What Made Heroes

21 Mar

His father ran away after he knew that his "love of his life" was pregnant, she did not want to get rid of the baby. They were married, and they planned for this, it was no accident, but the father is an indecisive man, and irresponsible. When Clara took him, she knew that, but she loved him. Now, when she was 5months pregnant, he did not want the child anymore. He wanted to leave and divorce her, since he fell in love with someone else on the surface, in Ankara. He was a well off man, but didn't want to give anything to his wife, the reason was the claws of his new love, she hated Clara, she hated her because when they lived in the Same village, she was always considered the better person. Call it cliché but Zara was jealous and she lived with it all her life, becoming an alcoholic as well, she knew her sister was better in everything besides one thing, she was better at doing evil things, and thus she flirted in secret with the man. Obviously the husband is also in the wrong. But now Clara has a baby that no one will take care of, well besides one person she knew very well, a cousin. He had a baby too, but she cut off the relationship with him because he was an idealist, a dreamer and a revolutionary, therefore a threat to the government and family. But now she needed him, she was broken, she did not have the money to pay the hospital, and she didn't want to go into labor without the right equipment. She called him, he picked up, he was a kind man, but he hated the system and was one of the leaders of the upcoming great plan. He buys her a ticket to London. This is where she will spend her days, she will stay with his mother Olga, a family reunion was put into motion, she felt comfortable and at home. They lived all together in a big apartment. The cousin was someone who was well off. Very well off. In any case, she will give birth in London with no problems at all, she had the VIP suite, her cousin took care of everything. She was also happy that her child would have friends, her cousin had a child, he was two years older then Anchor. Yes, they named him that, Clara wanted to thank her cousin, and she knew her cousin liked original names, he named his son, Sails after all. He himself didn't want anyone to call him by his true name, but a nickname he made up, "369".In either case Olga made sure for 5 years to help Clara with both kids, the wife of '369' was always so busy, but Clara never considered it a bad or irresponsible act , she didn't mind to take care of Sails, she was just happy to live in such good conditions , she didn't really care, she acted like his mother, she fed him and treated him equally like Anchor. Both stayed together 24/7.

However the curse of her cousin was there and it wasn't dead. He kept hating on the Tyrants of this empire. And had a plan to overthrow them, and so, when Sails and anchor became older then 9 years old. He declared a war against the empire, across all provinces people heard his cries and his call to come to this new world he spent years building with his team underneath the earth, close to the core. He built many cities and a new world, it was all his private property but obviously he opened it to anyone who wanted to be part of the idealists. The empire started to kill the ones who wanted to join, and thus the last war on the surface began. In the next 8 years, the family was stressed but believed in the cause. Clara wanted to protect the children she did not want any harm come to them, Olga took great care of bringing people inside this new world, the rest of the revolution fought everywhere and everyday the empire. This is a story for another time. But let's focus on Clara Blueblood. She entered this new world very early on, she was scared at first, but her cousin took care of her, even if he had million of things he needed to do. As for his wife, she was always beside 369. This will be her demise, she died, burning to the stake, an example to show what will happen to resistance. This broke 369 for a year, and for a year lots of Revolutionaries lost ground and people, but afterwards Olga took the hold and encouraged 369 not to give up on his dream, and he continued to fight, this was the last year of the war. When the last people who wanted to join this new world against the surface came. It was more then a success, 369 thought that it would be the best case scenario if 1 million people came. But 5 million did. And this scared the Surface greatly. However Sail's still didn't know his mother died, Clara did not tell him , Olga decided to keep it a secret for now. He was too happy everyday playing and exploring with Anchor this world, . But Clara knew he has to know one day. So when his father came back from the war, he sat him on this cursed Railroad. And told him that "The people on the other side are the ones who took your mother forever. But do not hate them son. It is not hate that built this dream, it is resistance and love. Always try to understand your opponent, only then you will be able to vanquish it. Son I love you, and I will stay near you. "

It is a bit philosophical for a teenager to understand this but all that Sails did was to go to Staccato again and lock himself away for 2 more years. Writing things we still haven't uncovered. He Ruled there with Anchor. He was heard numerous times talking to someone in his room, but we never knew all the exact words. 369 tried to get there many times. But he couldn't, something was holding him back . Only Anchor knew where he was in Staccato. And he never said anything about it. Sails was hiding behind a waterfall, near a ship, the one he built himself and Anchor, with the help of some other children he knew.. They all agreed to call it in the name of his mother once he discovers her true name, he never knew, 369 will never tell him, nor Olga nor Clara, because when He asked what her name was , Clara always said she didn't know , because she actually did not , she legitimately forgot , she only saw her 2 times in her whole life . As for why Olga and 369 hide this is unknown. The kids threw many tantrums about this, because no real reason was given to them, they all felt sorry for Sails. But Sails lived with it. He named his ship "Mother" , the ship was built with core elements , making it unique in many ways.

Something I did not mention about Clara was her life when she was when the Underground was at war she was someone who put always the children first, their education and health was a priority. And well they were privileged let's be honest, even if 369 was fighting against hierarchy and all that, they were the children of important people and thus they were ipso facto in human brains people who should be taken care of more then the others. Clara did not care about this privilege, she wanted the best for her children. She wanted them to be happy in these times. And after a year in the underground she understood that she needed to fend for herself, all the people helping her did so because 369 was alive and because Olga would burn them to the stake if they dared disrespect her or the children. But even with that, there were some people who challenged that. Rightfully so. Clara did not care about the ideology war, she cared about the kids. She is ready to die for them. And well she needed to learn to fight back, Olga wasn't about to stay forever here. She needed to go Rule from Libra. Clara and the kids needed to get to another city and shelter there, Libra will be the first place where the surface would attack should an invasion happen. So it wouldn't be safe anymore for the kids the railroad wasn't safe everyday. Olga told her to go to Staccato, a city in the far east. The people there will be different true, but they will be safer she hopes. She did tell her there will be vulgar people, but at least she won't hear non-stop call for defense. Olga gave her enough money for her to survive and invest in for over 5 years. And Olga sent people secretly to look over her. She didn't want Clara to know because she knew she wouldn't want any idealists treating them like royalty. But Olga was a political animal, she knew that people might attack them over there, she knew what she was fighting for shouldn't prioritize others, but to be fair their ideology never ended the notion of leadership, nor the people close to the leadership. Let's be honest, if the wife or the son of a president dies, this will affect their decisions, and mistakes can happen. So enough trying to out argue her.

When they arrived at Staccato they were unknown people which was great for Clara, she wanted to just be safe and comfortable, start a new life. The kids were scared of this new environment. Staccato was more organized then Libra. But it had a faction that wasn't exactly abiding by the rules of Libra. Some people miss understood the concept of what Libra is fighting for. But she tried to ignore it as much as she could, and opened a bakery. She knew how to make cakes and croissants very well, and she learned how to make bread and other things. She didn't want the kids to help her because she thought that they needed to focus on education. She was doing her job and teaching them all subjects. She would sleep at 12pm everyday and wake up at 6am. She would study herself some subjects that she didn't know or didn't remember. Like some mathematics methods, or physics, or how to properly analyze a speech, or how to write a speech. Etc. She taught them everything she knew, and was overworking. She fell in love with a man that was a freedom fighter guard but she was traumatized of her past and Anchor was not particularly happy of that. Anchor didn't want to see another man, so it did not go far. Clara did not hide anything from Anchor, she told him the truth about his father, no more, no less. The kids insisted to help her in the bakery. No big dramas happened, well, armed people would come every week to take some money, tax money, something that 369 is fighting against. Basically it's a mob rule. But Clara is glad that it's just money and not something else. At least for now. As I said she taught the kids everything, but then when they became 15 they started to hang around the harbor more and more, making friends over there. Staccato was near the Loving Sea. Something Clara was happy about. The kids would learn new things from captains over there, they became friends with all of them, helping them as well and making contacts. This way the boys brought more people into the bakery, they were happy days. They were having the time of their lives. Clara would pray everyday and thank God everyday for that, she felt again that they were safe. Sadly this won't last.

This mob rule is intact because Libra is so busy with the war. The good people in this city either went to war, or are okay for now with the taxes. But the gang will become more ferocious and without any mercy after two years. The leadership changed, the son clearly is an edgy Mafia boss who watched some gangster movie. Because he is acting like a typical rich spoiled boy something that his father did not do. He is way more greedy in taxes and is a playboy. He rules with his few heavy armed friends. Which are also rich spoiled edgy teens. Basically the contrary of Anchor and Sails that were sweating and working to keep the smile on the face of their mother. They never went to parties nor used their money for unnecessary stuff. They did however reward themselves every month with some video game or a board game they would play sometimes with their tired mother at night. In any case, the people were getting tired of rich teens running the place, the sailors especially. They were getting an extra tax, because they were annoying the many villas of the rich girls that had a very important job to do, sleeping with the rich boys. In any case. The last year of the war was the worst one because the rich kiddos were being just tyrannical, rumors of rape and pedophilia, but also raiding shops. Sails and Anchor for 3 years had the captains telling them their struggles because of the leaders of Staccato and the countless parties they are doing with their money, without really doing anything to the city. Sails and Anchor were always trying to listen and respond with jokes knowing a revolution inside the revolution is not a good choice. The captains listened, but many started to respond to those jokes, saying that Anchor and Sails should lead, at least they are actually sailors, not like those people above.

One day Anchor and Sails return to the house, and see their shop destroyed, broken glass and many food was on the ground. They get inside quickly and see their mother on the ground crying, she had claw marks on her face and legs. Sails tried to calm her down. Anchor started to shout "WHO DID THIS WHO DID THIS?" he runs to the computer and looks at the camera Feed, he sees the rich boys coming inside with their prostitutes. They ask for something to eat. But the mother was about to close, and she did not have much to give to everyone. And thus the girls started to laugh at her and flame her while the guys watched. But when the brave mother answered back, the men did not stand silent. They started to destroy the shop and held the mother so all the girls can slap the her. And then they left. Anchor's blood became boiling hot. He took his sword and was ready to get out, but the mother yelled "NO" Sails holds him. "THEY DID THIS MY MOTHER I WILL KILL THEM, I WILL KILL THEM" He said repeatedly. Sails let's him sit down, he knows if he goes they will kill him. They are heavily armed and rich. "Listen to me anchor, look at me" he holds his chin up, Anchor has eyes of fury and water. "we'll kill all of them, i promise you, when the Time is right" Anchor wanted to shout but Sails cuts him "did i ever break a promise brother?" Anchor hugs him. Even with all this misery, Clara had a smile amongst her tears. She lost her shop but not her children. She has what she always wanted. Her children safe. But she knows her children will kill them nonetheless.

Sails knew that they cannot win, the captains knew about all this and tried to get The Two famous revolutionaries to do something. But the two knew about the Massacre they would lead the men to. Their mother taught them politics with history, with experience in such a family, to lead, to fight when the moment is right. They had the men surely to stop this band of thieves, but not the weapons. They needed money, so Anchor And Sails took a contract that would make them rich enough to buy weapons. But it's a dangerous job, it was their first hunting job. They took it easy, it was dumb but brave. Sails and Anchor will always Say that it would have been easier if they actually went and killed the rich lads. But instead they took a contract to kill a beast. The thing lived in the sea, it stopped sailors from advancing more and more into deep waters, where the fish there is basically infinite. If they could kill it, Staccato will become self sufficient which is great. The person who is paying the money aren't those rich babies, they wouldn't care, it's Olga actually. Her administration put out this contract. But it wasn't meant for the kids, Olga would have killed herself if she knew it was her fault they went there. In any case, the two asked a rebellious captain to take them there and they would split the money with the crew that would ultimately use it to buy weapons as well to fight the Tyrants. so a win win.

And so the hunt began, they were looking for a beast that roams the limits of deep waters,. However they did not know how it looked like, the ship kept sailing and nothing happened. Then they heard a noise from the depths of the ocean. The ship stopped. Spears, swords and cannons were ready. They heard the sound again on the gentle waves, but nothing seen yet. Weird. Sails looks at the sails and see no wind blowing in their direction. (the wind that comes from the underground comes from the core of the earth they come from the south , in the thin desert, the core seems to create the wind and let it blow from there and upwards towards the surface, it is not as scientific but the core is still not fully understood, it was an artificial wind after all, huge machines were built on the south, powered by the core to control such bizarre action produced by it) the wind was gentle. Sails then looks down for a moment and Yells "ABOARD SHIP" a huge fish had the mouth wide open trying to eat the ship whole. The ship was between its teeth. And was going back underwater as it starts to close in and break the ship. It was chaos the group didn't know what they could do besides in the few moments hitting the beast from the inside with spears. But the mouth closes and they all fall into the void of the beast. The ship is mostly dismembered and broken, floating in the stomach, of acid. The sailors saw that there was other ships destroyed in the monster's domain. They did not have much time, the acid will burn them alive. It definitely looked like it. The captain of the ship died in it, so did others as they sank on the smallest ship's shards. But Sails and Anchor were still alive, alongside 7 other sailors.
"Okay there is only one way we need to get out while-" Sails says
Anchor stops him "we need to kill the beast" he takes the anchor up with his arms, he saved it from the acid. Anchor was a big built up guy, full of muscles, he went to the gym 3 times a day. Sails went 3 times a year, But was artistic with his sword and rod. In any case. Anchor got the plan of cutting a big part of the skin and throw the anchor out. And wait till it collides with a big rock, then get out, they will kill the beast by starving him to death. Sails points out that the anchor it will not hold him forever, so someone needs to attack a lethal spot, obviously it will be the person who got the idea to do that, which was Sails. He will try to cut the main artery that links the heart and the respiratory system. The beast will choke and will be scared, it will go crazy. And so it started, the sailors rammed toward the closest part of the body and started stabbing the beast, mining it. The beast started to move faster. When they made a small opening the beast started to roll on itself, they were holding into their wooden life's saviors, two fell and died though. The rest survivors threw together the anchor and it hit after a minute of waiting with something. They didn't know what, but the fish was getting faster by the second and then. Half of the beast was chopped off, they didn't know what, but they got in the water not knowing what happened, so they swam very fast towards the surface, While doing so Sails looked on a huge thing swimming near him, it was 5 times bigger then the monster they killed.. Once they all arrived at the surface they all busted out of laughter, they don't know what the hell happened. Then a huge fishes head got out of the water, it dwarfed them. They all looked at the beast, clearly being able to breath outside water. The beast had a light source in it. It was full of sharp teeth though and looked terrifying as giant waves were forming and hitting on it as it shacked its tail. Sails and Anchor never knew how to describe it. All they knew is that it was looking at them. And asked them what in the fish they were doing The sailors looked, but Sails told the beast the tale. The monster got back under water and brought the ugly head of its counterpart. He placed it on the surface for now. "I am not going to kill you like her"
"thank you sir"
"my name is John from Ireland, this lass was British"
"we hate the British"
"Awfully suspicious to say that with a British accent"
"we hate ourselves sir" Anchor says
"fair enough"
"We want to go to Libra so can you Uber us there?"
"Sure mate hop on, I'll take the head too"
"You want something in return?"
"You helped me to kill the queen by stunning her, you paid me already"
"So you'll take us to Libra?"
"Basically the other beach on the opposite side?"
"Eeh kinda it will take a while"
"Alright why not, hop on, i will take the head in my mouth"
"We stay up water don't forget"
"yes of course" the fish chuckles
Anchor looks at Sails
"Well this is just lazy writing"
The fish laughs
" I mean you guys are not anime characters to kill me if I turned out evil"
"True" Anchor says as he starts to try getting on the Irish beast
After three hours of surfing the waves, the rest of the crew finally arrived at the Libra. All the harbor was terrified of the sight, Olga herself came to see what they told her. "Your grandchildren are sitting on a sea monster, that has a big head in its mouth" what grandma would believe that? When she saw it she shacked her head. "John the Irish"
Sails laughs "you know each other?"
"She's the woman who saved me from the military encampment in Scotland."
"what..?" Anchor asks
"Long story" Olga replies.

They all descend the Ship.
Once they were inside the community house , all the people were waiting for them, they told their story, and why they took this dangerous contract. Today they got more then lucky, but lost people they knew. Olga is deeply proud of them but is glad that nothing happened to them.. Emerald herself was there in Libra, she was friends with them but when they left the glorious city they only resumed talking online. She was happy to see them. The crowd gathered inside were very happy to see the future leadership already doing their jobs. Ironic for people who are fighting for injustice. But heritage isn't what made them leaders. It's their success. In any case they managed to do what they came here to do. Olga gave them weapons and ships to be transport to Staccato. She also asked for the heads of those Tyrants. She wanted them as decoration for the bridge. The Librians agreed. Even that, some came with them under the orders of Olga. The boys wouldn't spend the night here, because they would not sleep away from their mother, and so they sailed right away. Some sailors brought with them the teeth of the beast to use as carved weapons. John the Irish left them, but he told them how they would contact him. The same way they contacted the Queen. He wouldn't attack, unless told to do so. Sails whispered to him something, he understood, said his goodbyes, and left underneath the waves and the claps from the crowd. This event only is what started the career of the two hunters. But they didn't want anything to do in politics nor leadership, that until, they returned to Staccato. And saw the shop being burned. Everyone ran towards the fire. There were guards stopping anyone from getting in. But Sails did not care and warned them if they didn't pass they would massacre them, so the guards let them in. Everything was burned. But outside the shop laid a corpse, when Anchor saw it, his legs wouldn't support him anymore, he screamed and yelled. Sails tries to wake up his adoptive mother, but she wouldn't wake up, no, she wouldn't, he tried numerous times, not believing it. People thought he went mad. He broke into tears in front of them all like his brother, his mother was burnt alive, in the shop she raised them in. They couldn't breath. They couldn't talk anymore, just yell and scream. Sails started to punch the ground until his knuckles broke. Anchor wanted to go into the burnt house to kill himself but the people stopped him. The brothers Lost the mother that loved them more then herself. She taught them everything. And now she was gone. They both knew right away that it wasn't a normal fire. All the people who saw these men broken because of their mother, now, without a doubt in their heart rallied to their cause. They all took their weapons, marched towards the villa near the water. Guards included. The guards at the front door resisted but one of them died the others let them in. But the leaders were not found inside anywhere.

For days, the people of Staccato searched for the Tyrants, but they were nowhere to be found. Sails and Anchor were the ones leading this city now. They armed everyone with the heavy weapons they got. And placed high bounties to get to those people, but no one knew anything. Guards were questioned, but they didn't know much, all they knew was the same story over and over again. That they made another problem with miss Clara and they burnt the shop after knowing that Sails and Anchor took the contract. So they wanted to send a message before leaving. But they never said where to anyone. Some girls were caught, not all of them, but they were in the group. Without the consent of Sails. Anchor used harsh inhumane methods to let them talk, they weren't saying anything but ego and typical spoiled language before. But once the other method was used. Many things were said. Hints here and there. That they went into some sort of island where they can live there until things cool down here, after Sails and Anchor would be assassinated. But the assassins themselves were impaled at the entrance of the city. They were not very good, and they were attacked weeping sons. Everyone in the city became loyal to them, because of this and because of what they are and who they are and what they did for the past years. They knew they were good kidos, and they knew they did so much for their mother. 6 Months passed and still nothing. The city saw major changes through better education, health, hygiene, lower taxes, better security and more. They fixed so much, they are working on making it the capital of the far east. But even with all this, they couldn't track the people who killed their mother. Until one day. A guard came in and opened the door and entered while the guys were in a administrative meeting.
"Hey Zach tell me you need anything?" Sails asks
"Sir, I know I shouldn't interrupt, but there is a woman who claims to know where the killers are"
Anchor tells him right away to let her in.
And he does.
Black jeans, timberland boots, a leather jacket, golden eyes, dark blue hair, and a natural lip smirk.
"I have a map that says exactly where the killers are gentlemen"
"How do we know it's true?" sails asks
"I have live camera footage, I hacked into their computers."
With her tablet she shows someone sitting in a room on their phone. It was one of the Tyrants.
Anchor gets up from his seat.
"Alright, let's go when we return we will give you the bounty" Anchor says as he is about to leave the room
"No, I don't wish to have this money"
"Why not?" Sails approaches her
"I want something else"
"What is it? Anything!" Anchor replies
"I want you to introduce my substance to the market, I am a chemist. And well, I worked very hard for this, I used the core of the earth to make it, it powers you up in many different ways, depending on the mix. The one that I have here" she takes away a tube with a golden substance in it. "this makes you faster, i know i might sound crazy, but, you can trust me, i have a PhD in chemistry from MIT and I taught at Harvard for years. This, this is revolutionary, this is my dream, it will help everyone"
"Are there any side effects?"
"Yes"
"Like what?"
"Too much will hurt you to say the least, but we can talk about the details later, I know you want to kill them. So go ahead. But did I at least get your attention? "
"You surely did, if what you say about this substance is real We can use it to end the war above. We'll talk after we finish our job. But what's your name?"
"My Name is Diamondheart" She says as she reaches out to shake the hands of both of them, with a large smile on her face.
, "Well Diamondheart, you can talk with our political team here, and maybe get some paper work done"
"Alright thank you so much"
She says as they leave and smile.
When they got into the island it's safe to say that they entered better then a swat team. They killed everyone, with no mercy. Sails told Anchor to not torture them, for they are better. But the leader of the Band got his dick chopped off and he was thrown on the edge of the deep waters, alongside the girls that slapped their mother. They were all shouting for mercy. John the Irish was told by Sails to not kill them quickly , but to scare them for hours to come. Doing noises, showing himself here and there, and in the night obviously kill them.
After the war was done Sails got into an argument with his father because he wasn't telling him the name of his true mother. Sails and Anchor Settled more in Staccato behind the Waterfall, there they built their own ship, and there they started to study more the science of the core with this mysterious Diamondheart.

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sails anchor clara olga 360 diamondheart story biography bio john the irish mother Emerald Freedom the last war of the surface loving sea