End of the Beginning: Chapter 3
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Pan was fighting in her backyard Gravity Chamber. She had been hard into her training and the gravity and training bots had wiped her energy.
The pain started to set in like a million needles piercing the skin. She delighted in the pain and harsh training she would put herself through. It was far worse than any battle. The intensity she trained was enough to exhaust Trunks.
Vegeta saw it as a way to have control in battle, to be unfazed by any pain or blow that stuck her, also a useful way to harness energy in any environment, yet the dangerousness of death under that kind of training. It was enough to gain respect and worry for the unfeeling sayian.
The fact of the matter is that he didn't want her to be like him, where he was uncaring and all about training. He saw what he missed in life and didn't want that to happen to her. He was disappointed in his son's lack of sayian attribute and philanderer ways.
He watched Bra show lacking sayian skills and sense. He loved them anyway. He was happy to find that Gohan's little girl was not as flakey as Goku, and had the hunger for fighting. The one with the less sayian blood has more sayian in her than all of them, it was truly interesting. The heart of sayian, burns once broken, Vegeta's father once told him.
He said that is when she becomes frightening. His father never clarified, what he meant. Even so he was pretty sure he was observing that from Pan. The destruction of it all was truly disturbing. The fact she was playing with death and had no fear of dying had brought her to a level of perfection of her strength.
Trunks were truly puzzled why Pan acted like a cold stranger to him. He decided to investigate. So he came to the conclusion that Bra would know since Bra is her best friend. Bra was in her room on the phone talking to Goten when Trunks knocked on the door.
"WHAT!" Bra said agitated at the interruption. Trunks entered and sat on the bed as he asked. "Bra when was the last you saw Pan? Have spoke to her lately?" Bra's face scrunched up in thought and then sighed.
"I don't know, two years ago I think. I see her train with dad everyday but I haven't spoken to her, why? You know I am busy and I am not her keeper. What brought this up, since when do you care?"
Trunks frowned at this, thinking this over. Things have changed. The Pan they know and ignored has disappeared. They destroyed the old Pan and the new Pan is a complete stranger. She is cold, calculated, and sexy.
Meanwhile android 18 was flying from the city to a lake in the woods where a cabin sat. She needed to have a serious conversation with her brother. He was still pissed at his sister for marrying but if he were to marry Pan then he would have no choice but toforgive them.
She landed before the cabin and knock on the door. 17 opened the door and then slammed it in her face. 18 yelled through the door, "I need to talk to you! After you here what I say I will leave, ok!"
17 opened the door, "What do you want!" He was angery but his face didn't show it. He wondered what the Heck would bring her here out of her beloved home to his door. He waited patiently.
18 sighed and said. "I need to talk to you about a lot of things... I came here today for your help, will you hear me out before you say no."
17 stepped aside and let his sister in and followed her to the dining room table. Once he was seated across from her she began. "17 are you happy here? Are you happy living by your self, I miss you brother... I need your help with Gohan's daughter."
18 sighed in depression. "She is worse than Vegeta! She practically kills herself everyday in her GR, it has become worse over the years. I seem to have made it worse and destroyed her life. I didn't know she was in love with Trunks when Trunks asked to go out with Marron."
17 dead paned asked. "What does this have to do with me." 18 looked down and ran a hand through her hair.
"I need you to see Pan and break her of this... Be her friend, try to bring back the old Pan. I know that this doesn't have anything to do with you, but she won't talk to us and won't listen. I think she would listen to you better, someone who has been alone and betrayed like her. Someone who can relate to her and a respected warrior. She needs somone not to ignore her, forget her, and destroy her. Thats been done."
17 thought this over and would never admit that he was interested in seeing this girl that was like him. " So you want me to befriend this girl and try to convert her back to a regular person. What do you get out of this? What will her father think?" He quirked his eyebrow in the statement.
18 looked on in hope. "I get nothing out of it. I want to see her smile again.I want you to teach her to be herself and you to learn how to live happily again. I hope that you can get her to come to the reunion. Her father is takin care of by his wife so nothing to worry about if you decide to go see her."
18 got up and walked to the door. "Whatever you decide, I don't want to know and will be on yourguilty soulalone. See you around brother."
17 sat there in silence as he went over all the information he was given.
17 flew to the GR on Gohan's property. He knocked on the door of the GR and waited patiently. He heard the gravity shut off and sftraightened slightly. The door swung open to reveal a very adult Pan, She was well developed and very beaten. Shewas staring at him with her cold gaze.
The wind blew her long straight hairand cooled the blood and sweet running over the cuts on her skin. "Who are you? What do you want!" Her voice was soothing and cold. It gave 17 a shiver go down his spine. Helooked at her and she looked gorgeous in the senseof beauty but awefully butchered by her training.
He thought she looked like she could pass out but found the Ki bracelet in her rist and new she was hiding a lot more from her father and mentor. He said gently, "I came to meet you and my name is 17, android 17. I would like to get to know you and train with you, or do you not want that?"
Pan never looked away from his eyes or blinked, shereplied, "Fine lets train!" She turned her back as she enter the GR and he did also.
"What gravity do you train at?" Asked 17 as he serveyed the surroundings.
"400 times gravity, but the real question would be how much gravity can you take?"
Slushette-I hope you like this chapter. I haven't update because of college and finals, but mostly because my notebook that has every chapter in it is missing so I am sorry. Have a Happy Holidays!