Trunks pulled the blanket up to his chin. A frown dressed his face. He was so confused and so hurt by the way Pan had treated him
earlier that day. *Pan, why do you hate me so much?* was the question that stormed his thoughts. He couldn't sleep and he had tried
exhaustingly for hours now. He kept seeing the angry eyes and the flushed cheeks that Pan had on. Although she had talked to him,
he had gotten the feeling she was upset because she kept trying to ignore him. Frustrated he flung his sheets into the air and in only
a flimsy pair of boxers walked out to the kitchen. Maybe some warm milk could ease him. It had always helped when he had nightmares.
He saw Pan in her nightgown, her eyes puffy and red, sobbing quietly and the thought of milk was washed away by Pan's tears. He could
hear her mumbling about being stupid and then his name popped up and she began to sob a little louder. He was shocked, he couldn't
remember doing anything bad to her today. Sure they teased each other, but he had never imagined this from the rowdy girl. As he was
about to walk over to her and get an explanation, there was a huge blast and Trunks fell to the floor with a thud catching himself just in
time. Pan wasn't so lucky, she had been too surprised and had hit her head. Trunks struggled to get to her trying to claw his way there
as more and more blasts hit the ship. "What the hell is going on?!" Trunks screamed aloud finally.
"I wish I knew," Gohan's voice answered him as he too hit the ground besides Trunks. He hadn't noticed Pan yet.
"Gohan?"
"Yeah Trunks, its only me, god why are you so upset?" Gohan asked.
"Gohan, I wasn't sleepy so I got out of bed and look!" Trunks frantically said pointing a shaky finger to the kitchen. Following Trunks's
finger, Gohan saw his daughter helplessly bleeding on the ground.
"PANNY!" He yelled aloud, furious then he turned and grabbed Trunks staring madly into his eyes. "What the hell happened to my little
girl Trunks?" Gohan asked accusingly. Trunks looked to him, not even Vegeta scared him as much as Gohan was scaring him now. * I
guess its true that the over-protective gene runs in the family...* Trunks thought afraid to gulp. Gohan saw the fear and backed off.
"Sorry, Trunks, but please could you tell me?" Gohan asked a little calmer.
"Well she hit her head when these damned blasts starting coming, I sware I am gonna kill whoever did this!" Trunks replied frustrated,
he was so angry that he hadn't been able to protect her.
"Not who Trunks, what." Rybana replied, struggling to stand up straight. Android 18 was right behind her.
"Huh," both Gohan and Trunks said in unison.
"Come over to the central control room and I will explain on the way." As Rybana was about to leave, Trunks lunged up and grabbed her
arm. She looked at him puzzled.
"Look Pan is unconscious, she fell from the blasts, we can't just leave her here!" Trunks pleaded while Gohan looked at purple haired
boy in wonder. *He does care about Pan, this only confirms my suspicions, I must keep these two apart, at least until we get home, I
have to talk to Trunks later."
"Look I don't mean to be mean or anything, but if you don't help me we will all end up in the otherworld. I know how important Pan is,
but one thing I have learned from this disaster is that some things are more important than others, if you get my drift.." Rybana replied
in one tone. Her eyes seemed exhausted, dulled out of existance.
"No way!" Trunks replied, his ice blue eyes burning with determination. He felt a strong hand on his shoulder and he looked into Gohan's
face.
"Listen Trunks, Pan is my daughter and I would give up anything for her but I have seen many battles as has Rybana and we understand
that sometimes one thing is more important than the other. Now you must understand true love and war. We must save this ship
or else our mission is failed and our lives are gone. Debating this further is useless, she chose to be here and now she's facing the
consequences. Besides Pan would kill us if she found out we were just sitting here when we could be out there saving our lives."
Gohan replied. His tone was calm like a river on a hot summer day. It was so even that Trunks wondered how much he knew Gohan.
"Aaah, well if we're going, we better hurry, I don't think this ship is going to last out much longer." Android 18 said disrupting the
eerie silence that has blanketed them all. Rybana nodded. Along the way to the control room Rybana explained that along the way there
existed certain creatures that fed on energy and were thus attracted to Rybana's ship. She explained that they were very dangerous
and just as she was saying that, they felt an enormous blow to the ship and a rush of air broke in.
"Oh crap, they have broken in! We have to get to the control room, pronto!" Rybana screamed grabbing an air mask from the
remaining ceiling. Pieces of scrap metal went flying and before Trunks could react, a gigantic piece went flying towards him. He
screamed at the top of his lungs. He felt an enormous weight and then he saw blackness surrounding him. Rybana and Android 18
grabbed the unconscious Trunks and gasped at Gohan. He was lying there in a puddle of deep red blood, completely unconscious.
He had stepped in front of Trunks and wasn't able to avoid the piece of metal. Rybana couldn't feel his ki (energy) and she was very
worried because she saw that the creatures were beginning to surround Gohan's diemenishing but still powerful ki. They were hungry
and ready to feed. Android 18 was already gone with Trunks into the control room. Rybana stood there alone, terrified. If the
creatures saw her, she was as good as dead. They were even deadlier than the Empress of Deceit. One creature began to approach
her, death roaming in its fierce eyes.
What's Rybana going to do? Will Gohan make it? Are Pan and Trunks safe? What the secret that Rybana has been hiding and how
come 18 knows about it? Its a struggle for trust, next time on another exciting chapter of LAST HOPE. Oh and DBZ is all Akira
Toriyama but this story is all GohanGenius'85. Tell me how you are liking this so far.
Secrets and Relationships- Next chapter. A lot more of Android 18 in the next chapter. Will she keep the love birds apart or will
Gohan if he makes it. hahahahahah, i love suspense!
earlier that day. *Pan, why do you hate me so much?* was the question that stormed his thoughts. He couldn't sleep and he had tried
exhaustingly for hours now. He kept seeing the angry eyes and the flushed cheeks that Pan had on. Although she had talked to him,
he had gotten the feeling she was upset because she kept trying to ignore him. Frustrated he flung his sheets into the air and in only
a flimsy pair of boxers walked out to the kitchen. Maybe some warm milk could ease him. It had always helped when he had nightmares.
He saw Pan in her nightgown, her eyes puffy and red, sobbing quietly and the thought of milk was washed away by Pan's tears. He could
hear her mumbling about being stupid and then his name popped up and she began to sob a little louder. He was shocked, he couldn't
remember doing anything bad to her today. Sure they teased each other, but he had never imagined this from the rowdy girl. As he was
about to walk over to her and get an explanation, there was a huge blast and Trunks fell to the floor with a thud catching himself just in
time. Pan wasn't so lucky, she had been too surprised and had hit her head. Trunks struggled to get to her trying to claw his way there
as more and more blasts hit the ship. "What the hell is going on?!" Trunks screamed aloud finally.
"I wish I knew," Gohan's voice answered him as he too hit the ground besides Trunks. He hadn't noticed Pan yet.
"Gohan?"
"Yeah Trunks, its only me, god why are you so upset?" Gohan asked.
"Gohan, I wasn't sleepy so I got out of bed and look!" Trunks frantically said pointing a shaky finger to the kitchen. Following Trunks's
finger, Gohan saw his daughter helplessly bleeding on the ground.
"PANNY!" He yelled aloud, furious then he turned and grabbed Trunks staring madly into his eyes. "What the hell happened to my little
girl Trunks?" Gohan asked accusingly. Trunks looked to him, not even Vegeta scared him as much as Gohan was scaring him now. * I
guess its true that the over-protective gene runs in the family...* Trunks thought afraid to gulp. Gohan saw the fear and backed off.
"Sorry, Trunks, but please could you tell me?" Gohan asked a little calmer.
"Well she hit her head when these damned blasts starting coming, I sware I am gonna kill whoever did this!" Trunks replied frustrated,
he was so angry that he hadn't been able to protect her.
"Not who Trunks, what." Rybana replied, struggling to stand up straight. Android 18 was right behind her.
"Huh," both Gohan and Trunks said in unison.
"Come over to the central control room and I will explain on the way." As Rybana was about to leave, Trunks lunged up and grabbed her
arm. She looked at him puzzled.
"Look Pan is unconscious, she fell from the blasts, we can't just leave her here!" Trunks pleaded while Gohan looked at purple haired
boy in wonder. *He does care about Pan, this only confirms my suspicions, I must keep these two apart, at least until we get home, I
have to talk to Trunks later."
"Look I don't mean to be mean or anything, but if you don't help me we will all end up in the otherworld. I know how important Pan is,
but one thing I have learned from this disaster is that some things are more important than others, if you get my drift.." Rybana replied
in one tone. Her eyes seemed exhausted, dulled out of existance.
"No way!" Trunks replied, his ice blue eyes burning with determination. He felt a strong hand on his shoulder and he looked into Gohan's
face.
"Listen Trunks, Pan is my daughter and I would give up anything for her but I have seen many battles as has Rybana and we understand
that sometimes one thing is more important than the other. Now you must understand true love and war. We must save this ship
or else our mission is failed and our lives are gone. Debating this further is useless, she chose to be here and now she's facing the
consequences. Besides Pan would kill us if she found out we were just sitting here when we could be out there saving our lives."
Gohan replied. His tone was calm like a river on a hot summer day. It was so even that Trunks wondered how much he knew Gohan.
"Aaah, well if we're going, we better hurry, I don't think this ship is going to last out much longer." Android 18 said disrupting the
eerie silence that has blanketed them all. Rybana nodded. Along the way to the control room Rybana explained that along the way there
existed certain creatures that fed on energy and were thus attracted to Rybana's ship. She explained that they were very dangerous
and just as she was saying that, they felt an enormous blow to the ship and a rush of air broke in.
"Oh crap, they have broken in! We have to get to the control room, pronto!" Rybana screamed grabbing an air mask from the
remaining ceiling. Pieces of scrap metal went flying and before Trunks could react, a gigantic piece went flying towards him. He
screamed at the top of his lungs. He felt an enormous weight and then he saw blackness surrounding him. Rybana and Android 18
grabbed the unconscious Trunks and gasped at Gohan. He was lying there in a puddle of deep red blood, completely unconscious.
He had stepped in front of Trunks and wasn't able to avoid the piece of metal. Rybana couldn't feel his ki (energy) and she was very
worried because she saw that the creatures were beginning to surround Gohan's diemenishing but still powerful ki. They were hungry
and ready to feed. Android 18 was already gone with Trunks into the control room. Rybana stood there alone, terrified. If the
creatures saw her, she was as good as dead. They were even deadlier than the Empress of Deceit. One creature began to approach
her, death roaming in its fierce eyes.
What's Rybana going to do? Will Gohan make it? Are Pan and Trunks safe? What the secret that Rybana has been hiding and how
come 18 knows about it? Its a struggle for trust, next time on another exciting chapter of LAST HOPE. Oh and DBZ is all Akira
Toriyama but this story is all GohanGenius'85. Tell me how you are liking this so far.
Secrets and Relationships- Next chapter. A lot more of Android 18 in the next chapter. Will she keep the love birds apart or will
Gohan if he makes it. hahahahahah, i love suspense!
