Chapter 3
Trunks picked at his food with distaste. How can he eat when Serena could be starving? How did he let himself get talked into sitting when he could be looking for her?
"Trunks, don't pick at your food like that."
Trunks looked at his mother out of hallow eyes. "Fine. I'm done."
Trunks got up and walked out of the house. He stopped to stare when he saw the moon. Some how, he felt like Serena was reaching out to him every time he looked at the moon. He felt like she was actually talking to him and telling him her problems, just like she used to do when she was with him.
"Where are you Serena?"
Trunks frowned when the sky began to darken and clouds began swirling. "The dragon couldn't have been called. It hasn't been a year since he was last used."
Then he spotted it. A body was falling from the sky. Instinct made him fly and catch it. Recognition made his eyes widen.
"Serena!"
He looked at her stomach and cursed. Her whole mid-section was covered in blood. Her blood. Without a second thought, he raced to his mother. To say she was shocked would be putting it lightly.
"Is that Serena?" She asked.
"Of course it is! And she's wounded," Trunks said. "Help her mom."
Bulma nodded and they ran to her lab. Bulma cleared off a table and after Trunks laid her down, she ushered him out of the room. Trunks obeyed, but sat opposite the lab door. He wasn't going to move until he hears Serena's alright.
When Bra sat beside him, he barely noticed. "Goten called. He's coming over with his parents and Gohan's family." When Trunks didn't say anything, she continued. "They are bringing over three girls who are in the same condition Serena is."
"So?"
"Don't you think it's odd that those three girls fell out of the sky at the same time Serena did? And in the same condition?"
That got his attention. He looked at her. "Are you implying that Serena may know these people?"
Bra looked at the lab door. "That and that they might have done this to Serena or they were fighting with Serena when this happened to her." She got up. "I'm going to wait for them."
When she left, Trunks was still looking after her. Her words echoed in his mind and his anger began to rise. What if they were the ones who did this to her? Why would they be here? How did they get here in the first place? And why did they fall out of the sky? None of it made any sense.
Footsteps cut off his train of thought and he looked up as nine people walked down the hall. Three of those faces he didn't recognize and were covered in blood. Those three faces were also faces of three women.
ChiChi's eye's widened. "Trunks! You're bleeding!"
Trunks looked down at himself. He was still covered in Serena's blood. Suddenly, he found it hard to speak. "It's not mine," he whispered.
Everyone stared at him. The youngest of the three women knelt down by him. She stared at him for a long time before speaking. "You don't know whether we are friend or foe. You don't know if we did that to her or not. You care deeply for her and have never stopped looking. You never gave up hope."
"How did you know?" Trunks asked as he stared at her.
"Don't worry. We won't hurt you and we have never hurt her. She's our friend, our princess."
"Hotaru, that's enough."
The girl, Hotaru, stood up and looked at the woman with the short blonde hair. "I don't think there's anything wrong with what I said."
Amara's grip tightened around her arm. "How do you know he's not with Him?"
"She knows," the other woman said. She shook her blue hair out of her face. "My name's Michelle. Is she in there?"
Michelle pointed at the lab door and Trunks nodded. "We can't go in there. My mother's working on her."
"I'm confused," Goku said. "Who's this girl you guys keep talking about?"
Trunks looked at his hands. "It's Serena."
The Son family's eyes widened. Gohan was the first to speak. "Serena? Serena's hurt?"
Trunks nodded. "She just...fell out of the sky. With a hole in her stomach."
Hotaru's face hardened and she went for the door. Trunks, however, was faster than she was and he blocked her. "You can't go in there."
Hotaru closed her eyes. "Please, you have to trust me. I can heal her. If I don't, she might die."
Trunks stared at her. How do I know she's not lying? He asked himself. Should I trust her? Without realizing what he was doing, Trunks moved out of the way.
Hotaru opened her eyes and smiled. "Thank you." Hotaru opened the door and Trunks, the Son family, Michelle, and Amara watched as the door shut after her.
Trunks picked at his food with distaste. How can he eat when Serena could be starving? How did he let himself get talked into sitting when he could be looking for her?
"Trunks, don't pick at your food like that."
Trunks looked at his mother out of hallow eyes. "Fine. I'm done."
Trunks got up and walked out of the house. He stopped to stare when he saw the moon. Some how, he felt like Serena was reaching out to him every time he looked at the moon. He felt like she was actually talking to him and telling him her problems, just like she used to do when she was with him.
"Where are you Serena?"
Trunks frowned when the sky began to darken and clouds began swirling. "The dragon couldn't have been called. It hasn't been a year since he was last used."
Then he spotted it. A body was falling from the sky. Instinct made him fly and catch it. Recognition made his eyes widen.
"Serena!"
He looked at her stomach and cursed. Her whole mid-section was covered in blood. Her blood. Without a second thought, he raced to his mother. To say she was shocked would be putting it lightly.
"Is that Serena?" She asked.
"Of course it is! And she's wounded," Trunks said. "Help her mom."
Bulma nodded and they ran to her lab. Bulma cleared off a table and after Trunks laid her down, she ushered him out of the room. Trunks obeyed, but sat opposite the lab door. He wasn't going to move until he hears Serena's alright.
When Bra sat beside him, he barely noticed. "Goten called. He's coming over with his parents and Gohan's family." When Trunks didn't say anything, she continued. "They are bringing over three girls who are in the same condition Serena is."
"So?"
"Don't you think it's odd that those three girls fell out of the sky at the same time Serena did? And in the same condition?"
That got his attention. He looked at her. "Are you implying that Serena may know these people?"
Bra looked at the lab door. "That and that they might have done this to Serena or they were fighting with Serena when this happened to her." She got up. "I'm going to wait for them."
When she left, Trunks was still looking after her. Her words echoed in his mind and his anger began to rise. What if they were the ones who did this to her? Why would they be here? How did they get here in the first place? And why did they fall out of the sky? None of it made any sense.
Footsteps cut off his train of thought and he looked up as nine people walked down the hall. Three of those faces he didn't recognize and were covered in blood. Those three faces were also faces of three women.
ChiChi's eye's widened. "Trunks! You're bleeding!"
Trunks looked down at himself. He was still covered in Serena's blood. Suddenly, he found it hard to speak. "It's not mine," he whispered.
Everyone stared at him. The youngest of the three women knelt down by him. She stared at him for a long time before speaking. "You don't know whether we are friend or foe. You don't know if we did that to her or not. You care deeply for her and have never stopped looking. You never gave up hope."
"How did you know?" Trunks asked as he stared at her.
"Don't worry. We won't hurt you and we have never hurt her. She's our friend, our princess."
"Hotaru, that's enough."
The girl, Hotaru, stood up and looked at the woman with the short blonde hair. "I don't think there's anything wrong with what I said."
Amara's grip tightened around her arm. "How do you know he's not with Him?"
"She knows," the other woman said. She shook her blue hair out of her face. "My name's Michelle. Is she in there?"
Michelle pointed at the lab door and Trunks nodded. "We can't go in there. My mother's working on her."
"I'm confused," Goku said. "Who's this girl you guys keep talking about?"
Trunks looked at his hands. "It's Serena."
The Son family's eyes widened. Gohan was the first to speak. "Serena? Serena's hurt?"
Trunks nodded. "She just...fell out of the sky. With a hole in her stomach."
Hotaru's face hardened and she went for the door. Trunks, however, was faster than she was and he blocked her. "You can't go in there."
Hotaru closed her eyes. "Please, you have to trust me. I can heal her. If I don't, she might die."
Trunks stared at her. How do I know she's not lying? He asked himself. Should I trust her? Without realizing what he was doing, Trunks moved out of the way.
Hotaru opened her eyes and smiled. "Thank you." Hotaru opened the door and Trunks, the Son family, Michelle, and Amara watched as the door shut after her.