As Bardock punched in the coordinates to his home planet, he recalled the day's events. What had started as a routine purge went south when it was over. He had been struck in the neck by a straggler and granted clairvoyance. At first he did not want believe such a crazy thing. Who would, honestly?

His suspicions about the strange images he saw were confirmed when the pink oaf Dodoria had come to a planet by the name of Meat, and attempted to kill him in the name of Lord Frieza. This was not some petty grudge. The attack that killed his squad was ordered by Frieza. Bardock had his small suspicions, but to have them confirmed to his face was shocking, to say the least.

As he entered Vegeta's atmosphere he passed the tyrant's spaceship.

"Great. Frieza. Oh man. Not good" Bardock said aloud to himself. "He's coming to Vegeta! I know he is! I can feel it. How bizarre. It's as clear as day. I can go inside of his mind!" And he could. With his newfound power, the scarred man searched Frieza's feelings, and found yet another confirmation that his planet was doomed.

He was ripped from concentration as he passed another space pod. Bardock suddenly knew his son was in there. The warrior felt a sharp pain in his head, freezing. It's happening again… he surmised. His mind was assaulted by images of his son in various stages of development.

When his pod crashed to the landing deck, Bardock got out as quickly as he could. The state of the injuries he received hindered him ever so slightly. Finding out he wasn't as strong right now, his broad figure came to a rest on the side of the pod.

Seeing this, two attendants rushed to him. "Bardock! Hey, are you alright?" the left-most frog-like technician asked, genuinely concerned.

"Yeah. Please, I need to go! Move!" came the weak reply as the bloodied man shoved past them.

"You better go straight to recovery!" the saiyan-like man said. "Oh. Hey. You missed your son, he just left."

That caught his attention. "Huh? J-just now?"

"Yeah he left just before you arrived, sir. Darn shame. Yeah, you only missed him by a matter of seconds. I wish I would've know it was you coming in. I could have delayed his departure.

Bardock stood there breathing heavily. Then it's true! I wasn't hallucinating! My son! That planet! He thought.

"Hey are you alright sir?" The two attendant looked at one another. "You're injured. Allow us to escort you to the recovery chamber."

The battered warrior stared at them So that means that the other part of the vision must be true as well! Images of planetary destruction danced in his mind. Vegeta! He realized. Suddenly appeared very frightened and ran off. Eventually Bardock became exhausted and hobbled along the corridor. He's going to blow up the whole planet! The warrior crashed to the ground. I've got to stop him…

A familiar voice broke his mental babbling. It was the damned Kanassan "The one who seeks the power like Frieza will never have it. But I have given it to you as a gift so that you could see the horror of your end just like we had, too. This is the future, Bardock. This power is what you killed my people for, isn't it Bardock?"

He understood the images flashing now. "My son?"

"Yes, Bardock. He's going to be a powerful warrior, just like his father was."

"Was?"

"At this time, you are long since dead. Dead with your planet."

Bardock opened his eyes filled with newfound strength.

"Stop, Bardock. This future will only come to pass if you act upon it."

So he did. "What?"

"I am not so cruel as your people. You can live and avenge Frieza."

"Wait." he mused. " I destroyed your race, why are you helping me to live?"

"As I said, I would never wish what happened to my people on another. If you leave you can destroy Frieza yourself."

"Do I have to run away?"

"Consider it living to take our vengeance."

The scarred pirate got up.

"I know what you are thinking, saiyan, but going to warn your friends will not save them. They won't listen."

Bardock knew that this was probably true, but didn't want to consider it. "What am I to do then?"

"Take your mate and flee. Farewell, Bardock."

His mate. Over the entire ordeal, Bardock had never even thought of her once. That will change now… For the saiyan had a new lease on life. After all, coming to the realization that your race was doomed did that to one.

The bloody saiyan went as fast as he could to the small apartment he shared with his mate. Gine was a petite saiyan with a gentle disposition. She was an outsider among saiyans, but Bardock had grown to love her soft nature. While he respected warriors, he was happy with the butcher.

Bursting into the common room he shouted. "Gine! Come on! We need to go! Now!"

The small saiyaness waltzed into the room yawning. "Do you know what time it is? I was fa-"

She was cut short as her mate picked her up and flew off with his newly received burst of energy. "Bardock! What is going on?!"

"We need to get off-world! Just come, follow my lead!"

The two touched down as Bardock limped towards a building.

"What are we doing at the docks? You're scaring me." She cried.

The tired man sighed. "Planet Vegeta may be in danger. We need to get off-world. To Kakarot perhaps."

Gine's face became serious as she nodded. But a thought hit her. "What about the others?"

Bardock closed his eyes and barely whispered. "It's too late and they wouldn't listen. Fuck them." knowing what Gine was about to say he said "Raditz is off-world. With the prince! I think he'll be okay. We need to be calm right now."

The walk up to the technician manning the pods was silent.

"Holy shit Bardock you got fucked up!" the bald man said.

"Need two pods to uh… Ee-arth. Now. I want you to leave no records and remove the trackers."

The cue-ball considered this, taking his hand to his chin. "Frieza would have my ass for this, Bardock!"

"I'll give you one month's salary right now." he said, flashing a sack of credits to the man.

The balder saiyan immediately said "Done." He walked away to fulfill the request.

Gine looked to her mate. "Now can you tell me what's happening?"

Bardock simply kissed her. "If you trust me, I'll explain when we're there."

She nodded. The technician approached and Bardock grabbed Gine's arm, pulling her toward the pods. They both hopped in their respective pods and steeled themselves for take-off. They both took their last look at the planet they both called home.

Bardock's pod opened to bright sunlight. He winced as his eyes met it. He may have been in stasis, but that didn't mean that he didn't have to readjust his eyes .When his sight had adjusted, he looked over to the other pod. There he saw Gine stretching, and getting his confirmation that she was alright physically, began looking around the wooded area for signs of life.

Gine was the first to speak. "Well, what now?"

Bardock looked around. "Well first of all, let's find Kakarot. Then we can find someplace to call home."

She frowned. "Not what I meant. Why are you saying that planet Vegeta is getting blown up? I've abandoned my home, and I would like to know why."

"You probably won't believe me, but…"

Gine cut him off. "Stop that. I've come this far haven't I? I'm your mate. I trust you. Obviously, or I wouldn't have followed you."

Bardock recited the tale of how he had come to get his psychic powers, how he had his eyes opened, and how Vegeta was gone.

When it was finished Gine spoke up. "I'll miss my friends, but I'm glad to spend time with you and our son, speaking of which?.." she trailed off"

The still-bloody warrior started to scan the area. "I guess we just look?"

Gine began looking around as well. "We don't know how big this planet is! It could take us years to find him!"

Bardock smirked. "I have a pretty big hunch he's around."

His mate looked at him with a look of confusion. "What? How can you know where he is?

The scarred man pointed behind her. Gine turned to see another space pod a ways away. "We only left about half an hour after him. It's open, but he can't have gotten far at all."

"Kakarot!" She began shouting. Bardock covered his ears.

"He's an infant! I don't very much think he can understand us! Let's just do the sensible thing and start following a scent from the pod!"

She looked at him, nodded and broke out into a run towards the pod. "I can smell a saiyan in this direction!" Gine said, pointing in the opposite direction,

Wow, I'm excited at the chance to train and live with my son, but damn, she's motivated. Bardock thought.

He was broken from from said thoughts and Gine shrieked. "It's Kakarot!"