The lone figure lay there as he could do nothing but watch, as the long-haired renegade climbed into his attack ball with his arch rival's son in hand. He couldn't believe how it went wrong, he was going to wipe out his arch rival and his extra-terrestrial brother with one sinister attack in a "two birds one stone" manoeuvre.
Son Goku had his brother Raditz in a full-nelson as the lone figure Piccolo was just about to unleash his newly patented Special Beam Cannon into both brothers' chests. But Raditz used his saiyan cunning learnt from many harsh years in inter-galactic combat with a swift motion Raditz jerked his head full force into Goku's skull.
This allowed Raditz to avoid the deadly beam with milliseconds to spare, Goku however while still disoriented by the headbutt was not so fortunate. The beam punched a hole straight through the younger saiyan's chest leaving moments before his demise the last words Goku splurted out were "Please ...(cough)...not...Gohan".
"You've always been a weak fool Kakarot" the older saiyan sneered. With his brother now gone to the otherworld, Raditz turned his attention to Piccolo, who without an arm was severely handicapped. With an uppercut to the chest and a kick to the ribs Raditz made quick work of the Namekian.
This left Raditz nothing to do but to conscript his only nephew into the ranks of the World Trade Organisation. As Piccolo could only watch Raditz grab the hybrid infant, he wished he could regenerate his arm back sooner but his rational side argued even with both arms he was severely out classed by the saiyan.
Moments later Raditz was launched into outer space, while Gohan had who was still unconscious had no idea of what kind of world his life was about to be submerged in.
"Destination: Frieza Planet 671 Co-Ordinates:XYQ-1996 Oxygen Levels: Normal" called out the space pod. Two hands gripped the sides and pulled the warrior out having forgot his nephew was in the pod with him this motion sent Gohan tumbling out of the pod and awakening him with a start. The little hybrid was shocked at his surroundings: no green grass, no blue sky and no fluffy clouds just darkness with very little stars in the vast abyss and nothing but a generic hub in front of his four year old eyes.
This was all too much for little Gohan who began to sob furiously to the irritation of his uncle. "waaaaah waaaaah I(sob)want(sob)my(sob)Daddy waaaaaaaah" cried Gohan. "Your weakling father Kakarot is dead so stop your crying THIS INSTANT" growled Raditz. Shook by Raditz' words Gohan tried to extinguish his tears as quick as he could but still proceeded to rub his eye with his small hand. Seeing Gohan obey his command with relatively no trouble made Raditz smirk inwardly "Perhaps there is hope for you yet" thought Raditz.
"Boy Follow" ordered Raditz , as he began to walk towards the main centre. Not wanting to further provoke his uncle he tried to keep up with him as best he could, when the saiyan duo entered the space hub where all of the soldiers congregate. Gohan never felt as small as he did in his life hundreds of different races all in the same place while a few were still at their own devices, the majority of soldiers all turned to see the infant Raditz had tailing him. Gohan looked around, hundreds of pairs of eyes looking at him with malicious intent. They say the eyes are the window to a person's soul, this may be the reason why Gohan was the centre of attention as he walked in beside Raditz many soldiers could see the childhood innocence in his eye.
Many wondered how long those eyes would remain, while many wanted to beat the innocence out of this young saiyan themselves though this was not possible with his uncle (they assumed) right beside him. While saiyans wouldn't win an award for being sentimental the soldiers doubt ed that Raditz would tolerate any of them ripping of his nephew's head. Perhaps because it was blood or perhaps he despised many of those soldiers and would not let them injure any part of the saiyan race.
The carnivorous eyes of all the soldiers made Gohan quake in his boots he begin to walk quite low to the ground with his head down. Raditz quickly picked up on this and became annoyed that his own nephew would be frightened by such low-level trash. If he wasn't in a hurry he might of considered beating a few soldiers within an inch of their lives just to show his nephew how insignificant these soldiers are...he might of.
But instead he just corrected his nephew "Stop slouching! Walk with your head held high! You're a Saiyan, show some pride damn it!" Gohan swallowed a lump in his throat and proceeded to follow his uncle's command. Gohan just avoided eye contact and walked proudly behind his uncle to try get on his good side "I wonder if he even has a good side" thought Gohan. They proceeded to walk down a corridor more secluded to the main hub when suddenly Raditz bumped into a soldier.
"Watch it! Saiyan Tra-Acck!" was all the soldier could get out until Raditz had his trachea in a firm hold slowly squeezing the air out of the soldier. Without his loosening his grip Raditz turned his head to Gohan and smirked "Boy let me teach you the first two lessons you'll need in your new life" Raditz quickly hooked the soldier across the face shattering the reptile-humanoids cartilage causing the soldier to scream in pain.
"Lesson one soldiers here are inferior to saiyans, They are trash, Don't let them intimidate you!" With battle expertise Raditz raised his free hand once again, and opened his palm out so that it covered great portion of the soldiers chest "Lesson two... NO ONE DISGRACES THE SAIYAN RACE! " As Raditz shouted the second lesson a ki blast formed in his hand and obliterated two thirds of the soldier's torso. Gohan could only watch in shock as he watched the soldier's life slowly ebb out of his eyes. Raditz just smirked at his nephew's reaction "Come on boy let's go meet your new comrades"
Gohan felt a chill go down his spine and wondered what awaited him.
Even though space is a vacuum a cold wind blows.