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Girl of My Dreams
Chapter 9
Trunks kicked a clump of dirt while he tried to find the best way to tell Gohan about the bruises and scars that Pan had. "Well…When I was bringing Pan here, we stayed in a hotel and she was going to go take a shower. She started lifting up her shirt, while she was facing away from me of course, and I saw a big bruise on her back. She told me that that guy who came for her beat her all the time. When I went and got her, he was chasing her with a kitchen knife in his hand and was threatening to kill her. I don't know what you were planning to do, but I don't think you should let Pan spend one minute alone with that guy, Gohan."
Gohan stood staring at Trunks with his arms folded across his chest. "Well," he finally said, "I can see why you don't want her near Charles. I wasn't planning on letting my only daughter leave me again anyway, but if that guy does what you say, I think we'd be able to get custody of Pan. He ruined it for himself." With that, Gohan turned and walked back into the house.
Pan looked up from her breakfast and her eyes met Gohan's. Videl sat looking back a forth between them, waiting for someone to say something. Trunks walked in behind Gohan and looked shamefully at Pan, who did not register his presence.
"Pan," Gohan said softly, "I want to talk to you alone." He could see the panic in her eyes. "Don't worry, honey, nothing is wrong. I just want to talk."
"Want to talk about what?" Videl asked. "I'm her mother, I should know what is going on. Tell me Gohan!"
He shook his head. "No, for now this is between Pan, Trunks, and I. Come on, Pan, let's go to your room."
Pan hesitantly got up, more talked into it by Gohan's calm and kind voice than anything else. She followed Gohan to her room where he sat on the bed and gestured for her to sit next to him after she closed the door behind her.
"Pan I want to ask you something, and I would appreciate it if you would tell me the absolute truth. I won't be mad, I won't hurt you in anyway or let any harm come to you, but please tell me the truth." She nodded, not looking at him. "Trunks told me that he saw a bruise on your back. He told me about how the man you lived with beat you daily. Is that true?"
She nodded. "I was bad."
"No you weren't," Gohan said putting his arm around her shoulders. "I want you to tell me what he did to you."
Tears sprung to her eyes just thinking of what her life had been like before Trunks found her. "Whenever I did something wrong," she said softly, "He would hit me or slap me. Sometimes he would hit me with a broomstick, or some wires, basically anything he could find. He burned me a few times with cigarettes. Then Trunks probably told you that he came after me with a knife."
Gohan sighed sadly. "I'm sorry I let that happen to you."
She looked up at him confused. "What? You couldn't have stopped it, you were in a totally different house, in a totally different city."
"That's just it," Gohan replied, "I wasn't there for you when you needed me. If only Videl would have told me sooner about you…maybe this wouldn't have happened," he said hitting his hand. "You would have had a much better life and would not be scarred by beatings and burns and Dende knows what else."
Pan smiled weakly as she turned to hug her dad. "It's okay," she said. "I forgive you."
Gohan nodded and hugged her back. "Do you think that maybe you'll be able to say this in court when we try to get you back in our custody?"
She nodded. "Yeah, as long as it gets me away from him."
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That night, Pan awoke to the sound of someone moving around outside her door. She sat up slightly in her bed, but lay back down after she figured that it was Trunks. He had been getting up every night since they had been there and checked on her while she faked her sleep. Sometimes he would walk into her room and just sit on a chair near her bed and watch her. She had no idea why, she figured it was just because he was protecting her, and she felt safe because of it. So now she thought he was coming yet again into her room and she let herself be lulled back into sleep. Just as she was falling into a deep slumber, she felt a hand cover her mouth.
Pan's eyes shot open and tried to see who her attacker was, but they were wearing a ski mask. She tried to struggle against the person, but she could not break free of their grasp. Then she thought that maybe she could contact Trunks telepathically, but just as she was going to, she was hit on the head and knocked out cold.
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Trunks bolted up in bed. Something didn't feel right. He looked around, feeling very uneasy of his surroundings. Down the street he heard a car start and speed away, screeching the tires. Trunks quietly got up out of the bed and opened the door. He poked his head outside his door and peered around in the hallway. Nothing was there.
"Maybe I'd better check on Pan, just to make sure she's okay," he thought.
He walked out into the hallway and towards Pan's room. Before going in, he leaned up against the door, listening for any noises, but heard none. Trunks slowly opened the door, trying not to wake Pan and peered inside her room. It was too dark, so he opened the door a little more until he could see her bed clearly…without Pan inside of it.
"Pan?" he whispered urgently into the room. "It's me, Trunks. Are you in here?"
No answer.
Knowing something was really wrong he quickly checked the rest of the house. After he couldn't find Pan anywhere, Trunks ran to Gohan and Videl's room and burst in.
"Gohan!" he yelled. "Wake up! Pan is gone."
Gohan jumped out of bed and Videl sat up wide-eyed and stared at Trunks.
"What? You'd better not be playing a joke on us Trunks or I swear-"
"I'm not joking," Trunks insisted, "She's gone! She's not in her room. When I woke up, I heard a car speed away…maybe she was in it."
"She wouldn't run away…would she Gohan?" Videl asked, tears forming in her eyes.
"No," Gohan said consolingly while he got dressed. "I think that bastard came back and kidnapped her."
Joey walked into the room with a blanket trailing behind him. "What's going on?" he yawned.
"Oh sweetie, come here," Videl said. "It's okay," she said more to herself than to Joey. "Daddy's just going to go out for a little bit, but he'll be back. So will Pan. Pan will be back."
Gohan finished getting dressed, looked up at Trunks and asked, "So where is that farm of his?"
"I'll show you," Trunks said. He took off at a run out of the house and took to the air, Gohan following close behind.
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~Lady Branwen~
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Girl of My Dreams
Chapter 9
Trunks kicked a clump of dirt while he tried to find the best way to tell Gohan about the bruises and scars that Pan had. "Well…When I was bringing Pan here, we stayed in a hotel and she was going to go take a shower. She started lifting up her shirt, while she was facing away from me of course, and I saw a big bruise on her back. She told me that that guy who came for her beat her all the time. When I went and got her, he was chasing her with a kitchen knife in his hand and was threatening to kill her. I don't know what you were planning to do, but I don't think you should let Pan spend one minute alone with that guy, Gohan."
Gohan stood staring at Trunks with his arms folded across his chest. "Well," he finally said, "I can see why you don't want her near Charles. I wasn't planning on letting my only daughter leave me again anyway, but if that guy does what you say, I think we'd be able to get custody of Pan. He ruined it for himself." With that, Gohan turned and walked back into the house.
Pan looked up from her breakfast and her eyes met Gohan's. Videl sat looking back a forth between them, waiting for someone to say something. Trunks walked in behind Gohan and looked shamefully at Pan, who did not register his presence.
"Pan," Gohan said softly, "I want to talk to you alone." He could see the panic in her eyes. "Don't worry, honey, nothing is wrong. I just want to talk."
"Want to talk about what?" Videl asked. "I'm her mother, I should know what is going on. Tell me Gohan!"
He shook his head. "No, for now this is between Pan, Trunks, and I. Come on, Pan, let's go to your room."
Pan hesitantly got up, more talked into it by Gohan's calm and kind voice than anything else. She followed Gohan to her room where he sat on the bed and gestured for her to sit next to him after she closed the door behind her.
"Pan I want to ask you something, and I would appreciate it if you would tell me the absolute truth. I won't be mad, I won't hurt you in anyway or let any harm come to you, but please tell me the truth." She nodded, not looking at him. "Trunks told me that he saw a bruise on your back. He told me about how the man you lived with beat you daily. Is that true?"
She nodded. "I was bad."
"No you weren't," Gohan said putting his arm around her shoulders. "I want you to tell me what he did to you."
Tears sprung to her eyes just thinking of what her life had been like before Trunks found her. "Whenever I did something wrong," she said softly, "He would hit me or slap me. Sometimes he would hit me with a broomstick, or some wires, basically anything he could find. He burned me a few times with cigarettes. Then Trunks probably told you that he came after me with a knife."
Gohan sighed sadly. "I'm sorry I let that happen to you."
She looked up at him confused. "What? You couldn't have stopped it, you were in a totally different house, in a totally different city."
"That's just it," Gohan replied, "I wasn't there for you when you needed me. If only Videl would have told me sooner about you…maybe this wouldn't have happened," he said hitting his hand. "You would have had a much better life and would not be scarred by beatings and burns and Dende knows what else."
Pan smiled weakly as she turned to hug her dad. "It's okay," she said. "I forgive you."
Gohan nodded and hugged her back. "Do you think that maybe you'll be able to say this in court when we try to get you back in our custody?"
She nodded. "Yeah, as long as it gets me away from him."
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That night, Pan awoke to the sound of someone moving around outside her door. She sat up slightly in her bed, but lay back down after she figured that it was Trunks. He had been getting up every night since they had been there and checked on her while she faked her sleep. Sometimes he would walk into her room and just sit on a chair near her bed and watch her. She had no idea why, she figured it was just because he was protecting her, and she felt safe because of it. So now she thought he was coming yet again into her room and she let herself be lulled back into sleep. Just as she was falling into a deep slumber, she felt a hand cover her mouth.
Pan's eyes shot open and tried to see who her attacker was, but they were wearing a ski mask. She tried to struggle against the person, but she could not break free of their grasp. Then she thought that maybe she could contact Trunks telepathically, but just as she was going to, she was hit on the head and knocked out cold.
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Trunks bolted up in bed. Something didn't feel right. He looked around, feeling very uneasy of his surroundings. Down the street he heard a car start and speed away, screeching the tires. Trunks quietly got up out of the bed and opened the door. He poked his head outside his door and peered around in the hallway. Nothing was there.
"Maybe I'd better check on Pan, just to make sure she's okay," he thought.
He walked out into the hallway and towards Pan's room. Before going in, he leaned up against the door, listening for any noises, but heard none. Trunks slowly opened the door, trying not to wake Pan and peered inside her room. It was too dark, so he opened the door a little more until he could see her bed clearly…without Pan inside of it.
"Pan?" he whispered urgently into the room. "It's me, Trunks. Are you in here?"
No answer.
Knowing something was really wrong he quickly checked the rest of the house. After he couldn't find Pan anywhere, Trunks ran to Gohan and Videl's room and burst in.
"Gohan!" he yelled. "Wake up! Pan is gone."
Gohan jumped out of bed and Videl sat up wide-eyed and stared at Trunks.
"What? You'd better not be playing a joke on us Trunks or I swear-"
"I'm not joking," Trunks insisted, "She's gone! She's not in her room. When I woke up, I heard a car speed away…maybe she was in it."
"She wouldn't run away…would she Gohan?" Videl asked, tears forming in her eyes.
"No," Gohan said consolingly while he got dressed. "I think that bastard came back and kidnapped her."
Joey walked into the room with a blanket trailing behind him. "What's going on?" he yawned.
"Oh sweetie, come here," Videl said. "It's okay," she said more to herself than to Joey. "Daddy's just going to go out for a little bit, but he'll be back. So will Pan. Pan will be back."
Gohan finished getting dressed, looked up at Trunks and asked, "So where is that farm of his?"
"I'll show you," Trunks said. He took off at a run out of the house and took to the air, Gohan following close behind.
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