The Three Legendary Saiyans

by RyanPhoenix

(Sequel to The Saiyan of Namek) Raijin must learn to break through his limits and ascend to a higher level in order to stand on equal ground with the evolving strengths of Goku and Vegeta as they walk the path of God Ki; battling against new and even more powerful foes until the ultimate battle of survival begins.

80. Origins of Evil Part 1

The Three Legendary Saiyans

Chapter 80: Origins of Evil Part 1.

Author's Note: For the sake of the reader's understanding, the evil alternate version of Raijin will be simply referred to as "Cress" as it is finally time to reveal his original Saiyan Name, I chose the name because I love cress/egg mayo sandwiches.

Planet Vegeta: The Day of Destruction.

High above The Saiyan Home-world; a star ship floated in orbit, flanked by hundreds of frigates and thousands of soldier's all eager to watch as a galaxy-famous world has about to vanish forever, from grunts to ranked soldiers and even the members of The Ginyu Force stood within their ships all awaiting the dark fate that awaited The Saiyan Race.

"Lord Frieza; are you sure it is wise to destroy Planet Vegeta based solely of that so-called prophecy" Spoke the commanding officer: Berryblue; though a subordinate to Frieza himself but held a position to command the troops as she saw fit.

"What are you getting at Berryblue? I am merely carrying out the order set by Lord Beerus and ensuring The Super Saiyan God might never arise" Frieza scoffed; glaring out of the corners of his eyes at his highest-ranked commanding officer, the threat of imminent death hanging in the air like the blade of a guillotine.

"If I may be so honest with you Sire… it might be wise to set aside some Saiyans as a method of one day unseating Beerus, having such a being as this Super Saiyan God might be vital if you were to usurp the divine position" Berryblue spoke; being careful with her words as Zarbon, Dodoria and Ginyu all looked to her expecting her to be reduced to a pile of ashes.

Frieza stared out at the planet his fleet orbited; feeling a strangely convincing voice whispering into his ear, "Hmm… your suggestion sounds appealing… very well, send The Ginyu Force to acquire Nursing Pods of infant Saiyans with above average latent abilities; and do it before the hour is out for that is when I destroy Planet Vegeta or your lives will vanish along with these monkeys".

"SIR!" yelled several Troops present to overhear the conversation; all of which leaving and replay the orders to The Ginyu Force whilst Frieza stared out the window of his personal chamber and down at The Planet Vegeta, anxious to see the planet burn.

Waiting for the hour to pass felt excruciating to Frieza; unable to shake the feeling uncomfortable with a disembodied voice that had whispered the approval of recruitment of Infant Saiyans before destroying Planet Vegeta into his ear, watching as skirmishes broke out between rebelling Saiyans and Troops; though Frieza thought it to be nothing more than a mere lightshow before the main event.

"Lord Frieza… this Saiyan Child has very high potential! Possibly greater than every other Saiyan we kept alive; It may be worth cultivating his powers" Zarbon stuttered as he spoke; pressing his Scouter again and reading the child's latent powers for a second time as the numbers read were higher than any other gathered.

"You mean to tell me that one of these filthy monkey's is truly powerful? Is he stronger than the mighty Prince Vegeta?" Frieza scowled as he spoke; floating over to Zarbon and spotting the numbers displayed across the green-screen of Zarbon's Scouter.

"It is difficult to say right now; but… it appears that his untapped abilities indeed rival that of The Prince" Zarbon spoke again; switching off the Scouter and speaking on the currently-known powers of the royal Prince Vegeta who'd been recruited under the false-pretence of peace between King Vegeta and Lord Frieza.

"Interesting; ensure that These Saiyans are trained so they might prove useful in the future… or at least as fodder for anyone who dares oppose my rule" Frieza spoke quietly; allowing Zarbon to not only keep his life for another day but allowing the Saiyan Infant to stay alive too, ascending up through the hatch in his chamber's ceiling as the moment had finally come: the death of Planet Vegeta.

Earth: The Saiyan Invasion.

The mid-day sun shone bright over the skyline of Earth's East City; the hustle and bustle of the people going about their daily lives being as busy as it was for the common pedestrians, people glancing up as what they assumed were shooting stars strangely appearing in the middle of the day only for the presumed shooting stars to shoot towards the city with incredible speed as four resounding orb-like crafts came hurling down through the skies; one of which tore through a sphere-shaped building before coming to a landing alongside the other three leaving deep craters in their wake.

The Four Pods hissing with air as the interiors decompressed; the hatches opening as four figures all stepped out at once to the audience of Earthlings gathered around the series of craters all eager to see the visitors from beyond the stars.

First stood the tall figure clad in black and orange armour and matched boots and bracers, with red bands around his arms and legs along with extremely long black hair; his face appearing cautious and calculating as he scanned the crowd of onlookers with his green-lens Scouter.

Second stood an even taller Saiyan; bald and built out of pure muscle and strength except for a black moustache, his own black/orange armour the same as the previous Saiyan including the same boots and bracers.

The Third Pod opened as a shorter Saiyan exited the Pod; boasting a spikier hairstyle than the others but dressed in a simpler blue bodysuit with white/yellow armour with white gloves and boots but walked out from his Spacecraft with a more refined and royal posture.

Murmurs and hushed tones spread amongst the crowd of onlookers as they gathered around the four strange Spacecraft; The Larger and Muscular Saiyan furrowed his brow as he instantly raised his hand as a blast wave of his energy tore through the surrounding area including the entirety of the city itself, reducing the city to a half-crumbled ruin in less than a minute, leaving the only life signs still present within its boundaries to be The Saiyans themselves.

"Raditz, Nappa… was that really necessary?" Spoke a voice from the fourth and final Pod; his voice calm but lacking emotion as the figure rose from the seat within, a figure with slick black hair with two spikes jutting out either side of his head like devil horns, clad in white and yellow armour akin to Vegeta's and a black bodysuit that cut short on the legs and arms leaving muscle exposed.

"I'm sorry Cress" Spoke the big and bulky Saiyan named Nappa, his body-mass much larger than his fellows due to his greater age but his strength allowed him to be part of the group, his voice low and apologetic towards his fellow Saiyan.

"It's fine Nappa; I doubt the Saiyan we're seeking could have been killed that easily anyway… activate your scouters and search for high battle powers" Cress spoke; glancing around at the devastation with an approving look, "Good job though; that should give Kakarot enough of a signal for our arrival, now we wait".

Almost on command; Nappa and Raditz both raised their hands and pressed the button on the side of their Scouter's, instantly scanning the area of devastation around them as buildings stood in ruins while others had crumbled entirely, Vegeta solely refused to follow the order as he sat himself on top of his Pod and waited in silence.

"Several high battle powers are coming straight towards us" Spoke the Saiyan named Raditz; his Green-Lens Scouter beeping and displaying several Power-Levels heading towards them from the skies.

"Well they didn't make us wait long… I guess destroying an entire city and snuffing out so many lives was exactly the signal this planet's defenders needed" Nappa answers second; switching off his Scouter as the supposed low battle powers flying towards them came into view.

"Are the numbers high?" Vegeta answered first; giving Cress a dirty look as he demanded the report from Nappa, Nappa looking to Cress who just gave a curt nod in return.

"No; they're really low, barely in the triple digits" Nappa spoke with a look of disappointment after shutting off his Scouter; having wanted to have a real fight whereas the last planet they'd decimated had nothing but weak insect-like beings and even that gargantuan insect he'd slain had been little more than a plaything.

"Then let us wait and see who they are" Cress remarked with a smile; watching as several figures dropped out from the skies only to come to a landing a few paces away from them.

Stood opposite from The Four Saiyans stood a group of Humans; the tallest were two men, one bald and bearing three eyes while wearing simple green hakama with yellow ankle socks and black pumps but bore a long scar on his chest, next to him was a man of equal height wearing a bright orange gi but with long black hair and scars on each cheek, the smallest also wore a matching orange gi but was bald, and lastly was a rotund man with an orange kimono and a katana tucked into his obi.

"Orange seems to be a preferred colour around here" Cress remarked as all but one wore orange; chuckling to himself but the simple act of laughter caused both Raditz and Nappa to laugh along with him while Vegeta merely smirked at the low power levels read by his own Scouter.

"I wouldn't be laughing just yet!" Yelled a gruff voice from up above; another two fighters arrived on the scene, a tall Namekian in a purple gi paired with a white cloak and turban, the second being a small child in a similar purple gi but he wore a white headband in his black hair and also carried a Shortsword bound to his back.

"A Namekian? Here? Well isn't that interesting" Cress' eyes widened at the sight of The Namekian as a nano-second smile flashed on his face only to be replaced by a cool and calm expression, Vegeta laughing loudly at the group of warriors who pitiful power levels gathering to face them.

"It's a pity you weren't here five minutes earlier, maybe then we didn't have to get your attention" Nappa remarked with pride in his voice; happy with the devastation he'd caused as he cast his massive arms to marvel in the destroyed ruin of a city he'd left in his wake.

"You stand in the ruins of East City and that's all you have to say? All those lives! Millions of people… gone just to get our attention?!" Yamcha barked; his expression one of fury matched by the anger displayed in Tien's own expression as they stared at the huge figure of Nappa.

"You act like I should feel guilty but do you know how many entire planets I have destroyed with just my fingers? Your feeble power levels are less than the insect fodder we destroyed along the way here!" Vegeta scoffed; boasting and bragging about his past conquests and planet's he'd destroyed with a simple blast from two fingers, raising his index and middle fingers in his right hand as a demonstration.

"Vegeta; let Raditz and Nappa fight first" Cress spoke; speaking with a strangely suspicious look in his eyes as he eyed the Z Fighters, he found it strange that fighters with such low power levels would stand so confidently against the might of The Saiyans.

"What about The Saibamen?" Nappa questioned; putting The Z Fighters on edge as The Saiyan brought a small container out from the inside of his bracer, the contents being a set of small green seeds along with a vial of green liquid.

"We don't need them; fight these Z Fighters yourselves" Cress batted his hand in the air; taking a seat atop a piece of a destroyed building, even Tien and Yamcha both could feel a dark weight hanging in the air when Cress was merely present on the scene.

"Thank you Cress for letting me fight; I so rarely get the opportunity to do battle" Raditz spoke thankfully; leaping off the ground and gliding over onto the battlefield amidst the ruined buildings of East City.

"Piccolo, let Tien and I handle this guy" Yamcha spoke just as Piccolo lifted off his cloak and dropped it to the ground, interrupting The Namekian as they wanted to face the first opponent.

"Fine Yamcha; I want to take on the two at the back anyway…" Piccolo spoke as he lifted his turban off his head; allowing Yamcha and Tien to fight first, his eyes narrowing on Vegeta and Cress.

"Two on one?! I welcome the challenge!" Raditz spoke cockily; eager to exchange fisticuffs with two adversaries, cracking his knuckles as he moved with amazing speed as he moving from in front of the tag team duo to behind them and jabbing them both with elbows to their backs.

Both recoiling from the behind-back strike; Tien and Yamcha both flared with flaming aura's, taking Raditz by surprise as they dug their feet into the ruined concrete and kicking off to counterattack; both martial artists zooming back to Raditz as Tien struck Raditz's jaw while Yamcha swung a tornado kick into Raditz's body.

Revealing their true powers at the moment of contact; Raditz roared with pain as he crumbled but launched himself up into the air, firing his Double Sunday energy attack down upon his two opponents, the beam striking both Z Fighters and casting up a dust cloud that covered the area, watching the cloud for an upcoming attack until Tien leapt out of the cloud with both hands on either side of his three-eyed face.

"Coming for a second helping?!" Raditz confidently bellowed; winding back his arms to attack with his Double Sunday for a second time before a blinding flash enveloped Tien's body which blinded Raditz where he stood.

"Solar Flare!" Tien roared; timing his technique to stop Raditz from firing his beams again, the blinded Raditz bringing down his hands to his eyes but having forgot his energy charge in both palms caused his own technique to explode on contact with his armour.

As Raditz recoiled from being blinded and accidently striking himself with own energy; Tien and Yamcha both charged into action, throwing themselves at Raditz with all the energy and power they had in them; both attacking with all the power they held.

With perfect synchronicity; Tien and Yamcha swung perfectly-timed kicks into Raditz's chest; winding the Saiyan, following up the team attack by both striking Raditz in the back with a duel fist strike that cracked and damaged his armour.

With wide eyes; Raditz coughed as shards of his armour embedded themselves in his flesh, unaware that Yamcha and Tien opened their hands and fired beams into the damaged armour; Raditz screaming in pain as blood spilled from his mouth before collapsing to the ground.

Raditz keeled over after suffering the double-teamed blows and beams; his eyes whiting out as he fell face-down into the ground and defeated by two of The Z Fighters, Tien and Yamcha both bumping their fists together after conquering the first of their four foes.

Atop the rubble; Cress sat with a surprised yet thunderous expression as he watched Raditz fall out of the air in defeat, the weight in the air growing heavier as Tien, Yamcha and the other Z Fighters all cast their attention as Cress sat in total silence, Yajirobe quickly passing Tien and Yamcha a Senzu Bean to replenish the energy they'd spent defeating their first foe when the others were all too likely to be even stronger.

"It appears these Z Fighters have the ability to hide their true battle power, that damned Raditz took them too lightly" Vegeta cursed Raditz's name after using his Red-Lens Scouter to read the battle powers of Tien and Yamcha again, realising that the duo's combined power was more than enough to vanquish Raditz.

"Nappa… you know what to do" Cress muttered quietly; his disdain for defeat being unacceptable as his mere shadow cast by the mid-afternoon sun seemed darker, his words casting on an ominous order to the bulky Nappa who glanced over at the duo of Tien and Yamcha with an enraged expression.

"My thanks Cress; I'll go all-out right from the start!" Nappa spoke; demonstrating his loyalty to Cress, removing his armour and tossing it aside thus allowing his bulky frame to benefit more from his combat style, the earth beneath his boots trembling as his yellow energy seeped from his very muscles.

"I expect nothing less… don't disappoint me" Cress spoke coldly; his eyes remaining on Raditz until his own Red-Lens Scouter flared up as Nappa began charging his Aura, watching as Nappa's yellow aura flared and condensed around his large and muscular body like a suit of flaming armour.

With a bellowing roar; Nappa rushed with incredible speed that no being should have with the hug muscle mass Nappa embodied, the titanic Saiyan rushing past Tien, Yamcha, Krillin, Gohan and Piccolo and meeting Yajirobe first; his charge taking the swordsman by surprise and blasting him point-blank with his electrical force and momentum leaving the swordsman dead on impact.

"We noticed that you ate something this tub of lard gave you that healed your injuries from Raditz… no more of that for you!" Nappa spoke proudly; having claimed his first combat kill of the day.

"Shit… we were careless to be so open with The Senzu Beans" Piccolo cursed under his breath; that small oversight costing them not only the rest of their Beans but also the life of a comrade; his eyes catching the small bag containing their remaining beans be stamped under Nappa's boot.

"What do we do now?" Gohan stammered; speaking with a tone of fear as he sank to his knees, having watched as Yajirobe had been killed with one strike.

"We keep fighting; we have The Dragon Balls to revive anyone that falls" Piccolo spoke through gritted teeth; his sharp fangs grinding together as one had fallen to their next foe, and that absurdly high-power level was going to be difficult to overcome.

"You still say that like watching our friends die is something we should just ignore" Krillin countered; casting Piccolo a cold look, the fact that Piccolo had been an enemy only a few years ago but the looming threat of The Saiyans had brought them together though the alliance was unsteady.

"Why are you just standing around talking!" Nappa screamed; raising his heels as he charged again, streaking across the battlefield like a flaming comet threatening to crush anybody who got in his way; his charge flashing past The Z Fighter's with the sound of Tien's voice screaming in his wake.

Tien stood holding out a bloody stump just below his elbow was where Tien's left hand had once been; crimson blood gushing from the wound as Gohan pulled off his headband and instantly wrapped it around the wound as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

"That should stop the bleeding" Gohan spoke; pulling off his headband andusing the accessory for the purpose of tying to tourniquet with a double-knot.

"Thank you… you're a good kid" Tien gasped his words; the shock from losing his hand coupled with the mental stress of such an injury happening so fast caused a profuse sweat to drop from his brow, his heavy breaking causing him to sink to his knees.

Turning on his flats of his boots and his right hand; Nappa span around to redirect his charge, his slide taking such a wide berth to suit his hulking mass that he tore through another crumbling building bringing the structure down around him but Nappa instead burst out through the crumbling building and into the air.

The burning flames around his body shifting to just his right hand until the blazing fire shifting into energy as Nappa spied his targets; spotting that Krillin and Yamcha were closest; marking them as his next targets, winding back his arm and thrusting out with such force that the air itself bent as the blinding flash of power tore through the air before exploding on impact leaving a smoking crater but all the Z Fighters stood in the air above the explosion.

"Dammit… thought that would kill him for sure" Nappa scorned himself; his Bomber DX having exploded but the hidden true powers of The Z Fighters having allowed all the members of the opposition to avoid the deadly assault.

"Get the injured to safety!" Piccolo yelled with urgency; clashing his hands together and firing off a bright white beam from his coupled hands just as Nappa charged again, the beam striking and halting Nappa's charge while Gohan and Yamcha lowered the wounded Tien to the ground, Piccolo and Krillin both standing in the air as Nappa charged like a Bull to a Red Flag; both sidestepping the charge but still felt the heat from the assault as they dodged the physical but not the elemental.

Watching the battle; Gohan lowered to the earth alongside a greatly weakened Tien; Krillin shifted his body to help Piccolo dodge a second charge by Nappa which he ascended upwards instead of straight lines but that change in direction prevented Krillin from noticing the shadow of Nappa dropping down from above.

With a sense of glee; Nappa struck Krillin hard with his bracer-wearing fist, forcing the monk to crash down into the ruined roads, following up his attack with a second fist-swing at Piccolo though Piccolo blocked the attack; both warriors locking eyes as Nappa judged Piccolo to be the strongest member of The Z Fighters currently present as Kakarot still hadn't arrived.

Deciding to finish the task of killing Krillin instead of fighting Piccolo; dropping from the air with his boot raised to stamp the life from Krillin, his boot coming down just as Yamcha rushed in and defended Krillin from the deadly attack; Yamcha grunting with the strain of blocking the powerful physical attack.

"Thanks Yamcha… I owe you a drink" Tien smirked as he wrapped both his arms around Nappa's huge fist and forearm; holding the Saiyan in place but felt pain in his chest as blood trickled down from the corners of his mouth indicating internal damage.

"You owe me two!" Yamcha grinned; opening his hands and flashing Nappa's eyes with the Solar Flare leaving Nappa temporally blinded while Yamcha dropped his cross-arm block only to lift Krillin from and ground and rush him to safety.

"Now its three" Krillin yelled as he dropped down on top of Nappa's head; delivering an axe-kick straight to Nappa's bald head, Nappa roaring out as he swiped at the air with his free arm but the height-challenged monk easily dodged.

"Deal" Tien gave a wink as he released his grip of Nappa's arm but was only grabbed and flung aside by the enraged and blinded Nappa; with Piccolo and Gohan set to defend him until he got back to his feet, Yamcha turning back on his toes before charging back to attack a blinded Nappa.

As Yamcha charged; his Spirit Ball resonating in the palm of his outstretched right-hand with a blinded Nappa right in his path, Nappa opened his enraged eyes to a blurry image of Yamcha coming straight at him.

"Not fast enough weakling!" Nappa roared; swinging at Yamcha with so much force that his bracer-wearing left fist came down on Yamcha's right-shoulder and neck leaving Yamcha to fall limply to the ground with no sign of movement in his body.

With another friend and ally dead; Piccolo and Krillin only felt their anger rise but before they could launch a counterattack, Nappa raised Yamcha's body up between them and himself as a shield; Nappa wearing a sickening grin for such an underhanded move, even Cress looked annoyed by such a tactic.

With the kill made and the furious counteroffensive halted; Nappa released Yamcha's body leaving the limp form of the brave fighter to crumble to the ground, Gohan falling onto his butt in fear upon watching Yamcha's death, Krillin and Piccolo bending their knees before taking off as Nappa stood in the air; widening his arms to welcome the attack against him.

"This… is for Yamcha… Kikouho!" Tien yelled with the last of his energy charging in his sole hand; his yellow/orange beam firing out of his one hand as Nappa floated in the air, the beam colliding and exploding around the Saiyan leaving a black cloud around the target whilst Tien smirked before falling as his life faded.

Crumbling to the ground; spent of energy and life force, Tien crumbled as life left his body leaving only the cloud of dust in the air in his wake; his body already dead from using his Life Force to fire off his final attack technique, while the smoke faded from the sky revealing Nappa to be still alive but his armour and bracers had been entirely destroyed.

"And that makes three kills… these Z Fighters aren't really amounting to much" Nappa's voice rang out; the dust cloud vanishing revealing the bulky Saiyan but his left arm had been severely burnt from the attack leaving his bracer to crumble into pieces after taking the impact of Tien's final energy attack, turning his eyes to the child: Gohan and leaping into action; raising his fist to crush the child on the spot.

"Nappa! …wait; don't kill those three yet" Vegeta ordered; speaking clearly and asserting a voice of royalty ascertaining to his status as The Saiyan Prince, Nappa actually stopping in mid-air upon hearing Vegeta's order with Gohan quivering in fear in Nappa's looming shadow.

"What? But why?" Nappa questioned; the muscular mass of Nappa's body looming over Gohan just as Cress had ordered him to stop.

"Patience; we've already cut their forces down by half and that is enough for now" Cress cut in and spoke with surprising calm when the shadows hanging over his face were expressing a darker intent after Raditz's defeat.

"Well I say we should kill all these so-called Z Fighters and hunt down Kakarot ourselves" Vegeta exclaimed; attempting to sway Nappa over to his side and slaughter all who opposed them but Nappa stood silently when meeting Cress' sharp stare.

"I admit it is an intriguing proposition but why should we kill them all right now? When we can kill them in front of Kakarot's own eyes" Cress spoke callously with a tone so cold that even Piccolo felt a shiver; casting his field of vision down to Vegeta, allowing him to have say as The Saiyan Prince though Cress himself held a higher rank within The Frieza Force due to his own brand of conduct in battle as indicated by his previous statement.

"This Kakarot you speak of; do you mean Goku?" Piccolo spoke up; questioning the matter of the person named Kakarot they'd been speaking of and if they were actually searching for Goku.

"Yes; I believe that is what you call him, however his true name marking him as one of us: a Saiyan is in fact Kakarot" Vegeta spoke brashly; speaking first with his tone of royalty but expressed annoyance as The Z Fighters did not act with any form of reverence for his royal title and status.

"What Vegeta says is true; you all may dislike the truth but once he has come then he will be our one true opponent" Cress spoke slowly to make his point; setting his eyes upon the bodies of the fallen Z Fighters before moving up to the skies in wait for Goku's arrival.

"Why are you talking about us like we're not even here!" Krillin yelled out of frustration; ignoring Piccolo as he tried to hold the monk back from taking action and flying directly for Cress, bypassing Nappa and Vegeta and rising high above Cress' position with his right hand raised above his head, a circular saw-like construct of energy manifesting in his hand.

Cress cast a glare over his shoulder at Krillin; his very presence emitting a murderous intent in the form of a white aura appearing to have a pair of glaring red eyes as a skull-like form emerged from Cress' aura representing his intent to kill thus leaving Krillin floating in the air with his Destructo Disk rotating in his hand while frozen with intimidation but shaking it off with his resolve.

"Call off your invasion of our world! Then I won't have to use this against you!" Krillin threatened with all of his might; now unfazed by the skull-like apparition Cress radiated but carrying out his threat by winding back to throw his energy saw.

"Try it little monk… see what happens" Cress smirked as he spoke; inviting Krillin to launch the attack with a beckoning gesture from his left hand, his confident grin indicating to Krillin that he would kill the monk before he touched back on the ground.

"Just fire Krillin!" Piccolo yelled through his excruciating pain; thrusting out his left hand and firing a blast at the ground, his blast creating a large dust cloud that Nappa and Vegeta inhaled only to break into a fit of coughing but managing to incapacitate two of the Saiyans while Cress remained fixed on Krillin.

Krillin grit his teeth; choosing to take the risk in attacking Cress and hurling the razor-sharp energy disk at The Saiyan whom merely stood by as the Disk hurtled towards him, ignoring the concerned looks from the barely-conscious Raditz, Nappa just watched while Vegeta were no longer an obstacle in their brief window of opportunity, Cress leaping off the ruined building mere moments before the Disk tore through the rubble.

Krillin glanced around him moments before a crushing impact struck him in his left arm, Cress having moved from the rubble to Krillin himself at incredible speeds and countered by disabling Krillin's arm with a simple jab to the elbow joint and a second jab to Krillin's ribs for added damage; Cress' fist crushing Krillin's ribs on impact leading to Krillin crying out in extreme pain before he fell.

"Now that that little distraction has been put down; I have a question" Cress spoke surprisingly calmly; allowing Krillin to drop to the ground and writhing in pain from his broken arm and ribs, turning his attention to the sliced-up building but keeping how impressed he felt after witnessing Krillin's technique to himself.

"He stopped Krillin… with only two strikes" Piccolo grunted through gritted teeth; glancing to spot a terrified Gohan still cowering in fear as Cress was proving to be far stronger than he was letting on.

"Not that impressive… I could have killed the bald monk with one hit!" Nappa pouted; crossing his arms as he watched Cress return to their side of the battlefield after effortlessly dispatching Krillin, Cress shooting Nappa a don't-push-me look as he passed by.

"What is your question?" Gohan yelled first; earning surprised looks from Piccolo and Krillin, the child walking across the battlefield where the bodies of Tien, Yamcha and Raditz lay until Gohan reached Cress and Vegeta; only then feeling the immeasurable weight of their powers.

"I commend your bravery child" Vegeta scorned; looking at the child with contempt but also a hint of respect for daring to just walk over to speak with them.

"I too commend you child; my question is how you all knew that we were coming? You arrived too quickly and you seem too aware of who we are to the point that you all are sufficiently prepared" Cress spoke second; casting his line of sight to Gohan with an impressed look.

Gohan thought for a long moment; he as well as Piccolo and Goku were contacted by a disembodied voice calling itself King Kai of the coming threat, figuring that The Saiyans wouldn't believe that answer but his train of thought was cut-off by Krillin's yelling.

"Just you wait… Goku will come" Krillin yelled through the pain; staring out through one eye as he declared Goku's eventual arrival, meeting Cress' curious eye as he yelled his declairation.

"So where is he then?" Vegeta scoffed; looking down at the warrior after forgetting about discovering how The Z Fighter's had learnt about The Saiyans, "We Saiyans live for battle and never run away from a fight, and yet Kakarot has sent you to face us instead of being present himself".

Cress couldn't deny Vegeta's point; he too felt that Kakarot had run away leaving not only his comrades to fight his battle but also his own son, an act not fitting of a Saiyan Warrior much less a martial artist for all warriors were meant to strike for the greatest heights.

"Krillin… don't!" Piccolo yelled; the veins in his temples pulsing as he struggled to focus on his Regeneration to recover his lost limbs with Krillin's foolish attack and the fearful cry's from Young Gohan.

"He's training in a special room where he can train for a year in one day! When he gets here you will all be defeated" Krillin yelled again; coughing up blood as he spoke as he felt his damaged ribs pressing on his lungs.

"Oh shit…" Piccolo grunted; the bleeding stump of his arm finally halting as his new arm sprouted from the wound, dripping with a bright liquid as Piccolo flexed the muscles in his newly-regenerated arm.

"Very interesting! So Kakarot would rather be training to defeat us than fighting by your side? I wouldn't call him much on an ally, but I wouldn't mind making use of that room myself!" Vegeta bragged; continually invoking Goku's Saiyan Name though his friends and son kept calling him by the name Goku.

"As would I, if we're to execute our coup against Lord Frieza then we will need to vastly increase our powers…" Cress spoke with a smirk; watching Vegeta out the corners of his eyes, he knew the orders that he'd received before leaving Frieza Planet 1 meant keeping a close eye on Vegeta and keeping his ambition under check.

"Again I ask; why are we leaving these peons alive when we could kill them where they stand!" Nappa bellowed in anger and rage; again prevented from killing his victims, frustration setting in when he'd normally follow Cress' orders but now he'd been denied the opportunity too many times and his Bomber DX was already fully charged in his right hand.

"Because I have rank Nappa… you do as I say!" Cress barked back; an air of authority hanging over Cress as his presence put Nappa down, Krillin, Piccolo and Gohan only watched as Nappa dropped his Flame Energy Armour after being told off by Cress.

Vegeta grit his teeth hard as he stared at Cress; his hands balling into fists as his pride and anger threatened to overwhelm his sense, he stood at the pinnacle of Saiyans as The Prince and yet somebody like Cress stood above him in terms of Frieza Force Rank; the soil around his feet shimmered as his powers grew but Cress remained quiet but watching Vegeta with steadfast control.

Before Nappa could barely react; Piccolo rushed him and slashed five deep gashes across Nappa's chest with his claw-like nails, howling in pain as Nappa's anger was finally induced after taking so many wounds; yellow flames cloaking his body once again as he wound back to attack Piccolo with a Bomber DX Attack, the radiation and vibrations resonating from his hand caused him to fail to notice that Krillin has risen back onto his feet and hurling another Destructo Disk from his uninjured arm while Gohan fired off a desperate Masenko which struck Krillin's Disk thus accelerating it; The Disk tearing through and severing Nappa's right arm therefore halting the Bomber DX's firing.

"Nappa! Get out of the fight!" Cress yelled with a frantic urgency; realising that he'd made a mistake in his put-down of Nappa and had given The Z Fighter's a window of opportunity to claim victory.

Nappa howled with pain as his severed right arm fell to the ground; The Bomber DX fully charged in his severed arm as it fell, the moment Nappa's arm hit the ground triggered the explosion from Nappa's own technique which engulfed The Bulky Saiyan entirely leaving a thick black cloud of smoke and dust in its wake.

"Did we win?" Gohan asked Krillin; waiting as the cloud was slow to disperse before slowly revealed one figure standing and one laying face-down in the ground, the smoke dispelling to reveal Piccolo standing over a dead Nappa but burnt from the blast.

"We did it! We beat two of them!" Gohan cheerfully yelled; jumping up and down in celebration of two victories but quieted down as Piccolo and Krillin both looked back to the remnants of East City, and the bodies of Tien, Yamcha and Yajirobe that lay in the dusty ground.

"But it came at too heavy a cost, and we still have those two and they'll both be vastly stronger than Raditz and Nappa combined" Piccolo spoke through gritted teeth as his regeneration slowly healed his burns; regretful that they'd had to lose three allies just defeating the first two Saiyans.

"I can't fucking believe this… we should have just killed them all when they arrived! Raditz might have been weak but Nappa too?!" Vegeta cursed and ranted; purple flames licking across his body as a representation of his growing rage.

"Vegeta, we underestimated their abilities; not only can they hide their true power levels but their techniques complement each other and become either stronger or faster… even you have to admit how impressive they are" Cress muttered with clear irritation; rising back up from his seat atop the rubble, appearing to be finally ready to enter the fight himself but stopped by a sudden outburst from Vegeta.

"Cress… fuck you! I'm taking this into my own hands" Vegeta shouted while giving Cress the middle finger; bursting off the ground in a blaze of purple flames and charged directly for Krillin, Gohan and Piccolo with the intention of slaughtering all three where they stood as he wound back his right hand and hurled a ball of fire at the trio.

Cress stared as Vegeta leapt into battle; casting his sights to Nappa's corpse and then to the barely breathing Raditz, mentally processing the possibility that he'd have to enter the battle himself and if he did then not one living soul would be left on this world once he was done.

Vegeta's ball of fire struck the ground at Piccolo's feet setting the ground itself ablaze; Piccolo grabbing Gohan and pulling the child out of danger while Krillin levitated overhead as Vegeta closed in on Krillin and struck the monk with a swift blow to the neck causing the monk to fall helpless to the ground, pursuing Piccolo and Gohan into the skies with energy charging in his arm fist; with the intention to blasting the remaining Z Fighters away with a single blast: Vegeta laugh as he extended his arm to fire only for a hand to reach out and grab him and divert his blast into a separate and harmless direction.

"Goku!" Piccolo spoke in astonishment; amazed that Goku had closed in on their battle not only at an incredible speed but also without being sensed nor being picked up by The Saiyans' Scouters.

"Daddy!" Gohan yelled out of happiness and joy; while Krillin rolled over onto his back whist on the ground with a grin as Goku had finally arrived and just in the nick of time.

Looking to the figure gripping Vegeta by the hand; catching sight of the orange gi, spiky black hair and a determined look in his eyes as powerful white flames radiated off his frame, "Kakarot… took your sweet time".

"So; he finally arrives" Cress thought to himself upon watching as Kakarot or Goku as he was called on Earth; stop Vegeta with a single hand, not bothering to use his Scouter after the ability to hide power levels had been more than proven.

Goku glanced down at the bodies of Tien, Yamcha and Yajirobe, and then to Raditz and Nappa, his expression still though internally he felt saddened by the senseless loss of life of not only his friends but also The Saiyans and the uncountable lives lost in this destroyed City.

Vegeta; annoyed by the lack of attention from Kakarot/Goku towards the fight at hand; wrapped his left hand in his purple fire and punched at Goku only though the punch connected but Goku barely felt it, Goku's eyes turned to Vegeta and with blinding speed released Vegeta's right wrist and punched Vegeta hard in the gut with enough force to crack his highly durable armour.

As Vegeta floated while gasping for breath after being gut-punched; Goku flung a small brown sack down to Gohan, the child opening it to reveal three small green beans.

"Gohan; you, Krillin and Piccolo eat those; they'll fully restore your strength" Goku answered; passing a Senzu Bean each to Krillin, Piccolo and Gohan, all three eating the bean instantly and letting their energy be quickly replenished and their injuries fading into nothing.

"But Dad; I don't want to fight anymore" Gohan spoke quickly; he'd been fighting his fear throughout the entirety of the battle and had bravely fought to support his father's friends but no longer wished to do battle.

"That's alright son, you and Krillin are going to return to our house as fast as you can, Piccolo and I will handle these two by ourselves" Goku calmly announced; Vegeta giving Goku a look of utter scorn and hatred while Cress smirked with amusement as he watched the group eat something and be instantly healed.

"Thanks Goku; just be careful… we've struggled to defeat the first two Saiyans and these two are bound to be even stronger… did you perfect that new technique?" Krillin chimed in; clearly happy that Goku had arrived, his bruises, burns and scrapes vanishing as he'd eaten the bean.

"Not quite… but it'll be my last resort if I have to use it" Goku spoke in a hushed tone; not wanting The Saiyans to overhear any information on his secret weapon though it was still a double-edged-sword.

"Dad…" Gohan muttered; clearly relieved to see his father finally arrive after his training, but his body appeared perfectly healthy and free of fatigue clearly induced by having partaken of a Senzu himself prior to arrival.

"Gohan; get out of here and get to safety, we cannot fight seriously with you here" Piccolo spoke up; encouraging Gohan and Krillin should escape from the ruins of East City seeing as Goku's House and Kame House only a short flight away for them, the battle so far having been terrible for both sides but with Vegeta and Cress now standing as their adversaries meant the battle was about to get a lot more chaotic.

"I commend you for prioritising the safety of your son, but where was that concern earlier? While this child has been in the thick of battle; watching as others fought and died" Cress spoke up; using a tone that gave an impression of how impressed he was with Goku's arrival but his true underlying feelings were given away by his eyes and words; the questioning of why a father had allowed his son to be exposed to such horrors.

"That's none of your business" Goku answered quickly; standing with Piccolo by his side as Krillin and Gohan lifted up into the air and began their escape, though Goku and Piccolo both knew that they'd arranged for Gohan to be present for the battle on the account of his Hidden Potential; both having hoped that his Hidden Powers to be enough to vanquish The Saiyans but events hadn't transpired as they'd hoped.

"Enough chattering! The true battle begins now!" Vegeta bellowed at the top of his lungs; launching off the tarmac and making a beeline directly for Krillin and Gohan, clearly aiming to take out the fleeing Z Fighter's first but his charge is quickly stopped as Piccolo's right arm extending into a elongated limb that grasped Vegeta by the next and slamming The Prince into the side of a building.

Even Cress felt amazed by The Namekian's ability to extend his arms; even more so to stop Vegeta's first attack when most never saw him coming before the sensation of his fists collided with the body of his target, but to be thrown into a building with the simple redirection of his momentum was quite stupendous to his eyes.

Angered by the countering of his initial assault; Vegeta wound his arms back as he then threw a pair of literal fireballs from his hands, the flaming orbs bypassing Piccolo and Goku as they closed in on The Prince but the heat incinerated the fabric of their gi's but distracting them long enough for Vegeta to rush out from the ruined offices and plant his fists in the exposed chests of both Goku and Piccolo.

Both Z Fighter's gasping for breath as Vegeta's punches had targeting their lungs and ribs protecting that particular organ; being driven down through another building as the floors collapsed in on them as they were driven down through the building, floor after floor being decimated as Vegeta drove Goku and Piccolo down until reaching the ground floor, the fighters crashing through a receptionist's desk before Vegeta released his grip on the pair.

Spitting up blood as Goku rose up first with Piccolo rising second; the two nodding wordlessly together as Goku rushed Vegeta with a series of palm strikes, punches and kicks, every movement made with the perfect execution of a life-long martial artist while Piccolo stood stationary with the index and middle fingers of his right hand pressed to his forehead, Vegeta blocked and attempted to deflect the blows from Goku but to no avail as Goku's trained precision allowed him to keep fighting without pause only stopping his attack upon hearing Piccolo's voice.

"Special Beam Cannon!" Piccolo yelled; extending his arm outwards as Goku ducked under the spiralling orange beam fired out from his same fingers that had been pressed to his forehead, cursing his lack of foresight; Vegeta attempted to fire a beam of his own to counter Piccolo's but the spiralling beam collided with Vegeta's left shoulder; his armour splintering and breaking under the force of the beam's drill effect as he barely ducked in time before the beam drilled through his entire shoulder and would've taken off his arm.

"Damn it… that should have killed him!" Piccolo gasped; having focussed all his energy into that one attack but had failed to land the killing blow but had put Vegeta into a less favourable position.

"Don't worry Piccolo; recover some energy and then come help me… I'm using it" Goku spoke carefully so the enraged Vegeta wouldn't overhear, Vegeta himself rising back to his feet but cloaked in a haze of angry purple flames but his eyes glared with an angry bloodlust that lead him to be incapable of utilising any other senses other than his battle sense.

"Yes; can't afford to hold back against this guy" Piccolo agreed; stepping back as Goku flexed his muscles in preparation for the use of his newest technique.

With a bellowing roar as Goku's aura as well as his own skin turned bright red as his battle power more than doubled according to Cress' Scouter; leading Goku to fire off the ground with much greater speed than Vegeta was expecting, striking The Prince with an uppercut to the jaw that Vegeta barely saw coming; recoiling backwards as Goku followed up with a series of punches to Vegeta's stomach.

Piccolo grinned as he watched the blaze of red overpower the purple flames in the sky; Cress too watching with keen interest in a technique that doubled one's battle powers with observative eyes that practically analysed the exact abilities and potential of such a skill.

Coughing up saliva and blood; Vegeta barely followed Goku's next attack in the form of a meteoric-rush of punches and kicks that shattered the abdomen-region of his armour leaving his abs exposed as Goku's fists continued to pound away at Vegeta's exposed abdomen for several minutes, the ferocious red flames of his enhancer-technique overpowering the angry purple flames of Vegeta's as Vegeta felt a lightning-fast punch to his jaw which sent him flying backwards into a wall and back into the ruins of the city.

"What… was that?!" Vegeta coughed; blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth, still on his feet despite the battering he'd taken from Goku, not getting an answer from Goku as he rushed Vegeta with another series of punches and kicks while in his empowered state forcing Vegeta to be flung backwards into another building.

"My last resort… a technique I'd be trying to perfect so I'd been training to use it better so I could defeat you!" Goku spoke; the idea of a power multiplier coming to him during his training as a last resort due to the heavy backlash the skill took on his body so he'd been careful with when to use the technique.

Knowing that he could only hold onto this enhanced power for a few more seconds as Goku went to finish Vegeta off with a Dragon Fist but a vicious pain spreading up through the muscles in his back and spine forced Goku to halt his final attack and release the enhanced power; his red flames vanishing as quickly as they came whilst Goku sank to his knees on the ground.

Watching from the ground; Cress stared intently as Goku's sudden power-up faded as quickly as it came but he smiled as Vegeta was about to go back on the offensive as a Masenko passed between Vegeta and Goku, looking to see if the child and monk had returned but Vegeta only saw that Piccolo had re-entered the fray with a continuous number of Masenko beams.

Angered even further by the continued resistance; Vegeta leapt off the roads and into the sky, spreading his arms wide as the purple flames of his power radiated in the air like a beacon whilst Vegeta drew his hands together to fire his own energy attack: The Galick Gun, "You have insulted me for the final time! Now I'll wipe out your entire world!"

Piccolo gritted his teeth; he'd not regained enough energy to repel something of this magnitude and knew well enough that if Vegeta's Energy Attack touched their planet then it would certainly be destroyed, turning to find Goku back on his feet.

"Let me handle this… it'll take everything I've got left so you'll have to make the finishing blow" Goku spoke with notable pain in his voice; his arms positioned for his Kamehameha Wave but the sweat and sores that marked his skin indicated that this would be his last attack for this battle if he used his Enhancer again.

"Alright; I'll support you as much as I can" Piccolo nodded; knowing too well if they'd defeat Vegeta with the last of their energy and strength then they'd have nothing left to fend off the final Saiyan: Cress but ignoring that fact and putting it to the back of his mind as Vegeta moved his hands again and began to fire the colossal energy attack down towards them and their planet.

"One… more time!" Goku yelled; his flesh turning red as the crimson flames returned, bringing his hands together and firing a greatly enhanced Kamehameha against Vegeta's Enraged Galick Gun, the two beams clashing in a spectacular manner as the skies were dyed with blue and purple across the black clouds gathering; the beams struggling to overcome each other with neither willing to give, Piccolo rushing to Goku's side and placing his hands against Goku's back and donating any energy he could spare to Goku even though Goku's every muscle and cell were screaming in agony for using his newfound power for too long.

With Goku's Enhanced and Piccolo's own energy combined; The Kamehameha quickly overcame Vegeta's Galick Gun; the skies dyed white and blue as the defensive beam split the purple flaming beam apart and consuming Vegeta's right arm and leg, The Saiyan screaming in pain as his limbs were seared with severe burns while tears of blood dripped from under his eyes, his Tail standing up and its hair sticking out on end.

Cress sat smirking at the sorry state Vegeta was in after his desperation attack had been defeated; turning his sight onto what was left of the city skyline and waiting for the battle to come to an end before returning his attntion to the ending of the long battle.

With excruciating pain in his every step; Vegeta limped towards the fallen Goku and Piccolo as both were utterly drained from battling The Galick Gun, only coming to a stop when standing atop an overturned vehicle bearing the Lucky Foods logo; without any swords to say as Vegeta stood raising his left hand though bloodied from the extreme energy output he'd exhibited, Vegeta stood with the final blow primed as his hand flared with purple lightning.

But before Vegeta could deliver his last attack; a sudden blow struck him hard in the face and sent The Prince crumbling off the vehicle and crashing onto his back upon the concrete roads, looking up to see who'd attacked The Prince only to see the young Gohan standing over him.

"You?!" Vegeta spat in disgust and fury; unable to comprehend that a child now held the power to stop him much less defeat him.

"Yes me! Do it Krillin!" Gohan smiled as he'd returned at exactly the right moment and created their window of opportunity for a victory, calling out the name of the bald monk but Vegeta's fury had dulled his senses too much to realise the sound of the energy disk humming towards him from the same direction that Gohan had come from.

Screaming in pain as Krillin's Destructo Disk tore through Vegeta's Tail and his armour leaving a bloody gash in his flesh; the moment of vulnerability leaving Vegeta open to attack as Gohan fired an unspoken Masenko which collided with Vegeta sending the Saiyan crashing into the remains of a building, struggling back to his feet amidst his bleeding wounds; Vegeta barely had time to react as Piccolo came running through the remains of what had once been a series of cubicle offices and slamming his hand into Vegeta's face and forcing Vegeta back out through the broken glass where he dropped out from the building where Goku waited to finish the assault with an up-close Kamehameha that drove Vegeta down into the mud in utter defeat.

Cress remained where he stood atop a pile of rubble and debris; allowing himself to chuckle as Vegeta fell to the ruined road in defeat; the dirty sewage muck and water leaking from once-underground pipes, concrete and broken pavements, The Prince humbled by what he had called a Low-Class Warrior, a Namekian as well as a lowly Earthing and a Half-Breed.

"How?" Vegeta mumbled with a mouth full of dirt; no longer having the energy to fight back.

"It was all Gohan… we watched the beam struggle from a distance, we knew that if you could keep fighting after that then Goku and Piccolo would be vulnerable so we returned and timed our assault to when we could take you by surprise!" Krillin recounted Gohan's improvised and rushed plan of attack, smiling widely as he was joined by Gohan, Goku and Piccolo, all standing over the defeated Vegeta.

"I must say that was an impressive victory though self-destructive" Cress spoke; walking towards the barely-standing Z Fighters whilst clapping his hands, the air feeling colder as he approached.

"Are you next?" Goku remarked; glaring out the corners of his eyes as Cress remained stood against his boulder, powerful yellow flames burning off his body as he stood over Nappa's body, Raditz clutching his stomach as blood seeped from his wound, and Vegeta lay with a pair of broken arms.

"No; I can tell you're stronger than I am… unlike that lot; I'm a more rational sort" Cress remarked cockily; allowing the defeated Vegeta to witness Cress' own smug smile as he stared down at The Prince, letting Vegeta feel the sting of defeat even more by refusing to help The Prince up.

"How very courteous of you… strange to see that trait in a Saiyan" Piccolo countered bluntly; the previous Saiyans they'd battled had all been battle-driven forces to collide with and Cress strangely appeared not only calm but unwilling to fight.

"Is that what you think of me? You saw how easily I took down your little bald friend and you still want to fight me? I admire your resolve but you're in no shape to fight me" Cress spoke in a noticeably colder tone of voice; turning his line of sight to Krillin who shied away from Cress, turning his attention back to Goku and Piccolo as they both were barely standing on their feet after battling Vegeta.

"And yet you're still refusing to fight? when you yourself thought that all warriors should strive for for victory" Piccolo stated; an orange ball of energy forming in his hand in preparation of the possibility that Cress could attack them with his speed like he did to Krillin.

"You're not exactly wrong Namekian; Vegeta here might be stronger than me but I hold rank, so…" Cress spoke coyly with a wider smirk for Piccolo had been reading his thoughts at the time he'd thought along though lines; giving Vegeta a glance as he claimed that Vegeta was stronger than him though Vegeta didn't emit the same dark weight that he did, a hint that didn't go amiss with Piccolo.

"So if you give an order then The Other Saiyans have to follow it… though it seems they don't always follow your orders" Piccolo spoke with an impressed tone; the tactician in him feeling impressed that Cress wouldn't fight a battle he couldn't win but the warrior in him still felt that there was something about Cress' strength he wasn't revealing.

"I'd like to offer you an invitation… though it's more of an ultimatum; join me and usurp Frieza's hold over The Galaxy, or I just create an Artificial Moon and we trample your Planet underfoot" Cress spoke ominously calm; gesturing out towards Goku and Piccolo with an open hand; delivering his offer and his threat.

"Never mind the ultimatum… just create The Artificial Moon" Vegeta gasped; calling out to Cress with an order whereas if they fully transformed into The Great Ape then they'd easily trample the opposition and tear the planet's city to rubble.

"Shut up Vegeta… I'm in charge of this failed conquest; remember that!" Cress barked back and claiming their mission as a failure even though he too would be discredited for the failed venture; looking down at the defeated Prince with disgust, the look in his eyes told exactly what he was thinking; debating whether to kill Vegeta or not but turned his attention back to Goku upon hearing him speak.

"And what if we choose the third option… beat you up like we did your allies" Krillin shouted back now that he was back on his feet; keeping Gohan behind him as he was prepared to be Gohan's shield after having been at the receiving end of Cress' attack once already.

"Calling my bluff; are you sure you want to do that?" Cress spoke ominously turning his cold sight back on Krillin; the dark weight returning to the air around him; turning his ice-cold stare to Krillin and Gohan.

"Try me…" Krillin countered without fear; giving Cress a knowing look, indicating that he knew how strong Cress truly was which Cress merely smirked at the monk.

"I must say I respect your decision to return; if not for you and the child then Vegeta would have won your battle" Cress spoke directly to Krillin; giving him an impressed smile after watching how Krillin had returned and turned the tide in the fight with Vegeta.

"I… could have killed them all! If only you didn't stop me!" Vegeta barked loudly while struggling to get back on his feet; even with a broken arm, a burnt abdomen, a swollen shut eye and cracked ribs he was still willing to fight, a notion that Goku understood all too well.

Cress stared at Vegeta for several quiet moments; his eyes looking down at his injuries before finally speaking in a commanding tone, "Vegeta… return to your pod, you'll need the Life Support and Stasis Settings for those injuries of yours and get Raditz while you're at it".

"What? Why should I rescue that weakling?!" Vegeta yelled angrily; rising back to his feet but grasped at his broken left arm, his footing loose and his legs shaking after being defeated so thoroughly.

"Do as I ordered Vegeta… or do I have to put you down myself?" Cress spoke coldly; his expression remaining calm and collected but his tone of voice gave away an aggression that Vegeta himself had to obey by shuffling over and lifting the half-dead Raditz to his feet with his one uninjured arm.

"So you chose to run with your tail between your legs, a wise choice" Piccolo spoke; viewing Cress' order to withdraw instead of fighting, drawing the energy he was preparing into a ball back into himself.

"Running you say? I prefer a tactical retreat; you'll have some time to bury your dead and heal from your battles before I return" Cress retorted; ignoring the descent of three Saiyan Pods, each shifting their location from the deep craters they'd landed into the current location of the surviving three Saiyans as per the signal sent from Cress' Remote.

"We won't have to; we prepared for the deaths of our friends, they won't be gone from our world for long" Goku remarked with confidence; his chosen words drawing concerned looks from Krillin and Piccolo, even Cress picked up on the sudden shift.

"And how so?" Cress questioned; his eyebrows lifting with interest in the fact that their dead friends could be brought back to life.

"They'll be alive and well the next time you come to this planet, and we'll all stop you once and for all" Goku responded; smiling confidently in if he along with all his friends including the fallen would be capable of bringing down and defeating Cress.

Cress cracked a knowing smile; he had long ago heard the mysterious legend of Namekians possessing a set of magical orbs that could revive the dead or grant any desire but he'd never believed it to be true, until now that the Earth-based Saiyan named Son Goku had just spoken that their dead allies would be alive the next time he returned to Earth had just proved that the myth had some truth behind it.

"Well I look forward to seeing them again, until next we meet… but I'm taking this" Cress remarked with a sense of bravado and a vocal tone of sarcasm at the notion of seeing the deceased Z Fighters return to life, turning to leave but halting to lift Yajirobe's Sword from his corpse; drawing the blade slightly from the scabbard and admiring the fine weapon's blade.

"No you don't! that's Yajirobe's Sword!" Krillin yelled angrily; taking issue with Cress looting his friends and stealing the one physical weapon they had on hand.

"Exactly… call it spoils of war" Cress remarked; gaining an appreciation for the sharpness of the blade as he returned the weapon to the sheath as he claimed the weapon as his own.

"Let him take it… we can't stop him as we are right now" Goku spoke with the same knowing look that Krillin gave; raising his arm to stop Krillin in his tracks, judging Cress' demeanour under the assumption that he too was capable of hiding his true powers.

"I'll return the compliment you gave me… you're a wise one Kakarot" Cress remarked, standing still whilst meeting Goku's stare while Vegeta struggled to haul Raditz to their Pods.

"The name is Goku… remember it!" Goku repeated his name; expressing a clear dislike to being called Kakarot, the air feeling heavy to Cress as he sensed a great power even without using his Scouter, Cress himself feeling surprising after feeling Goku's strength that overwhelmed even his own expression of strength.

Cress merely tipped the hilt of Yajirobe's Sword's grip at Goku instead of speaking as his along with two other Saiyan Pods floated down from the skies, Vegeta dragging Raditz's barely conscious body and placing it into a Pod and activating the Life Support Systems before getting into his own, Cress seating himself but maintaining eye-contact with Earth's surviving Z Fighters as the hatch closed.

Watching as three of the four Saiyan Pods rose back into the sunset skies and rocketing off into Space leaving only the dust clouds in their wake, Piccolo and Krillin looked to a weary Goku and Gohan with expressions of concern.

"Are you sure you should have told him about reviving Yajirobe, Yamcha and Tien?" Gohan asked; finally speaking as Cress' mere presence instilled a terror in him due to the unknown extent of his abilities and powers but the skull-shaped aura he displayed was unlike anything he'd imagined or demonstrated by any other Warrior including The Saiyans.

"I'm sure; he's far stronger than he let on and I want him to return so I can fight him, maybe The Dragon Balls are just the incentive needed to ensure he returns so we can then defeat him and avenge their deaths" Goku spoke; a bead of sweat dripping down his temple after sensing the strength that Cress truly held and expressed by the dark weight-like presence he emitted proved that he might have been even stronger than Vegeta.

"But he said that Vegeta was stronger than him and you both beat Vegeta…" Gohan murmured; still timid even after surviving the battle but a fear of Cress had clearly been set into his mind and heart.

"Gohan… Cress was lying, he is in fact stronger than Vegeta, he would have killed us all without hesitation if we'd attacked, you saw what he did to Krillin and felt that chilling aura of his; someone who can manifest an Aura Form is somebody you don't want to cross" Piccolo grunted with frustration; having watched how easily Cress had defeated Krillin and how Vegeta despite being as strong as he was still followed Cress' orders, speaking on that Skull-Form Aura gave him a shiver down his spine.

"But what if that backfires? And who is this Frieza he talked about?" Krillin questioned Goku's thought process; even questioning the namedropped Frieza out of curiosity for whom Cress might have been talking about.

"No idea… but that is a bridge we'll cross when we get to it, until then we use The Dragon Balls and revive our friends, and then we prepare for when Cress returns" Goku remarked with a grin; finally allowing himself to be at ease after their struggles against The Saiyans, casting his sight back to Nappa's cold corpse with an expression of pity whilst he alongside Piccolo, Gohan and Krillin left the ruins of East City on their next quest to revive their fallen friends.

Meanwhile; within his Pod, Cress sat with his trophy Sword in his lap and a grin while listening to the conversation through his Scouter and the Scouter that had been worn by the deceased Nappa through the communication feature; learning that the legend of The Dragon Balls was indeed true and capable of granting the desire of whoever gathered the seven orbs, "Well now… so the myth is true, I wonder if our own legends are also true".

Frieza Planet 1.

Sitting on a planet that had long forgotten its name; The Citadel of Frieza cast its shadow across an entire universe for it was a fortress that even The Galactic Patrol feared to tread, the home base of the tyrannical leader himself alongside the operational facilities of the fear Ginyu Force.

On the far side of the Citadel; close to The Medical Wing stood the landing platform for Space Pods, Guards stood at all hours in case of medical action but that rarely took place until three of the four Saiyan Pods came crashing to a landing; only one opening as Cress stepped out to meet the Guards on duty.

"Medical attention is needed for Raditz and Vegeta, get to it!" Cress yelled as soon as his Pod opened up and he climbed out from the spacecraft; instantly marching away whilst his fellow Saiyans were taken to medical tanks for recovery, his mind a whirlwind of thoughts on the supposed existence of Dragon Balls, Goku's abilities being far higher than that of an average Low-Class Saiyan and that strange golden flame.

Disregarding his thoughts as Vegeta and Raditz were pulled from their Life-Support Systems and rushed to The Medical Wing to be placed in Healing Chambers, Cress followed with the trophy sword in his grasp though he dreaded having to report their defeat to Frieza when failure often meant death.

Several Days Later.

With his eyes opening; Vegeta stared at the Medic's crowding around a readout screen, his defeat at Kakarot/Goku's hands including the hands of that filthy Namekian and the Human Monk had haunted his dreams during the days he'd spent within a Healing Chamber, clenching his fists as he felt new strength well up within him thanks to the Zenkai Boost gained via battle having increased his battle power and a desire for not only vengeance back on Earth but also for Cress.

Roaring as his powers poured out in the form of violent purple flames causing The Healing Chamber to explode around him, metallic shrapnel and glass flying in all direction only to pierce and murder The Medic's where they stood while Vegeta stood with steam emitting off his skin as he stepped out from the husk of the Healing Chamber.

Glancing at the other occupied Chamber and seeing Raditz within; Vegeta could only scoff as to why Cress would want that weakling to survive much less leave the battlefield while the so-called Defenders of Earth still breathed.

"So you're awake… took you long enough" spoke the voice of Cress; the man himself standing in the doorway while Vegeta stood amongst the deceased bodies of the medic's and the ruined other-shell of a healing chamber left in his wake.

"Cress! I have some questions for you!" Vegeta barked; stomping out from the ruined Healing Chamber while completely nude except for a pair of black shorts and now missing his Tail, purple flames licking across his muscles as new strength had been bestowed upon his following defeat but Vegeta was too focussed on Cress as he grabbed his fellow Saiyan by the scruff of his casual shirt.

"Certainly Vegeta… I see you've gotten stronger due to your Zenkai, I believe you could challenge Zarbo or Dodoria now" Cress spoke calmly; ignoring Vegeta's aggressive moves and instead baiting Vegeta with his long-standing desire to put an end to Frieza's Left and Right Hand Men.

Vegeta's grip on Cress' Armour slightly loosened; the thought of combatting Frieza's Left- and Right-Hand Soldier's and taking another step in his ambition to usurp Frieza's Throne sounded strongly appealing to the point that he forget about his questions when his fellow Saiyans all knew of his ambition to fulfil The Legend of The Super Saiyan and topple Frieza for destroying their Home-world and eradicating their Race to a tiny fraction.

"Well? You've had a vast increase in your battle power now… which is it? Return to Earth or begin your rebellion?" Cress remarked; crossing his arms over his chest and smiling at Vegeta as he waited for an answer.

"Kakarot and his lot can wait… it's time The Legend was fulfilled" Vegeta grinned as he spoke; feeling the new power stirring in his Saiyan Blood before declaring that he would finally fulfil their ancient legend.

Cress gave a slight shake of his head; standing by as Vegeta dressed himself in a fresh grey battle-suit and a new set of white/yellow armour, the pair glancing back as Raditz was still inside of a Healing Chamber and wouldn't awaken for another day or two but left him to recover as the scan read that his battle power was vastly increasing as he healed.

"Raditz would be a useful pawn to our cause; he's no weakling now… that scan showed his current power to be stronger than Nappa" Vegeta spoke as he suited himself with a new set of clothes and armour; catching sight of a read-out screen displaying Raditz's recovery to be at 78%, Cress also taking a look at the percentage before giving the sleeping and recovering Raditz a look of concern.

"Let him rest until he's fully healed; the full effect of his Zenkai will then show how high his strength will have risen" Cress countered; wanting Raditz to be at full strength for not only their rebellion but also for when they returned to Earth, Vegeta glancing at Cress and catching the concerned look in Cress' eye.

"Well now; to think that the monkeys who returned with their tails between their legs are back up and walking like they have no shame" Spoke an Alien Soldier in an entirely black uniform including black armour which Cress greatly liked and wanted for himself; his purple scaly skin with a pair of antenna sticking out from his face.

"Great… you; what is it Cui?!" Vegeta scoffed; displeased by a self-appointed rival whose power level was equal to that of Vegeta's prior to his boost, smiling as he'd like nothing more than to surprise the wretch and remove Cui from his life forever.

"Vegeta; do you really think you can defeat me? Last I checked I was stronger than you" Cui bragged confidently; blocking the path of the corridor in his desire to put Vegeta down after his defeat on Earth.

"Yes; in fact I do and can defeat you!" Vegeta smirked; dashing with incredible speed that Cui could barely react to until sharp pain spread throughout his body as Vegeta's fist embedded itself in the stomach, having smashed through his black armour and pushing the shards deep into Cui's body causing profuse bleeding.

"Cress? Vegeta! How did you get so much stronger" Cui gasped; blood spilling from his mouth and gut as Vegeta flexed his fingers inside of Cui's entrails before pulling his hand free and shoving his open palm up and stopping inches from Cui's face.

"Because we're Saiyans Cui! We get stronger with every battle" Vegeta yelled; firing a blast from his hand that incinerated Cui's head leaving a smoking stump behind as his lifeless body crumbled.

"Now that the riff-raff is done with; next will be Dodoria!" Vegeta yelled' blasting off the ground and speeding down the hallway before blasting out a section of the wall and flying out into the skies in search of his next victim.

Cress glanced down at the body of Cui, though Cui had a wretched personality he was a loyal soldier and he could respect that but Cui allowed a one-sided rivalry with Vegeta rule his efforts to rise in rank which Cress ignored as he stepped over the soldier's body and followed after Vegeta.

Running down the corridors until hearing an incredibly large explosion; arriving at a gaping hole in the wall overlooking The Central Courtyard where Cress quickly spotted Vegeta dropped out of the air and landing before a circular table where Frieza sat drinking his fine wine alongside his Right- and Left-Hand Soldiers: Zarbon and Dodoria; both looking at Vegeta with amusement.

"Hello there Frieza; still drinking your wines while we do your dirty work? Well in the time you spend amusing yourself we've been honing our powers to the point that we can finally challenge you!" Vegeta spoke his speech with clear bravado; allowing his innermost ambition to reveal itself in his desire to fulfil their legendary power of The Super Saiyan, ignoring the presence of Cress who floated down from the blown-up wall to a landing only a few steps behind Vegeta but close enough that the trio of Frieza, Zarbon and Dodoria considered him on Vegeta's side.

"Oh Vegeta; another one of your little speeches about how you'll defeat me and take revenge for your race… don't you tire of the same notions especially after your failure on that mudball of a planet" Frieza scoffs and bats away Vegeta's posturing with a dismissive wave of his hand, instead of humouring Vegeta's decree to defeat and dethrone the tyrant but choosing to partake in the rich-tasting wine.

"You might dismiss me now but I'll soon be strong enough to destroy you and take revenge for annihilating our warrior race!" Vegeta bellowed; bragging on the power increase he'd gained via Zenkai but speaking on how Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta caught Frieza's attention and causing him to finally react, "While you sit there sipping on your fine wines; we fight, we grow in power and soon we will have the power to finally overthrow you, and then I will sit upon your throne!".

"Zarbon, Dodoria… do put The Saiyan Prince in his place would you… and his compatriot too" Frieza cast his deadly ruby-red eyes at the pair of Saiyans stood before him; having tolerated their existence for long enough and finally deciding to have The Surviving Saiyans killed.

"With please Lord Frieza" Zarbon and Dodoria spoke in unison as they rose from their seats and setting down their wine glasses; both Elite Soldier's stepping away from the table with expressions of fulfilment, the lives of The Surviving Saiyans had always been on a time limit for once any one of them rose up in rebellion then all The Saiyans would be killed and wiped away from the ranks.

Cress merely crossed his arms; having suspected for years that once Vegeta began his rebellion then the fight would be win or die, the underlying concern that he might have to unveil his own abilities creeping into his mind but dismissed them as Dodoria approached him while Zarbon targeted Vegeta.

"Really Zarbon? What are you going to do? Throw glitter at me? Style my hair? Paint my nails and talk gossip!"

"I'd be more careful with what you say Vegeta… you won't like it if you made me angry" Zarbon spoke as a wide smile spread across his handsome face as lines in his forehead creased; strands of his excellently-styled green hair falling over his eyes that turned an eerie yellow.

"Oh really? Then why don't you show me what you got…" Vegeta scoffed; goading Zarbon further whilst Zarbon's fine blue skin blemished into scales as his muscles and body mass grew larger causing Vegeta to stop midsentence as a scaly fist struck him in the jaw and sending The Prince hurtling into the sky.

"Well; I was not expecting that" Cress spoke to himself after witnessing Zarbon's transformation; ignoring the fact that Dodoria was walking circles around him with an increasingly annoyed demeanour as he was being ignored, instead watching as Zarbon in his surprising form flew up into the air in pursuit of Vegeta.

Lifting off the ground and pursuing Vegeta; Zarbon let out a beastly laugh as his True Form Reveal had taken Vegeta off-guard, recovering from the blow but suffering little more than a bloodied lip; Vegeta flexed out his arms to charge his energy and firing off a large energy wave he called, "Final Flash".

Zarbon vanished into the blast but emerged with his flowing pink cape and black tights burnt away by the energy wave; his scales hissing with only the smallest of burns from the attack but the glaring yellow eyes that stared out with silted pupils gave Vegeta a shiver of fear as Zarbon again charged and grasped a hold of both of Vegeta's arms only to repeatedly headbutt the Saiyan.

Clashing high above; Vegeta struggled to break free from the strong grip that Zarbon held in his Beast Form, opening his hands and flashing Zarbon's eyes with an energy pulse, Zarbon merely laughed at the vain attempt and allowing Vegeta to be released from his grip so he might brutalise his victim more, Vegeta gritting his teeth in anger as he wailed on Zarbon with a flurry of punches and kicks: every blow channelling his anger and frustration that Zarbon only began to notice as Vegeta's fists cracked the armour Zarbon wore leading the loyal soldier to back away before a mortal blow could be struck.

Cress stood idlily by in wait; remaining on the ground with Frieza look on while Dodoria stepped in circles around The Saiyan, a confident grin on his purple lips as he opened his mouth to speak on a matter that made Frieza himself chuckle and drew the full undivided attention from Cress himself.

"I know about Raditz… Cress!" Dodoria spoke; grinning as purple blood dripped from his busted lips, rising to his feet facing Cress while Vegeta and Zarbon fought in the air; invoking a secret friendship between two Saiyans where such bonds were barely tolerated in the old society.

Even Frieza gave a laugh as he observed the exchange between Cress and Dodoria; taking joy in watching the Saiyan squirm under the revelation of his secret friendship with that weakling: Raditz.

Cress' eyes darkened when Raditz's name was spoken and his life threatened; though Nappa was the only one who'd known that he and Raditz had a close friendship but Dodoria had somehow discovered the fact that he and Raditz were in fact on much more friendly terms than Vegeta or Nappa.

"How did you discover this?" Cress spoke calmly; his forehead cast in a shadow from his black hair but the red glow from his eyes radiated with imminent hostility.

"So you admit it?! This is hilarious… you! The mighty Cress… considers somebody as weak as Raditz to be a friend! You see… we watch every move you Saiyans make; every time you eat, sleep, bowel movement, and training sessions that you filth love so much, we watched as those fighters on Earth utterly trounced you all and your so-called retreat; we laughed so much! You just wanted to run from a fight you couldn't win!" Dodoria spoke mockingly; revealing the surveillance that Cress and Vegeta had always suspected but the retreat Cress had ordered being mocked was where Cress had drawn the line, even mocking Cress for deciding to spare the lives of Vegeta and Raditz instead of fighting further.

"Who said I couldn't win exactly?" Cress spoke with a hint of anger; his expression remaining his calm self but the bubbling underneath radiated within him like a pulse as white flames licked across his body.

"Don't you fucking lie to me you ape! I know your maximum power level is 25,000! Slightly stronger than Vegeta's 24,000 but you're still weaker than Zarbon, Frieza and Myself" Dodoria gloated; speaking on the power level readings he had on Cress and Vegeta that he read on his Scouter but felt a growing sense of unease as Cress stood smiling at him.

"That's where you're wrong Dodoria, you see those Earthlings surprised me by their ability to hide their true powers from a Scouter's readings… what you don't know is that I can do the same!" Cress spoke enigmatically; allowing himself to smile through his growing anger as the ground under his feet began to tremble while Scouters flared with beeps as Cress' Power Level began increasing higher and higher, his Skull-Form Aura flaring up with its gleaming red eyes and growing larger with every thousand that his power levels increased by.

"WHAT THE FU…" Dodoria screamed as his Scouter's screen read numbers far higher than what he thought; the last number he read Cress' full power climaxing at 950,000 before the Scouter exploded and shards of glass becoming lodged in Dodoria's eye.

Even Frieza and Vegeta felt surprised by the true number of Cress' Power Level; Vegeta gritting his teeth out of jealousy for all the years that Cress had let him believe that Vegeta was stronger than him while hiding his true power even from Frieza, Frieza smiling wickedly that a Saiyan had been capable of hiding such strength for so many years and felt that once this battle was over then he would finally have to dispose of the Saiyan Survivors once and for all after giving in to temptation in recruiting Cress as an infant.

With incredible speed; Cress closed the distance between himself and Dodoria in the blink of an eye before driving a fist into Dodoria's gut and shattering the armour protecting him, Dodoria gasped for breath as the impact of Cress' punch hadn't only shattered the armour but had also pierced his flesh and drawn heavy blood-flow from the wound.

"You wretch! How dare you injure me like this!" Dodoria yelled in obvious pain; floating off the ground and ascending upwards while Cress merely watched the Left Hand of Frieza float in the air, grinning widely as Cress roared as he fired an energy blast from his whole hand; his blast enveloping Dodiria in a flash of light before the body of Dodoria floated out covered in blood and burns.

"You injured yourself with that crappy Scouter" Cress smiled widely as Dodoria floated in the air barely conscious from his bleeding wound and being blasted by Cress himself, watching as Vegeta struggled to dodge the heavy and brutal attacks from Beast Zarbon; sighing as he leapt up to intervene in the fight.

"Vegeta! The kill is yours" Cress spoke loudly; leaping between Vegeta and Beast-Form Zarbon, grabbing a hold of Zarbon's arms before he could strike Vegeta with a hammer fist, allowing Vegeta to take advantage of Dodoria's shock by grabbing a hold of Dodoria's head and putting him into a headlock.

Zarbon looked shocked as Cress held his huge arms so easily; the glint in Cress' eyes giving away the threat that he could kill Zarbon on the spot if he dared to challenge such a superior opponent.

With a sickening smile; Vegeta tightened his grip on Dodoria's head, Dodoria screaming and pleading for his life before his neck snapped and his head was twisted around entirely, Cress and Vegeta both releasing their grips on their victims and allowing the dead body of Dodoria to fall.

With a deafening crash; Dodoria's pink blubbery body fell out from the dark skies only to land with a crash at Zarbon's feet, staring out through lifeless eyes as Dodoria lay still and Zarbon filling with an anger that caused the scales across his body to shudder as he struggled to hold back his desire to tear Vegeta and Cress limb from limb as their pair of Saiyans floated down from the dark sky and to the ground.

"Well done; an act worthy of a Super Saiyan" Cress spoke quickly; appealing to Vegeta's dreams and desire to fulfil the myth they'd told each other as children as something to aspire to if they were to be freed from Frieza's clutches.

The pair floated down; Vegeta's feet coming down on top of Dodoria's dead body while Cress stood alongside Zarbon but letting the threat of imminant death linger in the air if he were to try and attack from behind, Zarbon shrinking down into his handsome normal-looking body while Vegeta spoke with a lot of bluster and pride as he beckoned to Frieza.

"Now then Frieza! You're not dealing with the average Saiyan Warrior anymore, by using a special room on Earth I have transcended my past self and realise the legend! For I have become The Legendary Super Saiyan!" Vegeta spoke through a prideful smile as he spoke directly to Frieza himself and ignoring Zarbon entirely; drunk on his power increase from his Zenkai along with Cress' reveal and ending the life of Dodoria only moments ago.

"Well then Vegeta; please show me the powers of such a legendary warrior" Zarbon spoke in place of his Master; all too keen to put Vegeta's co-called legendary powers to the test and finally put The Prince in his place and force him to lick his boots when in his moment of shameful defeat.

"With pleasure!" Vegeta yelled while his black hair moved in the breeze; golden flames blazing wildly as he leant back on the balls of his feet, ready to launch into battle just as a sudden impact struck him hard in the small of his back; his armour breaking and a flash of searing hot pain flooded his body as if bones had been broken.

Vegeta turned his head to see behind him; struggling to move his neck around as the pain in his back spread further throughout his body as his legs quickly began to lose feeling, his feet going limp as he collapsed to the ground and unable to stand back up as the realisation had set in that his spine had been broken but the shock came from who had delivered the spine-breaking punch; it was Cress standing over him with his own pale white energy cloaking his fist.

Cress stood smiling down at The Saiyan Prince while he dispelled away the energy from his hands; looming over the broken and defeated Prince with an amused light shining in his eye as he stepped over the broken body of The Prince only to lower himself to bow before Frieza.

"Very good; you are quite the loyal monkey aren't you? Such acts are well rewarded" Frieza spoke with a tone of amusement; having watched as Cress had baited and switched Vegeta, only to leave Vegeta laying in the dirt while he sought progression in rank.

"Yes Lord Frieza; as a reward for my service and quelling this usurper… I ask if I may take Dodoria's place at your side" Cress spoke with ambition; clapping his hands as if to dust the invisible stain of Vegeta's body off his hands, then dropping to an even deeper bow as he made his request.

"Now just a minute! Dodoria's corpse isn't even cold yet and you…" Zarbon snapped; his voice still gruff and growl-like while in his Beast Form, his thick scaly skin rippling with tension as he struggled to hold back the urge to tear Cress apart after hearing Frieza's amused chuckle.

"Now now Zarbon… such a feat does deserve a reward even if it was a monkey, very well! You may serve as my Left Hand" Frieza spoke with an amused smirk; his ruby-red eyes glistening as he stared at Cress only to grant the request much to the shock of Zarbon and Vegeta, rethinking his decision to kill Cress after his power reveal now that Cress was in fact loyal to him.

Cress beamed with pride as he'd been named as Frieza's Left Hand; a highly prestigious position that any worth-while soldier would dream of being promoted into when so few ever got the chance for such a premotion when the slightest failure meant certain death, being Frieza's Left Hand not only granted him a personal squadron of Soldier's at his command but the newest top-of-the-line Armour and superior status than the members of the infamous Ginyu Force excluding Captain Ginyu himself whose rank was equal to that of himself and Zarbon.

"You betrayed your Prince for advancement in rank? For power? You dare…" Vegeta struggled to speak through the pain of a broken spine, his body barely moving due to the shock but his strength allowed him to glare at Cress even while lying face-down in the floor.

"I dare? Of course I dare! You damned hypocrite… you saw nothing but advancement for yourself, Nappa is dead and you did nothing… Raditz is clinging to life and you did nothing… now you are the one laying at my boots and dying" Cress spoke cruelly; talking down to The Fallen Prince before planting a hard kick into the side of Vegeta's head with such force that Vegeta lost consciousness as blood trickled from his temple indicating for a serious head injury, "But I'm not going to kill you yet… I want you see me when I fulfil The Super Saiyan Legend but I shall pledge that power to be in service of Lord Frieza".

Frieza and Zarbon both stared at Cress with looks of satisfaction as he not only kicked The Fallen-Prince Vegeta into unconsciousness but also declared that he'd realise a groundless myth and pledge a false power to Frieza's Rule, an act that greatly impressed the pair.

"Now then… Lord Frieza, can I interest you in a wish for Immortality?" Cress turned to his Ruler; smiling proudly as he presented his newfound knowledge of The Dragon Balls to Frieza whose eyes flashed with a greedy glint at the idea of living forever, "Because in one year on Earth… I can make that happen".

"How?" Frieza answered; his greed blossoming when the wonderous gift that was Immortality was well within his grasp even if he'd have to wait one year.

Cress smirked to himself; opening his hand to his Lord as if he beckoned Frieza to take his hand in guidance to a path that led to the ultimate prize, "All we require… are these seven orbs called Dragon Balls".

To Be Continued in Part 2.