This fan fic starts just before Bardock is shot in the base of his neck.
Prologue: not much different from the beginning of the special, until the end anyway. So if you've seen the special you should scroll down a bit, then start reading.
On the planet Kanassa, after a long battle under the full moon, Bardock's squad rests in a crater created during the battle the battle.
The squad was sitting in a small circle, Bardock was laying down with a piece of straw in his mouth, the others were discussing the battle.
"Damn it," Panbukin said to himself as he rubbed the bruise on his cheek, which was where he had been cut as an Oozaru.
Toma let out a short laugh, "You should have been more careful." Toma turned to Bardock, "Hey, Bardock, we overdid it for your sun's birth celebration didn't we?"
"My son's birth celebration? What a joke."
Seripa looked up, "Now that we're done with this planet, why don't you go to Vegeta and see him?
Bardock let out the laugh of one who has just been insulted, "Who would want to go all that way just to see the son of a hopeless low-level soldier?" Bardock sat up, "Tell them to do whatever they want with him."
Seripa lowered her head, "I see."
Meanwhile Totepa was not paying attention to anything that was going on and was eating some sort of jerky from his near-infinite supply of food.
"Anyway, we have to thank Frieza, he always gives us work," Panbukin said.
Bardock looks at the surrounding landscape, now covered in rubble and the rotting bodies of the Kanassa, "But why would Frieza want this worthless planet?"
Toma thinks about it for a moment, then remembers something he had heard just before leaving for Kanassa and leans closer to Bardock, "Hmmm... There's a rumor that this planet has an energy which people can use to get some strange psychic power. I don't know if Frieza believes the rumor, but I have heard he has wanted this planet for a long time."
Suddenly the some of the rubble behind them burst upwards, Bardock and his team turned around to see what caused the noise and there stood the last of the Kanassa-jin, his clothes tattered and showing obvious signs of fatigue.
The Kanassa-jin charged at Bardock, who was able to stand up just before the alien was able to reach him. Bardock was about to defend himself when the alien zanzoukened upside down and behind Bardock, the Kanassa-jin quickly slammed his left hand into Bardock's neck and fired a small ki blast. Bardock immediately slammed head first into the ground. Unfortunately the alien had landed with his back to the saiyans, Panbukin was quick to kick the scaly alien in the back, causing him to slam into the side of the crater. He got up just in time to see Toma's open palm pointed directly at him, a ball of blue ki collided with the unfortunate alien.
Bardock stood back up and saw the alien engulfed in blue flames. Toma lowered his hand with a look of surprise on his face, the Kanassa-jin was still standing, even while suffering from the intense heat of the flames he was still
Bardock raises his fist, "I was careless. You bastard!"
"LISTEN! I have just given you the power to see the future."
"See the future?"
"You should be able to see the future of your descendents."
Bardock had a very confused look on his face, "What are you talking about?"
"I will tell you now that you only have a cursed future. Like my people you are destined to become extinct. Suffer from seeing your people future," he smiled wickedly through the blue flames, "ha ha ha ha."
Bardock drew back his right arm and thrust it forward, screaming in a fit of rage, he fired a ki blast at the dying alien, the beam swallowed his entire body, the blast faded and flaming chunks of his body fell to the battle-worn planet.
Panbukin stepped up to Bardock, who still had his palm facing where the alien had stood, "What a joke! We saiyan are matchless. What could cause us trouble?" Panbukin turns to Bardock, "Right, Bardock? Hmm?!"
Bardock's eyes rolled back in his head and he slowly fell forward to lie face down once more.
The other members of his team began yelling his name, but to no avail. Bardock was not going to wakeup any time soon.
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Meanwhile on Vegeta, a certain saiyan prince is inside one of the more extreme training facilities, in a room filled with sabaimen. They charge at him, but he's much to fast for such weaklings.
One of Frieza's men stared at the monitor as he followed Vegeta's fight, "Incredible! He dodged all of their blows."
The sabaimen decided to push it up a notch and jumped at him from every side. Vegeta raised his head a bit, spread his arms out to the side and unleashed his true power. All of the sabaimen slammed into the walls and ceiling, causing the cement to shatter.
Vegeta lifted his left arm and began firing ki blasts out of his index finger at each of them, instantly incinerating the would be shock troops. Vegeta lowered his arm, smiling wickedly, proud of his ability to kill mercilessly.
"It can't be! He beat them all!"
"What did you expect from those scum? Vegeta could be hundreds of them," Nappa said standing.
"What will he grow into?!"
Vegeta's voice came over the intercom, "I'm finished, open the gate."
"Ro...Roger," said the operator, sweat running down his face.
The gates opened and Vegeta stepped out, his face a monument of cold hearts and death.
"You were great as usual," said Nappa.
"Don't flatter me."
Vegeta puts on his royal armor and cape and goes with Nappa to see Frieza and ask if he can go to one of the harder planets, before he enters Zarbon and Dodoria tell Frieza of the saiyan team that took Kanassa a month ahead of schedule, and that they could become "an eye sore." Vegeta enters and after Zarbon and Dodoria tell him that he cannot just waltz in there Frieza grants his request.
* * *
Bardock, still unconscious, is now inside one of the healing chambers. A number of cords are attached to his body as well as an oxygen mask.
"As usual, Bardock has nearly recovered after only a few days," said one of the more human-like technicians.
"Yes, even though he's just a low-level soldier, he comes back from every mission half dead," said the more reptilian technician.
"His power level should be close to ten-thousand now."
"He's something."
Toma walks up to the reptilian technician, "How is he?"
"There's nothing wrong with him physically, he's perfect. But the computer shows that there is a slight change in his brainwave patterns.
During this time Bardock is seeing Goku growing up, fighting with Piccolo Daimo and the others, as well as quick flashes of himself seeing Toma and the others lying dead on the battlefield. NO! This cannot happen. suddenly his entire field of vision is filled with Frieza's face, smiling and laughing as parts of a planet fly past his face, Dodoria and Zarbon also look in awe at the spectacle, Bardock realized something at that moment. The planet that exploded, was his own. Planet Vegeta.
"Well, then I guess we go without him this time," Totepa said.
"Right," responded Toma.
Glass shards suddenly flew across the room, Bardock having punched his way threw the glass after he forced himself to escape the nightmare. Bardock panted for a moment, ripped off the mask and monitoring wires then stepped out of the tank. He slipped on his armor and wrist bands then faced Toma.
"You cannot go to that planet."
"Why not?" Toma says very surprised at his leaders actions.
Bardock clenched his hands into fists, "I have seen the future, I saw my son mature, I saw all of you dead, but most importantly I saw Frieza celebrating the destruction of planet Vegeta."
"You can't be serious."
"I am. I know most saiyans would call me crazy and shun me, but we must prepare for Frieza's arrival here," Bardock began grinding his teeth together, "We must show him the true might of the saiyan people."
Prologue: not much different from the beginning of the special, until the end anyway. So if you've seen the special you should scroll down a bit, then start reading.
On the planet Kanassa, after a long battle under the full moon, Bardock's squad rests in a crater created during the battle the battle.
The squad was sitting in a small circle, Bardock was laying down with a piece of straw in his mouth, the others were discussing the battle.
"Damn it," Panbukin said to himself as he rubbed the bruise on his cheek, which was where he had been cut as an Oozaru.
Toma let out a short laugh, "You should have been more careful." Toma turned to Bardock, "Hey, Bardock, we overdid it for your sun's birth celebration didn't we?"
"My son's birth celebration? What a joke."
Seripa looked up, "Now that we're done with this planet, why don't you go to Vegeta and see him?
Bardock let out the laugh of one who has just been insulted, "Who would want to go all that way just to see the son of a hopeless low-level soldier?" Bardock sat up, "Tell them to do whatever they want with him."
Seripa lowered her head, "I see."
Meanwhile Totepa was not paying attention to anything that was going on and was eating some sort of jerky from his near-infinite supply of food.
"Anyway, we have to thank Frieza, he always gives us work," Panbukin said.
Bardock looks at the surrounding landscape, now covered in rubble and the rotting bodies of the Kanassa, "But why would Frieza want this worthless planet?"
Toma thinks about it for a moment, then remembers something he had heard just before leaving for Kanassa and leans closer to Bardock, "Hmmm... There's a rumor that this planet has an energy which people can use to get some strange psychic power. I don't know if Frieza believes the rumor, but I have heard he has wanted this planet for a long time."
Suddenly the some of the rubble behind them burst upwards, Bardock and his team turned around to see what caused the noise and there stood the last of the Kanassa-jin, his clothes tattered and showing obvious signs of fatigue.
The Kanassa-jin charged at Bardock, who was able to stand up just before the alien was able to reach him. Bardock was about to defend himself when the alien zanzoukened upside down and behind Bardock, the Kanassa-jin quickly slammed his left hand into Bardock's neck and fired a small ki blast. Bardock immediately slammed head first into the ground. Unfortunately the alien had landed with his back to the saiyans, Panbukin was quick to kick the scaly alien in the back, causing him to slam into the side of the crater. He got up just in time to see Toma's open palm pointed directly at him, a ball of blue ki collided with the unfortunate alien.
Bardock stood back up and saw the alien engulfed in blue flames. Toma lowered his hand with a look of surprise on his face, the Kanassa-jin was still standing, even while suffering from the intense heat of the flames he was still
Bardock raises his fist, "I was careless. You bastard!"
"LISTEN! I have just given you the power to see the future."
"See the future?"
"You should be able to see the future of your descendents."
Bardock had a very confused look on his face, "What are you talking about?"
"I will tell you now that you only have a cursed future. Like my people you are destined to become extinct. Suffer from seeing your people future," he smiled wickedly through the blue flames, "ha ha ha ha."
Bardock drew back his right arm and thrust it forward, screaming in a fit of rage, he fired a ki blast at the dying alien, the beam swallowed his entire body, the blast faded and flaming chunks of his body fell to the battle-worn planet.
Panbukin stepped up to Bardock, who still had his palm facing where the alien had stood, "What a joke! We saiyan are matchless. What could cause us trouble?" Panbukin turns to Bardock, "Right, Bardock? Hmm?!"
Bardock's eyes rolled back in his head and he slowly fell forward to lie face down once more.
The other members of his team began yelling his name, but to no avail. Bardock was not going to wakeup any time soon.
* *
*
Meanwhile on Vegeta, a certain saiyan prince is inside one of the more extreme training facilities, in a room filled with sabaimen. They charge at him, but he's much to fast for such weaklings.
One of Frieza's men stared at the monitor as he followed Vegeta's fight, "Incredible! He dodged all of their blows."
The sabaimen decided to push it up a notch and jumped at him from every side. Vegeta raised his head a bit, spread his arms out to the side and unleashed his true power. All of the sabaimen slammed into the walls and ceiling, causing the cement to shatter.
Vegeta lifted his left arm and began firing ki blasts out of his index finger at each of them, instantly incinerating the would be shock troops. Vegeta lowered his arm, smiling wickedly, proud of his ability to kill mercilessly.
"It can't be! He beat them all!"
"What did you expect from those scum? Vegeta could be hundreds of them," Nappa said standing.
"What will he grow into?!"
Vegeta's voice came over the intercom, "I'm finished, open the gate."
"Ro...Roger," said the operator, sweat running down his face.
The gates opened and Vegeta stepped out, his face a monument of cold hearts and death.
"You were great as usual," said Nappa.
"Don't flatter me."
Vegeta puts on his royal armor and cape and goes with Nappa to see Frieza and ask if he can go to one of the harder planets, before he enters Zarbon and Dodoria tell Frieza of the saiyan team that took Kanassa a month ahead of schedule, and that they could become "an eye sore." Vegeta enters and after Zarbon and Dodoria tell him that he cannot just waltz in there Frieza grants his request.
* * *
Bardock, still unconscious, is now inside one of the healing chambers. A number of cords are attached to his body as well as an oxygen mask.
"As usual, Bardock has nearly recovered after only a few days," said one of the more human-like technicians.
"Yes, even though he's just a low-level soldier, he comes back from every mission half dead," said the more reptilian technician.
"His power level should be close to ten-thousand now."
"He's something."
Toma walks up to the reptilian technician, "How is he?"
"There's nothing wrong with him physically, he's perfect. But the computer shows that there is a slight change in his brainwave patterns.
During this time Bardock is seeing Goku growing up, fighting with Piccolo Daimo and the others, as well as quick flashes of himself seeing Toma and the others lying dead on the battlefield. NO! This cannot happen. suddenly his entire field of vision is filled with Frieza's face, smiling and laughing as parts of a planet fly past his face, Dodoria and Zarbon also look in awe at the spectacle, Bardock realized something at that moment. The planet that exploded, was his own. Planet Vegeta.
"Well, then I guess we go without him this time," Totepa said.
"Right," responded Toma.
Glass shards suddenly flew across the room, Bardock having punched his way threw the glass after he forced himself to escape the nightmare. Bardock panted for a moment, ripped off the mask and monitoring wires then stepped out of the tank. He slipped on his armor and wrist bands then faced Toma.
"You cannot go to that planet."
"Why not?" Toma says very surprised at his leaders actions.
Bardock clenched his hands into fists, "I have seen the future, I saw my son mature, I saw all of you dead, but most importantly I saw Frieza celebrating the destruction of planet Vegeta."
"You can't be serious."
"I am. I know most saiyans would call me crazy and shun me, but we must prepare for Frieza's arrival here," Bardock began grinding his teeth together, "We must show him the true might of the saiyan people."