Unexpected Fate

Chapter 2

CMG: Still don't own them. Scrix is mine though. A bit of humor in this story, if not much. Oh, and Bardock's training begins.

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Bardock and Scrix arrive near a Namek village. The Nameks run up to them as Scrix starts talking in a native tongue. The Nameks understood and talk to him as Bardock watches. After 4 minutes, Scrix turns towards Bardock.

"Come with me," said Scrix as Bardock follows him to a large cliff.

"What are we doing here?" said Bardock.

"In order for you to meet the Eldest Namek, you are going to climb this cliff first," said Scrix.

"This will be easy," said Bardock. "Screw this!"

"I'm not finished yet," said Scrix as Bardock felt his body getting heavier somehow. "I want you to do it while you're wearing 1000 pounds on your back."

"Why am I doing this?" said Bardock.

"This is part of your training," said Scrix. "Besides, your son, Kakarot had to wear 250 pounds in 10x normal gravity."

"That's insane!" said Bardock.

"Yes, but he had to chase a monkey around," said Scrix.

"Who's twisted enough for him to chase a monkey around?" said Bardock.

"Ah, some god," said Scrix. "Now start climbing!"

Bardock starts up the cliff, but he slips and falls to the ground hard, making a hole in the ground. (Ouch! Sorry Bardock fans, but you'll learn why he has to do this later on.) Bardock gets up and starts climbing again. About several hours later, he managed to climb a third of the way there. His stomach grows as he gets tired and sits on a nearby overhang. Scrix, who's been flying behind Bardock, landed in front of him.

"Are you tired?" said Scrix.

"Yes," said Bardock. "I'm also hungry. Damn! I haven't eaten in hours!"

"I forget you get hungry you Saiya-jin's get," said Scrix as he puts a hand on Bardock's forehead.

"What are you-?" said Bardock.

"I am going to make it so your body doesn't need food," said Scrix. "It won't hurt at all and it will be more of an advantage to you."

Bardock didn't say anything as Scrix's power began to rush into Bardock's body. He felt his body being recharged as the hunger in his body disappeared completely. After that, Scrix removes his hand from his head as Bardock felt his energy rise.

"Thanks," said Bardock as he got ready to climb again.

"You should keep going," said Scrix. "I'll meet you at the top."

"Okay," said Bardock as he starts climbing. In 12 hours, he reaches the top and is exhausted.

"Are you alright?" said Scrix.

"Just a bit tired," said Bardock. "I thought the food would help!"

"It did," said Scrix. "You're just physically exhausted. You can rest now."

"Um, it's still daylight out," said Bardock.

"Yeah, there's three suns around this planet," said Scrix.

'No wonder the Nameks are green,' thought Bardock, not knowing he said it similar to what Krillin said to Dende. In a few minutes, he fell asleep, laying on the ground.

*** Dream ***

Bardock found himself on Freeza's spaceship in the medical room. He didn't know how he ended up in there. He sees a tray of medical stuff scattered across the floor as he hears the healing machine behind him humming. Inside the healing tank, he sees his son, Kakarot resting and healing from a battle that took place.

'What's going on?' thought Bardock as Scrix waited nearby sitting on the table.

"You should know," said Scrix.

"Did you read my mind?" said Bardock.

"Far from it," said Scrix. "I am reading your soul."

"That's creepy," said Bardock. "How long has he been in there?"

"Over an hour," said Scrix. "He should get better if he's going to face Freeza."

"Aren't you going to do anything?" said Bardock.

"There's nothing I can do at this moment," said Scrix. "As I said before, you cannot change the future."

"But still..." said Bardock.

"You've tried and failed, so why fight against destiny?" said Scrix.

*** End Dream ***

Bardock woke up as Scrix sits meditating. He instantly opened his eyes the moment Bardock got up from the ground. Scrix knew that he had another vision and talked to him within it.

"So, there's nothing I can do?" said Bardock.

"Yes and no," said Scrix. "You have to remain on course towards your destiny and only then may you succeed in seeing your son's transformation."

"I see," said Bardock as he sighs. "Still, I wish I could have became a Super Saiya-jin 30 years ago and changed fate."

"Only when the time's right, will you also become one," said Scrix. "But for now, let's go see Guru."

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CMG: I need to sleep. It's too early for me to be writing and I'm getting tired. As I said before, the more you review, the more chapters that come out. Later!