Cayde Maximus

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How do you accurately describe a man who has nothing left to live for? How would you begin to understand their pain? Even worse, how do you look at them, and explain that they spend most of their day with a smile on their face? You take a moment, and look back at what made them the man they were. However, in this story of heart break, we only have to travel back five years to when this man was first sending his son off on his journey. [break][break]

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The interview

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Ranger: So, tell me again what happened.[break]

Cayde: What, the first three times weren't enough?[break]

R: I just want all of the information....Repeating the story might help jog some memory.[break]

C: JOG MY MEMOR-I WATCHED-I....[break]

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The night was like any other. Cayde had been at home taking care of the cleaning. His wife was in the hospital, and He wanted the house clean for when she returned. Their son had gone off on his journey and while it made the father nervous - He had been given permission from the professor to go early - Cayde knew that he trusted his judgement. It was like any other night. At least until he received a call. [break][break]

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The interview

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R: So, that's when Team rocket launched their first attack?[break]

C: I don't know. I wasn't there. I knew of them, but I had no idea they were such a problem. [break]

R: They had taken over a gym, and you got a call from...your son?[break]

C: Yes. He was....yes.[break]

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It had only been a couple days. His son had skipped several towns in the hopes that he could make it to the league challenge within the year. Become as strong as possible, leaving the early leaders for last. He had never been out on his own...Cayde dropped everything he was doing, and drove to where his son was last seen. The rangers were outside of the gym, trying to negotiate with the terrorists. Cayde couldn't possibly understand what they were doing. He told them they needed to charge in their and rescue those people.[break][break]

He didn't care about the people though. He just wanted his son back. It had been an hour of back and forth, and Rocket made their move by giving the Rangers an ultimatum. Meet their demands, or they would start killing hostages. Cayde's heart had fallen into his stomach, and without so much as thinking of his actions, He started working his way into the gym.[break][break]

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The interview

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R: Ah, yes. This is my favorite part. You rushed in and triggered their ultimatum prematurely.[break]
 
It had taken Cayde but a moment to snap his arm up, only for his wrist and elbow back onto the chair. The cuffs snapping loudly, keeping him down. [break]

C: I didn't trigger anything. If you cowards hadn't waited, trying to negotiate with terrorists this wouldn't have happened.[break]

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OF course the argument escalated, and the Rangers needed to move. The idiot of a father rushed the gym, and making good on their promise, Rocket started to kill the hostages. Executing them with extreme prejudice. Cayde was right there. He could see his son, and he could see a rocket grunt.[break]

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The interview

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C: There's nothing left to talk about. Let me out of these chains so I can go see my wife.[break]

R: Not so fast. You see, we recognized you...Hard to miss purple hair that touches your ass...isn't it?[break]

C: What are yo-?[break]

R: Yeah....Cayde Maximus. You're wife, Alita Maximus....she was sick right?[break]

C: You leave her out of this.[break]

R: Yeah. Kept alive because of her machine right? One....or two extra doses of that medicine would kill her right? Not quickly either. It would feel like her blood was boiling I hear.[break]

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Cayde hadn't left his home for weeks after that night. He hadn't eaten more than a few slices of bread, or had more too drink than a few cups of water. He couldn't keep anything more down but he knew he needed to see his wife. So he made his way to the hospital. Reaching the doors, he was stopped by a ranger who needed to take him in for questioning.[break][break]

This was routine, right? Rocket had won and they needed to see if Cayde had information, right? They cuffed him, which made sense. IT all made sense and that's when it dawned on the once father. [break][break]

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The interview

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R: Oh...haha, is it all clicking. Are those gears turning?[break]

C: Kill me but leave her out of this.[break]

R: No can do, where would the fun be in that? Killing you, and then her or her and then you. Too easy. No one suffers, or understands the consequences of trifling with rocket. [break]

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Without so much as a second warning, He had pressed the button and from inside of the building he could hear the screams of his wife. Shock quickly followed, and her doctors had rushed in. Cayde stopped moving. He wanted to stop breathing; to wake up from this nightmare and see his son sitting there. He couldn't though, he was a coward. He didn't want to die. The rocket had left him there....chain to the chair, unable to move and almost certainly to die. [break][break]

It had been five years. Cayde received years of counseling, Cayde had most moved on, leaving behind his life before, and now living in Sinnoh. He became a ranger with the goal of stopping evil like he had seen in Kanto. At least, until he saw on the news that just like in his homeland...Rocket had made their move. They had come to sinnoh...Not again.[break][break]