Ch.9: Race
**A few weeks later**
Marissa stood downstairs in her usual combat boots, dogtags, camouflage pants and tank top. Connor was sitting on the couch eating and watching cartoons while his mother argued with her lawyer on the phone. Finally she hung up with him and sat down next to Connor. He set his cereal aside and hugged his mother.
"It's okay mommy." Marissa wrapped her arms around her son and returned the hug.
"I know baby boy." She said pulling away. Her cell phone rang in an odd musical tone. Carefully she picked it up. "Donovan."
"Agent Donovan we have a suspect in the murder of your father." Came a voice over the phone.
"Who?" Marissa asked feeling pressure on her lungs.
"Your stepmother." Marissa processed the information and smiled. "Do you want to open an investigation?"
"Yes."
"We will get on it right away." Marissa hung up and held in a scream of joy. Julie rushed in the living room from the kitchen.
"Was that who I think it was?" She asked.
"They have a suspect and it's my stepmother."
"That's great." Julie said just as Pan came in.
"So?" Marissa questioned. "Boy? Girl? Alien?"
"It's a girl!" Pan said happily. "Give me a few minutes to get ready for the races." Pan started up the stairs.
"At least tell Pan." Julie said.
"I will." Marissa told her. "Come on kid let's go get Dad up."
**Pan**
Pan stood in front of her mirror looking at her belly. Every now and then she saw a bump surface. She closed her eyes and imagined what the baby would look like. From all the pictures she saw of Connor when he was a baby made her excitement grow even more. Pan took a deep breath and picked up a baby blue maternity tank top and slipped it on. She was starting to show now and Marissa had given her some of her old maternity clothes to wear. Her doctor had told her that it was unusual for a baby to start moving before four in a half months. Goten was stopping by regularly to check up on the house and tonight was his night off so he was going to be at the race. Pan put on a pair of dark blue sweat pants that had a light blue stripe down the side. What would happen when the baby was born? Would Trunks see his stupidity and care for his daughter? It was doubtful. Pan slipped into her shoes and left her room.
**@ the races**
Trunks looked around at the faces of the young drivers spying for the small x-team. After a few minutes he saw Marissa carrying a small black book bag. He ran after her in hopes she would talk to him.
"Marissa!" He yelled after her. She turned around.
"What do you want?"
"I want to join your team." He told her.
"Sorry I don't accept amatures who ditch their pregnant mates." Marissa said coldly.
"You took Goten and Travis."
"I felt sorry for the village idiot and Goten had been racing one hell of a lot longer than you."
"Look I'm looking to make amends with you and Pan."
"Me? Why me?"
"Well you seemed pretty offended when you found out."
"You don't remember me all that well do you?"
"We met a year ago. All I have to remember is do not ever piss you off."
"Well how were you able to explain two billion dollars to your mother?"
"Oh Dende you're kidding me." Trunks was in shock. He was in even more shock when a small black haired, blue eyed boy ran up to Marissa.
"Mom, Dad needs your help." He said halfway out of breath flipping his fuzzy brown tail.
"Trunks this is my son Connor." Marissa said. "Connor this is the biggest ass in the world.
"Hello Mr. Big Ass." Marissa smiled cockily.
"Nice Marissa. Very funny." Trunks said coolly.
"I thought it was." Julie said from behind him. "Are you hungry Riss?"
"I'm coming." She nudged her son to move. "If you wish to eat with us you can." Trunks followed Marissa and Connor to the tables they had set up for food.
"Well look what the cat dragged in." Pan said coolly. Marissa gave a playful meow and grabbed a plate.
"You know you love me." Trunks said.
"For what? Oh yes the worst lay in the world." Pan told him. Marissa and Julie quickly turned their laugh into a hacking cough. Goten glared daggers at his once best friend.
"What are you looking at?" Trunks demanded.
"Nothing." Goten answered. "Just a sniveling little purple haired weasel."
"Goten that was a little harsh." Pan said.
"Pan stop protecting him." Goten told her. "He needs to take it like a man, meaning that he needs to be there for you."
"Goten back down. I'm a big girl and I can handle myself." Pan told him.
"What if he stays gone, what will you tell your baby when she is old enough to understand that daddy left mommy because he was a self centered bastard?" Goten had done it. Pan hit him so hard that her hand went numb and Goten's face felt as if thousands of needles had begun to penetrate into is skin. Travis choked back a laugh.
"Hey Goten make yourself a note to yourself to never ever piss a pregnant woman off." Marissa said. "You might survive."
"Fuck you Marissa." Goten snapped.
"I don't think you are at all capable of doing that." Marissa told him. Connor looked curiously from his mother to Goten before shoveling food in his mouth. Jarrod kept quiet and chewed nervously. The whole team was silent. Marissa had lost her appetite at this point. There was way too much tension in the air. Julie could sense it.
"Riss, are you okay?" She asked. Marissa shook her head.
"Trunks I need to talk to you." Marissa said getting up. Julie looked at her confused for a second before nodding.
"Alright." Trunks followed Marissa to her truck. Marissa pulled down the tail gate and sat down.
"I wanted to talk about Pan." Marissa said.
"How is she anyway?"
"She is okay I suppose. She complains about gaining weight but she is in huge trouble with her doctor."
"What kind of trouble?"
"She hasn't gained enough weight." What does her weight gain have to do with me?"
"Everything." Marissa looked into Trunks' eyes. "You see Trunks I am a saiyan."
"Yeah right." Trunks said. Marissa never lied, she didn't believe in it. However she did keep secrets from people. Being a saiyan wasn't a huge secret. Her mother was one of the last female saiyans to exist. Vegeta knew her at one time when she was a child, her disappearance followed soon after. Vince Connor Donovan was also a pure bred saiyan. Vince had been sent to Earth when he was ten. His first two children were taken away from him. Vince met Marissa's mother when he was fifteen. On the first night they had met they had conceived another life. Marissa was born exactly nine months. Vegeta had begun to show up on the race tracks. He was instantly drawn to Vince's little girl. Vince had introduced himself as Connor Tao on the track but later introduced himself to really be Vince Donovan, an extremely famous CIA agent. At the time Marissa's mother was expecting a third child who was adopted when she was born. Marissa's brother had also been adopted.
"Trunks I know for a fact when a female saiyan is impregnated by human or saiyan they loose weight in the first trimester and never really gain it back in the second or third." Marissa told him. "I only gained twenty pounds while I was pregnant. If Connor had been born in a colder point of time he more than likely wouldn't be alive."
"Well if it wasn't Marissa Marie Donovan." A young woman dressed in lowrider khakis, light purple lace up poet shirt and high helled stiletto Mary-Janes.
"Who are you? And what the hell do you want?" Marissa asked.
"It's me Ana." The girl answered.
**Curtain call**
Marissa: Damn you Panny!
Me: Where am I dammed to this time?
Trunks: Hell.
Me: Hell sent me back when I tried to take over.
SS-Mars: You and the cliffies.
Me: Can't help it... I hope I made amcm74
Trunks: Always pleasing the readers never the characters.
Me: **slaps Trunks**
Trunks: Ow! What was that for?
SS-Mars: Panny did Trunks turn into Taylor, your favorite person to hit?
**A few weeks later**
Marissa stood downstairs in her usual combat boots, dogtags, camouflage pants and tank top. Connor was sitting on the couch eating and watching cartoons while his mother argued with her lawyer on the phone. Finally she hung up with him and sat down next to Connor. He set his cereal aside and hugged his mother.
"It's okay mommy." Marissa wrapped her arms around her son and returned the hug.
"I know baby boy." She said pulling away. Her cell phone rang in an odd musical tone. Carefully she picked it up. "Donovan."
"Agent Donovan we have a suspect in the murder of your father." Came a voice over the phone.
"Who?" Marissa asked feeling pressure on her lungs.
"Your stepmother." Marissa processed the information and smiled. "Do you want to open an investigation?"
"Yes."
"We will get on it right away." Marissa hung up and held in a scream of joy. Julie rushed in the living room from the kitchen.
"Was that who I think it was?" She asked.
"They have a suspect and it's my stepmother."
"That's great." Julie said just as Pan came in.
"So?" Marissa questioned. "Boy? Girl? Alien?"
"It's a girl!" Pan said happily. "Give me a few minutes to get ready for the races." Pan started up the stairs.
"At least tell Pan." Julie said.
"I will." Marissa told her. "Come on kid let's go get Dad up."
**Pan**
Pan stood in front of her mirror looking at her belly. Every now and then she saw a bump surface. She closed her eyes and imagined what the baby would look like. From all the pictures she saw of Connor when he was a baby made her excitement grow even more. Pan took a deep breath and picked up a baby blue maternity tank top and slipped it on. She was starting to show now and Marissa had given her some of her old maternity clothes to wear. Her doctor had told her that it was unusual for a baby to start moving before four in a half months. Goten was stopping by regularly to check up on the house and tonight was his night off so he was going to be at the race. Pan put on a pair of dark blue sweat pants that had a light blue stripe down the side. What would happen when the baby was born? Would Trunks see his stupidity and care for his daughter? It was doubtful. Pan slipped into her shoes and left her room.
**@ the races**
Trunks looked around at the faces of the young drivers spying for the small x-team. After a few minutes he saw Marissa carrying a small black book bag. He ran after her in hopes she would talk to him.
"Marissa!" He yelled after her. She turned around.
"What do you want?"
"I want to join your team." He told her.
"Sorry I don't accept amatures who ditch their pregnant mates." Marissa said coldly.
"You took Goten and Travis."
"I felt sorry for the village idiot and Goten had been racing one hell of a lot longer than you."
"Look I'm looking to make amends with you and Pan."
"Me? Why me?"
"Well you seemed pretty offended when you found out."
"You don't remember me all that well do you?"
"We met a year ago. All I have to remember is do not ever piss you off."
"Well how were you able to explain two billion dollars to your mother?"
"Oh Dende you're kidding me." Trunks was in shock. He was in even more shock when a small black haired, blue eyed boy ran up to Marissa.
"Mom, Dad needs your help." He said halfway out of breath flipping his fuzzy brown tail.
"Trunks this is my son Connor." Marissa said. "Connor this is the biggest ass in the world.
"Hello Mr. Big Ass." Marissa smiled cockily.
"Nice Marissa. Very funny." Trunks said coolly.
"I thought it was." Julie said from behind him. "Are you hungry Riss?"
"I'm coming." She nudged her son to move. "If you wish to eat with us you can." Trunks followed Marissa and Connor to the tables they had set up for food.
"Well look what the cat dragged in." Pan said coolly. Marissa gave a playful meow and grabbed a plate.
"You know you love me." Trunks said.
"For what? Oh yes the worst lay in the world." Pan told him. Marissa and Julie quickly turned their laugh into a hacking cough. Goten glared daggers at his once best friend.
"What are you looking at?" Trunks demanded.
"Nothing." Goten answered. "Just a sniveling little purple haired weasel."
"Goten that was a little harsh." Pan said.
"Pan stop protecting him." Goten told her. "He needs to take it like a man, meaning that he needs to be there for you."
"Goten back down. I'm a big girl and I can handle myself." Pan told him.
"What if he stays gone, what will you tell your baby when she is old enough to understand that daddy left mommy because he was a self centered bastard?" Goten had done it. Pan hit him so hard that her hand went numb and Goten's face felt as if thousands of needles had begun to penetrate into is skin. Travis choked back a laugh.
"Hey Goten make yourself a note to yourself to never ever piss a pregnant woman off." Marissa said. "You might survive."
"Fuck you Marissa." Goten snapped.
"I don't think you are at all capable of doing that." Marissa told him. Connor looked curiously from his mother to Goten before shoveling food in his mouth. Jarrod kept quiet and chewed nervously. The whole team was silent. Marissa had lost her appetite at this point. There was way too much tension in the air. Julie could sense it.
"Riss, are you okay?" She asked. Marissa shook her head.
"Trunks I need to talk to you." Marissa said getting up. Julie looked at her confused for a second before nodding.
"Alright." Trunks followed Marissa to her truck. Marissa pulled down the tail gate and sat down.
"I wanted to talk about Pan." Marissa said.
"How is she anyway?"
"She is okay I suppose. She complains about gaining weight but she is in huge trouble with her doctor."
"What kind of trouble?"
"She hasn't gained enough weight." What does her weight gain have to do with me?"
"Everything." Marissa looked into Trunks' eyes. "You see Trunks I am a saiyan."
"Yeah right." Trunks said. Marissa never lied, she didn't believe in it. However she did keep secrets from people. Being a saiyan wasn't a huge secret. Her mother was one of the last female saiyans to exist. Vegeta knew her at one time when she was a child, her disappearance followed soon after. Vince Connor Donovan was also a pure bred saiyan. Vince had been sent to Earth when he was ten. His first two children were taken away from him. Vince met Marissa's mother when he was fifteen. On the first night they had met they had conceived another life. Marissa was born exactly nine months. Vegeta had begun to show up on the race tracks. He was instantly drawn to Vince's little girl. Vince had introduced himself as Connor Tao on the track but later introduced himself to really be Vince Donovan, an extremely famous CIA agent. At the time Marissa's mother was expecting a third child who was adopted when she was born. Marissa's brother had also been adopted.
"Trunks I know for a fact when a female saiyan is impregnated by human or saiyan they loose weight in the first trimester and never really gain it back in the second or third." Marissa told him. "I only gained twenty pounds while I was pregnant. If Connor had been born in a colder point of time he more than likely wouldn't be alive."
"Well if it wasn't Marissa Marie Donovan." A young woman dressed in lowrider khakis, light purple lace up poet shirt and high helled stiletto Mary-Janes.
"Who are you? And what the hell do you want?" Marissa asked.
"It's me Ana." The girl answered.
**Curtain call**
Marissa: Damn you Panny!
Me: Where am I dammed to this time?
Trunks: Hell.
Me: Hell sent me back when I tried to take over.
SS-Mars: You and the cliffies.
Me: Can't help it... I hope I made amcm74
Trunks: Always pleasing the readers never the characters.
Me: **slaps Trunks**
Trunks: Ow! What was that for?
SS-Mars: Panny did Trunks turn into Taylor, your favorite person to hit?