The female Saiyan decided to lay down on her stomach and hide within the tall grass, so that neither of the two henchman would see her.
She heard several ki blasts fire off nearby, as well as Dodoria yelling out, "Come out, come out, wherever you are, Saiyan!"
She also heard Zarbon say, "It is useless to flee. You are only delaying the inevitable."
More ki blasts were fired, and each one became progressively louder and louder.
Gine shut her eyes and held her breath in, desperately hoping that she wouldn't be caught. She felt tears fall from her eyes as she tightly clenched her fists.
Suddenly, one of the blasts managed to hit the Saiyan, knocking her out into unconsciousness.
After what seemed to be several minutes, Gine suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder.
She decided to keep up the act by remaining completely still.
Zarbon said, "Might as well let the creatures here finish off this refugee. She's far too weak to be any sort of threat to us."
Dodoria groaned, "Damn! I thought I was gonna break some bones!"
Zarbon sighed and said, "Let's return to the ship. Lord Frieza will probably want to hear from us."
Afterwards, she heard the henchmen fly off.
Gine finally opened her eyes, and (ignoring her injury) she sat up to see Zarbon, Dodoria, and all of the other soldiers get onboard the mothership. The door closed, and the massive ship instantly took off into space.
Gine deeply sighed in relief, and was about to stand up, when all of a sudden, she saw a small, silver-looking spaceship randomly pull up near her.
Frightened, the Saiyan woman hid beneath the grass again. This time, however, she heard new voices.
"YES! I TOLD YOU, BISUK!", exclaimed a rather loud female voice, "I TOLD YOU THAT MY PLAN WOULD WORK!"
"We only just got lucky, Supai.", said a much softer, quieter male voice, "Those guys will eventually realize that we're gone, and before you know it, we'll be on the receiving end of Frieza's Death Beam."
Gine's eyes widened in suprise. These people were also trying to escape the empire?!
Curious, she raised her head a bit to get a better look at the two.
Both of them were obviously Frieza Force soldiers, since they wore the empire's signature battle armor.
The loud one named Supai appeared to be a member of the Fumian species. After all, she had similar light yellow skin, along with the familiar green hair (although she was rather young looking compared to the rest of her people).
The quiet one named Bisuk appeared to be a member of the Pesutorian species, since he had the orange skin, pointy ears, and blond hair that was common to his race. Gine recalled seeing these two species at random points during her brief time as a member of Bardock's team.
The Saiyan quickly lowered her head to avoid being spotted.
Supai scoffed, "As if, dude! I crushed our scounters yesterday, so they have no idea where we are, or where we'll be!"
As she let out a rather mischievous laugh, Bisuk asked, "And just where exactly are we going, Supai?"
The Fumian scratched her head and sheepishly replied, "Uh...I have no clue yet."
Bisuk facepalmed himself and sighed, prompting Supai to say with a confident tone of voice, "But, I have an idea! We'll just go far away from them, and live out new lives on some random planet. Easy peasy!"
Bisuk raised an eyebrow and asked,"How are we even going to achieve doing that? The folks will be terrified of us, since we'll probably be recognized as Frieza Force members!"
Supai nervously stammered,"W-Well I...uh..."
It was at that moment that Gine began to feel bad for the two aliens, and she wanted to help them out.
But, that would steer away from her mission!
Unless...that's it!
Gine slowly got up and cleared her throat, prompting the two aliens to turn around.
The Saiyan woman softly spoke up, "Excuse me, is it alright if I add something to this conversation?"
Supai's eyes widened and she yelled,"A SAIYAN! A FREAKIN' SAIYAN!"
She frantically grabbed onto Bisuk's shoulder pad and exclaimed, "Run for your life, dude! She's gonna cook us and eat the meat off our bones!"
Bisuk sighed,"Relax, Supai. She doesn't look that harmful."
Gine calmly said, "I promise I won't eat you. I just want to talk."
Supai let go of Bisuk's shoulder pad, and asked, "Alright, what do you want?"
The pure-hearted Saiyan then proceeded to explain everything, from when Bardock first told her about Planet Vegeta's possible destruction, to her current situation.
"So, you essentially need our help to get to this...Earth?", asked Supai.
Gine nodded and said,"If it's not too much trouble..."
"And in return, the two of us be able to live new lives on that planet?"
Gine quietly nodded in response.
The Fumian smirked, "Well, Gine, you got yourself a deal!"
"Thank you so much.", said Gine as she smiled warmly.
Bisuk nervously said, "Um...I don't know about this. What if the Frieza Force figures out that she's alive? We'll be hunted down and killed!"
Supai rolled her eyes and replied,"Quit being such a worrywart! We finally have the chance to be free! And with a Saiyan on our side, we'll be chill-axin' on a beach in no time! It'll all work out, my dude!"
"Yeah...I hope you're right...", mumbled the Pesutorian as he sighed and stared at the ground.
Supai then said,"Oh yeah! I forgot to introduce ourselves! This skinny guy is Bisuk..."
Bisuk nervously smiled and waved,"H-Hello!"
"...And I am the amazing, heroic, and spectacular Supai!", exclaimed the Fumian as she grinned and flexed her non-existent muscles in an exaggerated manner.
Gine let out a small giggle, while Bisuk rolled his eyes at his friend's needlessly bombastic introduction.
The Saiyan woman smiled, "It's a pleasure to meet you both!"
Supai grinned,"Now, follow me! We're gettin' off this planet!"
She climbed onto the spaceship, opened its glass dome up, and jumped in.
Gine followed the Fumian and went inside the vehicle.
"Yo, Bisuk!," exclaimed Supai, "Are you coming or what?!"
Bisuk sighed deeply and said, "Coming." The Pesutorian climbed onto the ship, and hopped in.
Inside, there were three chairs, two of them for passengers, and the other for the main driver.
Bisuk sat down next to Gine. He bit his lip and let out an awkward chuckle, nervous that he was sitting next to a member of the universe's most vicious race.
The Saiyan noticed his uncomfortable expression, and gave out an earnest, friendly smile, which made the Pesutorian slightly more at ease.
Supai typed in the ship's coordinates, and yelled, "Alright, people! Fasten your seatbelts!"
Both Gine and Bisuk did what was told, and Supai pulled the main lever, causing the ship to take off.
Gine looked outside the ship's window, and saw the stars glisten in the distance.
"Don't worry boys," thought Gine, "I'll find you both, and when I do...we can finally live our lives as a family again. I promise."
In the mothership's throne room, Zarbon and Dodoria kneeled before their powerful leader, who was still residing in his hoverpod.
"So," began Frieza, "did you find and kill the Saiyan?"
Zarbon replied,"Yes, my Lord. We fired a blast at the refugee, and left her body to be consumed by the creatures of the planet."
Frieza grinned evily, "Then, it looks like the rest of the Saiyans are no more. Good job, you two."
Both henchmen collectively replied, "You're welcome, Lord Frieza!"
"You're dismissed.", said the alien tyrant as he motioned the henchman to leave his quarters.
Zarbon and Dodoria nodded and quietly left the room.
The galactic emperor took a sip of wine and sat it on the floor near his hoverpod.
"All those Saiyans...now reduced down to three members. Magnificent. I guess those Super Saiyan myths may never become true after all...", thought Frieza.