Begin to Lose Control

This is the prequel to my story, "Dreaming of the Past". I realised that "Dreaming of the Past" was the end of a story, and was shown mostly through the eyes of an outsider, so here is the beginning (and middle), seen through the eyes of those who experienced it. It doesn’t matter which one you read first. For those of you who have already read "Dreaming of the Past", then this is what happened before hand. If you haven’t read it, then this is the first past of a story, and "Dreaming of the Past" is the continuation.

This story will explain what the Tusken Raiders are, where they came from, and why Sakata is such a psychotic bitch. It will also elaborate (a lot!) on Juunanagou’s story to Bra about what happened in his universe (note to those who don’t know: This is set in an alternate universe. In "Dreaming of the Past", Bra travels to this alternate universe and spends time with the people there).

For the most part, this fic will take place over 10 or so years. I will try to inform you when a time jump has occurred. I do not own DB/Z/GT, or any of the related characters, or the song "Jealous Guy" from which the title was adapted. However, Sakata, Thiacin and all members of the Ecandlian race are of my own creation.

1: The History of the Tusken Raiders

Ecandl was a planet that once existed on the opposite side of the Northern Quadrant of the Universe to the Planet Earth. It was home to a humanoid race of noble and long-lived warriors. 

The Ecandlians generally had green eyes, and their hair was a shade of blue, be it as pale as the sky, or almost black. The females had an obvious pink tinge to their skin, while the males were more tanned, their skin a shade somewhat like mocha.

They were governed by a Royal Family, and the same family had ruled over Ecandl for 1,000 years, without any question of their leadership. Great deeds had been performed by many of the Ecandlian Royalties. Prince Eregis had defeated and tamed the Foeg beasts that had attacked the capital city of Ecandl. Queen Acirema had lead the battle against the invaders from the skies (at this early stage in their history, the Ecandlians did not yet have the technology for space travel). Thus, the Royal Family was respected…and accepted.

But nothing lasts forever.

For centuries, the seeds of hatred – the result of jealousy – had been sown, and during the reign of King Tobia and Queen Tiorah, these seeds germinated. 

A cult began, lead by a man named Andona. He despised the Royal Family for the power that they held, never once stopping to think that they had perhaps earned it.

It seemed that many shared Andona’s view, for the cult quickly grew in numbers. Its "prized" member was a powerful warrior by the name of Thiacin. On Ecandl, he had no equal, save, perhaps, the Princess Sakata.

Thiacin held a grudge against the Royal Family. One of the Princes (a brother of the King) had sabotaged a Royal vehicle, which resulted in the injury of a Duchess. Though there was significant evidence against him, but he was able to frame Thiacin’s father for the incidence, since the King refused to believe that his own brother could ever do anything wrong. Thiacin’s father was executed for intent to kill a Royal Family member. Thiacin, therefore, did not feel that the Royal Family was as honourable and noble as they made everyone believe.

On top of this, Thiacin knew that they were no better than the rest of the Ecandlian population. As a younger man, he had fought in a competition against a young Duke (Sakata’s cousin). Though Thiacin won fairly and easily, the Duke complained bitterly, and was made the winner. Thiacin knew that – aside from Sakata – all the Royal Family had limited fighting skills. He could easily defeat them.

Andona’s cult began to attack the Royal Palace. The once (relatively) peaceful planet of Ecandl became a war zone. Andona’s plan was to kidnap Princess Sakata, and brainwash her, so that he would have the planet’s two strongest warriors at his command.

Things did not go exactly to plan.

Thiacin had joined with Andona, believing that the older man wished to rid Ecandl of its Royal Family and have no leader as he himself did. But it soon became obvious to Thiacin, that Andona wished only to rule the planet himself, as a bloodthirsty dictator. 

Thiacin killed Andona, and took up the leadership of the cult.

The attacks on the Royal Family continued, and it was during one of these that Thiacin met the princess. She enchanted him with her fighting skill and strength, and impressed him with her bravery, and sharp tongue.

Eventually, the Ecandlian Royal Family was defeated. The King, Queen and all inhabitants of the palace were slaughtered by Thiacin’s cult.

Except for Princess Sakata.

Exhausted by battle, she was weak, and Thiacin was able to overwhelm her. He ravished her in an attempt to quell his lust for her. But instead, his lust increased. Sakata despised Thiacin – for what he had done to her family and herself – and as she healed, it became impossible for him to come near her. But at the same time, she respected him for his fighting skills.

Thiacin knew that his only hope would be to follow through with Andona’s plan to brainwash the Princess. He wanted to make her love him, and hate the Royal Family and everything linked to them. Because of the way she actually felt about him, the brainwashing process was long and difficult. When they finally managed to brainwash her, her mind was torn apart. She became psychotic, with violent mood swings, and a thirst for blood and destruction. She found great pleasure in mass genocide. "Fun" was how she normally described it.

Thiacin sat back and let Sakata run wild. Several times he joined her on her killing sprees. She remembered little of her past life, but her fighting skills remained perfectly lethal.

After five Ecandlian years, Sakata’s fun was over. She – along with Thiacin and several other cult members – had wiped out the entire Ecandlian population, save their own cult.

Thiacin knew that they could not remain on Ecandl. If they did, Sakata would turn to the cult to satisfy her homicidal needs. Luckily – for the cult – Ecandlian technology had advanced significantly since the times of Queen Acirema. They had a very well developed system of space travel, and fortunately, Sakata had not yet destroyed it.

Before they left the planet, Thiacin employed six of the strongest fighters in his cult, and started to train them in secret. They became bodyguards to Sakata and Thiacin, their power second only to their master and mistress. 

The Cult found the largest space ship on Ecandl. It was large enough to accommodate all of them on long space journeys. Thiacin graded all of the members, allocating them jobs. The weakest ones were the Scouts, expendable fighters that were sent to a potential planet, to evaluate the power of the inhabitants. Next up were the Soldiers, fighters with average skills. The Warriors had a relatively high level of fighting skills and strength. Then, there came the Elite, Thiacin’s specially trained bodyguards.

Once they had left their planet’s orbit, Thiacin allowed Sakata a final fix of destruction at the expense of Ecandl. Sakata destroyed the entire planet with a single blast.

Thus, was the end of Ecandl…and the beginning of our story…