Sorry this has taken me forever. Life sucks and just gets in the way of fun things. I hope you like this chapter, it's just leading up to what's going to happen next so prepare your minds! Read and Review! i love reviews! Thanks you for all the support on this story it's been awesome =) I'll be quicker with the updates from now on i do believe so be happy! yay! haha well enjoy ;)

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She was running. That's all she could remember. She tried to fly but she couldn't seem to find the energy. She was running again. In her head all she could see was the quick path ahead as she ran. It was dark. So very dark. Where was her brother? Look for the purple. She couldn't see clearly. The walls were there one moment and the next they were gone. It was all fuzzy. She heard yelling and tried to make out what was being said. She turned to run the other direction…but that's all she could see happening in her mind. What was going on? She was still running. It wouldn't slow down, no matter what she did. It didn't feel like she was running on her own. Who was helping her? Ow…her head hurt. The last thing on her mind before it all went away into blackness was her brother. What happened to her brother?

It was dark and her head hurt. It was hazy. The memories were hazy. What was she just doing? She couldn't remember. Who was she? Some sort of royalty…she couldn't remember her own name! Nothing was making sense. She remembered purple and black and some sort of struggle. Who was she again? Something that started with a V… it was so close but she just couldn't remember.

"unng.." she groaned out and put a hand on her head. She didn't dare try and open her eyes or move anything else.

"Veala!" she heard someone say and felt a hand on her head. Was that her name? It sounded so familiar. Then she felt lips on her own. They were soft and warm. There was a sudden shock and she gasped lightly.

It all came flooding back when she opened her eyes, her dark blue eyes meeting gentle black ones. She managed to gasp out a few words

"G-Goten? W-What happened…. Where am I? Why does my head hurt…?" she tried to sit up, but he held her back. He looked like he was about to start crying

"Goten? What happened? Where's Trunks?" she tried to get up again, but he held her back once more. He still wasn't saying anything and she gave him a minute before putting a gentle hand on his arm.

"What's going on?" she asked it to him softly but a sense of urgency was underneath her gentle tone. She was scared that he wasn't talking to her. He always talked to her.

He took a deep breath and then let it out slowly

"The palace was attacked," he said quietly, and then waited for her reaction. It was just a few words, but it held such a detrimental meaning.

She processed for a moment and then shook her head. She wouldn't believe it. She'd remember something like that…right?

"No….that doesn't make sense. Someone would have seen it coming wouldn't they? And I'd remember it!" she was over analyzing and he could see it in her eyes. Her eyes opened and closed in a pattern. And when they were open she was moving them back and forth like she was searching through her head to find exactly what had happened.

"I knew it…" she whispered lightly and struggled to keep the tears out of her eyes but she somehow did.

When she groaned lightly he pressed a kiss to her temple. She had been hit and something was injected into her. The assailant had known exactly who to go for. They had been going for Trunks originally but Veala had gotten in the way and they settled for her. And it made Goten so angry he could almost feel his energy crackling around him. The only thing keeping him in that spot was Veala because she was injured.

"Veala, I don't know who or what they were, but they were fast…and I didn't have time to think I just… I saw one of them knock you out and I panicked. I shot him with an energy blast and grabbed you. Trunks was still fighting, but I just had to get you to safety. I grabbed you and ran as fast as I could to the forest. We're safe here…"

Veala tried to understand what was happening. Her head still hurt and it was all still hazy. Her vision wasn't completely clear yet and she didn't know where exactly they were.

"Trunks…didn't make it out? I'm so…confused…we were training, and then..."

"Don't think about it too much, you have a concussion. It might take a little while to remember it all…" Goten ran a hand through her hair and smiled worried at her. His thoughts were all on her. His eyes never left her face and although he was worried about his best friend there was nothing more he could do for him until his future mate was completely better. It was like his brain couldn't function with her coming so close to being captured.

She closed her eyes and sought out her brother's mind.

'Trunks?'

'….' There was no answer from him but she could feel he was still alive, which was a good sign for them.

'Trunks can you hear me?'

'….' He didn't answer her again and it was scaring her a little. Why wasn't he answering her? He always answered her, sometimes it took a few seconds but he always answered her.

Her eyes filled with tears. She knew better than to cry, she knew it was weak and her father would have been upset with her, but in that moment she felt so desperately alone. Her head hurt. It was dark. Goten was right there which was something. She loved him to death, but her whole life she'd depended on Trunks and he wasn't there in that moment when she really needed him to be. He promised he'd always be there! She promised it right back. She closed her eyes and bit her tongue. She bit the tears back and took a deep breath.

"How long have I been out?" she questioned her boyfriend quietly, her voice sounded weak and choked up.

"About an hour…" he responded and helped her sit up slowly.

"Trunks isn't responding to me… our mental link usually doesn't get interfered with, so I'm assuming he's either unconscious or someone is monitoring him, either way we have to go save him," she tried to stand, but her balance was off and she fell right back down.

"Damnit!" she exclaimed frustrated. She wasn't the most patient of girls.

"Veala calm down… I know you want to help them. I do too; however you're injured, you've lost blood and I need you to stay safe. I'm not going to lose you. I thought I had when that bastard knocked you out and I got so angry… I just…" Goten clenched his fists and his expression told Veala he was serious. He was never serious, or angry, and she didn't like it.

"Goten… How far are we from the castle?" she asked as she slipped her hand into his, interlocking their fingers. He visibly calmed and she smiled at him lightly. She needed him to stay calm and help her. They needed to work together.

"About three miles north of it…it's a heavily forested area I used to come to a lot when I was younger… usually when Trunks and I got into a fight. I'd come to think and he'd never follow me because he'd get lost."

Veala nodded and then scooted a little closer to him, wrapped her arms around him and buried her face into his chest. She still couldn't remember clearly what had happened

"You said I was unconscious for an hour? And what happened leading up to that… I don't…remember…" her eyebrows furrowed and she had that searching look on her face again, like she couldn't unlock the memories from her mind.

Goten shook his head and just held her close to him, he buried his face into her hair and took in her scent. He needed her to stay alive, to stay alright. He couldn't live with himself if something happened to her.

"Kiss me," she whispered to him. He blinked a few times and even though he was curious as to why she'd think now was a good time for that he didn't ask anything. He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers, his hands and arms keeping her as close to him as he could get her in that position.

She felt that shock again and her memory began to come back into her head. It was like he was connected to her and even though they hadn't done anything that intimate yet, their bond was already stronger than her and Trunks' had ever been. It was incredible. She saw everything.

She saw them get up like it was any other day. She saw her grandparents and brother making jokes at breakfast with them. She saw Amy smiling that loving little smile she had at Trunks while he wasn't looking. She heard and saw what looked like ships come down and land in the middle of their field a little after they had finished preparing for training. She heard them give orders that only a select few were to remain alive. She ran. She was running to find Trunks, and make sure he knew what was going on. She encountered a few of the enemy and took them out no problem. She was fast and she knew it, and now so did they. She ran faster. She saw the flash of purple hair and called out to Trunks. He met her eyes and she knew instantly this was bad. He was in full soldier mode. She looked around. Amy was fighting next to Trunks, who was trying to do the fighting for both of them. It just all happened so quickly. The adrenaline was kicking in and she couldn't completely understand what was going on. The next thing she could see was Goten running towards her and yelling for her to get out of the way. A ship landed right in the wall next to her and she jumped and then flew to get out of its way. She felt the pain of the glass as a piece of it entered her arm. She was thinking ten different things at once. How did they get there? What were they doing there? What did they want? Why didn't their guards see this coming and stop it? Where were their protection fleets when they needed them? Why was her head spinning?

She saw then what happened from Goten's view from there. She watched as a masked man came directly at her and grabbed her from behind, using his arm to silence her as he pressed a syringe to the back of her neck and injected it into her. She felt the rage he was feeling as he flew next to that man and shot him with an energy blast before picking her up. He locked eyes with Trunks who seemed to yell at him to get out of there and then they were gone. He flew them out of the palace to the forest and hid with her; he kept her safe and healed her up as best he could.

Goten pulled back from the kiss and looked into her eyes, a question still in his expression.

"I-I…" she was breathing heavily from all the information she had just received in such a short amount of time.

"I k-know w-what happened," she said and collapsed into him, her energy spent.

"I saw your memories…and got some of mine back from your head," she mumbled, her eyes were closed and she struggled to open them once again.

"…" Goten didn't say anything as he held his girlfriend close to him

"That's good right?" he finally asked her

"That's…amazing…" she smiled in her half asleep state. "I saw how much you love me and how much you want to keep me safe," she said as she nuzzled even closer to him.

Goten nodded slightly and tensed a little as he looked around

"I'm going to take us to the secret base a few miles from here…we can't risk flying or they'll sense our energies. And you're not walking anywhere anytime soon so I'm going to carry you," Goten whispered to her as he stood with her in his arms.

"Piggy back ride will make it easier for you to go faster," Veala said as she tried to keep her eyes open. She did her best to help herself up onto his back and she held on as tightly as she could. Her eyes simply couldn't stay open anymore so she closed them and focused on sensing what was around her.

"Alright you focus on running," she said and kissed him lightly on the back of his neck making him shudder lightly.

"I'll tell you which ways to go," she said with a small smile

"With your eyes closed?" he asked

"You doubt me?" she questioned him with a slight smirk fighting to make its way onto her face.

"No ma'am," he said quickly while trying to figure out which direction to begin going.

"That way," she pointed to the northeast and he began walking. The walking shortly turned into a light jog and then a full on run. It would take them about a half an hour to get to the base without flying. They both were panicking slightly but they tried to keep their cool long enough to do something about the situation they were now in.

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It was cold and almost pitch black in the room Trunks was being held captive in. He was disgusted with himself. He hadn't even seen his assailant coming. He had been too worried about Amy to worry about himself. He hated that the enemy had gotten into their minds. Those stupid nightmares were so they would all be freaked out and not be at their best for fighting. It made him want to kill every last person who was attacking their planet.

"You sure have grown since the last time I saw you," a voice from the back of the room said.

Trunks struggled with the restraints around his wrists and growled when he couldn't break them. He glared towards the figure as it laughed and walked towards him.

"Who are you?" Trunks said through his teeth trying desperately to keep his cool and not let this guy see him freak out.

"oh you don't recognize me? how could you…you only saw me once when you were a mere child. I tried to kidnap and kill your sister, tried to take over the planet then too. But your father stopped me," he stepped closer and Trunks' eyes widened a little. Veala's had so many nightmares about this guy how could he not have remembered or recognized him?

"You're supposed to be dead…" Trunks said, and his voice let everyone know he had been caught by surprise. Trunks wasn't one to be caught by surprise. He was usually five steps ahead of everyone else.

"But I survived! Well…most of me," he said and his evil smile was back on his face. He rolled his sleeve up on his shirt; his arm was metal as well as half of his face and leg.

"A gift from your father, he just barely hit half of me before I could get away. He was fast I'll give him that," Yamcha Jr. let his hood down and clasped his hands together behind his back.

Trunks couldn't help his smirk

"My father still is fast, and I'm sure that he'll get rid of the rest of you if you'd like, a second gift free of charge. Although I'd be more than happy to give it to you if you'd let me free and stopped being a coward," Trunks was expecting the smack to the face, but the knee to his gut with a metal knee hurt a lot more than what he was counting on. He groaned a little and his breathing started to pick up a bit. Two hits and he was already down for the count.

"He won't be fast for much longer. You're a smart mouth just like your dad aren't you? Well that seems to be the only thing you got from him. You're not strong, or fast like him. You must have some redeeming qualities or you'd have been exiled like your uncle Tarble," Yamcha Jr. chuckled and tsked a little bit

"I wouldn't be mouthing off to me anymore if I were you, Trunks… I can call you Trunks right? Prince is just too formal and we go way back so I think it should be fine yes?"

Trunks shook his head and glared at the guy. What game was he playing? One minute acting all buddy-buddy with him after hitting him and threatening him.

"Let's get one thing straight here, you and I are not friends and I hate you. So call me whatever you want, it won't matter when I get out of here and kill you so you'd better have fun with it now," Trunks glared at him then smirked a little smugly. He was a smart-ass and he knew it.

Yamcha Jr. just laughed and pulled his hood back up over his head

"Well, just keep thinking that. Maybe that little bit of hope will be crushed with the rest of your planet once the rest of my army gets here. You know….after they finish off your mother and father and their entire fleet,"

Trunks felt his heart leaping up into his throat. So they hadn't been able to surprise them after all. Just then he heard his sister calling to him mentally.

'Trunks?'

She sounded far away. Their connection had become weaker that past few weeks and he could really feel it in that moment.

"Aha, there's that bond I've been looking so forward to using against you for a long time!" Yamcha Jr. said with an evil look in his cold eyes.

Trunks knew if he answered her that they'd track his thoughts and where they ended up. He listened to her call his name a few more times, and heard how alone and desperate she sounded. He didn't answer and it almost killed him. When she was done and he thought he couldn't take it anymore he blocked their connection completely. He used his energy to make sure it stayed up. They wouldn't find her, and he'd make sure of it.

"You think that'll stop us? We're going to tear down the entire planet if we have to, just to find her. And then once we have her I'm going to make sure she suffers just as much as you do, if not more," the sound of victory laced his words and Trunks couldn't help but swallow and look down. He just hoped that she got to a safe place and that Goten was with her. He didn't know how they were going to get out of this one and for once in his life he was scared they wouldn't be able to. The enemy had split them up. The double team only worked when they were together. What happened now? What happened when they were so far apart they couldn't even link mentally? He heard the maniacal laughing of his enemy and glared at the retreating figure swearing under his breath he'd find a way out of there. He'd save his kingdom, his sister and the love of his life if it was the last thing he ever did. And from the looks of the enemies it might very well be the last thing he does. He'd going down fighting and he's going to win something, he swears it on his sister's life.

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It had taken them almost an hour to get to the secret base because there were multiple enemies on their way obviously looking for them. But once they had finally arrived, Goten made sure the coast was clear before rushing into the base and locking the door with every lock he knew the codes for and then Veala locked it with the highest lock she knew. They weren't getting in without a big fight and without both Goten and Veala knowing first.

Veala sat down and shook her head trying to make a list of things they needed to do.

"Alright, we need to try and contact my parents… and we need to try and scout out the palace to figure out what's going on… we also need to find anyone who's still alive out there to help us to help. We can't be the only ones who escaped. And do you think we should..Ahh!" She tripped and was about to fall but Goten grabbed her quickly and pulled her upright.

"I think we should not trip and injure ourselves further, yes." He pulled her close to him and looked down into her eyes for a minutes before saying quietly

"I think that you should get some rest first…you've been hurt today," he gently kissed her forehead and it made her shiver slightly.

"We…We don't have time to rest Goten, if the enemy has Trunks then who knows how long they're going to keep him around," her eyes began to fill with tears but she choked them back somehow.

"We have to do something; we have to save him…please…"

"Veala we will, I promise. But you'll be no help to him if you're falling apart or tripping in the middle of a battle. Just lie down and rest for a few hours and I promise I'll wake you up and we'll do everything on your list. We just need to make sure you're alright first," he picked her up when she started to argue and set her down on the bed that was in the corner.

"Now stay here while I try and contact your parents,"

"Goten here…" she pulled a tiny little metal box out of her pocket.

"Plug it into the computer and push the red button…it will mask the signal and make it so the enemy can't find it," Veala looked up at him to see his eyebrow raised, asking her why she had this thing with her, and she blushed.

"What? When your parents forbid you to use the computer after a certain time at night and you have things to be doing like inventing new things it comes in handy…I always have it with me,"

Goten just laughed lightly and went to work, but not before leaning down and pecking her lips lightly

"Sleep for a little while, Vey," he smiled a little at her and then left to go contact the royal army that had left the planet.

Veala had a feeling that they wouldn't answer, but let herself slowly fall asleep. Goten was right about one thing. She was useless if she was tired and hurt. She needed to gain her strength back because there was going to be a huge fight when she did. She wasn't going to let this go on much longer that it already had. This was her planet, her brother, her family that was being messed with and she was alright with that. She fell asleep quickly and dreamt of a battle plan.