Chapter 6, Becoming the Guard
We packed up all our stuff and go some extra supplies in case. And we got there in an about an hour. The King and Queen were standing next to a short dark-skinned Overlander. Vary slightly Jacob and Sapphire's heart rate went up and breaths deepened. I wasn't surprised that they seemed scared and annoyed. But I remained calm. When we get up to them Queen Aleena says, "You all meet Nate Morgan. Nate meet… Oh we never asked your names." I replied calmly, "Robert, Nice to meet you Mister Morgan. Nate then said, "Please call me Nate." I replied, "Ok." Shakily Sapphire said, "I… I'm Sapphire. H… Hi." Nate then said, "Afraid of Overlanders. I don't blame you. Most of who I know that are Overlanders are more beastly then then what some assume Mobian are. Sapphire's heart started beating normal and her breath returned to normal. Jacob's heart beat stated to slow a bit. Anyway, Jacob said, "Names Jacob." Nate said, "Well everyone's here. Why don't we get going?" Aleena said, "Ok then. Let's get going." We all filed in one at a time and found our seats. I looked around and it was like I could see the entire tech in it. It was odd. It was like I have a blueprint in my head. So I asked, "Is it odd that I can look at this plain and tell you everything that you used to build it?" Nate replied, "You but have the heart of a builder. Because I know how you feel. When I look at something I can see what tech was used to make it." Maxor then Said, "That will be good for King and Queen Acorn will want a guy like you. True they have Kintorbor and Nate here with them. But three tech men is better than two." I then said, "Ok. That makes sense. One thing though. It's only been about five minutes and we have been dropping in altitude by .5 every second since 20 seconds ago." Nate looked at the altimeter a said, "Crap. Other Overlanders or the War Claws spotted us and are slowly leading us into a land with a tractor beam." So without I second thought I ran to the door and opened it. And King Maxor said, "Robert, What are you doing." I replied, "In 6.5 minutes this will land because of the tractor. Using that logic, I know where they are and I can stop the tractor beam." Sapphire then argued, "Robert it's too dangerous, you can't." Then I turned my head to Sapphire and how she described my face was fearful. What she said she saw was my eyes were red just as before but lighter and there were tears rolling down. And I said, "It will be safer for you guys. I don't really want to. But I can't help it. It's just who I am. Just keep a bowl of soup ready for me at the castle." And I jumped out and skydived down. I made my way to the tractor beam generator. When I landed I took a second to recover because I was at least 20 miles in the air when I jumped. Also to lessen the blow to my legs on I stated myself up about 20 feet in the air and busted some energy from I feet to decrease the decent and landed on my feet. But after I stood for a second I ran to were the generator is. When I got there I saw the War Claw scouts. War claw wear red armor with gray under suites and headbands, with gold belts And the flag was red with a black circle and three triangles that are supposed to look like claws. When they saw me they reacted instantly. And all of who was there charged me. The Mobain animals were all wolves, hyenas and such like them. But none of them could even land a strike. I dodged attack after attack knocking out each one that tried. When I took them all down I went the generator and cut it in half with my blade. And when I did the part I cut slipped off. And to make sure I would remain un-operational I kept slicing until there was nothing but metal craps no bigger than your thumb's nail. Then as I was walking away another tried to attack me but I shifted around his attack and grabbed his arm. And when he attacked with his other I grabbed that. And with both arms in my hands I brought his arms behind his back. And he was a wolf. He said to me, "The big boss won't stand for this. Beaten by an enemy. You are going to pay for making a fool of his men like this." So I said, "When Overlanders grow actual wings." He growled at me. And I said, "Chaos control." And found myself in the throne room of castle acorn. There was no one. So I sat the wolf down and stared into his eyes. And before I understood what I was doing I found myself in the memories of the man. I looked around to my amazement. I could see everything he had gone though. One thing in particular struck me. He didn't want to do this; he is a kind man perpending to have a hard heart because his boss would kill him if he didn't. I felt sad. But if you're not going to stand up for yourself no matter what the person says everything is a prison. His own heart is a prison, which is just sad. But when I was finished I closed my eyes and found myself surrounded by King Maxor and Queen Aleena and two others in royal garbs. As well as Nate and another Overlander. And my two friends. And the first thing I said was, "Don't worry I can easily explain this. So within a short time I explained what happened and also told them about what I saw in this wolfs memories. So King Maxor thought for a second and told some guard to take him to the dungeon. And told me, "Once the War Claw isn't a threat we will release him." So I replied, "I understand. Safety of your people is more important right now." He then said, "Let me introduce you three to King Maximillian and Queen Alicia Acorn." Sapphire and I both bowed and Jacob only said, "Hi." And then out of no ware I was tripped from behind and heard scampering feet behind me and when I stood I saw a line of kids. They were no older then at least 3. So I said, "I guess this is way I was asked if I was any good with kids. Just out of curiosity, who tripped me?" A blue hedgehog said, "That was me, sorry." I replied, "It's all good. You took me be surprise that's all." Jacob then said, "Surprised you? I try to do that when we met and all I was met with was a smile. And you were surprised by a kid that tripped you?" So I replied, "I didn't see it coming. As far as I knew I was the only one who could run as fast as I could." With a laugh Maxor asked King Maxamilon, "Should I do my introductions first or should you." He replied, "Your kids first." King Maxor nodded and said, "Kids meet Robert, Sapphire and Jacob. Robert will be your guys protector wile Sapphire and Jacob will help the King and Queen Acorn." All the kids together said, "Hi." Then King Maximillian said, "Now you three meet the kids, the three hedgehogs are Sonic, The one who tripped Robert, And Sonia and Manic. They are King Maxor and Queen Alicia's kids, and there triplets. Next are our son Elias and our daughter Sally. And left is Bunny, Rotor, and Antione. Looking around at all of them I smiled and said, "It's odd. I could almost say I already know all of them. Just looking at you kids, I can tell that I am going to have a good time watching over you all." Then another woman walks in, "Good to see a youngster that knows what he sees." Sapphire, Jacob and I turn and King Maximillian says, "Meet Rosie. She is the baby sitter for the kids but I figured she could use some help." As we introduce ourselves to Rosy I knottiest something on Jacobs mind. The one Overlander that hasn't been introduced yet. And as I was about to ask who he was another Overlander runs in and Says, "Uncle Julian." And the Man replies, "Yes Snively." So I asked, "So it's safe to assume you're are Julian and that is Snively your nephew." Julian then said, "No need to assume if it's said outright like that." Sinvely and Julian walk out of the room. And as they do I can't help but feel something is off.
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