In a galaxy, far, far away, there lived a father, a mother and 5 sons. They lived on a planet that was lush and had anything that anyone could ask for. The mother got pregnant with their sixth child. She had a hard labor, but she delivered another healthy son. She lost so much blood, that she died right after she handed the child to her husband and told him to take care of this child for he carried the last of her within him. They named him Joe.
The father knew it was wrong to have a favorite child, but he did. He would let Joe get away with things that he would never let his older sons get away with. When Joe was 13 his father gave him his own port a craft. The father limited Joe's use of the craft to the sphere of their world. The other brothers couldn’t travel like that until they were 16. They were getting quite annoyed with Joe.
The father let Joe take his craft off world when he was 15. That was the straw that finally broke the camel’s back. The brothers weren’t allowed off world until they were 21. The 5 older brothers had a meeting and decided that something needed to be done about Joe. They all exclaimed, “yea, it’s Joe this and Joe that. What will he get to next that we couldn’t do at his age. Maybe he’ll be allowed to get married. He’s dating this hot little number right now. I know none of us wouldn’t mind having a go......” I regress, so back to the story.
The brothers finally decided to get rid of Joe. There was a large cave on the other side of the planet and if they left him without any food and water, he’d never be found. They told Joe that their dad wanted him to go to this cave and find a treasure that was left there just for him. So Joe said, alright. He went and the brothers disabled his craft, took his food and water, then left him to die.
The eldest brother started having an attack of a guilty conscience, so he went back to bring the kid home. He knew he would have to come clean, remembering how old his dad was and that Joe's death would devastate him. He just couldn’t hurt his dad this way. They would just have to figure out something else. The eldest brother took off for the cave and when he arrived, Joe was nowhere to be found. He yelled until he had no voice left. He searched for days, but couldn’t find Joe. The eldest brother went home and told the other brothers what he did. They all said they were having the same attack of conscience and were also getting ready to head back to the cave and pick Joe up.
All five brothers went back to the cave. They stayed for a week and found nothing. They went home in utter defeat. They realized they were going to have to tell their dad something so they devised a plan. They said they were attacked by marauders and they were after their port a crafts. The 5 brothers told of how bravely they fought and destroyed the machines rather than hand them over. The marauders got so mad that they took Joe with them. They all knew they had to destroy their machines by burning them and breaking them into a million pieces. Their dad would want to go to the cave and see the evidence. With great reluctance they destroyed all the machines and started to walk home.
Part 3 tomorrow
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