Chapter Two: The Enemy of My Enemy

"Well, little brother, now that we have…insurance…" Raditz began with a smirk towards the struggling Gohan "Here's our conditions. Bring us a hundred dead Earthlings, at this spot, by tomorrow, or your brat will become very close with my fist!" Raditz said laughing at the end. "Bye-Bye." He said mockingly and took off.

"What a weakling. If he doesn't pay up, I'm going to enjoy cracking his bones." Nappa said and Vegeta said in his usual calculating way

"I don't think he will. He's a hero. I know the type. He'll probably make a futile attempt to defeat us." Then we'll crush him and this planet, and move on with our lives. Wouldn't be much of a loss. He's not worth much effort. Even you could beat him." Vegeta finished, referring to Raditz at the end. Raditz scowled at the implication behind that sentence but said

"Yes, who would of thought my little brother would of gotten so soft?'

"If he takes after the big brother…" Nappa said and guffawed.

"Oh, be quiet!" Raditz said.

Meanwhile…

"I-I have to get my son! NIMBUS! TO ME!" Goku cried out and struggled to his feet.

"No Goku! You can't go! See what he did to you with one blow!" Roshi protested. Then suddenly Piccolo appeared from nowhere.

"He's right. This…Saiyan far outstrips us both. But our strengths combined…" he said.

"Are you suggesting what I think you are?" Goku asked wincing.

"Yes."

"I-I'll do it to save my son!" Goku said "But why" He asked

"I have my own plans for this world. I just hope I can restrain my nausea at working with you." Piccolo said with contempt and then Goku realized

"How will we find him?"

"Hey, wasn't he wearing a dragon ball on his hat?" Bulma asked.

"Yeah?" Goku said

"Then use the Dragon Radar!" Bulma said.

"Bulma, you're a genius!" Goku said

"…No duh." Bulma said and Goku hopped on his Flying Nimbus, which had just arrived

"Can you keep up with my Nimbus?" Goku asked Piccolo and he smirked and they took off ,with Piccolo flying.

Meanwhile

Raditz, Vegeta, and Nappa carrying Gohan landed back at where they had landed originally. The whole way Gohan had been crying constantly and finally Nappa yelled

"God-damn it! Get that thing out of my face!" and Raditz walked over and threw him in his space pod, and closed the door.

"I can still hear the little brats crying through the door. We should just kill him right now." Nappa said, annoyed.

"Have some patience, Nap-" Vegeta began but was cut off by his scouter blinking as it detected a power level.

"Hm? A power level of…710! That's impossible! That's almost as powerful as Kakarot and that other combined! Let's see the location" he said as the scouter blinked and showed the direction. Vegeta turned around. It was…Gohan! In the spacepod!

"What! It's Kakarot's brat! He's showed no indication of this power!" Vegeta said in disbelief.

"No way. That thing's malfunctioning. We'll have to get it checked out when we return." Nappa said and Raditz agreed

"My little brother's brat couldn't possibly have that kind of power. You say how weak his father was!"

"Perhaps…" Vegeta mused thinking I'm not so sure. I have heard tales about Kakarot's father. That he was almost s strong as my father. Could the strength of skipped a generation? Perhaps Kakarot was faking us? This is interesting indeed…perhaps that brat could be of use after all… Vegeta's thoughts were stopped by the familiar grumble of a Saiyan's stomach.

"I though I told you all to make sure you were full before we left!" Vegeta accused.

"Not me. I'm a little hungry, but I can hold out for another few hours of real time, probably a few decades in suspended animation." Nappa said.

"You're always hungry Nappa." Vegeta said and then turned to Raditz "Go eat something, before you give away our location to everyone in a hundred miles." Raditz got up and walked over and suddenly in a flash, a nearby animal of some sort that had ventured out was blasted to a crisp and then Raditz hungrily tore into it, finishing it in minutes and discarded the bones. Then suddenly his scouter blinked.

"Two power levels…both in the three hundreds…heading our way. It's Kakarot, and I suppose that green one. How could they have found us!" Raditz said and Vegeta said

"No matter. As I thought, they're here to fight us. Raditz, you can deal with them." Vegeta said and walked over and sat down on a nearby rock.

"Aww. Vegeta, why does he get to have all the fun? No fair!" Nappa whined and Vegeta snapped

"Are you disobeying an order!"

"No." Nappa said and sat down next to him grumbling. A minute or two later Goku and Piccolo arrived. Piccolo looked around and though this doesn't look good. I don't think we can handle one, let alone three! His dismay must of shown because Vegeta said

"Oh, don't worry. Raditz will be dealing with you himself. We'll be good little Saiyans and sit on the side-lines." With a smirk on his face, he laid back, his casualness, displaying his complete and justified confidence that they couldn't even scratch him.

"So, you really think you can beat me? What fools." Raditz said guffawing.

"Let's do this." Piccolo said and threw off his turban and cloak, as Goku removed his training gear.

"Looks like their power levels have risen slightly." Vegeta and Raditz observed at the same time.

"Hah! Increase by the hundreds both of you, you'll still be no match for me!" Raditz said and laughed.

Actually if they both increased by hundreds they probably could defeat him. What weaklings, all three of them. Vegeta thought wryly.

"If you really think strength is all that matters, then you're no warrior!" Goku said and adopted a battle stance.

They have a point there Vegeta thought.

"Let's dance." Piccolo said and Raditz laughed

"Fine, if you wish to hasten your deaths, fine by me! DIE!" he ended with a scream and charged at them. As they lifted their arms, he appeared behind them and struck them both to the ground.

"Wha-!" Goku said as he fell to the ground. Piccolo grunted

"Guh!" As spittle flew from his mouth, and he fell down. As they both got up, Piccolo marveled at his speed. He attacked from the front, and hit our backs…unbelievable! Is this what Saiyans are really made of?

Man. I can't believe him! Goku thought.

"Wahaha!" Raditz laughed and then said mockingly "Well, ladies, ready to start for real?"

Well, that's my second chapter.