Trunks' head whirled around. A small figure stood in the corner, half concealed by the darkness of the setting sun. His dark blue hair fell into his eyes and he shook it out. The eleven year old grinned weakly at Trunks.
Trunks gasped. "Todd!" He stated stupidly. "What are you doing here, did you, er I mean did you hear everything I said?" Trunks asked blushing slightly.
Todd nodded. "And my answer to your question is to run away!" He jamp down from his perch in the corner. His emerald green eyes flashing. The most unusual combination of green eyes and blue hair, hitting Trunks harder with the rising full moon glinting on them.
Trunks sighed. "And where would I go?" He asked the boy.
"Earth, go and find love, go and live your own life!" He said simply.
Trunks' eyes widened. He never thought of that! Sure sounded good. "Where did you come up with an idea like that!" Trunks asked eye narrowing slightly.
Todd sighed and smiled weakly. "That's what I did before Raven found me, best thing that ever happened to me! I never even knew I was a dragon, but I knew I was different!" He looked up at him. "Running was the best thing I ever did, I got away from all my pain of being different, only to find out who I was, what I was, where I belonged!" He shrugged. "It gave me the strength to go back!"
Trunks sat down and looked inventively at the small boy who made his way over to sit beside him. "So you think that's my best bet?" Trunks asked. Todd nodded.
"Run!" He grinned. "And when you feel ready, return!"
Trunks stood up. "I could use with a break, I think I'll do just that!"
Todd nodded. "Then I'm coming with you!"
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"I want all forces on their way back to make sure there are no unwanted ships leaving this planet!" Vegeta called to a commander. "If he's running, we will make sure he won't get more than a mile away from this planet!"
"And don't forget to send troops to search the planet also! It's not like Trunks to try and take off like this!" Bulma said.
Vegeta grunted. "After what he did with Pan! He'll be to embarrassed to come back, he has shamed the whole royal family, but the wedding is still on weather he likes it or not!"
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Trunks and Todd waited until night was fully upon the planet. He gazed up at a relatively large ship they were planning on stealing. It looked like it would hold five people rather comfortably. He ducked by a bunker and avoided the gaze of a guard. Todd followed mimicking his movements. Grinning when he did it right, he felt like a spy.
The guard cast one last look around the bunker before switching off the lights and exiting. Todd made to get up, but Trunks held him back. He wanted to make sure that guard was defiantly not going to return. After a few moments he stood up and pushed a button on the side of the ship. The door opened and he hopped in with Todd at his side.
Once inside he sat at the control panel and started her up. Todd pressed his face up against the cool glass as a metal roof opened above their heads. "Wow!" He muttered against the glass. Trunks looked over to him and grinned. Pulling down the control the ship started to rise silently into the air.
Getting out of the building was easier than he expected. Once out Trunks turned to Todd and told him to press the rather large black button the boy was eyeing curiously. Todd gave a giant grin and pressed it, nothing happened. He frowned and made to press it again but Trunks held him back.
"It's a masking shield!" He said smiling. "We wont see the effects and neither will anyone else because they wont see us!" he chuckled. "Right to earth!" He said.
Todd hesitated. "Do you think Raven will come and find us when she gets the note we left in the cottage?" He asked.
Trunks shrugged. "I don't know Todd, I just hope she doesn't think I've kidnapped you!" He said grinning at the boy.
Todd chuckled. "I can take care of myself!" He said sticking out his small chest. Trunks laughed. It would be good having Todd with him, much like a younger brother.
Trunks set the ship for earth and put it onto auto pilot. He turned back to Todd who was sleeping soundly on the seat. His small head rolling with the ships gentle movements. Trunks' eyes softened, and he smiled. He unbuckled his seat belt and stood up, he scooped the boy into his arms and carried him off to one of the rooms. Trunks kicked open the door and lay the boy on the single bed. He ruffled his hair and tucked him in. "Good night sport!" He said grinning.
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Trunks was woken by a rather loud noise, like someone screaming in his ear. "Whatisit?!" He sat up and rubbed the back of his neck. Someone was communicating with his ship.
"Commander of the N9- 355" Trunks sat up. That was his ship!! He hesitantly pressed a button and talked into the speaker.
"Who's this?" He asked
"Ah prince Trunks! The Queen and King have been looking for you!" Replied a stern voice.
Trunks sighed. The masking shield must have worn off when he fell asleep.
"Turn your ship around now!"
"Not gonna happen!" Trunks snapped back.
"Turn it around or we'll take it by force and tow you back!" The voice said.
Trunks hesitated. He looked out the window, the ship that was threatening him was much larger than his own. It was a ship that his father sent to other planets and galaxies for a fighting spree, it would be full of guards. He could take them on, but what if Todd got hurt?
"What's it gonna be?" He voice asked.
Trunks sighed. He didn't have much choice.
"Piss off!" A voice sounded. Trunks was surprised. He could hear silent muffled yelps and fighting? Was their ship under attack? Should he go and help!!
"Trunks that you?" A voice sounded across the radio.
"RAVEN!" Trunks' eyes became wide. It was good to hear her voice!!
"Where the hell do you think your going! Everyone is worried sick!" She snapped desperately.
"I'll explain it all later!" he said.
"At least tell me where your going!" She asked.
"Earth, me and Todd were going to run to earth!"
"Not without me your not!" She growled. She made movements. Trunks knew she was setting the ship on auto pilot for Vegeta, and was going to take a small ship over to his. He sat up eagerly. He was going to see Raven again… did he want that! He had to tell her about Pan…
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Trunks paced the floor as he waited for Raven to make her way up the stairs to the control room, where he was waiting. Deep in thought.
Raven bounded up and turned to grin at him. He stopped, she had become - if it were even possible - more beautiful than he remembered. He shook the thought of his head and smiled weakly at her. He switched off the light, it was now very early in the morning and he had been under heavy lights all day. With no sleep… thanks to Pan…
Raven sat on the second seat and he rubbed his eyes.
"Trunks what's wrong?" She asked gazing at him.
There was a short moment of silence. Then sighing Trunks turned to her. "It all started when I went to bed early." He looked at the floor. "Today is Pans fifteenth birthday!" He said.
Raven grinned. "Oh wow, already! Shit I better send her a card from earth, do you think they do long distance mail?"
Trunks grinned. He sure had missed her. "I think by long distance is from Scotland to America, not from earth to another planet!" He said smiling.
Raven grinned, happy to have cheered him up. "So what were you saying she asked.
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"That's the full story, in short she practically raped me!" He said opening his eyes that were shut. He turned to look at her. She didn't look upset, just deep in thought.
"Trunks look at it from Pans point of view! She's really not that bad a person! Imagine leaving your home when you were thirteen to be taken away to marry a prince of another planet!" She grinned "At that age its every girls dream to become a princess, sure she might actually want to be with you! But she still doesn't want to let that title slip from her fingers! So she thinks the bond will stop you ever leaving her!" She said.
Trunks sighed. "There is no bond! A bond is between two people that shared that experience and love each other!" He said looking at her. "That wasn't love, just lust."
Raven dwelled on that for a moment. Then nodded and looked out the window.
She still didn't look upset! This was starting to annoy him, he thought Raven liked him and here he is telling her he had sex with someone else. She should be furious with Pan or at least him…
"Why aren't you upset, I mean that Kiss di-didn't you feel anything from it?" He asked.
Raven sighed. "It doesn't matter what we felt Trunks that was forbidden fruit, no matter how much we do, no matter how I love you, in the end it will be - You and Pan!"
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Next chapter: Vegeta finds his ship arriving full of beaten saiyans. Once they recover they tell Vegeta of the ship Trunks had stolen... it just so happens that ship has a tracking device on it... Oo