"Dadda" The first word baby Ratchet had said, Kaden was there to hear it but had to leave him once again...
He hopped back into his star fighter ship and started it up. Before inputting coordinates for Purple and Pink City he took one last look at his son before he had to abandon him until the Djinn were destroyed. A few more tears ran down his cheek as he put the coordinates in and took off to the stars.
On his way to Planet Cerebella, Kaden was hunted down by two Djinn fighter ships who had obviously tracked him down while he travelled to Veldin. The Veldin atmosphere must have been a safe zone because they didn't start attacking until he left, a good thing it was as it meant that Ratchet would be safe. Now he had to take them down which meant two less Djinn to worry about and besides they could take him down instead...
One of them locked onto Kaden's ship and fired but he was too skilled to get hit and ended up doing a barrel roll and turning just in time to shoot back. It was a success. The Djinn ship had sparked up and spun out of control, hitting the second ship along the way. They both spiralled out of control and blew up into tiny singed particles that would float in space for years to come.
That was close...but a bit more competition would've been fun...
Kaden was proud of his mad skills and did a little victory pose before he was interrupted by a distress call. It was Amerie...
This can't be good...
"Kaden? Can you hear me? It's Amerie, The Djinn have taken over Purple and Pink City and everyone is being turned into slaves and tortured! If they find Alister and myself, we're dead! HELP! It won't be long until they find us!" Amerie was quietly squealing through the communicator.
"Ok I'm on my way now so stay out of sight!" Kaden yelled in reply and he activated light speed to get there quicker.
Blasting through the solar system, warrior Kaden's destiny was upon him and he didn't have much time. Every Lombax was dead except for four and only one was female. He had to take in that Ratchet might not ever meet his own kind but he knew he would make him proud, whatever happened.
Kaden finally arrived in the Cerebella atmosphere. It was visible from that far away you could see the damage from the war taking place. He lowered his ship down but was shot down by a camped Djinn on a turret. He fell faster as he came closer to the ground before crash landing hard. The Djinn laughed disgustingly but stopped suddenly at what had come into site, Kaden, who was slowly landing himself using an emergency helipack. He waved with a revengeful smile on his face before drawing his gun and shooting the Djinn who nearly took his life. It was killed instantly and fell off the turret wall to the ground below.
Kaden landed and held his head high with pride. He looked around to make sure there were no Djinn lying in wait to strike but all there were the people of Pink and Pink City suited up in armor and weapons to exterminate the Djinn from their home.
"Kaden! You're here! And alive thank goodness" It was Alister crying out to his best friend who was happy he was alive. He made his way over to him and hugged him tight then slapped him in the face, which was uncalled for.
"Alister! What was that for?" Kaden protested.
"Sorry, sorry just getting you pumped up for the biggest fight of your life" Alister replied and they ran into the battlefield together to take on the evil Djinn. Hopefully this time they would take them out forever.
After an hour of fighting Kaden had made a statement that he had to pull out of the war for a moment to check on his wife Amerie. Alister and the others understood and he made his way to their house (killing some Djinn ass along the way of course).
He arrived there quickly and before entering he caught his breathe. When he opened the door his face turned stiff. Everything inside his house was ruined and scattered all over the place.
Wow someone must've thrown a raging party here
Kaden thought to himself sarcastically and stepped over everything to look for Amerie. He had found her but she was in a critical state...
"AMERIE NO!" Kaden yelled and ran to her side, kneeling down so he could hold her fragile little body in his arms.
"K...Kaden...?" She murmured and fluttered her eyes open.
"Yes it's me my love. Are you hurt?"
"I...I don't know..."
Kaden felt something strange on his left hand and took it off her back to find blood dripping off his gloves. He slowly turned her over and found a Djinn engraved dagger stuck in her back.
"Argh those bastards! They got to you before I could...I'm so sorry I failed my love..." Kaden was crying again as he pulled out the dagger and threw it violently towards the wall.
"It's ok my love. If this is really my time, at least I got to spend it with you..." Amerie started to bawl her eyes out but every tear caused pain from her violent wound.
"Our son is safe. They can't track him down on the planet I left him. So please don't worry about him. As soon as this war is over and those f**king Djinn are done for I will return to him and we can raise him like a normal and safe family again"
"Didn't you hear me Kaden? This is my time. I'm going to die. Please take care of our son and love him as much as I love you" She took her last breath and died in Kaden's arms. He wept for her before getting grips with the reality. Before he returned to continue fighting in the war, he buried his beloved wife beside their house and carved a message into a tombstone to place over her grave.
He said some farewell prayers and placed a rose that was in a vase inside their house into her resting hands before covering up her beautiful young body forever. She was now in a better place...
As for Kaden, he had some serious business to take care of...
And now, it was personal.