Age 770 – Planet Vegeta
Had he not done enough to prove himself?
After being left behind by his family, after being shamed, ridiculed and branded as a traitor due to his father's action, after fighting for so many years for a king who considered him fodder and a demon who wished his whole race dead.
Had Raditz still not proven himself? Being once again branded as a traitor and a spy, being chained, mocked and put in an unfair trial due to the actions of a family he hasn't seen in decades.
That was the question that kept racing through the general's head as he stood chained in a podium, judging glares being directed from every corner of the room.
From inside, he could see the glares and smirks of the higher class saiyans, they all had already made their decision about him, they all looked down on him, he could easily destroy almost all of them, but right now, he was powerless.
But from outside, the people where at the brink of rebellion, the lower-class saiyans' cries of anger echoed trough the royal palace, many saiyan soldiers from all classes had joined them due to respect for Raditz, the only thing keeping them from the general were the king's royal guards.
"The Mighty Raditz, the mad general, the butcher of Yardrat." Prince Vegeta said in a mocking tone as he stood in front of Raditz, looking down on him "Now stands beaten, chained, humiliated and kneeling to a bunch of scum he can easily kill."
"Just get it over with Vegeta, I've already heard it all, whatever you want with this, it won't affect me, you can't humiliate me." Raditz said without even looking at the prince. "if you want to, you can kill me, speed it all up."
"Oh now, don't be like that, you misunderstand me, comrade." Vegeta said, this time kneeling and looking Raditz in the eye, this action alone already surprised the general "I do not want to kill you, we might have had our… disagreements in the past, but I know you didn't do it."
Raditz was shocked, he never really liked the prince, but to hear that he believed in him, that, brought hope to the general "What do you have in mind then?" he said, now with a smile in his face as looked up at the prince.
"Well, we don't have much time before the trial starts, but I have a plan, I already have Nappa handling his part, but here's what I need from you…"
"So let me get this straight, the great Nappa, wants a band of mercenaries to attack a saiyan planet and make it look like Frieza did it?" A short purple alien said.
"This is crazy, I don't know what you saiyans are planning, but we better get compensated greatly after this!" shouted a tall, birdlike, blue alien.
Nappa looked at the bird alien with anger, he stood up, grabbed his beak, and held him up high "Shout at me again, and I will rip this pretty beak of yours straight out!" The general threw the alien across the room "Now, I already told all of you the plan and I don't feel like repeating myself, the clothes are on the ship's bathroom, go change already and then get on with the plan!"
The general exited out of the ship, leaving the band of mercenaries to themselves. "That bastard! The Stardust Crusaders are a respectable band of mercenaries! We shouldn't be treated like this!" Shouted the bird alien as he got up.
"Shut up Brubery! The money for the job is good, it's not that though of a task, I hope, the planet is a recent saiyan settlement, it's still small and unguarded, we sneak in, kill them all and we're done." The purple alien said.
"Graype, I hope you're right, this plan sounds crazy, why would the grand saiyan general want to attack one of his own settlements?" Brubery said, still rubbing his hurt beak.
"I don't care, maybe he's betraying them, maybe he's sending a message, it doesn't matter for us, let's just go." Said Graype, the leader of the Stardust Crusaders, the mercenary band was small, composed of only 5 members, their strength was equivalent only to a mediocre Frieza Soldier, but the team was efficient, long ago they where even considered to be one of Frieza's special forces, but lost their position to the Ginyu force.
Vegeta's scouter beeped "Hey Vegeta! I've done my part, how's the trial going, is it done yet?" Shouted Nappa from the scouter's communicator, making the Prince flinch at his loud voice.
"You don't need to shout Nappa, the trial is already almost over, it's going just as we expected, accusations are being thrown without a single evidence backing them up, the people are at the brink of rioting here, I've already talked to Raditz, he knows what to do." The Prince answered, in a hushed voice so as to not alert the others.
"Great, I'm on my way to Yasai, for, 'Extra Security'" Nappa said with a smirk.
"We are gonna need it, things might get out of hand." Vegeta said, laughing with Nappa, their plan was made in a rush, but it was going smoothly, the prince's goals would soon be accomplished.
But on the other side of the universe, a bald man was finishing his training, until he was interrupted, the man was immediately alert, and tried attacking the intruder, but then he realized who it was.
"Hey! It's me Kakarot!"