Chapter 95: Mother
"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.
Broly ordered a Saiyan to give Cana's family a house they could reside in and show them around. All the Saiyans after seeing his strength at the coronation, were undyingly loyal to him. They were awed by his strength and decisiveness. On top of that, he was their savior, so after receiving his order, they would do their utmost to complete it.
After the mother-son duo calmed down, Raditz confessed his past action. He told her how he kidnapped Kakarot's son and tried to force him to kill off all the humans on earth. Gine furrowed her eyebrows as she listened to her son. Of course, she was displeased, but it didn't hold on for long. Maybe it was because that she hadn't seen her son for such a long time or because she knew that Saiyans weren't good with showing their emotions or with words in general.
"He… changed his name? He is now called Goku?" Her eyes were filled with sadness. Her own son couldn't remember her anymore. As a mother there didn't exist much that would be more painful than that.
"He even has a family now. Maybe it is better this way…"
Seeing this, Broly couldn't help but chime in. "Maybe he doesn't remember but that doesn't mean you can't get to know him now. Kakarot never had a mother figure or an older brother. Even if it is late, you guys should at least try to establish a relationship. It will make all three of you happier. You don't have anything to lose…"
Gine's eyes seemed to clear up a lot and a glint of determination could be seen. "You are right. What kind of mother would I be if I can't even face him?" Raditz also clenched his fist.
"Seems like I have to make it up to him!" Only after going through a hellish training for over a month, Raditz had gained a lot of courage.
"Very well!" Broly gave them a smile before becoming serious again.
"Gine, I heard we got beaten into this cave? It first seemed a bit ridiculous, considering that our average Power Level is around 400 thousand and have two Super Saiyan at the top. How strong are they? Were you able to scan their Power Level?"
Gine had a troubled expression as she thought about the last few months. She started to retell the attack.
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After landing on a bigger clearing in the jungle they had sent a scouter group to scour through the surroundings for potential enemies. In the few hundred kilometers around them, there didn't seem to be any threat for them.
They knew that 25 years ago this planet was a taboo for the Saiyans as a power level of 50 thousand was detected on it. It was a fearful strength back then, but now it wouldn't account for anything, so they were naturally unafraid.
It all went peacefully for over a month and started relaxing because of it. Suddenly they were attacked in the middle of the night by a group of 10. They all wore all black, which enabled them to easily blend into the night. Their clothes gave the Saiyans a flashback, which caused an initial outbreak of panic, but seeing that they used ki attack, they knew that they were just normal aliens. The Saiyans were infuriated and quickly started their counterattacks, but it was hardly effective. Most of them didn't even bother to defend, even the Saiyans who had their strength boosted with the black liquid were no match for them.
Only Aize and Taro as Ascended Super Saiyans (SSJ2) were able to defeat them, but because of their number they weren't able to prevent them from stealing some of their supplies. One was even able to snatch away a gravity chamber.
From then on, they repeatedly started attacking their base from all sides. After a few battles it was clear that they were after the gravity chambers, but fortunately Aize and Taro were able to prevent it from happening after they found out their purpose.
They couldn't stay in the jungle as they weren't as knowledgeable as their attackers. They decided to move into this cave which only had one entrance. This took off a huge burden off Aize and Taro. After that they were easily able to defend their base, but their supplies were running low. They were in a bit of a predicament. They formed a few squads to get some food but as soon as they went out of range of Aize and Taro's protection, they sustained a few casualties, but no one had voiced out to move from this planet.
Although it was a viable solution as it seemed that their opponents didn't have a spaceship, they were adamant on staying.
There were two reason that they didn't. One was because it was the very first order of their new king to establish a base on this planet and they weren't willing to let it fail. Second reason was because of the speech Broly had given after he killed Rize, the traitor Saiyan, who tried to take over control of their headquarters. It had reminded them of who they were! They were Saiyans, who won't run away from a challenge!
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