Mid Encounter
Chapter 4
He landed hard on the warm ground, knocking the air from his lungs. Next time he would request a room on a lower floor.
In the room above, the door gave way with a loud crack, sending splinters flying everywhere. The half a dozen Longcoats traipsed inside and found the blueprints already blackened and shriveling.
"Well, maybe they won't look out the window" He thought as he lay still, trying to get his air back.
The dark shaved head of the captain poked out of the window.
"He's gonna look down now isn't he?"
Sure enough……
"There he is!" the Captain yelled.
Ambrose rolled to his feet quickly and sprinted down the path hugging the wall, the tails of his uniform waving behind him.
"This is not going well" He thought as he heard a thud behind him as a longcoat landed on the ground solidly.
"I must warn the queen"
He hung a sharp right at the edge of the palace, forgot about the small potted plant that happened to sit at said corner, tripped and stumbled over the next five yards, miraculously not falling over.
There was a flash of silver in the garden. The Queen was sitting by the small pond, holding a book of some sort but not reading it. Her newly gray hair catching a ray of sunlight.
Ambrose took a quick glance back at his pursuers, they had stopped as soon as the Queen has came into sight. The first Longcoat, the captain, motioned to the others and they smoothly faded into the shadow of the palace.
The Advisor slowed his breathing and put on a calm face, he didn't want to upset her, even though the news he carried most certainly would.
He clasped his slender hands behind his back, approached, and knelt down beside her.
"You majesty I bring bad news." he started, head bowed slightly. "The forth brigade has fallen and London has defected."
Her face was shocked, "But he was our most loyal friend."
"I'm so sorry." he said quietly " There's no law other than Azkadilla's."
Ambrose allowed himself a small smile, " She tried to steal the plans to the sun seeder but I was able to destroy the blue prints."
She placed her small pale hand on his arm worriedly. "She'll come after you Ambrose."
He nodded blankly, brief smile fading away, then looked up into her lavender eyes. " Is there nothing you can do to stop her, your Majesty?"
"Too late," the queen said sadly, "The darkness is too deeply rooted in her."
"But your light!" Ambrose pressed hopefully, "You are the most powerful being in the O.Z."
"Was, my old friend." She said sadly turning back toward the pond "I gave my power and my light to save someone one very special to me." She paused and added in a whisper, "..my angel."
Ambrose's brown eyes widened. Her angel. Does that mean she's still alive?! DG. Alive…
A loud parade of approaching footsteps, snapped him to attention. Looking up he saw the eldest princess of the O.Z leading a group of ten or more of her longcoats toward them.
The Advisor stood, moving a bit in front of the Queen "Show your Respect!" he declared to raven-haired girl now a few feet away.
Azkadellia paid him no mind and cheerfully stated "The Queen's reign ends today.'
She arose slowly then, silver hair sparkling in the mid-day sun, and placed a slender hand on Ambrose's chest, to move him behind her.
"Do you have any idea what you are doing?" She asked, looking down slightly at her mostly grown daughter.
"I do," she replied sweetly with a bit of a smile. "You need a long rest, mother. Take her away." she commanded and three of her longcoats assorted the older lady away.
"And take him to the Alchemist,"
Two tall men seized him roughly by the arms.
She leaned in closer, "If you won't tell me what you know, I guess I'll just have to reach in and take it myself."
AN: Aww poor Ambrose, we all know what is coming next. Sorry, but I edited a bit of the words at the end there. Review if you want another chapter. XD