Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ I Never Give Up ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

I NEVER GIVE UP

By: AMCM74

Chapter 7

Gina walked into the open hallway in her huge house. She tossed her purse to the entryway table and looked up as she heard the footsteps running at her.

"Melody!" Gina embraced her daughter. The girl hugged her mother fiercely. "What are you doing here? I thought you were at college?"

"Mom, you are very ill. I want to be here with you." Melody took her mother's arm and led her to the living room. "How did things go with the donor?"

"He is here. We will meet with my doctors soon." Gina patted her daughter's arm and looked down at the miniature version of her self "You should stop worrying."

Melody brightened up "I can't believe it. He must be a wonderful man to do this for a complete stranger. The risks are enormous. Do you think he will do it after the doctors explain the entire procedure?"

Gina looked down at her hands "This man will help me, Melody. He is young and healthy."

"I wish you would have let me do it for you." Melody brushed her mothers hair back from her face. "I am your child I should be the one to do this for you."

"You hear the doctors Melody." Gina looked into green eyes that matched hers. So like Marks as well. "The mortality rate is very high. Even I have extreme risk, but the donors will be putting themselves in the same situation as me. There is the possibility of hemorrhaging and with our blood type there is only so much we can do. Also it will take time for the liver to regenerate itself into a healthy version. Baby, if something went wrong you could die." Gina smiled at her daughter "You are everything to me. I can't take the risk with you. This man is a far better choice."

"Mom, you know he runs the same risk as I do. What if he dies? I mean does he have a family" anyone who loves or cares for him?" Melody sighed. She still didn't understand why her mother was so dead set on this.

"He is young single with no children." Gina did her best to block the image of Mark kissing Bra from her mind. "Just let everything up to me."

Melody frowned. She wanted to argue, but her mother was sick and didn't need the stress. "I will do what ever you want, mommy. I love you." She kissed Gina's cheek. "Now I have an essay to write."

"The you had better get cracking." Gina ruffled Melody's hair. As the girl disappeared she sighed. Melody was the child of her heart. There was no way she was chancing that child. Not even for her, own life. But Mark, was a freak of nature. It had been obvious from the first. The moment he first showed his abilities Gina had realized this. There was no way she would accept her son's strange powers. "I am so sorry Thomas." Gina whispered. "But the choice is Melody or Mark. Melody is so young and full of life. Besides Mark is stronger then she will ever be. He is the best choice."

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Bra pulled Mark into the suite and kissed his mouth. It was all happening just like Aiko had said. Mark was going to be Bra's husband. This drop dead sexy man that even Vegeta approved of had asked her to marry him. Bra trembled with joy. "I love you. I love you. I love you." She hugged him and looked at the ring on her finger.

"Are you talking to me or the ring?" Mark laughed and picked her up into his arms.

"The ring silly." Bra teased. "What do I need you for?"

Mark laughed, "Let me finally show you." Mark buried his mouth into the hollows of her neck. Bra felt the tingling sensation sweep over her arms. "And this time there will be no Trunks and Pan to walk into save you."

"Save me?" Bra felt him sit down on the bed holding her on his lap. "I don't remember wanting to ever be saved from you." She kissed him letting her lips linger on his.

"Then why in Dende's name is this our first time? Mark worked on the button on her shirt.

"Because you put me in that room on the other side of your house." Bra protested,

"What was I to do? My mother was there." Marks shuddered "EWWW."

Bar stepped off his lap and pulled her shirt back and dropped it to the floor. With a snap she let the bra follow behind it.

"I am glad you just did that." Mark pulled her between his legs and looked up at her. "For some reason I have always had trouble with Bras."

She laughed and cuffed his on the head. Then they tumbled on to the bed kissing and touching each other. Clothing was dropped to the floor item by item as they took their time. Exploring each other with gentle precision. They were playful and unrushed in their passion. There were always the rest of their lives to enjoy each other's company. Bra finally straddled him. Her eyes locking with his "I want you now." She panted.

Mark drew her down on him "I want you forever."

The rest of the night was spent in glorious passion until the dawn burned away the darkness to find the new lovers entangled in each other's arms, passion spent and asleep.

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Gina wrung her hands. He was late. Mark was never late. Maybe he had changed his mind about helping her. She looked at the doctors who took the extra time to discuss final details on the presentation. This was an extremely experimental procedure. Most of these men had been just learning about the details themselves.

The door opened and mark walked in. 'I am sorry I am late. I was..." He looked behind him at Bra and smiled "detained."

Bra stifled a laugh, as she followed him into the room.

One of the doctors looked up. 'I am sorry this is for family only."

Mark glared at the man "She is my fiancée. Is she is not allowed in be present while I decide my future then I will leave." Mark started to walk out the door

"NO!" Gina stood up and placed a hand on her chest. Looking at the doctor she said 'It's all right with me. Mr. Devero can have her here. I have no problem with it."

"Very well," One motioned t a chair. Mark sat down next to Gina. Bra moved to the chair they slide next to Mark. "Let us go over this for you."

It was pretty cut and dry. Gina's failing liver would be removed. Marks would be divided and the remaining section place back into him. The other part would be given to Gina. It was done with the hopes that the healthy liver would regenerate, as it had in the testing. The tricky part was mark would be just as incapacitated as Gina until it became obvious if he was healing or not. There was the chance of drug interactions as always and the extremely rare blood type was the major concern. "We only have enough for the surgery. If one of you were to hemorrhage there is nothing we can do for you."

Bra blinked. "How many patients hemorrhage."

"That is the tricky part here, about 78% of people. So it is likely that one or both of you will die." The answer was cold.

Bra paled "No! I don't want you to do this Mark." She was shaking. She looked at his eyes, the deep green eyes that could not tolerate to see anyone in pain. "No Mark do you hear me. You are not going to do this!"

Mark swallowed as he looked up tears in his eyes. "You were right from the first. She is my mother. I can't stand by and watch her die."

Gina burst into tears and for the first time in her life hugged mark. Bra only wanted to rip the woman off of him. "This isn't a medical procedure it was suicide."