Alexs P.O.V
It was a good few hours before we arrived out our destination and in that time Sonny was getting worse. When we arrived though it was cooler than i could have imagined. Bennett then turned up and said to Corso
"Follow me, the operating room is ready" i then heard a familiar voice
"Alex?" i turned and saw Artie
"Artie"
"What are you doing here?" he wrapped an arm around my shoulders and he said to corso
"You kidnapped her" Corso responded
"You think we could get and big ransom for her"
"Uh not really" after he said that i elbowed his ribs. Corso the said
"She's all yours Artie. Find her somewhere to sleep, your friend saved Sonny Blackbones life" he started to walked away but stopped, looked over his shoulder and said
"Take good care of her, Okay" Corso then walked away as Artie said
"Saved Sonny Blackbones, no kidding" i scratched the back of my next before we followed Corso, Bennett and Sonny.
As w were walking Artie said
"I can't believe it, so you're a hero huh"
"That's what it seems"
"Duh what about Galactik football" i sighed and said
"I don't know. I may quit"
"What's that's ridiculous you're way too good to quit. What brought this on"
"Everything's changed. It just doesn't feel right anymore"
"What else are you gonna do?"
"Haven't thought of it. Go back to the foster home, i guess. Finish school and work on from there"
"You're in care"
"If you wanna called it that. I've been in the system since i was a baby"
"I'm sorry"
"Don't be, doesn't bug me anymore" he then lead me into a room and said
"There aren't many girls around, so this will have to do" he then turned the lights on and revealed your basic living accommodations. He then said
"It's not much.." i cut him off by saying
"No it's fine. I've lived in worse" he folded his arms and i said
"What"
"You're just full of surprises aren't you"
"Oh Artie, you haven't even scraped the surface"
"Try me"
"Alright then, i've got a criminal record" his arms dropped to his sides as he said in shock
"No way. What for…
D'joks P.O.V.
"Thran do you realize that in one night i learnt about the loss of my mother, Father and Alex" before Thran could answer me i heard Micro-ices voice
"Alex will come back D'jok"
"I'm not so sure Micro-ice. In the meantime we'll have to make do without her." Thran then said
"I wonder how arch plans on getting out of this Jam" our questions were answered later that day when Arch caed a team meeting
"As you all know, we don't have out whole team together and against the shadows that's a major handicap. In accordance with cup regulations the league has authorised us to play with a clone, which means a new formation. Rocket you'll be more defensive than usual" Rocket then said
"More defensive but.."
"The clone will play on defense with Thran. Mei you'll play next to D'jok, in front. Okay the shadows will surely count on Alex being absent and lighten their defense. We're going to take advantage of this by surprising them, with three strikers" after he said that i looked over at mei who had a large smile on her face. Maybe Alex was right about her.
After the meeting Mei walked through the corridor with me, Micro-ice was just in front of us. She kept going on about being a striker.
"Isn't this just great D'jok. We're going to do some great things together, especially if you send me lots of passes" i stopped and said
"Mei, set something straight for me" i noticed Micro-ice had stopped as i stood in front of me. I then continued
"You couldn't be that manipulative, could you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"And to think that i really believed a girl as good looking as you could be interested in me, i'm so stupid. Now that you've gotten what you wanted, you mind giving me my bracelet back" she handed it back before saying
"D'jok i can explain everything. At first maybe i..i mean i"
"Please"i just turned and walked off with Micro-ice. We later met up with Thran and Ahito.
Alexs P.O.V
After talking to Artie he decided to show me around the place. When we got to the main deck of the huge ship he said
"This is where our hackers gather all sorts of information concerning ships transporting Technoid material. We know everything about them. Their flight patterns, their shipments, the nature of the cargo. All this information is then dispatched to the captains of various ships in our fleet. Then it's just a matter of boarding them. That's almost the easiest part"
"Why do you only go after technoid"
"Because they are the worst scum of the galaxy. They exploit people, shamelessly. Control everything and everyone, most people here, have family or friends who lived in misery or died at the hands of this cursed company"
"And Sonny Blackbones?"
"Hes the most furious one among us, i don't know what technoid did to him but it must be pretty serious" after he said that some called
"Kid, Hey kid" i turned and saw Corso, he then said
"Follow me Sonny want to see you"
"Who me?" Artie placed a hand on my shoulder before giving me a reassuring nod, I then followed corso.
Sonny was lying down when we got to his room. But then swung his legs over the side of the bed, sat up and said
"Come here" he was clutching his chest as i walked towards him. When i was in front of him he said
"I wanted to thank you, you saved my hide for sure kid"
"It was an honor Sir"
"Corso tells me that you been fitting in around here. You don't want to go back to Akillian do you?"
"I haven't decided" he then picked up a folder and said
"You've got an impressive history"
"You looked me up"
"I needed to be sure"
"Of what, sir"
"Corso can we have a minute in private" Corso replied
"Of course Sonny" seconds later the door slid closed, when it did sonny said
"You grew up in the foster system and have ever since the Akillian Ice age, correct"
"Yes, Sir"
"Do you know what happened to your parents" i shook my head no as he continued
"Why do you dye your hair"
"The red makes me look to much like…" he cut me off by saying
"Your brother D'jok"
"How did you know that"
"I was on akillian before the ice age, but i lost my wife whilst she was pregnant with twins. One boy and one girl" i took a step back and said
"Wait, you're my father" he stood up and said
"If you want to go back to Akillian I'll to charter a ship to accompany you back. If not, you're welcome to stay…
D;joks P.O.V.
After telling Thran and Ahito what Mei had done, Micro went off somewhere whilst we went up to the top of the stadium to get some air and mess about with a football. Thran still couldn't believe it
"I can't believe it, you think she did everything for that" i said back
"Thran i already told you, i don't want to talk about it anymore"
"Okay, okay" i did some kippy upys with the ball . Rocket then came up and started lecturing us
"First of all D'jok, you don't have any proof that Mei really manipulated you. Second, You and Alex ar big enough to defend yourselves aren't you" Ahito shot back
"Rocket, don't get involved with this, it's none of your business"
"No Ahito it is my business. I'm the captain of this team. A team that Alex had no problem deserting" i dropped the ball and said
"Alex didn't desert anyone, i deserted her"
"And all because of a girl" i walked over to him and said
"Contrary to what you think Rocket, some of us have more going on in their lives than just football"
"We'll see what that gets them" I then headed inside.
However when i got inside i walked past Alex room and saw the door open. Feeling a little hopefully it was Alex i walked inside and called
"Alex" instead i found Micro-ice sat on one of the beds with a bunch of pictures spread out in front of him. He looked up and said
"Sorry" i sat down next to him saying
"Don't be" i looked at the pictures in front of us, they were mostly pictures of Me, him and Alex playing from when we were kids. I picked one up and said
"Where did you find these?"
"I didn't, i found them like this, alex must have kept them"
"She was never great at sharing her feelings" he picked up the most recent picture and said
"She's not coming back is she"
"No, i don't think so. I think she's finally found somewhere she can be herself and not have to hide, like she does here…