On Planet Gen many years before the destruction of Planet Vegeta, a young Cooler stands idle watching his father, King Cold, as he raises a Baby Frieza in the air with appraisal.

“He’s a strong one, a noted prodigy. Frieza! Yes! He will become the most powerful of our race.”

The Young Cooler is annoyed by his father’s praise of the newborn and walks away from the room.

Several years pass, Cooler and a Young Frieza spar with each other exchanging blows. Cooler realizes despite his height and size difference between his younger sibling he’s still being overwhelmed by Frieza.

“Stop!”

The two brothers turn to find their father was watching the entire time and he steps closer to his sons. Cooler notices King Cold head more towards Frieza’s direction and kneels before the child.

“You should never hesitate when fighting your opponent.”

“Father, Frieza was…”

“I’m talking about you Cooler.”

Cooler is stunned to hear him being criticized by his father and gets clouded with frustration. He sees King Cold lift the young Frieza onto his shoulders and walks away as Cooler stands alone, clenching his fists in anger. He follows behind them as he overhears their conversation.

“I’m so proud of you my boy. A son worthy of my succession. In due time, Frieza, the Cold Force will be all yours to control, then you will be able to continue our clans work across the universe.”

“How come I’m worthy father?”

Cooler stands nearby to hear his father’s reason as he takes cover. King Cold puts Frieza down in front of a spaceship as soldiers are in the midst of repairing it. He looks at Frieza and smiles.

“You and I are similar in nature. We both are mutants.”

“Mutants?”

“See long ago son, our race begin to change in ways that only a few now still remain knowing it’s knowledge. Amongst us were those with an abnormally high power level which we chose to call ‘mutants’.”

“How many are left?”

“Only you and I. Within you is a power that no mortal in the universe can stand up to.”

“Is Cooler a mutant?”

Cooler is still listening in on their conversation, awaiting to see what his father’s answer will be.

“No. I thought once he was, but I was wrong. Your older brother still has a lot to learn and has a long way to catch up to the power that you and I possess. That’s why when I retire, you are taking over my forces.”

Frieza is excited to hear his father’s appraisal and feels the untapped energy flowing within him.

“You have a striking amount of power and cruelty, Frieza! Use that and everything will kneel before you that comes in your way.”

The power inside Frieza proves to be overwhelming as he tries to tap into the so called power he possesses. Cooler is angered by his father’s negligence of him and walks away as Frieza begins to realize his true potential.

Over a span of a few years, Cooler and Frieza work side by side taking over planets for King Cold. Cooler sees his brother’s cruelty and the power he has as they fight many different species that oppose them. As they return home from a recent mission, Cooler and Frieza look out at their planet as the ship enters the atmosphere. Both in their first forms, they stand near the glass window.

“Hmph. One of these days, I’m going to get tired of coming back here and might blow up this planet” Frieza says.

“You’d have our race near extinction because you’re getting bored of returning to the planet? I wonder how mother would feel if she heard you say that” Cooler responds with annoyance.

“Relax brother, I won’t. Besides being in this form helps me control this power, imagine if I did decide to return to our final forms.”

“You’d be a fool to try.”

“Is that a challenge? Because I recall best you and bailing you out of every difficult fight we’ve faced.”

Cooler doesn’t say a word. BerryBlue arrives and bows before both of them.

“Lord Frieza. King Cold has informed he has been awaiting your arrival. It’s time.”

“Ah so it was true father was going to retire this time. Well I can’t wait. He wants to take you somewhere. A planet full of his most trusted warriors, we’ll all be joining you.”

“Hmmm, I’m loving this. When we land have the Ginyu Force meet with Zarbon and Dodoria, I would like them to be there.”

“Yes my lord.”

Cooler walks away without a word as Frieza smirks at his reflection as they prepare to land.

Moments later, Cooler walks alone away from everything filled with frustration and anger as he begins to fire ki blast at everything around him. He gets so angry he unleashes his rage and goes into his third form.

“Are you okay my son?”

Cooler turns to see none other than his own mother, Eira, standing a distance away from all the turmoil Cooler had caused around him.

“I want to kill him. I want to him so bad.”

“Why is that?”

“What does father see in him that he doesn’t see in me?! Because Frieza is a mutant like him, he’s a prodigy? What does Frieza have that I do not?”

Eira stays silent, feeling her son’s pain as she walks closer to her son. He looks away from her and she holds her hand out caressing his face and makes him look at her.

“It’s not about what he has that you don’t. You’re a prodigy in your own right. You’re mine. Your father only sees a better him in Frieza which is why he praises him so. Frieza has a lot to learn and is arrogant in his own right might like his father, but you Cooler, you’re a mutant as well but with control over your own emotions. Your cruelty and power are equal to one another and far more controlled than Frieza’s.”

Cooler is stunned to hear those words from his mother’s mouth and he almost sheds a tear. She has him stand.

“Now show me son, the true power you possess.”

Cooler clenches his fist together and he feels the energy flowing through him and all the anger he has resented towards his father and brother. As his energy rises, Frieza and King Cold embark towards Planet Vegeta along with majority of the Cold Force. Cooler’s energy increases further and further as he feels the intensity of his own immense power. Eira watches smiling as her son begins to morph into his final form, revealing his height difference and appearance. his skin becomes a deep-purple and the gold from his first form is now gone and is purely white. His face is stern as his mother begins to get into a fighting stance. He clenches his fist together and sees his mother wants to spar so he charges right at her and the two fight as she holds her own against him. Cooler is a lot more precise compared to his fights with Frieza in his early days and pictures Eira as Frieza himself. Cooler then overwhelms his mother but stops in his tracks, hugging her.

“Make me proud” she says.

“I will.”

Within the years after, Cooler continued to work alongside Frieza. He continues to feel frustrated when he sees Frieza being always a step ahead, but he trains on his own with his mother from time to time. After, his mother passing, Cooler left with a small band that joined him, several members being Dore, Neiz and Salza. He and his squadron took over countless planets and forgotten about his family with only Kikono relaying information to him after Planet Vegeta’s destruction.

Now, Cooler descends from the Big Gete Star, reminding himself of where he came from and how he came to be, faces Gohan and the Z-Fighters with several soldiers ready to battle behind him. He extends his arms out in invitation.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, let’s get this start shall we?”