Chapter 5: Family
Mortal Realm, Star City, Night of the storm
A car drove into Owl Street park, it stopped and a young man came out, it was Obi, he locked the car door and walked into the park, he had a worried look on him as he looked around the park seemingly in search of something or someone but the park was empty save for some lovers on the benches, who thought it was romantic to stay out and enjoy the night, Obi did not pay them any heed, his mind was filled with worry and doubt.
He made his way towards the skating rink as he hoped he would see Chike, even if it would be weird for him to be skating this late.
On getting there he still didn't see Chike, in fact, no one was there, Obi really started worrying now as he looked at his wristwatch, the time was 8:30 pm, he once again brought out his cell phone and dialed his brothers' number but the same as last time he couldn't connect.
He headed back to his car as a thousand thoughts ran through his head, he thought it was still too early to go to the police station so he was lost on what to do.
Getting into his car he froze, just sitting there as worry and anxiety built up in him, Chike was the last family member he had, before the death of their mum he promised to take care of his brother but now he feared he might have failed, Obi tried to calm himself as he started his car and headed home, 'If he's not home I'll wait till morning and then head to the police station to open a missing person case' he thought as he drove off.
Chike and Obi Wilson, two brothers who only got themselves now, came from a family that was birthed from the love between a soldier, Chike Wilson, and a medic, Susan Jay who met at the war front of the war between the Rose Empire and the Spaniard Empire, the love they found in the most unlikely of places gave them the gift of one child and another one on the way by the time he was to be redeployed.
Chike Snr. was a pilot in the 'Sky Fighters', a young talented squad leader with massive potential, but the potential is only useful if you are alive, on a freak mission out 15 years ago, he and his whole squad got wiped out, and that was the end for a bright shining light in the army.
The message was then given to the then heavily pregnant Susan who was torn apart by the news but knowing she had his children to take care of gave her strength to push through. She gave birth to her new baby boy and named him 'Chike' because he looked like his father as a toddler.
Training two kids on her own was not easy, even with the benefits given by the government because of her late husband's service in the army but she worked her ass off to give her little boys the life they deserved, working multiple low paying jobs and using her certification as a military doctor to look for ways to get a better paying job as she had decided to leave the army after her husband's death, and her hard work paid off as she soon became a well-known surgeon in Star City and she saved a lot of lives.
Life was easier now but tragedy always has a way of striking when men are most happy.
Susan became sick, she was diagnosed with a strange disease and once again this small family faced pain and hurt.
For three years she fought, she always got better but it always came back, Susan was tired and they had spent a lot of their money on treating her, Chike Jnr was 8 and Obi had just turned 19 but the past three years had made him into a young man who could be relied on, so she was happy that if she goes, at least her boys could still life and look for their own paths in life.
On a Sunday 7 years ago, the bedridden and tired Susan called in her son Obi and said her last words to him, she had fought but, she was now tired and wanted to rest "Obinna, I feel like I don't have much time left, so I'll say this now just in case anything happens to me" she said to a worried Obi as she held his hands with her weak ones.
"I don't have much to say, just please take care of yourself and your junior brother, you two are what remains of I and your father in this world, take control of your fate and make the world your own, I won't be easy but, nothing ever is" she said as she smiled at him "You and your brother have great destinies and the challenges that will come will be great too. Promise me you will protect him and yourself" she urged.
A scared Obi nodded and replied "Yes mom, I promise" as tears rolled down his face.
"Now, now don't cry please, you look ugly when you cry" she joked "Thank you"
She gave him a kiss on the forehead "Now please go bring me some jollof rice, I'm getting hungry" she said.
As Obi left the room he looked back to see his mother smiling the brightest she had in years as she stared off into space, the last time he saw her smile like that was in the hazy memories of his childhood when she was with his father. When Obi came back with the food Susan had already passed on, she had a smile on her face when she went.
For 7 years since then, Obi had been the one raising Chike, he had kept to the promise ever since and protected and cared for himself and his brother, he had trained himself in college and had gotten a well paying job, and he made sure Chike lacked nothing and that he would never go hungry or beg for anything, at the same time he was strict in his own way, he loved playing with his brother but when he needed to be strict he would be.
On, that night of the storm, he had just come back from having a meeting with investors and lawyers as he wanted to start his own business soon, he planned to tell Chike about it but…
In another part of Owl Street…
A young man zoomed across houses as he sped towards his destination, after a minute he came to a halt in front of a big house that had two cars parked in front, he came just in time to see three people, two men, and a lady walk out of the house escorted by the house owners.
"…don't worry he's in good hands and we will get back to you on how visiting him will work" one of the men was saying something to the owners of the house "You both should be proud of your son, after all it's not every kid that catches the attention of the royal army" the man said before moving towards one of the cars while throwing a glance at the panting Will who just arrived on a bike as he and the other people got into the car and drove off.
"I told you, he's a McLaren! He will always stand out" The male house owner said proudly to the woman beside him "The son of a true McLaren!" he said grinning, he was a man with bright red hair and a full beard, he had the look and feel of a fighter with his large stature.
The woman beside him, a beautiful lady with blond curly hair rolled her blue eyes in obvious exasperation "A true Mclaren you say? Hope he doesn't cheat on his wife too like the Mclaren I'm looking at right now" she said as she looked at the man dead in the eyes.
"C'mon are we still on that, we just got great news about our son, can we just not argue tonight…"
And just like that, they began arguing as they completely ignored Will and walked into their house raising their voices.
Seeing this, Will muttered "No wonder he's always so angry", he looked into the still open door to see a girl about 17 or 18 walking towards the door as she typed away on her phone, she probably wanted to close the door her squabbling parents left open, she looked like she was going through a Goth phase as she was wearing tight black leather pants and a black leather jacket, she had a lot of makeup and jewelry on and she put black streaks in her blond hair.
As she was about to close the door, Will rushed and held it open with his body "Hi Gemini" he said to her.
Looking up from her phone she saw it was Will and immediately looked irritated "What do you want, brat? And it's Gem" she said.
"So rude" Will muttered to himself before forcing a smile on his face as he asked "Is your brother around, I want to speak with him"
"I thought my brother and his goons always picked on you, what do you want with him, did they beat you so much you got stupid" Gem who had her eyes back on her phone said.
Will looked hurt when he heard that "Look I just want to talk to him, it's urgent" he said curtly, tired of playing the nice guy.
Looking up at him surprised at how he sounded, she sighed and said "Well, Jake isn't home and won't be for a while"
"What do you mean?" Will asked as worry and dread began welling from inside him as the worst thoughts came to mind but he didn't show it on his face.
"Well, somehow that brat and some other brat had caught the eye of the empire's royal army and he had been recruited for training" she said as she rolled her eyes in obvious irritation at the topic.
"What!!?" Will asked he didn't expect that answer at all.
"Yea, that's what those people came to tell my parents right now" she said impatiently as she clearly didn't want to talk about the topic "No more questions brat, go home" she said as she pushed him away and banged the door shut leaving the stunned Will outside.
'What is happening?' Will thought to himself as he grabbed his bike and slowly rode home.
Obi had just pulled into his block after searching for Chike and visiting the liquor store when he saw a car parking in front of his house.
He slowly pulled into the parking space of his house and came down as he saw three people approaching him, he became vigilant as he got mentally prepared for anything.
The man in the lead saw the vigilance in his eyes and smiled, he came forward and extended his hand for a shake which Obi took.
"My name is Commander Donald" he said as he brought out a badge and an ID card, after making sure Obi had seen it clearly he added "I would like to talk to you about your brother, and don't worry he isn't in trouble it's actually the opposite"
"Bring the whiskey" he said looking at the bottle in Obi's hand "You'll need it to celebrate" he said as he smiled.
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Limbo_Lord I'm sorry if this chapter was long, i just had to go into details about the background of some of our characters, I tried to keep it short and also i'm trying to fill up the time gap between what happened on that night and when Chike woke up in Silver Wolf town.
Sorry for any typos tho
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