Forever More
A/N: Finally, i'm actually updating..Yes,I know i'm a bad updater..you'll have to forgive me for that. Anyway..on to the next chapter..
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chapter 5: Running Scared
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*Ok,Pan. Don't panic, don't panic!* Pan desperately tried to calm herself, but nothing worked. She was scared to death. *The word Shadow Room does not sound very appealing..*
Pan noticed that they were in a large dungeon sort of place. Many people gave her dirty looks as she passed by. *Jeez,* Pan thought. *It's not like I want to be in this hell hole either!*
"Make your choice, and you better make it fast." the man tapped his foot impatiently.
Pan realized there were three doors in front of her, that had seemed to suddenly appear. She frowned.
"Where do these doors go?"
"One door leads to Bra," the man said, making Pan gasp. "And the other two...don't." He grinned.
Pan clenched her teeth, annoyed. She sure didn't want to find out what was behind the other two doors.
"Okay," Pan turned the knob on one of the doors and sighed. "Here goes nothing."
Immediately, her surroundings changed. Now, it seemed as if Pan were standing outside in a dark alley, with nothing more than darkness surrounding her.
"Where the hell am I.." Pan muttered. It was only then that she heard them.
Barely audible, but still definitely there, it was the sound of someone screaming. Someone crying out for help.
At once, Pan knew who it was, and thanked God she had picked the right door. "Hold on, Bra, I'm coming!"
She went down the alley, which seemed to stretch on forever, and finally saw them.
Bra was with a man, and he was most definitely trying to rape her. Pan saw Bra kicking and flailing her arms, trying to get out of his grasp, but he she was up against a wall, so there wasn't much she could do.
Pan stood there, paralyzed for a moment, watching the man kiss Bra's neck and then her lips. When he unbuttoned her shirt, she quickly snapped out of it.
"HEY!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Her voice echoed from wall to wall.
The man looked up, stopping in the process of taking Bra's shirt off. Bra had never looked so glad to see someone in her life.
"PAN!" Bra shouted. "Thank God you're here!"
"He didn't hurt you, did he?" Pan asked.
"Nah. But i'll hurt you up pretty bad if you don't leave us alone," the man spoke up, moving closer to her.
"Bastard!" Pan aimed a perfect kick to his shin. He cursed and grabbed her arms, forcing her up against the wall.
"Don't like it much when you're in the same position as your little friend,huh?" Before Pan knew what was happening, his tongue was in her mouth.
"Damn, you're beautiful," he whispered, while nibbling on her ear.
"Get the hell off of her!" Bra gave the man a harsh slap across his face. "You bastard! Asshole!" She gave him a kick in his left leg, and he cried out.
"What the hell! Man." He said,rubbing his leg. "Won't let me have a little fun?"
"NO!!!!" Both Bra and Pan shouted at the same time. "ASSHOLE!!!"
"BITCH!" the man yelled. "I'm going to teach you two a lesson.."
He snapped his fingers, and a very tall fence appeared. On one side was Pan, and on the other side were Bra and the man.
"No!" Pan screamed. She tried climbing over, but it was impossible.
Bra shook with fear. "Don't come near me," she whispered. "Please."
"Oh,I'll do more than just that," he replied. "And you can enjoy the show," he said to Pan, who helplessly looked on through the fence.
"There has to be a way to..Ow!" Pan cried out as she tripped over a very large tree branch lying near her feet.
Suddenly, Pan had an idea. The branch was big, but not too big to throw over the fence.
"Bra!" Pan yelled. "Catch!"
Using all her strength, Pan swung the branch over and Bra ran for it as soon as it landed a couple of feet away from her.
*WHAM!*
"Oh, yeah!" Bra shouted with joy. "I did it! I faced my nightmare and WON!"
"With my help," Pan added,grinning, staring at the man lying unconscious on the ground.
"Of course." Bra smiled. "What would I do without you, Pan Son?"
"Funny I asked you the same thing awhile ago.." They looked at each other and burst out laughing.
Suddenly, the fence between them came down. In it's place was yet another door.
Pan and Bra hugged. "We're going to make it through this," Pan said, determination in her voice. Refreshed with a new hope, the two friends silently opened the door and stepped through.
*~* Meanwhile*~*
"Let me go, you asshole! Let me GO!"
"Uh uh uh," Darren shook a finger playfully. "You're my prized posession! You're the final round of this whole Game, now tell me, how can I possibly release YOU?"
"You're lucky as hell i'm chained, or you'd be dead by now!"
"Making me angry won't help," Darren smiled. "No one can kill a Shadow Man."
"You think you'll get Pan this way? By putting her through all that pain and torture? I can't even watch!" He turned his head away from the shiny crystal globe, from which he could see everything that was going on..except the parts with Darren. The globe didn't show things like that.
"My dear, dear Trunks," Darren frowned. "You are becoming quite a disturbance, I'm afraid, yelling and shouting like that. I'm going to have to quiet you down a bit,"
If someone had seen Trunks Briefs right then and there, they would not have believed it was him. Trunks, President of Capsule Corps, most Eligible Bachelor, and the richest man in the world, was in a pitiful condition. Chained to a wall, his hair disheveled, bruises and cuts on his face from trying to break the chains and failing to do so, and dried blood on his handsome face, he looked like a poor beggar instead of Trunks Briefs.
"What now?" Trunks said tiredly. He was dying for some water, and Darren would not give it to him. His throat was so parched, he felt as if he might faint.
"Give me water," he made out, his throat dry from shouting and yelling so much.
Darren looked at him pitifully, and a glass of water appeared in his hand. "Here. You'll need your strength for what I have planned for you."
Trunks almost didn't hear him; he was so intent on gulping down all the water. "What?"
"I told you, you're becoming too much of a bother. I'm going to have to let my pets play with you now. It's okay," he said at the look on Trunks' face, "They don't bite...much."
He snapped his fingers, and two very large, very hideous snakes appeared.
"Oh shit." Trunks stared at them.
"Have fun facing your nightmare," Darren disappeared, but his voice still lingered. "I'll be watching."
Trunks trembled. He had been terrified of snakes for as long as he could remember. The reason for this was that he had been bit by one as a child, and had to stay in the hospital to get the poisen out. He shuddered, thinking about the large snake with the menacing eyes. Then he half smiled, thinking how people would laugh if they knew the great Trunks Briefs was afraid of a mere snake.
He eyed the snakes cautiously. They were just there; unmoving.
"Nice snakes," he said, his voice barely above a whisper.
"SSSSSssss..."
"Okay, maybe not so nice," Trunks said, flinching at the way the snake's toungue shot out.
They were moving closer.
"If only I wasn't locked up," Trunks muttered. "I'd teach you a lesson."
One snake opened his mouth wide; Trunks saw his razor-sharp fangs.
They were closing in on him.
"Oh, God, Pan," he murmered. "Where are you when I need you the most?"
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The minute they stepped through, both girls instantly knew where they were now. They had been there enough times to know perfectly well.
"Marron's room," Pan said. "This must be her nightmare."
Suddenly, both girls realized that Marron was sitting in a corner, alone, and sobbing.
"Oh, Marron," Pan went over to her, placing an arm around her. "Don't worry. We're here. Everything's going to be fine now."
"Pan? Bra?" Marron stared at them through tearful eyes. "Is it really you?"
"Yes, of course it is," Bra said soothingly.
"What took you so long?" Marron began to cry again. "I've been waiting here for hours!"
"It seems like hours, Marron, but it's really not. And anyway, we would have come sooner if we could have, but we were trapped in our own nightmares."
"What were you doing here all this time? Did you see Darren or anyone else?" Pan questioned.
"No," Marron replied. "I was just sitting here. My nightmare didn't come yet, whatever it is."
"Ok,then," Pan said. "That means we're going to have to face it now."
Pan hadn't even finished speaking before she heard Marron scream.
"What?!" she yelled.
Wordlessly, Marron pointed behind them.
Pan and Bra turned...and opened their eyes wide. Because standing before them were the most horrible and revolting things they had ever seen. And there were hundreds of them.
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A/N: Yes, I know it was a short chappy! Sorry! I just wanted to end it on a really cliff hanger-y part. *grins*
next chapter: WHAT'S IN THE ROOM WITH THEM? What's Marron's nightmare? Will poor Trunks ever stop being tortured by Darren? WHERE'S GOTEN? Find out! Oh yeah..and..please review! And you also might be wondering what happened to the Elf King..well, since the two little elves were taking Pan to him, and she got stuck with the man from Meridell on the way, she can't go there anymore. =P
A/N: Finally, i'm actually updating..Yes,I know i'm a bad updater..you'll have to forgive me for that. Anyway..on to the next chapter..
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chapter 5: Running Scared
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*Ok,Pan. Don't panic, don't panic!* Pan desperately tried to calm herself, but nothing worked. She was scared to death. *The word Shadow Room does not sound very appealing..*
Pan noticed that they were in a large dungeon sort of place. Many people gave her dirty looks as she passed by. *Jeez,* Pan thought. *It's not like I want to be in this hell hole either!*
"Make your choice, and you better make it fast." the man tapped his foot impatiently.
Pan realized there were three doors in front of her, that had seemed to suddenly appear. She frowned.
"Where do these doors go?"
"One door leads to Bra," the man said, making Pan gasp. "And the other two...don't." He grinned.
Pan clenched her teeth, annoyed. She sure didn't want to find out what was behind the other two doors.
"Okay," Pan turned the knob on one of the doors and sighed. "Here goes nothing."
Immediately, her surroundings changed. Now, it seemed as if Pan were standing outside in a dark alley, with nothing more than darkness surrounding her.
"Where the hell am I.." Pan muttered. It was only then that she heard them.
Barely audible, but still definitely there, it was the sound of someone screaming. Someone crying out for help.
At once, Pan knew who it was, and thanked God she had picked the right door. "Hold on, Bra, I'm coming!"
She went down the alley, which seemed to stretch on forever, and finally saw them.
Bra was with a man, and he was most definitely trying to rape her. Pan saw Bra kicking and flailing her arms, trying to get out of his grasp, but he she was up against a wall, so there wasn't much she could do.
Pan stood there, paralyzed for a moment, watching the man kiss Bra's neck and then her lips. When he unbuttoned her shirt, she quickly snapped out of it.
"HEY!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Her voice echoed from wall to wall.
The man looked up, stopping in the process of taking Bra's shirt off. Bra had never looked so glad to see someone in her life.
"PAN!" Bra shouted. "Thank God you're here!"
"He didn't hurt you, did he?" Pan asked.
"Nah. But i'll hurt you up pretty bad if you don't leave us alone," the man spoke up, moving closer to her.
"Bastard!" Pan aimed a perfect kick to his shin. He cursed and grabbed her arms, forcing her up against the wall.
"Don't like it much when you're in the same position as your little friend,huh?" Before Pan knew what was happening, his tongue was in her mouth.
"Damn, you're beautiful," he whispered, while nibbling on her ear.
"Get the hell off of her!" Bra gave the man a harsh slap across his face. "You bastard! Asshole!" She gave him a kick in his left leg, and he cried out.
"What the hell! Man." He said,rubbing his leg. "Won't let me have a little fun?"
"NO!!!!" Both Bra and Pan shouted at the same time. "ASSHOLE!!!"
"BITCH!" the man yelled. "I'm going to teach you two a lesson.."
He snapped his fingers, and a very tall fence appeared. On one side was Pan, and on the other side were Bra and the man.
"No!" Pan screamed. She tried climbing over, but it was impossible.
Bra shook with fear. "Don't come near me," she whispered. "Please."
"Oh,I'll do more than just that," he replied. "And you can enjoy the show," he said to Pan, who helplessly looked on through the fence.
"There has to be a way to..Ow!" Pan cried out as she tripped over a very large tree branch lying near her feet.
Suddenly, Pan had an idea. The branch was big, but not too big to throw over the fence.
"Bra!" Pan yelled. "Catch!"
Using all her strength, Pan swung the branch over and Bra ran for it as soon as it landed a couple of feet away from her.
*WHAM!*
"Oh, yeah!" Bra shouted with joy. "I did it! I faced my nightmare and WON!"
"With my help," Pan added,grinning, staring at the man lying unconscious on the ground.
"Of course." Bra smiled. "What would I do without you, Pan Son?"
"Funny I asked you the same thing awhile ago.." They looked at each other and burst out laughing.
Suddenly, the fence between them came down. In it's place was yet another door.
Pan and Bra hugged. "We're going to make it through this," Pan said, determination in her voice. Refreshed with a new hope, the two friends silently opened the door and stepped through.
*~* Meanwhile*~*
"Let me go, you asshole! Let me GO!"
"Uh uh uh," Darren shook a finger playfully. "You're my prized posession! You're the final round of this whole Game, now tell me, how can I possibly release YOU?"
"You're lucky as hell i'm chained, or you'd be dead by now!"
"Making me angry won't help," Darren smiled. "No one can kill a Shadow Man."
"You think you'll get Pan this way? By putting her through all that pain and torture? I can't even watch!" He turned his head away from the shiny crystal globe, from which he could see everything that was going on..except the parts with Darren. The globe didn't show things like that.
"My dear, dear Trunks," Darren frowned. "You are becoming quite a disturbance, I'm afraid, yelling and shouting like that. I'm going to have to quiet you down a bit,"
If someone had seen Trunks Briefs right then and there, they would not have believed it was him. Trunks, President of Capsule Corps, most Eligible Bachelor, and the richest man in the world, was in a pitiful condition. Chained to a wall, his hair disheveled, bruises and cuts on his face from trying to break the chains and failing to do so, and dried blood on his handsome face, he looked like a poor beggar instead of Trunks Briefs.
"What now?" Trunks said tiredly. He was dying for some water, and Darren would not give it to him. His throat was so parched, he felt as if he might faint.
"Give me water," he made out, his throat dry from shouting and yelling so much.
Darren looked at him pitifully, and a glass of water appeared in his hand. "Here. You'll need your strength for what I have planned for you."
Trunks almost didn't hear him; he was so intent on gulping down all the water. "What?"
"I told you, you're becoming too much of a bother. I'm going to have to let my pets play with you now. It's okay," he said at the look on Trunks' face, "They don't bite...much."
He snapped his fingers, and two very large, very hideous snakes appeared.
"Oh shit." Trunks stared at them.
"Have fun facing your nightmare," Darren disappeared, but his voice still lingered. "I'll be watching."
Trunks trembled. He had been terrified of snakes for as long as he could remember. The reason for this was that he had been bit by one as a child, and had to stay in the hospital to get the poisen out. He shuddered, thinking about the large snake with the menacing eyes. Then he half smiled, thinking how people would laugh if they knew the great Trunks Briefs was afraid of a mere snake.
He eyed the snakes cautiously. They were just there; unmoving.
"Nice snakes," he said, his voice barely above a whisper.
"SSSSSssss..."
"Okay, maybe not so nice," Trunks said, flinching at the way the snake's toungue shot out.
They were moving closer.
"If only I wasn't locked up," Trunks muttered. "I'd teach you a lesson."
One snake opened his mouth wide; Trunks saw his razor-sharp fangs.
They were closing in on him.
"Oh, God, Pan," he murmered. "Where are you when I need you the most?"
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The minute they stepped through, both girls instantly knew where they were now. They had been there enough times to know perfectly well.
"Marron's room," Pan said. "This must be her nightmare."
Suddenly, both girls realized that Marron was sitting in a corner, alone, and sobbing.
"Oh, Marron," Pan went over to her, placing an arm around her. "Don't worry. We're here. Everything's going to be fine now."
"Pan? Bra?" Marron stared at them through tearful eyes. "Is it really you?"
"Yes, of course it is," Bra said soothingly.
"What took you so long?" Marron began to cry again. "I've been waiting here for hours!"
"It seems like hours, Marron, but it's really not. And anyway, we would have come sooner if we could have, but we were trapped in our own nightmares."
"What were you doing here all this time? Did you see Darren or anyone else?" Pan questioned.
"No," Marron replied. "I was just sitting here. My nightmare didn't come yet, whatever it is."
"Ok,then," Pan said. "That means we're going to have to face it now."
Pan hadn't even finished speaking before she heard Marron scream.
"What?!" she yelled.
Wordlessly, Marron pointed behind them.
Pan and Bra turned...and opened their eyes wide. Because standing before them were the most horrible and revolting things they had ever seen. And there were hundreds of them.
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A/N: Yes, I know it was a short chappy! Sorry! I just wanted to end it on a really cliff hanger-y part. *grins*
next chapter: WHAT'S IN THE ROOM WITH THEM? What's Marron's nightmare? Will poor Trunks ever stop being tortured by Darren? WHERE'S GOTEN? Find out! Oh yeah..and..please review! And you also might be wondering what happened to the Elf King..well, since the two little elves were taking Pan to him, and she got stuck with the man from Meridell on the way, she can't go there anymore. =P