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A Saiyin Prince

Chapter 2: Vegeta is now twelve years old, Frieza summons him to the control room to show him something important.


Vegeta wore a stubborn scowl as Dodoria led him through the bowels of the ship towards Frieza's control room. He had been on the ship for almost a year now, and was resigned to the fact that, for now, this was where he had to live. Not that he liked it. He had merely stopped thinking about his home, the palace on the planet Vegeta, because it was too painful for him.

At first, Vegeta had hoped and prayed for a rescue led by the Saiyins under their King, and his father, to save their Prince. Quickly though, he had learned the strength of Frieza, and doubted that anyone could overpower him. So Vegeta had closed off the old memories in some hardened part of his young heart. It was a matter of survival - he had to be strong and rely on himself now.

Dodoria entered the code for the control room and the door slid open. The room was shaped like a hexagon, with large windows on each outer wall. Through the windows the vastness of outerspace stretched beyond them, with millions of stars littering the black universe. It was a beautiful sight.

Frieza's chair sat in the middle of the room, and as he heard them enter the room he swivelled round to face them.
His eyes lit up as he saw the young Saiyin Prince.

'Vegeta, Lord Frieza,' Dodoria announced the child.
'Yes, thank you Dodoria,' Frieza hissed, rolling his eyes, 'I can see that.'
Dodoria looked embarrassed and began to mumble something.
'Out!' Frieza commanded sharply, having no time for Dodoria's foolish ramblings.
'Yes, my Lord,' Dodoria rushed from the room.

A cruel smile twisted across Frieza's thin lips and his eyes twinkled menacingly. Vegeta met this look with his usual scowl; this was the best way he knew how to hide the fear inside of him. Frieza was a monster, capable of unspeakable horrors. There was not a person on the ship who was not terrified of him.

'Vegeta,' he beckoned the Saiyin to come closer. 'I have something to show you. A surprise.'
Frieza's androgynous voice sent a chill through Vegeta. It sounded almost metallic, and betrayed a controlled chaos, which was present and simmering under the surface.

Being as bold as he could, Vegeta walked to the side of his new master. Frieza clapped his hands in delight and turned his attention to the view out of the window. 'Enjoy the show, my little monkey Prince,' he said, before laughing a terrible laugh and flying outside of the ship into space.

Vegeta's jaw dropped in astonishment. Frieza was floating outside in space! Impossible! Surely nothing could survive in space - Vegeta could not believe his eyes. Frieza turned round and winked at the boy. Vegeta was puzzled, and followed Frieza's line of vision. He was focused on something in the distance to the far right. Vegeta's eyes landed on it - a small red planet in the distance.

Suddenly he was aware of an enormous surge of power. It was like nothing he had ever felt before, an unfathomable amount of raw power.
It was coming from Frieza.

Just as Vegeta realised this, Frieza raised a finger and pointed at the small red planet. A stream of tremendous energy flew towards the planet and seconds later it hit its target.

Vegeta gasped, frozen to the spot as he saw the whole planet contract before exploding into a bright hoop shaped inferno, lighting up the dark sky. Gradually the ring of light spread out, glistening and shimmering like beautiful fireworks, before it disappeared, leaving nothing but a dark hole in space where the planet had once stood.

Frieza re-entered the control room, laughing and excited. 'Well?' he asked Vegeta enthusiastically, 'Wasn't that fantastic!' He began to laugh erratically, delighted at his power to obliterate life at his own desire.

Vegeta could barely comprehend what he had just seen. A whole planet destroyed in the blink of an eye by one individual! He stood frozen to the spot, trying to fight down the fear he felt inside. Frieza turned to look at him and saw straight through him. Good, his plan had worked.

Frieza had exposed Vegeta to this 'show' to impress on his young mind that he could never beat Frieza, the most powerful being in the universe. Rebelling would be useless; from now on Frieza would be able to rule Vegeta through fear, the way he had always ruled.

Little did Vegeta know that his own planet, and his people, had suffered the same the same fate just over a year ago.


Coming up in chapter 3, Vegeta meets some new faces on the ship, and Frieza wants to see the young Saiyin's fighting abilities.