CHAPTER ONE
SPACE
The silence of space was undisturbed, all around it held an eerie sense of stillness. The stars glowed and twinkled, some, dazzling suns warming their planets below. No movement can be detected, except for a small ship, a speck in the cosmic dust moving across the universe.
Inside the octopus like ship three travelers sit. Together they have shared many adventures and have seen more things that most people could ever dream. For almost a year this trio has flown across the celestial plain, searching for seven mysterious orbs. After their long search the three had reached their goal and now were traveling back to a home that they were trying to save.
"Yeah! We are on our way home!" shouted Pan in glee. Pan was the spunky daughter of Gohan and Videl. She was smaller than most girls her age, which was fourteen, but made up for size by her loud manner. Pan fingered the long metal chain looped on her jeans. 'Home sweet home' she thought to herself.
The child beside Pan squirmed in his seat. "Good, I miss Chi Chi's cooking." Goku began to kick his legs against his seat. Being only eight he couldn't reach the floor. Goku frowned at this problem that he was eight again. Due to a regretted and hasty wish he had returned to his youthful body, much to the angst of his wife Chi Chi. He had been much older before that ill fated wish, he indeed was a grandfather, Pan's in fact.
The tall strong, lilac colored man who sat in the pilot seat had a wide grin on his face. Trunks was already thinking of Chi Chi Son's home cooking. All his life he has had the pleasure of knowing this kitchen goddess who could make anything taste like gold, unlike Bulma, Trunks mother, who could burn water if she had a match. Trunks swallowed back the saliva that was forming in his mouth. "We should be on Earth eating our hearts content within the hour!"
The three sat again in silence. Each of them were reminiscing their journey in outer space and dreaming of what awaited them on Earth. The silence was suddenly interrupted by a shrill siren. Red lights began to flash in the cockpit. Giro, the small robot the adventurers had found on a planet began to beep furiously as it ran for shelter in a cabinet. All three occupants jumped in their seats. Pan screamed. "What's wrong Trunks?"
The lilac haired man had already been frantically pressing buttons on the control board. "I am not sure Pan-chan. For some reason the radar seems to be malfunctioning. I can't find Earth".
"Is it lost?" asked naïve Goku.
"The visual is not working either" Trunks remarked, ignoring Goku's question. 'What could be wrong with the equipment? It was working fine a few days ago.' Trunks thought. A blip on the left screen caught Trunks's attention. He gulped and tightened his grips on the controls. "Hang on guys, we are heading into a meteor storm!"
Pan began to grip onto her seat and cry. "I am too young to die! We just got the dragon balls back!" The tiny ship began to be bombarded by space debris from all sides. The sirens in the cockpit began to wail even louder.
"Don't worry Panny-chan, I don't feel like dying today myself". Trunks continued to navigate the vessel through the meteors.
"I'm still hungry!" wailed Goku, who was holding his stomach in hunger. The ship now was moving furiously in and out of the space projectiles.
Trunks tightened his hands once more on the controls. Perspiration covered his brows. 'One wrong move and we are done for. Where did these rocks come from? This junk shouldn't be here.' thought Trunks, 'it all sort of looks like debris from a planet explo-' "NO!" Trunks shouted aloud. He reached for the communicator and yanked it up to his mouth. "Hello? Mother? Anyone? Answer me damn it!"
Pan eyes widen as she stared at Trunks sudden change in demeanor. 'He looks so scared but that's impossible, Trunks-kun is never scared'. Pan grew even more worried as she glanced over to see Goku's white knuckles clench at the arms of his chair, his face just as tense as Trunks, like he was searching for something in his head, something he couldn't find. "Guys, what is going on?"
Goku's small voice said out loud to no one in particular "Chi Chi - I can't feel her anymore, or anyone else"
Trunks face was ashen gray as he stared out at the starry space in front of him, his hands on the controls un-gripping and re gripping when another rock came near the ship. "They are all gone, Earth is gone" Trunks said to the screen in front of him. An asteroid came zooming towards the ship. In his stupor Trunks barely avoided it. Trunks eyes darkened as he tried to pilot the ship away from Earth's debris.
Pan felt her body grow numb, 'All gone? Momma, Daddy.'
SPACE
The silence of space was undisturbed, all around it held an eerie sense of stillness. The stars glowed and twinkled, some, dazzling suns warming their planets below. No movement can be detected, except for a small ship, a speck in the cosmic dust moving across the universe.
Inside the octopus like ship three travelers sit. Together they have shared many adventures and have seen more things that most people could ever dream. For almost a year this trio has flown across the celestial plain, searching for seven mysterious orbs. After their long search the three had reached their goal and now were traveling back to a home that they were trying to save.
"Yeah! We are on our way home!" shouted Pan in glee. Pan was the spunky daughter of Gohan and Videl. She was smaller than most girls her age, which was fourteen, but made up for size by her loud manner. Pan fingered the long metal chain looped on her jeans. 'Home sweet home' she thought to herself.
The child beside Pan squirmed in his seat. "Good, I miss Chi Chi's cooking." Goku began to kick his legs against his seat. Being only eight he couldn't reach the floor. Goku frowned at this problem that he was eight again. Due to a regretted and hasty wish he had returned to his youthful body, much to the angst of his wife Chi Chi. He had been much older before that ill fated wish, he indeed was a grandfather, Pan's in fact.
The tall strong, lilac colored man who sat in the pilot seat had a wide grin on his face. Trunks was already thinking of Chi Chi Son's home cooking. All his life he has had the pleasure of knowing this kitchen goddess who could make anything taste like gold, unlike Bulma, Trunks mother, who could burn water if she had a match. Trunks swallowed back the saliva that was forming in his mouth. "We should be on Earth eating our hearts content within the hour!"
The three sat again in silence. Each of them were reminiscing their journey in outer space and dreaming of what awaited them on Earth. The silence was suddenly interrupted by a shrill siren. Red lights began to flash in the cockpit. Giro, the small robot the adventurers had found on a planet began to beep furiously as it ran for shelter in a cabinet. All three occupants jumped in their seats. Pan screamed. "What's wrong Trunks?"
The lilac haired man had already been frantically pressing buttons on the control board. "I am not sure Pan-chan. For some reason the radar seems to be malfunctioning. I can't find Earth".
"Is it lost?" asked naïve Goku.
"The visual is not working either" Trunks remarked, ignoring Goku's question. 'What could be wrong with the equipment? It was working fine a few days ago.' Trunks thought. A blip on the left screen caught Trunks's attention. He gulped and tightened his grips on the controls. "Hang on guys, we are heading into a meteor storm!"
Pan began to grip onto her seat and cry. "I am too young to die! We just got the dragon balls back!" The tiny ship began to be bombarded by space debris from all sides. The sirens in the cockpit began to wail even louder.
"Don't worry Panny-chan, I don't feel like dying today myself". Trunks continued to navigate the vessel through the meteors.
"I'm still hungry!" wailed Goku, who was holding his stomach in hunger. The ship now was moving furiously in and out of the space projectiles.
Trunks tightened his hands once more on the controls. Perspiration covered his brows. 'One wrong move and we are done for. Where did these rocks come from? This junk shouldn't be here.' thought Trunks, 'it all sort of looks like debris from a planet explo-' "NO!" Trunks shouted aloud. He reached for the communicator and yanked it up to his mouth. "Hello? Mother? Anyone? Answer me damn it!"
Pan eyes widen as she stared at Trunks sudden change in demeanor. 'He looks so scared but that's impossible, Trunks-kun is never scared'. Pan grew even more worried as she glanced over to see Goku's white knuckles clench at the arms of his chair, his face just as tense as Trunks, like he was searching for something in his head, something he couldn't find. "Guys, what is going on?"
Goku's small voice said out loud to no one in particular "Chi Chi - I can't feel her anymore, or anyone else"
Trunks face was ashen gray as he stared out at the starry space in front of him, his hands on the controls un-gripping and re gripping when another rock came near the ship. "They are all gone, Earth is gone" Trunks said to the screen in front of him. An asteroid came zooming towards the ship. In his stupor Trunks barely avoided it. Trunks eyes darkened as he tried to pilot the ship away from Earth's debris.
Pan felt her body grow numb, 'All gone? Momma, Daddy.'