Ryoko's Life by Amber Riel (reading well .TXT) 📕

In the universe where space pirates traveled from planet to planet, they weren’t aliens nor creatures of space but people. They were modern pirates. Instead of carrying guns with bullets which wouldn’t really harm a fly, they carried guns which shot leasers that could go for miles until they hit the target. The space crafts were actual pirate ships which had an invisible force field to keep the oxygen which they needed to survive. The force field had appeared when they left the planet which they were on.
Now as pirates, they had two main enemies. The space police and the bounty hunters. The police would arrest the pirates and place them in jail. Once in jail, they were there for life. The bounty hunters, on the other hand, would kill the pirates if they were caught. The pirates wouldn’t go down without a fight of course. Although they had a better chance of getting away when they came face to face with a cop, but a bounty hunter was a different story.
They would have to fight fire with fire. Each would pull out their swords. The swords weren’t made of metal. They were actually made of lights. The sword blades were in the shape of a warriors sword but was a leaser light. The swords could cut through anything.
This is the legend of a well known space pirate. She was known in her universe as well as others.
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The Planet Blaze was a dangerous place for any pirate. There lived the evil fire king along with his wicked queen and their two children. They ordered the bounty hunters to kill any pirates that they came across.
“Slit their throats.... Cut they’re heads off.... Do whatever it takes to get rid of them.... I don’t care.... I DON’T WANT A PIRATE ON THIS PLANET!” the evil king ordered.
“Yes, your majesty,” two bounty hunters replied. One of the men looked to be about in his early thirties while the other was older, much older. He looked to be about in his early sixties.
“Russel, Leo, go now. I don’t want my best two bounty hunters to become my worst two.”
“Yes, King Jim,” Russel, the older one, replied.
Russel and Leo left the throne room.
The throne room was going to be used for a ball that night and there were quite a few people around cleaning up and decorating. King Jim sat on his throne. It was his daughter’s sixth birthday and he felt that she should have the best party.


Two young girls, who looked like they were related were outside of the fire castle. The older one was seven and the other was five. They were playing around. “Come on, Zelda,” the older one said.
“I’m coming,” the child replied. She was climbing a big, round bolder to try and keep up with her cousin. “Ryoko, I need help up.”
Ryoko held onto another rock with one hand and managed to help Zelda up with the other hand. Once Zelda was on the rock, they both sat down and took a brake.
“Are you going to Magma’s party today?” Zelda asked.
“No.”
“Why not? She’s your other cousin.”
“One of my other cousins.... She thinks that she’s better than me.... It’s all because her dad’s the king and my dad’s a bounty hunter.... Oh and also because my mom gave up the throne.”
“You should have been a princess.”
“No.... Don’t ever say that again.”
“Why not?”
“Well, as a princess you have a lot of rules to follow and I hate rules. You have to act proper. Your friends.... They’re not really your friends.... You have to bribe them.... Those aren’t friends.... Those are lairs.” Ryoko stood up. “You have people to worry about and you have to do what the people choose. You have no choice. You’re stuck. I’d rather be poor than to be royalty. It’s a lot to take in and being a princess is everything I don’t believe in. They’re preppy and they think that everyone has to bow down to them. I don’t think so.”
“Wow. Really?”
“Yea.” Ryoko sat down again and the two cousins looked up into the light red orange sky. Neither of them spoke another word.


A few minutes later, a man in his late twenties walked over to the children. He had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. The man smiled at the children. “What have we told you two about wondering in the woods alone?” he asked them.
Zelda stood up on the rock and placed her hand over her heart. “That it’s dangerous. But, daddy.... The castle is right there. We could run there for shelter.”
The man looked at the castle. He wished that he could tell his own daughter that the castle would be a good safe place to run to, but he knew that the evil king wouldn’t like that. He knew King Jim personally and knew that the man was up to no good. “I wish,” he whispered.
“What’s wrong, Uncle Ash?” Ryoko asked.
Ash turned his attention back to the kids and smiled. “Nothing.... You two are safe.... Now get down from the rock you two.”
“Can you help us, daddy?” Zelda asked, sweetly.
Ash’s smile grew bigger. “Yea.” He helped Ryoko down and then Zelda. “Come on, you two. We need to get back to the house before your father stops by to pick you up.”


A woman about Ash’s age waited in front of a beautiful two-story, white house. She stood next to a tree. The house was far away from any town which included the village. A smile appeared on her face when she seen Ash and the two children make their way to the house.
“Hey, Chealsey,” Ash said as he made his way to his beautiful wife.
“Where were they?” Chealsey asked.
“Same place like always. Is Leo here yet?”
“No. He called and said that he was going to be a little late.”
Ash nodded. He knew the job as a bounty hunter took a lot of time away from family and friends. Before he had met Chealsey, he was a bounty hunter with his brother and father and now he had regretted it. He knew what the job required. He was one of the best, but once he met Chealsey, things had changed. He realized that what he had done was terrible and decided to quit. He found work as a school teacher, leaving his dark past behind him. Once he knew that things were good with money, which involved a whole lot of saving, he asked Chealsey to marry him and she said, "Yes." Then they got married and about two years later Zelda was born.


A few hours later, Ash and Chealsey were in the living room of the house. They sat close to each other on the couch, watching the news, while Zelda and Ryoko were upstairs playing in Zelda’s room. There was a loud knock on the door.
“That must be Leo,” Ash said as he looked at his watch. “I’ll be back.” He stood up and walked over to the door. He opened it and smiled. “Come on in, and you’re family, you do know that you can come in without knocking?”
“I know,” Leo said as he walked into the house, closing the door, “it’s habit.”
“RYOKO!” Ash called.
“Sorry I’m late, but you know what it’s like to be a bounty hunter.... You should actually come back to the force.... We could really use you, man.”


Chealsey couldn’t help but hear what the two men were talking about. She didn’t want her husband to go back to that blood thirsty job again. That really bothered her and she didn’t want to have to tell her daughter what her father was doing.


“No,” Ash replied.


Chealsey felt the relief fill her body. If he would of said, "Yes," then she would of probably cried.


“I like my job and I get to see my wife and daughter more.... I’d rather not work for Jim again.”
Leo couldn’t believe what he was hearing from the guy who was one of the best. His brother started at the age of 12 and quit at the age of 19. “Okay.”
Ryoko walked down the stairs. She actually didn’t want to see her father, but she had to deal with the disappointment.
“Are you ready to go?” Leo asked.
“Yes,” the child replied. Sadly, Ryoko didn’t like her father. She despised him with a burning passion. She was angry at him because of his job. She knew the job because her mother had explained it to her.
“Then hurry up. We have to be some where’s in a hour.”
Ryoko took her time as she walked down the stairs and to the door.

There was a planet a few miles away to the east of Blaze. The planet was called Bull Ridge. They called it Bull Ridge because a long time ago, there was a man named Sam Ridge and what he would do would befriend the pirates who had arrived on the planet and he would sell them bulls. One day, a pirate had come on the planet and found Sam by his ranch and pulled out his gun and without any warning shot Sam, killing him in an instance. When police caught the man, they soon realized that he was a bounty hunter in disguise. The legend went that Sam’s spirit wondered the old ranch seeking revenge on pirates and bounty hunters who went toward the ranch, but that was just a legend. It was just a story to scare little children from becoming pirates and bounty hunters, the two most hated jobs on the planet.


There was this house on the planet. It was a broken home on the inside as well as the outside. The family who lived there was a broken one. The parents of a six-year-old girl who lived there were always fighting. The father would always beat the mother behind closed doors.
The family was poor and were lucky to have food, clothes, and shelter. The girl in the family didn’t have any toys because of how poor they were. The child sat on the stairs of the porch, crying. Her abusive, protective father had beat the crap out of her for not following his orders.
The girl’s mother walked out. She was bruised up worst because she had tried to stop her husband from harming their one and only child. “Olivia,” she said. Her voice was choking up.  “Someday, you’re going to be free from this. I wish there was a way to get you out of here now, but I need you. Your father needs you. I’m sorry, baby.”
Olivia looked up at the woman who was now