Hey, it's me! It's the next chapter in this little saga! Review! Look, I might have some historical inaccuracies here, but this is a different timeline from our world, so things are different! So there!
Chapter 46
"Egypt!" Everyone gaped at the saiyan, who chuckled and nodded.
"We don't have time for a field trip! There's too much to do, and too much's at stake!" Pan yelled at Bardock.
"Hey. First of all, don't yell in my face! Two, you don't have jack! You know as well as I do that the places you have to get into are more tight than dragon hise. You try to get in now, and you'll be in prison before you can even get that sword out of its case, little girl. You may be my great grand-daughter, but you definitely are acting like you didn't get my brains." Bardock frowned as he leaned back with a smirk on his face. In an instant, Pan tackled the older saiyan and smashed him into the wall with her sword at his throat. Ron, Hermione , and Android 16 immediately got to their feet, but stopped when Bardock gave a small wave from his hand.
"Don't you dare laugh at me! I've lost everything I ever had! I grew up with nothing but my brother, and he stabbed me in the back! I watched all my friends die in front of me! I've got nothing left, nothing to lose at all. All my life, I've known nothing but pain and death! So leave, me, alone." Pan snarled.
"Look… I'm sorry. All I'm trying to do is atone for the mistakes that I made when I worked for Frieza. I can tell that we're a lot alike, you and me. We've both done awful things. I can tell, you want to kill the scumbag that you worked for like I want to do to Frieza. If we work together, I'm sure that we can finally get some peace into our minds." Bardock said as his eyes stared directly into Pan's. After a minute, Pan backed away from Bardock and slowly put the Sword of Gryffindor back into it's case.
"I… I'm sorry. I… I just… didn't mean to." Pan stammered softly as she sat back down.
"It's okay, Pan." Hermione said softly as Pan blinked and closed her mouth. Then, Hermione looked at Bardock.
"What makes you so sure that saiyans have been to this planet before?" Hermione frowned at Bardock.
"I used to be Planet Vegeta's historian while wiping out planets. I remember reading about an ancient legend in the saiyan library about our travels before we settled on Planet Vegeta, back when saiyans were nomads. I believe that that legend made specific references to this planet and its inhabitants. The legend was written by one of our earliest ancestors, a saiyan by the name of Razban. The legend involved one of our kings. I think… oh yeah. It was King Bazba and his son, Prince Ragnok." Bardock frowned.
"Wait, what makes you so sure that it was Earth that Razban was talking about?" Hermione frowned.
"Let me quote part of it. Ahem… When King Bazba and Prince Ragnok emerged from their ship with their guards, they immediately encountered a group of natives. The king and prince were surprised by how the natives were so similar to them physically. The few differences that could be seen was the natives lacked tails and appeared to be physically weaker compared to the elites, most likely due to the planet's weaker gravity." Bardock finished.
"I… well…" Hermione stammered nervously.
"Well, that sounds like a good description of a human." Pan frowned.
"Wait. When exactly did you start to suspect this?" Hermione frowned at the older saiyan.
"Well, I wasn't quite sure, but I started to get my suspicions after a few days after I got out of hell and that mess in the chamber and got a good look at the people on this planet." Bardock frowned. Hermione and Ron gaped.
"That was over seven years ago! Why are you telling us now?" Hermione gaped at the older saiyan.
"I wasn't sure! Plus, all records of our race were destroyed, thanks to that dick Frieza, so I couldn't double-check!" Bardock snarled.
"That doesn't explain why we're going to Egypt." Pan frowned at her great-grandfather.
"Well, the legend talks about how the last planet that saiyans had conquered had been a highly advanced civilization. Once the King and the other saiyans had conquered that planet and wiped out its inhabitants, they took the aliens starships and continued their nomadic journey, which led them to Earth. The legend talked about how the starships were equipped with some of the most advanced technology in the universe at the time. The name of the race was lost to time. The legend also talks about how the land that the saiyans landed in was an endless desert." Bardock sighed.
"Is that when the saiyans started wearing scouters and using pods to travel?" Hermione frowned.
"I'm not sure about the pods. The legend wasn't specific about that, but it definitely mentioned scouters. This allowed our ancestors to read the power levels and understand the language of aliens on other planets. Earth was kind of a testing ground." Bardock frowned.
"So… does Egypt have some special significance?" Pan asked with confusion.
"Hang on! Gohan told us that saiyans wiped out planets that they landed on, but you make it sound like this king was some type of explorer, like those muggle explorers that Hermione told me about. What were their names again… Mewis and Bark?" Ron scratched. Everyone facepalmed.
"Lewis and Clark, Ron!" Hermione groaned.
"Sorry." Ron shrugged.
"I remember reading about that. I raided Gohan's books when he and Kakarot's harpy went out. I was very useful in learning about this planet's history." Bardock chuckled.
"Hey! No wonder my books were never where I left them!" Gohan yelled. (He and Goku have been watching the entire time.)
"SShhh! Don't you want to keep hearing about this legend that dad's talking about?" Goku shushed Gohan.
"Of course I do! I'm pissed that gramps never mentioned any of this!" Gohan frowned as both saiyans looked into the ball.
"So, did the saiyans conquer Earth? What happened after the saiyans encountered the natives?" Hermione asked with interest.
"Oh, they did a pretty good job. When the king learned where the kingdom was, he killed all the natives himself. Then, he and the prince led a great invasion. Those Egyptians tried to fight, but they got their asses kicked! Those fools didn't stand a chance. With their physical superiority and stolen technology, the king and his saiyan warriors captured the kingdom and renamed it after the king, before they ransacked it. The kingdom was called New Bazban. In Bazban's honor, the prince ordered the few egyptians that they kept alive to construct gigantic statues in his father's honor." Bardock chuckled.
"That's bloody horrible!" Ron gaped.
"So that was what caused the fall of the Egyptian empire! No wonder that there wasn't any records of it!" Hermione gasped.
"Oh, it gets better than that. One of the things that they found was a map of trade routes through the Mediterranean Sea. That was just the beginning. Like before, the saiyan moved fast an efficiently, wiping out all the emires that they found. The Romans, the Greeks… they all got their asses kicked and wiped out. I remember reading in the legend about this. All the empires fell, and were replaced with one empire. The Saiyan Empire." Bardock chuckled.
"I remember reading about how all the great empires had been attacked and nearly wiped out over a thousand years ago, but… the book didn't say what happened. There was never anything in any of the cities ruined" Hermione frowned.
"Of course they didn't! No one ever had a chance to warn anyone or record anything. Not to mention, the saiyans were also destroying each country on the full moon, so their numbers didn't matter." Bardock frowned.
"Wait. How many saiyans are you talking about? Gohan told us that the saiyans managed to wipe out the entire Tuffle population in one night. How long were the saiyans attacking Earth?" " Hermione frowned
"Well, the saiyans had suffered a significant loss after they attacked the highly advanced planet, even while they were in their ape form. There were maybe seven hundred to a thousand saiyans. And for the record, a month hadn't even passed yet!" Bardock snarled.
"So, how are we still here?" Hermione frowned at Bardock.
"I'm getting to that. After Prince Ragnok had wiped out the eastern empires, they headed west, leading them straight to your England. There, the prince and his army ran into… a little problem." Bardock frowned.
"What?" Hermione frowned.
"Isn't it obvious? You say the meddler's name every day!" Bardock snarled.
"Who in Merlin's pants are you talking about?" Ron frowned. Hermione blinked, and then gasped.
"Merlin! That's who you're talking about, isn't it?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah. He found out about what had happened, and had been waiting for Ragnok and the other warriors to arrive. And he wasn't alone." Bardock frowned.
"Do you mean King Arthur?" Hermione frowned.
"Worse. He had called every wizard to alert, and had been building an army of witches and wizards. And he had the founders of Hogwarts at his side." Bardock smirked.
"A-are you sure that it was them?" Hermione gasped.
"The legend specifically states a Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and a Slytherin, as well as the name of Merlin. Both armies met on a bloody battlefield. Man, were there some gory details! Ki blasts, killing curses... this was something that the saiyans had never seen before. Both sides suffered heavy losses. The Prince himself was nearly killed after he took on the founders by himself." Bardock smirked.
"He what?" Hermione gasped.
"Yeah. He took on all four of those wizards by himself. He did quite a number on them too." Bardock chuckled.
"I bet that the king was pretty pissed." Ron frowned.
"You better believe that he was, especially when he saw the prince in the med tank. He wanted to launch a full scale assault on the full moon and wipe out Merlin and the wizard army, but… things didn't go according to plan." Bardock sighed.
"What happened? Did Merlin surprise them?" Hermione asked.
"The legend talks about how a saiyan scout came to warn the king that Merlin was leading the army straight towards them. Somehow, I'm guessing through a seer, he learned about the saiyan's power to transform. The full moon was going to rise in six days, and the army was going to be at New Baxban in five. The King was so furious that he was considering meeting the army head-on, even without the full moon. And this is before we learned how to make fake moons." Bardock sighed.
"So… what happened?" Pan asked.
"The Queen, Rixa, interfered. She convinced the king that spilling their blood was useless, considering what had happened to their son, and that the survival of their race was useless. The Prince agreed after he recovered after two days. They swore to return one day and extract their revenge against the "twig carriers." So, the remaining soldiers constructed gigantic structures around several ships, stockpiled with weapons. Then, they installed security systems inside the structures that made it so only a saiyan could get inside. If anyone else tried, they would be killed. Then, the saiyans took the remaining ships, and fled, swearing to return and get revenge. That was a massive blow to our saiyan pride, which is probably why that this legend was in an almost forgotten section of the library." Bardock sighed.
"I'm confused. So, where are the ships, and why did you wait so long?" Hermione frowned.
"Isn't it obvious? What could the ships be hidden in?" Bardock frowned. Then, Hermione and Pan gasped.
"The pyramids!" They said at the same time.
"Exactly." Bardock smirked.
"But, I was in there! My whole family was! How are we still here? Plus, Hermione's told me about all the muggles in there!" Ron gaped.
"You didn't look hard enough. You're lucky. If you had triggered something, the security systems would have blown you and your entire family to kingdom come." Ron gulped as he turned very pale.
"Why did you wait so long?" Hermione frowned.
"Because I couldn't deactivate the systems without one critical component. One that I thought was gone." Bardock chuckled.
"What?" Pan frowned.
"Why, a saiyan female." Bardock chuckled, causing Pan to squeak.
"Oh! I see! Vegeta thought that no women had escaped, until we found out who Videl really was!" Ron said with surprise.
"But, Pan's not a full saiyan, and neither is Kiara. What if something goes wrong?" Hermione asked nervously.
"We need those ships and the weapons inside them if you even want a chance to take down those bastards down. The choice is yours." Bardock sighed.
"I'll do it." Pan said, making everyone look at her.
"Good. We'll use the gifts of our ancestors to drive these monsters into the ground!" Bardock roared as he raised his fist.
"We're here."
Everyone whirled to see a figure walk into the room, causing Pan, Ron, and Hermione to gape.
"Well, well… we meet again." The figure chuckled with a hint of surprise.
"YOU!" Pan hissed as her hair flashed.
"Hello, my dear niece." Raditz chuckled.
Well, what's Raditz doing around? Can Pan and Bardock get the weapons left by their ancestors? What lies next? Review!