Dragon Ball Z: Dynasty

By Feraligreater328

Chapter 34: True Terror

On the battlefield...

With all of the confidence in the world, Vegeta charged towards Frieza. Within the Prince's own mind, he was an invincible Super Saiyan. And he was ready to take this Super Saiyan power of his and burn through Frieza. Vegeta took a swipe at his former Master and growled in frustration as Frieza simply leapt back and away from the blow. "GET BACK HERE, COWARD!"

Bardock growled in frustration as he watched Vegeta chase after Frieza. Mentally, Bardock kicked himself hard for stoking Vegeta's ego like he did. But that would have to be addressed later. Bardock turned to Piccolo and nodded and the two of them joined in the assault on Frieza.

As they flew off, Bardock turned and shouted to his other three supporters. "Gohan! Krillin! Raditz! Provide long distance support!"

Up in the air...

Vegeta finally managed to catch up to Frieza again. Silently, the Emperor smirked at his former subordinate and Vegeta snarled. "Wipe that damned smile off of your face!"

Vegeta began to throw a flurry of punches and kicks at Frieza. Every strike was aimed with purpose, and yet every strike seemed to miss. To the surprise of the three on the ground, Frieza was fleeing from Vegeta's fierce assault. None of Vegeta's attacks were hitting, but he had Frieza on the defensive. That was a start, at least.

The three of them on the ground continued to fire off ki blasts towards Frieza. Each of them had nothing but loathing for the Emperor. Raditz had chafed under Frieza for years, languishing alongside Nappa and Vegeta. Gohan and Krillin, meanwhile, were furious about all of the Namekians that had been killed in Frieza's campaign of terror. Krillin briefly glanced over his shoulder and caught sight of Dende's fried body, and then he shouted as loud as he could. "WE'LL GET REVENGE FOR DENDE, YOU BASTARD!"

As Vegeta continued to attack Frieza up in the air, Bardock and Piccolo both leapt into the fray. The older Saiyan and demon Namekian both tried to strike Frieza, landing a punch and a kick respectively. Frieza caught each strike on his forearms and repelled them, sending Bardock and Piccolo spiraling backwards.

And then, the Emperor chuckled and leapt away.

Bardock, Piccolo, and Vegeta all flinched in shock, and then they quickly gave chase. Vegeta shouted, his voice becoming hoarser and angrier as he gave chase. "Quit running and fight me! Face your fear and be destroyed by the living legend!"

Ignoring Vegeta, Bardock and Piccolo both began to fire on the fleeing Emperor. However, every last attack failed to hit the mark. Frieza seemed to be evading their attacks without moving. Bardock clenched his teeth. He glanced back at Piccolo and saw a similar feeling spread across the demon Namekian's face. Something was VERY off here...

"YES! KEEP RUNNING! FEAR THE POWER OF THE SUPER SAIYAN!"

Bardock grunted and shook his head. Vegeta's constant screaming and shouting was very distracting. The older Saiyan turned to the Prince. "Hey! Vegeta! Calm the hell-"

Vegeta totally blew Bardock off and sped past both him and Piccolo. The Prince was practically free-falling as he sped after Frieza. Vegeta threw his hands above his head, arching his back as far back as he could, and then he threw a massive energy bomb towards Frieza. "Burn in Hell!'

Frieza turned midair and glared right into Vegeta's eyes. The Emperor chuckled silently and waggled his finger at the Prince, and then he vanished from sight. Vegeta's energy bomb plummeted towards the Namekian sea, coasting across the surface of the water and eventually colliding with a barren island. The island was immediately incinerated as Vegeta stared on in enraged confusion.

Bardock caught up to Vegeta and grabbed the Prince by the armor strap. "Calm the hell down! You're raging and rampaging isn't helping anything here, Vegeta!"

Vegeta snatched himself away from Bardock and glanced around. His ears ringing with fury, the Prince barely heard a word that Bardock had said. "Where did Frieza go?!"

On the ground...

The other three were confused as well. Gohan, Krillin, and Raditz all scanned up in the sky for any sign of their foes, but saw nothing. They were all confused and unsure, but they were quickly made aware of the situation when a very familiar, ghost-white fist smashed into the center of Raditz's back.

The elder brother launched forward, coughing up a jet of blood, and smashed into the ground hard. Gohan and Krillin both turned and stared in horror at the sight of Frieza right on top of them. Frieza chuckled and gently pushed the two of them aside. "Pardon me, gentlemen. I have come to realize that I have behaved rather rudely. Each and every person here has received a modicum of my one-on-one attention...except for dearest Raditz..."

Raditz shakily stood back up and glared into Frieza's eyes. However, the Saiyan was instantly taken aback at the sheer amount of fear that he felt. Raditz flinched back at the feeling of overwhelming power from his former boss and he began to panic. Frieza took a step forward with a sinister smile. "Whatever is the matter, Raditz? Do you have an issue with facing me? I seem to remember many times in the past when you, Vegeta, and... the bald one...would shoot me hate-filled glares when you thought I was not looking. Where is that fire now?"

Raditz didn't respond, his throat being super dry. Frieza shrugged and began to turn. "Oh well. Maybe that precious child has more fire than you do~"

Raditz's eyes widened and he immediately launched towards Frieza. "KAIOKEN TIMES TEN!"

Not wanting to let his nephew die that easily, Raditz sped towards Frieza. He reared his fist back and launched it towards Frieza. He was going to hit the Tyrant with all of his might. And he did! Raditz's fist slammed right into Frieza...'s palm. Frieza gripped Raditz tight and turned to him with a smile. "There is that fire that I sought. Now...I can enjoy putting it out."

Frieza wasted no time. He pulled Raditz over his shoulder and socked the elder Saiyan brother right in the jaw. Raditz was knocked senseless and then Frieza's fun began. He ripped Raditz's shoulder out of its socket, slammed his foot into the Saiyan's stomach and then tossed him into the air. Raditz went up high and then began to fall. Frieza smiled at Gohan and Krillin and then, with a snap of his tail he battered Raditz far away and high into the sky.

Frieza bowed to the terrified Gohan and Krillin. "Til when we meet again, ye merry maggots~"

Up in the air...

In the distance, Bardock and Vegeta were both still arguing as Piccolo scanned around. The two Saiyans bickered back and forth nonstop and Piccolo growled in frustration. "Where the hell did he-"

Piccolo was answered by the beaten and battered form of Raditz smashing right into him. Piccolo held the limp, unconscious form of the Saiyan that once tried to kill him and sneered. And then he turned his attention to the reappearing Frieza. Piccolo smirked and dropped Raditz to the ground below. "Do you have no shame? Picking on small fry first...Vegeta's right, as much as that pains me to say. You are a coward!"

Bardock glanced down to the ground and sighed in relief to see Gohan and Krillin running towards the broken Raditz. The older Saiyan's gaze hardened and he glared at Frieza. "If you think I'm gonna let you get away with beating the shit outta my son, you're dead wrong Frieza!"

Frieza chuckled and cracked his neck. "Phrasing, monkey. Phrasing..."

Frieza smirked. "But you must excuse me. This is not a form that I am quite used to using. The sheer power...it is a strain to control it all. So, I wished to coordinate and adjust on a target less deserving of my full wrath."

Frieza shook his head and began to float towards Bardock, Vegeta, and Piccolo. "I cannot risk accidentally ending one of your miserable lives too early. With how angry you have made me... I plan to give each of you ten minutes."

Piccolo sneered. "You think you can end this in ten minutes?!"

Frieza smiled at Piccolo. "Oh my word...you poor Namekian. You don't seem to realize..."

Piccolo growled. "Realize what?!"

Frieza chuckled. "A mere five minutes with me is almost an eternity~!"

And then, in a flash, Frieza was gone. Bardock, Vegeta, and Piccolo were all stunned by the incomprehensible speed that Frieza kept showing. They were even more surprised when the Tyrant's voice echoed out right behind them. "Looking for someone?"

They all turned to see Frieza right there, an evil smirk on his lips. This sheer speed unnerved Bardock and, although he didn't show it, it did the same to Piccolo. Vegeta, on the other hand, refused to show any sort of fear or intimidation. "So, you're fast..."

Vegeta held up his hands and began to charge a massive handful of energy blasts. "...SO WHAT?!"

To Bardock and Piccolo's chagrin, Vegeta began to immediately spam energy blasts at Frieza. The Emperor, with a chuckle, resumed his little game of chicken with his former subordinate. Vegeta snarled as he continued to fire. "You might have speed, but you will eventually tire! And then you're dead!"

Frieza continued along, flying in a wide arc through the air with a blooming trail of explosions occurring behind him. Casually, Frieza bobbed and weaved through the open air, not giving too much thought to dodging the frantic Saiyan's attacks. Frieza glanced around, looking for his next way to have fun, and eventually set his sights on Gohan, Krillin, and the injured Raditz. Frieza immediately arced downwards and went right at the unaware fools on the ground.

Piccolo immediately saw what Frieza was up to and began to panic. "Damn it!"

Piccolo forced as much of his power as he could, growling in frustration at the artificial limit within once again. He sped as fast as he could, making it to the other three just before Frieza did. Piccolo took up a fighting stance, but Frieza merely smirked. And then, the Emperor vanished from sight and left Piccolo and the others at the mercy of Vegeta's attacks. Piccolo grunted, knowing that he had been tricked. But he took it in stride. Pulling all of his power that he could, Piccolo released a might, explosive shockwave and negated Vegeta's vicious assault!

As Vegeta continued to fire off attacks, up in the air, Bardock gave him a harsh shove. Vegeta was practically foaming at the mouth as he shot a wide-eyed glare at Bardock. Bardock responded with a shout. "Will you calm the hell down already?! You nearly killed all of our allies on the ground!"

Vegeta smacked Bardock away. "To Hell with them! I have no need of weaklings! Not with my current power!"

Bardock clenched his teeth, letting loose a hissing sigh and calming himself. "Vegeta, listen. I-"

Vegeta cut him off. "No! No more of you! I don't need your advice of your restraint! I am a Super Saiyan and I will show Frieza the pride and wrath of the race he dared to defy!"

Bardock opened his mouth to speak again, but he was cut off by a shrieking scream. "MR. PICCOLO!"

Bardock and Vegeta both turned their attention to the problem on the ground below. Piccolo was slumped over; his eyes having gone near totally white. The only thing propping him up was Frieza's glowering form. The scene was miserable as what had happened became clear. In a sneak attack, delivered while Piccolo was recovering, Frieza had rammed his fist through the Namekian's stomach. Piccolo angrily mumbled to himself as he slumped over. "D-damned...stubborn...old bastard..."

Frieza seemed pleased as Piccolo fell limp over him, a faucet of purple blood raining from his mouth. The Emperor ripped his arm from the wound it had caused and, with a light shove of his tail, he toppled Piccolo over onto the ground. Gohan, blinded by rage, leapt as Frieza with a punch ready. "Monster!"

Frieza calmly closed his eyes and raised his hand, pointing a glowing fingertip right into Gohan's face. "What an uncreative thing to yell..."

Things seemed dire for Gohan. But, in a flash, he was saved! Krillin reacted as quickly as he could, leaping up and grappling Gohan to the ground. Meanwhile, Raditz surged back to life! The elder brother shouted at the top of his lungs. "KAIOKEN TIMES TEN!"

Raditz knew he couldn't damage Frieza, but he could at least shield from an attack. With all of his might, Raditz slapped Frieza's hand, pushing it away from Gohan and Krillin as the Death Beam fired off. The beam zipped through the free air and went flying off into the distance. Raditz, wasting no time, turned to his cohorts and yelled. "Grab Piccolo and get the hell out of here!"

Gohan and Krillin both froze up. In that instant, Frieza responded. He grabbed Raditz by the hand and began to squeeze. Audible snapping could be heard as Frieza's grip tightened. Raditz cringed and fell to his knees, but he swallowed the lump in his throat and shouted again. "Th-that was NOT a request! GET GOING!"

Eventually, Krillin found the will to move. In one arm, he grabbed Gohan. In the other, he grabbed the unconscious Piccolo. And then, the human ran off without looking back. Raditz nodded in approval as the three of them got away. But, this glowing sense of accomplishment was quickly snapped away. Mercilessly, Frieza forced Raditz's wrist backward. The sheer force of this sudden jerk was enough to not just break Raditz's wrist, but the entire forearm attached to it as well.

Raditz roared in pain and Frieza jammed that same finger into his face. "Deflect this one, monkey."

Frieza smirked. But, before he could charge up a Death Beam, Bardock came falling from the sky like a stone. He delivered a solid blow to Frieza's face and caught the Emperor off-guard. Frieza didn't budge, but his attention was immediately captured. Frieza let go of Raditz and turned to Bardock. Bardock sneered. "Raditz, it's your turn! Get lost! Vegeta and I are the only ones powerful enough to deal with this! And we're the ones Frieza wants dead the most..."

Raditz gave pause. "A-are you sure, Dad?"

Bardock nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure. The rest of you are liabilities."

Raditz sheepishly nodded and took off, leaving Bardock alone with Frieza. Once he was well out of sight, a pregnant silence filled the air. Bardock glared at Frieza and Frieza glared at Bardock. Soon, another smile broke across Frieza's face. Bardock growled. "Why the hell are you just standing there?!"

Frieza cleared his throat. "Two reasons: I am allowing poor Raditz a short time to flee and..."

Vegeta leapt in out of nowhere with another massive ki blast. He slammed it downward and engulfed Frieza before landing right behind where the Emperor once stood. Vegeta had a wild smile on his face, but it quickly faded when the smoke cleared and Frieza stood unscathed. Frieza calmly continued. "...I felt it would be rude to continue on with the torment without Vegeta present."

Frieza snapped his tail against the ground and chuckled. "You see, you are quite correct Bardock. You and Vegeta are both the main targets of my fury. So, the other fodder may wait for now. Their execution is stayed until yours is carried out~!"

Enraged further, Vegeta roared and charged at Frieza once more. He began to try and punch at Frieza again. Vegeta threw jab after jab after jab at Frieza, but not a single one connected. No matter what, Vegeta still couldn't land a hit. Bardock sighed and shrugged. "Well shit...standing around won't do much good..."

And then, the older Saiyan leapt into the fray as well. He joined Vegeta in just trying to strike Frieza. But, when not caught off-guard, the Emperor proved to be impossible to hit. This spectacle continued until Frieza decided to finally strike back. The Emperor leapt into the air and threw a single punch and a single kick. The punching slammed into Bardock's throat and the kick smashed into Vegeta's crotch. Both Saiyans went flying back, but they both quickly recovered and summoned their signature attacks!

Vegeta roared. "Galick Gun!"

Bardock shouted. "Riot Javelin!"

Frieza saw these two attacks coming from either side and he simply snickered. The Emperor reached out and calmly grabbed each attack from the air. And then, with a mid-air twirl, he tossed each attack at the opposite Saiyan. Bardock and Vegeta both flinched in shock, but they each were quick to respond with an attack that destroyed the oncoming blast. The advent of ki-on-ki created a dusty haze in front of each of the Saiyans. Bardock coughed and snarled to himself. "D-dammit. He's making us look like stupid brats..."

But then, to Bardock's shock, Frieza came shooting through the smokescreen. The Emperor was rapid and vicious in his attack, smashing his right fist into the bridge of Bardock's nose and then smacking him away with an open, left palm. Bardock stumbled back, but he didn't get far. Frieza wrapped his tail around the older Saiyan's neck and then yanked him through the air, tossing him towards the still unaware Vegeta.

Vegeta was surprised, but he still caught Bardock. The Prince, however, had not even the time to snark as Frieza sent a massive blast flying towards the both of them. Vegeta groaned and dropped Bardock, flying into the sky to flee the blast. Bardock himself just barely managed to roll out of the way of Frieza's attack.

In the air, Vegeta rained another torrent of ki blasts down onto Frieza, but the Emperor simply strolled forward, avoid all of the attacks with little more than a casual walk. He ignored Vegeta's rampage and shot a cutting glare at Bardock. Bardock wasted no time in shooting up from the ground and throwing a punch, but Frieza simply met Bardock's fist with his own fist.

Bardock threw another punch, Frieza met it with an identical punch. Bardock tossed another punch and Frieza punched it as well. This little game of mirror-move went on and on, getting faster and faster and infuriating the unwilling participant in Bardock. Bardock howled in frustration and a sadistic grin cracked across Frieza's face. And then the Emperor punched Bardock in the eyes.

Bardock screamed in pain and Frieza laughed out loud. And then Vegeta came from behind for another attack. Frieza reacted quickly to this and grabbed Bardock by the armor strap. Frieza shot into the air, pulling Bardock with him and allowing Vegeta to sail under them both. And then, with a droll little laugh, Frieza slammed Bardock onto the ground like a basketball. Bardock smashed into the ground hard, bouncing up before tumbling off to the side, nearly rolling into the nearby Namekian sea.

Frieza landed gracefully and glared down at Bardock. He opened his mouth to make a biting remark, but was quickly cut off by quite the annoying sound. "GALICK GUN!"

Frieza rolled his eyes and sighed, leaning over to one side and allowing the Galick Gun to shoot past him. The attack went flying off into the distance and disappeared over the horizon. Frieza turned away from Bardock and glanced over to Vegeta. To Frieza irritation, Vegeta began to do what Vegeta often did when things didn't go correctly for him: he began to rampage.

Veins popped from Vegeta's head as he threw a tantrum, stomping his foot onto the ground and smashing whatever was in arms reach in the ultimate showing of immature petulance.

Meanwhile, Bardock pushed himself up. He reached his hand into the Namekian sea and splashed some water onto his face. The older Saiyan stood up and walked past Frieza, walking up to Vegeta and shouting. "Why in the hell are you behaving like such a child! Pull it together, man!"

Vegeta, finally in the mood to actually speak to Bardock, let his frustrations be known. "I don't get it! I can sense the scales of power here! Frieza is not that much stronger than you and I currently are! We shouldn't be dominating him, but he shouldn't be treating us like play things! We're both Super Saiyans!"

Vegeta screamed at the top of his lungs and let a surge of power explode forth. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!"

Bardock grabbed Vegeta by the shoulder and gave him a hearty shake. "Calm down, dammit! You're letting him get to you!"

Vegeta was breathing heavy. Bardock continued. "You know Frieza! He's the ultimate bullshitter! He could be acting right now, trying to get you to lose your cool! He could even have a totally different form hidden away for all we know!"

Vegeta clenched his fists tight. He didn't want to admit it, but as much as that statement pissed him off, it also calmed the Prince just a bit. Bardock was right in this case. The needed to stay calm. The two Saiyans, in a small showing of mutual respect, nodded curtly to one another and then turned to face Frieza, each of them striking a fighting stance.

Frieza chuckled at the sight of this. "Ohohohohoho~ How nice to see that the two of you have finally gotten your act together!"

Frieza chuckled a bit more before shaking his head. "Unfortunately, Bardock, you are quite incorrect in this case. You see, monkeys, this is indeed my true form. My final form. The form that I was born and bred into. And the power you are feeling right now is no sort of trickery or obfuscation. I have even memorized the number: 1,200,000."

Vegeta and Bardock both scoffed. There was no way that that was the full story. Bardock sneered. "Fine! That might be true! 1,200,000...that might be your power right now, but it's clear that you're holding back! Your power is still under some kind of limit!"

Bardock smirked. "Like I said, Frieza, I know how much of a bullshitter you are. And even if you're coming at us at only half-power, you can't keep it hidden from people who are so much more battle-experienced that you! And-"

Vegeta cut Bardock off. "None of this idiotic tripe matters! None of it! I am a Super Saiyan! I'm not scared to face anything at its full strength! I AM INVINCIBLE! So, even if Frieza really is only using fifty percent of his power, I-"

"One percent."

That stopped Vegeta and Bardock both in their tracks. Bardock's pupils shrank. "Wh-what...?"

Frieza smiled, holding up a single index finger. "Forgive me, I must learn to enunciate better in the future. I said ONE PERCENT. Since the moment I assumed this form, I was only utilizing one percent of my full power."

Bardock's face went white. "No... No no no...Nooooooo..."

Vegeta's jaw went slack. "Y-you can't be serious..."

Bardock shook his head, adopting a bit of false bravado. "I... I knew you were a king bullshitter! One percent...ONE PERCENT MY ASS! Nothing but lies and fake numbers to try and intimidate us into losing our cool! Is that really the best strategy you have?!"

In the blink of an eye, Frieza cleared the space between himself and Bardock and placed the open palm of his hand in front of Bardock's face. The Emperor chuckled and then opened the flood gate to his power a bit more. Bardock's pupils shrank. Frieza smiled. "Perhaps three percent wouldn't ruin too much of my fun~"

As the force of Frieza's power rippled from his body, the very force of it took Vegeta off of his feet. The overwhelming force dried the Prince's throat and made his hands tremble. Frieza charged a small blast into the palm of his hand and then waved that hand in Bardock's face. "Tah-tah, Bardock. Better luck next time your return from the grave."

The small blast in Frieza's hand erupted into a massive wave. The entirety of the attack engulfed Bardock and shredded the land beneath the Saiyan's feet. Bardock's features warped and then disappeared into the blinding, deadly light. The blast went flying off with Bardock's horrified screams echoing from it, and then it crashed into an island in the distance. The island was reduced to dust and then all went silent. A single shard of black and green armor fell from the sky and landed in front of Frieza. And the Emperor stomped it into dust.

The attack was done, the specter of the past had been dispelled, and now Frieza was left alone with only one person to absorb his wrath. The Emperor turned and shot a vicious, hungry glare at Vegeta. Vegeta, suitably taken aback, gasped and stumbled to his feet.

Sweat was pouring from the Prince's face as Frieza took a single step forward. In a sickly sweet, but quite venomous tone, Frieza spoke to his former charge. "You might be wondering...why did I kill Bardock so quickly? Quite frankly...he faced his tortures earlier in this fight. Therefore, his execution came up much sooner. I might be brutal...but I like to think that I am fair..."

Vegeta was trembling as Frieza walked towards him. Frieza spoke in a deliberate tone. "So, Vegeta, for the sake of fairness...it is your turn."

Vegeta quickly took a fighting stance. "D-do I l-look scared of you?! I... I am a...a..."

Frieza chuckled. "A 'Super Saiyan'?"

Vegeta nodded. "Y-yes!"

Frieza smiled and sighed through his nose. "Vegeta. I will not speak on how scared I think you are, nor will I posit as to the validity of the 'Super Saiyan' prattle you keep spewing. However, I can comment on one thing I know for sure is true..."

Vegeta backed away as Frieza got closer. Frieza gaze snapped to the left and so did Vegeta's. Frieza's gaze then darted to the right, as did Vegeta's. And then, Vegeta jolted. He back hit something solid and he turned to see a sheer, rocky face behind him.

Frieza smiled and chuckled, gently tapping Vegeta on the nose with his finger. "And that thing is that you, Vegeta, are all alone~!"

Proofreading: StevenBodner