A cold memoir

Chapter 4 - Tale of two boys

Chapter 4 - Tale of two boys

POV Raditz

When we landed with the team on a rock desert-like planet called Tulip we felt icy cold air in our lungs. The planet was full of large monsters and the inhabitants were fast. We heard they were not strong but were with many.

Our captain addressed us "Team #296 we will go to the right, anything that chases our prince away while he goes through the middle we catch and kill". The captain whose name is Okra was an experienced hard man. He was small but broad. He was not fast but strong in strength. I thought to myself that the captain looked like a dwarf.

They made me walk in the middle as the youngest and least experienced of the bunch. I was ok by this; this was my first time away from our home planet. A young Sayian man in his twenties patted me on the head saying "Pay attention kiddo, this is how you learn how to do it". I just snarled for a moment, I felt so small.

It was blowing hard, windblown dust made it difficult to navigate. Okra turned to us and was holding his scouter in his hand "Everyone scouters ready! I don't want to lose anyone on our first mission".

I was the first to see the warning on my screen because I wore my scouter since we had left the pods. But when I wanted to shout something it was too late, there was an attack by a large herd of monsters. "Raditz, hide!" shouted the captain. My body moved automatically and jumped behind a rock.

~Not much further at our prince ~
POV Prince Vegeta

Full of confidence, I was leading the group. Because I had seen my father lead more often on missions. Nappa always had fathers back, as did the rest of his team to. Always full of respect and admiration, I observed father during missions.

A group of soldiers from the inhabitants quickly came running towards our small group of Saiyans. Feeling good, while I had a victory smile on my face I shouted "Come on guys, this is no challenge!"

But quickly we found out that this was harder than we thought. The team member from my age went down quickly, the weakling! Using my Final Flash. It gave the team a moment to reform. "Orders?" shouted Nappa.

While I was looking at our enemy's I shouted "Stay together, these creatures are fast. But we are much stronger. Everybody attack!" Everybody fired a ki attack.

The enemy was quickly blown away. Satisfied, I was looking around again. The younger team member who had been flattened was slowly coming around. Disapprovingly looking at him I ignored him further.

As our team wanted to continue walking, a rampant storm of large creatures that were ridden by the locals inhabitants followed. No one saw this coming. Our team went into defensive position. These creatures were stronger than the group we had encountered earlier.

I prepared to fire my Galick Gun. Suddenly I picked out the leader of the group . He could be recognized by his larger helmet and was the only one with some kind of sword. The leader was shouting things in a dialect that seemed unfamiliar. The leader had to go first. I pointed my Galick Gun at the leader.

The leader blocked the attack and focused on me. The creature he was riding on ran towards me and I braced myself for an attack. Not only the leader but also the creature fired a ki attack at me. It caught me off guard, but I managed to block the attack. But not without blasting me meters away.

Now completely isolated from the group, I continued to fight on. The leader was strong, I had underestimated him. But as the Saiyan prince and as promised, I will show them Saiyan pride. At the same time we fired a ki attack which caused a large explosion.