𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚, 𝙎𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮!

      Ever since he left Lord Wander's flagship all alone in the escape pod, he had been looking for the skull ship or Lord Atomos's large cruiser. He was looking for them and trying to be confident. However, in his mind he was still afraid for Dom and wondered how she was doing there alone. After all, he had to leave her there alone at her request, since she was stuck in the door. He only had to remember this and he immediately began to worry and almost wanted to go back alone himself. — Grod, help her! Protect her! — he said somewhere into the depths of space. Holding the steering wheel in his hands, he flew forward, wherever his eyes looked. Flying past a large purple planet, Skully looked around and was very suspicious. Suddenly, the computer voice of the escape pod spoke: — Danger! You are under fire! You're being shot at! — What? — was the only thing he could manage to say in response, and he jerked forward from the impact from behind. The skeleton turned to see that he was being pursued by a fighter craft made of Vulcanium X. Lady Lilith was piloting this fighter, firing red lasers from her laser cannons. — GET BACK, YOU BONEUGLY!!! — she screams into the radio and continues to fire. — NEVER!!! — the skeleton screams and pulls the lever forward, giving full throttle. The escape pod flew faster. Lily also pulled her lever forward and flew even faster. She crashed the nose of her fighter into the bumper of the escape pod, pushing it, causing the skeleton to jerk behind the seat. — SURRENDER, SCULLY, YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO RUN!!! — I WON'T GIVE UP SO EASILY, YOU TRAITORY CHEAT!!! — THEN YOU'LL DIE, SCULLY!!! A real chase with gunfire begins. Skully makes a sharp right turn and Lily turns after him, continuing to pursue him. Lily's fighter was flying behind and breathing down Skully's escape pod's neck. Lily even fired red beams from the fighter's cannons and Skully began to dodge the shots. — WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO SHOOT??? FROM THE IMPERIAL STORMTROOPERS??? — the skeleton shouted behind him. — SHUT UP AND STAY STILL!!! — Lily shouted back and continued to shoot. — NEVER!!! — Skully shouted. During the chase, Skully flew into the asteroid belt and hoped to break away from Lily there. They both flew around every flying rock in space, moving either to the left or to the right, without turning anywhere by degrees. They flew only straight the whole time. On the way there was a red planet, which the rescue capsule flew around from above, and the fighter flew below, and both space transports flew around the planet and crossed paths again, continuing to fly. — IT WAS IN VAIN THAT I PROBABLY DIDN'T TELL MY BELOVED AND GREAT FATHER TO KILL YOU THEN ON PLANET ZINE, SO THAT YOU DIDN'T PUT YOUR NOSE WHERE IT WAS NOT INVOLVED AND DID NOT INTERFERE WITH ME WINTING THIS STUPID COMPETITION!!! — Lily screams and continues to shoot. — HE'S NOT YOUR BELOVED OR GREAT ONE!!! — the skeleton screams back and continues to dodge. — HE'S A PATHETIC AND FOSTER DADDY WHO FOOLED YOU, WHITE-EYE YOU'RE A HYBRID!!! — I'M HEARING IT FROM A HYBRID, YOU UGLY ASS!!! — Lily screams. The chase was still going on. The escape pod kept flying, and the fighter was pursuing and shooting. Further along the way there was a gas giant, around which they began to fly. Flying around it, Lily hit the gas of the giant several times with red lasers, slightly reducing its amount of gas and the size of the giant itself. Flying away from it, they flew past planets, trying not to crash into them. Further along the way there was a very hot blue star, which they approached and began to fly around. A couple of blue liquid substances crawled out of the star in an arc, which Skully was able to fly around, and Lily accidentally touched with her left wing and did not have time to dodge. — AH!!!... YOU SON OF A BITCH!!! — She screamed in anger and continued to fly in pursuit, and shoot. By this time they left the star and flew on. Lily again accelerated the fighter and crashed the nose of her fighter into the bumper of the escape pod, forcing the skeleton to jerk at the control wheel. — HOW TIRED OF YOU ARE!!! — he shouted and, having pressed a couple of buttons, stuck his cannon out from under the bottom of the escape pod, which aimed at Lily's fighter. — NOW IT'S MY TURN TO SHOOT!!! The cannon charged more power and shot a ball lightning. Lily dodges the ball lightning and flies on. Her machine gun continues to shoot and shoots down one of the engines of the escape pod. Nearby was a gray planet, onto the surface of which Skully in the escape pod began to fall. The capsule almost hit the ground and exploded. Skully managed to launch the catapult at the last moment and fly out. Then he tried to take off on jet boots and fly away. However, Lily fired a laser from the fighter's machine gun and hit the skeleton. The laser did not hurt him much, but pushed him away and the skeleton flew down, falling on the ground. Lily landed the fighter on the surface of the planet and got out of her spaceship. She approaches Skully with an evil grin and threats. He slowly tries to get up. His right eye was with a purple bruise. Covering his eye with his hand, he gets to his feet with groans. Lily crept up behind him. Skully did not have time to turn and dodge, as the girl with a spin kicked him from behind in the ribs. The skeleton fell to the floor with a scream. — I've been tired of you for a long time, you vile bastard. You've been a pain in my ass for a long time. — she tells him and kicks the skeleton in the stomach. She runs up to him and tries to kick him again. However, the skeleton manages to grab her leg with one right hand, get up and push Lily away from him through his anger. Jumping up, he charges green lightning into his gloves and tries to hit her, but the girl rolled the log into her left side. Thus, she dodged. She hits with her right fist, but the skeleton grabs her right fist with his left palm. Then Lily tries to hit with her left fist, but Skully grabs it with his right palm. — YOU CHEAT ON PLANET ZINE, STOLE MY VICTORY, AND NOW YOU KIDNAPPED ME AND MOM AND WANTED TO KILL US!!! YOU ARE A SMALL, DISGUSTING HYBRID CREATURE!!! — Skully screams, and Lily tries to hit him with her head, but Skully hits him with his skull too and they slam their heads together, gritting their teeth. — WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO TAKE FROM ME??? WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO TO HARM ME, YOU DIRTY CRAP??? WHAT DO YOU EVEN WANT FROM ME??? SINCE YOU CAME HERE, MY LIFE HAS BEEN WORSE AND YOU ALWAYS RUIN EVERYTHING FOR ME!!! — AND YOU'RE A TYPICAL SON OF A CONQUEROR, A BRAG, AND A WEAKNESS!!! — Lily screamed, and Skully screamed back: — SAYS THE ONE WHO BRAGS ABOUT HER PARENTS!!! AT LEAST I DON'T BRAG ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY FATHER THE WAY YOU ARE ABOUT YOUR FOSTER FATHER!!! — Lily's eyes widened at what she heard and her self-esteem dropped. Skully became a little stronger and barely moved her arms to the sides. Then the skeleton abruptly threw the girl over himself in an arc and knocked her to the ground. He stood over her, crouching down with his crotch in front of her face and began to hit her in the eyes with one right fist. — THIS IS FOR YOUR DOMINATOR!!! — He hit her again and now she has a bruise under her first eye. — THIS IS FOR THE SCAR UNDER MY EYE — He hits her again, harder, leaving her with a bruise under her other eye. — THIS IS FOR MY SECOND EYE!!! — He showed his bruise and hits her on the nose. Lily's nose starts bleeding and she screams and cries, holding back tears of pain. — THIS IS FOR MY DADDY!!! — He stands up, grabs her by the shoulders and, lifting her up, throws her to the side and Lily slams her face into a huge rock. The girl had three teeth knocked out. — THIS IS FOR KARL SAGGAN!!! — He released green lightning bolts from his hands and began to shock her. This made the girl scream and convulse. —THIS IS FOR ELECTRICIA!!! — He ran up and grabbed Lily by the hair with his hand, pulling it. Then he sharpened the sharp clawed fingers of the bones on his other hand and swung it, thereby cutting off Lily's hair and making her ugly and scary with short hair. — FOR OMNIPOTENCE!!! — Then he stuck out his tongue to its full length. He wrapped his tongue around her neck and, like a boa constrictor, began to strangle her. — AND THIS... IS FOR YOUR DISHONEST PARTICIPATION IN ZINA!!! — Having finished screaming, he began to strangle her, and Lily grabbed his tongue with her hands and tried to free herself, but the skeleton was stronger than her in anger. Losing consciousness from lack of oxygen, she weakened her hands and dropped them, starting to choke. Skully immediately changed his anger to regret. His cheeks began to glow blue mixed with red and he loosened his grip on his tongue, pulling it back into his mouth and spitting. Lily fell on her knees and palms on the ground and began to catch her breath. The skeleton continued to look at her in anger, and the girl almost cried, moaned and was ashamed. — I... I... I... I really cheated... You were right... I was a bad girl... I shouldn't have made you so angry... I... I... I just... I was always jealous of you... And your family... I wanted a perfect family like yours... Because you have everything that I don't... I wanted everyone to respect and love me, just like you all... That's why I played dirty tricks on you... And I even talked my father into making the judge choose me as the winner of the art competition. I cheated... You were right... I'm a nasty cheater... And a pathetic braggart... I didn't even notice in time what I turned you into... Although I just wanted the best that you had... — with tears in her eyes, she turns to the skeleton and begins to repent through her knocked-out teeth: — And I... In vain didn't listen to you... And didn't believe you... Especially... I didn't understand why you were making fun of me?... Why do you say that I'm adopted?... Are you doing this on purpose, because I screwed you over?... If so... Then... I was wrong... In vain did I take away your victory on the planet Zeni and steal your authority and trust... The Greatest Skully... — closing her eyes, she turns away and lowers her head. — I'm sorry! For a moment, Skully's eyes widened from what he heard. His cheeks turned gray. The skeleton realized that perhaps he shouldn't have treated her so cruelly. After all, Wander always told him that "An enemy is a friend you haven't made friends with yet." And he always said that you can't respond to evil with all evil. You need to be able to respond with good to good and even with good in response to evil, to show that you are right. The skeleton comes up to her and kneels. — No... You i'm sorry... I didn't know about this... I understand you... I will help you... We can live together and become brother and sister. You and me. Forget about that cruel tyrant Lord Wander!... You don't need him. He only teaches you bad and evil... Moreover, he is not your father... Do you want to know why I consider you an adopted daughter?... — he put his hand on her shoulder. Lily looked at him questioningly. — You and he have different eyes. He has red eyes like Dominator, and you have white ones... It can't be like that at birth... Haven't you ever thought about it yourself?... — Lily shook her head in response and stopped crying. — You are not Lord Wander's biological daughter. But if you want, you can become a member of our family and we will consider you as our own... Dominator will really become a mother to you, and I, Abbitt and the others will be your older brothers and will teach you only good things... You can still become good and take the path of correction... You just need to come to terms with your fate, forget the past, let it go and start living on... You can do it... I know that deep inside you are not really that bad... You can still correct yourself and realize your mistakes if you accept everything honestly. Lily listened to him and barely got up. Skully helped her to her feet, shook the dust off her sides and extended his friendly hand, as a hint of an agreement. The skeleton smiles at her and nods his head, as if saying to her: "Do you believe me?". Lily, lost in thought, shakes his hand. —I was wrong from the start, Skully. I promise I'll change. I was wrong about you. You're not jealous, Skully, and you're not stupid. — she tells him with regret. Skully believed her and pulled him into a warm embrace. Lily didn't expect this, but she was very pleased and warm in her soul that she smiled. Suddenly, she takes out a retractable blade in her right hand and prepares to plunge it. Lily smiles slyly and finishes the last words with malice: — You're just a naive idiot! — What? — he only managed to ask and bulge both eyes, when suddenly Lily plunged her blade with the sharp end through his back to where his heart should be. Skully felt it and screamed in pain to the sky. After that, Lily took out her knife. Her knife was slightly bloody. Then she slapped the skeleton in the face, hitting him so hard and knocking him to the floor. Skully was lying on the ground, clutching his back with one hand and his chest with the other near his heart. Blood began to flow from his mouth from the wounded heart. Blood flowed from his mouth and straight onto the ground. Lily laughed evilly and raised her knife from above with both hands, preparing to plunge it into the skeleton's skull. He, in turn, spat blood, groaned and watched with bulging eyes as Lily was about to kill him. The villainess prepared to plunge the blade, but suddenly someone's chain grabbed both of her hands. — What? — Lily's eyes bulged and she turned around. Behind her was a healthy man in armor, like Dominator, only all black and red. It was he who threw his chain and stopped her from killing Skully. — Get over here! — he said through his helmet in a terrible voice and pulled the girl towards him, grabbing her by the throat. Lily began to choke again and grabbed the hand of the one who was saving the skeleton. — It can't be!... Atomos! — she recognized him. Skully was slowly losing consciousness at this time from the loss of blood and the fact that his heart had stopped beating. He let out his last moans like a sigh and closed both eyes, falling asleep with his eyelids.

***

      Skully woke up safe and sound under a blue sky on a meadow with green grass. He was somewhere in nature, and in the background he could hear birds singing and a light breeze blowing. In the distance were two more skeletons, hugging and kissing. — Grandma? Grandpa? — The little skeleton's eyes widened and he stood up. Then he walked straight towards them. Both skeletons, distracted from kissing, turned their attention to Skully and were no less surprised. Skully didn't have time to approach them and ask, when suddenly a huge Lord Wander burst out from under the ground between them. He looked at the skeleton angrily and laughed. Skully decided to resist and wanted to get his gun, but he didn't have his gun. — Say goodbye to life! — LW ​​says and raises his right fist, preparing to hit him. Suddenly, a giant Atomos appears behind Skully and hits the evil giant with his right fist. LW fell to the ground, but as soon as Atomos approached him and prepared to hit him again with both fists, Lord Wander kicked him with both legs, throwing him back. Skully at this time decided not to stand still; but to run away. He tried not to look back, but a terrible battle raged behind him. LW tried to grab the skeleton and chased after him, and also fought off Atomos. Atomos himself, on the contrary, tried to help the skeleton and interfered with the red-haired villain. Having seen a cave during the run, he decided to hide there and ran inside. Suddenly, the floor under his feet disappeared and Skully began to fall with a scream into the dark void, forgetting that he had jet boots. Fortunately, he did not fall for long. Below, the silhouette of a skull with red eyes from Atomos' helmet, on which the skeleton fell, appeared. Suddenly, he landed softly in the desert in the middle of the night and tried to come to his senses. His father, Hater, immediately appeared before his eyes. He was very upset and saddened by his son. Looking at him, he closed his eyes and shook his skull. — You really disappointed me, son. How could you lose to her? — he asks his son and suddenly he evaporates in the wind like sand dust. Skully stretched out his hand and wanted to say something, but could not. It was as if he was underwater and swallowed some water into his mouth and began to choke. Even bubbles came out of his mouth and flew into the sky. Then Mossy appeared in front of his eyes in the distance, looking at him with bulging eyes. Skully couldn't say anything and grabbed his trachea where his neck was, as if he was choking, as if he was underwater. Mossy suddenly made a serious look. — Why... Are... You... Silent?... — he asks him, but Skully couldn't answer him. His cheeks turned dark green from lack of oxygen. Mossy suddenly screamed: — GET OUT OF HERE!!! — after his scream, a bright flash of light occurs.

***

      The flash of light was replaced by a lamp above his head, which slowly shone through. The skeleton itself slowly woke up, but everything around him looked blurry. He did not understand where he was. He himself was lying on the work table with a device connected to him to measure his pulse and heartbeat. There was an oxygen mask in his mouth through which he was breathing, and his chest and back were wrapped in bandages. Skully himself was still a little weak from the wound. The sound of the door opening was heard and Atomos himself entered the room. He was not angry or angry. On the contrary, he was quite calm and not dangerous. That was for sure. — Are you awake? Skully only let out a quiet, long groan of pain and tried to get up, but Atomos lightly touched his chest with one left hand and put him back. — Quiet-quiet! You are having a hard time now. Lie down and rest! — A-a-ah... A-a-ato-o-omo-o-os?... — he barely uttered. — Don't be afraid, Skully! — he put his right palm on the top of the skull. — You're lucky I was there, I saw everything and heard everything. That nasty girl stabbed you in the heart and it no longer functions. But I saved you. I replaced your old heart with an artificial one. Now you better lie down and rest. — But... Why?... Why... Are you... Helping... Me?... — the skeleton asked with difficulty, and the man in armor answered: — You convinced me of this... And your friends also persuaded me to help you. — he explained to him and decided to leave him alone. — Rest! Afterwards, he leaves and closes the doors behind him.

Two days before this

      Atomos had captured four humanoids, whom he had successfully captured. They turned out to be Limepop, Lemonpop, Mossy, and Sunny. Three of them were still sitting behind bars, and Limepop was placed on the work table and chained by her hands and feet to iron cuffs. Atomos stood over her threateningly. — So, my dear. Tell me what you were doing with your friends near my ship. — he asked her angrily, and Limey remained calm and explained: — Forgive us, Mr. Atomos, for our impudence. We dropped in on you by accident. We thought your ship was the ship of Lord Wander himself. This villain has offended another friend of ours. He bribed a judge on the planet Zeni and made them choose his daughter, known as Lilith, as the winner. — Let's say you mixed up our ships. But what does that matter to me? — Atomos asks, folding his arms over his chest. — We thought that maybe you yourself wouldn't refuse to help us in this matter. — Limey answered honestly, and Atomos leaned towards her head with a grin. — Why do you suddenly think that I will help you? — Because our friend, whom we are trying to help... He is Skully. Lord Hater's son. — So what? — Atomos asked sternly. Limepop understood that he simply would not help them, much less Hater and Skully. Then she decided to lie a little, hoping that at least this way he would agree to help them. — Because Skully is not only the son of the Hater... But also... Your daughter's son. She lied for the good. Oddly enough, it worked. Atomos' eyes widened when he learned that his daughter had a son. Does that mean he's a grandfather now? "My grandson?... I have a grandson?" — Yes... And more than one... If you count Skully, there are five of them. — Limepop explained. This made Atomos surprised and stunned for a couple of minutes. He couldn't believe what he heard, that his Domi had five children. He removes the shackles and frees Lime from the work table. — I hope everything is okay with the Dominator? — Atomos asked. — Of course. She lives happily and even takes care of the children. — Atomos told the truth. Atomos' eyes on his helmet became heart-shaped. Although he tried not to show it, to look proud. Then he leaned towards Limey. — Well... Tell me! What should I do? - There was a contest for the best artist on the planet Zeni. Skully took part in the contest, and Lady Lilith took part with him. She cheated by persuading her dad Lord Wander to threaten the judge so that he would change the results and choose Lily as the winner. However, Skully immediately suspected that she was cheating. We tried to help him, find Lord Wander and his daughter, follow them, record everything they do and say, and then fly back to Zeni with the evidence to the judge and show it to him. And if you kill us all, then we will not be able to help Skully and he will remain the loser, and Lily will remain unpunished. — Lime explained. — Please, help us! At least for your daughter's sake! When she asked him to help them for his daughter's sake, Atomos raised his right eyebrow, thoughtfully, and sighed heavily: — Okay... But only for Domi's sake. And you'll remain our captives for a while, and I'll decide later whether to release you or not. — he said. — Agreed! — Limepop answers, holding out his right hand. Atomos turned away for a minute at first, but then, out of politeness to the uninvited, but still a guest, shook her hand. After that, he took her back to the cell to Lemon, Mossy, and Sunny. — You four will sit here for a while. And I'll be back soon. — he told them, locked the four of them in the cage, and left. — Little sister! — Lemon hugs Lime and even kisses her. — I was so afraid for you. Did that bastard hurt you? — No. — she smiled back. — He's not that bad. I just told him about Dominator, and she is his daughter, and I also mentioned his husband and children. He listened to me and didn't kill me. — Yeah. But who's going to save us now? — Mossy asked grumpily, folding his arms across his chest. — Calm down, Mossy. I'm sure Limepop knows what to do. — Sunny said. — Of course. — Lime answered. — Let's just sit and wait. I'm sure he'll let us go later when he knows everything fully and understands. Atomos himself was furious at first, unbeknownst to the captives. He couldn't believe that his daughter was hiding from him the fact that she had found herself a husband a long time ago and even had children. However, he knew more precisely that it was Hater who was Domi's husband. So we need to fly to him and interrogate him.

Today

      Atomos, distracted from the memories of the day before yesterday, holds a photo frame of himself, where he holds Domi when she was still a baby. — I promise you... I will not let anyone hurt your sons and daughter. And Skully especially.

***

      Lord Wander was sitting on the throne at this time and filing his fingernails with a nail file. He smirked and looked at the Dominator, whose arms were firmly held and stretched out to the sides so that she would not resist and escape by two large bots with muscles. LW looked at LD with a smirk and asked: — Did you really think that I was such a fool that I would not guess that you and your bony freak would decide to escape? I am not so easy to fool. You've been captured twice, and my daughter has been chasing after that bastard for a long time now. She'll swat your nasty little skeleton like a fly. I'm sure of it. The Dominator was trying to break free with groans, but the bots were holding her back tightly. She looks at LW with anger and hisses through her teeth: — Don't you dare touch Skully with even a finger, you're a hybrid monster! — No, I'm not the hybrid monster! But you are! — he answered her and threw a nail file at her head. Luckily, she was able to tilt her head and the nail file flew past, crashing into the wall like a throwing knife. — You!... And other freaks that you and Zlydny gave birth to separately and together. He gets up from the throne and jumps off it like an acrobat. Landing in front of the Dominator's face, his grin quickly changes to anger and he hisses with his fangs instead of teeth, like a snake. Domi quickly grabs his tongue with his teeth, biting it as hard as possible and holding it. The villain's eyes bulged, moaning and trying to rip his tongue out of the girl's grip on his teeth. Afterwards, she let him go and even spat in his face. It was disgusting. — I won't give in to you so easily, freak. — she told him. LW at this time wiped LD's drool with his right hand in a yellow glove and began to get angry. — I tried not to torture you in vain, but my patience is running out. — He takes out a chainsaw and starts it. The chainsaw begins to make a terrifying noise and clank. LW himself laughs evilly, like a maniac and looks at Domi's right thigh. — Let me do a small operation for you. Let's see how you'll live as an invalid! — he threatened her and raised the chainsaw and prepared to swing it. — NO-NO-NO!!! I BEG YOU!!! DON'T CUT MY LEG!!! — LD begged for mercy. — SO!!! — LW ​​screamed, throwing the chainsaw to the floor and taking out a flashlight, immediately shining it into Domi's eyes, which made her turn away, afraid of going blind. — SPEAK!!! — Please!... — she said calmly, lowering her head and despairing. — I will be your wife... If you honestly swear that you won't touch Hater, Skully and the others even with a finger. — I give you my word! — he lied to her and hid his free hand behind his back, on which he crossed his fingers. — But so that you don't dare to deceive me, I will either send you back to these doors and clamp them around your waist so that you don't escape. Or I will leave you here. — he extends both hands with holodinum, freezing Dom's entire body into an ice block, leaving only her palms, shoulders and head outside. The bots pulled the yellow gloves from Dom's hands so that she couldn't escape this way either. Then they threw them on the floor. — Here. You won't escape this time. Stand here and think about your bad behavior, and I will be back soon. LW and the bots left, leaving Dom frozen in the throne room. Her eyes were bigger, her teeth were clenched and chattering from the cold. — "How cold! I'm beginning to understand what those who I also placed in the same blocks of ice felt then." — she thought and could not break free. Suddenly Lord Wander returned. — Okay, I was kidding. I'm not that cruel. — he said with a grin and snapped his fingers. The ice suddenly turned into lava and quickly turned to stone. The girl felt a little warmer and sighed with relief. Then the villain showed with his fingers that he was watching her and left. Dom was left alone again and sighed heavily. She looks at the porthole overlooking outer space and says: — Please, Grod, help Skully so that he survives and comes back soon. I hope dad will help him?

A day before this

      Remembering yesterday, when Dominator had not yet been kidnapped; she was sitting next to Abbit and playing a game console with him. Suddenly, an alarm started and red beacons were blinking. All the patrols were running and preparing for battle. Dom became curious and went out to the main pilot's cabin. What she saw made her eyes widen. — Dad? — he asks, recognizing the spaceship that stood in front of them. — Dad? — all the patrols looked at the Dominator questioningly. Suddenly, the large battle cruiser itself grabs the skull ship and attaches it to itself. Both ships open their hatches. Atomos himself steps inside the skull ship. Dom was afraid, but she herself came out to meet him and convinced the others that she would deal with him herself. As soon as they crossed paths, they first looked at each other in silence. Atomos looked a little angry, and Dom was a little scared. Then she smiled stupidly and said: — Hello. — Bye-bye. Atomos answered jokingly and came even closer, towering over her so that he looked from the ceiling to the floor. Dom leaned her back, like Neo from "The Matrix", and stood there in horror. — How could you?... I'm your father. Is that how I raised you? — he walked towards her slowly and threateningly, continuing to look down at her, and Dom also looked up at him with fear and walked away. — How could you keep quiet and not warn me that you're married and that you now have children? Why am I only finding out about this now? Why? Explain! Dom fell and began to crawl away, lying on her bottom. — Please, dad, don't be angry! I'm sorry, I would have gladly warned you in advance. But we haven't talked for so long. Don't be angry, I just forgot about you. — WHAT??? — Atomos shouted, clenching his fists, causing Dom to cover herself with her hands. The man quickly realized that he had gone too far and was frightening her so much in vain. Having calmed down a little, he asks her with surprise. — You... Forgot... Me?... Your father?... — he asked and Domi nodded silently. She was still afraid. She was afraid that he would beat her now, but unexpectedly for her, her father only extended his hand to her and helped her up. — But why?... How could you forget me?... You didn’t even write me a letter... You didn’t call me?... — I know, I’m very sorry... — Dom lowered her head. — I had so many of my own personal affairs and problems that I never thought about you... And then when I got my family, the number of things to do increased... But there were fewer problems. Atomos understood her and decided to feel sorry for his daughter, because he himself is usually busy and does not find time to devote to his daughter. Even he himself has never thought about his daughter and could not find her or find free time for this. — I understand you. I myself have never found free time to find you. — he stretched out both arms to the sides, slowly approached and hugged Dom, which she did not expect. — It is immediately obvious that you are all like me. At that very moment, Hater came out and shouted: — HEY, SORRY FOR INTERFERING IN ANOTHER'S CONVERSATION, BUT WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN??? Dom looked questioningly at her husband and before she could answer, Atomos approached the skeleton threateningly. — And who is this? — What do you mean, who? — Hater was indignant and began to brag and pose. — I am the king of nightmares, the baron of ruthlessness and the conqueror of the galaxy, Lord Hater. Atomos grabbed his chest and began to laugh. — The famous Lord Hater? More like Lord Boastful! — he said. — It doesn't matter who I am. I care who you are? — Hater asks and points his left finger at the helmet. Atomos grabs the skeleton's finger with his hand and answers: — My name is Lord Atomos. And I have much more experience than all of you put together, because I have been alive for a long time. - While he was explaining, the skeleton looked menacingly at Atomos and did not even try to free himself. — Dad, let him go! — Dom stood up for Hater. — He is my husband. — Really? — Atomos was surprised and almost laughed again. — This boastful skeleton is your husband? Ha! — How rude of you, uncle! — the skeleton answered calmly, keeping an angry face. — By the way, I have done so much good for your daughter. And you are attacking me and grabbing my hand. — he detached his left arm from his shoulder and his hand began to stick out below, holding onto Atomos' hand. The skeleton extended his right palm and out of politeness, the man in armor returned his hand back. — I don't trust you. Prove that you are truly a worthy husband for my daughter, if you really love her. — said Atomos and suddenly heard children's voices behind Hater and Dom. — Wow! What a big guy! — said Zorphen. — And scary! — said Scorchar. — Looks like mom when she was in armor! — said Abbit. — Big guy, have you come in peace? — asks Nori. Atomos saw four children and was surprised. Two small skeletons, like Hater and two Scalabrites, like Dom, were walking around Atomos and examining him. Atomos looked at his grandchildren and could not believe that they were like that. Abbit jumped on Atomos's back, forcing him to bend over. Suddenly he heard a crunch. — Ouch! My back! — he said, clutching his back. — Sorry. I didn't know. — the boy apologized and climbed down from his back. — It didn't hurt much. — It's okay, I'm used to it. Unfortunately, I'm not as young as I used to be. After all, the years always take their toll. — Atomos explained. — Yes? And how old are you? — Nori asked. — He's over a thousand years old. — Dominator explained. — Ha! Thousands of years? But Scalabrites don't live that long. — Scorchar said. — Yes... But I was lucky... Otherwise, I wouldn't have achieved the status of a great villain and received so much technology from all the galaxies. — So who's the braggart now? — the skeleton smiled slyly, folding his arms across his chest. — Watch your language! — Atomos pointed a finger of his right hand at the skeleton and this time Hater grabbed him in his palm. — See? I learn from my mistakes. — He said and immediately let him go. Atomos laughed a little. — And I like you already. — Atomos answered and turned his head down, because he felt someone grab his left hand. It was Zorphen and Scorchar who took his hand and examined it. — Yes. This is my glove. — Does it also shoot lava? — Zorphen explained. — Or water? — asked Scorchar. — Or holodinum? — asked Nori, hugging Atomos by the legs. — Boys, daughter, stop bothering grandpa. Go play in the gym! — said Dom, and the children were so surprised that they smiled, and their pupils became larger. — SO YOU ARE OUR GRANDFATHER??? — They shouted with joy and pounced on him. Atomos did not expect this and fell backwards on the floor. They began to pester him with questions: — What is your name? — Where do you live? — Did our mother listen to you well? — How many planets have you captured and destroyed? — How many galaxies have you captured and destroyed? — Will you show us your face? — Can I try on your armor? — Do you have a wife? Well, our grandmother? — Are you also a Scalabrite, like us? — What color are your eyes? — Do you have bots or living troops? — How many languages ​​in the universe do you know? Atomos laughs and stretches out his palms forward, saying: — Hush-hush! You have too many questions. I will definitely answer all of this for each of you, but... Later. Your grandfather just came in for a couple of minutes on a very important matter, just to talk to your parents. Can I talk to them alone? — he asked them calmly. — Okay. Forgive us. — the children apologized and helped Atomos to his feet. Then they ran. Atomos smiled unnoticed from behind his helmet, looking at his grandchildren. — Nice! It’s immediately obvious that your family is really very good. — he looked at Dom. — I must admit that you made the right choice with your husband and children. For the first time in my life, I am happy and proud of you. — And what do you say about me? — the skeleton asked. Atomos looked at Hater, taking his helmet in the chin area with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, thinking at the same time. After thinking, he said: — No offense, but... Personally, I still don’t trust you a little. I need some time to make sure that you really are a good husband for my daughter. — Okay. How can I prove it to you? — Hater asked, tilting his skull to his left shoulder. — First, tell me a lot about yourself, how you met, what kind of relationship you had, what you experienced together and... — he asked the skeleton many more questions, gently taking him by the shoulder and walking together with him through both hatches to his space cruiser. Dominator stood still and watched them.

Today

      Dom moved away from the memories of yesterday. She thought: — "I hope Skully and Atomos will also find a common language and they will both come back for me."