Disclaimer- I don't own DBZ. Nuff said.

Notes: Sorry for the long delay, got about eight reveiws total, so I will continue. Man, the Carribean Islands rock. Anyway, this will explain Vegeta's dissapearence from the story, and if you are a Vegeta fan, you probably won't like this, but this way I can focus on the Earthlings. We learn a lot more about the strange villain of the story. Yes, I know the timeline doesn't really add up, but it makes things SO much easier. PLEASE FOR GODS SAKE REVIEW. If there's a way for me to improve, TELL ME.

CHAPTER 2: Vegeta and the Battle With Turan



Kakarot

As you may already know, several of those you hold dear have dissapeared. I am responsible for this, I have kidnapped them all. To you and the Prince vegeta, I therefore send this letter.

My name is Turan, the younger brother of my weakling sibling Tales. Ever since I heard of his death, I planned revenge upon you. Though there was no love lost between us, you killed a Saiyajin, one of the last, and therefore you are a traitor. So is Prince Vegeta, failing to live up to the standards of a Prince, and settling with these pathetic humans.

Since Furiza's strange dissapearance, I have collected the remains of his forces and settled down on earth, by the remains of a blasted city called Nicky Town, and have prepared a base, right under these moron humans' noses. Once again, this is a pathetic, weak race; I can hardly stand to see it flourish as it does. But on to business.

I have captured your child, known as Goten, and the Prince's son Trunks. I did not capture your other son, indeed, I wish to fight him. I also captured a pathetic woman known as Lunch, with whom we know you have acquantince. A pig was captured as well, named Oolang.

The only two who even put up half a fight were Mutenroshi and the android #18. Muteroshi was easily captured by my faithful messenger Trisor. #18 proved more of a problem, but we knocked her out before she could put up a true fight. You abide with such weaklings.

If you want them freed, you must answer my challenge. You and your older son will fight me in a duel to the death, where I will show you what a true fighter is. You will come seperately from Vegeta, I am no fool. You have three days, and then my captives will die.

Turan



Everyone in the room sat in stunned silence as Yamcha finshed reading the letter. Chichi passed out, this time for real, and the others sat down, too shocked to function. Each sat with their own individual thoughts.

How...how dare he. Not lunch...no. Tien stared at the tiles on the floor, feeling the beginnings of tears coming to his eyes. Though he never truly admitted it to himself, he cared for Lunch very much, and knowing her suffering was almost too much to bear. But what can I do. This is yet another Saiya-jin, and all of that damned race surpass my own strength. Though Tien was depressed and sullen, it was nothing compared to what Kururin was feeling.

Kururin felt his mind tear apart as he stared blankly at the wall. #18... All he could think of was her flawless, beautiful face, her golden, shimmering hair, and those clear, blue eyes. This was the person he had truly loved, far more so than anyone he had ever known. And once again, she was gone, and he could do nothing.

Suddenly, Yamcha stood up. "This is ridiculous, how can we stand here and take this insult? This guy has insulted our race and kidnapped those we love, and we're sitting around here like corpses. We...we have to do SOMETHING!"

"But Yamcha, what can we do." Kururin yelled, "we all know how much stronger they are. Saiyajin power is near limitless. Do you really want to fight another Vegeta?"

Instantly, Kururin wished he had kept his mouth shut. Yamcha's face darkened, and he sat down again. Damn, why'd I have to bring that up

Why should I save them, and die again. I owe nothing to Vegeta, and I'm not going to save that child. Yamcha froze, surprised at his own dark thoughts. What am I thinking?

Finally, Kururin stood up. " We have to go. Hopefully, Vegeta will beat this guy, but we need to help somehow. I'm not going to sit out another battle again."

Tien and Chao-zu stood up as well. "Agreed." They all looked to Yamcha, who was clearly still in torment, betweeen loathing of Vegeta and love for his friends.

Complete, utter silence remained in the room, as the others began to wonder if Yamcha would finally quit a fight.

Silence....silence....

A loud seagull squak broke the still, and Yamcha finally stood up. "I'm....in."

They all sat down again, to discuss their plan. They would need every advantage they could get....



In the distance, as the sun set, a strange, spherical ship landed near the capsule corporation. Buruma ran outside, and knew immediately that Vegeta had returned from his recent training. She was eager to see him. Despite his tantrums and terrible attitude, she could not hide her pride for the man. But her face fell when she saw the look on his face.

"Leave me alone woman. Not a word, do you hear me?"

The scowling, jet black haired man stormed inside to the giant house without another word. He was in a terrible mood. What is the secret to that child's power?! I have tried again and again to reach the level of that brat and I barely improve at all. He had returend from training in the asteroid field, and knew his power had not increased at all.

He stormed through the house, but stopped at his son's crib. As much as he hated himself for it, he had a small, ever so small soft spot for his child. He could not forget his quiet pride as he saw his son from the future fight and keep up with him during the fight with Cell. He remembered the agony he had felt when Trunks had been killed by the monster. As the boy had left to his future, he almost felt regret. Indeed, it was the closest thing to love he had ever experienced.

But something was wrong. Where is he? As Buruma entered the room, he spun around...

"WOMAN, where is my son! Where's the brat! "

"What?...I thought..you took him with you or something."

"Right, moron, I took him with me to trai---"

Suddenly, the roof caved in as the messenger, whom we know as Trisor, burst in.

"Ah yes, you have finally returned. Good...


Vegeta smirked as he recognized the species of the creature. He was quite similar to Kiwi, whom he had killed quite easily, even before turning Super Saiyajin. But the armor disturbed him, he knew very well it was the armor of Furiza's men. "Who are you, and what do you want with me?"

"I am Trisor, the messenger of Turan. I bear an important message. You have an impressive power, perhaps you will give my master some scant amusement."

And with a loud, cackling laugh, he powered up and left, making a new hole in the roof. Vegeta, stood in silence for a second, then opened the letter. After a minute, he swore loudly. So they captured my son, and insulted my pride. This weakling is insulting ME for amusement. "Oh you'll get a fight all right!" Vegeta said out loud.

"Vegeta, where are you...where is my..." But buruma was talking to the wall, Vegeta had already left.


"Sire, one with a high power level is approaching."

Turan smirked That is certainly the prince. Ah, Vegeta, you will be quite fun. He streaked his red hair quietly. He knew that Vegeta would be no pushover. He was prepared though. Fighitng was where he worked his magic, none had ever beaten him before. He smiled grimly..


Vegeta landed at the remains of the town Cell had destroyed. He immediately noticed a great number of Ki's, and a particularly large one down below. He sneered. What idiots. Most of the ki's aren't even half as strong as I am, what kind of challenge will this be? Before he could ponder further, Trisor appeared out of a ruined building, and materialized right beside him.

"So you've arrived."

Vegeta jumped, then darkened, angry he had been surprised in such a way. "Yes, I've arrived. Show me to your stupid boss so I can finish this and go."

"Very well then. This way. With the base finally completed, the master is no longer on the surface."

The two stepped through the broken building, and entered a stone hallway. Two gaurds with Ki blasters let the pair through, and, despite himself, Vegeta could help but marveling at the place.

A cold blast of wind rushed at them as they entered what had to be the largest cavern he had ever seen, even bigger than the one on planet Arlia. The walls were made of a strange, gleaming metal. As they descended, he saw groups of soldiers setting up rooms, cooking food, and setting up traps. They passed through the cavern, into a labrynth. But instead of going through, Trisor pushed a stone panel hidden in the wall, and a door swung open.

The hallway was pitch black, and seemed to go on forever. Finally, they emerged into, if possible, an even bigger cavern. This one seemed deserted, however. Though he considered himself cold hearted, even Vegeta shuddered at what he saw.

There were whips, chains, clubs, all sorts of strange torture equipment, obviously used on prisoners. The silence was shattered by a loud scream at the end. Vegeta flincehd slightly. Trisor smirked.

"Getting soft Vegeta? These humans getting to you?"

Softly, dangerously, he replied "You say one more word, and I swear I'll blow you to hell."

Flushed with anger, Trisor remained silent. He knew he wasn't strong enough to take Vegeta on. After a while, they finally the end of the cavern, and slid into a small room.

"Welcome Vegeta. I've been expecting you."

Once again, Vegeta found himself surprised, this one looked nothing like a Saiyajin. He was a giant, with flaming red hair. He also had a very short, red tail. "It is QUITE the pleasure to meet you."

"Hmph. I have no time for weaklings such as yourself."

"Hmmm, funny you should say that. The scouters gave me a reading of about 30 million, which, while quite powerful, is not quite as strong as mine."

Vegeta smirked, "So where do we fight?"

"My, no time for pleasantries eh? Very well, outside in the valley. "

The three went outside into an enclosed valley, surrounded by large mountains, and a strange beam on top made a sort of roof. Once again, the same strange metal made up the walls

"I warn you, Vegeta, I am far stronger than my brother ever was. " His eyes suddenly flashed, Turan's expression changed to hostility. "Traitor, abandoing us for these wimps."

"Enough!"

Without a thought, Vegeta launched himself at Turan. He kicked quickly in a blur to Turan's head, only to hit thin air. Spinning around, he attacked him in a flurry of punches. Twsiting his body to add power, he finally connected one to Turan's gut. At the same time, he felt a large pain in his chest as a massive fist collided with his own ribs.

They jumped back from eachother, and Vegeta calmed himself. They sized eachother up, and Vegeta knew instantly he underestimated his opponent. Both crouched into fighitng position.

In a blur, they crashed together, each slowly falling into a rythem of fighting. Vegeta felt the thrill of the fight returning to him, and fought harder.

SWISH. Vegeta bent over backward to barely avoid a massive kick, and did a backflip, kicking Turan hard in the face as he did so. Turan staggered back, shocked, and Vegeta toook that instant to jump off the wall and land a hard headbut to the stomach. Turan flew back, blood flowing from his mouth.

Turan roared in pain, jumped forward and, before Vegeta knew what was coming, took him by the head and slammed him against the wall.

Once.

Twice.

Vegeta gasped in agony, then quickly formed a blue ki blast. He threw it right in Turan's face, causing the giant to let go of him in agony. Vegeta flew away, holding on to his ribs, and Turan flew the other way, wiping blood off of his face. Both landed opposide eachother with a crisp 'clk'.

"Excellent....you are truly talented. However, I can already sense your pain. I have taken your blows far better than you have taken mine."

Vegeta coughed up a little blood, and realized that at this rate, he probably would lose. Well then, time to go all out "You have hardly experienced any of my power, fool."

Turan's smirk widened,"Oh, is that so? Well then, show me your true power. Enough playing around."

Vegeta returned a smirk. For a few seconds, they stared silently at eachother. SLowly, Vegeta began to release his ki, and his aura filled the room. The ki turned white, then blue. Turan looked on, his face suddenly confused. Vegeta began to see the tinges of yellow aura grow around him, but something was wrong. His hair flickered yellow, and Turan stood watching, no longer smirking. But the transformation wasn't working.

What? What's going... Vegeta roared, pushing at his ki, but nothing.

Vegeta slowly stopped, returning his ki to normal. What's going on? He growled in anger.

Suddnely, Turan understood. "Ah....this is quite unexpected. Yes, you were transforming into something, weren't you?"

"YES, WHY CAN'T I CHANGE!"

"So....they were right. You really have become the Super Saiyajin. I must admit, I'm jealous. You could beat me quite easily I'm sure. I geuss I'm lucky."

"What do you mean..."

"Much like other planets, we manipulated the atmosphere in the base to prevent transformations. I was not expecting a Super Saiyajin, but rather, I expected you to turn Oozaru. A fight such as that would have been far from fair. You see the strange beam above you? It's there to keep the atomsphere inside the valley and tunnels as it is. The metal of the walls is impenetrable as well. Too bad..."

"Br...no..no." Vegeta could hardly believe it. He now realized how vulenerable he was without the power up. "I'll defeat you anyway!"

Vegeta crouched into a fighting stance once again, and charged at Turan. His knee connected with the massive arm. He kicked rapidly, but Turan dodged and blocked each blow, almost with ease. Suddenly, the giant charged Vegeta. With a loud crack, his elbow connected with Vegeta's jaw, sending him flying. Turan dematerialized and rematerialized beneath the prince as Vegeta flew across. He kicked upward with both feet on his back, sending Vegeta skyword, appeared above him, and laid a double fisted blow to his head with a loud crunch.

Vegeta crashed into the ground with a loud thud. SLowly, he pulled himself up, teeth clenched in pain and anger. I'm not going to lose! Not again! Turan floated high above him laughing. Vegeta put his hands together, and started to form a volting ball of energy, preparing his last ditch attack. More, MORE! Turan stopped laughing, as he realized what the Prince was doing. He too, put his hands together. Vegeta put all the energy he could muster in his the ball....

"FINAL FLASH!!!!"

"TAURUS BEAM!!!"

Vegeta's golden beam and Turan's red one collided in midair. The final flash slowly pushed the scarlet beam, closer and closer to Turan. Turan suddenly looked frightened, then roared. The red beam doubled in size, and rapidly overcame the flash.

"NO!..."

The beam hit Vegeta directly, blowing him head first into the wall, unconscious. Slowly, Turan descended to the floor, breathing hard. He allowed himself a smile. I won't kill him yet. Hopefully, Goku will be just as much fun. "Trisor, don't kill him. Take him to the prison, and leave him with the others."

Trisor, who had been watching the whole thing, quietly nodded, picked up Vegeta and left the room.

Turan stood in the valley alone, wiping blood from his mouth. He decided to himself not to underestimate his foes again, Vegeta had nearly killed him.

Quietly, he turned and exited the peaceful valley, the metal door clanging behind him. Silence.....

To be continued.....

Yes, Vegeta lost PLEASE DON'T KILL ME. Some of it is a bit farfetched, and I stole a little from other stories, but it's the only way to really introduce the setting and evil character and have Vegeta lose. We all know who would win if Vegeta had transformed. Anyway, give me some feedback. Next chapter the humans get into the thick of it, and the "earthling" part begins.