Prologue - Been (mother of Kassava)

My husband is still away, training and practicing combat. We Saiyans learn that fighting is like our sixth sense and that we need to take pride in our Saiyan heritage. That is something that has been bothering me. While I love learning how to fight in general, I hate that the heritage also includes killing innocent people and taking over other planets. That was something I haven't thought of in the past, but then I wondered one day: what if someone else or a group of people does that to us, to us Saiyans? What if someone or a group of people killed us and they took over our planet, Planet Vegeta? I wouldn't like that at all and I'm sure that other Saiyans wouldn't like that as well. Another thing is that the very tyrant, greedy, and ruthless ruler of our planet, Frieza, wants us to serve him without question.

I had been afraid of voicing out my opinions because if we ever question anything about our Saiyan heritage or go against Frieza's orders, different consequences can happen. I can go to jail or worse, I can be sentenced to death.

One other thing that we are trying to get away from is my husband's abuse. He drinks a lot and all he cares about is fighting. He doesn't even care about us, not even one bit. I have never let him lay his hands on Kassava, he will never hurt my Kassava. Although I was never scared of him, I was scared of the government and Frieza at first.

I'm no longer afraid of that and I will take my daughter Kassava with me to planet Earth. We can seek refuge there and I also want the best for Kassava. We can get away from my husband's abuse and live life without fear for the most part.

Kassava has been scared about us getting caught and I have been reassuring her that everything will be okay and that he won't catch us neither will the other Saiyan inhabitants. At the same time, she has hope that we will leave Planet Vegeta and so do I.

We are outside now and we are now walking to the space pod station. Although, there are hardly people out at this time of night, we sneak just in case anybody is walking by and in case they can catch us. However, we do see a few guards standing and protecting different parts of the area. Shoot, how will we successfully go in the space pods?

Luckily, I hear a voice and the two guards that are standing in the space pod station go inside of the building that connects to the station. Oh wow, I never knew that that would have ever happen; I was really scared that we would have never made it. We rush to the space pods and I already had two space pod remotes in my hand from two days ago. Since I also am a guard for this building, I was able to sneak the remotes out of the building.

I open the space pods with both of the remotes. I set her in the space pod and unluckily, I sense with my scouter two power levels coming back here from about a little more than three feet away.

"I can sense the guards coming back," I say to my seven year old daughter.

I push the buttons to close Kassava's space pod door and for the space pod to fly out. When it is closing, I quickly throw the remote in Kassava's space pod before it is fully closed. Kassava's space pod flies away from the station and before I can go to my space pod, the guards catch me from behind.

"What do you think you are doing, Mrs. Been?" One guard asks me.

"We're taking you to Frieza and he will determine what your fate is," the other guard says and they strongly hold me by the arms. I try to get out of their grasp, but they are so much stronger than me.

I'm wondering what is going through Kassava's mind right now. Kassava shouldn't have to go through this and seeing her cry really pains me so much. Whoever finds her on Planet Earth, I hope that they will take great care of my daughter.

A/N: Hey, guys, this is my first DBZ fanfiction, so let me know what you guys think :) I am open to constructive criticism and I hope everyone has a good day :)