Hello Everyone. Here is chapter 11 and I hope that you will enjoy it. :)
Arthur and Shilo were sitting next to each other in an uncomfortable silence since they were waiting for one or the other to start speaking but they kept being silent although they knew that someone had to crack.
It turned out to be Arthur who had finally cracked and he tried to speak but he had decided to stay quiet before eventually he started to speak for real and he knew that the silence had to be broken at some point.
"So, you wanted to talk your father huh?" asked Arthur which Shilo responded with a nod. "What was he like?".
"He was the greatest dad that I ever had" said Shilo, smiling. "We played together and we trained together a lot so we very much had a strong bond".
"From what I'm hearing, definitely" agreed Arthur. "You and your father must have had one heck of a strong bond".
"Yeah, we sure did that's for sure" said Shilo, before turning sad. "But then one day, he changed".
"In what kind of way exactly?" asked Arthur, worriedly. "I hope that it wasn't too bad".
"Well in someway it wasn't good" said Shilo. "He was a lot more upset than usual and he hardly trained with me or my older siblings".
"So you're say that he-" said Arthur as he struggled to find the right words. "-Hardly even talked to you guys?".
"In some way, yes" said Shilo, looking out into the now-gloomy sky. "He'd spent most of his time working on a way to defeat the NWO".
"New world order?, you're serious?" asked Arthur, shocked. "I heard about them and how they practically enslaved everyone".
"That's what happened in some way" said Shilo, sighing. "The NWO was the only thing on dad's mind and so was my mother".
Arthur was shocked at this revelation that the great and powerful Skyler had once been captured by the NWO which strangely enough didn't surprise him since he knows that a lot of people had been captured by the NWO BUT Skyler?.
He kept thinking of this for a while before refocusing on Shilo since he had a bad feeling that the worst part had yet to come and he quickly prepared himself for it knowing that it was coming slowly but surely.
"But then on the day of the battle, dad came to train with me and my siblings" said Shilo, happily. "I felt for that moment that the dad I knew and loved was back".
"The thing must have happened when Skyler came back, right?" asked Arthur which Shilo also nodded in response. "So when Skyler came back, everything was good again?".
"Exactly and having mom back must had brought dad back permanently" said Shilo before tears started to form in her eyes. "But soon, the battle was upon us".
"What exactly happened during that battle, may I ask" said Arthur. "It must have been very tense from what I am hearing".
"It was tense and I couldn't do nothing but stand there as dad fought Marco" said Shilo, tears started to stream her face. "At some point during the battle, my dad was losing".
Arthur then hugged Shilo comfortingly which Shilo accepted and she hugged him back wanting him to hold her which he did and he felt sorry for Shilo to have to explain about happened in the battle between the legendary Alex the Owl and the ruthless Marco.
Shilo missed her father very much and she wished every single day that he was back so he could watch her grow up and someday be a grandpa to her own children but she knew that he wasn't going to be there at all since he was effectively dead and it seemed there was no way to bring him back.
Meanwhile the evil Alex the Owl and the hooded figure were still trying to find the two Rio armies but they kept losing track of them much to their anger and frustration as they kept on searching for the two Rio armies.
They had made it very clear that they were not going to stop until they had found the two Rio armies even if it took years and years to find them if they must although the hooded figure would rather find them as quickly as possible.
"Why can't we find them?" asked the hooded figure, angrily. "This is starting to get annoying now".
"Relax, we will find them" said the evil Alex the Owl, smirking. "Once we do, we will kill them all".
"You sound so confident" said the hooded figure, getting angrier. "What makes you think that they haven't become powerful enough to destroy us?".
"I am trusting my gut" said the evil Alex the Owl, sternly. "I know that they haven't been training since they had no where to go".
The hooded figure wasn't so sure about that and he knew that the Rio army wasn't the type to give up without a fight which was something that the hooded figure was clearly aware of knowing that it wasn't going to be easy to defeat the Rio army.
They kept on flying as they hoped to find the two Rio armies before they eventually sensed a power-level that was quite powerful which caught their interest as they began to find the owner of this big power-level.
Arthur and Shilo were still hugging each other before they eventually broke the hug and Shilo began to wipe away her tears while Arthur could only look on with worry and concern clearly showing in his eyes.
Shilo was the most beautiful bird that he had ever seen and he really wanted to tell her how he felt about her but the fear of rejection was creeping into him like a worm entering it's hole and he was trying his best to stay as calmly as possible.
"Do you want to keep on telling me about the battle?" asked Arthur, worriedly. "Because I completely understand if you want to stop".
"I must tell you about the battle, I have too" said Shilo, giving Arthur a brave smile. "So picking up from where I left off, my dad was losing against Marco which scared me".
"Don't blame you, that must really be scary" said Arthur, grimly. "Seeing your own father losing to his worst enemy must be pretty terrifying".
"It was and I was very scared for my dad" said Shilo. "Suddenly I saw my dad's armour be smashed into pieces before Marco grabbed him and threw him into a lot of towers".
"Ouch, that must have hurt a lot" said Arthur, getting worried by the second. "Did your father tried to fight back against Marco at all?".
"He couldn't fight back due to his injuries" said Shilo, sobbing. "Then Marco grabbed him by the neck and put his wing on my dad's chest before he-he-he".
"He what?" asked Arthur, scared before the realization hit him like a brick being thrown at his face. "He didn't?".
"Marco shot my father in the chest" said Shilo, nodding in confirmation of the terrible truth. "I can still remember seeing that big hole in my dad's chest".
"Oh my god" said Arthur, horrified at what he had just heard. "That's horrible, I am so sorry to hear that Shilo".
"It's ok although I remember Marco dropping my dad to the ground" said Shilo. "I remember seeing my mom run over to him only to have my father take his last breath before he eventually died where he laid".
Shilo couldn't take it anymore as she once again began crying only this time it was uncontrollable and Arthur had to grab hold of her in order to make sure that Shilo didn't try to do herself any harm while she was in this state.
Arthur did the first thing that came into his mind and he kissed Shilo on the beak much to her brief shock before she eventually began to kiss him back with the two eventually having a make-out session which lead to Arthur being on his back and Shilo on his chest.
They continued to kiss each other before Shilo broke the kiss and she went to sleep with her head laid on Arthur's chest while Arthur smiled at the sight of Shilo sleeping before he also went to sleep while cuddling Shilo with his wings.