Disclaimer: I don't own Bardock or any other characters in this story unless you've never heard of them, and even then, they probably existed just didn't have a huge role. Almost all characters are the intellectual property of Akira Toriyama (God bless him) and to a lesser extent Toei and Funimation (if dub names are used).

Betrayal

"Then that means no one's safe from Freeze, not even you!" Bardock was shocked at what Dodoria had told him. Freeza planned to eliminate the Saiyan race because he deemed their growing power a threat. Dodoria and his elites had been sent to take care of Bardock's crew personally. Well if those are elites I can see what Freeza might be afraid of, Bardock thought. All four of them were dead, and Bardock had barely broken a sweat.

"Bah, what do you know monkey!" Dodoria roared clearly disturbed by Bardock's words. "Lord Freeza's very grateful for your service but now its time to LET YOU GO!!!" Dodoria released a giant wave of ki from his mouth leaving a giant trench in the ground. At the end of that trench, in a pile of half disintegrated bodies, the blast had deposited Bardock.

"What a weakling I don't know what Lord Freeza was afraid of" Dodoria was so confident in his ability he didn't even bother checking Bardock for vital signs. He headed back to his ship and muttered, "Pity though, now I have to find a whole new team"

"Those visions I had, they're coming true! What was it that Kanassan had said, so that I could see the horror of my own end?" Bardock had barely survived Dodoria's blast, and was racing back home to Vegeta, but not for healing. "Then that means Freeza's next move is to destroy Vegeta, I can't let him do that!" Bardock resolved to try and assemble a resistance when he arrived. "It's not much, but at least I know his plans ahead of time, maybe we can ambush him."

When he landed the elf-like Planthorr greeted Bardock, as he had been so many times before. Planthorr was never pleased with the banged up condition Bardock returned in and made a point to scold him for his carelessness after every mission. "Bardock, why is it every time you come back you manage to surprise me with new and amazing injuries I never thought possible? What in HFIL's name did you do to yourself this time? Why…"

"In all your years as a doctor you've never seen someone with such a lack of regard for his own well being, I know" Bardock finished for him. "I don't have time for that now I want to know, where is my son?"

"Oh, Kakorot? He just got sent off moments before you landed, had we known you would be back so soon we would have delayed the launch"

So he's safe then, Bardock thought relieved. Bardock's visions all seemed to involve his son, despite his pitiful power level. He must have some part to play in this, maybe not now, but in the future. He thought of his other son Raditz, who would be about three now and almost certainly beginning to carry out his mission to destroy some planet.

My sons, I may not survive, but I have to insure that you grow up in a world without Freeza. Bardock ran out of the spaceport/hospital and into the city.

"What are you doing you fool! Without immediate attention you're going to die!" Planthorr called after him.