Then Pan was a Zombie

Chapter 1

"Okay, you got this." Pan slapped her cheeks, pumping herself up for the upcoming battle. She'd need it.

In the background, the two monsters, Cell and Dabra, duked it out. She gasped in horrified revulsion as Cell pulled off his own head to avoid getting turned to stone by the demon king's petrifying spit. Why he possessed such an ability was anyone's guess. Was it some trait of demons?

"I'll need it against monsters like them." While Pan was a member of the proud and powerful Saiyan race, she'd just entered her teenage years. Pained as she was to admit it, she was a little outclassed. Unlike some people here, she couldn't survive losing her head.

"But it's fine." She watched as Cell used his frightening cunning and ruthlessness against his opponent to great effect. "I am the daughter of Gohan, son of Vegito. You got this. I hope."

"Stop mumbling to yourself," her aunt Bra said in her usual blunt manner. "It's your turn."

"Oh, so it is." Pan saw that bio android Cell had emerged victorious, the announcer declaring his victory.

"Cool, it's my turn!" Pan said with more confidence than she felt. But she refused to show fear.

"Pan," Before she could stop him, her father plucked her from the ground before she could enter the ring.

"Yes, Dad?"

"Sweetheart, I know Bojack. He is a very mean person, and he is really stronger than you."

From the stories, she knew her father had struggled with him, only surviving by a hair and a desperate Kamehameha. The space pirate was at least Cell's equal or beyond. But Pan's voice was steady as she spoke.

"I won't give up!" Determination filled her. Her grandfathers and father had stood against foes ten times their strength, and so would she.

"I'm not saying you should. Just be very careful."

With a plop, she landed in the arena. With his arms crossed, Bojack stood across from her, his expression superior. The space pirate was a giant, standing over 200 centimeters tall, but Pan refused to be intimidated.

"This will end quickly," Bojack said. But Pan didn't lose heart. He'd underestimate her father to his peril, so he would with her.

Pan gasped as he pounced at her with startling speed, just dodging his punch. An enormous crater remained where she'd just stood. If that had connected, she'd have been mincemeat. It reminded her she couldn't hold back anything.

"Dad is right. He is strong. I must give it my all!"

"Fast little girl," the space pirate said, amused but unconcerned. Pan would show him why he should be shaking in his boots.

Golden energy shimmered around her body as she turned Super Saiyan. The transformation was dramatic, her hair going golden. Light fatigue dragged her down. Her new form had a toll. Unlike her grandfathers or Bra, she still hadn't yet mastered Super Saiyan. But the cost had been worth it, her ki bounding to astonishing heights.

Her counterpart, the other Pan from the aberrant universe where her grandfather hadn't stayed fused together, gasped in astonishment. So she hadn't yet become a Super Saiyan? She'd have to give the girl pointers once the fight concluded. How she'd first become a Super Saiyan was quite the story.

The transformation earned cheers and admiration from the crowd. Frieza, the intergalactic tyrant, flicked his tail in agitation, displeased a Saiyan so young was already a Super Saiyan. Her grandfathers smirked, pleased. Her aunt Bra only snorted, disinterested.

Bojack astounded Pan as he matched her blow for blow. But she held the advantage in speed, landing a solid punch on his face. But the space pirate seemed more annoyed than hurt. She needed to up her game. After blocking a punch, she teleported behind her opponent and prepared her family's trademark move.