On November 3rd, Age 762, two gleaming orbs pierced the sky, as they hurtled towards Earth at unimaginable speeds. The citizens of East City watched in awe as the otherworldly spacecrafts settled, resting inside of the large impact craters they had created. When the 2 alien figures emerged, one tall and muscular; the other short and slender, the surrounding crowd gasped, before being utterly blinded by pure, white light.
And after that, oblivion.
"Nappa, you idiot! What if one of the Dragon Balls was in that city? Because of your trigger-happy antics, you could have ruined our entire voyage!" The shorter man scolded his partner, seemingly bringing him into submission.
The taller man rose his hands up defensively.
"Oh, right! Sorry, Vegeta. I'm just a little antsy after staying in that pod for so long. Aren't you itching to kill something?"
The shorter man sneered, but decided after all to let his partner live.
"Whatever, Nappa. You'll get your fill when we kill Kakarot and his friends." stated Vegeta casually, as if mass murder were nothing more to him than a warm-up for his daily activities.
Nappa liked the sound of that.
"And after that, immortality?" asked Nappa, excited at the prospect of eternal life.
"And then the bitches." assured Vegeta, forming a small smirk.
Nappa had Gohan under his boot, without any fight left in the child. He was ready to erase the boy from life, followed by the rest of the Earthlings. The hopelessness of the situation was not lost on Gohan, who could barely speak without having to catch his breath.
"Don't think... that I'm upset at you... for killing me..." began Gohan. "I'd be angry too... if I had a goatee... as ugly as yours..."
This earned a laugh from Krillin, a snort from Vegeta, and an angered grunt from Nappa. The latter prepared his rebuttal, trying not to lose his cool. After all, this kid would die soon enough, so why let him get under your skin?
"That's some big talk for a little kid, especially one that's about to die."
Gohan frowned. He could throw insults at the hulking tower of a man, but he couldn't hurt him. He thought could stall for a little while longer, until his father shows up, but that plan was quickly interrupted by Vegeta.
"Nappa, quit fooling around, and finish him already! You don't have to make a big show every time you kill someone." ordered the Saiyan prince.
"Sorry, kid. Boss says I gotta cut our time short. Too bad, it's been fun." said Nappa, snapping back into focus from Vegeta's command.
Gohan closed his eyes, preparing for the inevitable.
"Alright, kid. See you when I die... Oh, wait!" mocked Nappa, as he brought his foot down upon Gohan's skull.
A sickening crunch echoed throughout the battleground.
The streak of light stopped its voyage momentarily, landing on Korin's Tower. As soon as the it stopped moving at such incredible speed, the figure revealed itself as none other than Son Goku, the pure-hearted Saiyan from planet Earth. He was able to lock on to the energy signals of the Earthlings and Saiyans, but he could not easily distinguish their Ki.
Obviously, the 2 larger energies belonged to the Saiyans, but the rest were cloudy. When you've trained in the realm beyond Earth, weaker signals are harder to pick up, and even harder to differentiate. Regardless, there wasn't any time to waste. Without asking any questions, Goku snatched half a dozen Senzu Beans from Korin, who screamed at him as he flew off.
Of course, by the time Korin noticed, Goku was already gone.
Krillin, remaining the sole survivor of the Saiyan's ruthless onslaught, was shouting obscenities at the aforementioned aliens.
"You goddamn bastards! I only hope that I stay alive long enough to watch Goku break every bone in your bodies!" he yelled, before finally passing out.
"Somehow..." muttered Nappa, preparing a Ki blast to kill the Earthling, "I don't think that's going to happen."
Nappa fired his attack towards Krillin, before an opposing force shot the blast into the distance.
"What the..." began Nappa, before he Goku had interrupted him.
"I'll give you this chance." began Goku, "Leave this planet now, and never harm anyone again. If you do that, you will live."
Nappa and Vegeta had puzzled looks on their faces, before they broke into laughter simultaneously.
"You really think..." laughed Vegeta, "That you could beat me? You were barely able to beat Raditz!"
"Also," added Nappa, "We killed a great deal of your friends, and I don't think you'd fare any better than them."
Goku took note of the broken bodies of his friends. Tien, Yamcha, everyone was dead. It did not take too long for Goku to find Piccolo's body, seeing that he was dead as well. A quick pulse check revealed that Krillin remained alive, prompting Goku to place a Senzu Bean inside of his mouth, moving Krillin's jaw to grind the healing bean, and make it possible to swallow. After a few seconds, Krillin awoke, gasping.
"G-Goku..." began Krillin, not quite able to get the words out, "Gohan, they.. the Saiyans..."
"What about Gohan? What happened to him?!" asked Goku worriedly.
In the middle of their dialogue, Nappa grabbed and lifted up Gohan's dead, broken, body, laughing as he presented it to Goku and Krillin.
Nappa began to mock the boy's death, gesturing over to Piccolo. "He died to save me, daddy!" Nappa mimicked the voice of Gohan, in a shrill, high-pitched tone. "He saved me, daddy!" "Not for long, though, hraha!" He cackled, speaking in his normal voice once again.
Goku produced grunts of anger and hatred. In between his tremblings of rage, he was able to speak. "You... bastard..." Goku started, "You... don't know what you did..."
"This is not happening..." he thought. "After everything Gohan and I have done... There is no way that this is happening now..."
"Where were you? Why didn't you help me?" Nappa resumed his imitation of Gohan. "Daddy, it's your fault I'm dead!"
Goku could feel it building up inside of him. Power, rage, and pain, all rolled up into one. A thirst for vengeance. As Nappa continued, Vegeta took note of Goku's rising power level.
"10000... 13000... 16000!" he shouted.
"Is he for real?" Vegeta thought, falsely assuming that becoming a Super Saiyan was the reason for Kakarot's sudden rise in power.
"Nappa, stop it! You're making him stronger!"
"Heh, what do you mean, Vegeta, I'm just having fun!" Nappa defended, continuing his mockery of Gohan. "Daddy, you're supposed to save me! I hate you, daddy!"
Goku erupted with anger, clenching his fists so tightly that his nails dug into flesh. His friends were dead, his son was dead, and there no way to revive them. Goku let this thought sink in, boiling with rage from every thought.
"You stupid... bloodthirsty... assholes!" Goku yelled through grinding teeth, as an aura began to surround him.
Vegeta took note of how his power was rising even more. "25000! 30000! 35000! Nappa, you dumbass! Stop this instant!"
Goku formed one last roar of anger, as the aura around him turned dark orange. Vegeta made note of Goku's new power, astonished. Had this low-class weakling become the warrior of legends?
"That's impossible, the arrival of the Super Saiyan is an honor reserved for me!!" Vegeta thought. "Damnit, what's his power level now?"Vegeta checked his scouter once more, desperate to put a number on Goku's strength. Of course, he didn't like the number that he got.
"His power level! 58000!" yelled Vegeta, before his scouter exploded, unable to handle such high readings. "Nappa, you idiot! You've let him become a Super Saiyan!"