WHAT IF: FRIEZA WAS KILLED BY THE SAIYANS? (PART TWO)

BARDOCK AND TULLECE

"They're both ready…" an unnamed scientist states as two nearly-identical Saiyans are floating in rejuvenation chambers. One of the chambers starts to empty and out steps Tullece.

"What happened?" he wonders, holding his head.

"Our recon unit found you clinging to life on Planet Gesaku." The scientist replies. "You were attacked by Frieza's henchmen…"

Tullece looks shocked, "That's right… those bastards killed my men… I've got to warn King Vegeta!"

"Don't you worry, Frieza was killed right here on Planet Vegeta." The scientist replies with a smile, "Now if you'll just step aside and put your armour and Scouter on, I'll release Bardock."

Tullece walks towards his armour and looks back at the other tank, "A fellow low-class… interesting, there's only a few of our type left…" Tullece starts to put his armour on as Bardock steps out of his chamber.

"Finally, I'm back to 100" Bardock declares as he shakes his head.

"King Vegeta would like you to put your armour on and meet him, along with Tullece." The scientist states as he directs Bardock to his armour. Bardock walks towards it and starts putting it on, exchanging looks with Tullece.

The familiarly large throne room of King Vegeta is being reconstructed as both Prince Vegeta and his minder Nappa walk through the doors. Nappa looks around in amazement, as Prince Vegeta just walks forward. They end up in front of King Vegeta and bow.

"There you are, son." Says the King with a stern look on his face.

"I'm sorry I wasn't here to help with the battle, my King." Nappa says with a serious look on his face.

"Quiet, Nappa. You were doing your job, although I think it won't be long until my son is stronger than all of us!" King Vegeta replies, causing the young Prince to smirk. "Come son, with have a lot to talk about. Nappa you are dismissed for now." Nappa bows again and walks away, "Proceed to the back, son. I will be with you shortly. I have one more meeting I must attend."

"Why do you think the King wants to see us?" Tullece asks Bardock as they both walk down a corridor.

Bardock is hit suddenly with scenes of dying people from another planet, they're green-skinned with two antenna. Shots of a planet turning from green to black follow. Bardock stops, holding his head. "What is it this time?" he thinks to himself.

"What's wrong Bardock?" Tullece asks out of confusion rather than compassion.

"Nothing." He replies as he starts to walk down the hall.

"No that was definitely something. Are you not fully healed yet? Because if we're sent on a mission I don't want you getting us killed because you want to tough it out!" Tullece shouts.

Bardock looks annoyed, "It's nothing damn it! It's just a headache. I think I can operate with a headache, being a Saiyan and all…" Bardock continues walking and Tullece does the same with a look of defeat on his face.

Bardock and Tullece walk into the royal chamber and bow before their King. "Ah, Bardock, the man who warned me about Frieza, and Tullece, another survivor of Frieza's betrayal." King Vegeta says with what could be classed as a smile, "I have a special job for you. Most of Frieza's contracts have gone else where, but the one we've managed to keep has found a nice large planet for us to clear and sell. It's generally a peaceful place, but it does have its own warrior class that can be a handful. It's called Namek."

With the name of the planet uttered, Bardock sees more flashes like before, the green-skinned aliens obviously being the Namekians. Bardock manages to not make a noise, so as not to alarm his king.

"So, are you up for the task? I've picked you both because due to being low-class warriors you've been close to death so often that your power has grown. Make me proud." King Vegeta gives a salute and they bow again, and then walk off.

A nameless Saiyan walks up to the King, "I thought Namek's warrior class was of a huge powerlevel, I don't know if they can handle it alone, sire…"

King Vegeta looks at him with a stern look, "Do you remember why I killed Paragus and his son?" the other Saiyan looks scared, "It was because no one will out-rank my son in power! He will become the legendary Super Saiyan! Do you understand me!?" The other Saiyan nods and walks backwards away in a hurry.

"Come in son…" King Cold suddenly says from his large throne as we see aboard the spaceship. Coola and his three men arrive, Zarbon in tow.

"You're a hard man to track, father." Coola says, Zarbon looks terrified. "I shall get straight to the point. It's about Frieza…"

King Cold sits forward, "What about him?"

"He's been killed by a bunch of Saiyans…" Coola says, afterwards bracing himself for Cold's reaction. Surprisingly Cold stays still for a moment and lays back in his chair.

"What's a Saiyan?" Cold responds, Coola and his men fall down in shock.

"They're a race who can turn into giant apes at the sight of the full moon. They've been working under Frieza for some time now…" Coola explains. Cold now looks angry…

"I see… So these are powerful warriors? How else could they have killed Frieza?" Cold responds.

"Well, from what Zarbon here told me, Frieza didn't get a chance to transform. He was stuck in his 3x reduced power form." Coola is now looking worried as Cold stands up.

"That fool… what did I tell him about concealing his power!" Cold throws a glass on wine he was clutching and looks out the window into the emptiness of space. Cold sighs, "I guess we'll have to wipe these 'Saiyans' off the face of the universe… but not at once. Oh no, I think the fine art of revenge should be in full play… I want them to slowly learn why you shouldn't mess with the strongest clan in the UNIVERSE!" Cold unleashes a blast of power from his body which knocks several men down, including Zarbon and Coola's men.

"Two pods are set for departure, sirs. Please, this way" we see a Saiyan underling lead Bardock and Tullece to their pods. They both climb in and await blast off.

"So Bardock" Tullece says through his Scouter, "What did King Vegeta mean when he said that you were the man who warned him about Frieza?"

Bardock looks annoyed but realizes he has no choice, "I … I was given a gift from a planet I was on. I foresaw Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta and told the King about, that's all."

Tullece reaches into his armour and pulls out a small plant seed, "Yes, gifts from planets you're on are always handy…" he puts in back in his armour and smirks to himself. The two pods take off.

"Sire!" we see a grunt on Cold ship shout, "Two pods are taking off from Planet Vegeta as we speak." King Cold and Coola walk to the screen.

"They must have taken some of Frieza's contracts…" Coola thinks out loud. Cold looks even more angry…

"Where are they heading?" Cold shouts.

"Judging by speed, direction and cross checking it with all of Frieza's past contracts, I'd say it's Planet Namek." The grunt says.

"I see… Change course!" Cold shouts across to the other side of the room, "We're going to Namek. Our revenge will begin there."

"Argh!" Bardock holds his head, he sees Planet Namek again, this time he realizes that it is the planet that his son was originally going to face Frieza on, but instead he sees a vision of himself facing off with Coola! Bardock looks scared as he then sees himself being killed by Coola and King Cold and falling down a large, deep crack in the now grey lifeless planet.

"What is it, Bardock?" Tullece asks as he heard Bardock's scream over the Scouter.

"We're in trouble… Frieza's brother and father are going to be on this planet…" Bardock says with sweat pouring down his face.

"WHAT!?" Tullece shouts.

Bardock suddenly sees another flash, King Vegeta hears of their death on Namek, and says "Good, now that's them out of the way there will be nothing to stop my son's rise to the pinnacle of the our race!" Bardock looks shocked, he then sees his son battling with King Vegeta on Earth again.

"I change my fate, and I still end up dead with my son avenging me?" Bardock thinks to himself, "This can't be…"

"Bardock! Answer me!" Tullece shouts down his Scouter, "How do you know about Frieza's family?"

Bardock sits back, finally able to relax a bit, "Tullece, it's a long story. I'll start from the beginning…"

And so Bardock and Tullece are on a one-way course to the Planet Namek, but can Bardock change his fate once again?