KASAI
"NO!"
I slammed my fists into the table as the Queen and King looked at me in confusion, the servant Elbaskin leaving my side. Tereina (in her blob form) turned to me as I breathed heavily and angrily at the table. I felt it...
"Whatever is the matter?" the King asked.
"Don't act like you don't know." I seethed as I glared at him.
The King smiled, doing a poor job of acting surprised.
"Fine, I won't. He's not dead though, if it helps."
"But he will be."
"A bug finally splattered under my palm. It will be sad to not hear his constant buzzing around but alas, vermin need to be eradicated."
I snarled and got up, heading to the door, but the King appeared in front of me and blocked me.
"Move." I growled.
"I think not."
"Let me save my uncle!"
"How so?" The Queen asked, standing up. "We can't go into lightspeed just yet. The other children aren't ready."
"Then I'll go there! I don't care how I get there, just let me go!"
"Send for the captain." The King said.
"Why?"
"Letting you go down there is a risk I just don't want to take. I'm only humoring that Solid's idea so that I can get into Earth's atmosphere and then I'll just take over the planet. Simple, easy, less talking. Besides, you may not be related to the little git, but you've got that annoying thing's unusual heroic tendencies."
"Let me save my family! God, you're such an asshole! It's no wonder that your race can't have children anymore."
The smile plastered on his face left as he looked at me darkly. "You're out of line, boy."
"And you're a lunatic! You have literally gone crazy because it was you who got your people into this state that now they have to have Solids help them to procreate. It eats you up inside how much you fucked up and how much you have rely on solid organisms to help your people. And, not only that, now that you've actually found a solution, it keeps backfiring on you!"
I found myself flying through the air and landing on top of the table. The Queen screamed as well as Tereina, who suddenly solidified into a solid form. She looked like she was about ten with long black hair (or it was so purple that it looked black?) and indigo eyes. She was naked and the King looked furious.
"You are female."
Tereina looked at herself and gasped, turning back into her blob form. The King actually looked devastated.
"Tuea kialen pehgyan eztenei?"
"Atelagos tianhi koete, Therthefa nakinek en tetti'nem. Voltko megaermeg mondrotia koete nakinek en..."
"Tellene kialen nem kore nemira onfo Kiraly, koki." The Queen said. "Azko hiahiamulde togenu kappe ia 'muahikal' mintrite koete ia tomi lahinhine esa."
"Tangvez ate natar neud dengari ia!"
"Ahamit natar?!"
"The throne that I am in charge of, of course! Have you lost your mind?"
"Our people haven't had a home in decades, King! They don't care if we have to use solid organisms or not, they will just be happy that we will be able to procreate again! No one cares about the rites of succession!"
I sat up and looked at Tereina and saw she had a small piece of her blob form next to my ear to translate. She looked upset and I got off the table beside her, putting my arms around her.
"It's okay, T..."
"He hates me..."
"Good riddance." I whispered to her. "You don't need him."
The Queen moved the King to argue with him and Tereina rippled in excitement.
"Mother is using the argument as a distraction for Father. Go... Find Captain Shil and help your family."
"T..."
"Maybe I'll get to meet Max Taylor soon, but I won't if you don't hurry now. Don't worry about me, erna, I'll be fine. If nothing else, at least I function as he wants me to."
"Thank you."
I breathed in and ran as fast as possible past the two of them, running to the labs as fast as I could.
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I ran through the hallways and finally made it to the lab. I ran through the door and pressed the button to make it close quickly. I sighed and turned, Zylith looking up at me from a cylinder that was holding one of the King's children. She lifted an eyebrow behind her goggles.
"Prince."
"I need a ship."
"Why are you asking me?"
"You're the captain!"
"No, I'm a captain. It's a rank. I'm busy at the moment."
"Uncle Mars is dying!" She looked up. "He got impregnated and something happened-"
"What?!" she yelled. "I thought I told them-"
"It was nothing anyone planned. It was A972. That fight they had... it was in one of the syringes..."
"OH SHIT!!!" she yelled, almost dropping the baby.
She caught it and placed it gently on the table.
"Oh my god, I forgot all about that... We had had them lined up earlier when we were doing the things for Dawaen and Kole... Oh shit..."
"The guards are coming after me, Zyl; what do we do? I need to go and help my family."
"Meet me in thirty minutes at the cargo bay. I'll get us a ship to get back to Earth. In the meantime, go to your Dream Room and see if you can communicate with Mars or someone to let them know we're on the way! Hurry! Go!"
I nodded quickly and ran to the Dream Room. Even though the Dream Room is an effective way to communicate with Dad or Uncle Mars, it's kind of a pain. It was smoother and easier if I descended into a deep slumber and communicated that way. But that was few and far between, so the Dream Room was easier to make it happen... but it was also compromise-able. Anyone could slip in while you're sleeping and insert something in there to cause an issue...
I locked the door with a code and sat in the big plushie thing that encompassed you, enabling a swift, calm mentality. Considering the fact that I was too upset to really go to sleep, the Dream Room was about all I had. Uncle Mars was dying and my dad wasn't too far behind with that blood thing. I'm a nuisance... I've cause so many problems and ruined so many lives...
I laid back and tried to figure out what I was going to do... Suddenly, I heard crying and looked over. I saw a shadow figure sobbing in the corner.
"Hello?"
The figure gasped and 'looked' up. "Who's there?"
"My name is Kasai... who are you?"
"I don't have a name yet... or a body... My host is dying... I did it all wrong!"
"You must be the baby inside Uncle Mars... Oh wow... This is really weird. Where's Mars? Where's your host?"
"I don't know! I'm all alone! I caught him and he said that if I did that I could come out... but I hurt him bad!" The figure tucked its head in his arms. "I didn't mean to..."
"It's okay." I walked over and knelt in front of the child. "I know it can be really hard to understand while you're in here like this. Do you know what you are?"
"I... I know I have a purpose but I'm confused on who or what I am."
"Olympus..."
We both looked up at the voice but we didn't hear it again. It sounded like Uncle Mars, though... The shadow child stood up and grabbed my hand.
"Don't leave me here alone."
"Don't worry, I'll stay with you as long as I can. We need to find your father..."
"Father?" The shadow turned its head. "The host is... my father?"
"Kind of... I mean, it's hard to explain." We started walking around the hallways. "Where is that weird bunny guy?"
"Bunny is sleeping."
"Are those yours?"
"Uh huh! They were gonna help me find him and catch him."
"What do you mean by that? What was the purpose?"
"I was gonna come out but he kept telling me to wait. I thought that was weird so he said that if I could catch him then he'd let me come out."
"Come out? You mean develop, right? I mean, you're a baby so..."
"I am?" the little shadow thought for a moment. "I don't understand but... I do? I'm very confused."
"I know it's confusing. I was like you once."
"I'm just darkness." It said sadly.
I laughed. "It's better than being a blob."
The kid giggled a little as we walked along.
"Kasai..."
I turned around swiftly, finding Uncle Mars leaning on the wall. I let the kid go and ran to him. He was ragged and weak, not at all like how he usually was. His eyes had dark circles under them and he looked like he had been trampled by wild horses. I grabbed him from the wall.
"Uncle Mars-"
"Olympus."
"Huh?" He pointed behind me and I realized he was pointing at the dark figure. "Olympus?"
"That's its name..."
"Me?" the figure said. Uncle Mars nodded. "My name is Olympus?"
"Uncle Mars, what's going on? One of the servants informed me that something was happening to you and I felt it... I'm going to come to you and help you and dad out-"
"I'm dying..." he said with a sad laugh. "I made a mistake. It wasn't Lym's fault though..."
"Who's Lym?" Olympus whispered.
"I think that's going to be your nickname." I whispered back. I turned back to Uncle Mars. "What do you mean though? I don't understand what's going on."
"I didn't want my parents to know about him. I hid him to my death. He grew and I wasn't... I..."
"Uncle Mars?"
He almost passed out and we slid to the floor as I held him in my arms.
"I fucked up, Kasai!" he sobbed.
"Hey! You have to stay with me!" I yelled.
"STAY WITH ME!!!" a voice echoed around us.
"Dad..." I looked back at Uncle Mars, realizing my dad was screaming at him. "You have to be strong! You're the strongest guy I know!"
"I can't... I royally screwed up this time. I don't think I'm going to make it."
"DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP ON ME!!!"
"You have to fight it! You can't give up! You can't die!"
"Don't die!" Olympus said, coming beside us and flailing in confusion. "If you go, so do I! I'm really sorry! I didn't mean it..."
Uncle Mars smiled at it and touched where it looked like a face was supposed to be.
"It was my fault, Olympus... or Olympia... I don't know if you're a girl or a boy. I know... I know Elbaskins have genders so... I..."
"I'm a boy." It said quickly. "I... I'm a boy."
Uncle Mars smiled. "I knew it... I just... I just knew..."
The darkness seemed to melt as a child's face began to appear and I felt a shiver of familiarity, remembering how amazing it was when my dad visualized me into a form. Connecting with him and realizing he was mine... Uncle Mars' hand started to fall from Olympus' face.
"I can't... stay awake..."
"No!" we both yelled, grabbing at him.
"YOU CAN'T DIE!!" Dad screamed from outside.
"Stay awake, Uncle Mars!"
"You can't give up! You can't just give up!"
"If Olympus survives..." I turned back to Uncle Mars. "If he's able to live after I die, please just let him know that I never blamed him. It was my fault..."
"It's no one's fault because no one is dying."
Uncle Mars touched my face. "You were worth every torture, kid. You were worth... every... thing..."
His eyes closed and the world shook violently. Blackness started to overtake the dream and I was ejected.
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I woke up screaming. Uncle Mars was not dead! He couldn't be... The door was blasted open and I sat up, expecting to find A972 but was surprised to find Zylith
"Captain..."
"Come on; we don't have much time. Mars isn't dead but he's damn near close to it. We need to get to him immediately or he will die."
"How do you know all of that? Have you been able to communicate with them on a different level than me?"
Zylith held up a small device with a screen on it. "Do you think I'd let everyone leave without being prepared? Every one of those syringes had nanobot trackers in them that would monitor location, vitals of the subject, vitals of the 'patient', as well as some other things. I was an assistant to a scientist and doctor and despite what everyone believes, I'm pretty friggin smart."
"I've only been able to communicate with them through the Dream Room... Why did you never tell me you had trackers on them?"
"I don't have to tell you everything, my Prince."
"I'd like to have some sort of clue to my own family though, Ma." I growled.
She blushed and turned away. It was odd yet easy to see her as my mother even though we looked practically the same age.
"Either way, Mars is in a lot of trouble. We have to go now."
We started running towards the cargo bay when Aaron moved in front of us. I was about to stop but Zylith kept running.
"You're in big trouble-"
Zylith literally clothes lines and throat punched him at the same time and then dragged him behind us by the top of his mouth.
"Um, why are you bringing that?"
"Entertainment and frustration."
I shook my head and laughed. My mom was so weird...
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a/n: and so we find out that mars' son is a boy and his name is olympus, or lym. and the reason he is confused about what is going on is due to issues regarding what's happening to mars, which we will get into later