Lockdown
I searched for hours, but not knowing where she was…it was proving to be a problem for me. I was searching again when I saw it…the raven. It cawed as it flew over me.
"What are you? Why in the name of Primus are you following me? What are you, a vulture living in another life?" I asked.
"Hey, I kinda need some help here" I heard a voice call through the thick fog, "I need to get out of this thing".
"Where are you?" I called back.
"Depends, where are you?".
"Just keep talking, I'll find you".
I followed the voice through the fog and was grateful to find that it wasn't a Quentisson. Rather, it was a kid. He was about Aquila's age, maybe about two stellar cycles older. He was tan and dark blue. He kinda looked like…Andromeda. He was caught in a foot trap.
"What's your name and why are you here?" I asked.
"I'm here to help you. A little birdie told me you were looking for your daughter".
"Yeah, Aquila".
"Beast morph?".
"Yeah".
"In that case, you're in luck. That raven knows exactly where she is…and so do I. The name's Storm Caller. I'm what you'd probably call an intergalactic arms dealer slash bounty hunter. Arms dealer, by way of my father. Hunter by way of my mother".
"Wait, who are your parents?" I asked.
"I'll tell you if you let me out of this trap".
I cut the cord attached to his foot with my hook.
"Now, who are they?".
"My father's name is Swindle. My mother's name is Andromeda. I also have a sister named Cassiopeia".
"You're my grandson".
"Wow, that didn't take you long to catch on to. Dad kinda sent me out here to help you. Yeah, he's looking himself, don't worry. But you don't need to. The raven here's told me that your daughter's safe, and she's on Earth with some friends of grandma's".
"You took my daughter to earth?! What for?! Anything else I should know?!" I asked the raven who cawed almost mockingly on Caller's shoulder.
"Yeah, she's telling me that Aquila and Slick were attacked by Quents on the way there. We might wanna get a move on if we wanna get there before they do" Caller extended his arm and the raven took off.
Caller followed after it, and I followed after him. I was a little uneasy around him, even if he was my grandson. Swindle was…a very deceiving guy who could act like he loved you one minute and then kill you the next. For all I knew, this guy could've been the same way".
A/N: A decent chapter in my eyes. I think I'm really on a roll with this. Next chapter, we go back to Oil Slick and Aquila. Aquila learns about the Great War, and her father's involvement in it.