And so, six months came and went.
Everyone was rather productive throughout that time:
The duo, and every other Z-Fighter, continued their training sessions up on the Lookout.
21 unfortunately gave up on her search for her past, and decided to work for Capsule Corp. as a researcher, believing that it could be rather fun and interesting. She also continued taking the alien medicine that Jaco provided as well.
Queen Shannon continued training herself to be the duo's most powerful rival, developing new attacks and new strikes and counter strikes.
Goku merely continued on his daily routine of training, not only to satisfy his Saiyan instincts of beating up stronger opponents, but also to defend the Earth from greater threats.
However, evil would soon re-emerge...
On a simple warm day in August, Mafin and Begu were sparring, as usual, when all of a sudden, they felt massive amounts of energy.
This power felt...different.
It felt cold, mysterious, and dangerous.
Mafin looked at Begu with a sense of fear in his eyes.
He stammered, "Y-You don't think it's-"
Begu interrupted, "NO! That shouldn't be possible!
They felt taps on their shoulders, and both men turned to see Krillin with a deeply terrified expression on his face.
Krillin said, "G-Guys, I'm so sorry. Frieza...is alive."
Both of the duo's hearts began fearfully beating.
Mafin whispered, "No..."
Begu exclaimed with shock, "WHAT?! H-HOW?!"
"I...I don't know. But I can definitely tell that he's coming here. Probably to finish off Goku.", replied Krillin, who sighed deeply afterwards.
Begu fell to his knees, and panted heavily.
This had to be a nightmare!
This couldn't possibly be real, right?!
Right?!
The Octorian shouted up to the sky, "NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"
Krillin sighed, "I'm sorry Begu, but it is."
Begu lowered his head down, and silently punched the tile near him.
Just then, the Saiyan martial artist himself arrived.
Krillin exclaimed, "Goku! Thank goodness you're here!"
Goku nodded, "Yeah. Did you guys pick up on Frieza's energy too?"
The entire group nodded in response.
Piccolo angrily clenched his fists, "Why him? And why now?"
Tien stammered, "I-I can't believe this..."
Yamcha fearfully said, "This is bad! How the heck did that monster survive?!"
Goku folded his arms and sighed, "Honestly Yamcha, I have no idea. I thought I killed him back on Namek. But I guess he avoided my attack somehow."
He then stated, "You guys follow the direction of his power. I'll head over to Capsule Corp to meet up with Vegeta, since he's probably back on Earth by now."
The group collectively exclaimed, "Right!"
The Saiyan quickly teleported away.
Yamcha's eyes widened, "Oh yeah, I almost forgot that Vegeta's still around here..."
Mafin asked the bandit, "Where has he even been? I haven't seen him in a while."
Yamcha shrugged, "Beats me."
Krillin turned to the others and commanded, "Okay! Let's head out you guys!"
The rest of the Z-Fighters (as well as Mafin) nodded, and they all blasted off of the Lookout.
While flying throught the clouds, Mafin noticed that Begu had a vacant expression on his face.
Mafin smiled and nudged his friend, "Begu, it's going to be alright. I'm here for you."
However, the Octorian didn't say anything.
He honestly didn't know what to say in this moment...
Goku instantly arrived in the backyard of Capsule Corp.
Bulma (who was now donning a big poofy afro) grinned, "Goku! You made it!"
Vegeta (who was now wearing an odd-looking pink shirt) growled and walked up to Goku.
He grabbed his rival by his blue undershirt and angrily shouted, "You fool! How could you let Frieza survive?!"
Goku held his hands up in defense, "But I didn't! I swear I killed him myself! Or, at least, I thought I did."
Vegeta scoffed and said, "In any case, I'm going to Frieza's location. Just stay out of my way, clown."
He immediately blasted off into the sky.
Goku sighed and turned to Bulma, "So, where has Vegeta been? I haven't seen him in a while."
Bulma replied, "He was off training in space. He left a week after you came back."
Goku nodded, "Huh. So, he's been trying to get stronger than me?"
Bulma sighed, "Yeah, pretty much."
The Saiyan let out a soft chuckle, "I figured."
He clenched his fist tightly and smirked, "I still want him ready for our rematch."
Bulma scoffed and thought, "Does he seriously wanna fight Vegeta again? After all we just went through?"
"Goku? What are you doing here?"
The Saiyan turned around and saw 21 (who was back in her original outfit) walk up to them.
Goku gained a serious expression on his face, "21, I've got some bad news. It's about Frieza. He's-"
"-Survived the explosion of the Namekian home world, and is now heading over to Earth.", interrupted 21.
Goku went wide eyed, "How do you-?"
Bulma quickly replied, "I explained the details to her earlier."
21 nodded in agreement, "I was actually wondering what are you doing here at Capsule Corp.? Shouldn't you be with the others?"
Goku replied, "Well, I came here to meet up with Vegeta. But, he kinda screamed at me and flew off."
He scratched the back of his head and let out an awkward laugh afterwards.
21 deeply sighed, "I'm just wondering how Mafin and Begu are processing this right now..."
Goku frowned, "Yeah. I honestly feel sorry for them."
Bulma spoke up, "Well, let's head over there! I mean, it could possibly be the end of the world, after all!"
Goku nodded, "Right."
He then concentrated on finding each of their energies.
After a few seconds, the Saiyan exclaimed, "I got them!"
Bulma smiled, "Great! Now let's go!"
The Z-Fighters all arrived at a desolate wasteland, and Vegeta arrived soon after.
He scoffed upon seeing Mafin and Begu, "These two weaklings are still here?"
Mafin nervously backed away from the Saiyan Prince, while Begu merely stood in place, not even reacting to the insult.
"Hey, lay off, man!", angrily exclaimed Yamcha.
Krillin agreed, "These two have been training non-stop, and they've become far stronger than the last time you saw them!"
Vegeta growled, "Oh, really? Shall we put it to the test then?"
"Alright, Vegeta. That's enough."
The Z-Fighters turned around and saw Goku standing behind them, along with 21 and Bulma.
Vegeta rolled his eyes and thought, "Of course the clown would defend the lackeys..."
Looking at Bulma and 21, Yamcha asked, "What are you two doing here?"
Bulma replied, "Well, I was thinking that since Frieza was gonna blow the planet up, I might as well show up."
21 said, "And I decided to come here too."
"But, isn't it dangerous for you to be out here?!", fearfully questioned Yamcha.
Bulma shrugged, "Not really. I mean, we got Goku here to back us up."
Goku happily chuckled in response.
The bandit thought, "Yeah, that is true..."
21 then looked at Mafin and Begu, and turned back to Yamcha,
"Excuse me for a moment, Yamcha."
The bandit nodded and stepped out of the way.
She walked over to the duo.
21 asked, "How is Begu doing?"
Mafin sighed, "Not good. He hasn't spoken at all ever since we left the Lookout."
21 said, "I hope we can resove this Frieza matter quickly..."
Mafin nodded in agreement.
They both affectionately rubbed Begu's head.
After several minutes of waiting around, Piccolo's eyes widened.
He turned to the group and shouted, "HE'S HERE!"
Goku, Vegeta and the rest of the Z-Fighters all got into their battle stances.
Begu breathed heavily as he saw the Frieza Force mothership appear in the skies above.
Mafin, 21, and Bulma quickly kneeled down to the Octorian's level.
Begu stammered, "I-It's...F-F-Frieza!"
Mafin caressed his best friend's face and smiled, "It's going to be alright, dude!"
21 said, "He's right, Begu!"
Bulma smiled, "You've got nothing to fear! Goku will take care of that monster!"
Begu nervously replied, "B-But it's still Frieza!"
The ship landed several feet away from the group.
The ship's door opened, and two distinct figures floated out and landed on the ground.
They were King Cold, the previous ruler of the Universe, and Frieza himself, who was now a cyborg.
Several other Frieza Force soldiers flew out and landed near the two Frost Demons.
Frieza smirked, "So, this is Earth. How boring and drab."
He looked over and saw the various Z-Fighters in the distance.
His eyes narrowed upon seeing Goku.
"There he is, Father. Just as I predicted.", said the tyrant.
King Cold nodded, "So, should we kill him first?"
Frieza shook his head no, "It wouldn't be very dramatic. I have a better idea. I think it would be better if I let my men kill his friends first."
An unsettling grin spread across his face, "So that he will feel what it is like to be undone, torn apart, and terrified! Terrified like I was!"
King Cold smiled, "Well, alright then. Do as you wish."
They all watched Frieza give out orders to his men.
Begu began growling with utter rage at the sight of the cybernetic Emperor.
Mafin noticed this and whispered, "Begu...you don't want to do this. He's far too powerful for all of us. Just let Goku handle this guy, alright?"
The Octorian shook his head, "I have to do this, Mafin. I can't take it anymore. I have to kill him, once and for all."
Begu took a deep breath and yelled, "FRIEZA! YOU'RE MINE!"
He quickly blasted over to the Frieza Force's ship.
Goku shouted, "BEGU! NO!"
Krillin also shouted, "ARE YOU INSANE?! GET BACK HERE!"
Vegeta angrily thought, "What the hell is he trying to do?!"
Mafin facepalmed himself, and 21 fearfully asked, "Wh-What is he doing?!"
Mafin sighed, "Something incredibly insane and stupid."
The Frieza Force soldiers spotted the Octorian flying towards them.
They fired various laser beams at the purple alien, who dodged every single one of the attacks.
He rapidly fired several ki blasts at all of the members, killing them.
The Octorian landed, and ran all the way over to Frieza and his father.
Begu smirked, satisified that he was finally face to face with the tyrant himself.
"I'm here for you, Frieza.", said the Octorian, "I'm ready to face you down!"
To his surprise, Frieza had a rather confused expression on his face.
"Do I know you?", asked the tyrant.
Begu's blood suddenly ran cold.
He gritted his teeth with anger, "Y-You mean...you don't know who I am?!"
Frieza perked a brow, "Should I?"
Begu growled, "The day that Octoria was destroyed. That time you took in two lackeys. You don't remember?!"
The Frost Demon thought to himself for a moment.
Upon remembering, his eyes widened with shock. He then smirked fiendishly.
"Oh ho ho ho!", laughed Frieza, "Now I remember. You're that Octorian who called me...what was the word again? Oh yes, a 'prick'."
He continued, "I even recall hearing the screams and cries of the various Octorians that were on the planet that day. It's rather convenient that all of the planet's warriors were already recuited in my army years ago. Because if that weren't the case, you definitely would have been the last living remnant of Octoria."
Frieza grinned evilly at Begu, "Now that would have been really sad, wouldn't it?"
Veins of rage popped all over Begu's forehead as he quickly charged up. He fired a massive ki beam at the tyrant, who easily blocked it, diverting the beam towards a nearby cliff.
Frieza sighed and asked, "Is that all?"
Begu screamed as he rapidly flew towards Frieza, "I'LL KILL YOU!"
He was instantly knocked out with a single punch from the tyrant, and he fell to the ground.
Everyone (with the exception of Vegeta and Mafin) winced as Begu was knocked out cold.
Mafin sighed and turned to 21, "I can't beleive this is actually happen..."
Vegeta shook his head, "Serves him right. That fool never stood a chance."
Bulma scoffed, "Seriously, Vegeta?"
Back at the site, Frieza cracked his knuckles and said, "That was a nice bit of comedy. Now then Father, let's resume waiting for that monkey."
King Cold nodded, "Of course."
Goku growled, "I gotta save Begu! Now!"
He teleported away, startling everyone.
The Saiyan arrived at Begu's spot, picked up the small Octorian, and placed him on his back.
Frieza smiled, "Hello, Goku. I see you've finally arrived. And you're acting as the clean-up crew, how wonderful."
Goku gave a vicious glare at the Emperor.
Suddenly, the Saiyan sensed an entirely new ki signature behind him.
He turned around, and saw a mysterious purple-haired youth standing nearby.
Frieza's eyes widened, "Who is this?"
The mysterious youth, who had a confused expression on his face, thought to himself, "Oh no..."