Deception, Corruption, and.... Love?

[Blackstarr]

CHAPTER ONE
The Truth

Adrian woke up in a dark room. His eyes strained to see anything. Suddenly someone came and turned on the lights. Adrian was immediately blinded from the brightness.
Once Adrian could see again he looked up. It was the man who had saved his life. He approached Adrian with a tray of food.

"You are awake I see." he said placing the tray down next to him.

"I dont think I caught your name yeterday sir." said Adrian.

"Ah.... yes.... I was caught up so much in surviving there wasnt time." He extended his hand. "Name's Costello.
I am one of the Brotherhood elders. I fought with your father back when we were young." he said.

"My father....." Adrian said thinking, trying to remember his face. "What was he like?" he said "It has been so long i cant remember." Adrian said looking down.

"He was a fine young man." said Costello. "He was always quick in a firefight. Never once did i ever hear of him getting a scratch on his titan..... that is until that fateful day." He said looking away.

"What happened to him?" Adrian asked with a tear in his eye.

"He was surrounded. Two outcast bombers swooped in, and the next thing i remember was watching his scrapnel go flying through space. We tractored in his escape pod, but he was too badly injured and soon died on the hospital bed." He said sadly.

"Oh......." said Adrian. He couldnt say anything else. Millions of things were running through his mind.

"Speaking of your father....." he said walking over to a nightstand by the wall. He opened a drawer and threw Adrian a package. "He wanted you to have this when you turned 18." Adrian stared at the package for a while, wondering what it was. It was bulky, so he knew there was something big in there. Adrian opened it slowly and pulled out a peice of paper. This is what it read

"Dear son......
If you are reading this it means i never returned from my mission. I want you to continue on my legacy son. Become a corsair. Join the brotherhood. Avenge my death. Destroy all of the outcasts that you ever meet. Son this is our legacy. Protect Crete, no matter what the cost. It is our homeland, hold it close to your heart. Assuming he is still alive, which I assume he is, I have appointed Costello as your teacher. Learn from him, earn his trust, have him guide you in the ways of a corsair. I am counting you to avenge me son...."

He looked up at Costello. "You know of his request?" Adrian asked him. He nodded.

"I know of his final request. The question is... are you ready?" He asked Adrian with a smirk.

Adrian looked at the letter again and thought for a minute. Then he looked back up at him.
"Count me in" He said with a serious look on his face.

"In that case check the package again. There is something in there that you should cherish and use with pride.

Adrian turned the package and dumped out the remaining contents. Out fell a pair of aviator goggles. On the side emblazened in gold was the name "Vasquez" There was a tear in Adrian's eye. He looked back up at Costello.

"Meet me in the hangar tommorow at dawn." He said sternly. "Your training will start immediately."