Durn's hatred
I was not very old when I joined the military. I signed up with my brother Gappo. We both wanted to do our bit to stop the shards. I didn't particularly have any grudges with them, but we had been told we were winning the war and should join up to help stop another war breaking out. We walked over to the ship and got on board. There were perhaps 20 other saiyans with us at the time. We were eager to get into the fighting, confident in our superiority.
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However, when we got into the fighting, it was all very different from what we had been told. The shards were physically inferior to us in every way, but they used technology far superior to anything I'd ever seen before. I suddenly wished I was back at the bar, sitting by the fireplace with a nice tall beer.
"Durn! Will you stop daydreaming and kill something!" It was Gappo, he seemed to know what he was doing and was a lot stronger than me.
"Sorry" I powered another Ki blast and launched it at yet another sand bag bunker, eliminating both it and the people inside it. We'd been to 5 planets in the past two weeks and every time it was the same thing. Arrive; kill everyone on the planet and leave. Was there really a point to it? I didn't see one. Some of these planets were light years away from Earth.
"Are we done yet Gappo?"
"No, there's still another city over there" Gappo pointed over to a city, much resembling my hometown.
"Aww…do we have to destroy it, it's beautiful and besides, they're not military…"
"Yes, we have to kill all of the Shardrac scum!" My brother's hatred of the Shardracians was confusing, I just didn't understand.
"Okay, if you say so" All the saiyans including myself flew off towards the city.
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We arrived at the city about an hour later. We split up into groups of two and moved to different parts of the city to level it quicker. Of course, I went with Gappo. We touched down outside what I thought was a city hall.
"C'mon Durn, let's have some fun" He gave me a smile that reassured me.
"Alright, what we gonna do?"
"You'll see" We walked up the steps and Gappo opened the doors. Inside there were a large number of chairs and in the far corner there was a mother and two children that couldn't be more than 8 or 9. The mother drew a gun that by Shardrac standards was fairly primitive, but could still kill us. My brother used two fingers to send a Ki blast through her forehead, instantly killing her. The two children began to cry.
"Okay Durn, your turn now. Kill the kids"
"W…what!?" I was alarmed that he wanted me to kill them "but they're only children!" He seemed to have a puzzled look on his face.
"Durn, they are Shardracs… They're scum." He paused briefly, we both walked right over to them. We were only a few metres away from them now, then he continued, "look, just kill them and then we can go home for a few weeks."
"No! I can't do it! It's not right, they're only children!"
"Fine, I'll do it"
"No" I don't know why, but I felt compelled to protect them. I positioned myself between the children who were now hugging their mother's corpse and my brother. "Even if they are the enemy, they are only children. I don't understand this war, but they've done nothing to me. Just leave them alone!"
"Durn, your emotions make you weak. You are a Saiyan warrior. Now move aside and let me kill them."
"I will not" My brother glared at me with his cold, emotionless eyes.
"Alright Durn…just this once, I'll let you win. But I will have to train you better…"
"Thank you" We both began to walk out of the hall when I heard the all too familiar fizzle. My reactions were not quick enough.
"Durn!" My brother pushed me aside and I fell backward, watching everything as the laser blast caught my brother straight through the heart. He fell to the floor twitching, before he lay there, lifeless. I stood up and looked round the hall, there were only the children. One of which was grasping his mother's gun.
"You did this!? After I challenged my own brother to keep you alive!?" I could feel nothing but anger at hem now, there was no compassion left in my being for their kind, I would kill all Shardrac scum in existence. I would learn from my brother. I would become him. Killing without mercy. But I would have to be more ruthless than Gappo. I would kill anything that got in my way, even Saiyans. Then it struck me, what if the Shardracs came to the Saiyan planet? They would surely destroy it. I will need to be there for my family and friends. Later, I have work to do.
"Bastard children!" I powered up a Ki blast powerful enough to destroy the entire building. I saw the look of terror spread over the children's faces and I finally understood. I laughed as I destroyed the building and some of the surrounding ones.
…
After that planet was cleansed I decided to apply for a position in the planet guard and instead was granted a position in the royal guard. This was perfect; I could stay on the planet with my kind, watching over my King, my family and my friends.
I was not very old when I joined the military. I signed up with my brother Gappo. We both wanted to do our bit to stop the shards. I didn't particularly have any grudges with them, but we had been told we were winning the war and should join up to help stop another war breaking out. We walked over to the ship and got on board. There were perhaps 20 other saiyans with us at the time. We were eager to get into the fighting, confident in our superiority.
…
However, when we got into the fighting, it was all very different from what we had been told. The shards were physically inferior to us in every way, but they used technology far superior to anything I'd ever seen before. I suddenly wished I was back at the bar, sitting by the fireplace with a nice tall beer.
"Durn! Will you stop daydreaming and kill something!" It was Gappo, he seemed to know what he was doing and was a lot stronger than me.
"Sorry" I powered another Ki blast and launched it at yet another sand bag bunker, eliminating both it and the people inside it. We'd been to 5 planets in the past two weeks and every time it was the same thing. Arrive; kill everyone on the planet and leave. Was there really a point to it? I didn't see one. Some of these planets were light years away from Earth.
"Are we done yet Gappo?"
"No, there's still another city over there" Gappo pointed over to a city, much resembling my hometown.
"Aww…do we have to destroy it, it's beautiful and besides, they're not military…"
"Yes, we have to kill all of the Shardrac scum!" My brother's hatred of the Shardracians was confusing, I just didn't understand.
"Okay, if you say so" All the saiyans including myself flew off towards the city.
…
We arrived at the city about an hour later. We split up into groups of two and moved to different parts of the city to level it quicker. Of course, I went with Gappo. We touched down outside what I thought was a city hall.
"C'mon Durn, let's have some fun" He gave me a smile that reassured me.
"Alright, what we gonna do?"
"You'll see" We walked up the steps and Gappo opened the doors. Inside there were a large number of chairs and in the far corner there was a mother and two children that couldn't be more than 8 or 9. The mother drew a gun that by Shardrac standards was fairly primitive, but could still kill us. My brother used two fingers to send a Ki blast through her forehead, instantly killing her. The two children began to cry.
"Okay Durn, your turn now. Kill the kids"
"W…what!?" I was alarmed that he wanted me to kill them "but they're only children!" He seemed to have a puzzled look on his face.
"Durn, they are Shardracs… They're scum." He paused briefly, we both walked right over to them. We were only a few metres away from them now, then he continued, "look, just kill them and then we can go home for a few weeks."
"No! I can't do it! It's not right, they're only children!"
"Fine, I'll do it"
"No" I don't know why, but I felt compelled to protect them. I positioned myself between the children who were now hugging their mother's corpse and my brother. "Even if they are the enemy, they are only children. I don't understand this war, but they've done nothing to me. Just leave them alone!"
"Durn, your emotions make you weak. You are a Saiyan warrior. Now move aside and let me kill them."
"I will not" My brother glared at me with his cold, emotionless eyes.
"Alright Durn…just this once, I'll let you win. But I will have to train you better…"
"Thank you" We both began to walk out of the hall when I heard the all too familiar fizzle. My reactions were not quick enough.
"Durn!" My brother pushed me aside and I fell backward, watching everything as the laser blast caught my brother straight through the heart. He fell to the floor twitching, before he lay there, lifeless. I stood up and looked round the hall, there were only the children. One of which was grasping his mother's gun.
"You did this!? After I challenged my own brother to keep you alive!?" I could feel nothing but anger at hem now, there was no compassion left in my being for their kind, I would kill all Shardrac scum in existence. I would learn from my brother. I would become him. Killing without mercy. But I would have to be more ruthless than Gappo. I would kill anything that got in my way, even Saiyans. Then it struck me, what if the Shardracs came to the Saiyan planet? They would surely destroy it. I will need to be there for my family and friends. Later, I have work to do.
"Bastard children!" I powered up a Ki blast powerful enough to destroy the entire building. I saw the look of terror spread over the children's faces and I finally understood. I laughed as I destroyed the building and some of the surrounding ones.
…
After that planet was cleansed I decided to apply for a position in the planet guard and instead was granted a position in the royal guard. This was perfect; I could stay on the planet with my kind, watching over my King, my family and my friends.