Previously
The fight between the queens guard Hina and commander of the imperial army of lada
Rana Von Bulshwitz raged on till the moon vanished and the arrival of the rising suns first rays of light. With both of their combat uniform broken and their weapons destroyed and themselves ruined, they stood and kept fighting with their will the one and only thing holding them up. The queen's arrival panicked the guards. She ordered the both of the warriors to be taken and the guards to disperse. Then she moved to her chambers where Mari and Mea were sleeping exhausted and unaware of the queens arrival.
The queens chamber .
The doors of the chamber was closed shut by Mari as the guards left. The queen looked at the chamber doors and wondered of why it was locked, the presence of someone inside was not a secret anymore.
With the swift and powerfull legs of the queens guard Naga which came with the queen, kicked at the doors at full force.
/BAM/.
The thunderous noise of the strike from the nagas leg reverberating throught the chamber.
/craack/- --/thu - thu - thu - thu/ --- /THUDD/
The noise of the kick was powerfull enough to shatter the hinges of the chambers door which held them in place. The sudden noise of it all woke up the sleeping duo. As Mari opened his eyes he saw the clouds of dust which has formed. As he struggled to make out who it was, still in the shock. He heard a sound.
/step/ --- /swoop/ -/thud/
As his mind tried to understand what that was and who made it he heard afootstep and something dashing in and then a blur and before he knew it he saw the world around him tilt and floor beneath him slam on to his face. As Mari looked around in confusion and awe he saw through the corner of his eyes a face who's expression changed slowly from fear to concern as she threw her arms towards him and call out to him
" NO--wake up, what happend "
Her soft and sweet voice was echoing through his head and then visions started to blur as he felt a sweet touch of peace in his mind. The last thing he heard was,
"ENOUGH..."
As the queens commanding voice of authority over the queens guard was heard by the fellow Naga she dropped down on to her knees, returning the needle in her hand, dripping with a liquid back to the holsters, accompanied by a
"Yes your highness"
The scene unfolding right before her eyes froze Mea, she saw the needle and the liquid coatted on it, dripping down and bubbling as if hit the ground and instantly turning into a violet fume, which spread out in to the air.
Slowly her face changed as she realized he was poisoned and she fell to the ground and moved to him picking his head up and placing it on her lap as she held his face and tried to wake him up
"Mister,--- wake up, wake up"
As she did wailing, the queen spoke.
"You dont even know this man! Or even his name, hahahah--, and yet shed tears for him like he is your beloved. Well this is interesting, now i am curious to know what your story is."
As she heard the words of the queen, she thought to her self
She came back to reality and saw Mari still breathing and thought
She fell to her knees facing the queen and begged with her head low,
" Please forgive this man, please save him, he got himself in trouble for the sake of me ,I dont want him to die like this, please i beg of you, i will be your slave or do anything for you."
The sight of a woman begging for a man who she barely knew was, too much for even the ice cold heart she was putting up. Her maternal instincts wild.
"Save his life! give him the antidote, he might be an intruder, thief or any such but i cannot ignore the pleas of a women.
So save him ."
A sense of relief washed over Mea
"Thank you god, thank you my queen."
The words of gratitude caused a sudden shift in her serious tone and her demeanor changed from a concerned mother to a startled face. As a sense of warmth filled her heart.
"You dont have to be my slave or anything of the like. But I will pass your judgment when i have heard your story."
Morning.
The house of Bethesda.
"Hahaha"
"I know"
"Nice to meet you"
"Mmm this is great"
"Hey"
"How are you"
Inside there is constant chatter as crowds of people enjoy luxurious wine and exquisite delicacies all set as a banquet. The noise of people coming only increasing as times passed by. Inside a meeting room filled with 12 people all dressed lavishly in yellow, pink, red. All are people of power, all hold authority, some are merchants some are nobles some are members of the great houses, and all of them sat facing the crown prince.
Bernard Von Lucious.
They sat eagerly in silence waiting for him to speak, and as the last member took his seat, he spoke.
"First of all i would like to thank you all for coming at such short notice. I am sure you have enough and more power to know the state at which the country is in. And where it is headed to"
He stood up from his seat and started walking around the group and stood in front of them. And he spoke with a heavy voice,
"If we dont change the way things are going-"
As the words parted his lips, the crowd looked around. Some had smirk, some had concern and some had their hearts gripped in fear, the sight of the people before him with mixed expressions made the prince sharpen his tone once more as he halted and stood in front of them with his head held high and his fingers curled to a fist.
"I have come here to meet you all and ask of your assistance -mmh-" taking in a deep breath "in my pursuit of the crown.."
The entire room filled with murmuring .
And as the group of elites held their breath, he completed his sentence.
"Who will stand with me?"
The words were calculated, and carefully chosen, powerful enough to pull the murmur to a halt and making the elites stand at the tip of thier toes as they looked around for others reaction. The prince counted the heads. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
He etched their faces expressions, some were frightened , some had thier lips curled into a knowing Wicked grin. But one man alone stayed silent. His face calm with a bland expression, no sign of fear, no sign of wonder, no sign of amusement, just a cold hard bland face.
As the entire room kept on murmuring, he stood up and said
"Your little act of defiance is charming to some but not to me."he said as he left out the door.
The sight of one man with a spine, made the others who were afraid stand and following his example.
"We will not help you"
"This is treachery and you will be punished for this."
"Your audacity to move against your own father the king, it is sickening boy. We will meet the queen and tell her all about this and all about the ones who entertained such an act of treason"
As these men stopped talking one slowly rose from her seat .
But the sound of blood splattering /gushh/ on the floor from the men who were standing sat her back down in fear.
As she looked she saw the three men and their headless bodies standing upright with blood fountaning from thier severed neck and falling down with a thud.
The sight sent shivers down her spine as she looked around and saw that the others all had a a Wicked grin.
"The weeding has been done. Now then shall we discuss our plans."
The prince spoke.
"Enjoy your party ladies and gentlemen. There is fine wine, food and also pristine women and men, which you all would love to taste and have."
He said as he left.
The other 7 stood up and left like nothing out of the ordinary happend, she to left to save her skin.
The prince walked up the stairs and went to the man who left the room first, who was now looking outside from the balcony of his mansion, and then the man spoke.
"Did you clean up your mess it is first quality carpet from Manzila, I dont want it stained on blood."
The prince chuckled and answered
"Yes Sir Bethesda it's taken care of."
They both looked at each other and laughed in joy.