Ch1: Exile – Alone.

3 months after the events on Planet Namek.

Alone.

Alone, alone, alone, alone, alone.

This was playing through Riddic's mind. He stared out his space pods only window, stars and other galaxies framed the void of space.

'I still cannot believe it.' Riddic placed his head on his hand. 'How could it have turned out this way? My crew is dead, Marcus and Dapin, I'm sorry. You went down fighting, like any Saiyan would have wanted, but that doesn't make it any easier.'

Riddic sighed. 'We were going to free our people, together! Gilgamesh...He killed you. He killed you both. We swore on our father's grave to kill Frieza and free our race!'

Riddic bit his lip. 'My brother...You were always obsessed with killing, like it was your calling in life. We are Saiyans, a warrior race, so killing others isn't out of the question. You however, were different. you delighted in killing. You made it seem like your desire drove you, that killing others was what you lived for. I do not understand you, and I probably never will.'

'We had a plan, a plan to kill that demon Frieza. We sought the Dragon Balls on Namek, obtained the help of the Namekians and you and I became immortal...Why did you have to be blinded by power? The legend of the Super Saiyan was your fantastic. You thought you became a Super Saiyan when your wish came true. Not even 5 minutes after you become immortal, you went back to your old ways. You killed the ones that helped us! Why did they have to die?!' Riddic slammed the side of his pod. "Damn it!" A compartment came undone, an older model Scouter fell out and onto his leg.

Riddic stared at the old Scouter for a few moments, he picked it up and studied it with interest.

"I remember you." He said aloud. "You're my first Scouter, the one I used before I became part of the Saiyan Royal Guard."

Riddic recalled the first mission he went on as part of the PTO. He and his brother were sent to clear out the population of some beautiful planet Frieza wanted for his own selfish reasons, it was an easy job. Gilgamesh did what he loved and the inhabitants were wiped out within a week. Soon after, he and his brother were given positions in the royal guard for their previous "heroics" in the Saiyan-Tuffle War.

'I was wondering where you went.' Riddic place the device over his left ear. 'Let's see if you still work...' He pressed the button on the Scouter, nothing happened, he pressed it a few more times.

"Broken eh? Well, so much for letting Roy know what happened." He took the Scouter off and placed it back in the compartment it fell out of. After making sure that the Scouter would not fall out again, Riddic continued to stare out into space.

'Brother...I became what you dreamed to be. I became a Super Saiyan, or at least I think I did. That power, I never felt anything like that and the rage...My rage toward you became overwhelming. I wanted to kill you, to make you suffer for the atrocities you committed. I wanted to kill you, fully knowing that you were immortal.'

Riddic placed his hand on his head. 'That rage...I'll admit, it scared me, and still does. However, I will gladly use it to fight monsters like Frieza...and you, Gilgamesh.'

He tilted his head back. "But that doesn't change that I'm alone...Roy...I wonder what you're doing now."

He imagined Roy and his crew, talking around a table in some bar, discussing their plan and wondering what Riddic was doing. 'If only I could go back, if only for an instant. Just to show them that I'm alright...'

Riddic closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

3 months later...

Riddic woke from his long sleep, he yawned.

"Computer," Riddic scratched his head. "How long since I last awoke?"

"3 months sir." The automated voice said.

"Ok...Are there any habitat planets around?"

"Affirmative."

"Set course for the nearest one, I need to stretch my legs."

'Plus,' Riddic thought to himself. 'The environmental system of my pod needs to be refreshed.' Riddic pulled at the neck his Saiyan armor. 'It's getting hard to breath in here.'

"Right away sir. Course set for Planet Arlia. ETA: 5 minutes."

"Planet Arlia? I never heard of it."

The automated voice spoke up again. "Planet Arlia: Inhabitants; Arlians, classified as a tier 4 race."

"Tier 4?" Riddic chuckled. "Not a lot of races that far behind anymore."

"ETA: 30 seconds. Beginning planetary entry."

The pod began to shake. Riddic smiled. 'I wonder how primitive these Arlians are. I'll find out soon.'

Planet Arlia, Age 732

A single dot in the sky lit up like wild-fire, speeding its way down to the surface of Arlia. The fireball grew closer and closer until it disappeared, the ground suddenly shook. Riddic's space pod impacted on the surface and left a crater 10 foot deep, the pod opened slowly. Riddic stepped out and immediately flew out of the crater. His feet crunched on Arlian soil, he looked around.

"Well...This place looks...depressing." The surrounding area was a wasteland, buildings scattered here and there were in shambles. Not a sign of life anywhere.

"What do you think Mar-" Riddic cut himself off, momentarily forgetting that his friend was dead. He looked at the ground, sighed, and looked off into the wasteland. 'I have 10 minutes to kill before the environmental system refreshes. I might as well have a look around.'

Riddic walked along what appeared to be a road, many ruin buildings appeared along both the road, but no signs of life or even a corpse was to be found. Riddic continued to walk along the road, suddenly the ground began to shake. Riddic looked ahead and made out two bumps of dirt moving toward him, they approached at an alarming speed.

When they were a few feet from him, two giant worm-like beings popped out of the bumps, upon further observation, each of the worms had an insect rider, both larger than Riddic. 'Insects riding on worms,' Riddic smirked. 'That's a new one.'

The insects appeared to be giant mantises, only with two legs, two arms with hands instead of claws, a shell-like thing over their backs and a square face with no pinches over their mouths. They both had grayish skin.

"It was a good day to go hunting after all." One of the insect riders said.

"Agreed, and what a find! An alien, the king will be pleased!" The other rider said.

"Well, it seems that you intend to capture me." Riddic smiled. "Let us see if you have what it takes to capture a Saiyan."

The first rider stood up on his ride. "You cocky little!" The insect fired an energy wave out of his mouth, Riddic deflected it with ease.

"What?!" Both of the riders yelled.

"It seems that your kind can use energy attacks," Riddic smiled. "This makes things interesting."

The two riders stared at Riddic in shock, they never came across a being who could deflect an energy attack with such ease. Riddic raised his hand.

"Let's see how well you can handle this." He released the weakest energy blast he could at the first rider, the latter, surprised, was hit by the blast. He caught on fire, tumbling to the ground, screaming, and began to roll in an effort to extinguish the fire.

Riddic stared at the insect with a "I didn't expect that to happen" look. "Well apparently you can't handle that."

The other rider jumped off his worm and tried to help with comrade. "Ok..." Riddic scratched the back of his head. "I'm gonna go now."

Riddic flew off in the direction he was walking in, the second rider cursed at him for a moment, then continued to try to extinguish the fire consuming his dying friend.

"What a strange planet." Riddic thought aloud.

He continued to fly among Planet Arlia's dark sky, when he heard something going on below. Riddic slowed, he looked down and saw a few more of those gray-skinned bug people chasing after something pink and another blue.

'Hmm...' Riddic swooped downward toward the Arlians. 'Wouldn't hurt to take a closer look.'

"Hurry!" The blue Arlian said, holding the hand of his pink companion, who resembled a butterfly. "They're right behind us!"

The pink Arlian turned and saw a group of five Arlians chasing after them, some with their swords drawn, all of them yelling at the duo to stop. Suddenly. the blue Arlian stopped.

"What is it?" The pink Arlian asked, she leaned over her companion's shoulder. Her eyes widened as she noticed the cliff in front of them.

"It's a dead end." The blue Arlian turned around, their procurers slowed down. Realizing that their prey was trapped, the closed in slowly.

"Hehehe, we'll make you two regret running." Said the closest of the procurers.

The blue Arlian looked back at the cliff, he turned to the pink Arlian. "We have to jump."

She looked at him. "Are you mad?"

He placed both of his hands on her shoulders. "Trust me."

She looked into his eyes for a few moments before nodding. They took each others hand and prepared to jump.

THUMP, the couple turned around, a dust cloud kicked up. A small figure-smaller than the average Arlian- stood at the center of the dust cloud. It spoke.

"I'm not interrupting anything important, am I?"

Everyone stared at the silver-haired being, he was the first alien that they have ever seen. The six gray Arlians all drew their swords. One approached the alien.

"Listen here, alien, this is none of your business. That outlaw over there has something our king would very much like returned."

The alien turned to the Arlian. "Oh? Now please tell me, my dear bug warrior, why I should give a damn?"

The six took a nervously step back, this alien wasn't backing down.

"How dare you?!" The closest Arlian charged at the silver-haired alien, his sword above his head. He brought the sword down, SNAP, his sword broke in two. He took a step back and looked at his broken sword.

"How?" The alien stepped forward, he tilted his head back.

"The same way I did this." The second after he finished speaking, all of the Arlians' swords snapped in two. They other five looked at their swords then back at the alien. How did he do that? Was this alien that fast? Some of the Arlians became fearful of the alien, three turned and ran.

"Cowards!" The closest Arlian yelled, he turned back to his foe. "Tell me, alien, what are you?"

"Me?" The alien laughed. "Well if you must know, my name is Riddic. The one who's going to kill you if you don't turn and run like your friends."

The Arlian laughed. "That's a good joke. You might be fast, but I'm a member of the king's royal guard. I am one of the strongest-"

Riddic vanished and reappeared in front of the Arlian. He pierced his fist through the Arlian's chest.

"You're nothing but a puppet for your tyrant king." Riddic whispered before removed his fist from the dead Arlian, the corpse hit the ground with a satisfying thump.

Riddic shook his hand in an effort to shake off the Arlian's blood, he turned to the two remaining gray Arlians.

"You two! Bring this before your king and deliver this message. Unless you change your ways and serve your people instead of oppressing them, the Saiyan, Riddic, will kill you."

The two nervously approached the corpse, picked it up, and ran as fast as they could.

Riddic turned to the couple behind him, he smiled. "Well that's over, are the two of your ok?"

They where still a bit shocked by what just happened before them, an alien came out of nowhere and defended them, it was surely a surprise. After a few moments, the blue Arlian stepped toward Riddic.

"Yes, we are fine thanks to you. My name is Atla, this is my...companion, Lemlia. I thank you for saving us."

Riddic nodded. "Nice to meet you. Do you two have anywhere we can go? There might be more guards around."

"Yes, of course!" Atla walked passed Riddic. "There is a hideout a few of us use not too far from here."

Lemlia walked up to Riddic. "Please, come with us."

Riddic smiled. "Lead the way."

The trio walked for a few silent moments, Atla lead the way followed by Lemlia and Riddic at the rear, occasionally watching for more patrols.

"So..." Riddic broke the silence. "Have the two of you known each other long?"

Lemlia turned her head. "We've known each other since childhood."

'I'd hate to see these Arlians as kids.' Riddic thought to himself. "So the two of you are close then."

Lemlia nodded. "Indeed, we're the only ones left from our town."

"Oh...I'm sorry."

Lemlia shook her head. "Don't be, it's not your fault."

A few more moments passed. "You mentioned others." Riddic broke the silence again. "What others?"

"Others that don't agree with the current King Moai and his actions." Atla answered. "They're just like us, hiding and waiting to try to do something about it."

"So you're not a rebellion."

"The king sees us like one. 'Anyone who doesn't agree with my actions is a traitor.' That's what he said as soon as he became our king. Since then, everyone who speaks out is either arrested or executed."

Atla stared at the floor. "If the war that enabled Moai to become king didn't take the lives of so many of our people we might be able to rise up and overthrow him, but with our current numbers, it would be a slaughter."

The trio remained quiet for the rest of the journey. Atla stopped in front of a slightly less ruined building, the only difference from the others is that it appeared to have an intact roof.

"Here we are." Atla approached the front door of the building, he knocked on it three times. The door opened and revealed a dark green Arlian.

"Atla, I was wondering where you ran off to." He said.

The Arlian looked at Lemlia. "Of course Lemlia has to go wherever you go." He was about to turn back to Atla when he spotted Riddic. "An alien? Where did you run off to Atla?"

"I'll explain that in due time, but for now we need to get out of sight. The king's men might be watching."

The Arlian nodded and opened the door wider, gesturing them in. "Come in friends."

Atla, Lemlia and Riddic entered the house. Riddic noticed three other dark green Arlians gathered around a fire in the middle of the floor. They turned and looked at Riddic curiously.

The Arlian who greeted them pulled up four rocks, he waved at Riddic to sit. "So what happened out there Atla? How did you meet your new friend here?"

Atla began to tell his fellow Arlian the tale of how the king's guards found him and Lemlia, how they ran and were cornered, and how Riddic flew out of the sky and saved them. All the while the other three Arlians where listening, shocked that the alien was capable of such incredible feats.

"...and he tore into one of the royal guard like he was thin air! I never seen anything like it!"

The four dark green Arlians stared at Riddic in wonder. How could an alien tear apart on of the strongest warriors on their planet in an instant? It was unheard of. One of the Arlians began to cry, he moved his arm in front of his eyes to try to stop the tears from flowing.

"You truly are the answer to our prayers!"

Riddic raised his eyebrow. "Prayers?"

Atla turned to Riddic. "He's talking about how we hoped..." He looked at Lemlia for a moment. "How we hoped that King Moai would one day answer for his crimes."

"So tell me, how did this Moai become your king?"

The first dark green Arlian waved Atla off before he had a chance to speak. "Let me explain." The Arlian said.

Riddic turned to the Arlian. "Not too long ago." He began. "There was a war on our planet to decide who would rule. Arlia was alive once, teeming with life. This war turned our planet into the wasteland you see now. There's barely a fraction of our population left,"

The Arlian nodded at Lemlia. "And Lemlia there is one of the few surviving females of our race."

The Arlian paused a moment before continuing his sad tale.

"There where many different factions, all wanting to rule Arlia. Out of all the factions that fought, only Moai's survived. There where a few other tribes left that endured the hardships of war, they emerged to see what type of king Moai would turn out to be. They thought he would bring peace and prosperity: They were wrong. Moai turned his army on the people, enslaved all but the few that managed to escape. I still remember that day...He hunts us now, either to enslave or kill us. We're not warriors, we cannot fight him, so we hid. Hoping a miracle would happen, then you show up."

"I see..." Riddic stood up. "We then, that settles it."

Atla stood up. "What do you mean?" Riddic looked at Atla. "I mean I know what I'm going to do."

The first dark green Arlian spoke. "And what's that?"

"What else?" Riddic walked toward the door. "I'm going to kill him, your King Moai."

A few minutes earlier...

King Moai sat on his throne, bored out of his mind. His skin was purple, a unique color among Arlian males, and his antennas appeared to be feathers, whether this was a decoration or what his antennas truly look like was unknown.

Moai sighed. "I'm suffering from royal boredom, is there nothing here for a king to entertain himself?" He said more to himself then anyone else. 'Hm, perhaps I'll have my guards fight each other, that'll surely be entertaining.'

Just as he was about to give the order, one of his guards -one of the ones that decided to go hunting today- approached him.

"My king!" He knelt before Moai. "My king, I bring terrible news!"

Moai straightened his back, suddenly intrigued by the possible entertainment that could be brought by this news. "Well go on! Speak!"

"My king; an alien has arrived on our planet."

Moai's antennas shoot up. "An alien?"

"Yes my lord, my partner and I found him wandering around the wastelands. We tried to capture him but he set my partner on fire and took off to the skies."

Moai sat back on his throne. "Hmmm...An alien that can set others ablaze and fly...Interesting." He lend forward. "Tell me, where is this alien now?"

The guard hesitated for a moment. "I-I don't now sire, I was too busy trying to save my companion. He died regardless."

"So you don't know where he is." Moai sighed. "How unfortunate...for you."

Moai raised his hand, two additional guard appeared. "Take this disappointment to the pit, perhaps he'll satisfy my pet's ever-growing hunger." King Moai's "pet" was a giant Arlian named Yetti, whether this monster was naturally born or mutated was only known by Moai.

The two grabbed the guard, he screamed, struggled, and pleaded to King Moai to give him another chance. The two guards threw their captive onto the pit over Yetti's den. Another guard pressed a button, opening the pit and dropping the poor hunter into Yetti's den. Soon enough, Yetti found the hunter and devoured him, leaving no visible remains of his meal.

King Moai placed his hand on his chin. 'This alien could provide the entertainment that I despite need.' He raised his head as he heard the footsteps of several of his guards, they carried the remains of one of his royal guard. King Moai realized this was the squad he sent to track down his future wife Lemlia, he desired her more than any of the luxuries he has obtained over the years.

"My lord!" One of the guards cried. "We were attacked! By an alien of unimaginable strength!"

"This alien again..." Moai muttered to himself, he straightened himself. "Tell me, what happened?"

"We tracked down Lemlia, as you asked of us. We nearly had her when this alien came out of nowhere and attacked us! He killed our commander in one blow!"

The guards set the corpse of the royal guard down before Moai, he looked at the hole in the guard's chest. 'It's powerful too! This alien really is something else! To kill one of my royal guards so easily!'

"He told us to deliver this message to you, sire." Moai looked back at the guard. "He told us, 'unless you change your ways and serve your people instead of oppressing them, the Saiyan, Riddic, will kill you.'" The guard nervously stepped back, afraid of his king's reaction. Moai busted out in a roar of laughter, all of the guard before him were shocked. King Moai continued to laugh for several minutes.

"This makes things easy for me then!" He looked down at his guards. "We don't need to hunt him down now, he'll come to me! Alert the other guards, when this alien-no this Saiyan, Riddic arrives, lead him to my throne room. I want to meet him personally. Oh, and get this carcass out of my sight. Its a horrid sight unbefiting for royal eyes like mine."

The guards bowed, two of them picked up the dead body, and exited Moai's throne room.

King Moai sat back against his throne. He chuckled to himself. "Riddic...I'll admit, you peaked my royal curiosity. I can't wait to meet you, Saiyan."

Riddic walked the wastelands of Arlia. 'I'll show this King Moai the consequences of ruling over his people with an iron thumb!' He stopped and chucked. "I have no idea where I'm going. I should have asked Atla-"

"Riddic! Wait!" Riddic turned around, he saw Atla and two of the dark green Arlians running after him. Atla was waving his arm back and forth. "Wait!" He cried.

Riddic waited for them to catch up. "Hey Atla, what's up?"

"You have no idea where you're going, do you Riddic?"

Riddic scratched the back of his head and smiled. "Was it that obvious?"

Atla sighed. "I thought as much," Atla turned to his right, he pointed off into the distance. "Moai's palace is in that direction. It's a huge, intact structure. You can't miss it."

Riddic lowered his hand, he turned toward that direction. "Thanks Atla." He began to flout upward.

"Wait!" Atla cried. "Take us with you!"

Riddic lowered himself. "Atla, I know what you're thinking. It's going to be dangerous."

"All the more reason to go. Please, I want to help."

Riddic smiled. "If you say so."

He held out his hand, Atla grabbed it. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me friend. We haven't overthrown your king yet." Riddic lifted Atla off the ground and placed him on his back. "Hold on tight."

The other two Arlians grabbed onto Riddic's hands. Together, they flew off toward Moai's palace.

A few minutes past into the flight before Riddic made out a tall structure in the distance. "Is that the palace?"

Atla looked up. "Yes, that's Moai's castle!"

"So what's the plan Atla?"

Atla looked at Riddic. "Eh? I thought you had one?"

"I do, or I did before you guys showed up. I planned on blasting my way straight to Moai's throne room."

Atla laughed. "As well as that may work, I have a more...chaos causing plan."

Riddc looked over his shoulder. "I'm all ears friend."

"As you know, our king has taken several of my people prisoner. My plan is to free those prisoners, they probably want to kill Moai and will help draw off his guards, create a path for you."

Riddic laughed. "I'm proud of you Atla, you just turned this from a liberation to a revolution."

Riddic looked forward, the palace was much closer now. "Alright then, we're going with your plan Atla." Riddic looked down at the two Arlians dangling from his arms. "Unless you two have a better plan."

The twp shook their heads, one gave Atla a thumbs-up sign. "We're with you all the way."

Riddic looked ahead, he smiled. "I think King Moai's gonna get the shock of his life at how much chaos we're going to cause."

Everything went according to plan, a little too well. When Riddic and his friends landed, there where no guards. They proceeded into the castle, no guards came to meet them, Atla pondered this for a few moments before guiding Riddic toward the dungeons.

"You seem to know a lot about this place." Riddic said, somewhat suspiciously.

"I escaped from here once before, when Moai first came to power. Many of my people died that day."

"All the more reason why we're here." The continued to walk the empty halls, only encountering guards when they reached the dungeons. Riddic made quick work of the guards, knocking all but one out.

Riddic held the last Arlian by his throat, and lifted him off the ground. "Tell me why are there not guards in these halls!"

The Arlian guard laughed. "Maybe they're all on break."

Riddic tightened his grip. "I'm not in the mood for your lies! Tell me now!"

The Arlian spat on Riddic. "I'm not telling yo-"

Riddic threw the guard as hard as he could at the wall, the guard broke through it, a second wall beyond it, and hit a third. Debris collapsed around the now dead guard. Riddic wiped the spit off of his face.

"I told you, I'm not in the mood for your BS." He muttered.

Riddic walked back to Atla, the latter was watching one of the dark green Arlians trying to break the lock on one of the cells.

"No luck?"

Atla shook his head.

"Well then," Riddic step forward. "Allow me."

The Arlian stepped back, Riddic extended his hand, it glowed with energy. A small beam shot out and began to melt the lock. The cell door swung back, free from the lock that held it in place. Riddic smiled. "There, that should do it."

The prisoners walked out, one by one. They began to collect what weapons that were laying around. Riddic noticed that most of them had dark green skin. 'How these Arlians differentiate themselves I will never know.'

Riddic walked around the dungeon, melting open cells and freeing the Arlians inside. When he was done, a small army of at least 50 Arlians, most weren't armed but still determined to fight, followed him.

Riddic turned toward the Arlians he freed, he waved Atla to join him. The two faced their small army.

Riddic leaned toward Atla. "Go on," He whispered. "Say something."

Atla cleared his throat. "P-people of Arlia!" He paused, took a deep breath, and continued.

"Today is the day we'll be free, free from King Moai and his tyrant rule!"

A cheer came from the Arlains. "We will fight for our freedom!" One of them yelled.

Atla held out his hand toward Riddic. "This alien-No. My friend, Riddic, will help us achieve this goal. You have all seen his power first hand. With his powers, we cannot lose!"

Another cheer rang out among the crowd. Riddic raised both of his hands, calling for the crowd to calm. "I'll play my part, as all of you will. However," He pointed toward Atla. "My friend Atla, will lead you onto a new age, an age where freedom and justice will reign and the like of King Moai will never rule again!"

The crowed cheered louder than ever, they cheered Atla's name.

Atla leaned closer to Riddic. "I never knew you were such a well spoken revolutionary."

Riddic laughed. "Nor I, well at least the well spoken part." Riddic turned his head toward Atla. "Let's just say that we both have tyrants that need to be overthrown."

Atla nodded. "I understand, but why did you credit me? You're the reason why we got this far."

"Your people need a hero to look up to when this is all over and I don't plan on staying for much longer. So, I thought it would be better if a native lead the revolution of the Arlian race, then an alien." Riddic shrugged his arms. "Hell, they might even make you king."

Atla chucked. "Perhaps, either way though, this day will go down in history and you will be remembered as a hero. I'll see to that myself."

"Aren't you getting ahead of yourself, your highness?"

Riddic and Atla laughed.

"Come then." Riddic turned around. "Lets get this revolution started."

Atla followed, as did the small Arlian army behind them. Today, the people of Arlia will when their freedom, or die trying.

Riddic, Atla, and their army approached the entryway of King Moai's throne room.

Riddic looked around. 'Still no guards, its like he wants us to come to him.' They continued walking, the door to the throne room laid in front of Riddic, he placed his hand on the door.

"This is far too easy." He muttered.

Suddenly, an Arlian screamed in pain and fell. A guard stood behind the fallen Arlian and laughed.

"They're behind us!" One of the dark green Arlians yelled.

Everyone turned, they saw an army of King Moai's guard running toward them. The guard that struck the first blow yelled a battle cry and charged at another Arlian, the latter blocked at countered, killing the guard.

The Arlian prisoners charged at the approaching army, soon enough the hallway erupted into a battlefield. Arlians clashing swords, spears and axes at one another, those without weapons ganged up and pounded on several guards, stealing their weapons, slaying them, and moved on to the next group of guards.

Atla held a captured sword he acquired earlier, he turned to Riddic. "Go! We'll handle things here."

Riddic nodded at his friend. Atla stared at Riddic for a few more moments, giving off what Riddic could only guess was a smile, before charging off into the erupting battle.

Riddic turned around, silently wishing Atla luck, and pushed open the doors. He looked around, Moai's throne room looked more like a battle arena, there where seats that one would see at a colosseum all around. The room itself was a giant circle with a platform or a pit at its center. He walked to the center of the room, avoiding the platform. The doors shut, a single, constant clap echoed throughout the room.

"Well done, Saiyan Riddic, well done indeed." A figure appeared out of the shadows, a purple Arlian with feather-looking antennas, several diamond rings and a bracelet on his left hand and a cape over his shoulders.

"You have managed to free all of my prisoners in an effort to overthrow me, very smart of you. Too bad I had my guard watching your every move since you arrived here. If I wasn't aware of your arrival, that would have been quite a threat." He sat down on a throne overlooking the arena. "Oh yes, that was a well thought out speak you made, very inspiring."

"So, you're King Moai."

"That is correct, I am Moai, the current king of Arlia. Welcome to my planet, its seen better days but we just finished a war for dominance, so-"

"Enough!" Riddic stared Moai straight in the eyes. "Seeing that you ignored my warning completely, I'm going kill you. Regardless of what you do or say, you will die."

"How dare you! And here I was extending my hospitality toward you."

"All you spread is poison, killing off your own people to satisfy your own selfish needs! There is one thing you forget Moai, a king is not made by his might, wealth, or intellect: a king is made by his people, the people you have enslaved!"

"I heard enough of this!" Moai raised his hand. "Lesoy, Greger! Teach this Saiyan a listen!"

Two Arlian guard jumped out of the shadows, they cautiously approached Riddic.

"This guy doesn't look so tough." Lesoy said.

Greger chucked. "He's ugly too, lets remove him from the king's sight."

Lesoy nodded, the two split and surrounded Riddic, they charged at him.

Riddic smiled. "Big mistake."

Riddic extended both of his arms toward the two, he fired an energy blast at both of them. The blasts connected with their faces, disintegrating them. Lesoy and Greger's bodies stood their for a moment before falling on the ground.

King Moai clapped again, his rage momentarily forgotten. "Truly impressive! I'll have you know that ten of my fines guards also mastered techniques using energy!"

Riddic stared at the king. "Is that so? Well I meet one of your guards that used energy, pretty pathetic if I do say so."

"Yes, that was probably one of my royal guards, several others within my guard use energy as well, but these are my elite! Truly they will provide you with a challenge!"

Riddic chuckled. "We'll see."

Moai laughed. "That's the spirit! We shall see if my guards are a match for your might!" Moai raised his hand. "Come, my elite royal guardsmen!"

Ten Arlian guards appeared out of the shadows, they surrounded Riddic. Just then, the doors to the throne room where thrown open, Atla and about thirty dark green Arlians stormed in.

"Riddic! We're here to help!"

Riddic waved at Atla. "Thanks, but I can handle these guys."

Moai laughed. "So, this is the 'revolutionary' Atla."

Atla stared at Moai. "We've come to end your reign!"

King Moai waved his hand toward the shadows. "Yes, yes, but before that, I have a surprise for you."

A guard appeared, caring something that made Atla gasp. "Le-Lemlia?!"

Riddic turned his head, it was Lemlia! He clenched his fist.

King Moai laughed. "Surprised? You should be, you did help me find her after all."

"What do you mean?" Riddic yelled.

"You're as much to blame Riddic! After you saved these two from my hunter squad, the three of you walked to your hideout like there was nothing to worry about. What you didn't know was that one of my scouts followed you and reported back. I sent another hunter squad and they brought my beloved Lemlia."

The guard placed Lemlia down next to Knig Moai. She looked calm, in shock perhaps? That assumption proved false as Lemlia looked out to Riddic, then Atla. Moai carefully grabbed Lemlia's hand and began to rub his face with it. The latter looked away, disgusted.

"My sweet, sweet Lemlia. How I longed for you!"

Atla stepped forward. "Let her go!"

Moai stopped rubbing his face with Lemlia's hand, but held on to it. "You dare tell your king what to do?!"

"You are no king of mine!" Atla said furiously. "You are a parasite, feeding off others for your own selflessness!"

Moai threw his head back in shock. "How-how dare you!" He raised his right hand. "Kill them! Kill them all!"

Several more Arlian guards popped out of the shadows, they charged at Atla and his army. They held their ground against the oncoming attack, soon another battle would rage. Just as the first of the guards clashed against Atla's army, Riddic's voice filled the room.

"HOLD IT!"

Moai's guard stopped in their tracks, everyone turned their head to the Saiyan warrior. "Have you forgotten about me, Moai?"

King Moai turned his head toward Riddic. "How could I forget the alie-excuse me, the Saiyan who was about to take on my elite royal guard? I'll admit I was sidetracked for a few moments, but you now have my full attention."

'So full of himself.' Riddic set himself into a fighting poise, he smiled. 'I can't wait to put him in his place.'

Moai reached to the left side of his cape, he pulled out a white handkerchief of elegant design.

"And..." He threw the handkerchief out of his hand. "Begin!"

Riddic jumped back. he smashed his elbows on the faces of the two elite behind him, knocking them out. The two in front of Riddic fired energy waves at him, Riddic fired two of his own. They cut through the Arlian's waves and incinerated the two.

Riddic rushed to the left, uppercutting one of the Arlian elite. The nearest elite near rushed at Riddic, his sword raised. Riddic turned toward his attacker and swept him off his feet. He followed with a left hook, sending the Arlian flying into the stone seats.

The remaining four elite took positions around Riddic and fired energy waves. Riddic smiled. 'Too easy.'

He yelled, extending his hands outward and released an explosive wave. The energy waves impacted on the barrier-like wave. The four guards were sent flying by the recoil, smashing into the wall that separated the stone seats from the arena floor.

King Moai was shocked, ten of his finest warriors defeated so easily! 'How strong is he?' Moai started to panic, he turned toward the shadows. "Release Yetti! Hurry before it's too late!"

A guard in the shadows ran over to a lever, after hesitating for a moment he pulled it. Gears turn, echoing throughout the room. The platform in the middle of the arena opened up, a giant brown Arlian appeared out of it.

Riddic turned toward the creature. "Wow, that's a big bug."

Some of Moai's men turned and ran at the sight of their king's pet monster. King Moai stepped down from his throne and approached the giant. "Yetti, get this one here!" Moai pointed at Riddic. "He is bad! Very, very bad!"

"You're one to talk."

Moai turned toward Riddic. "Attack my pet! Attack!"

Yetti roared, he swung his massive arm at Riddic. The latter jumped and flew up in front of the beast. Yetti roared again, he fired two energy beams out of his eyes. Riddic dodged them and began to fly around the creature. It tried to hit Riddic, but it so slow and clumsy.

Riddic flew down toward Yetti's gut, he kicked the monster, sending it rearing backward. Riddic laughed. "So much for your monster."

Moai was infuriated. "Yetti! Get up! Get up and kill the Saiyan!"

The monster got up, but instead of attacking Riddic, it began to thrash about. All of the other Arlians ran away from the beast, King Moai was yelling at his pet in an effort to control it.

"I better end this now before he destroys everything." Riddic flew toward the beast, only to be caught by its underarm. He caught himself before he hit the ground, Riddic looked up, Yetti's left arm was racing toward him.

Riddic caught the beast's arm, King Moai laughed. "That fool, he's no match for Yetti's strength."

Riddic smiled, he lifted the beast off the ground and began to spin him. The tyrant king looked on in horror as his pet was at the mercy of the Saiyan.

Riddic let the monster go, sending flying end over end toward the ceiling. Moai's pet broke through it and continued flying up. Riddic extended his hand and fired an energy wave after Yetti. The wave blew up the monster, leaving no trace of the tyrant king's pet.

The remaining Arlian guards that didn't flee to the shadows stared at the alien who destroyed one of the deadliest creatures their planet have ever known. They looked at each other, dropped their weapons, and ran as far as they could from the throne room.

Atla and the other Arlians came out of their hiding places and waving their weapons in the air, cheered.

Moai panicked. "No! Impossible!" He turned and ran to his throne, he cowered behind it.

Riddic approached the base of the throne. "This is the end for you Moai."

Moai's mind raced, he had to think of something to save himself. Anything! He looked around, trying to find a means to that end, he found it. Standing still all this time, watching everything transpire, was he beloved: Lemlia.

Quickly, he rushed to her. Moai grabbed her and placed her in front of himself. He pulled out a knife and held it against her throat. Lemlia tried to resist but to no avail.

"Not one step closer Saiyan!" Moai yelled, confident that his despite plan would work. "Unless you don't care what happens to poor Lemlia here."

Atla could barely make out what happened, he saw King Moai ran toward Lemlia and was now using her as a shield. Atla looked closer and saw the knife, he gasped and ran toward them. "Lemlia!"

King Moai turned to Atla. "Stay there!" He inched the knife closer to Lelima's throat. "Or I'll cut her throat!"

"Let her go!"

Moai laughed. "And why would I do that?"

"Because Moai." Riddic took a half-step toward him. "I'll rip your arm off if you don't."

King Moai turned back to Riddic. "Ha, you talk big, Saiyan, but I have a hostage! I'm in control!"

Riddic smiled. "That's what you think."

He vanished, and reappeared beside the tyrant king. Riddic grabbed King Moai's knife welding hand and pulled, yanking the king toward him. Lemlia, now free, ran to Atla who embraced her. Moai used his free hand and grabbed Riddic's, trying to brake the Saiyan's hold on his other hand.

"Let me go this instant!"

Riddic tighten his grip, Moai fell on his knees as the knife fell out of his hand. "Why should I? You feed off your peoples' misery. Only thinking of satisfying yourself, you and your kind disgust me."

"Ahhha! Why should I care about those scum? They are all pawns to satisfy me!"

Riddic tighten his grip further, Moai screamed in pain. "You know, the more you talk, the more you remind me of my brother," Riddic leaned toward Moai. "And I don't like my brother."

He squeezed the tyrant's hand even further, threatening to pierce his skin. "AAAhhhhaa! Please! Mercy!"

"Mercy?! You ask for mercy?! After everything that you have done?"

"Please, I'll change! I promise! I'll be a good king from now on!"

"No, I think I'll stay true to my word. Remember? I said I would kill you regardless of what you say now."

King Moai bowed his head before Riddic. "Please! Just one chance! That's all I ask!"

Riddic closed his eyes, he released Moai's hand. "Oh, thank you. Thank you!" Moai felt along the floor with his uninjured hand, trying to find the knife he dropped. He found it, picked it up, and stood up. "Thank you, Saiyan. Thank you so much. Now, please die."

Moai rushed at Riddic, the latter opened his eyes and caught Moai's hand. He squeezed it harder then he did with the other hand. Moai dropped to his knees again, the knife falling out of his hands once again.

"Guess who just wasted his only chance to walk out of here alive." Moai looked up at the Saiyan, his one chance to live blown, waited and prayed that his death would be quick. Riddic ripped the king's hand off, the latter fell to the floor, grabbing the wound with his other hand and screamed in pain.

"How does it feel Moai? The pain you feel now is nothing compared to the pain you caused your people." The dark green Arlians approached the base of the throne, they watched silently as the tyrant king wallowed in pain.

Riddic knelt down and picked Moai up by his throat. The latter did not resist, he excepted his fate. Riddic lifted the suffering king off the ground for all to see.

"I have brought justice upon this, your tyrant of a king." He turned his head to the crowd before him. "Now, I understand that you all want a chance at vengence at this false king," Riddic threw Moai at the crowd, they stepped back as he landed at the base of the stairs, he was still alive.

"There, you may all have your turn."

The Arlians stared at Riddic for a moment, then back at Moai. The latter was trying to get up. They hesitated for a moment before they surrounded the king. They began to punch, stab, and stomp on the object of their misery. Soon, they began to rip apart the tyrant piece by piece.

Moai didn't scream, not even as the crowd began to rip him apart.

Riddic walked down from the throne and past the blood thirsty crowd. He stopped a fare distance from the crowd, he reached inside his armor and pulled out remote controlling his space pod. He was about to press in a command when he spotted Atla and Lemlia watching him. Riddic smiled, he walked toward the two.

"Hey Atla, I'm surprised you're not in there. I thought you hated the king cause he kidnapped Lemlia."

The two remained silent, Lemlia began to step behind Atla. Riddic raised his eyebrows. "What's wrong?"

"It's just-" Atla spoke. "I never-we never- seen you act like that."

Riddic scratched the back of his head. "Yea, about that...I've been dealing with an incident that happened before I came here. It's made me a bit...irritable around certain types of people."

Lemlia came out from behind Atla. "What happened?"

Riddic sighed. "Let's just say that I seen some of my friends die, some in my very arms, others were turned against me and I had to kill them. All by the hands of someone close to me."

"I'm sorry."

Riddic smiled. "Don't be, you couldn't have known."

Riddic raised his hand that held the controller, he pressed a few buttons, calling his ship to this very spot. He looked back at Atla and Lemlia. "You take care of yourselves. Atla, I'm sure you'll make a great king if your people choose you. You even have the perfect queen beside you."

Lemlia blushed, her face turned purple. Atla moved his right hand behind his head and began to move it up and down as he nervously laughed.

Riddic heard the humming of his ship, it appeared through the cracked ceiling and hovered near Riddic. He flew up to his ship and settled inside. He gave Atla a thumbs-up sign. "Good luck."

Atla looked up at Riddic. "Thank you, my friend. You're always welcome here on Arlia."

Riddic nodded and closed his pods door. As the pod began to hover out of the hole in the ceiling, Atla called out to Riddic.

"You'll be remembered as a hero! Thank you, we will never forget you!" Atla and Lemlia waved at the pod as it shoot out toward the stars.

Riddic sighed. "Well, that was fun. I really needed the exercise." Riddic leaned forward. 'I'm glad I could help them out,' He bit his thumb. 'But that doesn't change the fact that I'm alone. Again.' He thought to himself for a few more moments before leaning back. Within a few minuets, Riddic fell into a deep sleep.

Six months later...

"Approaching set coordinates." The pod's automated voice rang out. "Location: Solar System #378239. Habitable planets: 1. Changing course to habitable planet."

Riddic yawned, he stretched as best as he could inside the pod's small interior. He rubbed both of his eyes. "Computer, is the habitat planet within your data banks?"

"Affirmative. Planet designated as Earth."

Riddic leaned back in his seat. "Earth huh?" Riddic looked out the pod's window, he spotted a bright blue planet with green landmasses. "Is that the planet ahead?"

"Affirmative, ETA: 10 minutes." Riddic continued to stare at the planet. It was beautiful, rivaling Planet Vegeta's own wonder and making Planet Arlia look lower than a dirt clod.

'Earth...I wonder what awaits me there.' Riddic smiled. 'I guess I'll find out soon.'

And thus concludes another entry!

I had fun writing this revolution, really entertaining. Speaking of that, I'm sure all of you who have watched the show noticed that the events on Arlia are very different than in the filler episode.
Two reasons for this; 1. It about 20 years before Arlia came into play in the show, so the events going on at the time are very different. 2. On a more personal level, I felt that I could make the whole Arlia thing better, especially King Moai. I enjoyed making him more self-absorbed, evil, and cowardly.

As you all probably noticed, Riddic is a bit more...aggressive in the aftermath of his brother's betrayal, which is why he somewhat tormented King Moai(He deserved it). This revolution was a way for Riddic to vent some of his anger at his brother, Gilgamesh, so he will be gradually calming down as time moves on.

Some of you might be wondering if I'm going to include other fillers from the show, the answer is: Maybe, it depends on the filler. Which fillers? Well, you have to wait to find out.

And now, Riddic is heading to Earth. What will await him on the surface? Find out next time, on Dragon Ball Z SS!