Wow, chapter 10 already ... ^_^
Didn't know I was gonna make a fic like that..... actually, I can make it as long as I want, I got an entire DB, DBZ and DBGT storyline + the movies to write! Oh boy, better start writing then....
It's been a long time I updated ^.^" GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN!!!!!!! It's because of lots of school work, writer's block and ill-ness u.u" really!
Btw, '......' Person thinks
"......." Person says
And before starting with the fic, first some things:
First, to answer the question steena asked a long time ago (gomen for not doing so earlier), yes, our fav Saiya-jin no Ouji, Vegeta, is going to make his appearance... so I must thank you for asking that 'cuz I had a bad writer's block and you gave me a great idea ^^
Second, after my loyal reviewer (no, really!) I'm gonna call the OC in this chapter (and maybe, probably, other chapters) Kate.
Third, to answer ss4rycol's question, Raditz isn't as evil as he is in the series, because he's still young and hasn't done all those purging missions (he has done some, but not that much as he would after) and stuff (which led to the arrogant, cold and evil guy in the series). I think if things would have happened otherwise (like in my fic), he would have been different. Of course, he isn't as good and innocent as Goku, and you'll have to read the fic to see how Raditz is gonna turn out to be (even I don't know, lol).
And last, Lord Marix said that Puar was male. It's just that.... Puar's always so panicking about Yamcha, when I read the manga and see the anime.... oh well..... I just don't know. Unless people would suddenly start complaining enormously, I'll have Puar as a female character..... Maybe Puar's hermaphrodite o.o"
Now let's get on with the story, shall we?
Disclaimer: I do not own DB/DBZ/DBGT or the characters, this story and the original characters are mine though.
CHAPTER 10: ANOTHER SAIYAN ALIVE?
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A soft groan escaped his throat. He felt really groggy, slowly waking up, as suddenly something pounded on his stomach. Goku blinked his eyes open to see Puar jump exited up and down on him, beaming "He's alive!!!! He's okay!!!" "Woah, calm down already....." he muttered, rubbing his sore head, "what in the world happened? I can't remember what....." "Oh, we were flying in that plane, remember?" Puar didn't wait for an answer, "Well, we got caught in a snowstorm when we reached the northern continent and we crashed near Jingle Village. Some townspeople saw us and when the storm had calmed down a bit, they came and rescued us." "Ah.... so we're in Jingle Village now?"
Puar nodded. Goku suddenly jumped up remembering something "Where's Raditz!!??" "You mean that older kid?" Goku looked next to him and noticed for the first time the small kid, about 6 years old maybe, who actually had been sitting there the whole time. "Yeah! He's my older brother and he was with us. Where is he???"
The girl pointed to a door leading to another room, "He's in that room. My big sister is taking care of him... she's a great doctor... well, actually the only doctor in the village and miles around. You're very lucky that we found you guys. And your brother seemed hurt pretty bad...." "Yeah, he was.... so he's gonna make it?" "I ... don't know really.... my sis said that he had lost much blood." Goku sighed. Finally he found someone of his family and .... He wasn't gonna lose his family again! "He'll be alright.... he just has to!"
Doctor Kate stared very intrigued to her patient while she was nursing his wounds. He seemed tall and rather muscular for his age ... 17, stood on the paper on her clipboard, at least, that's what that strange cat said; such- wise hair, she had never seen. Gently, she removed the pieces of scattered armour, allowing her to see the young man's bare chest fully.
A soft giggle escaped her lips as memories of childhood came back, when she still dreamt of her fierce knight that would one day come for her, one that many young girls dream of. She found it hard to keep her eyes from staring at the youth's beautiful, well-shaped chest-muscles and the handsome features of his face, even if he was in a sleeping state, but he seemed so peaceful.....
With a moist cloth, she wiped the dried blood from his abdomen when she noticed something peculiar. "What a strange belt.... it looks funny though. Why would someone like he wear such a thing...." Softly, she touched the furry 'belt'. She let a startled shriek when it suddenly moved. It unwrapped itself slowly from the boy's waist to drop down limp next to his unconscious body. Kate watched blinking. She didn't dare to try and turn him around to see if it was really attached, but she could guess as much.
"A tail???? Oh boy, then you think you've seen everything...." Kate flinched as suddenly the young man groaned and shifted his body a bit. She watched him blink his eyes open, look around and finally stare straight at her. Kate felt her face redden and an uncomfortable silence followed. She eyed slowly over his entire body, from his dark blue boots, black spandex shorts, the lashing, strange appendage, his unbelievable long, spiky mane, naked chest and then those deep onyx-coloured eyes she felt she could drown in.
Raditz looked confused around, his head felt as if hit by a truck and he had no clue where he was, 'What happened....' then he noticed the girl staring at him. He coughed "Where am I, woman!?" The girl huffed "Don't call me woman! I have a name, you know! My name is Kate. And if you want to know, you're in Jingle Village." "Now I know a lot...." he remarked sarcastically.
"I don't know much about you either. Anyways, you should be grateful! I just may have saved your life, you know, those wounds were really serious. How did you get them.... probably by doing something stupid and reckless." She sighed 'Boys.....' "Some guy blasted me out of the sky with a bazooka."
Kate blinked "Wait a sec, I can't follow here.... blast out of the sky? Bazooka?" The boy nodded as if it was the most normal thing in the world. "Err...... nevermind... now tell me, what's your name? I haven't heard it yet." "Raditz." "Raditz? What a strange name..." "And Kate's so normal?" "It sure is!" She glared at him.
"... and what's your family name then?" Kate became a bit more the official doctor again and grabbed her clipboard. She filled in some areas on the paper and when he didn't answer, she glared at him again. "Well?" "... I don't have a family name ..... maybe I do, but I don't know what it is." "......." 'Now that's one strange kid...' She sighed "A family name is the name that comes after your first name. So people know who you and your parents are.... yeah, that practically covers it." "But...." "What!?" "Tsch.... fine, if you really need a 'family name' .... Bardockson."
She raised an eyebrow "Raditz Bardockson? Now that's really a strange name.... You must be foreign." "Something like that." Kate wondered what he meant with that, but didn't bother anymore to ask. She wanted to end this weird case as soon as possible.... and yet, it really intrigued her actually.
Kate felt a blush over her cheeks at the thought. She looked up and her eyes widened as the object of her thoughts had disappeared. Shocked and a bit panicking she looked around. She stopped as she heard some weird noises from the room next to this one. Cautiously, Kate went to the door and glanced inside.
Her jaw fell almost to the ground as she watched Raditz raid the fridge. "HEY!!!!" She shouted. Raditz turned around and said with a mouthful "What???" In his hand, he held a roasted chicken, which Kate just bought for dinner. "What are you doing!!???" He swallowed the content of his mouth. "Can't you see?" He took another bite of the chicken. "I'm eating." Kate slapped her forehead. "Yeah, I can see that indeed.... BUT THAT'S MY FOOD!!!!" "So?" He swallowed again, "I was really hungry." "You could at least have asked, you jerk!" "Chill girl...." She stared at him and sighed "Heh.... just, continue and don't mind me...." He already did before she had said so. Kate rolled her eyes "Weird monkey...." she muttered and walked into the living room.
"Kate!" Her younger sister smiled up to her. "Is everything okay?" "Yeah, Lissy, he's fine. He's actually raiding the kitchen at the moment." "See, I said so." Lissy said to the kid that was standing by her. Kate recognised him as the other kid that they saved from the plane. She noticed the same tail swaying behind him as the one of her patient.
He had a warm smile and nodded to Lissy. A sudden roar-like sound came from his stomach. He looked sheepishly as he scratched the back as his head nervously with one hand. "Er... heh, heh, I'm hungry." He said in a childish voice. "Why don't you join your brother in the kitchen?" Lissy suggested. He grinned, nodded again and dashed off into the other room. Kate looked to her younger sister, sighed and wondered how she ever got into this....
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The young teenager paced back and forth in the small room that they called his quarters in the huge spaceship, his lashing, dark brown tail accentuating his obvious dismay. Man, he was one angry Saiyan.... and that was exactly his problem, as he was almost the only one left! He was destined to be the ruler of the greatest warrior race in the galaxy, but, and just a few days before the grand ceremony would have taken place in which he, as the oldest male child of the king, would have been officially reckoned as the Prince of Saiyans and the successor to the throne, the home planet of the said warrior race is blown to kingdom come, with almost the entire race on it.
As far as the youth knew, only he and his trainer, the elite guard Nappa, were the survivors of the ... 'accident'. He damn knew well that this had been no accident at all. Freiza only had said so to him. No way he'd believe a word of that slimy lizard, especially about this kind of businesses. Now he was stuck here, he, the Saiya-jin no Ouji, as a subject to Freiza and his goons, a pet slave to that filthy bastard.
He growled deeply and kicked the small water can that stood there, smashing it against the wall and leaving a moist stain. "Weren't there any other survivors? It can't be that the whole race, except for me and Nappa, was exactly at that moment on Vegeta-sei...." He roared in annoyance, he had to get his mind on something else, some mission or assignment, it didn't matter as long as he didn't have to stay here and wait.
He left the room and walked determined to Freiza's quarters. As he past it, he heard the alien's voice in the control room. A bit curious of what Freiza was talking about, he didn't enter, but pressed his ear against the door, trying to listen in on the conversation. He heard someone else talk, a voice he quickly recognised as Kui's, one of that bootlicking cowards.
"The was a spacepod spotted on the location of Vegeta-sei, master Freiza." "At Vegeta-sei? Who would go there now...." There was a soft humming sound, indicating that the lizard was floating in his hoverchair. "I would say, Lord Freiza," That voice was obviously that pretty-boy Zarbon's, "One of those Saiyans returning from a mission, instead of being blown up like the rest."
"Most logical.... yes. Now, he is on his way here, right...." "Err..... no, sir, he went in a total different direction. "WHAT!? He was supposed to come here! What's that monkey thinking!?" Freiza growled in frustration. "And where is he at this moment?" "His pod isn't activated at the moment...." "And!?" "Well, that means he has landed somewhere." "I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, YOU IDIOT! I NEED TO KNOW WHERE!!!!" The prince could hear the purple alien gulp in fear. "Er..... er..... we can't locate him exactly, but he seems to be in the third quadrant, he probably has landed on one of those backwater planets.... or he crashed .... or his pod's fuel or power ran out and he died in space, sir. But I can find out if we search the file in the main computer, if it recorded the last signatures of the pod before it landed or ran out....."
He had heard enough .... there was another Saiyan alive! And maybe more ... why would he otherwise go to some stupid faraway planet? If he could only find out which planet... and preferably before Frieza does. Those goons would soon find out indeed so he had to hurry. He ran down several corridors and entered a room, yelling "Zand!? You here?" "My, my, Vegeta.... what would my prince want from me.", a voice answered, it's owner walked out of a nearby room. The alien was humanoid, but his skin was almost black and his hair grey or silver-like, he looked rather canine, especially in the face. Zand had been one of the few non-Saiyans on Vegeta- sei and one of the less few who lived in the Royal palace. He had worked there as an engineer, when Prince Vegeta was a young kid, he often tried and showed him how a computer works, what you can do with it, .... but they always ended up playing videogames, much to the annoyance of King Vegeta.
"I want you to do something for me. I need a bit of information from the main computer and I'd like it deleted afterwards. Can you do that?" "Piece o' cake." Zand grinned "Is it that important?" Vegeta nodded "It... can be of great importance to me, but the more important face is that Frieza or anyone else for that matter, may not know. But we don't have much time!"
"They're searching for it right now? We'll snatch it right from under their very noses then!" The alien smirked and walked over to a small desk on the other side of the room, which barely sustained the weight of cables, several machines, a keyboard and a monitor. The whole thing made a buzz- like sound. Zand clicked a button on the keyboard and the monitor's screen lit up.
He sat down on a chair by the desk, while his fingers ran at an awesome speed over the different keys of the board. Series of numbers, letters and symbols appeared, flashed, rolled over the screen and disappeared. "Say, Vegeta, I can do much, but I'm not telepathic, " he said without looking away from the screen, "What are we exactly looking for?" "The location of the pod that was at Vegeta-sei a few days ago."
"I see.... yeah, that's what they're looking for now." "What! And they found it already!?" "No... almost though.... but not if I can help it." He smirked a sharp-fanged grin and leaned aside, opened up a drawer and scooped up a small disc from inside. He slid it into the computer and typed in some codes when a few screens popped up. Vegeta was leaning against the wall, arms locked over his chest and he raised an eyebrow, watching Zand uncomprehending.
The icon indicating the other person, Kui, who was searching through the files of the main computer, disappeared. Vegeta's eyes widened. "Heh? How did you do that!?" "Simple...." his attention was still fully to the computer's screen, so his voice sounded a bit absent, "on that disc was a virus, which I've sent to the computer they used to searched through the files." "But..... hm... what if they find out?" The prince said, back in his usual dark and cold voice.
"They'll just think it's a malfunction.... Unless they would know someone else is after the information .... do they?" Vegeta shook his head. "No, they don't. They didn't notice me anyway nor would they think I want the information." Zand nodded "Good. Now.... in a few minutes I've got all what you want. Just wait a bit." "Just hurry up."
Vegeta sat down on the ground and rested his elbows on his knees. Absently, he ran a gloved hand though his flaming crest of thick, black hair. His tail danced lazily up and down next to him. "So, my prince, if I have the information, what are you gonna do then?" "Huh?" "Are you going to the planet the pod went?"
Vegeta looked up to the back of the alien. "Er.... I hadn't thought about it yet. But I suppose .... yes." "Freiza will never let you." "He should try and stop me!" This time, Zand looked away from the screen, turned around in his chair and gave a meaningful glance to the kid sitting there. Then he turned his attention back to his computer.
"........" Vegeta sighed. He clenched his fists and slammed them into the ground. "DAMN IT!!! That slimy bastard! I HATE HIM!!!!!" He leaned back against the wall "But I tell ya... I'll have my revenge some day.... some day... I will. And that Saiyan is going to help me! And we're not the only ones that hate Freiza, I'm gonna ..." Zand interrupted him, "True, but that's what your father tried too... and he failed." "I won't fail!"
"Vegeta, be reasonable. Really, you still have much to learn.... first, about those others that hate Freiza too, there are a lot who'd even rather turn you in to Freiza than helping you. Be very careful of who to trust. Trust only those who you are VERY certain of." Vegeta blinked a bit looking to Zand. "Vegeta-sei was so good before Freiza came...." The elder man sighed "There you had loyalty, honour and duty.... they say a lot of bad stuff about Saiyans, but ..... oh well, nevermind."
The screen beeped suddenly. "Vegeta! I found it!" Vegeta jumped up and peered over Zand's shoulder to the computer. "Chikyuu-sei.... Great job... now, save it on a disc or so and delete the file from the main computer. Zand nodded. A few seconds later, he handed a silvery disc to the prince and clicked the monitor out.
"Well, my prince, what are you gonna do now?" "I will keep this save in my quarters.... and you're right. I'll bide my time till I'm stronger. But I'll go there when I'm ready." Zand nodded grinning "Very well, my prince."
Vegeta walked to the door. "Oh... and Zand?" "Yes?" "My thanks...." "You're welcome, my prince."
Didn't know I was gonna make a fic like that..... actually, I can make it as long as I want, I got an entire DB, DBZ and DBGT storyline + the movies to write! Oh boy, better start writing then....
It's been a long time I updated ^.^" GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN!!!!!!! It's because of lots of school work, writer's block and ill-ness u.u" really!
Btw, '......' Person thinks
"......." Person says
And before starting with the fic, first some things:
First, to answer the question steena asked a long time ago (gomen for not doing so earlier), yes, our fav Saiya-jin no Ouji, Vegeta, is going to make his appearance... so I must thank you for asking that 'cuz I had a bad writer's block and you gave me a great idea ^^
Second, after my loyal reviewer (no, really!) I'm gonna call the OC in this chapter (and maybe, probably, other chapters) Kate.
Third, to answer ss4rycol's question, Raditz isn't as evil as he is in the series, because he's still young and hasn't done all those purging missions (he has done some, but not that much as he would after) and stuff (which led to the arrogant, cold and evil guy in the series). I think if things would have happened otherwise (like in my fic), he would have been different. Of course, he isn't as good and innocent as Goku, and you'll have to read the fic to see how Raditz is gonna turn out to be (even I don't know, lol).
And last, Lord Marix said that Puar was male. It's just that.... Puar's always so panicking about Yamcha, when I read the manga and see the anime.... oh well..... I just don't know. Unless people would suddenly start complaining enormously, I'll have Puar as a female character..... Maybe Puar's hermaphrodite o.o"
Now let's get on with the story, shall we?
Disclaimer: I do not own DB/DBZ/DBGT or the characters, this story and the original characters are mine though.
CHAPTER 10: ANOTHER SAIYAN ALIVE?
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A soft groan escaped his throat. He felt really groggy, slowly waking up, as suddenly something pounded on his stomach. Goku blinked his eyes open to see Puar jump exited up and down on him, beaming "He's alive!!!! He's okay!!!" "Woah, calm down already....." he muttered, rubbing his sore head, "what in the world happened? I can't remember what....." "Oh, we were flying in that plane, remember?" Puar didn't wait for an answer, "Well, we got caught in a snowstorm when we reached the northern continent and we crashed near Jingle Village. Some townspeople saw us and when the storm had calmed down a bit, they came and rescued us." "Ah.... so we're in Jingle Village now?"
Puar nodded. Goku suddenly jumped up remembering something "Where's Raditz!!??" "You mean that older kid?" Goku looked next to him and noticed for the first time the small kid, about 6 years old maybe, who actually had been sitting there the whole time. "Yeah! He's my older brother and he was with us. Where is he???"
The girl pointed to a door leading to another room, "He's in that room. My big sister is taking care of him... she's a great doctor... well, actually the only doctor in the village and miles around. You're very lucky that we found you guys. And your brother seemed hurt pretty bad...." "Yeah, he was.... so he's gonna make it?" "I ... don't know really.... my sis said that he had lost much blood." Goku sighed. Finally he found someone of his family and .... He wasn't gonna lose his family again! "He'll be alright.... he just has to!"
Doctor Kate stared very intrigued to her patient while she was nursing his wounds. He seemed tall and rather muscular for his age ... 17, stood on the paper on her clipboard, at least, that's what that strange cat said; such- wise hair, she had never seen. Gently, she removed the pieces of scattered armour, allowing her to see the young man's bare chest fully.
A soft giggle escaped her lips as memories of childhood came back, when she still dreamt of her fierce knight that would one day come for her, one that many young girls dream of. She found it hard to keep her eyes from staring at the youth's beautiful, well-shaped chest-muscles and the handsome features of his face, even if he was in a sleeping state, but he seemed so peaceful.....
With a moist cloth, she wiped the dried blood from his abdomen when she noticed something peculiar. "What a strange belt.... it looks funny though. Why would someone like he wear such a thing...." Softly, she touched the furry 'belt'. She let a startled shriek when it suddenly moved. It unwrapped itself slowly from the boy's waist to drop down limp next to his unconscious body. Kate watched blinking. She didn't dare to try and turn him around to see if it was really attached, but she could guess as much.
"A tail???? Oh boy, then you think you've seen everything...." Kate flinched as suddenly the young man groaned and shifted his body a bit. She watched him blink his eyes open, look around and finally stare straight at her. Kate felt her face redden and an uncomfortable silence followed. She eyed slowly over his entire body, from his dark blue boots, black spandex shorts, the lashing, strange appendage, his unbelievable long, spiky mane, naked chest and then those deep onyx-coloured eyes she felt she could drown in.
Raditz looked confused around, his head felt as if hit by a truck and he had no clue where he was, 'What happened....' then he noticed the girl staring at him. He coughed "Where am I, woman!?" The girl huffed "Don't call me woman! I have a name, you know! My name is Kate. And if you want to know, you're in Jingle Village." "Now I know a lot...." he remarked sarcastically.
"I don't know much about you either. Anyways, you should be grateful! I just may have saved your life, you know, those wounds were really serious. How did you get them.... probably by doing something stupid and reckless." She sighed 'Boys.....' "Some guy blasted me out of the sky with a bazooka."
Kate blinked "Wait a sec, I can't follow here.... blast out of the sky? Bazooka?" The boy nodded as if it was the most normal thing in the world. "Err...... nevermind... now tell me, what's your name? I haven't heard it yet." "Raditz." "Raditz? What a strange name..." "And Kate's so normal?" "It sure is!" She glared at him.
"... and what's your family name then?" Kate became a bit more the official doctor again and grabbed her clipboard. She filled in some areas on the paper and when he didn't answer, she glared at him again. "Well?" "... I don't have a family name ..... maybe I do, but I don't know what it is." "......." 'Now that's one strange kid...' She sighed "A family name is the name that comes after your first name. So people know who you and your parents are.... yeah, that practically covers it." "But...." "What!?" "Tsch.... fine, if you really need a 'family name' .... Bardockson."
She raised an eyebrow "Raditz Bardockson? Now that's really a strange name.... You must be foreign." "Something like that." Kate wondered what he meant with that, but didn't bother anymore to ask. She wanted to end this weird case as soon as possible.... and yet, it really intrigued her actually.
Kate felt a blush over her cheeks at the thought. She looked up and her eyes widened as the object of her thoughts had disappeared. Shocked and a bit panicking she looked around. She stopped as she heard some weird noises from the room next to this one. Cautiously, Kate went to the door and glanced inside.
Her jaw fell almost to the ground as she watched Raditz raid the fridge. "HEY!!!!" She shouted. Raditz turned around and said with a mouthful "What???" In his hand, he held a roasted chicken, which Kate just bought for dinner. "What are you doing!!???" He swallowed the content of his mouth. "Can't you see?" He took another bite of the chicken. "I'm eating." Kate slapped her forehead. "Yeah, I can see that indeed.... BUT THAT'S MY FOOD!!!!" "So?" He swallowed again, "I was really hungry." "You could at least have asked, you jerk!" "Chill girl...." She stared at him and sighed "Heh.... just, continue and don't mind me...." He already did before she had said so. Kate rolled her eyes "Weird monkey...." she muttered and walked into the living room.
"Kate!" Her younger sister smiled up to her. "Is everything okay?" "Yeah, Lissy, he's fine. He's actually raiding the kitchen at the moment." "See, I said so." Lissy said to the kid that was standing by her. Kate recognised him as the other kid that they saved from the plane. She noticed the same tail swaying behind him as the one of her patient.
He had a warm smile and nodded to Lissy. A sudden roar-like sound came from his stomach. He looked sheepishly as he scratched the back as his head nervously with one hand. "Er... heh, heh, I'm hungry." He said in a childish voice. "Why don't you join your brother in the kitchen?" Lissy suggested. He grinned, nodded again and dashed off into the other room. Kate looked to her younger sister, sighed and wondered how she ever got into this....
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The young teenager paced back and forth in the small room that they called his quarters in the huge spaceship, his lashing, dark brown tail accentuating his obvious dismay. Man, he was one angry Saiyan.... and that was exactly his problem, as he was almost the only one left! He was destined to be the ruler of the greatest warrior race in the galaxy, but, and just a few days before the grand ceremony would have taken place in which he, as the oldest male child of the king, would have been officially reckoned as the Prince of Saiyans and the successor to the throne, the home planet of the said warrior race is blown to kingdom come, with almost the entire race on it.
As far as the youth knew, only he and his trainer, the elite guard Nappa, were the survivors of the ... 'accident'. He damn knew well that this had been no accident at all. Freiza only had said so to him. No way he'd believe a word of that slimy lizard, especially about this kind of businesses. Now he was stuck here, he, the Saiya-jin no Ouji, as a subject to Freiza and his goons, a pet slave to that filthy bastard.
He growled deeply and kicked the small water can that stood there, smashing it against the wall and leaving a moist stain. "Weren't there any other survivors? It can't be that the whole race, except for me and Nappa, was exactly at that moment on Vegeta-sei...." He roared in annoyance, he had to get his mind on something else, some mission or assignment, it didn't matter as long as he didn't have to stay here and wait.
He left the room and walked determined to Freiza's quarters. As he past it, he heard the alien's voice in the control room. A bit curious of what Freiza was talking about, he didn't enter, but pressed his ear against the door, trying to listen in on the conversation. He heard someone else talk, a voice he quickly recognised as Kui's, one of that bootlicking cowards.
"The was a spacepod spotted on the location of Vegeta-sei, master Freiza." "At Vegeta-sei? Who would go there now...." There was a soft humming sound, indicating that the lizard was floating in his hoverchair. "I would say, Lord Freiza," That voice was obviously that pretty-boy Zarbon's, "One of those Saiyans returning from a mission, instead of being blown up like the rest."
"Most logical.... yes. Now, he is on his way here, right...." "Err..... no, sir, he went in a total different direction. "WHAT!? He was supposed to come here! What's that monkey thinking!?" Freiza growled in frustration. "And where is he at this moment?" "His pod isn't activated at the moment...." "And!?" "Well, that means he has landed somewhere." "I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, YOU IDIOT! I NEED TO KNOW WHERE!!!!" The prince could hear the purple alien gulp in fear. "Er..... er..... we can't locate him exactly, but he seems to be in the third quadrant, he probably has landed on one of those backwater planets.... or he crashed .... or his pod's fuel or power ran out and he died in space, sir. But I can find out if we search the file in the main computer, if it recorded the last signatures of the pod before it landed or ran out....."
He had heard enough .... there was another Saiyan alive! And maybe more ... why would he otherwise go to some stupid faraway planet? If he could only find out which planet... and preferably before Frieza does. Those goons would soon find out indeed so he had to hurry. He ran down several corridors and entered a room, yelling "Zand!? You here?" "My, my, Vegeta.... what would my prince want from me.", a voice answered, it's owner walked out of a nearby room. The alien was humanoid, but his skin was almost black and his hair grey or silver-like, he looked rather canine, especially in the face. Zand had been one of the few non-Saiyans on Vegeta- sei and one of the less few who lived in the Royal palace. He had worked there as an engineer, when Prince Vegeta was a young kid, he often tried and showed him how a computer works, what you can do with it, .... but they always ended up playing videogames, much to the annoyance of King Vegeta.
"I want you to do something for me. I need a bit of information from the main computer and I'd like it deleted afterwards. Can you do that?" "Piece o' cake." Zand grinned "Is it that important?" Vegeta nodded "It... can be of great importance to me, but the more important face is that Frieza or anyone else for that matter, may not know. But we don't have much time!"
"They're searching for it right now? We'll snatch it right from under their very noses then!" The alien smirked and walked over to a small desk on the other side of the room, which barely sustained the weight of cables, several machines, a keyboard and a monitor. The whole thing made a buzz- like sound. Zand clicked a button on the keyboard and the monitor's screen lit up.
He sat down on a chair by the desk, while his fingers ran at an awesome speed over the different keys of the board. Series of numbers, letters and symbols appeared, flashed, rolled over the screen and disappeared. "Say, Vegeta, I can do much, but I'm not telepathic, " he said without looking away from the screen, "What are we exactly looking for?" "The location of the pod that was at Vegeta-sei a few days ago."
"I see.... yeah, that's what they're looking for now." "What! And they found it already!?" "No... almost though.... but not if I can help it." He smirked a sharp-fanged grin and leaned aside, opened up a drawer and scooped up a small disc from inside. He slid it into the computer and typed in some codes when a few screens popped up. Vegeta was leaning against the wall, arms locked over his chest and he raised an eyebrow, watching Zand uncomprehending.
The icon indicating the other person, Kui, who was searching through the files of the main computer, disappeared. Vegeta's eyes widened. "Heh? How did you do that!?" "Simple...." his attention was still fully to the computer's screen, so his voice sounded a bit absent, "on that disc was a virus, which I've sent to the computer they used to searched through the files." "But..... hm... what if they find out?" The prince said, back in his usual dark and cold voice.
"They'll just think it's a malfunction.... Unless they would know someone else is after the information .... do they?" Vegeta shook his head. "No, they don't. They didn't notice me anyway nor would they think I want the information." Zand nodded "Good. Now.... in a few minutes I've got all what you want. Just wait a bit." "Just hurry up."
Vegeta sat down on the ground and rested his elbows on his knees. Absently, he ran a gloved hand though his flaming crest of thick, black hair. His tail danced lazily up and down next to him. "So, my prince, if I have the information, what are you gonna do then?" "Huh?" "Are you going to the planet the pod went?"
Vegeta looked up to the back of the alien. "Er.... I hadn't thought about it yet. But I suppose .... yes." "Freiza will never let you." "He should try and stop me!" This time, Zand looked away from the screen, turned around in his chair and gave a meaningful glance to the kid sitting there. Then he turned his attention back to his computer.
"........" Vegeta sighed. He clenched his fists and slammed them into the ground. "DAMN IT!!! That slimy bastard! I HATE HIM!!!!!" He leaned back against the wall "But I tell ya... I'll have my revenge some day.... some day... I will. And that Saiyan is going to help me! And we're not the only ones that hate Freiza, I'm gonna ..." Zand interrupted him, "True, but that's what your father tried too... and he failed." "I won't fail!"
"Vegeta, be reasonable. Really, you still have much to learn.... first, about those others that hate Freiza too, there are a lot who'd even rather turn you in to Freiza than helping you. Be very careful of who to trust. Trust only those who you are VERY certain of." Vegeta blinked a bit looking to Zand. "Vegeta-sei was so good before Freiza came...." The elder man sighed "There you had loyalty, honour and duty.... they say a lot of bad stuff about Saiyans, but ..... oh well, nevermind."
The screen beeped suddenly. "Vegeta! I found it!" Vegeta jumped up and peered over Zand's shoulder to the computer. "Chikyuu-sei.... Great job... now, save it on a disc or so and delete the file from the main computer. Zand nodded. A few seconds later, he handed a silvery disc to the prince and clicked the monitor out.
"Well, my prince, what are you gonna do now?" "I will keep this save in my quarters.... and you're right. I'll bide my time till I'm stronger. But I'll go there when I'm ready." Zand nodded grinning "Very well, my prince."
Vegeta walked to the door. "Oh... and Zand?" "Yes?" "My thanks...." "You're welcome, my prince."