Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize; I do own Andrew, Scout Rin, Rhine and the plot, of course.
A/N: before reading Quest into Space II: Father and Son, you must acknowledge some things:
1) This is going to be a few chapters long (something like 6),
2) It occurs 4 years after Quest into Space pt I epilogue,
3) There might be a sequel,
4) Some chapters contain strong emotions and harsh words, be prepared mentally…
5) Some chapters are very short! So accept my apology now…
6) Don't forget to review:P
Quest into Space part II: Father and Son
by DarkHonda aka Tal
Prologue
It was a while since me, mum and dad moved to KO-35. My mum was healed there, and there was no one happier than me. Well, maybe my dad. They got married shortly after that. It was on my 14th birthday when they told me I'm going to have a brother or a sister, nine months later I was given a baby brother, named Scout Rin.
Useless to say that the sure name Hammond was now dropped, I was known as Andrew of Earth, a filthy half blood.
At the beginning I tried to fight it, I used to say again and again that my parents are Andros of KO-35 and Ashley Hammond of Earth, the Astro rangers, those who saved the universe, but at some point no one bothered to listen. My classmates were particularly cruel and I was known in school as "the filthy skunk half blood".
Being from earth, having an earthling as a mother was supposed to be disgraceful, yet no one was prouder than me to have a mother like my mum. She has always been everything to me, even now, with dad in the picture, she meant more. But my split heritage wasn't the only thing I was mocked about, you see, dad failed to explain back on the megaship that dual colored hair was rare among Karovans too...
Flashback
It was the first day of school, dad was walking me to class in the school's long corridors. Every passing student stared at us, I failed to understand why. I walked into class taking a seat on the front line; Dad talking to the teacher gave a chance for most of my classmates to have a glance of him. Of his Astro morpher more like it.
Most of the class was in awe; my dad was the red astro ranger, and if there was something or rather, someone who was adored and appreciated more than ambassadors, it was rangers and a red one in particular. After he smiled at me and left, I felt all of my classmates' eyes on me, staring shamelessly. 'Damn,' I wondered, 'weren't they taught it's not polite to stare?'
Yet only in recess time, I've discovered why, as Rhine, the class' bully, was cornering me against the wall in the school yard.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" he asked me while a small circle of students was forming around us, "a skunk." He answered himself and everyone laughed, I glared at him and at the circle of students.
'Do not lose your temper,' I ordered myself, 'do not lose it on your first day in school, drew,' I tried to calm myself down; he hasn't done a single thing to me, so why should I be that alarmed? I innocently thought.
"How are you called?" he asked and I only repeated the mantra in my heart: 'do not lose your temper, do not lose your temper, do not lose your temper…'
"Andrew," I answered bluntly, not even an inch of me scared. I knew I could defend myself if I must, yet not wanting to do it on the first day of school I kept thinking my mantra. 'Do not lose your temper…do not lose your temp—' he punched me, I guess it was my glazed expression that angered him, after all, I wasn't showing any emotion.
Yet, when he saw I haven't flinched from his punch, or showed any sign of pain or hurt, he shot a hateful grin at me.
"What do you have to say about this, skunk?" he asked in clear mock and kicked me.
"….," 'Do not lose your temper…do not lose your temper…' he punched me again, and again I haven't flinched. I was concentrating hard on the mantra; I could not lose control and shame my parents like that.
"You skunk! Fight me com'on!" Rhine was getting disappointed from my lack of response and started punching me repeatedly. Blood was pouring from my nose, like water from a spring and he kept punching, his hand covered with my blood. "Maybe it's his earthly blood that makes him immune to pain," he suggested and punched me in the stomach, I gaped in surprise, it really hurt, "Oh, now he's feeling it, doesn't he?" Rhine mockingly asked and punched me on the face again and then wiped the blood on my shirt. "Your earthling dirt of a mother…" I didn't let him finish his sentence and punched him back with a force that could easily destroy five craterites at once. He fell to the ground, holding his face, I kicked him again and grabbed him by his collar.
"If you ever open your mouth about my mum again, I'll kill you, you hear me?" I said quietly, with a death glare, looking straight into his green eyes. "If you ever dare say a single word about her…" I told him in a warning tone and let him go. I turned to go, making my way out of the circle of watching, all of a sudden I felt a weight on my back, he jumped at me and tried to choke me! I shoved him off of me and soon enough we were rolling on the ground, fighting.
End Flashback
Dad went hysterical with that, I almost got expelled and besides telling me he's very disappointed with me, he did nothing. Not even punishing me. Mum on the other hand, hugged me and gently took care of my bruises, she was pregnant with Rin back then and let dad take care of the discipline part of the case. I never told them why I hit that kid, but the fact he was sent to the hospital and I'm not let him put the blame on me.
Soon enough, I discovered this fight was not the only thing that made my dad disappointed, at the end of the year my grades were added to that.
KO-35 had different mechanics and mathematics than there are on Earth and since I was accustomed to Earth, my grades were low. They were extremely low in History of the Universe though, frankly, all I knew about the Karovan History was the description of the Universe War 1. I was failing at school and dad was disappointed, so disappointed he couldn't even look at me after he received the report card.
He refused to talk to me and I went numbly to my room and sat there, thinking.
One thing I knew was, that I never wanted to disappoint dad, but I just couldn't fit in. I was a stranger on KO-35 as much as he was a stranger to me. I longed to return to Earth but I knew that there, too, I wouldn't fit in. The only thing that differed KO-35 from Earth was the fact that on Earth I had uncles and aunt who loved me unconditionally.
It took a while but I understood how weird and controversial I was; I didn't fit on Earth and neither on KO-35 and I knew my dad yet he hardly ever even thought of me. Somewhere on the path of my young life I realized that I was truly a half blood skunk, because of me being half blood, I couldn't fit in…
Mum, dad and Rin were happy though, mum and dad finally had each other, after all these long years. They were starting a family, like they should have been doing long ago. Again, I didn't fit in.
Dad was discovering the joy of fatherhood with Rin, he got excited with every smile and made a big deal with every foul mood the baby had. Mum was ecstatic, literally in heaven, she finally found the man she loved and had another kid with him. She was too happy to see I wasn't, too absorbed in her fantasy coming true that I couldn't take her out of this dream. I didn't want to make her face my lonely reality, she was too important to me, her happiness way more important than my own. As a result of all that, no one really noticed me, I was so alone that it hurt.
Through the years, they forgot about me, dad didn't know how to deal with me anymore, and I was getting quieter and broodier with every passing day. I never found comfort in my family or friends, because I couldn't destroy my family happiness and I didn't have any friends, I knew it was up to me to face reality.
Dad tried to reach me, I have to give him credit for that, but he never quite succeeded to go through me, somehow I built a wall around me and even he couldn't break. Maybe because he didn't really know me, we haven't had any time to bond; with mum healing and their marriage…and Rin… we haven't spent too much time together.
It made me angry, even furious that he wasn't there for me; it seemed that most of our conversations were about school and how disappointed he was from me. He never really bothered to go beyond school and I craved his attention so much, yet I knew that he had Rin and I didn't matter. Rin was happiness and I was disappointment, I didn't jealous Rin and never blamed him. How could I blame a baby for having attention?
It was my dad's fault, his constant ignoring of me and the fact he took everything away…
The only thing I had left was my never ending training in martial arts. No, dad wasn't training me; I used to train all by myself, for hours each day, in our gigantic back yard. I was absorbed with sports and jogged every day, it was my getting away place from home. The martial arts strengthened my body as much as my soul, as my muscles were building slowly so was my mind, my telepathy and telekinesis were improving and so was my patience and discipline. Yet it cost me; I was even more introverted than ever, silent, broody and spent hours analyzing my feelings and thoughts and even writing a journal, to keep my soul at ease.
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A/N: so…what do you think? Is it any good? ;holding breath;
