I decided to give continuing this a try and I'd like to thank my reviewers. All six of them.
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Snip. Snip. Snip. The scissors went as raven locks of hair fell into the sink. "Done." Fourteen year old Raven Flyheight ran a hand through his now short hair and placed the scissors on the counter. The haircut didn't look better, but it didn't look worse either. It just suited him.
"Raven! Hey Raven where are you?" Raven ran to his brother's call. He stopped just in time to avoid getting tackled.
"Nice try Van." He said as he watched his little brother crash into the wall from the momentum of his missed tackle. Raven and Van weren't really brothers, Raven was adopted. With him being the adopted brother it was really impossible to know who was the oldest, but Raven was more mature so he was considered older.
"One of these days I'm going to-What did you do?!"
"You mean my hair. I cut it. People do that." Van's hands drifted to the tuff of hair at the back of his neck. What reason could anyone have to cut their hair?
"Why?"
"Just felt like it." He helped his brother to his feet and led him down the hallway. "Did you call me for any real reason?" Van scratched the side of his head, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face.
"Uh.. Oh yeah. Some guy from the army wants to talk to you. What was his name?" Raven chuckled.
"Don't strain yourself." Van chose to ignore that.
"Major Richard Flowers."
"Flowers? That can't be right." If it was Raven felt sorry for the poor guy. That was one weird last name.
"You got any idea why that Flowers guy wants to talk to you?" Van tossed another papaya down to his brother from his perch in the tree. Raven caught the fruit effortlessly and threw it into the growing pile. "It wouldn't have anything to do with Dad. We'd all have to know then, right? I wonder when he's coming back? Do you know when he's-"
"Van, if you want me to answer your questions you're going to have to stop talking."
"Oh. Sorry." Van waited for Raven to answer.
"....." And waited. "....." And waited. "......" Until he got tired of waiting.
"So!"
"So what are you going to do today? You know while I'm talking to Major Flowers." Van chucked a papaya at Raven's head. "Ow! What was that for?"
"You changed the subject!"
"If you don't know. I don't know." Van swung down from the tree. They had enough papayas. "So what do you plan to do?" His little brother's mood instantly brightened.
"I was going to go explore the ruins. We've nearly picked it clean, but there are still some places we haven't been in. If I find anything cool I'll let you know."
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I'll end it here and hopefully I can get chapter 3 out soon. R&R
Van- "While exploring the ruins I find this awesome zoid and weird girl who apparently doesn't remember anything. And what does Major Flowers want with Raven? Something about the capsule, he wants Raven to have it? That can't be right."
