95 Mother (1/2)
”Forced to retreat? Are you kidding me?” Broly growled.
”S-Sir it is true. After a few weeks we have landed, our base was attacked by a group of 10. Their strength was formidable and there were too many. Aize and Taro weren't able to handle them all.”
”Hmm.” Broly didn't notice it himself but everyone saw how he smiled after hearing that Aize and Taro weren't able to handle them.
They all went inside the cave. It slightly declined as they were led further inside. After a while their ship could be seen in the center of a gigantic hall. Unexpectedly, the entire hall was been brightened by lights. There were numerous Saiyans moving boxes of food or trees around. It was rather lively. Gine could be seen standing with a notepad giving orders to the Saiyans with the food supply. The Saiyans that they passed, showed an excited and happy expression after they saw Broly and immediately saluted.
On the side were already a few houses being built. It didn't look like much, but it was enough for Saiyans who would spend most of their time training or going out to fight. It wasn't surprising to find a few coming drowsily out of the training room near the ship. Evidently, those had been sleeping inside.
It was a good thing that they integrated gravity chambers that could be detached from the ship. Although Broly had requested from some scientist to develop Hoi-Poi Capsules, so they could store exponentially more, the invention failed in the end. Seeing how the boxes were transported he only now remembered.
He made a mental note for himself to visit earth again soon.
He walked up to Gine.
”Hey, what's up?”
Gine turned her head and immediately saw him. He was not to be overseen with his height after all.
”Broly!” She ran up to him and gave him a big hug. He turned to Alea and Cana and gave them a hug as well. She saw Zangya standing next to Alea and Cana. Gine didn't recognize but she gave her a hug anyway.
”You are so pretty!”
Zangya was a bit flustered by this welcome. ”Th-thanks.”
Gine turned to the bigger group and saw a man with long hair going down his back. He wore a white version of the Frieza's army armor. He was trying to avoid her gaze. His eyes were filled with shame.
Gine's eyes widened and quickly became misty. She instantly dashed towards him and tackled him to the ground.
Her wails sounded out in the hall, attracting the attention of all Saiyans. ”Get back to work!” Broly shouted out and released his aura. The Saiyans quickly took off and got back to what they were doing.
Raditz eyes teared up as well as he tightly held his mom in his arm. It took them a few minutes before they were able to move inside a building.
Gine was constantly wiping away her tears. It has been 25 years since she last saw her husband and sons. All this time, she didn't know if her sons were still alive. She couldn't grieve in the past years as she had to focus on being the pillar for the other Saiyans or rather it was her way with dealing with it. She would have likely broken down if she hadn't drowned herself in work. All the suppressed emotions now burst out uncontrollably. Raditz was the same. After hearing his home planet being destroyed, he hadn't had a home and family to return to. He wasn't very close to his brother or his father, but he was with Gine. Her personality made him feel welcomed.
He was only a low-class Saiyan. He was always being belittled or ignored by the other Saiyans, but his mom was different. She loved him unconditionally, but he was too focused in fitting in. He only learned her love to appreciate only after she was gone.
He was happy that he could finally see her again, but he was also ashamed of what he did. He knew that she loved him and Kakarot equally. After meeting his little brother, he didn't take care of him like Gine always told him to but tried to force him on his side. He was angry at his brother for forgetting about his family and wanted to vent his pent-up frustration on him. If he knew that it would escalate to both of them being dead, he would have never taken this approach.