19 years ago….
We see a large building known as, “St. Sierra’s Home For Wayward Children.”
An orphanage.
It was lightly raining as we see two figures quietly going up the steps of the orphanage. The figures looked to be a man and a woman. They gently placed a small bundle of blankets in a basket in front of the doors.
The female figure began to sob as the male figure whispered, “our son…. We hope you will not resent us for this…. So many people are after you….”
The woman continued after managing to call down, “we will find you again, one day. This locket will guide you back to us….”
Within the blankets, we see a sleeping baby boy, short brown hair, clutching a small golden locket. Inside of it was an inscription that read, “Love Reaches Across the Galaxy.”
The couple whispered to their child, “we love you…. With all our hearts….”
After saying their goodbyes to their child, the two of them knocked on the door and quickly ran off.
After a minute, a kind looking woman opened the door and saw the baby boy at her feet. She gently picked the basket up as the baby whined lightly in his sleep. She then noticed a note in the basket and read it.
It read, “Please, kind people of this orphanage, watch over our son until we are able to raise him once again. Our baby boy, Sam Skyhopper, needs to be kept safe….”
The woman looked down at Sam, who began to smile as he slept.
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6 years later….
We see a seven year old Sam at the orphanage, getting into a fight with a bigger, brutish looking kid. Sam wore a grungy green coat, black shirt and jeans, and had bruises all over his body. His eyes were a striking blue as he glared defiantly at the bully.
The bully growled, “you’re a moron, Sky-crapper. You should look out for yourself.”
Sam growled as he stood up with a huge bruise over his eye, “I'm not gonna let you bully the other kids, jerkwad!”
The bully cracked his knuckles and said, “then you're getting taught another lesson….”
Sam fiercely held up his tiny fists, prepared to fight back as the bully descended upon him….
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Sam sat in the doctor's office of the orphanage, nursing a bloody lip with a rag.
The doctor, an older man, said, “that's the fifth fight you've gotten into this month, Samuel.”
Sam said, “Harry keeps messing with the other kids…. No-one else stands up to him….”
The doctor said, “he's much bigger than you, though. And stronger.”
Sam said as he gently clutched the locket around his neck, “that doesn't matter…. If people need help, I should help them.”
The doctor sighed, “sometimes I think you're too good for this world….”
Sam looked down at his locket as he heard those words….
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2 years later….
We see an 8 year old Sam on Halloween. His costume was basically a combination of a cowboy and a spaceman. He wore a brown cowboy hat, coat, boots and bandana, with a robot mask, toy blasters in his pockets and small water bottles painted silver and taped to his shoes.
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Crusaders of the Cosmos
Science FictionSam Skyhopper didn't think he was an extraordinary person. Growing up on Earth as an orphan, unaware of who his family was. But that would eventually change upon being abducted by an alien known as the Preserver, to be used as a universal breeder. S...
