Age 761
Three streaks of white shoot across the vacuum of space, approaching a giant red planet. Upon closer inspection, the streaks are not just falling debris but smooth spherical machinery with a red-tinted circular window. Attack balls or Space pods shoot into the distance toward the red planet. Peering into the windows of the pods, two large-framed individuals can be seen, and in the other pod, a shorter one. One of the large-framed individuals is an extremely tall and muscular man. All seemingly asleep.
Though his genes give him the appearance of someone in their mid-30s, this man is approximately 50. Clad in battle Armor with large shoulder, hip, and crotch guards, black underwear, armored fingerless gloves, and armored boots, he sports a clean-shaven head and a thin mustache split into two sections. Most notable is the man's tail and a green, semi-transparent colored monocle that covers the left eye.
In the other pod with the smaller figure, sits clad in white armor with yellow plates that have thin black lines over the stomach and lower back, plus rounded shoulder, hip, and crotch guards, that also possess yellow plates with thin black lines. Underneath his armor, he also wears a blue jumpsuit, white gloves, and white boots. His tail wrapped snugly around his armor in a belt-like fashion, along with a very similar device on his face to the aforementioned one, however, his is a red variant. His hair is black and spikes upwards with a prominent widow's peak.
And in the final pod, sits the last man with semi-spiked hair, curved to the left of his head. His variant of the battle armour contains a darker undertone. With black being the predominant colour, with slight tinges of teal mixed in. Rather than wearing the standard crotch guard that the other large-framed man had, he wears black baggy pants, his tail wrapped around it in a belt-like fashion, his armored fingerless gloves, and armored boots, sharing a similar black to teal colour gradient as his armour.
The space pod's interface lights up. Vibrant red and yellow lights flicker in front of the smaller man. A feminine robotic voice emanates from the interface. "Prince Vegeta! We are now within one parsec of the planet Arlia. Initiating vapour bath. It is time to wake up now." A beeping noise overtakes the space pod, as if trying to wake the man up.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
Some sort of vapour arises from the vents of the Space pod, and simultaneously, the lights turn on. Grunting, the small man, now known as Vegeta, opens his eyes, his brows seeming permanently furrowed.
"Nappa! Nappa! Are you awake?" Vegeta asks, and in the pod with the bald man, groaning, he stirs to consciousness.
"I am now. What's going on?" The bald man, now known as Nappa, questions a bit perturbed that his sleep was disrupted.
"Nothing much, I just thought that it would be nice to make a pit stop, for us to stretch our legs a little. Get some exercise." A sinister smirk spreads across his face. Before he continues, "Planet Arlia is not too far from here, maybe we can sell it for a nice price. Wake Escallion, we are going to have a little fun before we get to Earth."
Nappa chuckles, pressing a button on his monocle device, as the lights in the final space pod turn on and Escallion jolts awake. "Nappa, how many times have I told you not to wake me like that?"
"Well, we wouldn't want you to miss our little stop, would we?" Nappa smirks, knowing fully that this will pique his younger peers' interests. A rustling sound comes from the other side of Nappa's scouter, Escallion sits up his tail swishing slightly as he grins.
"Why didn't you just start with that, you oaf?" Escallion snorts, clenching and unclenching his fists, a sharp pop resonates from his joints, almost as if groaning in defiance.
Nappa leans down, hitting the light switch in his cockpit, his battle-hungry grin reaching both of his ears. "I just hope these Arlians know how to fight, we haven't had any real competition in a very long time."
The pods speed up, a comfortable silence overtakes the cockpits of the three pods, and their inhabitants keep their eyes wide open in anticipation. Upon approaching the atmosphere of Arlia, the once white streaks turn red as the heat of the pods turns super-critical. The cooling systems release a cloud of vapour inside the pods, effectively cooling the inside. The three pods simultaneously crash into the ground, the impact from this shakes the entire planet as 3 explosions erupt from the site of impact.
*Hiss* *Hiss* *Hiss*
The pods decompress and open. Escallion emerges first, standing up and glancing at the desolate lands of Arlia. Covered in ruins of old and crumbling buildings, the atmosphere is dark and unpleasant-looking. A gentle breeze blows by, kicking up a plume of dust. Unimpressed, Escallion snarkily remarks, "This place just seems to be a ball of dirt."
Nappa stands up shortly after, "Hate to admit it, but you are right. Not much to this place is there?"
Vegeta clicks his tongue, "Obviously not. Let's have a look around, shall we?"
Walking up to a piece of what looks to be an old pillar, Nappa barely touches it, causing it to crumble to dust. "Are you sure you can get a high price for this dump?"
Vegeta's eyes scour the ground of the planet, his arms crossed. Escallion crouches down low to the ground, crumpling a bit of the soil between his fingers, feeling the texture of the dirt. "I doubt it, the soil is burnt to a crisp. More than likely due to a war."
Vegeta nods in agreement to Escallion's statement. "Doubt it. Let's check around a bit more."
Nearby, a green appendage shoots out of the ground. Vegeta's scouter blares to life, his eyes widening. The ground splits open, and three giant caterpillar-like creatures arise from the crust of the planet. Atop the caterpillar-like creatures are insectoid creatures resembling earthly roaches.
"You are trespassing on Arlian territory!" One of the insectoids shouts from atop his steed. The other chuckles slightly. "Make one move and we'll blast ya!"
The Arlian's sword gleams in the dark, as the cold steel scrapes against its sheath. "It was a good idea to go hunting today after all."
"Let's give them a warm welcome." Both Arlians chuckle, brandishing their weapons.
Escallion watches on with an amused smile, standing up once more. His palm extended. "Let's blast em."
Vegeta glances at him, his face stoic and his arms folded indifferently. "Don't."
"Surrender now or face the consequences." The first Arlian announces, gripping the reins of his steed tightly.
Escallion's hand lowers, and he steps forward. "As if." The Arlians release beams of red energy from their mouths toward the trio. Exploding upon impact, the insectoids' view of the intruders has been obscured by a plume of dirt and smoke. Dismounting from their steeds, the insectoids land on the ground.
"That's the end of that." The first Arlian chuckles before being frozen in place in fear. The smoke and dirt cleared, to reveal the trio standing in their original spots unscathed, all three of them grinning. Vegeta telepathically tells the other two to surrender. "Just give in, so that we can have some fun while we are here."
Scoffing and rolling his eyes', Escallion puts both of his hands forward, his example is followed by Nappa and Vegeta. The Arlians scramble to place the handcuffs on their newly obtained prisoners.
Bringing them toward their steeds, the Arlians place the prisoner inside a steel cage. Chaining them up to the bars of the cage, getting comfortable, the trio's smiles never leave their faces. The Arlians ride their steeds forward, trails of dust being left in their wake.
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In the distance, a large castle comes into view, having a monumental appearance, as if carved out of rock and the very debris of the planet. Inside the castle, a fight wages on between two Arlians. However, it is interrupted by a Violet blast that tears through the infrastructure of the castle and kills them both, leaving a hole in the castle. Through it flies, Escallion. "Apologies for crashing the party."
Escallion smiles, while outside the castle, Vegeta and Nappa sit atop corpses, eating the roasted flesh of the inhabitants.
"S-send in Yeddy!" The king atop his throne orders, just as he does, a towering figure emerges out of the shadows of the castle, and a dark brown insectoid walks out.
Growling at the intruder, Yeddy rushes forward with speed that should be neigh impossible for his large frame, bringing his hand together and down toward the smaller figure of Escallion, like a sledgehammer.
Yeddy's hands burst open, spewing his blood all over the room. The insectoid wails in pain, anger, and anguish. His vision blurs as he sees the intruder walk up to him slowly. Backing up, Yeddy kicks at him, his leg seemingly implodes on impact. Falling backwards, the last thing Yeddy or any of the insectoids in the room sees is the humanoid figure clenching his fists.
From outside the castle, a huge explosion can be seen for miles. Vegeta shakes his head while his face displays a grin, and Nappa chuckles softly. Escallion flies slowly and lands near them.
"I hope you had your fun?" Vegeta hops off the corpses and looks at Escallion. Who swings his arm in a warming-up fashion, flexing his muscles as if to make sure they are all working right.
"Still a bit tense, but it's better than nothing." The older male remarks, his grin ever present.
"Good. Send the pods." Vegeta presses the button on the side of his scouter as the pods race across the surface of the planet and float near them. Getting into their respective pods, the pods fly across the planet, before leaving its atmosphere in the exact way they entered.
"It was a bummer that they were not stronger." Nappa reflects on how easy it was to decapitate and dismember the inhabitants of the planet.
"Don't worry, we still have Earth to conquer, and with the Dragon balls, we will be unstoppable." Vegeta smiles, his eyes gleaming with anticipation and ambition. The pods suddenly stop outside the atmosphere of the planet, and out steps Vegeta. The hydraulics of the door release that familiar hiss, and he stands on the door of the pod with his hand outstretched, his index and middle finger pointed outwards. "This planet has a serious bug problem."
A concentrated beam of energy leaves his hand and pierces the planet's core, its surface contorts as the crust buckles inward, and mountains crumble downwards. The atmosphere roils intensely as it's pulled inward, while the planet's density skyrockets, increasing surface gravity dramatically. Intense bursts of light and radiation accompany the accelerating collapse and instability of Arlia. The planet shrinks rapidly, culminating in a highly dense object and a final, powerful release of energy, a catastrophic spectacle of a world folding in on itself. Getting back into the pod to observe the light show, Vegeta laughs. "There's nothing better than a little fireworks to say goodbye."
"And their moon, too? What a nice touch." Nappa chuckles, his grin never leaving his face. "Arlia got what it deserved, I hope you are right about Earth Vegeta."
"Immortality, here we come." Escallion mutters sharing a similar smile to that of his so-called comrades.
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A/N: Heyo, it's been like a couple of years since I last wrote, I am surprised I even remembered the password for this account. What better way to come back than to write a DBZ fic. Now I know my first one was well received, but that idea, along with the motivation for it, has kinda died. So here I am, fresh outta exams and very motivated! Thank you for reading this chapter. Enjoy your day or night! See you next time!
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