Superman shot up into space. He hang in space for a moment to let the sunrays really power him up, then he located the pod in the distance and shot straight towards it. When he arrived he flew in front of it to look through the window. Mark was asleep floating in a liquid which appeared to be pure Saiyan DNA Superman could figure. He turned around and plotted its course. He then shot off into the distance. When he arrived at planet Namek a few seconds later he didn't sense any spacecraft in orbit, no moon nor any sign of advanced civilization. He decided to land onto the ground right away. The air seemed breathable for him and Mark, though something did caught his attention that could pose a problem; Above him shone an orange star. He immediately noticed the effects of it despite never being near an orange star before. It powered him down severely. He had been at a red star before, could barely make it far enough from its influence before he choked in space. It made him more vulnerable, weaker and slower(both physically and mentally) He looked around the planet. It was quite barren with a mildly dense atmosphere and the gravity was twice that of Earth. Only a few trees stood around, there was a nasty wind and a couple of lakes around that where filled with salt water. Nothing much lived here. Superman could only feel the breathing and heartbeats of several living things. He felt his power fading fat under the ornag star and he quickly scanned the area as far as he could. He felt a small group of heartbeats close to eachother in the East and headed for that straight away. It didn't take him long to get there(though a lot longer then he was used to) and when he arrived he saw a small village. The villagers where green humanoids, bald with 2 green feelers on their heads. The wore loose robes in all different colours. They seemed farmers as they where busy building planting small plants on the ground of a small plantage. Their technology didn't seem much further then perhaps middle ages. The houses where made of a strange material though, seems like plaster work. It looked very fragile. The well and pots they used where of the same material. Superman landed just on the outskirts of the village and walked slowely towards it. one of the Namekians spotted him and dropped his basket of plants. Superman was quick to prevent it from falling on the ground and was in the Namekians face within seconds with a smile. The Namekian had a panic attack and ran screaming towards the village. Superman stopped smiling.
"Hm, i thought i was being friendly enough. What did i do wrong?" The other villagers noticed him too. The children all ran away into homes while most others looked curious and scared as well. Superman noticed there where no females, he found that strange. He walked to the center of town. From the largest building an older Namekian came up. He started talking in a strange language. Superman understood that he was the village elder and in charge. Superman saw from his body movement he was asking questions and being suspicious but Superman had no clue what he was saying.
"I am sorry. I do not understand your language." He shook his head and held his shoulders up to make it more clear. Appearently these people didn't have the same body language as him as the children started to imitate him, trying to communicate with him. From behind the elder an adult Namekian came up. He was pretty beaten up, they have purple blood. He held an object in his hands. This Namekian looked like a warrior and wore a hat and shoulder pads, unlike all the others. Superman immediately recognized the object. It was a scouter. The man handed it over to him. He took it and placed it over his ear. The device sucked onto his ear and stuck a little piece of bend metal into his ear from the inside. The green visor popped up in front of him and it started showing strange symbols. Then the Namekian spoke again.
"I understand now you will understand what we are saying? Everything you say now will be understood by us. Now, alien, tell the elder what you are doing here." Superman looked surprised for a moment, this thing worked like a charm and he could hear whispers from afar all in English now.
"Oh, my name is Sup... Clark. I come in peace." The people around him looked tense and started looking angry. The elder now stepped forward again and pushed the warrior away with his hand. The warrior stepped aside. The elder spoke.
"This man right here is called Nail. He was from another village untill 2 aliens came and said exactly the same thing. Not much later most of the villagers where dead and he was tortured. Why should we trust you then?" Superman knew these two where probably saiyans.
"Yes, i understand. These 2 wouldn't happen to have long brown tails would they?" Suddenly Nail looked up.
"Yes, they did." He said. "But at first they had henchmen with them, who had all kinds of different alien features like horns and purple skin and faces like reptiles. Some looked like you." Nail scanned Superman with his eyes. "They all had the same suit of armor on though, unlike you. Of course you could easily change your outfit quickly. You seem to know how that thing on your ear works though. That alarms us." Superman understood the man. He scanned the area. His hearing wasn't as good as when he was at full strength. He could't hear if there where any Saiyans around or hear any fighting going on.
"I understand your concern. I have encountered these Saiyans on the planet i am from. I came here to warn you about them. If they are already here i will help you get them to leave." Nail looked at the elder. He looked back and then back at Superman again.
"I have the ability to tell when someone is lying. I know you are not. However, i must warn you these Saiyans are not to be taken lightly. They have attacked and killed many of our people, some where very able warriors like Nail here and they where defeated with ease. Warriors like Nail did take care of their henchmen who don't seem to be very strong but now that they are alone they have become more brutal and impatient with us." Superman looked confused.
"Impatient with what? Are they not here to rid this planet of any civilization so they can sell it?" Nail responded now again.
"They are not here to take over the planet. They are searching."
"Searching for what?"
Nail looked at the elder again. The elder spoke. "Nail here is a fine man, he doesn't trust you yet with that information. I however know you can be trusted. You have a pure heart." He looked at one of the children. "Dende, go an get the dragonball."
"Yes, elder." Little Dende ran into one of the smaller buildings. A few moments later he came out carrying a very large orange ball. In the middle of the ball a darker orange star floated around like it was floating in liquid. Though the ball had the size of a watermelon Dende had no trouble lifting it up. It walked over too the elder and handed it over to him.
"This is a Dragonball. It is an ancient artifact created by our great father many decades ago. In total there are 7 spread out over the planet."
Superman had to interrupt him. "I am sorry, but this scouter on my head works like a transciever. I have to deactivate it before you continue or the enemy will hear."
"I have disabled that ability on the device."
Superman was suprised by that. These namekians might be more technologically advanced then he first thought. Superman took the device off his head. He read the components again with his x-ray vision and started reprogramming it on the spot.
"There, now i'll be able to read off this thing." He put it on his head again and pushed on the button. It started tracking energy signatures. First the villagers. Nail was at powerlevel 40,000, the elder at 20. He scanned the horizon. The scouter then tracked 2 huge energy signatures from afar. It couldn't lock a decent level from the other but 1 was at 60,000. Suddenly the scouter started bleeping and showed the distance towards its current targets. They where headed straight for him!
"They are coming".
"Yes i know. I can feel them." Nail walked over too the elder. "Put the dragonball away too a safe place. Far away from here. Clark, will you help us prevent them getting too it? They already have 5 of them. If they find all 7 they will be able to call upon the ancient dragon and he will grant them any 3 wishes. We haven't collected all 7 dragonballs for many decades, even when our planet started to become dryer and more hostile we refuse to use the power of the dragon for our own gain. These evil warriors will no doubt wish things that could damage life and the universe as we know it. we can not allow that to happen. We would rather die." Superman saw the seriousness in the elders eyes.
"Leave now then, take the children with you. Do you have anything too fly into space yourself or long range communicators?"
The Elder thought for a moment. "Yes, we do have spacecraft and they have very long communicators in case of emergency."
"Good, go into space and contact the Green Lantern corps. Have you heard of them? They are at war with these space pirates and will be glad to help i should think."
"Alright, i will try to contact this corps."
"Good, Nail and i will delay the Saiyans long enough for them to arrive." Superman looked down at one of the children. It smiled at him and gratitude.
"Alright, i will take the dragonball along too the next closest village with the children. I will leave the children there and go up myself to call the Corps." The Elder put the ball more firmly into his arms and flew up high into air, the children and some other villagers followed. Superman and Nail watched them depart. Then Superman looked back at Nail again. "How long ago did they show up?"
"They arrived here only a few days ago. They first took it easy and slow and let their henchmen do all the work. They attacked our villages with energy weapons and physical violence. They got the first 2 dragonballs that way. But then our warriors started to fight these aliens and defeated all of them. But once they where all dead the Saiyans came out themselves and killed many of my people." Nail showed he had trouble surpressing his anger.
"Well i had no trouble with the one i met on my planet but these 2 are a couple of leagues above them and i have been powered down by your star. My physiology grants me with great strength and invulnerability, but i don't know where my limits lie right now. I have never been under an orange star before. I do not know how well i will be able to handle these 2. Perhaps we should try to talk them out of getting the dragonballs while the elder contact the Green Lantern corps." Nail nodded. He let his energy go wild. A green aura like a flame formed up around him. Superman recognized it from his brother and Raditz. He is strong. He pushed the button on the scouter. It showed a powerlevel of 65.000. That surprised Superman. "A moment ago it showed a powerlevel of 40.000. How did you manage to increase it?"
"Anyone with such a high power can choose to preserve their energy by lowering their powerlevel. They can upon it in a time of need. I'm guessing the Saiyan you met didn't have that ability yet. I'm sure these 2 do." Superman looked over to where the Saiyans where coming from. They where almost here. The powerlevel signature still showed 60.000 on one of them and was still not ready with the other one. I hope not, he thought. Mark is way too far away yet to be any help. They might have to make a run for it if it takes too long. In the distance they saw 2 figures appear with a huge ring of blue energy surrounding them.
"They are here."