DRAGON BALL Z
REUNION
CHAPTER X: THE PAST OF CAULIFLO
Rutega walked alongside her mother in the main mine. Her Earth friends were behind her freeing Tsrufaiya, removing their tails and sending them to free others. They all wore rags and wrapped amputated tails around their waists so they would blend in and look like other slaves. Trunks also wore a hood to keep his purple hair from being spotted by the overseers. Everyone was still chuckling over Goten's inspiration earlier.
Though they were discreet about because they didn't want to upset the child. Gohan had said that he hated being made fun of. Rutega, Gohan, and Cauliflo went down a path to the next set of slaves, leaving Yamcha and the boys to finish up with the last group. Rutega took the time alone to speak with her mother.
"Mother?" she asked.
"Yes," Cauliflo answered, "you need something?"
"Yes, Mother. Before we fight, in case one of us doesn't survive..."
"Don't speak like that, Daughter." Cauliflo said.
"Nonetheless, I want to know about my father."
"Yes, I never did talk about him much, did I? All right Rutega." She took a breath and began, "Your father, Tangier, was born here on Kelvi. I met him shortly after I was sent here."
"You were sent here?" Rutega asked.
"Yes, I was born on Vegetasei as a Saiyan. But I was never able to bring myself to a high enough level of fighting to prevent my being sent. I had another mate then, we had two sons before you.
The first son had a decent fighting power but the second son was born with an incredibly low power, my mate then shunned him as a failure. I was deemed to have weak blood and sent with the next shipment of new Tsrufaiya. Shortly before the time the Prince claimed the planet was destroyed."
"What happened to the second son?" Rutega asked, her curiosity keeping her from changing what was obviously a hard subject for her mother to talk about.
"The Warriors' Council decided to test him and planned to send the infant to a backwater planet for clearing. I never know if he was sent before Planet Vegeta's destruction. I never heard of my mate after that." She stopped to shed a tear for her lost first love.
"Shortly after arriving on Kelvi, Tangier was ordered to instruct me on the work we would do. Over time, we fell in love with one another and eventually we became mates. It wasn't long after that you were born. He was so happy when he first saw you." She smiled at the memory.
"But one day, the Overseers came and took him and several others away. We later learned that they had been hauled away to be experimented on. Your father was a test subject for the radiators. Because of him and many others the Ruler was able to set the radiators to Tsrufaiyan body chemistry exclusively."
"They killed him to make the radiators..." Rutega didn't know what to say.
"Yes, but the radiators didn't kill him. He was brought back a few rotations after he was taken. His body was burned all over, charred almost beyond recognition. But he was still alive. He knew he wouldn't live for very long though.
The last things he asked of me were to hold you in front of him so he could look at the greatest thing he had created as he died, and for me to do everything I could to ensure that our people were freed within your lifetime. So you, at least could experience freedom as he never had."
Rutega was in tears at the last requests of her father.
Even at the end, she thought, he cared only for my well being and freedom. Through all this Gohan had been behind them listening to the whole conversation. He had tried not to, but proximity and curiosity combined were too much to resist.
"Mother, what about your other sons, my brothers?"
"I had thought them dead. But I recently learned at least one of them still lives."
"Really?!" Rutega was stunned, "What is his name?" By now, Gohan was listening intently too.
"His name...is Kakarot, but I think you know him as Goku."
Gohan and Rutega both gasped in shock at the revelation, the women looked at Gohan. They were so wrapped up in their talk they had completely forgotten him. Gohan was breathing quickly, near hyperventilating,
"That...means..." he gasped looking at Cauliflo, "you're...my..." he was so stunned he didn't see the stone in front of him and tripped over it.
Unfortunately, an Overseer had been watching them since they left the main group. It leaped into the air and landed in front of the trio.
"What are you doing slave." It said as it hoisted Gohan onto his feet. As Gohan came up, his "tail" unwrapped from his waist and fell to the ground.
"What is this!" it shouted, it took a device from the belt it was wearing. Rutega immediately recognized the comlink and wasted no time in using a move the person she now knew to be her half-brother taught her.
"KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAA!!"
The blue aura of light sent through Rutega's hands contacted the insectoid creature's head. The beam was powerful enough to bust through the chitin shell protecting the creature. It's head exploded in a shower of green slime.
"Damn, our covers blown." Gohan said as he recovered himself. He looked to his father and gave a hand signal telling Goku just that. Rutega and her newfound nephew put themselves at either side of Cauliflo.
Gohan took on a determined look as he prepared to defend his long-lost grandmother.
* * * * *
Iciicla watched in pleasant surprise as she spied Rutega kill the Overseer.
She's gotten stronger, she thought, interesting. It seems I've overestimated them. I thought they would get farther than this before their "flawless" plan failed. But what can one expect from inferiors.
She watched as the Overseers who witnessed the killing converged on what they thought were rebelling slaves.
The bugs are in for a surprise. She thought, perhaps it would be best if I stayed back for a while, see how these creatures fight.
So she did, and watched the Battle for the Tsrufaiya's Freedom begin.
END OF CHAPTER X
REUNION
CHAPTER X: THE PAST OF CAULIFLO
Rutega walked alongside her mother in the main mine. Her Earth friends were behind her freeing Tsrufaiya, removing their tails and sending them to free others. They all wore rags and wrapped amputated tails around their waists so they would blend in and look like other slaves. Trunks also wore a hood to keep his purple hair from being spotted by the overseers. Everyone was still chuckling over Goten's inspiration earlier.
Though they were discreet about because they didn't want to upset the child. Gohan had said that he hated being made fun of. Rutega, Gohan, and Cauliflo went down a path to the next set of slaves, leaving Yamcha and the boys to finish up with the last group. Rutega took the time alone to speak with her mother.
"Mother?" she asked.
"Yes," Cauliflo answered, "you need something?"
"Yes, Mother. Before we fight, in case one of us doesn't survive..."
"Don't speak like that, Daughter." Cauliflo said.
"Nonetheless, I want to know about my father."
"Yes, I never did talk about him much, did I? All right Rutega." She took a breath and began, "Your father, Tangier, was born here on Kelvi. I met him shortly after I was sent here."
"You were sent here?" Rutega asked.
"Yes, I was born on Vegetasei as a Saiyan. But I was never able to bring myself to a high enough level of fighting to prevent my being sent. I had another mate then, we had two sons before you.
The first son had a decent fighting power but the second son was born with an incredibly low power, my mate then shunned him as a failure. I was deemed to have weak blood and sent with the next shipment of new Tsrufaiya. Shortly before the time the Prince claimed the planet was destroyed."
"What happened to the second son?" Rutega asked, her curiosity keeping her from changing what was obviously a hard subject for her mother to talk about.
"The Warriors' Council decided to test him and planned to send the infant to a backwater planet for clearing. I never know if he was sent before Planet Vegeta's destruction. I never heard of my mate after that." She stopped to shed a tear for her lost first love.
"Shortly after arriving on Kelvi, Tangier was ordered to instruct me on the work we would do. Over time, we fell in love with one another and eventually we became mates. It wasn't long after that you were born. He was so happy when he first saw you." She smiled at the memory.
"But one day, the Overseers came and took him and several others away. We later learned that they had been hauled away to be experimented on. Your father was a test subject for the radiators. Because of him and many others the Ruler was able to set the radiators to Tsrufaiyan body chemistry exclusively."
"They killed him to make the radiators..." Rutega didn't know what to say.
"Yes, but the radiators didn't kill him. He was brought back a few rotations after he was taken. His body was burned all over, charred almost beyond recognition. But he was still alive. He knew he wouldn't live for very long though.
The last things he asked of me were to hold you in front of him so he could look at the greatest thing he had created as he died, and for me to do everything I could to ensure that our people were freed within your lifetime. So you, at least could experience freedom as he never had."
Rutega was in tears at the last requests of her father.
Even at the end, she thought, he cared only for my well being and freedom. Through all this Gohan had been behind them listening to the whole conversation. He had tried not to, but proximity and curiosity combined were too much to resist.
"Mother, what about your other sons, my brothers?"
"I had thought them dead. But I recently learned at least one of them still lives."
"Really?!" Rutega was stunned, "What is his name?" By now, Gohan was listening intently too.
"His name...is Kakarot, but I think you know him as Goku."
Gohan and Rutega both gasped in shock at the revelation, the women looked at Gohan. They were so wrapped up in their talk they had completely forgotten him. Gohan was breathing quickly, near hyperventilating,
"That...means..." he gasped looking at Cauliflo, "you're...my..." he was so stunned he didn't see the stone in front of him and tripped over it.
Unfortunately, an Overseer had been watching them since they left the main group. It leaped into the air and landed in front of the trio.
"What are you doing slave." It said as it hoisted Gohan onto his feet. As Gohan came up, his "tail" unwrapped from his waist and fell to the ground.
"What is this!" it shouted, it took a device from the belt it was wearing. Rutega immediately recognized the comlink and wasted no time in using a move the person she now knew to be her half-brother taught her.
"KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAA!!"
The blue aura of light sent through Rutega's hands contacted the insectoid creature's head. The beam was powerful enough to bust through the chitin shell protecting the creature. It's head exploded in a shower of green slime.
"Damn, our covers blown." Gohan said as he recovered himself. He looked to his father and gave a hand signal telling Goku just that. Rutega and her newfound nephew put themselves at either side of Cauliflo.
Gohan took on a determined look as he prepared to defend his long-lost grandmother.
* * * * *
Iciicla watched in pleasant surprise as she spied Rutega kill the Overseer.
She's gotten stronger, she thought, interesting. It seems I've overestimated them. I thought they would get farther than this before their "flawless" plan failed. But what can one expect from inferiors.
She watched as the Overseers who witnessed the killing converged on what they thought were rebelling slaves.
The bugs are in for a surprise. She thought, perhaps it would be best if I stayed back for a while, see how these creatures fight.
So she did, and watched the Battle for the Tsrufaiya's Freedom begin.
END OF CHAPTER X