Tragic Kingdom
Chapter Two; Together Forever
Please read the song lyrics, they really are important to the story.
This is set a few days before the planet is destroyed.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z or any of its characters. I do own Queen Velvet, Lanteer, Radam, Vixa, Zarna, Olila, Shunda, Kong and Ulu.
"...." Means speech ~..~ Means thoughts .. Means a flashback [..] Means telepathic speech ^..^ Means a dream
Bardock looked down at Toma. His best friends face had been twisted by death and his body was limp and waxy cold. He had lost it when Celipa had been killed and he attacked to soon. A mistake that had been fatal. Bardock looked around him. All of his companions were dead. Killed by that stupid, ugly, fish-faced blubber ball that some people referred to as Dodoria, and a couple of his cronies.
They had tried to take Celipa alive for their 'uses'. She had, of course, fought them. In frustration they had killed her outright. Toma had gone crazy and flown at Dodoria, after which he too had been murdered. The others had fallen not soon after.
Bardocks thoughts were interrupted by Dodoria's cold laughter. "Ready to die, monkey?" The pink warrior sneered. Bardock did not answer.
He turned to Dodoria and the two other henchmen. "It is you who will die, my friend." Bardock replied trying to push away the memories of the visions he'd been having so often. Trying not to think about Frieza, the emperor so powerful even King Vegeta feared him.
*Something is about to give I can feel it coming, I think I know what it is*
He got into fighting stance. Dodoria nodded at his helpers. They stepped forward. "To afraid to do your own dirty work, marshmallow?" "You are too weak for me to dirty my hands on" The larger man replied.
Before Bardock could reply they attacked him. The fist one landed a kick on his jaw, sending him backwards, giving the other the chance to kick him hard in the lower back. He stumbled forward, catching himself before he could fall. He faced them head on. When they attacked him again he grabbed the smaller ones ankle and threw him against the larger ones stomach.
They both picked them selves up. Attacking again.
He gathered all his power and fired his most powerful ki blast at the pair of them. It went straight through the first ones chest and glanced off the others neck. The first died immediately. Blood spurted out of the others neck, coating Bardock and his dead team mate, as his vital vessel was severed.
Bardock straightened and turned to Dodoria, smirking. He smirked back "Nice performance, but your time's up." He vaporized and materialized again behind Bardock, elbowing him hard at the back of his neck. He turned quickly and punched the Saiyan in the stomach. Blood spewed from Bardocks mouth. Dodoria knocked him over.
*I'm not afraid to die, I'm not afraid to live. And when I'm flat on my back I hope to feel like I did*
Bardock looked up at his enemy, half blinded by his own blood. Dodoria lifted his hand, ki blast ready. Bardock prepared himself for the unavoidable.
Dodoria's scouter beeped. A small glimmer passed across the sky. In the distance the crash of a space pod landing was faintly heard. A Saiyan was approaching, fast. A Saiyan stronger than the one that lay on the ground before him. ~But, how? He has no scouter, how could he call for reinforcements?!?1?~ The penny dropped. ~His mate!~
Radam flew fast over the rubble and debris that was all that was left the planet that was once named Tazba. She could not sense ki and she had no scouter but her bond with Bardock told her exactly were he was. Dead ahead, and almost dead. She could vaguely see Dodoria in the distance. She began to fly faster.
Dodoria could see the other Saiyan now. A woman of about 5'3" with a knee length mane of spiky brown hair. She stopped in mid-air, her ki flaring. Her eyes swiveled to were Bardock lay unmoving on the ground. She looked back to Dodoria. She landed softly, her narrowed eyes never leaving her enemy. Raising her fists she stepped forwards.
Without out warning she attacked. Dodoria matched her blow for blow. She was smaller and less muscular than Bardock, making her lighter and much faster. She landed a perfect roundhouse kick on his jaw, making him stagger. Moving quickly she turned and punched him in the gut. His heavy hand caught her on the side of her face and she was sent speeding backwards. She regained balance in mid air. Dodoria vanished and reappeared behind her before she had time to figure out what he had done.
She turned to face him, but she moved too slowly and his blast hit her on the side of her thigh. She hit the ground, hard. She tried to kick, to move her legs and stand up. She felt the nerves at the backs of her legs twitch, but nothing happened. Both legs had been severed by the blast. The pain did not reach her mind, only the shock and horror. She was legless, she was a cripple, she was unable to fight. In short, she was worse than dead. The pain then hit her like a ton of lead. She began screaming, screaming as though she could scream the pain away.
Bardock looked up through the haze of blood, he felt his heart tear, his beautiful mate was made into a helpless wreck. [I'm sorry Bardock, I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!!! We'll both die and it's my stupid fault.] She cried in his mind.
*I want you to know that you don't need me anymore. You don't need anyone or anything at all.*
Dodoria's blast hit Bardock in the chest. Radam cried out as she felt their bond tear, the searing pain in her neck overwhelming her. Dodoria turned to her, he said something, but she was screaming to loudly to hear it. For the second time that day she felt her flesh tear as the ki ball hit her. She gave one last cry before her spirit rose into the heavens to find her beloved mate Bardock's.
Dodoria climbed into his pod, dusting his hands off. Going back to report to Frieza, to report the latest 'victory'.
Long after he had left another Saiyan pod landed. A boy of about eight years old stepped out. His knee length hair was identical to his mothers, save for the color. His name was Raditz. "Mom?" He called into the silence, "Dad?" Something wasn't right. If they had been there they would have come, right? Something was NOT right...
*Who's to say were the wind will take you. Who's to say what it is will break you?*
He ran forward, terrified by the mere thought of his beautiful, strong mother or his powerful father being defeated. There was something up ahead. Something that wasn't right. He stopped in his tracks.
"Mom.Dad..NOOOO!!!" He turned to the side and vomited, retching and heaving, until there was nothing left within him.
Weak shameful tears streamed down his face, "no." Swallowing hard he blasted a hole in the ground. He dragged his fathers heavy form towards it. He pushed him in laying him on his back and gently closing his fathers eyes. He picked the top half of his mothers poor broken body placed her gently next to his father. He closed her eyes and smoothed her face into a more peaceful expression.
*I don't know which way the wind will blow. Who's to know when the time has come around? Don't want to see you cry. I know that this is not goodbye*
He buried his parents carefully and slowly made his way back to the space ship he had arrived in.
Back to Vegeta-sei, to that tragic kingdom that only his father had known was doomed. To the king they all served and would follow, like lambs to the slaughter, like the moth that fly toward the candle flame. The king who did and could not know what he would he would lead his people to.
Raditz knew better than to cry more, Turles didn't need to see that. Turles..the news would destroy him, he was only a brat. She ship sped away toward the stars. Taking him away from the horror he had seen. Back to the condemned world of the Saiyans. With a heart as heavy as lead.
*I wonder what's going to happen to you, You wonder what has happened to me. Who's to say were the wind will take you. Who's to say what it is will break you? I don't know which way the wind will blow. Who's to know when the time has come around? Don't want to see you cry. I know that this is not goodbye. Did I waste it? not so much I couldn't taste it. Life should be fragrant, roof top to the basement. Who's to say what it is will break you? I don't know which way the wind will blow.*
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I think this chapter was a little to slushy, but I cried my eyes out writing it. I don't update as much as I'd like mainly because of my school work; if I get another D for math I'll have to re-do a year so please be patient. All song lyrics taken from 'Kite' by U2. Please review. DQ.
Chapter Two; Together Forever
Please read the song lyrics, they really are important to the story.
This is set a few days before the planet is destroyed.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z or any of its characters. I do own Queen Velvet, Lanteer, Radam, Vixa, Zarna, Olila, Shunda, Kong and Ulu.
"...." Means speech ~..~ Means thoughts .. Means a flashback [..] Means telepathic speech ^..^ Means a dream
Bardock looked down at Toma. His best friends face had been twisted by death and his body was limp and waxy cold. He had lost it when Celipa had been killed and he attacked to soon. A mistake that had been fatal. Bardock looked around him. All of his companions were dead. Killed by that stupid, ugly, fish-faced blubber ball that some people referred to as Dodoria, and a couple of his cronies.
They had tried to take Celipa alive for their 'uses'. She had, of course, fought them. In frustration they had killed her outright. Toma had gone crazy and flown at Dodoria, after which he too had been murdered. The others had fallen not soon after.
Bardocks thoughts were interrupted by Dodoria's cold laughter. "Ready to die, monkey?" The pink warrior sneered. Bardock did not answer.
He turned to Dodoria and the two other henchmen. "It is you who will die, my friend." Bardock replied trying to push away the memories of the visions he'd been having so often. Trying not to think about Frieza, the emperor so powerful even King Vegeta feared him.
*Something is about to give I can feel it coming, I think I know what it is*
He got into fighting stance. Dodoria nodded at his helpers. They stepped forward. "To afraid to do your own dirty work, marshmallow?" "You are too weak for me to dirty my hands on" The larger man replied.
Before Bardock could reply they attacked him. The fist one landed a kick on his jaw, sending him backwards, giving the other the chance to kick him hard in the lower back. He stumbled forward, catching himself before he could fall. He faced them head on. When they attacked him again he grabbed the smaller ones ankle and threw him against the larger ones stomach.
They both picked them selves up. Attacking again.
He gathered all his power and fired his most powerful ki blast at the pair of them. It went straight through the first ones chest and glanced off the others neck. The first died immediately. Blood spurted out of the others neck, coating Bardock and his dead team mate, as his vital vessel was severed.
Bardock straightened and turned to Dodoria, smirking. He smirked back "Nice performance, but your time's up." He vaporized and materialized again behind Bardock, elbowing him hard at the back of his neck. He turned quickly and punched the Saiyan in the stomach. Blood spewed from Bardocks mouth. Dodoria knocked him over.
*I'm not afraid to die, I'm not afraid to live. And when I'm flat on my back I hope to feel like I did*
Bardock looked up at his enemy, half blinded by his own blood. Dodoria lifted his hand, ki blast ready. Bardock prepared himself for the unavoidable.
Dodoria's scouter beeped. A small glimmer passed across the sky. In the distance the crash of a space pod landing was faintly heard. A Saiyan was approaching, fast. A Saiyan stronger than the one that lay on the ground before him. ~But, how? He has no scouter, how could he call for reinforcements?!?1?~ The penny dropped. ~His mate!~
Radam flew fast over the rubble and debris that was all that was left the planet that was once named Tazba. She could not sense ki and she had no scouter but her bond with Bardock told her exactly were he was. Dead ahead, and almost dead. She could vaguely see Dodoria in the distance. She began to fly faster.
Dodoria could see the other Saiyan now. A woman of about 5'3" with a knee length mane of spiky brown hair. She stopped in mid-air, her ki flaring. Her eyes swiveled to were Bardock lay unmoving on the ground. She looked back to Dodoria. She landed softly, her narrowed eyes never leaving her enemy. Raising her fists she stepped forwards.
Without out warning she attacked. Dodoria matched her blow for blow. She was smaller and less muscular than Bardock, making her lighter and much faster. She landed a perfect roundhouse kick on his jaw, making him stagger. Moving quickly she turned and punched him in the gut. His heavy hand caught her on the side of her face and she was sent speeding backwards. She regained balance in mid air. Dodoria vanished and reappeared behind her before she had time to figure out what he had done.
She turned to face him, but she moved too slowly and his blast hit her on the side of her thigh. She hit the ground, hard. She tried to kick, to move her legs and stand up. She felt the nerves at the backs of her legs twitch, but nothing happened. Both legs had been severed by the blast. The pain did not reach her mind, only the shock and horror. She was legless, she was a cripple, she was unable to fight. In short, she was worse than dead. The pain then hit her like a ton of lead. She began screaming, screaming as though she could scream the pain away.
Bardock looked up through the haze of blood, he felt his heart tear, his beautiful mate was made into a helpless wreck. [I'm sorry Bardock, I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!!! We'll both die and it's my stupid fault.] She cried in his mind.
*I want you to know that you don't need me anymore. You don't need anyone or anything at all.*
Dodoria's blast hit Bardock in the chest. Radam cried out as she felt their bond tear, the searing pain in her neck overwhelming her. Dodoria turned to her, he said something, but she was screaming to loudly to hear it. For the second time that day she felt her flesh tear as the ki ball hit her. She gave one last cry before her spirit rose into the heavens to find her beloved mate Bardock's.
Dodoria climbed into his pod, dusting his hands off. Going back to report to Frieza, to report the latest 'victory'.
Long after he had left another Saiyan pod landed. A boy of about eight years old stepped out. His knee length hair was identical to his mothers, save for the color. His name was Raditz. "Mom?" He called into the silence, "Dad?" Something wasn't right. If they had been there they would have come, right? Something was NOT right...
*Who's to say were the wind will take you. Who's to say what it is will break you?*
He ran forward, terrified by the mere thought of his beautiful, strong mother or his powerful father being defeated. There was something up ahead. Something that wasn't right. He stopped in his tracks.
"Mom.Dad..NOOOO!!!" He turned to the side and vomited, retching and heaving, until there was nothing left within him.
Weak shameful tears streamed down his face, "no." Swallowing hard he blasted a hole in the ground. He dragged his fathers heavy form towards it. He pushed him in laying him on his back and gently closing his fathers eyes. He picked the top half of his mothers poor broken body placed her gently next to his father. He closed her eyes and smoothed her face into a more peaceful expression.
*I don't know which way the wind will blow. Who's to know when the time has come around? Don't want to see you cry. I know that this is not goodbye*
He buried his parents carefully and slowly made his way back to the space ship he had arrived in.
Back to Vegeta-sei, to that tragic kingdom that only his father had known was doomed. To the king they all served and would follow, like lambs to the slaughter, like the moth that fly toward the candle flame. The king who did and could not know what he would he would lead his people to.
Raditz knew better than to cry more, Turles didn't need to see that. Turles..the news would destroy him, he was only a brat. She ship sped away toward the stars. Taking him away from the horror he had seen. Back to the condemned world of the Saiyans. With a heart as heavy as lead.
*I wonder what's going to happen to you, You wonder what has happened to me. Who's to say were the wind will take you. Who's to say what it is will break you? I don't know which way the wind will blow. Who's to know when the time has come around? Don't want to see you cry. I know that this is not goodbye. Did I waste it? not so much I couldn't taste it. Life should be fragrant, roof top to the basement. Who's to say what it is will break you? I don't know which way the wind will blow.*
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I think this chapter was a little to slushy, but I cried my eyes out writing it. I don't update as much as I'd like mainly because of my school work; if I get another D for math I'll have to re-do a year so please be patient. All song lyrics taken from 'Kite' by U2. Please review. DQ.