Max's POV 

We all ran to the intensive care room only to find smoke and flames rising from inside. "Doctor, where's the little boy?" Pan asked over the roaring of the flames. 

"He's still in there, but it's too hot to get inside." one of the doctors answered. 

More smoke and flames rose from inside and we all began hacking and coughing harder and harder. When the smoke settled a bit, we saw Goku had gone inside and saved the little boy and the nurse that had been inside with him. 

"All right Goku!" I said. 

However, Goku got frightened about shots again and ran to hide in a tree. 

"Dad, come down from there you're being ridicules." Goten said to his Father. 

"No way Goten!" Goku yelled. "They're going to give me a shot!" 

"You're acting like a little baby Goku!" Callia said. 

"And Goku, they have food in there." Lucy added. 

"I refuse to eat hospital food! It has sick germs and tastes bad!" 

"But Goku, this planet doesn't have restaurants. You have to eat here!" Trunks explained. 

"Then I'll starve to death!" 

"This hospitals different Goku." Mirai tried to convince Goku. 

"I don't care!" 

"What're we going to do?" Pan asked. 

"We could always try dragging him down the tree." I suggested. 

Trunks and Goten then tried dragging Goku down from the tree but the guy had a steel grip on the tree like a fat man clinging to a donut. Somehow, we convinced Goku to go fishing for food at the nearby pond with the guys while the girls went to explore the other parts of the planet's life. 

I sat under a tree in the shade and took in the fresh air. Being cooped up on a space could really take a toal out on a person. Lucy and Callia were both following in my lead relaxing while Pan played with a deer-like creature. As we were enjoying ourselves, the little boy came out from the hospital. 

"What're you doing out of bed?" Lucy asked. 

"Well, I'm embarressed to say it, but I can't stand getting shots." the little boy said. 

There was something about his voice that got to me though.  

"That sounds awfully familiar to someone I know." Pan told the boy. 

'What is it about this boy that's bugging me?' I thought to myself as I studied him. He looked normal- you know, for an alien that is. And I couldn't sense anything unusual about him either. Still, something was nagging at me in the pit of my gut. 

That's when the guys showed up. The doctor soon came by and took the boy back to his room and the rest of us went to lie down in the field. Goku complained how he was so hungry and how he needed to eat something soon. I had to admit that I was quite famished as well. Maybe it was the Saiyan in me wanting to eat. 

The doctor soon came back and convinced Goku to eat in the cafeteria. I joined him in his feast and started shoveling food into my mouth at almost the same pace as him. 

"I've never seen Max eat this much before." Callia said in awe. 

"She might explode if she's not careful." Lucy added. 

"I feel mighty again." Goku said in triumpth. 

I let out a small belch in satisfaction and nodded. "That was absolutely delicious." I said as I rubbed my stomach. 

"More food please." Goku and I requested at the same time. 

The others fell over in shock. I always wanted to pig out like a Saiyan but I never had a stomach big enough at home. 

As I continued to eat, I watched as Trunks went with the doctor to check out some microscope or whatever. The plan was in motion. 

The rest of us followed behind them moments later and when we found them in the room with the microscope, Trunks was being choked by the "doctor". That's when we saw the little metallic creep Baby. (That's right, Baby's alive!) 

Goku hit him with a key blast and knocked Baby to the floor. Baby growled at us with frustration and said "How did you know I was alive?!" 

"You suppressed it well but when you attacked the doctor we were able to feel your energy." Goten said. 

Baby growled in anger as we all surrounded him. "You won't get away what you did on that ship Baby!" Goku said. "You spared no one, not even the children!" 

When push came to shove, Goku was not someone you wanted to mess with. As we all prepared to attack Baby, the little punk let out an ultrasonic cry and sent all of us flying back. I sat myself up only to see Baby enter Trunks' body through a cut in his arm. 

"Trunks no!" Pan and I yelled at the same time. 

Trunks stumbled back a bit and then let a menicial laugh that sent shivers down my spine. Baby had taken control of Trunks! "I've never felt anything like this before. This is the power that I desire!" Baby Trunks said. 

"Get out of his body right now!" Goku demanded. Baby Trunks responded by sending a blast a Goku, knocking him to the floor. "All right, you'd better get out of my friend's body or I'll blast you out!" 

"Goku wait, are you crazy?!" Mirai said. 

"If you hit him with that blast Trunks will die!" Goten shouted. 

"I'll try to hit him in a way that he stays alive." Goku said. 

"That's crazy!" Callia yelled. 

Baby Trunks made his move though and blasted Goku to the ground and reappeared right above Goku with a blast that would've killed him. "Trunks don't do it!" Pan cried. 

Something inside me snapped at that moment and I rushed towards Baby Trunks and knocked him to the floor before he could hit Goku. I heard the others gasp in shock as I sat myself up. Just as I did though, Baby Trunks' hands wrapped around my throat, cutting off the oxygen. I tried to breathe but the grip around my throat was too tough to beat. Baby Trunks laughed manically. "You'll be the first to die." He told me as he increased the pressure around my throat. 

"Trunks don't!" I heard Goten yell. 

I looked right into Trunks' eyes and saw the blue eyes that I loved so much. "T-t-trunks." I stuttered to say. 

Just when it looked like all hope was lost, the grip around my throats was gone and I was on the ground gasping for air. "What happened?" Baby Trunks asked. 

I knew. Trunks was in there, and he was fighting Baby's control. 

Trunks soon ascended into his Super Saiyan form and had gotten Baby out of his body. I sighed with relief as I tried to steady my breathing back to its normal pace. 

When Baby tried escaping, the others went after him while I helped Trunks off of the floor. "You okay?" I asked as he and I breathed heavily. 

Trunks only nodded and that made me smile a bit. 

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After Baby escaped, I went straight to bed out of pure exhaustion. A knock was soon heard at my door. 

"Come in." I mumbled, half awake. 

The door creaked opened and I looked to see that it was Trunks. He closed the door behind him and walked towards my bed and sat at the end of it. He looked lost, like he was trying to find the right words or something. 

"Max," he began. "I......I.....I'm so sorry." 

"For what?" I asked. 

"For almost killing you today," he blurtted out. "You could've died today." 

"But I didn't." 

"That's not the point." 

I reached for one of his hands and he looked me. "Trunks, I wasn't scared of you. I was scared of losing you because.....because I........" 

Now I was lost for words. 

Soon tension eased and I felt myself moving closer towards Trunks. He was doing the same towards me. Our lips met each other and we had a passionate kiss. When we pulled away for air, he smiled and I smiled too. My first actual lip-to-lip kiss!