Chapter Four:Stranger in the night Pan laid in bed and after alot of tossing and turning sleep finally claimed her.She was sleeping soundly when she suddenly awoke with a start."Who's there"Pan called out her voice coarse and laced with sleep. "Pan come out you must come to me now"said the voice that Pan immideatly recognized as the cloacked one's it seemed as though his voice was wraped in a fog but something within her told her she had to get up and find out who the stranger in the shadow's really was. Without wasteing another minuet Pan leaped from her bed and ran out of her room down the stair's and out the front door.She was greated with a blast of cool air.She walked over the dewy grass in her yard and onto the rain soaked cement of the road.Pan looked down the street and there standing,just as he had been before was the cloaked stranger.Pan glided thru muddy puddle's, they froze her feet and staind the bottem of her blue flannal nightgown,finally she stood before her unknown stalker she cleared her throught"Who are you show yourself"she said demandingly.Surpriseingly the stranger complied and removed the hood of his cloak. Pan gasped,surprised by his look's for she had imagened some kind of grotesk looking monster had been following her,needless to say that was not what was under the cloak,instead there was a rather attractive man he had sharp feature's and a mane of bright blue hair that matched his eye's his ear's were large and pointed in an elf like fashion. Pan looked at him and studyed him closely he did not look human to her and she suddenly had a thought"Are you an alian?does this have something to do with my Father or Grandfather?" The creature remained silent as he studied Pan carefully,Pan was about to give him a piece of her mind but before she could the stranger spoke again his voice that at one time seemed hollow now sounded amused but still with a fearful edge to it that made Pan shiver"I am not an alian,nor does this have anything to do with your Father or Grandfather though I do know why you would think that considering there past problum's" Pan felt realeved but also very curiouse after all if this dident have anything to do with alian's or some kind of attack against her father what did this guy want with her?then a realization hit her and she looked at the man suspicousley"How do you know about my family's past problum's?Who are you what do you want from me?" "I am Altor I am a Lackden it has been the responsabilty of my people to gaurd the royal family I have guarded two generation's and you and the little one's are the third" Pan was confused before and even more so now"What are you talking about I'm not royalty you must be talking about Bra her father is a saiyinjin prince I'm just a regular person" "I know who I am talking about it is you that does not understand,you are an amozon princess and so are Kayla and Chibi your Father was a prince and your Grandmother was a princess your greatgrandfather was a King.I gaurded each of them as I have guarded you it was my duty to keep you safe and now more then ever you need my protection,for enemy's of the past have returned and they are seeking you out" Pan's head was reeling as she begain to understand what Altor was saying"Let me get this strait Great Grandpa Ox King is really a King you have got to be kidding I alway's thought Ox King was just his name I don't bealeave this"Pan said with a disbeleaveing laugh"So tell me if I'm a princess why am I not in a castle somewhere huh?Why diden't anyone tell me?" "It all began when your Grandmother was a little girl she was betroved to Kobi a young Lad who belonged to the war tribe of Gladen but your Grandmother was not fond of Kobi she found he did not fight fairly and he was barbaicly crule so she called off the wedding but the Tribe of Gladen thought this rejection to be a sign of great dishoner and when they saw there only chance to gain the throne slip away they were filled with rage and swore vengance against your family.so one night while your grandmother trained in the garden of the castle the Tribe of Gladen atempted to kidnap her they sought to make her marry Kobi by force so they could legaly claim the throne of fire mountain thank's to some help from Chi-chi I was able to fight them off after that Ox King was sorley afraid for his daughter so he asked a wizard to help so that no one would be able to get near his castle or his fortune you see everyone thought he ment money but he actully ment his daughter but the wizard set the mountain on fire so not even Ox King could get to his castle that's when your Grandfather and the other's came by,right away Ox King liked Goku and he asked if he would like to marry Chi-chi but Goku was a bit of an innocent he diden't even know what marrige was.But Goku came and found Chi-chi for Ox King and they hit it off and I could tell on site that Goku was a good kid and one way or another they would meet again and get married.So when Master Roshi destroyed the castle to put the fire out I had an idea I told Ox King to leave and take Chi-chi with him,Ox King returned ocasinolly to make sure his people were alright and life was good for all,but Chi-chi never came back .This made Gladen tribe extreamly angery and they searched for your Grandmother for many year's though they never found her and as the year's passed they have countinude there search passing the torch on to the next generation,but now they are more determained then ever to find the decendant's of Ox King and they come closer everyday that is why I have decided to break my silence and warn you I may also need your help in protecting the little one's for the force of Gladen is stronger then ever" Pan was shocked no one had ever told her any of this before"If what you say is true why dosent Gladen just take over the throne it's not like any of us are there to claim it why do they need us anyway" Altor looked at her in amazment it was almost as though he thought she should know better"It would never be tolerated by the other tribe's and what would a king be without a kingdom to rule.Not to mention that Gladen tribe are not the kind of people who forget a betrayl no matter how old it may be". "Who else in my family know's about this?"Pan asked "Just your Grandmother and Greatgrandfather and beleave me if they knew I was telling you this I would not be in there good book's they wanted all of you to have a normal life and it was complicated enough thank's to Goku's side of the family they dident think they needed to complicate the issu further with the problum's of there past" Pan stood silent for a moment the truth begining to sink in. "I know this is shocking and beleave me I wish I diden't have to be the one to tell you but it is important for you to be aware of the danger you are in,I have to go now be sure to tell no one of this and keep a close eye on Kayla and Chibi for as of now Gladen does not know who or what you are but I fear if ever they came face to face with any of you it wouldent take them long to figer it out.Take care and stay safe princess. "Don't call me princess" Pan shouted to the figer that dissapeared into the darkness. Pan sat up in bed it was six'o'clock in the morning and she was going to be late to meet the other's,the memorie's of last night hit her at once and she curled her leg's up to her chest"Maybe I was dreaming"she thought hopefully hugging her knees but when she looked down all doubt's she harbourd were dashed upon the rock's her feet and night dress were filthy from her late night puddle walking."Great like I don't have enough problum's,Funny I alway's thought Grandma Chi-chi was the most normal one of the family"Pan thought whistfully. She then imedeatly jumped out of bed and threw herself together.She wore her usual outfit a pair of jean's,white tank top,black glove's with the finger's cut out and to top it all off her favorite oarnge bandana. Pan ran into the hall hopping on one foot as she tried to put her sneaker on without untieing the lace's which proved to be harder then she had thought,she ended up finally getting the shoe on but not before falling twice.Pan was about to run out the door when she had a paniced thought"Altor said that the twin's might be in danger maybe I should take them with me"Pan considered it for a moment but then decided against it, after all this could be dangours and if anything happened to the girl's on her watch life would not be worth liveing still she would keep a closer eye on them just to be on the safe side. The morning sun shone brightly in the sky it's ray's were warm and cheerful and Pan was glad for the lovely weather"I hope it set's the mood for the day"she thought to herself. Pan walked into the driveway and unlocked the family van she had to use the spare key's she couldent find her set and she had no time to look,still she could have swore she left them on the kitchen counter"Mom must have put them somewhere"she mumbled to herself. Pan jumped in the white van the tan leather seat's were hot from the sun and burned her backside she shifted a little before starting the engin it was now quater after six and Pan was sure the other's were not going to be pleased. "Where is she"Trunk's asked,paceing around franticly"It's not like Pan to be late like this" "Chill out buddy she probably overslept or something she is only tweenty minuet's late,not exactly long enough to call in the national gaurd"replied Goten with a laugh. Everyone had met at Trunk's and Bra's house at six that morning now they all sat around waiting for Pan. "This is wierd usally I'm the one everyone is waiting on.I think we may have went to bed in the real world and woke up in the twilight zone".Maron said with a laugh. "I think we have been in the twilight zone for a while now and nobody has noticed"Trunk's replied shoveing his hand's deep into the pocket's of his jean's and kicking at the ground. "What do you mean?"asked Goten. "Pan has been acting strange,last night I went to find her after we had the fight and I caught up to her at her while she was walking home,but when I first saw her she was standing moitionless just stairing into the darkness,then when I got closer she started yelling to someone and now that I think about it I think she was about to take off running after something. I got to her first and grabed her arm she was so surprised that I think she was about to hit me,but then she realized who I was and when I asked her who she was talking to she said she was just mumbling to herself.At the time it made scence but now with her being late which is definatly out of charactor for Pan,I think there is something serouse going on with her but I don't know what it is." "Maybe your just being paranod"Maron said while she twirled her long blond hair around her pinkie nervosly. "No I think Trunk's is right,something is definatly up with with Pan"Bra chimed in a worried expresion on her face"I'm not sopoused to tell you guy's this but I think it is important that you know"Bra told the story of her encounter with Pan's odd behaveior at the lab. "Why dident you tell us this yesterday?"Goten asked now even he was begining to sound worried. "Pan made me promise not to I wouldn't have mentioned it again exept when Trunk's told his story I thought it sounded to much like mine and that's not good."Bra replied. "Well now what do we do?"asked Goten running his finger's thru his thick black hair. "I say we confront Pan and demand her to tell us what's going on"exclaimed Trunk's he then slamed his fist into his hand. Goten laughed uncontrolabley. "What's so funny" asked Trunk's defensivly. "I'm not meaning to be mean Trunk's but did you just use confront,demand and Pan in the same scentance?Come on you know that the only thing that doing something like that would accomplish would be getting our teeth knocked in"answered Goten. "Then what are we going to do?"asked Trunk's. "I think we should leave her alone whatever is wrong with her it is obviouse she is not willing to share it with us at this time,so it cannot be that seriouse and if at anytime the situation worsen's I am sure Pan will come to us for help still I think it would be a good idea to keep a close eye on her for the time being anyway".Uub stated quietly Everyone turned to look at him obviously surprised not by what he said but by the fact that he spoke at all it was not in Uub's nature to talk much as a matter of fact this had been the most talking he had done since anyone had known him.That's why he and Maron made such a good couple she was the mouth and he was the ear's. "I think Uub is right thank's pal that is what we are going to do"said Trunk's shooting Uub a greatful smile. "See my baby is so smart"said Maron giveing Uub a big kiss,everyone laughed when Uub's face flushed and his ear's burned scarlet red. Just then Pan pulled up in the van,she rolled the window down"sorry I'm late I slept in"she exclaimed as the girl's loaded into the van. "Told ya so"Goten said with a laugh as he jumped into Trunk's van. "That's alright,let's just get this show on the road everyone know's what they have to do,we'll meet you girl's back at the Burger Palace at one'o'clock that should give everyone enough time to learn what we need to know and remember if anything goes wrong call my cell phone take care alright"said Trunk's as he jumped into his van. "You take care to and don't worry Trunk's nothing is going to go wrong remember this is the easy part of my plan the hard part isint untill later".replied Pan with a smile. They all pulled out of the driveway ready to attack this new enemy if only they knew that this would be the start of a very long surpriseing day.