In a World of Fear

Disclaimer: I'm still not Akira Toriyama, so I still don't own DB/DBZ/DBGT.

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Ages:

Trunks: 22

Pan: 16

AU Trunks: 27 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chapter 3: Allies or Enemies

West Capital City...

"This place looks eerie," Trunks said when they arrived in the city. All Pan could do was nod. Suddenly, a gun shot rang out followed by an echo of angry voices. Pan jumped into Trunks' arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and buried her face into his chest.

"Pan, are you okay?" Trunks asked looking down at her. Pan managed to let a whimper escape her throat. Trunks smirked at her reaction; it was time to tease her. "Since when was Pan afraid of a little gun shot?"

Pan looked up with a playful glare and smirk plastered on her face and smacked him on the head.

"What was that for?" he asked feigning innocence.

"You where making fun of me," she replied, then with her gaze turning serious, "What caused the gunshot though?"

"I don't know, but let's go find out," he said turning to where the sound came from. They found themselves in an alleyway.

"Kuso!" shouted a voice. In one of the dark shadows sat a wounded Vegeta.

"Vegeta?" Pan questioned. Vegeta looked up and stared at her. Then, slowly, his gaze turned into a glare.

"Who are you, girl? How do you know my name?" Vegeta growled.

"My name's Pan," she stated. Vegeta's eyes went wide when she said her name.

"Pan? As in Pan Son?" Vegeta interrogated.

"No," Pan said sarcastically. "My name is Pan Briefs. I'm sixteen years old and I'm carrying his child," she finished pointing to Trunks. Vegeta looked at Trunks and glared again.

"Hehe...he..he..." Trunks laughed nervously. "She loves to play with peoples minds. She has such a wild imagination."

"What are you doing hanging around a Son spawn?" Vegeta asked harshly.

"What? Why wouldn't I be hanging around with Pan? She's my friend," Trunks questioned.

"No son of mine is friends with a Son brat!" he said angrily shooting a Ki blast in Pan's direction. Before Pan could react, the blast hit her and sent her flying into a concrete wall.

"Pan!!" Trunks exclaimed running over to her side.

"Have you forgotten your upbringing, Boy? The Sons are our sworn enemies. You can't have any feelings for this girl! I forbid it! I'll kill her right now!"

"I am not your son!!" Trunks yelled interrupting his 'fathers' rant. "My father would never say that about Pan and really mean it!"

"I don't know who you think you are, but you will obey me!"

"We don't have to listen to you! We're not from this time and dimension!" Pan yelled out.

"What?!" Trunks and Vegeta both yelled obviously confused at Pan's statement.

"Trunks, didn't you feel the Ki's here? They are different from the one's in our world. And, Vegeta, cant' you feel that there are two Trunks according to their Ki's," Pan said trying to prove a point. Vegeta and Trunks blinked at this revelation.

"As much as I hate to admit it, she's right you know," Vegeta said. Trunks remembered what she had said when they first got there. All he could do was nod. Vegeta got up and started to fly towards Capsule Corps.

"Are you brats coming or not?" he questioned. Pan and Trunks stared at each other for a second.

"Do you think that's a good idea?" Pan whispered leaning towards Trunks.

"It wouldn't hurt to just follow him," Trunks answered.

"Yeah, it wouldn't hurt YOU to follow him." Pan retaliated looking towards the ground. Trunks looked at her, then put his hand under her chin and lifted her head up to make their eyes meet.

"I'll protect you," he said looking at her sincerely. "I promise."

"Thank you," Pan smiled.

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A/N: Sorry for not updating sooner. I had to go to New York for a wedding. And i probably won't be able to update this weekend coming up either. I'm going to Hershey Park with the school's music department. Please be patient. And I got another reviewer!!!! YAY!!! Thanks for reviewing Tokyobabe2040 and Chia!! I love your story so far!!! If anyone may be reading this right now, I'd like to recommend Tokyobabe2040's story: True thoughts and Desires.