A POWER UNTOLD
PART 3
Jersey woke up in a small room, she was no longer in the blue-jeans and shirt she had worn while with Trunks. Now she was in gray sweat-pants, that were really to big for her but they had a drawstring so they were just really baggy, and black tank top, and a pair of white socks. She sat up and studied what she was wearing and her surroundings, the room only showed one way out and that was a huge metal door. She knew that it was hopeless but she got up and tried the door any way. It wouldn't budge, the people who put her here, knew she was going to try to escape. She stood back and began to walk around the room, after a while she noticed that her tail was out. She looked down at her white tail and wrapped it around her waist. Then she went and sat on her bed and waited. Finally about an hour later, Bardock entered the room "So Susami, how are you feeling?" she sat up on her bed "Well lets see, I have no clue where I am, you kidnapped me, I don't even know who you people are, and in order to get me here you jabbed some freaky medicine into my arm and oh yeah, you just killed my brother and my boyfriend. So, I guess I feel like SHIT!". Bardock grabbed a chair and sat next to her bed and glanced at her waist "So its true, you do still have your tail. Sasha, said that when she was changing you she saw a tail." Jersey glared at him "OK, Susami I'm going to clear up some things for you, first I'm your grandfather. Radditz is my son and you are his daughter. Second, this is my ship, I'm sort of an ambassador for King Delor. Third, we did what we did in order to get you back, you see you were taken from us when you were a baby. That boy was not really your brother, that's just something Kakkoratt pushed into your head. So really we didn't kidnap you we were saving you." He reached to put his hand on her shoulder and she jerked away "Saved me from what!? The best thing that's ever happened to me?!" Bardock gave a serious look, a believable look, one that made Jersey wonder, "Susami, do you have any clue what we have been through? We have been trying to save you for years. OK, we know that you were cared for now, but up until this point as far as we knew they could have been mistreating you. The only reason we injected that stuff into your arm is we didn't' t think that you would listen to us, until you had no choice. We are your family and I think that should count for something!" Jersey looked into his eyes, she couldn't tell wether he was lying or not. Bardock shook his head "Susami, you must be hungry, come on." He opened the door and walked out, turned and waited for her to join him. She relently followed. They began to walk down what seemed to be identical, unending hallways. They reached a part of the ship where the hall ways crossed making like a 4-way intersection. Radditz was waiting there, the minute she saw him she was struck with fear. "So where you taking her?" Bardock looked at Radditz "Well, she really should eat before we begin testing. Would you like to join us?" Radditz shook his head "No, I just finished eating." Bardock gestured for Jersey to follow him and started down another hall. It was a long hall with hundred of doors and anybody they passed stopped and bowed to Bardock. Finally they reached a huge room, with a large table in the middle. Some servants brought in plates and plates of food the minute they saw Bardock. He walked to the head of the table and pointed to the chair next to it "Here Susami, you sit here." She did as she was told. One of the servants placed a plate with a big portion of food on it in front of her. She sat for a few moments staring at it, What if this is a trick and this is poisoned? "Susami, aren't you hungry?" She glared at him "first, my name is Jersey! and no I'm not...and second, what are these...tests...you keep talking about?" Bardock now glared back "Your name is Susami! Why do you try to deny your true heritage?!" She jumped "Why?! I'll tell you why! It's because of my sayian heritage that you brought me here! My name is Jersey." Bardock was now furious "SIT DOWN!! The answer to your second question is: You are what they call the Silver Maiden, you have a power like no other and we want to study that and find out how you do it so we can train others." Jersey looked puzzled "Silver Maiden?" Bardock looked shocked "you mean to tell me you don't know?! That idiot Kakkorratt didn't train you?!" She jumped up "Who in the hell is Kakkorratt? and no I've haven't been trained since I was about five!" Bardock sat back down "don't worry, this won't interfere with the tests. It still remains in your genes, so I'll still be able to trace it." Jersey backed up from the table "what if I don't agree to take these tests?" Bardock smirked "Sorry to tell you this, but you don't have a choice." It hit her like lightning, the memory of Haishion and the death of her mother, all the horrible memories she had blocked out so many years ago. She knew she had to escape if she valued her life. She smirked "Oh really?" she darted for the door and started to run down the hall. Bardock jumped up and ran after her, she came to the intersection and Radditz who was walking down the hall saw her. He ran after her, She reached a dead end and tried a door on her left. Desperately with tears running down her face, it didn't work. She tried one on the right and realized she was out of time, she tried one last time to dodge around Radditz, but her shoulder met his knife, she staggered back and hit the wall. As she leaned against the wall, holding her upper arm, tears streaming down her face, she knew she had lost. She let herself slide down the wall, and stared at the floor. Raditz put his knife away and Bardock glared at him. She was fearless now, "You killed him didn't you?" Bardock stopped, "Who?" Jersey was now screaming, "What do you mean who?!?! Haishion! That's who!" Bardock shook his head, "He was a traitor." She glared at him, "He was a saint. You killed him, my mother, how many other people have you killed to get to me? Tell me! I need to know how much bloodshed I have caused!" "You know Susami, I really wanted this to be like your home. But it's obvious that, that's not what you want." He pulled a seringe from his pocket "I really didn't want to have to do this." Bardock bent down, she glared at him. He grabbed her arm that wasn't injured and inserted the seringe. She stared at him "How could a prison be my home?" Bardock smiled "It's for you protection, granddaughter." She continued glaring at him "Fuck you! I'm not your granddaughter!" It was now his turn to glare, she struggled with the medicine for a while before it was to strong and she passed out.
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"Bulma, have you tracked it down yet?" Vegeta shouted into a speaker. He, Gohan, and Tien were in a space pod that her father had rebuilt. "Yeah, I'm sending you the results now, your not that far." Bulma responded. Vegeta looked over to a machine that was printing "All right we've got it." Bulma gave the last word "All right guys, good luck, and bring our Jersey back!" *static*. They traveled for about an hour when they all sensed something. Tien and Gohan jumped up from the seats they had been resting in and got in fighting stance, they were very surprised to see that it was Goku. "Hi guys, they let me have some time to come help yall out!" he said giving his goofy smile. Gohan and Tien smiled and Vegeta smirked and spoke up "Well then lets go." Goku nodded and they headed towards the space craft.
They made a smooth landing on the planet that Bulma said his ship was. All four immediately took off for the ship. Upon arrival they were met by soldiers outside of Bardocks ship. They put up a pretty good fight but eight soldiers lost to Vegeta who said he could take them all. Vegeta killed all of them except one "Now you tell me where the girl is or I'll blow you into another dimension just like your little friends!" The soldier trembled at the sound of Vegeta's voice. "She's in the ship, they're running the tests." Vegeta threw the soldier down, but kept his promise and didn't kill him. All four made their way into the ship.
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Jersey half-way opened her eyes, to find an IV sticking in her arm and she had some other monitors hooked up to her. She slowly glanced around the room, she was lying on a hospital bed, and there were a lot of doctors around her. One doctor shined a light in her eyes and she quickly closed her eyes and turned her face to the side. Her arm had been bandaged, she felt like she had been drugged with some type of sleeping medicine and she struggled to stay a wake. She couldn't feel her body, she was completely numb. Her thoughts were confirmed when she saw one doctor lift a scalpel. She closed her eyes and clenched her teeth, but felt nothing. She struggled to keep awake, but no matter how hard she tried she kept losing. Her eyes closed once more and fell asleep.
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Bardock stood at a window watching the procedures, Radditz walked up. "Well Radditz, I do have to say she is quite strong willed, anybody else would have given up by now. But she just keeps hanging on. You should be proud." Radditz nodded, he didn't dare oppose his father. "Sir four intruders have entered the building." Bardock turned quickly "who?" Radditz smirked "Kakkorratt, his bratty son, Vegeta, and some three eyed guy. Shall I dispose of them?" Bardock nodded "They cannot interfere!" Radditz got the only other sayian on the ship besides his father and went to the front room, where Goku and the others had found themselves. "Brother! Vegeta! Friends! Welcome!" Raditz said with a smirk. Goku was furious "Where is she!" Radditz smiled "My daughter is busy right now, you have to leave a message!" Vegeta and Goku got into fighting stance. Vegeta glanced to Gohan "You and Tien go find her quickly!" Then he turned to Radditz "we aren't staying long." Gohan nodded and took off, Tien followed. Radditz started to go after the two but Vegeta jumped in between them "Radditz! Your fight is with me!" Radditz laughed, "Well Veggie, its been a while." Vegeta scowled, "This has nothing to do with my past, I'm here for the girl!" Goku was shocked at how protective Vegeta had become, he acted like she was his own. Goku and Vegeta began their fight.
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Gohan ran down the hall, praying to find her still alive. He came to the intersection, he stopped "Tien, help me sense her out, we don't have time to take a wrong turn." Tien nodded and began to concentrate "Gohan, she's there!" He ran to the right and Gohan followed. Both zoomed down the halls and didn't stop until they ran into Bardock "well, I heard we had guests, Gohan we don't have to fight. You know you, your father, and Vegeta could come work for Delor. You could be a really big help. It could be like a family thing." Gohan glared "I would never work for you!" Bardock smiled "Fine then lets get this over with, I have more important things to do boy." Tien jumped in front of Gohan "You go find Jersey! I'll take care of this!" Gohan nodded and ran down the hall. Bardock smiled to Tien "You have got to be kidding me! You won't beat me!" Tien nodded "No, mabey not but, at least I'll make a difference. And hopefully help Jersey!" He yelled and decided to wait for Bardock to make the first move.
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"Oh gee, now that was no fun." Vegeta smirked as he killed the other sayian. "Goku, I'll finish Radditz, you go find your daughter." Goku smiled "sure." Radditz was now boiling "She's my daughter and your not going anywhere Kakkorratt!" Goku smirked "fine...Vegeta you go get her." Vegeta nodded "If that's how Radditz wants it...sure." Vegeta took off down the hall and automatically turned left, he felt Tien's power rising. When he arrived to the scene Bardock smirked, "well this just keeps getting better and better!" Vegeta got in fighting stance "Tien I've got this, you go help Gohan!" Tien ran off. Bardock smiled "Vegeta now lets be logical..." Vegeta glared at Bardock "What are you talking about?" Bardock laughed out loud and then finished "Well, you see, if we can't have the girl, we have decided no one can have her. There is a huge energy blast implanted in this ship, it could've killed 2000 Freeza's. Now really, did you think we were going to come unprepared? Once that bomb's button is hit, you will only have three minutes to get off the planet. So if you do defeat me, I have an automatic sensor that will start the time on the bomb. So either way I win!" Vegeta stared in unbelief.
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Goku ran down the halls he had finally defeated Radditz enough that he could get away. He ran past Vegeta who was deep into a fight, but kept running. Finally he caught up to Tien and eventually Gohan. Goku got ahead of Gohan and took the lead, until he felt a sudden urge to stop at a door on his right. Goku kicked open the door, by this time Tien had caught up with him. Gohan froze when he saw three doctors standing over Jersey. Gohan and Tien ran in and killed anything that got in their way. Goku walked over to the table and shook her lightly. She opened her eyes half-way and in almost less than a whisper said "Daddy?" He looked down and realized that she had been cut open more than enough for anyone's lifetime. Then she lost all her energy and closed her eyes again. This worried Goku "Jersey?...Hey little bit!" He shook her a little more, she gave a soft whimper. Goku who was usually afraid of needles now had no fear (after all his niece's life was in danger). He took out the IV and Gohan worked to free her from the other machines. Goku picked up the 15 year-old and cradled her, just like he had 10 years ago. He looked to Gohan and Tien "We have to go now!" Goku ran down the hall Gohan and Tien followed. A huge blast of energy stopped Goku dead in his tracks. "Tien take Jersey go to the ship! Now!" Tien ran and carefully took Jersey from Goku's arms and started to run. Gohan stayed back to help his father up. Jersey was now half-way awake and realized what was going on, but she was still really weak. He reached the huge room that Goku and Vegeta had fought in before. Tien ran for the door, but before he could reach it Radditz stepped out blocking his path. Radditz smirked "Oh, leaving so soon? But me and Susami haven't gotten any quality time together yet." He pulled his knife and ran straight at Tien. Gohan and Goku got to the door-way just in time to see Tien fall and Radditz laugh. Jersey yelled as she fell with her friend "No! Tien....." Tears began to stream her face. Radditz was reaching for Jersey, when Bardock was flung straight through the wall. Bardock looked around and looked to Radditz "We have to abort. Now!" Vegeta jumped "Goku don't let either of them leave!" Vegeta flew straight at Bardock and grabbed both of his arms from behind, so he couldn't move. "You fool! We'll all die!" Bardock still trying to free himself yelled to Radditz "Kill the girl! Hurry!" Goku started to run to stop Radditz, who now had his knife lifted above her head. But as he brought down the knife, he was stopped by an energy shield. Radditz tried to force the knife into the shield. Jersey started to speak softly then gaining more volume as she continued "You killed my brother, then you killed Trunks. My mother's and Hashion's death will not go unjustified. You have killed so many people.........but know this, THERE WILL BE NO MORE KILLING FROM YOU!!!!" As she said that everybody in the room froze. Jersey stood up and she was engulfed by a white energy so bright that no one in the room could see. When it faded, they were all shocked to see she was dressed in white pants and a white warriors robe, her eyes were like ice, her hair completely silver and in her hand was a laser like sword (thanks star wars for the idea) that was also white. Her power was unlike any other, Vegeta even trembled at the sight of her (and if Vegeta is scared then you know its really cool). She clutched the sword with both hands and turned to her father. He stepped back in fear, She flew at him with full force slicing the sword into his stomach and literally cutting him in half. She turned and faced back towards the others and looked at Goku. Then all of the sudden she collapsed and passed out, as if she couldn't hold that high a power for too long. Bardock questioned this "that's it?" Bardock threw three energy blast at Gohan, Goku, and Vegeta; they were all hit really hard since they weren't paying attention. "Kakkorratt! You should have trained her in this! It doesn't matter now anyway, She has to die!" Goku who now laid face down on the floor tried to get up, as he watched Bardock walked over and bend down over the unconscious girl. "Well granddaughter, it was nice to meet you. Now sweet dreams." He put his hand over her back and began gathering energy to kill her, when he was tackled by Vegeta. "Vegeta let me go! She is not your concern!" Vegeta smirked "Of course she's my concern, see my son has this 'thing' for her and she became a concern about a month ago when they started dating! So yes, she is a huge concern of mine!" Vegeta said with a smile. "Goku, you have to get them to the ship! Because once I destroy Bardock the whole planet will blow!" Goku who was now getting up nodded. Goku ran over and picked Tien up putting him over his shoulder. Gohan ran over and carefully picked up Jersey. "Gohan grab my arm we'll use instant transmission!" Gohan nodded and ran over to his dad. Goku placed his hand on his shoulder and went to the ship.
Once Vegeta saw that Jersey was safe and out of Bardocks ship, he let go of Bardock "now we finish this." Bardock nodded "Yes now you die!" Vegeta smirked "sorry to disappoint you old man..." Bardock laughed "Fool! I've already hit the detonation switch! You only have 1 and 1/2 minutes left." Vegeta smirked once more "Like I said, 'sorry to disappoint you old man'!" Like two seconds after he said that Goku appeared behind him, Goku waved and smiled at Bardock "Bye!" Goku placed his hand on Vegeta's shoulder, Bardock ran for Vegeta to stop him, but Vegeta gave him one last famous smirk and disappeared.
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When they arrived at the ship, Gohan had already started up the engine and was ready to go. "I'm taking off now! So everybody hang on!" Vegeta grabbed the side of the ship and Goku got hold of one of the doors as Gohan lifted off. They watched from the ship as the little tiny planet exploded and they felt Bardock's power completely disappear. Gohan set the ship to fly home at full speed, then went over to check on Tien, who was now propped up on some pillows. Tien held his hand over his stomach where he had been hit. Gohan walked over "How you doing?" Tein smirked "Hey..............it's...........gonna take.....*gasped for breath*.....more than that.......to kill me." Gohan laughed "fine, just try not to move to much till we get you to the hospital." Jersey was still really weak and when Goku and Vegeta tried to get her to sit up to look at her cuts all over her body, especially the one in her arm, she had to lean on Goku. Vegeta carefully unwrapped the bandage that had been put on there. Vegeta cringed when he saw it, it was completely infected. The slash was still there and around the slash her skin had turned blue and purple and green. Vegeta looked to Gohan "Hey I'm gonna need some cleaner and a fresh bandage." While Gohan got the items Vegeta had requested, Vegeta examined a cut on her cheek possibly from when she collapsed. He ran his finger across it trying to see how deep it was, she cringed and backed as far as she could into Goku. Goku tried to calm her down "Hey little bit, it's okay Vegeta's going to clean that for you. Come on, now settle down." She only half-way opened her eyes, and glanced at Vegeta to make sure she wasn't dreaming, before closing them again. Vegeta cleaned both the cuts and bandaged them so they wouldn't bleed anymore than they had. By the time they reached home, Bulma had contacted Gohan and knew they were coming. When they landed she had a medical team waiting, they took Tien and got him to the hospital. Goku said he would fly Jersey to the hospital, that way it would be quicker. Gohan flew with his dad and Vegeta decided to take his car and fill Bulma in on the details.
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When they got to the hospital, Chichi was already there with Goten. She was shocked at how pale and drained Jersey looked. The doctor came out and met Goku in the hall, he had been expecting them and told Goku to follow him, Goku followed. The doctor led him to a room filled with machines and a hospital bed. Goku set her down on the bed and stepped back into the hall so the doctor could have 'her space'. Chichi and Goku and Gohan sat in the waiting room while they watched people they knew come and go. The doctor had come in to tell them that Tien had arrived and he would be fine, as long as he took time and rested. Vegeta and Bulma and 5 year-old bra came and sat with them. Bulma and Chichi filled Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan in on that Goten and Trunks were fine, the hospital had given them a room together with a curtain in the middle and that they were either fighting over what to watch on TV or playing poker and betting money neither of them had to give. So Gohan, Vegeta, and Goku went back to visit them.
When Gohan came back out Videl and 4 year-old Pan were in the waiting room. Pan was dressed in a pair of baggy blue-pants with a white stripe down the sides, a Tee-shirt that was obviously one of Jersey's or Goten's because it was to big, her hair was braided neatly in to two pigtails, she was wearing a capsule corp hat backwards, her bangs were in her face, and she was wearing the boots she usually trained in. Pan ran to Gohan "Daddy!!!" she lept into his arms and gave him a huge hug. Gohan hugged her and then set her up on his shoulders. Videl smiled at the two, she hated the hospital. This was the same hospital that she found out her first pregnancy was a miscarriage. Pan would have originally had an older brother. They even told her that she probably would never be able to have a child. So Pan was just one of the small miracles that fate had blessed the Son family with (OK, I know some of you are staring at the computer in confusion. So remember back to when Jersey was five, Videl was pregnant and the baby didn't live. Hope this helps you out ; p). He looked at Videl and smiled, Videl smiled back "I think she missed you!" Gohan laughed "I guess she did!" The whole time Gohan tried to talk with Videl, Pan ran her mouth (OK you remember being 4; everything you have to say is more important than anything anyone else has to say.) Finally Gohan gave Pan a questioning look and laughed at a comment she had said. Pan continued her chattering and Gohan sat back amazed that he had never noticed how long she could run her mouth. Gohan looked across the room at Yamcha, Bulma, Master Roshi, Chow su, Crillin, Marron, Chichi, and #18 who all sat wide eyed and amazed at how much this kid could talk. Pan finally finished everything she needed to tell her 'daddy' about the week and 1/2 he had been gone. After she finished Everyone sat in a silent shock for about five minutes, finally Yamcha broke the silence "Well!...............*nodded his head sarcasticly*...........that..........that was interesting...........So Anybody want to hear about my week?" He said with a smirk. Everybody at the same time jumped "NO!!!" Pan jumped up on her dad's lap "Daddy, is aunt Jersey OK?" she looked up at him with worry. Gohan hated that he couldn't tell her 'yeah! she's fine, and she'll be home really soon'. But the one thing about Pan is that he had never lied to her before (except for like Santa, Easter bunny, ect.) "Well sweetie, that's what the doctor is checking on now." She looked down at the floor and leaned against her dad. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
About 15 minutes later Goku and Vegeta returned from seeing Trunks and Goten and filling them in on the situation. Goku walked into the waiting room and stopped at the door, waiting for Pan to notice he was there. Finally after about five minutes Videl decided to help. "Hey Pan, look who's here." Pan looked at her mother and then around the room before her eyes landed on Goku. "GRANDPA GOKU!!!!" She got off her father's lap and ran to her grandfather, he bent down and swept her up into his arms, she giggled. She smiled and then lost her smile and gave a 'mad look'. Goku gave her a questioning look "What's wrong with you!?" She rolled her eyes "Oh grandpa!.....now..I have to..start my story all over again!" Everybody but Pan sweat-dropped and fell out of their chairs. Gohan spoke up "Hey Pan! Why don't you wait till later?" She looked at her dad with questioning eyes and then shrugged her shoulders "OK." She hopped down and resumed her place on her Daddy's lap. Vegeta sat down next to Bra and she turned and leaned against him. Sticking her thumb in her mouth. She was in a pair of kaki capri pants, a yellow power puff girl Tee-shirt, ankle socks, and a pair of white tenni-shoes. Her hair was pulled back in it's usual high ponytail and had a yellow ribbon to match her shirt. Everybody sat there for another 2 hours. Finally the doctor came in Goku stood up and Marron looked up in fear for her best friend "Mr. Son? I'm doctor Crumpton, I've been monitoring your daughter closely, so far we have kept her stable and she is doing really well. The best thing I think you can do is go home and get some rest. You can give me the number to every cell phone if you want and I'll call you if anything happens." Crillin stood up and stretched "Hey I've got an idea, how about some of us can go pick up some dinner and then we could take it to one of our houses and eat then if Anybody wants to come back Pan and Bra are welcome to stay at our house. #18 nodded "Yeah, we'll be happy to take Pan and Bra for the night." Goku spoke up "OK well we'll go eat and we can decide over dinner." Crillin laughed "Yeah, Goku can't make a decision on an empty stomach." Everybody laughed over the comment and started getting their coats on. Gohan smiled down at a sleeping pan. Videl put her coat on her while Gohan held her up, Pan gave a look around the room her eyes only half-way opened and then turned and held on to her dads shoulders and laid her head on one of his left shoulder, while he carried her with one arm. Vegeta handed Bra her coat and hat, she put them on and grabbed her father's hand and they all went out to eat.
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He moved slowly through the hospital hallways as the clock ticked, it was 2 am. If the nurse caught him, it would all be over. He froze when he heard someone coming, pushing himself against the wall. The janitor walked on. He sighed, and continued towards Jersey's room. He was nervous, but he didn't really know why. He pushed the door open and let out a long breath. Goku was there, asleep in the chair next to her bed. Jersey lay half-way propped up on pillows. Countless machines were beeping every now and then, measuring her breathing and heart rate. Her hair was sweaty and he could see the wounds, she had received from earlier that day. This was too risky, Goku might wake up, he needed to leave. He turned slowly and took little steps towards the door. Until a firm hand clamped down on his shoulder, "Trunks, how are you doing?" Trunks smirked and turned to Goku, "I guess I am OK, I just thought I'd drop by and....." Goku smiled, "Well I am glad you dropped by. To tell the truth, I'm getting kind of hungry and wanted to go get some food. But I don't want to leave Jersey alone. So do you think you could stay with her for me?" Trunks laughed, "Sure." In his mind he knew that Goku was setting this up. Jersey hadn't told Goku about the two of them, but Trunks had known from the start that Goku would find out. Goku smiled, "OK, I'll be back in about an hour. Trunks jumped, "An hour?!" Goku gave his goofy grin, "Yeah, I am really hungry! Bye!" Goku left the room quickly. Trunks watched him go and then made his way to Jersey's bed side. He sat down next to her and took her frail hand in his. He looked at the slice in her arm and cringed thinking of his scars. "Jersey, I am so sorry. I can't believe they over powered us." Anger was rising in his blood, "I feel so helpless." He studied the scar on her face, "Why wasn't I there?" Trunks closed his eyes, "I know that if you were awake you wouldn't want to talk about this. You have always tried to look on the bright side of things. My Kami, Goku really rubbed off on you, didn't he? Lets see, what is something good? Oh, their building a theater down town, their going to perform a different play every month. You'll love it. They showed a tour of it on the news and it's just like one of those old time theaters, wooden folding seats, a huge stage, and balconies. I'll take you to the very first play. So don't give up on me, OK? You have to hold on, you can't quit." Tears were forming in Trunks eyes, "Don't you dare give up on me Jersey. You have never let anyone down before, please don't start now! I need you here. Your parents need you here. Lets not forget Pan, she adores you, we could never tell her you gave up." He squeezed her hand once more, "Jersey, I love you. I know I haven't said it before, but I figured you knew. But I don't want you to have any doubts. So if for nothing else, hold on for me." Goku smiled, he hadn't left, he had only left the room and was listening from the hallway. He didn't really want food, he only said that to give Trunks time with Jersey. He reached into his pocket pulled out some money and headed to the snack machine.
This continued, Trunks would go to Jersey's room every night and talk to her about things they would do, if she would just hang on. Only now, Goku wasn't listening in. He told Chichi that Trunks could stay with her, and he could catch up on sleep. (I know a lot of you are thinking: "well if my child were in the ICU and we didn't know if she were going to make it, I wouldn't leave her side for a minute." But you need to remember that if she dies, Goku is also dead, he can see her then. This might be Trunks last chance.) About four days after Jersey had arrived at the hospital, Trunks was sitting in her room, He was holding her hand and was sleeping. He jerked awake and glared at the TV, thinking it had woke him up. But then he froze as he felt her hand squeeze his. He slowly turned to her, "Jersey?" She squeezed his hand once more and halfway opened her eyes smiling. Trunks jumped up, "Jersey!" He kissed her on the forehead and ran to get Goku and Chichi from the Cafe'.
The night after Jersey was fully awake, and the pain killers were wearing off. She was in the worst pain she had ever felt and Goku, Chichi, and Trunks were trying to keep her mind off of it. Trunks sat down next to her bed and took her hand. Jersey grimaced and smiled at Trunks, "So was all that true?" Trunks raised an eyebrow at her, "Was what all true?" Jersey laughed, "Oh don't even play that game with me. Are you telling me you forgot all those promises you made me?" Trunks smiled, "No I haven't forgotten, and if you ever get out of here, we'll go do those things." Jersey gave an evil smirk, "Will you really take me shopping at the mall?" Trunks glared at the floor cursing himself for ever making that promise, "Yeah...I'll go to the mall for you." Jersey laughed, "So how much longer are you and Goten in here?" Trunks looked at his wound, "The doctor is going to take the stitches out in a couple of days, but he wants us to stay until we get our strength back.
When Goku returned to the hospital, about a week later, to visit Goten and Jersey, he found Trunks with them in Jersey's room, yelling at a basketball game. "Oh come on ref! That was a freaking foul! She came over the back to get the ball! Ahh!" Jersey covered her face and plopped back on her pillow. Goku smiled "Hey guys, got something for you!" All three looked up suddenly and gave each other all smirks as they watched Goku extending his hand, revealing three sensu beans (OK so I can't spell anything in Japanese, so sue me! its my fanfic!) Each of them took one and chewed it up well. "so we going home now? Or we could go play a game of hockey...Hey who is up for a friendly game of bball?" Trunks laughed "Jersey none of your basketball games are friendly! And don't you think you should get that taken out first?" Trunks noted as he pointed to the IV still in her arm. She looked down and smiled "yeah I guess, I do." The doctor came in "Well Mr. Son I wondered how long it would be before you brought those in." She said as she removed Jersey's IV. "Well Jersey, Trunks, Goten you guys have fun going home." She smiled and Goten looked at her weird "How did you know about the sensu beans?" She smiled "Please! I have delivered five babies with tails. They always ended up relating to either Mr. Son here, or Mr. Briefs. Mr. Briefs turned Super Sayian when Bra was born, and Goku powered up majorly when Gohan was born." Goku smiled at all three of them "Dr. Crompton delivered You and You *pointing to Trunks and Goten* and Bra, Pan, and Gohan too. So are you all ready to go home?" All three jumped up and they left.
PART 3
Jersey woke up in a small room, she was no longer in the blue-jeans and shirt she had worn while with Trunks. Now she was in gray sweat-pants, that were really to big for her but they had a drawstring so they were just really baggy, and black tank top, and a pair of white socks. She sat up and studied what she was wearing and her surroundings, the room only showed one way out and that was a huge metal door. She knew that it was hopeless but she got up and tried the door any way. It wouldn't budge, the people who put her here, knew she was going to try to escape. She stood back and began to walk around the room, after a while she noticed that her tail was out. She looked down at her white tail and wrapped it around her waist. Then she went and sat on her bed and waited. Finally about an hour later, Bardock entered the room "So Susami, how are you feeling?" she sat up on her bed "Well lets see, I have no clue where I am, you kidnapped me, I don't even know who you people are, and in order to get me here you jabbed some freaky medicine into my arm and oh yeah, you just killed my brother and my boyfriend. So, I guess I feel like SHIT!". Bardock grabbed a chair and sat next to her bed and glanced at her waist "So its true, you do still have your tail. Sasha, said that when she was changing you she saw a tail." Jersey glared at him "OK, Susami I'm going to clear up some things for you, first I'm your grandfather. Radditz is my son and you are his daughter. Second, this is my ship, I'm sort of an ambassador for King Delor. Third, we did what we did in order to get you back, you see you were taken from us when you were a baby. That boy was not really your brother, that's just something Kakkoratt pushed into your head. So really we didn't kidnap you we were saving you." He reached to put his hand on her shoulder and she jerked away "Saved me from what!? The best thing that's ever happened to me?!" Bardock gave a serious look, a believable look, one that made Jersey wonder, "Susami, do you have any clue what we have been through? We have been trying to save you for years. OK, we know that you were cared for now, but up until this point as far as we knew they could have been mistreating you. The only reason we injected that stuff into your arm is we didn't' t think that you would listen to us, until you had no choice. We are your family and I think that should count for something!" Jersey looked into his eyes, she couldn't tell wether he was lying or not. Bardock shook his head "Susami, you must be hungry, come on." He opened the door and walked out, turned and waited for her to join him. She relently followed. They began to walk down what seemed to be identical, unending hallways. They reached a part of the ship where the hall ways crossed making like a 4-way intersection. Radditz was waiting there, the minute she saw him she was struck with fear. "So where you taking her?" Bardock looked at Radditz "Well, she really should eat before we begin testing. Would you like to join us?" Radditz shook his head "No, I just finished eating." Bardock gestured for Jersey to follow him and started down another hall. It was a long hall with hundred of doors and anybody they passed stopped and bowed to Bardock. Finally they reached a huge room, with a large table in the middle. Some servants brought in plates and plates of food the minute they saw Bardock. He walked to the head of the table and pointed to the chair next to it "Here Susami, you sit here." She did as she was told. One of the servants placed a plate with a big portion of food on it in front of her. She sat for a few moments staring at it, What if this is a trick and this is poisoned? "Susami, aren't you hungry?" She glared at him "first, my name is Jersey! and no I'm not...and second, what are these...tests...you keep talking about?" Bardock now glared back "Your name is Susami! Why do you try to deny your true heritage?!" She jumped "Why?! I'll tell you why! It's because of my sayian heritage that you brought me here! My name is Jersey." Bardock was now furious "SIT DOWN!! The answer to your second question is: You are what they call the Silver Maiden, you have a power like no other and we want to study that and find out how you do it so we can train others." Jersey looked puzzled "Silver Maiden?" Bardock looked shocked "you mean to tell me you don't know?! That idiot Kakkorratt didn't train you?!" She jumped up "Who in the hell is Kakkorratt? and no I've haven't been trained since I was about five!" Bardock sat back down "don't worry, this won't interfere with the tests. It still remains in your genes, so I'll still be able to trace it." Jersey backed up from the table "what if I don't agree to take these tests?" Bardock smirked "Sorry to tell you this, but you don't have a choice." It hit her like lightning, the memory of Haishion and the death of her mother, all the horrible memories she had blocked out so many years ago. She knew she had to escape if she valued her life. She smirked "Oh really?" she darted for the door and started to run down the hall. Bardock jumped up and ran after her, she came to the intersection and Radditz who was walking down the hall saw her. He ran after her, She reached a dead end and tried a door on her left. Desperately with tears running down her face, it didn't work. She tried one on the right and realized she was out of time, she tried one last time to dodge around Radditz, but her shoulder met his knife, she staggered back and hit the wall. As she leaned against the wall, holding her upper arm, tears streaming down her face, she knew she had lost. She let herself slide down the wall, and stared at the floor. Raditz put his knife away and Bardock glared at him. She was fearless now, "You killed him didn't you?" Bardock stopped, "Who?" Jersey was now screaming, "What do you mean who?!?! Haishion! That's who!" Bardock shook his head, "He was a traitor." She glared at him, "He was a saint. You killed him, my mother, how many other people have you killed to get to me? Tell me! I need to know how much bloodshed I have caused!" "You know Susami, I really wanted this to be like your home. But it's obvious that, that's not what you want." He pulled a seringe from his pocket "I really didn't want to have to do this." Bardock bent down, she glared at him. He grabbed her arm that wasn't injured and inserted the seringe. She stared at him "How could a prison be my home?" Bardock smiled "It's for you protection, granddaughter." She continued glaring at him "Fuck you! I'm not your granddaughter!" It was now his turn to glare, she struggled with the medicine for a while before it was to strong and she passed out.
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"Bulma, have you tracked it down yet?" Vegeta shouted into a speaker. He, Gohan, and Tien were in a space pod that her father had rebuilt. "Yeah, I'm sending you the results now, your not that far." Bulma responded. Vegeta looked over to a machine that was printing "All right we've got it." Bulma gave the last word "All right guys, good luck, and bring our Jersey back!" *static*. They traveled for about an hour when they all sensed something. Tien and Gohan jumped up from the seats they had been resting in and got in fighting stance, they were very surprised to see that it was Goku. "Hi guys, they let me have some time to come help yall out!" he said giving his goofy smile. Gohan and Tien smiled and Vegeta smirked and spoke up "Well then lets go." Goku nodded and they headed towards the space craft.
They made a smooth landing on the planet that Bulma said his ship was. All four immediately took off for the ship. Upon arrival they were met by soldiers outside of Bardocks ship. They put up a pretty good fight but eight soldiers lost to Vegeta who said he could take them all. Vegeta killed all of them except one "Now you tell me where the girl is or I'll blow you into another dimension just like your little friends!" The soldier trembled at the sound of Vegeta's voice. "She's in the ship, they're running the tests." Vegeta threw the soldier down, but kept his promise and didn't kill him. All four made their way into the ship.
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Jersey half-way opened her eyes, to find an IV sticking in her arm and she had some other monitors hooked up to her. She slowly glanced around the room, she was lying on a hospital bed, and there were a lot of doctors around her. One doctor shined a light in her eyes and she quickly closed her eyes and turned her face to the side. Her arm had been bandaged, she felt like she had been drugged with some type of sleeping medicine and she struggled to stay a wake. She couldn't feel her body, she was completely numb. Her thoughts were confirmed when she saw one doctor lift a scalpel. She closed her eyes and clenched her teeth, but felt nothing. She struggled to keep awake, but no matter how hard she tried she kept losing. Her eyes closed once more and fell asleep.
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Bardock stood at a window watching the procedures, Radditz walked up. "Well Radditz, I do have to say she is quite strong willed, anybody else would have given up by now. But she just keeps hanging on. You should be proud." Radditz nodded, he didn't dare oppose his father. "Sir four intruders have entered the building." Bardock turned quickly "who?" Radditz smirked "Kakkorratt, his bratty son, Vegeta, and some three eyed guy. Shall I dispose of them?" Bardock nodded "They cannot interfere!" Radditz got the only other sayian on the ship besides his father and went to the front room, where Goku and the others had found themselves. "Brother! Vegeta! Friends! Welcome!" Raditz said with a smirk. Goku was furious "Where is she!" Radditz smiled "My daughter is busy right now, you have to leave a message!" Vegeta and Goku got into fighting stance. Vegeta glanced to Gohan "You and Tien go find her quickly!" Then he turned to Radditz "we aren't staying long." Gohan nodded and took off, Tien followed. Radditz started to go after the two but Vegeta jumped in between them "Radditz! Your fight is with me!" Radditz laughed, "Well Veggie, its been a while." Vegeta scowled, "This has nothing to do with my past, I'm here for the girl!" Goku was shocked at how protective Vegeta had become, he acted like she was his own. Goku and Vegeta began their fight.
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Gohan ran down the hall, praying to find her still alive. He came to the intersection, he stopped "Tien, help me sense her out, we don't have time to take a wrong turn." Tien nodded and began to concentrate "Gohan, she's there!" He ran to the right and Gohan followed. Both zoomed down the halls and didn't stop until they ran into Bardock "well, I heard we had guests, Gohan we don't have to fight. You know you, your father, and Vegeta could come work for Delor. You could be a really big help. It could be like a family thing." Gohan glared "I would never work for you!" Bardock smiled "Fine then lets get this over with, I have more important things to do boy." Tien jumped in front of Gohan "You go find Jersey! I'll take care of this!" Gohan nodded and ran down the hall. Bardock smiled to Tien "You have got to be kidding me! You won't beat me!" Tien nodded "No, mabey not but, at least I'll make a difference. And hopefully help Jersey!" He yelled and decided to wait for Bardock to make the first move.
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"Oh gee, now that was no fun." Vegeta smirked as he killed the other sayian. "Goku, I'll finish Radditz, you go find your daughter." Goku smiled "sure." Radditz was now boiling "She's my daughter and your not going anywhere Kakkorratt!" Goku smirked "fine...Vegeta you go get her." Vegeta nodded "If that's how Radditz wants it...sure." Vegeta took off down the hall and automatically turned left, he felt Tien's power rising. When he arrived to the scene Bardock smirked, "well this just keeps getting better and better!" Vegeta got in fighting stance "Tien I've got this, you go help Gohan!" Tien ran off. Bardock smiled "Vegeta now lets be logical..." Vegeta glared at Bardock "What are you talking about?" Bardock laughed out loud and then finished "Well, you see, if we can't have the girl, we have decided no one can have her. There is a huge energy blast implanted in this ship, it could've killed 2000 Freeza's. Now really, did you think we were going to come unprepared? Once that bomb's button is hit, you will only have three minutes to get off the planet. So if you do defeat me, I have an automatic sensor that will start the time on the bomb. So either way I win!" Vegeta stared in unbelief.
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Goku ran down the halls he had finally defeated Radditz enough that he could get away. He ran past Vegeta who was deep into a fight, but kept running. Finally he caught up to Tien and eventually Gohan. Goku got ahead of Gohan and took the lead, until he felt a sudden urge to stop at a door on his right. Goku kicked open the door, by this time Tien had caught up with him. Gohan froze when he saw three doctors standing over Jersey. Gohan and Tien ran in and killed anything that got in their way. Goku walked over to the table and shook her lightly. She opened her eyes half-way and in almost less than a whisper said "Daddy?" He looked down and realized that she had been cut open more than enough for anyone's lifetime. Then she lost all her energy and closed her eyes again. This worried Goku "Jersey?...Hey little bit!" He shook her a little more, she gave a soft whimper. Goku who was usually afraid of needles now had no fear (after all his niece's life was in danger). He took out the IV and Gohan worked to free her from the other machines. Goku picked up the 15 year-old and cradled her, just like he had 10 years ago. He looked to Gohan and Tien "We have to go now!" Goku ran down the hall Gohan and Tien followed. A huge blast of energy stopped Goku dead in his tracks. "Tien take Jersey go to the ship! Now!" Tien ran and carefully took Jersey from Goku's arms and started to run. Gohan stayed back to help his father up. Jersey was now half-way awake and realized what was going on, but she was still really weak. He reached the huge room that Goku and Vegeta had fought in before. Tien ran for the door, but before he could reach it Radditz stepped out blocking his path. Radditz smirked "Oh, leaving so soon? But me and Susami haven't gotten any quality time together yet." He pulled his knife and ran straight at Tien. Gohan and Goku got to the door-way just in time to see Tien fall and Radditz laugh. Jersey yelled as she fell with her friend "No! Tien....." Tears began to stream her face. Radditz was reaching for Jersey, when Bardock was flung straight through the wall. Bardock looked around and looked to Radditz "We have to abort. Now!" Vegeta jumped "Goku don't let either of them leave!" Vegeta flew straight at Bardock and grabbed both of his arms from behind, so he couldn't move. "You fool! We'll all die!" Bardock still trying to free himself yelled to Radditz "Kill the girl! Hurry!" Goku started to run to stop Radditz, who now had his knife lifted above her head. But as he brought down the knife, he was stopped by an energy shield. Radditz tried to force the knife into the shield. Jersey started to speak softly then gaining more volume as she continued "You killed my brother, then you killed Trunks. My mother's and Hashion's death will not go unjustified. You have killed so many people.........but know this, THERE WILL BE NO MORE KILLING FROM YOU!!!!" As she said that everybody in the room froze. Jersey stood up and she was engulfed by a white energy so bright that no one in the room could see. When it faded, they were all shocked to see she was dressed in white pants and a white warriors robe, her eyes were like ice, her hair completely silver and in her hand was a laser like sword (thanks star wars for the idea) that was also white. Her power was unlike any other, Vegeta even trembled at the sight of her (and if Vegeta is scared then you know its really cool). She clutched the sword with both hands and turned to her father. He stepped back in fear, She flew at him with full force slicing the sword into his stomach and literally cutting him in half. She turned and faced back towards the others and looked at Goku. Then all of the sudden she collapsed and passed out, as if she couldn't hold that high a power for too long. Bardock questioned this "that's it?" Bardock threw three energy blast at Gohan, Goku, and Vegeta; they were all hit really hard since they weren't paying attention. "Kakkorratt! You should have trained her in this! It doesn't matter now anyway, She has to die!" Goku who now laid face down on the floor tried to get up, as he watched Bardock walked over and bend down over the unconscious girl. "Well granddaughter, it was nice to meet you. Now sweet dreams." He put his hand over her back and began gathering energy to kill her, when he was tackled by Vegeta. "Vegeta let me go! She is not your concern!" Vegeta smirked "Of course she's my concern, see my son has this 'thing' for her and she became a concern about a month ago when they started dating! So yes, she is a huge concern of mine!" Vegeta said with a smile. "Goku, you have to get them to the ship! Because once I destroy Bardock the whole planet will blow!" Goku who was now getting up nodded. Goku ran over and picked Tien up putting him over his shoulder. Gohan ran over and carefully picked up Jersey. "Gohan grab my arm we'll use instant transmission!" Gohan nodded and ran over to his dad. Goku placed his hand on his shoulder and went to the ship.
Once Vegeta saw that Jersey was safe and out of Bardocks ship, he let go of Bardock "now we finish this." Bardock nodded "Yes now you die!" Vegeta smirked "sorry to disappoint you old man..." Bardock laughed "Fool! I've already hit the detonation switch! You only have 1 and 1/2 minutes left." Vegeta smirked once more "Like I said, 'sorry to disappoint you old man'!" Like two seconds after he said that Goku appeared behind him, Goku waved and smiled at Bardock "Bye!" Goku placed his hand on Vegeta's shoulder, Bardock ran for Vegeta to stop him, but Vegeta gave him one last famous smirk and disappeared.
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When they arrived at the ship, Gohan had already started up the engine and was ready to go. "I'm taking off now! So everybody hang on!" Vegeta grabbed the side of the ship and Goku got hold of one of the doors as Gohan lifted off. They watched from the ship as the little tiny planet exploded and they felt Bardock's power completely disappear. Gohan set the ship to fly home at full speed, then went over to check on Tien, who was now propped up on some pillows. Tien held his hand over his stomach where he had been hit. Gohan walked over "How you doing?" Tein smirked "Hey..............it's...........gonna take.....*gasped for breath*.....more than that.......to kill me." Gohan laughed "fine, just try not to move to much till we get you to the hospital." Jersey was still really weak and when Goku and Vegeta tried to get her to sit up to look at her cuts all over her body, especially the one in her arm, she had to lean on Goku. Vegeta carefully unwrapped the bandage that had been put on there. Vegeta cringed when he saw it, it was completely infected. The slash was still there and around the slash her skin had turned blue and purple and green. Vegeta looked to Gohan "Hey I'm gonna need some cleaner and a fresh bandage." While Gohan got the items Vegeta had requested, Vegeta examined a cut on her cheek possibly from when she collapsed. He ran his finger across it trying to see how deep it was, she cringed and backed as far as she could into Goku. Goku tried to calm her down "Hey little bit, it's okay Vegeta's going to clean that for you. Come on, now settle down." She only half-way opened her eyes, and glanced at Vegeta to make sure she wasn't dreaming, before closing them again. Vegeta cleaned both the cuts and bandaged them so they wouldn't bleed anymore than they had. By the time they reached home, Bulma had contacted Gohan and knew they were coming. When they landed she had a medical team waiting, they took Tien and got him to the hospital. Goku said he would fly Jersey to the hospital, that way it would be quicker. Gohan flew with his dad and Vegeta decided to take his car and fill Bulma in on the details.
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When they got to the hospital, Chichi was already there with Goten. She was shocked at how pale and drained Jersey looked. The doctor came out and met Goku in the hall, he had been expecting them and told Goku to follow him, Goku followed. The doctor led him to a room filled with machines and a hospital bed. Goku set her down on the bed and stepped back into the hall so the doctor could have 'her space'. Chichi and Goku and Gohan sat in the waiting room while they watched people they knew come and go. The doctor had come in to tell them that Tien had arrived and he would be fine, as long as he took time and rested. Vegeta and Bulma and 5 year-old bra came and sat with them. Bulma and Chichi filled Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan in on that Goten and Trunks were fine, the hospital had given them a room together with a curtain in the middle and that they were either fighting over what to watch on TV or playing poker and betting money neither of them had to give. So Gohan, Vegeta, and Goku went back to visit them.
When Gohan came back out Videl and 4 year-old Pan were in the waiting room. Pan was dressed in a pair of baggy blue-pants with a white stripe down the sides, a Tee-shirt that was obviously one of Jersey's or Goten's because it was to big, her hair was braided neatly in to two pigtails, she was wearing a capsule corp hat backwards, her bangs were in her face, and she was wearing the boots she usually trained in. Pan ran to Gohan "Daddy!!!" she lept into his arms and gave him a huge hug. Gohan hugged her and then set her up on his shoulders. Videl smiled at the two, she hated the hospital. This was the same hospital that she found out her first pregnancy was a miscarriage. Pan would have originally had an older brother. They even told her that she probably would never be able to have a child. So Pan was just one of the small miracles that fate had blessed the Son family with (OK, I know some of you are staring at the computer in confusion. So remember back to when Jersey was five, Videl was pregnant and the baby didn't live. Hope this helps you out ; p). He looked at Videl and smiled, Videl smiled back "I think she missed you!" Gohan laughed "I guess she did!" The whole time Gohan tried to talk with Videl, Pan ran her mouth (OK you remember being 4; everything you have to say is more important than anything anyone else has to say.) Finally Gohan gave Pan a questioning look and laughed at a comment she had said. Pan continued her chattering and Gohan sat back amazed that he had never noticed how long she could run her mouth. Gohan looked across the room at Yamcha, Bulma, Master Roshi, Chow su, Crillin, Marron, Chichi, and #18 who all sat wide eyed and amazed at how much this kid could talk. Pan finally finished everything she needed to tell her 'daddy' about the week and 1/2 he had been gone. After she finished Everyone sat in a silent shock for about five minutes, finally Yamcha broke the silence "Well!...............*nodded his head sarcasticly*...........that..........that was interesting...........So Anybody want to hear about my week?" He said with a smirk. Everybody at the same time jumped "NO!!!" Pan jumped up on her dad's lap "Daddy, is aunt Jersey OK?" she looked up at him with worry. Gohan hated that he couldn't tell her 'yeah! she's fine, and she'll be home really soon'. But the one thing about Pan is that he had never lied to her before (except for like Santa, Easter bunny, ect.) "Well sweetie, that's what the doctor is checking on now." She looked down at the floor and leaned against her dad. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
About 15 minutes later Goku and Vegeta returned from seeing Trunks and Goten and filling them in on the situation. Goku walked into the waiting room and stopped at the door, waiting for Pan to notice he was there. Finally after about five minutes Videl decided to help. "Hey Pan, look who's here." Pan looked at her mother and then around the room before her eyes landed on Goku. "GRANDPA GOKU!!!!" She got off her father's lap and ran to her grandfather, he bent down and swept her up into his arms, she giggled. She smiled and then lost her smile and gave a 'mad look'. Goku gave her a questioning look "What's wrong with you!?" She rolled her eyes "Oh grandpa!.....now..I have to..start my story all over again!" Everybody but Pan sweat-dropped and fell out of their chairs. Gohan spoke up "Hey Pan! Why don't you wait till later?" She looked at her dad with questioning eyes and then shrugged her shoulders "OK." She hopped down and resumed her place on her Daddy's lap. Vegeta sat down next to Bra and she turned and leaned against him. Sticking her thumb in her mouth. She was in a pair of kaki capri pants, a yellow power puff girl Tee-shirt, ankle socks, and a pair of white tenni-shoes. Her hair was pulled back in it's usual high ponytail and had a yellow ribbon to match her shirt. Everybody sat there for another 2 hours. Finally the doctor came in Goku stood up and Marron looked up in fear for her best friend "Mr. Son? I'm doctor Crumpton, I've been monitoring your daughter closely, so far we have kept her stable and she is doing really well. The best thing I think you can do is go home and get some rest. You can give me the number to every cell phone if you want and I'll call you if anything happens." Crillin stood up and stretched "Hey I've got an idea, how about some of us can go pick up some dinner and then we could take it to one of our houses and eat then if Anybody wants to come back Pan and Bra are welcome to stay at our house. #18 nodded "Yeah, we'll be happy to take Pan and Bra for the night." Goku spoke up "OK well we'll go eat and we can decide over dinner." Crillin laughed "Yeah, Goku can't make a decision on an empty stomach." Everybody laughed over the comment and started getting their coats on. Gohan smiled down at a sleeping pan. Videl put her coat on her while Gohan held her up, Pan gave a look around the room her eyes only half-way opened and then turned and held on to her dads shoulders and laid her head on one of his left shoulder, while he carried her with one arm. Vegeta handed Bra her coat and hat, she put them on and grabbed her father's hand and they all went out to eat.
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He moved slowly through the hospital hallways as the clock ticked, it was 2 am. If the nurse caught him, it would all be over. He froze when he heard someone coming, pushing himself against the wall. The janitor walked on. He sighed, and continued towards Jersey's room. He was nervous, but he didn't really know why. He pushed the door open and let out a long breath. Goku was there, asleep in the chair next to her bed. Jersey lay half-way propped up on pillows. Countless machines were beeping every now and then, measuring her breathing and heart rate. Her hair was sweaty and he could see the wounds, she had received from earlier that day. This was too risky, Goku might wake up, he needed to leave. He turned slowly and took little steps towards the door. Until a firm hand clamped down on his shoulder, "Trunks, how are you doing?" Trunks smirked and turned to Goku, "I guess I am OK, I just thought I'd drop by and....." Goku smiled, "Well I am glad you dropped by. To tell the truth, I'm getting kind of hungry and wanted to go get some food. But I don't want to leave Jersey alone. So do you think you could stay with her for me?" Trunks laughed, "Sure." In his mind he knew that Goku was setting this up. Jersey hadn't told Goku about the two of them, but Trunks had known from the start that Goku would find out. Goku smiled, "OK, I'll be back in about an hour. Trunks jumped, "An hour?!" Goku gave his goofy grin, "Yeah, I am really hungry! Bye!" Goku left the room quickly. Trunks watched him go and then made his way to Jersey's bed side. He sat down next to her and took her frail hand in his. He looked at the slice in her arm and cringed thinking of his scars. "Jersey, I am so sorry. I can't believe they over powered us." Anger was rising in his blood, "I feel so helpless." He studied the scar on her face, "Why wasn't I there?" Trunks closed his eyes, "I know that if you were awake you wouldn't want to talk about this. You have always tried to look on the bright side of things. My Kami, Goku really rubbed off on you, didn't he? Lets see, what is something good? Oh, their building a theater down town, their going to perform a different play every month. You'll love it. They showed a tour of it on the news and it's just like one of those old time theaters, wooden folding seats, a huge stage, and balconies. I'll take you to the very first play. So don't give up on me, OK? You have to hold on, you can't quit." Tears were forming in Trunks eyes, "Don't you dare give up on me Jersey. You have never let anyone down before, please don't start now! I need you here. Your parents need you here. Lets not forget Pan, she adores you, we could never tell her you gave up." He squeezed her hand once more, "Jersey, I love you. I know I haven't said it before, but I figured you knew. But I don't want you to have any doubts. So if for nothing else, hold on for me." Goku smiled, he hadn't left, he had only left the room and was listening from the hallway. He didn't really want food, he only said that to give Trunks time with Jersey. He reached into his pocket pulled out some money and headed to the snack machine.
This continued, Trunks would go to Jersey's room every night and talk to her about things they would do, if she would just hang on. Only now, Goku wasn't listening in. He told Chichi that Trunks could stay with her, and he could catch up on sleep. (I know a lot of you are thinking: "well if my child were in the ICU and we didn't know if she were going to make it, I wouldn't leave her side for a minute." But you need to remember that if she dies, Goku is also dead, he can see her then. This might be Trunks last chance.) About four days after Jersey had arrived at the hospital, Trunks was sitting in her room, He was holding her hand and was sleeping. He jerked awake and glared at the TV, thinking it had woke him up. But then he froze as he felt her hand squeeze his. He slowly turned to her, "Jersey?" She squeezed his hand once more and halfway opened her eyes smiling. Trunks jumped up, "Jersey!" He kissed her on the forehead and ran to get Goku and Chichi from the Cafe'.
The night after Jersey was fully awake, and the pain killers were wearing off. She was in the worst pain she had ever felt and Goku, Chichi, and Trunks were trying to keep her mind off of it. Trunks sat down next to her bed and took her hand. Jersey grimaced and smiled at Trunks, "So was all that true?" Trunks raised an eyebrow at her, "Was what all true?" Jersey laughed, "Oh don't even play that game with me. Are you telling me you forgot all those promises you made me?" Trunks smiled, "No I haven't forgotten, and if you ever get out of here, we'll go do those things." Jersey gave an evil smirk, "Will you really take me shopping at the mall?" Trunks glared at the floor cursing himself for ever making that promise, "Yeah...I'll go to the mall for you." Jersey laughed, "So how much longer are you and Goten in here?" Trunks looked at his wound, "The doctor is going to take the stitches out in a couple of days, but he wants us to stay until we get our strength back.
When Goku returned to the hospital, about a week later, to visit Goten and Jersey, he found Trunks with them in Jersey's room, yelling at a basketball game. "Oh come on ref! That was a freaking foul! She came over the back to get the ball! Ahh!" Jersey covered her face and plopped back on her pillow. Goku smiled "Hey guys, got something for you!" All three looked up suddenly and gave each other all smirks as they watched Goku extending his hand, revealing three sensu beans (OK so I can't spell anything in Japanese, so sue me! its my fanfic!) Each of them took one and chewed it up well. "so we going home now? Or we could go play a game of hockey...Hey who is up for a friendly game of bball?" Trunks laughed "Jersey none of your basketball games are friendly! And don't you think you should get that taken out first?" Trunks noted as he pointed to the IV still in her arm. She looked down and smiled "yeah I guess, I do." The doctor came in "Well Mr. Son I wondered how long it would be before you brought those in." She said as she removed Jersey's IV. "Well Jersey, Trunks, Goten you guys have fun going home." She smiled and Goten looked at her weird "How did you know about the sensu beans?" She smiled "Please! I have delivered five babies with tails. They always ended up relating to either Mr. Son here, or Mr. Briefs. Mr. Briefs turned Super Sayian when Bra was born, and Goku powered up majorly when Gohan was born." Goku smiled at all three of them "Dr. Crompton delivered You and You *pointing to Trunks and Goten* and Bra, Pan, and Gohan too. So are you all ready to go home?" All three jumped up and they left.