Owing to there being many gaps in my character's history i have opted to write a fic explaining my character's life and the surrounding characters. I will borrow some fan characters of other people that i like and incorporate them into my story, i will pick them myself so any n00bs saying OMG LIKE PUT INSERT FANCHAR IN IT will get a stern telling off from me and probably Tommy as well
Apparently this is some of my most creative work so far at least so far as the lucky people who have previewed it tell me so enjoy
Chapter 1: The Calaveran Legacy
On the planet of Oberon XIV a civil war was looming over the colonists. On one side we had the Sand Warriors, a barbaric and savage people with the intent of running a tyrannical government over the entire populace. On the other were an Aristocratic society known as "The Order" made up of many of the scientific minds that were sent from their homeworld of Mobius a hundred years prior.
For years the struggle for power between the two factions escalated and took the lives of many women and children. The Order opted to find an ultimate solution which could eradicate the entire sand warrior populace and as such weapons of mass destruction found themselves being developed.
This war threatened to end swiftly and barbarically, and of course there were protest to this extreme action inside The Order. This was led by a very powerful family known as the Calaveras, which was run by a Black hedgehog known as Figaro Calavera.
Figaro was a renowned war veteran and held the equivalent rank to an Air Marshal and as such held some degree of power over The Order Military. He was sitting watching his son sleeping when a messenger burst in much to his surprise.
"Sir!" The messenger barked loudly
"What is it?, Cant you see my son is trying to sleep here!?" Figaro said irritably
The messenger composed himself before speaking again "Something is going to happen, the government gave the order to launch a Nuclear weapon at the Sand Warrior Capital"
Figaro jumped to his feet obviously taken aback by the news he had just been told. Figaro sighed and knew within himself that war was all but a certainty now. "Take me to the command room, and get my staff toghether"
The messenger bowed and opened the door for Figaro and closed the door abruptly behind him not noticing that Figaro's son was stirring awake from his sleep.
The Child awoke with a start, having heard the door slamming shut, "Dad" he called, deciding that it would be best to get up, he rubbed his eyes and yawned deeply. No answer.
The room was eerily quiet, normally he could at least hear people walking past outside talking about their evereyday lives but it seemed awkwardly still. "Mom" he called, hoping for a better answer than prior.
Millenia Calavera walked into the room as she had her son cry out for her, she was a yellow hedgehog with pale orange dashes through her quills, Figaro often told his son that he noticed her and fell in love at first sight.
"Yes Riptos honey?" She asked in the way only a mother can
Riptos looked straight into his mom's blazing red eyes and asked the one question that was obviously going to be asked "Whats wrong with Dad? I could have sworn he was here"
Millenia looked around auspiciously, "Your father has some things to attend to"
Riptos cocked an eyebrow before slipping his shoes on "like what? he was in the middle of a bedtime story"
"He probably thought you had nodded off already"
Despite the fact that Riptos was only 7 years old, he was an extremely smart child and had a very diligent aura that always emanated from him "Well i kinda had until he decided he'd slam the door on the way out, something big must be eating at him"
Millenia looked into her son's eyes "Promise me you wont tell your father i let you in on this"
Riptos let a look of surprise grace his young face "Fine, spill the beans mom"
Taking a deep breath, "I overheard the messenger from the underground agency we have in the government that we have launched a nuclear weapon at the Sand Warriors"
Riptos chuckled a little "good let em fry"
"I thought i taught you to value life better than that" Millenia snapped almost overcome with shock from her son's bloodthirsty reaction
"Well they deserve it, they killed my friend a year ago remember?" Riptos said with a sly sneer on his face
"That was never proven" Millenia retorted
"Might as well have been, i saw it happen but no one believes a 6 year old kid do they?" He said in a huffy tone.
"Dont get like that, you are my son, i will always believe you no matter what"
"I'm sorry" Riptos said quickly
Millenia walked to the door and turned to face her son "Breakfast is ready if you wanna come and get it."
Riptos jumped out of his bed and ran to the door next to his mother "Im not missing my pancakes again" Millenia merely smiled though she couldnt help but feel that things were going to be dramatically changed because of all of this.
Inside the command room, Figaro and the messenger discussed the latest actions of their government in great detail.
"Clearly something needs to be done, if war is declared which i have no doubts that it will be, are we prepared to coup de etat our own government?" Figaro demanded. The faces around him in the room looked so nervous about the entire situation that Figaro had to wonder exactly how competent they would be as government officials.
A Grey Echidna who was among Figaro's chief advisors piped up the downtrodden crowd "course we can, the bastards deserve that much, how can anyone rationally wipe out a city full of people?" Inside he knew he was right, and deep down he knew he spoke for all of the staff in this room
Figaro smiled at the young echidna "You are absolutely right Hyacinthe, this is a totally unacceptable act and if we dont do something a bit more pressing then we are going to be no better than the monsters who launched that weapon"
"But what can we do" A blue fox named Frost asked inquisitively "I mean its not like we can waltz straight into the main government HQ is it?"
Figaro addressed the fox and merely said to him "Why not?"
"Thats mad, if we do that , we wont only have the Sand Warriors throwing bullets at us but our own government" a flustered red hedgehog added.
The room grew deathly quiet before Hyacinthe broke the silence "Maybe so, but arent we forgetting that we should value life more than this power struggle we have going on here? I mean come on guys, even if we die, we would die and save millions from a war i can guarantee most of them dont want."
Figaro held his head in his hands knowing they had no choice, even if it came down to sacrificing their own lives to save a corrupt government. "Guess this proves one thing" he said in a comical tone "At least we are the good guys"
The Staff all smiled and nodded before Frost finally roused some courage "Okay im in, whats the plan?"
Figaro stood up and smiled at his staff knowing they would succeed, they had to.
Riptos and Millenia sat at the breakfast table waiting for Figaro to no doubt join them.
"Must be something pretty big" Riptos asked not expecting an answer
Millenia was poking at her food, not particularily hungry, almost sick from worry, she could only wonder what Figaro and his advisors would have to do to stop the impending doom that was no doubt upon them.
Riptos had finished his breakfast already before he even noticed his mother's vacant stare, she looked like she was staring at the huge tapestry that adorned the space above the fireplace. The tapestry was adorned with the greatest of the family heroes. Riptos himself was named after his ancestor which was adorned with the same Black and yellow striped body. Before , the old Riptos was known as a great hero on Mobius and stopped a huge war by assasinating most of the enemy generals. The most bizarre thing about him was he had the unique ability to channel his energy into beams or at least so the family legend went. The young hedgehog couldnt help but feel jealous at the sort of power his ancestor possessed.
Millenia continued to stare and eventually noticed she was getting looked at by her son. "Oh im sorry, i was miles away"
Riptos laughed " Yeah i noticed, whats wrong today mom?"
"Nothing, im just a little worried about what could be over the next hill"
"You mean that nuclear bomb attack?"
"Yes, i have to go and talk to someone, can you go round and play with your little friend ...oh whats his name?"
"Vic?" Riptos sighed
"Thats the one" Millenia got up and walked out the door and left Riptos alone again
Riptos looked around at the silent room, seemed to becoming all the more apparent lately though he could only imagine it was because he was becoming a "big boy" so to speak. Without any more thinking he got up, just wanting to leave the deathly silence of the kitchen behind.