Vol. 1 Chapter 4 - Melinda Larkinson

/The next morning, Uhtred rose from his bed, whilst yelling, "Rise!". Uhtred stretched and twisted his body, then he exited his '

bed-room./

/Location: Larkinson-Residence/

/povMC/

"What it do? Looking sleepy yet again, this morning, brother. You really should start adding some exercise, to your '

daily-routine." I greeted my brother, who maybe didn't look as bad as yesterday morning, but still looked like shit, none the less.

"I received a 'strength-candy from my system last night, maybe I will receive a endurance-candy soon." Ves was telling me until a knock at the door, interrupted his words.

I got up and opened the door, to reveal our older cousin, Melinda Larkinson, who attacked me with a bear-hug.

"Uhtred! Ves! It's been so long my little cousins, who are not so little anymore. I like the beard Uhtred, it really suits you." She told Ves and I.

"Melinda! Gods you've grown beautiful! I bet you have to beat all the boys away with stick, looking like a mech-piloting goddess." I told Melinda making her blush.

"Stop it you perv, you haven't changed one bit, on the inside atleast, I can see." She said.

"Melinda it is always good to see you, but I know, you're not here for a social-visit. What is up?" Ves asked Melinda.

"Grandfather has been busy at headquarters, even with all his resources and connections, the only information he has gained on the location of your father, is he was lost-track of near the Nyxian-Gap." Melinda informed us, of what Benjamin Larkinson, our grandfather learned of our missing-father, Ryncol Larkinson.

"There is no point in looking for him, he obviously has something he wants to accomplish, he will return home when he is ready." I told Ves and Melinda, my opinions on the matter.

"How is the family?" Ves asked Melinda, to which I scoffed and snorted, Uhtred's personality infects my entire being and genetic-makeup, causing me to be very spiteful and makes it hard not to hold a grudge, against anyone who I have felt crossed or wronged by.

I never liked how Larkinson Clan belittled my twin, only because he was not a potentate, or in other words someone without the ability to interface, into a mech's Neural-Interface'. Like I said, the Uhtred in me makes me want to publicly-humiliate the cousins and aunts and uncles, who think they are superior to Ves. It almost demands it of me, or my honor and value as a warrior, will be called into question...

Reputation is all! An attack on my twin, could be seen as an attack directly on my being, no attack can be seen to be let-go, without due-punishment being administered to my, would-be attacker or attackers.

"They are fine, I'm sure all the younger cousin piglets, running around the Clan Residence back on Planet-Rittersberg, would love to try your virtual-mechs on 'Iron-Spirit." Melinda answered Ves.

"I just started on my third-variant, for the 'Fantasia 2R, by 'Kezia-Armaments. I should be done and have it uploaded, on the mech-market today. You should check them out sometime, Uhtred has not been downed' even once, since he started climbing up the ranks, two-days ago piloting my first and second variants, on 'Iron-Spirit." Ves told her about his works, and my piloting of them.

"Yea I'll be in Gold-ranks by the time your third-variant, is finished and available for purchase." I said to them both.

"Gold-ranked in only three-days, wow! They must have really taught you some things, in the center-galaxy." Melinda exclaimed.

"Yea you should read, the comments on my virtual-mech page, some of them a claiming 'Uhtred of BebbanBurg' is a hacker. Haha!" Ves said.

"Bronze-rank and silver-ranks, just contained no worthy-opponents, gold-ranked matches should be different." I said, whilst running my hand through my beard, why I have a dark-colored 'Gandalf the Grey' style-beard? You ask?… well I don't have a good answer for that, call it a personal-whim. The future has really advanced hair-growth serum-technology, first thing I did was grow a beard, when I took control of my body.

"When you reach platinum-ranks, you can partner-up with me." Melinda said whilst twirling her hair through her fingers. Sealing the deal, if anyone is fucking my hot-cousin, it is gonna be me gods-damnit!

"We shall not need, wait for long, consider it a date, I look most-forward to, dear-cousin." I lay down the suave, nice and smooth-like, with a silky-finish.

"Hm.. pervert, anyway, I also came to give you both your 'invitations, to the 'Young-Tiger's-Exhibition, or the 'YTE, this year on Bentheim. They will have a competition for young and new mech-designers, as well as with young and new mech-pilots. The first-place prize is one million 'Bright-Credits, it is seperate for designers and pilots. So, if you both win your respective-competitions, you each will be a 'million-credits wealthier." Melinda informed us, of the competition on '

Planet-Bentheim, that will take place thirty-days from now, whilst placing the invitations on coffee-table, in the living-area of the residence.

"You have to leave already? You just arrived." I asked the fine-young woman, just over twenty-years of age. A ripe-fruit, waiting to be plucked from the tree of Eden, only to suffer torment and penultimately be devoured, until finding itself left with no strength whatsoever.

"The planetary-guard doesn't really believe-in free-time, unfortunately. You boys be good now, I will see you on Planet-Bentheim." She told us as she left.

"They teach you to pork your cousins, in the 'Friday-Coalition? Or something?" Ves looked at me strangely whilst asking, what was up with my looks, at our cousin.

"They taught me, if anyone is gonna be giving my sexy-cousins the business, it's gonna be me, and only me." I informed Ves, my view-point, on the matter of playing fiddles, with our more-beautiful lady-cousins.

"Hm.. strangely, that kind of makes sense to me, but I have a gut-feeling it shouldn't make any sense at all." Ves kind of talked to himself, as he said full of confusion.

/After eating some vittles, prepared by Uhtred. The brothers went about their respective-plans, for the day and evening. By the time the next day arrived, Uhtred had entered into the gold-ranks on 'Iron-Spirit', whilst purchasing and equipping, the 'Fantasia 2R-'Phantasm', the third-mech virtually-created by Ves./