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Goku and Freeza were staring each other
down, hovering over the dying planet known as Namek. As mountains fell and the
oceans rose in turmoil, the two warriors tensed their muscles, waiting for the
slightest shudder made by their opponent. They did not know how or when the
other was going to attack. All they knew was that they would be ready for it.
Goku continued looking into Freeza's
eyes, but a sudden flicker of movement caught his eye. It took great effort not
to waver from the glare he was sharing with the enemy. For out of the corner of
his eye, he saw a young Namek raising himself from the ground. A few minutes
before, Goku had seen that boy, but he had sensed nothing. No life what so
ever. Now, still out the corner of his eye, Goku saw the Namek looking at his
hands in disbelief. And Goku understood. Mr. Popo had made the wish and the
dragon had granted it. The Nameks were resurrected.
Bardock stared at his hands, stunned.
Then he took in his surroundings and saw darkness was all around him, with
sparks of light far off in the distance. He couldn't believe it; he was in
outer space! Which meant that he was alive!
Bardock let out of whoop of joy, but he
heard no sound. It was then that he realized that he had no scouter, or the
special mouthpiece for outer space communication. The mouthpiece was actually
two pieces, one part placed on each lip. When the lips moved, the mouthpieces
determined the type of sound the wearer was trying to make, translated the
movements into sound and relayed it to the scouter.
For even though the Saiyans had learned a
unique ability to breathe in space, the air contained within their lungs could
travel no more than a few inches in front of them. Remembering that he could
only store five days of air, Bardock needed to find a suitable planet.
He started to gather his bearings, when he
felt a tapping on his shoulder. He spun around and saw a short, balding Saiyan
named Creco. He smiled at Bardock, showing where he lost many of his teeth.
Creco motioned for Bardock to follow, pointing at something in the distance.
Bardock looked at the spot and saw the other Saiyans gathering around King
Vegita.
When the stragglers finally joined the
group, Vegita pointed behind him. He then flew in the direction he had just
pointed toward. All the Saiyans followed closely behind him. As they flew,
Bardock saw a familiar constellation. Using the constellation, he was able to
determine where he was. And where he was going. They were heading for Namek.
Namek was only an hour away from the
Saiyan home world. In fact, it was so close that Bardock was able to see it
faintly in the distance. But he had a bit of trouble of finding it at first.
Namek had a pure green sky. It was easily distinguishable in space. He turned
to Creco and saw that he was confused too. But Bardock had to worry more about
his own face. He stopped suddenly, nearly colliding with the Saiyan in front of
him. Bardock realized that nobody knew where Namek was!
As the battle between Goku and Freeza
raged on, the sky suddenly turned black. Freeza paused in his charge, puzzled
by this bizarre phenomenon. He had never seen anything like it. As Freeza
continued to look around, Goku cut into King Kai's conversation with the eldest
Namek. King Kai and the Namek had agreed to send everyone on Namek to Earth
except Freeza. Goku made a slight modification to the wish; everyone was to be
sent to Earth except him and Freeza. With reluctance, King Kai agreed.
Goku continued to eye Freeza but noticed
something moving towards the now full-grown dragon. It was the young Namek. The
eldest Namek said that Dende was the closest to the dragon; therefore he would
make the wish. Goku watched in silence as the boy landed near the dragon.
The happiness that swelled in Goku's chest
was soon replaced by fear when he heard Freeza yells.
"It's the dragon!" he cried and
then flew towards Porunga. Goku paused for a second, too stunned by Freeza's
sudden reaction to give chase. But, even as he gave chase at top speed, Goku
knew that Freeza had too much of a head start. He arrived in time to hear
Freeza's proclaim his wish for immortality. Goku stopped in the air,
crestfallen. All was lost.
But Dende continued to speak in his native
tongue. When he fell silent, the dragon spoke in English.
"Very well," it said, "I
shall send everyone to Earth except those two." and with that, both dragon
and Dende disappeared. Goku allowed himself to smile, knowing that he and his
friends had achieved their goals and more.
Bardock continued to stare at the spot
where Namek was supposed to be. He recoiled when he saw the planet appear right
in front of him. Some of the other Saiyans had noticed it too and where
motioning for those who hadn't seen the reappearing planet to look. When
everyone's attention was fixed on Namek, a stream of light shot up from the
planet and vanished flew away from the Saiyans.
Although intrigued by the firework, the
Saiyans dared not move, for the green skies of Namek was now, mostly, a
swirling of gray clouds, lightning dancing across them all. The parts of the
planet that weren't covered by the clouds were red.
After a few minutes of staring, Bardock
saw a ship rise from the planet. It was a standard single person vehicle, used
by most of Freeza and Cooler's men. The ship was only a hundred meters from the
planet, when everything went white. No Saiyan was able to see for the next few
minutes. Those who re-adjusted the quickest to the darkness of space saw that
asteroids had filled the area that was once Namek.
Realizing that there was no reason to
stay, King Vegita launched some ki blasts over the Saiyans' heads to get their
attention. He pointed in a new direction. Bardock knew the area as belonging to
the Lebhanians. He began to follow, but stopped short when a vision of his son
flashed though his mind.
His son was in a ship, wearing ripped
clothes. Dry blood covered most of his face. It had to be his son, since the
person in the vision looked exactly like Bardock. The ship was flying towards a
planet that Bardock identified as Yaarsdat. The scene switched to his son
standing tall over the Yaarsdats, wearing their clothes. In the final moments
of the vision, Bardock saw Kakarrot explode. A yellow flame surrounded him, his
hair was gold and his eyes were green. And when Bardock saw space again, he
knew the vision before his death had come true. The Saiyans were avenged and it
was thanks to Kakarrot.
Bardock was still proud, smiling absently,
when he felt a tap on his shoulder. His smile disappeared as he looked behind
him. He saw Celipa and Toma. Celipa was a female Saiyan, with hair fairly short
for a her kind. Her eyes were always filled with fire, which was what attracted
many Saiyans. True, no higher class Saiyan would ever openly admit to loving
such a weakling. But Bardock always saw the eyes of those same Saiyans
following Celipa, either on the ground, or in the air.
Toma was quite different from Celipa. For
starters, he was a man. His hair was short (in Saiyan terms) and spiked up. His
face was very friendly, not harsh and menacing like the rest of Bardock's team.
He was a ruthless fighter, but was honorable. Never attacked anyone from the
back and always gave others a chance. Only one though.
It was Toma who had tapped Bardock on the
shoulder. He started to move his hands in a strange manner. Bardock wondered
what he was doing, and then realized that Toma was using the sign language that
he and Bardock had developed for extreme circumstances such as this. They were
bored at the time they developed the language, but Bardock now saw how useful
it was.
Toma was asking why he was taking so long
to re-group. Bardock moved his hands to reply.
"I want to follow the space pod that
left Namek."
"Why?" Toma asked.
"I believe my son was in there."
Toma eyes widened as Bardock gestured his response. Then Celipa's hands started
to move.
"I thought you didn't like him."
she was saying.
"I used to." Bardock said, "But
now I think that Kakkarot avenged us all."
"What do you mean?" Toma asked.
"I believe Freeza was on Namek as
well." Bardock answered.
"What makes you believe that?"
Celipa asked. Bardock started to answer, but realized that they hadn't created
gestures for the words he needed.
"I'll tell you when we find him."
he said finally, "Care to come along?" Celipa continued to stare at
Bardock, confused. Toma looked behind him. The other Saiyans were very far away
now. Lebhania was only two hours away from Namek and that was at Bardock's top
speed. The more powerful Saiyans (although true, not many Saiyans were that
much stronger than Bardock) were probably only an hour away now.
Toma continued to gaze in that direction
for a few minutes. Finally, he turned towards Bardock and asked.
"Where to?"
