Chapter 10
Raditz knew that this could be worse. She could have woken up to missing limbs and be given a pill that would painfully restore them for the sick amusement of her captivators. She could be covered in toothpaste that would've been used as lube. She could have been awake and alive while someone was feeding off of her organs, and she'd feel the utensils moving inside her.
Instead, she was chained to a bed in a bathrobe, wearing the red bands that she was forced to wear during Frieza's control. She was completely powerless and really wished that her daughter had returned back to realize that she was gone before anything happened.
"You act as if you're not glad or at least scared." The man who kidnapped her commented as he was looking out at the stars through a circular window of the dimmed room.
Raditz was calm in her capture. She knew that if she reacted as the man expected, it would make him more excited. "They will sentence you to eternal imprisonment of unpleasantness."
"Heh. Still the same ol'Raditz."
"I'm sorry, but I'm a woman."
"Even better."
"You keep telling yourself that." The woman then felt a strange heat within her. From her inner thighs up to her chest heated up like a flame with floating embers making her stomach feel strange of its coiling undying heat. Her entire body felt like they had goosebumps that annoyed her to no end. Her breathing became labored, and sweat began to form.
She realized that she forgot that she was close to hitting her heating period of her year. She inwardly panicked. She heard the man chuckle.
"Come on Raditz. You know me. I'm Gamete!" He added with a low, smooth, hypnotic tone, "And I know you and your body. It takes approximately eleven months in Earth years for a saiyan to go in heat. I'm a genius with this kind of thing."
Raditz tried to struggle out of the chains now as the adrenaline inside her was pumping through her veins to escape. She roared out, struggling like a mad person in an asylum, and tried to bite off her arm band. "BEETRA! BEETRA!"
"Your daughter can't hear you now. She's busy having to deal with a mixed alien war between several planets who just won't listen. The things you can get away with distant misunderstandings." The man turned to her. He was a man without a consistent form. A shapeshifter who took on a handsome form of a male that women would get on their knees for. He spoke above her screams. "Your brother or even your stupid prince won't be able to find you since we're practically at the opposite side of the galaxy from them, and this is a very special and expensive room made especially for you. It has the same abilities as your red bands to weaken you to a mere average earthling and block out any special help. The doors are made of a material that won't budge even if an army of thousands of giants were to try to trample it down."
Raditz kept trying to get out. At least break the headboard so she could run and possibly get lucky to be saved. She frantically hoped for someone to save her because she knew that being in heat will weaken her further even without the red bands because she would become too desperate to be touched even if her conscience told her not to be subdued.
The man held her chains down to stay still so he could whisper in her ear sharply. The breath tickling her. She swallowed down a gasp.
"You know very well of what I was supposed to do all those years ago." He grabbed her throat making Raditz need to gasp for air as her windpipe felt like it was at the verge of being crushed. "You cost me a fortune with your little dead stunt!" He hissed. "You're going to be a good little girl and be a good little slut to your highest bidder in the entire universe including your pitiful backwater earth!"
He let go of her throat and had his lips caress the shell of the woman's ear. Raditz wanted to fall deaf to those final, declaring words, "And give them a god."
The woman wanted to cry, but she held her ground since she heard this before. Then the man whispered, "That's your secret. Even if your daughter realize that you are gone, you won't be found once we lock you with the new and improve red bands to hide your energy from even that Leaferous bastard." A soft kiss was placed on the woman's neck that began to form a bruise. "I wouldn't mind having a child god at my disposal but ironically I'm sterile. The buyer wouldn't care if you were used anyway."
"She's gone?!" Gohan cried over the phone.
"Yes. There's a high possibility that an alien did it because there's an energy ball here." Grimes explained standing in the room. He came during the morning to get Raditz ready for another meeting, but he came across just a ball of energy. "Gohan, you need to find her faster than you can. Raditz is the only female saiyan alive and vulnerable. You know well what value that comes with."
It quickly came to the nephew of what the reason could be. He left in a heartbeat without an explanation to his family and went for his father at home. "Father!" He barged into the house, scaring his mother.
"Gohan! What's the meaning of this?! You-"
"No time! Where's dad?"
"He's out visiting King Kai. Why?"
"No time to explain!" Gohan flew out not knowing how to reach his father through King Kai. He went to the next person he could count on. He found Piccolo at Kami's lookout. The man was standing outside with Mr. Popo and Dende who sensed the young man coming his way.
"What's wrong Gohan?" The man questioned.
"It's Raditz. She was kidnapped and could be possibly in space right now after. Someone left her energy signature to make us not realize that she was gone." He responded as calmly as he could be. "I fear that she could have been kidnapped for a physical reason."
"Oh my!" Mr. Popo remarked.
Gohan continued, "My father is at King Kai's place, and we need to find Raditz as quick as possible. Father is capable of detecting energy faster than any of us."
Dende responded, "I'm connecting to King Kai now."
Then in a moment, Goku appeared. "What happened?" He questioned with all seriousness. His son told him the news. His father used his ki sense out in space to find Raditz. He lowly growled when it was all fuzzy. "It's no good. They must be blocking her energy ki."
"Then perhaps Vegeta knows. It might have been an old rival." Gohan suggested. Goku instant transmitted him, his son and Piccolo who volunteered to follow to Vegeta's place.
The prince was walking out of the restroom. "What are you doing here?" He questioned annoyed.
"Vegeta, someone kidnapped Raditz, and I can't find her." Goku said. "Is it possible that there is an old enemy that could be so desperate to come after her?"
"Why would I know?" The prince questioned back. That made the others feel at lost.
Bulma came by, seeing their defeated looks. "Hey guys, what's wrong?"
Vegeta responded, "Something about Raditz being kidnapped by an old enemy. Ha! As if he has any old enemies, seeing how weak he is."
"WHAT?!" Bulma cried out, shocking her husband. The woman made a deathly concerned expression.
Goku caught that. "Bulma, do you know who might have kidnapped Raditz?"
The blue hair woman had a grim guess as she remembered what Raditz told her.
"During Froze's birth, Frieza wanted to rid of him for being hideous and having a low power level. I begged Frieza to at least make me hold him. He allowed me only because he knew it would only make his death more tragic for me. But then when I held Froze, his power level rose beyond the scouter's capability to comprehend. Froze was allowed to live, and I thought that I didn't have to give birth anymore, but then someone else was there that day..." The mother took a moment to calm her emotions down.
She continued, "His name was Gamete, a sex-slave trader. Frieza worked along side him. We didn't exterminate every race. Sometimes we would leave some alive to be sold. Luckily for me, Prince Vegeta wasn't given that task because I don't think I could ever be able to do it, knowing the pain they must go through. Gamete was there when I held my son. My son was so powerful that Gamete couldn't sense his energy. My son was a god. He knew that Frieza couldn't have had the DNA to do that, considering his people. But he knew of the legend of there being a saiyan god. He realized that I was able to give birth to gods no matter what species you are after doing extensive tests on me before I planned my suicide."
"BULMA!" Goku yelled out to her, becoming desperate to find his sister.
The woman was scared out of her thoughts and responded, "There might be one person, but you really need to hurry Goku! His name is Gamete."
Vegeta was even more shocked. "Gamete! How do you know of him?"
Gohan asked, "Who is this Gamete person?"
"I'll tell you!" King Kai cried out. Everyone looked up at the ceiling. "Gamete is a galactic sex-slave trader and is now bidding on Raditz! It's even worse! She's in heat!"
"Where are they King Kai?!" Goku questioned.
"Come here and you better bring Gohan, Vegeta and Piccolo with you!" Goku did as told and went to the planet. "Touch my back! I'll show you! (Don't know if King Kai can do this so please accept it as headcanon if he can't and I apologize for the inaccuracies so on.)" All of them touched his back and got a view of where it was. They were on a ship far off in the east galaxy.
"Where's Raditz?" Goku questioned.
"I can't find her!" King Kai told him. "She must be in a room that won't allow anything above normal to enter!"
"Then we'll raid it." Goku was ready for transmission. "Thank you King Kai."
"Wait Goku." Piccolo told him. "We can't just barge in."
"We can't wait!"
"He's right father." Gohan agreed with his mentor. "They're in the middle of space. If we go in there without a plan, we could end up endangering Raditz's life even further. We'll need a plan."
"Nonsense!" Vegeta cried out. "We'll kill Gamete and get Raditz out of there! Clear and simple, see!"
Piccolo reasoned, "If King Kai's telepathy can't even reach Raditz, then we may not be able to open whatever prison she is being held in. We may need Gamete alive."
Goku said quickly, "Then we find Gamete first and make him give Raditz back to us."
Vegeta agreed, "He's a shapeshifter so we should keep close together at all times."
Gohan nodded, "We can't have reinforcements so if he's strong, we'll have to give it all we got. Can you get a lock on Gamete's energy father?"
"I already have. Let's go." The other three men held onto Goku.
"They're landing!" King Kai lets them know.
"Then we should appear outside of the ship to not cause hysteria." Gohan pointed out. "Is the planet safe to be at?"
Vegeta growled, "That doesn't matter!"
Yet King Kai responded, "It is! The gravity shouldn't be too hard on you either."
Gohan nodded. "Thanks King Kai." They instant transmitted away.
Raditz was being cleaned by a female maid with a cloth. The woman had to touch very personal parts. The saiyan was slowly regaining consciousness to see Gamete smirking as he stood beside the freshly made bed. She just wanted to get the pain over with from soon becoming a baby machine for an army of gods if it didn't kill her.
"I have good and bad news, lovely Ditzy." The man said with that bittersweet tone. "The good news is that it looks like your saviors have arrived." He stepped aside for a holographic screen to appear and show that her four heroes were outside. "The bad news is that they're going to die since they are demanding my acquaintance." He caressed her cheek carefully as if he cared, "Sleep or watch me kill your family and friends. Whatever suits you." He gave a small smile before heading for the exit.
When the doors closed behind the monster, the woman tried to get out of her chains while screaming her head off.
Outside, the four men waited. A door of the ship opened like a regular door. Female warriors in battle armor exited first in a horizontal line in front of them. Wrist guns at the ready to shoot them.
"Now, now, ladies. Show our guests more respect." The man told them with a smooth tone as he exited with a grin. The wrist guns were lowered.
Vegeta stepped forward, "What do you think you're doing Gamete?! Tempting the saiyan warriors to kill you?!"
Gamete frowned for a second at such attitude but regained his grin. "Is that what you honestly believe this is all about?"
Goku walked passed Vegeta, "We're here for Raditz! Give her back to us or else!"
"Ah, you must be her little brother. I'm sorry, but Raditz has past dues to make up for."
"I don't care what you're past dues are! Give her back to us! I'm not letting you bid my sister like a slave!" Goku let out a small burst of energy. His rage already burning inside his chest.
"...Alright, but of course there is a deal here. I can change the bidding deal. Raditz would only have to give birth of one child for the highest bidder. Certainly having one will be suffice. It'd be too cheap if I sell her entirely."
The men were horrified of what Raditz was being sold for. Goku cried out furiously, "Never!"
Gamete grimaced. How dare these men not understand business. "Look here, Raditz agreed to this deal before you killed him." He grounded his words, aggravated. "I am a man of my very word. I expect the same from others. She will carry out our deal to the end whether you like it or not. So move away from my sight, or I'll make you."
Goku was about to say something, but Vegeta pushed him aside, "What do you mean before he died?! He was a man! There was no way he could birth a child!"
"Is that what you believe dear prince?" The shapeshifter chuckled. "No wonder you question me foolishly. She still haven't told you."
"Told me what?!" The saiyan demanded with a hint of frighteningly guessing what it could be.
"I don't think I want to spoil the surprise for you. Ol'Raditz should speak for herself. Well," He gave a thoughtful look, "Unless she still feels bound by Frieza's word to not say a single word."
"Frieza?! What are you talking about?!"
"Stop it Vegeta!" Gohan told him. "Don't you see what he's doing?! He's stalling us!"
Gamete's eye twinkled, "Is that right, little boy? You are smart."
Piccolo spoke, "Why would a bidder wish to have Raditz birth her own child?"
The responder raised his arms in joy, "Ah! Finally, a smart question! Turns out that you lot aren't so inefficient after all. But it was a Namek instead of a saiyan so no surprises." He felt the burning glares of the saiyans, but it only made him smirk wider. "To answer your question, why would having a child be so important to these bidders. Rich and powerful bidders may I add."
Gohan unsurely replied, "To have a heir?"
"It's not only royalty willing to pay the price. And I'll add that a majority aren't so nice. Come on! Here, I'll give you a a hint! Or maybe not since I am stalling after all!"
"I have enough of your stalling!" Vegeta barked. "Tell me!" He pulled a punch, but the figure of the man swished away. His body melding into four different men of different colors.
"Such temper." All four said. "No wonder why she didn't mind being at Frieza's side instead of yours."
"Shut up!" Vegeta tried to kick him upside the head, but the aimed man's head deformed to have the kick slide through him.
The other three went for the ship, but the other three men caught them and carried them off to battle with a portion of female warriors following after him to help.
Piccolo was thrown toward a red acidic pool. The Namek stopped himself by flying up only to be countered with a centipede-like giant creature that rose from the acid. It appeared that the alien creature was hungry as it's mouth came toward him.
Gohan was dropped down a hole of darkness. He went super saiyan to see where he was, only to realize that he was within a cavern of creatures similar to Yakon. Gamete and her female warriors were among them but were ignored. The man explained, "You see, you should've done your homework on this planet before arriving. This planet was given to me by Frieza, and everything here is under my control!"
Goku found himself on an open field to be shockingly powerless. A pair of red bands were attached to his neck and upper arm.
"It's exactly what I used to control your sister. Do you remember him wearing it when you first met? I wasn't there, but only I am able to take them off."
The saiyan remembered but not clearly since it was about twenty years ago. "Is this why Raditz was weak as she was when we met?"
"Nope. She's just naturally that weak! Makes her even more easier to sell."
"I'm not gonna let that happen!"
"Ha! And what are you going to do? You're weak now! Even your friends are or will be receiving the same treatment!" The man created a shark tooth blade from his arm with his female warriors behind him having their wrist guns ready to shoot.
Goku didn't let the bands scare him. He powered himself up to feel that he was capable of it but slowly. So he wasn't completely helpless. When they charged at him, he lunged himself at them. Unknown to him of what area he was fighting on.
Piccolo, Gohan and him were weakened by the bands, but they still fought with the best of their abilities.
Vegeta already killed the other female warriors. His sole enemy being Gamete. The sex-slave trader had proven to be difficult when he was quick and shifting before Vegeta could land a proper punch. The man continued to talk to him casually. "Did you know that Raditz's favorite color was red? That's why I made the bands I got for her as red. Brings out my charm doesn't it? I think her heart skipped a beat when I gave them to her. We were in a relationship after you dumped her after all."
"Shut up and fight me like a real man!"
"What for? That's what made Raditz relieved that Frieza took most of his time away from you. He wanted to be with me. I gave him what he needed. What he wanted. You can ask her himself when she is done doing what she promised. Wow, you know this whole pronoun problem is really becoming a drag. What do you think?"
"ENOUGH!" Vegeta went super saiyan and began blasting everywhere including at the ship to get the damn freaking clay of a freak!
"SHE LOVED ME VEGETA! SHE EVEN TOLD ME THAT I WAS BETTER IN BED THAN YOU!"
Raditz felt the rumbling of the ship and hoped that it did destroy the place with her because Gamete spoke the truth.
Vegeta was too consumed with irritation to properly concentrate on playing an actual fight. He blasted to the ground and created a large, deep crater. The ship had safely transported from the impact.
He harshly panted for air trying to look for remains. Irritatingly, he still felt the man's energy, but it was frazzled since he multiplied. Then he found his neck being constricted by a red band on his neck and upper arm. He felt his power decrease dramatically, but it was still there and rose to his need but slowly.
Before he could regain his former power level, he found himself facing a barrage of attacks.
Gohan was covered in cut marks and bruises. He couldn't do the same as his father had done with Yakon since the bands only limited him to simple energy beams. He couldn't believe that there was such a device that could lower a saiyan's power.
The young man tried to get himself out of his predicament through a plan, but it was hard when he had to also focus on the ones around him to dodge from being killed. It was even harder when the damn trader was talking to him.
"You know your aunt is truly a marvelous being. So sensitive and sweet when he isn't pretending to be someone else for the sake of his stupid heritage. It makes me laugh when she believes that I loved her back. Ha! You should've seen how pathetic she looked when she was told the truth. I had a lot of fun afterwards."
Gohan's rage boiled inside him, but he continued to try to plan and focus. Unknown to the man, the male wasn't just throwing his energy balls hoping to get lucky. He was taking in the monsters' instant movement towards his light. Who was faster, slower, bigger, smaller and much smarter.
When he caught as much as he could, he enacted his plan to turn the monsters and the women against each other until there was practically none standing except for him and the real monster in the darkness. When he was successful, he took a moment to catch his breath.
"My, aren't you a strategist? I underestimated you. My mistake." Then his voice deepened as a sign that he was morphing. "I'll correct it now, and sell you if I keep you alive."
The young man prepared himself for an attack, but then a bright light appeared.
Piccolo was facing the problem with the centipede being practically blast proof, and the acid splashing and dripping all around him. He tried to escape but Gamete blocked his way out. Piccolo had lost limbs by the acid and wasn't sure how much he could regenerate before the bands left him completely defenseless. When his limbs were cut, the bands did fly with them but unattached itself and attached to him again.
"Hey green man, you're the one who killed Raditz correct? Ironic that you're saving her now. She would have never done the same. Are you really here only to help your friends. How loyal of you? But loyalty doesn't give you strength. Ask Raditz! His loyalty to her prince had her spreading her legs like a whore. Forced to give birth, only to lose them in the end." The man laughed cruelly. "But I'll make her have a new child this time! One that isn't lost or dead! And maybe you could be given as the baby's toy if the acid doesn't erase you completely. Ripping your limbs again and again must be fun. Heh heh heh heh!"
Piccolo was annoyed by his words, but he concentrated on making his own plan. He learned to be agile against the acidic liquid and most of the attacks. Now he had to find a weakness. As they said, the bigger they were, the harder they fell.
The Namek tried for the eyes but had proven to be diamond-like as it reflected his beams. Its arms were sharp as swords that sliced him like hot butter.
He carefully observed the creature's movements like a scientist. Identifying as much as possible. He then realized something interesting. It's mouth was in the shape of a circle with sharp teeth opened to eat him, but it closes before dipping back into the acid. Piccolo pondered on a plan on how to use that to his advantage. He had one plan, but it would risk his life. Considering his chances of not doing it, he knew survival leaned more toward sacrifice.
He readied himself for it quickly since the bands didn't give him the leisure of time. The centipede-like alien dipped itself into the acid and stayed there for a few seconds, making no ripple at all before rising again. Red acid rains pouring down on its victims.
Piccolo got in front of its vision. He blasted a ray at its toothy mouth that closed for protection. A good sign for the man. He continued to attack it until it squealed in annoyance and charged with an open cavern. Piccolo stayed still until he entered the darkness. He turned around and flew for the exit. He saw the light being closed from him. He waited until complete darkness took him and then, "SPECIAL BEAM CANON!" He uses all the strength he had left, and had light appear as sounds of shattering glass was made.
He felt great relief that that had worked, but then saw a sight of complete red. The color gushed toward him. Piccolo flew away, trying to blast an exit, but it was a steeled place within too. He hoped the the exit would be merciful so blasted himself like a bullet until he ripped himself through its back with luck that the end had flown up and proven leathery but easier to escape through.
Piccolo appreciated the outdoors as he panted. The alien in the acid had not rose again which meant victory for the moment.
"Congratulations. You finished the first round. Now let's get moving to the second one." Gamete's female squad attacked.
The Namek wasn't sure if he could last til he faced Gamete, but then his battle was interrupted by a bright light and a roar.
Vegeta was slapped against a mountain and held there by Gamete. The man grinned at him. Vegeta went Super saiyan 2 but it didn't blow the man back. "Ha! Cute! A blond with green eyes. A classic beauty, but nothing compared to the whore. Your former whore no less who kept so many secrets from you. Before you do anything stupid, don't you want to hear the truth?"
"I-"
"The truth about your child!" The man cried out happily.
"What?" Vegeta's anger dissipated to confusion. Child?
"Raditz had your baby. He's a defected saiyan." The prince of all saiyans was stunned silent. "He loved you, dear prince. Worshipped you. But also feared you." The man chuckled cruelly. "He was pregnant, and you want to know what Frieza did to him on that ship." He leaned toward his ear, whispering with a cooing tone, "Gave him his version of an abortion. Roughed him up a little and sent him off to a planet where he gave birth to a dead baby girl."
Vegeta didn't know what to say. Didn't want to believe it. Never wanted to believe it, but when he really thought about it, he never truly knew Raditz or what he was doing with Frieza.
Gamete continued, "And do you know what was the stupidest thing he did? Hm? He came back after that to stay by your side. Frieza liked you a lot, but you were really getting on his nerves. Just wasn't the cute little boy with potential y'know. He was supposed to kill you, but Raditz begged him not to. He got on his knees and hands to plead for your life. Frieza loved the sight. And had Raditz agree to a life of rape and lies for the exchange of your life...He accepted." He drew away from the male's ear to take in the sight of the pale color on the prince's face. He grinned with such delight, having a hand caress that sickened, dubious expression. "Don't be sad for him. He had another child with Frieza. A child he wouldn't have seen at all, if it wasn't for me. I was his savior. Where were you, his prince?"
He finally let go of Vegeta who didn't move. He was stupefied to stone against the mountain.
A dead daughter. Raditz risking everything for him without the certainty of death. And giving birth to his greatest enemy's child at the time. He was filled with guilt, anger, shock-too many to process.
Raditz from inside the ship was horrified. She lied on the bed completely still like the prince.
Gamete made a shark tooth sword from his arm. Vegeta did nothing to stop him as he rose it for the final kill. But then a bright light, roar and the rocks rising from the ground caused everyone to pause.
Goku was furious. He faced the man head on with his best as they engaged in combat. The land was supposed to increase its sucking of energy from the man, but there must be a lot for the saiyan to win. Their battle was fierce since the saiyan couldn't let up due to the bands weakening him.
Goku had great instinct and eye sight to see where he was going, and was quick that Gamete couldn't shift himself before dealing with a blow. The saiyan dared to compare him to some creature named 'Majin Buu', and was treated as such by catching him and blowing bits of him to nothing like clay. He was down on the ground completely beaten and only a little thing.
Gamete underestimated his talent of fighting, and could've let this all be, but his slick tongue got too slippery. He took great pain in his pride when the man was going to leave him alive, and considered saving his sister to be more important. It drove the alien mad. Yet, he took a moment to compose himself as he looked up at the monkey with a sickening grin, "You're more of a opponent than I thought. More so than your sister no doubt. Is this love? Heh heh heh. I remember when he looked at me with such loving eyes. Do you know what your brother is? A defect. A handicapped saiyan by birth rights through his mother. Unlike you, a pure saiyan."
Goku arched an eyebrow at that. "What are you talking about? We have the same parents."
"You don't know the truth? Heh. Typical secretive Raditz. You two don't have the same mother but share the same father. The same father who disowned him like a toy. And what a great toy he was to share with others."
"Shut up! I don't wanna hear any of that!"
"Any of what?! That your brother was a whore! Willingly let himself be used like a doll like a fool! You don't know him like I do! I had the sweetest of taste forcing his legs open while another man forced his mouth to-"
"SHUT UP!" Goku let out an energy beam but it didn't hit the sex-trader who continued after a dark chuckle, "He truly believed that he was loved. Loved for the very first time as I filled his ears with sweet nothings. You should've seen his face when he was heartbroken. As if anyone could ever love him. Including you."
"That's not true!" Goku could just leave not to hear this, but his feet felt planted. He wanted to defend his sister. "He-"
Gamete cut his words, "It is for Raditz. She was disowned by her own parents and everyone else! Hated for what and who she is! I bet you also desire her! What it would be like to spread her legs like the common whore and hear her scream begging you to stop as you rape her like every other man she came across! As she screams, you don't stop because you love how much pain that she is in. Your sister will die like a pathetic used up raped whore. And most likely by your hand a-"
The sex slave trader could no longer say another word. His body was completely made to just a black print of burnt ashes on the ground.
Goku was furious. His blood boiling with rage by what the man said. Of how his own sibling was treated. The feeling of the band on his neck and arm made him more enraged that he screamed it all out as he slowly rose to the sky letting out his power across the planet in his super saiyan 3 form. The bands breaking and planet's gravity becoming defective.
The saiyan knew that his act didn't end the monster. He sensed the bastard's energy and tracked all the other three-no four down.
He went into the darkness beneath destroying Gohan's Gamete. His son perturbed by what he was doing without any hesitation at all. Gohan's bands was removed in a second without harming him. He followed his father when the man instant transmitted away to where Piccolo was and killed the female warriors, Gamete 3 and his bands. The Namek reacted the same way as Gohan when Goku left again to kill Gamete 4 from Vegeta and created a second large crater that was deeper and wider.
Raditz watched her brother do such a slaughter. She didn't react when the real Gamete ran into the room, having declared the bidder earlier than expected. He reached to touch Raditz. A touch the woman didn't want to feel anymore. She scooted away from his touch falling back on the bed on her side as she cried out, "KAKAROT!"
When the chains were unlocked from her bruised wrists, she used a tiny bit of energy to blast the man to surprise and annoy him for a second before getting off the bed. But when she stood, her heating cycle had came to an abrupt stop. Having become completely stressed to the point that her heart was strained to a stimulation close to a heart breaking apart, she bled a waterfall down her thighs to the floor.
Periods didn't end in spotting and flowing down day by day. Instead the entire uterus shed at once since the cells were faster in producing itself to become knew without the old blocking its way.
Raditz fell to the ground feeling the incredible pain in her hips like a child's grown nails clawing to stay within her.
Gamete watched with disgust and anger. His entire investment in the pool of blood. Knowing that he was going to die, he made a knife out of his hands. He pulled Raditz by the hair onto the bed, making her lie straight as he straddled her backwards to grab her bloody legs and stab into her thigh and leave a scarring sign of having been his merchandise.
The man then escaped through his pods with the speed of light for safety. The saiyans and the Namek then finally appeared to Raditz's rescue to see the mess that she was. Her eyes still slightly open. Goku ran towards her and gently picked her up, not caring for the blood smearing on himself, and instant transmitted for help at Kami's look out.
Dende was shocked by the blood that dripped from Raditz's bathrobe and stained on Goku's clothes. "What happened?!" He couldn't help foolishly asking.
"That's not the issue." Goku said sternly still in his super saiyan 3 form. "Can you save her?"
"I-I'll try." The woman was gently given care on the ground to show that the only problem she had was her thigh that would've been a scar, but the Earth guardian was able to heal it as if it was never there. She was stripped from the bloodied bathrobe to have Goku gently make her stand so Mr. Popo could wipe the blood off of her. Then she was settled on a bed.
Raditz whispered, "Ka..Kakarot..."
The man held her hand with both of his preciously. "It's okay, Raditz. Everything is okay."
Those were meant to be soothing words, but the woman broke to tears and repeated in sobs, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry, Kakarot."
But man didn't quite understand what she was apologizing for but comforted her by being her shoulder to cry on.
Later, Goku instant transmitted at the ship, remembering that he left his friends and son there. They were in a room filled with scattered paper and surrounded by many computer screens. He stood at the center of it while the people he came for were at different parts of the room looking at either a screen or a piece of paper.
"Hey guys! Sorry for leaving you here." Goku told them in his usual friendly tone. "I had to help Raditz immediately."
"That's alright, dad. We actually used the time to go over the information that Gamete left behind. We also canceled the bid by claiming that Raditz is dead. While that may depress the bidders, a few or more may want proof. We used pictures from the security camera as proof, but their may still be stubborn ones. Either way, if they find Raditz like Gamete did, then we'll be prepared this time."
"That's good to hear. So why are you still looking at the information he left behind?" Goku questioned.
"Turns out that Gamete had kept information on Raditz's well being since he joined Frieza's reign. It looks like you and Raditz are half-brothers."
"So he was telling the truth." Goku felt his heart falter.
"More than the truth." Vegeta gritted as he tore apart a piece of paper that did little to satisfy his anger, so he beamed a few screens out, but it still did nothing. "He turned the world upside down. Raditz is a defect! A defect...who had my child...Our dead daughter."
"Daughter?" Goku was behind on everything. Gohan placed a hand on his shoulder and made him follow him out to explain everything. Raditz' half-brother was horrified to know the tragedy his sister faced than he previously thought.
"Where are you going?" His son questioned.
"I'm going to find that bastard and MAKE HIM PAY FOR EVER BRINGING THE PAST BACK TO MY SISTER!" Goku was reaching his saiyan 3 form.
"STOP DAD!" Gohan cried out. "I KNOW IT'S HARD TO TAKE IN, BUT RADITZ WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO DO ANYTHING RASH!"
"HOW DO YOU KNOW?!"
"Did Raditz ask you to avenge her?!"
Goku wanted to say yes, but this wasn't about him. "...No." The male gritted out.
"Like Gamete said, we don't truly know her."
"YOU'RE AGREEING WITH HIM!"
"No! But we need to make Raditz our number one priority. Not revenge. I want it, too, but we have to focus on giving Raditz what she needs to overcome this."
Goku hated so much that his son was right as he powered down.
Raditz was worried as she lied on her bed after her sleep. She had Mr. Popo bring Bulma, Grimes and Yamcha to her since the three knew the truth.
Bulma ran in with a wet face, and hugged her strongly. Grimes and Yamcha were really relieved that she was okay. After the crying woman settled down, they sat next to her.
"So what's your next move?" Grimes questioned.
Raditz had thought on this, "Gamete revealed everything to Prince Vegeta. Grimes, can you tell him the truth if you don't mind."
"If I die, you can just wish me back with the dragon balls." The man agreed.
"Thank you." Then she faced Yamcha. "You already know what to do, right?"
The male nodded. "Put the news gently for Beetra, and reason with her not to do anything rash."
Raditz nodded to confirm that he got it. Then he faced Bulma, "When they come here, I want to see only Kakarot. I need to speak with him immediately."
"Alright. But why?"
"He acted out of character. I need to make him not do that again."
"...Okay." Bulma didn't question further.
"And one more thing." The woman said. "We're continuing the concert."
"What?" Yamcha was surprised. "But you just-"
"I can't waste any more time. Grimes?"
"We continued planning on without you over night, and you can look over them."
"No. Just get everything ready. The concert is scheduled for next week, and I will practice anything you throw at me."
"Got you." The male took out his phone to send messages of the plan to the team.
Bulma inquired, "Don't you think you should give yourself a break?"
"This is a break." Raditz reasoned. "I need time away from everyone to have them calm down and be reasonable."
When the men came, Yamcha left for home to wait for Beetra to return from handling an intergalactic war. Grimes got Vegeta to follow him to tell him everything. And Bulma had Goku go to the room where Raditz was waiting for him.
"Raditz?" Goku saw his sister sitting up against the headboard.
"Kakarot, we need to talk."
"Uh, sure. About what?"
"About how you handle Gamete." Raditz got up.
"Ah! You should stay sitting down! You must be still tired."
"I'm not." Raditz told him sternly with her arms crossed below her bosom. "You acted very out of character."
"What do you mean?"
"What do you think I mean? What do you think you did wrong?"
"If this about me not able to save you earlier-"
"That's not the problem. You intended to murder Gamete!"
Goku was surprised by this. "Of course. He hurt you. I can never forgive him for that and later-"
"Later? No. You are not going after him. He lost. Let him be."
"But that's not enough!"
"It's enough for me! I saw his battles with all of you and heard all the horrible things he said, but the one thing that shocked me the most was how you handled it." She scolded him with no room for retorts or complaints. "You murdered him in cold blood if there was any left. His words were harsh, and demeaning, but you should've acted above that."
"He was talking about you! Why aren't you angry?!"
"You really think that was the first time to be insulted? I've heard worse! The matter here Kakarot was that you acted like a killer. Not a fighter, and that disturbs me." Raditz sat down feeling unwell with her brother's presence.
Goku realized what was Raditz's problem with him was. Looking back on his actions, it felt justified, but it was also truly disturbing. He didn't believe that he could feel such violent rage. "I see..."
Raditz faced him and smiled. "Come here, Kakarot." She motioned her arm for him to come and sit next to her. The little brother did, and looked small compared to her Amazon body. "I thank you for caring greatly for my well-being, but I rather have it that you don't become a monster while doing so." She wrapped her arm around his shoulders, placing her forehead against him. "I love you, Kakarot, and unlike what Gamete said, I know you love me back. I only fear that that love will make you do worse than what you did to Gamete. My enemies aren't what you have ever faced before. They can darken your heart and make you sin against your better judgement. You need to learn self-control and become ignorant to such words."
"How can I?"
"I know someone who can, but right now we shouldn't see each other for a few months. Two the most."
"What?! Why?!"
"I want us to have a breath of fresh air when we see each other again." Raditz stood up and faced her brother on her knees while having her hands on his shoulders. "Right now there is too much tension. I am going on the concert tour and I don't want us to see each other for that amount of time. I will be safe. I have friends to make sure of that."
"Who are they?"
Raditz simply told him, "I'll introduce them to you in time." She kissed his cheek. "Right now I need the both of us to have space."
"...What about Goten?"
"He knows about the concert, and won't be expecting to see me til. I'll see you then too." She stood up, and Goku immediately hugged her tightly but gently. Raditz hugged him back.
"Please be safe." Goku told her.
"I promise." The woman told him with a soothing, motherly voice.
After that, Raditz went out to leave with Grimes who was finished telling the truth and appeared to have no harm done to him. Vegeta was staying within the room where he was told the truth. Piccolo, Gohan and Bulma were waiting outside having discussed what they found about Raditz, and the woman confirming some of them.
"Are you alright, Raditz?" Gohan questioned.
"I'm fine." She responded. "Right now I have to leave for my concert."
"Are you sure you want to do this after everything?" Piccolo questioned.
"It's what I want to do, and it'll give us space to relieve the tension. I'll be safe."
"How exactly?" Her nephew questioned.
"You'll know afterwards. Just trust me now. It'll all be explained afterwards." She gave them a reassuring smile before leaving them.
The woman did have safety. While at Kami's lookout, she had made connections with her daughter's friends to help guard her while also making reservations for a new training regime.
