The Future Of Their Hearts
Pan couldn't sleep all night. It was just too exciting to her. She sat up in the window
of the ship watching the stars pass by. She had a mug full of coffee in her hand. She
yawned and glanced over to an alarm clock sitting on the shelf. She'd set it to four
o'clock. It was about 1:30 now. She laid her head against the smooth glass and looked
over to Trunks room. She closed her eyes and heard footsteps. She looked up to see
Trunks walking by. He probably didn't see her at all. He wandered into the restroom. Pan
looked back outside. She was to busy thinking to hear the water run and hear more
footsteps behind her. "Hey, what are you doing up?" Trunks asked over her shoulder.
"Just watching and thinking." She said turning to him. "What about?" "Just something
Kia told me." "What would that be?" he asked pulling up a chair. "She told me you
wouldn't be able to help me on the next planet. I was just going through every possible
scenario I could come up with on why you couldn't help me, or what I'd do if you
couldn't. After all you are stronger and smarter than me." She said. "Aww... now come
on. You can be just as strong or stronger than me sometimes. And besides we're about
equal in brains. You could run Capsule Corp. just as well as I could." He said. It was true
too. She'd beat him when he was going full out on her a few times and she was smart as
Gohan ever was. That's probably what beat him. Her strategies were really good
sometimes but she could have a one-track mind sometimes too. She would just think of
fighting or just of strategy. "Maybe." She said looking down to the floor. "Not maybe,
it's a sure fire fact." He said grabbing her hand causing her to look up at him again. She
couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She felt her face go red. She was glad it was
pretty dark. "Come on Pan, let's get some sleep. We've got more adventures ahead of
us." She nodded and stood up. They walked to their rooms and settled into their beds.
Morning would come soon and Pan's in order for a good wake up call.
(((((Back At Capsule Corporation)))))
Mirai Trunks stepped through the double doors to Bulma's lab soaking wet. She was
diligently working on another invention of hers. Trunks wasn't quiet sure what. Bulma
turned to the sound of dripping a second later. "Trunks! What are your doing here? I
thought you'd be in your time by now." "Well, uhh... there was a little problem." "Oh,"
she started. "Yeah. My time machine's busted. The Kanass-jins must have done it when
they attacked that city south of here!" "Oh no!" Bulma exclaimed. "I was wondering if
you could actually make another time machine." "Well, I actually played with the
thought some but I never made one, in this time anyway. I probably could. I have in
another timeline. I would take a long time though." "I could help." Trunks said. "I've had
a bit of experience with them. I helped my mother start one in my time then Gohan and I
worked on it. After that I finished it up." "Well then, it's settled. We'll work on a time
machine." She said with a big smile. Trunks smiled to, it wasn't too normal to see him
smile but Bulma was happy to see her son smile every once and I while. Bulma was
excited to be working on a time machine finally. But just how long would it take?
(((((On The Ship)))))
Pan and Trunks had gotten up and dressed about fifteen minutes ago. The alarm clock
in the corner read 4:17 am. Pan stretched her arms high over her head and cracked the
bones in her neck. She sighed and walked into the kitchen. She began to start the coffee
pot. She walked the door to the main room. She walked over to the window ceil and sat
down. She tried to replay the conversation she and Trunks had last night. She shook her
head and looked out side. Space was a mysterious thing. She smiled brightly. She could
see the planet! "Hey Trunks! I see it," she yelled to him. He groaned slightly. "That's
great. Could ya keep it down though? It's still early." "Sorry." She said softer. Pan stood
up and walked back to the kitchen to pour her some coffee. She pulled down two mugs
and poured them full. She took a sip of hers and sat down. She felt a slight jerk of the
ship about half a minute later. She turned her head around and looked out the window.
"Hey Pan! Can you land the ship?" Trunks called "Yeah!" she called back to him. She
was pretty confident she could. She hadn't been too good in the past though. She stood up
and walked into the control room. "Uhh..." she mumbled. How do I do this? She
wondered. There had to be about over two hundred buttons in there. She looked at how
close they were to the planet. God, it's either crash or try to land. "Here goes nothing!"
she said and punched a few buttons. The ship began to lower. "Hey, I did it!" she said
excitedly. Then chaos broke lose. The ship began to spin out of control. Pan was thrown
into the wall and Trunks hit the roof. Pan dragged herself from the small room. "What did
you do!?" Trunks yelled. "I tried to land this hunk of junk!" Pan retorted. They began to
near the ground. "Brace yourself!" Trunks yelled to her. With what!? Pan though. They
closed in on impact. They crashed! Smoke blew everywhere. Pieces of metal flew every
which way. Pan and Trunks were thrown from the wreckage. Pan fell into a large pile of
rocks. Trunks flew into a mountainside. Pan lay there for at least ten minutes. She began
to regain consciousness soon after. Trunks was still out though. Pan stood up. Blood ran
down her arm from a large gash. Small pieces of metal were still in her arm. She winced
as she walked over to Trunks who was by now laying face down in the dirt. Pan bent
down and shook him. "Trunks! Trunks! Get up." She said. Her face drained of color
when she didn't see him moving at all. Was he still alive?! "Trunks!" she said louder. She
rolled him over. She laid her ear to him chest. He still had a heart beat. Thank God! Pan
sat down by his side and looked him over. He had a huge cut over his forehead. Deep red
blood ran down his smooth face and though his soft lavender hair. Pan's eyes welled up
with tears. They were stranded here and they'd never get home. Everyone would die and
it was all her fault! She let the tears fall from her eyes. A few fell in Trunks faces. His
eyes squinted tightly closed and he turned his head over Pan's way. He opened his eyes
to a crying young woman. He sat up and looked around strangely. "Where am I?" he
questioned himself. He put his left hand to his forehead. The dirt on his fingers fell into
the fresh wound and he winced. He felt dizzy. Pan smiled though her tears and grabbed
onto Trunks arms. "Your ok!" she said happily. She leaned on his shoulder. He looked at
her quizzically. He pulled from her grasp and pushed her back, hard! He quickly stood
up. He looked her over silently. "What are you doing Serena?" he asked angrily. "Hello?
Trunks its Pan!" she said looking him even more angrily in the eyes. This was strange.
The look in his eyes gave it all away. He really, really didn't know who she was. Or who
he was nonetheless. He snarled and turned around. "Don't lie!" he shot at her. "You are
Serena, and I am Zero. We are sworn enemies!" he yelled at her. He clentched both fists
tightly. He turned to Pan who was crying again. "Such a weak woman." He said. He
swung his right fist with all his might into Pan's jaw. She flew many feet back. "That's
what you get." He said and he turned to walk away. Pan lay back in the rubble of the ship
crying and holding her jaw with her right hand. He... he struck her. He really didn't know
a thing. What was going on here. Pan looked down at the ground. A shadow danced on
the ground at her feet. She looked up half expecting 'Zero' to be there. She looked up to a
young woman slightly older looking than her. She had wavy pink hair tied back in a
ponytail. She glanced over Pan with chocolate brown eyes. She was in a long black shirt
and baggy camouflage pants. Pan could just see some armor beneath her shirt. "Who are
you?" Pan asked. She looked really familiar to her. She gave a slight laugh. "I am your
ally. Don't tell me you've forgotten what who I am that quickly. Ray showed you my
picture as a recall," She said. "Kia!" Pan said. She nodded with a smile. "I really, really
shouldn't be doing this though. You need all of the items to meet me but, heck, I like ya
kid. Besides, the fate of the universe is at stake and I don't want to die yet, do you." She
asked. "No way." She replayed. "Good. Well, welcome to Asrok planet of the legendary
Bronze Knights. My home planet." She said extending her hand out to Pan. Pan took her
hand and stood up. "Wow, sure is a nice looking place," Pan said. "Yeah, but still it hides
many secrets." Kia said kind of sadly. "There's a horrible war going on between the
Bronze Knights, the Crimson Knights, and The Cerulean Knights. A three way war.
Either we live under the Rule of King Shuugo Atari, Queen Serenity Asrok, or King
Zeron Imperial. Zeron is of the Crimson Knights, a ruthless bunch I call the dark knights!
Shuugo is of the Cerulean Knights. Those fools are almost no longer. Their king is nearly
dead and they were order to join the Crimson Knight if he passed. Queen Serenity is the
good queen fighting to keep the world free of evil. But she is losing. We have to help her
win! Your task is to end this war, Pan." She said clenching her fist. Pan nodded. "But,
what happened to Trunks?" She asked. "Yes, well. Lets talk about back at my place." Kia
said. Pan followed her to a cave secluded by a waterfall. They sat around a table where
Kia dragged out some old files. Kia began as she held out a picture of Serena to Pan.
"Lets start back at the very beginning..."
Next Time – The tale of Serenity and Zeron is told to Pan and Pan is told a strange truth about herself. Though picked by the late Ray for these tasks she still has more linked to her other than just the spirit of Aura. This tale just keeps on twisting the fates of Pan and Trunks and adding more and more on her shoulders as well as her heart to carry. See you later!