Chapter 6: A no win Situation

Carisca sighed as she settled in her space pod. She closed her eyes. She hoped that it was going to be a worthwhile mission. It was about time something good came up. Then again, she sort of wanted to stay at the training facility with Nappa. She smiled to herself. Soon she'd have all the time in the world to spend with him. Carisca put a hand on her stomach. "We're going on a mission, just me and you, that sounds fun doesn't it?" She realized it was silly talking to her unborn baby, but no one was there to hear, so what did she care?

The space pod landed with a thud. A small crater formed around it. Carisca got out of the pod and flew upwards. The planet seemed quiet; blue grasses blew in the wind. "Carisca, what's it like there?" Nappa asked through her scouter.

"Looks pretty dead." Carisca said sighing. "I really hoped Frieza would at least give me a decent mission."

Her scouter beeped, there were several power levels appearing on her screen. "Something seems strange Nappa, there seems to be several big power levels." Carisca said confused. "They're all over 2,000." Her heart about stopped. Six power levels, all at 2,100-2,700.

"What?" Nappa exclaimed. "Are you sure your scouter is okay?"

"I'm sure its fine." Carisca said. "I don't understand why…" She was cut short suddenly; she had to block a ki blast coming her way. The blow left her arm stinging. "Get off our planet!" A large blue alien with orange hair yelled. Four more came up behind him. Carisca looked at them wide eyed and confused. She had no chance against them; did she leave and fail Frieza? Before she could think of anything to do a blue eyed alien kicked her in the back. Carisca went flying, but caught herself before she hit a rock formation. She powered up and did her special move. "Icy blast!" She screamed as blue power came from both her hands. The alien was at once incinerated. Carisca's power level was at 2,500. The alien she had blasted had been one of the weaker ones. Together two aliens attacked her; they blasted at her at the same time. She tried to dodge it, but part of the blast caught her back. She screamed as her armor broke, and half her tail was blown off. She fell to the ground and clenched her stomach. Be safe, please! She pleaded with her unborn son. She grabbed the alien's leg that was in front of her. "Don't kill my baby please!" She pleaded. The alien looked confused. He held out his hand and a small ki blast erupted. Carisca managed to move her head out of the way just in time. The blast hit her scouter and it shattered.

"Carisca? Carisca?" Nappa screamed punching the button on his scouter. Vegeta looked at him annoyed. "What's wrong Nappa?" He asked.

"Carisca's scouter, it just went dead." Nappa said, panic in his voice. "I've got to go and see if she's okay."

"She's probably fine. Frieza wouldn't have sent her there if he didn't think she could handle it." Vegeta said.

"You're probably right." Nappa said, but he didn't sound reassured. He could still here her in the background, crying for the alien not to kill her baby. He clenched his fists together. There was no way they were going to hurt his son! Nappa slammed his fist down on the table in a fit of rage. The table gave way under his strength and its legs broke. Vegeta watched as the table toppled over on the floor. "Nice job Nappa, there goes my food."

"Stop!" Yelled a smaller blue alien. His orange hair was tied in a braid. "We cannot kill her, she's a woman." He said.

"But she came here intent on killing us all!" The alien that had attacked Carisca said.

"She is no harm to us anymore." The longhaired alien said. "I think you've humiliated her enough."

"I don't need your pity!" Carisca snapped. "All I am asking is that you spar my unborn son."

"You are injured, so we will heal you." The alien with the braid said. "Then you must leave this place and never come back!"

Carisca smiled to herself. Little did they know that after every battle a Saiyan got stronger.

She felt herself being picked up and carried away. "You're going to be safe son, I promise." She said mentally to her unborn son.

The aliens did not have the technology there was at the training facility. It took Carisca a month to recover. Why they were being so patient with her, she had no idea. However, she could feel the new power flowing through her. Carisca couldn't wait to make them pay for what they had done. She killed all the doctors that had attended her. Unfortunately she had overestimated her strength. She was restrained by some of the fighters. The man who had pleaded for her life earlier was not so eager to do so a second time. However, he said he would spare her life one last time for the sake of her child.

They locked Carisca away, she could not escape the force fielded prison cell. Carisca knew that they would just kill her after she was done giving birth. She didn't understand why they just didn't kill her now. For some reason they had strange ideals. It was so humiliating for her to stay there. Carisca was beginning to wish she had left when she had the chance. Her food was usually slipped in quickly, most of the aliens were afraid of her. A couple fighters stood guard by her prison.

Month by month she got fatter and fatter. Her contractions started one morning, she stumbled out of her cot. "Get me a doctor!" She screamed. The doctor was brought to her flanked by a fighter. The pain was almost unbearable. Never before had felt such pain.

Hours later she was able to get rid of her pain. She pushed hard and finally felt relief. The screaming of her baby reassured her that everything was going to be okay. "Is it a boy?" She asked, breathing hard. "It is." The female alien said handing her the baby. The doctor quickly backed away, afraid that Carisca would attack her. The fighter left and Carisca was left alone with her son. She looked at the big baby who was screaming his lungs out. "I think I'll call you Terrence." Carisca said smiling. Unlike his father's hair, Terrence's covered his head completely. Terrance continued to scream. "You have some pretty strong lungs." Carisca commented. "I wish your father was here to see you."

Nappa was sleeping when he suddenly woke up with a start. He could have sworn he had heard a baby's cry. He looked around his room, but found nothing. Looking over at the empty space beside his bed he sighed. It had been 7 months since Carisca was reported dead. He had grieved, silently in his room. All the hopes for the Saiyan race had died with Carisca. How could that have happened? Nappa put his face in his hands. If only he could have held her one last time.