MY IMORTAL FAMILY

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Damascus and David are in their hotel room packing up. “ what time is checkout” asks David “ it should be ten. Most hotels do their checkouts at that time” replies Damascus. “ okay” says David as he goes into the bathroom. A few minutes later Arrisibalaga walks into the room. “it’s rude to just enter room’s without knocking” says Damascus “ well I am not aqucainted with the stupid social contstructs of this planet” replies Arrisibalaga. Damascus sits on the bed and says “ what do you want” “ yeah what do you want” says David walking out of the bathroom. “I am here to take you guys with me on the job”. David and Damascus look at each other and remain silent. “ I’m glad you guys are packing up anyway because the job is not here” says Arrisibalaga “ well where the hell is it” asks David “ it’s on planet Hove” replies Arrisibalaga “ planet Hove is far.really far” complains David “ yeah well a job is a job” replies Arrisibalaga “ planet Hove is quite a distance. What business do you have there anyway, I mean Pagodia and planet Hove are in opposite directions” says Damascus “ well for your informstion I have something that needs to be taken care off there. And you guys are happen to be those people taking care of that problem” replies Arrisibalaga. “ we can use the long trip to plan how you guys are going to take out the target. And yes you will be killing someone, that someone is called Saw Gleg. I will tell you guys more on the ship. And by the way I had your bill settled so let’s go. I also took the liberty of getting you guys warm clothes, as you know planet Hove is far from the sun and well it’s what you humans or should I say anadites call winter that side” says Arrisibalaga as he walks out. Damascus looks at David and say “ looks like we are going to Planet Hove” as he picks up his bag and leaves.

It took a little over five weeks for David, Damascus and Arrisibalaga to arrive in Planet Hove. The spaceship begins to descend into the planet. “ I have had the pleasure of being in a confined space with you guys for weeks and I just hope the screaming matches you guys engage in are over. I need you guys to work together to get this done” says Arrisibalaga. “ don’t worry about we will get it done” says Damascus. They land in a deserted area. They dress up and before they leave Damasucus transforms himself into looking like a resident of planet Hove. He puts his hand on David and David also turns into a resident of Planet Hove. “ you know the drill” says Damasucus who is interrupted by David saying “ yeah yeah yeah. I need to stay withing ten meters otherwise I’ll revert back to my normal form”. They exit the space ship and start looking around “ this place is cold, Arrisi wasn’t bluffing” says David. “ I know, is everything clear on your side” says Damascus “ all clear” replies David. “let’s fly to the city we saw before we touched down” instructs Damascus “ okay” replies David and they start flying. After five minutes of flying they descend and eventually land and they walk towards the city on foot. “ are you alright” asks a concerned Damascus “ I don’t know, this place has a funny smell and I am also a bit dissy” replies David “ the atmosphere of this planet is made up of gasses that are poisonues to humans. But anadites can survive almost anywhere” says Damascus “ I am not a pure blooded anadite” replies David. “ I totally forgot. That means we have to move quick, the sooner we find Gleg the sooner we can leave this deep freezer of a planet” says Damasucs.  They continue walking for a few more hours before they come to stop as David seems to be getting a bit weaker. “ here take this” says Damascus as he gives David a tube of oxygen. “ that should help you feel better” says Damascus. David then takes a puff and he feels a bit better. He then pulls out a navigation device that was given to them by Arrisibalaga. They both look at it and David says “ well according to this Gleg’s place should be right there” as David points at a structure that resembles an apartment block.  They reach Saw Gleg’s apartment and they pick the lock, after gaining entry they both cover their hands in fire as they search the place. They split up to cover better ground. Damscus walks into what seems like a kitchen and yells “ clear!” and within a few seconds David also yells “clear”. Damasucs looks around the kitchen looking a for a clue but he finds nothing. He leaves the kitchen and heads into the sitiitg room and sits down. “ Dad come here” says David and Damascus obliges “what is it” asks Damascus “ I ffound this thing. On earth it’s called a tablet. And the i***t that owns it diidnt have a passcoad” says David “ so does that mean we can find where Gleg is” ask Damascus. “ it says that Gelg has a meeting with someone at this place” says David as he punches in some numbers in the navigation device. “ okay here’s the play then. We will get to the location and find Gleg, or wait for him to arrive then we take him out, no scratch that I will approach him and try to lure him out of public. I will try lead him to you and you take him out. We will see what to do when we arrive at the location. But the plan is to take him quietly. You already have heat in Pagodia you cant afford anymore” says Damascus.

Gleg arrives at the location. He looks around and awaits his contact. He sits for a few minutes nervously when he starts to worry. He then pulls out a device that scans the area around him. He stops after the scan detects nothing and he continues waiting. “ what is he doing” asks David “ absolutely nothing. Altghough truth be told it looks like he is waiting. Let me make my move” replies Damascus. Gelg notices Damascus coming but deicdes to ignore him before his scanner goes off. He then points it at Damascus and it reveals that Damascus is an anadite. “ no way” he says before he gets up and runs towards his vehicle. “hey Gleg” says Damascus as he chases after him. Gleg gets into his vehicle and takes off. David then rushes to his father who says “ well I guess the goes stealth let’s just take him out” as they embark in a chase acrros the capital.  Gleg is in his vehicle more focused on getting away than actually fighting. David and Damascus chase Gleg keeping a safe distance from him. “ I don’t get it, I could use my telekinetics to disable his vehicle” says David “ well we are flying around a city and the people of Hove are already spooked by seiing people chasing after a vehicle. I’ll let you know when you can take him down” replies Damasucs. After fifteen more minutes of chasing Gleg starts firing projectiles at them and Damscus says “ alright now if he is firing things at us we have no choice. Take him out kid” and David says “ I thought you’d never ask” and David proceeds to use his telekinetic powers to cut off the engine in Glegs vehicle causing it to fall to the ground. Once the vehicle hits the ground there is a huge explosion. They approach cautiously with Damascus covering his whole body in ice and saying “ stand behind me kid. They look at the burning wreckage and see Gleg inside barely moving, Damasucs then shoots fire at the vehicle to accelerate the prosses causing the vehicle to explode. They then fly back to the space ship. Upon arrival they find the ship empty. “ where is he” asks David “ I don’t know. Let’s just get out of here” replies Damascus and they leave for Earth.  After two weeks on the spaceship the screen lights up. “ rise and shine gentlemen” says Arrisibalaga on the screen. David looks at the screen with disgust and Damascus says “ you could have told us you were going to leave us on Hove” “ well yes I am sorry about that. I realized I could not risk being spotted on the same planet, the same day a member of my race dies. So I decided to make myself scarce. That being said I want an update, everything go well” asks Arrisibalaga. “ yeah everything went well. Gleg is dead” replies David “ wonderful! Absolutely wonderful. I will be in touch with you guys soon. Enjoy your trip back home gentlemen” says Arrisibalaga.

Mavis wakes up at five in the morning and heads to the bathroom, she then opens the tap and lets it run. She soon then heads to Brock’s room and shakes him “ Brock Brock” she says “ Brock it’s time for school” she says as Brock turns over to face her and yawns before he says “ okay” and he gets up. She then leaves his room. Brock slowly takes his pyjamas off and wraps his body in a towel and he goes to the bathroom. Mavis then comes back and removes Brock’s school uniform for the day. She lays out the clothes and leaves them on top of his bed for him to wear once he is done bathing. She then goes into Roman’s room and also shakes him “ Roman Roman wake up” and he springs up. “ After your brother is done bathing you should call me okay” she says “ yes Mavis” as she leaves and goes to the kitchen to start preparing breakfast for the boys. She opens the cupboard and removes Brock and Roman’s lunchboxes. She then proceeds to pack a small box of juice for each of them. She then removes muffin mix from the drawer and starts making muffins for the boys’ breakfast. As the muffins are coming together she adds a packet of chips to the boys’ lunchboxes. “Mavis Brock is done” says Roman as he grabs her dress to catch her attention “ okay wait for me in your room, I’ll be there in a minute” she replies as she finishes up what she was doing. She then turns off the oven and heads to the room to bath Roman. Brock is in his room getting ready. Dana emerges from his room and heads into the kitchen, he looks around to see if Mavis did not forget anything before he puts the kettle on to make himself a cup of coffee. He then heads to the living room and turns on the television to watch the early morning sports news. He then heads back to the kitchen and gets he two muffins and finishes making his cup of coffee. Brock walks and says “ morning dad” “morning beast” replies Dana. Brock then goes to the kitchen to get his breakfast which he takes to the dining room. Dana finishes his coffee and unlocks the main door and warms up the car. He then goes back to his room to change out of his gown. Roman comes charging into the room and dives on top of their bed and says “ morning” “ good morning Roman” say both Casey and Dana. “ Go eat your breakfast we are about to leave” says Dana and Roman runs out. Both Casey and Dana shake their heads and laugh “ you got a busy day today” asks Dana “ yeah, I have an early morning meeting” replies Casey “ so I guess I won’t find you when come back from dropping the boys,” asks Dana “ yeah” replies Casey, he then kisses her and says “ goodbye and have a good day” “ you too she says” as he leaves the room. He comes out and says “ good morning Mavis” “ good morning sir” she responds “ alright boys lets hit the road” says Dana as he heads towards the car. Roman and Brock come behind them and they all get into the car. They drop Roman off at school first. “ bye son” says Dana as Brock walks Roman into the school. Dana uses the few minutes he has to think. After five minutes Brock returns. They drive to Brock’s school. They arrive in five minutes as the traffic wasn’t busy that day. Before Brock leaves Dana says “ listen Brock. I have something I need to tell you after school. So remind me when I pick you up later.” Brock nods his head and says “ okay dad” before he walks into the school.