Saga 1: The Sons of Bardock Saga

Chapter 1 : Prologue

Hi guys, I'm a new writer here and after having read many interesting fics I decided to give it a shot of my own. This fic is an Alternate Universe fic in which Bardock survives the initial destruction of Planet Vegeta. This first chapter will be short but I hope it will function as a prologue and a set-up for what I hope will be an enjoyable fic. I have a lot of plans and ideas I'm looking forward to working out, if continued this will easily reach novel length. I am very much looking forward to hearing your opinions and suggestions, so read and review!

Planet Vegeta,

Please clear the landing deck… Pod coming in in 4,3,2…

"Who's pod is that coming in? We weren't expecting anyone!" A small, hunched-over being with green scaly skin exclaimed as he pointed his clawed finger at a beeping screen in front of him. One of his colleages, wearing the same type of armour along with a combat helmet, quickly replied to him. "That's Bardock!"

Moments later, a round-shaped spacecraft crashed into one of the cushions designed to minimize the impact of the spacecraft's landing. The door of the pod suddenly swung open and the muscular frame of a warrior slowly emerged from the blood-smeared white leather interior. The two aliens quickly darted towards the pod to find the warrior Saiyan Bardock leaning with his back against his pod, panting heavilly as he did. Bardock had clearly been in quite the fight, his black armour all torn up to reveal dangerous amounts of blood and nasty looking wounds all over his bare skin. Dark red dried blood had streamed from the edge of his hairline down, giving an even more terrifying quality to his already terrifying scar-littered face. A deep red bandana was tied around his forehead.

"Bardock! Hey! Are you alright?" The taller of the two asked cautiously. The Saiyan pondered for a moment, as he matter of fact, he was far from alright… But some strange things had happened tot he warrior in recent days… Not only had he lost all of his crew after they had been lured into an ambush at the hands of Frieza's elites, he had also been struck in the neck by one of the Kanassian's who's planet he had conquered. This strike had given him the gift of foresight, a gift he rather hadn't received. Visions had plagued him and if there was any truth to them, then his homeworld and his people were in great danger. "Yeah, please! I need to go… Move!" Bardock replied as he righted himself and pushed the two guards out of the way. "You need to get yourself straight to recovery! Oh, and hey! You missed your son. He just left."

Bardock turned around suddenly, a puzzled look on his face. "Huh? Just now!?"

The guard grinned at him. "Yeah… He just left! I just wish I would have known sooner of your arrival. I could have delayed his departure. Darn shame! You only missed him by a few seconds…" Bardock gulped at what he was hearing… He had just seen a vision of his son being shot of into space a few moments before. That meant one thing! A very disturbing truth… All of the visions he had seen must have been true! That meant the days of Planet Vegeta were numbered!

"Come on now! You're badly injured, allow us to get you healed up." One of the guards suggested as he motioned the Saiyan warrior in with a gesture of his hand. But Bardock let out a cry of shock as he stumbled backwards. He then swivelled on his feet before running off into the compound. "I'd be happy to accompany you sir! Oh my gosh!" The guard let out in terror as he saw the interior of Bardock's pod and realized just how hurt the Saiyan must have been, the white leather was completely soaked in red blood…

Bardock sped through the hallways of the compound. He was crouched over, struggling to keep his balance or to even stay conscious. That monster… He's going to blow up the planet! I won't allow that to happen! He turned a corner and cried out in shock as he clumsily fell down a flight of stairs before helplessly landing face-first on the cold floor. I've got to warn the others! I've got to stop him some how! I… I… Bardock thought as everything started to blur. He then slowly blacked out…

"This ends now, Frieza!" Bardock shouted, he was surrounded by what seemed the dark of space as well as dozens of low-ranking soldiers, all of which seemed to be too afraid to engage their target, judging from their terrified expressions. In front of him, in some sort of floating chair, was a short, white skinned creature that had a face that could be described as demonic and black, pointy horns protruding from the thick brow of his skull. The tyrant remained in his chair, but starting laughing maniacally as he thrust his index finger straight up. "You silly monkey! It is you who will die!" the short creature said as a small orb of intensely bright orange energy appeared on top of the index finger. Bardock gritted his teeth as he loaded up a blast of blue ki in his right hand. He shouted out as he hurtled the blast at his target, but the tyrant just kept laughing maniacally as the orb on his finger suddenly expanded greatly in size. The orb was then launched forward at the flick of a finger and absorbed the blue blast of Bardock effortlessly. Bardock was the next object to be hit by the orb, the energy immediately eating away at him… His armour was quickly burned off and he spread his arms and legs out as the energy started to envelop him.

Bardock gasped for a breath as he suddenly woke up with a jolt. It had been one of the visions that he had been experiencing lately, he realized as much. He pushed himself up from the cold floor, having no idea how long he had been out. He finally got to his feet but grunted as he almost fell over. He had to use the nearest wall as a support in order to stay upright. As his vision blurred once again, it was suddenly clear to him what he had to do. There was no way he would be able to stand up to Frieza, not in his battered current form at least. A tear welled up in his eye as he realized he could not save the Saiyan race. It was all over. But, at least he himself still had a chance and he was going to take it. With newfound determination, he turned around and paced back down the hallway he had came through before passing out. After continuing for a few moments he strode outside again. The two guards were surprised to see him and rushed over. "Bardock! What's wrong? Couldn't find recovery?" The shorter one enquired. But there was no traditional response as Bardock suddenly grabbed him firmly by his collar before pulling him towards his face. "My son! Where was he sent?" The Saiyan demanded strongly. The guard trembled in fear before swallowing hard. "S-Some planet called Earth, sir!" He brought out nervously. "And my other son? Raditz?" Bardock asked as he dropped the guard down from his grip. "He's been sent out a couple of days ago with Gorz and his crew! Conquering planet Heros by order of Frieza." Bardock grunted. Gorz was a true low-class warrior, not at all able to take a planet with strong inhabitants like Heros.

"How many days ago did they leave?" Bardock once again demanded, the shaken guard backing up instinctively at the sound of the Saiyan's deep voice. "S-six days! They should have been back by now…" Bardock growled as he started to pace down towards his spacepod, the two guards quickly jumping out of his way. "Where are you going? You're in no shape to be travelling Bardock!" One of the guards tried to warn the Saiyan as he cautiously followed him.

But Bardock had already dropped into his pod and strapped himself in with the seatbelts. He rested his head backwards and looked the two guards staring at him in the face straight into the eyes. "Don't bother trying to stop me… I'm going out there to get my sons! I know you two probably won't believe me… But Planet Vegeta's days are numbered! Don't say I didn't warn you!" With that, the door of the pod slid shut. The two guards backed away just in time to avoid being blown away by the pod's violent take off. "Man… I sure hope he was just talking nonsense just now!" The shorter guard said before shrugging his shoulders and casually walking off with his comrade.

A few minutes later, Bardock gasped as a shockwave made his spacepod rattle, bright light from behind lit up space in front of him… He knew that his vision had come true, the planet Vegeta had been reduced to rubble by Frieza. He had been powerless to stop it, but at least he was still alive. He had made up his mind, he was going to get his revenge one day… He didn't quite know how yet. But he knew he would do everything within his power. The anger he was now feeling was one that would never go away, it burned intensely inside of him. He was going to get his sons and start preparing to overthrow that filthy lizard Frieza! It was only a three day flight to Heros, the planet where his son Raditz was supposed to be. Bardock knew all too well that his son might already be dead, with Gorz' crew not yet having returned from the mission in time… But if there was even the slightest chance that Raditz was still alive he was going to explore into it… He realized full well that his sons were perhaps the only Saiyans left alive now besides him. He hadn't really cared about his sons before today, but he was now determined to save them, the fate of the entire Saiyan race depended on it. Then, Bardock slowly allowed his eyes to close, falling quickly into a deep, deep sleep.

I hope this quick prologue has sparked your curiosity!

I will add a powerlevel chart at the end of each chapter. (Please feel free to correct me if you feel my readings are incorrect! I will try to explain how I came up with them in response)

Bardock: 9,500

Frieza: 540,000