Author's Note: Sorry it took me so long to get this down. I had to try my hand at a crossover (which doesn't seem to be doing well so far) and I just other things on my plate that this wasn't my top priority. Sorry for the wait. I'll try to finish this as quickly as I can. Enjoy.
Smoke continued to rise from the smoldering remains of the once most beautiful city of Lebhania. As Bardock flew over, he saw a human with purple skin slowly rising from the ground. Bardock pointed a finger at the Lebhanian and emitted a ray of energy. Bardock looked up and continued on. He knew that the Lebhanian would rise no more.
The Saiyans continued to fly towards the sounds of explosions they heard ever since their arrival on the planet. Every few minutes, a flash of light could be seen, followed by the roll of thunder. When the thunder quieted, the howls of the dying Lebhanians could be heard.
"Guess they won't be needing our help." Celipa commented.
"No, I think not." Bardock said. That's when he heard a beeping noise from behind him.
"Multiple power levels of five thousand or over coming from the east!" Toma exclaimed.
"How can that be, the Lebhanians can't possibly reach that level!" Bardock cried.
"Maybe it's not Lebhanian." Celipa said.
"Perhaps," Bardock said, rubbing his chin, "but as the good Saiyan, I wanna be the first one there."
"Better hurry, your not the only one with that idea." Toma said, pointing towards streaks of light heading in the direction he had pointed at earlier. Without another word, Bardock followed, Toma and Celipa trailing behind.
"I have no idea how," said Rur, "The last thing I remember was this scaly thing coming at me. The next thing, I wake up here." He gestured at the ruined city.
Rur was an inhabitant of the planet Meet. He had woken up much like the rest of the people around did; slowly, unsure yet happy. When he had risen to his full height, he saw the four Saiyans land in front of him. He knew they were Saiyans for he has encountered them before, during a visit to another planet. He had been fortunate enough that his ship was close by when he heard of the Saiyan invasion.
When one of the Saiyans moved forward, Rur thought, This wasn't much of a second chance. But the Saiyan merely asked him if he knew how they had been resurrected.
"Were you killed too?" Rur asked.
"By the same people that killed you." The Saiyan responded.
"I thought you worked for them."
"So did we," another Saiyan replied, the female one.
"Well," Rur said after a pause, "I'm going to see if all my friends are back." He turned and walked slowly away, waiting for the Saiyans to attack. When they didn't he walked with more confidence. He soon found his wife and started to cry with joy.
"You think there's a connection?" Panboukin asked.
"Maybe," Toma said, "I still don't know how that explains our resurrection."
"Maybe it was the dragonballs." Totepo said. The others looked at him strangely.
"What are dragonballs?" Toma asked finally.
"It's just a legend," Totepo explained, "But supposedly the Nameks have these balls which can grant a wish."
"Why would they resurrect us?" Celipa asked.
"Maybe it was unintentional." He replied.
"Perhaps," Panboukin thought, "Freeza attacked their planet. When they wished their people back to life, they unintentionally brought us back too."
"Far-fetched,"
Toma said, "But I'll buy it since I got nothing better."
"Same here." Celipa said.
"So what do we do now?" Panboukin asked Toma.
"First thing's first, we got to confirm if Bardock's dead or not. We also have to find the other Saiyans."
"Try your scouter, maybe you can reach them." Celipa suggested. Toma nodded and activated the communicator.
"This is Toma, is anyone out there? Over." He waited. No response. He tried again. Still nothing.
"Guess it's not in working order." Toma said.
Goku woke up with a start. He had sense two large powers very far from him. What disturbed was that before the power achieved its highest point, there were many weaker powers around them. When the larger powers started to lowers and disappear, there were only two other powers near them.
What also disturbed him was that one of the weaker powers was familiar somehow. He had sensed it in both Raditz and in Turles. Goku knew that Raditz was his brother and he knew that Turles was related to him somehow. The fact that this same feeling was washing over him now was what disturbed.
But the disturbance was soon over. If this power was a relative, Goku wasn't excited to meet it. His other relatives had…disappointed him. Plus, although he was worried for all the lives that had surely been lost, he couldn't do anything now. Besides, he was stronger than the two high powers. He decided to ignore it and fell asleep again.
Bardock woke up to find blood dripping from his forehead. He dipped his fingers into the red liquid and stared at them for a moment.
"What happened?" he asked out loud.
"Hell broke loose! That's what happened!" he heard someone answer. He was surprised there was someone even close enough to hear him. He hadn't felt anyone's presence. He felt arms around his waist and lift him off the ground. He looked up and saw Celipa.
"Where's Toma?" Bardock asked.
"He's found us a ship," Celipa said, "We have to get off this rock now. Those Lebhanians turned to be stronger than we thought."
"Where are they now?"
"They heading back to their base, but we're not taking any chances." She said, looking behind her.
"What about the rest of the Saiyans?" Bardock asked, but from Celipa's tone before, he already knew the answer.
"It was a real short second chance." She said. Bardock looked at the ground, sad. His once fierce and proud race had been defeated yet again and this time by an enemy weaker than Freeza.
"There it is!" Celipa exclaimed. But Bardock had passed out again, more from the shock of defeat than from his injuries. Celipa carried him and within a few minutes they the ship left the planet.
King Vegita tried to stand up for the third time. This time he managed to stay on his feet and take a few steps. But his strength gave away; he spun and fell on his side. He cried in pain and clutched his rib cage, noting for the first time how wet his shirt was. He looked and saw that almost his entire side of his shirt had turned from blue to purple. Instead of accepting his defeat, the Saiyan king grew more determined to live. He tried to stand again.
When he got onto his feet, he looked into the sky and saw one of the creatures that had annihilated both the Lebhanians and his race. The creature had put on its disguise again and was now carrying what looked to be the body of Bardock. Vegita's eyes followed them.
He felt a twinge of fear when the creature looked back. For a moment, their eyes were met but the creature didn't seem concerned to see someone alive. It gave a sly smile, almost happy to see that someone was actually strong enough to have survived the slaughter.
Vegita watched as the two bodies disappeared over the ridge. He heard a low rumble and saw a ship float off the ground and fly off into space. The king didn't move for a few seconds. He broke out of his trance and looked about him, surveying all his people that had died. He actually had cared for his race. Some individuals annoyed him, but as a whole, he would die for the continuation of his species. Looking around him, he realized he had failed. Again.
Tears started to form at the corners of his eyes. But he wouldn't allow them to fall. No true Saiyan ever cried. Summoning all his rage, he yelled at the ship that had left the planet.
"I will avenge my people! You won't escape! No one escapes the wrath of a Saiyan warrior!"
