Raditz's eyes were poised on the setting sun. As he was going slowly but further deeply into a dreamily like hypnosis, he noticed something moving far out in the distance. Raditz's scouter clicked repeatedly to show life coming from a direction. His squinty eyes became even slitter as he tried to make out the figure approaching him. After a couple of minuets he saw the features of the person and knew that it was Vegeta. Once Vegeta landed Raditz immediately piped up and said, " where's Bardock?" Vegeta made no reply but gave a solemn face. Then, as Vegeta was starting to walk off he said, "he's never coming back."

"What are you talking about, Vegeta?"

"Bardock has decided to control his own fate."

Raditz's voice and expression lit up with alarm. He asked tensely, " where is he?"

"What does it matter?" Vegeta spat out bitterly.

Raditz pursed his lips and said, "Vegeta, tell me where he is."

"It's useless."

At that moment, Raditz picked Vegeta up by the shirt collar, " tell me where he is! This is important."

Vegeta refused to give an answer in all his stubbornness and self pity. Raditz began to shake Vegeta violently to get an answer.

"Dammit Vegeta! If you don't tell me where he is you're going to be in for a lot of shit real quickly!"

Vegeta cast his eyes down with indignance and grunted out, "he's at the end zone; in a sandstorm."

Raditz dropped Vegeta to the ground and took off.

"Dammit father. This wasn't in the timeline before. Don't die."

The sand roared and scratched the air as it rolled ferociously through the desert lands making them seem even more barren. Bardock laid in the same spot he had for hours watching the sand covering him. His eyes were glazed over become more and more lifeless as his fate slowly approached him. Bardock gazed at the sky in all hopelessness and somberness. He officially felt no reason to live.

Raditz struggled to stay up in the air as sand came raining on him. His teeth were clenched in concentration and his eyes widened. "This wind is too ferocious. I'll have to put up a shield." Instantly, a slight glow of yellow appeared around Raditz. After searching around for a couple of moments, Raditz saw a dark figure just barely emerged from the sand. He reluctantly dismantled himself from the air for he knew that if he was wrong he would have a frustrating time getting back up into the air. Once he was on the ground, Raditz crouched down on to the sand.

Raditz's eyes glowed with glee when he saw that he had been right on target. He reached out a hand to Bardock to help him up yet Bardock would make no gesture to accept Raditz's. Raditz yelled out, "Bardock! Take my hand! We need to get out of here before the storm consumes us!" Bardock again made no reply. Raditz picked up Bardock by the back of the shirt when all of the sudden, Bardock, shot him in the eye. Raditz bent over backward and crashed into the sand. He covered his one eye with his hand and bellowed, "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?"

Bardock answered in a quiet but stern voice, " I don't want to be saved. I have chosen to die so leave me here."

Raditz eyes shot up with fire. In a burst of rage he grabbed Bardock by the shirt color and picked him up off the air. "Do you really just want to sit here and die?! What kind of man are you?! I thought you were someone who believed in life, who believed in himself (here Raditz pauses), Father."

It was then that Bardock came to life. His eyes shot up and one of his brows shot down. "Father? Whatare you talking about?"

Raditz's face changed to a seldom expression, "I am your son; from the future. I was sent here to carry out a mission. Did that put you out of your mood?" with that, Raditz dropped Bardock to the sand. Bardock stood up with a brave face as if he was reawakened. "Let's go," Bardock said. "Follow me. We'll find a place to talk about this quietly."

Raditz gave a silent nod in reply and followed. After a little while, both Bardock and Raditz were inside the usual cold dank cave. Bardock stood with a tense face and said, "now, tell me, what is your purpose here and who are you?"

"As I was saying, Father, I am your son. I was sent here to undo what must be undone to preserve the saiyan race."

"And what is that?"

"To separate you two; you and Fasha."

Bardock was starting to get heated and it showed through his voice and when he spoke, "And what does Fasha mean to you?"

"She's my mother. And I'm the fruit of you and her."

"Hmph. If you were to separate us, then you would probably never happen so why do you do this?"

"Well, in the alternate universe, you two are suppose to meet, but only when a new desire for peace reaches the planet. You to are to be the cultural revolution leaders to end this war. Something that is suppose to happen three years from now. But, thing being, you're not suppose to meet now. Fate has decided that it was not meant to be this way at such a time."

"WHY? WHY DOES FATE PROCLAIM THIS?!" Bardock was enraged now. His knuckles turned white and his teeth were bared with a savage connotation."

"Because! Because if you have me Fasha does die. But only after the revolution and peace is restored. I was sent to separate you so that you wouldn't have a child or try to before that time. Bardock! Listen to me! If you don't separate you to are more than likely to try and mate and you will only bring destruction upon yourself and all of the saiyan race!"

"WHY SHOULD I LISTEN TO YOU?" Here, Bardock picked up Raditz by the shirt and had a beam of energy emanating from his hand. Bardock said with gritted teeth, "why shouldn't I just kill you now? ANSWER ME!"

Raditz hesitated for a minute and managed to choke out, " because, if you do. Nothing will be left for you. You will have destroyed the one chance at happiness and prosperity you were hoping to achieve.

At that remark, all of Bardock's rage suddenly flashed out his eyes and then his body. The burning eyes dulled and his bared teeth sneer relaxed to a calm facial expression. Bardock dropped Raditz to the ground. Raditz immediately started choking out of trying to catch his breath. Bardock looked away and down at the ground in denial of what he must do.

"So, you're saying that I must leave Fasha to preserve the future?"

"Yes. You must leave her as soon as possible."

Bardock turned away and clenched his teeth in frustration. After awhile, he blurted, "what…what will happen when I leave her? Where will she go? What is the reason I am to give her for me leaving her?"

"You must give her no answer."

Bardock whipped around in rage and shouted, " give her no answer?! What are you, crazy? She's an adult, not a mindless infant. She deserves to know the truth."

"She may have the right to know. But if she does know, she will not leave. Father, you're running out of time before you can undo what you have done."

"I don't care," Bardock said with hatred.

It was here the Raditz lost his temper. "Then what about everybody else?! If you don't do this then you will condemn future generations!"

"I DON'T CARE. I JUST DON'T CARE. NOW GO BACK TO YOU OWN TIME AND LEAVE."

Neither warrior said anything after that. It was the final blow where silence followed.

Raditz started to walk out of the cave. "I will not go home, Bardock. If you cannot do the job yourself then I'll just do it for you. I will give you three days to do this. Until then, I will say nothing of your whereabouts and take no action for my future plans of any kind.

With that, Raditz flew up into the diminishing sand storm and disappeared. Bardock stood in the cave trembling with anxiety and rage. His mind was in total havoc.

TO BE CONTINUED……….