Zarbon and Dodoria ignored the fact that Vegeta was captured, and went about their duties like nothing had ever happened.
Vegeta was in more trouble than he'd ever been in with his dad.
The locals were going to kill him if someone didn't notice he was gone.
Vegeta slowly opened his eyes to realise where he was, he was tied to a stake in the middle of a fire, and the locals were pointing and jeering at him.
He couldn't move his arms or legs, and he was weaker than a fly.
Things looked desperate for the little Saiyan prince.
Vegeta had to summon strength here, he just had to, or else he'd never get to warn his dad!
Vegeta could feel his rage and desperation flowing through his Saiyan veins, he needed to break free.
All this fury suddenly erupted like a volcano inside of him, and he broke free of his ropes.
He began killing insect men left, right and centre, dodging all their feeble attempts to hit him.
In a matter of minutes, their village was burnt to the ground, and their corpses lay among the wreckage.
Vegeta stood proud and strong, and then collapsed.
He had used up all of his energy.
If he was captured again, he was toast.
Some of Freiza's henchmen had seen the events through the trees, and they soon came running to the battlefield.
All they saw was destruction and death everywhere.
And then they saw our little Saiyaling, collapsed on the floor.
The soldiers didn't know what to do.
This Saiyan had helped them in their quest to conquer the planet, and yet Freiza thought he was a disgrace.
"We can't just leave him here!", piped up one of the soldiers.
"Our race were allies with the Saiyans long ago, and I still believe in helping them!
I say we take him back to the ship!"
The other soldiers just stared, sweatdrops on their faces. They were all thinking the same thing, what would Freiza say?
Not one of them dared to do anything to offend or disappoint Freiza, as they knew of his almighty power.
"Well", said the soldier, "If you're not gonna help him, then I am!"
With these words, the soldier picked up Vegeta and caried him back to the ship.
The other soldiers ran off to do their duties, they didn't want to be involved.
Freiza was not a happy bunny.
Most of his men had been killed by these "weaklings".
Freiza had a good mind to go out there and kill 'em himself!
When he saw the soldier running towards him, he was none too pleased.
"WHAT!? GET BACK OUT THERE AND KILL, KILLLLLLLL!", screamed Freiza in rage.
"But sir, I found Vegeta slumped to the floor, he's just destroyed a whole village of insect people, ON HIS OWN, sir!", said the soldier, trying to be as brave and polite as possible.
Freiza wagged his tail for a few moments, deep in thought.
"Hmm, the little brat has got a lot more power than I realised. Maybe I should recruit him! N'ah, why would I recruit a Saiyan? But, wait, he could be very useful to me if he can wipe out a whole village in 6 minutes......"
Freiza stood and thought for a long time.
The soldier stood, Vegeta still in his arms.
Freiza quickly whipped around after about 3 minutes and said, "OK, go, but leave the kid with me!
The soldier quickly placed Vegeta on the ground and ran off into the jungle to join the others.
Freiza grabbed Vegeta by his little red cape and dragged him back inside the ship, still unsure of what to do with him.
Freiza evantually decided to let his medical staff treat Vegeta.
Vegeta was placed in a rejuvination tank ASAP and quickly recovered.
He woke up with a start, he felt stronger than he was before his ordeal.
Then he remembered what his father had told him, "Everytime a Saiyan recovers from the brink of death, his power increases"
Vegeta tested out his new power by killing an insect that was buzzing around.
He hit it first time with a small, but extremely accurate ki beam.
Vegeta was proud of his new power. Now he felt ready to take on anyone!
Freiza stood amd watched him pound the crap out of his medical team and thought.
"The boy is more powerful, maybe I should recruit him!"
Freiza walked over to Vegeta and put his hand on his shoulder. He then said to him softly,
"Congratulations! You're on the team"
Vegeta didn't know whether to be happy or not.
He had seen some of the horrible things that had happened to Freiza's soldiers, but he guessed he had no choice.
So, Vegeta was working for Freiza now.
What a twist of events!
Freiza called his soldiers off of the planet, and they all boarded the ship.
As soon as they were far away from the planet, Freiza blew it up.
"Good riddance to bad rubbish!", chortled Freiza.
Vegeta watched the small rocks from the planet scatter into space, it reminded him of his father.
When they returned to the ship, Vegeta was once more thrown into a cell.
"I'm sorry Vegeta, but I still don't trust you THAT much!", said Freiza.
Vegeta sat on his bed and stared at the wall.
There was no way he could save his people from Freiza now!
Vegeta sat and sighed.
He could seem to hear the cries of his father as he fell to Freiza.
He could hear the screams of his people as Freiza exterminated them one by one.
Vegeta sobbed in his pillow, it was the only thing he could do.
He sobbed and sobbed and eventually fell asleep.
He woke to the sounds of yelling, and ki beams being fired.
It sounded like there was a fight!
Vegeta rushed to his door, but he couldn't see properly.
All he saw were the corpses of the guards, lying smoking and battered on the floor.
And then, to his delight, he saw the flash of his father's cape!
He knew it was his father's, as it was the same colour and material as his.
He heard his father shouting, "Don't destroy the ship! My son is here somewhere! Our main aim to is to kill Freiza!"
This was followed by a rowdy cheer from the other Saiyans as they ran down the corridor towards Freiza's quarters.
Vegeta just sat, hoping to hear the dying yells of Freiza anytime now.
He heard silence for a few minutes, and then he heard a groan, not the groan of Freiza, but of his father.
He heard his father's royal medallion roll along the floor.
He heard the frightened gasps of his father's men.
Then he heard Freiza leaving the ship to go outside.
Vegeta hurried to his small window to see what was going on, and to his delight he saw almost the whole Saiyan race out there ready to fight Freiza.
He saw Freiza rising upwards to face them.
Then he heard Bardock's voice.
"Yes! It's Bardock!", thought Vegeta, "He always get's the job done!"
Vegeta watched as Bardock formed a ki beam and threw it at Freiza.
But Freiza was crafty, Freiza made a HUGE ball of ki that just absorbed Bardock's attack.
The next thing that happened shocked Vegeta.
Freiza threw the ball of ki at Planet Vegeta, and all the Saiyans waiting in space, killing them all and destroying Planet Vegeta with a huge explosion.
Now Vegeta knew that he was one of four surviving Saiyans:
Raditz, Kakarot and Nappa.
Vegeta ran to his pillow and cried once more, now he hated Freiza more than ever, and he wanted to kil Freiza more than ever. |