Decade Rising
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters in this story except a few like Rouge's family members
Ch.1 Orphaned
It was a time of great discrimination towards bats. It all started when a new president came to power, President Blade Patterson. Blade hated bats for a reason no one knew, and he even hated everyone who associated with bats. And as soon as he convinced everyone that bats were evil, he set strict laws for the banishment of all bats and one law outlawing impeachment of a president. He decided to get rid of all bats by locking them in a new prison he built just for his mission where he enjoyed torturing them to death. Soon hardly any bats were left in Station-Squared.
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Meanwhile a small and lucky family of bats lived in a small forest, oblivious to Blade's cruelty. Rouge was the youngest in a family of four. She was eight years old and remarkably bright white taking after her mother.
Her mother was named Morado, her dad Sampson , and her twelve-year old brother Diablo. Rouge had bright blue eyes and was always happy. She lived in a world she thought could get no better. She naturally loved jewels, just as her mother did when she was a child, and kept them hidden in a secret place in the hallow of a tree. She would go to look at them and pretend they were given to her by a handsome prince as wedding gift.
As for her brother Diablo, he was a black bat with green eyes. He was a big basketball player and was good at it too. As usual her brother was wearing a jersey with his lucky number eighteen on it, with matching shorts that looked like gym shorts and of coarse his favorite navy baseball cap, with the Marlins logo on it. He got this cap on his Six-year old birthday and since then he had rarely been without it.. Rouge assumed it was because it was a reminder to him of their grandparents who gave it to him. Diablo was really close to Grandpa, who Rouge hardly knew, she was one when they disappeared..
As for rouge's mother, Morado, she was white with green eyes. She was very lenient and loved her children deeply. As for what she wore, most of the time she usually had on black jeans and a spaghetti-strap shirt, often baby blue or hot pink. She was never without the pearl necklace that had been given to her by her mother. Morado missed Rouge's grandparents as well, since they were her parents because she spoke of them all of the time.
Rouge's father was more strict then her mother, but not too strict. He was black with blue eyes and was always in overalls with a green and blue plaid shirt and cowboy boots. He loved when Diablo or Rouge laughed, his favorite thing to do was tickle his kids, especially Rouge , since Diablo was getting a little old for that sort of thing . Life was perfect, but soon Rouge's simple life would come crashing down in just one day.
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It all started when President Blade was running low on bats to torture and couldn't find any in Station-Squared to arrest. Blade called in his troops.
"Yes sir" the general said.
"Expand the army to patrol anywhere in a ninety-mile radios. All bats in that stretch should be captured or killed. Make sure you bring a few back for me to torture," President Blade said.
"But, sir if any bats live in that area , they're just simple country bats. They wouldn't hurt anyone," said the general.
"I don't care, bats are vermin, and belong in my prison or dead ," said President Blade.
"Yes sir, I'll make the announcement," said the general.
'That's what I thought you would say," said President Blade
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Meanwhile Rouge was playing tag with Diablo outside.
"You can't catch me." Rouge teased
"Yes I can watch," Said Diablo.
His powerful basketball legs kicked into gear and within seconds he had tagged Rouge.
"Ah man!" exclaimed Rouge.
" I told you I could tag you ," Said Diablo.
"Well, I'll get you next time," Said Rouge
"We'll see, tiger, but first how about some lemonade , Mom made a fresh pitcher this morning," Said Diablo.
"Oh boy! Yummy!" Exclaimed Rouge.
Diablo poured two glasses of lemonade, one taste made Rouge's lips pucker.
"Yuck! I thought Mommy's lemonade was always sweet," Said Rouge.
"Me too," Said Diablo, " Let's find out what's wrong ,"
The two young bats went onto the sun porch, where their mother sat quite frequently nowadays. As usual their mother sat rocking silently, Rouge knew what to do. Rouge walked up to her mother.
"Mommy, do you want to borrow some of my jewels for awhile," said Rouge.
Morado sat for a minute, then Said, " Thanks Rouge, I would like that,"
Suddenly, Rouge and Diablo's father ran into the sun porch's door, panicking.
"Soldiers are coming this way!" He yelled.
"To our house, why?" Morado asked
"I don't know, but we need to escape and quickly!" He yelled.
Diablo grabbed Rouge's hand and they followed their father, Sampson., Morado picked up the tail end. A plane with the label G.U.N. hovered above the family of bats.
"YOU FOUR BATS ARE UNDER ARESST BY ORDER OF PRESIDENT BLADE" a loudspeaker boomed.
"Morado, get the children out of here," Rouge's father ordered.
Diablo and Rouge's mother grabbed her kid's hands & ducked in a bush to hide. Rouge was frightened and she looked out of the bush at her father. The soldiers opened fire with no warning and Sampson fell to the ground. Rouge could not believe her eyes and they exploded with water. Suddenly her bat ears picked up a noise behind them, the next thing Rouge knew some member of the army had hold of her wrists. Then she heard a pleading voice.
"Take me, just let my kids go," pleaded her mother.
"President Blade ordered all bats captured or dead," the army member said.
"But , they're so young leave them, be please, " her mother begged.
The soldier dragged Rouge's mom away , followed by another soldier.
"Stay here," said the last soldier to Rouge and her brother. We're not going to hurt you," he said. "If you try to escape we'll find you and trust me you'll wish you were dead."
"We have to escape now Rouge," said Diablo as soon as the soldiers were out of sight.
"But, Mommy," said Rouge her eyes watering again .
"We can't do anything , she'd want us to escape ," said Diablo
Rouge reluctantly followed her brother. then she heard a gun shot and a scream and the laughter from the soldiers.
"Quick we need to hide." Whispered Diablo
The siblings ducked in the forest and the two soldiers came back.
"They're gone," one said.
"Leave 'em, they'll die anyway," said the other. With that they boarded a plane and left.
Rouge and Diablo heard wheezing and found their mother, her baby blue spaghetti strapped shirt blood-stained.
"Diablo, Rouge, your okay, good," said their mother weakly.
"Are you going to be ok Mommy?" asked Rouge even though she knew that her mother was about to die.
"No, honey, I'm not, Heavens awaiten'," said Morado in a weak voice. "I want you to have these." And she lifted the pearl necklace from her neck and handed it to Rouge..
"Diablo and I need you, what will we do?" said Rouge, with tears in her eyes .
"Diablo, take care of your sister. You two hide in the forest and never go to Station - Squared as long as you live," said Morado, then she faded away still holding both of their hands..
"Mommy! Mommy!" Rouge said, shaking her mother, then cried harder than she ever had.
"Come on Rouge , she's dead," Said Diablo
No, No NOOOO!" Rouge said then put the pearls over her head and followed Diablo while still crying..
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Hope you liked it, please review, I think I misspelled Station - Squared, let me know if I did.
Aquadragon