Chapter 13 - Father, Otou-san, Papa! (2/2)

”...Papa...”

The crowd felt the emotion of Darby and also started calling out 'Father', 'Otousan' and 'Papa'.

Looking at the scene of old and unsightly goons, thugs and crooks call him as 'daddy' snapped the mental capacity of Chuck. He wheezed with long breaths trying to control his dangerous mood, with red eyes he looked at the crowd and then at Joab and Darby.

”You two... come to the training room...” the irritated voice of Chuck sounded like rubbing nails against the glass.

Bubba and Ludo, who recently got their ass beat, felt a familiar feeling of Chuck calling Joab and Darby into the training room. The duo started inching back slowly trying to get away from the crowd.

However, Joab and Darby had an entirely different understanding. They have always been envious of Chuck's seemingly superhuman feats and always thought that he is a martial arts master. The two felt that an emotionally moved Chuck is going to impart his martial knowledge to them and truly accept them as his sons to inherit his talents.

Dreams are a wonderful thing to have, but the reality is always a bitch.

As soon as the duo went into the training room, it was as if they have entered a dragon's lair. They noticed the murderous atmosphere stemming from a cold-faced Chuck. Now that they are alone with him, they started noticing that things are bad, but as Joab was thinking hard for a way out...

”...Pa...Pa?” that word from Darby was like the detonator trigger.

The restrained rage of Chuck exploded like a volcano and the recipient was none but the two newly self-anointed sons of Chuck.

”...Father! Don't hit us!”

”Ahh... Shut up, Joab! He is getting more violent! ...Call him Papa!”

”Pa...” a hand punched hard onto to face of Darby.

”...No, please let us go...”

”...We're sorry...”

”...We...”

The more they talked the more they got bashed up. Eventually, the two gave in and curled up on the floor covering their head praying to all the Gods they have ever known.

Listening to the wretched scrams of their boss and the second in command, the remaining gangsters smartly ran away for dear life.

After a long while, two pitiful souls crawled out from the training room, as Chuck walked out, they pretended they are dead for a good 10 minutes, holding their breath, almost actually dying from suffocation.

*Pants heavily*

”...He left?”

”... and we are alive?”

”Hi-5 brother, Hi-5!”

”...Can't lift my arms...”

”...Me...Too...”

”...I thought I'm dead today, Joab...”

”...for all the kicks that u took to the balls, I'm surprised you are not dead...”

”... I'm guessing things didn't go well, Mei Xing...”

”...I too think so. Is that why papa beat us this bad?

”...You really think this has nothing to do with us calling him Father?”

”...of course not, Papa was just sad of not having a child of his own...”

”...I think we should talk to Mom about dad...”

”... yeah, we should...” nodded the two.

Unbeknownst to them, Bubba and Ludo were eavesdropping on the conversation between their boss and their old brother. The contents only made them unanimously think one line, 'and they think we are idiots!'

'Idiots!'