Retribution

Chapter I, Part 1

I was at the baseball game with my son, Alex, when it happened. Detroit Tigers VS Boston Red Sox. August 13th, 2021. The day that the world was invaded by the Skcorian. The day I lost my son, and my wife to the robots that fight for the Skcorian.

People thought it was a joke at first. Everyone in the world was going along their business, when every TV, radio, and other electronic device cut. TVs displayed some weird symbol. Suddenly, there was this deep, gruff voice. It did sound a little fake. But what it said was the ear opener.

"Well hello humans of Earth. I am King Dementor, the king of Skcorian. I'd like to tell you scumbags something. You have been living on our home planet for billions of years. At least 99.9% of you don't remember. But I know that at least 7 of you have a sickly feeling in your head right now. Do these words sound familiar? Ecrodon. Adrianne. Trillidon. Skcorian. Scralhart. I know they do. For those of you who don't have a clue, at the beginning of time, my race, currently known as Skcorian, were large, serpentine dragons known as Ecrodon. We were a peaceful race. But then Adrianne, your REAL god, and all of you humans, waltzed onto our planet and declared that it was yours. Of COURSE we fought back. But we lost. You humans took our planet. But we were going to get it back. In our new, intelligent form, Skcorian, we have created the ultimate army, to wipe your faces from the planet. The Skcorian Empire will relieve this planet of its disastrous inhabitants, and recreate it's true beauty: Hell."

When "King Dementor" said those words, my head suddenly began throbbing, and suddenly I remembered! Everything he said was true! We did rid this planet of dragon creatures, and sent them away. Earth was a lot like hell back then. But why does no one else seem to remember.

I needed to get out of the stadium; I felt sick to my stomach, and my head felt like it was going to explode.

Immediately after the speech, huge black holes opened in the sky, and hundreds of alien aircraft rain from it, than flying in every direction, including the ground. Everyone ran for cover, including me and my son. But on our way to an underground parking garage, a robot landed near us, and my son, Alex, tripped. I did a 180, but when I turned around, the robot threw my son to the side, with a clean hole thru his head. I sprinted to the garage, and let out a cry of anguish, tears streaming from my face

I pulled out my phone, and called my wife, Sapphire. She answered, but all I heard was a scream, and a thump. I don't remember anything else after that, besides waking up in a hospital, being ogled by doctors in military uniforms. What they said next made me pass out again.

"Mr.Rickford, you have been in a trance for a month. You nearly killed yourself umpteen times, but somehow survived. Mostly. We want you to join The Retribution, and help win this war.