Raditz could do nothing but stare at Goku. He was utterly shocked. He just couldn't bring himself to believe that his little brother – the very one who'd made the Saiyan legend become reality and had defeated Frieza – had said that it was highly likely that everyone was going to die. It just couldn't be happening. Yet, Raditz thought in a state of horror, it is. There was just no way in all of the universes that Raditz could have imagined Goku's words.

"Kakarot… Surely, surely you can't mean it," Raditz begged. He couldn't believe it. No. He wouldn't believe it. There was a difference. "I mean… you… you were the one who defeated Frieza!" Raditz desperately said. He was clinging to his denial, but he was slowly slipping. "You have to be able to…" Raditz broke off as he bit his lip, unsure of what he'd been about to say. He turned away from his brother, completely at a loss for words, and began shaking. His denial of this whole mess had been fragile to begin with, but now it shattered into shards and disappeared, almost like his denial had been a simple piece of paper torn and thrown into the wind.

Goku sighed. "I'm sorry, Raditz," he said, "The best thing we can do now is find everyone and hope that we can stop Vegeta." Raditz didn't miss the hidden implication in Goku's words, and Raditz shivered, even though it wasn't cold. Goku floated into the air, and hovered as he looked down at his older brother. Raditz was hugging his own torso, desperately trying to stop himself from shaking. "Are you coming?" he asked. Raditz looked up at him stupidly for a moment, and then followed along silently. The two brothers quickly and quietly flew towards the power levels that Goku had sensed, knowing that they had to get there in time.

They couldn't afford to waste what little time they had…

"We're too late," Goku suddenly said, just as Raditz felt like he'd swallowed an iceberg. "One is already gone!" he said as Raditz felt something that vaguely felt like a weight had been implanted into his heart. He looked down at the ground, desperately trying to blink back tears. When he looked back up, Goku was looking straight at him with a sad, worried expression. "Are you alright, brother?" the younger warrior asked, and Raditz just looked at him sadly. He had nothing to say, and he didn't know what he could say. Something had gone horribly, horribly wrong, and the older of the two warriors was definitely not okay.

They finally reached the clearing, where they landed and were greeting by the most horrific of sights. Gohan was lying on the ground, clearly gasping for breath, while Vegeta was standing over him. But while the half-Saiyan was still very much alive, but there was someone laying nearby that looked worse off than anything Raditz or Goku had ever seen. Looking over at Bardock's team, Raditz felt horror course through him as he saw Fasha crying into Tora's chest, and Tora, Shugesh and Borgos were struggling to blink back tears of their own. Then Raditz fixed his attention on Vegeta. The expression on the Saiyan prince's face made Raditz want to crawl in a hole and just die. It was a look far worse than any glare a Saiyan could muster… and they could muster some pretty bad glares. Vegeta's expression was cold, dead, merciless, and above all, cruel. It was unnatural.

Raditz looked over at the motionless Saiyan lying nearby, and anger surged through him. Goku followed his gaze and asked, "Oh no… That's Daddy, isn't it?" as he looked over at his brother. Raditz gave only one indication that he'd heard, and it was a slight nod. He was having an issue keeping his anger in check as he watched the others trying to fight off Vegeta, who'd moved away from Gohan's beaten body. Raditz really didn't feel like snapping at his little brother, of all people, but he knew that if he spoke, a snapping would be inevitable. Goku suddenly put his hand on his brother's shoulder. "Hey, don't try to repress it, okay?" he said suddenly. Raditz gave the young Saiyan a sceptical look. "It is times like this," he gestured at the battle, "Where anger and grief can make us stronger." Goku, for once, sounded very wise.

Raditz balled his fists. "I… can't…" he growled. Goku frowned, confused…

And then Raditz lost it.

He roared as he rushed towards Vegeta, anger fuelling his power and making him a lot stronger. Goku took a few steps backwards, shocked. Raditz hadn't turned into a Super Saiyan, but he was damn well close to it. Goku mused to himself that if Raditz was pushed any further, maybe he would undergo the transformation… Looking over at Bardock then, Goku frowned and began to believe that there was probably wasn't anything left to push Raditz further.

Raditz slammed his fist into Vegeta's face, breaking his cheekbone and actually making the Saiyan prince flying a few metres, so much so that the royal smacked into a tree and collapsed to the ground. He began to cough, but as he did, something that resembled a gelatinous blob floated out from Vegeta's mouth and disappeared over the treetops and into the sky. Raditz, who wanted to give chase, refrained and instead followed its movement with his eyes until it floated out of perceptual range. He then turned back to Vegeta, who everyone was warily looking at. The Saiyan prince was awake, looking around in a state of shock, and rubbing his broken cheekbone. He saw everyone staring at him, and he frowned.

"What… happened?"