Hello readers I'm back with chapter 3 of King of Thieves. This chapter gives us an opportunity to get to know about the two characters starting with Rage. So here is chapter 3.
Chapter 3: Who is Rage?
*Flashback *
Two Ottsels fly through the galaxy in a ship. One Ottsel was male and was the one steering while the other one in the passenger seat was a female who was heavily pregnant, "well Amy, don't you just feel great about our kids about to be born?" asked the male, "I'm so excited Darrel," Amy said glancing down at her huge belly.
The ship then enters a planet's atmosphere, "honey, what planet is this," asked Amy with a rather worried expression on her face, "it's called Rilgar," Darrel replied not taking his eyes off the controls, "Doesn't it look a little too dangerous for me to give birth?" Amy asked with an ounce of worry in her tone, "unfortunately we don't have a choice," Darrel replied with disappointment, "the ship is running low on fuel and this is as far as we can go without the ship breaking down," he continued.
Darrel places his hand on his partner's lap, "don't worry dear, everything will be alright," he said clasping his partner's arm in his own. Amy looked down in disappointment which only made Darrel frown.
The ship finally lands on the outskirts of a city. Darrel then exited the ship, "honey, where are you going?" asked Amy from the ship's entrance, "I'm checking if this area is safe, I'll be back soon," he said as he walked away. Amy frowned and entered the ship.
Amy silent sat in the ship waiting for her partner to return. Ever since she became pregnant, exploring had become difficult for her and with her being less mobile; it made exploring difficult for Darrel since he was now doing more work on his own. Amy always promised him that once the children were born, she would get back in the exploring saddle once again.
3 days later
Darrel stood outside the ship anxiously waiting for an update on his wife who had undergone labor 5 hours earlier. A Blarg exited the ship and approached him, "you can come in now," he said while motioning him to the ship. Darrel passed the Blarg a look of gratitude and rushed into his ship.
He reached his room and saw his wife weakly lying on their shared bed, "honey, how are you?" I asked only focusing on her, "I'm great dear, thanks for caring," she replied weakly smiling, "how are the kids?" he asked now with excitement. Amy gave him a warm hearted smile and pointed to a cot in the corner of the room, "go see for yourself," she said smiling.
Darrel slowly walked towards the cot and the moment the saw what has before him, tears began streaming down his face, "beautiful, aren't they?" Amy asked from the bed. Darrel nodded and rushed over to his wife's side pulling her into a tight embrace, "Amy I love you so much," Darrel said embracing his wife even tighter, "you have made me the happiest man in all the galaxies, I love you," he said. Amy now in tears returned the hug, "I love you too," she replied, "now why don't you go take a better look at your kids," Amy said with a smile.
Darrel returned to the cot and lovingly gazed at his quintuplets. Gently, he picked up one of his children cradling him in his arms. The little one was a boy and appeared to be the biggest of the 5, "this is amazing."
13 years later
The quintuplets had grown up exploring the galaxies with the parents and by now they pretty much knew their way around the Bogon Galaxy and could even name every planet in it. The quintuplets also had their own personalities as well. The eldest of the five, Brian was also the fittest. He did enjoy exploring but it just wasn't of his main interest. He would rather spend time bullying his siblings and hunting down creatures on the planets they were on. He was pretty much scolded at by his parents all the time but he didn't care.
Then there was Ryan. He was pretty much the major nerd of the group. He was the smartest of the five and would always win planet trivia games. He like his parents enjoys exploring and goes of doing research on the planets they visited. He was also the inspiration of one of his younger siblings Chip. He would always take his brother with him on his researches and this made their bond strong.
Now we have Kyle, he was the sneakiest of his siblings and would often sneak off and cause mischief. He also learnt how to gamble and sometimes play with natives. He also developed a keen interest in girls and being an adolescent he would play them like a deck of cards.
Following is Chip, he was an eager to learn guy and would always take all the opportunities he had to explore. He looked up to his brother Ryan who would teach him all about his discoveries. He would go on and on about his dreams to be a mechanic and work on ships which usually bore all of his siblings but Ryan of course.
Finally we have the only girl Trixie. She was always being looked at as delicate and unable to take care of herself. Her brothers and parents would always make sure she was safe and away from any potential threats. Trixie on the other hand, liked to rebel. She would sneak off and go on her own little adventures now and then and would often be scolded at by her parents.
The family then landed on an Obani Moon in order to take a short break from their travels. The day went on like it did when they usually landed on other planets.
Later in the evening Chip felt the urge to answer nature's call, "mom, is the bathroom fixed yet?" he asked with a bit of impatience in his voice, "not yet dear just an hour to go," replied his mother from the bathroom. Chip simply groaned and made his way outside. If he was going to pee, he was going to do it somewhere private on this planet.
He made his way away from the camp and found himself somewhere rather private, "this is the right place," he sighed as he answered nature's call.
He made his way back to the campsite only to see what one would call a real life horror scene. He looked around camp, nothing but fire and destroyed objects lay in front of him.
He slowly made his way closer and then saw the most horrific thing in his life. Brian and Darrel sr. lay lifeless before him, surrounded by a pool of blood. Chip holds back puke when suddenly he hears something. Out of instinct, he dives behind a piece of metal hiding from whatever made that sound.
A peace keeper and a robot slowly walk by Chip's hiding place, carrying a cage containing his mother, Darrel jr. and Trixie, "Trooper 4.65, take the prisoners to the ship," said the peace keeper. The robot then dragged the prisoners into the ship leaving the peace keeper to do one final check.
Chip tried his best to hide himself behind the piece of metal as the peace keeper approached it. Being as still as possible Chip waited as the peace keeper passed through the camp once more. When he was done the peace keeper returned to his ship and left the site.
Chip then began to cry. He began to wonder why it all happened to him, why his world just turned upside down. Chip then felt a hand on his shoulder, "don't cry bro, I'm here," said a familiar voice. Chip opened his eyes and in an instant, they met Ryan's. He pulled his brother into a tight embrace and poured all his tears on him, "don't worry, everything will be okay," Ryan reassured his brother.
Ryan managed to get an escape pod working and flew him and Chip back to Rilgar. When they landed, Ryan got himself a job working for Bot Fighting Entertainment as a bot mechanic. With enough payment he managed to get an apartment for both him and his brother to live in. as the years went by, Chip spent time repairing ships and machines.
When he was old enough, Chip got a job in the Shadow sector working for some guy called Gleeman Vox. He was in charge of maintaining the battle ships being used for a show called Dreadzone.
After some time the Station was destroyed taking the show with it too. This left Chip unemployed but he wouldn't just let his skill go to waste now would he? No, he decided to start his own business repairing ships for various beings in the Shadow Sector and with that success, he became one of the greatest known mechanics in the Shadow Sector.
Chip would also always spend time in one of the bars back on Rilgar. There, he was known as a legend and everyone looked up to him.
*end of flash black Rage's POV*
"Well that's my story," I said finally ending my rather sad story. Loyde simply looked at me, "I'm sorry about your family," he said patting my shoulder, "don't worry, what happened did for a reason and that's why I'm the guy in front of you," I said with a cheer full smile.
"Now it's your turn to tell me about yourself," I said rather confidently. Loyde simply sighed, "It is isn't it?"
There you go, now you know about Rage. The next Chapter will be about Loyde. Oh and I'm also accepting some ideas for the story that I could use in my plot. Feel free to leave them in you reviews.
Well see ya later readers.