Hey guys, I'm back with chapter 4 of King of Thieves. In this chapter, you get to know Loyde a little more and I really appreciate that people have read my story so, thanks guys.

Chapter 3: Who is Loyde?

*flask back*

Two Lombaxes were walking down a beach on the planet Fastoon. The male Lombax was white and sported red stripes while the female had orange fur with brown stripes and appeared to be worried,

"Honey, I need to tell you something," said the female, "what is it my love?" the male asked curiously, "please don't be upset when I tell you this," she said with her voice cracking, "my love, what's wrong?" he asked beginning to worry, "honey, I"-she looked down-"I'm afraid of telling you," she said with tears beginning to flow.

The male then got annoyed, "how do you expect me to help you if you won't say anything," he said now frustrated, "tell me what what's wrong!" the male then demanded. His partner simply gazed into his eyes, "Maria plea-" she then cut him off, "I'm pregnant Alister, with your child," Maria said through sobs.

Taken aback, Alister's eyes widened in shock, "how did this happen?" he asked shakily, "I don't know," Maria replied sadly, "I found out a month ago," she continued. Alister was still taken aback by this sudden news, "why didn't you tell me earlier?" he asked, "I was scared," Maria replied leaving Alister confused, "scared of what?" he asked curiously, "I thought that you would leave me so I tried my best to hide it," she said now crying.

Alister quickly pulled his partner in to a warm embrace, "I would never leave you," he said, "I love you more than anything in the world, I am actually very excited about being a father soon," he said stroking his partner's hair. Maria gazed into his eyes, "I love you too," she said pulling him into a kiss.

Months passed and Maria finally went into labor leaving Alister waiting anxiously together with a friend of his whose partner happened to be in the same state.

"Alister, can you believe we're going to be dads any minute now?" asked his friend who was filled with excitement, "I know right," he said turning to face his friend, "so have you thought of any names yet Kaden?" Alister asked trying to be a bit casual. Kaden simply shook head, "how about you?" he asked to which Alister shrugged.

A Lombax nurse approached the two expecting fathers, "gentlemen, you may now go in," she said leading the two men in. they eventually went separate ways to see their partners

Alister walked into the room and approached his partner who was lying in a bed staring at him weakly. Alister clasped her hand in his own and lovingly gazed into her eyes, "hello beautiful," he said stroking his partner's cheek, "are you okay?" he asked not breaking his gaze, "I'm fine dear, just exhausted is all," she said in a weak voice, "that's lovely," he said planting a kiss on her lips, "where is our child?" he asked looking around the room, "over there," Maria said pointing to a little cot in the far end of the room.

Alister slowly made his way to the cot and looked in admiration at what he saw. He gently picked the infant up and gently cradled it. The child had his mother's fur and eyes which made Alister love him even more. He slowly walked back to his partner with the child in his arms, "are you happy to finally meet your son?" Maria asked gazing lovingly at her partner, "I'm the happiest man in the world right now and it's all because of you," he said nuzzling his cub.

"Well, what are we going to name him?" asked Maria now looking more curious than tired. Alister simply stared and partner not having a clue of what to say, "how about Loyde?" asked Maria waiting for her partner's response, "it's just right," said Alister smiling at her.

The couple was on their ship heading home. The ride was unusually quiet and Maria was not going to let that go on, "so um have you thought about which school he will attend?" she asked trying to clear the air. Alister who seemed to be lost in thought just shrugged in response, "Al, what's wrong?" Maria asked now worried, "oh sorry, it was nothing," Alister replied snapping back to reality. Maria simply stared at him in slight suspicion.

1 year later

Loyde sat playing with some of his toys, "mama, somebody at door!" yelled the child from the living room. Maria walked towards the door and opened it revealing Alister standing there looking a bit stressed, "Alister, you're just in time for dinner," Maria said rather excited to see her Partner after he went on a scouting mission, "actually I cam-" Alister started but was cut off, "Loyde will be so excited to see you," she said again with more excitement, "no, that's not ne-" he tried to continue but was cut off again, "let me go call h-" Maria said but was cut off by Alister, "Maria we need to talk," said Alister.

The two couple stood on the balcony of Maria's apartment staring at the view of the city, "so what did you want to talk about?" Maria asked, finally breaking the silence, "Maria, I think we should break up," Alister said being as calm as possible leaving Maria in a state of shock, "What are you talking about?" Maria asked staring at her partner in disbelief, "I don't think I can take care of this child Maria," Alister said turning to face her, "we should break up, my lifestyle is too dangerous to be a proper environment for our son to grow in," he continued.

Maria stared at him, tears streaming down her face, "I c-can't believe you Alister," she said angrily, "you said you would never leave me but you lied, you lied you bastard" she snarled. Alister looked at her, "I know I said that but I never thought it would really affect me," he said placing a hand on her cheek only to have it smacked off, "I can't believe you're doing this," she said through sobs, "you said you loved me," she continued, "I do love you, that's why I'm doing this," he said, "I want you and Loyde to be safe," he said glancing over to his son who was now fast asleep on the couch, "please reconsider Alister," Maria pleaded hoping to change his mind, "Maria I'm sorry but it's over," Alister said and walked out of the apartment leaving Maria sobbing in her place.

Several months passed and Percival Taychon and his Cragmites began attacking the Lombaxes and leading them in to full out war.

Maria rushed with her son over to Kaden's home. Kaden happened to be a very close friend of hers as he assisted Maria in raising her son alongside his own. She quickly entered his safe house and rushed to his office.

"Maria, what's wrong, did anyone hurt you?" he asked leaving his desk in order to attend to her, "Kaden, I want you to look after Loyde," she said regaining her composure, "what do you mean?" he asked rather confused at her statement, "I want you to raise him for me," she said while looking down at him, "if there is anyone who do it, it's you Kaden," she said facing him, "please do me this favor," she said looking at him with hope.

Kaden now lost for words simply sighed and clasped Maria's hands in his own, "it's an honor to be raising your son but you also have to do me one favor," he said, "What is it?" Maria asked rather curious about it, "I want you to go with everyone else to the other dimension," his said going to his computer, "you'll be much safer there," he continued.

Maria pulled Kaden into a hug as a way of saying thank you without words. Kaden happily returns the hug and bids Maria a farewell.

Days later, Kaden places Ratchet and Loyde on a ship that was heading to the Solana Galaxy in order to keep them safe from Taychon's forces. The ship then takes off leaving Kaden staring at it, "stay safe boys."

10 years later

The boys were taken to an orphanage and spent 7 years there until they were both adopted by a Fongoid mechanic name Grimoth. He raised the boys up in his garage where he would were on ships with them and pretty much mentor them.

Ratchet grew fond of ships and would always spend most of his time working on them when he wasn't fanboying over the Galactic Rangers

Loyde on the other hand was more on the opposite side. He did enjoy fixing ships but he was fonder of causing trouble in town and gained quite the notorious reputation.

Years passed and the boys were now teenagers. They began to disagree more due to their contrasting alignments. Ratchet wanting to join the Galactic Rangers conflicted with Loyde's criminal lifestyle. The boys eventually grew up and went their separate ways. While Ratchet was out saving the world, Loyde was out making a name for him out in the world of crime.

He became known as one of the greatest criminals in the galaxies earning him the title 'King of Thieves' he had pulled off some of the greatest heists in history with more people praising him for his bad deeds.

Loyde later met a small time criminal named Storm. The two didn't exactly get along at first but they later developed feelings for each other and fell in love. They dated for quite some time. The couple became rather famous for the schemes they pulled of together and Storm was even crowned the queen of thieves.

The couple also was fond of partying and after one crazy night, Storm fell pregnant. Not sure of what to do, the couple became a bit insecure but overcame it and stayed together to be with each other.

The child was eventually born and was a girl they named Shade. A year passed and the couple soon broke up because Storm felt that Loyde's criminal lifestyle didn't comply for their child's safety. Loyde after an argument gave up and left saying goodbye to his daughter.

4 years later

Loyde went on with his lifestyle and was currently staying on Rilgar while he was laying low for sometime.

*end of flash back*

"And that's pretty much it," Loyde said while lying flat on his back staring at the ceiling. Rage wiped a tear from his eyes, "that is one heck of a story," Rage said as he entered his beddings, "night, Loyde," said Rage closing his eyes, "goodnight."

Well that was chapter 4, I hope you liked it and now we can go on with the chapters now that you know the characters.

Bye .