*Chapter 6*

Bardock sat at the table with his laptop computer in front of him. The Saiya-Jin was widely regarded as one of the great Saiya-Jin minds that had ever come from the planet Vegeta. One day he would go back. One day he would liberate the planet which Frieza still held firmly in tow. But as for now...there was no way he could take on that tyrant. No-one could.

'Hey, Bardock.' Kiros said as he sat down at the table and poured himself a drink. Bardock hardly looked up from his screen, but nodded to acknowledge the presense in front of him. Kiros wasn't put off by the cold reaction though, and continued to talk.

'...You looking forward to getting onto Earth?'

At this, Bardock looked up at him and Kiros could see something in his eyes that simply wasn't normal. Something that wasn't right.

'What's wrong...?' he asked, out of actual concern for Bardock's feelings. Even though Kiros was a
Saiya-Jin, his personality didn't show it.

'Did you hear the circumstances about the planet Earth? About the other Saiya-Jin who was defeated and killed?' Bardock replied.

'...Yes, I did. Radditz, wasn't it?'

Bardock nodded and looked back down upon the screen.

'Radditz...was my son.'

Kiros couldn't believe what he had just heard, but he knew that he had to keep himself together.

'I'm sorry to hear that.'

Bardock broke into a strange strained laugh, which sent a chill right through Kiros's body. There was something really strange going on.

'You haven't heard anything kid, that's not the end of it. Did you hear about the Saiya-Jin who was living on the planet Earth and helped to kill Radditz? He was also my son...Kakarote.'

At this Kiros couldn't keep in his feelings of surprise.

'You what?!' he replied, almost squealing with shock.

'...I know, it's insane. Kakarote was sent to Earth twenty-one years ago with the mission to purge the planet of all life. However when Radditz arrived five days ago he found the planet was basically untouched, and when he found Kakarote he had forgotten his mission. Then Radditz got careless. He tried to defeat Goku but a number of beings with even lesser power levels turned up, including a Namekian. Radditz got complacent and let them get an opening on them. And then they destroyed him.'

Kiros couldn't believe such a story could have been true, yet the sincerity in Bardock's voice had him completely convinced of the truth.

'...What were the power levels of the other creatures?'

'They ranged between 175-400. However, they have unique powers. It seems that these fighters can fix their energy onto a specific point, therefore increasing their powers by two, maybe three times the normal level. However they're so weak that it's not going to matter when we get there. The only guy in the team who might have trouble with them is Nappa. And even that's unlikely.'

Kiros saw that Bardock was a little ragged. Then again, they all were. They had been on the ship for two days now, and it was hard to sleep. It always was hard to get any rest on a spaceship.

'Want a drink?' Kiros offered. Bardock put his hand up to decline.

'I don't anymore, it's no good for you.'

Kiros laughed and nodded. Bardock was a good guy, he could see that. Suddenly Jeice walked into the room and sat down at the table beside the two Saiya-Jin.

'Bardock, what are you doing?' he asked, pointing towards the laptop.

'I'm checking the data of everyone in this squad. I like to know who I'm dealing with.'

Jeice looked at him with suspicion.

'Isn't that...illegal?'

'Not technically for me. I hold a pretty high security pass. I can basically go onto Frieza's computers and do what I want.'

This Saiya-jin was something different. Of that Jeice was certain. He had a level of intellegence which would come in handy during later missions. He could see Bardock looking at him, and then nodding at the screen upon the computer.

'You guys seem alright. Your power level is what you said it was earlier Jeice. Kiros, you're at 17,000? That's pretty impressive for a kid.'

Kiros smiled and nodded.

'The benefits of severe training.'

Everyone around the table smiled. Only one day to go until Earth would finally feel their wrath for itself. And the unsuspecting fighters below didn't stand a chance.