24 Settled (2/2)

Nappa thought his hope for joining Raditz was lost. He guessed he would be blamed for Vegeta escaping with a shuttle. It looked suspicious that his former boss would leave while he was talking with Raditz. No matter how you looked at it, it looked like he was causing a distraction.

”Why would she do something like that?” Raditz asked his wife for her insight.

”Two reasons: either for a news interview or book research. Tights should be fine, she has always been resourceful.” Bulma knew her sister's motivations pretty well.

”No matter.” Raditz moved on, ”I have a schedule to keep. I will be on the bridge shortly.”

”L-lord Raditz, I had nothing to do with Vegeta escaping.” Nappa clarified.

”It doesn't matter, he wasn't a prisoner. The shuttle was a minor loss. It was stolen by the Empress's sister.” Raditz shrugged, ”Follow me, Nappa.”

Even though, Raditz appeared not to be bothered by the situation, Nappa still felt the wrath of the Super Saiyan might fall on him. He remained silent as he followed Raditz to the bridge of the Menagerie. He watched the respect the crew of the ship held for their leader.

Raditz moved to the center of the bridge and sat in the captain's chair of the ship. The rest of the crew turned back to their stations preparing to carry out their Emperor's orders.

”Set a course for Planet Vegeta!” Raditz barked before turning to Nappa, ”I used the Dragon Balls to bring the Planet back.”

”What!” Nappa was shocked to his core. The Prince of all Saiyans never said anything about trying to save the planet of his birth, but Raditz... no, Emperor Raditz did.

As the ship started its trip, Raditz looked around the bridged and asked, ”So any of you know how to make a Ki beam zig-zag?”

Everyone looked over, confused by the question. They had gotten used to Raditz's odd ideas over the years, especially since most of them pay off.

”Forget I asked, it's just something I had been working on off and on over the years .” Raditz laughed.

The Menagerie stopped in orbit over a planet that had been missing in the universe for almost two decades. A sense of nostalgia washed over Nappa as he saw his homeworld through the Menagerie's main view screen. The bald Saiyan was wearing a set of red and black Promethean armor. He managed to fit in with the crew well enough. If there was a problem with someone, fear of Lord Raditz chained any thoughts Nappa had of indiscriminately killing people that irritated him.

Nappa was able to adapt to life serving onthe ship because of his years spent in the Saiyan military.

On the southern hemisphere of the planet, Raditz met with the new Kami of Planet Vegeta. His Lookout was a stone tower that resembled a medieval castle tower. Like the Earth Lookout, the tower extended into the sky past the clouds. Its imposing design was perfect for the Saiyan home world.

According to Kami Tsuno, the inside of the tower had a winding staircase with different environments on each level to test the worthiness of those willing to ascend the Lookout.

”It is good to see you again, Lord Raditz.” Kami Tsuno greeted.

”You too, Kami Tsuno. I'm sure you're curious as to why I wanted a Namekian Kami of my planet.” Raditz said.

”Dragon Balls, I assume.” Tsuno answered.

”Correct.” Raditz confirmed.

”I have never thought I would have the opportunity to attempt Dragon Ball creation. I studied as much as I could about them, including techniques of the ancient demon clan.” Tsuno was thrilled. He was going to get a chance to try to create a dragon.

”Can you make a set of Dragon Balls that can resurrect the population of this planet?” Raditz asked.

Tsuno thought about the task Raditz presented him, ”Yes I believe I can do that.”

”How long would it take to accomplish?” the Emperor hoped soon.

”A few years at most.” Tsuno nodded.

Raditz was prepared to wait a few more years to bring the Saiyans back, but he did have an idea that might speed up the process.

”What if you make them only able to effect this planet.” the Saiyan asked.

”Hmph,” Tsuno thought, ”That should save some time on the process if they were limited in scope!”

”How about if they could only be used by two people: You and I?” Raditz added.

Tsuno was impressed by the ideas of Raditz. He had never thought about limiting the Dragon Balls effect to a planet. They were supposed to by representative avatars of the Dragon God. Limiting them would be counterintuitive. The Namek Dragon Balls had security, like a password or speaking in the native language of the population, but nobody made any that only two people could use.

When they were finished discussing the rules of the Dragon Balls, the time needed to make them was cut down to around a year.

Most of the crafting time would be consumed by Tsuno traveling around the planet to gather materials. It would also give him a chance to link with the soul of the planet. The Dragon Balls, and by extension the Dragon, needed to reflect their world of origin.

Tsuno was given a long range communication device to contact Raditz when the Dragon Balls were ready to be used. Kami refused the device, explaining it would be more efficient to use telepathy to stay in contact.

Nappa wasn't allowed to visit the Lookout at this time, so he walked through the empty Saiyan city. The palace sat high atop a cliff overlooking the city below.

Everything was frozen as he remembered.

As he walked through the halls of the palace, he thought about all the people he knew that worked there. He was stationed in the palace when King Vegeta assigned him to his son's squad. Nappa thought the assignment was going to be a great honor. The job didn't turn out as he expected, but now he was in a position to accomplish more than he ever dreamed possible. It was too bad for Vegeta that he left the Menagerie before he could hear about Planet Vegeta being brought back.