Flashback 2

Time slowly passed as Lynx stood frozen in place staring at his father's corpse as he couldn't understand nor could he process the situation, it as if he knew what was happening but his mind refused to process anything, but his face was frozen and looked terrified. Lynx was left lost for words, growing up his father told him that the people above were cool, smart and that all people were equal even if they could transform or not and we should always look out our people and others. Lynx grew up living by his father's words and always imagine what it would be like when he met one of the Skylanders, Lyron was always careful with him and where they went, in every way Lyron would try to avoid all areas where Skylanders would possible be. As Lynx looked down at his father's remains he was in denial, he stood there and thought maybe the Robotic people weren't from the above and they were from somewhere else. It was the only explanation he could come up with since their actions did not match the one's of the stories his father told, Lynx believed everything his father told him, he always believe in his father and so he stood there and slowly fed his young self lies. 

      Lynx mind was lost as he slowly bent down removing a rope from his bag side and tied it to his father's upper torso. Lynx then tied the other end around himself as he decided to bring the body of his father back home. There were no roads that he could use and the only option was to walk over the debris and garbage that laid around and so his task wasn't easy, he tripped and fell a few times but he always stood back up. While pulling his father body engrossed in the void of his thoughts, there was a man secretly watching him and was impressed to see a child carrying supplies and alone. He walked over to Lynx and quietly approached him, even though Lynx had good hearing as he was trained by his father he didn't hear the man approaching him. With his mind still a blank Lynx couldn't hear anything it was if he was walking in a void, he couldn't hear nor feel anything. The man was close enough and when he saw the body being dragged by the young boy he felt taken aback when his eyes looked over the disturbing figure of a body, but remain his composure. The man didn't care about anything he only had one mission; Lynx was walking with his head hand low.

     "Hey kid" the man called as he placed a hand on Lynx's shoulder, but when Lynx rose his head and looked at the man he quickly retreated his hand and fell to the ground. Lynx looked at the man with his dirty face, widen eyes, large pupils and a stiff and soulless expression, it seemed as if his soul had abundant his body. Lynx said nothing while looking down at the man who was still on the ground as he was scared. The man looked at Lynx still unable to move and thought whatever he went through was too much and it left him traumatized. The man then stood to his feet and looked at the body once more and theorized that the body being pulled was the father and a good one. In truth the man only approached Lynx to rob him since he was alone, but seeing Lynx's face he was second guessing his actions and he couldn't bring himself to rob Lynx. The man then took the body from the ground and placed it over his shoulder.

       "Let me give you a hand" he said but Lynx said nothing and continued his journey while still holding the rope. Soon the night fell as the place got much darker and they could hardly see anything, but Lynx kept walking as if he had night vision. The man looked around and wondered why haven't they ran into any monsters and that's when it hit him as his eyes widen, he wasn't sensing the strange energy from Lynx or the body he was carry and because he was with the two of them his energy was being canceled and so he felt relieved and a bit safer. Time passed and the man wanted to leave to wherever he had to be, they were quiet the entire journey, but he wanted to leave and so he was the first to break the silence. 

       "He kid are we close? Say five minutes" the man asked, but his question was answered with silence. Lynx only kept walking and their journey continued in silence. They then finally reached Lynx's home and he led the man through their secret door and down the ladder, the man was surprised seeing their home but said nothing. The man then placed the body on the floor as Lynx pointed, he stood there for a moment and watched as Lynx covered the body as if it was a sleeping person. Even in the cruel world there were still few people who could sympathize with others. The man watched as Lynx knelt next to the body and was about to leave, but then Lynx stood up and his eyes locked with the man. The man shivered as his heartbeat quicken but then his gaze soften and everything went back to normal. 

       "You can rest here until morning" Lynx said in a low hoarse voice as he looked at the man. He couldn't handle Lynx's soulless face and avoided eye contact, just by observing Lynx the man could tell that he was a loving and kind person, but under Lynx's gaze he felt slightly frighten. 

        "Nah, but thanks. The name's Z by the way" the man said and waited for Lynx to give his name in return, but Lynx said nothing. The man felt awkward as Lynx only stares at him and was turning to leave when a bag landed by his feet. Lynx was taught that every good deed deserved an award. Z looked into the bag and knew what Lynx's actions meant, he then took a few things and added it to his bag and then threw the bag back to Lynx and spoke.

       "You're going need it kid" Z said as he turned giving Lynx a thumbs up and a smile, but he was once again met with Lynx's soulless face. Z then walked away heading up the ladder and left through the door. When Z left Lynx turned back to his father and the tears slowly made its way down his cheeks but his face still looked lost. Lynx sat there and eventually fell asleep, he was sometime later awoken by the stench of his father corpse rotting. He stood to his feet and then placed a small portion of food in his father's mouth and then climbed up the ladder going outside. Lynx went to the back of their house and then started digging a hole, he kept digging hardly taking any break and then after hours he was finally finished, the time had darken showing it was almost nighttime, but Lynx didn't care. Lynx then went back inside taking a long look at Lyron's body before wrapping a rope around it and struggled while dragging it up the ladder. His hands slipped a few times, but kept pulling ignoring the pain. He dragged it to the back and tied it on a machine he made after he dug the hole. The machine Lynx created had two legs that stood on both sides over the hole he dug and a circular space that connected both legs. He placed the rope through a hole on the machine and pushed his father body into the hole, the body fell in and then Lynx went back inside and gathered a few of his father's things placing it in the hole. Lynx stood at the hole looking down at his father and started crying again, but he wiped his tears away and started burying his father as the sky darker, but he didn't stop until his father was fully buried. 

      He finally finished covering Lyron's body and collapsed from exhaustion and hunger, as he laid next to his father's grave. He clutched the pendant around his neck and started crying once more.

      "I'm….I'm alone" he whispered as he cried silently. 

      Lynx then woke up the next day and walked slowly back to his house as he felt weak. He went down the ladder and as he walked around he saw a few of his father's things. He looked at his father's things and recollected the stories his father told him above the world above and how amazing it was, Lynx went over all the stories his father told him while he ate and fed himself more lies about the world above and the people who killed his father wasn't from the above. The kind gesture that was given by Z gave Lynx more reason to believe that people were like equals and were like family and they looked out for one another.

     In reality Lyron hid the treacherous facts about life from Lynx, he always hid the dark truth about crimes, death and suffering from him and made everything seemed well. Lyron knew what it was like being exposed to the cruelty of the world and especially since Lynx wasn't like the others, he didn't possess any Core power and he was just like the rest of regular human with was rare and that meant he would be picked on a lot. Lyron knew what it was like living without Core power since he was just the same, a Coreless person. Lyron was well aware of the harsh reality and the outcomes of those who didn't possess Core Power.

     Lyron wanted to give Lynx a second chance to find happiness as Lynx was disposed of as a child, he found Lynx when he was out collecting supplies like every other day when few garbage fell from above, he walked closer thinking maybe he could collect supplies but then he heard the faint cries of a child. He hesitantly followed the sound and soon found a child in a small refrigerator. Lyron eyes widen upon seeing the child, he looked up seeing the garbage truck flying away and Lyron wondered how the child could have possibly survived from such a high fall. He looked back to the child who stopped crying and was looking at him, Lyron met the child's eyes and smiled thinking that the child was destined to stay alive and Lyron was ready to take all the responsibilies and raise the child since the child was left for dead after few moments of entering the world. Lyron would make sure to give the child a second chance at life and happiness. As Lyron held the child in his hands he realized that he wasn't receiving the energy from him like other people and Lyron understood the child was just like him and he thought it must have been faith for them to meet. 

    Lyron then walked back to his house without collecting the supplies bringing the child and soon named the child Lynx. Lyron planned on telling Lynx the truth when he was older and more mature to understand, but that could wait. He made a gift box waiting for Lynx to grow up so he could hand it to him, he placed the truth in the box written in a note and also gave Lynx a pendant and told him never to take it off. Years passed and when Lynx was finally of age and able to leave with his father they encountered a few people who soon started laughing and pointing at Lynx proving Lyron's suspicions Lynx was just like him, but Lyron managed to turn Lynx away and explained to Lynx they were just happy seeing him and he then told Lynx a short story hoping he would forget about it and soon it worked. Lyron wanted Lynx to smile forever even though he knew it wasn't possible he would still try and make sure he smile as long as possible, but now he was dead.