Chapter 3: The Final Straw

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Bardock sat quietly in his chair, watching and waiting. Still overwhelmed that he has gotten to know his own son, and his family for that matter. He prepared to speak, about the ability he gained that let him see Frieza's defeat over twenty years before it happened, running through his thoughts, he didn't realize that Bulma was calling his name.

"Hello? Bardock, you in there?" Bulma became frustrated. "BARDOCK!" Bulma's scream broke Bardock from his trance, his face filled with shock. "Welcome back to Earth my friend, are you ready?"

Bardock sighed. "Yeah."

"Okay," Said Bulma, "So, the machine I tested Bardock with was no ordinary machine." Bulma paused, "I was able to visualize his thoughts, and luckily, he had another one of his episodes while in the machine."

"Yeah, premonitions." Said Bardock. "I can see the future."

"What?" Snapped Vegeta, "That's impossible, no one but the Kanassans had that ability."

"That's true, but you didn't know about what happened to me on that planet." Bardock looked directly into Vegeta's eyes, "One of the last remaining warriors of their race snuck up on me and stabbed me in the back of the head, I guess he transferred the ability to me with the attack."

"Is that so," Vegeta smirked, "And I assume you killed him for it."

Bardock sighed. "I didn't know it at the time, not until I began having visions of Planet Vegeta's destruction, then, my last vision, when I was being incinerated by Frieza's Supernova."

"So, why all of the sudden are you having them now?"

"Vegeta," Said Bulma, "You're being rude."

"Can it woman!" Barked Vegeta.

"No, that's actually what I'd like to know." Said Bardock, everyone looked at him, puzzled and wondering. "Usually, they only involve me or my family, but the visions do not contain me, or Kakarot, or any of you, just, a dying planet, and a bunch of space pirates, enslaving them." Bardock stopped. "I have yet to have a vision about any of you guys."

Vegeta smirked, "Well... we'll just have to wait and see where they take you."

A few hours passed by, it was afternoon. Bardock was asleep, leaning back in his chair, which he had on two legs leaning against the rail of the deck. Bulma and Chi Chi were talking about stuff, just regular girl stuff, having a husband and kids who now posses tails and super strength, the amount of food they each needed, yeah, regular girl stuff alright.

Gohan was curious about Bardock's peculiar ability, and worried as well. Videl was sitting next to him, she noticed the look of worriment on Gohan's face. Not wanting to talk too loud, she decided to use the mental link to talk to Gohan. Hey, Gohan?

Gohan looked over to Videl, and responded to her thought. What's up?

You look so worried. Videl looked directly into Gohan's eyes, What's the matter?

Gohan sighed. Well, Grandpa Bardock, his ability to see into the future is amazing, but it worries me that it's hurting him like it has been, his screams of pain scare me.

Videl stood up from her chair and grabbed Gohan's arm. "Come on, let's go." Said Videl, she yanked him out of the chair.

"Where are we going?" Asked Gohan.

"Just follow me." Videl grabbed Gohan's hand and began to walk towards the small stair case that led from the deck to the grass. Once on the grass, Videl sat down on the grass. Gohan sat down next to her, instantly, their tails found each other and wrapped up together.

Trunks and Goten were running small errands for Bulma, like moving around boulders in the yard, and digging holes for Kami knows what reason.

"Damn it, this bites, Goten." Said Trunks out of frustration, "Why do we get stuck doing all the work?"

"I don't know, but be glad we're not normal, we can lift these boulders with one hand." Goten threw boulder after boulder into a pile.

Trunks sighed, then looked at the boulder pile. He then got an idea, as a smirk grew across his face. "Hey Goten, why don't we take the boulders and build like a castle or something." As Goten picked up another boulder, he accidentally dropped it on himself. Trunks looked on in shock. "Um... Goten, you in there?"

The boulder then flew up into the air, with Goten being the cause, a huge smile was spread across his face, "Yeah, a castle! Alright!"

Trunks laughed and picked up another boulder, "Alright, let's get to work bone head."

Videl cuddled up next to Gohan, who was still looking distressed about Bardock. The pain he felt bothered Gohan alot, his family meant the most to him. Videl got an idea, one that would probably cheer Gohan up, whether he wanted it or not. "Gohan, please relax, I'm sure he'll be okay." Videl's hands began to wander around Gohan.

Gohan didn't seem to notice it, "I just have a bad feeling, like, something bad, or strange might happen because of these visions he gets." Gohan then reacted to Videl's wandering hand. "Videl, what are you doing?"

"Trying to cheer you up," Said Videl with a playful growl. "Because if you don't, I'll be forced to beat you up."

Gohan began having thoughts about the night they shared the year before, the night they'd never forget. Gohan gathered up his sense. "Um, Videl, how about we just use our brains, ya know, the mental link, we are outside, and everyone is on the deck right above us."

Videl giggled, Okay then, if it makes you happy.

A man's shadow then creeper up in them, consuming their whole bodies. "What in the name of Kami are you two doing!"

Gohan and Videl stopped looking at each other and looked forward, scared out of their minds. Gohan began to laugh sheepishly, and with a tad bit of fear all at once, he then spoke, "Oh, hey Vegeta, what do you mean?" Said Gohan sheepishly.

Vegeta spat on the ground, "You know damn well what I am talking about." Vegeta frowned even harder, "You're on my property, and I will not have this kind of behavior taking place on my lawn. For Kami sakes boy, you're little brother is running around here with Trunks, what in the world is wrong with you?"

"I uh... I mean... " Gohan sighed, feeling helpless, he knew how Vegeta was feeling today, and he felt as if Vegeta was about to attack, but...

"It was my fault," Said Videl, trying to protect Gohan. "I provoked it, he just looked sad, I was tyring to cheer him up."

Vegeta kept his cold stare focused on the couple. After a few seconds, he closed his eyes and slightly looked downward, "Well, at least one of you admitted it." Vegeta looked back up with a smirk, "You know just how to get a guy's emotions back on track." Videl smiled, thinking that she had won this little battle, but Vegeta wasn't done speaking quite yet. His smirk once again turned into a frown, "Don't let it happen again." Said Vegeta, who then walked past them and up the steps to the deck.

Videl watched him quietly, Gohan then stood up. "He's right, wrong place, wrong time." Gohan sighed.

Videl quickly felt sad, feeling as if she had pulled a Frieza and tried to destroy the planet, "I'm sorry Gohan, you're right..."

Gohan sat back down next to her and held her in his arms once again. "Shh.. it's alright, I'm not upset, just relax babe, just relax."

Up on the deck, Goku snored loudly, hunched over the table that his father, Bardock, was at. Bardock, who slept in his leaning chair, wasn't exactly having peaceful dreams, unlike Goku. Bardock's mind raced through different premonitions, ones he had before the destruction of Planet Vegeta, and ore recent ones. He was aware of the whole thing though.

I... I remember these visions... they're the ones... I had when Kakarot was just a baby, and I was caught up in that fiery explosion. Damn you Frieza...

"Bardock..." Called out a voice in his mind.

"Who's there, who are you?"

"You know who I am... you and your unit destroyed my entire race. Toolo, the Kanassan."

"Kanassan... wait, I remember now, you're the one that cursed me with this ability, aren't you." Bardock then found himself in a dark place, with the Kanassan, Toolo, standing about ten feet in front of him. "Yes, I remember now."

"You're having visions again." Toolo pointed at the Saiyan, "And like last time, you're waiting them out until the last minute."

"What do you mean?" Shouted Bardock in his mind, "What do you want!"

"This will be your only warning." Said the Kanassan image in front of him. "If you do not respond quickly to your visions, the same fate you suffered at the hands of Frieza will happen to you, your son Goku, and everyone you've become close with."

On the outside of Bardock's mind, the sings of an inner struggle were evident, Chi Chi was the first to notice Bardock's facial expressions of pain. He was still in a relaxed state, but the sweat dripping from his forehead and the expression of pain was enough for Chi Chi to identify the problem.

"Hey Bulma, come here." Called out Chi Chi. Bulma nodded and hurried over to Chi Chi, but not too quickly, she didn't want her red skirt to fly up, and she knew that was what Vegeta was hoping for.

Bulma made it over to Chi Chi, "What's up?"

"Look." Said Chi Chi, pointing to Bardock.

"Uh oh, it looks like it may be happening again."

"Should we wake him?" Asked Chi Chi concern.

Bulma sighed, "It isn't wise, it could give him a severe case of shock. Let's just wait and see what happens." The two women nodded at each other and looked back to Bardock.

"Fate?" Bardock's conversation with the Kanassan warrior in front of him was becoming interesting. "Go on."

"That planet," Said Toolo, pointing behind Bardock, Bardock turned around, and a planet appeared above him.

"Whoa... that's..." Bardock looked at the planet, examined it. It had a purple-pink color too it, the reflection of the skies off of the oceans. The ice caps came down a little bit further than on Earth. "It's gotta be cold there."

"It is. It's further from it's star than Earth, but still inhabitable. Most of it is covered with ice, while there are large oceans on the planet, there is about an even number of solid ground and plant life, and icy lands, mountains and glaciers. Also, there are many 'hot spots,' Volcanoes, Springs. The climate is akward, but habitable." Toolo, walked up next to Bardock. "Beautiful isn't it?"

"Yeah." Bardock looked at Toolo, "Why are you showing me this."

"Watch..." Toolo clapped his hands together and the image of the planet changed, the skies became gray, there were many more volcanoes, and it was xtremley polluted. Once again, the Kanassan warrior clapped his hands, and the planet turned into a round active volcano, and soon after, exploded.

Bardock was in shock, he remembered what that was like. "Gone!"

"Now do you see, since you have been dead, you have changed your ways, and hoped that Frieza would be destroyed, but there is evil far more powerful than Frieza. Now that you're alive, it is up to you, or your son Goku to see that this kind of thing be prevented. Your son is a powerful man, but you're not exactly hopeless Bardock, you have potential."

Bardock became irritated, "What does any of that, and that planet have to do with me?"

"You will soon find out, upon your awakening, you will know exactly where that planet is," Toolo walked forward, leaving Bardock lost in his mind, "Oh, and another thing..." An image of Planet Earth appeared in front of Bardock, and it flashed with images of Goku, Gohan, Goten, Chi Chi, and all of the people Bardock had become close to over his past year of being alive. "If you wait any longer to act upon these visions, all of what you see in front of you..." The sound of Toolo's hands clapping was heard echoing throughout Bardock's mind. The planet then became fiery red, and the images of happiness among his family, turned to angst, blood, and gore. The sound of painful screams rushing to Bardock's head began to make him scream out in his own pain, "... Will be gone." Spoke the Kanassan once more, then in an instant, the image of Earth in front of him exploded, the screams becoming louder, and the sound of Toolo laughing in the background, an evil kind of laugh.

Bardock then awoke with a scream, "NO!" His sudden jolt caused the chair to fall out from under him, and him to fall onto the ground. Goku instantly woke up, Goten and Trunks came running from their project, Gohan and Videl jumped up over the rail, and Bulma and Chi Chi dropped down to tend to Bardock, who had rolled over onto his knees, with his head buried in his hands.

"Father?" Said Goku, "You alright?"

Bardock waved his arms to get the girls away from him, he then stood up and leaned over the railing, sweating, and grunting. "It was so..."

Bulma approached him, and Vegeta cut though the group that was formed around him. "Out of my way." Said Vegeta. He grabbed Bardock and faced him toward himself. "What was it? What did you see?"

"Vegeta," Said Bulma, "Knock it off."

Vegeta let go of Bardock, "You saw something terrible, didn't you?" Bardock nodded, leaning against the rail again.

Gohan and Videl approached Bardock, Goku followed. "Grandpa," Said Gohan, "What was it?"

"I saw..." Bardock coughed, "You... Kakarot... Goten..." Bardock stopped, and looked around, "Everyone here, and Earth..." Bardock coughed again, this time, harder. "Earth was destroyed..." The group gasped.

"Did you see anything else?" Said Goku in shock and disbelief.

"I don't recall much... but I remember seeing..." Bardock turned around and looked out to the lawn, leaning over the rail to keep himself balanced, he stared at one of Dr. Briefs' Space Ships, used by the likes of Goku and Vegeta in the past. The orb shape reminded Bardock of the other planet that he saw. "Another planet... a race... in danger..." Bardock then remembered the words of Toolo, "If you wait any longer to act upon these visions, all of what you see in front of you... Will be gone." Bardock then stood straight up, his battle face on. He pulled out the red rag he wore on his head from one of the pockets in his spandex. "Toolo... you're right, if I wait..."

"What do you mean?" Said Goku.

"The Kanassan was right," Said Bardock, "Last time I had these visions, I didn't pay them any mind until the last minute, and that's how I, and every other Saiyan on that planet became part of a fiery death." Bardock clutched his fist, "Grrraagh! I won't let it happen to us, or any other race either!" Bardock once again spotted the ship, he knew what he had to do. "I'm going... I won't let it happen again."

"Going?" Said Gohan, "Going where."

"To that planet I saw in my vision." Said Bardock, "You guys can stay here if you want, but you're not stopping me."

"Bardock!" Snapped Vegeta, "I don't like where this is going, how do you know this planet even exsists?"

"Father," Said Goku, "I don't think it's a good idea, for once I agree with Vegeta, you don't even know if this planet is really out there."

"I DO know it's out there," Said Bardock, "And somehow, I know exactly where to go. Not too far away either, you'll be able to sense my power with ease from here. It is in this galaxy, I need to do this.

Goten then walked into the group and stood next to Bardock, "But... Grandpa, what if you don't come back? What if you die?"

Bardock looked away. "It's a chance I'm willing to take." Bardock then got down to a knee and embraced his grandson. "Don't worry about me."

Bardock then released and Goten walked over to Goku, who then picked him up onto his shoulders. Goku sighed, "Please, let's at least make a plan."

"Grandpa," Said Gohan, "I don't think it's the best course of action. And besides, we're all a family now." Videl grabbed Gohan by the waist, her tail wrapping around him as well. Gohan sighed, "Even Videl has come to like you. You changed her life after delivering the news of her being of Saiyan herritage and all, and helping us as well."

Bardock took a look at Gohan and Videl together, They're so perfect together. He thought. "Videl, you still remind me so much of your mother, though I only saw her once, I never forget a special face." Videl smiled, Bardock then turned back to the ship, then raised the hand with the blood stained rag in it. "Listen, I care for all of you, but if I don't do this, I'll never be able to live with myself." Bardock turned back to the ship. "Knowing you Kakarot, you'll probably come chasing after me, either way, it doesn't matter." Bardock then cluthec his fist once more. "Right... Here I go!"

Bardock then jumped the rail and ran toward the ship, once he reached the ship, he went to the keypad next to the door and punched in a few numbers, the door opened. "Wow," he said to himself, "That vision must have stored the code to the ship in my head too, awesome." Bardock then ran up the ramp and into the ship, with the door closing behind him. He sat down in the seat, fired up the engine, and took off. The ship flew off with a roar.

Back on the ground, everyone looked off at the departing ship. Everyone besides Vegeta and Goku, who were standing next to each other now, were visably emotionally affected, but Goku was feeling a sense of trouble, and pain inside of him. Watching the only father he had leave him, after not even knowing him until a year before hand. Vegeta was hardly affected at all, but that's just like Vegeta anyway.

"Well Kakarot," Said Vegeta, "There he goes."

"Yeah..." Said Goku in a deeper tone than usual. The two Saiyan warriors watched the sky, honoring their Saiyan comrade's courage and determination.

"Just like a Saiyan warrior." Said Vegeta.

Back in the depths of space, the lone warrior sat on the cold dead planet next to his space pod, lost in thought, and staring at the sky. Why... of all places did I end up on such a dead planet, only to crash land on another dead planet. His thoughts continued to roll on. I guess it doesn't matter, if I was meant to live a peaceful life, I would have landed on a better planet, this just shows me that I don't even deserve to be alive... so why am I? The warrior spotted something in the sky, a light that lit up his charcoal black eyes and hair. "Is that a ship?" The warrior stood up and took a closer look. "It is a ship... and it's awfully familiar." The warrior then stepped back. "This could be trouble."

"Hey! Why have we stopped." Called out a scratchy, but powerful sounding voice.

"Sir, this planet is directly east of where our destination is, but this planet seems to house some forms of life."

The owner of the voice rubber his chin and blinked. "Are they of any use?"

"Possibly, would you like me to send a squadron down there to survey the area? If there is any useful life, I'll have them put them to work, mining any useful resources and materials we could use."

"I could use... you mean..."

"Of course master."

The figure stood up from his chair and stared at the screen of the ship. He had cold eyes, at the center was a red iris, and a black pupil. "Do it."

Bardock sat in the seat of his ship, looking out the window, watching distant stars go by. He still had the rag in his hand. I will not let it happen to anyone else. Bardock looked forward and stood up. "Well, since there is a gravity machine in here, I might as well train." He then held the rag in both of his hands, I'll do it for you Tora, and you Shugesh, Borgos, and Fasha. I'll do it for my son Kakarot, and my grandsons Gohan and Goten. For everyone that I consider my friends, family and comrades. Bardock then brought the rag to his head and wrapped it around his head like a head band, the signature part of his attire. "Let's do this."

As Bardock flies off into space in search of the planet from his vision, Goku, Gohan, and the rest of his family and friends hope the best for him. Will Goku take Bardock up on his offer and follow him deep into space, or let Bardock fly solo. Keep reading and you will soon find out.