Last time...
"It only takes a good thought, to think that they relocated her to a hospital. And I think I know which one..." She says to herself. I gulp and listen through the door. There are maybe three people there. I grab my gun and open the door firing. I hit all three of them but not in vital spots.
"You bastard!" The lady shouts. Guards rush in to protect me and one aims their gun at her.
"Permission?" The guards ask. I think very hard about what i'm about to say.
"Don't." I say calmly. "Take them into the prison near the forest instead." They carry them off but then gunshots are heard. I rush back into my safe room and close the door quietly but quickly. Minutes later, I hear rebels screaming and running off. Someone comes at my door and knocks.
"Special guard..."
Chapter 10: Special Guard
Maxon's Pov
I hesitantly open the door and two members of the special guard come rushing in.
"Your majesty, are you ok?" One of them asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I reply.
"Most of the Southern rebels are fleeing but we got to be careful getting you out of here." The other says.
"Why? Where are we going?" I ask.
"We are going to visit her majesty of course. We were informed she's at the hospital and i'm sure you're worried about her." The first guard says.
"Alright, thank you." I say. We carefully exit and walk down the corridor. A couple rebels notice us and start firing. The two special guards shoot most of them down, but one charges at me. I hit him on the head with a hardcover Pride and Prejudice book that I almost always carry nowadays. I knock them out, but I damaged the book a little. I can't help but feel upset, but I have like three more in my personal library, so I won't fuss about it. We keep going until we get to the courtyard. More rebels charge at us, and I throw my book at one of them, while the two special guards shoot down the rest. Afterward, the one rebel I hit with a book, charges at me. Luckily, one of the guards shoots them and motions for us to keep going.
"We need to carefully get out of here and head to the hospital without being detected. The last thing we need is for them to follow us." One of the special guards tells me.
"Agreed. Let's take one of the cargo trucks and head to the docks. But halfway, we can change routes to the hospital." I say.
"Good idea." The other special guard member says while shooting at a rebel. We keep going and rush to the cargo hold. Luckily, there aren't many rebels here. We manage to shoot all the ones that notice us, but as you know, we don't aim to kill. So no one we've shot was killed, they were just stunned. Anyway, we get in the truck and head off to "the docks."
Aspen's Pov
America's surgery is over. It was a success, but she's still sleeping. I hope Maxon gets her before she wakes up. They put me in the waiting room even though I should be protecting her. Well I guess I can get some angry birds gaming time or something. I take out my phone and I see a message from Lucy.
Help me...
I immediately get up and text her:
Are you okay?
Minutes later I get a text saying...
No.
I text back:
What's wrong?
But she doesn't text back. Instead I get a call.
"Hello Lucy. Are you okay?" I ask.
"Oh she's fine..." I hear someone say who isn't Lucy.
"Who the hell are you." I shout.
"The name's not important, but know that I admire your work Aspen. You were the one who led the rescue at the Southern Rebel base. You also led America out of the castle safely. But someone like you isn't good. We can't have people like you interfere anymore."
"Are you a Southern Rebel?" I ask.
"You could say...but I have motives that are completely different then most Southern Rebels. I don't want Maxon dead, but I do want America out of the picture."
"Why?" I shout.
"Because she is the reason why Maxon hasn't been doing shit. If she hadn't gotten captured or had to go through surgery, that damn proposal would have been already announced. I bet it was very important."
"Did you forget the fact that the Southern Rebels were the one who kidnapped her and beat her up causing her to need surgery?"
"She wouldn't cooperate with us. We wanted her to tell us what the proposal was about."
"You wouldn't of let her lived, even if she did cooperate." I spat.
"I would of let her go. Remember, I'm not the stereotypical Southern Rebel. I just wanna know who I'm fighting."
"What does that mean?" I ask.
"It means send us the information on the proposal or Lucy gets it."
The man hangs up and with that he fills my heart with fear. For the first time in my life, I am afraid.
America's Pov.
My head hurts. I know i'm in a daze because I've haven't woken up yet. Yet, I can think again. I can dream...I can dream about Maxon and I...and our future. Three kids...no four...a dog...we're finally happy. Everything is peaceful and everyone is happy. No more stress, no more rebels, no more violence. I can see it happening...I don't know if I'm being too optimistic or if I'm just thinking all this because of the pain medicine but I can see it. I can see everything...I wanna wake up and start working towards my dreams...but I can't. It seems like no matter how hard I try to open my eyes, they won't open. I'm just stuck in this dream-like state. But my head hurts. It still does. I hope Maxon is here holding my hand, but my hand feels empty. I don't feel his skin on mine or his warmth. He isn't here yet...I can hear the doctors saying things. We aren't in the infirmary at the castle anymore, are we? Did my head trauma get that bad? Regardless, I can hear Aspen screaming at some one over the phone. I can't make out any words but I can tell it's Aspen. I wonder why he's here but not Maxon? Gosh my head hurts...but I have to wake up. I have to get up and find Maxon. I have to see him and hug him. I have to hold him and kiss him. I miss Maxon...
And with that my eyes finally give up and they open.
Magic Wizard's Corner
Sorry for the delay... I was trying to make this chapter longer for you guys, since I have been writing pretty short chapters recently.
Anyway, I'd like to address another question that Kiren asked in the comment section... Kiren- To answer your question bout the alternate universe, no it's not. Illea has changed since The One and that is to be expected since Maxon is now King. Because of that, Illea has become more advanced. Think of it as the turning of the 21st century. Nowadays, we have so many things compared to the nineties or eighties. It's exactly like that in this fanfic. They are in their nowadays when before Maxon became King was considered to be their nineties. I hope I didn't just confuse you XD Also, I wanted to thank everyone who's been commenting, favoriting, following, or even just reading this fanfic. To see that almost 5,000 people have read my fanfic is amazing :)
(if you are curious what Kiren asked, look in the comments)
But to sum it up: They got more advanced because society has changed due to Maxon becoming King. They industrialized (in a sense).
Thank you guys so much :D
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(They also happen to be my first follower and they wrote the very first comment about this story.)