AS22: Dreams, visions and… a nice Bardock?

Chibi Katie: my uncle was nice! He just didn't show it after-

AS22: (clamps hand over chibi Katie's mouth) R&R!

Chapter 6: Foresight

1 year later

Prince Vegeta- 3 years old

Katrin- 1 year old

Raditz- Newborn

Bardock's POV

No…no, Katrin!

Frieza had Katrin in an arm lock, and a large blast was heading toward the both of them.

Frieza…?

"Katie, get out of there!" A Namekian was calling to Katrin.

Katrin's fighting Frieza… on Namek…?

Another figure that looked like Bardock yelled to Katrin.

"Attack me and the girl dies too!" Frieza cried, laughing.

Katrin was struggling, and her eyes grew wide when she saw a large Ki blast heading toward her.

"Goku, just do it!" she called.

"You can join your prince in the netherworld!" Frieza laughed.

"Katie-"

"Goku, throw it now! Don't worry about me!"

The Bardock look-a-like screamed as he launched the attack.

"What! No!" Frieza cried, "You're my shield then, monkey!"

"No, I'm not!" she kicked Frieza in the shin, but he didn't let go. The attack was coming closer.

"That kind of hurt, but that attack will hurt you much more!" Frieza laughed.

Look out, Katrin! Look out!

She did some quick thinking and used her tail to pull Frieza's tail, throwing him off guard. She switched it so he was in front of her.

"Now you're my shield!" she snapped.

"Let me go!"

"Katrin!" Bardock sat up, sweating and shaking. He had been having night terrors and visions for a year now, ever since Kannassa.

This kid that looks like me was fighting with her… then prince Vegeta… fighting Frieza? On Namek? What's happening to me…?

Bardock got up and headed down the hall, leaving the still sleeping Seripa in the bed. He knew Katrin was only a baby, and his son Raditz even younger, but something compelled him to go check on them.

Bardock froze mid-way through the hall. He heard a voice in the children's room. Already freaked-out from the dream, Bardock raced down the hall.

"Hush now, my little one, Sleep well this night, for as long as you think of me, I'll always be in your sight." Bardock got to the door and froze. He let out a loud sigh of relief. It was only Andorra, singing to Katrin, trying to rock her back to sleep.

"Bardock? What's wrong?" Andorra stopped singing. Katrin was asleep, but barely. Bardock could sense that from the mental link shared by all Saiyans, which is strongest with family.

"I… heard a voice in here. I guess I kinda… freaked-out."

"Bardock, was it… another dream?"

"What?" Bardock asked, keeping his voice steady.

"You're my big brother, Bardock. I know when you're hiding something, or something isn't right. What's wrong?"

"You could always…" Bardock smirked, "Yeah, something's wrong, bad wrong." He admitted.

"What is it?"

Bardock didn't rely, he just walked over and stared into the bassinet that held Raditz. These bassinets are very similar to the ones in the healer's building, except there weren't a dozen different machines hooked up or covered with glass. He looked at the baby in the bed, sleeping. His hair was so long and shaggy, just as Rothgar's had been, which was weird since they weren't related at all.

"What happened to Kanji's father?" Bardock asked.

"What…?" it was a seemingly random question, and it shocked Andorra. She put Katrin down while she was finally asleep.

"What really happened to Rothgar?"

"Kanji said it was… Frieza. The story was that he died on a mission. Kanji didn't buy that bullshit. Rothgar was opposed to Frieza from the start."

"So it seems…"

"Bardock?"

"… Katrin is… going to fight Frieza one day."

"What?" Andorra gasped, looking back at the sleeping child.

"Since Kannassa… I've had… visions. They can't be changed, or at least I don't think they can be. I knew Katrin was going to be a girl."

"Bardock… what?"

"Andorra, you weren't on the planet's surface. A survivor attacked me that day Katrin was born. Since then… I've seen visions, of either the past or future… either waking or sleeping. There's no rest for me… and they… it scares me."

Bardock turned from the children to the window, watching the sky turn from gray to green. The sun was rising.

Katrin started to cry, and as Andorra rocked the infant, she began the next stanza of the Sayjin lullaby.

"Hush now, my little one, Don't you lose heart, For as long as you remember me, We'll never be apart."

Now Raditz was awake and crying. Bardock just stared at the crying boy. Andorra couldn't tell if he was hearing the boy's cries or not.

"Bardock?" Bardock turned and look to Andorra, lost in many ways by the look on his face, "Pick up your son. Be his father." Bardock's eyes darkened at his sister's words. He picked up the boy, and with his sister, sang the end of the Sayjin lullaby.

"This night I sing to you a Saiyan lullaby. Just look to the sky, As long as you love me, I'll always be nearby."

Both children were fast asleep. Somehow this song always lulled Saiyan children to sleep, always. It was odd, almost magical, and just about every Saiyan knew the words, even orphans.

"Andorra… don't tell anyone what I told you tonight. And don't say what I'm about to tell you now. Just now, when I looked at Raditz, I saw him and Katrin, fighting against each other. They seemed like enemies or something… and Raditz… was… killed."

"Ger'ta, et yill re soonan."

(Brother, it will be alright)

"Yiz do ka dert?" he replied.

(how do you know?)

"Me dert..."

(I know)

XxX

"Damn!" Frieza looked over the data again, still not pleased. Zarbon stood to the side of the room, and Dodoria to the opposite side. Frieza looked up and growled. These two didn't need any more warning, they left their master's presence.

The light on Frieza's console lit up. Frieza knew of only one person on that channel, and he didn't feel like talking right now.

He did know about that stupid legend… and he was watching them before I met with them…

Against his better judgment, Frieza turned on the view-screen.

"About time."

"Hello, Kooler." Frieza sighed. Kooler didn't even bother to greet him properly, "What do you want?"

"The children… I was just wondering about the Saiyan children."

"You weren't wondering, you already know, don't you?" Frieza stated. Kooler laughed at his remark.

"Yes, I do. They're growing stronger, just like the adults."

"So, call to gloat?" Frieza growled.

"No, I actually want to help you."

"How much will this cost?" Frieza asked.

"… Frieza, I'm hurt! You know I wouldn't ask for more than… 1/3 your take from the Saiyans."

"1/3! 1/3 what the Saiyans make for me… do you know how much that is?" Frieza stood, towering over the viewer.

"Yes." Kooler said coolly, looking at his nails in clear mockery of his younger brother. Frieza sat back down.

"What's your plan?" Frieza asked.