So, I really hope you peeps like this chapter, I spent a lot of time on it. Also I want to thank, Tytonic, and Ares the Bond for there continued support. Now, enough of my drawling, let the movie begin.
"Luxa, my darling, are you okay?"
George jumped off his bat and ran over to the Queen.
Luxa ignored him until he was an arms length away, then her foot snapped out, catching his knee and sending the king-to-be tumbling to the ground.
George lay there moaning for a second, then popped to his feet and pulled Luxa into a hug. "It's okay, I know you have seen some scary things, why don't we just go back to the palace and talk about this in our room?"
Luxa looked like she was considering it, then slammed her forehead into George's.
The king-to-be slumped to the ground with groan. "Helix, Merin, Merithyu, a little help." The three guards shuffled over and helped the Queen heave George off the ground and onto his bat.
"Do you think you will be able to carry him all the way back?" Luxa looked at the young bat that George had ridden in on. "I think I can manage, but, if he awakes can I drop him?"
Luxa chuckled at the little bat. "It would be my pleasure." The young bat smiled in glee then took off out of the cave.
Luxa mounted Aurora, as Helix and the rest of the guard whistled for their bats to catch them.
As they took off, Luxa listened to the conversation of the soldiers. "What do you think the creature was?" asked Michelle. "Not sure, it sounded…" A rumbling and shifting of the huge cave like tunnel they were in, cut off Merithyu.
Seconds after they left the mouth of the tunnel and sped away into smaller ones, the ground around the deserted outpost exploded.
A creature like none they had ever seen before erupted from the ground, throwing mountains off its mile wide back. It was huge, covered in glistening red scales. Its head was that of a cone shape, covered in half-mile long horns and spikes. Flier like wings expanded from its sides as its long neck suddenly started glowing like the mouth of a furnace. The creature opened its mouth, and a wave of fire slammed into the backs of the group as they dove into a cut off tunnel.
Seconds later a whisper like voice penetrated the roar of the inferno. "I am the hunter, and the Underland will know my wrath!"
Luxa signaled for the group to go faster as the roaring inferno was left behind. She looked back at the royal guard, noting that Helix was helping Merin stay on her bat. She gestured over to a raised platform in the tunnel, motioning for the group to land.
Helix and Merin crashed to the ground. "Luxa, get over here and help me, Merin is not going to last much longer in this condition.
Luxa ran over, grabbing the medical kit off of Helix's bat. She skidded to a halt, expertly running an eye over Merin's unconscious body.
"She is going into shock, get water it will cool down her body." Michelle ran over with a pitcher.
Luxa pulled off the plated chain-mail shirt that all guards wore, then pulled her undershirt off. Looking at her back, Luxa realized she would need more then some water to fix this.
Chunks of hardened lava clung to her back in sheets. Luxa managed to tear them off, then dumped the water onto her scorched back.
The girl screamed in pain. Luxa grabbed some sterile bandages from Helix's hands and briskly wrapped her friend in them. She rolled the guard over, careful not to lay any pressure on her back. Then dumped a vial of
Euro-remedy down her throat, then had Helix help her load the unconscious girl onto Aurora. "Aurora, I trust you the most and you are the fastest, you need to get Merin back to Regalia as soon as possible."
Aurora nodded and took off. Luxa walked over and swung onto Nightshade, Merin's bat. "Are you fit to fly?" the bat nodded. "Merin covered me and took the fire for me, I am fine." Luxa made a mental note to thank Merin, again.
The remaining guards swung onto their respective bats and took off in the direction of Regalia.
The group arrived at Regalia about an hour after the incident with the Hunter. The bats were exhausted and hung themselves almost immediately after their riders got off them. Luxa went strait to the hospital, hoping against hope that Merin had made it.
She was relieved to see Merin in a bed, a doctor keeping watch over her and other doctors running around, note pads in hand.
Michelle suddenly burst around the corner, causing an already tense Luxa to accidentally smack him in the face. "Sorry."
Michelle wasn't faltered though. "Queen Luxa, someone has just arrived, an Overlander."
Ooh, we all know who that Overlander is. Now look at Luxa, all badass and all, I really hope you guys like how I am modeling her character. I truthfully hate when writers put Luxa as a helpless character, controlled by her feelings. Hope you enjoyed, and happy late Easter.
See you peeps.
-Sacred