Separated

Thirsts quenched, the convey all rested at the lake that day. In the last light of evening, Vegeta yawned as he stirred. He just blinked and licked his lips as he woke. He heard someone over towards the banks of the dried lake. He saw Kosa over by a small cave on the banks.

Kosa: "Come on out."

With another yawn, Vegeta got up and headed over to his nephew. Kosa was busy trying to coax two young kids, around his age, out from hiding.

Kosa: "It's ok. No one's gonna hurt you."

Vegeta: "What's going on here?"

Kosa: "These guys haven't had anything to drink. I've been trying to coax them out, but they're too scared."

Vegeta: "Who wouldn't be? You are pretty scary."

Kosa played around and pretended to growl at the kids.

Vegeta: "Heh. Come on, kids."

But the kids refused to move.

Vegeta: "Don't worry, he's just a squirt."

Kosa: "And proud of it! C'mon, Uncle's gonna get you some water!"

And Kosa raced off to catch up with Vegeta. The kids soon came out and followed the two. On top of a mound, Bardock watched. Vegeta started to dig while the children came.

Vegeta: "Here. Now just take a foot or hand and press."

As he pressed down, water filled the hole. The kids started to fight over the water like the adults had done.

Vegeta: "Hey, knock it off! Let's try a little teamwork shall we?"

As Bardock approached, Vegeta, Kosa and the two kids worked together to draw out more water. Happily the two children drank to their hearts content.

Vegeta: "Good job, Kosa."

Kosa was pleased with his actions.

Vegeta: "So, where are your parents?"

Bardock: "Sadly a few have lost theirs."

That was what Vegeta had feared.

Bardock: "I watched you earlier. You and your friends don't give up do you?"

Vegeta: "If we did, we wouldn't have made it this far."

Bardock: "Why? Why help the weak?"

Vegeta: "Why not? Just because they're weak doesn't mean that they deserve to die. We all deserve a chance to live. And we can only do that if we help each other out. Sure it's troublesome sometimes... But it has its rewards too."

Bardock: "Like what?"

Vegeta: "... You're never alone. And you're never forgotten. That's something I learned while living on Earth."

Bardock went silent, thinking. At the same time, Levi was stirred awake from Eren rolling over against him. The soldier just yawned and laid his head back down to go back to sleep. But he fortunately opened his eyes again after settling back for one very critical second. He was the first to see it and knew exactly what it was.

Levi: "VEGETA!"

The cry came just in the nick of time! Both Vegeta and Bardock looked up just as everyone woke! An energy blast came hurling towards the convey! Quickly both Bardock and Vegeta fired a blast each to deflect the first! Once dealt with, Vegeta turned towards the hill.

Frieza's army had caught up.

Commander: "Look at this, men! The whole saiyan race! And what's this?! Prince Vegeta as well?! How lucky are we?!"

Vegeta was about to take action when suddenly-

King Vegeta: "MOVE! QUICKLY!"

The entire saiyan race ran in a panic! Bardock hurried to collect his team together while Vegeta, reluctantly, hurried to get his friends!

King Vegeta: "(Pointing to his elites) GO! BUY US TIME!"

Elites: "YES SIR!"

The elite warriors charged into battle to buy time for a quick getaway! Vegeta raced back to his friends who were all already up and moving out!

Vegeta: "Go, quickly!"

Suddenly, one of the enemy smashed his fist into the ground. The result was an artificial earthquake!

Levi: "Not again!"

Vegeta: "Don't stop! Keep going!"

The ground began to split as it trembled! Most of the saiyan race already made it into the next area. But our heroes were some of the last. Suddenly the ground spilt the group into two! On the side with the saiyans: Goku, Erwin, Hange, Kosa, Krillin, Yamcha, Piccolo, Ichigo, Rukia, Armin, Farlan, Isabel, Bertolt, Reiner, Ymir, Christa, Conny, Sasha, Kurotsuchi, Val, Mikasa, Mike, and Levi! On the other side, split apart from their friends: Vegeta, Eren, Kenpachi, Renji, Byakuya, Grimmjow, Ikkaku, Yumichika and Toushiro! When it all stopped, the damage was surveyed.

Goku: "Vegeta! You guys alright?!"

Vegeta: "We're fine! You?!"

Goku: "I think we're good!"

Eren: "Captain Levi!"

Levi: "Eren, stay put! Don't try to cross!"

Piccolo: "He's right! The ground's too unstable for your gear right now!"

Renji: "Rukia! Ichigo!"

Ichigo: "Renji! Are you and Byakuya alright?!"

Renji: "We're fine! Just shaken!"

Ikkaku: "We're sitting ducks out here!"

Toushiro: "No look!"

The splintered groups looked up and saw that the enemy had foiled themselves.

Commander: "Imbecile! You used too much power! Now we'll have to go around this to track them all down!"

Enemy Soldier: "Sorry, sir."

At least that'll by them time. But this meant that Vegeta and his splintered group had to find a way around too, albeit they had a few days advance from the enemy. The whole saiyan race watched as the splintered Earth visitor's groups formed a plan.

Vegeta: "Kakarot, listen! There's no way I can get everyone across. Just go on ahead and we'll catch up with you later somewhere!"

Goku: "Alright. You be careful!"

Kosa: "Uncle Vegeta!"

Vegeta: "Stay with Goku, Kosa! Don't you dare leave his sight!"

Levi: "Eren, stay with Vegeta! You understand?!"

Eren: "I do and I will! You just take care of yourself!"

Yamcha: "We'll meet you guys later, ok?!"

Toushiro: "We'll be fine! Just take care of yourselves!"

With nothing more that can be done, the groups went their separate ways. But that wasn't the only thing.

Kenpachi: "I hate to pile on, but we're not alone."

Vegeta looked up and saw that Bardock and his team were stranded with them. The two groups stared at each other, both seeing the same thing. It was better if they sticked together. Thunder rumbled in the distance. A rare rain storm was coming. They had to move now or get caught in the rain. Or worse, allow the enemy to catch up.