(Note from the future: At the time of writing this header, I'm in the process of updating the early chapters, as they were written when I was still getting the hang of writing. So if you're reading the story for the first time and reach a chapter where the quality of the writing suddenly takes a dive, that simply means I haven't gotten that far in revising yet. Regardless, the quality of the writing begins to smooth out around chapter 12, and the story up to that point is still fairly entertaining to read. Thank you for your understanding)

[A/N] Greetings people of Fanfiction, my name is SilverSaiyan44 and this is my first story. As you could probably guess from the title, it's a story about Dragon Ball Z based around the Saiyans. The main characters of this story are none other than the original Saiyan trio: Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz.

Also, you're probably wondering about the 'L' in the title. While I provide a more detailed explanation in my bio (which I recommend checking out if you haven't already) in short, the story is called Dragon Ball L because it's MY version of the DBZ story. It'll include most of the characters and settings of the Dragon Ball universe, but won't strictly adhere to the basic narrative structure of DBZ. The order of events will be similar in the most basic sense, but the story will be told from a vastly different perspective. This means that certain characters and aspects of the canon story will be tweaked or outright changed to fit the narrative I've crafted.

Long story short, this story will be an AU (alternate universe). So when you see something that differs from the canon of DBZ (which you will in this very chapter) just remember that this story takes place in an alternate universe.

Anyways, I'll quit blathering and let you get on to the story. So please sit back and enjoy the first chapter of Revenge of the Saiyans. :D


Chapter 1: A Rough Landing

It was a regular day on Planet Frieza No. 79. Young cadets were training to one day serve in Frieza's grand empire, while the older soldiers were drinking their days away in one of the many bars, spectating or participating in brutal sparring matches, or patrolling the civilian areas of the station for any signs of treason against Frieza.

The commander of Planet Frieza No. 79 was currently enjoying a vicious sparring match between two of his best men.

The first was a blue skinned alien with a white beard covering almost his entire face, and the other was a purple spotted being with a giant head. The winner of said match would receive a double in their pay; which, considering the pathetically low pay grade of an average Frieza soldier, was incredibly generous.

The fight was coming to an end. The purple alien was coughing blood from the heavy beating he'd just endured. He had burns all over his body, his armor was almost completely destroyed, and he was barely fending off his opponent's brutal attack. The blue skinned being on the other hand, was faring decently well with only a few scratches on his armor and a fresh scar on his cheek.

The bearded alien charged his opponent at blinding speeds for the final attack. He smashed his elbow right into his fellow soldier's already bloodied face, launching the man into the hard ground with a crack.

Suddenly, the sound of a robotic female voice filled the room. "The match has been won, Sergeant Ruandok wins," the sparring arena's V.I announced. "Ha ha! Pathetic scum, now that raise is mine!" Ruandok shouted in triumph.

The sergeant turned at the sound of a door hissing open, only to see his commanding officer approaching him.

He was a fish-like alien with two bumps protruding from his head, tiny black dots all across his indigo coloured skin, and two scaly whiskers hanging off of his cheeks. He wore the standard armor of Frieza's soldiers with a basic black colour scheme and yellow accents. He also wore black pants, green boots, and a shiny green scouter over his left eye.

Ruandok immediately saluted the commander of Planet Frieza No. 79 as he marched past him towards the damaged body of the purple alien the sergeant had beaten to a pulp.

The dying man reached towards his commander, "Commander Cui… help me," he begged weakly.

Cui gave a grunt as he pointed his open palm at the helpless soldier "Pathetic trash like you doesn't deserve to live," he sneered as he fired an energy blast directly at the wounded man, completely disintegrating him.

Ruandok watched in terror as Cui laughed maniacally at the ashes that were his opponent only a few seconds ago. Despite this, he managed to muster up a compliment in hopes to get on the sadistic commander's good side.

"Excellent choice, Lord Cui," Ruandok said respectfully.

Cui ceased his laughter as he took notice of the terrified Sergeant. He slowly began walking towards him, sensing his fear with every step. He showed no response to the bearded alien's compliment seemingly ignoring it.

The indigo Commander stopped in front of Ruandok, studying him as though he were being interrogated. "Kneel before me Sergeant," Cui ordered in a stern voice.

Ruandok was quick to comply as he feared for his life, getting down on one knee and bowing his head towards the commander.

After several seconds of silence, Ruandok began to tilt his head up curiously only to be met with a hard punch to the head; he was knocked to the side onto his stomach. In an instant, Cui had appeared next to Ruandok and pinned him to the ground with his right foot.

"Why, ARG, are you doing this commander?" The sergeant asked in gasped breathes as the restriction in his lungs was beginning to get to him.

Cui gave an evil chuckle before he responded as he casually charged an energy blast in his right hand. "Well to be honest, that sparring match was rather boring," he said with a grin.

Ruandok was disgusted at his commander's complete disregard for the lives of his subordinates, "You sadistic bastard!" he yelled as loud as physically possible in his situation.

Cui simply smiled at the sergeant's outburst. "You aren't the first, and I'm sure you won't be the last person to call me that," he mocked. Ruandok could do nothing but grunt in response, for fear of running out of breathe.

"Well I believe I'm bored of you, goodbye Sergeant," Cui remarked before firing a small energy blast straight into the back of Ruandok's skull. After the smoke had cleared, it revealed that the attack had completely obliterated the former sergeant's head.

The indigo commander stared at his work with a smile before taking his foot off the decapitated corpse that was the Ruandok, and walking towards the sparring arena's door.

Suddenly his scouter began to beep, indicating that he had an incoming transmission. He pushed a button to answer the call. "What is it captain?" Cui asked in a slightly annoyed tone.

"Sorry, Lord Cui, but I was ordered to deliver this information to you," the slightly petrified captain responded.

"Well spit it out then," the fish-like alien sneered, slowly losing his patience.

"Right away, sir! Umm well I...I was ordered to inform you that Vegeta's squad will be arriving within the hour," the captain stammered nervously.

Cui's expression of annoyance instantly changed to a wide smile as he heard the news. "Very good captain, tell the monkeys to come see me as soon as they arrive," the commander ordered in an evil tone.

"Yes sir! I'll be sure to inform them when they arrive," the captain replied obediently, having regained his composure from the conversation with his terrifying commander.

With a smirk, Cui disconnected the transmission and marched out the arena door.


Deep in space, three Saiyan warriors were returning to their home planet; the planet Vegeta. One of the three saiyans was a young man named Raditz.

He had long spiky jet-black hair that went down to his knees, and a furry brown tail wrapped around his waist. He wore the basic armor of all soldiers in Frieza's army, the armor was mainly black in colour with brown accents. He also had two gauntlets on both his wrists, a green scouter on his left eye, and two red bands; one on his left arm and the other on his left leg.

The three Saiyans were slowly approaching Planet Vegeta, when suddenly alarms and sirens were blaring in Raditz's face. He immediately turned his attention to one of his ship's monitors, which brought him to the shocking revelation that they'd stumbled into a meteor shower!

Even more shocking was the fact that his pod's scanners indicated that his two comrade's ships had been destroyed! Unable to believe it, Raditz glanced out the red window of his space pod to see the situation with his own eyes.

The sight horrified him, he saw the debris of his comrades' space pods floating in the cosmos, along with the two lifeless bodies of Vegeta and Nappa.

Raditz quickly turned away and began pressing buttons on his space pod's control console, attempting to turn on the manual control. One of alarms began to sound again, but the warning came too late as a fairly large meteor collided with Raditz's ship, completely disabling all of the ship's vital systems; leaving him dead in space.

The bewildered Saiyan waited in the disabled space pod for what seemed like hours, until he decided enough was enough. "Aw to hell with it," he grumbled as he placed his hand on the space pod's door and blasted it to pieces. He then rocketed out of the crippled ship into the blackness of space, closed his eyes as hard as he could, and waited for death to claim him.

He waited, and waited, and waited. Then, after several minutes had passed, Raditz slowly opened his eyes. He was indeed still in space, fully breathing, fully alive.

Unsure about why he hadn't died but too shaken up to care, the young Saiyan turned in the direction the meteors were coming from only to be met with a jaw-dropping sight.

There were hundreds no, thousands of enormous meteors flying towards Planet Vegeta! Due to the zero gravity, dodging the meteor shower proved fairly easy. As time passed and the number of meteors hurtling towards him lessened, Raditz decided to stop being a coward and began destroying the incoming asteroids.

Just as Raditz was running out of space debris to destroy, his scouter picked up another presence 100 meters to his left. The teenaged Saiyan turned to his left to scan for the other person, hoping it would be someone who could help him thin out the remaining meteors, only to see an adult Saiyan in green armor destroying meteors just as he'd been doing.

He flew about 50 meters in the Saiyan's direction until he finally recognized him. The man was none-other than Raditz's own father, Bardock. Bardock was a tough-looking muscular Saiyan with spiky jet-black hair, and a scar on his left cheek; Raditz had inherited his eyes and complexion.

He wore black Saiyan armor with green accents. But unlike more common armor models, Bardock's armor had straps over the shoulders instead of shoulder pads, and had no crotch guard. Bardock also wore red armbands and leg bands on his wrists and ankles respectively, and a green scouter over his left eye similar to the one Raditz wore.

What puzzled Raditz most about his father's appearance was the red (almost blood colored) headband that he sported. Disregarding it as a simple over-analyzation of his father's attire, Raditz began charging in to aid Bardock. Suddenly the young warrior spotted something that stopped him dead in his tracks; an enormous meteoroid the size of a small moon flying towards his father.

Despite the severity of the situation, Bardock's look of determination remained sturdy as he eyed the gargantuan celestial body approaching him.

To Raditz's surprise it appeared that his father was… talking to somebody as the meteor grew ever closer to him. Convinced that his father had gone insane due to the apocalyptic circumstances, the long-haired Saiyan flew on yet again to join his father in combating the moon-sized meteor.

He had flown a quarter of the way to Bardock's location when his scouter began to act up. It claimed that Bardock's power level was skyrocketing. Confused by the scouter's reading, Raditz took a long look at his father and noticed a slowly growing ball of blue energy forming in his right hand.

The young Saiyan watched his scouter in awe as his father's power had more than doubled just from charging the insane attack. Raditz knew this was going to be destructive.

Just as Bardock finished charging the attack, a smile crossed his face and he started talking to the imaginary entity again. "This is for all the people we killed in your name, I only wish that we were never foolish enough to obey you in the first place; HERE HAVE IT!" he shouted as he threw the powerful energy blast.

The attack was gigantic, roughly the size of some of the larger meteors Raditz had destroyed. It traveled at intense speeds straight for the incoming asteroid.

As the blast and the meteor collided, there was a blinding flash of white forcing Raditz to shield his eyes, followed by the huge explosion.

Despite the lack of air in space, the sound of the explosion still left a ringing sound in Raditz's ears. As the temporary blindness began to wear off, the teenage boy looked over to where the explosion had originated from, only to see that the attack had done no damage to the moon-sized meteor!

He then glanced over at his father to see that he was just as shocked that his strongest attack hadn't left a scratch.

"No way!" Bardock cried in disbelief, he was petrified; seemingly frozen in the face of death.

"Father no!" Raditz yelled, seeing Bardock unmoving before the fast-approaching meteor. He began flying towards his father at top speed hoping to snap him out of it.

Suddenly, without any reason or explanation, he just stopped moving. It was as though his brain was telling his body to move, but it wasn't responding. "What! What the hell is going on!?" he snarled in confusion and anger.

Helpless against his disobedient body, the young Saiyan was forced to watch as the enormous meteor crashed into his father; carrying him down to the planet below.

"No!" Raditz cried, tears welling up in his eyes as he watched the gigantic meteor entering the atmosphere on a collision course with his home. The meteor seemed to gain speed as it entered the atmosphere, it also seemed to have become flaming due to the pressure of entering the planet's atmosphere.

Raditz could only imagine the pain his father was going through as he watched the meteor grow ever closer to colliding with Planet Vegeta's surface.

When the gigantic meteor did collide with Planet Vegeta, the initial contact caused the entire planet to shake with earthquakes. Red cracks covered the entire planet's surface, killing thousands of Saiyans instantaneously.

But it hadn't ended there as the meteor kept burrowing deeper, and deeper underground until it finally collided with the core. The whole planet rocked with explosions as it was seemingly being torn apart, Raditz's worst fear was becoming a reality; his race was dying.

The young warrior had seen several planets explode before, as it was fairly common in his line of work. But watching his own planet being destroyed right in front of him put him in the shoes of all the children his age whom he and his fellow Saiyans had robbed of their homes.

Looking down at the bright colourful blast, Raditz knew that if this was the planet of some race he and his comrades had been sent to purge, he would have found the explosion beautiful.

As the explosion began to calm down, the orphaned Saiyan began to look around for any other survivors.

He scanned the space around him, analyzing every minuscule detail hoping to find at least one other Saiyan who had survived the tragedy. Just when he was beginning to lose hope, he saw one other being floating in the cosmos.

The strange figure was fairly short for an adult, although still slightly taller than Raditz as a teenager. They wore a long black cloak with a hood completely concealing their face.

"Hey, you there!" the long-haired boy shouted hoping to get the stranger's attention. The hooded figure merely glanced at Raditz in what appeared to be curiosity. "Answer me you bastard!" he shouted in rage.

With a grunt, the hooded figure pointed his right arm in Raditz's direction. Confused by the strange being's action, the son of Bardock wondered just what the hell this idiot was doing; until he noticed the large asteroids forming to his left and right.

Raditz panicked as he realized what the cloaked maniac had in mind, "Wait, no, you can't do this," he pleaded in fear as the two asteroids began closing the gap between one-another.

Still unable to move for reasons he couldn't comprehend, Raditz was left defenseless against this strange force. Deciding he'd had enough, the cloaked figure closed his fist in one fluid motion, causing the asteroids to double in speed.

Facing his inevitable doom, the paralyzed boy began screaming. "Not like this, not like this, no no no no no no no NO!" the asteroids were about to crush the last remaining Saiyan when-

"NO!" Raditz shouted as he jumped awake, banging his head on the door of his space pod.

He was breathing heavily, trying to forget the awful experience he had just gone through. He placed a hand on the fresh bruise that had been caused by his smashing his head into the strong metal of the door. With a sigh of relief, Raditz leaned back into the space pod's seat. "Just a nightmare," he said to himself calmly.

It had been 24 years since Planet Vegeta's destruction. Now only three Saiyans remained: Raditz, Nappa, and Prince Vegeta.

The three had been contacted by General Zarbon, one of Frieza's right hand men, and were informed of their home planet's annihilation. Zarbon claimed that Planet Vegeta had been destroyed by a huge asteroid, but many of Frieza's men were unsure.

Some had even formed a rumor that the planet's guardian had summoned a meteor shower to punish the Saiyans for their evil deeds.

The trio of survivors never gave the rumor a second thought and retained their belief that the asteroid had come for no mythical reason. It was just pure bad luck on the warrior race's part.

Regaining his composure, Raditz began to wonder how he had awakened from the hibernation sleep his pod had put him into. He was only supposed to wake up when his pod arrived at its destination, yet he had somehow snapped out of it in the conclusion of that strange dream.

The long-haired man briefly considered that the dream could have been some sort of cryptic message from a powerful psychic being to show him the error of his ways. He then shrugged it off as "just a technical glitch."

Moving on from the odd nightmare, the groggy Saiyan pushed a button on his space pod's control panel to turn on the ship's AI unit. "Spectre, how long till arrival?" he asked the AI known as Spectre.

There was a brief pause before the AI's voice filled the pod "Raditz?! What the hell are you doing awake?" the male voiced artificial intelligence asked, shocked to see his passenger out of the hibernation sleep.

Raditz merely shrugged at the question, "How would I know?" he grumbled.

"Well you'll definitely need to have your pod checked out once we land on Planet Frieza No. 79," The AI remarked. Recalling Raditz's previous question, Spectre was quick to respond "Oh yeah, and to answer your question, we'll be arriving at the station in roughly half an hour."

Raditz grunted in response, "Half an hour eh? Well I guess there's no sense in going back to sleep then," he sighed, slightly annoyed that he had been woken up half an hour early.

"I'll keep you company buddy," Spectre said teasingly, hoping to get on Raditz's nerves.

"And I'm extremely grateful to have your company, Spectre," the long-haired warrior murmured sarcastically as he reached over to one of his ship's storage compartments.

"So what's your brilliant idea then?" Spectre asked, wondering how his Saiyan partner would spend the half-hour wait.

"I think I'll start by checking how much my power level went up after that mission on Driscalia," Raditz responded as he pulled his scouter out of the storage compartment he was digging through.

He placed the scouter on his left ear and turned it on, he was quick to turn off the scouter's transmitter which puzzled the AI. "Why are you turning off your transmitter? You do realize that just because your pod's hibernation system malfunctioned, it doesn't mean Vegeta's and Nappa's are going to, right?" Spectre asked quizzically.

"I'm not taking the risk of dealing with those two after I accidently wake them up half an hour early," Raditz said, fully aware that there was a very low chance that his comrade's ships were also malfunctioning.

He looked through the list of options on his scouter and selected check own power level. Rather than choosing to start at his previous level, the Saiyan soldier decided to kill some of his half hour by starting from zero.

As he watched the number rise fairly quickly, Raditz figured he'd learn a bit about their destination. "Spectre tell me a bit about Planet Frieza No. 79," he requested, watching the scouter pass 500.

"Heh wow you really must be bored. Alright I'll humor you, just let me pull up the file," the AI said as he began to access his databank in search of Planet Frieza No. 79's file.

After several minutes of waiting, Spectre finally returned with the Planet's file. "There it is, alright let's see what we have here," the snarky AI commented as he looked through the file curiously.

"Frieza Planet No. 79, previously called Planet Kanassa, is one of Lord Frieza's largest military bases in this sector and home to some of our empire's greatest laboratories," Spectre read, stating some of the more boring details that Raditz could care less about.

"Get to the good stuff Spectre," the Saiyan pleaded as he watched his scouter rise above 3000.

"Alright, alright I'll get to the parts I know you barbarians care about," the AI muttered begrudgingly as he skipped past all the interesting technical data and moved on to Leaders and capture information.

"The planet's current leader or CIC (Commander in chief) is Head Commander Cui," Spectre read, earning a grunt of disapproval from his passenger.

"It'll be a damn shame to have to see that slimy bastard again," Raditz said angrily as he noticed his scouter go over 9000.

"Heh you're telling me," Spectre agreed in an amused tone as he glanced over to capture information. "Alright, the planet was conquered in age 737 by- oh, you should find this interesting. The planet was conquered in age 737 by your father Bardock and his squad," Spectre stated, recognizing the name of his Saiyan partner's sire.

"737? Isn't that the age when Planet Vegeta was destroyed?" Raditz queried, a hint of sadness in his voice.

Spectre pondered the question for a second before responding. "Umm, yes, it was unfortunately his last mission before his untimely death on Planet Vegeta," Raditz's AI affirmed, his tone reflecting sorrow for his partner's loss.

After several minutes of silence, the long-haired Saiyan began to chuckle softly. "I had heard Kanassa was too tough for even Frieza's elite soldiers to take. Of course, it took my father and his squad to do what Frieza's men couldn't," he said with a smile.

"So how's that power level looking, Raditz?" Spectre asked suddenly, hoping to change the subject.

Recalling his scouter, Raditz glanced at it to see that it had just reached 16,000. "We're getting there," the he responded. Impatient to wait any longer, he pressed a button on his scouter to speed up the scanner.

"We should have it in a second," Raditz said in anticipation, excited to see what his new power level was. He watched in glee as the number rocketed past 20,000, 24,000, and 28,000 before finally stopping at 30,500.

"Ha, ha! 30,500! 2500 more than my previous best, I'm even catching up to Nappa," the Saiyan warrior said with a smirk.

Spectre let out a laugh "Yeah, if you call being behind him by 7500 'catching up' then you're definitely getting there," the AI jeered, knowing that Nappa and Vegeta's superiority over him frustrated Raditz.

"Alright I get it, you can shut up now," Raditz grumbled.

Spectre was about to continue provoking Raditz, when suddenly the pod's control console began beeping rapidly. "Oh, looks like our half-hour wait is up," Spectre said neutrally as he looked through the space pod's camera at the approaching planet.

"What! But I've never been awake during a landing!" Raditz exclaimed.

"Then I'd recommend you strap yourself in," Spectre suggested, enjoying the brash warrior's moment of cowardice.

Wasting no time, Raditz quickly strapped the seatbelt over his chest. He then gripped onto the two safety bars for dear life, and braced himself for impact.

As the three space pods entered the planet's atmosphere, Raditz felt his ship begin to shake violently. "Enjoying the ride?" Spectre quipped.

"Y-You're an a-asshole, you know," Raditz shouted through gritted teeth.

"Takes one to know one," Spectre countered.

Wondering why they hadn't landed yet, the long-haired Saiyan looked out the window only to see the landing pads fast approaching, "oh god!" he panicked, leaning back into his seat.

Only a few seconds later, the pods crashed into the landing pads. The impact alone likely would have broken Raditz's spine upon landing had it not been for his safety belt.

Breathing his second sigh of relief within the last half hour, Raditz pressed the button to release his safety belt. "Spectre, open the door," he ordered.

Without a word from the AI, the Attack Ball's hatch began slowly opening, streaming sunlight into the pod. "Spectre, transfer to scouter," Raditz commanded.

"Got it," his partner replied obediently.

Hearing the familiar beep of Spectre transferring to his scouter, Raditz climbed out of his space pod and stood on the door momentarily before taking his first step onto Planet Frieza No. 79. He walked only a few feet before hearing the two other Attack Balls opening. The Saiyan soldier turned to see his two comrades exiting their own ships.

The first was Nappa, the largest and oldest of the squad. He was a tall, muscular Saiyan, incredibly fit for his age. He had a goatee just above his lip, a completely bald head, and a tail wrapped around his waist.

His armor was a similar model to that of Raditz with the only difference being the yellow accents rather than the brown ones Raditz sported, along with a purple scouter over his left eye.

Nappa was a former general of the Saiyan army which gave him his aggressive attitude and his impressive combat abilities. He was also assigned by Prince Vegeta's late father, King Vegeta, to be a guardian for his son, Prince Vegeta.

The second was the prince himself, who was the shortest and ironically the most powerful of the three. Vegeta had flame-like black hair, and a tail wrapped around his waist.

His armor was also a similar model to that of Nappa and Raditz. But unlike his two comrades, the prince additionally wore a blue jumpsuit underneath rather than leaving his arms and legs exposed, along with white gloves and gold toed boots. The armor itself was completely white in colour with gold accents, clashing beautifully with the red scouter he wore over his left eye.

Vegeta was a very prideful Saiyan. He had pride in his own power as well as the power of their race as a whole.

Being a prince, one would presume that Vegeta wouldn't be very adept in combat. But that was not the case as the elite warrior had received incredibly advanced combat training since he was a toddler.

This fact alone easily made him one of the strongest Saiyans alive. But after Planet Vegeta's fateful destruction, it was clear that Vegeta was the strongest Saiyan alive.

"You weren't planning on leaving without us, were you, Raditz?" Vegeta inquired with a grin as he began stretching his arms after his two-month long flight.

"No, Prince Vegeta, I was simply enjoying the view while waiting," Raditz responded respectfully.

Nappa groaned and rubbed his neck, "I don't care who goes where as long as I get to relax," he muttered.

"A bit cranky from the journey Nappa?" the prince taunted with a laugh.

Nappa was about to counter, when suddenly a man ran out to the landing pads, gasping for breath. He stopped in front of the Saiyan trio and saluted.

"Greetings prince Vegeta, I hope you and your squad did well on Driscalia," the man greeted.

"Who exactly are you?" Vegeta asked, his tone agitated due to the strange man's intrusion.

"I am Captain Jamal of Commander Cui's security forces," the captain said formally. "I was ordered by the commander himself to inform you that he wishes to see you as soon as possible," Jamal concluded.

Vegeta let out a chuckle. "Well, Captain, I believe you know just as well as Cui does that our first priority upon arrival is to get to our quarters and report to lord Frieza," the Saiyan prince stated with a smirk.

Vegeta then took a step towards the nervous captain and grabbed him by the neck, pulling him closer until the two were eye level. "Now, Captain, you're going to tell Cui that we can come see him whenever we damn well please, understood?" he said, speaking directly into Jamal's ear.

"Y-yes sir!" the captain stammered nervously, fearing the wrath of the Saiyan prince.

"Good," Vegeta almost whispered as he gave Jamal a hard shove to the ground.

"Now get out of my sight before I blast you to pieces," the prince ordered sternly.

"Yes sir, Prince Vegeta!" the Jamal yelled in fear as he ran back into the station for dear life.

"Humph, fool," the first-class warrior uttered before walking back to his two squad mates. "Let's get to our quarters," the Vegeta suggested.

"With pleasure," Raditz said with a smirk.

The three Saiyan soldiers began walking towards the elevator. Nappa pushed the button, leaving the squad to wait for its arrival. After several seconds, the elevator arrived and opened before Vegeta and his men.

Just as the three began marching into the elevator, a voice called to them. "Prince Vegeta! Hold on a minute!" they shouted. The three Saiyans turned to face the voice, only to see one of the landing pad's workers.

"What do you want?!" Vegeta demanded angrily, livid at the fact that they had been interrupted yet again.

The worker was a purple alien with yellow spots on his bulbous head. The armor he wore was identical to that of Raditz in design and colour, and he had an orange scouter over his left eye.

He walked towards the squad and bowed, "Apologies for the intrusion, Prince Vegeta, but its protocol for me to ask whether any of you experienced any technical issues during the journey."

Raditz turned towards the elevator as he waited for the prince to disintegrate the worker for his annoying boldness. But at that moment, a familiar voice came from his scouter.

"Raditz, technical troubles, hibernation system, any of this ringing a bell, moron?" Spectre said aggressively, reminding his partner of their ship's malfunction.

Raditz's jaw dropped in realization. He turned to see the worker on his knees, begging for his life while Vegeta held a small ball of purple energy in his palm.

"Prepare to die," Vegeta said harshly as he held the ball of energy dangerously close to the worker's head.

"I-I'm sorry, Prince Vegeta, please don't kill me," the worker pleaded.

"Vegeta, wait!" Raditz suddenly shouted.

The prince turned to look at the low class Saiyan. "What was that, Raditz?" he asked, curiously yet angrily.

"Apologies, Your Highness, but I actually do require the worker's services, as my pod's hibernation system is malfunctioning," the long-haired man explained as respectfully as he possibly could.

After several anxious seconds, Vegeta dissipated the ball of energy and turned away from the worker, "Very well, finish your technical issues and meet us at our quarters."

"Thank you, sir," the weaker Saiyan replied with a bow.

The royal warrior merely nodded. Just as Raditz turned away from the elevator, he heard Vegeta say "Oh, and Raditz, do hurry up. We don't want to keep Lord Frieza waiting, now do we?"

Before Raditz could respond, the door had already closed.

Finishing his conversation with the Prince, Raditz turned to the alien worker who had in the time, gotten up and brushed himself off.

"Thank you, sir, you saved my life," the purple alien said thankfully.

The long-haired Saiyan grunted. "Don't look into it too much. As I said, I merely saved you because of my ship's malfunctioning hibernation system. After that, I could care less whether you live or die," he said coldly.

The alien worker shrugged. "Well, no matter why you did it, you still saved me, so what was it that happened to your pod?" he asked.

The two began walking towards the three Attack Balls as Raditz explained his situation. "I ended up waking up half an hour early and was forced to wait it out," the Saiyan concluded as they reached his ship.

"Hmm that's interesting, I've never heard of a Pod's hibernation system malfunctioning like that. Out of curiosity, is your ship equipped with an Artificial Intelligence unit?" the worker inquired.

Raditz nodded. "Yes, it is, but he's currently transferred to my scouter," he responded, tapping the side of his scouter for emphasis.

"Would you mind if I borrowed the AI momentarily? We usually don't have access to tech like that, but a Saiyan AI would make this process go by much faster," the worker requested.

Raditz thought for a minute, quickly realizing that he wouldn't need his AI for their report to Frieza, and the fact that Spectre could be transferred back to him at any time.

"Alright, I don't see any problem with that," Raditz agreed as he pushed a button to turn on his scouter. "Spectre, transfer to-" he cut himself off as he realized realized that he required the worker's name so that Spectre would be able to efficiently locate the new scouter.

Raditz turned to the large-headed being. "What did you say your name was?" he queried. The purple alien snapped to attention, as he had not expected the Saiyan to speak to him again until the transfer was complete.

"Oh-uh, its Appule sir," Appule answered awkwardly.

Raditz turned away, "Alright, Spectre! Transfer to Appule's scouter," he ordered. Without a word from the AI, an audible beep was emitted from Raditz's scouter, implying that Spectre had left, followed seconds later by a similar sound from Appule's scouter to indicate the successful transfer.

"Good, now be sure to transfer Spectre back to me once your done with the ship," Raditz commanded.

Appule saluted, "Yes sir!" he answered obediently.

The third-class warrior smirked as the alien got to work, before racing off to meet Nappa and Vegeta at their shared quarters.


Several minutes later, Raditz arrived at the Saiyans' quarters. He noticed that the door was unlocked and pressed the button to open it. As he stepped inside, the long-haired man looked around their shared quarters.

The living area was nothing special. It had a blue tile floor with basic brown furniture, a small television mounted on the wall, and a large holocommunicator in the far-left area of the room.

Raditz looked for his two comrades, only to see them sitting on the couch. Vegeta was flipping through the boring Frieza propaganda on the television, while Nappa appeared to be arguing with his AI partner, Ghost, who appeared as a purple hologram being projected from his scouter.

"No, there's no way that slimy bastard Cui is as strong as Vegeta," Nappa argued in amused disbelief.

"Nah, it's true. Cui's power level is 40,000, same as Vegeta's," Ghost said.

Suddenly, a red hologram appeared above Vegeta's scouter and began speaking. "Actually, Ghost, Prince Vegeta's power level increased to 45,000 after the mission on Planet Driscalia," the hologram corrected in an elegant tone.

"Royal, I didn't order you to come online," Vegeta scolded harshly.

"Apologies Prince Vegeta, I was simply defending your honor," the AI called Royal apologised.

At that moment, Raditz decided to make himself known by loudly clearing his throat, causing everyone to look his way. "It's about damn time," Vegeta muttered as he turned off the TV and stood up, along with Nappa.

Raditz shrugged as the three Saiyans walked to the holocommunicator. Vegeta bent down began typing in the code to Frieza's private channel. Several seconds later the hologram of Frieza appeared above the device, prompting the trio to instantly kneel.

Frieza was a short lizard-esque alien known as an Arcosian. He had light pink skin with a patch of white in the center of his face, a long pink tail with a violet edge, and a large purple bulb in the top of his head with two pointy horns poking out.

He wore the top half of a basic armor model that was light purple along with light brown accents. He was also equipped with gantlets over his wrists and shin guards on his legs.

Although he was technically their master, the sight of Frieza disgusted the Saiyan squad.

"Lord Frieza," the three said in unison.

"Monkeys," Frieza replied, knowing full well how much his underlings loathed their race's discriminatory nickname.

"You're late, monkeys, I expected this report five minutes ago," Frieza accused.

"Apologies, Lord Frieza, there were… complications," Vegeta offered, hoping that Frieza wouldn't ask specifically what happened for Raditz's sake.

"Forget it, just tell me about your task on Driscalia," Frieza rushed, trying to move on to business.

"Very well lord Frieza," Vegeta said, relieved that Frieza had not pressed the issue.

Raditz was the first to stand and relay his contribution to the invasion, "Lord Frieza," he greeted with a bow.

"Ah, the weakling monkey," Frieza mocked with a grin on his face.

Raditz gritted his teeth. Since he was a child on Planet Vegeta, he had always been teased and beaten for his low power level. Even his own father would occasionally mock him by calling him a weakling; needless to say, the insult brought back some painful memories.

The long-haired Saiyan managed to keep his composure and continue on with his report. "Well, Lord Frieza, Driscalia seemed to have no planetary defenses such as a shield or anti-ship weapons, which made our landing very easy," he explained quickly yet calmly.

He then went on to the planet's technological resources. "And after purging several of the planet's main cities, we discovered no particularly interesting technology or laboratories. The most we found were some labs working on medicine ten times weaker than the ones currently at our disposal," Raditz concluded swiftly.

Frieza smiled, "Very well, now onto the city defenses and warriors," the cosmic emperor said, prompting Raditz to kneel once again and the former Saiyan general Nappa to rise.

"Lord Frieza," Nappa said, bowing in a similar manner to his younger comrade. Unlike with Raditz, Frieza had no insulting comment for the bald-headed warrior.

"The cities had no major borders or defenses, and their warriors were… pathetic to say the least, using simple weapons like swords and spears. Basic energy weapons like PTO soldiers' arm blasters completely outclass anything those lizards threw at us," Nappa added. He remembered fondly how easily the Driscalian fighters had gone down, and how worthless the weapons they carried were.

Frieza chuckled lightly, "What a shame. Finally, tell me about the final battle," he requested.

Vegeta was the final of the three to stand, he bowed and addressed Frieza as the other two had, and gave his report. "Well milord, Raditz, Nappa, and I completely wiped out 6 out of the nine large cities," the Saiyan prince began. "But when we arrived at the 7th city, all of the warriors and civilians surrendered to us and agreed to pledge allegiance to your empire," he finished.

Frieza pondered the squad's report for a few seconds before giving them the result.

"I've come to a decision, considering their weak warriors and pathetic technologies, the planet's population is of no use to us. I will be dispatching a squad to eliminate them within the hour," the tyrant announced.

Vegeta and his squad showed no reaction to the decision; they hadn't cared in the slightest for the fate of the Driscalians.

"As for you three, you will be contacted the day after tomorrow by Dodoria for your next assignment, am I understood?" Frieza asked.

"Yes Lord Frieza," the Saiyans said in unison as the cosmic emperor's hologram faded away.

The trio stood up and walked over to their quarters' dining area, seeing as they hadn't had a decent meal in two months.

Twenty minutes later, Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz were sitting at the dining table eating, each of them demolishing a piece of meat straight from the bone.

"The Saiyan metabolism will never cease to amaze me," Royal joked as he and Ghost observed the three warriors savagely tear through the meat.

"I swear, someday we're going to destroy that Arcosian bastard," Nappa grumbled between bites.

Vegeta looked at him with slight bemusement, "We stand no chance against him," the prince said bluntly. "The difference between Frieza and us, is a vast army. We may be strong, but we're still just three warriors," he continued.

Raditz decided to cut in, "We need to try, we can't live under him for the rest of our lives, we're Saiyans, the strongest race in the galaxy," he asserted, slamming a fist down on the table for emphasis.

Vegeta rose from his own chair and stared Raditz dead in the eyes. "So what's your brilliant Idea for taking on Frieza's army? Most of his best men are stronger than me, let alone you," he sneered.

Realizing the prince's point, the low-class Saiyan sank back down into his seat. "Then we'll bide our time, waiting for the opportunity to arise," he said softly.

Suddenly, Vegeta's scouter began to beep. "Incoming transmission," Royal reported.

Vegeta walked over to his scouter and put it on to answer the call. "Yes?" he mumbled calmly.

"Hello Vegeta," a familiarly distasteful voice greeted.

"Cui," the prince hissed.

"Oh, you do remember me. So how are you and that barrel of monkeys of yours?" Cui inquired in a mocking tone.

"Cut the crap Cui! What do you want?" Vegeta snapped, growing tired of his rival's attitude.

The indigo commander chuckled before responding. "Oh, nothing much. I heard you threatened one of my men, not that that's unusual for a savage like you," he jeered. "I get the idea that you don't want to come see me," Cui whimpered in a fake sad voice.

"It would be preferable yes," the short Saiyan countered, the smirk returning to his face.

"Well that's fine, I just wanted to let you know that I'm holding a little competition," the fish-like alien stated.

Vegeta's amused look quickly shifted to curiosity. "Competition? What kind of competition?" the Saiyan prince queried.

"I knew you'd be interested, but I'm afraid I can only tell you in person," Cui explained.

Vegeta thought for a brief moment, "Alright, I'll play your game Cui, we'll be there," the first-class warrior said confidently.

"I'll be looking forward to it. Meet me at the northern sparring arena, and bring the other two monkeys; they'll want to see this," the commander concluded before disabling the connection.

The flame-haired man turned to see that Raditz and Nappa had finished eating. "Come on, you two, we're leaving," Vegeta instructed as he began walking towards the door.

"What? Where are we going?" Nappa asked.

Vegeta faced him and smirked, "To see our old friend, Cui."


It took roughly half an hour to reach the sparring arena Cui had mentioned. As they entered the spectator area, the trio looked through the viewing glass to see Cui mercilessly beating one of his men.

The soldier was on the ground coughing blood while Cui stomped on him. After about a minute, he gave one final stomp, crushing the man's left lung and causing him to cough out another clot of blood, killing him instantly.

The indigo commander calmly walked into the spectator area and faced the Saiyan trio. "Good to see you monkeys," he greeted.

"Ok, we're here, what's the competition?" Vegeta asked bluntly.

Cui smiled, "Glad you asked. Well the main premise is this: the first person who can defeat me in battle, will receive 50,000 credits," the commander explained. Cui chuckled before continuing. "But if you lose, well…" he gestured to the bloody corpse on the ground.

"Easy enough, let's go," Vegeta challenged, cracking his knuckles.

"I like the enthusiasm, Vegeta, but hold on, I'd like to have a word with this one first," Cui said, walking up to Raditz.

The third-class warrior didn't react as Vegeta's rival approached him.

"You're Raditz, son of Bardock right?"

Raditz gave no answer.

"I'll take that as a yes. Your father was quite the fighter, and did you know it was he who originally purged this planet?" Cui asked.

"I'd heard yes," the Raditz responded neutrally.

The commander smirked "Is it true what they say about you? That you're the weakest of Prince Vegeta's squad and that you were only assigned to it because of your father's reputation?" he provoked.

Raditz clenched his fist at his side as felt his blood beginning to boil.

"This planet was his last mission you know, before he went back home to get obliterated with the rest of those stupid apes," Cui said callously.

Raditz finally snapped; Cui had crossed the line. He stepped towards the fish-like being and stared him directly in the eyes. "That's it! I'm tired of being insulted and mocked by the likes of you and Frieza!" he shouted, causing Cui to take a step back.

The enraged Saiyan dropped into his fighting stance, "CUI! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A MATCH! RIGHT HERE! RIGHT NOW!"


[A/N] All right that's the first chapter of Revenge of the Saiyans. I hope you enjoyed it. Also, if you want to leave me some feedback (positive or negative) than leave me a review.

Anyways, I should have the next chapter up by this coming Saturday (or Dec 20th 2014) so have a great day and this is SilverSaiyan44 signing out.