Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans ❯ Joyride ( Chapter 17 )

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Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans

Chapter 17: Joyride

    Appuru gets out of bed and picks up the sphere on the nightstand, setting it on the floor. He then waves his arm, and a semi-transparent gesture controlled holographic interface appears, hovering in front of him.  Touching a few symbols and tapping the red blinking alert icon, the security alert is displayed.  Tony got up and blinked, looking at the information displayed:     15 two person shuttles have been launched without proper authorization.  Engage silent override?
    Appuru smirks. 'I'm glad I put that security program in there.' Appuru said to Tony.  Appuru tapped a few more symbols, and a three-dimensional grid of the shuttles locations were displayed.  'Hmm... it seems they are racing each other, and headed towards the planets that have been devastated by war.'  Appuru smirks some more and rapidly presses a lot of icons, the display changing quickly to different windows.  'I have  programmed the shuttles to head to Earth, and appear to be heading to the the place they think they are going. Tony please go with Solaris, and meet them. Interface with the shuttles, and have them dock with the ship. Then send the shuttles back, and return the delinquent saiyans to Saiyara an put them in holding cells.  They will have to deal with King Vegeta and General Bardock directly.'     Tony was teleported onto the ship and departed earth orbit.  He was nervous about the events that have been going on lately.  It was exciting to finally go to earth, but now it seems some of the saiyans are not adjusting to the peaceful life.  Some of them have stolen shuttles on Saiyara.  Now that that task has been accomplished, I  must inform King Vegeta... after his current activities.  It appears that Bardock and King Vegeta are close.  Closing the interface, I head to said King's room.
    They are finished. I knock on their door and Bardock answers the door, I blink at the state of undress.  "What is it?" Bardock says.  'There is a matter that I need to bring to the king's attention.' Appuru said, turning his back.  "Why are you bothering me at this hour?" King Vegeta asked.  'I would have disturbed you earlier, but I wanted to wait until you were...finished. Follow me, please.' Appuru said. Leading them to the living room where there was more space, I set the sphere on the floor, activating it.  A larger version of the display was projected since there was more space, and Appuru explained the situation.     Goku was raiding the kitchen fridge, when he heard some talking in the living room and entered, slurping some noodles.  Vegeta was also eating, with a bit more dignity. Goku may not be eating like a total slob like before, but he still is not as graceful with his eating habits. He also heard some activity in the living room and both went to investigate.     They both found their fathers looking at some images floating around in the living room.  "...going to be dealt with." King Vegeta said as Kakarott and his son entered the room. "Son, Kakarott come, here." King Vegeta said.  "There are a group of saiyans that have decided to fly a group of shuttles without permission. Appuru and Tony have redirected their flight path to Earth.  Tony and Solaris will be intercepting them. This display shows the current formation of the shuttles and their location, as well as Solaris' location."

POV: Vegeta

    I blink inwardly at Kakarott's reaction to the news.  He just stands there and smirks! I then realize he's smirking at me.  Narrowing my eyes at Kakarott, the third class turns away, and studies the information being displayed.  "May I?" Kakarott asks Appuru.  'Sure' is the mental broadcast.  Kakarott moved over to the console and started manipulating the controls.  I wonder how he is familiar with the technology when he has never seen it before.     Appuru hands me the book, bearing my family crest, and I sense a little bit of energy coming from it; I had not before.  Of course I was in rut, so I could not have had the level of control I needed to sense it.  I channel some of my energy into the book and the seal begins to glow.  All I see is a bright light before darkness comes.

POV: King Vegeta

    I look over, as my son collapses on the floor.  I lay him on the couch, knowing what happened.  As Kakarott operates the computer console, Bardock leaves to use the bathroom.  Kakarott has called up data relating to the books siting on a stand, but that information is not available by remote access.     Looking over at the books on the stand, I am amazed to find that they look exactly like the set I had in my castle library.  I pick one up, perusing the cover, and noting the lack of  decaying paper.  Setting that book down, I pick up the one my son was holding; it had the royal seal of Vegeta on the front cover.  It is blank!  Even my jounral entries are gone.  Appuru looks over at me and smirks.     Ten minutes later, my son awakens from his temporary coma and blinks.  Sitting up,  he reaches for the book I'm holding.  I watch him open the book to find that there is written text on the pages.  Not just any language either. It contains the ancestral dialects; such a document very hard to come by.  "Where did you get these books, Vegeta?" I ask my son.  "Appuru brought them over. He gave four to me, and four to Kakarott."  'My father brought them to me, and gave instructions regarding their owners.' Appuru added.

 Saiyara :: POV: Pilot

    We take off from the docking bay, heading off world.  The rush of adrenaline fuels our excitement, as the g forces compress us into our seats.  I move my shuttle in various directions, testing mobility, other doing the same.  "There is a small group of planets nine light-years from here. Follow my lead." I say over the com unit.  Turning, I activate the hyper drive, entering the subspace window, and emerge in orbit of the fourth planet.  As we fly over the surface, our windows reveal the charred remains of a war torn world.     An indictor blinks on the display, showing a signal being broadcast from the far side of the planet. My curiosity piqued, I change orbit, so that I will pass over said source.  My shuttle arrives over the signal source and discover that it is a memorial of sorts.  There are various telepathic simulations of the lifestyles and customs of this world.  The war spanned all the planets in this system. and they obliterated each other.     Is this the fate we are doomed to? We had suffered many losses at the hands of Frieza and his armies. Our planet was wiped from existence.  The other planets have suffered the same fate as the one I first came across in this system.  On closer inspection, I notice that the beginnings of a teraforming process has begun, same as on the memorial planet.

I command the computer to interface with my PDA to begin recording my personal log:

        Begin Personal Log.     Today a group of us discovered a large fleet of spaceworthy shuttles in a massive cavern underground.
The sleek curves and compact size allows for great mobility, and maneuverability.  This definately wasn't
part of the original tour!  We launch our vessesls and head to the nearest planets hoping to find something
interesting to do.  The planet is charred and damaged far beyond what we consider purging.  Expunged is
more fitting a word; all life, down to the microbs, has been killed.

    There seems to be a memorial transponder on the fourth planet of the system, broadcasting the recent
events of these worlds, what was left of them before the war.  I have seen some truly gruesome things in my
life, but this is the worst yet.

    People were wailing in pain, as their skin melted off of their body.  Their bodies convulsing, snapping their
spines in two.  Blood everywhere, pouring from leasions like fountains.. The smell is nauseating.  I do enjoy a
bloody fight in battle, but these people were not even slaughtered by hand!  The foes of these people, in my
mind, are cowards.

    And so the memorial of the fallen, are forever burned into my memory.  If I encounter those cowards, I will
not be numbered among their victims!

        End Personal Log.
    "Kyuukei! We lost control over our shuttles!"  "Acknowledged." I reply.  Suddenly all of us are in hyperspace.  When we drop out from hyperspace, we encounter Solaris.  I remove my PDA from the console, putting it into my pocket.  The next instant, I am in a cell, onboard Solaris, with all the others in their own cells.  "We are headed to King Vegeta's present location. He will deal with you."  Tony says over the PA system.

POV: Tony     I have arrived at my destination, all shuttles accounted for.  After all passengers are secured, I program the shuttles to escort us to Earth, where the Saiyan King awaits our arrival.  Parking in orbit, I inform Appuru of my mission status.

Chapter 18: Education.  Kakarott shows his smarts. [A/N: Comments on the new format are welcomed.