Chapter 4
Trunks leaned against the wall, clean clothes on, and look at Amara and Michelle. "So, what happened?"
"I'm afraid we can't tell you that," Michelle said. She watched as ChiChi bandaged her wounds. It was insisted that it be done and even the new people on the scene saw that it wouldn't be good to argue with ChiChi.
Trunks raised an eyebrow. "And why not?"
"It's Serena's job," Amara said simply. She looked at her bandaged arm and turned to ChiChi. "You'd make a pretty good nurse. Have you ever thought of that?"
ChiChi shook her head. "I have a family and up until now, I've had no free time." Amara nodded. After finishing up Michelle's bandages, ChiChi sat down and asked, "How do you know Serena?"
Amara smiled. "She was our friend first. It wasn't until after she found out our identities that we began fighting together."
"She's a wonderful person," Michelle said. "I count myself grateful to have met her."
ChiChi let out a content sigh. "So she stayed the same. I was always afraid that she might have changed into someone I wouldn't know. I should have known better."
"Are you her mother?" Michelle asked. ChiChi nodded. "I always wondered what she was talking about when she talked about her mother. Almost everything she talked about didn't add up to the person she called mom in the other dimension."
"Other dimension?" Trunks murmured.
Michelle turned to him. "Were you the one with her when Pluto took her away? She can be so dramatic sometimes."
"You know her?" Trunks yelled.
"Don't blame her. She did what she had to do."
Everyone's attention turned to the lab doorway. Serena stood there as if nothing was ever wrong with her. Bulma was in the background, wiping tears from her eyes.
Trunks stood there, watching as her family crowded around her. He didn't move a muscle. He couldn't. He had held her lifeless body in his arms less than an hour ago and now she's walking and talking as if nothing had ever happened. It was just unbelievable. What did that girl do to her? Did she really possess the power to heal?
When their eyes connected, Trunks couldn't move. He couldn't talk. All he could do was watch her as she moved toward him. A silence fell, but Trunks barely noticed as Serena wrapped her arms around him.
He held on to her, afraid that if he let go, she would disappear forever this time. He didn't even notice that he was crying. All he cared about was that she was there, in his arms. All he cared about was that she was alive and home.
"I'll never let you leave. I'll never let you go."
"I'm never going to leave again, Trunks. I promise you that. This is my home. I never want to leave it again." Serena whispered. She gently pulled away from him. "What happened to you? You're so skinny."
"He barely eats or sleeps, that's what," Bulma said. "All he's done since you left is search for you."
"Pluto told us that day where I was going," Serena said.
"I didn't believe her," Trunks said.
"I understand, but she was just doing her job. You can't hate her for that. I don't."
"Tell us what happened after you left," Trunks said. "Tell me who did that to you."
"Fine, but I'm going to have Pluto with me," Serena said. Trunks visibly tensed. Without another word, Serena headed to the living room.
Trunks leaned against the wall, clean clothes on, and look at Amara and Michelle. "So, what happened?"
"I'm afraid we can't tell you that," Michelle said. She watched as ChiChi bandaged her wounds. It was insisted that it be done and even the new people on the scene saw that it wouldn't be good to argue with ChiChi.
Trunks raised an eyebrow. "And why not?"
"It's Serena's job," Amara said simply. She looked at her bandaged arm and turned to ChiChi. "You'd make a pretty good nurse. Have you ever thought of that?"
ChiChi shook her head. "I have a family and up until now, I've had no free time." Amara nodded. After finishing up Michelle's bandages, ChiChi sat down and asked, "How do you know Serena?"
Amara smiled. "She was our friend first. It wasn't until after she found out our identities that we began fighting together."
"She's a wonderful person," Michelle said. "I count myself grateful to have met her."
ChiChi let out a content sigh. "So she stayed the same. I was always afraid that she might have changed into someone I wouldn't know. I should have known better."
"Are you her mother?" Michelle asked. ChiChi nodded. "I always wondered what she was talking about when she talked about her mother. Almost everything she talked about didn't add up to the person she called mom in the other dimension."
"Other dimension?" Trunks murmured.
Michelle turned to him. "Were you the one with her when Pluto took her away? She can be so dramatic sometimes."
"You know her?" Trunks yelled.
"Don't blame her. She did what she had to do."
Everyone's attention turned to the lab doorway. Serena stood there as if nothing was ever wrong with her. Bulma was in the background, wiping tears from her eyes.
Trunks stood there, watching as her family crowded around her. He didn't move a muscle. He couldn't. He had held her lifeless body in his arms less than an hour ago and now she's walking and talking as if nothing had ever happened. It was just unbelievable. What did that girl do to her? Did she really possess the power to heal?
When their eyes connected, Trunks couldn't move. He couldn't talk. All he could do was watch her as she moved toward him. A silence fell, but Trunks barely noticed as Serena wrapped her arms around him.
He held on to her, afraid that if he let go, she would disappear forever this time. He didn't even notice that he was crying. All he cared about was that she was there, in his arms. All he cared about was that she was alive and home.
"I'll never let you leave. I'll never let you go."
"I'm never going to leave again, Trunks. I promise you that. This is my home. I never want to leave it again." Serena whispered. She gently pulled away from him. "What happened to you? You're so skinny."
"He barely eats or sleeps, that's what," Bulma said. "All he's done since you left is search for you."
"Pluto told us that day where I was going," Serena said.
"I didn't believe her," Trunks said.
"I understand, but she was just doing her job. You can't hate her for that. I don't."
"Tell us what happened after you left," Trunks said. "Tell me who did that to you."
"Fine, but I'm going to have Pluto with me," Serena said. Trunks visibly tensed. Without another word, Serena headed to the living room.