Prologue
He could clearly recall sitting back against the wall, crestfallen. The devastation of defeat was utterly crushing, leaving nothing but an empty shell of the individual behind to watch with dulled eyes the events as they passed before him. Although slowed and etched bleakly into his memory, the effect nevertheless held its place in the back of Vegeta's mind – the bitterness growing with trepidation. His brain clicking with each opportunity to rebel against the enlightened few, and his control was slowly slipping away.
As the neurons fired electrodes in the dark, marking his experiences into the sinuous network like burning information onto a memory plate, he could now understand with veneration why his kind was so feared. Why the elite stood amongst the legendary and the true sacrifice they made for this 'gift.' The raw power at its essence was a plea for death. A berserker fighting in his last pallid breath with the knowledge that his effort was in vein.
Freeza was accurate when it all too clearly stipulated how the tsiru Overseers claimed power on the back of his kind; now the last forgotten by the many that surpassed them. The razukin fleets placed their transition, the ascension of the saiyan race in a bold manner. Yet, they chose to neglect to credit their origins alongside them. Instead, they were seemingly abandoned in the midst of it all – wistfully discarded as obsolete.
How could he not be bitter? He was supposed to be their leader. Their representative. Even as a puppet, his role was to oversee these times. No. Instead, he was cheated not only his place in the system, but damned to watch it fall pitifully into ruin. One by one as they disappeared, he was left behind somehow, and he could not help but blame himself for his inability to ease the ebb. He could not save them nor could he protect them any longer.
They were extinct.
AN: Welcome to my story! AU alert! This is an alternate universe centered around Vegeta as the main character and his involvement on earth. It's a BV, but not during the three year deal, and sort of does not involve the android threat.
I don't own anything, and there will be OCs added with the canon cast. I've also taken some steps to pull the anime character concepts of the Dbz world kicking and screaming into a realistic one. I know, I'm crazy. But still, that's what fanfic is about:)
Redemption is part of a much longer story that I'm spinning centered on Vegeta's life. The first story (Vignettes of a Man Who Knows Too Much) is in fragments on FFnet and will continue to be until I get around to writing the story in its entirety. If you would like to read more about these fascinating characters and plots, feel free to reference to the growing number of one-shots in my other fic.
Anyway, thank you for taking the time to read, and if you like this, please leave a review. Your comments are greatly appreciated.
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