Kaden put on his battle suit that his mother made for him before she was killed. She must've known that one day he would grow up and travel the galaxy so she wanted to make sure he was well protected. It was no armor but at least had some bulletproof functions and a mother's love in it.
At least it fits he thought to himself, and slowly opened his bedroom door. He could hear that annoying sound that no Lombax would want to put up with in their life...Alister's snoring. It was so bad Kaden had to soundproof his room over and over again. Because it was so loud he had no trouble tip toeing outside to his star fighter.
After inserting the keys, Kaden inputted the coordinates to planet Oltanis and started to take off...without even realizing that his ship was the only thing in the galaxy that was louder than Alister's snoring.
The take off shook the whole house and woke Alister up. What the blimey...? He said in his mind as he took a few seconds to adjust to what just happened. He got up to check if Kaden was ok and found only an empty bed that was still warm.
That silly boy has gone after his father! Alister had no time to lose. He quickly got into his battle suit and jumped in his ship. He knew exactly where Kaden was off to and inputted the same coordinates to Oltanis. His ship wasn't as fast as Kaden's but could take more damage but strength wasn't important in this case, he needed speed and the best thing for speed was a specialized star fighter Zoomerator.
He switched it on and blasted through the stars after his friend. Kaden was like a brother to him and he wasn't going to lose another family member.
In the distance he could see a light that got bigger as he moved forward. It was Kaden's ship and he was catching up fast. Kaden must've noticed because he started to go faster.
Oh not this again...They were nearly in the Oltanis atmosphere and they could both see where the war was taking place. Kaden went in for a landing with Alister just behind him and they both landed in a perfect spot away from sight. Kaden jumped out and took off in a rush but was stopped suddenly by Alister who had him by the hand.
"Where do you think you're going boy?" Alister asked gruffly.
Kaden didn't reply he just kept trying to pull away from Alister's grip.
"Listen. I will help you find your father but promise not to run off. Just try to remember everything I taught you and we should be fine"
Those words made Kaden finally stop. He looked up at his friend with his big green eyes as in saying thank you and nodded. They would have to be careful around this place. Danger could be lurking behind every corner.
They came across a group of people who were in hiding from the invasion. They thought that maybe these people could help them.
"Hello there, have you seen a group of Lombax's come through here?" Kaden asked.
It looked like they couldn't talk out of shock so they made out a gesture representing lombax ears and pointed to Kaden then pointed to their right. That was the way that his father had gone.
Kaden ran off in that direction and not far behind was Alister who yelled:
"I thought I told you to not run off like that!"
"Sorry Al but my father is near, I can feel him!" Kaden yelled back.
Kaden came to a sudden stop. When Alister caught up he saw a horrific sight that made him tremble. About 70 dead bodies lay motionless before their eyes and a few of them were lombax's. Alister turned to face Kaden and saw his tears once again flow down his yellow cheeks and then he saw what was causing it...Kaden's father...
Kaden ran over to him and fell on his knees. It was him, he had the same stripes under his chin just like Kaden and he was covered in warm blood, they were too late. Alister knelt down next him and rested his hand on his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry...he was a good man" Alister tried not to say anything else. Only to make sure that Kaden knew he was in a better place and he got up to leave Kaden alone with his father for a few minutes.
He looked across the field and saw someone coming towards him. It was a girl, hugging herself from the cold and limping with each step. She was another lombax with yellow fur and long flowing hair that swayed when she walked. Alister was astounded at what he was seeing; she was the most beautiful lombax he had ever seen.
"Hello friends are you survivors too?" the girl asked shyly.
"No we just arrived. My friend here received a message from his father and he wanted to come and help him but..." Alister stopped.
"But what?"
She followed Alister's eyes towards Kaden and his deceased father. Her face turned even more upset and shook her head slowly. She knew what.
"I'm very sorry sir. A lot of people were killed today. This must've been the Djinn's final attack and they should leave very soon. My name is Amerie by the way" the girl said.
"I am Alister and this is Kaden. Do you live here?" Alister replied.
"Well yes but I don't want to anymore. It's full of violence and we always get attacked because our planet is rich with raritanium ore..." Amerie protested.
"Why don't you come back with us? I think it's time that Kaden and I return home now"
He helped Kaden up and the three went back to the ships.
When they got there they saw that Alister's ship was in pieces. The Djinn must've destroyed it on their way out but why not Kaden's too? It didn't matter though because they could all fit in the one ship. They hopped in and made their way home. Away from the terror and the danger...but the danger would come back to get them soon enough...
