19 Touch Down (2/2)
”I'll learn it properly, Prince Vegeta.” Nappa said sheepishly.
”You had better, or you'll be sorry if Frieza catches you. Now finish these two off, since their being here is your fault.” the Saiyan prince ordered, ”I'm continuing on. Catch up after you're done.”
Vegeta flew off as fast as he could while keeping his aura as low as possible. He was traveling towards a group of Ki he sensed close by. If he were to guess, it was a Namekian village. He could tell they were suppressing their energy. Vegeta concluded they were attempting to avoid being picked up by Frieza's Scouters.
Vegeta came to a stop, hovering over a Namekian village. From what he could see, the village looked abandoned, but he could feel energy sources coming from the houses. If his senses were to be believed, there were less than twenty people hiding in the homes.
Nappa was able to join back up with Vegeta in no time. The soldiers, Appule and Oren, were no match for the bald Saiyan. Even suppressing his power to avoid detection, he managed to mop the floor with them.
”Are we going to destroy the village from here?” he asked Vegeta.
”Don't be a fool, Nappa. A Dragon Ball could be in there.” Vegeta answered floating to the ground.
Nappa followed silently behind Vegeta as he landed on the lush, grassy Namekian surface. The Saiyans came to a stop near the center of the village. Vegeta was standing confidently with his arms crossed.
”I know you are there! I am Prince Vegeta! You might be able to hide from Scouters, but not from me!” the Saiyan boldly declared, ”If you come out now, you might get to survive this encounter!”
A door to one of the houses flew open revealing a sight Vegeta was not expecting to see. He knew his plans were already coming apart.
”What is this!” the vein on Vegeta's head looked like it was about to exploded.
Elsewhere on the planet, other groups of soldiers located the position of four more of the Namekian villages. Contact with the soldiers was lost following the report of their locations. Zarbon had to be the one to inform Frieza about the loss of contact with the troops.
Their master was not one to concern himself with the loss of personnel, but if it prevented him from obtaining something he wanted, it was a different story. To the displeasure of the galactic emperor, no Scouters were able to send back any power level scans or transmissions. The only thing available for Frieza to do was to send more soldiers to the locations to investigate further.
”There is one more thing, Lord Frieza.” Zarbon said.
”What else has happened?” Frieza questioned his kneeling General.
”It seems Vegeta and Nappa are on the planet, my lord.” Zarbon reported.
”So... it seems Vegeta is all grown up and trying to interfere with my plans.” Frieza's tail slapped the side of his chair as he spoke, ”Give me the location. I'll take Dodoria to see just what level of strength Vegeta is hoping to challenge me with. It's past time I dispose of the Saiyans once and for all.”
”Lord Frieza, no doubt the Saiyans are no longer in the area they were spotted.” Zarbon advised, ”It may be prudent to have the Ginyu Force investigate their last known location. The five of them should manage to reacquire the location of the Saiyans.”
”Very well, Zarbon.” Frieza accepted his General's suggestion and turned to the Ginyu Force leader,
”Captain Ginyu track down that traitor Vegeta, and his useless comrade Nappa, and bring them to me. I want Vegeta alive. I don't care about the other one.”
”You heard Lord Frieza, men! We have a couple of Saiyans to find!” Captain Ginyu said full of enthusiasm.
The rest of the Ginyu Force had faces full of excitement. They were clearly on board with their leader's passion. The group's aura flared as they rocketed off towards the location reported by Frieza Trooper Oren. Search and retrieval was one of the Ginyu Forces' favored mission types. It was right up there with planetary destruction for the group.
Only a handful of troops, including Frieza, Zarbon, and Dodoria remained at the ship. The space tyrant's anger was growing by the minute. They already had been on the planet for just under three hours and only a few villages were found. This mission should have been a cakewalk, yet he had lost contact with the troops sent out. The strength of the natives must have been underestimated.
Although, if that were the case, it is strange no energy signals were picked up from battles. That would have to mean his minions were taken out quickly without time to retaliate.
After causing him this amount of inconvenience already, there was no way Frieza was going to allow Namek to stay intact. As soon as he had what he wanted, the planet was going to become space dust. At least the Ginyu Force would be bring Vegeta back. The torture he would subject the Saiyan prince to would go a long way in relieving his stress at the situation.
The Ginyu Force arrived at the location Oren and Appule reported. They found the bodies of the two soldiers floating the the ocean below them. The corpses were torn to pieces. It was as though someone was having fun torturing a weaker creature. The Ginyu Force admired Nappa's handiwork for a moment. They also knew the pleasure of utterly destroying the weak, another of their favorite pastimes.
”Alright, men!” Captain Ginyu said, ”We'll start our search here and spread out!”
”They couldn't've got far!” Jeice the orange skinned humanoid of the group said.
”Yes, we'll find them in no time!” the taller blue skinned Burta hissed.
”I can't wait to teach the bald one a lesson. He always did try to talk a big game!” the hulking humanoid Recoome added.
”Ok, enough talk! Ginyu Force head out!” the Captain ordered.
The five members of the Ginyu Force flew in a spiral pattern out from the location Oren sent. They were trying to cover as much ground as possible without missing their targets. Normally they wouldn't use this tactic, but even their high powered Scouters were useless in locating the Saiyans.
”Well, well. Fancy meeting you way out here, Vegeta.” Raditz said emerging from a Namekian house flanked by Prometheus Empire soldiers.
”Raditz! How!” Vegeta was shaken to see Raditz waiting for him in the Namekian village.