Chapter 11: Family Connection

Warning: This chapter contains graphic, detailed scenes of gore. Reader Discretion is advised. I've always wanted to say that. Enjoy Chapter 11.

A mist formed on Planet Arpalei, along with some heat. However, this didn't stop two bulls from colliding. A loud bang erupted, echoing through the canyons, mountains and cliffs of Planet Arpalei. The cause of this was the meeting of the forearms of Bardock and Raoul. The two warriors left trails of broken ice on the ground behind them, and steam from the heat produced by their movements.

"Nice block." Said Raoul to Bardock.

"It was nothing." Replied Bardock, who then disappeared from sight, Raoul followed. The two men battled all over the area, each throwing hard punches and kicks. Dodging, and connecting blows, inflicting damage. Yet, neither man showed the affects. Bardock reappeared on the ground, Raoul reappeared behind him. Bardock quickly turned around, swinging his elbow, connecting with Raoul's face. Raoul stumbled back, but then jumped back at Bardock. The two men met in a grapple, struggling for power. After a few tense moments, the two jumped back away from each other, staring into each other's eyes.

"You're very skilled, Saiyan." Said Raoul.

"I've been training." Replied Bardock. "Being dead for over twenty years has it's advantages."

"Quite." Said Raoul. He brushed off his armor and sighed."But I have my own advantages." Raould brought his arms to his sides and clenched his fists. "Prepare to be horrified." Said Raoul. Bardock stood his ground. A red aura formed around Raoul's body, and his body began to tremble.

"A transformation?" Said Bardock.

Raoul's body bulked up, his muscles grew about an inch thicker, his hair grew slightly longer, and his eyes black pupils disappeared, letting his eyes become fully blue. The red aura disappeared, and Raoul went back to his calm stance. "I know it isn't much, but I am a lot stronger than I was five minutes ago." Raoul took a small step forward, "Allow me to demonstrate." Raoul vanished.

Bardock completely lost track of Raoul. "What the, where did he go?" Ranza stood back, trying to locate Raoul as well, but was unsuccessful. Bardock looked in all directions. "Damn it, show yourself!" Bardock yelled.

"Gladly," Replied Raoul, who then drove his knee into Bardock's back, sending him flying into a large ice chunk. Raoul then flew after him. He drove himself into the ice chunk. After a few seconds, the ice chunk exploded, sending small, sharp pieces of ice in all directions. Ranza had to fly around at hight speed just to avoid them. Bardock was flying into the air unwillingly. He had scratches and scrapes all over his body and was in extreme pain.

"Gah!" He yelled, trying to get control of himself. Raoul then out of no where smashed into Bardock's back again, sending him toward a small lake. "Gragh!" Bardock flew down toward the water at incredible speeds. Using what little sense he had, he took a deep breath and held it. He splashed into the water so fast, that the echo could be heard from the summit of the highest mountain in the area. Bardock didn't stop until he hit the bottom of the lake.

Raoul hovered over the lake, "Well, that was a disappointment. He's done already. What a shame." Raoul then turned his attention to Ranza, "Hello my friend, ready to go back to master?"

Ranza stepped back in fear, "No way... I won't go... you can't make me."

Raoul sensed the trembles in Ranza's voice. "Come now, I know he'll be quite pleased to see you." The water began to bubble, which made Raoul turn to look at it. "Huh?" The boiling water then spread apart as a large blue energy blast flew from out of it Raoul ducked the blast, just missing the intense energy wave. "Gah, I could have lost my head!" Raoul lost his temper. "You want to play rough? I can play rough!" Raoul aimed his hand down at the water and launched a purple energy blast at it. The explosion caused the water to rise for a moment, then fall. He then launched many more blasts, making a bigger explosion, and causing the water to rise up from the middle, outward. "Hmrph. Got him."

At the center of the lake, laid Bardock. His arms and legs were spread out, and his mouth was wide opened, trying to catch his breath. He had blood running down his face and his armor was damaged even more. "Gah... Kakarot..." He said, taking another deep breath. The water than began to fall back into the lake, crashing down on top of Bardock, consuming him under the icy water.

Raoul smirked in pleasure. "Well, that'll take care of the Saiyan." He then turned back to Ranza. "Now, where were we?"

Ranza's fear caused him to fall backward. Oh no, what do I do now?

Chi Chi laid in a bed at Capsule Corp. She had fainted, and she had suffered a concussion from hitting her head on the ground. She dlaid there, dreaming about her family, about Gohan, Goten and Goku. But her visions of Goku were blurry. Goku, what ever I did wrong, I'm sorry. She said in her sleep. She then spoke these words out loud. "Goku, please forgive me."

Bulma was just passing by the room when Chi Chi spoke. She steeped back and looked at her through the door. "Oh no, she's dreaming about what happened before the boys left." Bulma brought her hand to her breasts and sighed. "Something must not be right at home for them. I just hope it gets better, whatever it is." Bulma continued on her way, leaving Chi Chi to sleep.

Raditz scanned the people around him, Goku was right in front of him, and Gohan behind him. Vegeta and Piccolo stood with Goten and Trunks. "Alright, you better be listening." Everyone nodded, Raditz had some information that may prove useful. "We are on a planet known as Yowai. The soldiers constantly talked about it. I made sure to get as much information as I could. They were so stupid, they didn't even know where I was."

"The curse of this planet." Said Goku.

"Yes," Said Raditz. "The curse of this planet drains people of their ki, making it very hard to fight, or even survive here." Raditz looked around, "I also found out that the affects last for at least four hours after leaving this planet, so I suggest when you leave, not to do any heavy training. There's another planet too, not far from here, and that's where they are headed."

"What's their purpose?" Asked Goku, "How long have they been here?"

"About a week." Replied Raditz, "But I don't know what they want. All I know is that they are heading to another planet to conduct their operations, a place called Arpalei, or something like that." Raditz sighed. Goku smiled in delight, already knowing that Arpalei was the next stop, but this was discontinued when Raditz shot a look of anger at Goku. "Now, we have some buisness to settle." Raditz walked up to Goku, grabbed his shirt and lifted him into the air. "I have questions, and you have answers, so spill it!"

"Spill what?" Said Goku, who was being shaken around.

"Well, first and foremost, why you even are out in space in the first place." Raditz then threw him onto the ground, and the rest of the group all became cautious. "And another thing." Said Raditz. "Why the hell am I alive, I'm pretty sure I recall being held by you, and then having a beam shot through my chest by the Jolly Green Giant over there, what in the hell is going on?"

"Why don't you start by calming down." Barked Vegeta, "You haven't change at all. Oh sure, you may have saved Gohan's life, but your attitude is more pathetic than ever." Raditz looked at Vegeta with disgust, then at a sore, heart broken Gohan, who knew was worried about Videl, and alwso worried about his Grandfather. "If," Said Vegeta, "And only if you just calm down, then maybe we'll let you on the ship with us, and we'll explain why you're still alive."

"Grrr..." Raditz stood up. "Gragh... I'm in the mood to kill someone right about now." Raditz looked behind him at Goku. "Kakarot, we'll set our diferences aside for now, but after we get to that planet, I won't hesitate in fighting you. Got it?" Goku nodded.

"Then lets get moving," Said Piccolo, "We can't waste anymore time." Piccolo turned and flew in the direction of the ship, with the rest of the group following. Raditz reluctantly followed the others.

"Ranza my dear friend, what's the matter? You seem scared." Raoul was toying with Ranza, playing mind games with him.

"You listen to me you freak," Barked Ranza, "I may not be as strong as you, but I'm not going back to that freak and his brain washed army without a fight."

Raoul's face filled with the expressions of hate and evil. "So be it." Quickly, Raoul delivered a well placed knee to Ranza's gut, then grabbed him by the throat. "Now you listen here you under class rag doll. You can't fight, you're lacking in technique, and you're about to be brought down to the ship whether you like it or not." Raoul then punched Ranza in the stomach, and then taunted him. "Oh, I'm sorry, but I have complete control of you, what do you think about that?"

Ranza coughed some, then opened his eyes. "Pretty damn good." Raoul was shocked at the response. Ranza then shook free and kicked Raoul in the jaw, casuing his head to fly backwards. Ranza then gave Raoul a spin kick sending him flying out to the middle of the lake.

Raoul stopped and looked around, "Gah, that kid caught me off guard." Said Raoul trying to comfort himself. He looked at the shore, where Ranza stood with his hands on his hips, and a cocky smile. "Gragh, what are you so happy about, you got lucky!" Raoul hovered there for a moment and tried to figure out what Ranza was so happy about. Then, the water below him began to boil. Raoul looked down, and saw a small light. The light got bigger, and bigger, until it made a circle of light around Raoul. "But I Killed you!" He yelled. A large energy beam shot up. Raoul put his hands down to try and stop the blast, he kept it from hitting him and causing damage, but he flew high into the air.

The blast sent Raoul high into the air. Still holding on, Raoul used some of his ki to push himself off of the blast and re-gain control of himself in mid air. The blast shot up and away from him. "Phew." He said. He then saw something fly around him really fast. "No way." Raoul said, "The Saiyan survived!"

Bardock moved with lightning fast speed and got behind Raoul quickly. "Waiting for me?" He said with cockiness. Raoul hovered there, his face trembling, he then slowly turned his head, then took a quick kick at Bardock, which Bardock ducked. He then grabbed the leg of Raoul and swung him around. He released and then flew after him. He flew next to him for a moment, his hair flailing around, a smirk on his face. The smirk quickly turned into rage and Bardock sped ahead of him, firing a blast in front of him. Bardock then came to a dead halt with his back turned. Raoul flew past him and Bardock smirked. Raoul turned his head to see what was in front of him, and he flew right into Bardock's blast.

Ranza's face lit up with delight as Raoul fell from the sky with a trail of smoke behind him, and Bardock hovering in front of him, hair rustling in the wind, head band straps doing the same. "Way to go man!" He yelled. Bardock turned his head and smiled at Ranza. "Alright!" Ranza yelled. They both looked down at the falling Raoul. He splashed into the water with a lot of force.

Bardock grinned, "And that takes care of him." Bardock then turned to Ranza, he hovered high above the lake looking down to Ranza.

"Finally, someone strong enough to take them on! We'll be unstoppable!" Ranza began to laugh with certainty and joy. Bardock's smile disappeared, and was replaced by a puzzled look. Ranza stopped laughing, and froze. Bardock's face then went fearful, signaling to Ranza that something wasn't right.

Goku was already sitting in the pilot seat of the ship, setting the coordinates for Planet Arpalei. Vegeta, Gohan and Piccolo were explaining the situation to Raditz, and Goten and Trunks were playing a game of chess.

"Hey Vegeta," Said Goku, "How in the world are those two playing chess?"

"Hmrph," Vegeta looked at Goku, then shot his eyes over to Goten and Trunks, "Trunks told Goten that if he beat Trunks in a game of chess, he would give your brat one of his toys." Goku laughed a bit.

Trunks looked behind him at the rest of the group and smiled widely, "Well, two more moves and I've won the game." Just then, his cheerfulness was cut off by Goten's voice.

"Got'cha." He said with delight. Trunks quickly looked back at the board and examined it. Goten smiled widely.

Trunks smacked himself in the face, "No, how could I have missed that? Darn it."

Everyone but Vegeta, Piccolo and Raditz began to laugh at this. Raditz then looked to Vegeta, "So, you think Babidi brought me back?"

"It's possible," Said Piccolo, "He may have tried to bring you back with the rest of them, but it failed and you were sent somewhere far away in space."

"Well," I've been looking for answers for at least a year." Said Raditz, "And you say that's when that incident occurred." Vegeta nodded. Raditz then stretched and yawned. "Gosh I'm tired."

"Bardock!" Yelled Ranza, "What's wrong? You look like you just saw a ghost!" Bardock's expression became more fearful, causing Ranza to freeze, he felt the same things that Bardock was feeling, and had the same suspicions. In that moment, Ranza took a glance behind him and saw a blue energy disc flying at him. Within a second, the disc buzzed by him, leaving a deep wound in his side. Bardock's face went pale. Ranza slowly moved his hand to his side and touched the wound, when he looked at his hand again, blood was dripping off of it. The blood loss caused Ranza to fall to the ground.

Bardock couldn't move, he was fearful. "He shouldn't have been able to move after that, not for at least ten minutes. How could I be so foolish!" The blue disc then rushed up toward Bardock. It gained speed, eventually disappearing, and whizzing by Bardock's face. A small cut opened up on his face. The disc halted behind Bardock and stopped spinning, it then expanded to body size and Raoul emerged from it, leaving a bule aura around him.

"You'll pay dearly for that." Said Raoul in a sick, sadistic voice. Bardock slowly turned his head to look behind him. He the went to kick him, but Raoul disappeared. Bardock looked aorund for a moment, but then was caught from behind and picked up by the hair. Raoul hovered in there air, holding Bardock higher than him, laughing sadistically. "Good job Saiyan, way to under estimate me. You'll soon regret it." Raoul then planted a fist into Bardock's back, sending pain up and down his body, and causing him to cry out in agony. "You Saiyans are just ridiculous." Raoul planted another fist in Bardock's back. "Now, I'm going to kill you, but you're not going to die right here and now, no. I'm going to let you suffer for a while." Raoul then extended his free hand, and clenched his fist, and with that, a shory, but very sharp blade emerged from his forearm.

"Gragh! No way in hell!" Yelled Bardock.

"I think not." Replied Raoul, who then stuck the blade into Bardock's side. The pain was the worst he had ever felt in his existence. "And we'll move the blade over here." Raoul slowly and sadistically moved the blade around, cutting around more, and causing Bardock to scream out in pain. Raoul then pulled the blade out, and stuck it into Bardock's shoulder. Bardock screamed out in pain, echoing across the planet. The screams came one after another. Raoul just hovered there, with a sadistic smile.

"Dodoria?" Said Raditz, "It's hard to believe that such a small, insignificant creature such as Babidi could make someone like HIM that powerful."

"Even as Super Saiyans, we were almost no match for him." Said Vegeta, "Almost impossible to believe."

"I had never met the guy and he acted as if he knew me, or someone like me." Said Goku, "I think he said I looked like someone he knew."

"Father." Said Raditz. "Such a pity he's gone, it would have been a family reunion." Raditz said sarcastically.

"Well," Said Goku, "That's the thing. That's why we're out here in the first place." Raditz and Goku exchanged looks for a few moments.

"But that's impossible, he died more than twenty years ago, he's gone Kakarot!"

"Sorry to burst your bubble Raditz," Interupted Piccolo, "But it's true, he's alive, and out here in space."

Raditz sat there in shock for a moment, trying to make sense of what they were saying, but quickly concluded: "You guys are full of bull." But as soon as he said that, an eerie feeling fell over him, and also, fell over Goku as well.

They both became fearful when they heard the screams of Bardock running through their heads. Gohan and Goten felt it as well. Raditz, Goku, Gohan and Goten all looked up to the ceiling, up to the sky. Goku and Raditz both spoke at the same time. "Father?"

Raditz quickly stood up, rushed over to Goku and picked him up by the shirt again. "Okay smart guy, what the hell is going on? He's alive, and you didn't tell me before?"

"We just did tell you." Said Goku.

"Gragh, no excuses Kakarot!" Raditz and Goku both heard the screams again, then coughing, then more screams. Raditz then threw Goku to the floor, "I'll deal with you later!" He then ran out the door of the ship and flew off.

Goku got up and brushed himself off. Vegeta, Piccolo, Gohan, Trunks and Goten all surrounded him. "You alright Goku?" Asked Piccolo.

"I'm fine," Replied Goku, "But Bardock isn't. I may not know my own brother too well, but as far as family goes, I'm sure he's off to Arpalei. So that's where we'll go." The group nodded. "And Gohan, he's not the only one who needs to be saved either, you have someone you'd like to get back too."

Gohan nodded, not saying a word.

"Alright," Said Vegeta, "Then lets get this blasted thing moving already." Vegeta walked over to the control panel, hit the launch button, and pretty soon, they were off into space, headed toward Arpalei.

"It's a good thing that this ship can move fast," Said Goku, "Hopefully we'll make it there in time to save him."

Gohan was standing in one of the windows of the ship, when a small ship passed Goku's ship with incredible speed. "Hey Dad, another ship just went by."

"It's got to be Raditz." Said Vegeta, who walked up to the window to see the ship. "Yes indeed, it's a Saiyan ship, much like the ones that we used to invade Earth all those years ago, it's him Kakarot."

Goku sat in his seat thinking, in fear, and thinking about everything that had lead up to this moment. "Okay." He said, "Hold on everyone, I'm putting her in high gear." Goku hit a button, causing the ship to gain speed. Goku sat back, worrying, and thinking, and hoping that he wasn't going to be too late.

"Blast that Kakarot, Blast him!" Yelled Raditz, doing no good to anyone because there was no one else in his small ship but himself. He sighed and sat back. "Father's alive, but if I don't hurry, it won't last for long." He sat back in his chair. "Kakarot, our problems aren't settled, we'll face off again"

Raditz ship rushed off toward Arpalei.

Bardock screamed in pain as Raoul pulled the blade out of his shoulder. "Are you tired of this torture yet? Are you ready to give up? You're losing blood, and fast." Raoul had Bardock's blood on his hand and blade and smirked.

Bardock began to grunt, and then let out a laugh. "Not a chance... you freak!"

Raoul took this with anger, "So be it." He said, then planting a fist into Bardock's opened side wound, causing him to cry out in pain again. "This will be the longest day of your life." Said Raoul.

This is where Chapter 11 ends, will Goku or Raditz make it to Arpalei on time to save Bardock, and what will happen with General Chaz and Videl, we will find out soon. Read, Review, thanks a million!