Chapter 8: Breaking the Rules

Princess Sango

When the time machine landed Trunks, Pan, and Goten all jumped out, but Pan was more careful, since her ribs were still healing and her arm was only held in a cast. Trunks picked her up, "Here they have medicine for you, and we can treat it here. Come on now, we'll go out for a quiet lunch and then we'll go see if we an find our parents."

Goten looked at Trunks in a daze before they directed themselves to a neat little place to stay and eat. What they didn't count on was seeing someone they thought they'd never see again, with another Goten, Gohan, and most importantly to Pan, Videl. Her eyes were lit up but she had to restrain herself from running over to the two separate groups. Pan looked up at Trunks and pointed, "That's my mother, and I guess this is the family you knew?"

Trunks could only nod as he set Pan down gently on the wooden chair and the two boys took their seats. It wasn't soon before they ordered but also it wasn't soon before Gohan and Goten walked up to them, "Um excuse me but can we have a word with you?"

The three looked up and blinked, "Is there something wrong?"

Gohan smiled at them, "No, but you're aura is different then from what normal people around here are."

Pan looked down and then at Trunks, "What should we do?"

Trunks looked at Goten, it must have shown these teens were uncomfortable talking about themselves, and Gohan saw that, "Why don't we talk this over at Capsule Corp? We'll wait until you're finished and go together." With that the two went back to their table and the three of them let out a deep breath.

"So much for a quiet lunch, now what are we going to do?" Pan asked, her face now shadowed slightly.

"Just go and play it by ear, worse comes to worse we screw up right?" Trunks told her lightly, his eyes sparkling with mischievous glint.

Pan blushed but nodded as their lunch came and after they paid Trunks picked up Pan again and met up with Gohan and Goten1 (One meaning the past one.) Gohan seemed puzzled at why Trunks picked her up and he could only give a simple answer, "She was wounded badly and she's still healing, right Pan?"

Pan looked surprised that Trunks used her real name, but then again she didn't exist here yet, so it should have been okay, "Yes."

Gohan looked her over but didn't say anything as they walked to Capsule Corp, where Trunks saw it in full form, not half ruble or anything like that, but the actual size. When they entered the place Bulma greeted them happily but didn't say much. A younger Trunks met Goten1 and they went off somewhere but Gohan sat the other's down on the couch. "You guys are very unsure, you're aura and everything is really worrying me. So who are you two?"

Pan looked at the two and worried about their names, what were they to say? "Oh, I'm Trunks and this is Goten, we're just passing through to warn you."

Gohan looked at them intrigued, "Why would you want to do that?"

Trunks looked at him, "I researched you on the internet and through people I know, you're Son Gohan, age 15, and ½ sayain and ½ human, am I missing anything?"

Gohan blinked, "No nothing at all but why?"

Trunks rolled his eyes, "Well these people are going to come called Androids, 17 and 18, and they're going to destroy the world. Also this is not going to help, but all the warriors, including your dad will die in the fight. He has a heart disease, and you've got to treat it soon, here's the medicine for him. Our world as we know it is gone, but you still have a chance, come on Pan, Goten we've got to go now."

Goten blinked and Pan looked shocked but Trunks simply picked up Pan and was about to leave when Gohan stopped them, "How do you know all of this?"

"We've lived through everything before Gohan-san, we just want to make sure you knew before anything else went on. Good luck though because it won't be easy. Come on Goten, we've got to get Pan to a doctor and then we've got to get a few things for mother," Trunks prodded to his older friend who was gaping at him.

When Goten went to get up Gohan stopped them yet again, "Wait, are you Briefs Trunks and Son Goten, from the future? If so who is she?"

Pan broke down crying and Trunks tried to calm her down, whispering soft sweet words in her ears, but then she cried out, "You guys are already born, it's okay, you can't be erased, go ahead, tell him."

Trunks sat back down and stroked her hair till she passed out, "You are right, we are whom you thought but Pan is yet to be born in this time. She's your daughter Gohan, and that's all you need to know. She's my age right now, Goten's older than me, and our world is gone. Anything else you need to know?"

"How'd she get so beat up?"

"She fought those androids, unprepared too, but still she's healing."

"Who's her mother?" Gohan asked, thoughts playing in his mind.

"I can't tell you, but then I think I broke all the rules already so what's one more? Her mother is Satan Videl." Trunks looked down at Pan, just maybe she won't die out in this world, just maybe everything won't be bad for her, so she could meet her dad in some form. "She never met you, the day she saw you was the day you were killed, and Videl died when she was six. Living ten years without anyone is too long Gohan-san, and now she's starting to enjoy life a little I think, and that's great for her. I wanted you to know, she's very special to me, and I must get going now."

Gohan said one thing, "Please, tell let me take her somewhere we can heal her, and then I'll let you go. Thank-you for telling me, and I won't tell anyone who you are." He looked at Pan for a second and then stood up and walked out with the other three teens.

TBC…