Hello everyone I'm back with another chapter of gamble. So this chapter will cover Yuri's funeral, and there will be a flashback sequence with Zeta's backstory of his first birthday in years after an accidental mishap ending his and Yuri's life. Also Lincoln will discover something that he never thought would be a thing, anyway onward to the future!

Walking around in his home late at night was Lincoln, who was worried about zeta, and his sisters constantly watching him, after they found out about the attack on Lincoln's faction, and the loss of a fellow comrade. Making his way to the kitchen he turned the light on, and sat at the table quietly. Sighing he pulled out an old photo, staring at it he saw that it had four people in it. Startled by a slight noise, Lincoln looked up to see Lucy, who was curious as to what was going on, she tilted her head "why are you in here alone Lincoln?" Turning around Lincoln held onto the photo "It's nothing I'm just thinking."

Lucy only stared before responding "You're lying to me. Why?" scratching the back of his head Lincoln sighed and beckoned her to have a seat. Obliging she took the chair next to him, and questioned him again "what's wrong, why are you down here?" looking for the right words Lincoln tapped the photo in his hand, and handed it to her without a word. Confused, she cautiously took the photo Lincoln was holding, and saw four people on it, three boys, and one girl, "Who are these people Lincoln?" She asked beginning to worry about her brothers mental state.

Pausing slightly before answering, Lincoln sighed " Lucy, that's our parents, and those two" Lincoln said pointing to the two boys with arms around the others shoulders, "Those two are Zeta and Yuri." He finished, letting Lucy absorb all she was told. Looking at the photo, Lucy had two questions in mind. "Wait… So they knew each other?" she asked looking back to her older brother. Clasping his hands together he looked out the window, then back to Lucy "Yeah, they did. Irony to it is that zeta and Yuri were older than mom and dad, but…" Lincoln tried to find a way to describe it, then suddenly he thought of a way to break it to her, "But they… Their souls died Lucy. I mean sure they got them back, but by that time mom and dad were the older ones. Yuri was 25, and zeta was 20, when they died, and stayed that way until, well until I turned ten. Around that time you were, I think if I'm not mistaken, seven, anyway my point is zeta was only 20 for all those years, and now he's only 25." Lincoln, finished from his long explanation, looked at Lucy, and waited for her to ask more questions.

To which she did "So, is zeta even his real name?" Scratching the back of his head Lincoln took the photo back gently "No, it's not. It's just a nickname he was given back then." Lucy was now even more curious "one more thing before I go to sleep, what is his name?" Lincoln got up, and headed for the stairs, pausing at the bottom steps "You'll know tomorrow." With that he went to his room to turn in for the night. While looking at the stairs Lucy sighed, and headed to her room as well.

Faction Memorial (infrastructure of all factions to honor the fallen)

08:00

Looking around Lincoln could see familiar faces as well as unfamiliar faces. Looking over to his left, he saw his entire family all dressed for the occasion, he even saw some of his sisters friends here too. All other faction members wore their combat uniform, and ceremonial berets to distinguish each other from what faction they are from. Feeling someone tap his shoulder, Lincoln turned and was met by zeta, and Queen Sashi. Giving a salute, Lincoln stood at his tallest, while zeta saluted back, Sashi just smiled "So Sergeant, how are you feeling about the offer I talked to you about? Have you given it any thought?" She asked curious as to what his answer was. Lincoln just looked down frowning with deep thought, before looking up "What are the requirements for this to even happen?" Looking from Zeta to Sashi, and back again waiting for a response.

Zeta was the first to answer, picking up the slack "Only a selected person with the right attributes are made generals, or if said general was mentoring someone, if not, then the next person in charge is moved up, and another one is chosen to take the spot of brigadier." looking up, zeta could see Lincoln's sisters eye them suspiciously, but they decided to stay away just in case something were to happen. "Oh I see so it's not easy then?" Lincoln expressed "Yes. but you'll be a lieutenant, as well as Zeta's successor." Sashi stated quite adamantly.

Rubbing his chin, Lincoln finally had an answer. Sighing a little he looked up "ok, I'll do it, but when will it happen?" Lincoln asked. "It will happen after the service." Zeta stated "You'll also know what my name really is as well as what we use to call Yuri." He said with a slight smile. About to answer Sashi was interrupted as they heard an announcement "The service will begin in three minutes please have a seat." With that they made for the area they were designated to go to. While waiting, Lincoln looked out to the crowd, and saw his family, as well as Clyde and his parents. Oddly enough he never expected him to come, considering he was slapped by Lucy, of all people, yet he still showed up, convenient.

As the preacher started the ceremony, they all waited patiently until he was finished. "And now I would like for the Lt general, and the faction queen to please come up to the podium." Being prompted to, the pair headed towards the podium awaiting for the end of the ceremony. While waiting, the entire crowd saw as the curtains drew apart showing a mural of the entire Iron Lotus faction underneath the mural were names of everyone in the faction, as well as their dates. Most notably Lincoln's, Yuri's, and.. Zeta's? Looking very confused the members, and their family tried to find his but couldn't see it on the wall. Not even Sally, or Cy could find it.

Seeing the looks they wore zeta looked towards the wall, then to Sashi before realizing. "it appears that they don't know." Zeta stated before turning to the crowd "yes, strange, only Lincoln doesn't seem surprised," raising a questioning eyebrow Sashi continued "would you care to explain the meaning of this?" looking towards Lincoln, his gaze shifted to his family before he sighed, clearing his throat, zeta hoped this little plan would work as a way to explain his and Yuri's past "Sergeant Loud, front and center!" He commanded. A bit shaken Lincoln hurried to where he was told. Standing at attention, he was confused as to why he was here though.

"Don't worry you're not in trouble I just need you to face the crowd." Zeta calmly stated, abiding by his wishes, Lincoln turned towards the crowd. Promptly taking the stand Sashi cleared her throat "As much as a shock this may come to you, but zeta is not his real name." Looking around as the sounds of confusion went around "His namesake is something he wanted to keep out of the public view, but today you will learn a little about him." Looking towards zeta, she motioned for him to take the stand. At a sudden glance Lincoln saw that zeta had swallowed slightly before walking to the podium, and looking at sashi, who only nodded. Heaving a sigh zeta looked up to everyone "I have Lincoln up here with me because he too knows what my name really is, and why you don't see it up there." Tapping his fingers on the podium, he tried to find the people who coordinated the event. Upon seeing them, he nodded to them signaling to change to the hidden picture behind the 'painted' mural. Confusing people, their mouths fell open as they saw another mural of only two people on it below it they saw words they couldn't quite make out. "This is Yuri, and I, we were a team. we were given the name strike force kilo, and we were an army of two. You see my name isn't zeta, but well…" Instead of saying anything he raised his hand, and as he did so names appeared underneath the picture in order:

Yuri 'Kingpin' Tresco; Age 25; DoB: 03/14/1968; DoD: 06/7/1993; DoD: 04/28/2018; Height: 6' 03".

Alexander 'Zeta' Marshall; Age 20; DoB: 10/30/1973; DoD: 06/7/1993; DoD: -; Height: 6' 01".

Upon seeing the information the crowd gasped in shock, the Loud family being the most shocked aside from their parents, who only hung their heads remembering the events gravely impacting their lives. Lori, although she is 23 now, she doesn't remember what happened to them. It wasn't until Lincoln was born, that Lori found out the truth, but to relive that same loss twice was not a way to go about her days. "So wait, mom are they literally older than you and dad?" She asked as quietly as she could, so that the others couldn't hear her. Looking at each other Rita, who was 42, grabbed hold of her husband's hand, and Lynn Sr., who was 43, looked towards Lori before explaining the situation. "Lori, as hard as it is to understand, both Alex and Yuri are older than us, but that all changed, instead of being 50, Yuri died at the age 25. And Alex, who was supposed to be 45, instead died at the age of 20."

Hoping this would be enough they all looked towards the podium only to hear and announcement. 'Attention everyone the ceremony has now ended, please pay your respects, and let the coordinators clean up, thank you.' After hearing that, everyone got up to pay their respects doing as they were told.

Record Room Iron Lotus faction

10:00

"You know it's been awhile since that time right Alex?" Cy asked seeing how uneasy Lincoln, and zeta felt. Looking forward they soon approached a door, in which Cy pushed it open, after having to fight to get it open, zeta heaved a heavy sigh as he and Lincoln walked in. Seeing everything for the first time Lincoln's eyes widened as he saw the amounts of tapes and recordings all neatly organized, and well preserved. Looking back to zeta, Lincoln waited to see what zeta was going to pull from the records. As zeta made his way to the shelf, he couldn't help but feel like they were being watched.

Looking back he saw some of Lincoln's family was here as well, mostly just the older ones. Raising a brow, zeta shook his head, and continued to pull several things off the shelf. Once that was done, he headed towards a table, and set the items in question down. "Well it's all here," Zeta looked up to Lincoln before continuing "What you hear and see is entirely of your own free will, I did not force anyone to be here." Looking towards his sisters, zeta saw the look Lori had. "I take it that you were told today huh, Lori?" He asked receiving a nod in confirmation. Looking down he pinched the bridge of his nose, and shook his head. Feeling a hand on his shoulder, zeta turned his head to see that it was Cy, who gave him a comforting smile, "It wasn't your fault, remember when Sally and I first met the two of you?" She asked

Smiling slightly at the memory, he looked at the table "Yeah, I do. As a matter of fact it's on this tape right here." He said laughing a little, he handed Lincoln the tape, and proceeded to exit the room. "You're not staying?" Lincoln asked. "No, I need to prepare some things for the events that will transpire this evening. I'll be leaving Cy here though so she can keep you company." With that he left the room, and proceeded out of the hallway. When he left Cy turned towards Lincoln's sisters, and waved awkwardly, "Uh hi, my name is Cynthia, but people around here just call me Cy for short, and you guys are?" She asked. Looking from one another, they realized they haven't introduced themselves at all. From oldest to youngest they introduced themselves. Leaving Cy stunned a little she quickly recovered before asking a question that caught everyone of guard "Ok so who is the youngling over there in the dark?" Looking around they saw nothing until they heard a small shuffle "My name is Lucy.."

Looking closely at the little goth girl, Cy squealed in excitement, as she swooped up Lucy, who was shocked, and surprised. "Aaawww, YOU ARE SO CCCUUTTTEE!" She exclaimed while still squeezing Lucy. Hearing the door open, they saw zeta pop his head in, "Cy, put her down." and left without another word. "Damn. How does he always know?!" She exclaimed as she put Lucy down, who was more than happy to be back to floor level. Looking back to the door, her face saddened, upon seeing this Lincoln tapped her shoulder to get her attention. "What's the matter?" Lincoln asked looking over to where zeta was last. "It's just. Well he was not always like this." Cy stated.

Lincoln looked at Cy trying to figure things out, "So what does that mean?" He asked slightly confused. Turning to face him, Cy pointed towards the table, "you see he's only 25 but in reality he is 45, but his birthday is tomorrow, ironically enough we taped him singing to people on his birthday, but I don't think he found out, this was also when Sally and I first joined." Approaching the table, she sifted through the tapes. "Ah ha! Here it is! Also, do keep in mind this was his 21st birthday, after that whole incident." She said as she handed Lincoln the tape, looking at it Lincoln popped the tape into the VCR, and pressed play. As they all watched intensely, they saw words appear in the upper left hand corner.

October 30, 2014

Zeta's 21st birthday!

"Camera's on, lighting is good, sweet everything is perfect!" Turning the camera to face her, she gave a big smile before being startled, "Sally, what are you doing?" The girl, named Sally turned abruptly, and stuttered in surprise, "Cy, hi, nothing I promise!" Sally squeaked as a response. Cy looked at her, then to the camera, "Oh really? So then what's the camera for then hm?" She asked unbelieving of what Sally told her. Chewing on her lower lip, Sally's eyes darted to the left, looking at the place sally was looking at, she saw zeta just standing there looking at papers before reality finally set in, "Oh, I see, you like him don't you?" She questioned, with a knowing eye. Sally's eyes widened before she got defensive, "N-no he's old! Why would I like him? I can get someone more better looking than him." Raising a brow, Cy tapped her chin before an idea popped into her head, "So you won't care if I took him for myself then, huh?" seeing Sally tensing up, she continued to press her, "Because I wouldn't mind having him, you know? Since he's too old, well for you anyway." Getting slightly angry, Sally crossed her arms, "And just what the hell do you mean by that, huh?!" Smiling at the results, Cy kept going, "Well, he's 21, I'm 18, and your only 17, so.." Shrugging her shoulders, "It only makes sense, you know?"

"Oh you are so dead Cy!" Sally lunged forward taking Cy to the floor, as the pair were fighting each other, they failed to realize that zeta saw the whole thing, before he cleared his throat. Eyes widening, the two girls stood up nervous, "Uh, hi lieutenant, nice weather we're having, huh?" Cy said while laughing nervously, prompting Sally to say something, "Uh yeah, nice weather.." Looking at the two he raised a brow, unamused by the situation, but rolled his eyes. "Yeah sure, look the show is about to start, please don't break anything just yet, ok? Yuri is really looking forward to this, so please behave." Before leaving, zeta turned and looked at the pair, "By the way, I'm not good for either of you." With that he left the room, as he did, the speakers sounded letting people know that show was starting. Walking out of the room, the pair decided to join the crowd, and wait for the show to start, which didn't take long.

Showtime starting

(Pegate mas)

Zeta: Cinturita 10, ouuh

Yuri: Bellisima

Zeta: Perfecta de la cabeza a los pies Como se mueve, menea bien la cosa mas sexy que he podido ver

Yuri: Lenny!

Zeta: Ella se aduena del lugar con ese movimiento me pone mal me encanta verla sudar… Y le gusta cuando le pido mas mas, mas, dame mas, quiero mas. Move your body pegate mas. Mas, mas, dame mas, quiero mas move your body, pegate mas

Zeta: ouuhh

Yuri: bambaraa

Zeta: ouuhh

Yuri: bambaraa

Zeta: yeeh! Cuando le pido mas

Zeta: ouuhh

Yuri: bambaraa

Zeta: ouuhh

Yuri: bambaraa

Zeta: yeeh! Cuando le pido mas

Yuri: la conoci, ouohhh en el medio de la pista vino donde mi Como se mueve, siento morir la cosa.. Mas sexy que podria existir

Zeta: Ella se aduena del lugar con ese movimiento me pone mal me encanta verla sudar… Y le gusta cuando le pido mas mas, mas, dame mas, quiero mas. Move your body pegate mas. Mas, mas, dame mas, quiero mas move your body, pegate mas

Yuri: no me detengo sigo asechando el capitan retoma el mando la subo me rango si me enfoquece bailando muevete, muevelo, pegate pegalo sacudelo es el comando bailame un electro mambo no amarre fuego, sigue calentando.

Yuri: Que suba suba, la temperatura Que la noche esta buena para hacer traversuras movimiento sexual sin cordura al borde de la locura, me tiene enfermo ella es mi cura

Zeta: Mas, mas, dame mas, quiero mas, move your body, pegate mas. Mas, mas, dame mas, quiero mas, move your body, pegate mas. Uoohh

Yuri: bambaraa

Zeta: uoohh

Yuri: bambaraa

Zeta: yeeh! Cuando le pido mas. Uoohh

Yuri: bambaraa

Zeta: uoohh

Yuri: bambaraa

Zeta: yeeh! Cuando le pido mas

Yuri: my world 2 dyland papi junto a lenny.

After the song, everyone was cheering, then the tape stopped. Looking towards Lincoln, and his sisters, Cy saw their mouths hanging open. Bursting into laughter at the way they looked, Cy couldn't help but think 'they really need to pay attention more to what zeta does, boy will they be surprised!' finishing the thought, she smiled at them.

OK one I am sorry for the delay, but I've been juggling a lot of things around, and two life is full of surprises. Anyway here's chapter six: the standing. Remember to live life the way you want, and don't let people try to bring you down to there level, be better than them have a good day dudes and dudettes adios!