Chapter 7 – Like a dream

POV Prince Vegeta

Almost six months had passed. The nights have become colder. Everything had changed so much in our life, in the palace. Father and mother hardly spoke to each other, my mother blamed father for everything that had happened. The death of her best friend, Frieza`s tyrant behavior and feeling of being diminished because of it. She called him weak and that he has no backbone.

I had perfected my team in recent times. With three strong experienced fighters including Nappa, we could handle any mission that Frieza threw at us. Raditz had proven himself a loyal soldier. Every order he followed.

Every task that came from the Frieza force we accomplished. I would rather sacrifice a random team of warriors than go through the experience of that night one more time. Now I try to keep people at a distance to, not having a bond means not having to feel any pain. From time to time I could still hear her screaming. In addition, I preferred to be gone rather than be at home anyway. Everything seemed to have fallen apart.

I walked through the corridor, from a room my little brother came stepping out. "Big Brother" the little boy looked happy. I put his hand on his head and pushed him over, still not strong on his feet. Weak little boy, I smiled at him while he was on the ground. Tears in his eyes, I winked at him.

Then mother stood behind me, looking angrily like she always does. "Say sorry" she said furiously. Growling, I uttered the word sorry. Father was also approaching. He looked at my little brother with disapproval. Somehow I always felt sorry for the little boy. He was just born in the wrong family. And with the genes that run through our veins, he was never meant to be born this way. But he did.

Father put a hand on my shoulder, a sign that I should walk with him. Without words, we continued walking down the cold white corridor. We walked together to the command center. Suddenly father spoke in a calm voice. "Son, what will you say if I had plans to send your little brother away?" The question did not come as a surprise.

I put my hands behind my back, like father always did. I looked straight ahead and said "Fine, he's weak. He will only be a burden". It actually came as a relief; I wouldn't have to worry about the little boy anymore. He's my little brother and it just waiting to see when Frieza picks him out as a new puppet. My little brother is not safe here.

We walked into the command center, one of my men named Corny came in and handed me a piece of paper. I went over the assignment. This wasn't too difficult. He will send the message out to our team. Departure will be in three hours.

~Raditz and family home~

POV Raditz

Mother walked into the living room. "Hey son, you just got an assignment in" Mother handed the piece of paper to me. "Thanks Mom, this looks like an easy assignment." I read through it, there were no shocking things in it. Destroy and take over, they were the most fun missions I thought.

"Thank goodness, I hate it sometimes when you travel with Prince Vegeta. I heard he's become horrible lately." She gave me a kiss on the head. It was just a good thing that mother also had Kakarot to take care of, or she would have constantly been more worried about me. Now she had a distraction.

Father also entered, once again mother held up a paper. "You're pretty busy boys". Dad took the piece of paper and read it "I'll be back in three days maximum four days tops". Meanwhile, he grabbed fruit from a bowl and leaned against the kitchen counter.

I jumped up "I'll probably go to the center already. Bye mom, bye dad. See you guys in a couple of days". I personally liked to be fully prepared, and it was appreciated to have everything set up for departure before Vegeta arrived.

But father stopped me as I walked to the door. "Hey wait a minute" and dad pressed his knuckles to my head. "Dad stop it" I laughed. "Hey you're not just going to leave are you?" Mother stood with her arms on her hips, but as quickly as she could she caught me for a hug. "Okay okay, I get it already! Going to miss you too mom. See you in a few days".

~One Day Later ~

POV prince Vegeta

Our group of warrior Saiyans stumbled across the planet at ease. Occasionally we were attacked. Five days were scheduled for the task; we didn't need that long. But it was better than being at home, I thought to myself. Where we were now was a green hilly planet, not too cold. It was quite beautiful here compare to other planets we normally took over.

The group was walking towards a village when Tyme who was also our tech-guy received a message "Prince Vegeta, we`ve gotten a direct order from Frieza. Everyone must return to the planet immediately". I felt annoyed.

"That can wait; we'll finish this task first. Ignore the call". I continued walking towards the village. The three adult men looked slightly surprised. Raditz walked emotionlessly along with me, as the loyal good warrior he is. He always seems to trust my judgment, my father was right. A young warrior can be shaped to your own will. And that's exactly what I did with Raditz. Although the first few weeks after the loss of our mutual friend were a bit difficult with him, he seemed to have come out of it more focused.

POV Raditz

Arriving in the village, the homely inhabitants, some kind of lizard-like creatures were quickly killed. We claimed the largest building as our place to spend the night. Ignoring Frieza`s order didn`t sit well with me. But I am not the one to go against the prince. Vegeta is smart strategic warrior and leader. He doesn`t do anything without good reason. I should trust him in this too. He probably knows what he is doing.

That night I received an incoming message on my scouter. It was his father? Sleepily I heard it; he was asking if we had received the message to come back. Somehow it felt like a dream I answered that we were not coming back. Father and also mother send me a message they were telling something about Frieza, a bad feeling and something with his little brother. It didn't stick. Last words I remembered what dad was saying "Good son".

~End of the next day ~

POV Vegeta

Raditz and I were eating fruit while I was sitting on a rock; we just went on a rampage through a town. A little further up were Tyme, Corny and Nappa, the adults were looking for some prey because they craved meat. They shot over some more wildly loose creatures. Until Tyme turned pale and stammered that the planet Vegeta was no longer there.

Nappa ran to us, followed by the other men. "Prince Vegeta, we just got the news." As a prince I had learned from father not to show emotions to the subjects. Therefore I reacted coldly. But under my thick armor, feeling heart broke and panic.

Raditz heard it, but the message didn't seem to come in to his thick skull. He seems to react on autopilot, a little cold. The three big men who were very much aware of what happened were panicking. What should they do now? They were asking themself, now we are without a home planet. I stood up and grabbed my scouter. Trying to make contact, but nothing came through.

Then all the sudden there was an answer, it was a coordinator from one off Frieza`s ships. "Prince Vegeta, is your team still on planet Coffea?" I replied "Yes, we had a technical delay". It was a lie, but something wasn't right. The order of Frieza and the meteor that supposedly hit our planet. But once again, I could not express my doubt to the subjects. Doubt creates panic, panic makes terrible warriors.

The whole team looked at each other, this was the story we went with. The coordinator of the Frieza Force responded. "Orders from Lord Frieza, come to planet #79. Here you will receive the report and further instructions". I didn't respond anymore, my mind wandering as I stood up. Ignoring the order was a good call. We were the only Saiyans left; it was up to us to give the universe the final Saiyan roar.

As the last group of Saiyans we walked back to our attack pods. Emotionless, we destroyed everything in our path. But in every blast there was hidden pain, in every kill there was plain loss, and in every attack there was mourning for our fallen planet, people and family.

In our pods we set course for planet #79. On to a new life. As the only Saiyans in the universe. We became the legacy of a great race.

Next chapter is in the making, I hope everyone likes it so far.