Title || Tears of a Warrior
Chapter 04 || A warrior's prayer
Written By || Sailor MarZ
E-mail || Shortcinderella@hotmail.com
Rated || PG -13
Editor || Dee


Trunks flew as fast as he could. He felt the atmosphere dying on him. He felt the air loosing its oxygen. It made it hard to breathe. He felt Pan's Ki…and it was unimaginable. He had never felt that sort of power before. Then her ki died. There wasn't any of it left. He started to panic. There wasn't even a bit left to sustain life. His heart slammed at his ribcage. He didn't know what happened and didn't have the faintest clue. She wouldn't need to raise her power though that level to beat Von. How did she even get to that level?? He was beyond the point of confusion.

He finally got to the sight and everything was destroyed. Von lay dead on the other end of the palace. The trees, the palace, everything was blown to bits. It looked like a war just happened. Smoke filtered its way out of the cracks of the ground. He searched around and saw her. She was lifeless on the ground. He ran to her and picked her up. She lay limped in his arms. "Pan…"He hopelessly, cried to her to wake up. The wind blew her hair away from her face damaged with battle scars. Her delicate arms were cut and blood continued dripping onto Trunks' clothing. The Planet was going to blow any minute. Trunks collected his thoughts and thought of home…Earth. In a flash they both disappeared.

Trunks basically knocked the door down to his house. "Mom!" he yelled for Bulma His heart still thumping and about to burst out of his chest. Bulma heard Trunks and immediately ran down the stairs from her laboratory.

"Trunks you're back!" she exclaimed happily. Her happy expression faded when she saw the badly wounded girl. "Oh dear, come with me" They walked down the corridor to the bio room. Trunks placed Pan on the doctor table. He grabbed bandages and wrapped her arms to keep them from bleeding. He tore her black pants up to the knee and bandaged the places where the veins were. His hands worked quick and fast just like the jumble of crazy thoughts running through his mind. Each of those thoughts terrorized him. "She's going to be okay" He forced his mind to believe. His mother came to the table without a word she injected something into Pan's left arm.

Bulma rushed back with her equipment [AN: Bulma is now a scientist/doctor…the world was in peril so she had to learn…okay cleared that up ^_^] She hooked Pan up to a monitor to check if there was any type of life form left in her. The monitor was silent…Trunks held his breath, stared intently at the monitor and quietly prayed to dende. The Monitor beeped faintly then stopped. Then beeped again. "Alright we might be able to save her" Bulma gave a sigh of relief for the both of them.

"Can't we just put her in the rejuv tank?" Trunks asked his mother.

"No we can't. Her veins have been badly damaged. We have to heal that problem first before we put her in there…In simple terms she might not wake up if we do that" Bulma explained. Bulma started her work. She told Trunks to leave the room so he would distract her. Bulma heard Trunks silently protested but he obediently walked out of the room and sat outside. "She'll be okay, she'll be okay, she'll be okay" His heart ached and hoped. Eternity seemed to pass when Bulma came back out, exhausted. Trunks looked up, his blue eyes screamed to her to tell him what was wrong yet no words formed.

"She is in very bad condition. I was able to make her stop bleeding. Her internal injuries are very awful, what exactly happened?" Bulma "I have never seen such bad injuries and still alive. But…her condition can twist at any moment. Her life energy is at the bottom, she is holding on my a thread and I am not sure how she survived."

"She is quarter sayjin" Trunks explained her survival.

"Oh" Bulma said confused. How could she be sayjin? All the sayjins but trunks were…dead on this Earth.

"She is Gohan's daughter…from the past. I am not sure why she was hurt so badly. When I came to the scene everything was destroyed and planet Availia is ruined. Prince Von turned out to be a creep…in this case a powerful creep" Trunks explained. He received confused looks from Bulma.

"Well, you should get something to eat" Bulma said as she dusted off her Son's jacket.

"No Mom its alright…can I go see her?" Trunks asked

Bulma smiled at her son "Sure"

Trunks opened the room door and quietly closed it behind him. He brushed his long hair behind his ears. His heart broke to pieces when he saw Pan. He sat down beside her bed. He slowly took her fragile hand into his. Her hands were rough from all the training. He didn't know what he was feeling. There was something in his heart that made him think about her all the time. He never felt this way before about anyone. Sure, he had the flings that ended up as mutual passionate one-nighters but he was so busy with training and saving the Earth that he had no time for love. But something made him worry for this girl, something that made his heart ache when she was in trouble. Nothing mattered to him so much besides his family. All he wanted at the moment was to see her eyes. But they remained closed. Fear struck him "What if I don't see your eyes again?" He suddenly had a wave of emotions over him. "What if I don't see your eyes again?" He whispered. "I need to see your eyes again…I need you to be there for me to protect. You have protected yourself all your life…I need you in my life. Please wake up…You can't just leave like this! Just a little hope dende…just a little help…I just found you…Just found you…" he whispered in despair. Pan hand still lay lifeless…ceasing any hope left for Trunks. "Please don't take her" he pleaded to anyone who was listening. "Please don't take her"

Bulma opened the door to the Bio Room…she saw Trunks fell asleep holding her hand. Suddenly she wished with her whole soul for the Gods not to take Pan away from Trunks. He was in love with her…just like Bulma being in love with a certain sayjin prince. "Please don't let his fate me like mine" Bulma's heart sank. She went outside and looked up at the stars. "I miss you" She whispered to the stars hoping Vegeta heard.