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Previously on Dragon Ball C…

"Agreed that's why I'm going" Piccolo announced.

"Me too"

Answering Elder Moori's call, the Z- Warriors minus Goku prepared for the journey to Namek.

"Be careful" Videl ordered.

"Don't worry too much"

Saying goodbye to their loved ones, they set off leaving Earth, but there was one problem.

"Erm…Videl? Where's Pan?"

Looks like there's a stowaway, find out how they decide to deal with this, today…

Chapter 3 - The Stowaway

"Pan!" They all said in unison.

Pan for her part stood up from the floor and scratched the back of her head while laughing nervously up at them.

"Erm…surprise!" she said timidly.

"Pan what are you doing here, you were told you couldn't go" Gohan questioned angrily.

"Humph…seems your brat won't take no for an answer, it's her saiyan blood that's telling her to go face a new challenge" Vegeta said after a bit of thought.

"No, that's not it; I wasn't going to go…" Pan started.

"Don't lie to me, you planned this didn't you? That's why you wanted to come to the lookout"

"Come on Gohan; remember that she's only five-" Goten began.

"Yeah I doubt she planned this whole thing out just so she could tag along" Trunks finished.

"You and Mum walked off without me" Pan said, trying to explain herself.

"I thought you'd left the ship"

"No, me and Mummy didn't finish looking around so when you came and the two of you started ignoring me, I wandered around the rest of the ship" she paused before continuing; a bit hesitant to mention what else she had to say. "By the way, there's a dent in the ship…but I didn't do it…" she smiled up at them innocently, hoping they wouldn't get too mad.

Everyone just gaped at her, mouths' hanging open. Not only did she stowaway on the ship, but now she's dented it, it was going to be a long two days.

"We need to turn this ship around, now!" Gohan ordered, turning to Vegeta who shook his head in response.

"Not a chance, I'm anxious to fight this warrior and I'm not having my fight delayed because your brat can't follow rules"

*"I can to follow rules"* Pan shouted indignantly but was ignored by everyone else in the room.

"Vegeta please, this is my daughter we're talking about, TURN IT AROUND!" Gohan practically shouted the last part, losing patience with the prince of all saiyans.

"Listen brat I already told you I'm not going to turn the ship around, so be quiet and let's start some training" Vegeta left the room, seemingly losing interest in the situation. Gohan was staring daggers at the back of Vegeta's head, but before he could go after him Piccolo placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him.

"Piccolo what are you doing..." he started, only to get interrupted.

"For once I'm with Vegeta on this, planet Namek is under attack and they're not going to pause the attack so we can drop off Pan back on Earth"

"But if she comes with us she'll be in danger" Gohan pleaded.

"I remember when you were four years old and you helped defend Earth against Raditz, Vegeta and Nappa. Pan's your child, she'll be able to handle herself" Piccolo said trying to reassure him, it seemed to be working as well, until Goten opened his mouth.

"Yeah, I mean the worst that can happen is we get there and she gets captured and killed, but we can just use the dragon balls to bring her back anyway" Trunks and Piccolo both face palmed, wondering how Goten could be so thick. They all looked at Gohan to see that he'd gone pale.

"Turn the ship around" he ordered Piccolo, panic stricken. Piccolo glared at Goten before giving Gohan his answer.

"No Gohan we can't. Listen, no one here's going to let anything happen to Pan, just trust us" before Gohan could say anything more Pan walked over to him and tapped his leg to get his attention. He looked down at her.

"Don't worry daddy, I can take care of myself and I'll be with you so if anyone did try attacking me you'd be there to let them know they made a mistake coming after me" She smiled warmly at him then gave him a thumbs-up. That seemed to calm him down slightly, although he still had no idea who they'd be up against so there was still some doubt in the back of his mind.

"Come on ladies we only have two days to get some training done before we land" Vegeta called from the other room. Everyone glared in his direction at being called 'ladies' then sighed and went to go find him before he could insult them some more.

"We're not ladies" Trunks muttered on his way out.

They were all gathered in the cylindrical control room ready to train, well, almost ready to train. Right now Gohan was arguing with Vegeta again but this time it wasn't because he'd refused to drop Pan off on Earth, it was because Vegeta had told him a few minutes ago that since Pan was coming with them to Namek, she would be doing the training as well, which didn't sit well with Gohan at all.

"No way, absolutely not!" Gohan said defiantly.

"Do you want her to die?" Vegeta questioned him while raising a brow.

"You'd better be very careful with what you say next Vegeta" he whispered threateningly, stepping closer to him and silently daring him to continue with what he was saying, which was annoying the saiyan prince.

"What could you possibly do brat? You stopped training a long time ago, it's pitiful how weak you've become and here you are threatening me, bah! don't make me laugh" Gohan tried to ignore that statement but he knew Vegeta was right about him being weak, he hadn't trained in ten years and since he gave up being 'the great saiyaman' he wasn't even fighting anymore.

He'd spent his time studying instead which in hindsight was a terrible idea, he was a saiyan, he couldn't just walk away from fighting, it was in his blood.

He didn't say anything though, he didn't want to give Vegeta the satisfaction that what he'd said was the truth. Instead he continued glaring at him, there was no way he was going to give in and let Pan train with them, she was just a child.

"Gohan...I think Vegeta has a point" Goten quickly voiced to avoid watching a fight that was sure to take place if no one said anything. Gohan turned to him, shooting the glare his way.

"What did you say?" he asked angrily.

"I get that you're worried about her getting hurt, but she needs the training so she can defend herself when we get to Namek"

"If she doesn't have any training then she won't have much of a chance at surviving" Trunks added in to try and get Gohan to see reason. Gohan was silent, he was torn between letting her train with them and keeping her safe. He knew she needed the training but she'd never had this kind of training before and he didn't know if she could handle it.

He looked over in Pan's direction to see her staring out of one of the windows, mesmerised by the view of space. She looked so vulnerable and gentle, could he really put her in a position where she could get hurt?

"She'll be fine, have faith in your daughter" Piccolo said, noticing that Gohan needed that extra push to agree with them.

After finally agreeing to let Pan train with them and after much arguing everyone had decided on having the gravity at 100g, but Gohan knew that Pan would still struggle with that.

For the first hour of training Goten and Trunks would spar with each other, Vegeta and Piccolo would spar and Gohan and Pan would spar. The second hour everyone would be using circular robots to train with.

"Is everyone ready for the gravity change?" Piccolo asked as Vegeta headed to the gravity button. They all nodded an affirmative and felt the gravity changing slightly, the only one who felt a huge weight on them was Pan, she fell to her knees as the gravity pulled her down.

"Pan are you okay? should we change the gravity back to how it was?" Gohan asked her as he knelt by her with a worried expression on his face. Pan clenched her teeth and fists and tried standing back up, her muscles were aching and she was shaking all over but eventually she was back on her feet, slightly hunched over.

"N-No Dad, I-I'm fine" she gasped, trying to get her breathing back under control.

"Maybe this was a bad idea" Gohan announced, hoping his daughter would quit and relax elsewhere on the ship.

"Look brat, if you want your daughter to survive on Namek then she needs this training. We can't babysit her all the time we're there" Vegeta said flatly, annoyed that there was another hold up on his training. The others looked a bit hesitant watching her struggle but they knew Vegeta was right, she needed this.

"D-Dad don't worry..." Pan took a step forward, figuring she should get used to the new gravity before sparring with her dad. She took another, and another, continuing like that while everyone else got on with their sparring matches.

Gohan watched her, keeping an eye on her and making sure he was there in case she needed him.

Vegeta charged at Piccolo, preparing to strike him at the side of his head, but Piccolo dodged to the right and attempted a kick to Vegeta's stomach. But that was avoided as well as Vegeta lifted his left leg up to block, their legs connected causing a tiny shock wave. They separated and jumped back, landing on opposite sides of the room.

Piccolo came in for another attack, intending to knee his opponent in the face but before he made contact Vegeta shimmered out of view and reappeared behind him, elbowing him in the back of the head.

Piccolo went sprawling across the floor but recovered quickly, he jumped into the air and charged up a ki blast ready to fire at Vegeta. Vegeta powered up a ki blast of his own, he let it crackle in his hand as he waited for Piccolo to launch his. After a few more seconds Piccolo launched his followed by Vegeta launching his. They both connected causing a huge explosion as both ki blasts tried to overpower the other.

The whole room shone brightly as the blue energy balls battled for dominance, crackling like electricity with bolts flying all over the place. Eventually they both cancelled each other out and another explosion occurred in between the two fighters.

Vegeta wasted no time and attacked Piccolo, throwing a punch his way, but Piccolo caught it and gripped onto his arm and began swinging Vegeta around. After a few spins he released him and watched as he sailed across the room heading for a wall. But he steadied himself in the air just before him and the wall connected.

Piccolo came in and appeared at the side of Vegeta, he launched a kick and felt it connect with Vegeta's back which inevitably caused Vegeta to go face first into the wall. Vegeta pulled himself away from the wall then turned around and threw a round of punches at Piccolo who dodged and blocked them all.

They were both moving at lightning speed, attacking and dodging each others attack. They got faster with each throw and were now a blur in the room, Vegeta landed a strike on Piccolo's face which caused him to stumble slightly, giving Vegeta an opening.

He charged in and kicked Piccolo in the gut then faded out and appeared where Piccolo was about to land and elbowed him in the back, making him shoot up into the air. He then faded out again and appeared above Piccolo and threw both his connected fists down on his head. Piccolo went shooting down to the ground but quickly turned himself in the air and landed quite heavily on his feet.

"WOW! They're good" Pan voiced as she watched Vegeta and Piccolo fight, astounded at their speed and power. She was finally getting used to the gravity in here, she still felt a strain on her but it was becoming bearable now.

"They're just warming up Pan, that's nowhere near as good as I've seen them" Gohan told her. She turned to him with her mouth hanging open, trying to decide if he was being serious or not. Gohan chuckled. "Do you really think they're going to fight with everything they have during a training match? That's reserved for the bad guys who threaten to destroy Earth, or in this case another planet"

Pan continued staring at him, not saying a word. Now she was curious to see how strong her dad really was, but that wouldn't happen for awhile. She was very impatient.

"So, are you ready for a sparring match or do you still need to get used to the gravity?" he asked her nicely, trying not to make it seem like he was rushing her.

"No I'm good for a match" Pan answered, looking forward to it. They both moved to one side of the room where they could spar without interference, then they got into a stance and prepared for the fight.

After three long painful hours of training everyone was exhausted, they'd decided to retire for the day and went to go get cleaned up. Once Pan had finished putting on her pyjamas she left her room and made her way towards the kitchen, hoping to have a snack before bed since she hadn't had much to eat today.

Pan entered the kitchen to find her dad sat at one of the tables, drinking a cup of coffee. She wandered over to him and went to sit in the empty chair next to him, struggling as the chair seat was a bit high for her. She heard her dad chuckle as she sprawled out face-first on the seat with her legs dangling over the edge, she was trying to haul herself up - with much difficulty.

Deciding he would end her humiliation before someone else came in, Gohan put his cup on the table then helped her get onto the chair. He waited until she was settled then went back to drinking his drink, after taking a sip he looked over at her and addressed her.

"You did really well today Pan, I'm proud of you" Gohan said cheerfully while beaming down at his daughter who in turn smiled up at him from the compliment.

"Thanks Dad" she replied, happy that her dad thought she was making an improvement. Maybe now he wouldn't have second thoughts about bringing her along, if not she still had two whole days to show him she was ready for this.

"I think your mum's going to kill me when we get home" he added miserably, staring gloomily into his half full cup. He was dreading going back to Earth, not knowing how he was going to survive when Videl got a hold of him, then there was his mum who would yell his ear off for endangering her granddaughter. He gave a loud sigh then took another sip of his coffee.

"I'm sure we can talk her out of killing you" Pan said optimistically, "If you bring me back in one piece she might be too happy to be mad at you and you'll stay in one piece" Gohan smiled at that, she'd said it so lightly, as though being killed was just a casual thing, certainly nothing to fuss over. It sounded to him that her idea of being killed was like falling asleep and then waking up once the dragon balls told you to.

He shook his head a little, a bit put out that she didn't worry about death, obviously she was a kid so she shouldn't really have to worry about it, but, since she was going with them to save Namek he really wished she wouldn't take it so lightly. Was she worried about her safety at all?

"Dad?" he was interrupted from his thoughts as he heard her voice calling to him, he looked at her.

"Yeah?"

"Are we going to be okay?" Pan asked after a brief hesitation.

"Of course we are" Gohan responded, though even as he'd said this he couldn't shake that uneasy feeling he'd been having since they took off, he knew things were only going to get hard from here. 'I guess she is a bit concerned after all' he thought to himself after seeing the scared look on her face as she'd asked that question.

He looked back over at Pan and could tell she didn't quite believe his answer, so he tried reassuring her. "Don't worry Pan, I'm sure everything's going to be fine. Who knows, maybe what's happening on Namek isn't that bad"

The hooded man entered the dark chamber, his footsteps echoing throughout the whole hideout, he was rushing. So far his plans had been going smoothly, he had an army at his disposal and Frieza hadn't come looking for him which meant he didn't know he was still alive.

But for some reason some of his soldiers had picked up a ship on their way back to report to him, it wasn't any of their ships but it didn't look like any of Frieza's soldiers ships either, whatever ship it was it seemed to be heading this way.

He'd told some of his soldiers to head back to planet Scorpos, that way they could take another look at the ship and try to identify who it was. The last thing he needed was people interfering with his plans.

The room he was currently in housed most of his master plan, all the equipment was here and so was all his prisoners, chained up against the walls. Ignoring the threats thrown his way by the Nameks he moved over to the big machine in the centre of the room, he waited a moment before pulling the lever down and as soon as he did the chained up Nameks began to scream as electricity coursed through the chains holding them up and entered their bodies.

Their screams carried out through the hallways causing some of the Namekians who were locked up in their cells to shudder, they were next...