by Beth Hoyer
He frowned as the Sun Lord limped towards him till he was standing inches away before placing hands on his shoulders.
The Sun Lord continued “The position of Sun Lord was created to unite all of Terrania under one ruler. A Drainer answering to the name of Hades was given the job to select a Human to hold the position which he with influence from a descendant from your daughter Cassie chose my predecessor more than once times passed down to me to the position which has passed from male to male.”
Eric frowned as the Sun Lord paused to lower his hands from touching his shoulders before speaking again “I am old with short time left. I have daughters and no male heir to take my place when I pass. Your ageless state will make it easier for you to hold the position as Sun Lord freeing the rest of us to continue our lives living normally as we wish.”
He sighed as the Sun Lord again paused then added “I believe the loss of your Brianna has left you with no purpose in life to live to see the next day. You taking the position of Sun Lord will assure you of having a purpose to live.”
The Sun Lord, Eric heard stopped to cough spasms then he spoke “I’ll give you time to think about this, Eric. It’s up to you on whether you should accept or refuse.”
Eric frowned as the Sun Lord turned and limped towards the chair before sitting down with the help of the Highlanders standing next to him.
Eric spoke “I’ll consider your offer.”
The Sun Lord spoke “Thank you that’s all I ask. You may leave to think this through.”
He saw a Highlander guard point at him and towards the door which he turned around and followed a female Highlander out of the apartment who led him to the elevator which they both got inside. The elevator Eric felt went up and stopped at a floor which he got out following the Highlander into the hallway pass doors who led him to a door opening it. He went inside as the Highlander closed the door behind him to see the apartment’s living room was not the one he destroyed. Frowning he went to the living room’s windows to lean his head on the glass window staring out at the scenery outside.
He mumbled out loud repeating the Sun Lord’s words “I believe the loss of your Brianna has left you with no purpose in life to live to see the next day. You taking the position of Sun Lord will assure you of having a purpose to live.”
Sighing Eric went to the dining room section of the apartment and sat down in a chair next to the dining table. He frowned as he rubbed hands on his forehead and lowered his hands to his lap. He sat there staring at the apartment door as the sun peering through the open windows behind him shined its rays into the apartment of various lengths then stopped followed by night vision arriving. Eric sat in the night hands on his lap staring at the apartment door with a blank look on his face. He lowered his head to stare at his hands and sighed loudly before getting up to walk to one of the apartment’s bedrooms. Groaning he walked inside the bedroom and lay on the bed staring at the ceiling as sleep overcame him.
Eric woke up with a gasp staring at the ceiling recalling a memory of his oath to Brianna of him living after she dies with a purpose he’ll find. He exhaled a breath and figured to himself that he’ll take the Sun Lord position and keep his oath to Brianna in the process. With a groan he got up from the bed and went to the living room as the sun shined rays through the windows. Groaning he went to the table to sit and heard a knocking sound on the door.
Eric spoke “Come in.”
The door opened revealing a male Highlander carrying a tray of food that made his stomach rumble. The Highlander he saw brought the tray to the table and set it in front of him and stood watching him ravenously eat and drink. Once he finished with the food and drink the Highlander took the tray and went to the kitchen unit’s sink as he leaned back in the chair staring at his gloved hands.
He heard another knock on the door and spoke “Come in.”
A male Highlander walked in from opening the door speaking “The Sun Lord wants to see you about his offer in his quarters.”
Eric got up and followed the Highlander out of the apartment to the elevator that went down and opened at the familiar hallway with doors. He frowned following the Highlander to the door to the quarters which opened by a female Highlander standing in front of it. He went inside seeing a male wearing a long white jacket of a medical doctor with a black hood on the back and blue scrub clothing with a Human appearance on his face with brown eyes and short spiky black hair come out of a doorway with a grim look.
He heard a Highlander speak “Eric, go in the bedroom.”
Eric obeyed going inside the room to see the Sun Lord lying on the bed wearing blue clothing with two Highlanders standing besides the bed.
He kept his mouth in a frown as the Sun Lord opened his eyes and rasped seeing him “Come here, Eric.”
He went to sit on the bed besides the Sun Lord who spoke in a raspy tone “My offer have you decided your decision?”
Eric spoke “I decided to accept.”
The Sun Lord coughed violently then rasped “My life as Sun Lord has ended while yours has begun. See that he is taught how to handle the position.”
Eric heard the two Highlanders standing besides the bed say in unison “We’ll see that this will be done.”
He stared at the Sun Lord who raised a wrinkled bare hand towards him which he gripped and heard him rasp out “Go and assume the position as Sun Lord, Your Majesty.”
The Sun Lord closed his eyes. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked at the Highlander who released his shoulder to point at the door. Eric nodded his head and got up from the bed walking out as the medical doctor walked inside closing the door.
He stood staring at the door with a frown on his face as he sensed a hand on his arm and looked at a female Highlander who spoke “Come with me, Your Majesty.”
Eric followed the Highlander out of the apartment to the elevator which went down and opened showing a short hallway with a door at the side on his left and double doors at the end in front of him. He sighed as the Highlander walked towards the double doors opening one of them showing a large room with ten beds he counted jutting from the wall in a semi circular pattern with beeping equipment at the heads of them and some having equipment at their sides.
The Highlander spoke “Please wait here while your personal physician arrives to examine you.”
He watched the Highlander leave the room with the doors banging behind her. Eric frowned as he went to a bed and sat on it feet dangling off the side with his eyes watching the doors. He didn’t have to wait long for the doors opened admitting the Human male wearing medical clothing on his form that walked towards him.
Eric sighed as the medical doctor spoke “The name is Trevor Kossman so lie down on the bed so I can scan you.”
Eric stiffened at the doctor’s name and he laid down as Trevor went to the head picking up a long arm sized device which he waved over him.
Eric spoke “How did you get your name?”
He heard Trevor hiss a breath then the doctor looked at him and spoke “I’m one of the descendants of your sister Ionela.”
He widen his eyes as Trevor continued talking “I have a twin brother named Creve who’s a doctor like I am along with a younger sister named Iona a nurse at the hospital and with a younger brother named Rick who’s the youngest of us that currently in school.”
Eric sighed as he spoke “Oh.”
He heard another hiss of breath from Trevor who spoke “I hate to say this but the breathing device you’re wearing has a side effect which involves you verbalizing your words.”
He frown hearing that as Trevor continued talking “The side effect is the loss of verbalizing words after a certain time period I guess three suns will pass while wearing that breathing device. It’s not entirely permanent but only involves when wearing the breathing device for longer than normal means. Just thought I would let you know of that.”
He spoke recalling Erica and how she communicated using mental mind talk to h
im spoke “How are you with mental mind abilities?”
He heard from Trevor “Sorry I and some of my family members didn’t learn very well on that despite having some mental mind abilities due to trying to learn things in the medical field which took priority as emphasized by my father who mentioned you to us and that you were still living as usual.”
Eric formed a frown on his face as Trevor looked away appearing to be staring at a monitor screen while pressing buttons with a hand and still waving the arm sized scanner over him. He heard the sound of doors banging eyed them to see a familiar male Highlander was there that came up to him sounding like saying ahem to him.
He continued to eye the Highlander who spoke “Your Majesty, your descendant just prior to the hand over of the title Sun Lord ordered me to the job as your personal guard.”
He didn’t comment a response as the Highlander continued “I am called Jiang named in honor of a former President of Americania hence me assuring you of where the name originated.”
Eric spoke “Fine, Jiang it is.”
He heard from Trevor “Ah Jiang you know how to use mental mind abilities to communicate due to Highlanders don’t have a talking ability when their children?”
He frowned as Jiang spoke “Sorry I was one of the lucky ones who didn’t need the use of mental mind abilities for communication as an offspring so why do you ask?”
He shift to stare at Trevor looking