Xavier Yickerson was a special kid. When he was born, he had this birthmark. It looked like a tree. His parents always told him it meant something. He never learned what it meant and grew up forgetting about it.
While in High School, in freshman year, he learned about Genghis Khan and how he had a lot of kids. He learned about how Khan wanted to have his legacy continue for generations and generations. Xavier liked the idea and wanted to do that for himself.
Xavier started young. He was 18 with his first child. For Xavier to maximize his legacy and remember his children, he planned to have one kid in each state and name them so that their initials matched the state capital and the state. In order to do this, he changed his last name to Ickson. Xavier Ickson lived in Illinois, so he started there. He had a son and he was named Steven Ickson, born in Illinois. He and Xavier had a matching birthmark on his arm. Although, Steven's looked like a car. He then moved, less than a month later, to Indiana, where he had another son, Isaac Ickson. He also had the birthmark. In the same spot as Xavier and Steven, on his right arm, towards the shoulder. His looked like a phone. He decided to continue the Ickson line and moved to Iowa.
He had 46 more children after that. He changed his last name every time he changed states in order to abide by his initial rule. Each child had a birthmark on their upper right arm, all different. And as soon as a baby was born he moved. Xavier had 27 boys and 23 girls in 40 years. Steven Ickson was the oldest and Lincoln Numan was the youngest.
In Nebraska, Lincoln grew up loving sports. He excelled at baseball even though Xavier rarely played with him. Lincoln played a lot with his friends. He would always win because he could hit well. He'd hit a home run every time; mostly because they pitched slow, but nevertheless, he smashed every single one.
Kelly dreamed that he'd be in the MLB one day and dig the family out of the ditch of debt Xavier made for them. He never got a job. He always went on trips around the U.S. "looking for work" as he said. He was really seeing his other kids. He saw them in order of age. He would be gone for months on end.
He was almost done. He was on his 47 kid. On this trip, he went to Michigan to see Michael Weston, who was about 27 months older than Lincoln, Xavier got in a car crash. He listed Michael's as his emergency contact. Michael was told on the phone his father was in the hospital.
