I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the right to Starcraft or any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.
Chapter 9: Frost's Hospitality
"So this is what one of Frieza's bases look like, pretty clean around here," Goku noted, though no one really paid it mind. The main door opened and a horde of foot soldiers marched out, but stood at attention and off to either side of the Z-team. Goku and the others eyed the door; they all felt a higher power behind it. Tassadar stepped off the ship to witness everyone's edginess, wondering what was up himself. Then Frost stepped out, a slight smile on his face as he approached the Saiyans.
"Greetings, friends, I am Lord Frost. I trust you will be comfortable here while your ship is being repaired. Pardon the mess throughout the base, we are remodeling some of the entertainment sections and they are closed for right now, my apologies for that. We have the finest cooks in the eastern galaxy ready to prepare your meals at a moments notice, so don't hesitate to ask," Frost began, hinting at every Saiyans favorite habit.
Goku of course couldn't help himself, "Food, where? Where?"
"Kakarot, not now," Bardock whispered in his ear. Vegeta, standing in front, stared Frost down, almost wanting to attack him now.
"Prince Vegeta, its been a long time. Kind of hard to believe that you are still alive, but no matter, this universe is full of surprises isn't it?" Frost grinned as he spoke. Vegeta grunted for an answer, not that Frost really expected any less judging by the glare that Vegeta was giving him.
"So Vegeta, which one was it?" Frost asked.
Vegeta's eyes managed to escape the narrow position for a split second, "Which one?"
"Which one defeated my father in battle on Planet Namek?" Vegeta rolled his eyes a bit, while Goku jumped up and down raising his hand.
Gohan smacked the side of his face, "Dad, not now!"
"What of it Frost?" Vegeta asked, snapping back to the point.
"Always in a hurry eh Vegeta? I just wanted to know, I can see how father would underestimate him, anyone would," Frost sneered a bit under his smile. That got Bardock's attention, but he didn't make a sound, neither did the now scowling Gohan. Tassadar decided to make his way into the conversation at this point, stepping up beside Vegeta.
"I am Executor Tassadar of the Protoss," he began respectfully.
Frost's frown appeared, "Ah yes, the Protoss. I don't suppose you are looking for one Aldaris are you?" Frost asked. His frown faded to slight concern when Gohan growl reached his ears.
"Yes and no. We're actually looking for a friend of theirs first, we can worry about Aldaris later," Tassadar said, glaring slightly at Gohan.
"I advice caution when dealing with that crafty one. He was here not long ago, his ship was not working properly as well, and he was asking about how to channel ki energy. I did not detect any significant power levels with him, so I taught him in exchange for precious goods he had on his ship. Little did I know that he would stab me in the back later when I wasn't looking and take me down with a strange energy source I could not detect before. He is on his way to some planet called Auir, past the dimensional wall. What he doesn't know is that we sabotaged his transmitter and his engines will quit working in about two months!" Frost chuckled slightly at this thought.
Everyone's eyes shot open at this turn of events, "You did, that's excellent! Now we may be able to beat him back to Auir!" Tassadar was just thrilled at this turn of events.
"Yes, you should have ample time to catch him. In exchange for parts and port here, destroy him for me. I'd do it myself, but we are unfamiliar with that dimension, and frankly we don't have much of an army left, mostly a trading port now," Frost said.
"Then let's get this show on the road," Vegeta said, nodding in agreement. Goku was very bewildered by Vegeta's sudden interest to cooperate with the son of Frieza. So he sent him a telepathic message, something they could do ever since they had been fused. He knew Vegeta's reaction wouldn't be good, but he did it anyway.
"So, why did you agree so fast Vegeta?"
"Argh, because Kakarot, I'd like to get away from this cretin without incident. I'd much prefer to tear him to shreds, but that will get us nowhere with no ship parts and no mechanics on this blasted ship. Besides, if Aldaris is stalled out somewhere, we can catch up to him quickly!" Goku promptly shut up, and allowed one of Frost's officers show him to the mess hall. Frost issued his orders to his soldiers, and everyone split up, off doing their own thing, for the Saiyans being eating mostly. Vegeta however did not move, nor did Frost. Neither said a word for several minutes.
"How about a spar, Vegeta, for old times sake!" Frost suggested.
Vegeta didn't really answer, but then grinned, "Sure, I'm game!"
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"Now I must say, you have really improved since we last did this!" Frost said as he was dodging punches from Vegeta. But in a surprise, it was Vegeta that was more shocked than Frost was. Not only did Frost not panic when Vegeta went Super Saiyan, but kept up with him at Super Saiyan two. The Saiyan prince didn't want to show off the third level if he didn't have to, it was a form he didn't like all that much because of the time limit that he could stay in it. He didn't mind the challenge though, fighting nothing but Zerg warriors for the past month had been getting pretty dull. None of the sparing matches with Goku seemed to ease that.
"You like that huh Frost? Good, I haven't been this worked up in a long time!" Vegeta faked a grin and charged into Frost's stomach, knocking him backwards. Frost launched a death beam at Vegeta, who knocked it aside with a small ki blast before firing a few more at Frost. He dodged aside before phasing in behind Vegeta and whipped the back of his head with his tail. Vegeta went flying into the wall of the battered and beaten arena, leaving a large dent.
"Whew, I think that's enough. It's been a quite awhile since anyone could challenge me in this form. I guess I can thank you for that Vegeta, I learned to constantly train hard to better myself!" Frost admitted. Vegeta however wasn't quite finished, he heard Frost's breath coming heavy, and he wanted to hear the alien surrender. He raised his power as high as he could at level two, phasing around the room at different points. Frost could follow with his eyes, but didn't appear to be able to sense energy like Vegeta could.
This eventually helped the Saiyan appear behind Frost with a ki blast next to his ear, "Yield!" Frost took a second to pretend he was shocked, glancing back at Vegeta.
Frost begged off, "Yeah, you got me, nice move! You Saiyans sure have increased your powers dramatically since the old days!" Vegeta's eyes narrowed as he powered down and dropped the ki blast. "Now, if you will excuse me, I must tend to some matters," Frost said, leaving the room. Vegeta's glare never wavered as he watched Frost vanish around the corner as the door closed.
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"I don't know guys, I don't trust Lord Frost," Fasha whispered as her, Tora and Bardock sat at one of the mess hall tables. Goku and Gohan were just down from them, tearing into the food like it was a last meal.
"None of us do Fasha, keep your voice down," Bardock whispered back as he glanced at the guards outside the door.
"But why is the prince trusting him this much? Judging by the power levels we sensed earlier, he could easily be a threat to us. I say we bail now!"
"Frost is also no fool, and unlike his father, he knows not to underestimate us. Prince Vegeta knows that as well, so it is more likely he will let us go without impeding our path. After all the Kold family was all about profit and control, getting in our way will not bring any sort of profit to him!" Bardock warned.
"But what if he can transform into a higher form, we all know Frieza could do that!"
Tora then broke his own silence, "Highly unlikely Fasha, according to Gohan, he's already in his fourth form, and the fact that he can conjure this much power is already far beyond what his family could do. I've never heard of anything beyond the fourth form of Frieza, even if he could somehow surpass Kakarot, Prince Vegeta, or Gohan, we still have that fusion technique at our disposal. From what Kakarot told us, it would certainly surpass anything that Frost could throw at us, so don't worry. It is not becoming of a Saiyan anyway! You've been around the boy too much Fasha! All of that emotional baggage could get you killed someday, its like you're a worthless housewife," Tora commented. This earned him a very hard slap in the face that sent him across the room. Gohan and Goku glanced up from their food in surprise.
"What do you think he did to deserve that son?" Goku asked.
"Probably something she didn't like, you know how Mom gets Dad," Gohan said, returning to his food and trying to ignoring the groaning Tora that was trying to sit up.
"Now that's the Fasha I remember!" Tora chuckled while tending to his bruised face. Vegeta then strode into the room, fresh off his spar with Frost.
"Your highness!" the guards all bowed slightly.
"Leave us now, all of you!" he barked at the guards and the servants that rounded the room. They left quickly and silently, closing the door behind them as Vegeta had made his presence into the room.
"What's up Vegeta?" Goku asked, confused.
"Nothing is up Kakarot, we need to discuss a few things that's all!" Then Vegeta discussed what he had been thinking about, which including separating Fasha and Verto from the mating bond, as well as his plans for Aldaris and the Zerg.
"Undo the mating bond huh? Did you hear that Fasha? You're free now," Tora grinned as he put an arm around her shoulder. A few of his ribs were likely broken from the elbow she gave him.
"Not yet I'm not, so cool your tail!" she warned as she bared a few teeth at him.
"Getting back to the point. You want us to forget about the Zerg, we've got to wipe them out!" Bardock pleaded.
"No, we may not have the power to do it alone. Remember what Broly did, and he was the strongest out of all of us at the time. It still wasn't enough because the blasted thing regenerated from nearly nothing! No the right course of action is to retrieve the boy, granted he hasn't been turned over to their side or something. If we run into Aldaris on the way, we will deal with him then. Otherwise we will get the boy and then come back to this dimension as quickly as possible. We still have to wish everyone back from all of this shit, and then return you three and the other two back to where you belong," Vegeta said, crossing his arms.
Gohan didn't really like this plan, and voiced his opinion, "Aldaris will just come back for us Vegeta, let's take care of him now!"
"Sit boy, and mind your place, we don't have time for one of your foolish tantrums. I understand your will to want to slaughter that blasted Templar for what he has done. But understand this, our first priority is Earth, and nothing else. Everything else is secondary!" Gohan calmed himself once Vegeta said this, but kept his face very serious.
"What about Frost?" Goku asked next.
"Disregard him until he gives us reason. While I utterly despise any member of Frieza's family or empire that still lives, destroying him would be more harmful than helpful. I know of many allies that he has in this part of the galaxy, they could make our lives, difficult at best," Vegeta grunted, thinking about having to fight all of the beings he was thinking of. He lifted his head slightly, "The goal of this will be to come back here as quickly as possible, but we may not have any other choice if Aldaris and the Zerg become a problem. Since Frost has crossed paths with Aldaris already, it could create a potential buffer zone here in this galaxy to the point that we may not have to deal with him. Somehow I don't think it'll happen this way, but we should hope for the best," Vegeta claimed with a speech that truly didn't fit him as a person. No one else spoke up at this point, seemingly understanding.
"Alright then. I'll inform Tassadar of our plan, we leave in the morning!" Vegeta said. The team then left the mess hall and headed back to the ship. Little did they know that behind one of the many Kold family portraits, two eyes moved, and its mouth smiled. Excellent, while they are gone, I will be able to retake father's empire unhindered.
Next time on DBV: Gohan and the others cross the threshold between dimensions, the Zerg arrive on planet Char, and Aldaris discovers Verto's position and begin to close in.