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Bardock Reborn

Background: Ryanna is a human that has lived at Capsule Corps since the reincarnation of Buu. Since she has been an assistant of Bulma Briefs she has figured out the secret of the Saiyans and the mysteries of the Cell games and the Z fighters past. What she doesn't know is that she would become more involved than she originally planned.

Chapter 19: Frieza's Tyranny Ends

"You're dead," the voice of this legendary Super Saiyan was as cold as ice and yet her power was a sense of volcanic heat destroying everything that dared to cross its path. Her golden flair of hair waved behind her in a spiky mess, the band she had wrapped it in had done little to keep it from spiking out in all different directions.

"You can't be, that story is just false, a monkey fairy tale!" Frieza accused pointing a shaking finger accusingly in her face. "You're not that superstitious legend!"

"Say whatever makes you feel better because you're about to be in a world of hurt!" She growled her eyes now tearless but shining with grief and anger. "I will make you pay for your crimes." And unlike Goku, she added silently, I will not be merciful. "I will see to it that you're on the ground begging for me to spare your miserable life!"

He hadn't seen it coming. Ryanna's fist just seemed to pop out of space itself and thrust harshly into his face. He could feel his skull cracking from the force, and his ribs bruising and bending from the thrust of the kick that followed.

She plowed into him, unable to feel her own skin splitting and breaking on the knuckles as she mercilessly laid into him like a punching bag. The pain wouldn't cease, and the anger grew. More and more she just wanted him to keep coming back up, keep rising to his feet so she could just send him down on his back again.

She had listened for years about Vegeta's past, about his love of fighting, violence, and the sheer thrill of a challenge. His first battle after the transformation to the Super Saiyan level had been both his highest victory, and his lowest defeat. The crushing of Android 19 had been sweet, he had left the bot broken, beat, and running for his life before blasting him to pieces.

She felt like blowing Frieza into a thousand tiny pieces herself, but knew that would be too easy. No, she'd let him suffer, let him feel the humility of defeat over, and over, realizing that his fate was in the palm of this Super Saiyan's hands.

She paused a moment, letting Frieza breathe and control himself. He was an utter mess, bruised and deformed in places that made him look like Quasimodo. She smirked and waited, knowing he wanted to say something, anything that would raise him over her. He would insult her, or claim denial. Either way, she didn't really care.

"Does it hurt Frieza? This pain, this humiliation, does it hurt?" Her voice took on a sinister sweet tone. Her eyes changed, going almost sympathetic, and even a little sarcastic. "You poor man, no, your poor pitiful creature. Look at you, you don't even have a single thing to say to me? You don't care! I could beat you up for hours, or even days and you wouldn't be sorry for all the things you've done!"

She held her heart feeling it thump loud and strong in her chest. "You're as cold as your name, no heart, no real feelings. You don't love, you have no compassion for other people. You live on a life of greed, and pride, and power! You're a fool!" She launched small burning beams listening to him scream in delightful agony. "A stupid, worthless, sympathetic FOOL!"

"Stop!" She heard him wheeze as he went to his knees. "Spare me! Be merciful!"

"NO!"

~Bardock~

Bardock felt like he was floating. He wasn't sure if he was dead, or alive. He couldn't move, couldn't breathe, but his mind was aware of everything around him. He could hear Ryanna's savage cry, feel the cold tears drip from her face and down onto his skin. His blood ran cold but he could feel vibrating heat surround him, like a force of pure energy.

"Father!" He heard a distant voice call. Was that Radditz? He felt a small hand press to his wound. He no longer felt pain, but numbness. "Father come back to us, you're gonna be alright."

"You men," a strong gruff voice followed, "get him to the ship, hurry!"

Ship? What ship? What about the battle? What is going on?

"He's coming to, Bardock, Bardock can you hear us?" King Vegeta loomed over him as his men carried his body. Bardock's eyes lifted slowly, batting with effort before opening. He was alive? How?

"King Vegeta?" Bardock whispered his voice choking against the roughness. He could still taste his own blood.

"Rest Bardock, we'll get you fixed up." King Vegeta raised his eyes back over to the distant figures in the distance. Frieza, and Ryanna, locked in fierce combat that just left him breathless. He had seen some heavy dangerous battles in his reign, but nothing compared to seeing the legend taking effect now.

"She's got him hanging by his tail." Little Vegeta laughed with pure delight. "Finally we get to see that fool be taken down by one of our own kind! It's delicious!"

"It's wrong." Radditz whispered his eyes locked onto Ryanna. She looked so wrong. This golden power was higher than anything he had ever sensed before. As a Saiyan woman she was the depiction of power, pride, and mercilessness, but as Ryanna he didn't recognize her at all.

Where was the woman who smiled so sincerely, so genuinely at him? Where was the woman who when he wanted to, held him close, and befriended as no one had. Where was the woman who loved science, talked about the Earth planet with such a soft and distant expression of contentment that he truly envied? Where was the woman his father was so deeply and stupidly in love with?

"What's the matter with you Radditz? You look pathetic. This is a great moment for us! We Saiyans are now our own rulers."

"She shouldn't be the one doing this! Someone else should have risen to super Saiyan power. She's not a killer! She's not supposed to be!"

"She's a Saiyan woman!"

"No she's not!" Radditz blasted off with Vegeta and his son watching after him with puzzled expressions.

~Ryanna~

Frieza's energy was plummeting fast. She didn't give him time to push any more power to his need. He was wheezing, and coughing his body barely able to stay upright. She would take his life, but that didn't satisfy her. She would go after all of Frieza's men, one by one, and destroy them with her bare hands and it still wouldn't be enough.

She watched with little pleaure as Frieza collapsed down."I'm getting sick of looking at you." Tears showed up and she stood over Frieza's crumbled form. "No matter what I do to you, it won't change what's been done. Good people will walk away with ugly scars from the viciousness you delivered them. She covered her face trembling as the etars continued to flow. "Why did you have to do it Frieza? Why did you have to be so corrupt and ruin so many lives? What possessed you to believe you would ever be really worshipped and respected by influencing people with violence and callousness?"

He breathed and growled at her feet. He couldn't accept this, he wouldn't. She was beneath him, a lowly monkey scientist.

Anger and sadness swelled inside her and she raised her hands above her head ready to blast whatever was left of his body to ashes. "You brought this on yourself! I'll see you in hell Frieza!" A bright ball of gold energy formed in her hand and she screamed ready to release it.

"No!" Radditz rushed forward wrapping his arms around her waist. Ryanna's blast diminished and she gasped in shock. She looked down at the tiny child hands and backed up from Frieza in order to look at him. "Radditz? Why did you-"

"You're not like this! You're not a killer Ryanna!" Radditz cried tears pouring down his small hard shaped face. His widow's peak forehead wrinkled from the varied emotions on his face.

Stunned, she knelt looking him in the eye. "What are you talking about? He deserves this, you know it."

"I know, and I want it as much as anyone, but not this way Ryanna, not by you." Radditz whimpered and sniffled, his heart break more powerful than his pride. "You're too nice, and you're not a true Saiyan. You're a clone, a copy, a human!"

Ryanna didn't know what to say to him. She stared at this boy, so honest and forward with his emotions. "Oh, Radditz, I-"

"Let the others finish him off. He's no longer a threat. Hell I could beat him in the state he's in right now."

She wanted to laugh, but figured this wasn't the best time. "I'm a super Saiyan Radditz. I started this, I need to finish it."

"Why? It's not your fight. It's ours." He looked past her shoulder. Ryanna turned her head to see the vast Saiyan army standing at attention with King Vegeta leading the pack.

The sight made her realize… She was from a future, a different timeline, a different outcome. She wasn't even alive when Frieza had been a threat, so what right did she have? She had been so caught up in the heat of battle, the pain of her own grief, that she forgot. It wasn't her place, it wasn't her fight.

She smiled sadly and gave a heavy sigh. Her hair deflated from its golden valor to her stringy brown locks. She hugged Radditz tightly and whispered. "Thank you Radditz, you saved me from doing a terrible thing."

"Uh, sure," he blushed from the hug and buried his face in her neck to hide his embarrassment. "Anytime, Ryanna."

Standing she turned her back on Frieza. Radditz held her hand tightly for a moment before breaking it away. There was only so much embarrassment he could take. She was halfway to the pack when a power beam barely missed her head grazing her cheek. She whirled snarling seeing Frieza barely back on his feet.

"You poor stupid Saiyan, do you honestly think you've won?" He wheezed his hands fisting to make another attack. "I am Frieza, the most powerful being in the Universe, and you're nothing but a monkey!" He shoots a blast which aur surrounded his entire body. Ryanna turned her hair going gold again and she deflected it away. Frieza stood shocked and afraid.

Remembering her place Ryanna called back to the army behind her. "Alright guys, he's all yours." She smirked. "Finish him off." The crowd of Saiyans shouted and charged. Frieza shook his head backing away as the mob of Saiyans headed for him.

"No, no, no, NO!"

The swarm of Saiyans chased and pursued him like a pack of hungry wolves on a rounded steer. She and Radditz stood in the back of the crowd sensing as Frieza's power diminished to nothing. "Let's go, Radditz."

"Ryanna, about father," Radditz started but stopped when her hand stroked his hair.

"I'm sorry, he's gone Radditz."

"No he's not, he's in the ship's rejuvenation tank." Radditz said matter-o-factly catching Ryanna off guard.

"He, he what?" Ryanna's eyes stayed wide and in disbelief.

"He was unconscious when you went Super Saiyan, and while you handled Frieza King Vegeta ordered the men to take him to-" He didn't even get to finish. Ryanna was calling for Bardock her feet eating up ground and kicking up dust. Radditz shook his head. "Women." He then turned back to the mob hoping there was still something of Frieza to kick around.

~Ryanna~

Her heart pounded strong vibrant beats as she raced through the grand ship of King Vegeta. Where were the regeneration tanks? "Bardock? Where are you?"

Plenthor, hearing the ruckus stuck his head out from the sliding door of the infirmiry and waved her over. "I believe what you're looking for is in here."

Ryanna sprinted to his side nearly running him over. The familiar view of the large white tank and blue bubbling liquid welcomed her and she smiled seeing Bardock alive, and healing rapidly. "He's alive! Oh thank the heavens!" She went to her knees at its base sobbing hysterically. "Stupid idiot I was worried sick!"

"Yes, luckily Frieza missed his heart when he blasted him. The only real suffering damage was his blood loss. I'm surprised Frieza can kill anything with how lousy his aim is."

Ryanna touched the graze on her cheek chuckling. "Yes, I know." She stood touching the glass and admiring her mat ewith a deep sense of devotion and affection. This is how she had met him, she remembered, the clear image of him in her head was the reversed. She remembered seeing his face through the blue liquid as she healed. "Bardock," she called to him inside as his eyes opened. "Nice Butt!"

Her grin grew when he smirked at her.

Ha see! Like I would really kill my favorite DBZ character off. Did you like it? Hate it? Let me know, because the final chapter is next!

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