Larcus sits on the reef trying to remember his past.
“I know I was feared. I can feel it in my exo-bones. Why can’t I remember? Could my memories have been stolen?”
“Figure out your master plan yet?”
“It’s about time you came back, Doris. I’m having trouble focusing.”
“That’s nothing new.”
“I’m serious. There are things I can’t remember.”
“I know, and some of your memories may never come back. I’m sorry.”
“Was it you?”
“Was what me?”
“Did you take them?”
“I didn’t take your damn worms.”
“No that. My memories.”
“What?”
“Did you take them? Did you steal my memories?”
“How would anyone steal someone’s memories?”
“Why don’t you tell me since you obviously did it?”
“No, I didn’t.”
“Well, someone did. All the more reason for me to take over the world.”
“No one stole your memories dear. At least not the way you think.”
“What does that mean?”
“I have to re-tell you this story every couple months because you always forget.”
“What else did I forget?”
“Many years ago, you had an accident. You got caught in a fishing net. Humans pulled you into their boat. You fought them off and jumped back into the water. You got sucked into the boat’s propellor. You healed but suffered severe head trauma and lost most of your memories.”
“I don’t remember any of that.”
“I know.”
“You saw it happen?”
“Yes.”
“So, it’s no longer about world domination and power.”
“What?”
“It’s about revenge against the humans!”
“No. No, it’s about healing.”
“Vengeance will be mine!”
“That’s not what I’m trying to say.”
“Beware humans! You stole my memories, and I will steal your world.”
“They didn’t steal…”
“Beware you evolutionary inferior bipeds.”
“With no memory of the several thousand years you’ve been alive, and you haven’t changed at all.”
“I will take your world by force and then take your memories. Hahahaha!”
“How will you do that?”
“By melting the…oh that’s what I was doing.”
James Pack 