Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, or the characters of Akira Toriyama's creation. I do however, own the story, and the characters of my own creation.
Note: This is a story written for a friend, but he has given me power to write his idea as my own. I hope he likes it, and I hope you do too. If you have any questions or comments, email me. I'd be glad to hear from you, and I will value your opinion. Just don't expect me to agree with it. But anyway, on to the story.
Chapter 3
After their encounter with Nappa, Duke and Tarah go to a shop, and with Nappa's money, purchase four pairs of Saiyan armor. Duke replaces his armor with a new set, and gives Tarah the other three to take back to their ship. Duke then makes his way towards the castle where King Vegeta resides. Duke makes it to the front, and tries to walk through the doors. The guards stop him before he gets past them.
"Excuse me, what do you think you are doing?" Says the larger of the two guards.
"I'm here to see the king. I've got a few words I'd like to say to him." Duke looks up and down the Saiyan, and makes a mental note about him being the "smarter" one.
"And who are you?" asks the other guard.
"My name is Duke, now let me through."
"I don't think so," the larger guard clicks his scouter, and scans Duke. "According to my scouter, you have been off planet for six years. Why would you all of a sudden now come back, and want to talk to the king?"
"Because," Duke closes his eyes, and forces himself into their minds, "I have some words for the king, now let me through!" Duke attempts to break into their controlled thoughts, but as he does this, two more guards come from behind, and fire energy blasts at Duke's back. Duke stops his mental attack, and spins around to deal with the energy attack. He puts his hands forwards, and deflects one blast towards the ceiling. It explodes, and causes rubble to fall from above, bouncing off everyone's shoulders and heads. The second blast explodes in Duke's hand, and sends him flying backwards. One of the original guards catches him, and applies a small bolt of energy to the back of his neck. Duke is knocked out, and they carry him off.
The guards reach a small chamber within the castle, and toss Duke inside. As they walk away, they say, "There, now you're inside the castle. But I'd like to see you try and see the King. Of course, he'll see you, when he sentences you to death for forcibly attacking Royal Guards to gain entry to his domain!" They laugh as they walk away, smiling, and joking with each other.
Duke is quick to come to consciousness, and he sits up in his cell. He looks around, and sees a dark, and musky locale, and bars blocking his exit. He looks to the left from the bars, and he sees a small patch of bright light. He assumes that is the way to the guards room just outside the prison. Then he sits and crosses his legs, and closes his eyes. He reaches into his mind, and searches for the information he had dug out of Nappa. He pulls up the information about the castle, and then at the thoughts he had pried from his subconscious. Duke then sees to the right of his cell, is a hidden hole, covered up by stones. He uses his telekinesis to lift the blocks up, and then moves them to the side.
Duke stands up, and then moves towards the bars. He grabs a hold of two that are next to each other, and closes his eyes again. Focusing on the bars, he imagines them becoming warm, and hot. Continuously concentrating on those thoughts, he opens his mind to touch the bars, and bend them to his will. The bars then begin to glow red hot, and soon start to bend as he pulls them apart. After a few minutes, the bars are apart far enough for him to fit through, and he releases his mental hold on them. The bars cool down quickly and harden again.
Duke cracks his neck, and slides between the bars. Once through, he turns to the right, and walks towards the hole in the ground. He jumps down, and starts his crawl through the secret passage that few Saiyans know about. After a few hours of slowly crawling, he ends up just underneath the throne room. He opens his mind, and locates Vulcan, King Vegeta, and Shade. Pushing up the stones above him, Duke is able to hop up into the room, and then slip back into the darkness. He waits until Vulcan and Shade leave, and then he slowly crawls up behind the throne. Once there, he sits down, and returns to his meditative state. While in this state, Duke reaches out to any Saiyans in the room with his mind, and pulls a "black cloud" over their senses, concealing himself.
Duke sits behind the throne room for three days, listening to the conversations that multiple Saiyans have with King Vegeta, and also learning the routine of each guard, and even the King himself. On the third day, while the King is having his sessions of listening to random Saiyans come to him to either congratulate him on conquering another planet, to praise him for helping them become better Saiyans, or to get advice on how to better raise their offspring so that they may one day become the legendary Super Saiyan, and dominate over the universe. Just as Duke is about to close his mind to the conversations, a man with a scar over his left eye, and a plead in his eyes comes in. Duke senses distress in the man, and is curious to find out what he has to talk to the king about.
"Vegeta-sama, I have come to beg you not to kill my son, Broly." Says the man, distress pouring out in his voice.
"And why should I do that, Paragus?" King Vegeta asks in an annoyed voice, but somewhat surprised as he was expecting either praise, or advice.
"Because even though he has a lot of untamed power, and it might be too much to let a newborn have, I assure you, I can control the boy." Paragus opens his mouth with hope.
"And how can you do that? When you barely register 8000 on a scouter." King Vegeta stands up, and looks at Paragus with total annoyance. "Your son currently exceeds the standards to become an elite, and he's not even of age yet. He must be killed, before he become to erratic. Your son must not live."
"But Vegeta," says Paragus, throwing formalities aside in his sudden burst, "I can control him, I can make him something that the Saiyan Empire can be proud of! Hell, I could even teach him enough so that he can kill Frieza, and end his tyranny over us! Vegeta, let him live!"
King Vegeta signals to his guards and they come up and restrain Paragus. He walks up to Paragus, and kneels down to get close to his face. "The answer has already been decided Paragus, your son shall die today."
"But, please, I beg you, don't do it." Paragus pulls at the guards, and tries to break free.
"And since you have tried to save him, and done a poor job at that, I feel that you must meet the same fate as your son." King Vegeta curls his lips into an evil smile, and pulls his right hand from under his cape.
"But, no please, listen to-"
"DIE PARAGUS!" King Vegeta unleashes a blast at Paragus' stomach, and send him flying from the guards grip. Paragus rolls on the ground, and stops on his face. He lays there, not moving, lifeless, and limp. King Vegeta turns to his right, and looks at a Saiyan. "Vulcan, I want you to go tell the guards watching over Broly to kill him. And I want it done NOW!" Vulcan nods to him, and walks out of the throne room.
Duke then stands up, and conceals himself again with his mind from every Saiyan in the room. He quickly makes his way out of the castle. Once out, he opens his mind, and locates Vulcan. Sensing where Vulcan is headed to, which is the nursery that all Saiyan newborns are kept until their first missions, Duke concentrates on being inside. In a flash of pink light, Duke appears just outside of it. He then rushes to the room with Broly inside, and picks him up. Flexing his mind out to the guards just outside the room, he knocks them unconscious, and then teleports again to his ship.
Once there, he focuses on Broly, and puts him to sleep. He looks at Tarah, and nods to her. She steps forward, and take Broly from Duke's arms. "Take him inside, and make sure he stays asleep. He's quite powerful, and he could probably take any of you out if you angered him enough. He should be out for a few days, but to make sure, I want him undisturbed."
"Understood. How's the plan going? Are you almost ready to exact revenge?" Tarah asks.
"Almost, I've just got a few thing to take into consideration, but I'm pretty sure that things will work out."
"Okay, well, when you are ready, just let us know. We'll come in to back you up in a heartbeat."
"I know you will, but I don't think I will just yet." Duke walks towards the city again, and goes over his plan again in his head.
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That's chapter three. I'm starting on chapter 4 soon. Will Duke be able to carry out his plan, or will someone be able to stop him from killing the King, and changing DBZ history? Wait patiently, and R&R, and you'll find out soon enough.