Dark Origins: Chapter Two
As Bra lay awake staring at the ceiling in her friend's bedroom, she thought back on their friendship. It had actually been a few years since she had seen Pan. Pan, as she remembered, was a fiery, bright, and passionate girl. She had moved out on her own after finishing high school. She had been intelligent enough to go to any school she wanted on a full scholarship, but she wanted to experience life her own way. Over the past couple of years they had eventually lost contact. However, her brother still talked to Pan quite regularly. Bra suspected there was probably something more there than met the eye.
After high school, Bra had gone to college because her mother wanted her to help Trunks run the family business. She hated not having any control over her own life. In retaliation, she ran away from home and only kept in touch with her brother and father.
At times, she felt extreme guilt for leaving her mother, for leaving her father and brother, for leaving her responsibilities, and for leaving behind her beloved friends, Pan, Goten, and Marron. She missed Pan the most because she was the most like her. She understood what it was like to want to fit in as girl but also to feel the urges to fight and be destructive in nature. Pan, however, did a better job at controlling herself.
Bra felt all the guilt and remorse crashing down upon her ten-fold as she blinked the saline from her eyes. It was all her fault, everything that had happened. If only she had listened to her mom, if only she had accepted her fate, if only she had been a little smarter, things might be different. If only… She had always heard that the road to hell was paved with good intentions. Well, if her life didn't prove that, she didn't know what would.
Nothing good ever came from dwelling on the past, so she looked ahead to the morning. Pan would be full of questions in the morning. I suppose I do owe her some sort of explanation Bra mused. I mean, I did abandon her and everyone else for a while and then she finds me almost beaten to death in an alley. That would probably shake anyone up, saiyan or not. Finding humor in the situation, Bra laughed. She laughed until it turned into cries which became sobs. I'm losing it, she thought.
If my brother were here, he would know what to do. He always knew how to comfort me when I was sad, when things weren't the way they should have been, when things got too hard to handle. I owe him my life, along with Pan. Thinking of Trunks and Pan led her to think of Goten.
Goten. I wonder how he's been these past few years. He was always so carefree and happy, like I used to be. I wonder what he would think of me now. I only hope Pan and my brother don't hate me. With thoughts like these swimming in her mind, Bra finally fell into an uneasy sleep, dreading the morn.
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Well, there's the next chapter. I'll have the conversation between Pan and Bra out soon. Please read and review. I want to know what you think. Thanks.