19 Touch Down (1/2)

Frieza's saucer touched down on the large green planet. The level of tension on the vessel was running high throughout the ranks of soldiers. Their mission was going to commence soon. They knew their lord wanted the Dragon Balls at all cost. If they made any mistakes, it would mean the end of their lives.

Frieza was in his hover chair floating in front of his ship. His two Generals, Zarbon and Dodoria, stood behind him. The ground forces were lined up before them to await their orders.

Five Attack Balls crashed down near Frieza's ship ten minutes later. When the doors to the ships opened, their pilots emerged at lightning speed. They appeared in front of their master's hovering vehicle, striking a bizarre pose. The odd group was wearing customary Frieza Force armor with the exception of the Ginyu Force crest on the breastplate.

”Lord Frieza the Ginyu Force has arrived!” the horned purple alien who was knelt down said.

”Captain Ginyu, it is good you arrived so quickly.” Frieza praised.

”The pleasure is ours lord Frieza. How many we serve you?” Captain Ginyu asked still holding his pose.

”Attention! Everyone!” Frieza raised his voice and everyone stood straight, including the Ginyu Force.

”I have come to this dirtball for one reason, the Dragon Balls! You will find them for me! If you meet any formidable resistance you will inform the Ginyu Force, is that clear!” Frieza continued as his chair rose above the crowd.

”Yes! Lord Frieza!” the soldiers collectively replied.

The tyrant, after hearing the soldiers' answer, pressed the button on the side of his Scouter. The device beeped, searching for the power level of any nearby Namekians. He was surprised that the only signals he was picking up were from his men. The short horned alien could only concluded that either the natives were too weak to be picked up at this range or they could hide their power levels. This was going to slow his mission down.

”The natives may be able to hide their power levels! Soldiers spread out and find them, so that they may assist in our quest!” Frieza commanded, ”And remember, if I am not informed of developments you had better wish you were dead!”

The soldiers dispersed to locate their targets. If the Scouters really couldn't pick up the natives, they would need to visually locate the villages. Once they located a village, they could then contact everyone else to group up if needed. With the Ginyu Force on the planet for back up, the soldiers felt they had an extra layer of security.

After just over an hour of flight, Appule still had not found a Namekian native or a village. He was an amphibious alien with an elongated head, Frieza Force armor, and full black under suit. The alien guessed the population of the planet was sparse because there was yet to be any signs of life, other than fauna.

Appule just happened to look up at the right time to notice two Attack Balls crashing down in the distance. He decided to investigate because there was no word about anymore troops arriving, and the fact they might have landed near a village. If he was quick he could reach the location of the ships in about half an hour.

The two ships were empty by the time Appule arrived at the scene. One of Appule's a fellow soldier also arrived after noticing the landing of the pods. His name was Oren, and he wore helmeted Frieza armor and carried a wrist mounted blaster.

”Appule, did you see anyone?” Oren questioned his comrade.

”No, but whoever it was couldn't have gotten very far.” Appule answered.

”Maybe we should we call this in.” Oren suggested. He wasn't ready to get blamed if this was a problem.

”We should see who we are dealing with first.” Appule wanted to take as much credit as possible if this discovery somehow led to the Dragon Balls.

”Fine.” Oren shrugged.

The helmeted soldier checked his Scouter to see if he could locate the occupants of the vacant Attack Balls. Oren slowly rotated his head from one side to the other as he scanned the distance for any power levels. He was curious as to whether the device would return any result, since it had been useless so far.

BEEP! BEEP!

”I picked up a power level of five thousand moving away from us!” Oren said with excitement.

”Let's get moving then.” Appule grinned.

The two soldiers flew off after their target. Whoever landed wasn't very strong so the pair was confident they could handle the situation. Oren and Appule had power levels of seven and eight thousand respectively. If the person they were tracking was moving with their partner then that person shouldn't be too strong, either.

As they moved closer they were able to detect a secondary power source near the one they were tracking. It was only a measly power of 400 so they were still confident in their odds of success against the duo. The soldiers could see two beings in the distance hovering in midair above the green Namekian ocean.

They sped to the figures waiting in the distance to see just who was foolish enough to get in the middle of lord Frieza's mission. The soldiers immediately halted their flight after seeing who the two intruders were. They recognized them from the work they had done in the past for lord Frieza. The pair were none other than the Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa.

”What are they doing here!” Appule was frantic. He knew from reports that the Saiyans had become some of the strongest warriors in the Frieza Force.

”I'm reporting this!” Oren said pressing the button on his Scouter.

”Make it quick, they're flying over!” Appule urged his partner.

The report was sent right before the two Saiyans closed the distance. Neither of the soldiers were ready for a fight now. They hoped the Ginyu Force or back up would be along to save them before they would have to fight.

”How did you find us?” the widow peaked Saiyan asked.

”We saw your ships land and used our Scouters to track you down.” Oren answered.

”See, Nappa, I told you your power level wasn't suppressed far enough.” Vegeta chided his long time ally.