CHAPTER THREE
PLANET NAMEK
The three earthlings did not waste time getting to New Namek. Each were fueled by the thought of getting back all their loved ones and taking revenge on whatever had caused their pay in the first place. New Namek was amazing identical to old Namek. The small trees that the Nameks planted were already dotting the planet. However, as the space ship landed, Trunks began to pick up a bad vibe.
'Something is wrong here' he thought. 'The Nameks would have met us as soon as they sensed our coming.' Goku appeared confuse, he began playing with the ends of his gi, glancing hesitantly out at the horizon. Pan seemed to be the only one who wasn't the least bit worried.
'I will be back with Momma and Daddy before the week is over! If we use the Namekian dragon balls we can wish back Earth and everyone and make grandpa old again. It won't even matter that the black star dragon balls are gone cause of Picollo not being alive and all. Oh and they will get to meet Giro!' she thought excitedly, glancing over to the small robot that was chewing on a piece of scrap metal. Pan had mostly forgiven Trunks back on the ship after he and Goku told her about the Namekian dragon balls. She had been upset when he had yelled at her, Kami knows how it broke her heart to see him mad at her like that. Trunks had been mad at her before, every time she tried to spar with one of his ever few dates. One of the more painful memories was when she had fried his clothes at a picnic. The picnic was at a lake near the Son house not too long before they had left Earth to search for the black star dragon balls. Pan smiled at the memory. She had been practicing her ki blasts when she had un-intentionally blasted a small tree where Goten and Trunks had hung their clothes while swimming. They knew right away of course, and came running out of the water with every intention of beating Pan into a pulp. Chi Chi intervened though, and brought them some of Goten's old clothing to wear. Trunks was the most upset. He had just returned from a meeting and the pile of ashes on the ground consisted of both his new Armani suit and the new capsule ship prototype that was irreplacable. 'Teaches them to go swimming without me'. Pan reflected, then sombering back up at the memory of Trunks calling her a brat then for the first time. Goten always called her that, but he had always said it jokingly. Trunks however meant everything about it - and more. He had forgiven her of course, he was both rich and smart and could afford it. Yet when he called her the brat on the ship that had been like a low blow to her stomach. Pan sighed and flicked back a piece of her hair. 'It doesn't matter now, we are going to get everyone back soon and I won't have to put up with that jerk anymore. dumb Trunks, he probably won't ever speak to me again'
After a few moments of checking the landing list Trunks, Goku and Pan stepped down the ladder out of the ship. Giro followed close behind. Goku's fists were now tightly clenched at his sides, ready for anything. 'Where are all the Nameks? They must have known we were coming they could sense us miles away.' Goku's stomach growled, causing Pan to giggle and Trunks to jump at the noise. 'If they couldn't sense us, they should have heard my stomach'. "I'm hungry!" announced Goku.
"Later Goku, right now we need to find us some Nameks and then the dragon balls." Trunks said with a grin. He was still tense from the still, almost stale sense around them. A soft wind blew, causing his lilac hair to blow across his face. Trunks always kept his hair short and clean, it was just something that he prided himself on. When he was young he could remember his mother trimming his hair every few days. 'Mother always had great pride in our families appearances, minus Father. She always said that some day I would grow up to be a brilliant and handsome man like the one she and the rest of the gang met when I was just a baby.' Trunks looked down towards his chest and unconsciously flexed his muscles in his arms. 'I probably disappoint Father I am so weak compared to the Trunks in that future world. I had slacked off in training and I barely sparred with Goten. It just seemed so pointless. That is until now. Kami I wish I could go back now and work harder at becoming stronger.'
"Are we going to the Nameks or are we going to stand here all day?" asked Pan impatiently. "I wanna go see Picollo's family. I hope they aren't as grumpy as him though.but that Dende guy seems pretty nice, weak though."
"Pan! Don't talk about Kami Dende that way!" shouted Trunks.
Pan threw her hands over her mouth. "Mphh morgoff thafff" Pan uncovered a part of her mouth, "I forgot that!" The three began to fly towards the nearest village by Trunks estimates. However when they saw a few small wispy pillars of smoke they halted in the air. Goku and Trunks exchanged glances.
"Pan" Goku began "You and Giro go over to that cliff and wait for us" Trunks and Goku began to simultaneously fly towards the village again, only this time with a more furtive way.
"What! That's not fair! I wanna see a real Namekian from Namek!" Pan whined, flying towards the other two.
"Pan! Do what your grandfather says!" barked Trunks. Pan again made an abrupt stop.
'He's doing it again. He's yelling at me.' Pan thought miserably as she stared at the retreating figures. 'Better do what they say.' Pan turned towards the cliff that Goku had pointed out. 'I don't see why I can't go, they might need my help.' Pan turned to Giro. "Hey Giro, where is the nearest dragon ball?"
"Beep, the ones on the ship." Giro replied in his mechanical voice.
"Yeah, but what about the Namekian ones?" Pan implied, moving her hand over the robots' body to look as if she was about to smash it if Giro didn't give her an answer quickly."
"Error. Error. There are no other ones" Giro clicked.
Trunks and Goku had now reached the village. Both had felt something wrong when they couldn't sense the Namekian ki's. Many of the buildings lay in rubble around them. With sick realization they both realized that strewn in the rubble was multiple Namekian bodies.
"What the hell happened here?" Trunks bellowed out, not really expecting an answer. 'What is going on? Earth gone and now this?' he added in his head. From one of the buildings came a small, weak cough. Goku was at the Namek's side in an instant, with Trunks on his heels. The Namek was badly beaten, his once white robes now purplish with his blood. An antennae was missing from his head, and so was his arm. He didn't seem to have the strength or power to grow them back.
"We. we were." The Namek began, his voice hollow and full of determination to finish his words. "Attacked by. soldiers. so many soldiers. we never had a chance. like Frieza's men, they were, cough, so. strong. no, cough, chance." The Namek closed his eyes and exhaled his last breath. Goku and Trunks exchanged another glance, this one longer and sadder than the last. 'Without the dragon balls, we can't revive our families.' Thought Goku lowering his eyes back down to his feet where the Namek body rested. 'I am so sorry Gohan. Goten.Chi Chi . Videl . Bulma . Vegeta . Krillin. Tien. Chaotzu.Yamucha . I failed you all.'
A scream from behind them startled both Goku and Trunks. Pan had followed them and now was crying hysterically at the sight of the Namek bodies. Trunks quickly ran over to her and put his hand over her eyes. "Goku go check to see if all the Nameks are -." Trunks looked back down at the sobbing mass that was Gohan's daughter. "Go see what you can find." Trunks finished, changing what he was going to originally say. "I will bring Pan back to the ship", Goku nodded and flew off, faster than necessary, probably to get as far away from the realization of the possible permanent deaths of his friends and family. Trunks picked Pan up and flew back to the ship, pausing once at the cliff to pick up Giro. He landed at the ship and brought Pan into the bedroom where she began to cry even louder.
"Pan" he began, trying to keep the anger out of his voice. "Why didn't you stay at the cliff like we told you to?"
Pan tightened her grip on the jacket and put her face deeper into his black shirt. "I. wanted to tell. you that G.g.giro said that .that there. there were no. no. dragon balls here!" She began to sob louder, drenching Trunks shirt with her tears. Trunks began to rock her gently, like he would when Bra had a nightmare when they were little, or how his mother use to rock him when he dreamed about the scary androids that his father so enjoyed to tell Trunks as bed time stories at night. Pan began to quiet down as she recognized the motion. Her own father would do the same for her when she was little. After a half an hour Pan fell asleep in his arms. Trunks gently lowered her onto her bed and pulled up a cover over her. He straightened up and noticed how sore his back was from sitting in that position for so long. He looked down at Pan's sleeping form. He was unsure if he should leave her alone or not. Goku needed his help, and it was their duty to bury what remained of the Namek people, but Pan. he couldn't leave her alone when she was like this. He walked back out into the living quarters and sat down on the couch to stare out the window. Giro sat by him as if sensing his sadness.
'No dragon balls?' Trunks thought sadly, looking out the porthole in hopes of seeing Goku return with Nameks. 'That means that the creator is dead. and if they are no other Nameks out there. I can't think about this'. He sat glumly trying to instead recall happier memories to dwell on instead of thinking about the course of events that were happening. However all his happy moments involved Earth and its people and the thought of those he might possibly have lost forever made him even sadder. Trunks ended up listening intently to the soft breathing of Pan asleep in the other room.
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Okay, I don't think that Giro actually talked in the show, I have a hard time remembering him at all. I made him talk in this story because the story would lack his voice, I guess. Does anybody know if he talks? ~Kitty~
PLANET NAMEK
The three earthlings did not waste time getting to New Namek. Each were fueled by the thought of getting back all their loved ones and taking revenge on whatever had caused their pay in the first place. New Namek was amazing identical to old Namek. The small trees that the Nameks planted were already dotting the planet. However, as the space ship landed, Trunks began to pick up a bad vibe.
'Something is wrong here' he thought. 'The Nameks would have met us as soon as they sensed our coming.' Goku appeared confuse, he began playing with the ends of his gi, glancing hesitantly out at the horizon. Pan seemed to be the only one who wasn't the least bit worried.
'I will be back with Momma and Daddy before the week is over! If we use the Namekian dragon balls we can wish back Earth and everyone and make grandpa old again. It won't even matter that the black star dragon balls are gone cause of Picollo not being alive and all. Oh and they will get to meet Giro!' she thought excitedly, glancing over to the small robot that was chewing on a piece of scrap metal. Pan had mostly forgiven Trunks back on the ship after he and Goku told her about the Namekian dragon balls. She had been upset when he had yelled at her, Kami knows how it broke her heart to see him mad at her like that. Trunks had been mad at her before, every time she tried to spar with one of his ever few dates. One of the more painful memories was when she had fried his clothes at a picnic. The picnic was at a lake near the Son house not too long before they had left Earth to search for the black star dragon balls. Pan smiled at the memory. She had been practicing her ki blasts when she had un-intentionally blasted a small tree where Goten and Trunks had hung their clothes while swimming. They knew right away of course, and came running out of the water with every intention of beating Pan into a pulp. Chi Chi intervened though, and brought them some of Goten's old clothing to wear. Trunks was the most upset. He had just returned from a meeting and the pile of ashes on the ground consisted of both his new Armani suit and the new capsule ship prototype that was irreplacable. 'Teaches them to go swimming without me'. Pan reflected, then sombering back up at the memory of Trunks calling her a brat then for the first time. Goten always called her that, but he had always said it jokingly. Trunks however meant everything about it - and more. He had forgiven her of course, he was both rich and smart and could afford it. Yet when he called her the brat on the ship that had been like a low blow to her stomach. Pan sighed and flicked back a piece of her hair. 'It doesn't matter now, we are going to get everyone back soon and I won't have to put up with that jerk anymore. dumb Trunks, he probably won't ever speak to me again'
After a few moments of checking the landing list Trunks, Goku and Pan stepped down the ladder out of the ship. Giro followed close behind. Goku's fists were now tightly clenched at his sides, ready for anything. 'Where are all the Nameks? They must have known we were coming they could sense us miles away.' Goku's stomach growled, causing Pan to giggle and Trunks to jump at the noise. 'If they couldn't sense us, they should have heard my stomach'. "I'm hungry!" announced Goku.
"Later Goku, right now we need to find us some Nameks and then the dragon balls." Trunks said with a grin. He was still tense from the still, almost stale sense around them. A soft wind blew, causing his lilac hair to blow across his face. Trunks always kept his hair short and clean, it was just something that he prided himself on. When he was young he could remember his mother trimming his hair every few days. 'Mother always had great pride in our families appearances, minus Father. She always said that some day I would grow up to be a brilliant and handsome man like the one she and the rest of the gang met when I was just a baby.' Trunks looked down towards his chest and unconsciously flexed his muscles in his arms. 'I probably disappoint Father I am so weak compared to the Trunks in that future world. I had slacked off in training and I barely sparred with Goten. It just seemed so pointless. That is until now. Kami I wish I could go back now and work harder at becoming stronger.'
"Are we going to the Nameks or are we going to stand here all day?" asked Pan impatiently. "I wanna go see Picollo's family. I hope they aren't as grumpy as him though.but that Dende guy seems pretty nice, weak though."
"Pan! Don't talk about Kami Dende that way!" shouted Trunks.
Pan threw her hands over her mouth. "Mphh morgoff thafff" Pan uncovered a part of her mouth, "I forgot that!" The three began to fly towards the nearest village by Trunks estimates. However when they saw a few small wispy pillars of smoke they halted in the air. Goku and Trunks exchanged glances.
"Pan" Goku began "You and Giro go over to that cliff and wait for us" Trunks and Goku began to simultaneously fly towards the village again, only this time with a more furtive way.
"What! That's not fair! I wanna see a real Namekian from Namek!" Pan whined, flying towards the other two.
"Pan! Do what your grandfather says!" barked Trunks. Pan again made an abrupt stop.
'He's doing it again. He's yelling at me.' Pan thought miserably as she stared at the retreating figures. 'Better do what they say.' Pan turned towards the cliff that Goku had pointed out. 'I don't see why I can't go, they might need my help.' Pan turned to Giro. "Hey Giro, where is the nearest dragon ball?"
"Beep, the ones on the ship." Giro replied in his mechanical voice.
"Yeah, but what about the Namekian ones?" Pan implied, moving her hand over the robots' body to look as if she was about to smash it if Giro didn't give her an answer quickly."
"Error. Error. There are no other ones" Giro clicked.
Trunks and Goku had now reached the village. Both had felt something wrong when they couldn't sense the Namekian ki's. Many of the buildings lay in rubble around them. With sick realization they both realized that strewn in the rubble was multiple Namekian bodies.
"What the hell happened here?" Trunks bellowed out, not really expecting an answer. 'What is going on? Earth gone and now this?' he added in his head. From one of the buildings came a small, weak cough. Goku was at the Namek's side in an instant, with Trunks on his heels. The Namek was badly beaten, his once white robes now purplish with his blood. An antennae was missing from his head, and so was his arm. He didn't seem to have the strength or power to grow them back.
"We. we were." The Namek began, his voice hollow and full of determination to finish his words. "Attacked by. soldiers. so many soldiers. we never had a chance. like Frieza's men, they were, cough, so. strong. no, cough, chance." The Namek closed his eyes and exhaled his last breath. Goku and Trunks exchanged another glance, this one longer and sadder than the last. 'Without the dragon balls, we can't revive our families.' Thought Goku lowering his eyes back down to his feet where the Namek body rested. 'I am so sorry Gohan. Goten.Chi Chi . Videl . Bulma . Vegeta . Krillin. Tien. Chaotzu.Yamucha . I failed you all.'
A scream from behind them startled both Goku and Trunks. Pan had followed them and now was crying hysterically at the sight of the Namek bodies. Trunks quickly ran over to her and put his hand over her eyes. "Goku go check to see if all the Nameks are -." Trunks looked back down at the sobbing mass that was Gohan's daughter. "Go see what you can find." Trunks finished, changing what he was going to originally say. "I will bring Pan back to the ship", Goku nodded and flew off, faster than necessary, probably to get as far away from the realization of the possible permanent deaths of his friends and family. Trunks picked Pan up and flew back to the ship, pausing once at the cliff to pick up Giro. He landed at the ship and brought Pan into the bedroom where she began to cry even louder.
"Pan" he began, trying to keep the anger out of his voice. "Why didn't you stay at the cliff like we told you to?"
Pan tightened her grip on the jacket and put her face deeper into his black shirt. "I. wanted to tell. you that G.g.giro said that .that there. there were no. no. dragon balls here!" She began to sob louder, drenching Trunks shirt with her tears. Trunks began to rock her gently, like he would when Bra had a nightmare when they were little, or how his mother use to rock him when he dreamed about the scary androids that his father so enjoyed to tell Trunks as bed time stories at night. Pan began to quiet down as she recognized the motion. Her own father would do the same for her when she was little. After a half an hour Pan fell asleep in his arms. Trunks gently lowered her onto her bed and pulled up a cover over her. He straightened up and noticed how sore his back was from sitting in that position for so long. He looked down at Pan's sleeping form. He was unsure if he should leave her alone or not. Goku needed his help, and it was their duty to bury what remained of the Namek people, but Pan. he couldn't leave her alone when she was like this. He walked back out into the living quarters and sat down on the couch to stare out the window. Giro sat by him as if sensing his sadness.
'No dragon balls?' Trunks thought sadly, looking out the porthole in hopes of seeing Goku return with Nameks. 'That means that the creator is dead. and if they are no other Nameks out there. I can't think about this'. He sat glumly trying to instead recall happier memories to dwell on instead of thinking about the course of events that were happening. However all his happy moments involved Earth and its people and the thought of those he might possibly have lost forever made him even sadder. Trunks ended up listening intently to the soft breathing of Pan asleep in the other room.
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Okay, I don't think that Giro actually talked in the show, I have a hard time remembering him at all. I made him talk in this story because the story would lack his voice, I guess. Does anybody know if he talks? ~Kitty~