"Ugh…," Goku groaned as he sat up and pressed his hand to his forehead. Rubbing his eyes, he looked around, his expression changing from one of sleepiness to one of shock as he took in his surroundings. He remembered being on an island in the middle of a Namekian sea, not in a spaceship like he currently was. Looking around, his memories began to flood back to him. He remembered Raditz falling into the ocean and drowning. He remembered a white fist with black fingernails punching him in the face. "Where… am I?" he asked himself curiously. When there was no answer, he prepared to use Instant Transmission, but just as he activated his ability an enormous electric shock raced through his body. He screamed in agony and stopped trying to use Instant Transmission as he collapsed to the ground. His unkempt hair had been frazzled by the shock, and now it didn't resemble a palm tree, having become even spikier than it usually was.
Suddenly, Goku heard a choking sound, and he looked over his shoulder to see his brother lying nearby. Raditz appeared to be convulsing, and there was water gushing from his mouth. Even though he'd been forced to his knees, Goku was at the older Saiyan's side in seconds, and he helped the man to sit up. It was astonishing, the amount of water Raditz had swallowed; the gushing flow coming from the drowned Saiyan's mouth never seemed to end. But, finally, it did, and Raditz began to cough and breathe normally again. Goku gave his brother a relieved look as the Saiyan's face returned to normal colour – having gone blue from lack of oxygen – and Raditz looked up at his brother with a startled, confused, and worried look plastered onto his face.
"Ka-kakarot?" Raditz managed to gasp, before his body seized and he launched into a violent coughing fit. As soon as the coughing ceased, Raditz looked around and asked, "Wha-what is this…?" Fear began to set in for the older Saiyan. "Kakarot… d-do you kn-know where w-we are?" Raditz stuttered, as he began to shake, whether from cold or fear Goku couldn't tell. The younger Saiyan shook his head, confused. Raditz seemed to know where they were… but that was impossible, right?
"Raditz… do you know where we are?" Goku asked, hoping that Raditz wouldn't admit that he did. But when Raditz nodded – a slight movement, barely visible – and turned his head, panic began to settle in. "Please tell me!" Goku cried. He'll not like it when I tell him… Raditz thought to himself. He refused to meet Goku's eyes, which were large and pleading. He didn't know how to say it. Taking a deep breath, Raditz finally turned to face Goku, who looked anxious.
Steeling himself for his brother's reaction, Raditz said, "Kakarot, we're on a Planet Trade Organisation Spacecraft." He let his words sink in before he continued. "Do you understand what that means?" he asked carefully. Unfortunately, the derpy look he received told him all that he needed to know, and he sighed. Goku didn't understand, and Raditz had been hoping that he wouldn't have to say the name. Swallowing his fear, Raditz spoke, "This ship is owned by Frieza." Goku froze. Raditz's thoughts began to race as he observed his brother. Oh no… what's going to happen?
Raditz wasn't expecting Goku's reaction. He began to see rage take hold of his brother, no doubt because of the shocking news Raditz had given him. It also probably was because of what Frieza had done. Raditz's eyes widened as he saw Goku start to change. His black hair began to stick upwards, exactly like their father's when he'd transformed into a Super Saiyan. Raditz took a few fearful steps backwards as Goku's eyes began to flash – green to black, green to black, over and over before finally staying green. His hair flashed a few times – gold to black – before there was absolutely no trace of black hair left. Fear flooded through Raditz, and he took a few more steps backwards until he was touching the wall. What have I done? he asked himself.
And then… it stopped. A golden aura blazed around Goku, and Raditz took a few tentative steps forwards.
"Kakarot?" he asked warily, his voice shaking. Goku turned and looked at his older brother, and smiled as the golden aura disappeared. He seemed to be a lot gentler, and Raditz wondered if Goku had achieved a form of Super Saiyan that was unlike the others. He shook his head and laughed silently at his own suggestion. That couldn't be possible.
"I won't hurt you, brother," Goku said suddenly, his voice sounding very calm. Raditz didn't want to believe him, but there was something about Goku that made him believe his brother's words. There was a confidence in Goku that Raditz found appealing to the Saiyan blood rushing through his veins. Goku walked over to the door then and gently touched it. He realised that, while he'd been electrocuted while trying Instant Transmission, his Super Saiyan transformation had overridden the currents in the floor, and had all but destroyed them. "Now," he said, looking back at Raditz, "Let's break out, find the Namekians, get the Dragon Balls, summon Porunga, and wish for Vegeta to return." There was no question in Raditz's mind that Goku had given an order, but rather than disobey – like he previously would have done, due to Goku's age – Raditz went along with the Super Saiyan's plan.
Goku moved to Raditz's side, and they both looked at the door as they charged up an energy blast and prepared to blow it apart. However, it opened, surprising them both and making their charged ki blasts disappear. Raditz's eyes widened as he took in the figure before him. He couldn't believe it. There was no possibly way that the figure standing in front of the two Saiyan warriors could be there.
He's dead… he can't be here, he can't be alive… I was sure he was dead… Raditz silently choked.
The creature standing before the two Saiyan warriors was the changeling that had ruled the Saiyans for seven painfully long years, before he'd destroyed their planet, and had controlled three of the eight survivors for many more years. He was also the creature that had died at the hands of the one thing he feared the most: a Super Saiyan.
The figure standing in front of them was the tyrant of the universe.
Frieza.