Epilogue

Videl

She felt…softness first. Then the warmth. She consciously breathed in, she smelled flowers, and some chemical cleaning agents…and Gohan! Videl opened her eyes slowly to see that it was nighttime. She looked to her right and saw Gohan was asleep in a chair nearby, his face showing a weeks' worth of stubble and it was obvious he hadn't showered in at least two days from his strong smell. "Hey," she weakly said, and Gohan immediately stood up. "VIDEL!" her excited husband yelled. He wrapped her in a hug, but a gentle one and said, "I thought we lost you forever." Videl smiled a little, "You're not getting rid of me that easily. Where's Pan?"

"Your Dad came and took her home every night, everyone insisted that she needed to sleep in a real bed after we got back," Gohan said as he helped her sit up. "What happened to me?" she asked. Gohan explained, "You overdid it with Kaioken, your heart wasn't strong enough to keep up the pressure like you used it and stopped beating all together. Tien managed to use his ki to keep your heart beating after that, but it was damaged, and keeping it beating was damaging it more. They got you to a Hospital in a nearby island, Choco Island, and the doctor's there had to remove your heart and give you an artificial heart." Say WHAT!?" Videl yelled in shock, and then looked under her hospital gown to see a large scar on her chest. "Choco Island's Hospital didn't have the best medical equipment, so you were transferred here, to Satan City Hospital. They were able to provide you with an even better artificial heart, one that should last for the rest of your life, Bulma designed it herself," Gohan finished explaining. "I…see…" Videl said.

A nurse went in then, and saw Videl, "Oh! Let me get the Doctor!" the nurse yelled and ran to grab a Doctor. Gohan stood back as the Doctor examined Videl. After about an hour of examinations and checking her memory as well as seeing that her body hadn't deteriorated after a week-long coma, Videl was allowed to leave. Her family was waiting outside, her Dad, Goku, Chi-chi, Pan, Goten, and Gohan all nearly tackled her to the floor in a big family group hug. She hugged them all back as hard as she could before Goku used Instant Transmission to bring them all back home.

Once they were back at Goku and Chi-chi's home, Chi-chi had Gohan go take a quick shower. While he was cleaning, Videl asked, "So, what happened up in space?" Goku smiled, "That was some fight, that's for sure. All those Androids were so powerful, Goten and Trunks had to be Gotenks nearly the whole time, while me and Vegeta had to go Super Saiyan Blue too. Pan and Bra grew a lot stronger, they even reached Super Saiyan 2, but by the last battle they had to stay back. By the end, Vegeta, Gohan, me and Gotenks all had to combine our full power for the last Android. It was huge! As big as Bulma's entire house in fact! By the end, we were so exhausted that we'd have probably died if Supreme Kai hadn't shown up and healed us all. After that, he brought us home, you were already in the Hospital.

"Gohan almost never left, he was so worried. The Hospital's security tried to get him to leave, but he wouldn't move, so you can guess how that worked out," Goku explained. Videl had an image in her head of a bunch of big security guards all struggling to move Gohan, and him just standing there and not budging an inch. She chuckled at that. Chi-chi then spoke up then, "There's talk of you and Krillin getting medals from King Furry for your actions against those horrible thugs, Shen and Tao. Same with Yamcha, Tien, and Marron too. We'll have to make sure we're all ready for that." Chi-chi started muttering about making sure everyone is dressed appropriately. Videl smiled as she lifted up Pan and hugged her daughter tight. Everyone was home again.

One Week Later

They were all standing on a podium with King Furry. He was nearing the end of his speech, thanking Krillin, Videl, Yamcha, Tien, and Marron for their help in defeating Tao and Shen and their students. Tao and Shen were even now recovering from their injuries in the most secure national security prison on Earth. "And now, to recognize these five amazing heroes for their courage," King Furry finished his speech as the crowd applauded. Videl saw her family all clapping along, dressed as smartly as possible with even Goten and Goku in suits. Meanwhile, Videl and Krillin were in their dress uniforms, Yamcha was in a nice looking black suit, while Tien and Marron wore their cleanest gi's. Krillin, as the most senior officer and designated leader, was given his medal first. It was Videl's turn then and she bowed low enough for King Furry to put the medal around her neck.

"Thank you so much for your service, Officer Satan. You are truly a hero, and credit to the Earth," King Furry said as he put the medal on her. "Thank you, sir," Videl saluted in turn. King Furry gave Yamcha, Tien, and Marron their own medals, and when he was done, he presented them all to the crowd with thunderous applause. "Looks like your school's gonna get a lot more students," Krillin whispered to Tien. Tien smirked and said, "We'll see." "Looks like the Ki Corp's gonna be expanding too," Videl pointed out. "One can hope," Krillin said, "We'll just have to wait and see what happens." A new era was dawning, they could all feel it. And it was electrifying.

The End