Chapter Two: Pan Chan and Boxer Boy
A/N: Okay, I don't own a damn thing! Not even the shoes on my feet! They're my sister's! But I do own Ciara! Not DBZ or DBGT.
Ciara followed Bulma down deep into the lab. Goten and Bra were following but still didn't agree with the idea. Vegeta had sensed the heaviness of all their ki's and met up with them also. They didn't talk at all as they went down stairs into the heavy equipment that only Bulma was allowed in. They came up to a metallic door that had a scanner on it as a door knob. Bulma walked up and clicked on it and a red thin laser shot at her eyes. Bulma didn't flinch, but kept them wide open as the door opened on it's own.
In the middle of the room was a round black and yellow machine. Vegeta and Bulma both knew it was the time machine the future Trunks used but none of them knew that. Ciara walked open mouthed up to it and placed her hand over it.
"Wow...I can't believe you actually got a time machine..."She was walking around it.
Bulma walked up to her, "I'll get you to the time that you need and when you're ready I'll get you back here. This-" She pulled out what looked like a make-up compact, "-is a communicator that we can use across time. We won't call you incase you're with the others, so you call us." Ciara nodded. "As soon as you get there come up with a fake name and capsule the time machine, got that." Ciara nodded once again, "Okay then..." Bulma bent down to hug her granddaughter.
Bra walked up and hugged her also as tears fell onto Ciara's denim jacket. "Be careful Ciara. Trunks is already going to kill us for letting you do this."
"I will," Ciara smiled and looked at Goten. Goten told her to be careful and he ruffled her hair. Ciara then looked at Vegeta. He had his arms crossed but was still watching her.
"Good luck," he muttered. Ciara walked up to him and flung her arms over his neck. He pat her back encouragingly, "I'm not like what I am now." he warned her. Ciara smiled.
"I know. Don't worry I'll be fine, I'm a Saiyan remember," she gave him a wink and Bulma opened the time machine for her. Ciara climbed in and strapped herself in. She gave them all a thumbs up and Bulma walked over to a very large computer and began to punch the keys.
"Good lu-" Ciara heard Bulma say but the atmosphere was disappearing and Ciara was hit with a strange nausea. It felt like her body was pulling in all sorts of directions and the color was spinning around. She was spinning in the machine.
Suddenly it was like getting hit with a sharp object in between the eyes. She slammed her eyes shut and covered her mouth, afraid she was going to vomit everywhere. Then the spinning stopped but Ciara still felt dizzy. Her breathing was a little rapid and she had to calm down. Time travel wasn't an easy trip. Slowly she opened her eyes and peered through the plexie glass. She was in some kind of forest as the only thing she could see were trees. Had she made it? Or was she just in the backyard?
Ciara opened the glass and unstrapped herself. Before she got out she looked around. The sound of the forest rang as crickets chirped and birds squawked to each other. Ciara planted her foot down and looked around. There was no one in sight and that was good. She decided it was best to take out her compact and tell them she were safe. But when she opened it she wasn't sure what to do.
It looked like a normal compowder. It even had a small mirror and some skin color foundation and Ciara touched it to see if it was real, the powder on her finger told her it was.
"Now how do I make this thing turn on?" Ciara asked herself as she scratched her head.
"Compact communicator on," it beeped. Ciara was so surprised that she dropped it. The mirror flipped over to show a screen and the powder was now full of tiny buttons. Ciara picked it up and stared at it.
"You go grandma," the screen changed into a light blue screen with the words 'transferring data' on it. Then Bulma's face appeared on the screen, "Grandma?" Ciara asked puzzled.
Bulma gave a sigh and smiled, "Are you okay sweetie? Did you make it?" Ciara nodded.
"Yeah, I think so. I'm in some woods or something. Hang on, I need to capsule the machine." She walked around it and pressed a blue button and it disappeared and all that was left was a white pill shape with a small red stripe. She pocketed it. "I don't see anybody or sense any ki"
"The scanner says you're right where you need to be," Bulma was working on a screen that Ciara couldn't see.
"Let me talk to her! I want to see her!" Bra grabbed the compact," Hey Ci-ci How are you? What's it like back there"
Ciara shrugged, "Feels the same." Then she started to sense something. It was someone's ki, a Saiyan ki. She recognized it almost immediantly."I got to go, I think you're walking through the woods"
"What? Rea-" But Ciara closed it with a snap before Bra couldn't finish. She stuffed it in her pocket and she heard talking.
"Man I'm starting to regret Pan living in the middle of no where," came Bra's voice. It sounded much younger than what Ciara was use to. Then there came a second voice.
"My feet hurt. Can't we rest?" It was definitely female and sounded like the most girliest thing Ciara has ever heard, like a fake high pitch voice. Ciara couldn't recognize it at first.
"I told Pan I would take her to my house. I got my new car and I want her to have a ride in it," Bra said. Ciara walked a little closer behind the trees to look. Her mouth dropped. There in a black mini skirt and a red jacket was a younger Bra. She had her hair in a hair band with her hands on her hips, tapping her foot. There was also a girl with blonde hair who was rubbing her ankles in her heels. Who wears heels in a forest? Ciara asked herself.
The blonde girl moaned, "But my ankles will swell," She complained, but Bra wouldn't hear of it.
"Look, I told you to wear something comfortable cause we would be walking. Now suck it up and-huh?"Bra's eyes moved to the tree that Ciara had covered from. Ciara hid from them but they already spotted her, "Trunks, is that you?" Bra called out angrily.
They think I'm my father! Ciara thought, Well they know I'm here... Ciara came from behind the tree and scratched her head. Bra blinked at her,"Um, I'm new in this part of town and I have no idea where I'm going"
Bra blinked realizing that this girl was definitely not her brother, but she had never seen anyone else with lavender hair,"Um, who are you?" The blonde chick blinked at her also.
"My name is Ci-ci, I'm from America." That's it, just pretend to be a lost foreigner. Ciara gave them an innocent smile.
Bra smiled too, "I'm Bra Briefs and this is Marron,"She indicated to the blonde girl, "We were going to visit our friend, Pan Son." Ciara's heart choked at those last two words. She made sure she didn't let it show and she looked at them.
"Nice to meet ya!" Man I'm acting more like a prep than ever. I hope it's not permanent. Ciara smiled and walked up to them.
"Hey you should come with us Ci-ci, since you're new and all," said Marron. Ciara looked at herIs this the Marron that's in Europe? I only saw her once, but she hasn't changed at all.
"Oh, well I don't want to impose-" Ciara said as she put her hands behind her back.
"Nonsense, you seem nice and we could show you around," Bra got up and took her arm.
"Wait till you meet everyone!" Marron jumped to her feet.
Man, that was easier than I thought it would be. Bra sure does like to make friends. I guess the more friends you have the more popular you are. Ciara gave them a flashy smile, "I can't wait"
Ciara followed them through the woods and laughed along with them. Bra asked where Ciara was from in America and she told her from Nevada. She always wanted to go there and since she was making up a fake profile, she wanted her fake life to at least be somewhat interesting. She told them she worked in a casino as the black jack girl and they were amazed by her stories. Guess they didn't catch on that she was only fifteen.
Suddenly they came into a clearing where a small two story house was. Smoke was coming from the chimney and clothes were hanging on the line. Bra stepped up in front of them,"Hey Pan! Come on down here! I want you to meet someone!"
Ciara's eyes moved as a woman with long black hair in a pony tail came running out. She stuck her head back in the door and called out something before running back to them. Pan wore torn jean capris and a red belly shirt with a denim jacket. She smiled at them and looked at Ciara,"Hi, I'm Pan Son, and you are?" She stuck her hand out.
Ciara was so amazed to see her mother so young, so healthy, so much like her. She dressed like her and even stood in the tomboyish way as her. Ciara shook her hand. She had a firm grip that Ciara admired. Her eyes were dark pools, but had so much life in them. Ciara remembered that she didn't answer her question and quickly snapped back to reality, "I'm Ci-ci Nimbus." They smiled to each other.
They walked through the same trail and Ciara kept glancing at her future mother. It was so odd, being the same age as your parents and family. She was starting to wonder if it was a dream and if she would wake up. But when she scratched a mosquito bite, it told her it was real. She felt odd though, like she wanted to leave and stay at the same time. What if they found out who she was? What would happen? Would her mother and father be together or would they be too embarrassed to?
"Ci-ci, are you listening to me?" Bra stopped as they exited the woods and into a street where a red convertible was. She knew it was Bra's because Pan whistled and walked up to it.
"Nice ride, I wish I could get my car soon," Pan hopped in the back seat while Marron and Bra took the front. Ciara walked to the other side and sat next to Pan. Bra pulled the car on the main road and Ciara looked at all the buildings. This is what she was use to, the big city. She was use to the tall buildings and the concrete jungle. But she pretended to gaze like a foreigner. Bra giggled.
"I can see that you're not use to big cities, but aren't you from Nevada? Las Vegas to be exact?" Bra raised an eyebrow.
Ciara shook her head, "No, Reno. I've just never seen it like this, like it's got a theme." Ciara was a good liar, especially since they had no idea who she really was.
"Where are we going?" Pan asked as she moved her hand outside the car to the rhythm of the music playing.
"There's a sale in the mall at the new shoe store and I want to get there before anyone else. I had my eye on some pumps I wanted to get." Marron said as she grinned from ear to ear.
Pan rested her head on her fist, obviously not caring for the sale. Ciara always remembered this as her mother; her mother couldn't stand shopping unless she was shopping for gifts. Ciara wasn't a fan of shopping either. She usually went to the mall for the food court. Bra looked at them from her mirror and smiled.
"I think we should give these two tomboys a make over." Pan and Ciara both blinked at Bra since that came out of the blue, "What do you think Marron?"
Marron looked somewhat disappointed. She wanted today to be for her and her shoes. But if they gave them makeovers, all the attention would be on the test subjects. She frowned a little but it was Pan that spoke her words.
"Look, we're going to the mall to buy Marron's shoes, let's just get in there and get out," Pan knew that would never happen. The mall was their temple; they worshipped it and spent most of their time in it. Ciara smirked; her father once said that Marron and Pan didn't get along good.
They pulled into the parking lot and Bra locked her car with a push of a button as it beeped to let her know it was locked. They walked into the mall and Marron grabbed Bra's arm and led her into the shoe store. They gazed at the different varieties of heels and sandals and left Pan and Ciara behind at the gate. They slowly walked in and looked at the girly shoes on display.
"I dunno...I like my converse just fine," Pan and Ciara blinked at each other since they said it at the same time. Pan smiled, glad she wouldn't have to be the only one who was dragged behind. Pan and Ciara chatted for awhile before telling Marron and Bra they would hit the arcade.
"I'm glad you're not like them, I mean, the way the drool over anything that has a tag," Pan said as she stuffed her hands in her pockets.
Ciara laughed, "I was just never like that." She also stuffed her hands in her pockets with her thumbs out. Pan looked at her, for that one split second she reminded her of someone. Who? Then she screamed as someone grabbed her by the waist and pulled her up in the air.
"Trunks! Put me down Boxer Boy!" Trunks had Pan over his head and set her down. Ciara stared at him and had to force her mouth closed. Her future father smiled at them as he wore the CC logo on his jacket.
"Nice to see you too, Pan Chan," He looked at Ciara and smiled, "And who is this"
Pan growled as she glared at Trunks, "This is my friend Ci-ci. What are you doing here"
He put his hands behind his head and sighed, "I was eating at the food court when I saw you. Is Bra and Marron here"
Pan frowned slightly,"Yeah, your girlfriend's here." Ciara's eyes snapped wide open at this remark. His girlfriend! He's dating Marron! But he can't-
Trunks frowned at her, "You know she's not my girlfriend. She gets on my nerves." He looked back at the entrance to see if they were near by, "Don't tell 'em I'm here, kay"
Pan smirked and grabbed Trunks shirt,"Hey Marron! Look who I ran into!" Trunks tried to run in the opposite direction, but Marron and Bra had just came from the store with bags. She smiled widely and ran up to Trunks, who slumped and glared at Pan. Now Ciara was confused. What is going on? Do they like each other or not?
"Trunksie! I missed you! How was work today?" Marron hugged him and laid her bags down. Ciara looked at Pan and could see the glint of anger and regret in her eyes, but it was gone when Trunks looked at Pan.
"It was okay, hey, do you guys want me to drop you off at the house?" He asked the question more to Pan who looked like she wasn't having a good time. But Pan shook her head.
"We have Bra's car. Thanks anyway though," she gave him a small smile and he nodded. Marron looked like she was about to take his offer if Pan didn't remind her that they had a ride already.
"Well, I better go, it's real busy down there," He walked away and waved to them. Pan twisted her hand a little and Marron cried out, "Bye Trunksie! Drive safely!"
Ciara told Bra that she was renting a hotel room and they just dropped her off at a pretty snazzy place. But when she walked through the doors, she didn't have any money to pay for a room. She crossed to one of the bathrooms and went inside and took out her compowder. She clicked on the make-up and the screen appeared as it transferred the data. Then the screen showed one of the kitchen ceiling.
"Okay, how do I work this thing?" Ciara heard Goten say in the compact.
"Here, give it to me," Bra's face appeared in the screen,"Hey Ci-ci, how's it goin"
Ciara smiled, "It's going good, I ran into you, Marron, Mom and Dad"
Bra gasped, "Really? How was I"
Ciara shrugged, "So-so, but hey, I'm renting a room, but I have no money so do you think you can lend me some or something"
Bra laughed, "I guess we forgot that part. Yeah hold on, I'll send ya one of my cards." She left for a minute and by the looks of the kitchen ceiling coming up on the screen, she was examining the compowder. Bra had to get her mother to help. A small credit card popped out of the compowder.
"Thanks you guys, love you much, "She snapped the case closed and walked out of the stall to the desk.
Ciara slumped down on the bed of her new room. She wasn't quite sure what she was going to do about the antidote, she couldn't just going around asking 'excuse me, but do you know where I can get some antidote for a heart disease by any chance?' or 'could I borrow a cup of antidote?' She rolled over on her stomach. Tomorrow she would need to get some extra clothes. Bra told her to get whatever she needed, she'd get it and everyone else reminded her not to let anything happen.
But one thing kept on bothering her. Marron flirted with Trunks, but Trunks flirted with Pan, but Pan didn't flirt back. But the look in Pan's eyes when Marron was hugging him was definitely jealousy. Did they know they liked each other? It didn't seem like it. This place was already screwed up before she got there. Ciara pulled the covers over her body and fell asleep almost instantly.