Son Goku sighed quietly to himself, bringing the hoe down on the field. There wasn't much else to do today but help out in the farm, there hadn't been much to do any day as of late. To be frank, ever since Pan had disappeared months ago, everyone had gone into a quiet, sullen state. It was like they were all trapped in a brooding depression.

It hadn't really hit him until Pan was gone just how much she filled out everyone's lives. Back before he had made his wish for open dimensions, she was a source of happiness and fun, always trying to bring a smile to everyone's face. When she disappeared into the dimensions, it had consumed their every waking moment trying to find her, and those back home had been worried sick. When she came back, it had been trying to help her train and find some kind of peace that she never seemed to be able to attain after her trials. After the timeplanes, when she woke from her coma and they finally made her realize that chasing power would lead to a bad path, it was like welcoming an old friend back home, the old Pan had been back. She had been having a good time, having fun, laughing, smiling, making others smile...

Then the tournament, then, everything went wrong, and now she was gone again, and he was partially to blame for it. The worse part wasn't even that she was gone. It was that they didn't have any clue where she was, and they were doing nothing to track her down. The inaction was painful to him, painful to everyone. Even the androids who had suggested they give Pan time to herself were starting to get edgy. They didn't really expect her to be gone over half a year, none of them had. To further add to the agitation, no one had seen ANY sign whatsoever of her, it was like she had vanished off the face of the world. He had even been fearful enough to go to the check in station to see if Pan had somehow died, thankfully that hadn't been the case.

He sighed and kept absentmindedly farming. While he had it bad, the worse was Videl. Gohan was getting really worried about his wife, even more than he was worried for Pan. Apparently, he had caught her drinking alcohol, which was something she never did outside of fancy social parties. He didn't understand the concern until Piccolo had sat him down and had a talk about human depression habits. That had woken him up to a lot of things he had missed with Pan when looking through her memories, and added to his growing agitation and concern about Pan's lengthy absence.

He sighed again. "Ah Pan, I just hope you're okay."

FLASH

Goku gave a start when Beerus and Whis descended from the sky and landed infront of him. "Beerus, Whis, what's up?"

Whis glanced around curiously. "Son Goku, have you seen Pan?"

Goku blinked a few times, growing curious. "Not since she first disappeared half a year ago, why?"

Whis frowned. "It would seem she did not return home. Hmm..."

Goku froze before narrowing his eyes. "What do you mean, RETURN, home?"

Beerus shrugged. "Pan bribed Whis with food to get trained."

Goku stared at them in disbelief before groaning and smacking his head. Of course she did. She had been wanting to become a god for ages now. After the tournament and basically reverting to her power hungry mindset, that should have been obvious. So, that's where she had been, on Beerus's world training. Ugh... wait...

"If she's not with you now, then where is she?" demanded Goku, growing alarmed.

Whis hesitated. "Shes... disappeared."

Goku was glad Chi-Chi wasn't there. She would have fainted on the spot, and he wasn't doing much better himself.

"What do you mean, disappeared?" he demanded.

Beerus crossed his arms. "She was... taken... by a God Construct."

"A what?" asked Goku.

"A artificial creation based off her appearance and power," explained Whis, "She wanted a training partner. Now though, it seems to have gained a mind of its own and taken her somewhere."

Goku frowned, studying them. There was something off about their posture... were they... hiding something from him? He could feel that they were somewhat telling the truth, but not the full truth.

"Is this 'God Construct' dangerous?" asked Goku.

Whis nodded. "To Pan, yes, though, its significantly weaker than you, Vegeta, and Gohan, but not for much longer. They were both close to becoming Super Saiyan Blue before they vanished."

Goku frowned intently. "One second."

Goku fished through his pocket and pulled out his new 'smarty-phone' as Bra had called it. She had suggest they all get one a few months ago to keep in close contact incase Pan showed up or they needed something. He wasn't very good with it, but, she had shown him how to 'text'. He failed to flick activate it a few times before doing so, softly biting his tongue with irritation over using the weird gadget. He poked the bubbling squiggle box and flicked down to the group conversation labeled 'The Gang'. Now for the hard part...

It was an agonizingly slow process to simply try to hunt and poke the small letters without garbling the message. Five minutes full of backspaces later he finally managed to type: 'PAN TROUBLE MEET CAPSULE CORP' and hit send. Ugh... he hated using this thing.

"We're all meeting at Capsule Corporation," said Goku, "We'll try to help find Pan and this 'God Construct'."

They flew without a word. The entire time though, Goku kept a careful watch on them. They were oddly tense, they were usually far more relaxed and composed, something about this situation was really setting them off, and it made him wary.

Goku was surprised that he was one of the last ones to arrive. "Yo!"

Videl immediately rushed at him and put her arms on his shoulder and started shaking him. "PLEASE! Where's Pan? You said trouble, whats going on? Is she okay? Please tell me she's not hurt!"

Gohan put a hand on her shoulder and gently pulled her back. "Easy honey, let him speak."

Goku turned and eyed Whis. "Explain it again."

Whis sighed. "Pan has been training with us the last few months and disappeared earlier today after being taken by a 'God Construct'."

There was silence for a moment before utter chaos broke out and everyone started yelling and asking questions at once.

Whis held up his hand for silence. "I came here in search because this is the only planet I know of that either Pan or the construct would know about. The construct was created based off Pan to be her sparring partner. It resembles her exactly, except for the clothes of the Kaioshin that it wears. The God Construct was supposed to only be exist for the purpose of training and fighting, though, we suspect something might have gone wrong in its creation, I haven't had much practice with creating them I'm afraid."

Piccolo frowned. "How strong is this 'God Construct'?"

"About as strong as Pan is, maybe a bit more," said Whis, "They are both only slightly below entry god tier. I suspect both of them would become Super Saiyan Blue with only another week of training."

Gohan rubbed his head. "Huh, shoulda figured Pan would go for Blue."

Vegeta raised an eyebrow. "Both of them? The construct is a Saiyan?"

Whis tilted his head. "Somewhat. It was created from strands of Pan's hair and a lot of ki."

Krillin stepped up. "Is it dangerous to us? I want to help, but uh, most of us can't lay a hand on anyone even at the Super Saiyan level, forget about the god level."

Whis nodded. "It should be assumed that the God Construct is extremely dangerous. It should be destroyed on sight."

Goku frowned intently and shifted his eyes towards Piccolo. Their eyes met, and he could see the Namekian shared his suspicion. Why would they want it so suddenly destroyed? There wasn't even proof it was dangerous or had done anything to Pan, it had only teleported away with her. And while that WAS a bit concerning, it was nothing that demanded it be destroyed. There was more going on here than met the eye, and it was concerning. Since when did Whis and Beerus lie to them?

Vegeta scowled. "Hmph. We'll handle it. Bulma, start going through your surveillance footage of the portal building to see if they snuck through there. Otherwise, everyone split into groups of three and start flying by the world. Kakarot, Gohan, stay a moment."

Everyone scattered, leaving only the three of them and the gods remaining.

Vegeta eyed the gods briefly. "Off with you, you can search as well."

Beerus nodded. "Very well."

Goku's eyes went wide as Beerus and Whis left. Since when did Beerus actually dirty his hands in work like this? Usually he would have just sat on a lawn chair and sipped soda while they all did the work.

Vegeta narrowed his eyes. "I do not appreciate being played the fool. Something else is happening."

Gohan nodded. "Agreed."

Goku said nothing, his mind whirling.

Vegeta rubbed the bridge of his nose for a moment. "So then, assuming Pan isn't under duress and being kept unconscious, where would she be?"

"Training," said Goku reflexively.

Vegeta nodded again. "And if she were training, then where would she be doing it as to avoid detection and allow her to make rapid progress?"

All three of them answered at once. "The Hyperbolic Time Chamber."

Pan gave a cry of power and threw a heavy punch at the Doll, smashing it into her open palm. Their blue auras clashed and whirled around them, energy sparking off and flying in all different directions. They both struggled against one another for a moment before braking off and throwing themselves back to gain some distance.

Pan huffed and huffed. "Not... bad... I think... I'm going to call it for... this session..."

The Doll scoffed. "You tire to easily."

Pan winced before dropping out of Super Saiyan Blue. "Yeah yeah yeah, I know. I'm going to go grab something to eat, want anything?"

The Doll turned and began solo exercising. "I don't need to eat."

Pan rolled her eyes and started walking away. "Right, forgot, God Construct."

Pan silently started walking back to the time chamber building. These last few months in the time chamber had not exactly been what she was expecting. She had hopped to get to know the Doll better, and maybe befriend her. Instead, it had been nothing but train, train, and train some-more. Was this how she had been with the others? Ugh, it was infuriating. She just wanted to talk with her and get to know her better...

Then again, there really wasn't much to know. The Doll had been born less than a year ago, well, a month ago if time chamber/pocket dimension time didn't count. It had nothing to identify as its own except for fighting memories, and an unrelenting fear of the gods killing her. That made Pan pity her. She desperately wanted to show the Doll that there were things outside of fighting and training, that she could have fun and enjoy other people's company. Nothing she tried seem to work though, it was frustrating, especially with how cold and distant the Doll could be. Well, maybe that wasn't fair. She wasn't so much 'cold' as she was extremely blunt and truthful, not to mention had no knowledge or experience with matters outside fighting.

She walked into the time chamber pantry, opened the fridge, fished some food out, and walked to the table. She started brooding to herself as she chowed down.

She ought to have been happy, training like this and getting so much stronger, but, she strangely wasn't. They had achieved Super Saiyan Blue one month into the time chamber training. Pan had wanted to celebrate, but, the Doll hadn't even considered it a worthy milestone, saying that the power did not come close to rivaling a God of Destruction nor an Angel.

Man had that been a downer, a major depressing downer. She had dreamed of becoming a Saiyan god for so long, only to have the Doll basically spit on the achievement and treat it as nothing. She couldn't exactly blame the Doll, she really didn't understand the sentiment behind Pan's happiness, and ultimately WAS correct. Super Saiyan Blue didn't hold a candle to a God of Destruction. The only thing that could was the green power, and they couldn't even use it...

"Say, Doll, you said they put my power inside of you?" asked Pan.

The Doll nodded. "They did."

"Can you use it?" asked Pan.

The Doll hesitated. "No, for some reason, it doesn't respond. I have a hunch on how to properly use it, but nothing happens."

Pan grew perplexed. "Could you show me?"

The Doll nodded and closed her eyes, clenching her fists, her breathing growing rapid. A fearful look cross her face, much to Pan's confusion. To her shock, a green glow surrounded the Doll, confirming that Whis had infact stolen her power and put it into the Doll.

Suddenly, the energy cackled and fizzled out... but not before a green bolt of energy ran down Pan's arm, startling her. "Wha...?"

The Doll frowned. "It... resonated with you. Almost as if... wait... did he not extract it all?!"

Pan grew confused. "Huh?"

The Doll grew agitated. "The power inside of me... it's not complete... its been missing something, missing obviously whats still remaining inside of you. Neither of us will be able to use it..."

That had been another mortifying experience for Pan. Not only was the green power lost to her, it was lost to the Doll as well. Whis had screwed them both. It had just added to the frustration and desperation they found themselves in. It was depressing in a way. Even if they trained five years in the time chamber, she didn't think they'd be able to take on Beerus together, let alone Whis...

What were they going to do?

What could they possibly do?

They'd be found eventually, and then the Doll would be murdered, and Pan couldn't tolerate that. She had already lost one friend to many...

The Doll gave a sigh of relief when Pan finally left to take her break. "Finally, I don't have to listen to her constant prattling."

The girl was an extreme annoyance and aggravation. Sometimes, the Doll wondered if the girl was worth the effort to train with. She was a tool, useful for growing stronger, and maybe one day as an ally in battle. But, if Pan ever turned on her or was no longer useful, she'd dispose of her. It grinded on her, having to keep civil around the girl. The girl acted far to carefree at times. They were here to TRAIN, not gossip or relax. The things that girl tried to get her to do, or did to her, was alarming.

Bubble bath? Unnecessary. Hair braiding? Pointless. Telling jokes? She didn't get any of them. Talking about feelings and memories? Confusing and awkward. The act of the 'hug' was also a conundrum to her. What purpose did it serve? She had thought Pan was doing a surprise attack and had thrown her through a wall when she had tried it. The girl constantly tried to chat with her, and when the Doll had confronted her about it, she admitted to being 'lonely'.

Lonely? The Doll scoffed. She knew loneliness. In the month since she had first been born. She had spent YEARS being stuffed away inside Whis's staff pocket dimension. That was true, agonizing loneliness.

Ultimately, the Doll found that everything the girl did was a nagging experience. If she didn't need the girl as a sparing partner to get stronger, she might have punched her head off months ago. The girl was almost a hindrance, and with how the girl held onto a portion of the 'Green' power, she was in a way holding the Doll back from claiming absolute power.

And that had stumped the Doll. She had always assumed she'd just be able to use the power. She had never actually tried it until Pan had asked her do, and it had sent her into a near panic. Without that Green power, what chance did they actually have? She had Pan's memories, a Super Saiyan Blue wasn't strong enough. If BOTH of them could learn to use the Kaio-Ken along with the transformation, maybe they could beat Beerus if they tag teamed him with expert teamwork. Whis? They woudn't stand a chance.

It sent another wave of fear down her spine. Death, the prospect of death for some reason scarred her, badly. She feared it, oh how she feared it. She hated the source of her fear, the gods and angels, and found herself wanting to kill them, but lacking the power to do so. What could be done though? The Doll reached up and began fiddling with her Potara Earring, one of the few nervous habits she had started to develop that found her some relief. There was a 'plunk' as she accidentally took it off and dropped it. She snatched it out of the air and made to put it back on before pausing.

Slowly, she raised the Potara out infront of her face. "A Potara Earring."

A memory of Pan's hit her...

Vegetto handed her the bean bag and Bulla walked off. Vegetto turned to face them, looking over Gohan, Pan, Goku, and Chronoa while keeping an eye on Vegeta who had landed a ways from them. Pan noted how stunned Grandpa was, and wary Gohan looked. Even Chronoa looked dumbstruck to see this 'Vegetto'.

"Who is that?" Pan asked.

Gohan glanced down at her. "Dad told me about him, he's a temporary Potara Fusion between dad and Vegeta."

"Permanent," corrected Vegetto.

Pan looked back and forth between them, not understanding at all. She got that he was a fusion, like Gotenks was, but, she felt a bit confused. Dad had said temporary, but the fusion said permanent. Which one was it?

The Doll grew thoughtful. "I have some knowledge of this from my inheritance as a Kaioshin God Construct. Put a Potara Earring on opposite ears, and two beings fuse."

She smiled wickedly. "If I fused with Pan, not only would I grow stronger, I would also regain the whole of the Green power."

She frowned intently. "But... how exactly does 'fusing' work? Who is in control of the fusion? Would it be me? Would it be Pan? Would we share control? I'm not sure exactly how it works."

She smirked. "If it came down to a contest of wills, I'd crush her, easily, I'm sure of it!"

The Doll nodded to herself and glanced towards the main room of the time chamber, sighting Pan sitting at a table. The Doll focused on Pan's right ear, and held up the earring to block it.

"Yes, an excellent backup plan," said the Doll with glee, "If we can't match the god and the angel, I'll simply force a Potara fusion and take control of the fused body. Not that I really want to share."

She tilted her head. "Or perhaps I could trick her into it instead? I'm not sure if she would freely let me put the earring on her ear. Perhaps afterwords, if the fusion is permanent instead of temporary, I could simply erase her presence."

The Doll nodded with satisfaction. "A perfect plan indeed."

The Doll moved back to the time chamber's main room and sat down against a wall to rest. She watched Pan, who had fallen asleep on the table, drool leaking out of her mouth. Ugh, disgusting.

She waited patiently for the girl to rest and wake up so they could continue training. Hours ticked by before a thought struck her. It would be so easy to do the fusion right now. She was sleeping, was defenseless to stop her. Perhaps she should try it now and... wait... was the time chamber door opening?

Her heart skipping to her throat, she watched as the door opened, and three figures entered the room...