Today was a good day so I decided to update! I had a dentist appointment but I imagined myself singing Britney Spears and it made it better.(Haha Glee) It also made the rest of my day better because I have been listening to old school Britney and it puts me in a good mood! Love that girl! Anyway onto the story!
I do not own Pair of Kings
Brady POV
This whole war business was maddening. Every second was filled with worry and anxiety. I was terrified Boomer, Mason or Mikayla was going to get hurt or killed and it was tearing me apart. There have been a few attacks here and there but so far no one was seriously injured. I was sitting in the throne room while Mason and some of the other guards were out patrolling. Suddenly a guard burst into the room. I stood up in shock and he walked over to me trying to catch his breath. I looked closer and realized it wasn't actually a guard; it was one of our spies that we send to intercept Tarantula People messages. This scared me even more.
"What is it?" I asked. He handed me a piece of paper folded into a small slip. I opened it and read it. I read the first few lines and dropped the paper in shock.
"Go find Mason, send him to the Royal Bunker." I said and he ran off. I stood there for a while making myself believe this was really happening. I picked up the paper and ran to find Boomer. I found him in the courtyard training with one of the guards not on duty.
"Boomer King Conference" I yelled. He stopping fighting and turned to me. I held up the piece of paper and waved it around a little. He rushed over and took it from me. When he finished reading he looked up at me with wide eyes. Just as I was about to say something Mason and Mikayla came rushing in.
"What is it my King?" Mason asked. I took the paper from Boomer and handed it to him. He looked at me with the same look as Boomer and before he could say anything I spoke.
"Royal Bunker" I said and walked away without another word. We got to the bunker and everyone took their seats.
"This has to be a fluke my kings." Mason finally said. "You defeated him!"
"But did we keep any guards there to make sure the Tarantula people didn't go near him?" I asked. Mason looked thoughtful for a second then his expression changed to defeat.
"No my kings we did not" He replied. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. Things just got much more complicated.
"Okay well what do we do?" Boomer asked.
"Well we can't avoid their attack" Mason said.
"Then we don't try to, we prepare ourselves as best we can and look at the bright side" I said. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy.
"I'm sorry Brady but what bright side?" Mikayla asked.
"That Zadoc can't come to the light side, so he won't be joining them in battle. We have to find a way to defeat him later, but now we have to worry about tomorrow." I replied. I zoned out after that. I was trying to think of a plan to defeat Zadoc and the Tarantula People.
"My king?" I heard Mason say and I was brought out of my thoughts. I looked around the room and saw everyone looking at me.
"Sorry, I was thinking. What?" I asked hoping they could fill me in on what I missed.
"I just said I was going to gather the guards and come up with a plan of attack, then train a little" Mason said. I nodded and he and Mikayla walked out.
"What are you thinking?" Boomer asked.
"How unprepared we are for this." I stated.
"What we need is to turn the tables, come up with a way to get the upper hand and completely take them by surprise" Boomer said. I looked up at him. That was genius, now if we could think of a way to achieve that we would golden.
"Yes that is exactly what we need." I said to him, "But how?" Boomer shrugged.
"I don't know but we need to think fast in order to make it work" I nodded and stood up with him.
"Let's just go train for a little maybe it will come to us" I said. We left the bunker and made our way to the courtyard. We got there just as Mason finished explaining the situation. Boomer and I paired up and began sparring with one another. My mind was anywhere but this training, it kept going back to what Boomer had said. Turn the table, take them by surprise. Suddenly my sword was out of my hands and at my throat.
"You need to focus." I looked up in surprise and saw Mikayla standing there with my sword.
"What? How? I don't?" I was completely baffled. I was just sparring with Boomer how and when had she taken his place.
"You were really out of it Brady. I don't know how Boomer didn't beat you sooner." She said handing me my sword. "So how deep in your head did you get this time?"
I moved over to a nearby rock and sat down on it.
"Sorry if I'm not 100% focused, there are a few more important matters on my mind right now." I said sarcastically.
"It's not that you weren't 100% focused, none of us are, but you weren't even 10% focused." She said sitting next to me. "Please listen to me Brady, people are going to get hurt, you can't let that get to you. It's not your fault."
"It's not that…but thanks for reminding me" I sighed. "I'm trying to think of a counter attack. Some way we can get the upper hand, surprise them."
"I think the only way we could surprise them is by giving up" She said. Suddenly an idea came to me. I knew Mikayla wouldn't like it so I kept it to myself.
"Yeah you're right; we should probably practice to be ready." I said getting to my feet. We sparred for a little while longer before Mason dismissed everyone and told the guards to get back to their stations. I stopped Mason before he left.
"Mason meet me in the Royal Bunker, I need to run something by you." I told him. He nodded and I went to find Boomer. After Boomer and Mason both made it to the bunker I began explaining my plan.
"It seems risky, but it could work." Mason said when I finished my explanation.
"I want to do it. It is the only way" I said.
"If you're sure you want to then I say we do it." Boomer said. Mason nodded.
"If you're sure, I think it would work very well, you thought of that on your own?" He asked. I shook my head.
"Mikayla kind of gave me the idea without her knowing it." I answered.
"Why isn't she here?" Boomer asked.
"I don't want her knowing. I feel like she wouldn't approve" I told him. Mason stood up.
"Then it is settled, I will go tell all my guards minus Mikayla." He said. I nodded my approval and he left the room.
"You sure about this bro?" Boomer asked.
"It's the only way" I answered.
"Okay let's go prepare." He said and we left the bunker.
Mikayla POV
I was finding it difficult to sleep that night. The thought that the Tarantula people were actually attacking tomorrow made it hard to close my eyes. After about an hour of tossing around in my bed I got up. I changed and left my room, not really sure where I was going. I got to the throne room and saw Brady just sitting there. I sighed quietly and went to sit next to him.
"You really need to get out of your head." I whispered. I felt like if I spoke at normal volume it would be extremely loud. He turned and smiled at me.
"I'm not in my head, just can't sleep" He whispered too.
"You were in your head, you had that look in your eyes" I told him.
"What look?" he asked laughing slightly.
"Your eyes just glaze over and you don't seem to see anything in front of you." I explained to him.
"Okay so I was in my head, it's a little hard not to be right now." He admitted.
"Come on" I said standing up. He stood up slowly.
"Where are we going?" He asked. I made my way towards the door.
"You'll see, are you coming?" I said with a challenging tone.
"Your dad said not to leave the castle." He said staying where he was.
"Who cares?" I huffed. He looked shocked.
"Mikayla Makoola breaking the rules." He gasped overdramatically and brought his hand up to cover his mouth. I laughed quietly and reached over and grabbed his wrist.
"Come on" I whisper yelled at him. He laughed and followed me, even though he didn't have a choice. I didn't really know what we were going to do I just knew I had to make him relax. We made it off the castle grounds without getting caught by a guard and I felt excited. I heard Brady laughing next to me and turned to glare at him.
"What?" I asked. He just laughed again and shook his head.
"Who are you and what have you done with Mikayla?" He asked. I gave a small laugh and hit his shoulder. So far my plan seemed to be working he wasn't freaking out about tomorrow. I continued to lead the way until we came to the lightening bug cave.
"Don't take any out of the cave Mikayla" Brady said to me jokingly. I smiled at him as I remembered when he and Boomer had done just that. We entered the cave to see thousands of lightening bugs flying around and lighting up the cave. Brady sat down and leaned against the side of the cave then patted the spot next to him. I sat down next to him and looked up at all the bugs. I looked over at Brady and he was also looking up with a big smile on his face. I dropped my head on his shoulder and turned my gaze to the ceiling again. I felt him move his right arm and put it around my shoulder.
"Thanks Mikayla" he whispered. I smiled knowing my plan had worked.
"You're welcome Brady." I whispered back.
I decided to be cruel and not add the battle scene to this chapter! Sorry! But I still hope you enjoyed this short filler chapter. It was filled with some pretty good Brakayla though wasn't it? REVIEW!
