Evil Tidings
Gohan, Videl and Pan landed in the clearing their house was built in and they walked into the house. As they got inside Gohan walked over to the couch and sat down on it and became lost in thought. Videl frowned for a moment before she walked upstairs and put Pan to bed. Videl walked back downstairs, sat beside Gohan and wrapped her tail and arms around him.
"What's wrong Gohan?" Videl asked, "You were silent the whole trip home, not to mention the fact that you're frowning and I rarely see you frown."
"Oh… It's nothing Videl." Gohan said, not even looking up at Videl.
"Yes it is, you're worried." Videl replied, "I can feel it through our bond. Something Vegeta said or did while you were locked away with him troubles you. Don't you trust me?"
"It's not that… It's just that, I'm not sure how to explain this all to you. I don't even fully understand what's going on." Gohan said to Videl and raised his head to look towards the door.
"How about you just tell me what he said and I'll sort through it on my own." Videl said as she smiled at Gohan.
A little smile formed on Gohan's face. "Alright, Vegeta told me that I'm not a super saiyan, or rather that saiyans used to naturally have my super strength/speed and yellow hair and that some cataclysmic event in the past devolved the saiyan race. Also, he said that I would only be considered average, even at my maximum during that period and time. We used to be technologically advanced, more so then now and that planet Vegeta isn't our home planet. What is worrying me a lot is the fact that we were forced from our home planet, our technology annihilated, and our entire race, a race of 'super saiyans' defeated. I don't think I want to know what caused that… Perhaps I'm just being paranoid, this all happened a long time ago… but ever since the battle against Cold and Cooler, I've just been having this feeling that something bad was on the horizon." Gohan said and shook his head. "I'm just worrying over the nothing. I'm sure everything will be fine. This all happened millenniums ago."
Videl held Gohan tightly, "Don't worry Gohan, I won't let anything happen to you. Like you said, this was in the past. We shouldn't worry about the past, we should look ahead to the future and live life to the fullest." Videl said and kissed Gohan on the cheek. "Now come on, what you need is to have your mind diverted from this, and I know just the way to do it." Videl finished and gave Gohan an evil grin.
Gohan looked over at Videl and smiled before he picked her up and carried her to their bedroom.
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The next morning…
Gohan walked down the stairs to the smell of breakfast being prepared. A smile lit up his face and he walked through the living room and into the kitchen. In the kitchen Videl had just finished placing all the food on the table.
"Good timing Gohan, I just finished." Videl said and smiled at Gohan.
Gohan smiled back until a blur shot past him and stopped at one of the chairs. Pan smiled up at her parents and waited for their approval, and dug into the food. Gohan and Videl quickly sat down and joined Pan for breakfast.
Once breakfast had been finished Videl and Gohan began to clean up while Pan rushed outside to play. "I'm going to head over to my father's place. We're suppose to meet Vegeta and head out to planet Hiamit and meet with a couple of rulers there. They are squabbling over a dispute about a planet. Both say that they the rightful ruler of this planet they found." Gohan said as he brought the last of the dishes over to the sink for Videl, "He wants me and my father to be with him. He knows that if we are with him we'll have a bigger impact then if it was just him."
Videl nodded and smiled over at Gohan, "I know, you told me about this last week. You better get going, you don't want to keep Vegeta waiting. He's really cranky when things don't go exactly according to how he planned." Videl said
Gohan nodded and waved as he left the kitchen. Once outside Gohan quickly took to the air and flew over towards Kakkarot's house. It was a short flight considering they lived close to each other. As the house came within sight Gohan noticed his father floating above the house waiting for him.
Kakkarot beckoned his son to follow him as Gohan stopped in front of him and the two of them blasted off towards the city. The flight to the city passed by uneventful, aside from an explosion seen in the distance as a result of some saiyans sparing. As the city came within sight the two of them slowed down and landed before the gates of the city. The two of them were allowed in and once in the city the two of them took off and headed towards the palace. When the two of them landed at the entrance to the palace a couple of familiar people was waiting for them.
"How have you been Gohan?" Asked Landyn as the Gohan and Kakkarot approached them.
"Alright I suppose." Gohan said, "Where's Vegeta?"
"He's currently onboard the star ship waiting for you two to arrive." Bardock interjected.
Gohan nodded and looked towards the front doors of the palace. "Well, we shouldn't keep Vegeta waiting. I'd rather not start this trip with him in a bad mood." Gohan said.
The other three nodded and they all went into the palace. The journey through the palace was short but extremely boring. No one said a word during the walk and the walls were barren leaving very little to do except think. Eventually they got to the hangar where Vegeta's private starship was located. The room was massive. The ceiling towered overhead while cables hung from them. A large starship hovered in the center of the room as it entered the final stages of preparation before it left. The starship, on the outside, was long and slender with four wings extending from the back of it. The entire length was painted a glossy black and it seemed to disappear with the background if the light hit it at a certain angle.
People were rushing back and forth as they removed cables and finished the preparations of the starship. The four saiyans, Gohan, Kakkarot, Bardock and Landyn flew towards the ship and entered the open door in the bottom of the ship.
"Nice ship, I didn't know Vegeta had a ship like this." Gohan said as he looked down the hallway they were currently in.
"I know, I didn't find out until it was already completed." Landyn said, "Vegeta didn't want anyone to know that he had this ship built, or what was included in on it. I wonder why."
"It doesn't really matter. We better go find Vegeta, he should be at the bridge." Bardock said, "It's this way, now if you'll all follow me." Bardock finished and headed down the hallway in the opposite direction Gohan was looking.
They passed various doors and went up two flights of stairs before they finally reached the door that led to the bridge. Bardock opened it and entered, followed by Gohan, Kakkarot and Landyn. The bridge had four levels to it. The bottom level was a semi-circle around the other three levels and was where most of the navigational controls were situated. The second level was just above the first, and like the first, formed a semi circle around the top two levels. This level was were the weapon controls were located. The next level was shaped like the first two and held the communication equipment. The top level was just a single chair with a computer terminal surrounding it and various screens hanging from the ceiling above the terminals.
Vegeta was sitting in the chair on the fourth tier as Gohan and the others entered the bridge. "About time you four got here. Now everything and everyone has been accounted for." Vegeta said as he beckoned Gohan to stand beside him. Bardock took a seat in the bottom tier and took control of piloting the ship. "Bardock, you know our destination, get us there." Vegeta commanded.
Bardock nodded as Landyn and Kakkarot took a seat and the ship blasted out of the bay as Bardock's fingers flew over the controls in front of him. The shield around the city went down as the starship blasted out of it and through the atmosphere. The shields went up again after they had left. When they exited the atmosphere Bardock's hands flew over the controls again and the ship enter the slip stream and headed towards their destination.
Bardock got up out of his seat and walked up to the fourth tier where Gohan and Vegeta were. "Vegeta the coordinates have been put in, we should arrive at our destination soon." Bardock said as Landyn and Kakkarot walked up behind him.
Vegeta nodded. "Good, I can't wait to get this over with so I can return home and get back to my training." Vegeta said, "Alright you four, come with me. Gohan this'll be your first time at an off planet meeting and, as my advisor, you are suppose to advise me. Not that I'll take your advice if I don't like."
The five saiyans left the bridge through the door they entered and followed the hallway until they reached a metal door with a scanner beside it. Vegeta pressed his hand against the scanner and the door opened up. The saiyans entered and looked around. The room was small, with a single long table in the center of the room. Around the table were eight chairs. One at either end and three on each side while in the center a globe hovered above the table giving off light. A computer terminal was located at one of the ends of the table.
Vegeta walked over to the chair in front of the computer terminal and beckoned the others to sit down. Gohan took a seat on Vegeta's right while Kakkarot sat beside him. Landyn and Bardock sat on the other side of the table. Once they were all seated Vegeta opened up the computer terminal and pressed a few buttons until a hologram appeared in front of him. The hologram was that of a planet.
Vegeta looked up from the terminal and looked at the others sitting at the table. "This is Hiamit, the planet that we are heading towards." Vegeta said, "The entire surface of the planet is covered with water yet the people here still managed to build massive cities of stone and steel. The cities extend from the ocean floor to the surface of the water and sometimes even into the atmosphere. They are highly advanced, one of the most highly advanced civilizations currently in existence. They have managed to control nature to the fullest. They have tapped into the core, stabilized the gravitational field that surrounds their planet, stop tectonic movements of the plates and kept the planets temperature at a constant 29 degrees (going by Celsius) despite the cooling of all the magma and turning the internal part of the planet into a metropolis." Vegeta turned to Gohan and stared at him, "You are here because you're my advisor, but your father is here for intimidation. They are far more advanced then we are and, because of that, they are also far more haughty and full of themselves. So when we arrive the three of us will leave this ship as super saiyans, just to slam it home that we are stronger despite their technology." Vegeta cleared his throat before he continued, "Courtesy will be expected out of all of you. I know this won't be a problem for you Gohan, or your father, but Bardock and Landyn, I want you to try to be courteous. Remember, courtesy costs nothing. The people of this place look like us, except that they don't have tails and their skin is covered in scales. They may be hard to see on some of them, but they are there. They also have gills and their eyes for the most part will be large and will lack an iris. The population of the planet is about 1.2 billion and are…"
The intercom in the room turns on, "King Vegeta, I-I'm sorry for interrupting you b-but… I-think-you-should-take-a-look-at-this." The communications officer finished hurriedly before he turned away. A second screen appeared showing nothing but space.
Vegeta became upset, "What am I suppose to be seeing? There isn't anything there, its just space." Vegeta snarled
The officer became even more nervous, "That's the point… We came out of the slip stream and stopped here. This should be where Hiamit is…" The officer never got a chance to finish.
"WHAT!" Vegeta turned to Bardock, "I thought I told you to put in the proper destination!" Vegeta growled at Bardock.
"I did, I know where the planet is. I've been there many times before. I did not make a mistake, I double checked it before I set the ship in motion." Bardock replied.
Vegeta snarled, stood up and turned to the officer. "I'll be there in a second, I'll want a full account of what is going on when I return to the bridge." Vegeta growled.
Vegeta quickly left the council room and walked to the bridge. Gohan and the others followed close behind him. Vegeta didn't even wait for the door to open, he smashed it down and stomped up to his chair. Gohan took position beside him while Bardock sat in his chair down at navigation. Landyn and Kakkarot took their seats on the weapon control tier.
"Alright I want to know fully what happened." Vegeta demanded.
Bardock looked over the coordinates and checked them with some star charts. "I was right, I put the coordinates in correctly. Unless they moved the planet, it should be right here in front of us." Bardock said
A frown appeared on Vegeta's face and he turned to his communication officer. "I want a visualization of outside on the screen to my right." Vegeta said and the officer was quick to comply.
Vegeta stared at the picture of empty space before his eyes widened a little. "Zoom in, I want it magnified a hundred times." Vegeta demanded.
The officer complied once again and the picture zoomed in. Vegeta sighed and turned the screen off. "Well, I guess we won't be having that meeting on the planet anymore."
Gohan looked over at Vegeta, "Why not?" He asked.
"Because it no longer exists, that's why. Something destroyed it, and that worries me. I was in contact with them this morning. Whatever destroyed that planet had to be strong, very strong. I doubt even you could take out that planet in such a short time." Vegeta said as he turned to Gohan.
Everyone on the bridge had differing degrees of surprise on their face. Gohan's face paled visibly, 1.2 billion people dead… in a matter of hours… what could have done this? "What do we do now?" Gohan asked.
Vegeta looked up at Gohan, his face aglow. "We prepare for war. Who ever did this is going to pay, its been awhile since we have had a war. I am kind of looking forward to this." Vegeta said and turned to his crew. "Alright, turn this ship around and head for home. Send a message to all of our allies, tell them to prepare for war, there is a new threat on the horizon, and we are going to show them what it means to mess with the saiyans."
The crew cheered and the activity on the bridge started up and built into a frenzy. The ship swiftly turned about and re-entered the slip stream and headed for Vegeta at full speed. Messages were sent out to all their allies and saiyans rushed back and forth with glee written across their face.
Vegeta turned to Gohan and, for one of the first time, looked at him in pity, "Why don't you head to your quarters and rest while we head home. I know how… you react to this. Just take it easy, I'll need you at your best when we fight whoever did this…" Vegeta sighed, "I really don't think a race did this, if another race had attacked the planet they would of still had time to send out a distress beacon. The fact that they didn't means that it was the work of one being, and there are very few beings in the universe with that kind of power." Vegeta finished.
Gohan looked at Vegeta in surprise, "T-Thank you, I think I'll retire to my quarters, like you suggested." With that Gohan left the bridge with another saiyan in the lead to show him to his room.
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Where planet Hiamit used to exist…
A massive saiyan hovered in space in a bubble. He stood about seven feet tall with spiky green hair, pure white eyes and massive amounts of muscles. He stared at the ship as it turned around and re-entered the slip stream. The saiyan in the bubble arched backwards and roared, "KAKAROT!" and blasted off in the direction the ship headed.
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Two hours later…
The starship dropped out of the slip stream and headed into the atmosphere around Vegeta. Soon afterwards the ship docked inside the palace and the saiyans were rushing off it to prepare for war. The last one off was Gohan who slowly floated down to the ground. Kakkarot walked over to his son and put his arms around him.
"Come on Gohan, let's head home. I know, I can't believe what happened either… 1.2 billion people, gone in an instant. We had better prepare. We have no idea when or where they are going to strike next." Kakkarot said to his son as he tried to comfort him.
Gohan only nodded and allowed his father to guide him through the palace hallways. When they reached the entrance to the palace Videl rushed towards Gohan and folded her arms around him as Pan hopped onto his shoulder.
"Oh Gohan, when I felt you go depressed I knew something bad had happened and came here to meet you. When I felt you above the planet and heading towards it, hours before you should have been, I knew something was wrong." Videl said as she held onto him tightly, "Let's go home, I'll fix you up something nice to eat."
Gohan smiled softly, "Alright, let's go home… I can't seem to stay sad while you two are around." Gohan said as he broke the embrace and brought Pan down from his shoulder and held her in his arms. Pan squealed in delight and hugged her father.
Kakkarot smiled to himself, Gohan will be all right. Videl was the perfect choice for him. Kakkarot took to the air and flew home. When Kakkarot landed at his house he walked into the door and was greeted by Chichi and Goten.
"Why are you home so soon Kakkarot?" Chichi asked.
"Because Hiamit doesn't exist anymore and we're preparing for war. Whoever or whatever destroyed Hiamit won't catch us off our guard." Kakkarot said before he walked over to the chair and sat down.
Chichi gasped and her eyes widened, "I can't believe it, all those people…" Chichi said.
Goten looked back and forth between his parents, "Does this mean I get to fight strong people again?" Goten asked.
Kakkarot looked at his son and sighed, "Goten, I want you to go find Trunks and stay with him. Try to stay out of the main battle, I don't want either of you to get hurt." Kakkarot said.
Goten nodded, "Okay, I'll go find Trunks and tell him what happened, he's probably over at our fort." Goten said and zipped out of the house.
Back at Gohan's place Gohan was sitting inside his house on his couch with Videl beside him. Pan was in the gravity chamber training at 3 times Vegeta gravity by herself.
Gohan sighed and looked up at Videl, "I suppose we better get some training in. I can't let myself feel bad about what happened to Hiamit. There wasn't anything I could have done to stop it." Gohan said and Videl just nodded, "Videl, I want you to go easy though. Your pregnant and I do not want either you or the child to get hurt." Videl frowned but Gohan put a finger to her lips, "I mean it."
Videl sighed, "All right Gohan, but I'll want some compensation for this." Videl said.
Gohan let out a sigh and nodded, "Fine, but we will figure that out later." Gohan said.
Gohan and Videl got up and walked through the door and headed towards the gravity chamber where Pan was to train.
To be continued…
Vegeta's ship looks like… well picture a scout from Starcraft, make it wider, taller, longer, totally black and 4 wings instead of 2 and that's the legist of it.
I'm Canadian and I use Celsius, if you don't use it, well… 29 degrees Celsius is about 90 degrees Fahrenheit in case your wonder.
Sorry for the delay… but I am in my last year of high school and preparing for University and well… let's just say I have a busy schedule and I'm finding I have less time for my story then I thought I would when I started it.