Unexpected Fate

Vengeance

Unexpected Fate

Chapter 14-Vengeance

It took hours for Bardock to properly teleport on his own; hours he probably could have saved if he had just flown there to begin with without worrying about some Yardratian folktale. Yet, it was worth his efforts to learn the semi-complicated technique once he appeared next to his youngest son. At that moment, he was in the middle of yet another medical examination when the elder warrior appeared and the creature tending to him jolted from the sudden intrusion. Bardock ignored the creature's fleeing form as it hid in another room; his attention at the moment was focused on his main priority.

"Kakarrot..." Bardock's eyes fell upon the man's beaten form. He felt the distrust arise, but he held out the vial to his son to take.

"Dad? How did you get here? How did you recover so fast?" Goku questioned while sitting up in bed and taking said vial into his hands.

"I hunted herbs, saved a healer and Scrix visited me in a vision before I received one of those..." Bardock recounted with a serious tone of voice. "Drink it so we can train before we leave this planet."

"How come?" Goku questioned.

"Frieza..."

"He's still alive?" Goku looked at his father in confusion. "I thought..."

"No, and for the record, I didn't spare him either..." Bardock admitted. He was sure he killed Frieza and yet the bastard lived while they were stranded on some alien world. He hadn't attempted to try using Instant Transmission to leave the world yet, but it didn't seem that impossible to do after using it to go halfway across the world. The only thing keeping him from doing so was the fact that he did not know where the tyrant was at that particular moment.

"I see... but... lately... I'm wondering if I really am a Saiya-jin or not..."

"What? Of course you're a Saiya-jin! A soft-hearted and clueless one, but it's still in your blood!" Bardock ranted. "After all, you were the one who managed to transform into a Super Saiya-jin in the first place and instill fear in Frieza; something none of the others managed to do in their lifetime. It would be just easier if you just stopped being so damn soft and..."

"I can't help being the way I am," Goku growled before transforming into a Super Saiya-jin, the vial shattering before he could dare take a drink from it. Fresh blood streamed from the hand that had cradled the vial before it shattered. "I was raised on Earth and I have no recollection of what I should have been, let alone consider myself a murderer like you!"

"You son of a bitch!" Bardock yelled back, matching the form his youngest son was in just as fast. He felt the strain on his body slightly due to the still healing injuries he sustained, but refused to stand down. It was strange how sporadic the transformation seemed to be when he was angered easily. "Is this how you thank me after I did you a favor by killing that human's murderer?"

"That 'human' you speak of was my best friend!" Goku yelled before he suddenly felt pain. He clutched his head with his good hand and hissed directly at his father.

"So what? I'm sure he's thankful that you... Kakarrot?" Bardock was interrupted by a low growl that came from the Earth-raised Saiya-jin. The cursed warrior barely had enough time to dodge when the younger one lunged. There was frustration and a hint of pain while Goku attempted to attack his father using raw power alone. It wasn't like the last time when he transformed and held himself mentally stable.

Apparently, something about Super Saiya-jin brought out the worst in the youngest Saiya-jin. For a moment, Bardock wondered why his son was acting aggressive all of the sudden. Before the younger transcended Saiya-jin could land a blow, a hand grabbed him from behind and threw him back into the wall. The impact was enough to render him unconscious and out of the transformed state while Bardock looked towards the one who intervened.