A Warrior's Quest Part Ten: Pan's Time is Near Pan was less than a week away from delivering her son and the group now had all but three of the twelve objects. Bulma and Chichi were constantly fussing over Pan, asking if she were warm enough and bringing her food to keep her strength up. 'I can't take much more of this,' Pan said to her mate while Bulma and Chichi were trying to coax her into eating. 'They only want what's best for you,' Mirai Trunks replied. He was training with Goku and Vegeta and was trying to stay focused on fighting back. 'It'll only be a few more days and then they'll have our son to fuss over.' 'I just hope I last that long,' Pan shot back. She smiled up at the two women. "I think I'm going to go and take a nap. My son is tiring me out," she said. She got to her feet and walked to her room and sat down on the bed. She dropped her head into her hands and sighed. "I really need to have a few minutes of peace and quite," she said. ^Warning! Warning! Approaching planet Tiana! Landing in 2 hours!^ a computerized voice said in Saiya-go, so only Pan and Vegeta understood the warning. "Looks like I'm not going to get any peace and quiet," Pan said as she leapt off the bed, her pregnancy not affecting her agility any, and ran down the halls to the controls, typing in commands rapidly. Vegeta immediately stopped fighting and ran to find Pan. He met up with her at the controls. ^You aren't really planning on going after the next object in your condition?^ he asked her, a frown on his face. ^I am. We need to get all the objects so Chikyuu will be forever safe. Besides, my son isn't ready to come out yet,^ Pan replied, returning Vegeta's frown in equal measure. She then turned around and began to prepare for landing. Mirai Trunks and Goku had followed Vegeta and now saw they Saiya-jin Prince arguing fiercely with Pan, but they couldn't understand what they were arguing over. "What are they talking about?" Chichi asked as she and Bulma appeared behind the men with Yahmcha. "We don't know. We can't understand them," Goku replied. 'What's the problem?' Mirai Trunks asked. 'Veggie-sama won't let me go and get the object that's on the planet when we land,' Pan replied. She glared at Vegeta. "You can't really mean that you'll go after the object when you're due any day now!" Mirai Trunks yelled, panicking. "I do, I can and I will," Pan replied calmly. "And none of you can stop me." "Want me to go with you?" Yahmcha asked cheerfully. The others turned to glare at him. Yahmcha shrugged. "If she's going, she should at least have people down there to help her," he reasoned. The others agreed and it was decided that Mirai Trunks, Vegeta and Goku would go down with Pan. ************************************************************************************************* Pan looked around her when she stepped off the ship and onto the planet. She decided that the lush greeness reminded her of Chikyuu and felt immediately at ease. "Where is the next object?" Mirai Trunks asked, wanting to get his mate back on the ship as quickly as possible. Pan closed her eyes and searched for the presence of the Amethyst Veil. Her eyes snapped open when she found what she was looking for. "It's over there," she said, pointing to the east. She levitated into the air. "You three coming?" she asked before she shot off towards the object. Goku, Vegeta and Mirai Trunks hurried after Pan, frowns on their faces. ************ Pan landed lightly at the foot of a great waterfall, letting the spray cool her heated face. She could feel the object calling to her as she walked up mossed covered steps. She stepped behind the falls into frigid darkness. ************ "Where did she go?" Goku asked when he landed, looking around him. "Can't you sense her ki?" Vegeta demanded irritably, walking towards the falls, Mirai Trunks with him. "Halt. Only the Chosen may enter and she is already within," a voice said when the two men tried to walk up the steps. "Who said that?" Goku asked, ready to fight. "I did," a pretty child said, emerging from the falls, her white hair flowing like water around her small form. "Who are you?" Mirai Trunks asked. He was mostly interested in his mate's safety, but curious as to why a child was there. "I am the keeper of this place. I was waiting for the Chosen to come," the child said. She smiled innocently. *********** Pan used a small ball of ki to light her way through the dark cavern. She stopped when she reached an altar with a shimmering veil of pure amethyst lay, it's sheer folds tumbling to the cavern floor. She walked over cautiously and picked it up, immetiately feeling a sense of well-being and comfort surrounding her. She turned and walked back out from behind the falls, the Veil carried in her arms. "Pan-chan!" Goku cried when he saw his granddaughter and waved to her. "Ready to go?" "Hai! I'm ready! And so is my son!" Pan called back. Mirai Trunks immediately panicked. "We have to get you back to the ship!" he cried. "There's still a lot of time left," Pan said calmly and levitated, curtsying to the little white-haired girl. She then flew back to the ship to prepare for the birth of her son, three panicking men behind her.