Memories

Proverbs 10:7 reads, "The memory of the just is blessed:"
As time allows, my sisters and I will be posting memories we have while growing up together. Mainly, it is a way for us to share and remember the many great things that have happened in our lives, and perhaps someone else can be encouraged or just get a laugh from them as well. Thus, we introduce " King".
What is "King?" Good question!
As I once posted on my other blog, my dad has always been into Sci-fi. The Twighlight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock, Buck Rogers, and Star Trek were part of a steady diet for me while growing up. I was especially intrigued in the "Space" shows. Be it Star Trek, Buck Rogers, Lost in Space, or Star Wars-they greatly intrigued me. Because of them, my imagination took off in these areas. So much, that as a senior in High School I wrote a weekly article in our school paper called "The Adventures of King."
'King' was a space pilot that flew a fighter and saved the United Federation of planets over and over. They called him "King" because he never lost a dog fight. He was the 'King of Space.' His full name was Scott A. Shott. The 'A.' stood for Alexander named after the great ancient world conqueror Alexander the Great....and thus you have my first son's name.
Shott's main nemisis was Red Ed. His actual name was Edward Redford, born at a station on the planet Mars. Red Ed flew a, you guessed it, Red Fighter. He was always the best until Scott A. Shott came on the scene.
Whatever happened to Scott Shott? Well, in high school, he ended up finally defeating Red Ed and securing the freedoms of the United Federation. But, in actuality, the story continues. I have continued imagining and writing the adventures of King off and on since then. It has become a way to allow me to drift off to sleep at nights as it gets my mind off of the day's events.
Scott A. Shott eventually sacrifices his life to stop an great enemy. His co-pilot, Jonathan James, then takes the title King for a short while until Shott's Son, Seth, is capable of assuming that role. Seth has many adventures and even sees the annihilation of the United Federation. Seth is betrayed by the Federation and flies solo in a 'Robin Hood' type style for many years. It would be his son, Luke Shott, that would take the pieces of the what was Federation and unite a force to combat an evil empire. The new, Legion of Planets, with Luke's mighty Centurion (100 of the finest fighter pilots ever assembled) would rid the universe of its great foe and leave with it peace.
Luke, tired of the family 'curse' of fighting and destruction, would leave the Legion of Planets in good hands and remove himself from the scene. Luke and his wife would have a secluded home in a distant planet and have a son whom Luke would train to be an even greater pilot than any before.
That is when the unthinkable happens and a message is received in a very ominous way...Thus continues the adventures of King!