Eaite

History:

Jin Borlock was just another guy looking to get laid, and Michelle Fulgram was the girl to go to, having a reputation among others as being ‘promiscuous’. It was just supposed to be a one night hook up, nothing special, but as things go, Michelle got pregnant. And once Jin found this out, he bolted, leaving Michelle to fend for herself and her child, who she refused to have aborted.

But this didn’t stop resentment from building in her at her baby; resentment for her ruined social life, for all of the boys who wouldn’t touch her, for the fact that she had to drink now to just feel happy. By the time the baby was born, she had let herself believe the baby was the root of all of her problems and hated him. She named him Eaite on the birth certificate, but rarely called him such. As he grew up, his normal name was ‘faggot’. Michelle took care of him decently enough, but when he was of age to understand her, she took every chance she could to express her dislike and disappointment in him. Soon, Eaite began to feel unwanted, which he truthfully was. He spent most of his time out of the house, because his mother developed a habit of hitting him when she was drunk, which was pretty much every moment she was awake.

Eaite considered running away, but he had nowhere to go and so endured. And then he saw a Zoid battle on TV. He was instantly entranced and walked around town, searching for a shop that had anything related to Zoids. He found a Zoid parts shop; it was a nice enough place as far as stores went around his area and it became his hang out. He and the owner became good friends and he found himself confiding in him and staying nights at the shop and helping him work. Whenever he returned to his home, his mother would only scream about how he shouldn’t have come home and what a faggot was until he left.

It was one hot summer day while sitting in an old chair and drinking a soda that the store owner had given him when Zoid pilots walked in with broad smiles on their faces. Obviously, they were good friends of the store owner; by the way they embraced him it was hard not to see it. The store owner mumbled something quietly to them before they turned and focused their attention on him. He was flattered as they called him ‘Buddy’ and tousled his hair. And then they offered him a place traveling with him. He was so thrilled he immediately accepted. They told him they would get some new clothes for him, and he wrinkled his nose at the rags he wore and nearly tore them off then and there. And then they told him what he had wanted to hear for a long, long time. He was going to be a Zoid pilot.

He left with them that very day after some new clothes and a bath. He learned all of their names in a short while; the Leader was known as Smoke, and his younger brother was Thorn, and then there was Sy and Zane. He was soon learning to take care of basic maintenance of Zoids and soon Smoke was letting him pilot his Command Wolf to get a feel for the controls. “The kid’s a natural.” He told his brother, grinning. “He’ll be a great addition to the team one day.” Thorn agreed.

For his birthday, Eaite got his first Zoid; a Climber Wolf. He was so excited he could have cried and instantly clambered up to the cab and took off in it. He learned to controls in days and soon was practicing different moves, but found his strengths lay in sniping from long range, though he was proficient enough in close range battles. Soon he encountered another team, though, and instantly befriended them. When they extended an invitation to him to join their team, he agreed and went to tell Smoke. Surprisingly, Smoke was happy about it. “I knew you would find your place, kid, and I knew you wouldn’t stay here forever.” Eaite grinned. “Promise you’ll write, though?” Eaite nodded and hugged his friend and surrogate father tightly and rushed out to prepare his Zoid. No longer was he the worthless son of a drunken whore. He was a Zoid pilot, and a damn good one at that.

The world looked brighter than it had in a long time.

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