Vegeta: This is stupid Kakarot! I don't see why we are the ones that have to do the disclaimer if we aren't even in the damn story.
Goku: Aw come on Vegeta. I don't see why you have to be so angry about it. The Phoenix Fire Alchemist isn't here right now so he can't do it like he usually does, and besides it may actually be fun.
Vegeta: HA! Yeah right! Like it'll be fun to tell everyone that this guy doesn't own DBZ or any of it characters.
Goku: See Vegeta? What it really that hard?
Vegeta: (sweat-drops) Oh, stick a sock in it Kakarot.
Chapter 2: Realization
Pan sat on Trunks' bed trying to take in the words he had just said. What did he mean? Had she heard him right? It wasn't like Trunks to lie like this, and if he was joking…well, it wasn't a funny joke at all. Bulma was still looking at the ground and occasionally at Pan to see her reaction. Trunks was standing there with a look of grief on his face. Pan spoke, her voice and body shaking uncontrollably. "N-N-No. NO! Stop it Trunks! Don't lie to me! Where's Gohan? Where's my dad?" she half shouted. Trunks knelt down near her so their eyes were even. He spoke in a serious tone.
"Listen to me. Whether you want to hear this or not, please listen. Gohan didn't have a daughter. He was single, and he didn't have a girlfriend. Gohan and myself devoted all of our time to training and trying to kill the androids. We didn't do anything else. 4 months ago Gohan tried to fight the androids on his own and got killed in the process. He's dead. Whether you want to accept or not, that's the reality." As the words came from his mouth her eyes filled with tears. She knew the look in his eyes. It was look that told her he was serious. Trunks wasn't lying. Pan looked mortified. This couldn't be happening. Her dad was dead? Her mom didn't even exist? And what happened to everyone else? Pan started to cry once again.
"No…no, no, no…this can't be happening. Stop lying, stop lying…" she said tears falling from her eyes. Trunks spoke again.
"I know it's hard to accept, but you have to understand. This is what happened, and we can't change that." Pan was getting angrier by the second.
"Shut up, SHUT UP!!!" she yelled covering her ears. This was too much for her. "I don't want to be lied to anymore! I wanna go home! I WANNA GO HOME!!" she yelled, and hint of rage in her tone. Trunks was getting slightly angry as well.
"I told you we aren't lying! You may be angry about this, and I am too, but you can't just go denying it! Gohan's dead and we can't change that." He said.
"NO! HE'S NOT DEAD! HE'S ALIVE!!!" she yelled. He voice echoing threw the Capsule Corp building. Bulma was standing back a little scared. Trunks slammed his fist on the near by wall causing bit of it to shatter. His face looked furious.
"I TOLD YOU ALREADY! HE'S DEAD! I SAW HIM WITH MY OWN EYES!!!" he yelled, but Pan didn't want anything to do with it. Trunks caught sight of her hand. There was something glowing inside of it.
"SHUT UP YOU LIAR!!!" Pan reared her hand back and threw it forward. A Ki blast shot from it. Trunks gritted his teeth and pulled his mom out of the way. The blast hit a wall and caused it to crumble. Pan jumped up from her seat and sprinted towards the door. Trunks pushed the debris off himself and Bulma.
"What the…" he said in disbelief. Did she just do what he thought she did? He saw her dashing for the door and got up. "HEY!" he yelled to her, but Pan didn't listen. Once she was outside she took to the air with all the speed she could and flew towards where she thought her house would be. Trunks arrived just in time to see her take flight. "What the hell is she?" the super sayian thought. He turned to Bulma. "Mom, I'm going to find her. I'll be back soon!" he called. Bulma took her sons shoulder.
"Trunks, please be careful." She said with a look of concern on her face, and Trunks smiled.
"Don't worry. We'll both return safe and sound." He said, and took off in pursuit of Pan. Pan was flying break neck speed towards where her house was. She had to see if it was true. It couldn't be true. She wouldn't allow it. However, when Pan got to the sight off her house, realization hit her. There was no house. She looked around franticly for it, but found nothing.
"Where is it?" she cried. "Where the hell is it? It has to be here. IT JUST HAS TO BE!!!" she shouted into the sky. Suddenly an idea struck her. "Wait! I'll go check grandpa's house! Maybe they are all over there!" she said before taking off once again. Meanwhile down in South City, 2 familiar faces were doing what they did best, and that was "having fun." Or at least one was.
"Can you hurry it up? You've been blowing cars up for the past hour, and it's boring just watching you." whined the blonde haired female. Her male companion turned to her.
"Then don't just sit there and do nothing. Get up and join me 18." He said. The android laid back on the pile of ruble she was sitting on and sighed.
"I don't see why you find blowing stuff up so entertaining. Let's actually do something entertaining. Like go to a theme park or something." She said, but the other android rolled his eyes.
"Please. Sitting in a cart and going around in circles is far from what I call fun." He said. 18 sighed again, but suddenly sat up. She could feel a faint energy signal nearby.
"Hey 17. I can feel a power level nearby." This caught the male attention.
"Energy? Is it Trunks?" he asked, but 18 shook her head.
"I don't think so, but I wanna go check it out. Come on." 17 just stood there and shook his head.
"No way. If it isn't Trunks then it won't be fun to dispose of. If you want to go and kill it, be my guest. I'm staying here." He said and turned to blow up another sky car. 18 flipped him off and turned away.
"Screw you then. Be back later." She said and took off towards the energy. 17 sighed.
"Sometimes I wonder why Gero created a female android that actually nags like a human female." He said and blew up et another sky car. Back at the sight of where Pan's house should've been, Trunks had just arrived. He searched around for Pan but saw no sight of her. Trunks cursed under his breath.
"Damn it! She's not here anymore, but she was here, I can still feel her energy a bit." He said. After one more look around, he decided to follow her energy trail once more. Over at Goku's house, Pan had just arrived. She walked in the front door and called out threw the house.
"MOM! DAD!!!" she called, but there was no answer. A gust of wind blew threw the house and rustled he showing hair. "GRANDMA CHI-CHI?! GRANDPA?!" she called again, but still no answer. She walked threw the house and saw no one. The house was empty. There was no sign of anyone, or that anyone lived in it anymore. Pan's eyes filled with tears once more. "N-N-no……where is everyone? I want to see someone! W-where are they? Dad……grandpa……somebody,…ANYBODY!!!" she suddenly felt something under her feet and heard something crack. She looked down to see that there was a picture under her foot. Pan picked it up and saw a photo of her grandma, Goku, and Gohan as a kid. They where all together. Goku had his arm wrapped around Chi-Chi and Gohan was piggy back on his father back. Pan looked at the picture for a minute and broke down into tears. Suddenly the front door opened and Pan heard footsteps from behind her. She turned around and saw a woman enter the house. She had blonde hair and was wearing a jean jacket, a white shirt and jean pants. She spoke as if Pan wasn't there although she was looking right at her.
"Oh. It was just a little girl. I'm surprised though. For me to sense your energy from South City…" suddenly Pan cut her off. Pan's voice was a little happier now.
"18!" she said happily. The android then became confused.
"Hm? You know who I am?" she asked. Pan's face slowly saddened.
"You forgot me too? Doesn't anyone know who I am?" she asked, but 18 just smiled.
"No one knows who you are, but you know everyone else? That's different? Do you have a family little girl?" Pan got pissed at the fact 18 didn't remember her.
"MY NAME IS PAN!!!" she yelled throwing down the picture causing it to shatter on the floor. 18 smiled and put her hand up in front of her. Pan looked at her and spoke.
"18? What are you doing it's me Pan!" she spoke suddenly feeling a bit of fear run threw her. Something in 18's hand began to glow, and Pan stepped back against the wall.
"You may know who I am, but if no one knows you…" a ball of light formed in the androids hands. "…then I guess no one will miss you."
Goku: Whoa! I hope Pan gets out okay.
Vegeta: Who cares! I'm not in here, so I'm out of here. Screw this! (flies off)
Goku: Wow! Vegeta doesn't have a soft side does he?
Piccolo: I guess not, but what do you expect from a guy with a ego bigger then his power level?
Goku: Piccolo! What are you doing here?
Piccolo: I'm giving the disclaimer for the next chapter. Got a problem with that?
Goku: No, go right ahead. I wanna get some food anyway! Later. (flies off)
Piccolo: Hmph! Read and review, or I will break your neck!
