𝙄 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙎𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮!

      Darkness. The skeleton lay unconscious. Until cold water was splashed into his skull. A young skeleton teenager with two eyes of different colors, one of which was white and the other green with a scar, woke up and, catching his breath, tried to digest everything that he had just learned and seen. Lilith stood in front of him with an empty glass, from which she had apparently splashed water on the skeleton and woke him up. She looked at the skeleton with her white eyes and smiled maliciously. Skully himself was tied to a chair with iron chains. — Are you awake, freak? — asks him. — I hear it from the freak! — he mocked lightly. Lilith hit him on the bony cheek for this. — Say that again and you'll get a second scar under your other eye. Or worse! Your eye will be wounded so that this time it will take longer to heal and you will be blinded forever. — She threatened, taking out her knife and holding it to Skully's eye. The latter swallowed and only turned his skull to the side. — What do you want from me? — he asks her. — You took my mother away from me and tried to kill my daddy. I will never forgive you for this. From now on, you are our prisoners. — No Dominator is your mother, and this ugly orange-haired underlord is not your father either. You are just a pathetic adopted daughter. — What are you talking about? — The villainess became interested. — Judge for yourself. Your parents' eyes are red, and yours are white. This does not happen at birth. If your eyes were red, then maybe I would agree with you. But you are obviously adopted. The Dominator and the Underlord are not your parents! Lilith's eyes widened at the news. She didn't want to believe what she had just heard. Lily got angry and grabbed Skully's bony neck with her left hand. — You can't fool me! Ever since I won the drawing contest fairly, you immediately started envying me and doing dirty tricks. — You're lying! I know you cheated and threatened the judges that your underlord father would fly in and kill them all if they didn't choose you as the winner. Moreover, you can't draw at all, and I draw a quality picture, but for some reason they chose your shit, which was poorly colored. — Oh! You're at it again! The judges chose me by their own choice. Fair enough. — You're lying again! I was hiding behind a column and heard your conversations with them. — Let's say! But you can't prove it to anyone without evidence and everyone thinks that I'm right, and you're just jealous. — The truth will come out sooner or later anyway. You're rejoicing too soon! — I hid all the evidence well and got rid of it. No one will ever know about it in a million years. And you should carry a video camera or a phone with you from now on! Although I'll even take that into account. At that moment, the door to the room opened and Lord Wander himself entered, carrying Dom on his right shoulder. She was wearing yellow gloves, a black T-shirt with a red heart, black short shorts and white sneakers with long socks. She was unconscious. — Honey, leave this bio-garbage alone already! — Okay, dad. — she answered him calmly, and hissed to the skeleton. - I'll deal with you later. — She lets him go and helps her father. Lord Wander and Lilith put Dom on exactly the same chair next to her and chained her with exactly the same chains. She woke up by this point and quickly realized where she was, she tries to break free. — Untie me immediately! — Quiet, Mom. We are not going to torture or kill you. — Lily says. — Mom? — Dom's eyes widened. Even the orange-haired villain's eyes widened. — What? Didn't I tell you?... This is our daughter. Her name is Lady Lilith or just Lily. My beloved daughter. — Ha! Adopted! — the skeleton snapped, for which he almost got lava in the eye from the villain's glove. He managed to move the skull and the lava flew past. — Shut up! — Yes. Shut up! — Lily also answered and gave her father a clap. — High four! Dominator rolled her eyes. — You are very much mistaken, Lord Wander. I have already told you a million times that I will never be your wife. — She snapped through her teeth at the villain, and then at her daughter. — And you are not my daughter at all, an adopted fake! Lily's eyes widened and she gasped at what she heard. The father, standing up for his daughter, hit Dom on the cheek with a lava slap, leaving a rather weak burn. — Don't you dare talk to our daughter like that. You should love and respect her, just like I do. — he hissed through his teeth and the skeleton spoke again. — Ouch! Who would ever love this liar and cheat? Lord Wander got angry at such words and approached Skully, grabbing him by the throat. — Did I give you the right to talk? You dared to offend my ado... My own daughter? — As soon as he almost misspoke, Lily heard it and gasped again, but quietly. She was already starting to think. Maybe Skully was right about her? At that moment, the redhead made a lava hammer out of his hand. — Now I will pulverize you into bone meal and dust for such statements. Skully closed his eyes in fear and began to pray. The villain only swung, but Dom immediately screamed: — STOP!!! — under the scream, Lord Wander stopped his hammer hand in front of Skully's skull, without hitting him. He turned to the captive. Dominator sighed heavily. — I will be... Your wife... And a mother to Lily... Only... If you leave Skully alive!... Safe and sound. The villain smiled, transforming the hammer back into his hand and let go of the skeleton's neck, approaching the girl. — Smart girl! You made the right choice. — he said and suddenly one of the bots entered the room. — Lord Wander. A planet with a large supply of vulcanium has been discovered. — Good. I'll come to the pilot's cabin now and start mining. — he answered the bot and it left. Then he turned to Domi. — We'll be back for you in eight hours. Behave well and don't try to escape! Lord Wander and Lady Lilith walked together to the door and left the empty dark room, leaving Skully and Dominator alone. Dom sighed with relief. — What stupid and naive fools they are! They didn't immediately realize that I lied to them. — Wait! So you... — Skully wanted to ask, but Dominator laughed and answered: — Of course not! I didn't mean to. I was just scared for you and I don't want anything terrible to happen to you. Hater will never forgive me if she finds out that you died at the hands of this freak. Skully also sighed with relief. Dom again began to try to break free and free herself from the chair with chains. She groaned, clenched her teeth and tried to fight as best she could. — That orange-haired underlord absorbed all my vulcanium from my armor. Without it, I can't break these chains and free myself. — After saying this, she despaired and lowered her head. Skeleton also despaired at first, but suddenly he remembered, during the fight with Lady Lilith, before losing consciousness, he accidentally swallowed one of the bullets with liquid for his laser pistol. He began to cough until he spat out the bullet itself. Dom looked at him questioningly. — What's wrong with you? Skully finally took out that very bullet and slowly stuck it out with his tongue, which he had been holding it with. The liquid bullet in the capsule was a little slobbery. He extends his tongue and reaches for his hands behind his back, so that his palms can take this bullet. — It worked! — What are you planning, Skully? What is this thing? — Liquid cartridge for my pistol. They didn't even think to get it out of my stomach. — he explained to her and lightly tapped it, like a boiled egg on the chains. — They're acidic. If I can somehow carefully break the bullet and release the liquid, it will dissolve these chains in an instant and I will be free. — As soon as he said this, the capsule suddenly cracked and broke. The liquid came out and ate away the chains like the most powerful acid. The chains fell, no longer holding Skully, and he was able to get up from the chair. — Yes! Dom's eyes widened and she smiled. — Brilliant, son! Oh... I mean, um... Nephew! — She turned away and answered modestly, her cheeks turning red. Skully rolled his eyes in a good way, smiling, and walked up to the Dominator's chair. He looks at the lock that held the chains together. The lock was in a game of tag and it was necessary to make a picture. The difficulty was that there were forty-nine cubes out of fifty empty spaces. — Ow! What's there to think about? — Skully waved his right hand and shot a green lightning bolt from his finger, causing all the pieces to fall out of the lock. Then he began to carefully look at each piece and put it in such a way that the correct picture was obtained. In this way, he tricked the lock and was able to open it. — Easy peasy! The Dominator freed herself from the chains, got up from the chair and looked gratefully at the skeleton. Skully got a little nervous, his cheeks turned purple. Dom grabbed him by the shoulders and hugged him. — Thank you, Skully. Not expecting it, the skeleton nevertheless felt good and hugged Aunt Domi. Even though she is not his mother. Skully smiles, closes her eyes and hugs her back. After a warm hug, Dom let him go. — Now let's get out of here before Lord Uglynder and his adopted daughter return! — Skully advised, to which Dom laughed in response and the two of them ran to the door. However, the door was locked and did not open. There was no button or lever anywhere. Not even a key. The skeleton could think of nothing but knocking on the door. A passing bot heard a knock on the door and turned to the door. Dom and Skully hid between the door, pressing themselves against the walls. The bot opened the door and walked inside. The Dominator attacks the bot, grabbing it and destroying it, turning it into lava and absorbing it into her gloves. Smiling, she clenches her fists, looking at her charged gloves. — Oh, yeah! — Great! Now let's go. — Skully said and walked out into the hallway with his aunt. The doors behind them then closed by themselves. They found themselves in a hallway divided into three paths. Skully wanted to go left, but Dom grabbed his hand. — Wait, you can't go there! This path is a trap and the throne room. — Why do you think so? — the skeleton asked. — Because the entire ship of this plagiarist is a complete copy of me. Only a few details are different. We need to go to the right. There will be a warehouse there, and after it there will be escape pods on the road. We will fly away from here on them. — Well, I don't know. — Skully was hesitant. — Trust me, Skully! — she smiled and winked. Still hesitant, Skully thought about it, but decided to take his father's girlfriend at her word. They ran to where Dominator pointed. Some of the doors along the way were closed, and sometimes they had to hide and wait for some doors to open and for Lord Wander's security bots to pass by. They reached the doors that led to the weapons warehouse. Dom was sneaking past the warehouse, but turning around, she saw that Skully was trying to get into the warehouse. — Why are you going there? — the former villainess whispered to her nephew. — My gun, the ammo for it, and the rocket boots they took from me are there. I can't leave without them. — the skeleton explained, also in a whisper. — But you might get caught! — Dom wanted to dissuade him, when suddenly they heard the sound of footsteps. A huge spiked bot was coming this way. The two escapees hid behind the columns and watched the bot. He looked around and entered the weapons warehouse, and the doors opened for him. Luckily, he also did not notice the escaped prisoners, because they were skillfully hiding. The skeleton slowly crept after him and entered the warehouse. — No, Skully, don't go! If he sees you, he'll swat you like a fly. — She tried to dissuade him in a whisper and followed him. — But my gun and boots are there. — He answered in a whisper and Dom lightly grabbed his hand, not allowing him to go further. — Let me go! Not wanting to upset him and argue with him, Dom let him go, but also walked behind him to make sure that everything would be okay with him. The huge spiky bot looked around the warehouse and still, to the great luck of the escaped prisoners, did not find them. Skully found only a belt with some bullets for his pistol and rocket boots, but he could not find the pistol itself. He was a little sad and panicked, because he did not know where his pistol was? Dominator was very worried about the teenager and understood that this pistol was more important to him than his own life. The bot turned around and almost saw both escaped prisoners, who managed to duck and hide from the gaze of the lava giant. He did not see them and, having finished his inspection, slowly walked towards the doors. Skully caught his breath and covered his mouth so that the bot would not hear him. Domi, putting her index finger to her lips, asked him in sign language to quietly leave here. — Go-go! — she whispers and smiles. Not knowing why she was asking him to leave alone, he did not argue and obeyed, leaving the room with weapons at the moment when the bot was leaving it and the doors opened so that he could also go outside. — "Yes. That's right! Go away from here and don't pay attention to me!" — the teenager thought, quietly and unnoticed sneaking up so that the bot would not see him. The bot left the warehouse and went down the corridor to the right. Skully stayed in place and turned around, looking at the fact that the aunt was looking for something. The Dominator was looking for something very quickly in a panic, but judging by the fact that she took something, she finally found it. Then, at the very last moment, in a running jump, she also managed to leave the room with weapons before the doors closed. A little more and the doors would have crushed her by the legs, but she was very lucky. The skeleton closed his eyes, afraid that she would be crushed. Luckily, she survived and also managed to leave the weapons warehouse. But it also turned out that it was Dom who got Skully's gun in that very warehouse and handed it to him. For this, the skeleton himself already hugged her in gratitude and she hugged him back. Fortunately, no one noticed them at that moment. — You risked staying there in the warehouse for my gun? — the kid asked, smiling and excited. — Of course. I'm ready to do anything for you. After all, you are more important to me than my own life. I will do everything for you so that you are happy and no longer sad. And whoever dares not only steal your gun, but also breaks it, I will rip out all his lungs. I promise you. — The aunt calmly answered her nephew, smiling and stroking his back. — Thank you, Dominator. — You can just call me Dom! If you want. Having finished hugging and talking affectionately to each other, together with the obtained weapons they slowly crept to the compartment with the escape pods. From there, two security bots came out to check, they passed by and went behind other doors, which closed behind them. The path was free and the former villain together with the skeleton passed through the doors, finding themselves in the room with the escape pods. Suddenly they heard one of the bots coming here and they had to hide again between the doors, leaning against the wall. The bot passed them and looked around. Now he will turn around and it seemed that now he will see them. Skully, full of rage with red cheeks, pounced on the bot, grabbed it and destroyed it with his lightning. The bot was destroyed and dissolved. The Dominator at this time, not knowing that Skully would attack the bot and protect them both from detection, decided to leave this room and slowly walked backwards, not turning her eyes away from the bot. Suddenly, the doors behind the girl quickly closed on their own and pinned her right leg between them. So hard that the doors leaned against her, and her leg in this area was flattened and became flat. Dom felt something grab her and press her so hard and painfully that she even wanted to scream, but barely held back, holding back a scream in the form of a groan through her teeth and covering her mouth with her hands. Skully did not hear this, since the noise of his lightning, which destroyed the bot, muffled the girl's moan. When the pain finally went away and the former villainess no longer felt any pain, she turned her gaze to the door. The doors were behind her, completely unexpectedly for her, closed behind them, and her right leg was caught between the doors, so much so that the large and light green thigh was slightly flattened to the size of a sheet of paper between the gap at the iron doors began to stick out. This situation scared Domi, that she gasped. — Calm down, Dominator, I destroyed it. We are now safe. — answered the confident Skully, not knowing that she was stuck. — Skully, help me! I'm stuck! — her words sounded scared. Skully turned around and his eyes bulged, seeing that Dom had her foot stuck in the doors. And also that the doors were crushing her. At this time, Dom was trying to free herself. She waved her left hand and, leaning against the right door, tried to push off, but nothing worked. She tried again, pressing her hand against the door, to push off from it, to no avail. And she tried the same thing again, but again it did not help. She continuously tried to free her leg from the door, Dom moaned slightly through clenched teeth. Even grabbing her thigh with her hands and trying to pull her leg towards herself, but again everything was even. Only the sound of crunching bones was heard. From this she felt even more pain, that she almost cried and barely held back her tears. At one point, she leaned both hands against the doors behind her and tried with all her might to free herself, but it still hurt to such an extent that she cringed in pain, and her leg only slightly stretched out, like an elastic band for a second and stretched back. And in the background, the crunch of bones mixed with the sound of rubber was heard again. — Skully! — she looks at him with a sad look, begging for help. The skeleton did not want to leave her in trouble and ran up to her to help her free herself. First, he grabbed his aunt by the waist and pulled her towards himself. She, in turn, held on to him. The attempt to free herself failed. But Skully does not give up and tries again, and again and again. He even grabbed Dom's thigh with his bone hands and pulled her. Without result. Dom at this time made her hands in gloves lava and tried to melt the doors so that they would dissolve. However, the doors remained intact and did not even melt. For some reason, Volcanium did not work on these doors, much to the girl's surprise and at the same time, great disappointment. Skully even tried to shoot the door with his laser pistol, but these doors did not care. Dom sighed heavily in despair and said: — It's useless! These doors are apparently made of ohm shell. Even I can't smelt them. — So... That means... You're... Stuck here forever?... — the skeleton himself, not believing what he heard, began to worry about the girl. His cheeks changed color, sometimes becoming blue from sadness and despair, sometimes purple from fear. — Unfortunately, yes. — she answers desperately and looks at her protruding leg. — I should have foreseen such a case. Why wasn't I more careful? Why does this always happen to me? — she clutched her head and was ready to cry herself. Then she smiles. — But at least I'm from the Scalabrite race. We Scalabrites are invulnerable like cartoons, if you try to crush or cut us properly. It's just a pity that we don't have elastic ability. — What should we do now? How can I free you? — the skeleton asked and, not wanting to give up, he grabbed her waist again and pulled, not intending to give up. — Skully, it's useless! I'm really stuck. These doors won't let me go. — No! Don't say that! I won't leave you here alone anyway. — he said and continued to pull again. But the result was still the same. Then the skeleton got tired and began to catch his breath. — Skully, forget about me! It's better to save yourself! Find your father or at least my father Atomos and call them for help here! — No, I won't leave here without you! — Skully began to cry in despair. — SCULLY!!! — she first shouted emotionally, thereby frightening the skeleton and she immediately realized that she had gone too far. — Forgive me!... Come to me, boy! — She stretched her arms out to the sides. The skeleton wiped away his tears and, knowing in advance that she would hug her, hugged her too. Dom also took off his hood and began to stroke his skull. — You are a very, very brave teenager. I trust you with everything, Skully. I know that you may not trust me, but deep down you still love me. — The skeleton was pleased to hear this, that he even nodded in agreement. Dom smiled back. — And I love you too, like my son. I am even very sorry that we are only in a relationship like aunt and nephew. But know that I am always ready to stand up for you and give my life for you. I will never let anyone hurt you. The main thing is, promise that you will obey me and trust me in everything. If I trust you completely, then you should trust me too. I won't be lost without you and I'll try to hold out somehow or free myself. — The skeleton wiped his tears again and looked questioningly at the Dominator, who was smiling at him. — Go! I won't be lost! After these words, she puts the hood on Skully's skull herself and adjusts it. The skeleton closed his eyes, as if struggling with himself inside himself, and at one point he clenched his fists and opened his serious gaze. He went to one of the escape pods and entered. Before flying away, he looked at the girl with excitement for the last time. — I promise that I will come back for you! — with these words, the doors of the escape pod closed. — I know... Son! — she answers with a smile and confidence, not even knowing whether he hears her or not. The escape pod launched and flew away. Dom remained standing in place with her leg sticking out of the door. Looking at her leg and doing nothing, she sighs heavily.

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      At this time, Lord Wander and Lady Lilith check through the computer how much vulcanium has been sucked out of the planet. Suddenly the alarm and red beacons went off. — What's wrong? — Lily doesn't understand. — It seems one of our prisoners escaped and stole one of the escape pods. — the orange-haired villain checked through the computer and the flying dot from the flagship showed Skully's face at the wheel. — Oh, you cunning walking one-eyed corpse! He decided to escape! Lily at this time was still thinking about what her father almost let slip and still doubted Skully's words. — Dad, let me go in pursuit! I'll destroy him right on the spot! — she said and hid her right hand behind her back, on which she crossed her fingers. — No, no, don't even think about it! The bots will take care of it. — So you don't trust me? Hmm... Maybe he was right? Maybe you really aren't my real father, and I'm just an adopted orphan that you took in? My real father would always trust me with everything. — Of course, she said that on purpose. These words made the orange-haired villain hiss in anger through his teeth, showing that he didn't care about her and that she was annoying him. However, so that she wouldn't understand this, he pretended to be calm, smiled and replied: — Okay, okay. I'm sorry, I was wrong. If you want, you can even go alone! I trust you with everything and I love you very much. You know that! Lilith smiled and hugged him back. — I love you too, daddy. — she said and ran away. The pretending father with a false smile on his face at this time removed the smile and frowned, sighing roughly: — Well, finally this Velcro will get rid of me for some more time. At the same time, she will finish off this skeleton herself, as she promised. — he said to himself and continued to analyze his computer for an increase in the vulcanium reserve.