AN: Chapter 2 of The Gladiator King. Brief summary: Kidd and his crew arrive on Xrander. Hope you enjoy and thanks for sticking around. :) And remember I don't own any of the characters except for the ones I created
Chapter 2
Arrival
After Kidd and his team left for Xrander, Kidd briefed everyone on there mission. "All right here is the info. Our mission is just recon. Only engage when confronted with a hostile situation. Violence is a last resort. We are going to investigate the man, according to intel, is immortal." Kidd finished. He looked around to his team the clones seemed alright with it. He looked towards Ashoka, Troy, and the brother they seemed dissatisfied. "The clones are dismissed." Kidd said and he turned towards who are left. "Alright what's wrong?" Kidd asked. "Well the problem is that I just came back from a recon mission and I'm going back to do more recon." the brother replied. "By the way," started to say Troy, "I still don't know what I'm doing." Kidd looked at him. "All you're doing is piloting this ship." Kidd replied. Troy smiled and left. Only Ashoka and the brother remained. "What about me, whats my role in the plan?" Ashoka asked. "Your role is taking a few of the clones to look around, while me and the brother go snooping around closer to this immortal dude." Kidd replied. The brother got up and left, only Ashoka and Kidd remained. There was a long silence between them until Ashoka broke it: "You're and idiot. You know that right?" With that statement she left. "What did I do?" Kidd yelled back at her.
Chanting had ended in a dark room, something was standing in the center of a circle. "It is complete sire." said one voice. "Good. Make sure he gets the right training and don't forget to change his recent memories." the king said. "Should we hire him?" the voice asked. "Yes. Make contact with him immediately!" the king demanded.
"We are arriving at the Xrander system." Troy said through the ships intercom. "Alright everyone here's how we are dividing: Ashoka will take Black, Hotshot, and Stripes. While Gunner and Winter will stay with Troy on the ship. The brother and I will stick together. Is that alright with everyone?" Kidd finished. Everyone nodded in approval and they went on their way. Kidd, the brother, Ashoka, and the clones all walked to the center of the city, where they went over the plan again. "Ashoka meet back here in five hour. Got it?" Kidd asked. "Got it." Ashoka replied. As she turned to leave Kidd grabbed her hand. His hazel eyes looked into hers as he said: "Be careful." Ashoka smiled and disappeared into the crowd in the city center. Kidd and the brother went towards a large circular structure. "Thats the coliseum. That is where we are going to start." the brother said. As he put on his hood, Kidd followed his guide into the coliseum. The moment they entered it was the loudest thing Kidd had experienced. "Holy shit! Why is it so damn loud?" Kidd yelled. "Trust me it only gets louder!" the brother yelled back. Kidd cursed under his breath and they found some seats.
"Has he arrived yet?" asked the King. "He has just arrived sir." another voice said. The door to the throne room opened and a man walked in with a sword sheathed on his back. "Its been awhile, you look terrible." the man said. "You don't humor me." said the King. "The only reason you would have called me here is because you have a job for me. That or you want me to fight 'cause you have no fighters who can out on a show." the man said. "You're right I do have a job for you. I want you to train someone for me." the King said. The man lifted his eyebrow, clearly intrigued. "Is it the new body?" the man asked. "Indeed." the King answered. The man turned to leave and was guided to his trainee. "Are you sure he is trustworthy sire?" a voiced asked. "Yes he is." the king replied.
Kidd had no idea what he was watching and he didn't want to know. It had only been an hour since he left Ashoka at the square, but he regretted not going with her. The brother looked at him and asked: "Do you want to leave looks like our guy is a no show." Kidd ignored him and asked his own question: "What the hell is this?" The brother expected this question and answered calmly: "Its this place's main source of entertainment: gladiator fights. Horrid things really, but some are quite entertaining. The people bet on who will win and,well, people basically fight to the death. Everyone once in awhile the king fights and that really gets people going." "Do these fights happen everyday?" Kidd asked. "Not really, whenever the king call for it." the brother replied. Kidd was amazed at the fact that killing for sport was entertaining. He knew hunting was a type of sport, but this was straight-up murder. The brother would occasionally glance at Kidd and see his pale face at what he was witnessing. The brother couldn't help but smile, his brother did the exact same thing when he saw the gladiator fights. For such a stern and tough looking person, Kidd must be rather soft on the inside. The brother also noticed that Kidd looked similar to his brother, same light brown hair almost blonde and a strong physique. The brother smiled again, he felt like he was with his brother when he was with Kidd. The brother tapped Kidd on the shoulder and they got up and left.
Once Kidd and the brother exited the coliseum, they put up their hoods and started to walk back towards the square. "The king has ordered those two to be followed." a voice said. "Right. We won't let them put of out sight." another voice replied. When the men saw Kidd and the brother they started to tail them. "We have company." Kidd said. "I noticed," the brother replied, "we'll loose them in that alley." Kidd and the brother walked towards the alley picking up their pace. Kidd glanced around and found two metal poles and grabbed them. He handed one to the brother saying: "If necessary." Their tails noticed and drew their own weapons. Kidd and the brother started to walk faster. When they made it to the alley, Kidd and the brother jumped up to the roof of a building to hide. Kidd activated his tracker, so it would alert Ashoka that they were spotted. The tails made it to the alley and became more cautious. Kidd and the brother dropped down, but once they hit the floor they were knocked out.
AN: There you go the second chapter. I know its short but what i wanted to convey is there. Next chapter will be longer I promise. Here I explained how some people look which was something missing from the previous chapter. Hope you enjoyed and stay tuned. Something I have to add I know that it's not in the typical format for writing these things, but bear with me, I'll change it for my next story.
