Only Time Will Tell

By: FayeValentine00

Faye_Valentine00@hotmail.com or ShoultiaComplex@aol.com

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3 words... Please forgive me. I love you guys *FAYE*

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I woke up to a soft beeping sound coming from the corner of the room. My eyes fluttered open and I immediately knew that I wasn't at home. The room looked like the inside of a hospital but that was impossible. I'd never been in the hospital.

Every slight movement I made sent pains shooting through my body. I looked towards the wall and saw Bra resting in Uncle Gotens arms. Then I saw Dad holding Mom and it looked like tears were rolling down her cheeks. Finally I saw Kyoko craddling Trunks' head. His eyes were shut tight and his face was ghost white. It looked like he hadn't slept in days.

The moment I laid eyes on him, I felt a quiver of pain between our bond and Trunks' eyes snapped open. Our eyes met immediately and he was at my side in a heartbeat. He softly ran his hand over my shoulder in a loving gesture but even that small pressure was like a knife cutting into me.

His eyes were welling with tears as he looked down at me and I could only imagine what I looked like. I knew I was hurt badly but I could barely remember anything except that I had been hit by a car and then run over and whoever had done it, had done so on purpose.

I wanted to ask about the baby but somehow I already knew. I just wanted Trunks to hold me but it was even too painful for that. We just looked at each other for a long time until I couldn't hold back my tears of pain and shock any longer. When I broke down, Trunks just laid down next to me and ever-so-softly ran his fingers through my hair.

Dad, Mom, Bra, Uncle Goten and Kyoko were all watching me and I knew it but the tears just kept coming. Every bone in my body felt broken and even though they hadn't told me yet, I knew I'd lost the baby. For the first time in my life I felt absolutly immobile and useless.

"Shhh... Panny, it will be okay. Everything will be okay." Trunks' slow soothing reassurances did nothing for the physical pain but slowly my shattered soul seemed to mend.

"Trunks, p-please tell me what happened." I forced myself to meet his eyes but I knew I looked desperate.

He opened his mouth to speak but the words seemed to catch in his throat. I watched as tears spilled from his eyes sliently and although it was excrusiatingly painful, I wiped the tears from his cheeks.

Thankfully Dad came over and sat on the other edge of the bed. He looked pale with worry but he gave Trunks a sympathetic look. "Would you like me to explain?"

Trunks very softly held me and nodded to my dad.

Dad leaned down and kissed my cheek before telling me the story. "You got hit by a car three days ago."

"Wait. I-I've been unconcious for three days?" I was shocked but it explained all the exhausted faces.

He simply nodded and continued. "The car crushed 6 ribs and broke both of your legs. It also snapped your collarbone, dislocated your L-2 disk and gave you an concusion." Dad sighed deeply and seemed to have trouble saying the next part. "Your doctor also told us that he had just found out that you were pregnant but the accident also caused a miscarriage."

I simply nodded my understanding but felt numb.

"Nobody knows who hit you but the witnesses say that it was a black sports car. The police have--"

"Dad, wait!" It hurt my chest terribly but panic hit me and my voice came out in a shriek. "D-did you say sports car? I mean... with a hatchback and tinted windows?"

He looked and me strangly but simply nodded yes. "Why?"

Tears suddenly poured down my face. "T-That stupid bitch..." I knew right then that Cammy had been the one to hit me but those three words were all I could say before Trunks leapt off the bed and went straight for the window. Dad used saiyan speed to beat Trunks to the window and stop him dead in his tracks.

"Gohan, get out of my way!" His voice was dead serious.

"No, you're not going." The two half-saiyan men stared at each other unbendingly.

"She tried to kill Pan!" Trunks tried to shove his way past Dad but it didn't work. Dad physically held Trunks back until he calmed down enough to quit fighting.

"Trunks! Listen to me. You're not going to get yourself thrown into jail for murder! Pan needs you here!" Dad was practically pleading for Trunks' understanding.

"Guys! Help!" All eyes turned to Uncle Goten's paniced voice. He was trying to hold Bra and Kyoko back from running out the door. Mom was trying to help hold them back too but she looked ready to kill as well if given half the chance.

Reluctantly Dad and Trunks moved away from the window and helped Goten settle my two best friends down. I felt extremely loved that everyone was so willing to go after Cammy for me but I really just wanted everyone to stay with me. I'd always felt indestructable when it came to my physical strength but now I just felt vulnerable.

"Everyone, stop." My voice was barely a whisper but they all stopped and turned to me. "No one leave... please. I-I don't want to be alone."

Trunks' face crumbled when he looked at me. Then to everyones shock, he spun around and put his fist through the wall before walking back over to the bed and kneeling down next to me.

"This is all my fault. I promised to protect you and I didn't. I'm so, so sorry."

I forced a smile and moved my hand over his. "It's not your fault. You can't always be there."

"But--" He started to talk but Dad came over and put his hand on Trunks' shoulder.

"Pan, please excuse us. I need to talk to Trunks. We'll be right back okay?"

I nodded and then watched as Dad and Trunks walked out the door. Moments later Bulma came in and rushed to my side.

"Thank Dende you're awake." She lightly put her hand to my face. "How do you feel?"

"I hurt."

We exchanged smiles and then she pulled something out of her purse. "Vegeta got this for you but you need to promise to stay put until the men come back. Deal?"

"I promise."

Bulma placed the senzu bean in my mouth and I slowly chewed it. Within 10 seconds I felt 95% better. Once I was showered, I was sure that I'd be as good as new.

I jumped from the bed and threw my arms around Bulmas neck. "Thank you so much."

Mom came up behind Bulma and was the second to hug me. "We were worried that you may not make it long enough to get the senzu bean. It was really touch and go for the first 2 days."

"I'm sorry that I worried you." I held my mother tightly.

Once mom stepped aside Uncle Goten, Bra and Kyoko all literally tackled me onto the bed.

"Thank Dende you're safe." Uncle Goten held me tightly.

"We love you." Bra grinned ear to ear.

"Don't ever do this to us again!" Kyoko still looked a bit shocked by the senzu bean but she was just happy to see me okay.

"Pan?" Trunks' voice came from the doorway and we all turned to see him, Vegeta and Dad smiling. Whatever Dad had said to Trunks must have really helped because his spirits seemed much better.

"I'm okay now." I flashed him a smile and held my arms out to him. He quickly crossed the room and wrapped me into a long, loving embrace. "I love you Trunks." Now the loss of the baby was really beginning to set in and I held onto Trunks like he was a lifeline.

"I love you too."

The room seemed very quiet as Trunks held me but I didn't care. The excitment of knowing that I was going to be a mother and then almost immediatly having it ripped away was enough to make a person go mad. The longer I sat there, my sadness seemed to melt away and the need for revenge filled my soul. Hurting me was one thing but harming my family was another and I had already considered that baby a part of my family. My anger was steadily rising and so was my ki.

From the tension in the room, it seemed that everyone seemed to notice the rise of my ki so Dad cleared his throat and waited until he had everyone attention. "Now that Pan is feeling better we all need to talk. We need to decide what to do about Cammy. We can't just go out and murder her so we need to make a plan."

Everyone began talking at once and I knew it was going to be a long night.

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NEXT CHAPTER - The plan

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