By: Kyle Scully AKA Dr. Tentacles

The Beginning

The rain poured down my head as I stare down at the casket being lowered. As much as I hated my mother, I could still feel the heat of my tears fall down. I tried to cover the fact I was crying but was failing miserably. I tried to convince myself it was for my dad, whose casket laid next to hers but I knew these tears were for both. I looked at the tablet I had in my hand.

"To our beloved daughter, we are sorry we never had the chance to properly repair our relationship. Even after everything, we still loved you"

"Commander Yume, please sign here"

I look up from the tablet, an UEE official stood before me holding a form. I took it and looked it over.

"Miss Ryoko Yume is hereby inherited the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Yume as of November 23, 2947 of the standard empire calendar. Listed are the assets of the estate:

(1) One Anvil Carrack

(1) One RSI Constellation Andromeda

(1) One Banu Defender

(1) Drake Caterpillar

(1) MISC Freelancer Dur

(1) Ursa Rover

(1) MISC Reliant Tana

Property on the Japanese State, Earth, Sol System

Property on Area 18, ArcCorp, Stanton System.

The list went on with other minor assets. At the bottom was a place to sign. Looks like my dad was busy, that's quite the little fleet he had going. I sign the form and give it back to the official. He saluted and headed out of the area. I sighed, wiping the emotional stress from my eyes. It seems my father had got these for a purpose, but I couldn't place on why. Those were expensive ships, and most of them I didn't even know he had.

I hand back the form, "I would like a copy of all assets sent to my Mobiglass please"

"Of course ma'am, I will send one now", the official opens his Mobiglass. My Mobiglass beeps at a new document. I open to double check, "Thank you, sir"

"Very good, if you will excuse me I must process your estate form", he bows and excuses himself to his waiting 85x. It flies off into the distance to the city.

I open up the document and look over everything.

"It appears I have a lot of work to do"