He comes with the belief that he shall close the tear, thought the creature as Goku approached. Well, he is certainly in for a surprise once he realizes that he cannot speak with his precious Kai. He watched Goku as he stopped in front of the tear. He called for King Kai. After a few moments, Goku tried again. The creature could sense the fear that the Saiyan was feeling. This shall be easy. He will never be able to see or detect me. Now, he thought as he moved for his attack, I shall avenge my brothers' deaths.
"King Kai, this isn't funny!" Goku was saying. He still got no response. Where is he? He thought. But he realized he would have to forget about the Kai and worry about himself. For at that moment, the attack began. Goku felt a powerful blow to his stomach, which knocked the wind out of him. Then he nearly blacked out when something hit him across the back of his head. Trying to regain his balance and keep his consciousness, Goku looked up. He saw nothing. What's going on? A blow to the face answered him. He recovered and jabbed several times. He hit nothing.
This is bad, Goku thought, Somebody is definitely hitting me, but it has no soul and there is no air in space. Goku tensed his body, waiting for the next attack. Then he got an idea. Hoping for the best, he headed for Gratis IV.
And got hit the stomach.
"Going somewhere?" he heard a voice ask.
"I was hoping to." The Saiyan answered.
"Please don't," the voice said. Goku got a punch to the face, "I'm just starting to have fun." Suddenly, Goku focused energy into his aura. The thin layer of light that usually surrounded him as a SuperSaiyan began to expand. He made it so that it covered an area of ten feet.
Let's see if this work, he thought, looking for his enemy. He got hit in the face again.
"A nice try," the voice said, "But light doesn't reflect off of me. I can't be seen."
"Or felt," Goku added.
"You noticed that too?" the voice asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, I did," Goku said, ignoring the sarcasm, "Which leaves me with one option."
"And that is?"
"This." Another voice said. But this one had a body to house it. Goku could feel it. And it felt familiar. He turned around and saw his father with a halo above his head. He was holding a scouter in his hand.
"Dad!" Goku cried.
"King Kai wanted you to have this." He said, passing the scouter to Goku. The younger Saiyan put it to his ear and immediately turned it on. Instantly it gave him an outline of his enemy as well as numbers written in his language.
"It's been modified." Goku commented.
"Heavily," his father said.
"What else is new?" Goku asked. That's when the demon decided to charge at him at full speed. Goku saw him coming this time. He blocked the fist and sent his knee into the demon's stomach.
"It is directly linked to you vision," Bardock was explaining as Goku started beating the demon, "If you can see something move at a certain speeds, so can the scouter,"
"So basically," Goku said, dodging a kick, "if this guy were to move faster than my eye, it would be too fast for the scouter."
"Exactly."
"Good thing he's slower than me," Goku continued, kicking the demon a hundred yards away, "The only reason he was hurting me before was because I wasn't expecting it."
"Good thing," Bardock said, chuckling, "He would have killed me awhile ago."
"That's not good, considering your already dead." Goku said, smiling. The demon charged again, launching a volley a blasts. Goku deflected all of the attacks and shot one of his own. It pierced through the demon's chest. It clutched at the hole, but then its entire body relaxed. Its arms fell to its side and his head rolled back. It floated slowly away from Goku and Bardock.
"Damn," Goku said after a moment, "I wanted to toy with it for awhile longer."
"Guess you were playing a little rough." Bardock said, "Most toys break when you play rough with them."
"Sorry dad," Goku said and they both laughed, "Pass me some of your energy," Goku said suddenly in a serious tone.
"What for?" Bardock asked.
"I need the energy from both the living and dead worlds to close the tears." Goku explained. Bardock shrugged and passed his son some of his energy. Goku fused it with his, asked the tear to close and launched the blast. The ball hit the tear, danced about it and finally closed. Goku heaved a sigh of relief and returned to his normal form.
"I think that's the last of them." Goku said.
"It was indeed," a voice confirmed.
"King Kai?" Goku cried, "Where the hell were you?"
"The demon you just killed was hampering with my communications," the King said, "But you seem to have done with the little help I was able to provide you with."
"I did indeed," Goku said. He took the scouter off and threw it to his father, "But I think this looks better on him." Bardock put the scouter on.
"I see no difference." King Kai said.
"True," Goku said, "But that's beside the point. I'm more concerned about the others."
"We're very lucky ladies and gentlemen," Ardat said as the saiyans entered the bridge, "We have just survived an encounter with King Cold.
"King Cold?" the saiyans said in unison.
"The bang on the ship was him landing." Ardat explained.
"And we weren't torn apart because…?" Vegita asked.
"He seems to be more interested in picking up the remains of his son." Ardat answered.
"No," Celipa said, "He's afraid whatever killed his son might be in one of these ships."
"What makes you so sure?" Ardat asked.
"Frieza was stronger than Cold," Celipa replied, "I know that for a fact."
"Well," Toma said, "Thank Goku for putting the fear of death in his highness."
The rest of the trip to Yaarsdat was spent learning what happened to each other. The entire bridge were so concerned with the details, that they never noticed two more had joined their ranks. It was Toma who saw them first.
"Where's the doctor?" he asked, "I'm seeing double." Everyone turned and saw Bardock and Goku standing side by side, waving at them. They all gave a cheer. Celipa ran into Bardock's arms, tears swelling in her eyes. Toma gave Goku a pat on the back. And to everyone's surprise, Vegita bowed to them.
"Well," Bardock said when Vegita rose, "I never thought I'd see that living or dead."
"Don't push it," Vegita said amongst the roars of laughter.
"It's a shame you have to leave so soon." Ardat said, shaking Goku's hand.
"I have to," Goku said, "I have this feeling King Cold will want revenge somehow."
"So he'll strike where it hurts most," Ardat said, "You're right. You have to go."
"Thank you for your hospitality." Goku said.
"It was honor meeting you, Goku, the SuperSaiyan." Ardat walked back to the crowd that assembled around Goku's ship. The saiyans had taken his place.
"It was great fighting alongside you." Goku said to them.
"And it was a pleasure fighting with you." Vegita said, shaking Goku's hand.
Toma did the same but quickly embraced the other Saiyan, "Knock'em dead kid." He said.
"Consider it done." Goku said.
Celipa gave Goku a kiss on the cheek and hugged him tightly, "This will sound corny," she said, "But your mother would be proud." Goku could only smile.
"She would be indeed." Bardock said as Celipa finally let go, "You've grown to be an incredible fighter with a pure heart. You're the best of both worlds son." Goku smiled.
"Thanks dad," and they hugged each other. They could hear Toma say, "Ah, isn't that cute?"
"Okay," Bardock said, pushing Goku away, "Enough of the mushy stuff. Get going." Goku laughed.
"All right," he said, "You're all welcome to my home anytime."
"Do you have a wife?" Bardock asked.
"Yes and she's a great cook."
"Why don't we go live at his place?" Bardock asked.
"Nice try Bardock," Celipa said, "We got our own mission to do."
"Good luck to you." Goku said, climbing into his ship.
"Thanks," Bardock said. Then he raised a fist into the air, "Fight with honor."
"Fight with pride." Goku said, lifting a fist into the air as well.
"And you claim to have lost your memory." They all laughed.
In a few moments, the saiyans and Yaarsdats were waving good-bye as Goku's ship left the planet. When the ship was out of sight, Bardock turned to the others.
"Time we take out the rest of Frieza's army." He said, "Gotta let them know that daddy's home."
The End