Chapter Two
A brother
"Arcturus Mengsk, I'm sure you know him…" said the zealot
The paralysis loosened from my body. But the shock didn't. My breath shortened, and my anger had just burst out of my head. The others didn't seem like they were having the same hard time I was. But they would never understand that Mengsk isn't just a commander for me and my old friends. They would not understand…
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Erin and Krielle were sent to the infirmary and we were given approval of walking around and doing nothing for our first week, I told Tom to try to find a secret way out of here, since he had the best eye in the group. Jim would study the guard schedules and see if we can find a loop through them incase Tom couldn't find anything. And I will search for where they keep Arcturus Mengsk.
Arcturus… What if he was a traitor? Maybe they aren't forcing him to give out the information; maybe he's working for them. I tried to wipe my head of that thought; plus, he would never betray the UED. Or would he?
We just came before lunch, so I roamed in the cafeteria, while Tom and Jim were still doing their jobs. The place looked like any school cafeteria, except for the guards leaning on the walls that would kill you if you did anything that's against the rules, or stupid. I sat on the table with the most people and the least number of guards that watched over them, it was just beside the center table.
I sat down cautiously, just incase they weren't the 'friendly' type. There were nine of them; the three that sat on the left of the square table were slightly bruised. The two that sat on the front of the table were buffed; probably because of the work they've been doing carrying all those heavy stuff. And the four that sat on the right of the table were looking at the two buffed guys amazed, they didn't look at all strong, mostly because they sweated like a fish in a desert.
The ones on the left and front were eating the same thing, chicken stew, and the four on the right ate salads. I tried to think of how they would get that kind of food in a desert planet like this. They all noticed me at last, but with the tough (not including the skinny ones on my right) faces all staring at me, I wish they hadn't have noticed me.
The two in front of me gave me the nastiest look, the one at the left said "Where's your food? Aren't you hungry?" I just realized I didn't get any food.
"Ummm… I just came here; could you tell me where I could get some?" The buffed man on the right pointed behind me, as I looked I felt stupid asking the question.
There was a big table with glass protectors on its side, and an even bigger lady serving the food.
"Right…" I muttered and added "I don't feel too hungry"
Then everybody on the table stayed silent, and I decided to ask another question. "How did you guys get that kind of food? I noticed everybody else isn't eating anything like that"
The one at my very right answered "we grow our own crops so we got the salad, and time by time we steal the food of idiot zealots." "Which is chicken" added the one on my left
The one at my right spoke again "By the way my name is Edward; the one beside me is Freddy, then Gerard, then Hane" next he pointed at the buffed dudes "That one on the right is Antonio, and the one on the left is Anthony. They're twins" they both waved at me. "Last but not least, them…" he pointed his finger on my left, "the nearest to you is Shane, then Kenny, then Dung"
I tried to hold my laughter hard after I heard his name was Dung, but he saw me smiling and gave me an evil look. I noticed they all wore the exact same suits, marine armors similar to mine.
"Why don't they make us wear orange or black and white jumpsuits?" I asked
"Because we move faster in jumpsuits, where our armor will slow us down" Antonio answered
"Just cut to the chase, what's you're plan?" said Dung, slamming his hand on the table. This got some of the guards' attention. I didn't know what 'plan' he was referring to.
One of the guard zealots activated his psi blades and raised them towards Dung, laughed, and said "You better start runnin', boy!" he had a western accent which was as phony as a three dollar bill.
"What did I do?"
"Slammin' the table is against the rules!"
"There's no rule like that!" Edward pointed out
"You're right; I jus' made it up. But see here boy, we guards are allowed to do that!"
The lights shut off just as the guard was going chase after Dung, the door slammed open and we realized it was raining. A man came in just as the thunder did; it was hard to recognize his face but not his right peg leg, and the hook on his arm. Everything was silent but the silence was broken when the parrot, resting on the man's shoulder spoke.
"Squaaaaaaawk! Can't make up rules, can't make up rules!"
Then the man spoke "tis' right Nut head, I ain't heard ever that ye can make yer own rules!" I was guessing he was a pirate, but pirates were extinct for centuries. They say pirates were another race, conducted from the UED.
Pirates are like Protoss bounty hunters, assassins for the UED. But they're not part of the UED, not since the tides of the ocean devoured them, and turned them into horrible creatures. The Protoss shut them down, but there was little chance they will do it again.
"No… This---this---isn't real!" muttered the guard
"Ey mate! Tis' wonder only lives in dreams. But bad for ye, I have just been hidin', not dead" He grabbed something from his ripped jean pocket and I heard a clicking sound, it was a lighter. I could see his face clearly now, glowing in the orange light of the fire. His face was covered in dried blood, mud, and scars. His eyes stood out with its sea green color, with a tan skin tone, covered by long messed-up black hair. "For all ye not knowing who I am, let me introduce meself. Capt'n Maggot Mengsk, brother of Arcturus Mengsk."
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