Disclaimer: Would it officially belong to me, if I conquered Earth? Enjoy this little story about Bardock & Raditz...

"We'll have it up and running before you know it, kid. Just give us a few more minutes."

"Fine."

"Things like this don't normally happen..."

Raditz waited patiently for the space pod to be ready for his next mission. The computers had some kind of a glitch and needed to be fixed before he could leave, forcing him to wait a little longer.

Not much time had passed since he got back from his previous assignment, it was from one task straight to the other. This was how it always was, for as long as the young Saiyan could remember. As a result, he never had much contact with his family, not even as a baby. These thoughts began to weigh on his mind a bit, as he waited alone.

"Family... I've forgotten what that word even means..." he smirked and shook his head, then went back to just waiting. "What job is Vegeta's father sending me on next?" he wondered. "...I haven't seen pop in loooong time..."

"Whatcha thinkin' about?" one of the guys from before walked up to him and asked.

Raditz looked up at him. "For some reason, I keep thinking of my father."

"Do you miss him?"

"Of course not!" he denied. "Why should I care about some low-class warrior, who doesn't even think of me in the first place?"

"Not good enough." spoke another voice. "You're too obvious, I could see right through you."

Raditz spun around to see his father, Bardock leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. The other guy walked away, leaving Bardock alone with his son.

"What are you doing here?" Raditz asked.

Bardock ignored the question, instead, continuing on with what he was saying before. "You have a long way to go with hiding your emotions."

"So that's why you're here." Raditz replied sarcastically.

Bardock remained in his position with both eyes closed, choosing not to respond, while Raditz went back to waiting like before. The silence between the two lasted for the rest of the wait.

"It looks like the system is running again." Bardock said, then left from his spot toward the pods.

"What did you mean by 'hiding my emotions'?" Raditz finally spoke up. Bardock stopped.

The boy went on. "Do I have to learn to hide them, before I can learn to get rid of them?"

"Is that what they told you?" Bardock said.

"Not the part about hiding them."

Bardock shook his head, then turned back and faced his only child.

Raditz looked up at his face, and suddenly became very confused. It was the look in his dad's eyes. They were so cold, typical of a Saiyan, but there was something different. Something that made them look almost warm.

Bardock reached foward and ruffled Raditz's hair. "No matter how hard you try, there are some feelings you just can't get rid of..."

"I have to go now, I have a mission." Raditz stepped away, then smiled. "See you later, pop."

Bardock returned the smile with a little smirk, then went his separate way.

Okay, so Bardock was a little OOC... But I couldn't help it, I really like this father/son pair! I'll try to keep him more IC in my other fic. (For those of you that read it) Now it's voting time!

Due to the overwhelming votes in the first category, (I think it was first...) the poll for the King Cold & sons drabble, genre, thing... is now closed. It will be:

One serious, one humorous.

Someone already suggested I make Frieza's the humorous, so if you have any objections, now's the time. And for the second poll:

Bra -5
Bulla -3
(No change)

Still close. If there are any Bulla fans out there that has yet to vote, VEGICA QUEEN OF ALL EARTHLINGS would like me to hear from you. (I'm just teasing you, VEGICA. You're such an awesome reviewer!)