His entire life had been about growing stronger. Every moment, a chance for more power. Another day, another challenge. The idea of gaining power thrilled him. This gravity thingy is giving me a better workout than even Kami's training! The machine had been set at 4 times earth's normal gravity, and Goku felt as if he weighed 800 lbs. Goku made his way to the console, and began pressing buttons like his brother had shown him. The walls of the chamber emitted a faint yellow glow, and there was a slight humming sound.

Raditz had explained to Goku that the walls could be set to reflect ki as opposed to absorbing it. This made for a very dangerous and effective training exercise. Goku shot off a small ball of energy at the wall, which bounced off and shot back at him with renewed speed. Goku dodged to the left, the sphere almost nicking his cheek as it whizzed by. It ricocheted off the back wall and picked up even more speed. The energy's building speed, coupled with the intense gravity, made this training exercise dangerous very quickly. But this isn't enough! Goku threw out a second blast, and now had two projectiles to worry about. Eventually the pressure became too much, and one of the balls caught Goku in the chest, throwing him backwards into the other ball that had come up behind him. The blasts hit him from either side, sapping all of his strength. He dropped to the floor, unable to pull himself up.

Suddenly a hand reached out and pulled him up. Goku shakily got to his feet. Raditz gave him a smirk. "Four times gravity? Feeling ambitious, are we Kakkarot?"

Goku shook his head. "It wasn't too bad. I just didn't know when to stop."

Piccolo walked in with a look of disgust. "As is often the case with you. All that strength with no brain to guide it."

Goku gave Piccolo a nasty look. "Hey! Who won the last tournament, huh?"

Piccolo spat at the ground. "That was five years ago! If you think you would be able to defeat me again, you are sorely mistaken!"

Goku and Piccolo both dashed at each other, their forearms clashing as they attmepted to strike. Goku flipped backwards, but Piccolo was already on him with a powerful elbow strike. All of the air was knocked out of Goku's lungs, and as he attempted to draw in breath, Piccolo landed a knee into his stomach, Goku fell over, clutching at his stomach. Piccolo went to charge up an energy attack, when Goku flew up at suprising speed, headbutting Piccolo up into his chin. Piccolo was lifted into the air and as he attempted to stop himself, Goku jumped up with an uppercut that Piccolo managed to dodge. The two began angrily throwing punches at each other in superspeed, neither gaining any ground. Raditz looked to his scouter to ascertain their power levels.

"Kakarot is at 200 and the green one is at 197! At four times gravity?... that's amazing! How did they power up so quickly?..."

Krillin had heard the commotion and came up behind the large Sayian. "Well, that's Goku for you. His power always seems to increase at an incredible rate. Plus, Piccolo is his arch enemy. Of course he would max out while fighting Piccolo."

Raditz nodded. But he hadn't seen anything yet. Goku jumped back and threw off his shirt. Suddenly his power rating jumped up another 50 points. Piccolo's cape came off, and he raises 45 points as well. Raditz gave Krillin a look of bewilderment. "How do you explain that?"

Krillin shook his head. "Those two morons have been wearing weighted clothing this whole time. Goku's shirt alone weighs about 100 pounds."

"You mean they have been fighting while carrying around that weight while fighting in four times gravity?"

Krillin nodded. "That's why their power skyrockets. Their bodies get used to carrying around so much weight."

At this point, Goku had dodged one of Piccolo's swings and shot off an energy bullet. Piccolo smacked it back at him, and Goku dodged. The attack bounced off of the wall and came back at the two combatants. They both managed to avoid the shot while neither one gave any ground and continued attack one another. Raditz and Krillin watched in awe at the ferocity of the two fighters.

Raditz gave Krillin a doubtful stare. "You don't think we should stop them, do you?"

Krillin shook his head. "It's probably best if we just let them get it out. They aren't going to kill each other, and it'll make them both stronger, so it probably won't hurt."

They continued to watch as Earth's two greatest warriors fought with all their might, managing to dodge each other's attacks while also dodging the random energy attack still speeding around the room. Eventually, Piccolo's knee came up into Goku's ribs as Goku's fist went into Piccolo's face, and they both knocked each other out. Raditz and Krillin watched dumbfounded as the two fell to the ground. There was a moment of silence, when the randomly bouncing energy blast smashed into Raditz's face. The blast didn't even faze him, and he didn't so much as blink. He turned to Krillin. "We should probably get these two back to their rooms, huh?"

Goku screamed as he sat up in a sweat. Where am I? His surroundings had a hazy look to them, and Goku was hard pressed to notice any details. He stood up and walked out of the room.

"Krillin? Krillin? Yamcha? Where are you guys?"

Goku wandered around, wondering what had happened to his friends. He walked into a doorway, and as soon as he entered, the door slammed shut behind him. He turned around and pounded on the door, but nothing happened. All of the lights went out, and Goku found himself scared for the first time since he had found his dead grandfather.

"Krillin! Where are you guys! I can't sense any ki anywhere! What's going on!"

Goku stumbled around in the darkness, when suddenly two enormous kis lit up ahead of him. The sounds of a battle were also present. Further ahead in the darkness, Goku heard someone screaming.

"Frieza!"

A man who looked very similar to Goku was flying at an incredible speed, taking out hundreds of warriors as he flew on. His path led him to a large space ship.

"Frieza! Get out here!"

A strange white creature emerged from the ship with an amused look on his face.

"What can I do for you, Bardock?"

"We quit! We won't take part in your carnage any longer!

The one called Frieza laughed. "You quit? You cannot quit! Do you know what I do to people who quit?"

Bardock hung his head. "It doesn't matter. Anything is better than destroying people. You have forced us to destroy entire races! Our sins cannot be forgiven! And neither can yours!" Bardock began charging energy into his palm. "A parting gift for you Frieza! From every planet you've destroyed!"

Frieza laughed as the energy attack bounced harmlessly off of him. He began to charge a death ball, all the while hysterical laughing. Bardock screamed, dashing at the small tyrant. He landed a powered up punch directly on Frieza's face, but the small changeling didn't even flinch. In a blind rage, Bardock began throwing hit after hit into Frieza's face. Frieza continued laughing until his death ball was completely charged. He then backhanded Bardock, sending him sprawling backwards towards planet Vegeta.

"Then allow me to give you all your pensions. My sins are all on your heads. And now you can all line up for judgment!"

Bardock looked up with a bloody face, not seeming to be watching his impending doom. It looked as though he were watching something that was going on in his head. Suddenly, he began laughing almost as maniacally as Frieza had been.

"You can kill us all Frieza! But you will die! You will be killed by my sons!"

Bardock continued to laugh as the death ball came flying at him and his planet.

Goku screamed, pulling himself out of his trance. "NOOO!"

He jumped in front of the ball, and tried to catch it with his hands. The ball went right through him, sending a harsh chill throughout his body. He turned and watched as the ball ripped through Bardock, and hurtled towards planet Vegeta. The energy attack crashed into the planet, immediately vaporizing it. Goku felt millions of ki signatures instantly vanish. He turned back toward Frieza in anger. Frieza seemed to notice him for the first time.

"And what do you think you can do, monkey?"

Goku rushed at Frieza in a mirror image of Bardock's attack. He landed a kick into the side of Frieza's head, but the attack didn't even seem to effect the tyrant. Frieza began to laugh harder than ever, and just as he swung his fist in a counter attack, Goku woke up with a start.

Krillin gave him a lopsided look.

"Everything alright, bro?"

Goku sat up, breathing heavily. "I'm...I'm fine, Krillin. I just had a strange dream..."

Krillin nodded. "Well, okay... I just came here to tell you that we were gonna be arriving at that Frieza planet soon."

Goku took the information wordlessly. He got up and put back on his weighted clothes. "Okay... I wonder what this prince is going to be like..."