Meg - LIGHTEN UP ON THE CLIFFHANGERS! You don't want to kill our
readers, do you?!
HAHA As if I (of all people) should talk. It was MY fault it was a cliffhanger! I'm
so sorry everyone! ::dodges random things being thrown at her:: Throw things
at my COUSIN! She had my disk for god knows how long! In fact, she STILL
has it so I had to write this chapter ALL OVER AGAIN. Aaaaargh I miss my disk.
He had no time to answer because they had hit the ground. The red lights
stopped flashing and the computer screen shattered. They could have felt the
whole ship begin to fall apart if the 4 of them weren't all unconscious.
The ship lay in ruins on a deserted planet not too far from Earth. Inside were 4
Saiyans, strapped into pilot seats that were ripped from their places. Pan and
Trunks chairs flipped over but they were still holding hands while Goten and Bra
flew farther back and broke out of their chairs from the force of impact.
Meanwhile, back on Earth...
Goku was sparring with Gohan and Piccolo when suddenly he felt something
horrible. He let out a frightened cry as he landed away from his sparring
partners and stood looking at the sky.
"What's wrong?," Gohan asked worriedly.
Goku didn't answer. Instead he stared toward the sky and remained silent.
"It has something to do with the kids doesn't it? Dad TELL me!," Gohan
shouted, getting more worried by the minute. He couldn't concentrate enough to
sense all the way out into space, but as a father he could tell that something was
wrong with his only daughter. "WHAT DID HE DO TO HER?!"
Goku whipped his head around to face Gohan. He then clenched his teeth and
growled under his breath. Gohan was being selfish. Very selfish. He didn't
want to share his daughter's love and affection with anybody... even the very
person she was eternally bonded to. Goku grabbed Gohan by his collar and
stared him in the eyes rather coldly. The look sent chills down his spine. Goku
growled again and in a blur the two were gone.
They reappeared in front of a very shocked-looking Vegeta. His eyes were
staring straight ahead, but not at Goku and Gohan. His mind was elsewhere, he
saw right through them. He had felt something was wrong with his children
almost immediately, and he grasped around the corners of his brain to figure out
just what it was, but found he could not. He soon snapped out of his trance and
his ki flared.
"I bet your dimwit son fucked up the controls Kakarrot!," he roared as he shoved
him aside and walked to the nearest field as he stared up at the sky, trying to
sense something - ANYTHING - that could reassure him that his heirs were
okay. Gohan's power shot up as he tried to follow Vegeta, but Goku stopped
him and shook his head.
"Forget it," Goku said, "That is his way, let him be. Everyone has GOT to calm
down so I can try to sense their power. If I can get enough of a reading I can
teleport there....," he trailed off and was silent for a few moments as he looked
toward the sky. "Kami its so low," he breathed uneasily as he felt his throat
tighten.
"Father," Gohan said gently after some silence, "What happened?" Goku only
shrugged slightly and shook his head in response as he struggled to clear his
mind of all the horrible thoughts of what *could* have happened. He tried to
concentrate. It just wasn't working. Vegeta walked over after a few minutes, still
holding his usual scowl and arrogance.
"Well?," he asked roughly, "Kakarot WHERE are they?! I demand to know!"
Goku looked at the floor and shook his head. "I can't sense them, Vegeta. I'm
trying."
"Try harder!"
"Vegeta I'm warning you..." Gohan began.
"Would you stop it?," Bulma cut in. She was able to pick up what was going on
by tapping into her mate's swirling thoughts. Needless to say she felt like
vomiting. But she supported herself by clinging to Vegeta's unmoving arm and
taking deep breaths. She spoke quickly as she tried to sort out her thoughts, "I
am out of ideas. I can't communicate with them if there is nothing to receive the
transmission... the indicators in the lab say that the ship is either out of signal
range or it has crashed... and there's no way it can be out of signal range in just
a few days. It takes... I don't know, probably YEARS to travel out of
range....and...."
"So it crashed..." Gohan finished in disbelief.
"Oh and can you count too?," Vegeta shot at him bitterly.
"Vegeta hush," Bulma said quietly. "This isn't a good time."
Gohan tuned everyone out and stared at the floor. His wife came up to him and
he held her in his arms as she sobbed... all he could do was stare blankly as he
rubbed her back and wiped her tears away. For once, even his father had no
control over what was going on.
BACK IN SPACE....
The ship lay in ruins on a deserted planet not too far from Earth. Inside were 4
Saiyans, strapped into pilot seats that were ripped from their places. Pan and
Trunks chairs flipped over but they were still holding hands while Goten and Bra
flew farther back and broke out of their chairs from the force of impact.
Goten was the first one to come back to consciousness. After realizing where he
was and what had happened, he scrambled over to Bra, who was just a few feet
away. He ignored the shooting pain throughout his body as he made his way
over. Her body looked limp, and it seemed as if she lost a lot of blood. She
looked... dead. Goten swallowed hard and picked her up, looking and listening
for any signs of life. He finally heard a moan and saw her eyes flutter open
slowly, painfully. He touched her face and she smiled weakly at him.
"Bra," he said, his voice raspy from his own pain, "do you think you'll be okay?"
"Yeah..." she said slowly as she struggled to move her aching body, "I should be
fine. What about you, Goten? Are you hurt?"
"I'll be fine, Bra... but where are Trunks and Pan?"
Bra's eyes flickered with panic as she looked around the planet that they were
on. Suddenly she gasped.
"Did you find them?," Goten asked, turning to look where she was looking. His
jaw dropped. "The ship!," he exclaimed, "it's..."
"Space-shit," said a low voice behind them. They turned around to see a
struggling, wounded Trunks with Pan in his arms. She was beginning to stir, it
looked like she would be waking up soon. Both looked like hell because of their
injuries, but they were Saiyans afterall... they would make it.
"Are you two okay?," Bra asked as she leapt up to examine Pan. Soon enough
though, Pan stirred and began to wake up.
"Pan?," Trunks asked, a bit panicked, "Are you okay? Umm, what's my name?
Do you remember?"
"Jeez Trunks," Pan said, her voice shaking with pain and weakness although
she smiled and tried to keep it steady, "calm your ass down. I'll be fine... I am
my father's child you know."
"SHIT!," Trunks exclaimed suddenly, nearly dropping Pan. Everyone looked at
him with horror, wondering what the newest problem could be.
"You know Trunks," Goten started, straining to sound calm and smart through his
pain, "I don't think anything else can really be worse then the current situation.
As you can already see, we are *STRANDED* on some deserted planet. We
are not in the best of *HEALTH* right now. And to top it all off, we have no way
of getting the hell *OUT OF HERE* because of... well, would ya look at all that
'space shit'. Whooo weeeeee... it can't get any worse. So let's all calm down
and-"
"We have no ki shield Goten," Trunks stated.
"So?," Goten asked as he wiped away some blood which continued to trickle
down his arm.
"Goten honey," Bra said sweetly, "I kind of wanted to grow old with you." Goten
smiled and began to pull Bra close, but she pushed him away and took his face
in her hands and brought it in front of hers. "That's not going to happen if my
father finds out where we are.... get it?"
Goten's face suddenly fell. "Shit."
"Uh huh."
"Oh Dende...."
"Yup."
"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!?!"
"We're going to calm down," Pan said. "If you calm down, you can sense them
on earth. Their ki is normal right now... which means they aren't pissed - at least
not now, anyway. And I doubt they can sense us, because we took a beating in
that crash, our ki is pretty damn low."
"You're right," Trunks said, "now let's go see what's left of the ship."
After careful inspection, the four found that the engines, which were located on
the bottom of the ship, had been severely damaged in the crash. The back-up
generators were still working though, and provided limited power to the rest of
the ship. The rooms were okay, though they were filled with smoke and they
were a mess. Trunks, Goten, Pan, and Bra stared at the mess and wondered
where they would go from here.
Meanwhile, back on Earth....
Chichi, Bulma, and Videl had finally calmed down enough to sleep. Everyone
had gathered in the living room at Capsule Corp. The room was dark except for
a dying fire in the fireplace. Bulma slept in Vegeta's arms, meanwhile he was
awake and just stared at the fire, in deep thought. Videl slept with her head on
Gohan's lap, he was also awake, and trying to sleep, but the 'what-if's' kept
clouding his thoughts making sleep extremely difficult. Chichi was curled up
against Goku, who stared out the window at the starry sky. He noticed
something after about an hour of staring - he could sense their powers. All four
of them. They were together, and they were fine. He could barely contain his
excitement, and was about to tell Vegeta and Gohan when he stopped himself.
He knew that they would want to go up there and bring their children home and
separate them again. He bit his lip and stared back at the sky.
"Dad?," Gohan asked, "were you going to say something?"
"Uh, no," Goku lied, "I just... umm I thought of something... it wasn't important."
"Oh," Gohan said as he stroked his wife's hair. "Sure?"
Goku smiled fakely and nodded at his son. He turned his gaze back up towards
the sky. 'Panny,' he thought, 'I don't know how much longer this can go on.' He
wondered if maybe he should teleport up there... or would Vegeta and Gohan
find out and make things even worse for everyone? Goku sighed and fell into a
light, troubled sleep, as did Vegeta and Gohan eventually.
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What will happen in the next chapter?
I don't know, I only write the odd numbered chapters. Ask Meg.
Thanks for stalking me Hanita-chan! It motivated me to write the chapter instead
of wait for my cousin to give me my damn disk back... grr.
Thanks for reading and reviewing everyone - as of right now, we have 207 reviews!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
readers, do you?!
HAHA As if I (of all people) should talk. It was MY fault it was a cliffhanger! I'm
so sorry everyone! ::dodges random things being thrown at her:: Throw things
at my COUSIN! She had my disk for god knows how long! In fact, she STILL
has it so I had to write this chapter ALL OVER AGAIN. Aaaaargh I miss my disk.
He had no time to answer because they had hit the ground. The red lights
stopped flashing and the computer screen shattered. They could have felt the
whole ship begin to fall apart if the 4 of them weren't all unconscious.
The ship lay in ruins on a deserted planet not too far from Earth. Inside were 4
Saiyans, strapped into pilot seats that were ripped from their places. Pan and
Trunks chairs flipped over but they were still holding hands while Goten and Bra
flew farther back and broke out of their chairs from the force of impact.
Meanwhile, back on Earth...
Goku was sparring with Gohan and Piccolo when suddenly he felt something
horrible. He let out a frightened cry as he landed away from his sparring
partners and stood looking at the sky.
"What's wrong?," Gohan asked worriedly.
Goku didn't answer. Instead he stared toward the sky and remained silent.
"It has something to do with the kids doesn't it? Dad TELL me!," Gohan
shouted, getting more worried by the minute. He couldn't concentrate enough to
sense all the way out into space, but as a father he could tell that something was
wrong with his only daughter. "WHAT DID HE DO TO HER?!"
Goku whipped his head around to face Gohan. He then clenched his teeth and
growled under his breath. Gohan was being selfish. Very selfish. He didn't
want to share his daughter's love and affection with anybody... even the very
person she was eternally bonded to. Goku grabbed Gohan by his collar and
stared him in the eyes rather coldly. The look sent chills down his spine. Goku
growled again and in a blur the two were gone.
They reappeared in front of a very shocked-looking Vegeta. His eyes were
staring straight ahead, but not at Goku and Gohan. His mind was elsewhere, he
saw right through them. He had felt something was wrong with his children
almost immediately, and he grasped around the corners of his brain to figure out
just what it was, but found he could not. He soon snapped out of his trance and
his ki flared.
"I bet your dimwit son fucked up the controls Kakarrot!," he roared as he shoved
him aside and walked to the nearest field as he stared up at the sky, trying to
sense something - ANYTHING - that could reassure him that his heirs were
okay. Gohan's power shot up as he tried to follow Vegeta, but Goku stopped
him and shook his head.
"Forget it," Goku said, "That is his way, let him be. Everyone has GOT to calm
down so I can try to sense their power. If I can get enough of a reading I can
teleport there....," he trailed off and was silent for a few moments as he looked
toward the sky. "Kami its so low," he breathed uneasily as he felt his throat
tighten.
"Father," Gohan said gently after some silence, "What happened?" Goku only
shrugged slightly and shook his head in response as he struggled to clear his
mind of all the horrible thoughts of what *could* have happened. He tried to
concentrate. It just wasn't working. Vegeta walked over after a few minutes, still
holding his usual scowl and arrogance.
"Well?," he asked roughly, "Kakarot WHERE are they?! I demand to know!"
Goku looked at the floor and shook his head. "I can't sense them, Vegeta. I'm
trying."
"Try harder!"
"Vegeta I'm warning you..." Gohan began.
"Would you stop it?," Bulma cut in. She was able to pick up what was going on
by tapping into her mate's swirling thoughts. Needless to say she felt like
vomiting. But she supported herself by clinging to Vegeta's unmoving arm and
taking deep breaths. She spoke quickly as she tried to sort out her thoughts, "I
am out of ideas. I can't communicate with them if there is nothing to receive the
transmission... the indicators in the lab say that the ship is either out of signal
range or it has crashed... and there's no way it can be out of signal range in just
a few days. It takes... I don't know, probably YEARS to travel out of
range....and...."
"So it crashed..." Gohan finished in disbelief.
"Oh and can you count too?," Vegeta shot at him bitterly.
"Vegeta hush," Bulma said quietly. "This isn't a good time."
Gohan tuned everyone out and stared at the floor. His wife came up to him and
he held her in his arms as she sobbed... all he could do was stare blankly as he
rubbed her back and wiped her tears away. For once, even his father had no
control over what was going on.
BACK IN SPACE....
The ship lay in ruins on a deserted planet not too far from Earth. Inside were 4
Saiyans, strapped into pilot seats that were ripped from their places. Pan and
Trunks chairs flipped over but they were still holding hands while Goten and Bra
flew farther back and broke out of their chairs from the force of impact.
Goten was the first one to come back to consciousness. After realizing where he
was and what had happened, he scrambled over to Bra, who was just a few feet
away. He ignored the shooting pain throughout his body as he made his way
over. Her body looked limp, and it seemed as if she lost a lot of blood. She
looked... dead. Goten swallowed hard and picked her up, looking and listening
for any signs of life. He finally heard a moan and saw her eyes flutter open
slowly, painfully. He touched her face and she smiled weakly at him.
"Bra," he said, his voice raspy from his own pain, "do you think you'll be okay?"
"Yeah..." she said slowly as she struggled to move her aching body, "I should be
fine. What about you, Goten? Are you hurt?"
"I'll be fine, Bra... but where are Trunks and Pan?"
Bra's eyes flickered with panic as she looked around the planet that they were
on. Suddenly she gasped.
"Did you find them?," Goten asked, turning to look where she was looking. His
jaw dropped. "The ship!," he exclaimed, "it's..."
"Space-shit," said a low voice behind them. They turned around to see a
struggling, wounded Trunks with Pan in his arms. She was beginning to stir, it
looked like she would be waking up soon. Both looked like hell because of their
injuries, but they were Saiyans afterall... they would make it.
"Are you two okay?," Bra asked as she leapt up to examine Pan. Soon enough
though, Pan stirred and began to wake up.
"Pan?," Trunks asked, a bit panicked, "Are you okay? Umm, what's my name?
Do you remember?"
"Jeez Trunks," Pan said, her voice shaking with pain and weakness although
she smiled and tried to keep it steady, "calm your ass down. I'll be fine... I am
my father's child you know."
"SHIT!," Trunks exclaimed suddenly, nearly dropping Pan. Everyone looked at
him with horror, wondering what the newest problem could be.
"You know Trunks," Goten started, straining to sound calm and smart through his
pain, "I don't think anything else can really be worse then the current situation.
As you can already see, we are *STRANDED* on some deserted planet. We
are not in the best of *HEALTH* right now. And to top it all off, we have no way
of getting the hell *OUT OF HERE* because of... well, would ya look at all that
'space shit'. Whooo weeeeee... it can't get any worse. So let's all calm down
and-"
"We have no ki shield Goten," Trunks stated.
"So?," Goten asked as he wiped away some blood which continued to trickle
down his arm.
"Goten honey," Bra said sweetly, "I kind of wanted to grow old with you." Goten
smiled and began to pull Bra close, but she pushed him away and took his face
in her hands and brought it in front of hers. "That's not going to happen if my
father finds out where we are.... get it?"
Goten's face suddenly fell. "Shit."
"Uh huh."
"Oh Dende...."
"Yup."
"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!?!"
"We're going to calm down," Pan said. "If you calm down, you can sense them
on earth. Their ki is normal right now... which means they aren't pissed - at least
not now, anyway. And I doubt they can sense us, because we took a beating in
that crash, our ki is pretty damn low."
"You're right," Trunks said, "now let's go see what's left of the ship."
After careful inspection, the four found that the engines, which were located on
the bottom of the ship, had been severely damaged in the crash. The back-up
generators were still working though, and provided limited power to the rest of
the ship. The rooms were okay, though they were filled with smoke and they
were a mess. Trunks, Goten, Pan, and Bra stared at the mess and wondered
where they would go from here.
Meanwhile, back on Earth....
Chichi, Bulma, and Videl had finally calmed down enough to sleep. Everyone
had gathered in the living room at Capsule Corp. The room was dark except for
a dying fire in the fireplace. Bulma slept in Vegeta's arms, meanwhile he was
awake and just stared at the fire, in deep thought. Videl slept with her head on
Gohan's lap, he was also awake, and trying to sleep, but the 'what-if's' kept
clouding his thoughts making sleep extremely difficult. Chichi was curled up
against Goku, who stared out the window at the starry sky. He noticed
something after about an hour of staring - he could sense their powers. All four
of them. They were together, and they were fine. He could barely contain his
excitement, and was about to tell Vegeta and Gohan when he stopped himself.
He knew that they would want to go up there and bring their children home and
separate them again. He bit his lip and stared back at the sky.
"Dad?," Gohan asked, "were you going to say something?"
"Uh, no," Goku lied, "I just... umm I thought of something... it wasn't important."
"Oh," Gohan said as he stroked his wife's hair. "Sure?"
Goku smiled fakely and nodded at his son. He turned his gaze back up towards
the sky. 'Panny,' he thought, 'I don't know how much longer this can go on.' He
wondered if maybe he should teleport up there... or would Vegeta and Gohan
find out and make things even worse for everyone? Goku sighed and fell into a
light, troubled sleep, as did Vegeta and Gohan eventually.
_________________________________________________________________
What will happen in the next chapter?
I don't know, I only write the odd numbered chapters. Ask Meg.
Thanks for stalking me Hanita-chan! It motivated me to write the chapter instead
of wait for my cousin to give me my damn disk back... grr.
Thanks for reading and reviewing everyone - as of right now, we have 207 reviews!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
