FLASHBACK, PLANET VEGETA AGE 737
A young Raditz was being mocked by a group of boys, calling him a weakling and other such names.
" Look at you. Your parents are both Saiyan elites but you, you're a disgrace."
Raditz had enough and took a swing at one of the boys who moved out of the way and pinned Raditz down. Raditz responded by biting the boy's tail and weakening him.
"I'm gonna kill you!"
"No killing in Recess kids."
The Saiyan meant to be watching them was reading a pornographic magazine instead of doing his job.
ELSEWHERE
A young prince Vegeta, still a child stood surrounded by Saibamen. They looked aggressive but The Prince was unfazed. The Saibamen were dumb creatures and took turns swimming at Vegeta only for him to dodge each attack effortlessly. Two of Frieza's soldiers, one of them a new recruit were observing the fight from the monitors and conversing.
" Holy rings of Korbeesha, Did you see that?!"
" Yes, I see it all the time! That's Prince Vegeta. He's the best!"
"There's no waaayyy!"
"Not for any kid you've ever known!"
Nappa, who had yet to partake in the battle that would cause him to lose his hair, leaned on a nearby wall and smiled at the Prince's progress. Learning from the battle, the Saibamen all attacked at once but Vegeta let out a burst of power and sent all the saibamen crashing into the walls of the test chamber. the impact killed almost all the Saibamen. One of the dead Saibamen fell to the ground by Vegeta with lifeless eyes. The Prince turned and fired a blast from his finger, vaporizing the corpse and then in rapid succession did the same with the other bodies.
"Unbelievable!"
"I told you!"
"My gosh! What's he going to be like when he's full grown?"
Nappa: Nobody knows that, yet! But take my advice and stay on his good side!
"Shoot, yeah!"
Prince Vegeta: Open up, you fool! I'm done!
"Ahhh! Yikes! Sorry, sir!"
The soldier frantically opened the chamber door. Napa was waiting outside with the prince's armor ready.
Nappa: You're the best, Prince!
Vegeta: Hm! Stop kissing up, Nappa!
Once Vegeta had finished changing,t he two Saiyans stepped onto a walkway, taking them down a hall.
Vegeta:This place bores me! I want another combat assignment! No more drills! Man, Frieza! The day will soon be here that we won't take any more orders from him! you watch!
Nappa: Huh? You think so?
Vegeta: I know so!
Nappa: I'd love that!
FRIEZA'S QUARTERS
Frieza existed his quarters. Zarbon and Dodoria approached Frieza,who was in a reduced weaker form while resting in his hover chair.
Frieza: Lord Beerus has requested that I destroy Planet Vegeta. This only confirms my belief that the Saiyans should be eradicated.
Zarbon: In ten days they will all be on the planet.
Frieza:interesting and who won't be on the planet?
Dodoria: First off, Bardock and his unit will be on planet Kanassa.
Frieza: Does this Bardock guy have any women in his unit?
Zarbon:yes one.
Frieza:No good. I want to terminate this species.
Zarbon:should I cancel their mission.
Frieza: No. That may raise suspicion. I have a feeling they will die on duty.
Frieza gave Dodoria a look and he nodded, understanding that an order had just been given. Just then the doors opened and Vegeta walked in.
Zarbon: Prince Vegeta? What do you think you're doing?
Dodoria: Frieza didn't send for you, kid! You know that no one sees Lord Frieza unless he calls them first!
Vegeta: Look, I'm bored! This is lame! I need an assignment!
Zarbon: Hm! Who do you think you are? I oughta teach you a lesson in etiquette, Prince!
Frieza: Give him an assignment Zarbon, immediately!
This surprised Carbon.
Zarbon: Lord Frieza!
Frieza: The boy doesn't mean any harm, Zarbon! He just hasn't learned how to control his passion! Give him the hardest assignment that you have, and Vegeta... do come back alive!
Vegeta bowed.
Vegeta: I will, Sire! Thank you very much!
Frieza: You don't have to thank me, Vegeta! You certainly earn your keep around here! You might want to mind your manners a little better though!
Vegeta: Sire!
Vegeta left and joined with Nappa outside of the room.
Zarbon: So you intend on keeping Vegeta alive?
Frieza: His mentor Nappa is secretly loyal to us. He sees potential in the boy. I like the little brat so I think I'll spare him.
Zarbon: Why don't we keep a youngling as well? Without the other Saiyans we can have an easier time controlling them. I suggest Bardock's two sons, one of them is due to be born.
Frieza: good. Barcode's oldest can join Vegeta and Nappa on their mission. Prepare a secret trip to Planet Vegeta, put out information saying we are on our way to Frieza planet 16. We will claim a comet destroyed planet Vegeta, or something.
PLANET VEGETA
Raditz ran to meet with his dad, finally finding him.
Raditz: Dad! Dad! I beat up a bunch of boys bigger than me!
Bardock noticed his son was missing a tooth. He bent down and placed his hands on his son's shoulders.
Bardock: Raditz. Your brother has just been born.
Raditz:Cool. Can I see him?
Bardock approached the new born and scanned his power level.
Raditz: Hi i'm raditz.
Bardock walked away, muttering two words under his breath.
Bardock: another failure
"oh you think so?"
Bardock recognized the voice as that of his wife, Gine.
Give:there were no scouters when we were born, maybe you were a weakling just like him. Those numbers are meaningless.
She began to scan the other babies.
Gine:see. there's a bunch of small numbers here...a few 3s...2s... a 4...and...
the number she scanned gave her pause.
"...10,000?"
Bardock:very funny.
Bardock had started walking away and was about to leave when one of Frieza's men blocked the way. He was a multi armed alien in a hover chair.
Organizer: Sir Bardock, Miss Gine. Could you come this way please?
The two listened.
Organizer: We have instructions from Lord Frieza to your sons. Although their power levels are very weak, He agrees to give them a chance and send them on a mission. Raditz will join with another group and your newborn will be sent to attack a weak planet.
Raditz was standing in front of the sleeping newborn.
Raditz: I'm your big brother. You have to do everything I say.
Organizer: It's a small planet, Many full moons per year, one-tenth of your gravity. Average power level is 3.23.
Gine:Don't 'll turn that plane into a desert rock. What's the highest power level?
Organizer: 3 or 4 people at 150 to 200. Normal elite are at 30, 40.
Gine:doesn't seem so bad. I mean what are the odds he'd encounter the strongest being on the planet on his first day.
THE FOURTH WALL
In a white void an old man steps out. A disembodied voice speaks.
"this is Grandpa Gohan. He is possibly the strongest warrior on earth at this time.
Grandpa Gohan:Hello.
BACK TO THE SHOW
Organizer: Alright then. Raditz leaves the day after tomorrow and the newborn leaves in 10 days.
Give:Perfect. I'll train my baby to kill.
just gave birth. You will be taking a leave of absence.
Gine:what! I didn't take a leave of absence when Raditz was born!
Organizer:Its a new rule that applies to all female soldiers who give birth.
Gine: But I'm a Saiyan! I'm ready to fight right now!
Organizer; Sorry its the rules
Gine:Dammit!
Bardock: play with your child. My unit needs me. I'll see you later.
EN ROUTE TO PLANET KANASSA
Bardock's squad were in Saiyan pods on their way to Kanassa.
Bardock: We'll arrive on Planet Kanassa tomorrow. There are High Power levels but there will be a full moon in two days. We can erase the ten main cities in short time. If we can finish the mission in just four short days Frieza's elite will look like a bunch of idiots. I'm counting on you to make that happen.
Fasha: You sound like you had a bad day.
Tora: Is this about your new son?
Borgos: You should've taken Raditz with us. He'd have improved for sure.
Bardock:WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT THOSE WEAKLINGS!
The Saiyans arrived on the planet and began decimating it, transforming into Oozarus and going on an unstoppable rampage. The Konatsians tried to fight back by firing beams but they could do nothing.
THE NEXT MORNING
Bardock's squad sat in a circle in a crater.
Fasha:Massive destruction. Eleven out of ten.
Tora: Eleven Cities! Most of the population is dead in one night dudes!
Bardock:the real thing is...
Bardock's scouter picked something up.
Bardock:Another power level a few kilometers away.
Tora:I was sure there was nothing left.
Fasha: It's just one guy.
Bardock: I'll get him. You wait here.
Bardock flew away.
tora:Why didn't we detect him before? I don't like this. Still Bardock can handle it.
Bardock flew and touched down upon a single surviving Kanassian in torn clothes.
Bardock: I don't know how we missed you but it doesn't matter.
The Kanassian looked to the ground in sadness.
Kanassian: My race is dead...
Bardock:insanity...figures.
Kanassian:I knew this would happen...
Bardock:sure you did.
Bardock's voice was thick with sarcasm.
Kanassian:I tried to warn them but they wouldn't listen. I have no quarrel with you bringer of death and destruction. You are only a pawn of the true enemy, but please just listen to me! The survival of your people depends on it!
Bardock:pff...die!
Bardock raised his arm to fire a blast.
Kanassian:I SAW YOUR FUTURE!...
Bardock lowered his arm.
Kanassian: And its just as dark as ours. You will die. Your home planet will be destroyed. Destroyed by a small horned purple demon. I've seen him kill your leader. One of your kind with a beard and spiky hair. I've seen you die with your planet.
Bardock: Frieza! Vegeta! You don't have the technology to know about them. How! How do you know them!
Kanassian: I have foreseen it. You must gather your people to kill the purple demon.
Bardock:why would you help me?
Kanassian: The demon that asked for our destruction wants yours too.
Bardock:...that's a load of bullshit!
the Kanassian sighed.
Kanassian: Fine. If I can't convince you. At least don't finish me from a distance. Grant me an honorable death by punching through my chest.
Bardock: As you wish...
Bardock charged the Kanassian and drove his fist through his heart, but as the Kanassian screamed in pain. he grabbed Bardock's head. A series of blurred visions in a white space appeared before him. Bardock panicked and pulled his fist out of the Kanassian, who fell to the ground. Blood soaked the Kanassian's chin and ran down it, spilling over his mouth and neck. He spitted out blood while trying to talk, despite his death. He still managed to smile and laugh in between coughs and spitting out his own smile showed blood soaked teeth.
Kanassian:ha ha ha...It's gonna be Hell for you!...You'll watch your race die and there is nothing you can do to stop it!...ha...ha..ha...
The Kanassian continued to laugh until he finally died with a smile. Bardock was being flashes of events
Bardock: A planet being destroyed! Was it Vegeta? No! It couldn't be!
There was an image of Bardock's newborn son.
Bardock:But wait, the baby, my son... he sees it, too!
"Kakarot...You must survive."
The newborn son was in a pod and flying through space.
It's him... being sent out! So lonely!
In the next scene his squad played dead. Tora was being grabbed by the throat by Dodoria. He was heavily injured.
Dodoria: Where is Bardock!
Torah: I don't understand! We serve Frieza!
Dodoria: You shouldn't have forgotten that you're weak.
Bardock: Tora! I don't understand! What does my young son have to do with you? Why am I seeing these things? It doesn't make sense!
The vision to a Saiyan Bardock recognized as his adult son, wearing an orange and blue outfit and fighting many different foes.
Bardock: My son, he's become a warrior... but he's different from us! What happened? What's wrong with him? Why am I seeing this! No... no!
Bardock wa snapped back to reality and he immediately flew back to where his squad had been.
He found them all dead.
They were scattered across the land, bodies were bloody. Bardock spotted his teammate Tora, who was barely alive. Bardock approached him and held him in his arms. He tried to save him, using Tora's white armband to clean the blood off of him.
Tora:Frieza's scared...
Bardock:scared of what!
Tora:of you Bardock! Frieda's scared of you! Don't you see! He's scared of what you might become! Your getting too strong old friend. Good luck! I'm sorry I can't...
Tora died. Bardock made his hand into a fist. the armband he was holding slowly became soaked in blood until it was completely red.
Bardock:So this is what it's come to. Frieza's taken our loyalty, and paid us back in our own blood!
Bardock took the now red armband and tied it around his head.
He was suddenly attacked by Frieza soldiers, who ambushed him from al sides, likely having been waiting for him to return. They fired blasts at him from above but he flew out of the smoke and delivered a quick blow to one of the men. The soldiers fired but Bardock moved between the blasts and they collided, creating a smoke cloud that hid him form sight. He knew he could not win a fight against these soldiers who wiped out his squad but maybe he could turn them against each other. He grabbed one of the men from behind. Another soldier fired but the blast hit and killed the soldier Bardock was using to shield himself. Bardock and the remaining soldiers charged at each other but Bardock was interrupted by a vision of his adult son.
Goku: Kaioken!
Bardock was snapped back to the present by a blow from one of the soldiers. He saw another scene of a battle between his adult son and an adult Prince Vegeta.
Another soldier grabbed him from behind. The other attempted to finish Bardock with a single punch but he flipped himself and the punch pierced the back of the soldier holding him down. Bardock then turned and fired a blast that vaporized the last soldier. He belieed he was done and flew back down to ground but then spotted Dodoria a distance away. Dodoria charged an attack that sent many things including the corpses of Bardock's teammates hurling though the air with powerful winds. He then fired a massive blast from his mouth that lit the entire area. Seeing no sign of Bardock and only a massive indent where the blast had hit. Dodoria believed he had killed Bardock and departed. When enough time had passed Bardock emerged from the corpses of his old teammates, having even in death supported him one final time. Dodoria returned to Frieza and was told that Bardock was spotted leaving the planet. He asked for a chance to fix his mistake but Frieza refused, believing Burdock would die with his planet, seeing as he was heading back to Planet Vegeta. It gave the Emperor all the more reason to carry out his plan.
PLANET VEGETA
Bardock entered one of the cantinas still bloody and beaten, having rushed in without seeking any help form some Frieza soldiers who greeted and tried to help him. He collapsed onto a table and tried to speak.
Bardock: Listen, everyone! It's Frieza! He's coming for us!
The Saiyans present were skeptical
"us? You mean your right?"
Bardock: No us! You, me, everyone here! It's true! He's scared of us! He wants us all dead! My whole crew is dead thanks to that freak!
Every Saiyan in the bar laughed and began making jokes about how Frieza should bow to the Saiyans and while doing so perform certain "actions" on the Saiyans."
Bardock: fools. You're all dead.
Seeing they would not believe him. Bardock made his way to where Gine was. She was cutting a large piece of meat while swearing under her breath about her position.
Gine: "Don't they know Saiyan biology means they are always ready for a fight?"
Bardock: Gine!
Gine:Bardock!
She ran to her husband and hugged him.
Bardock:no kiss?
Gine: That would imply I didn't think you were coming back.
Bardock: The res of my squad didn't.
Gine seemed to come to a realization.
Gine: It wasn't the Kanassians that did that was it?
Bardock: No. Frieza has betrayed us, and no one will listen to me, but I still plan on fighting.
Gine: And I will fight with you, but there's something we have to do first.
The two Saiyans unexpectedly arrived at the room containing the infant Saiyans. Surprising the Organizer.
Organizer: Sir Bardock, Miss Gine, we weren't expecting any visitors.
Gine:We'd like to see our son.
Organizer:of course.
They approached where the newborn was sleeping.
Bardock:What's his name?
Gine:Kakarot.
Bardock tried to hide his emotions.
Bardock:what's the name of the planet your sending him?
Organizer: Eeee Arth
Gine: Eeee Arth?
Organizer: We don't name em we just send em. Now may I ask what the purpose of your...
Gine impaled the Organizer from behind with her fist. Bardock and Gine then too the infant Kakarot to a pod and closed it.
Bardock: Kakarot...you must survive.
The two placed their hands on the glass. Their son looked up at them.
Gine: I'll go find Raditz. If you turn out to be wrong we'll come get him.
Both parents turned to looked at their son.
Bardock:You have to stay alive.
Gine: take care.
Krakow placed his hands on the glass and looked back at his parents.
Then the pod shot out into space.
Bardock: Even if no one else believes me I intend to fight Frieza.
Gine:I understand but i'm going to try and save Raditz.
The two stared at each other for a moment and then kissed. They both then flew off in opposite directions. Neither one wanted to look back even though it was the last time they would see each other.
Frieza's ship detected Bardock approaching from a great distance away. Several soldiers were sent after Bardock but Bardock fought through them, knocking them to the side with his punches. They swarmed him and formed a massive pile on top of him but with one sudden burst all of the men on Bardock were sent flying off in different directions. Finally Bardock reached the atmosphere and could go no further.
Bardock: Frieza! Frieza, come out and fight me! You coward!
Frieza: Zarbon. Open the hatch.
Zarbon: Sire, you wish to leave the ship?
Frieza: Are you questioning my orders?
Zarbon: Huh? No, Lord Frieza! Right away, Sire!
Frieza existed the ship and all the soldiers stopped fighting and bowed while praising him.
"It's him!"
"Lord Frieza!"
"We salute you, Sire!"
"Yeah! Long live, Lord Frieza!"
Bardock: No way! You've lived long enough! Actually, it's been too long for my taste! Frieza, listen up... we quit! All of us! You can find someone else to do your dirty work! Oh, yeah! There is one last thing! This is for all the people that we killed in your name!
Bardock fired an orb of energy at Frieza.
Bardock: I wish we were never foolish enough to obey you! Here... have it!
Frieza lifted a single finger and created a massive ball of energy. barcode's smaller blast was swallowed by it and he then tilted his hand to point at Bardock. The ball of energy struck him and as he felt his body being destroyed he experienced one last vision.
Bardock: Yes, I... see... now! It's you my son! You are the one who will defeat Frieza! Kakarot!
The ball seemed to vaporize Bardock and then struck Planet Vegeta destroying it. Frieza laughed as the flames casted lights on his face.
Frieza: Oh, my! This is stupendous! Zarbon! Dodoria! What beautiful fireworks!
In another part of space. Kakarot slept in his pod. A distant voice spoke to him.
"Kakarot...it's up to you...you must avenge the Saiyans and Planet Vegeta!
EARTH
The elderly Martial artist Son Gohan walked through bamboo forests near his home. He looks down to the ground in front of him and saw a naked child with a full head of hair wriggling on the grass.
Son Gohan: Huh? Oh my goodness, a little boy. What are you doing way out here little fellow?
Son Gohan lifted the boy up and saw that he had a tail.
Huh? Whatd'ya know, a tail! I'm a little odd myself! Believe it or not!
Son Gohan thought for a moment
Son Gohan: Now let's see! Hmm... hm! Aahh! Yes! I think I know what to call you until I find out where you belong, how 'bout I call you Goku! Oh!
The baby got excited.
You like that, huh? Alright, then, Goku it is! Woo hoo! Goku! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Weee! What a good little boy!
Son Gohan walked away holding the baby. He failed to see a nearby crater containing an open Saiyan pod.