A Daring Mission

Prologue

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Music: Final Stage from Galaga Arrangement Arcade

It's 6:30 AM at the mansion of Golgaku, a sort-of half-French, half-American rich man who has a tendency to think he's too good for everyone. As his alarm clock went off to wake him up, he immediately shut it off and fell back asleep. He's only 45 years old and he's already planning on retirement. Pretty weird, I know.

Golgaku was eventually woken up an hour later by his cheery servant. You see, because he's so rich, one thing Golgaku's able to do is hire people to cater to his every whim around his mansion. He hired a servant to take care of all the basic needs, but Golgaku never really approved of his happy-go-lucky attitude.

So it's safe to say Golgaku was not pleased when his servant walked right in (without knocking) and said cheerfully, "Good morning, boss."

Golgaku, grumbling and cursing to himself, crawled out of bed and gave his servant (whose name is Malcome, just btw) a glare. "Malcome, it's Saturday. I've worked a long day over at the construction sights, and I would really like a weekend of peace."

Malcome was taken aback. "But boss, look around you! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the grass is green! Why aren't you happy, like me? You are a-"

"Don't push it," Golgaku growled. "Now, where's my coffee?"

"Um..."

"Malcome. Don't say you don't have my coffee."

"Well... heh, the coffee machine... you see, it broke down," Malcome said sheepishly.

Golgaku raised an eyebrow at him. "You sure you haven't been messing with it again?"

"Um... no comment there..."

Golgaku sighed and facepalmed. "That's it. Get outta here. That's the third time this week you've fucked up. I don't want your cheeriness and your accident-proneness around my mansion anymore."

"But boss, I need this job!" Malcome pleaded. "I have a wife and kids!"

"Then go find someone else who'll take ya, cause I don't want you anymore!" Golgaku yelled. Malcome growled in fury and stormed right out of the room, brushing past the housekeeper as she was walking into the room.

"What was that all about?" she asked.

Golgaku held up a hand, signaling for her to go away. She did so, and Golgaku muttered to himself, "Now where am I going to find a servant..."

A few minutes later, he was on his laptop, doing a random Google search to see if he could find anyone of worth. He eventually finds a news report related to a young teenager by the name of Luke, who apparently saved a dog from a burning building using his alchemy (or something like that).

"Alchemy..." Golgaku thought aloud. He did another search to find out more about alchemy, and was relatively pleased.

"This kid could be more than my servant, he could also be my human weapon!" Golgaku yelled in satisfaction. He called his lieutenant, and ordered, "Send out some soldiers to find this Luke kid. He could be very useful to us..."