Kakarot couldn't believe it. The hyperdrive was finally fixed. He didn't think that the people from Yardrat would be able to do that, but apparently they were better with technology than he thought they were.
As the ship fired up, Kakarot decided to not destroy the people of Yardrat. They had taught him a new technique and brought his son into the world. He would be forever grateful to them.
Chichi smiled at him with Gohan in her arms. He was sleeping at the moment. Coco was lying at Chichi's feet. The bird had become very protective of Gohan the moment that it saw him, so Kakarot really didn't have that much ill will towards it.
Kakarot walked over to the hyperdrive as soon as they were in space. They were only a couple of hours away from home. He couldn't wait to see his family. His parents were in for the surprise of their life. They were bound to love Gohan. The boy murmured in his sleep and Chichi set him down on Coco's back as Kakarot punched in the coordinates.
Chichi kissed his cheek. "You know, Goku, it's been a while."
Kakarot looked back at his mate. Was she really asking for this now? "Chichi…" She grabbed onto his tail, making him moan. It had been far too long.
Chichi giggled. "Coco can look after Gohan for a couple of hours. I think we need some…alone time."
Kakarot hit the button, setting up the hyperdrive as they waited for it to start up. He watched the ship move for a couple of seconds before picking up his mate with a lust filled growl. Finally, she was going to be his again. He really couldn't wait.
Vegeta hadn't gotten any sleep that night. He just couldn't get what had happened out of his mind. That and Gure was sleeping on their couch. Bulma said that she wasn't going to send the girl away, so Vegeta just accepted it. He figured that Bulma was enjoying girl time or something.
"Why don't you go and lie down?" Bulma asked.
Vegeta sighed. "Like I can sleep after that. I got to find that chick."
Bulma rolled her eyes. "I wonder who she could be. She must think that she's hot shit."
Vegeta crossed his arms. "I don't know and I don't like this." He hated not being in control. From what that girl and Zunn has said, she thought she was in control. The real question was how? How did she get in control of those elites? Where were they? And who was this King? It did nothing but irritate him.
Gure woke up and looked around the room. She knew where she was. "So last night wasn't a dream. That really happened."
Vegeta wondered what Gure was talking about, but as he was about to ask, he heard an explosion.
He moved quickly, getting out of his quarters and looking up at the sky. Frieza's men. They were trying to attack again. Above them was a massive ship and soldiers were filing out. Vegeta growled. "Send out an order!"
With that he flew towards the ship and the battle began. This wasn't the armor that he wanted to use for this, but it would have to do. He powered up to super saiyan and was soon surrounded by his fighters. They all growled before moving to mow down the threat.
Bodies hovered through the air as the sky was painted red with blood. Energy blasts flew everywhere, cutting down everything. It was a blood bath.
To his right, Vegeta saw Bardock punch a soldier through the gut, entrails fell to the ground in a graphic display as the saiyans took charge. Chaos lay around them, but they wouldn't let the enemy get the upper hand.
Soldiers continued to come out of the massive ship. It was like there was no end to them. Vegeta knew that they would run out of stamina at some point, but they couldn't afford to let their guard down. If they did, it would be the end of them.
Tarble dressed as he heard the carnage outside. He wondered what was going on, but didn't question it. It was probably another one of Vegeta's training sessions.
Betra grabbed his arm. "Let's get out of here." She giggled.
He nodded and began to lead her to the network of tunnels under the palace. They could easily get to the hanger that way.
As they entered the darkness of the tunnels, he grabbed his Queen's hand and pulled her through the gloom. She didn't stop smiling though. She looked quite happy.
He said nothing to her though. They had places to be and talking would just make the trip last longer. They had to keep their wits about them. If they were discovered, Vegeta wouldn't hesitate to kill them. Tarble wanted to laugh. His brother was an ant compared to him. Super saiyan was nothing compared to his power. Vegeta wasn't the chosen one. He was.
They reached the outside and he couldn't help but look up. A massive battle was taking place. He smirked to himself. They had the perfect diversion. "Come, Betra."
She nodded. No one noticed them. Most stayed inside while the fighters fought the battle above them.
Tarble didn't flinch as blood fell from the sky. He actually enjoyed it. It showed how incompetent his brother was. Vegeta couldn't even take care of something this small. How sad?
They rushed into the hanger, only to find the ship that they needed was not there. Betra looked around and a look of fear appeared on her face as she turned to him. "It appears that they were caught."
He sighed. "We'll have to prepare a ship ourselves then. I know what to cut, just come with me."
She followed him, almost in awe. He couldn't help but feel proud of himself as he got into the ship and began to pull off some of the panels. He cut the wires needed. That was all he had to do. That would disable the tracking device. No one would be able to follow them. 'Why are we leaving anyway?' His mind asked him. He shook his head. Now wasn't the time for him to be questioning himself.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up at Betra. Her eyes looked into his and his doubts faded away. He knew exactly why he was doing this. They had betrayed him and he'd had enough. He was off to claim his birthright.
He stood up and watched as she put in the coordinates to his kingdom. The ship started up and he smirked darkly. As the ship began to lift into the air, he discovered a problem. The ship that was hovering in the sky was in the way. Tarble snarled at it. It was mocking him.
Betra grabbed onto his arm. "What are we going to do, My King?"
Tarble chuckled as a dark idea came to him. "We'll just destroy it, My Queen. Just like anything that stands in our way."
She smiled and purred into his shoulder as he reached out to the ship, and just like before, it crumpled to pieces as he closed his hand. He laughed darkly as the ship cleared for lift off, before speeding off into space, leaving his past behind him.
Vegeta couldn't believe what he had just seen. The ship flew apart into thousands of pieces in seconds. It was just like that laser from before. It just came out of nowhere. It shouldn't have been possible.
He moved around quickly with the others, making sure that the debris didn't hit the city below. It was tedious work, but even so, he couldn't forget what he had just witnessed. How did a ship just implode on itself like that? He could have sworn that the sides of the ship had crumpled up like a piece of paper.
"What happened?" Bardock asked him.
He shrugged. "I have no clue. None of this makes any sense."
They cleared the last of the debris and landed. Bulma and Gure were headed towards them. Bulma looked worried. "What was that?"
"Bardock was just asking me that question. I don't know." Vegeta said angrily.
Vegeta looked around and just like last time, Tarble was nowhere to be seen. What was with him lately? It was like Tarble didn't care about anything but himself anymore.
"Is everything cleared up?" Gine said, coming through some of the smoke with Turles in her arms.
"I believe so. I just want to know what destroyed the ship." Bardock said. "It just doesn't add up. A ship just doesn't implode like that."
"Maybe we should ask a ship expert?" Bulma said. "It will be a good way to get Tarble out of the palace."
Vegeta sighed. "If he's not here, I doubt that he'll want to help us." He knew this wasn't like Tarble, but the last couple of months, Tarble wasn't acting like Tarble. He had thought that it was Tarble's pride getting in the way, but now he wasn't so sure.
"What's that?" Gure asked, making them all turn. One ship was leaving the planet, while another was coming in.
"They must have started up the supply ships again." Vegeta said.
Bulma smiled. "No, that's the wrong kind of ship for that. The one that's coming in is a cruiser only."
Vegeta suddenly put two and two together. "Kakarot."
Bardock and Gine perked up at this. "He's really home?" Gine said with excitement as she looked down at Turles. "Now you get to meet your older brother."
They all felt in better spirts as they headed towards the hanger bay. Vegeta was just glad to have Kakarot back. Now they could dominate again.
Kakarot jumped out of bed. He knew that they had to be getting close to Planet Vegeta, but something felt off. He felt a familiar Ki pass him. That couldn't be right. Tarble wouldn't be out here. He had no reason to be.
He didn't like that Ki. Even if it was Tarble's, it felt tainted. Like something was surrounding it with darkness. He made tried to tell himself that Tarble's power was darkness and there was nothing to worry about, but he couldn't shake it. This darkness was different. There was something sinister about it.
"Goku?" Chichi asked from behind him.
Kakarot shook his head, but that same feeling of dread came over him again as he looked down at his home planet. He could see the smoke rising. "Go get Gohan. We're landing into a warzone."
Chichi looked up at him in fear, but did what he asked.
Kakarot growled as he looked down at the planet. Whoever did this was going to pay. No one attacked his home. No one.
The ship began to land and he looked out over the planet as they got closer. He could see the damage. Someone had come here and tried to take them down. It looks like they held their own against the threat, but that didn't calm him one bit.
"Goku!" Chichi sounded terrified and he moved out of the bedroom, tossing his armor on as he went.
"What?" He asked urgently after seeing the panicked look on her face.
"Gohan…I can't find him." She said, looking around him.
Kakarot tensed up. His rage forgotten as worry took over. Coco was looking with them and they couldn't find him anywhere.
He sighed as he made to sense the boy's ki, but he couldn't find it. Gohan had to have picked it up by watching him. "You stay and look here. I'll head to the front. That way I can grab him if he tries to escape."
Before she could answer, he had already moved. The ship was landing and Coco had moved away from him. She had to be going after Gohan's scent. Kakarot didn't mind, they needed another nose on the case.
The door opened and he stepped out into the hanger. It was quiet, but he continued to just listen with his eyes closed. He could feel slight ki vibrations getting closer.
"Kakarot." Vegeta walked up with his parents, Bulma, and Gure, but he placed up his hand and told them to stay quiet.
"Chichi, have you found him yet?" He called into the ship.
"No…Gohan…" Chichi still sounded scared.
"Gohan?" Bulma said looking at Vegeta. "Isn't that the old man?"
Vegeta rolled his eyes. "Why did they waste the dragonballs bringing that old fart back?"
Bulma shrugged as Bardock and Gine watched their son.
Kakarot felt another twinge and his eyes flashed open. His arms moved up and he grabbed his son out of the air. Gohan began to giggle as Kakarot moved his son down against him. "Chichi! I got him!"
Everyone stared in shock as Chichi ran out from the ship. "MY BABY!" She nabbed him right out of Kakarot's arms just as everyone saw the tail.
Bulma grinned. "Chichi, Kakarot, by any chance it that your child?"
Bardock and Gine stared at the child in Chichi's arms and Kakarot turned pale. "Well…yeah."
Gohan giggled again as Chichi began to tickle his tummy. The baby laughed so hard that a blast flew up into the ceiling of the hanger, forming a massive hole in the metal. "Oh my!" Chichi said.
Bulma froze. "That's… that's not possible."
"He's stronger than the average kid." Kakarot said.
Vegeta looked down at the boy, then back at his captain with a grin on his face. "Does that mean that you have taken a mate?" Kakarot nodded. "So you're no longer celibate either?"
Kakarot turned red. "No…"
Bardock came up to his son and slapped him on the back. "I knew you had it in you."
Vegeta looked back over at Bulma. She wasn't just happy. She knew that she had won the bet between them. Looking back at Kakarot's child, he now felt no worries about it. The child was strong. This is what he needed to know.
Gine walked over to Chichi and Turles looked over at Gohan. The two exchanged baby babbles.
"Hey, Dad, who's mom holding?" Kakarot asked.
Gine giggled. "This is your younger brother, Turles."
"I have a new brother?!" Kakarot said in shock.
Bardock smirked. "We thought we were never going to get grandchildren out of you and Raditz so…"
Gine laughed next to him. "But now we have one." She looked at Chichi. "And I now have a beautiful daughter-in-law as well. Only one thing could make this day better."
Kakarot was about to ask about that as Vegeta put Bulma over his shoulder and made to leave. "Vegeta what are you doing?" Bulma shrieked.
"We're making one." Vegeta said, about to walk away.
"Oh, before you run off. I have one question, Vegeta." Kakarot said.
Vegeta didn't turn around. "What question?" He didn't have time for this. He needed to go and make an heir.
"Where is Tarble going?"
To Be Continued…
Author's Note
Uh-oh, where has Tarble run off to...at least Kakarot is back.