The Shell

Part 2

"Guys! You will never believe what I just read!" called Cinder to Iko and Kai, who was on yet another 'political' visit to Luna.

"What is it Cinder?" asked Kai as she came into the sitting room and sat down on the couch beside him.

"Read this," she said, thrusting the little diary from the day before under his nose.

"What is that?" he asked taking the book from her.

"My mom's diary, found it yesterday. It says that, that, that I have a brother."

Iko snatched the diary and started reading it out aloud,"'December, twenty-second, 109 T.E., Last night I gave birth to my twins. A little boy and a little girl. As soon as they let me hold them, I could tell that there was something wrong with the boy. I decided to ignore it for the time being. I named the girl Selene and the boy Rigel. When Thaumaturge Haddon came to visit, he informed me that Rigel was a shell. I immediately handed him over to Sybil Mira for whatever she is doing with them. I had all of the nurses executed so no rumors would spread about the queen giving birth to a shell.'"

"And in a few pages it says that she paid a thaumaturge to take him to Earth on one of the peace missions. He was dropped at an orphanage in the Commonwealth with fake records and a reprogrammed ID chip. He got a chip that said his parents died in a house fire. His new name is Chang Rigel," said Cinder excitedly.

Iko read off his information,"' Li Rigel (formerly Chang Rigel), of the Eastern Commonwealth, ID #0089563201, born March 30, 109 T.E., five media hits,' and so on"

"Well I think one thing is for certain," said Cinder," We have to find him, wherever he is."