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Clank: Hey what's wrong!?

Clink: this chapter is so heart wrenching I'm crying!

Clank: I can test that theory out. *Reads the chapter*

Clank:…*sniffle*…*sob* WAAAAH…WAAAAAH…WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH *Falls on floor crying*

Clink: Wow it must be good to get you to cry you don't even have a heart!

Apollo felt guilty for asking he didn't mean to bring up terrible memories from the past. The last few stories he had been told were humorous, loving, and gave him interesting stories about his father. But it seems this topic would have to rear is ugly head, his fathers death.

Thalassa wiped her face drying of the tears that scared her face. She took a deep breath before continuing her story.

"A few months after you were born you father had gotten a call to perform on stage at the wonder bar…

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"How's my sweetie pie and her cupcake doing!?" Alfor chimed as hugged his wife and son.

"Just fine how was work today?" Thalassa asked.

Usually Alfor just sat at his office filling out paper work until he got a call from someone for him to perform. He normally gets two performances a week on average if he's lucky he'll get more than that.

"Ah yes they've asked me to perform at the wonder bar tomorrow night. If you're not buy I would love for you to come with me!" Alfor then kissed Thalassa and baby Apollo on his shining head.

Thalassa didn't have any performances or any lessons to teach Valant or Zak.

"Of course I will come! Just reserve a seat for us." She then kissed Alfor on his cheek.

Apollo began to cry after that. "Oh are you hungry my little Apollo?" Thalassa cooed cradling the baby. "He just has the most beautiful cry I have ever heard" Thalassa cooed even more.

"Y'now I never have gotten the chance to see you feed Apollo how do you do it! I must research this, just imagine I'm not here…" Alfor was obviously teasing her, no way in her right mind he going to see her breast feed the baby.

"Shoo shoo classified business for me and the baby only!" Thalassa teased back.

"Yeah I'm busy doing classified paper work anyway." Alfor said before walking out.

"Wait Alfor!" Thalassa called back.

"I get to see you breast feed!?" Alfor sounded excited.

"No! Here take this I think it's better in your hands" she threw a golden bracelet to him.

"What's this?" Alfor asked examining the bracelet.

"It's a Gamerye heirloom passed down from generation to generation. I think that it's in safer hands with you than me" Thalassa replied.

"You know you family can always tell when I'm lying does it have to do with this bracelet?" Alfor asked tucking the bracelet into his pocket.

"Well in a way it just runs in the family" Thalassa just smiled at him.

Alfor then left and practiced his singing voice in his room. Little did he know that tomorrow night would be a life changing event for all three of them. Alfor, Thalassa, and Apollo…

Wonder Bar 9:30 PM

"Oh do your best honey!" Thalassa kissed his husbands lips before heading to her seat.

"Anything for my love" Alfor thought as he walked up stage. He set up all his equipment his band was set he was ready prepared thrilled.

He cleared his throught and began to sing.

Sugar, Sugar…

O that night, in your embrace

When you stole away the keys

My heart held to so tight.

Pleasure, Pleasure…

But a fleeting melody

It wraps itself around me.

And into the air I fly.

Woh…Who…

Burning in my heart. Fire.

Burn my love away. All away.

Like a bullet of love take my life awa-*BAM*

A gunshot…right in his heart. Had the lyrics come true? Had his life been taken away? The man she loved. The man she loved with all her life was shot on stage. She gazed in awe while everyone else was fleeing the scene. She gazed upon the terrible sight. Her eyes trickle down with tears. Despite the danger, despite the worst, despite the people urging her to flee. She walked to his body. She laid their next to her husband.

"Alfor…Alfor…don't leave me…please don't leave me!" she cried her tears dripping over his face. "Alfor…this is where we first meet…why must we part ways!? We…had a beautiful boy…we had gotten our lives on track…why Alfor…why did this happen to you!?" Her heart was wrenching, tears falling off her face like rain, yet she stayed by his side.

"Alfor…you had a heart that only god could give. You gave and gave without wanting anything in return. You loved as if their was nothing to do but love in the world. Why…why Alfor do people like you die? Why…Alfor!?" she screamed.

Then she felt a hand on her cheek. She opened her eyes slowly hoping to see her husband's eyes again.

"Thalassa…don't cry…" Alfor wiped away her tears with his hand.

"Alfor…don't die please!" tear continued to pour down upon her face.

"Thalassa…please don't cry…I don't want to remember my last moments on earth of you crying like this…I want…you to smile…" Alfor weakly gave a grin as he continued to wipe of Thalassa's tears.

"But-

"Shh…do you know why I always smile Thalassa? A smile is uplifting it can shine though any feeling of sadness, despair, depression, anger, hate, I…want people to smile…I want you to do the same…please Thalassa smile…for…me…"

His eyes then began to close but his smile remained on his face.

"Alfor…Alfor…ALFOOOOOOOOOOOR!" Thalassa poured more tears upon both of their faces.

She then remembered her husband's last words. "Smile…for…me"

It was hard to smile at a time like this. But she tried anyway it took time but she smiled. The grief was still their but she felt eased having filled her husbands request.

Even after she was dragged away from Alfor's dead carcass she smiled and thought of him. Still she mourned his death it was like a stabbing feeling in her heart she could not bear. She did love her son Apollo but she remembered him every time he saw his face. It only made her feel worse so she gave her son up to Alfor's parents who she hoped would raise Apollo diligently.

Still she kept one photo of them. They all were smiling in front of their house but Alfor's smile was the biggest of all. His smile something she would always treasure…

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Apollo was crying at the end of the story. He could barley speak.

"M-m-mom I'm sorry!" he whimpered.

Thalassa was wiping her tears as well. "It's ok sweetie time heals all wounds. But I will never forget him…him or his smile…

Apollo was still wiping his tears when another thought popped into his mind.

"Wait mom if he really died then and you went back to the troupe then who brought me to the orphanage?"

Thalassa jolted from the thought. "Well maybe it was Alfor's parent's" Thalassa explained.

"But I remember I was young…someone had dropped at the orphanage…he said he had heart disease and that you had an accident. "But if that's true then Alfor's parents must have given me to someone else…" Apollo thought long and hard about this. "Is it possible…that he's still…alive?"

Thalassa was silent at first but bean to speak. "I suppose it's possible but can anyone survive a shot to the heart?"

"I had a client who had a bullet shot at his heart but it missed and he survived because it hit him near his heart. Could dad possible have had that happen to him?"

"I don't know but…if it's true then I would be so happy to see him again" Thalassa said smiling.

"It's possible and I think I know where I can start. Don't worry mom I promise I will find that smile to match yours"

THE END!

Clink: See so heart warming!"

Clank: *Still crying*

Clink: wow it must be really good if you managed to flood the room with you tears good thing I bought this water proof computer and my scuba diving gear.