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Gravity
Chapter Three: Day 1
~ Junior's POV ~
Pan showed father, 17 and I around the ship a little earlier. From the outside you wouldn't think that it'd be that roomy inside, but it is! There are three levels, navigational, training and living. The navigational room has a lot of flashy buttons and two steering stick thingies. There's also this thing called the 'Universal dragonball radar' that can pinpoint a dragonball's location anywhere in the galaxy! The training room is just a medium sized gravity room with a lot of different work out equipment. Pan said there's smuggling compartments in the ceiling for the dragon balls, just incase that we were boarded and searched by aliens, how cool is that? Although I think my favorite level would have to be the living area. It has two bedrooms and a conjoined bathroom, a TV, Playstation, DVD player, a pool table, a big comfy couch, a coffee table, a small kitchen and medium sized table. I think 17 likes this room too, cause he spent a while looking at the DVDs and said, "What? No porn?" I'm not too sure what 'porn' is, but Pan just sighed and pointed to another cabinet and said something about men and their two heads. My dad got a chuckle out of my confused face, so I decided to just let it be.
~ End of POVs ~
Everyone was in the backyard of Capsule Corp. wishing the three a safe journey; Videl was tightly attached to her only child sobbing into her shoulder while Gohan got great amusement out it. Trunks was talking to 17 about his travel in space, but when 17 asked about what Pan was talking about the previous day about dresses, Trunks suddenly got real quiet and had to walk away…quickly.
"So, going away again." Gohan sighed as Videl released Pan into his grip. "I want you to be safe. I would say don't get into any trouble, but I know how much like your grandfather you really are because trouble has a habit of finding you." He laughed a little bit at the end.
"You don't need to be worried about me daddy, I'm not 14 anymore."
"I know, that's what I'm worried about."
Pan pulled away for a second to stare into his face and chuckle. "What are you talking about?"
"I know this may not be the best time to tell you, but…"
"But what, daddy?" Pan asked as she pulled out of his embrace completely. Videl caught this and made her way over once again.
"What he's trying to say sweetie is that when you come back…" Videl trailed off too while looking at Gohan for words.
"Okay, it's like this." Gohan started. "You're mother and I have been trying to have another child ever since you were in grade school because we thought maybe you'd want a brother or sister…but we never succeeded…"
"Until last month!" Videl shot out eagerly.
"Oh my Kami!" Pan screeched rather loudly while flinging herself at her mother for a death hug. "That's so great!! Congratulations!" she pulled out of her mother's embrace and punched her father's arm playfully, "you dog you!" she grinned as she gave him a hug. "I'm gonna be a big sister! I'm gonna be a big sister! Hell, I'm gonna be a SISTER!!! I might have a younger brother or sister!! I'm gonna be an older sister!!" she chanted. Then realization struck her…"Ah…I'm gonna miss the birth…"
"Don't worry about it." Videl comforted. "I'll have Gohan take pictures of my belly every month and record the birth, so you won't miss a thing."
"Except for the mood swings, odd cravings at 3 a.m. and morning sickness…" Gohan stated under his breath.
"Ah…yeah…have fun with that dad." Pan said oddly before hugging her parents again. She looked over at 17 and Junior, making eye contact with them. "Ready?" she asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Junior sighed. 17 only nodded.
"Well then, we better be off." Pan said cheerily as she backed away from crowd.
~ 17's POV ~
We all finished up our goodbyes rather quickly, 18 was a little reluctant to let go, but she eventually did. Junior was the first to run inside the ship again, I waved to my sister as I too got onboard. I heard Pan close the door behind us before she beckoned me to the control room. We sat down in our chairs and buckled up, Junior was still in the living area on the couch; he'll be alright though. I watched as she hit several button in a specific sequence and before either of us knew it, we were in space.
I never knew it could be this spectacular.
~ Pan's POV ~
I finally did it! I'm back!! Just like I said I would. The stars are so beautiful, even if they did lose their twinkle when we left the atmosphere. I hit a button to stop the ship and the view of Saturn came into view. Just as I remember it…breathtaking.
~ End POV ~
"Wow." Junior commented as he found his way into the control room. Pan and 17 unbuckled and stood up as if they were getting a better view. This was one of those moments were no words had to be said for there to be a common understanding.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Pan asked the little Namek who was currently at loss for words.
"So, where's our first stop?" 17 asked breaking the near silence that threatened to cover the three again.
Pan seated herself at the pilot's seat and pushed a few buttons to start the ship again. "Planet Kortick. We should be there by tomorrow morning…" she trailed off as she walked to the other side of the room and stared into a computer monitor, "…about 7:30 or so."
~ Earth ~
"Well, they're gone." Goten sighed as he played with the black velvet box in his pocket nervously.
"Gonna pop the question today?" Marron inquired happily as she playfully punched Goten's arm.
"Yup." Goten breathed in quickly. "Wish me luck?"
"Sure Goten, good luck." Marron teased. "Hey, how are you gonna ask?" she asked as they made their way out onto the calm streets of the city.
"……"
"I thought so." She stated as she stopped in front of the restaurant that had just opened. "Why don't we stop here and grab a bite to eat before you make a fool out of your self in front of Kathryn." She giggled as she held open the door for one of her best friends.
"You're confidence in me is real helpful, you know that right?" He stated sarcastically as they found a large booth and sat down.
"So can I see the ring?" She asked sweetly. Goten handed the small box to his friend. "Wow, it's nice."
"Just nice?" Goten nearly fainted. "It can't be just nice! It has to be spectacular and breathtaking and wonderful and make her go heel over head crazy for me!!" he ranted.
"Goten, I'm gonna give you one piece of advice, okay? The ring only matters to the girls that Trunks takes out. If you and Kathryn were meant to be, she wouldn't care about the ring at all…besides the ring is breathtaking." She stated handing the ring back to Goten. "Now, the proposal will be the easy part…telling her about your heritage is another story." She said humorously.
"Hi, I'm Jane. I'll be taking your orders…what can I get for you today?"
~ Somewhere in Space ~
Inside a candle lit room two men stood in front of a committee of very politically powerful men. A tall man dressed in fine silk and held a tall silver staff with a black Opal on the top stood from his seat and circled the two men almost in a predatory way. "Do you have them?" he asked in a deep, menacing voice.
"Only two of the seven, Sir Kitsune." The smaller of the two men answered. He had small beady eyes, chestnut hair and orange skin. He was dressed in black pants, a black shirt, black boots and a pair of silver tags that hung around his neck. "The 5 and 6 star dragonballs."
"What am I paying you two imbeciles for anyway?" Kitsune growled. "I gave you specific orders not to come back until you've obtained all seven."
"Yes sir, it's just that we thought that you'd want to know about the others." The taller man stated. He has deep blue hair, pale blue eyes, and tan skin, human in almost every aspect except his abnormally high ki. He was about two feet taller than his comrade and it seemed as though he was more built too. He wore a pair of tan cargo pants, a puke green A-shirt, black boots and a pair of silver tags around his neck also.
"Tell me of these others, Kusai." Kitsune requested.
The smaller of the two men bowed his head in respect before answering, "It seems as though an informant tipped them off about the ultimate dragonballs. There's three of them, a woman and a man whose kis are unusually high for human standards and a young Namek. We scanned their ship while they stopped in front of a planet called Saturn. They are technically advanced."
"Niku, do they have any weakness in their ship's defense system?" Kitsune inquired.
"Only minor ones, sir." Niku, the taller and more built man, answered.
"Anything that could slow them down?"
"No, sir. The most we could do in download a virus to randomly alter their life support settings." Niku continued.
"Is that all?" Kitsune asked annoyed. After the two men nodded an almost evil smirk crossed his face. "Do anything and everything in your power to obtain the remainder of the dragonballs, I don't care if you die trying…just bring them to me and you'll be handsomely rewarded." He sneered before dismissing them. "Oh and if you have the chance, I'll pay you double if you bring me their heads." He called after them.
~ On the Spaceship ~
Junior levitated to reach the box of capsules on the top shelf of the cabinet, after an almost desperate search, he found the capsule he was looking for. He pressed the button and threw it on the floor and a full size mattress plopped to the ground.
Pan and 17 had already finished unpacking and getting settled so they decided to spar together to see what each other's capabilities were and to try to get a feel for one another's technique. After all, they were working as a team and who knew what they'd encounter.
Junior sat on his mattress on pulled out some of the capsules he had brought and uncapsulized them, he smirked as he saw what he was looking for. "My trusted Camcorder!" Junior exclaimed to himself as he pressed record. "This is my video journal; documenting day one of our journey in space. For all who couldn't be here, I'll be giving a tour of our home away from home. Right now I'm in Pan and mine's room…"
~ Inside the Gravity Room ~
"Hey, you hungry?" Pan asked as she wiped away the trail of sweat that collected on her forehead.
"Trust a sayain to mention food every two minutes…" 17 commented almost silently.
"Ah…don't forget about our heightened sense of hearing too." She smirked as she threw him a towel.
"I didn't know you could turn super sayain." He mentioned. Both of them headed for the door after shutting off the gravity.
"Yeah well, not many people do." She sighed. "It's been awhile since I've sparred with anyone outside of my family…with the exception of Trunks and Vegeta." They made it to the kitchen and noticed that Junior was no where to be found, his ki was moving about the ship's navigational level. "So, what's your story?"
"My story?" he asked as he opened and closed some of the cabinets.
Pan grabbed a few items out of the fridge and threw them in the microwave. "Yeah, like why you never show up to any social functions and stuff like that."
"Ah…" he said humorously.
"So…" She coaxed.
"So…" he mocked.
"Are you going to tell me?"
"Um…nah…" he smirked. He filled a glass full of water and turned to the door just in time to see Junior walking in with his camcorder. "What the…"
"And here we have Pan and 17, do you guys have anything to say?" Junior asked while pointing the camcorder at their faces. Pan sat down at the kitchen counter with her food and smiled while 17 sipped casually at his water.
"What's that for kiddo?" Pan asked warmly.
"Oh, I'm just making a film documentary of our journey…you know for the people who are curious as to what happen while we're out here…so we won't have to explain every little detail." Junior explained as he turned off the recorder.
Pan looked at her watch, "That's a good idea, but wouldn't that just arouse even more questions?"
Junior shrugged, "Dunno." He answered simply. "I'll be in the gravity room." He stated before running out of the room.
"This is going to be one long journey…" Pan breathed as she noticed that 17 was examining the porn collection kept above the TV. She placed her dirty plates in the sink and checked the clock. "It's 8:30 in the evening." She said to herself. "Do you play poker?"
17's head spun around and stared at her for a second before nodding an affirmative. "You didn't pack any kind of beverages, did you?" he asked seriously. "Poker just isn't poker with out a beer or two you know." She chuckled a bit before opening up one of the cabinets that stood alone on the other side of the room by the pool table. Inside, there were three kegs and an assortment of bottles of liquor. "Holy good Dende…"
"I know poker isn't all that fun with only two people, but at least we can get drunk." She smirked as she shuffled the cards. 17 grabbed two cups and got them each a glass of beer.
~ On Earth ~
Goten paced outside of girlfriend's apartment nervously, stroking the velvet box in his pocket with his index finger. 'Tonight I am going to ask the love of my life to marry me.' He thought as he knocked on the door.
~ End of Chapter Three! ~
A/N: I know, it's still going a little slow, but it's going to speed up in the next chapter!
There you have it! It looks like Pan and 17 are getting along pretty well, although is getting drunk such a good idea? What will Junior get on his camcorder in future chapters? And what will Kathryn say to Goten? What are the missionaries going to do?! Oh no!!
Next Chapter (Four: NEKO!): They land on Planet Kortick and find out some pretty valuable information and possibly even a stowaway? (And just what happen during the poker game.) Also, Kathryn will answer Goten…
