“ A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. ”

 –Billy Graham

(Paris, France: 11:30 PM)

Remaining sleepless and alone at the apartment's rooftop, Amnon anxiously sat on the ground and leaned his back on the balcony's concrete wall, recalling that conversation with Loki and his father that afternoon. He heard the Kree Eternal's prediction that he would die in the encounter with his sister and the accuser. Amnon and his mother were both alarmed of what Methu-Selah had spoken of. After Loki's visit, the young pink Kree reasoned at his father which they ended up debating. Amnon had mentioned that he didn't want the ancient Kree to die in his vision, becoming anxious for that mission. He thought of an assistance along with the MTF and the Rebel Forces, but Methu-Selah refused anyone to join his exploits. That had caused Amnon to feel dreary about his father's plans. 

Looking at the stars in the sky, he sighed heavily and anxiously thought, " I've just met him a couple of months ago. How come he would predict his death on that mission?! He's supposed to defeat Kasius, but why does he have to deal with his own sister? I don't get it! Why?! I just don't want to lose him that instantly. I have so many questions that I will have to ask him. I'm not that recovered yet from my tragedies, he has to help me to overcome this. I can't let him die alone! I need to find a way to help him. " 

Looking at the bright Sirius and Procyon running around the evening skies along with the other constellations, Amnon intently thought of asking for someone's help, perhaps it could be another joint mission from the MTF and Rebel Forces to prevent Methu-Selah meeting his instant fate.

" It must be something, " he snapped his fingers. " I need to ask Commander Roosevelt or anyone to approve this other slave den raid mission in Bulgaria, but would they approve it? Maybe or maybe not. It's just I don't want Old Methu-Selah to die before he has done his resolve, finding his own missing son. " 

The pink Kree slowly opened his mouth like a roaring lion and stretched his arms. Unaware of the Kree Eternal's arrival, Amnon heard footsteps and a sudden gust of wind. 

" You have been overthinking, my boy, " a calm and deep male voice echoed. " Why did we end up in a silent treatment until now? " 

Amnon slowly turned his head and was surprised to see the familiar blue skinned man with a ponytail, " Master! I didn't know you have just arrived! I thought you were angry at me for arguing with you! Mom and I got worried that you left and didn't eat your…" 

" Son, I just need my time alone up there, " Methu-Selah used his left index finger pointing above the stars and sat beside him on the rooftop's floor. 

"  Even our enemies never notice you? " 

" Amnon, you and I are both good at hiding, escaping, and diverting our enemies!  " his father chuckled and gently slapped his son's back. " Now, I wonder why your Kree genes are becoming dominant even you're unaware until now. "

" What are you talking about?! "

" Nevermind, " Methu-Selah humorously brushed off as his son became baffled by what he had said. Then, he changed into a sincere and serious tone and spoke. " Son, I'm sorry about what I said a while ago. You and your mother are too concerned about my prediction of seeing Mira again. " 

" Master, I'm very sorry too that I argued with you, " Amnon replied and bowed his head in shame. " It's just we don't want to lose you. I really mean it. We have been together ever since I almost killed you in Ethiopia, but that encounter turned into something. Now, I am so worried that you will never see your son again. Then, I have so many questions to ask you. Please don't leave me and mom behind before this invasion is over. " 

Methu-Selah heavily sighed and stood up, offering his son to stand up. Amnon instantly held his father's right hand and managed to rise up from his position. The Kree Eternal sincerely looked at him and placed his right hand to his son's shoulder. 

" Amnon, I know you want to help me with this exploit. You, your mother, and then your friends spared your older half-sister from that mad accuser. I'm going to allow you that to happen. " 

" But what about the others in the MTF and the Rebel Forces? Do they have to come? " 

" No, I don't want to cause any trouble among them. This is my own issue that I need to resolve before Kasius and his legion would find out, " the Kree Eternal answered. '' Just like you did to Eumeralla, I want a small group of people who would do a raid against the accuser and then her benefactor who happened to be my sister. " 

" I see. Do you even predict this one to happen? " 

" Yes, I was just on the moon's surface meditating when a new vision came into my mind. I knew you and that group were along with me. " 

" Master?! You just changed your mind or…" 

" It's in your favor, Amnon, " he smiled. " However, I won't spoil the outcome. I'd rather let you find out if we are there. " 

Amnon snickered and understood his father's words, " You surely are an old blue cat lunatic, I take it? "

" You, my boy, had revealed my true form back in Ethiopia. Perhaps, you're still grounded for doing that!  " the ancient Kree messed up his son's locks and laughed. 

" Master! Oh, come on! Stop it! " the pink Kree dryly chuckled. 

Methu-Selah instantly hugged his son after their sudden outbursts of laughter. Amnon put his arms around his father and smiled at him. 

" I'll be alright, son. I need to deal with my sister, before something happens to me. " 

" Master, we're all right behind you, " the pink Kree sincerely smiled and replied. " We're on this together in saving your sister. " 

" Thank you, Amnon. " 

(Next Day: Somewhere in Romania, 6:40 PM) 

As the sun had risen down and hid into the mountains, the quinjet had landed on the forest grounds where Elder Carol Danvers was a pilot along with Allen Stroud. The group had stepped out of the aircraft and ended up in the dark and shady woods. The Kree Eternal moved his head and used his cosmic awareness to search for any living people or invaders. Loki took out his two daggers and remained vigilant as he was walking along with Allen and Karena. Amnon held his two pistols which he had loaded before this mission. 

" So, you know this place, bounty hunter? " Allen asked the pale skinned Asgardian. 

" Definitely, this is one of my failed contracts during the Kree-Lizard invasion, " Loki sternly spoke. " I couldn't have my chance to hunt down the damn Inhuman mistress myself. " 

" You mean, you encountered that vampire woman and her daughters? " Karena asked. 

" They are awfully disgusting. They turn the deceased slaves into something else. " 

" What do you mean? " Amnon also queried. 

" It's so skirmish and horrible to describe, " Loki heavily sighed and continued. " I tried to defeat them, but I failed and escaped. " 

" Surely, that gruesome encounter ain't the god of mischief's style. I take it? " Allen snickered.

" If you don't mind, I need your help to defeat the mad woman accuser and Methu's little sister, " the Asgardian bounty hunter spoke with a hint of annoyance. " I failed my client to take her down before. Perhaps, the siblings reunion will make it a successful one. " 

Methu-Selah overheard the conversation as he walked along with Carol. The elderly half-Kree woman looked at her son and his friends, chattering and laughing in this trail. 

 " You're worried for her, aren't you? " she turned to him and asked. 

" I could have let Mira join me in travelling throughout the cosmos, " the Kree Eternal seriously spoke in regret. " I should have never left her here on Earth. " 

" Methie, I'm sorry to hear that, " Carol replied. " I don't even know the story of Mira in detail. It may be too saddening for you to find out what had gone into her. " 

" I know, Car-Ell. I know. " 

Going into the farthest corner of the woods, Amnon spotted a hooded old woman who was sadly sitting on the earthly ground and holding a human skull. The young pink Kree walked away from the group and approached her. He knelt down to her level and thought of communicating with her. 

" Excuse me, ma'am. Are you lost? " he politely asked. 

The old woman remained emotionless and non-speaking, pretending she couldn't understand the language from the young man. 

" YA ne ponimayu po-angliyski. YA govoryu tol'ko na russkom i rumynskom. (I do not understand English. I only speak Russian and Romanian.)  " her craggy voice with a strong Eastern European accent echoed. 

Amnon nodded without any hesitation and replied, " Verno. YA prosto zadam vam voprosy po-russki. (Right. I'll just ask you questions in Russian.) " 

" Ne trat'te vremya zrya, molodoy chelovek. Noch' stanovitsya opasnoy. (Don't waste your time, young man. The night is getting dangerous.) " 

" Net, ya zdes', chtoby zadavat' voprosy i pomogat' vam. Ty poteryalsya? U tebya yest' sem'ya? (No, I'm here to ask questions and help you. Are you lost? Do you have a family?) " 

The old woman made a sinister grin under her hood and intently looked at the pink Kree. She darkly chuckled when Amnon became frightened to see and hear her. She slowly stood up and dropped the human skull which was tainted with soil and blood. He slowly stepped back and moved his head to his left, sweating and trembling. 

" U tebya byla ochen' slozhnaya zhizn', mal'chik, no tvoye litso napomnilo mne cheloveka, kotorogo ya znal ochen' davno. (You had a very complicated life, boy, however your face reminded me of someone I knew a very long time ago.) " she replied. '' Tvoya krov' i yego - odno tseloye. (Your blood and his are one.) " 

" O chem ty, starushka?! (What are you talking about, old lady?!) " Amnon asked in fear, slowly stood up, stepped back, and took his pistols, defending himself for further attacks.

" Moy! Kak ty naiven?! (My! How naive you are?!) " the old woman taunted and loudly laughed. 

Just hearing the crows' loud crackle and flapping of their wings, Carol and Methu-Selah both sensed their son had gone from the trail. They shared glances and noticed Loki, Allen, and Karena were walking and chattering in worry. 

" Methie, our son! " Carol anxiously muttered. 

" I know. I can't sense his aura in this place, " the Kree Eternal sternly said. " Someone has taken him. " 

" We have to find him, right now. Do you know where he is? " 

Methu-Selah closed his eyes and used his cosmic awareness, sensing where Amnon had gone. His son was being abducted and brought into a castle. Then, he instantly opened his eyes and looked at his girlfriend. 

" I know where he is, " the Kree Eternal answered. 

" Where?! " she raised her voice. 

Suddenly, they were being interrupted by their other three companions when the couple noticed them. Loki and his companions had walked over to them. 

" Monsieur, Madame! " Karena cried and held her rifle. " We can't find your son! " 

" Where was the last time you saw him? " Carol asked in worry. 

" He was walking in that direction and seeing something, " the brunette French woman replied and pointed at the tallest dead tree. 

" Drats! We have lost track of him! " Allen angrily muttered and turned to the Asgardian bounty hunter. " Perhaps, you can use your magic in your hunting skills. We can't let Amnon die alone! " 

Loki nodded and followed Amnon's direction. He kept walking, saw the hooded lady holding a skull, and pointed his daggers on her behind. Allen, Karena, and the Kree couple walked over and surrounded her. 

" Have you seen a young blonde man who went missing?! " the Asgardian grimly asked. " If you don't answer us pertinently, you will know what will happen to you! " 

The old woman never responded and gave him a sinister laugh. Loki instantly stabbed her, but she ended up as an ooze of deceased human flesh and blood. Allen and Karena were both surprised to see what it was. Suddenly, the same dark hooded old woman appeared behind the Asgardian god of mischief and instantly grabbed him on the neck, choking him. Loki struggled to break free and realized his magic was ineffective to this entity. 

The brunette Frenchwoman intently looked at the target and aimed at the old woman's head pointing at it. Releasing its bullets, it was perfectly shot at the attacker when she and Loki both fell down on the ground. The pale Asgardian god of mischief had finally broken out from the clutches of the mysterious lady and breathed in and out. Allen noticed another one coming and began shooting her head into her demise. 

" What the heck is that?! " the dark haired mercenary muttered in shock. 

" An abomination…" Loki panted, managed to pick up his daggers, and stood up. 

" They must be Kree experiments, I think, " Karena answered and looked at Carol being strangled by another hooded lady. " Madame Danvers! " 

" Let me go, you freak! " Carol angrily cried and struggled to use her photonic soul energy. 

Methu-Selah intently looked at the mysterious one and extended his left arm to his girlfriend, " Carol, take my hand! " 

" I can't! " she cried and felt choking. " I...can't...breathe!! " 

" Don't let that evil's one strength overpower you! Our light souls must be bonded together! " 

Hearing her blue skinned boyfriend's command, she attempted to reach her right hand. The hooded old woman hindered her by pulling her. The elderly half Kree woman grimaced in pain, but her light soul had sparked and instantly held the Kree Eternal's hand. The couple's intense radiances had illuminated when the mysterious mad woman yelled in pain and dissipated into an explosion. Allen, Karen, and Loki watched the two in illuminating form and then closed their eyes for such brightness.

" Wow! " Allen commented in awe. " I didn't know the Old Lady and Mr. Crazy Blue Cat just…" 

" …Made their stellar display, " Karena continued the thought and held her rifle. 

" Heh! They surely are meant to be, " Loki chuckled and crossed his arms. " Like obviously, they are. " 

Methu-Selah and Carol ceased their illumination and returned to their normal forms. The Kree Eternal found his son's two pistols on the ground and picked it up. Carol looked at him with concern. 

" Our son has left these, " Methu-Selah seriously answered. " That old woman is responsible for his sudden disappearance. " 

" Did you know where he is? " she asked. 

" A castle near the forest. " 

" So, we're going to a castle? " the dark haired mercenary asked. " Amnon was brought there, I took it? " 

" Yes, " the Kree Eternal nodded. 

" How can we get there? How far is it from here? " Karena asked. 

" I have been there before. I know the way,  " Loki broke his silence and seriously warned everyone. " Definitely, you won't like it. " 

" Perfect, I can't wait what we can find there, " Allen grinned and turned to his girlfriend. " Do you see what we're getting? " 

" Oui, " she smiled back and nodded at him. 

Everyone continued walking as Loki led the way. Carol anxiously sighed and thought of her son. Methu-Selah held her hands and looked at her with concern. 

" I feel the same way as you are, " he sincerely spoke. " We won't let him lose again. " 

" I know. I lost him once in Paris, but I hope we can spare him, " she sadly replied. 

" We will retrieve him. We're not letting him lose for the second time.  Amnon will safely return home with us for sure. " 

(Allen Stroud belongs to Knightfall077)