The Son of Alpha (The Legend of the Sky-Titans Book 1)

by Raleigh Daniels Jr

WE WERE LIKE snakes slithering behind dunes that night. I was armed to the teeth wanting to taste the blood of my enemies. Heh, it's been awhile since I was called to action, well me and the Vendor anyway – I wasn't sure about Jullian here. She was just a little girl the day we discovered on what she could do. She was...eh an amateur in fighting way back when. But looking at her now, damn! She's just as hotter as magma. Her and those skintight spandex pants, short shirt showing off her cleavage and shit – man, I'll do anything to hit that! Fuck! She sure proved to be useful...hopefully, but I wonder how she would play out in the battlefield.

  "'The closer we got, the more exposed my blade was. My hand tightly gripped the handle; I was ready for anything to be thrown at. YOU HERE ME NATURE! COME AND GET ME!

  "'This looks like the place,' I said looking at a barely visible hole from the tall bushes. I took a step back and hid behind the bushes with my sword now fully exposed.

  "The Vendor was not even bothering to hide, but why am I to ask? Jullian has the right idea, she was up on a tree watching our enemies' every move and shit, but the Vendor? I have no clue what he was doing. He was not hiding nor was he trying.

  "'Hey pal,' I began, 'unless you want to to get yourself killed...'

  "'But I won't,' said the Vendor, 'If I were to die, I can sure get back up as my own.'

  "'You know what, I'm just going to pretend that we did not have this talk and try to come up with a plan.'

  "'Since when do you plan?' The Vendor and Jullian asked.

  "'Seriously?'

  "'Quiet,' Jullian hushed me, she turned to the Vendor, 'We are severely outclassed and outgunned, how are we going to free the people from these lizards?'

  "'Easy...we follow Pappy," said the Vendor. Hah! Wait what?

  "'Are you kidding me? Pappy does not plan he fights! At least let me come up with one.' Jullian said.

  "'I know, but this time, I believe that Pappy may be the only one that can ensure our victory.' he said.

  "I was confused, 'Wait, weren't you and Jullian here doubted of my plans? So wait, now you want me to plan even though you dismissed it?'

  "'Of course. At first you were thinking of a heinous plan.'

  "'I NEVER PLAN HEINOUSLY!' I was pretty upset when he said that, but in all honesty I never make heinous plots to take back what was mine!

  "'You thought that we should hit people, take their women, kill the ruler, and burn the camps with little regard for life because why not.'

  "'Why you...?'

  "'But then I saw something else, you slighted your pupil 1/8 to the right and you saw a young woman being dragged by those Neomen. You scrapped your original plan to something pretty much...sensical. Your granddaughter is it not?' Just for when I began to thought that this guy was becoming crazier and crazier by the day, and by the look of Jullian, I can't say that I shared the same look because when I looked forward, just in front of where I squat, I saw this woman...she reminded me so much of...of her! I couldn't believe it! I thought she died along with Mopy! Could she be...

  "'No. Not my granddaughter. She looks like my granddaughter, but she's not my granddaughter.'

  "Just before things got too soft for me, this bitch showed up and ruined it. 'Hey! Humans!' A Neoman snitched.

  "'Oh fuck, they know,' I yelled.

  "It was not before long when two, three, four, and five of these things started showing their ugly faces. At least it gave me ample enough dose to kick some serious ass!

  "'Oh here we go,' Jullian said to herself.

  "'Can we help you?' The Vendor asked.

  "'Look it speaks!' one told the other.

  "'Doesn't matter, all I know is that there's a couple of humans here that shouldn't be alive outside their cages.'

  "These racist mother...

  "'Oh come now. We can resort this as civilized men can we?'

  "The monsters still came for us. I had no idea what this man was planning, all I know is that we better do something fast.

  "'Don't bother running because you are already dead,' said the other.

  "'Well I tried,' the Vendor said with a smile. I took a look at that cynical smile he gave until I heard the words...

  "'IOTA BLAST!' Jullian, with her badge exposed blasted an intense ray of green light and heat at the monsters. It was as if they didn't see the blast coming! The blast was so hot that it almost set the forest ablaze. Thus it kinda gave away our hiding location. Once she touches down, they were already scarred skeletal fragments.

  "'About time,' I said.

  "'Your plan?' Jullian asked.

  "'Uh?'

  "'Yes, I read his thoughts...but they were too long to utter, so I transferred his thoughts to you.'

  "'Weird but I'll take it,' Jullian said now accepting Vendor's questioning abilities. Shit, now it looks like a whole army had spotted us.

  "'Nice going, Jules,' I said. Jullian returned the glare I gave her.

  "'I see that you have a plan right?' The Vendor asked.

  "'Yeah, let's fuck shit up!' I screamed valiantly charging towards the crowd with my blades swinging around slicing motherfuckers left and right, avoiding their blades and bullets like a hamstring as The Vendor and Jullian each took out their badges. Jullian's Iota Badge had flashed neon green, blinding her opponents until it died down leaving them at awe at her transformation. Her Green Falcon transformation, also known as the Atoi. It was glowing neon green with a shining white "I" on the center. She soared at the soldiers, now dumbstruck, shot neon green blasts at the camp as Vendor took out his Psi Badge while running, a silver badge with a black "I" on the center. He was enveloped in a silver flash of light, transforming him into a charging humanoid elephant he called the Isp. Unlike Atoi, Isp was gargantuan...and vicious. I was unsure on who was in control, the man or the beast.

  "My mind snapped back into battle when a Neoman tried to slice me in half with a giant axe. I jumped on the hilt, ran across it, when he jerked me off, he rose it again to try to slice me in half while I was in midair. He swiped, he missed, I swung around his axe and pierced my blade through his eye, my feet gliding him to the round with his axe now flying in the air. I quickly got my blade, jabbed it in the ground forcefully kicked one guy to Ips' tusks to which he threw to the side. I jumped on one Neoman took his head, grabbed his launcher (I'm thinking about using it on a later date). I sliced the locks loose as Atoi kept the men back. The humans that were now freed ran to the woods while the others fought, causing a fantastical scene, my lord reader you would have loved it if you were here. Smelling the rotting flesh melt from Atoi's fiery breath. Good times. Wait where was I? Ah fuck.

  "Once I freed enough of the those captive, I climbed on top of the cage and aimed the launcher at from what it appears to be the Main Tent; however, my eyes darted to some couple and shit...um a Neoman with a human female, hey hello? Okay that's odd, but that didn't cross my mind at the time. All I was thinking about was action, and boy was I getting plenty of it.

  "I saw three men coming over towards the couple, and I thought they were going to attack them...the Neoman I won't mind, but the female? Oh hell no. I blew several shots at the tents, trying to scare them off. Jullian would have my head if I accidentally shot the two. They needed to be brought into the Annunaqui for questioning – figuring if it's still there.

  "'Catch you fuckers at a bad time?' I yelled.

  "I saw them leaving the scene, in fear no doubt. 'Atoi, two subjects escaping!'

  "'A little occupied, and what subjects?' Atoi asked while firing a barrage of neon green beams from her eyes, only for her to be jumped by a couple of Neomen, only for her ass to be saved by Ips, though heavier in appearance was quite agile...for an elephant man. This guy pulled four Neomen away from Atoi, threw two to the side, used the other as a shield, often killing him as the arrows pierced through the guy came charging while dodging a slew of arrows, pulled back the body, and like a club, he smashed the dead body at the Neoman's face, smashing his skull like a bat through a glass vase. Damn, the
n using that same body as a flail as a weapon to beat the living hell out of anyone that stood in his way, he even went as far as ripping the body apart, using them as nunchucks to beat his opponents. That is what I would call, 'a gory dedication'. Hell, even I wasn't that bloodthirsty. Damn.

  "That night as we were pushing them back, the humans escaped, well half of them until these motherfuckers called him.

  …

  "My Lord Mungfalme, oh dearest of all might, I want your aid in these troubling times as for I have forsaken your trust to free a race that was not my own. Samantha, a human female, a special woman who is not to what I first perceived. We tried to avoid the chaos, but wherever path we follow, chaos does the same. These humans, where did they come from? These humans that can transform into creatures beyond my knowledge! A neon-green falcon, a thundering elephant, a man who can take many blows without a little as a scratch! Who are they? Are these the Annunaqui you once feared...or were they the itch you once scratched, the Sky-Titans, the ones you described as insignificant warriors? To my eyes, they were not insignificant at all. They were cleaning the stains we made, sir. They were capable on many feats, not even our strongest warriors could bare to fight them. As they pulled back, we pushed forward until we hit the woods to where we seek. Unbeknownst that we were being watched.

  "I told Samantha to run and never look back. I ran right beside her, tasting the delicate taste of freedom. Before I thought we were there, we were being followed. We ran faster and faster, zig-zagged all across the woods to cut the perpetrator off course. I however was running out of breath, but Samantha, she kept running. She slowed down when I begun to. She grabbed my arm and oftentimes tried to pick me up and tried to carry me. I refused, my lord. I just can't have her do that for me, and I will be damned if anyone tried to take that as their advantage to have their way with her, like they have with everyone else.

  "'Yalen...Yalen okay?'

  "'Samantha, go. You can't be here, any moment those guys will come, and they will do horrible thing. Horrible, horrible things. Samantha, you must keep going.'

  "'Samantha...not leaving you alone,' she said, 'Yalen is friend. And friends stick together.'

  "'Samantha, please...if anything happens to you, I won't know what I'll do. You have to trust me. Please, do not let him...'

  "And like that sir, without any warning, without any honor...I saw the fear in her eyes as I felt the dastardly metal blade pierce through my back and out of my chest. It was Blood exploded from my mouth sir. I couldn't breathe. Mungfalme I need your strength...no...give my strength to Samantha as my time was taken away. My life. Please take care of my family as the way I know you would. Farewell, my old friend. Oh Samantha...my dearest Samantha...my Lord shall bring you strength.

  "I felt the blade retract, I turned around, my hand hovering my chest. I saw him, the Earl. He came along, no one was there with him. He had no expression, he was not happy, nor sad, or angry. It was difficult for me to tell, but before I passed, I heard him say...

  "'For the Lord and My Father Mungfalme, I shall strike thee in the head so he may not live again,' he recited before he smiled, 'Farewell, Yalen. I hope hell treats you better than Earth has,' he said.

  "Then came darkness...

  …

  "The Earl. We were hunting this crazy son of a bitch for a long time. He was King Mungfalme's assassin before he became his lackey. The Earl was the one behind this crazy operation. He was the king's errand boy for people to slave up...to kill. He never takes a break in killing other motherfuckers, which was why he needed to die. He ruined tons of lives and divided tons of families, this psychopath needed to be stopped. I tried for years to beg the Annunaqui to have me go on and dice this motherfucker but no...'personal problems are not part of the mission or any other mission'. Fuck him. If the Annunaqui weren't so damn scared of this motherfucker, they would have been a love to tell the tale, hell maybe launch a full scale invasion of the Neoworld rather than having the Earth to rot in hell! That would have saved tons of lives this having our world to be saved from looking like a shithole! He was carrying something on his way to the tent, I can tell the nigga was looking at me too. This sick fucker was holding the head of some Neoman...hah! Loyalty to his race my ass – wait...was that same motherfucker who was with the human female? It has to be...if that's the case then...where was the woman?

  "It doesn't make sense in the slightest. Where was the girl? Matter a fact since now I'm on the subject, who was she? She reminded me so much of her! It was unbelievable! Could she be her...or some incarnation? I was just not sure.

  "'Pappy, we need to go! The humans are freed!' Atoi said flying away. I just wanted to kill him right then and there, however, I was afraid on what he was planning to do. The last time I went on my own, I was nearly thrashed to pieces, there was no telling how stronger he has become, and something tells me that Michael is his on his hit list.

  …

  "An old enemy of mine has returned, and he is working with The Sky-Titans? That's a laugh! I remember the day when the guy went solo! What happened to that? Oh dear, and I thought that I was desperate awhile back when I was in my assassination years. Those glorious years.

  "Yalen was a man too dangerous to set free, so of course I had to kill him. I wanted to kill him while we were in the ship, but then that would cause a riot and often or not, mutiny. So I had to play it smart for the time being, so when the opportunity arose, I struck! – and now I have his head plastered on the wall for all to see.

  "The raid of my camp was unacceptable. I could have been angry, but I wasn't. I saw them enter the woods, and noticed a flash of green light yonder. The survivors who managed to get through saw the pterosaurs landed.

  "'We have come awaiting orders from the Earl of Neoworld,' said the First Pterosaur.

  "It was not before long when the giant eggs reached to the beaches. They have begun hatching until one punched its way out. Roaring.

  TWENTY-FOUR

  LATER THAT EVENING, I opened my eyes to the bright lights, turned to see my sister resting on my lap. At the small distance, we saw a palace-like building glowing the night with its golden shine, outshining the moon by a thread, it sat on its throne just up ahead beyond those hills. We passed by the silver gates and rode up to those hills to that palace. On our way up, we were welcomed to a canyon; lights flashed, flowing above us like a stream of water. It was not long until we meet a few cars up ahead. Then we were introduced to a huge flash of light. When the flash disappeared, we were here.

  It was majestic and beautiful, rich in whimsy and wealth, lights and prosperity. Why haven't I heard of this place? Why hasn't anyone in the village ever heard or seen this place? I heard that Mr. Dalton and The Duke of Washington were wealthy, but...not this wealthy! This palace, with its titanic size and mammoth acres of land, was like staring at the dreams from God – if he could dream that is. The fountains were ginormous – the area was, not the actual fountain. It was like a swimming pool just looking at it, glowing in the night like it was like some trident of some kind, I couldn't make it out!

  There's a lot of people here dressing all fancy and what not. Not to mention their pets – which was strange and off putting. Who in the world would dress their dog in a tux? It was cute...but strange. Nya woke up at the sounds of people chattering outside. She shielded her eyes at first since the light was so damn bright, but after awhile, she shared the same awe I felt. There were buildings upon buildings surrounding that huge palace yonder! Shops and beauty centers, malls and food courts? This was a town unlike none other I've ever seen all shining brightly in the night. Why hasn't people from the village know about this?

  "I can see that you are in love with the scenery, are you not?" Mr. Dalton asked.

  "It's like a city here!" I said.

  "So they say, Mr. Gilliganson. So they say," he said, "You know, before we depart, there is something I would like to show you, well after we drop the little one to Susie's room of course."

  "Sur
e," I said.

  Once we made it to the palace, a man from the outside opened the door for us. This man was pretty tall and sleek, pretty elderly though with a thin mustache wearing a pitch black suit, neatly ironed and pressed. Unlike the others who attended this party, this man was a hell of a lot cleaner. I would have to take a guess that this must be the Duke's butler. We got out of the car and...from what it was worth, it kinda made me small! I mean, it was small from the distance awhile back, well, minus the bright light up ahead, sort of made it look like the sun was rising yonder.

  "I know I could have introduce you to the house but...welcome to The Estate," Mr. Dalton welcomed us, "Take a moment to breathe in the wealth my ancestors built for many generations!"

  "It looks like a mega-dollhouse!" Nya said. We giggled. "Come, I'm sure that you all want to see the inside of the house, now right?"

  We nodded.

  "Then come along then! The party's just getting started," he said. We followed Mr. Dalton into the home, passing by a few onlookers by the way. The giant golden doors opened; once inside we were met by an extraordinary sight. The home looked bigger inside than it was on the outside. From here, you can say that the home had many rooms, but no. There was only one ceiling, not two or three. It was a hollow structure with many doors on the side. It was much like an apartment lot – a large apartment lot with a golden ceiling and a large chandelier. These No-Landers...these foreigners were all over the place I can't describe it. Nya was lost in awe and bewilderment, unaware that our bodies had developed minds on their own. We were continuing to follow Mr. Dalton to wherever he was going without us realizing it. I was full aware, or for what I think that he was describing us the origins of this place, but our ears were stone as ice at this point. We never saw anything as spectacular as this before.

  We followed him to a tube-elevator just up yonder beyond the vast layer of cake. The cake, dear god, was massive! It would take a whole town of 500 to devour it down! 20 layers of vanilla, 40 layers of chocolate, 10 layers of strawberry, and 50 layers of cookie cream mint, each having rainbow sprinkles on one side in an artistic zig-zag pattern carefully placed and several dozen lit candles, each layer containing at least 20. 20? That's weird. 20 candles for each layer? 110 layers of cake and 2,200 candles? That was just boggling to say the least, but why am I complaining? It's their cake.