Chapter 4: My Decision/Meeting Kaia

I stayed the night on a friends ship with Cliff. Looked like Kaia was coming late this afternoon. I woke up about 15 minutes ago. It was 8:00 in the morning. I was finally getting my strength back. I saw Cliff talking to some friends of his. I got dressed and squinted because the sun was so bright. Cliff saw me and he came by to see how I was doing. "Hey kid. How you feeling?" "Pretty good. Best night of sleep I got in awhile. So do we have a time Kaia would be here?" "Yeah she said she would be here around 3:00 or 4 around there." "Hey is there anything I can do around here to help?" "I know a way you can help. Go back home. I'm sure your family is worried. Just come by around 3:00. Take your time and talk to the family. Its the best thing you can do right now." "I guess if there is nothing to do here at the moment I can do that. I guess I will see you later Cliff." "See ya later kid." So I took my time walking home.

I didn't live that far from the port, but to a beach it was at least 20 min. A good one anyway so I 'm told. I finally got to the door and stopped in front of it thinking about what I am going to say. Then I took a deep breath, Exhaled and knocked on the door. Someone ran to the door. I heard running footsteps. Then the door opened and I saw Rin. "Kai! We're glad to see you ok!" "Yeah I'm fine. I have something to tell you all." "OK Kai. Come on in." Mom and dad came out because they heard the commotion. Then Elias came out of his room as well. "Well look who finally decided to come home after his little fit." Said Elias. "Hey Elias don't say that." said Rin. "Its ok. I deserved that. Lets go to the living room. I have something important to say." So we all sat in the living room, and it was quiet for a moment while I was thinking.

"Mom Dad. Everyone. I'm sorry for my little outburst. As Elias said I guess it was a fit. I know you are going to say anyone would be shocked with that info and do the same thing. I know. I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I know you all were trying to do what is best for me. I appreciate it. Right now I am making my decision on what I am going to do. As of right now, I am waiting for Kaia who is my biological mother to come by around 3:00 or 4. After that when they are ready to leave again I will be going with them. I think this is the best thing for me right now at least until my memory comes back. I have a feeling something tragic happened. Until I know for sure what happened, I'm sorry to say after finding out what happened I can't trust anyone who may have been apart of what happened. So until I get my memory back however long it takes, I will be on the open sea with my biological father, mother and crew. I just wanted you all to know what I planned on doing. Cliff said it was the best thing I could do at the moment. I didn't tell him that you were involved in anything. I told him I couldn't talk about it. I'm sorry. I think this is all I can say right now. Until I leave, I think I will be in my room."

Once Kai was in the room, Elias was about to run in and knock some sense into him but Rin stopped him. "No Elias. Let him be alone for a bit. He needs some time alone." "Dammit! I don't care what he says! He's still our brother! He has been for almost 11 years now! Then out of the blue his biological father pops in to say hi! Now Kai wants to go with him?! You guys are just going to let that happen?! I don't know any of you anymore!" Elias yelled. "I'm going on a walk. Yes its to the docks. Don't worry I won't cuss the guy out or anything. I just want to talk to him. If Kai asks that's where I will be." So everyone just let Elias go and take a breather.

After noon came around, I decided to come out of my room. I didn't see Elias so I asked. "Where did Elias go?" Rin answered and said, "He went to the docks to talk to Cliff." "Oh no. I have a bad feeling. Rin mom and dad you better come. If my feeling is right, someone might have to pull Elias off of someone." So we all rushed to the docs.

When we got to the docs, It hadn't happened yet, but it looked like it was about to. I shouted. "Elias! I'm right here! Its going to be ok!" I ran to Elias and grabbed his arm. "Sorry about this Cliff. I just got back to the shore not that long ago. Now I am leaving again." "I'm sure we understand his situation. We don't hold grudges on people like that. Its ok." The others agreed. I took Elias and dragged him to a bench to sit and take a breather. He was so angry he was hyperventilating. "Calm down Elias. Take a deep breath. In and out." I said. He tried his best but nothing could help him right now. "Hey Cliff. What time is it now?" I was curious. "Its ok you got time. Its only 2:00." "OK cool. I'll be right back. Rin come with me. Mom, Dad you can go home and rest if you want. Its going to be fine now. I promise." So mom and dad left while I went somewhere I knew of. I asked one of Cliff's old friends if we could use his car. He told us yes. "Rin. I want you do drive us to the place you found me." "Ok Kai. Any reason?" "Just go I'll talk when we get there."

We finally got the beach where they found me and parked. We went to the very spot where I swam up. Then I said, "This spot here. Is where I got up after swimming ashore. It was about close to 1mile away when I woke up and found myself in the middle of the ocean. I mostly let myself float and when I got closer I swam to the beach. I had to get somewhere or I wouldn't make it. I don't really know how long I had been drifting but I'm glad I drifted here. You wouldn't have found me if I didn't. I wouldn't have met you. As for the reason we are here, when you hear the ship is back that I was on, and I am not back at the port, I would most likely be waiting here or floating a mile close to here. I will do my best and send word when I can. When Kaia comes, I want you both to come with me. In order to know its the ship I'm on, you will have to know the name of the captain and the others. Oh Is that the time?! We should hurry. Its almost 3:00." So We got in the car and drove back close to the port.

We finally got to the docks, and Cliff said, "Oh your finally here. We got word from Kaia. She will be here in 10 minutes. Perfect timing." "Hey old man. Thanks for letting us use your car." "Sure no problem kid."

10 minutes later, we saw a ship assuming it was Kaia's. The ship finally got to the docks and someone I assumed was the captain came by to talk to Cliff. "All right. We will be waiting." He came back to me and said, "She is finishing up some stuff then she will be down to meet us." Cliff saw me and said, "You nervous kid?" "Well yeah. Meeting mom for the first time. Although I probably saw glimpses of her not knowing who she was." "Yeah she runs all over I'm sure you have seen her around. Oh speak of the devil. Hey Kaia." "Hey Cliff." She kissed him on the cheek.

Kaia looked my way. "Hello Kai." "So you knew who I was?" I said. "Of course I did. I saw you on the ship a few times and plus you are the splitting image of my father. Oh if he could see you now." "So do I have any siblings?" "Oh yes. You have 3 brothers. They will be here shortly. You have 2 older brothers and 1 younger. He is 2 years younger than you." "So he is almost 15 years old if not already." "Yeah he is. Oh speak of the devils here they are." "Oh sorry Kaia. This is Elias and Rin. My brother and sister I grew up with since I was gone." "Nice to meet you both. These are your brothers Kai. Boys introduce yourselves. Kai lost his memory." "Oh right." Said The oldest one. Then the youngest boy introduced himself. "My name is Aiden. I will be 15 next month." Then the next one introduced himself and said, "My name is Dylan nice to see you again Kai." Then the oldest brother said, "My name is Fury. I agree with Dylan its good to see you again Kai. Even if the last time we saw you was when you were 5."

"Ok now that we are all introduced, lets talk about how you are going to keep Kai safe." Said Elias. "Elias stop that. They are his brothers. I'm sure they want to keep him safe as much as we do." said Rin. "Sorry about Elias here. Ever since we found Kai, he has been overprotective." "Its fine I understand." Said Dylan. "I am the same way with Aiden. Ever since he was born I promised myself that I would protect him so that we wouldn't loose another brother. Rin is right though Elias. We will do everything in our power to protect him. So that we won't loose him again." "I agree with Dylan." Said Fury.

"Mom and Dad saw how furious I was hence my name. After we lost you. I was 10 at the time. Yes I am 5 years older than you. I was smart for my age. After we lost you, I wasn't the same. Dylan is only a year younger than me." "So it seems like you feel the same about Kai as I do. Still can you still feel that way after so many years? Where were you when he was on Cliffs ship a few months ago when the ship crashed." "After I heard Kai was alive and well, I wanted to go back on dad's ship but mom told me not to. It was what was best for him at the time." "I see. At least you still cared. Well I guess I can feel safe if your on board the ship then." Said Elias. Rin had a relieved sigh. "Sorry Rin. I just had to make sure he was going to be ok." "I understand." "So when are you leaving?" Said Elias. Then Kaia spoke and said, "We will be leaving in one month. So you have that much longer to say your goodbyes if you want to come with us Kai." "Yes that is still my decision. I think I'm going to go home with Rin and Elias for now. If there is anything you need me to do to get ready come let me know. Cliff you know where I will be." "All right then. See you later." "Yeah."