Bardock stood with his eyes tense. He looked around his surroundings. The portal of time had by no means taken him where he wanted to go. The curved walls and view of the dark black vacuum of space told him he was on a ship. But strange as this was, the even stranger idea was that this ship perfectly resembled Frieza's. For all Bardock knew, he could be in past, present, or future. Bardock grunted thinking resentfully, "damn fucking porter, did even take me where I needed to go."
Bardock heard foot steps coming his way and immediately disappeared into the shadows. A voice spoke that sounded like a rasping child's. A small figure with horns walked along the hall way with a man much tall than he. This man had dark green hair, pale blue skin, and was very tall. He had the disposition of a very effeminate man or a very masculine woman. Bardock smirked to himself that had he had the chance, he could take out that man right now; the man that he had so despised during his years of service to his companion Frieza. The gods' how he hated that name; the very mentioning of it, of thinking of his image brought instant agony. It was then that Bardock caught some of Frieza's words through his deep reflection. "Zarbon, are the troops ready?"
"Yes, sir. The full scale rebellion you are planning is in full swing."
At this remark, Frieza gave a lecherous smile and cackled, "ah, good. Then the full destruction of the saiyans will soon be accomplished."
At this remark, Bardock's eyes shot open in astonishment. He screamed in this mind, "WHY? WHY? YOU BASTARD…."
As if Freiza has heard him himself, Bardock's question was soon answered. "(Sigh) it's such a pity, those monkeys were doing so well. But alas, they are now growing too powerful, and now I must destroy them. Oh! How it pleasures me to know that once I've used them, they are going the way of the dogs!" Frieza let out an ear splitting fit of laughter; laughter of the bitterest kind, of pure evil. Bardock was so close to explosion that his muscles were ripping apart in his body from restraint. Now that Frieza had talked about the rebellion, Bardock was sure he was in the past. "Damnit," he thought, "I'm farther away than I thought possible. The beam's gone and I'm stuck in the worst dead zone of all."
"Your majesty," Zarbon uttered, "king Vegeta is here….with troops."
"With troops? How do you mean Zarbon?"
"I mean he plans to do a full sneak attack on you sire."
Freiza chuckled and said, "How the king does amuses me sometimes. No matter. I suppose now would be a good time to finally dispose of him." Bardock let out a gasp of surprise that he was sure his counterparts would've been able to here. But, for some reason or other they did not give the slightest response. Frieza and Zarbon walked on while Bardock stealthily followed. He had to know what really happened the day of the rebellion of Frieza's ship. It was the only way he would be able to fill the pieces of the puzzle to his life together. Frieza and Zarbon walked on talking about their plans for the future and universal conquest, the same as it had always been. Although Bardock meant to press forward, something drew him to turn right into a darkened passage way.
As he traipsed farther down, Bardock began to hear whispering. He followed it to the source and discovered that it was King Vegeta himself with a handful of the strongest fighters on the planet at the time. King Vegeta faced his crew and addressed them solemnly, "comrades, you are the strongest there is, on our planet and in heart. You face the most powerful tyrant in the universe full of courage and pride for who you are. I commend you all for the conviction of what you believe in. there is by no means promise of victory or if you so dared to hope, escape. Before we execute our plan, I am honored to say that I have known you men through out my life." With that conclusion, there was a salute and all were off in different directions to do the job they were assigned.
Bardock stood forlorn against the wall ashamed and full of pride. For all the years of the rebellion and raising Vegeta, Bardock had believed the king to be a coward, a genuine coward. He had accused his ruler, a saiyan, of running away from his duty to fight and to take care of his child. Such accusation was unforgivable, especially when it was so much to the contrary. The king had stood up, had taken his moment of gallantry and bravery, and sacrificed himself for the well-being of his people. For the first time in his life, Bardock felt that there was someone who was truly better than him, superior in every way. It was for the first time made clear why Vegeta was ever made king.
King Vegeta was nearly down the hallway when Bardock had gained enough of his senses to follow. From the amount of aura King Vegeta gave off, Bardock could tell he was around 16,000, extremely high for that day and age. Something was very peculiar about where King Vegeta was walking. For one, he was going down a main hallway where not a single guard stood around. Secondly, the lights seemed to be slowly getting dimmer, but it was so gradual it was hard to tell. Then, most of all, King Vegeta was heading straight for Frieza's throne room. The king made no effort of stealth or brute force to get to his goal; he was just…walking to it. By this time, Bardock became so entranced on what his ruler was doing that he no longer made an effort to be unnoticed. His foot step was not even in sync with the king's anymore and was sure that King Vegeta could here him. The sudden sound of a door opening made Bardock become more alert. He hurried in before the door was closed. It was then that Bardock understood why no one seemed to hear him or see him.
Bardock was utterly transparent. He had been able to walk through the door when it should've already closed on him. Bardock looked at himself and could not see through his own form. He stared at his hand and thought, "I guess I must be some sort of ghost. No wonder no one's seen or heard me. It's strange…I would've never guessed this portal could make you almost like a 'half life'."
"Well, King Vegeta, this is unexpected. What brings you here?"
Vegeta did not answer but gave Frieza a stern look. With a moments silence Frieza asked again, "Vegeta, I have asked you why you are here, answer me!" King Vegeta took off is royal cape and stood proud. He took in his surroundings….for the very last time. He looked at the man that had emasculated him so; the one who had caused him and his people endless suffering and humiliation. Frieza still seemed to be expecting an answer. King Vegeta drew in his breath and avowed, "I have come, sir, to release my people from debt, from slavery. I have come to kill you."
Frieza let out a maniacal laugh and chanted, "Kill me? What makes you think you can? But, for arguments sake, I guess I will play along with this little charade, Vegeta."
A burning fury burst forth inside of King Vegeta as he watched his counterpart take stance. "Well, what are you waiting for?" he said, "come at me."
The proud saiyan let his anger burst forth and produced a powerful aura. He charged with all his strength at Frieza. Frieza, as if to mock this act of bravery, merely stood their, no longer in stance with his hands behind his back. King Vegeta came charging with a punch as hard as he could. Then, when King Vegeta's face and Frieza's were but an inch apart, Frieza stuck out his arm at lightning speed and punched it through the king's body. King Vegeta let out a moan that was barely audible. Frieza watched as the fist that was almost touching his nose slide down to the ground.
Bardock by this time had clenched teeth. He punched the wall as hard as he could as he watched his ruler slowly sink into oblivion as his crimson blood spread all over the floor. Frieza watched in rapture and said in a sinewy voice, " long live the king." Enraged even further, a powerful aura sprang up around Bardock in vain. He was seeing red, he was ready to kill anyone and everyone that crossed his path. He no longer cared that no could here or see him and screamed, "YOU BASTARD. HE STOOD UP TO FIGHT YOU. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS PEOPLE AND KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE AND YOU MOCK HIM! You mocked him." Bardock's anger slowly subsided as his aura began to go away bit by bit. He stood silent watching what happened next: Frieza sent for a guard, the guard cleaned up the floor and dragged the king's corpse out of Frieza's room. Bardock pursued the guard to see where the king's final resting place was to make himself feel better, or so he thought.
The guard slowly dragged the body through the ship. Something was strange; the passage ways were getting narrower and narrower and more neglected. Bardock must've followed the guard around for an hour until he finally stopped. They were at the back of the ship, the garbage shoot. The guard mumbled to himself saying that he finally reached the place. He shoved the saiyan's dead body into a room and closed a door with a window over it. The guard looked to his left and found a large button that read the word 'eject' on it. With in seconds, another door opened that led into space. With out even a moment's pause, Vegeta's dead body was sucked away into space never to be seen again. The guard walked away indifferent while Bardock stood shaking. With all the strength he could muster, Bardock saluted his ruler and gave way to the pain that over whelmed him.
Bardock faltered to the ground broken. The very foundations of his race and his pride had been dumped and tossed away like garbage. It showed that no matter how much bravery and courage someone had, it would never stop Frieza. He was unbeatable. His great heritage reduced to cinders, and the hope of his race surviving smothered out. Through clenched teeth the warrior avowed, "I'll get you for this Frieza. You will rue the day you ever enslaved us. If the rest of my life, the last of my breath, and only last bit of energy left in my body is used to kill you, my blood will have been well spent." As Bardock knelt to the ground he noticed that there was a white light emanating behind him. It was the portal that he had used to come here and vanished when it had brought him here. For what ever reason, it came back. A small flicker of hope lit up in Bardock's mind. This portal brought him here to show him something important. The journey it would take him on would surely lead the way to his goal. After a few moments, Bardock recollected himself and walked on to the portal. It was time to continue his journey.
TO BE CONTINUED….