AN: Ok I've had this idea flouting about in my head for quite a while but due to tests, tests, a holiday, my other stories and yet more tests I've not been able to write it until now. I'm not sure how much more of this story I'm going to write until I finish so bear with me ;)

Disclaimer: Please don't tell me you still think I own DBZ. Tut tut. But Faith is still mine. MINE I SAY MUAHAHAHAHA! Ahem. Sorry I was gassed in science today, the fumes seem to be affecting my brain function.

Last Time:

"Wha'ca doing?" She chirped. Twin sweat drops ran down the back of the women's heads.

"Erm…" The chorused.

.:Now:.

The door that had previously held the gaze of the two opened. The three turned to see Trunks emerge. He stretched and gave a fake yawn.

"Hay guys, what's going on?"

Chi-chi and Bulma both raised a pointed finger at one another.

"She did it!" They cried in unison and ran off, leaving a trail of dust behind them.

Faith walked over to Trunks and the two burst into peals of laughter.

"D-did you s-see their, their faces?" Trunks laughed.

"I k-know! T-that was hilari...hilari… Puahahahaha!"

Chapter 7 – Deadly Nightmares

"Thanks for having us Bulma-san" Faith bowed politely to the older woman. The blue haired scientist merely dismissed the gesture with a wave of her hand.

"Ah it was no problem. And no more of this Bulma-san stuff. You're making me sound old" She winked.

"Too late." Vegeta mumbled from his position a little away from the group, leaning against the outer wall of the large Capsule Corp. building. Bulma tightened her fists by her side, a vein throbbing in her forehead.

"Just keep pushing it Vegeta." She grumbled between clenched teeth. Faith and Trunks shared a knowing glance, laughter bubbling up in their throats.

Chi-chi looked up at the darkening sky from her position on Nimbus "We'd better get going before it gets too dark to fly." Videl nodded her agreement, raising to hover just above the ground; Gohan followed soon after along with Goku who hovered along side him. Pan lifted into the air to flout along side her parents.

"See ya Bra!" She called, waving her hand above her head.

"Come visit soon Panny!" Bra cried up to her friend, flailing her arms wildly.

Faith was the last to take to the skies, lifting up she moved backwards at the same time, her long silken hair floating about her body. She raised her right hand in a simple wave. "See you in the morning, Trunks." She gave a wink and pushed backwards, twisting in mid air and catching up easily to the rest of the Son's as they flew towards the mountain region, far from West City.

Faith balanced precariously on her toes, one hand on the edge of the sink to steady herself, the other submerged in the bathroom cabinet as she felt around blindly, her hand glazing across bottles of cough medicine, boxes of bandages and other such items in her search for her prize.

Goku wandered in through the open door, his bare feet padding across the carpet almost soundlessly, clad in a pair of navy long-sleeved pyjamas.

"Hay, What'cha up to?" He asked, cocking his head to the side and watching as his daughter continued to rummage.

"I'm looking for the aspirin. You seen it?" She questioned, looking up from her task. Goku shook his head.

"Aspirin? What do you want aspirin for? Are you sick?" Chi-chi came skidding to a halt outside the door having apparently run from the other side of the house. Goku and Faith blinked.

"Do you have like a radar or something?" Goku raised an eyebrow at his wife. Chi-chi flashed a small glare at him before turning back to Faith.

"Well?" She demanded. Faith leaned back from the sink, letting her feet connect with the ground, she stumbled a bit and grabbed hold of the sink to support her.

"Just a little head ache mom, that's all." She smiled weakly, betraying her cover-up nicely. Chi-chi was over in a flash and before she knew what was happening, Faith had a thermometer in her mouth and her mother's hand placed across her forehead.

"Whew did you gewt…" Faith started through a mouthful of thermometer before the woman in front of her shushed her.

Pulling her hand from Faith's forehead she tugged the thermometer from her mouth and looked down at the electronic gage. She frowned down at the electronic gage as if scorning it for not coming up with the answer she desired.

"Humf. Seems normal." Faith rolled her eyes.

"I told you, it's just a head ache. Give me some aspirin and I'll be fine." Chi-chi looked at her sceptically before sighing in defeat. Reaching behind her daughter she pulled out a bottle of aspirin and handed it to her.

"Promise you'll tell me if you don't feel well, ok?" She asked sceptically.

"Of course mom. I wouldn't have it any other way." Giving her mother a small kiss on the cheek, she walked out of the room and headed down the corridor. Suddenly she halted, looking down at the bottle in her hands.

"How the heck'd she find it so fast?"

She gripped the sheet tightly in her hand, teeth biting down on her bottom lip as a thin line of sweat streked its was down her flustered face. Her mind had long since dipped into a state of unconsiousness and now the beginings of a draem drew its was haizily into her mind.

Her eyes flickered open and she felt cold stone benieth her barely clad body. Pulling herself into a kneeling possition she hugged herself tightly, in an attempt to fight off the blistering cold.

Looking around her she saw nothing but black, everywhere black. It was like she was just hovering there amitst the darkness, alone in a void with nothing but cold and empty space.

Stumbling to her feet she looked around, trying to find something she knew wasn't there. Suddenly she felt a presence behind her. Whisking around she froze. There was her mother, stood in the void a little way off, just stood smiling kindly at her.

"M-Mom?" She whispered, her mind was still in a state of confusion. What was she doing here? Why was her mother here? And where, or what, was here?

"Are you cold, Faith?" Chi-chi asked sweetly, her voise seemed distant but she heard it clearly all the same. All she could do was breathe a soft "Yes" into the darkness.

Chi-chi spread her arms wide as if to hug her, the same soft smile remaining on her face. "Then let me warm you up." Her soft voice sounded different to Faith, almost… fake.

She gasped and stumbled backwards as she watched in horror the woman before her start to change. Her pleasant smile morphed into a cruel smirk and her pupils expanded so her eys were nothing but black pools, a darkness challengling that of the void around them.

"M-mom, whats… whats going on?" Her voice was paniked and trembled as she spoke.

Slowly, the creature's lips parted, revieling sharp fangs, a scritching laughter pierced Faith's ears, forcing her to stumble once again to her knees, hands clenched firmly about her ears as a roar of pain escaped her throat.

Biting down on her lip, Faith eased her eyes open, meeting her mothers as she continued to let off the ear splitting wail.

Without warning, flames sprung from the ground, absorbing Chi-chi in a towering inferno. Fath's eyes grew wide as screaching cakle became a heart-renching scream.

"Mom…No," She breathed. "MOM!" springing to her feet she raced toward her mother, watching as she struggled helplessly against the fire that lapped at her body. No matter how fast she ran, it felt to Faith she was putting more distance between them.

Fear gripped her as she watched the pained expression on Chi-chi's face as heatless flames ate at her body relentlessly. Faith stopped No heat? Without warning the flames, Chi-chi, everything vanished. Simply evaperated

Suddenly she felt the ground benieth her too dissapear and she felt herself falling rappidly downwards through the blackness. Pain raked her body as she felt herself come into contact with something but still she kept falling, the air around her becoming thick and heavy, too thick to breathe.

Opening her eys that she had had screwed shut throughout her fall she looked about her. She was still in the darkness but it seemed differenet. She gasped to take in air but found none. One hand about her parched throat she kicked her legs in an attempt to free herself from the water before she was drowned.

She stopped he flailing and felt her body fall back slightly. She blinked her eyes as she felt conciousness drifting away from her, her lungs lead wieghts in her chest. She closed her eyes and let herself fall.

She could feel herself weakening, her body seasing to function and her body surrendering. A blinding light suddenly bit at her eyes and she cringed.

Letting her eyes flicker open she squinted at the harsh light. It was like looking at the sun in the heat of day but closer. She couldn't help but be mesmorised by it, she didn't feel the pain anymore, just light.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw two black specks at the center of the light. As she watched the specs became dots, and dots became figures flying towards her at lightning speed.

Tilting her head to the side she frowned at the pair. They seemed so familiar. Faith's eyes widened as realisation came to her.

"Gohan. Dad." She murmured, the sound lost in the thick, water like air. They swam towards her, smiles adorning their faces.

They stopped a little way off her, flouting parallel to her and smiling kindly. Faith felt a smile tug at the corners of her lips, tears of relief stinging at her eyes. Gohan and Goku spread their arms in welcome.

She made to move to them, she too stretching out her arms. Her fingers grazed against those of her father when she felt something whisk past either side of her head. She watched in horror as twin beams of red light, shot through the chests of the men.

A hand went to her mouth as she watched the twin pairs of lifeless eyes stare back at her, their bodies pushed backwards by the force of the blasts, arms still out-stretched. A cry caught in her throat as she screamed out in pain, from both her heart and her aching lungs.

She watched with tear-filled eyes as the white light disappeared, leaving the bodies to float in the darkness, before they too evaporated into the void.

Before Faith could take in what had happened she felt the air about her thin and she felt a few feet before landing on cold ground. She lay in a crumpled heap, chest heaving as she drank in the sweet air. She wasn't sure how much time passed as she just sat there, taking deep gasps of oxygen, filling her deprived lungs before she heard it.

"Faith." It was only faint but she heard it, like a whisper cause in the breeze, but here the air was eternally still. Raising up on her arms she looked about her. Nothing.

"Faith." A woman's voice, cheerful and kind. It sounded closer now. Turning around her eyes widened. Videl was running towards her, her short, cropped hair blowing backwards as she moved. She waved her arm above her head and a happy laugh emitted from her smiling face. At her heels ran Pan, giggling merrily as she rushed to keep up with her mother.

Slowly, Faith let a smile form on her face, she too letting out a small burst of laughter as she watched the happy pair, her heart lightening slightly.

A bang.

Faith's heart stopped.

A silver bullet came from Videl's stomach, her body flying through the air. Faith watched in slow motion as the bloody bullet came through the air, her head following it as it flew past her head. She spun back around and felt her whole body freeze over.

Videl lay face down on the ground, blood seeping from the unseen wound she knew was there, Pan kneeled beside her, tears streaming down her face as she shook her mother in desperation.

"Moma!" She cried, her voice laced with fear "Moma! Get up moma! Mommy get up." Faith scrambled to her feet, breaking into an instant run , her eyes fearful and her breathing coming out in haggard gasps as panic gripped her. Desperately she ran. Fear clutching at her heart. She was so close, so near to them, before she felt her foot slip on the ground. She fell through the air, straight at them, her arm stretched out to reach them. She fell straight through them, hitting the ground hard.

She didn't look back. She knew they were gone, eaten up by the black. A sob escaped her mouth.

Trunks felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end, Goosebumps appearing across his skin. Flickering his eyes open he pulled himself into a sitting position.

Something wasn't right. Looking around at his room he frowned. Everything seemed fine. He did a quick sweep of the building. None, nothing strange. But still, something wasn't right.

Pulling away the sheets he hefted up out of bed and moved across to the window and walked out onto the balcony. He lent on the railing and stared up at the star-studded skies. He smiled. This what just what I was doing last night before… His train of thought stopped. Twisting his head he looked at the empty balcony next to him. A frown spread itself across his face. Using their bond her reached out. He could feel Faith but something was wrong. Her heartbeat was erratic and her ki kept flickering.

His eyes widened. "Faith." He breathed into the still night. Turning his head back to the sky he lifted into the air and shot towards Mount Payoz.

She let her tears fall from her eyes, running down her face and hitting the ground in tiny splashes. She had never felt so much pain, lost so much. No even Buu had hurt her this bad. No when she'd seen her mother die at his hands or witnessed all the people he murdered. Because at least then there was someone. Someone by her side. Someone keeping her strong. Someone to give her hope. Now she was alone.

Sobs raked her body and she shook viciously as tears continued to fall from her eyes. She couldn't stand this cold, heartless place any longer. She just wanted to get out, to make it all stop.

"No more," She murmured between sobs. "Please. No more." She hugged her body tightly, scared to let go, her eyes screwed tightly shut as she gently rocked herself back and forth as tears ran down her cheeks.

"Why are you crying, Faith?" Her eyes shot open as the voice reached her ears.

"No." She breathed, rushing to her feet she whisked around. He stood some distance away, arms hanging idly by his sides. His blue eyes were cold, his face stony, lavender hair blowing in a wind it seemed to create it self.

"No please. Not him." She pleased with the void, her pain filled eyes never leaving Trunks'. "Anyone but him." She couldn't bare the thought of seeing Trunk perish, eaten up by darkness like all the rest.

Trunks rushed flight came to an end as he halted outside the familiar bedroom window on the domed house in the wooded region. A worried frown plastered across his face as he tried to see through the curtains inside.

Placing a hand on the glass he leaned forward to get a better look only to find it move inwards. Pushing the window wide he pulled back the curtains on the other side and slipped through.

Landing quietly on the carpet he looked around. Faith's oak wood desk lay next to the window; a few books and homework assignments lay strew across its surface. Opposite the window was the door and next to that was a wardrobe and a full-length mirror, some pictures were stuck in the edges. Trunks recognised one to be the photo booth pictures they had taken together just the other week after managing to escape the shopping trip their mothers had dragged them on. At the centre of the room lay a double bed and in the middle lay the sleeping girl, long black hair splayed across the pillow, her limbs tangled in the sheets.

Moving over to stand at the side of the bed, Trunks watched her sleeping. A pained expression covered her sweet dappled face, salty tears lay drying on her cheeks, her hands clenched at the sheets.

He lent over to brushed a strand of jet-black hair from her eyes.

"Trunks," his hand froze half way as a murmur escaped her lips. Still in the grips of her nightmare Faith's face was no longer pained but fearful, her hands tightened against the sheets and she bit down on her bottom lip.

He watched as her dream absorbed her.

Faith made to move forward but stopped when Trunks' face twisted into a smirk. Confusion laced itself across her face.

"What's the matter?" He sneered "Not afraid are you?" She didn't understand. Why was he acting like this? She stumbled forward on uneasy feet.

"Trunks?" She questioned uneasily, her feet moving on their own accord, one hand held close to her chest. Whether in comfort or to hold her back she didn't know.

"Don't come any closer wretch." His growling voice stopped her in her tracks, the disgusted expression on his face felt like in was shooting her in the heart. Tears prickled behind her eyes.

"Trunks?" her voice seemed foreign, even to her. She felt like a timid little girl, quivering as she stood, watching Trunks with bleary eyes.

"You make me sick. You pathetic excuse for a being, let alone a Saiyan." Tears trickled down her face as she felt her heart was torn from her body. He raised one arm, his palm towards her. "You don't deserve me." Blue light played in his hand then shot towards her. Faith let out a pained scream before she was completely absorbed by the light.

"NO!" Her eyes burst open as she leapt into a sitting position, hand pressed against her racing heart, breathing hard. Feeling a hand on her shoulder she turned around. Worried blue eyes looked back at her. Tears formed in her eyes and she fell against Trunks' chest, sobs escaping her throat as tears fell freely, clinging to his thin white shirt.

Strong arms surrounded her shaking body as soft words filled her ears. Faith let her sorrow pour out of her as she weeped helplessly into his chest.

Trunks held the girl, scared to let go as much as she was. She seemed so fragile, something he hadn't seen in her since they we're little kids and it hurt him to see her in so much pain.

They stayed like that for some time, sat on the bed in the dark, him holding her in his arms tightly. Gradually Faith's tears lessened and her sobs stopped. She drew back slightly and looked up at Trunks, her eyes red, cheeks marked with tears.

"It was so real." She murmured, her onyx eyes shining in the shadowy room. He drew her closer.

"I know. It's ok now, I'm here." He rested his chin on her hair and closed his eyes. Happy to feel someone close, Faith closed her eyes and rested her body against his damp shirt.

"Please don't ever leave me Trunks." Faith whispered, sleep clouding her mind. Trunks slid him and Faith down so that they were lying side by side, still embraced in one another. Pulling the sheets up to cover them both he whispered in her ear.

"Never." She smiled and pulled herself further into his arms and let herself drift off into sleep, pure bliss erasing her fears.

AN: Wow I've never written a nightmare before. That was fun. Ok after reading it again it really sounds like she's about to die doesn't it? You know that whole 'go into the light' thing. I wasn't really going for that but it seems to have worked.

Ok I need a bit of help with the next chapter. Do you think they should be found out or should we keep it a secret a little longer? I have ideas either way so let me know and I can get to work sooner ;)