Thank you guys soooooo much for your reviews!!! If you're an author you know how it feels to get good reviews, and if not, its Great! I did't think I'd have this chapter out till next weekend, but you guys (guys and girls) wanted it and I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and how often does that happen in life? So heres chapter 7, enjoy!
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Normal Timeline
"BRAAAA!!! BRAAAA!!!" Pan screamed, trying to make herself heard over the roaring and crunching of rocks piling down all around her "BRAAAA!!! Oww!" A sharp, fist sized rock collided with the side of her head, cutting into her skin above her eye to her hairline, another hit her in the back, forcing her to the ground, and a couple of larger, heavier rocks landed on her leg, pinning her there. Powering up slightly to give off light, she saw a man sized boulder hurtling down towards her, thinking quickly she lifted her hand and disintegrated it with a small ki blast. Dust rained down into her eyes, blurring her already limited vision. After an age the terrible rumbling eased slightly, then stopped altogether, only to be replaced by a silence that, mixed with the darkness, seemed even worse. Pan was enclosed with rock, there was barely enough room to move. Pushing the smaller of the rocks aside, she made a beeline tunnel to where she had last seen Bra, each movement sending
jolts of pain though the leg the rocks had landed on, and Pan knew she had broken her ankle, again, if not the whole leg.
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In the Dream
Bra found herself by the pool without realising she had gone to sleep. Rubbing her head and sitting up she understood what must of happened. "Oh no" she said, looking around the familiar surroundings, Trunks was on the ground, leaning against a rock for support, he looked almost transparent. He didn't notice her arrive, and looked up in surprise when she approached him, then sat down next to him, a worried look on her face.
"You look terrible Trunks, what happened?" She asked
"Thanks a lot" said Trunks, his voice quieter than usual "I don't know, I think it had something to do with me falling in the pool, I've been feeling like I'm gonna die for the last, well, ages, since the last time I Dreamed, since Gohan, died."
"You're not going to die, you're strong, you won't die because of some illness, I won't let you"
"Goku did" said Trunks
"That doesn't mean you're going to"
"I am, I can feel it, I can hardly move when I'm awake, and look at me when I'm asleep, Bra, I can see through my hand, and when I die, the androids will have won, there will be no-one left to stand against them, I've seen it all happen, in dreams, in nightmares, they kill everyone, Kaasan, Chichi, they even got to you, I've seen you die in my dreams so many times, I've seen into the future, its completely dark" Trunks said, remembering his wild and horrific hallucinations he'd had, the screams of everyone he'd cared about, the death of his mother, and of his sister over and over.
Bra put a comforting arm round her brother. "Remember Trunks, the darker the night gets, the more stars come out".
"There are no stars, its all clouded over"
Silence passed between them for a moment until Bra spoke again "Think of it this way then; If your world is covered in shadows, there must be a light somewhere, shadows can't exist without the light"
Trunks took his sisters and looked into her hopeful halcyon blue eyes "You're the only light there is for me". It was barely a whisper.
They sat together by the tranquillity of the pool, holding each other in deep silence until the Dream was, all too soon, over.
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Normal Timeline
It seemed like forever, a forever of pain and darkness, until Pan finally reached Bra's side. She was lying unconscious, half buried in a waist high pile of rocks, Pan crawled over to her.
"Bra?" she whimpered "Please Bra, please" Pan began heaving rocks off her, until all she was covered in was a thin layer of dust and ever so many bruises. Bra stirred, and looked up at Pan, still glowing slightly, and giving off the only light in the cave.
"Bra! Are you alright!?" Pan asked, sounding very much like her grandmother.
Bra sat up, grabbed her head because it was spinning, blinked to clear her vision, the said, in a small, in shock, voice, "yes yes I'm okay, how are you?"
Pan managed a relieved smile, "I'm okay, I think I broke more than my ankle this time though, come on, get up, we've got to dig our way out of here, have you got the Dragonball?"
Bra nodded "I landed on it" she pulled it out from under her back, winced as her hand touched the big tender spot on her back that would soon turn into the Mother of all Bruises, and placed the precious ball into her pocket. "Why can't we blast our way out?" Bra asked Pan, who had just discovered the torch, crushed under half a tonne of rock. Pan shook her head
"Because we might trigger off another cave in" She reasoned, Bra sighed,
"Okay" as she stood up, or rather, tried to. "Oh"
"What?"
"I don't think I am okay after all"
Pan crawled back over to Bra, keeping her jarred knee off the ground as best she could "What? What's wrong?"
Bra winced "I can't feel my legs" And with that, she fainted again.
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Mirai Timeline
Bulma picked up her pencil, chewed on it thoughtfully, put the tip to the paper and sighed. "Why can't I think?" She asked herself "I know there's something I can do, why can't I figure out what it is?" She looked at the blank piece of paper sitting in front of her, mocking her. Holding her pencil tentatively she drew an oval, then added supports so it could stand up, and a small button near the bottom to put it back into its capsule. She flicked on the lamp sitting on the desk and looked at her work, tilted her head to one side "What is it?" Frowning at the line drawing on the paper, or perhaps at herself, she crumpled it into a ball and threw it directly into the rubbish bin with one smooth, over practised movement.
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Normal Timeline
"BRAAAA!!! BRAAAA!!!" Pan screamed, trying to make herself heard over the roaring and crunching of rocks piling down all around her "BRAAAA!!! Oww!" A sharp, fist sized rock collided with the side of her head, cutting into her skin above her eye to her hairline, another hit her in the back, forcing her to the ground, and a couple of larger, heavier rocks landed on her leg, pinning her there. Powering up slightly to give off light, she saw a man sized boulder hurtling down towards her, thinking quickly she lifted her hand and disintegrated it with a small ki blast. Dust rained down into her eyes, blurring her already limited vision. After an age the terrible rumbling eased slightly, then stopped altogether, only to be replaced by a silence that, mixed with the darkness, seemed even worse. Pan was enclosed with rock, there was barely enough room to move. Pushing the smaller of the rocks aside, she made a beeline tunnel to where she had last seen Bra, each movement sending
jolts of pain though the leg the rocks had landed on, and Pan knew she had broken her ankle, again, if not the whole leg.
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In the Dream
Bra found herself by the pool without realising she had gone to sleep. Rubbing her head and sitting up she understood what must of happened. "Oh no" she said, looking around the familiar surroundings, Trunks was on the ground, leaning against a rock for support, he looked almost transparent. He didn't notice her arrive, and looked up in surprise when she approached him, then sat down next to him, a worried look on her face.
"You look terrible Trunks, what happened?" She asked
"Thanks a lot" said Trunks, his voice quieter than usual "I don't know, I think it had something to do with me falling in the pool, I've been feeling like I'm gonna die for the last, well, ages, since the last time I Dreamed, since Gohan, died."
"You're not going to die, you're strong, you won't die because of some illness, I won't let you"
"Goku did" said Trunks
"That doesn't mean you're going to"
"I am, I can feel it, I can hardly move when I'm awake, and look at me when I'm asleep, Bra, I can see through my hand, and when I die, the androids will have won, there will be no-one left to stand against them, I've seen it all happen, in dreams, in nightmares, they kill everyone, Kaasan, Chichi, they even got to you, I've seen you die in my dreams so many times, I've seen into the future, its completely dark" Trunks said, remembering his wild and horrific hallucinations he'd had, the screams of everyone he'd cared about, the death of his mother, and of his sister over and over.
Bra put a comforting arm round her brother. "Remember Trunks, the darker the night gets, the more stars come out".
"There are no stars, its all clouded over"
Silence passed between them for a moment until Bra spoke again "Think of it this way then; If your world is covered in shadows, there must be a light somewhere, shadows can't exist without the light"
Trunks took his sisters and looked into her hopeful halcyon blue eyes "You're the only light there is for me". It was barely a whisper.
They sat together by the tranquillity of the pool, holding each other in deep silence until the Dream was, all too soon, over.
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Normal Timeline
It seemed like forever, a forever of pain and darkness, until Pan finally reached Bra's side. She was lying unconscious, half buried in a waist high pile of rocks, Pan crawled over to her.
"Bra?" she whimpered "Please Bra, please" Pan began heaving rocks off her, until all she was covered in was a thin layer of dust and ever so many bruises. Bra stirred, and looked up at Pan, still glowing slightly, and giving off the only light in the cave.
"Bra! Are you alright!?" Pan asked, sounding very much like her grandmother.
Bra sat up, grabbed her head because it was spinning, blinked to clear her vision, the said, in a small, in shock, voice, "yes yes I'm okay, how are you?"
Pan managed a relieved smile, "I'm okay, I think I broke more than my ankle this time though, come on, get up, we've got to dig our way out of here, have you got the Dragonball?"
Bra nodded "I landed on it" she pulled it out from under her back, winced as her hand touched the big tender spot on her back that would soon turn into the Mother of all Bruises, and placed the precious ball into her pocket. "Why can't we blast our way out?" Bra asked Pan, who had just discovered the torch, crushed under half a tonne of rock. Pan shook her head
"Because we might trigger off another cave in" She reasoned, Bra sighed,
"Okay" as she stood up, or rather, tried to. "Oh"
"What?"
"I don't think I am okay after all"
Pan crawled back over to Bra, keeping her jarred knee off the ground as best she could "What? What's wrong?"
Bra winced "I can't feel my legs" And with that, she fainted again.
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Mirai Timeline
Bulma picked up her pencil, chewed on it thoughtfully, put the tip to the paper and sighed. "Why can't I think?" She asked herself "I know there's something I can do, why can't I figure out what it is?" She looked at the blank piece of paper sitting in front of her, mocking her. Holding her pencil tentatively she drew an oval, then added supports so it could stand up, and a small button near the bottom to put it back into its capsule. She flicked on the lamp sitting on the desk and looked at her work, tilted her head to one side "What is it?" Frowning at the line drawing on the paper, or perhaps at herself, she crumpled it into a ball and threw it directly into the rubbish bin with one smooth, over practised movement.
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