Hi, this is a special one-shot written for a prompt featuring Father's day for TheMysticalAwards.

Here is the picture of Black Death.

Fun fact: I was crying at the end T_T

The big Black Comet was moving through space. It looked magnificent, but with closer inspection, it had a creepy atmosphere around it. It wasn't a falling star like other comets, but a spaceship of alien race know as Black Arms.

Those aliens were cruel, living only for a complete destruction of planets they visited. Each and every one was sucked try, robbed of all life, and no place was spared of their terror.

However, even they were hit by hard times. Their leader, Black Doom, was killed by his own genetical "son" named Shadow the Hedgehog. Originally he was supposed to be their agent on the planet Mobius, and his mission was to collect seven powerful gemstones known as Chaos Emeralds.

During the invasion, Shadow turned against Black Arms, and after a long battle, he killed him. With the fall of the leader, the soldiers died too as all were connected to Black Doom. Only a small group of them survived since they were under direct command of Black Death.

This servant used to be the second hive-mind, and now he was the only one capable of revenging his race and restore it to its previous glory. Unfortunately, he knew too well he had no chance of beating this hedgehog. The number of Black Arms' soldiers drastically decreased. They couldn't conquer any big planet or area.

Nevertheless, he hadn't decided to give up, and so he created Eclipse the Darkling. He was unlike any other soldier. He was specially created to rival Shadow using Black Death's D.N.A. Not just that, he was designed to surpass him in strength, and he had the ability to block Shadow's Chaos Powers.

Black Death shook his head and sighed a bit. 'Eclipse is taking his time,' he thought, glancing at big floating screen in front of himself.

It was showing a colorful planet full of small creatures with unique powers. According to their research, those beings were able to transform one's body and gave it a big boost in speed, offense, or defense. Some could also provide a mean of transport.

The screen was connected to flying starfish with a big eye. It was a seeker providing visual and sound footage, and it worked as a speaker too. Black Doom ordered it to accompany Eclipse to the hunt of those small beings. Originally, they were supposed to raid this planet next, but they scratched that when Black Doom died.

The screen in front of him showed Eclipse carrying about ten small creatures. They all were squirming, but their physical strength was minimal.

"Master Black Death," Eclipse called him. "I have gathered the samples."

"Good," stated the new hive-mind, and his voice was coming from the flying starfish. "Return at once, we have already lost a lot of time," he said firmly. He was against this side-trip, but Eclipse convinced him to include their blood into their race.

"Yes," he answered and headed to a small space pod. Inside he took samples of their bodies, and then he released them. However, there was hardly a kindness in his gesture as he shouted, "Just run you pathetic creatures!"

He didn't need to tell them twice. "Tell the whole planet Black Arms will be back to devour you all! Tremble in fear till then!" He laughed at the end, happy how scared they looked. After this, he flew to his mother ship.

"Where are those creatures?" asked Black Death when he just saw tubes filled with glowing substances.

"I have let them go to spread the fear across the planet," he said proudly.

Black Death frowned, but Eclipse started to speak about benefits they would get from this. It was true they were a few in numbers, but he still wasn't sure if this would be worthy of the delay.

With Eclipse they headed to their egg-nursery to infuse embryos with the samples. It took them a few hours as no soldier could do it. They were created for destruction and not careful manipulation. When they finished, over one hundred eggs started to grow in the hatchery.

Black Death conveyed orders to soldiers to guard this place well and fly toward the Mobius. After this work, he was heading to his chamber to take a rest. Halfway there he heard his genetical son call him, "Master Black Death."

He stopped on his track. "What is it?"

"It's about my brother," he started, "he is just lost."

Black Death's vision turned red. "He killed our master and massacred most of our troops!" he barked. "He has to die!" He pivoted, but a tug on his long robe told him Eclipse clenched it.

"B-But I can do it! I can convince him to return home!" he was pleading.

Black Death would yell at him, but he couldn't be angry once he saw his big puppy eyes. His hand twitched with a desire to pet Eclipse's head, but that was too alien motion even for an alien. Instead, he moved both arms behind his back.

"Shadow had turned against us," he continued with a calmer voice. "He is too dangerous to be left alive."

"I understand," the young Darkling added. "That's why you have created me!" He let go of the robe. "But he is still my older brother. What if he is just confused?"

Black Death highly doubted that was the case, but he didn't voice his complaints and waited for Eclipse to finish.

"I can bring him back home!" He clenched his fists. "His strength would surely help us! We could be Twin Brothers of Darkness!" He spread his arms. "We would be even stronger!"

Eclipse was loyal to him and Black Arms. However, Black Death could now tell the idea of having a brother, somebody like him, was making Eclipse excited. It was so strong he even questioned his orders.

The older alien frowned a bit. "I'll think about it," he said at the end.

"You won't regret it!" Eclipse shouted as his master was leaving.

'I can only hope so.'

Everything went south. His plan for revenge was shattered, and the nuclear bomb was planted in the middle of the comet. Eclipse used up all of his power and was now helpless. The captured human soldiers were freed and were now moving back to their spaceship.

Black Death knew leaving Shadow alive was a mistake, yet he let Eclipse had it his way. For some reason, he couldn't completely refuse his request. He ordered his soldiers to move the unhatched eggs to an escape pod, and the rest was supposed to stop the intruders from leaving. Black Death knew there was no hope for his generation.

He cut the telepathic link with his genetical son who was carried away into the escape pod. He could still hear his voice calling him. The hive-mind turned around, finished with his business. In the same room was Shadow the Hedgehog, fully determined to end him, who also stopped giving commands to his teammates.

They used the last moments to make arrangements and to make sure their subordinates would be okay. Their eyes locked, and the fight could enter the final phase. Black Death was throwing fireballs at the hedgehog, questioning his loyalty. He reminded him it was Black Doom who gave him his life, and he was so ungrateful for it.

Shadow gave him his answer, but the alien wasn't listening. His mind was filled with memories of Eclipse. He used to check on his egg for hours per day, making sure he had all the needed nutrition. He had never spent so much care on a single soldier. Even the strongest ones got only one or two checkups per day.

However, with him it was different. Black Death wondered if it was because he was their ace against Shadow. Nevertheless, at this moment it seemed Eclipse was joker since he brought doom to their race. He should be angry and furious, but all he could feel was strange calming feeling that got stronger as the flying starfish confirmed Eclipse was now in the escape pod away from the comet.

Shadow jumped from his hiding place and shot a massive beam of Chaos Energy at him. Black Death had no time to evade it. His body was like in one fire. He should feel hatred, but there was no trace of it.

Instead, his mind was filled with more memories of his genetical son. He was proud of him. He was so young, yet he had shown so much promise. Before his last breath escaped him, he hoped for Eclipse to survive and resurrect Black Arms to greater glory than the last generation.

With his life gone, he couldn't hear his son's cries and promises of revenge against his half-brother. The bomb exploded, erasing their home.