed safely next to the ki she had found. It was a girl in her early teens, clawing desperately in an attempt to free herself. A huge wooden table and bookshelf among other things covered her, dislodged from their positions in the large impact which had made it seem like there had been an earthquake. The girls shoulders were pinned to the floor. Outside, Pan could see a battle raging. If they didn't get out of there soon, they'd both be dead.
" ...help...Help me please! I can't lift it."
" Alright...Calm down. Take a deep breath. I'm going to get this off you ok?"
Pan dusted off her head as she watched the plaster of the ceiling crumble. The building was threatening to collapse.
" Are you hurt?"
" I don't think so..."
" Good...now easy. Try to get yourself out as I lift ok? On the count of 3. 1. 2. 3"
Pan picked up the bookshelf slowly to make it seem heavy for her. Piece by piece, she removed the furniture off the girl until she was free. At that moment, the lighting fixture fell, shards of glass scattering all over the floor. Bits of plaster rained down on them as Pan grabbed the girl by the hand as she raced out towards the window.
" Quick we have to go." Pan said before preparing to jump out the window.
" But this is the 3rd storey! We can't jump from here!"
Pan dragged the girl out just as the roof collapsed. Quickly taking off into the sky, they landed safely on the adjacent sidewalk just as the entire building had collapsed.
" How in the-"
" I guess the force must have propelled us here. Well you hurry up and get out of here."
" What about you?"
" I'm...erm...gonna go find some other people who might need help."
" Oh I'll go with you!"
" No...Better me than both of us risk getting crushed."
" But we'll get more people between us."
Pan thought silently to herself as the girl looked at her with shining eyes.
" Ok. You look on the outskirts of town and I'll look around here ok?"
" Ok!"
The girl ran off as fast as she could. When Pan could no longer see her, she ran in the direction of the battle. She could already see some glowing figures in the sky involved in what seemed like a dangerous fight.
" Pan! What are you doing here?"
Pan stopped in her tracks as she saw Bura float down behind her.
FLOAT?!
Bura pointed up and Pan looked. A quite well built man was busily fighting a green thing with a long tail.
" C'mon, Let's get you out of here."
" Bura...how do you know how to fly?"
" ...um...Pan let's not talk about it now...we have to go."
" Bura didn't we tell you to get out of here!" a male voice screamed from above.
" In a minute Goten!" she yelled back, tugging on Pan's hand.
Pan stood silently refusing to budge. Why did she always have to be stopped every minute by someone?
" Bura look out!"
Pan could see Trunks floating in the sky yelling down at them. A ki ball was coming straight towards them.