Unexpected Fate

Reunion

Unexpected Fate

Chapter 07-Reunion

Bubbles rose within the regeneration tank and slowly, Bardock awakened finding himself healed from the injuries that he had obtained from Frieza. Nearby, he saw Scrix meditating quietly with Karis curled at his side asleep. Struggling, he found his wrists were in chi-restraints again and wanted nothing more to this life he was forced to live against his wishes.

'Calm yourself...' Scrix's voice echoed within Bardock's mind. Glaring at Scrix, Bardock found yet another reason to hate the God of Strength. 'I sense a great deal of hostility within you at the moment along with the loss of hope in your heart.'

'Hope? I never had hope...' Bardock muttered telepathically. 'That's something I never had... even after Frieza had taken everything from me...'

'Except for your son that you can get to know more about,' Scrix reminded the warrior.

'Kakarrot might as well be my executioner instead of that tyrant Frieza! He's killed Radditz already and I won't ever forgive him for doing it!'

'Had he not done so, Radditz would have taken your grandson, destroyed Earth and killed Kakarrot anyway. From there, the boy would have ended up like Vegeta had as a child and been forced to take the lives of innocent people in order to survive. Besides, you overlooked the potential your youngest son has and assume that he is destined to be weak forever.'

'It's almost saying that he's going to transform into a Super Saiya-jin...' Bardock looked away before his eyes widened.

"Gohan, father, listen to me very carefully," Kakarrot's voice echoed in his ears. All he saw was a golden light flaring around his youngest son; the cold and lifeless teal eyes glaring at them with distress and utter fury. "You need to take Piccolo, find Bulma and leave this planet."

'Is... is this Kakarrot?' Bardock thought to himself. "I can't leave!" His voice raising over the roaring ocean and storms that threatened to tear the planet apart.

He barely heard Gohan's voice though. The look in his son's eyes became almost too much for him to bear witness. He noticed his youngest son was struggling from within to control this power that was putting a strain on his mind, body and soul.

"Leave now while I still have a sliver of control," Kakarrot roared with a maddening hiss. The boy moved out of Bardock's vision and the Saiya-jin warrior trembled at the malice and rage that surrounded the son he had vowed to never forgive.

'Kakarrot might as well be my executioner instead of that tyrant Frieza!' Bardock's own words echoed in his head. He almost reached out to this foreign power in order for it to let it wash over his flesh and let it destroy him...

...before it faded away like a dream. He found his unshackled arm reaching out the doorway towards Scrix who had released him from the regeneration tank. Startled, the Saiya-jin pulled his hand away from the God of Strength in irritation. The only other difference from before the vision was Karis had nonchalantly left the room and was somewhere else on the ship.

"Kakarrot... he's going to..." Bardock realized in utter shock before climbing out of the regeneration tank. "..."

"He is, but you are not to tell your youngest son the truth," Scrix answered. "Last thing we want is for him to lose more than he could bear."

"You think I haven't?" Bardock growled. "I lost my comrades, my mate and my home. He's lost nothing compared to the life I was forced to live!"

"Kakarrot has lost allies before and it's no different than what you have gone through..."