It Lies Within

By Moonraker One

CHAPTER THREE - A Well Of Limitless Power

The scene was very frightening; here was a newer, far more powerful Pan who seemed to have intense power. Had they not been hardened z-fighters, Goku and Gohan would certainly have either run or surrendered. It was incredibly hard to believe that one of their own kin was here and in this condition. Goku got up off the ground and looked Pan square in the eyes. "Pan," he said, careful not to drop his concentration. "What's gotten into you?" He approached her slowly and with the focus of the hardened Saiyan he was. She was young and inexperienced, but as she took up a battle stance, she seemed to have millennia of experience, and he didn't understand why.

"Don't have to do this?!" She asked, scoffing at his statement. "I'm better than I've ever been, and now, you're going to be the first to experience true, ultimate power!"

What she meant by true, ultimate power, he didn't understand. All he knew at that point was that something had either gotten into her or was there before and had come out. By the ki signatures he was getting, whatever had been unleashed was more than he had ever dealt with. She seemed to be reading every twitch he was making, every sweat drop descending; this was something only the truly powerful did right before a major attack. Easily the tension in the air was so thick, you could cut it with a knife. Evil had a feeling, and he was getting that feeling from his granddaughter.

Just then, he burst into S.S.3 form and charged at her with about everything he had, hoping that at least he could prevent her from doing too much damage. He wasn't trying to kill her, he just wanted to see if SS3 was enough. She smiled as he charged towards her; when he began his attack, fists and feet met with her with their fullest force. Even with this intense level of his power, she was almost completely unaffected. His fists were like feathers hitting a brick wall. What the hell! He thought. My attacks aren't doing anything?! No. They weren't. His strongest attacks were useless. Gohan, who had been speechless ever since the battle began, began to try and analyze the situation. He knew that his daughter was somehow being used by an evil force. What he didn't know was how to break the connection.

Pan smiled wickedly as she pointed her index finger at Goku. "SIMILAR FORM!" She screamed. Goku took up his stance, wondering what was going to happen. An instant later, a green net of energy shot from the tip of her finger and surrounded Goku. He wondered if he was going to be absorbed as he struggled with the net. Knowing that by struggling, he'd only ensnare himself further, he charged up his power, shooting the net off of him in every direction. Once the net was off of him, he gave Pan a fighting look.

"It seems your net failed," he said.

Pan cocked a half-smile. "Not quite," she replied. "You'll find that something did indeed happen."

He noticed that he felt strange, so he felt his stomach; it was pushed in a bit from where it was before. Confused, he moved his hands up his torso, searching for clues. When he reached his chest, he almost fell over in shock. His body had become female, and exactly like Pan's from the neck down. He understood that she made his body similar to hers but leaving his head intact; what he didn't understand was the purpose. His power had not decreased, his skills and knowledge had not been altered, so what was her reasoning? "Tell me," he asked Pan. "Why have you made me a woman?"

Pan smiled. "Because I can, and because you are a male," she replied. "I've always wondered what you'd look like as a girl."

She flew over, and before he could respond, she nailed him with a super fast kick to the gut. With one hit, he was unconscious on the ground. She smiled evilly and put her hands on her hips. "And," she added, "if I'm gonna be in your body, I want to be in a female body!" After saying that, she turned into a puddle of liquid, and surrounded Goku's body. Gohan flew up and tried to stop her, but was unable. Once the liquid covering had vanished, Goku stood up; Pan was now in complete control of his body. Gohan tried his luck against this new evil that once was his daughter.

"Pan!" He screamed. "Why are you being this evil? Aren't you my daughter still?"

"No!" She shrieked in Goku's voice. "I am far greater than I ever was before! Now that I have been enhanced, I am immortal and unstoppable!"

"Hey Pan!" He replied, screaming. "What happened to you? One minute you're a nice little girl, and now, you're an evil demon of a person! I don't understand! What did this to you?!"

"Do you really have to know?" She asked in response. "His name is Bibidi, and he's my new master!"

That caused Gohan to step back in horror. He knew that name; Bibidi was the father of Babidi, the evil mage that brought Buu to life, and a being long thought dead. Gohan realized that this time, there was not going to be much hope. In fact, the odds were probably even greater than when Buu was alive. That was not good. Gohan was trying to think up a plan that maybe could stop her or at least get her to her right mind. But, the last thing that Gohan saw that day was a possessed Goku flying towards him. "Now, it is time for you to DIE!" Pan screamed.

He lowered his head and closed his eyes. "I now pray to whatever gods there are for help," he said. Then the force from a swift kick separated head from body.