"Congratulations, Mr. Whitton. You are now a honorary member of the Xeno Alliance."
Billy Whitton proudly takes his tag, as a full member of the Knights of Labor. Pride and determination can be seen throughout his entire body.
A drunk member in the crowd yells out "Speech! Speech!" And Billy is obliged to do so.
"Some of you know how I grew up, but some of you may not. I'm a man in my 50's, and I've never owned anything larger than a jail cell. Was I a criminal? In your eyes, no, but inability to pay for the "Basic Necessities" of today's world is more of a challenge to myself than it is to most other people. Many of you may not know I have children, either. Feeding them and keeping them healthy rose above all else in my life, and unfortunately cost me a lot of things. Things I gladly sacrificed for my kids, but only had to do so because of this land of opportunity I wish to revolutionize."
Light cheering is heard, and Billy continues.
"For the last 40 years, a large percentage of my life has been spent bent over backwards doing whatever work I could, in a jail cell due to whatever crap I failed to do for the government, and getting harassed by the ruthlessness of pirates plaguing my home. Will this be much better? Well, at least I'm fighting for something.
Humanity in a whole has been rather greedful, wouldn't you think? Time after time the powerhouses find themselves getting screwed over for someone elses benefit, and it sucks. So many people have brought pain and suffering to so many other people, all of it for such unneeded wealth and girth in their own lives. I've recently learned the truth: Foreign interference has forced this upon us."
He wipes sweat off of his forehead, he's always been very nervous about public speaking, but that doesn't hinder his ability to do it.
"Maybe it's a cultural thing, to screw some normal people out of their own lives. Maybe it's the same greed that has our own corporations doing the same thing. Is this a human element, or just a fight forced onto us by past generations of random greed and obsession? I don't know yet, but I do know I will do what I can to stop it. My children are all in the same boat I was, arrested, slaved, possibly Cardi users themselves now, some of them. They're all I fight for now, they're the reason I'm here. Lets make a difference for the next generation"
Loud clapping and cheering is heard from the crowd, many of them too drunk to realize whats going on, and just want to fit in. He leaves the arranged front stage in the bar and sits down next to his superiors.
"Some speech, I thought it'd be good for the Alliance to hear your story, know where you come from."
"That was you shouting that? Thought it was just some drunkard in the back... Err, no offense" He smirks cautiously.
"Billy, if there's one thing I've learned, it's to take the little things lightly. Make your priorities your priorities, and stick to them. Why the hell do you think we've gone on this long?" He laughs and takes another drink from the table. He really was drunk.
[color=#FFFFFF]"Silvia? Is that... Silvia!!! Where... How... Follow my voice!! I'm over here! Where did you go? Silvia!!!"
He sees glimpses of her as she walks towards an unfamiliar object
"What are you doing? I'm over here! Silvia!!!"
"The answer is here, look!"
She walks towards the unusual entity.
"Depart the ravaging, all must go"
"What the hell? Come here Silvia! COME HERE!"
The entity moves forward towards Silvia, and Silvia smiles and waves at the entity. The entity then changes to a more familiar image, a person. A knight, drawn out in the void of the entity. It quickly sheathes a sword and beheads Silvia, who fades into a blue entity and becomes mixed unrecognizably with the other entity.
Billy Screams relentlessly and charges the entity. It fades and reappears behind him.
"Who... What the **** ARE YOU?"
The entity closes towards him, slowly changing.
"You..." The entity creates a large mouth with serrated teeth that begins to engulf Billy.
He wakes up in a cold sweat. He jumps up, eyes wide open, in shock of what he just dreamed.
"Way too much to drink I guess..." He said to himself over and over again, trying to calm himself down. He grabs a shot of whiskey and heads to bed.