And here is the man coming... the man that complicates everything.
The tall guy wearing strange looking goggles and smoking a cardi joint stepped out of the pub, his head lowered, looking to the floor, not satisfied with his unsucessful attempts at capturing a couple who cause trouble for more than a few influential guys. He was a warrior, he thought, not a hunter, and knew not how to go about catching them... Decided to make way to his Sabre... Slowly he moved his tired legs, heavy boots making loud noises in the empty, lonely hallway... His clothes were all dirty... Dark, long cape hanged down over his left shoulder barely covered the rusty chains he attached to his belt... His uncared long hair hid most of his face as he looked down while walking...
Thoughts consumed him as he walked... He felt like an old lion that has lost his pride, as he left Alpha through Tau 37 jump hole. Before he left, a member of de Castilo family contacted him, asking him to take care of a small disturbance for their smugglers. He jumped on that chance... he had to leave...
Flashbacks rushed to his tired mind...
Sol and his fiance, visiting her home in Planet New Tokyo... She's giving him her family's ceremonial katana... as a symbol of her faithfulness...Sol swears that he will never leave her side...
They are in a Luxury Yacht, having a romantic dinner. Sol's hands are trembling and his heart is beating fast as he proposes to her... She says "Yes!"... Sol's the happiest man in the entire universe...They are closer now to their dream... their plan to buy a cardamine farm... leave the military life... raise their children in peace... stay alive and make sure they have someone to call parents unlike him...
Just a little more, only a little more left to raise the money that will buy them their dream life...
Sol is about to destroy a blood dragon fighter amidst the rocky battlegrounds of Tau 23... The pilot starts to hurl insults at him as he realizes that he will die soon... Sol laughs at his vain attempt to anger him... unexpectedly for Sol however, he tells him how he has slept with Sol's fiance... gives him every detail, all the details Sol thought he only knew... A few more blood dragons rush to help their friends... Sol's shocked, his emotions without control... Cruel gun shots take down his shield and slowly start to burn holes on his hull... Sol retreats, beaten by the world, betrayed by his loved one, his wounds deeper than flesh...
Suddenly shook his head. These memories were too painful, tried to forget about them as he raised his head...
A girl was coming towards him. Checked out her young face. Her lips were curled with a slight smile...
Stupid.
He thought... Laughing at himself...
Realized now that he knew this girl... His body looked like it turned to stone as he stood there, couldn't decide what to do for a few seconds.
She was about to pass him as Sol raised his left arm which was hidden behind the cape. His fingers reached out, tightly grasping her shoulder. Slowly turned his head, his cold, blue eyes met her stare through the goggles... Raised his chin, putting on the tough guy mask once again.
