"Now there's a place I never want to visit." Goku said as he saw the tear. He stopped with about three meters to spare. He continued to look through the portal, when he saw something move. He could not believe his eyes. It was Raditz.
The elder Saiyan jumped through the portal and floated into space. He did not notice the SuperSaiyan right away. He just gazed happily around for a while then raised his hands in the air and looked upwards. With air, he would have been screaming laughing at the top of his lungs, but space is a quiet place.
Raditz let his arms dropped to his side. It was then that he noticed the golden figure in front of him. The Saiyan thought he recognized this creature from somewhere, but he could not put quite place him. As he tried to remember, Goku connected their minds.
"Guess who, brother." Goku said. Raditz's eyes bulged and his jaw dropped.
"Kakkarot!" Raditz exclaimed. That was when a wave of pain ripped through his stomach. His hands clutched at the area. When the pain had subsided a little, Raditz looked at his hands. They were red with blood.
"That would be me." Goku said, lowering his hand. Raditz stared at him, his eyes glazing over.
"Not again." Were his last words before passing away.
Goku would have stood gloating for a while, had he not seen his brother appear on the other side of the portal.
"King Kai!" Goku called, "How do I close this thing?"
"You need the some energy from the living world and some the world of the dead." King Kai replied, "Since I'm in the other world, I'll spare you some of my energy." At that moment, Goku felt his hand getting warmer.
"Energy received," Goku said, "Now what?"
"Launch both our energies at the tear, while saying, 'Close,'"
"That's it?" Goku asked, stunned by the simplicity.
"That's it." King Kai confirmed.
"Idiot proof." Goku said, readying himself to fire.
"That's why you're doing it." King Kai said.
"Watch it." Goku warned as the Kai burst out laughing.
"Oh, by the way," King Kai said between chuckles, "Since only thoughts can be heard in space, say 'Close' with your mind." Goku nodded and combined King Kai's energy with some of his. A ball formed in his hand. He launched it and thought-spoke the word, "Close". The blast hit the tear as if it were a wall. Sparks danced across the portal for a few seconds before the hole diminished and disappeared.
"Problem solved." Goku thought to himself.
"Not quite," King Kai corrected, "Another one opened amongst the Yaarsdat ships."
"Did anyone come out yet?" Goku asked, worried.
"Two Saiyans: Nappa and Turles." King Kai responded, "They already took down three ships. King Vegita is fighting them now."
"How's he holding out?"
Turles collided into Nappa after being kicked by Vegita. The giant Saiyan untangled himself from Turles, wiping the blood dripping from his nose. Turles tended to his split cheek, while his left eye began to swell and the blood ran freely from his nose. He felt like vomiting.
"Not bad for an old man," Nappa taunted. Vegita growled at the remark and threw a small ball of energy. Nappa sent the ball in another direction, but left himself open for Vegita's shoulder charge. The giant, hunched over the king, began to lose consciousness.
As black spots formed in Nappa's eyes, Vegita bent down and flipped, hitting Nappa's chin with his foot. The force of the blow sent Nappa sailing towards Grati IV at an incredible velocity.
Vegita caught a glance of the giant catching on fire, when he felt a something hit his side. It was Turles; he had apparently come at the king at full speed with his foot. Turles was now clutching his foot, wincing with pain.
"Time to die," Vegita said, stretching out his arm. But before he could fire, his head exploded into pain. He fought to remain conscious as he tried to see what had hit him. He heard an explosion from behind. He whirled around and saw smoke dissipating. Vegita did not know what was going on, until he turned around again.
A white hand with purple fingernails was right in his face. Vegita followed the muscled arm to its broad shoulder, then to the wide neck, then finally to the face. The face looked familiar and it struck fear into the Saiyan's heart.
"You don't recognize me, do you?" the creature said, amazed. Vegita shook his head. The creature nodded.
"I am Frieza."
"I'm not going to make it time!" Goku cried, as he raced towards Vegita and Frieza. Goku could sense that any second now, Vegita would die just as suddenly as Turles did. And for some reason, he did not want the king to die.
In desperation, he reached out with his mind and found Vegita's ki. He focused on it, putting a finger to his forehead. Then, with all his might, he pictured himself next to Vegita. For what seemed an eternity, nothing happened. Then Goku felt he hit something.
He had closed his eyes when he tried to teleport. He opened them now and saw a gasping Frieza in front of him. He looked behind him and saw a scared and relieved Vegita.
"Hey," Goku said happily, "It worked." Then Frieza punched him in the face. Goku snapped his head back as Freiza tried to elbow him in the stomach. He blocked the attack with his knee and brought his fist down on Frieza's cheek. Dazed, it took Frieza a few minutes to recover. When he did, he launched a ball of energy. Goku sent an even more powerful attack to repel Frieza's. The balls connected and they went towards Frieza. The alien was too slow and was hit.
"Oops," Goku said as Frieza exploded. Parts of his body could be seen floating though space, "Guess that was a little too strong."
Vegita could only stare in amazement. He had just witnessed the death of one of the most powerful creatures in the universe. The death of the creature that ruled his people with fear for generations and the one who destroyed their home world. His eyes started to tear.
Goku face the king and saw that he was crying. Baffled, he was about to ask why when he saw part of Frieza's tail float by. Then, he knew.
"You're welcome." Goku said, "Now, if you'll excuse me, I got some unfinished business to attend to."