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Exclusive preview chapter of my pre-DBZ Saiyans under Freeza fic, Homeworld Lost (read parts 1 & 2 already posted here) below the cut. Content warning for graphic violence and many disturbing themes.
This chapter is the third chapter of Part 9: Between the Stars. A little context: Vegeta, Raditz, and Nappa are en route to their third and final scheduled purge planet after taking a long time to recover from some serious injuries they endured while on their previous mission. It was traumatic for everyone, to say the least, and each character has tried to cope with the various events in his own way. Vegeta is on edge for a very specific reason, but Raditz either doesn't speculate or is intentionally obfuscating this reason. Vegeta is in his early 20s here, Raditz in his late 20s.
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Part 9: Between the Stars Chapter 3: Cui's Assignment
I turned the knife over in my hands. Squeezed it. Channeled my energy through my fingers till it passed through the prism. The blade appeared. I often wondered if Shardonne had ever learned to control what little power she had or if she instead harvested souls like [SPOILER]. Either way, fidgeting like this alone in my pod, Iâd discovered that I could sate the knifeâs hunger for life energy.
Not that I would know how to use it beyond this or perform any kind of spiritual surgery. I had, like the coward I was, left [Freeza's healer's] secrets to languish with him in his laboratory. Perhaps Arugalaâs mother, my patroness, had taught me the anatomy of our chakras as she had her own children, but I wouldnât know how to mend a soul any better than I would how to repair a body that Iâd dispatched. However expertly Iâd done it.
Yet when I awoke in a tank at a nearby station, Zarbon had left the knife tucked into my breastplate where heâd certainly found it. As if he expected me to learn how to use it. Iâd figured out how to use and corrupt other devices supposedly beyond saiyan comprehension. So for all his talk of ensuring Vegetaâs death once he'd fulfilled his purpose, heâd nevertheless given me a chance to heal him. Equally possible that he was mocking me. Ultimately, he knew what Freeza and [his healer] meant to do to Vegeta where I didnât, and he would manipulate all of us to secure his desired outcome.
Fidgeting. The blade flickered dangerously above my wrist. I didnât want to step out of my pod. We didnât belong here.
Vegetaâs grim shadow fell across the podâs red window. Hurrying, I extinguished the blade and shoved it back inside my breastplate. He wouldnât tolerate any delays, and only gods knew how he might punish me if he caught me with the knife. Heâd come close several times. Always watching my whereabouts during our breaks from stasis.
He opened the hatch for me. âSleep when youâre dead, third-class,â he spat.
I got up. Fit my scouter over my eye.
âWhere the fuck is he?â
Nappa.
âIâm sure heâs almost here,â I reassured the prince.
âGods, almost as useless as you.â He paced restlessly. Back and forth, boots grinding the dust beneath his feet. His fingers tapped and twitched where they gripped his bicep.
âWe donât have to do this, you know.â
He stopped. His back turned to me, I saw only the subtle bristle of his tightly-wound tail. âCuiââa deep breathââhas humiliated me for the last time. Let him come to this planet and face me if he dares. After I am through cleansing this planet for him, taking half the time, Iâll throw his dust into the wind.â
âBut, this planetâŠwithout clearance. Freeza mightââ
âFreeza will punish Cui.â
âI donât think Freeza cares what Cui does.â
Abruptly, Vegeta spun to face me. A flash of violet before I could react. The shot flew over my shoulder to strike a ruin stretched across the horizon. It crumbled to the earth with the roar of falling stone and the scream of metal bending, kicking up clouds of dirt and ashes.
Vegeta continued as if nothing had happened. âTook the Ginyus to subdue this planet.â Pacing again. âFreeza gives us such strange assignments. So very strange⊠Never was about what the Planet Trade needs a saiyan to fight. When was the last time we fought with honor?â
Fuenghi was a great power, having brought us all to the brink of death, but the princeâs question was rhetorical. Iâd learned not to speak out of turn.
He stopped and tapped his scouter. Still searching for Nappaâs signal. âThere are always survivors of these purgesâŠâ Pulling at his gloves now, adjusting them, wringing his hands together.
If it took the Ginyu Force, we could be in for more than a fight, my mind answered him, presuming he wouldnât hear. He would not be questioned. Ever since recovering Nappa from the pleasure station, he tolerated so much less.
Everywhere we went, rooms fell silent until our sharp hearing picked up the inevitable mutterings about the massacre. Already Freezaâs scourge, now the prince was the murderer of depraved murderers, more merciless and cruel than any who favored their lawless gathering place. He mightâve worn the titles with pride if not for the disgraceful rumors that came with them.
âNothing to say, third-class?â
âYes, itâll be good to have a real fight,â I agreed despite not having listened. âYou donât need to justify it to me.â
âAs if I owe you an explanation.â
âYou donât.â And I didnât need one. A worthy opponent to test his strength, putting Cui in his placeârationalizations for himself more than anyone else. He certainly wasnât the first of his name to confuse our thirst for battle for a lust for blood.
He blasted at the ground a tailâs length off from where I stood. âYou watched him get in his pod, didnât you? You set up the coordinates yourself.â
âI did. You saw himâhe was in his right mind before I initiated any stasis protocols.â
âYou sent him somewhere, didnât you? So you could say I forced you to come. That you werenât responsible. That I was the one to go off course and defy orders.â He scoffed. âTry one of your lies with Freeza and see where it gets you.â
Nonsensical accusations, but I wouldnât criticize him. âI swear I didnât,â I said.
âPray that he arrives soon, then.â
Even if Vegeta had come alone, consequences would fall on all of us. Our disobedience wouldnât go unnoticed; taking on Cuiâs assignment was meant to draw attention. No matter what Vegeta mightâve done to me, I wouldâve refused to reprogram our route under any other circumstance. However, this planet must harbor some secret if Freeza had commanded the Ginyus specifically to purge it. More than mere strength, the assignment had required precision and, above all, trust. So Iâd gathered from Cui last we met.
I let out a sigh once my scouter finally alerted me to Nappaâs arrival. He landed not far off, and I hurried to his pod. Better that he faced me first with the prince poised on the edge of wrath.
I opened the hatch for him once assured his vitals were stable. He was still groggy, but he recognized me. âIâm glad youâre all right.â Offered him my hand to help him stand. âJustâŠdo as he says. Vegeta is in rare form.â
He nodded, but his knotted brow betrayed his confusion.
âWeâre cleansing the planet,â I explained. âLeveling whatâs left of the population centers, tracking down survivors. It wasnât on our itinerary, so donât blame yourself for not knowing.â
âDid you⊠Is this the first time youâve told me this?â
I shook my head as I found his scouter for him, took his hand, and folded it over the device. I had, in fact, told him repeatedly. âYou just woke up. Itâs been a while.â
His scouter locked onto Vegeta stalking toward us, and he tensed.
âAre either of you done wasting my time?â
I positioned myself between him and Nappa. âI just sent you the updated maps. Got a hold of them right before we left.â
He narrowed his eyes, but scrolling over the data distracted him sufficiently. âIf either of you fall behind,â he said once heâd finished his review, âI will leave you to rot on this godsforsaken rock.â
âYou mean for us to stick together?â Nappa asked.
The prince laughed coldly. âIf I could trust either of you, I might assign each of you different continents in the interest of time. But the fact of the matter is that I cannot.â
He took off without warning. Nappa and I scrambled after him, relying on our scouters when we couldnât match his speed. His flight cut an angry gash through the red smog. Distant, rapid blasts thundered across the sky in brilliant flashes on either side of the wound. Tracing his path with the scouterâs map, he left absolutely nothing in his wake for us to destroy. He would do the work of an entire crew in a matter of hours if exhaustion couldnât prevent him.
The prince thus occupied, I could easily slip away. And Nappa might not even realize Iâd left with how heâd been. Compunctionâs familiar ache churned beneath my ribs as I imagined him stranded and lost above the wastes. A relief, then, that I hardly knew what to look for. What it would be worth sneaking away to find. If Vegeta left anything behind for the finding.
He fired and fired and fired until he couldnât keep apace with the planetâs rotation, and night caught up with him. And then even the dazzling crashes of energy grew fewer and farther between. Darkness at last came to rest over the devastation, and my scouter indicated that Vegeta had descended to the surface. The map outlined what remained of a settlement through the obfuscation of smoke.
Once I landed, letting the prince have his distance, an energy scan discovered no survivors. Just a few minuscule power levels likely belonging to animals. Smaller buildings clustered together on the outskirts of an industrial compound. The Ginyus had taken care to destroy the machines, hangars, towers, and ships, but had left the rest well enough intact.
On an instinct, I made way for the rubble. Nappa followed me without comment. Vegeta, meanwhile, continued to stalk along the perimeter of the settlement, moving with silent intent. Masking, perhaps, a need for rest. Whatever he pursued, I couldnât stop him, and it made no difference to me so long as he gave me enough time to pick through the debris before disintegrating it.
Glints of green from my scouterâs glow reflected across generators, glass amalgam, new scouter chips, command boxes, adapted prismsâall recognizable, but each with features slightly different from those laid out in the plans Freeza had gifted me those two moons ago. These were more advanced. Only at the Imperial Academy itself had I come across such technology. And this was at some remote factoryâhardly what the planetâs occupants mustâve kept for their ports and capitals.
They wouldâve traveled far and known much. Too much. I reached down and sifted through the scouter chips until Iâd isolated a few that heat and dirt hadnât rendered useless. These I slipped inside my breastplate near the stolen knife. In all likelihood, the chips didnât store any sensitive information, but I couldnât leave them and wonder.
I looked over my shoulder. Nappa had wandered off. I spun, then tapped my scouter when I couldnât see him anywhere.
A sigh of relief when the scouter highlighted his silhouette behind a shipwreck. Or not quite a shipwreck, but rather the spilled guts of a newly constructed Planet Trade flagship. One of its landing claws held him sitting upright. He looked up from his hands when I approached him.
âHere, youâll need this,â I said, retrieving his discarded scouter for him.
He took it, fit it, and squinted at the display. âWhat time is it?â
âHard to say, but itâs been hours. Iâm tired too.â
He picked himself up, refusing all help, and scanned the terrain of the settlement. âI donât remember this planet from the briefings.â
I pinched the bridge of my nose. âWe took Cuiâs cleansing assignment. A detour so we could get here before his crew did. The princeâs idea.â
âHeâs out that way.â He took a step in the same direction.
I gripped his arm before he could take off. âNappa, we just need to get through this without fucking anything up. He put both of us in tanks last time, and he was already furious with you for being late.â
He hung his head. âItâs because ofââ
âItâs because of the drug. I know you took some of it with you. And you wonât get better unless you stop taking it.â The last statement I wasnât so sure of, but I needed to sound sure in case it were true.
âYou took it too.â
âIââ I had no excuse for him, and he would know if I lied. Heâd seen into my mind just as Iâd seen into his all that time ago. âOnce,â I said finally. âAnd you mustâve seen whatâs happened with Vegeta too. So you knowâmaybe better than anyoneâthat he needs us to stayââ
An explosion cut off the rest. My arm whipped to shield my eyes as heat and hurled scrap crashed towards us.
A few scrapes here and there, but Nappa and I sustained no real damage. The scouter detected no power levels of any significance aside our own. I had to assume that Vegeta had grown weary of this place and would annihilate us with it if we lingered. No more blasts followed, however, and the ruins fell again into the obscurity of night.
The prince remained where he was, and we followed his energy. We heard him before we spotted the sparks blazing around his fists. Shouting.
âFreeza sent his special forces to destroy the likes of you? If you have any honor left, show me your real power.â
I directed Nappa to land at a cautious distance. Vegetaâs energy lit a gleam of terror across the furred creatureâs face.
âIfâif you have a ship, weâll go. Take whatever you want!â it stammered. âW-we gave your people the maps already!â
Vegeta laughed. âI donât give a damn about any of your maps. Either die a warriorâs death, or meet an end worse than hers.â He channeled more energy into his right hand and pointed it to illuminate a spot some tail lengths off.
There lay the mangled body of another creature. Several of six limbs twisted and broken. One snapped above the elbow, only soft flesh keeping the rest of the arm attached. A black, bloody mess of organs tangled beneath the ribs. Agony still contorted the face.
A shriek.
âWhat, never seen a battlefield before?â He blasted next to the creature and cackled as it dove into the dirt to dodge it. âGuess not. Hid from the purge too like the cowardly scum you are.â
The prince circled round to his victimâs side. The creature trembled too much to stand and couldnât answer him apart from whimpers and sobs.
âPathetic.â He shoved his boot into the creatureâs spine. âLast chance to fight back. Show your strength.â
Turning away, I glanced toward Nappa. âI donât think Freeza sent the Ginyu Force because these people were strong,â I said.
He stared blankly into the sky, smoke blotting out the stars. He was always worse when Vegeta lashed out. There was nothing to be done.
âDonât think youâre going to fight,â the prince scorned. âPissed yourself insteadâI can smell it on you.â
A hoarse scream followed the deep crack of a limb wrenched from its socket. Painâs memory echoed through my shoulders, numbness through my fingers. Vegeta had done the same to me when his blows left me shivering and useless. Warm-blooded, the creature must suffer similarly, and though we couldnât let it live for Freeza to find, its misery served no purpose.
I braced myself before facing Vegeta once more. Before bearing witness to the torture he could easily turn on me if anger mastered him. âTheyâre just weaklings,â I shouted. âA waste of your time. Letâs get this over with and get off this planet.â
He dropped the creature with a snarl. âI donât take orders from you, third-clââ
A bolt of red struck his armor in between his shoulder blades. From a blaster deadly enough to pierce Planet Trade gear, yet ineffective in harming someone of the princeâs power level. He whipped around where he stood in search of the sniper, hands ready with charges.
A pair of smaller beings lingered a second too long before disappearing around a wallâs corner.
Vegeta kicked the creature at his feet. âAre thoseâŠyour children?â
âNo!â A plea rather than a denial.
âTheyâahaâare going to watch you die.â He tapped his scouter, isolating the trace power levels instantly. He vanished, my eyes hardly able to track him, and the two children had no hope of escape.
âNnâŠâ The presumed father squirmed towards me. Supplicant, he stretched one trembling hand out to me.
I took aim for his head.
âArenât you going to save him?â
Fired.
I didnât process what Vegeta had said or why until it was too late. My shot had stricken the child whoâd dove to protect his father from me. Now he wept over the little body.
I gathered energy into my hand. âThese people are a waste. Just kill them.â
Vegeta answered my charge with one of his own. The child he held by the neck didnât understand that he meant it for me and squirmed as far away as it could. âDefying me, third-class? How sorry you must be that Freeza wonât let me grant your deathwish. Always tempting me⊠I can control myself, unlike you.â His grip on the childâs throat stifled a scream.
I stood my ground. âTell yourself whatever you want. But you wonât humiliate Cui by taking twice as long on his assignment.â
He fixed his sharp eyes on mine, sneering, as he leaned more of his weight and strength into his heel until his boot crushed spine and ribs with an unmistakable, wet crunch. âWorthless,â he snarled over the creatureâs gargling.
A quick death, at least, if not an easy one. Consequences damned, I vowed that the child would receive an end just as swift even if I had to intervene. All four eyes tightly shut, tears streamed into the dark fur lining its face. Its lips quivered over clenched teeth, and trilled whimpers escaped through them as Vegeta released its throat to embrace the child from behind. Almost as tall as he was, the princeâs mouth was level with its ear.
âDoes it make you strong, watching them die?â he said.
Iâd heard those words before, and my steps faltered.
âItâs been so long since Iâve fought someone worthy⊠So long, lying awake, restlessâŠâ Abruptly, he let go of the child. âShow me you arenât as useless as the rest.â
Its limbs buckled instantly, and it tumbled forward into the remains of its father and sibling. Away from Vegeta, I had a clear shot. I awaited only a slip of the princeâs attention. His speed would thwart me otherwise, and heâd deflect the blast.
The child, however, did not merely lie shocked and defeated. Somehow, even with a mouth full of its fatherâs blood, it summoned the will to rise up from the ground. I knew very little about the childâs race, but the look it turned on Vegeta was one of pure hatred. âWhy?â it spat at him.
The prince answered with a crooked grin. âAs if I could tell you why the gods have forsaken you.â
âGods have nothing to do with it.â The child managed to stand. A rise in power level did not accompany it. âYou did this.â
âWho are the gods but whoever is strongest?â Again, he seized the child by the neck. âAnd I am stronger than you. Iâm strongerâhahaâa Super Saiyan, the strongest in the universe!â
The [SPOILER] Iâd seen had been no more than a dream. I was sure of it now. Many times had Vegeta lied, hidden, said one thing and done another, and exhibited more arrogance than his actual strength warranted. After all thatâd happened, I understood why. My heart ached for him still. But as much as Iâd denied it ever since heâd turned on me on that empty planet, I was beginning to recognize his madness for what it was. And because his sanity was slipping, I knew his defenses would slip too when I finally aimed and took my shot.
Blasted cleanly through its skull, the child died immediately. The body convulsed for a few seconds before going limp. Still gripping the neck while he raved, Vegeta seemed not to realize whatâd happened.
âThere is nothing but your own strength. The gods gave you a mother and father just to wound you when they were taken away. Better now that theyâre gone, and you see the truth. Iâve set you free. Does it make you strong?â
He shook the body, rattled it. Heâd come to assume soon enough that heâd spoiled his torture too soon. The corpse could fascinate him only so long. I left him with it to see where Nappa had gone.
Heâd found the childrenâs hiding place behind the crumbled wall. He sat, rocking back and forth, muttering to himself. Something about Savoy. I couldnât stand to listen. I leaned down and struck him hard across the face.
âWe have to get out of here. Youâve got to snap out of it.â
He shook his head, massaged his cheek, and seemed to recognize me when our eyes met.
âVegeta just needed a moment to rest, but heâll be ready to set out again soon. Heâll put us in tanks again if we fall behind.â
âRaditzâŠwhere are we?â
I took a deep breath and turned my back to him before I could curse in his face. âFucking gods damn it all,â I ground out. âShit. Fuck. Canât fucking take this anymore. Canât fucking do it.â All of us were mad in our own way, and our next assignment would end in disaster. And all I had was I knife I couldnât use, empty scouter chips, and connections who meant me more harm than anything else. Vegeta had been right about one thingâthe gods wouldnât help us either. They never had.
âNappa,â I said, facing him again, âonce we leave, weâre going to go through your things and get rid of whatever is left of that drug. Let me do it, or Vegeta will.â
He frowned. Perhaps he hadnât even understood. Better, then, if he was too far gone to interfere.
âJust follow me, all right?â I took him by the arm. âItâs just a cleansing assignment we took from Cui. Thereâs not much left. We just have to finish up and leave.â
âWhereâs Vegeta?â
âDown that way. Found some survivors and took care of them.â
His brow knotted after he tapped his scouter. Another tap. âHeâs gone.â
Fucking gods, I refused to utter aloud. âOf course he is.â I locked onto his energy before he could fly too far ahead. âWeâve got to go.â
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sketched this out at jury duty actually
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Daima temporarily reactivated my dragon ball brain rot.
I wish everyone was turned into a first grader rather than the teenagers becoming babies again. The comedy potential of the Son family would have been great.
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some of u should have an OnlyClowns account
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an inch away from more than just friends
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Didnât know which version to pick so hereâs all of them
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