"Gives you a whole new perspective, does it not?" King Vegeta asked as he placed a hand on his son's shoulder, motioning towards the numerous massive explosions that could be seen on the planet's surface, "This is what it means to be King, Vegeta, planets trembling in your grasp."
Vegeta looked down at dying planet with a blank gaze before his mouth formed a small smile.
That's just great...
I roll my eyes at the father and son duo before turning my gaze back towards the planet, quietly watching the carnage that was unfolding for myself.
It was boring, watching from all the way up here when I could be down there fighting with them...
Sure, it wouldn't be anywhere close to a challenge, but it would be a nice change of pace from sitting here and listening to the King's pointless drivel.
"You think dad is doing alright?" Raditz asked as he sat down beside me.
Broly took a note from Raditz and also sat down beside me, only on the other side.
I glance at the two boys before looking back down at the planet.
"He's not down there yet. He messaged me earlier on the Scouter and said that his team was assigned to the second wave." I told Raditz.
He nodded his head before his gaze also lowered towards the planet below.
"Hey, Zyleth..." Broly suddenly spoke, causing me to look over with a raised brow, "Miss Gine is pregnant, right? Is it a boy or girl?"
Ever since we left, Broly has been very inquisitive about Gine, always asking me how she is and how she's doing after I have a talk with her on my Scouter.
I was curious about his sudden interest, but it didn't take long for me to put two and two together. Considering that Paragus nor Broly have ever mentioned his mother, I'd have to assume that Gine is the only mother figure he knows.
Well, it was either that or he had a crush on her, but I doubt that.
I never really thought about Broly's birth mother until now, and I can't help but wonder what happened to her.
Did she die? Did she just give birth and then fucked off to places unknown? Either way, I don't think I'll ever find out the answer to that question.
"It's a boy." I tell him.
"How do you know?" Raditz asked as he looked at me with a baffled expression, "Mom doesn't even know yet."
I smirked at him, turning my eyes back towards the planet before softly whispering, "It's just a feeling I have."
---
The battle below raged on for quite a long while before King Vegeta finally gave word for the second wave of Saiyans to engage. While it was significantly smaller than the initial wave, this second wave of Saiyans were considerably stronger than the first.
It wasn't all that shocking.
After all, it did mostly consist of High and Elite class Saiyans.
The last ship to leave for the planet had the highest set of power levels, which were obviously the members of my father's team.
Seeing it descend towards the planet, I press a button on the side of my Scouter and softly mutter "good luck, father..." before turning it back off.
The King scoffed and smirked a bit at my words, "Do not worry about Bardock. He is an excellent warrior."
"I don't need to be told that. I know it better than anyone." I told the King, keeping an eye on my father's ship as it made its descent, "And I can worry about whoever I want regardless."
The King's expression hardened at my less than respectful tone for a moment before he turned his head away from me and towards the planet.
The atmosphere minutes had passed without any signs of a set back.
"Seems everything is going smoothly." The King smirked, his expression cocky, "I expected these worms to put up much more of a fight."
"You just had to jinx it..." I muttered.
He turned to me with narrowed eyes, but an alert came through his Scouter before he could retort.
"What the--?!"
"What? What is it, father?" Vegeta asked with a calm expression, but his eyes held a small semblance of panic.
"Absolutely not! If you use the power of the Great Ape, you could destroy everything in the castle!" King Vegeta yelled at whoever was on the other end of the Scouter, "I do not care! Find a way to win without it!"
The entire exchange caused me to raise a curios eyebrow.
There was an enemy powerful enough that someone needed to go into the Great Ape?
"What's happening?" Vegeta asked his father again.
"A unexpected variable." The King replied whilst gritting his teeth, "A being with a high power level has appeared near the castle."
I turned and looked at him, my face tense with an indescribable feeling welling up in my chest. Did he just say that a threat showed up near the castle?
"Who was that on the other end?" I asked him as I stood up.
"Excuse me?" King Vegeta narrowed his eyes at me once more.
"The person you were talking to on the other end of your Scouter just now... Who was it...?"
"Don't worry about that. Worry about yourself in the-- UURRRAAAGGHH!"
Before he could finish that sentence, I blitzed over with blinding speed and buried my fist into his gut, causing him to collapse to his knees in pain.
"What the hell are you doing?! That is the King of all--"
My head snapped over to Vegeta with a heated glare, causing him to step back in fright.
I turn my gaze back towards the hunched over King and ask him again, "Who was it?"
"Insolent child... You just struck your King! You will be punished for--"
My left hand turns to a fist and hits him square in the liver, causing him to lose all of the air in his lungs. Now on his hands, I grab him by his hair and make him look at me.
"Who?" I asked, my tone cold as I hold my other hand up and form a Ki sphere, ready to release it point blank in his face, "I'm not going to ask you again."
The King eyes widened and he paused, struggling to regain his breath before finally coughing out, "B-Bardock..."
Hearing my father's name, I don't even hesitate to form a Ki barrier around myself, holding in my breath before taking off towards the planet.
---
[Team Bardock - 44 Minutes Ago - General POV.]
"You ready?" Tora asked as he watched his leader adjust his arm wraps.
"Yeah." Bardock responded with a nod, "Let's get it done."
Bardock, Tora, Fasha, Shugesh, and Borgos all headed towards the cargo hold and proceeded to embark on a small ship.
They all strapped themselves in and waited for the pilot.
"Everyone in?" The Saiyan piloting the small vessel asked.
Bardock gave the man a simple nod, causing him to shut the door to the outside and start up the ship. The ship started to hover before suddenly taking off towards the planet.
Bardock leaned forward, his hands interlocking together as he thought about the upcoming battle. While he was deep in thought, Bardock heard the familiar voice of his son coming through on his Scouter.
[Good luck, father.]
Hearing this, Bardock gave a unnoticeable smile before he quickly turned his focus back towards the mission.
"You guys think we'll be seeing the runts once we get down there?" Shugesh asked with a smirk.
"Possibly. I doubt he would've gotten placed in the first wave." Tora said to Shugesh before turning towards Bardock, nudging him in the arm with his elbow, "So how's it feel, Bardock?"
"How's what feel?" Bardock asked.
"You know, to have a kid who everyone's calling the Legendary Super Saiyan?" Tora replied with a teasing tone.
Bardock's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at Tora's tone. But now that he was thinking about it, it filled him full of pride, but it also scared the shit out of him at the same time.
It wasn't Zyleth's strength that scared him, no, it was every Saiyan father's dream to have their son surpass them.
It was Zyleth's future that frightened him.
It was no secret that King Vegeta was using him as a weapon to kill Frieza. Anyone with two brain cells could've put that together.
But what if he couldn't?
As much as he hated the thought of downplaying his own son's strength, he knows Frieza's strength was something so monstrous that it outclasses other monsters.
And while Zyleth did defeat Nappa, and could even defeat Bardock himself just as easily, there was no doubt in Bardock's mind that Frieza could make them all look like insignificant bugs.
"Hey, Vegeta to Bardock? You in there?" Tora asked, waving his hand in Bardock's face.
"Hmm? What?" Bardock asked as he was snapped out of his own head.
"You didn't answer my question. How's it feel?"
Bardock looked at Tora for a moment before looking away with a scoff, "It feels like you should be more focused on the mission and less about dumb legends."
As he said that, the ship had entered through the planet's atmosphere and had opened the door to the outside.
"Everybody out!" The pilot yelled at them..
The five Saiyans all collectively stood up and ran out the door, free falling from the sky. As they grew closer to the ground, they flipped themselves right side and landed with five loud booms.
The smoke that had surrounded them dissipates, showing that they were completely unharmed.
"So where's this castle supposed to be? I don't see it?" Shugesh asked as he looked around.
Borgos tapped his shoulder, grabbing Shugesh's attention before pointing behind them towards the large castle that was off in the distance.
"Oh..."
As they were about to head to the castle, more Saiyan ships had descended from the sky and dropped off more Saiyan warriors to the battlefield close to the castle.
"Spread out and kill anything that isn't a Saiyan!" Bardock ordered before flying towards the castle.
"Right!" The members of his team sounded off before following.
As they flew, other Saiyan teams saw them flying towards the castle and quickly followed suit. Despite blasting away at couple of fleeing groups of the planet's inhabitants, there really wasn't much activity going on outside the castle.
Even where they approached the main gate, there was no one guarding the outside, which disturbed Bardock.
"Something's not right." He said, grabbing the attention of everyone around him.
"What do you mean?" Fasha asked.
A Saiyan from another group scoffed and stepped towards the gate, "If you're afraid then why don't you go back to the ship and cry for mommy."
As the Saiyan raised his hand to blast open the gate, the hair on the back of Bardock's neck stood up on end.
"Wait, don't--"
Before he could get his warning out, a hole bursted through the gate from the inside, and Saiyan who was standing out in front suddenly turned into dust.
Even though it had already killed one, the blast had didn't give any sign of stopping, plowing through towards the rest of the Saiyans that were behind the first.
Seeing this, the surrounding Saiyans immediately jumped back and dodged out the way of the blast.
The blast continued until it had gone over the horizon, setting off a massive explosion of light green energy.
"Only a few? It seems I'm losing my touch." A deep and gruff voice sounded off.
Looking back towards the gate, the Saiyans saw one of the alien inhabitants, but this one was bigger, his skin darker, the glowing accents more of a subtle purple than the more radiant colors they've seen on the others.
Bardock immediately pressed the side of his Scouter and scanned the power level of the peculiar alien inhabitant.
5,000...
7,000...
10,000...
14,000...
22,000...
Poof...
The Scouter had blown up into pieces...
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