Day Two: Evening

[Raditzu]

Bujin, Paragus, Celipa, Yamu, and Jeice. Rad had been somewhat less than impressed with the fighting abilities of the group he had just joined up with. If all it took were himself and 17, without exerting anything close to their full power, to put them on the defensive... well... at least they could still stop bullets. Despite his misgivings, Rad had to agree with Yamu: if their scouters had been accurate, it wouldn't be particularly wise to try playing the hero -- no matter how good Rad was at it. But all this pontificating was getting on Rad's nerves. He glanced over at 17 and decided to change his topic of thought.

"Gotta say," the saiyan started. "I'm almost jealous."

"What's that?" 17 slowly turned his head towards Rad.

"Not being to remember, 'n all that. Its not like I regret anything I've done." The saiyan paused to chuckle softly. "There are just night when I'd prefer not to remember what it felt like to snap someone's neck."

Normally such a statement would be accompanied by a change of tone, or at least some kind of shift in mannerisms. Raditzu didn't miss a beat. How he justified or rationalized or dealt with what he had done over his years of fighting was probably a mystery even to himself, but it definitely worked.

"But whatever, its not really a big deal." Rad pushed an overgrown branch out of his way. "Just gotta keep on keepin' on."

17 merely grunted in reply as the two warriros trailed the rest of their make-shift alliance. After several moments of silence, the android opened his mouth to say something, but he was quickly cut off as Raditzu lept into some foliage.

"Check it out!"

The long-haired warrior burst back onto the rough trail they had been following with his hand extended. In his palm, struggling on its back, was a small scorpion. 17 stared at the little scorpion for several seconds before looking back up to Rad, who was grinning as only an idiot could grin.

"Its a scorpion..."

"What?! Its not just any scorpion..." as Rad spoke, the little creature managed to get its footing back. The grin instantly faded from Rad's face. "Nevermind." With a sigh, Rad tossed the bug over his shoulder and continued his unannounced search.