Son and abduction

Inside the hut in the middle of the desert far from any civilization is a group of people having a peaceful meal together.

A small table bending downward carried the dishes that frank prepared

A large pot of soup, a small basket of hard cold bread, and a container full of carbonated water.

A drink that confuse laster as he took a sip and realized that it taste just like tap water but with fancy bubbles or foam.

"Is this supposed to taste like something?" He asked frank and the old man smiled at him.

"Don't you feel the bubbles playing in your tongue?" The old man spoke giving the three children of laster their portion of the food.

"It tastes like water" Laster bluntly said he took a sip of the drink and spoke in confidence

"Yup, it's water"

The old woman dunk stale bread on the soup and took a blissful bite.

"It's amazing"

"Have some more" Frank said to his wife which she did filling her plate with soup and it almost overflowed

Laster watch them act all lovey while munching on a hard cold bread

"Who's this lady?" He asked himself the always grumpy old friend of his that wouldn't smile even on her birthday was laughing and acting silly in front of this man.

"Frank, I think love changes people"

He murmured which the old lady reacted to, she grabbed a hard bread and looking directly into laster's eyes break it in half.

'Is that a threat' Laster pondered looking at his sons.

Three men that looked like they would be successful in life, the three all look beautiful and would do well as a model but their loose shirt and dirt covering their skin says otherwise.

He watched the three eat their meal while frank and his wife continue their act flirting every moment they could.

The mood felt happy and peaceful with a bit of danger as a wooden wagon came crushing down the hut.

Boom. a thunderous explosion echoed in laster's ear as his eyes reflect his three sons eating the stew with a smile, while the roof above him begin to bend.

The wagon ripped through the roof of the hut making a large hole it stopped inches away from hitting laster.

Frank lost touch with the plate on his hand and the stew spilled below him while the old woman looked at laster and asked

"Is that yours?"

Laster looked at the wagon before drinking the soup in front of him it took him time to finish what was on his plate before answering

"No, mine's a little shinier"

The door of the wagon fell off hitting the table and destroying all the dishes that frank made.

The soup flew hitting almost everyone around the table, laster was no exception.

"Mine's also more durable" Laster added trying to wipe the stew that stained his shirt.

"Sorry, old friend" Frank spoke cleaning the Mudge of stew that hit his face

"Never knew it would be this...disastrous"

Laster's sons without any warning dashed to the door.

"Well, I'll leave your family alone old friend"

Laster spoke trying to get rid of the stain but the more he wiped the messier it gets, the small stain on his shirt grew to the size of a fist.

"It looks like it's our visitor"

"Stew and that..water was delicious"

laster said to the couple with a smile before following the path that his sons took

"How would we be able to get this out?" The old woman asked looking at the large hole in the roof of their home and the wagon stuck on it.

"I don't know love" Frank answered.

While the couple was silent thinking of a way to get rid of the wagon stuck on their roof.

"What are you doing!" A voice came inside the wagon that surprised them.

A head pops out on the door brownish skin and hair, his eyes emerald green, and a face of a young man in his twenties.

"Dad pack the house quick!!" He yelled with no sense of patience.

"Robert, what the hell is going on!" His mother yelled signaling him to come down.

"That's what I want to know" Robert spoke trying to calm down, he put both his feet hanging on the wagon door.

"A bunch of people just chased after me" He explained trying to hang on the wagon door but his hand slipped.

He yelped falling down the roof towards the broken table, Robert's body like a rag doll flipped and turn before finally crashing down

his upper body hit the pot used to store the stew making a bell sound as he land.

"Ouch, I feel sick" Robert whispered.

"What happened, son?" Frank asked giving him a helping hand.

"A group chased after me" Robert spoke "I don't even know them"

"That doesn't explain this" His mom pointed at the roof where the wagon was stuck.

"Robert, whose wagon is this?"

"I don't know" Robert looked away as he said those words while his mom yelled at him

"what do you mean you don't know!"

"I stole it, so I don't know"

"You stole something?" His father asked in disbelief.

"The group chasing me have weapons Kay, I got no choice" Robert explained he looked around before continuing

"And dad, we need to pack the house, quick!"

"Did you get caught?" His father asked

"What?, no! stop asking questions we need to get out of here!"

"Hurry up!" Laster's voice carries outside.

"Is that them!" Robert yelled, he grabbed the collar of his dad's shirt as he scream.

"Dad, pack the house!!"

Frank signaled his wife to check outside before going toward Robert

"Calm down son, let's just get things ready I don't know what's going on but we'll pack the house"

He put his hands on Robert's shoulder

"Calm down"

The old lady was on his way to the door but it opened itself and the one outside was none other than laster.

Sweating he looked at the old lady and awkwardly smile.

"I thought your gonna leave?" The old lady asked

"Hurry up boys!" Laster yelled behind.

"Change of plans, It was your visitors, will stay here until they're gone"

"We have you surrounded!" A yell from outside.

"Boss, my carriage was taken" One of laster's kids spoke, a tear left his eyes as he continue

"I didn't even pay for it yet"

"there, there" His brother patted his back knowing full well what his brother is going through.

Full of sweat laster's kids lowered the barrel against the door, they were all exhausted and confuse.

"Boss, why are they here?, they even..." The one who has his carriage taken spoke.

"Boss you said your just gonna borrow it" The man wipe his runny nose before starting to cry.

It was quite bizarre, the young lad broke down crying, and his sobs echoed in the hallway.

The old lady looked at laster and asked

"What's-

"Don't ask" Laster answered the unfinished question before pointing at the door.

"And you also have a problem of your own"

"Father" One of laster's full grown child tugged on his shirt.

"How about Carl?"

Carl, the one crying so loudly because his newly bought carriage was destroyed.

Laster couldn't help but feel pity seeing him.

"Tell him I'll buy him a new one after all this is sorted out"

Going towards the dinner table Carl's cry got quiet, the one that replaced it was an energetic voice of a young man ordering frank around.

"We also need the savings, don't forget the savings!"

"right!"

The destroyed dinner table wasn't cleaned but instead was covered by a violet fabric that has items on top of it ranging from silverware to food seasonings.

The larger items were being sent further to the hut as he saw frank carrying a large bag that he called 'savings' before heading to the far end of the hallway.

How long does this place extend to?, Laster absolutely has no idea.

The young Robert was arranging silverware on the violet fabric when he saw a shadow from his left.

Knowing his father was in the storage room he tilt his head and saw an unfamiliar guest.

A guy with red eyes smiling at him, he seemed friendly but it didn't get rid of the fact that he was uninvited.

Robert grabbed a fork planning to stab laster with it but his movement felt amateur and sluggish.

He tried to swing it towards laster but stopped mid way, his hand was trembling he was hesitant to hurt this intruder.

He looked at laster's Calm expression before backing away the fork in his hand.

"Dad!, mom! an intruder entered" Robert yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Who!" Frank pops out of the far end of the hut a teacup at hand.

"Hey, frank!, who's this young lad here?" Laster asked with a smile, which felt sinister for some reason.

"Robert, my son"

Robert looked at his dad, the young man's face was telling 'you know him?' as he lowered his hand that holds the fork.

Laster looked at the young man and frank, trying to find any connection between the two but couldn't.

".... you're kidding me, you have a son!" Laster yelled looking at the kid.

"When did this happen?" Laster asked confused.

"Ten years ago"

Laster's mouth opened wide once he heard Frank's response.

Confusion struck him next was sorrow as he looked at the young lad's face.

"So I was gone for ten years?" Laster asked and frank replied with a tired smile.

"Hope what you said was the truth my friend, but It was more than ten years."

"..." Laster stared at frank waiting for him to say that it was just a small joke but frank just stared at him as the room turn silent and only the sound of Robert's breath was present.

Robert watched his father staring at the unknown intruder who he heard was called laster, it seems this guy wasn't just any intruder.

Void of any emotion laster took a deep breath, his face formed a smile as if it were natural and his eyes seemed genuine, he spoke breaking the silence.

"That aside, you mind telling me why we got visitors"

The father and son looked at each other trying to find an answer to laster's question when a voice burst out of the entrance door.

"It's because of us"

The old lady answered.

....

Surrounding the hut was a group armed with weapons, mainly spears and swords but the most dangerous looking weapon was carried by the people at the very back.

Men's wearing translucent veils covering their faces had guns aimed at the front door where the old lady stood, her eyes piercing through the gaps in the door.

Seeing the group, the old lady made her conclusion.

"Guardians, they're here. I recognized those guns"

The old lady spoke

"You made them?" Laster asked and the old lady nodded.

"The only reason they're here is because of us"

The old lady explained

"It's because of you, laster, and me rose"

Laster's eyes wander off toward Robert

"You sure it's not your son-

"No, it's not Robert"

Laster sighed after hearing those words.

"Whatever your excuse is, I want me and my child out"

"Wait!" Rose looked around and the three people that laster considered to be his sons are nowhere to be seen.

"where's those three-

Boom.

An explosion sends the front door flying with a message coming from an energetic feminine voice.

"This is a warning, we got you all surrounded!"

"Dad!, pack the house!" Robert yelled to Frank before hurrying towards the kitchen.

Laster stretched his arm and looked at Frank

"Your son resembles you"

"Thank you?"

"You're welcome"

"This isn't the time for this you idiot!" Rose yelled to laster

"We need those guardians gone or dead"

"And you're going to help" She ordered

"Can I refuse?" Laster asked and Rose said with a sly smile

"If you don't want that product of yours to circulate out of this city, then do what you must"

"That gorilla" Laster muttered going to the blown up door, straight to the guardians.

"Old boss!" A woman yelled.

She was wearing a veil covering her body just like every other guardians present.

But something was different that separate her from the others, the woman raised her arm and greeted laster as if it was their second meeting.

"You're also here old boss. that makes it easy for us"

"You mind staying there for a moment?" The lady lowered her arm.

"?" 'Was something supposed to happen?' is laster's thoughts he was about to shrug it off when the ground started to pull him down slowly, tugging on his legs and shoes.

He try to pull his feet up but he couldn't even budge away from his current location, he was stuck.

"Would this restrain me or kill me?" Laster asked looking at his feet.

"It's to restrain you old boss" The woman answered.

"We still have more after all, inside that house"

"search it" The woman command and the guardians slowly approach the house.

"Dad!, that uncle didn't even get to do anything!" Robert yelled

"Mom you just send him to his death!"

Rose sighed and headed to the kitchen leaving the father and son duo with four words

"Explain it to him"

"Well I guess I should explain"

"Explain what?, that my uncle is a fodder" Robert looked at the window with a worrisome expression.

"They're gonna kill him"

"No, they won't, they need him and besides, they wouldn't be able to kill him"

Frank looked out the window and the guardians are slowly approaching them, two were already at the front door which already exploded so they could just waltz inside.

"close your eyes, you don't want to see what's about to happen"

"Don't enter, it's a command" Laster spoke.

The guardian on the door ignored him and step foot inside.

"That idiot" The woman that locked laster in his place muttered.

"so you know that little magic" Laster respond as the one on the door backed away his head turning red.

"I'll back away!' remove it-

His head explodes just as he reaches the sand, and the other one on the door immediately back away.

The guardians slowly backed away from the house, and one of them looked at the corpse before recklessly charging at laster ready to slash him.

"I'll kill you!" He yelled attacking laster with his sword just for it to be blocked by laster's hand making it bleed with no hesitation laster punched the guardian in the face hard enough to knock him out.

"Geez you guys sure are emotional"

"Daniel!" A guardian yelled and they all pointed their weapon to laster forgetting the existence of the house.

"Don't do anything to Daniel!" They yelled.

Laster grabbed the sword out of Daniel's hand yet none of the guardians dare to move forward nor fire their guns.

"Release me I order you" He said eye to eye with the frozen lady that locked him in place using the sand.

muttering some words she obeyed and the sand beneath laster's feet sunk leaving no trace of the hands made of sand that was tugging him the moment before.

"Let's make a deal" Laster offered while surrounded by a group of weapon wielded guardians.

"No way old boss"

The one who binds laster's feet acted as if the boss of the guardians present, she stands her ground signaling to open fire if some weird moves are taken, making sure no deal will happen, not today at least.

Her fellow guardians obeyed her word pointing their sharp weapons and aiming their guns at laster.

"You're a good person old boss, just follow us quietly and we won't harm ya," The lady said.

"Your here for Rose aren't you?" Laster asked and no one answered.

"I'll take her to you guys along with her family of course, and then you let me leave, I'm not even your main target...for this abduction"

Laster reached his hand to the lady in front while pressured by the weapons that surround him.

"Do we have a deal?"

"You know how hard it is to catch Rose or even approach her, this number of people won't even be enough if that gorilla decides to fight back"

"I'm not stupid enough to accept a deal with no advantage"

The girl pointed at the hut.

"I'll make sure old boss can't do anything"

"Half Search it, the other half stays with me were gonna bond with the old boss here"

The lady comfortably sat on the ground.

"Old boss, how about you relax" She offered him to sit on the sand.

Their outside, beneath the scorching hot eyeball sun.

"Sure" Laster takes on the offer sitting to face her.

The girl signaled the other guardians to come close.

"Let's all chat before Rose gets here"

"So how's the day?" She asked and laster raised his hands.

"I'll go first, I'm laster and my day was terrible!, I met with this gorilla lady! then I need to do this for her!"

"She's gonna get karma some day" A guardian told laster and he nodded.

"Right I hope so....okay who's next" They all look at each other before a lot of guardians raised their hands ready to be picked by laster.

Daniel woke up feeling dizzy to see his mates laughing and telling stories with the person that killed one of them right at their face.

Which made him feel like he was in a nightmare.

The guardian that was the first to react when he was knocked out approach him with an open hand

"Wanna join?"