Vegeta though merely shot him a cold stare. "Tell me, Nappa… what would you do if you learned that there was someone plotting against me?"
"Well, I'd tell you." He said it so matter of fact that even though it was the truth it came off as being so utterly stupid it hurt Raditz's brain.
That caused the Saiyan to snap, "And you think that those members of the Frieza Force you went to in hopes of bringing them to our side wouldn't run and tell Frieza?"
"Watch your tone!" Nappa snarled, leaping to his feet. And jabbing a finger at Raditz. "You are lucky you are allowed to sit with us, you weakling-"
"NAPPA!" Vegeta snapped and at once the bald Saiyan froze. "Raditz is right. We can only trust the three of us. No one else. It will make things harder for our plan but this is a matter that only we can handle."
Seeing his chance Raditz spoke up. "What if… there were more of us?"
"Oh, this isn't about the rumors about your uncle we heard back at Station 318?" Nappa said with a laugh, sitting back down. "Turles is long dead! The only reason his body wasn't brought back to King Vegeta is because I vaporized his ship!"
"Assuming Turles existed in the first place," Prince Vegeta stated. "I have always believed he was just a fabrication my father created to ensure no Saiyans thought themselves strong enough to disobey. 'Remember Turles and let him be a reminder of what happens to he who betrays me'."
Raditz didn't react in the slightest to the mockery. He knew that his mother's brother was still out there. He'd heard enough whispers of the saiyan with gray hued skin who led a band of Space Pirates that nibbled on the edges of Frieza's empire. Of the planets found stripped of their riches, rendered so inhospitable that even Frieza found little use for them at times. But Turles was not someone that he'd ever want to go after; he had been warned by his father (in the few times he'd seen the man before his death) that Turles cared only for himself, not even showing loyalty to his own squad. A Saiyan that no Saiyan should strive to be like.
No… he had someone else in mind.
"I was referring to my brother."
"Your brother?" Prince Vegeta asked, raising an eyebrow at that. "You have a brother?"
"Kakarot, yes," Raditz confirmed. "My father sent him to a planet to serve as an eradicator when he was just a baby, only a few hours before Planet Vegeta was destroyed."
"And you just bring this up now?" Nappa snapped. "There was another Saiyan out there and you failed to mention it?"
"I thought him dead, destroyed with the planet," Raditz answered. "But when we began discussing our… issues… with Frieza I decided to look the last day of Planet Vegeta in hopes someone might have escaped as we did through luck and discovered that his pod had managed to launch before the planet's destruction. He landed on a planet known as Earth according to the records we have and is there now."
"And if he isn't?" Nappa pressed.
"Then he would have been useless to us," Raditz reasoned.
"Hmmm… another Saiyan," Prince Vegeta stated, eyes half shut. He smirked slightly and nodded. "Yes… yes that might work out well. Even if he proves weak he would be something that Frieza wasn't prepared for." Prince Vegeta rose up. Behind him and on either side were piles of bones and the only thing that would have made the Prince of Saiyans happier would have been if they were the bones of his enemies. "You can retrieve him without anyone noticing?"
"I've been told to take out a band of planets; per my pod that will take 8 months to reach and I have been given another six to do so, as they are said to be technologically advanced." He leaned forward and grinned. "However I learned just a few days ago that their sun went supernova… they were wiped out, rendered little more than charred rocks. I managed to kill the one that found that out and made it look like a desertion. I now have just over a year… more than enough time to go, retrieve my brother, and make sure he is up to snuff."
Prince Vegeta nodded at that. "Nappa and I have been assigned 12 planets each… we will work together and get it done in half the time and then begin training. We will meet back here in 14 month's time… and see if Kakarot is worth all this trouble."
"It will be on your head if he isn't!" Nappa warned.
Raditz merely bowed in respect and Prince Vegeta flew off to retrieve his scouter, Nappa following right behind him.
'Bastards,' Raditz thought to himself, realizing they meant for him to clean up on his own. It had been his gear that they'd used to cook the meal and instead of helping him scrub the knives and such they'd left him to deal with it, like he was little more than a non-combatant!
Raditz narrowed his eyes, hands clenched into fists.
'I was supposed to be your ally… I was willing to be your advisor and instead you treat me like a nothing. Well, my prince, you are in for a surprise. I'm going to find Kakarot and once I prove myself his better he will help me grow strong enough to defeat you and Nappa. You will submit to me or you will surrender all your honor at the cost of your life.'
He paused.
'And then, Frieza… I will take all you care about.'
It hadn't just been Kakarot's location that he had learned of a few weeks back. No… the Frieza Force soldier he'd forced to hack into the records had also discovered footage of the day Planet Vegeta had been destroyed. It had been no meteor… it had been Frieza himself who had done the deed. Why he did Raditz did not know, only that their Emperor had decided to destroy the Planet and the entire Saiyan race save for the four that remained. But the Saiyans hadn't died meekly… some had fought back. Resisted.
And at the front had been Raditz's father.
'You will die, Frieza,' Raditz thought, the image of his father's final defiant stand burned into his brain. 'Vegeta and Nappa might not care about their families… but you killed my mother and father. Took my home. And with my brother… you will pay. I will claim your Empire and the universe will grovel at the feet of Emperor Raditz!'
~MC~MC~MC~
Present Day
"I believe we have found them, sir," Isco stated as we spotted three figures battling each other in the distance. They were on a grassy plain but with the way they kept getting hit I doubted the grass was cushioning Goku and Piccolo's falls all that much. "Do you have a plan?"
"A theory or two, mostly," I admitted. "Depends on how Raditz reacts to me showing up."
I saw a glow coming from one of the figures and quickly sent the cycle into a dive just before an orb of energy came racing towards me. While I'd never driven a motorcycle before and certainly not a flying one I had rode 4-Wheelers growing up, racing them through the bumpy fields and along tractor lanes. That knowledge and experience came in handy and I had quickly been able to push the bike to the limit. Thankfully my quick handling of the bike got us out of the way of the attack with plenty of time to spare but it didn't make me feel good that I was already being fired on and hadn't even stepped onto the ground.
Parking the bike I saw Goku and Piccolo, both of whom had already removed their weighted clothing, looking a bit mussed up while Raditz wasn't looking that flustered at all. All three turned to stare at me, Raditz smirking while Piccolo frowned.