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

by Raleigh Daniels Jr

  "It was dirty and noisy, much like the typical airport, but with more of it.

  "I was in the back having a smoke outside the room where Michael was recuperating. The young lady in there, I believe her name was Sam? Funny, her name sounded familiar. I wasn't sure what exactly.

  "Meh.

  "Some Duke came up, standing right next to me. Jullian was back in the other room fetching some supplies for our trip while others just sat around doing shit.

  "'Are you enjoying the weather, Pappy?' he asked.

  "'Who are you?' I asked bluntly.

  "'I'm the Duke of Washington, I am the Duke of the...'

  "'Yeah, yeah, you're the pretty black boy that invited Michael and Nya in the first place. And look how that turned out?' I puffed.

  "'One: I did not invite them it was Mr. Dalton's idea; Two: Aren't you black yourself?' he asked.

  "I glared, 'Now hear me, sir,' I began, 'I happen to have a prestigious European lineage despite my beautiful dark-brown skin from the country of Shut-The-Fuck-Up Land!'

  "'Look, whatever happened it wasn’t because of me. I tried warning Mr. Dalton...'

  "'But yet you let it happen,' I said with a smile, 'YOU let it happen. Instead of growing another set of balls, you grabbed those scissors, held them tightly with your blue rubber gloves, snipped them, and sold it to Michael in the mail. Gee, how ballsy of you of NOT telling Michael.'

  "'Oh here we go with this...'

  "'Oh here we go with what? With me telling the truth? The guy lost his only family member and here you are asking about how the weather is in a goddamn cave! I'll tell you how the weather is. It's shit! SHIT! It's raining shit! Rainbowing shit! Why? Shit happens!'

  "The Duke took a deep breath before he spoke, 'You're right, I should have warned him and there is no excuse.'

  "'Damn right.'

  "'Even if they were in the Mansion or not, the Neomen would find them anyway,' he stated.

  "'Go on.'

  "'Just days before we invited them to our place, we saw a large fleet of warships heading directly towards them. The Neomen were close to them. I was against it at first because them coming to the Palace runs a greater risk of them being found.'

  "'It would have been smart to leave them in that Farmhouse,' I concluded.

  "'So you're saying it would've been smart for another Lyca to come and get them? Who knows?'

  "'I told him that he could join the Sky-Titans. He said no,' I said.

  "'I think at this point he would join.'

  "'Forn the wrong reasons.'

  "'You joined for the wrong reasons but yet you did a lot of good.'

  "'I joined for pussy and cracking skulls, not revenge.'

  "'That's a lie.'

  "Before I retorted, Jullian tapped on my shoulders from behind me wearing her Iota garb: a green one-piece and boots complete with a white cape and belt around her waist, 'The ship has arrived. Bring Michael onboard now!'

  "'Where are we going?' I asked.

  "'You'll know when we get there! Captain's orders!'

  "'I'll get him,' The Duke said heading into the room to get our comatose friend.

  "As the Ship docked, the blimp deflated as many of its crew boarded the ship. The Nibiru, the Ship that arrived was a sailing ship with a large dirty, brown blimp and some rockets to help propel from the back. The Ship, well more of an old ocean liner that was pretty big. It wasn't a typical ship with a blimp, it was the Titanic of Ships. It had four orange chimneys that puffed black smoke in the air. It had light gray coat under the bronze. It was armed with rockets, heat-seeking missiles, and laser cannons.

  "This baby was packed. This old ass ship was packed!

  "'Jesus Christ,' I said.

  "'The Duke of Washington carried Michael to the ship. Sam and I followed. I grabbed my bags and approached this mammoth ship.

  "Today was going to be a goddamn good day.

  ...

  "My King Mungfalme, the highest King of Kings. I am proud to announce that after days of recuperating in your superior care, I would be leading a charge of a millenary of men! I want to make this right to you my King. I have failed in capturing the Alpha Badge. My failure almost jeopardized our race. I've lost a battle that I could have won. I've had multiple surgeries on my arm, now planted by a nice metal arm that encased where my limb you to be as well as a large chunk of my chest. I thought I was done for my Master. I thought I was. But I demanded that I should fight these humans to the better end. Let me prove to you that I am capable of leading an army to advance the Kingdom of Antarctica. The Kingdom was one of 10 of the human's last line of military defense. I've heard from sources that they were the best. I've heard they were competent.

  "In my view, they're not. They are not a civilization of men, but of apes. I had prepared an almighty Armada under your command, my Master: 1,700 ships ready for deployment; 2,700 pterodactyls ready to fly; 10,000 ground troops ready to storm the icy shores. It was a grand army standing by your shores preparing for war.

  "These humans had tested us. These humans had challenged us. No more as of this day, any human colony, family, or single that stand in my way will be crushed. No prisoners. No mercy. All there would be left would be ruin, left for nature to finish what we started.

  "As for the boy, I have a nice little treat for him. A little taste of familiarity. As for the time, I must prepare for this long journey.

  "May the Gods guide us on our warpath to victory.