Yay! Chapter 10! I know, I know I took another long break from writing and again I'm sorry! But finally here is some more! We last left off with Jesse being arrested and Jaden falling into Slade and his father's hands. Now it's up to Jim and Shirley... and another hero to save the day. Also, I will be introducing another character this chapter though they will not be named... although I'm sure most of the fans will be able to guess who it is. Anyways as always enjoy, read, and review!
Chapter 10
Jim turned around anxiously to see if his ears were playing tricks on him. Much to his surprise they were not. Jim said "Axel? What are you doing all the way out here?" Axel smiled and said "Well, once I heard you were coming here to check on Jesse, I figured I should come here to check on you. Now what's going on? Why are you lurking all the way out here?"
Jim sighed heavily and said "Well Jesse has been arrested." Axel gasped and asked "What? Why?" Jim replied "I'm not sure but I do know he and Prince Jaden from this kingdom met and well... they are in love, plain and simple. I found them out in the middle of nowhere on their way to our home. I left them to get fire wood and when I came back they were being taken away and Jesse was in chains."
"And where are they now?" Asked Axel. Jim turned to look at the palace and said "In there." Axel said "In the palace?" Jim nodded at his friend and said "Yep, and we gotta get him out of there. Which is why I'm glad your here mate, I need your help."
Axel said "I'll do what I can. But since the king's been murdered they have probably beefed up security to protect Prince Jaden. So this won't be easy you know." Jim said "I know Axel, but we have to try. We can't just leave him in there to rot."
"Don't worry we will think of something Jim. This time tomorrow Jesse will be safe and sound." Axel said with confidence.
Back in the palace Slade and the guards were leading Jesse and Jaden to the throne room. Slade turned to the guards behind him and said "Take the prisoner to the dungeon with the others, we will deal with them all later." Jaden thought to himself "Others? What others?"
The guards said "Yes sir!" And began to take Jesse away. Jaden almost teared up a little as he watched them take Jesse away from him. But he knew he had to be strong so he held them back.
As soon as the guards were out of sight Slade turned to Jaden and smiled evily. He said "It won't be long now Jaden. Soon you're going to give us exactly what we want." Jaden glared at him intensely and asked "And what is that?"
Slade snickered and said "You'll find out soon enough. Now come on father would like to have a few words with you." Slade pushed Jaden forward towards the throne room. Jaden reluctantly began to walk in that direction.
They entered the throne room only to find the Blue King sitting comfortably on Jaden's father's throne. Slade's father said "My son, excellent work. You have brought young Prince Jaden back to us." Jaden stared him down and said nothing.
Slade's father turned to Jaden and said "Jaden my boy, so glad to see that your parents murderer didn't harm you." Jaden yelled "Jesse didn't do anything! Now let him go!" Slade's father chuckled a little and said "Jaden, I don't believe you are in a position to be making demands. And don't worry Jesse will be fine, as long as you do exactly what we tell you to. And it's not like he is alone down there, afterall he has all your little friends to keep him company."
Jaden gasped and said "What? My friends?" Slade's father said "Of course, they helped him murder your parents and kidnap you, so they had to be punished for their crimes." At that moment Jaden grew very angry and yelled "Don't you dare hurt my friends! Or Jesse! They didn't do anything wrong!" Slade then hit Jaden in the lower gut very hard causing Jaden to lose his breath and fall to the ground in pain.
The Blue King got down lower to Jaden's level and said "You're right didn't murder your parents. That honor belongs to me and my son Slade here." Jaden's eyes shot wide open still filled with anger. "You see Jaden, I want this kingdom for myself. You're parents could have just made it easier on themselves and accepted my proposal from the beginning, but when your father turned it down I had no choice but to dispose of him. Then when you're mother had a change of heart whenever she found out you ran off with Jesse, she became a problem too. As for your little friends and Jesse, the only way to keep them safe is by doing exactly as you are told from now on. If you do as I command then I will spare their lives, but you will not ever see any of them again. Do you understand?" The Blue King finished.
Jaden nodded reluctantly and said "I do." Slade's father said "Good, now then tomorrow at noon you will marry my son Slade." Slade raised a brow in confusion and asked "Me? He is supposed to marry Chazz." His father said "Yes he is, but you see Chazz betrayed us while you were gone. He tried to help Jaden's friends escape so I had him locked up with them."
Jaden thought to himself "Chazz tried to help my friends?" Slade said "I knew he didn't have the guts to pull this off." Slade's father said "Yes, now I need you to take his place son, that's the only way our plan will work now." Slade responded "Very well father, as you wish." His father looked at him proudly and said "I knew you wouldn't let me down son. Now take Jaden to his room, he needs his rest. After all he's getting married tomorrow."
Jaden didn't say a word, he knew that it may only make things worse if he did. Slade said "Come on Jaden." Jaden and Slade then left the throne room as the Blue King watched. He thought to himself "This time tomorrow, this palace, this kingdom, and everything else will be mine."
The pair walked down the hallway in silence. Jaden had too much running through his head. "My friends are all locked up in the dungeon, my parents are gone, and if I tell the gaurds anything Slade and his father will hurt Jesse. What am I going to do?" Jaden thought to himself.
They had arrived to Jaden's new room, and Slade said "We're here." Jaden was confused and asked "Wait, this isn't my room. Why are we here?" Slade grinned a little and said "Cause your mommy was murdered in your old room, they still haven't cleaned up the mess."
Jaden suddenly started to fill with rage, and he glared at Slade almost as if he was going to attack him. Slade just laughed and said "Oh, did I upset you Jaden? Now, now control that temper otherwise Jesse might have an unfortunate accident tonight while you are sleeping."
Jaden's rage had subsided but he didn't say a word. Slade opened the door to the room and said "Go on get to bed our big day is tommorow, and don't even think about escaping. There will be someone watching this door at all times, to make sure nothing happens to you."
Jaden slowly entered the room with tears filling his eyes. Slade said "What no good night kiss for your future husband?" He then laughed evily and slammed the door shut leaving Jaden all alone inside.
Jaden ran to his bed and began to cry he thought to himself "I have to stop this madness." He turned to face the window the sky was full of stars and the moon was full. He got up and wandered to the window, and as he gazed at the lights above him he thought to himself "Don't worry Jesse, Zane, Alexis... I will get you all out of this someway, somehow."
The guards were forcing the bluenet to his cell in the dungeon when Zane and Alexis heard the noise of them coming from down the hallway. Alexis said "Oh, no. What now?" They saw the guards walking towards them with their prisoner. Alexis asked "Who is that? Is it... Jaden?"
"No, they still need him." Said Zane. Once the guards got to the cell across from the group they opened it and threw Jesse in there, and slammed the door to the cell shut. One of the guards said "Enjoy your new home, murderer."
Alexis, Zane, and the rest knew at that moment who it was. Zane looked over into the other cell and said "Jesse? Oh, no. Then they got him." Alexis looked over at Jesse worriedly and asked "Jesse, are you okay?" Jesse looked over at her with sad eyes and said "I'm fine, but Jaden... they took me away from him. And they're saying I killed his parents."
Aster said "We know. They say we helped you do it,that's why we're here." Syrus said "Then they have everything they need. They win."
Chazz grew very angry at that moment and said "No! They can't! We have to stop them!" Jesse recognized the voice and looked over at Chazz and said "You! Your family did this to us! So why are you down here locked up with the all of us?" Chazz sighed and said "Because I tried to help you all out and we got caught. Apparently,my dad had no problem locking me away for the rest of my life because I didn't want to be a part of his plan anymore."
"So what's going to happen to all of us?" Asked Jesse. Aster replied "We don't know. Once we outlive our usefulness I assume we will be executed." Jesse frowned and thought to himself "I guess it's all up to Jaden now... wait a minute Jim! He can help us! I just hope he can find his way here." Jesse then turned his head to look out the window with bars covering it and gazed at the stars. He hoped that Jim would help... No he knew Jim would help.
As Jesse said, his friend was going to help him, and everyone else too. Jim, Shirley, and Axel stood by the palaces front gate pondering how they would get inside. Axel said "So any bright ideas Jim?" Jim thought for a second and said "I got it! We will steal some of the guards' armor and use it to walk around the palace undetected." Axel said "Yeah, great plan, but how do we get the armor?" Jim grinned at his friend and said "With Shirley here." Axel stood very confused, for he didn't understand how a crocodile would get them suits of armor.
Jim looked at Shirley and said "You knowwhat to do girl." Shirley growled almost like she was trying to say "Okay." She began to walk towards the front gate where two guards stood watch. One of them could hear her coming and looked in her direction. He said "Who goes there?" There was only a roar as a response. The guards backed up in fear. The other guard said "What is that?" And the first guard said "I don't know. Let's check it out." The two guards reluctantly wandered in Shirley's direction only to find the giant scaley beast.
The two stood there shocked and speechless at the sight before them. As the guards were distracted Jim walked up behind them and slammed their heads together, knocking both of them unconscious. Axel stood there not saying a word and Jim said "Well come on mate, get your armor... there isn't a moment to spare." Axel smiled and shook his head at his friend for he never failed to impress him.
Slade and his father were in the library. The king said "It won't be long now son. After tonight our plan will finally pay off." Slade responded "Yes father. And what are we going to do with Jaden's little friends and that Jesse guy anyways?" His father smirked.
"Tomorrow while you and Jaden are getting married, we will have them executed. All of them." Said the king. "And what about Chazz?" Asked his son. "We will keep him alive for now, he will just have to stay in the dungeon until he learns his lesson." The king looked at the fire burning in the fire place and said "As for Jaden... once you two are married we will have to get rid of him as well. Then everything will truly be ours."
Slade seemed almost frightened by what his father said. His father didn't notice his expression because he had his back turned to him. Slade pulled himself together and said "Well father it has been a long day I think I will rest for tomorrow." His father turned to look at him and said "Very well son. I shall see you in the morning." Slade nodded and walked out of the library towards the room he would be sleeping in which was just down the hall.
Once Slade entered his room a mysterious voice said "Oh Slade..." Slade looked around the room in search of where the voice came from but found nothing. He said "Where are you?" the mysterious voice laughed in a voice that sounded like a little girl.
It said "Aw didn't you miss me Slade?" Slade scoffed and said "Not really. Why are you here?" The voice said "You know why I'm here Slade. I heard you and your father talking about your plan. And killing Jaden is not part of ours, do you understand? Jaden is to be kept alive. Once the marriage is official you can have this pitiful kingdom, but Jaden is mine and mine alone."
"Fine by me, you can have him. But what should I do about my father then?" Asked Slade. The voice laughed again only this time is was more evil than playful. It said "You know what you need to do Slade. You father is no longer any use to me, plus you can't rule over this kingdom if he is still alive now can you?" Slade smirked evily and said "It's about time. I've had enough of pretending he is the brains behind all of this. When it was my plan to marry Jaden and murder his parents."
"Your plan?" The voice laughed once again "Don't you forget Slade it was I who gave you the idea. So this is all my plan and don't you forget that." The voice finished. Slade asked "So when should I get rid of my father?" The voice said "Immediately, like I said he is longer any use to me."
"But how will I cover up this murder? Jesse is in the dungeon being watched by guards, I can't blame him." Asked Slade. "You're apparently very intelligent... so you figure it out! Then the final stages of our plan can commence. Now go!" Said the mysterious voice.
Slade said "Alright then, I'm going." The figure didn't respond so Slade assumed that it had disappeared for now and went on his way.
Meanwhile, Jaden had finally fallen asleep and he was tossing and turning causing him to jerk off the blanket that shielded him from the cold. As Jaden moved around on his bed a shadowy figure with no real form appeared next to him, it just stood there silently staring, assuming it had eyes of course.
Then the voice that had been speaking to Slade just a few minutes ago spoke to Jaden in his sleep as it pulled the blanket over him to keep him warm. It said "It won't be long now Jaden, soon we will be together again. Once again I will be able to hold you in my arms, but I know that your heart belongs to another... that's why he must die... he must die so we can be together forever, it will take time to for you to understand all of this, but in the end you will be happier with me."
Jaden slowly started to open his eyes as the voice stopped talking. Jaden caught a quick glimpse of the shadowy figure through his tired eyes, he rubbed them but once he moved his hands the figure was gone... Jaden said "Was I just seeing things?" The new king didn't give it another thought and went back to sleep. The figure appeared again, only this time it was just outside his window hovering in the air.
It said "Soon my love, soon you will be mine." The figure disappeared in the dark of the night.
To Be Continued...
Now the real plan can begin... but will it work? Find out soon! Chapter 11 coming soon! :)