Cold Steel

Massive boats, cars, houses, and other random objects were violently hurled towards Pan. The young girl screamed as she desperately dodged the air born objects, the mischievous Android 23 all too eagerly continued to attack. The purple hooded android laughed wickedly, "Give it up pip squeak I got the brains and bionics to send your tom boyish ass all the way to pre-school". Pan growled and angrily blasted 2 energy blasts directly at 23.

"You don't know the first thing about me creep" Pan hissed, a psychic blue like energy barrier protected 23 from Pan's energy blasts. Android 23 smirked as his digital eye scanners gathered Pan's data, the metallic midget grinned "My sub-micron psychic scanners do more then put up will Pan. I know all about your life, your friends, your family, your grades, even your so called love life". Pan gulped, sweat trickled down her young soft face.

Pan was by no means a quitter; deep down in her heart she knows she has the power to wipe that smirking grin off that evil imp's dorky little face. But somewhere in Pan's soul she sensed he was telling the truth. The girl thought to herself, if this android was psychic he could know everything about her entire life already. Android 23 smiled coldly "Tell me how's...Trunks doing these days?", Pan's anger suddenly boiled into fire.

"Still stay up late hours in the night? Still write those ridiculous "date scenarios" Trunks plans to take you on?" 23 laughed viciously. Nail after nail was savagely hammered into Pan's dreams, every hidden secret, every cherished fantasy, was all being tainted by this bastard robot's prying. The android slowly pulled back his purple hood and grinned, smiling a cheeky grin of evil as he said "Still think he'd marry a butt ugly freak like you?".

"RAHHHH THAT TEARS IT, YOU'RE SCRAP METAL" Pan shrieked. Android 23 laughed and soared head on to face the furious, teary eyed Pan in heated combat. ZAP! Gohan screamed out in pain as he clutched his bare chest. Powerful burn marks sin their smoking scars from Android 24's powerful thunder blasters. The white suited cowboy laughed and zapped Gohan again, "Looks like the dingo is nothing more then a bleeding bum.

Going daddy really soiled your Super Sayian diapers now didn't it?" the android continued to mock. Slowly Gohan struggled his wobbly legs to stand, his voice panting from the shocks to his aching lungs. Android 24 crossed his white gloved arms as he allowed Gohan to speak. "I don't want to fight you but I will if I must, just leave my family out of this please" Gohan said. Android 24 laughed "What? You mean your little girlie?".

Gohan growled and immediately leapt with fists bared in rage, infuriated by this monster even mentioning his daughter. Thunder charged lighting bolts blasted Gohan from ice cold eyes, Android 24 had eye zapped him into paralysis. "HA, HA, hot diggity looks like I struck a nerve with the bloke, too bad he and his family are DONE like fried OW" 24 grunted out. The sudden force of beach chair crashing into his head stunned Android 24.

Behind the Australian accented android was Videl, tightly holding the busted remains of the beach chair she slammed against the robot's blonde skull. "Keep your eyes, hands, and feet off my Gohan tex" Videl said. Suddenly 24's blonde head turned completely backwards to face Videl, "Gladly" he said before blasting her with his electric eyes. "I SAID NO" Gohan roared. The powerful burst of golden Sayian energy sent Android 24 flying fast.

Gohan flared into his Super Sayian 2 stage, roaring his green eyed rage for the entire world to see. Android 24 finally crashed into a mangled stash of beach stashed cars from other families, he snickered aloud "Now THAT'S what I'm talking about". Young voiced screams filled the big blue skies of the beach, Pan's throat struggling weakly against 23's psychic strangle hold. The brave heroine wheezed out "GA you are SO dead when I get out of this.

I'm going to rip off your head and stuff your batteries up your brains" pan shouted. Android 23 simply reveled in her futile efforts for freedom, "HA that's a slap on the wrist compared to the pain I can detect from your mind". Pan winced her eyes shut and bravely struggled fiercely against the psychic neck lock. The android's small hands in their purple fingerless gloves flexed, 23 increased his crushing lock on Pan's neck. The girl was totally helpless.

The wicked Android all too eagerly added insult to injury, "Yes, yes it's all becoming clear now. I'd much rather see your face turn to mush when Trunks comes out and tells you, tells you how much he HATES you. How much he wish that annoying, junior sized, brat punk would just leave him alone. I bet it'd break your little heart wouldn't it? Knowing that he'll never love you because of your age, your height, how you're nothing but a baby.

You're a delusional child who dreams of marrying a prince, when you're nothing more than an ugly duckling. A powerless, mouse of a fighter, a weakling, search your thoughts, even YOU know it's true Pan". "Stop it, stop it, STOP IT" Pan screamed hatefully. Tears ran down her bare cheeks as she cried and cried. Pan's struggling slowing down to add to her misery. Android 23 charged his blue glowing psychic palms to end Pan's pain.

ZAP! Gohan flew back from the electric blasts conducted by Android 24's thunder fists. The shrilling cry of her father's voice suddenly jolted Pan's teary eyes to life. "HIYA" Pan cried as she blasted off 23 with a massive energy blast. The purple cloaked midget growled angrily at the fury fueled girl. Pan's black hair flowed with raw energy waves. "You want pain, I'll show you pain buster GRR" Pan's hands formed 2 massive energy balls.

Gohan lunged at 24 and bashed his bare fists into the throat of the robot; Android 24 tumbled backwards clutching his neck. The Super Sayian then leapt into the air just in time to dodge 24's counter thunder blast. "That's it, it's time you got FRIED SAYIAN" the cowboy clone cursed. Pan suddenly dished her double beam balls directly at Android 23. A blue psychic barrier suddenly emerged around Android 23; it was a mind powered mirror shield.

"Blast it all you want girlie, my Neo-Reflector shield will send back anything you can throw at me" Android 23 said. Pan's twin ball blast struck the shield and instantly bounced back to Pan. The girl smirked "Exactly what I was hoping for, NOW DAD". Android 24 blinked as Gohan suddenly vanished from his ice eye scanners. The balls flew right towards Pan's gloves, she then volley bounced them downwards right into Android 24.

KABOOM! The massive energy blast totally decked Android 24, fried chunks of cowboy white cloth rained into the sand and seas. "AH OH CRAP, GRR why you insufferable little snot, look what you made me do?" Android 23 said with fury in his frustrated voice. "Chin Chou KAPOW" Gohan announced from behind. Android 23 screamed under the propelled force of Gohan's powerful energy blast. The metal midget flew into the sky.

"Wow" Pan exclaimed. The sight of Android 23 vanishing into the sky with a twinkling spark was remarkable to see, the young girl smiled cheerfully. "Papa" "Sweetie" Gohan and Pan said as they happily hugged each other. The young girl gasped seeing burn marks on Gohan's chest, Pan asked "Oh goodness papa are you all right? Your not hurt bad are you?". Gohan smiled "I'll be just fine honey; I was just worried that troll might have hurt you".

STRAKKABOOM! The mountainous beam of light literally exploded from the ground like a volcano's lava saliva. Android 24 was screaming boundless rage from his robotic lungs, electricity surging through his white gloved hands. Gohan's young worried eyes looked and spotted the enraged android. "THAT'S IT, you get your tailless behind down here now boy, you and me, were gonna tango, right here, right NOW" Android 24 shouted.

Pan blinked at her father's face as it swelled up with sweat and fear. "Papa what's wrong?" Pan asked, Gohan bit his lip and turned to her replying "Pan I want you to listen to me and listen well. I'm not going to lie to you, these android guys are hunting down all of our friends and family, even your grandpa Goku. The one chasing you is gone for now, but daddy needs you to go find the others while I take care of this one by myself. You understand?".

The young girl looked down at the thunder charged 24, and then back to her father's worried eyes. Deep down in Pan's soul she had a terrible feeling about her father. "Daddy no please, I don't want you to get hurt, come with me, we can" Pan started, but Gohan cut her off shouting "PAN JUST GO". The Sayian shoved Pan into the air with gentle but powerful push of Sayian force. Android 24 blasted a powerful lighting beam blast directly at Gohan.

"HA, let's see you survive my signature Thunder Stryker blast attack" Android 24 said with a proud smirk. With Pan out of the way, Gohan felt safe powering up a colossal energy beam in the palm of his hands. Slowly Gohan chanted "Ka...me...Ha...me...HAAA". The massive beams struck together and created a blinding flash blast through out the entire sky. Pan winced her eyes and refused to look back, wiping her tears.

Pan nodded to herself "Don't worry Papa, I'll be back with grandpa Goku and Trunks. I promise I'll be back in time to help you...(gulp) I hope".

To be continued...