The Boy From The Stars

Babysitting

Me and Banshee had nothing to do today. We were walking through the plaza. These past few days have been action packed. It's about time where we had a less action packed job. Unfortunately, our day was ruined when I saw Percival walking into the bank.

"Did you see that?" I asked Banshee.

She had a heavy sigh.

"Yes, I did."

We decided to follow him and when we entered the bank...

"Percival!" I yelled.

He turned around.

"Aha..! Astro. My good friend."

"Don't play dumb!" Banshee cried.

"Look, now isn't a good time."

"Big brother Ajax!" Someone yelled from behind us. A little boy ran right in front of us. He had orange hair and blue eyes and wore clothes you'd normally see on more poor people.

"Ah...! Anthony! It's so good to see you." He got down on one knee.

"Are you making toys again? Can I see them?"

"Sorry, bud but not today. Hold on a second. I'm going to talk to this nice gentleman here." He got up and walked over between me and Banshee.

"Listen, please..." His voice sounded desperate.

"The rest of my family knows my relations to the Talons. Except my little brother. I told him I'm a toy maker. He's visiting today and I really need you to play along to not crush his dreams. I'll repay you later." He whispered.

"What if we don't?" Banshee whispered.

"Then, I'll kill both of you. Things won't be like last time. I've gotten way stronger since the little incident in the Golden House."

"Big brother? Why do you want to fight the gentleman and the floating fairy?" Anthony said after overhearing the conversation.

Percival quickly turned around.

"What? Us? Fighting? No way. Just..." He put his arms around us.

"Just rough housing!"

"Oh okay!" He said with glee in his eyes.

A Talon agent appeared behind us. Percival let us go and turned to face her.

"Sir Percival. We have business to attend too."

"Ugh, right now? What is it?"

"It's about Lady Raven..."

"Ack...! Don't speak anymore. I'll deal with it right away."

He turned to whisper to us.

"Can you two please watch him for a bit? Take him around Máoyī to see some sights. I'll be sure to take him off your hands later. I'll be waiting near the Inn if you need me."

"Fine." I sighed.

"Thank you." He smiled.

He walked over to Anthony.

"You are going to hang out with Astro and Banshee for a bit. I have to go make a special toy for all the kids back at home. I'll be sure to make one for you too!" He said.

"Really?"

He nodded.

"Yahoo!" He jumped into the air in joy.

"Alright, goodbye little bro."

"Bye bye!"

Percival walked away with the Talon Agent. Anthony ran up to us.