Chapter 2

Vegeta-Sei dumped Redemption on the plated floor of the ship with a sharp clang. He walked up to what he assumed were the controls, and looked them over. They were not in any language he knew.
".....green." Redemption groaned. Vegeta-Sei looked at the top row of buttons, and pressed the large green one. He grabbed at the panel as the ship shuddered. The engines whined as they started up.
"Autopilot set for GenerationZ base." The ship shot off into the sky.

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Vegeta-Sei searched the ship, finally finding food and medical supplies. With a large chicken leg in hand, he returned to Redemption and began to set his wounds. Redemption coughed and opened his eyes.
"Here. Drink some of this." Redemption gratefully accepted the cup, took a sip, gagged, and sat up.
"That's horrible!" Then, he realized that he felt better. "What's in that stuff? Senzu beans?"
"What beans?" Redemption realized Vegeta-Sei had never been to Earth.
"Nothing. Never mind. What was that you gave me?" Vegeta-Sei frowned.
"It's just a Saiyan tonic. The ingredients were available, although I had to search." Redemption stared at him, then at the cup in his hand.
"So... what did you make it out of?" Vegeta-Sei told him. Redemption gagged and threw the cup away.
"It worked, didn't it?"

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The young female Saiyan groaned as she awoke. She picked herself up and took in her
surroundings. Was this all that was left of King Kai's little planet on Snake Way? No. It was too big - but, if that was true, where was she, and how did she get here?
Her thoughts were interrupted as a lock of hair fell across her face. Black. Where was her staff? Had the twister left that behind? Aha! She saw a glint behind a rock, and walked toward it. Titania picked up her staff and her hair flared to gold.
A rapidly receding power level grabbed her attention. It was up in the sky. She had never felt anything so powerful before! She scanned the sky, and saw a fading glow.
"Oh, no, you don't!" She leapt skyward and sped after Redemption's ship.

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Redemption suddenly jerked his head up.
"Someone's following us. They're pretty powerful, too." Vegeta-Sei stared suspiciously at him.
"How do you know?" Redemption sighed. So much different from back then...
"Another new technique - we can sense people's power levels." Vegeta-Sei just gave him an incredulous look. "Come on - let's see who it is." They moved to the window. "A Super Saiyan!... I don't recognize him. Guess this is your department, oh-mighty-king."
"Well, I certainly don't know who it is."
"Guess I'd better let him in." Redemption hit a sequence of keys. Vegeta-Sei saw a light on a panel come on - OVERRIDE. The door opened, the figure blew in, and the door shut behind the Saiyan again.
"A woman?" Redemption and Vegeta-Sei chorused. She looked at Redemption, then over to Vegeta-Sei.
"My name is Titania, and who the hell are you?"

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Vegeta-Sei glared grumpily at the female Super Saiyan, the sat down with his chin on his fist. Redemption looked at him, then at Titania, then back to Vegeta-Sei.
"Umm... what's wrong?" Vegeta-Sei turned and stared at him incredulously.
"What's wrong?" he said mockingly. "Look at her! A Super Saiyan! How many are there? I'm supposed to be the only one! I'm the King of the Saiyans, after all!" He got up and kicked the chair, crushing it against the opposite wall. Titania arrived at a conclusion.
"You're the King of the Saiyans? That's what you said?" Vegeta-Sei didn't turn. Finally, he responded while still staring at the place where the chair had been.
"What about it? It doesn't seem to mean anything, anymore." Titania unslung her staff.
"You're the bastard who sentenced me to death!" She charged at him with the bladed end of her staff. Still with his head turned, Vegeta-Sei batted it away. Titania fell to the floor and changed back to regular Saiyan.
"Calm down, woman! That's over a thousand years in my future!" He turned, finally, and upon seeing her, faltered. "That little swat shouldn't have been enough to cause you to transform back..." He saw the staff lying several feet away, and his confidence returned.
"Oh... I see now. You're not a real Super Saiyan! It's just that rod of yours!" He approached her. "In fact, you're nothing more than a third-class!" She reached for her staff, but he flipped it up into his hands. "Hah! You're nothing without this piece of metal! Here, take it back. Your weakness, your dependance on this weapon disgusts me." He tossed her staff back. She caught it in one hand and flared to blonde.
"What about that sword you have hidden beneath your cloak?" He looked a little flustered, wondering how she knew about it.
"I don't need that to win."
"Why don't you prove it?" Redemption decided he had to do something.
"Hey - before you two start beating each other up, remember that we're in space, and that one small hole in the hull would crush us like a tin can." Noticing how little Vegeta-Sei cared, he quickly pointed to the monitor, and added "Besides, we're almost there!"