Cronk laid silently in the cage staring out into the distance when an older man walked over leaning down and staring at him through the bars. A man opened the cage forcing cronk out and to stand straight. The old man searched his body pulling his ragged cloths about checking the condition of him. The man then looked at the tougher man satisfied handing him money before using the chain stabbed to his wrists to pull poor cronk. Cronk whined at the feeling but stayed stronge following the strange man.
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Lament had finally woken up from his sleep and weakly sat up looking around. He noticed ossey sleeping next to him and crawled out of his embrace. He took awhile to realise what had happened last night before breaking out in tears again. Ossey woke up and wrapped his arms around the skeleton. Lament eventually got up going upstairs to change as ossey took another look in cronks room. When lament finally came out ossey presented him a piece of paper. Lament took it carefully and read it. It was a small note with the words "STF" and a location beside it. Ossey and lament looked at each other before having the same idea. Lament nodded as ossey nodded back and before long the two left.
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Cronk found himself in a giant house. Bigger than his parents. He was lead into a bedroom where he was chained to a bed wya'll someone got him cloths. The man who had bought him left to another room as what seemed to be a servant dressed cronk. The man came in again and dragged cronk down into the living room where the man sat down sitting cronk on his lap. Only then did he realise what he was wearing. It was like a little girls dress. It was white with little ribbons on it. The ribbons where blue as well as a giant ribbon going around his waste to create a design and shape of sorts. "So, vanessa how have you been." Cronk stayed quiet looking at him scared before peeping. "My names cronk.." the man slapped him annoyed. "No its vanessa." He growled cronk decided to stay quiet looking around the room. The man changed him to his other lap and turned on the TV. Cronk was fixated with the current cartoon playing that he wasnt paying attention to the old man. Soon the old mans hand sat on cronks leg gentally as cronk swayed back and forth. Soon cronk grew tired and slowly closed his eyes as he layed back on the old man falling asleep. Hours later we woke up to a stinging agony in his hip. Jolting up he seen alittle of his hip scratched and chipped from the slowly dress that he had to wear. Cronk screetched in pain before checking his surroundings in a rush. "Dad!" He said loudly "Father!" Yet no one answered. Cronk pulled himself together into a little ball before laying down in the pitch black crying.
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Lament and ossey had reached a small sketchy street. Ossey stepped infront of lament holding his hand and walking forward. Lament looked down at osseys hand before saying. "What are you doing?" Ossey smiled and replied "well I don't want my future husband getting lost." Lament growled before letting go and stepping infront of ossey "dont treat me like some sort of defenseless animal brat." Ossey sighed following. Soon they reached a run down shack. Walking in small children inside big steel cages could be seen along with splinters on the wood and dampness from spots where water seeped through. All that could be heard was crying or whimpers accompanied by chains. Reaching a counter ossey pulled out a sheet of paper with cronks face on it placing it down infront of the man at the register before saying. "Do you have any idea where this boy is?.." the man smiled "why yes I do. Some old guy came by earlier. Searched him up before draggin em' out." Lament looked at ossey and back before replying "do you know where he went or have his number?" The man shook his hed. Lament felt tears well up in his eyes again. Soon the man slide them some paper. It had a taxi company on it. "He was in one of these guys taxis, maybe if you call in or head down they may be able to tell you where he is." Ossey nodded taking the note and grabbing laments hand before leaving. "Dont worry we're gonna find him" ossey said softly lament turned around looking as if he wanted to punch him. "S.O.S" he said sternly. Ossey knew it wasnt good. "I've had just about enough of you. All you do is cause trouble. Hell! Your hardly even in the house or looking after cronk. Maybe if you had been a better father this wouldnt have happened!" Ossey stayed quiet. He didnt want to talk he felt as if any wrong move would lead to lament leaving him... soon they reached the small taxi place walking in three people where setted and they walked up to the man at the counter "excause me did a man order a taxi today from the STF?" The man looked at his pc and scrolled down a bit. "Why yes a taxi for mister lokible." Lament smiled "where was he heading?" The man said quietly. "I'm not suppose to tell you." Ossey all of a sudden slid some good forward. The nodded taking it and giving them an address on paper. Lament and ossey walked out. Lament looked at ossey grinning "'scandalous." He said kissing him before looking at the andress and and beginning to walk there followed by ossey happily.
Finally reaching the street ossey and lament looked at the singular house in the middle of a giant field of grass nicely styled with bushes. Both walked down a path to it. The house wasnt small at all but infact. It was massive. Reaching the door lament knocked to a old man answering "excause me have you seen this kid anywhere?" Joined by ossey pulling up a picture of cronk. The man nodded "yes hes my new servant." Lament jolting looking at him "please hes my son. He was stolen from us could be have him back!" The man shook his head no. Ossey sighed "could be buy him back?" The man looked at him intrested ossey then continued. "We can buy him back for the price you bought him for." The man grinned. "Fine, five hundred gold upfront." Ossey bared his teeth looking at lament. Lament nodded looking at him poorly. Nothing else was said and ossey handed him the money. The man went in and came out with cronk. He was beaten and badly chipped and scratched everywhere. Apon closer expection one of his arms where broken. Lament picked him up crying heavily along with ossey. Eventually they left home and started patching him up trying there hardest to fix him.
Days past and cronk was in perfect condition. Lament and ossey kept him closer then ever and gave him anything he wanted. And soon on a dark stary night. Lament got on one knee and proposed to ossey apon his cloud ship. Ossey happily accepted and soon enough they hot married. Who was the bride? None. They both kinda vibed in suits. Cronk was the happiest he had ever been in his small life untill one day. He.. fell very I'll. Bone cancer. Lament and ossey wanted to help him so badly but. In the end they were told there was nothing that could be done. Ossey and lament stayed by his side in bed. The small skeleton was faded in and out of what seemed like reality and fantasy. "Dad.. father. Will I be ok?.." lament hugged the small child gently and so did ossey "of course you'll be alright. You're strong. Arent you?" Cronk nodded smiling weakly. Laying back down he slowly closed his eyes to sleep. Lament finally left the room breaking down in tears. That night they slept with cronk so at least they spend as much time as they could with him. In the morning they found him dead. The two couldnt stop crying and for days and after a funeral they we're in a sort of depression for months untill one day. Ossey suggested adoption. And then from there. Lament found a happyness for looking after small children who had no parents. And when he found himself attached to one intensely he and ossey agreed to adopt them. But they only limited themself to three kids as ossey knew it would get out of hand. Every year during cronks birthday. They'd still celebrate it. And the kids during that day would get to know there brother alittle better and how passionate there parents where for keeping him happy and safe.
