Piccolo flew onwards towards the Capsule Corporation where several of the other fighters had gathered. They could now feel an evil force heading towards the planet and Capsule Corps satellites had picked up an unidentified ship. Dende's feelings had been correct and the team had been anticipating something for the past week.
He landed next to Krillen who greeted him with a wave and followed him into the building and through to the living room where the others were waiting. "Now that we're all here," Bulma said, "The ship is only two hours away from the planet's atmosphere and according to my calculations, it should land somewhere in this vicinity," she pointed to a map that she had set up.
"How strong to you guys think this new enemy is?" Krillen asked.
"Well, we can't really tell yet because I think whoever it is, is hiding their full strength," Goku said.
Bulma spoke up again, "The ship isn't like one of those one-manned space pods, and it is big enough to have an entire crew."
"Well, let's head out there and meet them. Maybe they'll just leave once they find out we're here," Goku mentioned.
Vegeta snorted and made his way out of the building, but as he was about to take to the air, Bulma screeched, "Vegeta!"
Vegeta winced and asked, "What is it woman?"
Bulma stomped up to him and put her arms around his neck, "You're taking me with you."
"What? You'll only be in the way and probably get yourself killed."
"I'll be all right, and I want to see these new aliens," she said.
"Fine," he said as he picked her up, "Maybe you'll get yourself killed and get off of my back."
She glared at him, but he ignored her and flew on, followed closely by the other fighters which consisted of Krillen, Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks.
Meanwhile, in the forest near May's home, a shadowy figure crept through the trees and spied upon the young woman as she tended to her garden. May had been worried when Piccolo had told her that he was leaving to fight a new enemy on its way to the planet, and the only way to keep her from going crazy with worry, was to get her mind on other things.
May sat back on her knees and wiped her sweaty brow with the back of her hand. She sighed in frustration that this wasn't helping much. Her mind kept drifting back to Piccolo and the last few days that she had spent in bliss with him. She knew that he was a little new at the emotions between them, so they had decided to go slowly.
Unfortunately, May didn't here the footsteps across the ground as they approached. She did notice a shadow loom over her, but before she could do anything, something hit her on the back of the head and caused her to fall to her side. She groaned in pain for a moment and her vision blurred as blackness consumed her. The last thing she saw was a purple blurry face smirking down at her before there was nothing.
The fighters landed at the approximate area where the ship was supposed to land according to Bulma. She hid herself behind some rocks on a nearby cliff's edge, and hoped not to be seen.
Piccolo had a very bad feeling about what was coming and it had just gotten worse when they arrived. The others were talking amongst themselves when the ship came into view. It looked similar to the ship that Freeza had arrived in on Namek.
As soon as it landed, the door opened up to reveal a tall woman with flaming red hair cut short at the nape of her neck. She wore armor similar to that of what Freeza's forces had worn, but this had a golden color to it. On both sides of her were a strange looking purple alien, and three others were walking behind her.
The woman stood about ten feet away from the group of fighters, and she eyed them all suspiciously. She also searched the area for her wayward scout. He had contacted her yesterday to report on the status of the fighters. She then ordered him to kidnap someone that could be used against them and then to report to her position upon landing, keeping the hostage in his own pod that had landed not to far from the landing site.
Vegeta had a feeling that he knew this woman from somewhere. She seemed like a familiar face from his past, though someone he didn't know that well.
One of the purple aliens approached the woman and whispered so that only the Namek's ears could pick it up, "The scout has accomplished his objective and is on his way."
She nodded once and looked again at the fighters that stood before her. The Saiyan prince spoke, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
"Very well prince," she said, shocking some of the Z gang, "I want to know who among you is responsible for the death of the Saiyan known as Radditz."
"Radditz?" Goku questioned, "Why do you want to know about him?"
It was then that Vegeta remembered, "You were that crazy woman with the obsession over that sorry excuse for a Saiyan," he smirked at her furious face.
"He was a great man," she fumed, "And whoever killed him is going to pay."
"Yeah right," Vegeta scoffed, "The last time I saw you, you could barely even fight."
The woman looked at him with confidence, "Time passes and people change little prince."
They noticed another alien approaching their position and as it landed between them, he turned to the woman and bowed before stepping to the side to join the others.
The woman smiled slyly and said, "Forgive me for not introducing myself properly. My name is Adora."
"What do you want here?" Goku asked.
"I want the one responsible for Radditz's death, and if you don't hand him over to me now, I'm afraid something untoward could happen to our guest," she said in mock compassion.
The fighters looked confused for a moment and Goku asked, "What do you mean?"
"I mean that I have someone whose interest you might want to look after. She appears to be a normal human being, and the people of this planet are mostly pathetic weaklings. Now, tell me who killed him or something untoward just might happen to her."
"How do we know that you're telling the truth?" Gohan asked.
"You see, little boy, I've had a scout watching you for quite sometime. What was the name he gave me?" She wondered, placing a hand beneath her chin. Her eyes then lit up as she remembered, "Ah yes, it was May."
At that, Piccolo's eyes widened a bit and Gohan watched him out of the corner of his eye. Piccolo's thoughts were running rampant at the moment as he thought about how he had just seen her that morning.
*Flashback*
Piccolo had just finished telling May that he was going to help in the fight against a new enemy. As he looked into her worried and saddened eyes, his heart almost stopped. He didn't want to do anything to make her sad, but he had to go soon.
"Just promise me you'll be careful, ok?" She asked as she leaned her head against his chest. Listening to his heartbeat had become one of her favorite things to do.
"I'll try," he said, but that was the best that he could do.
"I don't want someone to have to tell me that you're dead, even if those Dragonballs can bring people back to life."
Piccolo refrained from telling her that the balls could only be used once to bring people back from the dead because she would just worry more than she already was. He sighed and said, "I'll be fine. I'll be back before dark."
"All right," she said, and stretched onto her toes for one last kiss before he left.
She stood outside and waved to his retreating form until he was nothing more than a speck in the sky.
*End Flashback*
A/N: Sorry for the shorter chapters, but I can't seem to make them longer. The next one might be a little longer because of the fight scene though.