Chapter two- A new world
In a distant, peaceful world. Where the grass was greener than any shade of green and pink flamingo type animals milled happily in the fields. A disturbance rippled through the breeze.
As the never-ending space ripped open, I slammed forwards onto my knees, getting a great view of the grass I had just landed in. I waited til the taste of sick and blood left my mouth before raising my head. Beautiful scenery met my eyes. A shining sun casting its rays among the dancing grass, a playful breeze flicking of the feathers of pink flamingos sun-bathing in the field. A clear blue sky with small mountains stretching their tips to reach them. If it wasn't for the flamingos I would have thought I was still on planet moonsky, the planet cortex and the others had taken to inhabiting. Reviewing the scenery had given time for my body to recover its strength and I willed myself to stand.
All was serene before a meteor blasted its way across the sky, crashing forcefully to the ground a good few fields away. I couldn't see it from here, but as a vice gripped my insides, a bad feeling forced me to run.
It had landed in a barren wasteland, with the typical balls of dust and weeds floating around like you saw in Texan style movies. It was silent again, but an eerie silence this time. A huge crater with a round pod inside its depth being the main cause. Lying flat on my stomach, I peered over the cliff edge I stood on, nearly falling of in surprise when I saw a green creature on the wasteland below. Stood up like a man, it had green skin with patches of pink on the muscles, green pointy ears and a white turban on its head. Its clothing was the darkest of blues and it was stood stock still, gazing thoughtfully into the sky. The look of intense thought curdled as there was a sudden blast of air and a man dropped from the sky. And it was no ordinary man either. Then again, I had no idea what species this planet accommodated, let alone what planet this was. He was huge, with bulging muscles. The green creature had a look of dread before re-arranging his features into an impassive look.
"Excuse me for dropping in, I'm hoping to find a man named kakarot, I thought you were him" The huge guy was first to speak, with what seemed to be a tail, clenched around his waist amour. He looked like a warrior and I felt sorry for the person he was looking for.
"Well you thought wrong, now turn around and get out of here before I get angry" The green man was going for the strategy of pretending he wasn't terrified, and he wasn't pulling it of well.
"Someone's having a bad day"
"Believe me, you have no idea. Now get lost"
"Oh you'd like that wouldn't you"
The warrior then lifted a finger to a piece of green plastic covering one eye. It beeped in response before flashing strange looking numerals.
"Power level 322, I can tell your not from this planet but you'd be a fool to attack me with such an..insufficient power"
Power level? What the hell was that?
"It's the way they measure someone's strength in this universe, usually determined by the amount of energy, also known as ki in their aura"
"Melanie?" I whispered in disbelief, turning my attention away from the men to see my spirit guide crouched beside me. I hadn't even noticed she was here.
"Well hi to you to" I rolled my eyes, trust her to turn up now. I hadn't seen her in days since she declared she had some 'business' in the summerland.
Turning my attention back to the men, I watched with interest as the green creature growled, slipping into a defensive stance.
"Now listen to me, you came here, I have no intention of starting a fight"
"Well I do" Any look of not caring the green man had had before was entirely gone now, and I was filled with dread for him. I shifted onto my knees, prepared to jump down and intervene before he got hurt; but a strong tug on my arm stopped me.
"Mel, let me go" I struggled but her grip was strong.
"No, just watch how it pans out"
"Yeah, that green guys gonna end up in a pan all right, he'll be fried and eaten before you know it" but I sat down on my haunches all the same.
He growled again and one of his arm muscles bulged and strained as something appeared to be traveling down it.
Within seconds a burst of golden light flew out at the warrior, blowing up a huge amount of dust in the breeze.
I rubbed my eyes as the smoke cleared, sighing as I was sure it was over.
Then there was a throaty chuckle as the smoke cleared, revealing the warrior to be hovering just centimeters above the ground.
"Impressive, you actually managed to singe my leg hair, but allow me to demonstrate a more effective attack" The green creature gasps.
"It's one of my favorites, I call it a double sundae" he lifts an arm as the plastic beeps and more numerals with a locked on circle appear.
The warrior frowns.
"Well I guess its your lucky day green man" The warrior says before pressing another button and with another blast of air, he was gone.
"Did he just?..did he just fly!?" I stared in utter disbelief.
The green man fell to his knees and hands; panting heavily
"I don't believe it, I hit him full force and he didn't even flinch. This guy could be a problem."
As Melanie's grip released, I slid down the cliff, landing on my feet as always. The green man looked up in shock, raising his hand in defensive.
"Are you okay?" I asked gently, raising my hands to show I wasn't looking for a fight.
He gave me a strange look.
"What do you care" I frowned.
"Well jeez, I was just concerned that was all. You never had anyone be nice to you before or something?" I huffed as he stood up brushing the dust of his knees.
Now he looked even more confused.
"I-im sorry, I uh, didn't mean to offend you or anything" I smiled.
"It's okay, but less of the hostile if you don't mind. Who the hell was that guy?"
"I don't know" he looked darkly towards the still clear sky. "But im gonna go after him"
"Are you insane!? He nearly had you for dinner and now you want to just present yourself to him?" If the guy had eyebrows I can tell one would have been raised right about now.
"I'm not going to..present myself to him as you so blatantly call it. It's more like information gathering. This guy could be a threat"
"Could? Pfft, is a threat more like" I muttered.
"Well if you don't mind, im going now" he said, pushing a cape that I hadn't noticed before around his shoulders. It was white, just like the turban.
I placed both hands firmly on my hips.
"Well then, I'm coming with you" he looked me over before saying
"Do you even know how to fly?" Fly? Oh not that again.
"Um..well, no" he sighed.
"I don't really have time to teach you. Just feel your energy and push in down into your feet, so that it pushes you through the air. Once you've done that, just keep it like that at a steady pace"
"Um, okay" I screwed up my face as I tried to feel the energy coursing through my body, willing it to go to my feet. As I lifted into the air, I closed my eyes. I never did go much on heights.
"That's it" he called before raising himself up to my level. I opened my eyes to see him in front of me, and seeing him there, just made it a lot easier to comprehend. So as long as I just kept my eyes on him..
"How do you even know where to find him?" I dared to ask, as his ears swayed in the wind.
"By his energy, can't you sense it?" Now that I come to think of it, I actually could. It was a malovent type of energy and really stuck out from the rest of the energy on this world.
"Let's go then" I said with confidence. And we shot of through the air, a sense of freedom as my hair whipped from side to side.
"You never said, what's your name" he yelled over the rush of air.
"It's Lessa, and yours?"
"Piccolo"
The warrior had obviously found himself some new friends, or enemies in this case. You couldn't blame the victims though. They were terrified. A small boy in a yellow tunic, just moments away from crying. He clutched the leg of a black haired guy in an orange jumpsuit at the front of the group, who was evidently the target of the warrior. Three other insignificant people stood behind them. A blue haired woman, an old guy and baldie with the jumpsuit. Piccolo had hidden us behind the palm trees on this tiny island with one house, looking at the people in disdain as he did his research-gathering. We hadn't missed much, the warrior landing had been distraction enough for us to hide. Now we just had to listen.
The plastic beeped as the warrior sized up the leader of the group. Chuckling as the numerals assembled into something he could read.
"So we meet again at last. You've grown up. I recognize you though kakarot"
"Kakarot?" The leader of the group looked curiously at the stranger.
"That's right, that's your name"
"His name?" The blue woman had decided to speak up
"Who is this? Must be nuts" The baldie in the matching jumpsuit waved his hand dismissively like the stranger was a drunk. And piccolo shook his head as if I knew I wanted to warn him.
"Kakarot, what have you been doing here all these years, your mission was to terminate all life on this planet, why haven't you carried it out?" The one called 'Kakarot' was now filled with disbelief.
"Listen mister, I don't know who you are but you've obviously got the wrong guy. Shoo, shoo" Baldie was getting more stupid by the second, flicking his hands forward in a shooing movement.
"Krillin watch out!" but it was too late. The tail came loose and smacked baldie through the house, the hole making a big improvement to the island décor.
"Krillin!"
"I don't believe it, he's got a tail to!"
"That's good, I wondered how long it would take for you to recognize me"
"I've never seen you before" With that, The woman tugged the small boy from the leader's leg. It seemed a fight was brewing.
"Kakarot, you mean to tell me you have no idea who I am?"
" I don't know who this kakarot person is that your looking for but im not him, my name's goku" The warrior took a step back.
"What happened to you.." The small boy struggled out of the woman's grip and rushed back to his father.
"Daddy!"
"Kakarot, tell me, did you ever suffer a serious injury to the head"
"What?"
"When you were a kid did you ever hit your head?!"
"Did you hear me!?" Clearly, like me and piccolo, warrior here was losing his patience.
"Yeah. Idon't rememeber it very well but your right, I did hit my head when I was a child…..i still have a scar where it happened"
"You stupid fool, you forgot"
"I forgot what! Tell me!" There was a gleam in the old guy's glasses, and his thoughts were clouded, like he'd had something to hide.
"Goku..theres something your grandfather once told me that I think you should know" The old guy removed his glasses and cleared his throat as if to begin a story.
"Long ago, your grandpa gohan was walking along in the woods when he came across a crater in the ground that had been recently made. When he examined it more closely, it appeared to be some sort of spaceship, and there you were lying in a little round pod. Gohan tried to take care of you but you were wild, downright uncontrollable, and unusually powerful for a baby. You wanted nothing to do with gohan's kindness. Then one day there was a terrible accident, you fell into a deep ravine, and badly injured your head. Your grandpa feared he lost you but somehow, miraculosy, you survived. Yes, any other child would have died but you survived and from that day on, you became a happy loving boy"
"I'm..from outer space?" Piccolo gasped quietly, as if he had expected anything but this.
"Yes"
"Well that would explain a lot, so you think goku has some connection with this guy?"
"Okay, you've got my attention, now tell us who you are" The leader was regaining his confidence.
"Well I wasn't expecting to give a history lesson when I came here today, but alright, I'll tell you everything. After all, you will be working for me from now on and I do like my sub-ordinates to be well informed" The boards of the house cracked as the bald guy finally climbed out of his resting place.
"Hey krillin, you alright?"
"Yeah but be careful goku, this guys not..normal" Well, that much was obvious. Goku nods.
"Believe me I know, I could sense that from the minute he got here, even now, something about him turns my stomach"
"Such harsh words, careful, your more like me than you realize. You were born on the planet vegeta, you're a space warrior, just like me" A cruel grin crept along the warriors face.
"Allow me to introduce myself, im raditz, your big brother"