Family

Chapter 142 How it Fell Apart

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.

(Author's Note: Special shoutout to misterlol. His character suggestion will be mentioned in this chapter and he will appear in a later chapter. Enjoy the chapter.)

Atalanta's flashback 15 years ago

After the defeat of Hookocho and his forces, peace had returned to planet Olympia. Hookocho had been patched up and shipped to a prison called the Citadel, while Martin had been praised as a hero. The pilots of the ships that had bombed Hookocho's battle station were also praised as heroes, but Martin got the most praise since he called the pilots and helped Atalanta take down Hookocho. Atalanta found herself spending time with Martin and the two of them began to have feelings with one another. Martin told Atalanta about his exploits and how he desired to be a legend someday. Atalanta told Martin about how she started planet Olympia and how she wanted the planet to be a symbol of peace and justice.

Then one day Martin returned from a trip with the top of his head now bald. Atalanta asked what happened and Martin explained, he got in a fight with an evil sorcerer, who managed to curse Martin with baldness before he died. Martin said the sorcerer had tried to curse him with blindness, but had gotten one of the magic words in the spell wrong. Atalanta asked why Martin had gotten into a fight with the sorcerer and Martin had explained that the sorcerer had robbed a jewelry store, he had happened to be in and one of the items the sorcerer had stolen was something he had bought for a special occasion. The human then got onto his right knee, pulled out a tiny black box, and opened it. Inside the box was a gold ring. Atalanta starred at the ring in awe.

"Atalanta will you marry me? I know I'm bald right now, but I think I can pull this look off." Said Martin.

"Of course I will. I love you for more then just your looks." Said Atalanta with a smile.

Martin placed the ring on Atalanta's finger and the two of them kissed. Some time later the two were married and Atalanta became pregnant. It was about that time that a good amount of treasure from some heroes was stolen, but nobody knew who did it. Atalanta gave birth to a boy with blue eyes and blond hair. The goddess sat in her bed cradling her new son, who slept wrapped in a blanket. Martin sat near his wife looking down at his son.

"So you thought up a name, because I was thinking about Martin Jr." Said Martin.

"Well I do have one name. This child represents the end of my life as an unmarried women without children and from that end there is a new beginning. I will call our son Fin to represent both an end and a beginning." Said Atalanta as she smiled down at her son.

"It's a good name." Said Martin with a smile.

A few weeks later Atalanta had knitted her son a tiny bear hat to put on his head and keep him warm. The goddess had tucked her son into his crib and was currently resting in her study, when she heard a commotion from the courtyard. Atalanta went to go investigate what was going on and found Martin surrounded by several angry looking heroes and a small chest full of treasure.

"What's the meaning of this?" Asked Atalanta as she headed out onto the scene.

"Your husband is the one whose been stealing our treasure!" Declared one of the heroes.

"It's all just a misunderstanding!" Cried Martin.

"We put a tracking spell on that treasure chest and once it was stolen we tracked it all the way here and found Martin with it." Said a hero with a sliver metal arms.

"I just found it laying on the ground." Pleaded Martin.

"Liar, that chest was in the vault of my house and I put a spell on it that would turn the palms of whoever sole it bright red." Said the hero with the sliver arms.

"Was this a plan to capture the thief, whose been stealing treasure lately?" Asked Atalanta.

"Indeed it is my queen." Said the silver armed hero.

A couple of heroes grabbed Martin's and forced him to show his palms. Martin's palms were bright red. Atalanta gasped in shock as Martin smiled weakly. The goddess turned to the heroes.

"I'm deeply sorry for this. I will have my husband return what he has stolen from you and all the other heroes."

"Yeah...I'll return everything." Muttered Martin.

Martin lead the heroes and Atalanta to one of the a to the cellar, where he revealed a hole hidden in the floor, which was filled with treasure. The heroes took the treasure and left the palace. Atalanta turned on her husband with an angry look in her eyes.

"Why were you stealing treasures from other heroes?"

"Oh...relax it was a only a little treasure. I was just stealing as kind of a challenge to see if any of the heroes would notice. No harm. No Fowl. Besides they got their treasure back anyhow, so everything is ok." Said Martin with a weak smile.

"Ok fine, just don't do anything like that again. Your supposed to be a honorable hero and my husband, it would stain your reputation and get you into trouble if you were caught stealing." Said Atalanta.

"Relax Atalanta, I'm the guy who saved Olympia and the husband to the Goddess of Adventure. There's not going to be any trouble." Said Martin.

"Alright." Said Atalanta as she relaxed a little.

But as time went by Martin decided he was going to steal the treasures of minor gods and goddesses. At first Martin was very successful, but he was eventually caught in the act by a wise deity named Iroh. The various gods and goddesses were outraged by this and Atalanta went about apologizing to them and returning what Martin stole. Atalanta then decided to confront her husband about his arrogance and misdeeds.

"You have to stop doing this Martin, you've angered a lot of people and they're all demanding that you get punished for what you did. I've managed to convince them not to punish you and that you'll stop stealing, but there's only so much I can do. Your going to have to meet me half way and prove yourself that your a good man to everybody." Said Atalanta.

"Alright Atalanta I'll behave, but I still think I'm more deserving of that treasure then some of those gods and goddess." Said Martin.

"That's an arrogant thing to say Martin. It reminds of a powerful being I once knew named Sun Wukong, though he went by the title Monkey King." Said Atalanta.

(Author's Note: Sun Wukong/Monkey King is from Journey to the West.)

"What this Monkey King guy got to do with me?" Asked Martin.

"Well the Monkey King was a lot like you in some ways. He was very talented and he accomplished many amazing feats, however he was arrogant and angered many gods and goddesses. Monkey King was given a minor position in the Lightopshere, but he didn't like it and declared that he should be running the realm, so the Monkey King began to cause havoc in the Lightopshere. The Lord of Goodness was fixing to step in and deal with Monkey King, but the Cosmic Owl came in to deal with the trouble maker himself and teach him a lesson in humility. The Cosmic Owl took on his human form and gave Monkey King a challenge. If the Monkey King could escape from the palm of his hand, then he would would be made the new lord of the Lightopshere. Monkey King accepted the challenge believing his abilities would be more then enough to win the challenge. The challenge began by the Monkey King fly