Mejihen’s thoughts went back to the day they were attacked. It started as such a normal day. Then came words from the cities that they were being attacked. Then they were attacked. He was at home with his best friend, Celeste, and his mother. They tried their best to defend themselves, but to no success. It seemed that they wanted his mother and Celeste. They probably found out that they were hiding out on Chelandria. That wasn’t a good thing, but they didn’t know about him. There was news that the planet trade was coming back into power. He heard about the planet trade’s new head, how only a few years back, that man put it back together, from his mother. He was shocked when he found out who it was and that wasn’t going to be a good thing, not with this guys true intentions. Nobody thought that Chelandria was going to be attacked because they signed a peace treaty. ‘Peace treaty my ass. They probably wiped their asses with that treaty.’ Mejihen thought.

It was starting to get really dark. Mejihen stumbled a few times when he wasn’t looking were he was going. It was starting to be a pain to use his ki for light. He decide another five minutes of walking and he’ll try to find some shelter for the night.

Thinking back, he remember how they burst into his house. They went after his mother first. Celeste couldn’t do anything, and they would probably killed her if his mother hadn’t tried to protect her. But then they found out who Celeste really was. Then he tried to help. Sure, he lasted five minutes. That was probably longer than anyone else. But he failed miserably. They were being taken to a ship not too far from where the nearest city was. Then they brought them to a field full of other Chelandrians. By then, he regained consciousness. He didn’t see Celeste there, but his mother reassured him that she was fine. She slipped him her necklace and told him to hold it for her. She tended to his wounds the best she could, but suddenly she was grabbed. It was the soldiers that burst into their home earlier on. He tried to get up, but a swift blow to the head knocked him down. He was semi-conscious when they took his mother. Awake, but he couldn’t move, he watched them leave. Then, after that, he somehow escaped. He wasn’t sure how he did, or where he escaped from, the whole thing was a blur. He just remembered running, hiding, trying to get to the space pods his mother had hidden. They were the pods that he, his mother and Celeste came to Chelandria with.

Mejihen stopped walking. They weren’t going to stay hidden forever. He didn’t like it. He felt like such a coward, to hide and to run. It wasn’t like the bastard was going to kill them, at least not right away. They should have at least fought a bit more. He shook that all off and looked around for somewhere to sleep for the night. He spotted a hollow tree not too far from where he was standing. He walked up to the tree, making sure that nothing was living in it. He gathered some firewood and placed it near the tree. He fired a small ki blast to it, igniting it. The area around the tree was lit up and there was a warm glow in the woods now. Mejihen laid down in the tree. Warm from the fire, he started to fall asleep, but not before thinking how fresh the air seemed and why didn’t he notice it before.

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Junior started to feel tired. It was getting too dark, and he decided to walk instead so he wouldn’t be seen. He was going to be in big trouble when he gets caught. He started to wonder if going alone was the right thing to do. He should have told someone instead of a note. It was too late to turn back, he was close to something, he was sure of it.

The forest too dark. He was cold, tired and scared. He didn’t feel comfortable with all the forest sounds. In fact, it was so dark, that it felt like the forest was closing in on him. He heard something howl near him and he stopped. His heart was beating faster than he ever remembered and he couldn’t stop shaking. So he did the most logical thing in his mind. He ran.

He ran through the forest, tripping on everything. His backpack got caught on a branch, so he released it. Without it, he felt a little lighter. But he didn’t think of that. He was too busy running. He was too busy running to see that the forest floor dropped off quite a distance from the ground right in front of him. Then he fell, but it happened so fast, he didn’t realize it until he was halfway down the slope, still rolling. He felt rocks and branches cutting into his skin and the last thing that he felt was his head hitting a rock before he blacked out.

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Gohan spent the last hour looking for his son. It was already too dark and wasn’t even sure if he was going the right direction. He blamed himself. He forgot to take any means of contact with him and he stopped by Bulma’s house. He just completely forgot to call Videl when he got there because he figured he wouldn’t stay to long.

Gohan still ached all over. It had been a while since he had a good sparring match and it was a great stress reliever for him. The only thing was that Vegeta wasn’t so easy on him. The time went by so fast, he didn’t notice it was getting dark. It was a good thing that Videl decided to call Bulma to see if he was there. But why Junior had run away, he didn’t know.

No, Junior didn’t run away. He specifically wrote in his letter that he had to go find something and he was coming back. But, instead, Gohan thought to himself why didn’t he go tell someone.

He flew near a part of the forest where he thought he felt Juniors ki burst. He felt it about an hour ago, and it was unlikely that he was still here. He wasn’t even sure this was the right place. The burst of ki was gone too fast for him to even pinpoint it. Gohan then thought that it would be better if he looked in the morning, or at least when there would be more light. There was nothing that he could do, besides, he was sure that Junior could take care of himself. He, himself, had to take care of himself at this age when Piccolo was training him. Gohan was sure that Junior would last until the morning, when he would find him.