Grandpa!Grandma the kids screamed excitedly , as they ran into the arms of their grandparents. The children were unaware of what has happened and their mum wasn't ready to tell them that their dad was most likely dead,the space station he went to look over the installation and smooth operation for a week for attacked and destroyed there was no survivors,it was just built and installations where still going on so there were very few staffs present and no security, it was very rare for such a station to be attacked ,unless the Pirates were looking for workers and high level slaves,this station was supposed to be a secret and nobody was supposed to be aware since it was not yet connected to the server,the information was leaked.
" Alicia, it's been so long are you not excited to see us or have we become too old for you " Marcie asked teasingly, Alicia couldn't control herself and broke into sibs and said "I am" ," it just that" she couldn't complete her statement and burst into tears and ran into the house, tera turned to his grandpa and asked "gramps what's wrong with mum" she has been crying a lot since coming from dads office, and where is Dad" Dan held tera and kira close and hugged them and said "let's go in there is nothing wrong with mum" "do you like chocolate I have chocolate everything, made just for you" . Kira squealed in delight " I LOVE CHOCOLATE" she held Dan's hand and dragged him into the house while screaming " I want it now" ," wait for me" tera said as he followed them inside. Dan had baked everything he could think of for them. He loves his grandkids so much, he wanted to impress them,he hadn't seen them in years. He kept feeding them one snack after the other with hot chocolate tea for kira and cold chocolate drink for tera.
The television screen were on he turned on the news to watch with the kids,
The first thing that showed was breaking news, space station IK0023 was attacked and destroyed by pirates, there were no survivors, everyone stationed there for repairs have been presumed dead , this are the victims station commander Xander,..., chief technician kitera , "thats dad" " see dad" kira screamed, tera wasn't as excited as kira because this was the pictures of the dead. He turned to Dan and said "Gramps is Dad dead" " no one knows" he said " I am sure he is fine wherever he is and one day he will return " . Tera sat down back thinking ,Kira finally understanding a little bit of what was happening said "when is Dad coming back" , "soon " tera said . Dan changed the channel to cartoons and went to the room.
Alicia had just finished telling Marcie the news when Dan walked in. They were about to start telling him when he said " I know " I saw it on the news. Then he walked over and gave Alicia a hot chocolate and hugged her from the side, " everything will be alright he said, I am sure he will find his way back he always does" Dan said , Marcie then held her hand and said " come I prepared some food let's all it first, they all went out to eat at the table ,when they started there was a knock at the door, "i got it" tera said, he opened the door and there stood the man he hated to see the most , his name was Marcus Acrelius he was a noble of the house of Acrelius where they stayed he worked with their mum, he was the head of the research facility, he was always around their mum ,tera never liked the way this man looked at his mum, he closed the door on Marcus and went back and said "no one is there" , but they heard the door again so Alicia went to the door to check while giving a grumpy tera a side eye,
" Oh hi Marcus" ,Alicia said " what are you doing here" she said, "I came to see you I heard what happened" Marcus said " my condolences" " are you alright" , Marcus wasn't a bad person he always had feelings for Alicia but she was already married so he always respected her space, for others the passing of kitera was a bad news but for him i t was the best news, he wasn't a bad person that could order the death of kitera but he would be lying if h said he didn't wish for it in his room or to his parents, his mum lady gray Acrelius was one of the elders of the Acrelius clan, no great clans hand was clean they rose and maintained their power by working over the bodies of their enemies and the innocent, who knows what evil they are capable of. Alicia's and Kira's guard wasn't up; she saw Marcus as a friend and Kira saw him as her uncle. He was always around, he loved Alicia and all her children but tera never returned his love.
When Alicia heard the questions she started crying and saying "kitera might be dead or worse", Marcus took the chance to come close and hold her and said " sorry for your loss, if you ever need me I am here ,I will always be here for you Alicia in this life and the next". This moment was interrupted by tera who came and said "hands off" which Marcus did,kira completely unaware ran and hugged Marcus leg while asking" uncle marcus what are you doing here" , marcus was about to answer when he saw everyone shaking their head at him , he then changed his statement to "I came to see your mum", to which kira replied " you always come to see mum,you like mom too much uncle, don't you have friends " kira replied innocently, Alicia swiftly picked kira up and said" go inside "while shoving her inside, you too tera, to which they grumpily did,each grumpy for different reasons, the grand parents also came out to speak with Marcus they had heard about him too.
"What have you heard" , Marcie asked , the nobles always got access to more information than the general public. Marcus then went ahead to explain that body parts and a few bodies and torn flesh has been found and identified, and that there was several pieces of flesh that were found and the DNA of the bodies have been identified including that of Marcus, all information concludes that he is dead, and the Engineering Association of Blue Earth are holding a small burial for him they need your blessing and presence there a few days from now. I will take my leave now,greet the kids from me if you ever need me, He said to Alicia, " that goes for you too Mr and Mrs Dan " he said while leaving.