3: Flying Falling Fighting
The next night Krillen came over with 18 to hear Radiz's stories. Raditz was introduced, and he was nervous, but soon he got back into the story. After a short summary of what had happened before he continued on.
"So the 10 of us were doing well by the time I escaped and-"
"You ESCAPED?"
"Yes Goku that's what I'm here to tell you about.
In any case the 10 of us were actually getting a good meal in and were getting stronger every day...not that it really took effort, but whatever. In any case one day we were taking a look out in one direction. It's a place where almost nobody goes. Large open desert in the middle of hell, actually fairly ugly.
So we were all out there flying and-"
"Great food Chichi!" Goku interrupted. Raditz was annoyed but held his peace. After the first time you see your brother in a long time you don't get angry for minor faults.
So we were flying out over this area looking for something...I don't remember what, but suddenly I see a big dip, looks like a pond used to be there. So I ask them,
"Hey does anyone remember a big pond here?"
"Ponds in hell?" Goku interjected once more.
"Yes Goku, try not to interrupt"
"Sorry"
"Of course they didn't remember any pond, there's no water at all in that area, so we're all wondering about what this thing is when we start flying down towards it. Turns out to be a big hole, about 20 feet across at the narrowest point.
We're about 5 feet away when the thing starts sucking air, fast. So fast that we get dragged down the hole. Of course our immediate reaction was to fly away, but the pull was too strong. We start yelling at each other, trying to talk. And suddenly we realize, even though there's a lot of air moving, there's no sound. We can't hear each other yell, but we can't hear anything. It was disorienting.
Then Tsii starts miming something, none of us understands but we understand one thing, come here. Then he turns around and flies down the hole. We all follow, because there's really no choice. It's either slowly get dragged down and run out of energy to react when something immediate happens, or follow. So we followed.
We flew for a long time, then deciding that we really couldn't keep this up, we decided to just fall. We fell for a long time as well. It was probably two days. I think I fell asleep a few times, but it's hard to fall asleep in free-fall.
Then came a subtle change in the hole. The hole itself curved very slightly until we we're going horizontal. Also the other change wasn't physical, but we realized, there was light in the hole. Not suddenly, there always had been. We just never noticed. There is something disturbing about source- less light, I don't know what.
Well, As long as we we're being pulled along we figured we'd do something. So we talked. And we figured out what was causing that light. The walls we're reflective. Perfectly. They we're also perfectly smooth. There was absolutely no friction. That's why there was no sound, No friction for it to happen. Of course we we're worried about what would happen at the other end of this hole. We we're definitely moving, although we couldn't gauge how fast. Suddenly the wind stopped.
The first thing we noticed was that the wind stopped, the second thing was the ground rushing towards us. We all started flying, but in different directions. So we flew back to the middle and alighted on the ground. Tsii was the first to react.
"Well, I think that we could try to go back, but I don't think we'll manage to stay awake for long enough to get up the vertical section...and the wind might pick up again." Tsii reasoned.
"I think we should go on, I mean what could be worse then where we we're?" That was Tay, the youngest of our group, he was rather impetuous.
"Look, sure hell isn't great, but it's better then being in hell and dead!" I said.
"Coward" Vegeta muttered, forgetting that he wasn't the only Sayin in the room, Goku, Raditz, Gohan, Goten and Trunks all heard him clearly.
Raditz stood up. "Vegeta, just because you and the rest of the Sayins find it so cowardly to not go blindly blundering straight on doesn't mean you're right. Look what happened when you blundered after Freiza, yes I can see how amazing your father's bravery was then!"
Vegeta, who had been longing on the inside of a doorway straightened turned as if to go and then turned back "You know Raditz it occurs to me that I as King have the right to kill you." His voice was level, not because he was holding his anger back, but because he was so angry it almost choked him.
Raditz calmly stated "Sure, continue our species way, the one of blind stupidity." "Says the one who is insulting a man much more powerful then him!" Vegeta Was beginning to yell
"You are king Vegeta?" Raditz exploded through the next sentence "OF WHAT?! A few measly remaining Sayins, you know what, the younger Sayins never swore the oath, And they never will! Your family's power is ended!"
"It was far more powerful in it's weakest days then yours will ever be!"
"You continue to attempt to score points off me without realizing what you have to say is unimportant! I don't have to follow your orders because No one else will! The Sayins only needed a good genocide to get them to realize that they were wrong! The only one who will follow your orders is you! YOU HAVE NO POWER! If you kill me you kill one of the only two remaining Sayins who remembers the old ways and I'm not telling! That means the only one who will try to continue them is you! And no one is listening! Face it Vegeta, the old ways die with you, one way or another. If you can't handle this then go back to the fairy land you came from because this is reality!" Raditz realized he had lost control, in a calmer voice he said "Look, Vegeta, It's just that you need to drop it. Trust me, you'll be happier if you would just drop the tough Sayin attitude."
Raditz's words broke over the group like a wave, Vegeta's actions now weren't stupid, they were the acts of a man who's line will continue but who's race is doomed. He wasn't ignorant or too stupid to grasp new ideas, he just wouldn't. He thought that his preserving the old ideas was the only chance of survival.
Vegeta however was too set in the old ways, you do not change a man by one little speech, most especially when he is already resisting new ideas.
"Ya sure, like I'll listen to a coward weakling!" then he left.
"Raditz, much as I hate you insulting my husband, you were right, I just wish he had listened."
Bulma's voice was an odd mixture of passion and understanding, Raditz noticed and thought about how much of her personality you could tell from that. She was fiercely loyal, and yet she wasn't grudging of people noticing her husbands faults. She would fight to the death over the slightest insult, but only if there was no reason behind it. Raditz decided that she was also tired, Her husband wouldn't listen to her much, or so she thought. Raditz decided to tell her that he did listen, but not directly.
"He did listen. If he hadn't I, and most of this house wouldn't be standing here. Also he wouldn't have left if I didn't strike a nerve. No he listened, he just doesn't want to."
"Did she pick it up?" Raditz wondered. "I hope so, she deserves to know that she changes Vegeta. If anyone will save his soul, it will be her." Then he saw the way her face changed, Yes she did, well I'm sure she'll reinforce what I said to Vegeta, I'm sure she'll pound it into his brain...I hope so. He turned back to the rest of the table.
"I think I should wait to tell the rest of it."
Of course Goten and Trunks pleaded, but the adults understood. Raditz would finish the story later, when Vegeta was there. No reason to insult him further by leaving him out.
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The next night Krillen came over with 18 to hear Radiz's stories. Raditz was introduced, and he was nervous, but soon he got back into the story. After a short summary of what had happened before he continued on.
"So the 10 of us were doing well by the time I escaped and-"
"You ESCAPED?"
"Yes Goku that's what I'm here to tell you about.
In any case the 10 of us were actually getting a good meal in and were getting stronger every day...not that it really took effort, but whatever. In any case one day we were taking a look out in one direction. It's a place where almost nobody goes. Large open desert in the middle of hell, actually fairly ugly.
So we were all out there flying and-"
"Great food Chichi!" Goku interrupted. Raditz was annoyed but held his peace. After the first time you see your brother in a long time you don't get angry for minor faults.
So we were flying out over this area looking for something...I don't remember what, but suddenly I see a big dip, looks like a pond used to be there. So I ask them,
"Hey does anyone remember a big pond here?"
"Ponds in hell?" Goku interjected once more.
"Yes Goku, try not to interrupt"
"Sorry"
"Of course they didn't remember any pond, there's no water at all in that area, so we're all wondering about what this thing is when we start flying down towards it. Turns out to be a big hole, about 20 feet across at the narrowest point.
We're about 5 feet away when the thing starts sucking air, fast. So fast that we get dragged down the hole. Of course our immediate reaction was to fly away, but the pull was too strong. We start yelling at each other, trying to talk. And suddenly we realize, even though there's a lot of air moving, there's no sound. We can't hear each other yell, but we can't hear anything. It was disorienting.
Then Tsii starts miming something, none of us understands but we understand one thing, come here. Then he turns around and flies down the hole. We all follow, because there's really no choice. It's either slowly get dragged down and run out of energy to react when something immediate happens, or follow. So we followed.
We flew for a long time, then deciding that we really couldn't keep this up, we decided to just fall. We fell for a long time as well. It was probably two days. I think I fell asleep a few times, but it's hard to fall asleep in free-fall.
Then came a subtle change in the hole. The hole itself curved very slightly until we we're going horizontal. Also the other change wasn't physical, but we realized, there was light in the hole. Not suddenly, there always had been. We just never noticed. There is something disturbing about source- less light, I don't know what.
Well, As long as we we're being pulled along we figured we'd do something. So we talked. And we figured out what was causing that light. The walls we're reflective. Perfectly. They we're also perfectly smooth. There was absolutely no friction. That's why there was no sound, No friction for it to happen. Of course we we're worried about what would happen at the other end of this hole. We we're definitely moving, although we couldn't gauge how fast. Suddenly the wind stopped.
The first thing we noticed was that the wind stopped, the second thing was the ground rushing towards us. We all started flying, but in different directions. So we flew back to the middle and alighted on the ground. Tsii was the first to react.
"Well, I think that we could try to go back, but I don't think we'll manage to stay awake for long enough to get up the vertical section...and the wind might pick up again." Tsii reasoned.
"I think we should go on, I mean what could be worse then where we we're?" That was Tay, the youngest of our group, he was rather impetuous.
"Look, sure hell isn't great, but it's better then being in hell and dead!" I said.
"Coward" Vegeta muttered, forgetting that he wasn't the only Sayin in the room, Goku, Raditz, Gohan, Goten and Trunks all heard him clearly.
Raditz stood up. "Vegeta, just because you and the rest of the Sayins find it so cowardly to not go blindly blundering straight on doesn't mean you're right. Look what happened when you blundered after Freiza, yes I can see how amazing your father's bravery was then!"
Vegeta, who had been longing on the inside of a doorway straightened turned as if to go and then turned back "You know Raditz it occurs to me that I as King have the right to kill you." His voice was level, not because he was holding his anger back, but because he was so angry it almost choked him.
Raditz calmly stated "Sure, continue our species way, the one of blind stupidity." "Says the one who is insulting a man much more powerful then him!" Vegeta Was beginning to yell
"You are king Vegeta?" Raditz exploded through the next sentence "OF WHAT?! A few measly remaining Sayins, you know what, the younger Sayins never swore the oath, And they never will! Your family's power is ended!"
"It was far more powerful in it's weakest days then yours will ever be!"
"You continue to attempt to score points off me without realizing what you have to say is unimportant! I don't have to follow your orders because No one else will! The Sayins only needed a good genocide to get them to realize that they were wrong! The only one who will follow your orders is you! YOU HAVE NO POWER! If you kill me you kill one of the only two remaining Sayins who remembers the old ways and I'm not telling! That means the only one who will try to continue them is you! And no one is listening! Face it Vegeta, the old ways die with you, one way or another. If you can't handle this then go back to the fairy land you came from because this is reality!" Raditz realized he had lost control, in a calmer voice he said "Look, Vegeta, It's just that you need to drop it. Trust me, you'll be happier if you would just drop the tough Sayin attitude."
Raditz's words broke over the group like a wave, Vegeta's actions now weren't stupid, they were the acts of a man who's line will continue but who's race is doomed. He wasn't ignorant or too stupid to grasp new ideas, he just wouldn't. He thought that his preserving the old ideas was the only chance of survival.
Vegeta however was too set in the old ways, you do not change a man by one little speech, most especially when he is already resisting new ideas.
"Ya sure, like I'll listen to a coward weakling!" then he left.
"Raditz, much as I hate you insulting my husband, you were right, I just wish he had listened."
Bulma's voice was an odd mixture of passion and understanding, Raditz noticed and thought about how much of her personality you could tell from that. She was fiercely loyal, and yet she wasn't grudging of people noticing her husbands faults. She would fight to the death over the slightest insult, but only if there was no reason behind it. Raditz decided that she was also tired, Her husband wouldn't listen to her much, or so she thought. Raditz decided to tell her that he did listen, but not directly.
"He did listen. If he hadn't I, and most of this house wouldn't be standing here. Also he wouldn't have left if I didn't strike a nerve. No he listened, he just doesn't want to."
"Did she pick it up?" Raditz wondered. "I hope so, she deserves to know that she changes Vegeta. If anyone will save his soul, it will be her." Then he saw the way her face changed, Yes she did, well I'm sure she'll reinforce what I said to Vegeta, I'm sure she'll pound it into his brain...I hope so. He turned back to the rest of the table.
"I think I should wait to tell the rest of it."
Of course Goten and Trunks pleaded, but the adults understood. Raditz would finish the story later, when Vegeta was there. No reason to insult him further by leaving him out.
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