A/N: I guess some people were confused about the power levels, well specifically Freeza's reading of Gotenks power level. But you have to remember this is almost thirty years before Goku faced Freeza on Namek so there's going to be a difference. Plus as you probably can tell I'm not that concerned with PL there inconsistent in cannon anyway. Enjoy!
Part II
The atmosphere on the red planet was heavy compared to being in space, Trunks and Goten instantly felt the burden they were carrying increase slightly. The air was thick, humid and dirty; everything looked like it was constantly under construction as if there was never an ancestral history in any of the buildings. Trunks wondered why anyone would willingly live here, it was a dump; nothing compared to earth. Goten surveyed the landscaped, it appeared to be as empty as the buildings that stood upon it. A ghost town. Goten looked at Trunks worried. "Maybe Majin Buu did come here and he turned all the saiyans into chocolate!" Trunks rolled his eyes moving a bit in front of Goten dropping Bardock's arm in the process. "Don't be stupid Goten, if Majin Buu were here don't you think we'd hear his stupid laughing and I'd be able to feel his power level." He professed with a grin. Goten frowned taking a swing at Trunks when they both heard a guttural groan from Bardock.
"They're probably still in the bunker, there's a mess hall down there and…" Goten cling to his arm as Bardock coughed up thick wads of blood; his tensed breathing made him wonder if his lungs had been puncture by his crushed ribs.
"Hey where are we supposed to be taking ya to get healed? Cuz I don't see any hospitals!" trunks said impatient as ever, arms crossed over his chest tapping the air with his toes. Bardock pointed to the one building whose lights were fully working. Vejitasai did look like it had been worked over by something; more than just neglect and nature like a battle had been raging down here while their fight with Freeza was going on. "What happened here?" Goten asked as they floated towards the building. Bardock asked himself the same question but could only imagine Freeza's goons had something to do with it. When they reached the landing deck of the medical ward Trunks ran inside to see if there actually was anybody alive, to his surprise it didn't take long. A doctor, Trunks supposed; sat at a desk as blind as his grandfather was to the world around him.
"Hey you, ah… I need your help, I've got an injured guy and I'm pretty sure he's going to die if he hasn't died already." Trunks said grabbing the doctor's wrist leading him out to the landing deck. Goten had laid Bardock down on the ground when Trunks and the doctor came running out. "Bardock!" the doctor shouted amazed "I… I can't believe you're alive!" he moved towards him quickly. "He's unconscious" Goten stood over the doctor who realized that the moment he touched him. The boy was Bardock's polar opposite in every way but his face, his placid smile through him back a bit.
"Kakarrot… you, I thought you were… but you couldn't be…"
"Look, we're not his kids; we're not even from this dump!" Trunks started as the doctor turned around and looked sharply at the boy who had pulled him out there. "But make no mistake we are saiyans, and this one needs to be healed." He said with a smirk that the doctor had seen plenty of times from many other saiyans. Goten and Trunks grabbed Bardock's arms as the doctor lead them into the medical ward and into the closest rejuvenation tank. After inputting many calculations water began to fill into the tank Trunks watched as the doctor observed Bardock's heart monitor with hesitation. He has been on missions where I was surprised he lived at all but this is very serious. "He is going to be in there for at least a few hours." Goten looked worried, Trunks on the other hand was more curious.
"What happened here? I mean this place looks like a war hit it. The doctor looked at Trunks with some reservation before he answered. "Vejitasai has always been a planet under construction, more so when Lord Freeza took control… the poor bastards." He looked over at Bardock as his infliction of tone lowered. "When I first came here it was only slightly better, these saiyans fight to the death." Goten placed his hand over the tank above Bardock's he really did feel a sense of connection between them not just because he resemble his deceased father but because he saw how much he cared about saving his home planet, his family and that's exactly what Goten and Trunks were doing when they were fighting against Majin Buu.
Trunks rolled his eyes obviously that wasn't the answered he wanted to hear from the good doctor. "Look, you don't have to worry bout' Freezer anymore I took care of him for ya." Trunks said with a glint in his eye that made Goten smack him. "Don't ya me we took care of him?" Goten knitted his brows and crossed his arms transversely over his chest. Trunks rubbed the sore spot on his cheek, why's he so worked up? "Goten helped" Trunks said as his cheeks turned beet red the more he rubbed his hand up and down, if he were Pinocchio his nose would be well grown at this point; Trunks managed to flash a cheesy smile. The doctor, like must people in the boy's life was astonish at the boys' ability. These Saiyan children were like no other the doctor had seen, not even in the nobility and what's more dumbfounding is they claim to be from somewhere else entirely!
Trunks sustained his original question to the doctor. "I want to know what happened to the people here; I mean they can't all be dead can they?" Goten was eager to know as well. The spiked heart ratings Bardock gave off caught the doctor's attention a moment, he through his fingers on the keys returning them to normal within seconds. The doctor looked back over at the boys shaking his head to Trunks' earlier query, "oh no, most are down in the lower bunkers; most of this world is conducted under the soil only the older buildings and the palace remain on the surface and obviously the medical ward." Trunks' eyes bulged. "The, the palace? Like where a king lives?" his hesitation was bizarre to the doctor who even on his home planet had had a king, who ruled from his palace, was this so uncommon?
"Yes, but the king and the crown prince are off planet at the moment and I couldn't say for sure but I imagine it was something for Freeza." Trunks looked as if he would faint.
"Da… I mean the prince is… here or off the planet somewhere?" Trunks sounded like he heard the name of his rival and was terrified at the idea of the prince at least that's the impression the doctor was getting from the words that were fumbling out of his mouth. Goten looked confusingly at Trunks, he knew he remembered Trunks telling him a story about his father being a prince of his planet which was where they were so…
"Hey Trunks isn't your dad a prin…" Trunks grabbed Goten by the ears pulling down on them hard before slapping his hand over his mouth. The doctor watched the boys display with divided interest as Bardock's heart rate kept jumping all over the place. Trunks took the doctors distraction and pulled Goten over to the door out of ear shot, he hoped; he didn't have Piccolo's long unending ability to hear things from anywhere. He smacked Goten on the head which Goten quickly rubbed his head asking why.
"You idiot! What were you thinking?" Trunks threw his arms onto his hips as Goten got ready for another tongue lashing.
"I'm sorry Trunks but I don't know what I did, what are you trying to keep a secret?" Goten felt the throbbing on his head from Trunks' wallop pulsate like a beating heart.
"Don't be stupid Goten, I know it's difficult for you; but how do you think it sound if I walked in there saying oh hey my name's Trunks I'm from the future and even though I'm from a different planet your prince is my dad!" The way Trunks plainly stated it did make it seem like it would be pretty unbelievable, neither of them could explain how they even got there let alone explain how that would make sense to the doctor or anyone else who heard it.
"I'm sorry Trunks" Goten said at length. He looked over at the doctor who had noticed the boys had moved away. "Trunks, since we're in the past do you think Bardock is somehow related to my dad? " Trunks lifted his eyes at the rejuvenation tank that held the unconscious saiyan. He shrugged his shoulders "maybe, he does look like your dad but don't mention it to anyone they already know we're not locals." Trunks said as he stalked back over to the doctor. Goten murmured under his breath as he followed, yeah no thanks to you.
"Yo doc!" Trunks said as he approached the doctor who just realized at that moment he had never introduced himself, though with what transpired it was understandable. "Dr. Planthor" he interrupted as Trunks motioned his hands into the air in disrespect. "Whatever, is there a place we can get some grub cause I'm starving!" Planthor figured the boys wouldn't be interested in Calaii's rich vegetation diet that he was used to and allotted to keep under Freeza's rule; no, he assumed like most saiyans they would want to eat something high in protein and fats the only thing they were ever interested in eating. Planthor began to think it was ironic that saiyans were the vegetable planet when that was the last thing you would find there. Perhaps planet meat that Bardock had barely survived from a few days before was their true appellation.
"If you take the stairs" he motioned past the doors with his hands "all the way to the ground floor, go down the corridor and there's the mess hall it should still be opened." Trunks and Goten didn't need any more encouragement they engulfed themselves in golden ki and headed for the stairwell racing each other to see who could reach the bottom first; everything was a competition for them and simply getting something to eat was treated no different if they were training for a tournament or learning the fusion dance. Trunks' was definitely his father's son as every inch he had on Goten was a mile and he laughed with victory when he burst through the mess hall first. Goten was never a sore loser it was just exacerbating how Trunks' would always carry on like he won a marathon across the universe.
"Eat my dust slow poke!" Trunks chanted as Goten waved off his boosting and peered around the room. It was creepy how empty it was, like it had been abandoned after a fire alarm had been pulled. Plates and empty cups were sprawled all over the place; the saiyans who had been there left there in a hurry leaving the room in silent tatters. Trunks and Goten shook off the eerie feeling; the food that the doctor promised in a buffet style setup looked pretty appetizing to the two hungry saiyans even if it was a bit cold. That was hardly noticed as both boys began to gabble down the food without stopping to taste it. It was almost common law that food was a saiyans direct link to recovering from any battle; it could bring them back from the brink of death or defeat and was the main reason why they needed so much of it, Trunks rubbed his swollen belly after he had satisfied his hunger. A burp escaped from Goten and he slide onto the floor next to Trunks with a crooked smile on his face; the emptiness of the room didn't seem to even bother them anymore, they were after all the strongest beings on Vejitasai or even possibly the universe what was there for them to be afraid of? Trunks pushed himself up by his arms, and looked at Goten with a toothy grin. Even more than a great meal Trunks loved going on escapades; he had inherited his mother's sense of adventure and boy was he going to go on one now.
"Goten let's check this place out, maybe we'll even find out where all the other saiyans are hiding." Trunks jumped to his feet excited, Goten looked up from the floor still sore from eating too much.
"But Trunks Bardock said they were in a bunker somewhere, shouldn't we wait till he gets out of that tank to…" Trunks lend in cutting Goten off.
"No Goten we shouldn't, who really cares anyway I just want to check this pace out. It's where my dad was prince so I want to see it!" Trunks' voice turned demanding, his body became engulfed with golden ki threating to leave Goten behind. Goten climbed to his feet, he often agreed to Trunks' hair brain ideas just to pacify him but they always seemed to ended up having fun even at the cost of getting into trouble.
"Okay I'm coming too!" Goten's body turned the golden color that was already around Trunks' form. They both dashed for the door Trunks was so proud of reaching first when they initially got there, keeping in toe with each other as they hurried up the hall in the opposite direction they originally came. The air had become thicker the faster and further they ran, the bleak walls were unending and not appealing to Trunks' adventurous nature; leaving only one option. A small light formed around the ki from Trunks' palm, stopping Goten dead in his tracks he looked on has he saw his friend's ki expand larger as he forced it upwards and out through the wall next to them. Trunks looked over at Goten waving him to come along. The boys peered through the other side the hole Trunks had made with his blast blew out not only the wall but the entire room next to it which by the burned shards that remained appeared to have been bedding for the medical ward.
"Oops, guess I went a bit overboard." Trunks rubbed the side of his face with an embarrassed laugh.
Goten hovered over the wreckage, Trunks' blasts had pierced the exterior wall that revealed the red planet once again to the boys eyes. The air was more humid than being in the hallway, it was evident saiyans built up a tolerance for this atmosphere in infancy; it was akin to training in the gravity room where the humidity often made Trunks nauseous when he trained with his father. Trunks sucked in as much air as his body could take; he was determined to have the lungs of a pure bred saiyan.
"Where are we going Trunks?" Goten raised his hand over his eyes looking out over the horizon. The pommelled structures didn't inspire curiosity for Goten, Trunks on the other hand knew where he wanted to explore.
"We're going over there; can't you feel that ki Goten?" He could feel it steadily rising in the direction that Trunks pointed. It didn't feel like a threat but it was intriguing none the less.
"Who do you think it is?" Goten looked over at Trunks who could only guess.
"I don't know, maybe it's more saiyans or maybe it's a bad guy; who cares let's just go find out!" Trunks' flared up his ki the golden aura transformed his hair blonde making Goten follow suit as they both race towards the energy they sensed.
"Trunks if it is a bad person should we fuse first?" Goten wasn't sure if, whoever they were going to meet over there could hide their power levels like they could but wanted to make sure they had the upper hand either way.
"No way Goten we're much stronger, we beat that Freezer guy so whoever is over there wouldn't stand a chance!" Trunks was naturally smug about his abilities in combat, looking at his father Vegeta it's no surprise where he got it from; but he was right to be confident, they did beat Freeza the tyrant of the universe, so what did they have to worry about?
They passed over red cliffs that dipped into the ridged valleys; passing what looked to be was once an open and thriving market place and now as vacant as the mess hall was. The energy was pouring in from the outcrops; its host which the boys realized was at least three people, was beyond the ghost city. Thankfully a huge power boost shot over the ridge, Trunks grabbed Goten by the wrist instinctively hiding on the soft soil adjacent to the huge rocks. The chi felt saiyan so Trunks wasn't worried about running into some renegade Freeza goon. Goten wiggled his hand free from Trunks' grip; Trunks slammed his finger in a quiet murmur over his lips. The three saiyans stood idle, how Trunks had felt any source of energy from them was quickly becoming a mystery to him. One of the saiyans, a female pulled a sword from its sheath and started charging at her male cohort who quickly blocked the attack with an energy blast throwing her hard against the ground.
"What are they doing?" Goten asked in a hushed voiced. Their display was almost comical, Goten wanted to laugh out but he kept his snickers low.
"I…I couldn't say Goten" Trunks was perplexed, he had felt sizable displays of ki but surely it couldn't be from these people.
The female saiyan spit out blood before rising to her feet again. Trunks powered down seeing that whatever he sensed was gone, there was no point watching these amateurs wrestle each other. He cursed himself for not mediating long hours like Piccolo always harped to keep his senses at their apex. Goten was as much at fault, Trunks reasoned he thought they were strong too. A noise shot off from the scouter on the thick torso saiyan, he turned his head right at Trunks who was preoccupied and didn't even realize that he had been discovered.
"Hey!" he shouted. Goten nudged Trunks shaking him out of his distraction. Trunks hated being caught off guard his father had told him enough times it was the sign of a weakling and he definitely wasn't a weakling.
"Hey yourself!" Trunks shouted back.
"What are you kids doing out of the bunker? Don't you know we're in a really dangerous situation with Lord Freeza?" The large saiyan stalked towards the boys with a stern authority he apparently thought he had. Trunks cocked his brow is this guy nuts?
"Look ya big ape you don't have ta worry bout' Freezer anymore, me and Goten took care of him." Trunks let the crease in his smirk expand to show his teeth. Goten let out a giggle scratching the side of his head in a bit of humility, it seemed this was just the beginning of Trunks' congratulation tour that even Mr. Satan couldn't compete with.
The three saiyans turned looking at each other in uncontained laughter. The big oaf of the group slapped Goten playfully on the side pointing over at Trunks "Don't make me laugh kid, I was there and I sure don't remember you!" The others smirked as he carried on a ruckus. Trunks had had enough of this nobody who clearly didn't stay around long enough to see him wipe the floor with Freezer's ass. The guy was barely keeping his power level at eight hundred and would frankly be too weak for Trunks to even bother with. Trunks spiked up his ki as a testament to the oaf that he was a force to be reckoned with, his scouter buzzed to life climbing to levels the saiyan had never read in another being before. Trunks decided to stop just short of ascended saiyan as by the expression on the man's face he had proved his point.
"What… what are you?" he asked with a tremble in his timbre.
Goten extended his arms outward from Trunks to the large saiyan standing in front of them. He had always been the more sober of the two and right now that was playing into the big guy's favor. "Hey Trunks' is telling the truth, we did beat Freezer and… and he hurt Bardock really bad!" Goten receded his arms a bit, the saiyan glanced back at the other two saiyans at the mention of Bardock's name.
"Bardock… you know Bardock? Then you… your hair… were you the golden fighter… you must have aided Bardock in saving Vejitasai…" he said with the vigor of a loyal servant. The saiyan and his comrades dropped to their knees, almost worshipping the boys with graduate contradictory to their previous mocking. Trunks' loved to be praised for his efforts; he was a ham if there ever was one. He stood with puffed outright shoulders as the saiyans with little pride recounted their inexactitude. Goten could only watch with embarrassment hidden in his chuckles.
Trunks did still want to know one thing how was it that they had given off higher power levels earlier? It was clear these saiyans were trained killers but they still only had a base power level that at most went to eleven hundred. So how did Trunks feel such a greater power before? Was he really imagining it? Trunks had done little to nothing to convince these saiyans he was he was their savior, but how was it he couldn't figure out how they suppressed their power? He pointed at the big brute who rose with obedience. "Are you suppressing your power… cause there's no way you would have even stood a chance against Freezer" the question garnered confused looks from the saiyans, the brute in front edged his finger on his scouter drumming for an answer.
"What do you mean suppress our power levels?" Trunks could see the big brute was dumber than he looked. The female saiyan stepped forward with seemingly more familiarity on the subject at hand than her comrades. "I've heard of level suppression before… when I was an elite there was one or two saiyans who managed to hide their true powers especially after the Paragus incident." Trunks didn't know who she was referring to but none the less he was glad he wasn't imagining things. "So it's your power I felt, you shouldn't hide it just cause this guys are weaklings." Trunks was very crash when he spoke, the woman's cheeks speckled red at the comment she looked over at the larger saiyan who let out a grunt. "I'm not; I mean I never learned how to suppress my power…though I heard Bardock could…so" she looked up noticing the bemused look on Trunks' face; he had heard enough of the great Bardock for one sitting.
"Listen…" Trunks started before his annoyance reached through his voice. "I'll admit Bardock did help us, but that doesn't make me his sidekick!" Goten tried to ease Trunks down before he started a tirade of insults that would have gotten him nowhere. The female saiyan looked at Trunks flabbergasted, she was well aware of a saiyans pride but this boy took the cake, she had been with elites who weren't as pig headed. If pride alone were the secret to a saiyan's strength they could have toppled the mighty Freeza well before he was even able to subjugate the saiyan race. Trunks nudged Goten lightly with his back palm, "let's get outta here Goten, their nothing but weaklings." Goten had been concerned with Bardock's welfare since the boys left to get food at the mess hall, perhaps he had been healed now it sparked his determination to return immediately.
"You're right Trunks lets go back…" Goten powered up; taking to the air. Trunks didn't even bother with a departure, hurrying to catch up with Goten who was not slowing down to keep pace with him. Goten not wanting to be swayed by Trunks wanting to go find out where that big power level was actually coming from tried to at least stay out of his ear shot though he could repeatedly hear Trunks calling his name.
"Goten…. Wait for me!"
Hours had passed since the boys had disappeared to the mess hall down stairs. Dr. Planthor hadn't batted an eye at their absents since the room returned to its natural calmness; lighten by the nuances of the medical machines. Bardock had been a resident in the medical ward numerous times in the past so this was practically routine for him. Dr. Planthor was however surprised at the increasingly new ways Bardock managed to injure his body so completely and still stay alive long enough to make it to medical attention. And you said you weren't that smart… clearly we have different ideas of what that means… Planthor laughed slightly to himself; though he had never had more than a casual doctor- patient conversation with Bardock he could tell he was different from the other saiyans, even the ones in his troop; who were comparatively nice by saiyan standards. Strange though he was a servant to lord Freeza just like the saiyans were, were being the operative if those boys were to be believed. Yet most of his colleagues and probably most saiyans thought less of each other when the reality was they all were servants to a master. That's what really made Bardock different; he had realized long ago they were all caged animals.
Bardock's heart monitor broke the placidity of the room; the calculations that were running through the computer, sending the alert signal into haywire that the rejuvenation tank had completed its cycle and was ready to open. Planthor input the code that would open the hatch and watched as the last of the water- like application drained out of the tank. It looked as if Bardock would have fresh scars on his body, Planthor could see big coil marks across him abdomen and over his left arm were even the technology adopted from the Truffles couldn't completely erase the wound. Whatever had transpired in space it was evident it was nothing like Bardock had ever encountered before. Planthor opened the latch and with sudden aoristic candor Bardock's eyes shot open, looking almost possessed he grabbed at the breathing apparatus pulling it off and stopping the air flow. Planthor reached out to help him to his feet but Bardock pushed away from him. He stepped out on the cold floor reacting to the change in climate with a loud gruff. Bardock could still feel some ache in his lower leg that only hours earlier had been a broken mess of tissue and bone. Dr. Planthor was only able to scrounge up a regular unit issue inform instead of Bardock's normal attire, somehow the medical ward's wardrobe storage unit was destroyed.
"Bardock are alright… those were… serious injuries you incurred." Planthor turned away to give Bardock privacy as he slid on the thick blue latex pants, not even bothering to pat his body down dry.
"I'm fine doctor" he spied his eyes about the room. "Where are those two boys that brought me here? Are they gone already?' he pushed the expandable armor over his head pulling it tight at his waist with his tail. Dr. Planthor shrugged his shoulders as he closed the latch.
"They left several hours ago to get something to eat, I haven't seen them since." Dr. Planthor had in truth been glad they were gone; the one boy had a mouth on him and an arrogance that only the young prince could match. Quietness was always something he held important especially while working; on the other hand the other boy could have been a dead ringer for Kakarrot if he were a few years older.
"Bardock, since you brought it up where did you meet these boys; I know they're not from Vejitasai" Bardock looked at Planthor surprised, they had never had a conversation like his before and he really didn't know how to respond.
"I didn't meet them anywhere… they just appeared as I was confronting Freeza." The tone of his voice flushed low at the mention of the former tyrant.
"Appeared? You mean in a ship?"
"No I mean they just appeared out of nowhere, it maybe possible that….that… they are the saiyans from legend." Bardock could think of no other reason, he haven't had a vision of either of them in the future, well he hadn't had a vision in quite a while, he wasn't even sure if he still had the ability too. But as he sat in the rejuvenation tank he pour over the idea that not only were the boy's saiyans from another planet but maybe even another time.
"But Bardock that's impossible, matter can't just appear." The doctor laughed at Bardock's expense but he hardly notice, Bardock sat down starring at the white angular boots wishing a vision would tell him what to do next. Had he lived and seen the destruction of his world as a mere faded memory only to get hammered with another puzzling mystery? What are these boys to me?
Bickering ascended from outside the launch pad window. Goten's face was ashen from a blast attack from behind. His sour demeanor kept Trunks in tosses; though Trunks was sporting a shiner no doubt from his unprovoked attack. "Well next time ya'll stop when I call out to ya!" Trunks seemed almost delighted in his friends torture; but Goten wasn't one to back down he started attacking with a move his brother had taught him, though was well known to Trunks "KA…MA..." the sound of Goten's voice brought Bardock to his feet, he walked over to where he heard the boys ignoring Dr. Planthor's pleas to rest a while longer. "HA…MA…" He walked out to the platform catching Trunks' glaze first, the boy returned a glare but pointed his finger up distracting Goten from his onslaught.
"Bardock… You're okay!" Bardock was not the type of man that usually smiled; he had mastered frowning before he could walk, but this boy always managed a smirk from him. The boys were more powerful than any saiyan on the planet yet he had an innocence to him that no saiyan, not even a saiyan child had.
"Yeah kid I' am I made it..."
"Yeah that's great" Trunks curled his words with sarcasm. Bardock let it side, if the boy really was the legendry saiyan he didn't really care what he thought of him personally. It was no doubt mutual.
"We ran into a couple of your buddies about an hour ago, they seem to think that I was your sidekick…I wonder where they got that idea?" Trunks lifted his brow up as he smirked, Bardock felt like he was being talked down to by Prince Vegeta, who despite being Freeza's little pet still managed to be high and mighty… the little snot.
"I don't have 'buddies' as you call them, so I don't know who you're talking about" Bardock crossed his arms over his chest; Trunks didn't even seem disrupted by his response. He walked towards him with a candor the boy had cemented in their battle with Freeza.
"Well they seem to know you, I don't care I just don't want a nasty rumor starting…" His annunciation made clear that it was more than a statement but a probable threat.
"Bardock!" Planthor called from inside the medical ward "on…on the radio listen, they're talking about you!" Bardock looked at Trunks before walking into the ward; Planthor turned up the static from the receiver, the broadcast was sketchy but by law it reached everywhere on the planet so squads would know at a moment's notice when they were to leave for a planet purging. Trunks and Goten followed in just as Planthor got the station stabilize. The announcer had already been through a round of his speech when he repeated:
"Yes it's true my brothers and sisters we are finally liberated, the tyrant Freeza is dead, and what's even more amazing is that it was one of our own that destroyed the bastard! A third class soldier called Bardock.
Trunks darted his eyes at Bardock at the mention of his name; "No friends huh?"he breathed out a sigh.
"Unfortunately there has been no word on his Royal Highness King Vegeta, the prince or the elites that left with him; but ten of our elite soldiers have at this moment gone to find out what has become of our king..."
Trunks' attention turned when the prince was mentioned, the punk face had rescinded to concern and Bardock for one was shocked to see the boy so silent.
"A report just came in… king Vegeta…is…dead…. The elites as well… the prince's whereabouts are unconfirmed at the moment…"
Trunks wanted to turn the radio off; the announcer had been nothing but a liar but what if it was true? What if his dad was unconfirmed, what if? … Bardock punched the receiver. It sputtered as little shock waves danced around it causing it too finally collapse, both Trunks and Goten looked at the commotion in bewilderment. Bardock popped his knuckles "I don't know why they think I defeated Freeza; they didn't get it from me." Trunks finally found something likable about him.
End of Chapter.
Vegeta will make his debut in the next chapter!