Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ A Hellish Paradise ❯ Chapter 14 ( Chapter 14 )

Chapter 14

 

Freaza flouted down towards the two boys with a hungry smile on his face. He didn't know how this small Saiyan child had survived but it was of no matter. Eliminating him would be a small task.

 

That dam slave was with him. Freaza distinctively remembered ordering this one's execution. `Good help is so hard to find these days. It seems I have to do everything myself.'

 

He smiled walking slowly and quietly up towards the two children. They were playing some sort of chase game. It was not until he was nearly on top of them that they realized they weren't alone. He smiled down at them. “Can I play too?”

 

The little slave's eyes widened. He gasped as if his very throat refused to work and dropped to the ground trembling. Freaza chuckled, a sound much resembling that of a hyena and walked over to the slave's side.

 

“Hey Nayo what's wrong? Do you know this guy?”

 

Freaza frowned at the small Saiyan boy. “Hum you certainly don't act like a Saiyan. Oh don't concern yourself little one you'll get your turn.” The little Saiyan's tail swished back and forward in a nervous gesture. “What did you do to Nayo?”

 

“Oh nothing, yet.” The slave flinched at the tyrant's words moving away slowly on his hands and knees. Freaza smirked kicking out at the slave and sending him flying.

 

“Hey leave him alone! Nayo are you alright?”

 

The slave didn't answer.

 

`Hum strange I'm getting a very strong urge to leave. That slave, something about him seemed familiar. His coloring and body frame…

 

No that couldn't be right. I killed all of the Youno. The resemblance is unquestionable. True he is a little dark for a Youno but that feeling I'm getting. It must be his will that wants me to leave. Quite a clever trick. Yes that's it. But his coloring is far too dark and he stands too strait to be pure Youno. He must be a half-breed.

 

“Nayo!” The voice from overhead caught Freaza's attention.

 

“Hello Zarbon, so nice of you to join us. Funny I could have sworn I told you to kill this slave. You must have misunderstood me. Well I can be forgiving Zarbon, if you kill him now I will let you off with only a slight punishment and not death.”

 

Zarbon shifted uncomfortably his eyes showing his panic. His voice was steady and determined. “Leave the slave alone Freaza he is nothing.”

 

Freaza laughed truly amused by his pet's flimsy show of emotion. “Now Zarbon have I taught you nothing? I thought that by now you would surly realize the foolishness of such petty attachments. I do believe you need a bit of catch-up. Come my pet we'll take this slave back to my ship.”

 

Freaza didn't wait for a response but walked over to the slave picking him up. He knew Zarbon would follow after the boy if he took him. The slave whimpered but made no move to resist.

 

`This one is better trained then Zarbon. No matter I will not let Zarbon go so easily. If I can make him turn against his own kind then surely he will turn against the slave. In the end, Zarbon will kill that annoying little Youno or I will kill them both. Ether way it was a win-win situation. There was only one thing left to attend to, the Saiyan boy.'

 

Freaza was not foolish to let one of those little monkeys live a day longer then was needed. Freaza pointed one finger at the boy smirking as he did it. The little Saiyan was looking up at him with upset eyes.

 

“You'd better let Nayo go right now!”

 

“Silence little one,” Freaza's finger lit with ki, he shot a narrow but deadly red beam at the child who stood perfectly still, and completely obvious to the danger that was closing in on him.

 

~~~

 

Goku flew at top speed his anxiety at seeing his young son again was gone. Now he just wanted to get there. From what Vegeta had told him Freaza was extremely cruel and ruthless. He didn't need Vegeta to tell him that. The overwhelmingly horrid power that radiated off Freaza said it quite well.

 

No he wasn't worried about confronting his son. He just wanted him to live. Vegeta flew beside him a look of dread on the prince's face.

 

“Vegeta?” The fear vanished leaving the hard defiant look that dominated the others features so often.

 

“What Kakorrot?” Vegeta demanded in a voice that coming from another would be considered offensive. From Vegeta the tone was amazingly quite and nervous. Something was really wrong with him.

 

Goku stopped short causing Vegeta to fly by him.

 

“Baka what the hell are you doing!” The Saiyan prince stopped as well but didn't move back towards Goku.

 

Goku frowned, “Vegeta answer me. What is it?”

 

“In case you have forgotten you're son is in Freaza's grasp. Why the hell are you stalling?”

 

“Vegeta something is very wrong. I've never seen you acting like this. It has to do with Freaza doesn't it?”

 

“Dam you Kakorrot we have no time for this!”

 

Goku sighed knowing this would take some time. Vegeta was unbelievably stubborn. But something was horribly wrong. He was torn between his son and the Prince. And he was equally stubborn.

 

“Vegeta please. The longer we wait the more time Freaza has to hurt Gohan. What is it?”

 

“Kakorrot now is not the time for this!”

 

“Then why don't you stay here Vegeta and I'll see if I can get Gohan back?”

 

“The hell I will Kakorrot! Do you think I would let you take on Freaza without me? You'd be crushed!”

 

“Oi Vegeta calm down! I'm not planing on actually fighting Freaza!”

 

“Nani?”

 

“Well I'll just mask my ki so Freaza can't use his scoter on me then I'll go and get Gohan back when he's distracted.”

 

“Kakorrot do you really think you can beat Freaza with some half thought out plan? Baka, Freaza is no fool he'll catch you in your own trap.”

 

“Don't worry Vegeta everything will be fine.”

 

With that, Goku took off at full speed. He'd never seen Vegeta so spooked. The prince didn't even follow after him. “Vegeta…”

 

What was it about Freaza that could possibly have the stubborn Saiyan prince so distraught? He'd have to be sure to find out later. First he had to help Gohan. He was still the boy's father, even if Gohan didn't know it.

 

~~~

 

Radize stopped looking back and cursing. “Fuck, so much for trust. Damn it were is he?”

 

Zarbon was gone and for a moment Radize was quite content to leave the light green man be and just report to Prince Vegeta. He still had the little Earth termite in his grasp and could blame him for the delay. The Saiyan prince didn't even have to know about Zarbon.

 

“Kaso what the hell does that baka think he's doing?” Radize spun ignoring the Earthman's wails and took off backtracking his path. It didn't take long at all for him to spot Zarbon hovering above three figures.

 

Radize's eyes widened, “Freaza? Ah hell!” The tyrant stood below gazing up at Zarbon and smirking. Zarbon's eyes were not on Freaza but the little slave boy he cherished so much. So that was what had made him stop.

 

Despite the indescribable danger they were in Radize found himself strangely happy. So Zarbon hadn't betrayed him. Radize was so distracted by this news and the fact that Freaza was there that he almost missed the little Saiyan standing close to the little slave boy.

 

A Saiyan alive! But how? The child was to young to have been born before the destruction of his home planet. Meaning that this was either the son of Prince Vegeta, Kakorrot, or Napa. Radize had ruled himself out.

 

The boy was a Saiyan and Radize had to help him. If just to be able to question him properly.

 

It was at that moment that Freaza made his move. He didn't even look at the Saiyan but lifted a finger pointing it at the boy. Radize's eyes widen. “What the? Kaso!”

 

The longhaired Saiyan dived down scooping up the startled child in his arms and lifting him up as the thin deadly beam shot past behind them.

 

Radize sighed in relief, a relief that was short-lived. Something with incredible strength wrapped around his throat cutting off his air supply. Pain shot through his spine.

 

He couldn't keep his hold on the boy. The boy fell to the ground and Radize was lifted up so that his feet were left dangling in the air. Freaza chuckled behind him shifting his tail so that Radize was turned to face him. The muscular tail held the longhaired Saiyan tightly so that Radize was turning blue from lack of oxygen.

 

“You Saiyans just seem to pop up out of nowhere. Surprising considering that most of you went with your pathetic planet. Strange how you seem to just appear and when I had been certain that I'd taken you all down. No matter, soon I will have finished what I started.”

 

Radize couldn't answer him from lack of air. Had he been able to he would had slurred out such a pattern of words that the two children near by would have very well fainted from over hearing. Freaza, his home…

 

How he would love to shove the asteroid that had destroyed his planet up Freaza's ass. Of course he now knew it wasn't an asteroid that destroyed his planet but Freaza himself.

 

Prince Vegeta couldn't know. He would never have served Freaza if he'd known. He would have killed himself before he did that.

 

`So only I know, not that it matters. The information will die with me it seems. And what of Zarbon? The dirty green rat must have known! He probably celebrated right alongside Freaza. And to think I trusted him, that I thought him honorable? Disgraceful!'

 

Radize was filled with anger as he blanked out going limp in Freaza's grasp. Zarbon watched from above helplessly. He couldn't save the Saiyan, he knew that well. `But I can't leave him to Freaza,' he realized, `I care for him. I truly do. There has to be something I haven't thought of. Some way…'

 

Freaza's tail unwound dropping the unconscious Saiyan to the ground. Seeing him lying there with pain written in his features reminded him so much of the events of earlier that day.

 

`I was just like him.' Zarbon realized, `No wonder Radize saw me as a monster. I was one.' Zarbon's eyed the Saiyan he had hated so fiercely just that morning. He wasn't sure how this had happened so fast. He still hated Saiyans in general but Radize was different.

 

`I can't just do nothing. But Nayo, I could get him out of here.' Freaza wouldn't expect him to make a move now. Nayo was a little way away from the tyrant and right below Zarbon. He could do it, but at what cost?

 

~~~

 

Goku flew on putting Vegeta out of his mind for the moment at least. As hard as Vegeta was to put out of his mind, he had to for his son. `Later my love, I promise.'

 

Goku felt his son up ahead and everything within him told him to hurry. When he arrived he found quite a few more people than he'd expected. Freaza was there just as Vegeta had said he would be. Just looking at him sent shivers through Goku. His ki was strong and pure evil.

 

Goku's eyes flew down to Freaza's feet. `Radize? Oh no! What's he doing here?' His oniisan lay at Freaza's feet passed out. Zarbon was flouting overhead and Gohan and Nayo were off to the side and it seemed temporally forgotten.

 

`Okay I can do this. I'll get Gohan away first then I'll come back and help Radize and Nayo get away. With Zarbon and Freaza here I won't get another chance to get Gohan away. I'm sorry Nayo, oniisan. I won't be gone long, I promise.' Goku flew out going at full speed praying he could reach Gohan before the tyrant could react.

 

~~~

 

What the hell was going on there? First Vegeta had felt Radize and who he took to be Zarbon arrive, together. Then Radize had vanished and Kakorrot had come. `If Kakorrot expects me to float here and wait for him to kill himself he couldn't be more mistaken! He's just a low-level! Nothing gives him the right to order me around.' Vegeta didn't bother to remind himself that that “low level” was either as strong as the prince or stronger. He just flew off towards Kakorrot.

 

~~~

 

“Well Zarbon I never thought you of all people would associate with such low class scum as Saiyans.”

 

Zarbon remained silent his eyes on Radize. He couldn't leave him to Freaza. The longhaired Saiyan was like no one Zarbon had ever known. Radize's loyalty was astounding and Zarbon found he respected the other. What could he do against Freaza?

 

He didn't have to question it as a figure came out of the woods and snatched up the small Saiyan child taking off with him.

 

Freaza's gaze shifted away from Radize. “Dam Saiyans, such pests. Zarbon go after them and bring them back to me dead or alive, it's your choice. Just be sure to bring them back.”

 

Zarbon was so used to following Freaza's orders that he almost took off without thinking. He hung his head and uttered the words he'd never imagined saying. “No my lord. I have no quarrel with them.”

 

“Is this betrayal I hear Zarbon?” Freaza said in a taunting voice. The tyrant stalked over to Nayo grabbing the quivering boy in a hard grasp. “Such a troublesome little slave.” Freaza shifted his grasp on Nayo warping his tail around the boy's neck and holding him up with it.

 

“Now Zarbon after them! I will deal with you and this slave latter. Or shall I deal with him now? The slave's painful cries would prove amusing.”

 

Zarbon shuddered at the hungry way Freaza eyed Nayo. He couldn't let the monster have his way with the boy. How could he not have seen the horrible cruelty that Freaza spread? That he had been a part of.

 

`It's going to happen to Nayo as well if I don't do anything.' He had to go after the Saiyans. Not to capture them but to ask for help. He could not do this alone and he owed it to Nayo to do whatever it took. Leaving the boy to Freaza was not an option he would consider.

 

But what of Radize? Freaza would kill him without hesitating. The only way to save him was to find some way to bring him along. “Alright my Lord. But I want Radize. He's caused me enough trouble. I would like to pay him back for his efforts.”

 

“What kind of fool do you take me for Zarbon? I know you've grown quite found of this little monkey. None the less, I will let you have him for now. It will make the game that much more enjoyable."

 

With that, Freaza grabbed the unconscious Saiyan by the neck throwing him up to Zarbon as if he were a rag doll. "Go on now Zarbon and don't dawdle. If I get to tired of waiting I may just decide to take my amusement in the slave."

 

Zarbon easily caught Radize wincing as he saw the damage closer up. The Saiyan was dying. Zarbon pulled the longhaired man close to his body and took off. As soon as he was well out of sight of Freaza he stopped touching down.

 

He carefully placed Radize on the grass-covered ground looking him over carefully. He didn't try to rouse him. Doing so could kill him. “Radize, I apologize. You had nothing to do with any of this. Yet you over all the others suffered the most.”

 

Zarbon brushed the hair out of the Saigon's blood streaked face noticing for the first time just how beautiful the other man was. “Gomen asie Radize. Nayo please hang on I'll be there soon. Just hang on Nayo, please.”

 

~~~

 

Goku watched his oniisan and Zarbon from a distance at first. He had left a very confused Gohan in a safe place and gone back for Radize. He'd stopped when he'd felt Zarbon's ki.

 

If you were to paint a sketch of the tall green fighter from how Vegeta had described him you'd think he was a slippery back stabbing serpent. But the way he was looking at Radize, with so much worry. He seemed all right.

 

“Oi! Over here!”

 

The tall green man stood up eyeing Goku.

 

“You, you're the one Nayo seems so fond of aren't you?”

 

“Well I guess so, is oniisan alright?”

 

Zarbon's eyes widened at the question; “you're Radize's brother?”

 

Goku nodded, “well yeah I am. Is he alright?”

 

“I'm not certain. He's badly wounded.”

 

“But he is alive?”

 

“Hai, for the moment.”

 

Goku breathed a heart-felt sigh of relief. “Kami, I'm glade. I thought I might be to late.” Goku walked over reaching into the folds of his shirt as he approached. “Boy I guess it's a good this I forgot I had these. I might have used them up before without knowing I'd really need them now.”

 

Goku knelt beside his brother shaking him slightly. “Hey Radize are you alright?” Radize growled in response his eyes opening with a hateful glare. “Kakorrot? What the hell?” Radize coughed choking on the blood that welled up in his mouth.

 

“Shh, you can yell at me later. First eat this, you'll feel a lot better.” Goku's brother stared stubbornly back. “I may be half dead Kakorrot but that doesn't mean I'll eat anything you shove into my mouth.”

 

“Please Radize, it's called a Sensu bean. It'll heal you.” With that Goku did have to shove the bean down the other's throat. Radize reluctantly chewed and swallowed glaring dangers at his little brother the whole time. But as soon as he was able to focus his anger shifted to Zarbon.

 

“You? Kakorrot get away from him!”

 

Radize sprang up and away and almost fell down in shock as he realized he was not only in one piece but better off than before.

 

“Kakorrot what the fuck was that thing you gave me?”

 

“A Sensu bean.”

 

Radize looked at him for a moment, “and why didn't you tell Prince Vegeta you had them?”

 

“Well I kind of forgot.”

 

“Baka!”

 

Goku smiled apologetically but found himself forgotten.

 

“You slimy worthless rat dam you!” It took a moment for Goku to realize the insult was aimed at Zarbon. This puzzled Goku greatly and it seemed to do the same to Zarbon.

 

“What? Radize I'm sorry I got you involved with Freaza but…”

 

“Shut up! Every word you speak is an insult. How the hell could I have been so blind? To think I trusted you!”

 

“What? Radize I don't understand. What is it?”

 

“Don't play dumb with me Zarbon! Are you telling me you don't know a dammed thing about how my planet was destroyed?”

 

“Nani? How do you know about that?”

 

“Freaza.”

 

“I see, yes I did know gomen.”

 

“Great you blow up a guys home planet. You kill most of their people and all you say is `sorry'?”

 

“Radize…”

 

“Fuck you! Kakorrot let's go.”

 

“Mata Radize!”

 

Radize glared at the green skinned man. “What, do you intend to kill us now that you can't use us to get to Prince Vegeta?”

 

“No of course not. Please Radize I am sorry I didn't tell you. I'm not trying to use you though. I mean that.”

 

“Forget it Zarbon, you won't trick me twice.”

 

The long haired Saiyan flouted up ready to blast off. “Come on Kakorrot, I found two Earthlings that claimed to know you. If they escaped Freaza we should find them.”

 

“Mata oniisan!”

 

Goku turned back to Zarbon. “Ah gomen about Radize. I'm not sure what he's mad about but he'll forget about it soon. He's like that.”

 

“You're Goku aren't you?”

 

“Hai.”

 

Zarbon smiled a kind smile not befitting a monster. “I can see why Nayo liked you so much. Sadly Radize is right. I did know that Freaza destroyed your planet. I was there. I laughed about it. I was overjoyed to see so many Saiyans die. I hated you and I had no true reason. I didn't know you.”

 

Goku was speechless as Zarbon finished. How could someone be so wrong about himself?

 

“You should go with your brother Goku. He's waiting for you.”

 

“Well look why don't you come along? I sure he wouldn't mind it.”

 

Zarbon chuckled, “I don't think Radize will share your opinion.”

 

“You really don't have to worry about it. He's quick to anger and quick to forgetfulness. He won't even remember he was mad at you in a while.”

 

Hope flashed in Zarbon's eyes. It was plain to see that he did want to stay. “I can't, Freaza has Nayo and I have to find some way to get him back.”

 

“Well then I'll definitely help. I mean I'm not letting Nayo get hurt.”

 

Zarbon smiled his thanks, “I do appreciate the offer but it's best you stay away. Why even now I'm supposed to be tracking you and the boy down and bringing you to Freaza.”

 

“Well that's perfect then!”

 

“Nani?”

 

“Well you can bring us to him. It will give us a chance to get close enough to hurt him and give you a chance to get to Nayo.”

 

“And you would do that?”

 

“Well sure why not?”

 

“It will be a great amount of danger to you and the boy.”

 

“Well that's true. It would probably work with only me though. You could just say that you hadn't found Gohan.”

 

“I thank you. I don't see why you're willing to go through with this but I thank you.”

 

Goku smiled warmly. “Hey no problem. So lets go catch up to Radize ne?”

 

Zarbon nodded timidly still nervous about Radize. Goku wasn't worried. He'd seen the hurt that lay in Radize's glare but he'd seen the love and respect that resided there as well.

 

~~~

 

Freaza watched his troubled pet fly off with a smirk on his face. He'd given him the near dead Saiyan for a reason. Freaza knew Zarbon didn't have the skills needed to save the monkey's life. The death of the creature would build up the growing hatred Freaza saw forming in Zarbon's eyes.

 

He didn't expect Zarbon to return with the Saiyans but he knew the beautiful green man would return. This slave made sure of that. As for the little one that still quivered in his grasp, Freaza had quite a few plans for him. The first was to figure out exactly what he was. What creature could have mated with a Youno to make this little half-breed? “Well I'll find that out soon enough.”

 

The slave looked up at him surprised by his words. Freaza scolded striking the slave hard against his jawbone causing him to cry out in pain.

 

“Foolish child! I see Zarbon has taught you some bad habits. No matter you'll learn soon enough.” The small slave's head went down his body bunched up and he started shivering again. Freaza smiled down at the fragile slave.

 

“Better, I see you're a quick learner. Maybe I will keep you alive. After all without Zarbon to put ideas in your mind you are quite well behaved. Hum and beautiful the darker coloring suits you. First I must know exactly what you are.”

 

Freaza flew off towards his ship holding the boy in hand. The trip back was short and by the time they got there the slave was panting from barely suppressed panic. Freaza sat the boy down and entered not looking back. The slave followed. Freaza walked through his ship at a hurried speed. His people parted at his approach like grass parts for the silent predator.

 

He came to his destination stopping at the door. “Inside slave.” The boy walked past him quickly wanting to spend as little time that close to him as possible. Freaza smirked at this; the slave didn't have much chance of avoiding that.

 

The room was near empty save for a table and some testing supplies. Freaza garbed the boy by the back of the neck tossing him on table. The boy curled up in a ball whimpering.

 

“Quite well behaved I see. Well lets find out what exactly you are and make certain you don't have any sicknesses for me to worry about.” He garbed a scanner from the table and put it to the boy's forehead. Immediately the scanner began flashing out information:

 

Name: Unknown

Sire: Zarbon

Rank: Slave

Current assignment: resupplying rooms

 

Freaza raised an eyebrow and taped the screen to show more information.

 

Age: 12

Race: Youno/Unknown

Health: clean

Training: work slave

 

Freaza smiled at the scanner's results. Not only was the boy Zarbon's son but he was clean of decease and the perfect age to began bed training. Yes, Freaza would defiantly keep him around.