Entangled In Plague
Written By: Commander Cody CC-2224
CHAPTER 6
After successfully disarming the device, the King's Men sounded the "All Clear" signal across the city.
"ALL CLEAR! ALL CLEAR!" the Captain of the Guard shouted, along with the King's Men.
Following the shouts of "All Clear", the rest of the soldiers let loose the held-back through of the Capital City's inhabitants. It was then that Flynn was hailed as a great hero of Corona's Capital City.
Corona's citizens screamed, squealed, jumped, and danced with delight as they found relief at least through being allowed back into their home city, now free of the imminent danger of another dreaded strain of the Bubonic Plague. Many of the villages gave joyful thanks to Providence for delivering them and their beloved city from the plague, and some of them sang the Te Deum out loud for all to hear.
Amid the ever-excited throng, Flynn's beloved wife, Rapunzel, struggled to push her way through the crowd while carrying baby Daphne behind her on a sling. It was at this point that baby Daphne was wide-eyed about what was going on around her. Pushing her way through in a rather frantic rush, Rapunzel managed to make it all the way to her beloved Flynn.
Flynn was really excited to see Rapunzel and his baby daughter alive. They embraced each other tightly. But they were caught by surprise by none other than the Captain of the Guard himself.
"Well, congratulations, Flynn Rider," said the Guard Captain.
"Thank you, Captain," said Rapunzel graciously.
"I wasn't talking to you, Princess!" said the Captain rather sarcastically. "I was talking to Flynn."
Rapunzel knew that the Captain was acting a bit rude to her, but decided to let it go. After all, he had to put his life on the line making sure that her beloved Flynn did his job and come back alive.
"Your husband is a true hero," the Captain commended proudly on Flynn to Rapunzel. "He managed to get the job done..without his mask on."
"WHAT?" asked Rapunzel loudly in utter shock. "How could you! That was colossally STUPID of you, Flynn Rider!" she cried in utter horror, before slapping him in the face. She scolded Flynn very, very severely and slapped him in the face, much to Flynn's utter shock. Flynn's shock started to transform into indignation.
However, Flynn's indignation as finally cooled when Rapunzel embraces him tightly, even while he was in his plague suit, save for his beak covering. Flynn and Rapunzel shared a long kiss...much to Daphne's wide-eyed amusement.
Flynn immediately turned to the Guard Captain. "You shouldn't have said that!" he complained.
"Oh, I think that was a good thing he did!" retorted Rapunzel in a smug manner, losing all her composure on account of being so worried about Flynn's safety. "Because if he didn't, you would have gotten away with being so careless about your well-being in the future!"
Flynn only sighed. "That's my Rapunzel," he said. He put his right arm around the Guard Captain's shoulder. "C'mon," he said to him. "Let's celebrate our victory over a pint of ale when we get back to the palace. What 'ya say?"
"Too right, m'boy," agreed the Guard Captain.
Flynn waved at a carriage, which promptly stopped near the group of three. He helped Rapunzel into the carriage and was the last to step in. The Captain of the Guard, after summoning his horse, followed after Flynn and Rapunzel's carriage, which was driving directly to the royal palace.
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
The Te Deum was a traditional Ambrosian hymn sung back in the old days whenever a city was delivered from plague or invaders back in the European Medieval period.
