The Royals: That Damned Night

by The UnderFaker

Eleanor Henstridge was having the time of her life, then her heart was shattered, next her life changed forever

She was having the time of her life... then her heart was shattered... next her life changed forever.

The Royals

That Damned Night

By

The UnderFaker writing as Bocephus Manticore

Jasper Frost stands in a doorway... he has just confronted Samantha Cook (Mandy), for playing with Eleanor Henstridge's (Len/Lenni) emotions for weeks just to try and rob her like he was originally there to do according to their plan, but something happened to the Las Vegas conman, he got feelings for Len, He got back diamond earrings that Len dejectedly gave to Mandy, having just had her heart shattered as Mandy was only there for the Koh I Noor diamond which Jasper had prevented her from stealing. The site he sees breaks his heart, Len soaking wet from the fire prevention system and sitting in a bumper car looking like she was just shattered with a hammer. Jasper realizes there may be no fixing this, he may have had a hand in the downfall of Eleanor Henstridge.

Len sits in the bumper car her mind completely blank; she is so numb that she barely even feels the water that has soaked her from head to toe, she does not want alcohol or drugs as she can't even muster the strength to go find them all she wants to do is sit in this car and die. She begins to think "dad was right to be disappointed in me, look at me I'm worthless, no one even wants to see if I'm ok, all they probably think is there's the party princess drunk again, no one should ever care about me." For once though Eleanor Henstridge wasn't drunk or high, she was just here trapped in her own mind and that was a frightening place to be especially now. She begins to think "Liam's not even here and he cares the most, have I pushed my twin brother away" she does not know that he was evacuated when she set off the fire system, Robbie you're probably glad you're dead and not having to deal with me anymore, no one cares and I have given them every reason not to, I'm a failure, I couldn't even see through Mandy the signs were there the sneaking out, we just got together last month and she planned a party with fireworks to cover her escape, and of course her bumping heads with me I knew that diamond felt fake, would the world be better without me, for the first time in my life I'm broken, and there may be no fixing me."

Jasper starts to tear up but he gets an idea one that may set Len back on the right path. He walks over to the bumper car and places the earrings on the hood and walks away. Len sees this and realizes someone has cared about her, even if he was here to rob her somewhere along the way he wanted to be a good person, and she kept pushing him away. "Jasper" she weakly calls out, he turns around, she lifts her arm and points down at the seat next to her, Jasper realizes she is actually inviting him to sit with her. He slowly sits next to the soaking princess, he waits for her to speak... "well you wanted to talk to me here's your chance" she says softly, "I was gonna let you speak first, seeing as I've hurt you, I thought it would be wrong for me to go first." Len begins to speak staring loudly blankly at the ceiling, her hands clasped on her stomach "I thought you had taken advantage of me, then you blackmailed me in to having sex with you, and of course you slept with my mother, in my father's bed I may add, and then you knew Mandy was here to rob me you knew the whole fucking and" now speaking in a soft dejected way "you tried to warn me every chance you got, and I didn't listen because I didn't trust you, or didn't trust me, or I probably just didn't want to hear it, I was madly in love with her, I thought the bitch loved me" Jasper quickly says "and I thought the bitch loved me too at one time", Len then responds "did you sleep with Mandy" Jasper rolls his eyes, Len then smiles, laughs a bit, and then says "looks like we both slept with Mandy, and both got played by her." Jasper notices that Len is starting to shiver, so he puts his jacket over her and says "she was my high school sweetheart, we dated all four years, we would pull cons, two years ago she broke up with me for talking about not wanting to be a conman anymore, Eleanor I'm so sorry I didn't do this for the money I came up with this..." he begins to tear up. Len looks over at him bewildered and says "you came up with this to get her back... wow that was desperate, but it was sweet, love does crazy things to people." He smiles a bit looks in her eyes "once I got here I couldn't rob you, I realized with what you and your family go through you deserve everything you have, and I also didn't expect to catch feeling for someone" she asks him who it is and he says "you princess, I fell in love with you, you make me want to be a better person every day, because I found you or you found me or we found each other, I never want to pull another con again, you filled a hole that I had been trying to for years, I love you more than I ever loved Mandy because past all the headlines, the monarchy, the drugs and the alcohol I see a girl who wants to make a difference in the world, who put on her first fasion show and absolutely nailed it, and I want to help you do all that and hey you changed me the only person I care about what they think of me is you, I want to be good in your eyes, and I don't care what my dad thinks or what Mandy thinks, I know your dad would be proud of you for that", she kisses him on the cheek and says "thank you, for always caring even when I pushed you away, thanks for following me around the world watching from the shadows making sure I was safe and using your own money to do it, and I will make sure your life savings are restored." "I don't want money all I want is you Eleanor, I came back here so I could be near you and now I want to be with you... if you're ready of course, if you want to just be friends I understand, I'd rather have you in my life than not at all" Jasper says returning the kiss on her cheek, she grabs the back of his head and kisses him deeply on the lips. Len's mother Queen Helena who has been standing in the shadows nearby smiles and walks away to her bedroom as she is happy that her daughter may have found someone. Len then tells Jasper how she feels broken and he says to her "I'll help put you back together, piece by piece, however long it takes, do you want me to take you back to your room, you'll get sick if you stay here."

Len allows Jasper to carry her back to her room, she has always trusted that he would never let anything happen to her and now she's beginning to trust him with her heart. He puts her down on her bed and goes to the couch. Len gets up gets naked and says "I think I might need help with a bath, some of your more comfortable clothes are still in the closet" he changes into a tee shirt and shorts. She is already in the tub when he enters the bathroom, he sits on the step right along the tub and says "can I" motioning toward her shoulders "massage my shoulders... yeah go ahead" she says with a smile, the massage feels so good... he then asks her "did you ever not trust that I would give my life to protect you", "I never doubted that for a second, I always trusted that you would protect me, and someday I hope to be able to fully trust you with my heart" Jasper smiles and says "that will be the greatest day of my life" They both go sit on her couch and watch a movie, Jasper goes to leave and Len asks "where are you going", to which Jasper replies "I want you to trust me again fully... but I wanna do things right and take it slowly", she smiles at him and says "goodnight Jasper, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow" he leaves and Len goes to bed.

About an hour later Ted Pryce the Palace's head of security bursts in to Len's room and says "your highness wake up we have to go security has been breached", groggy from sleep she asks where "are you taking me", he replies "to a car in the tunnels" he gets her in a car and speeds away her into the night... The next day Queen Helena goes to her daughter's room hoping to have a mother daughter day of horseback riding, when she cannot find her she goes and asks her son Prince Liam "Liam have you seen your sister at all today... Happy Birthday too", "Thanks mum, no I haven't seen her I assumed she was with Mandy" he replies, Helena looks sad and tells him "I think I overheard her telling Jasper Frost last night that Mandy broke up with her", Liam sighs and says "poor Lenni, on our birthday at a party that she planned for us, what a bitch", Helena responds "agreed, still could you try to find her, I want to be a better mother to the two of you, which I'll admit I've been shit at", "Mum we both know the pressure you're under, with dad gone and having to put out one Cyrus brushfire after another", he hugs her and she thanks him, They both go their separate ways looking for Len, Liam goes to Jasper and they search through the whole palace, going to the wine cellar, the gardens, the grounds, and even the garage where Liam and his father had worked on cars, but they find nothing, they go to the security monitor room in the tunnels and look at camera feeds when Jasper notices something "the camera feed's around Eleanor's room were terminated around 5:30 this morning, and in the tunnels, tracing the source of the shutdowns, this may take time", "we need to alert people, call Mi6, Scotland Yard, he'll call the goddamn KGB, and my mum," Liam shouts, Jasper puts his arm around Liam's shoulder's and says "we know nothing yet except for that the cameras were offline, we don't even know a direction of where to go yet" Liam nods and sighs "we'll find her, you know I'll never stop until she's found... by the way the KGB no longer exists", Liam smiles a bit. Jasper looks concerned "this login to turn the camera's off... it's my login", "how is that possible" asks Liam... "the only ones who know this are me Mi5, Mi6, and Ted Pryce... the IP address... registered to Ted Pryce", Liam then speculates "I'm not convinced that it's Ted, we've trusted that man for years... what are you doing", Jasper hacks traffic cams and what he finds shocks him he turns to Liam and with fire in his eyes says "It's Ted's car he and... I'm sorry Liam Ted has kidnapped your sister."

Liam bursts out the door, Jasper quickly follows and grabs him "we have to be careful, Ted could have cameras all over this place" he says, "careful about what" asks Helena who had been in the shadow's waiting for them, "Mum what are you doing down here", Liam asks with shock and anger still in his eyes, she walks over to them her arms folded and says "I saw you two come down here, whenever you or your sister come to the tunnels it's either to sneak out, trouble, or to plot something", Jasper then leads them to a part of the Palace grounds where there are no camera that can capture audio... "Mum Len's been kidnapped" says Liam, The queen looks at him and says "how do you know, we need to ask Mr. Pryce to investigate", Liam says "mum he's the one that did it, the cameras were turned off around Len's room by Ted using Jasper's credentials, none of our camera's picked it up", Helena raises an eyebrow and Jasper says "I hacked local traffic cams and did a search for his license plate, we saw him with her in the front seat... it looks like he got her to go willingly", Helena then speculates "yes she would we've trusted Ted since before you two were born" referring to Len and Liam.

Len wakes up in a cave in the English countryside, her hands chained above her head and her feet chained below. She sees a person approach and is shocked "Mandy" she says, "surprised Lenni, you knew it was only a matter of time till we met again." Len struggles against her restraints "you have to know that you have created a serious international incident", "oh Lenni you talk too much, in your sleep too... ha ha ha I found it quite humorous, dad are you proud of me, or ha ha Robbie were you ashamed of me", Len has tears welling up when she says "you're a bitch, I allowed myself to fall in love with you, I should have seen through it, and the one that actually cared I pushed him away, what's your plan now leverage me for the Koh I Noor.", Mandy laughs licks Len's neck and cheek then says "oh Lenni aka the best lay ever, you think this is about the diamond, that's what I allowed Jasper to think... ha his pathetic attempt to", "save your relationship... seems like he loved you very much" Len interrupts, Mandy slaps her and says "I was speaking, he liked me but I can tell he loves you. he tried to get me to go back to you just so you would be happy", Len tears up a bit and asks "why are you telling me this", Mandy smiles and whispers in Len's ear... "because you're never gonna see him again", Len smiles because she knows Liam and Jasper won't stop looking until they find her, she defiantly asks "why", Mandy just smiles and says "because in 24 hours you'll be dead" it's is at this point than Len says "you soulless bitch", "thanks for the complement" Mandy retorts, she brings in a cart and says "Lenni let's see what you'll overdose on, we have... Ketamine, Nubane, GHB, Somas, and oooooo Halcion", Len rolls her eyes and says " special k, bane, ghb, candy, and h-bombs what are you a fuckin professional wrestler even I know better than to fuck with that shit." Just then 3 people burst in and Mandy yells "goddamnit Harmony could you be louder", the blond woman named Harmony then says "good to see you too Mands remember when you said you wanted to insure that security guy's loyalty", Mandy quickly walks over and says "what did you do Harm", "I brought a little present from New York for you" then Len sees the unconscious Ophelia, Ted's daughter, Liam's somewhat ex-girlfriend and the best friend she ever had thrown into a small cage next to her, Len begins shouting at Mandy "you fucking psycho bitch, Phee has nothing to do with anything, it's me you want and you already got, what the fuck is wrong with you!", Mandy yells to Len "I did not order this", she turns to Harmony and says "can you be that dense... oh what was I thinking saying that around you, did you ever stop to think that this would cause Ted to maybe help them escape", Harmony then casually says "well after he killed the king, and I wanted to impress Blondie Bear..." Len has rage in her eyes and yells "TED YOU BASTARD WE TRUSTED YOU!"

In a secluded area at the far side of the palace grounds Liam and Jasper wait and then a peroxide blond man in a black tee-shirt, jeans, and a black leather trench coat appears outta nowhere, "Frost you sod what did you call me from Chicago for the mrs wants to know too", "I'm sure Summers is not gonna worry, Liam Henstridge meet Will Pratt" replies Jasper, "You know bloody well never to call me that" he replies "ok Spike" says Jasper, "so what's the deal scary things that go bump in the night threatening the Royal Family", "my sister has been kidnapped by our head of security" says Liam, Spike turns back to Jasper and says "you called me here for that, they have people whose job it is to do that they're called MI6 come on mate the Hawks are playing the Blues tomorrow night", Liam shouts "and you think your little blues concert is more important than my sister", Spike retorts "game seven of the NHL Western Conference Finals actually", "we need you Spike, I broke her heart and then Mandy did too" says Jasper, Spike tilts his head and his eyes widen "Mandy!, you don't mean Samantha Cooke do you" Jasper nods his head, "AWWW BUGGER ALL WE GOT NO TIME TO LOSE, ITS A GODDAMN ACENDENCY RITUAL SY's BEEN... he's been talking about it for a month I never thought he would try to get Eleanor though"... "Sy's looking to, is there any chance to save Mandy from..." Jasper says as they all walk toward spike's GTO" "Who do you think ya are Damon Bloody Helstrom, no there is no way, unless she goes to the caves in Africa... which she won't... since she's willing to cut out your princess's heart for the bloody ritual" Liam is enraged, "we gotta speed there's only one place in The U.K. to do this, the caves under Mustache Mountain, your highness we'll get your sister back" says Spike as they speed off into the night."

Back in the cave Len looks at Ophelia who is asleep and thinks "why they hell did they have to drag you into this, you should be having the time of your life in America and now you're here with me in this dirty place, I hope they will release you soon." Soon though Ophelia wakes up and then sees Len chained to the cave wall... "Len, what the hell is going on why are you chained to that wall", "all I know Phee is I'm gonna die in less than 24hr apparently the bitch that I thought loved me is a psychopath who wants to make me overdose on some pretty powerful drugs", "I don't get this my dad would never..." says Ophelia, Len interrupts "he Kidnapped me Phee, told me it was an emergency and I trusted him, I heard one of your captors even saying he killed my dad", Ophelia then says "no he would not... if he kidnapped you, then maybe he could... I don't know what to say, I'm sorry that your dad died, I wanted him to survive..." Ophelia looks down at the bottom of her cage and begins to tear up, "Phee if it's true I know you had nothing to do with it, Liam will know that too" says Len, "I love you guys, you've always been understanding with me, and you never traded me like I was just the help" responds Ophelia, then Mandy bursts in the room, "aww you two being good... ha ha ha, Lenni I lied the drugs aren't for you" she injects Ophelia with LSD "MANDY STOP PLEASE SHE'S NEVER DONE DRUGS IN HER LIFE, HURT ME IF YOU MUST BUT NOT HER" shouts Len, "ohh Lenni I'm not done with you... you'll just have to watch her for the rest of your stay ha see ya" Len watches as Ophelia nearly loses her mind during her high... "I'm here Phee" she says as Ophelia is like this for hours.

almost 3 hours later Liam, Jasper, and Spike are nearly to the caves when Liam looks over to Spike who's driving "Spike what cult are we dealing with here why do they believe Len's heart is the key"... Spike interrupts "it's not a cult, promise you won't freak out" he turns his face into a mangled mass of bumps and his teeth turn to fangs", Liam's eyes widen and he says "ok that was unexpected, so this ascendency ritual what is it", Spike turns his face back to normal, concentrates on the road and says "different types of demons... yes I said demons there are different types of rituals... your giant slug monster has to eat a high school graduation class or a random mass gathering after ascending, vampires like myself and the Cooke's would have to cut out a princess's heart to ascend at all, I'll do all I can to save your sister... I can tell underneath all the partying she's a good kid." Liam says "you're right about that... greatest person I've ever known... Jasper stays silent for the entire trip wanting the woman he loves back in his arms, Liam looks back at him and says to Spike "He loves her, he's always protected her, always focused on her he's kinda like an angel in that way" Spike rolls his eyes at the road ahead.

In the cave Ophelia watches as Len is tied to a table, she sees a long surgical instrument brought in and people marking Len's chest, Ophelia realizes that these weird motherfuckers are about to cut out her best friend's heart, and for what reason she does not know. Diamonds, rubies, and sahpires are placed all around Len and Mandy starts reading an incantation in Latin. Mandy looks in to Len's eyes and says from another language entirely to start the ceremony "well princess this is where you end, your heart will help my dad ascend to a new level of being... you'll be looking up even further at daddy soon" Len all the sudden starts to have visions, new strength and agility in her body. Mandy raises the knife to stab Len but then hears a sound of someone breaking into the cave and dispatches men to go check it out and just as she brings the knife down Len breaks out of her restraints and catches it with both hands. Len then kicks Mandy square in the face and jumps off the table, Mandy tries to punch Len but Len dodges and kicks Mandy in the gut. "No no no, give me your heart or I'll kill Ted's daughter" says Mandy, "Kill her and I'll shove my hand up your ass and work you like a puppet. Elsewhere in the cave Spike is fighting off other vampires who turn to dust when staked through the heart, when all of the sudden he is jumped from behind, he throws the would-be assailant to the ground who says "blondie bear", to which Spike replies "Harmony sod off", Harmony replies "sodding off" and runs to a motel to wait out the day. Jasper and Liam fight off so many minions and make their way to where Len and Ophelia are. Jasper yells "Samantha stop this is wrong, your dad is evil", she yells back "so am I, I'm not held back by a soul like you, oh hi Spike the slay bitch let you out"... just then Len jumps on Mandy, Mandy tries to stab Len again but it is reversed and Mandy takes the knife to the heart and crumbles into dust, the get Ophelia out of her cage and Liam kisses her then says "If you don't want to be with me that's fine I'm just glad you're safe", Spike then says "we aint out of this yet aww BUGGER ITS COLAPSEING" They all run out of the cave and watch as Mustache Mountain collapses into the earth creating a crater... "wasn't expecting that, no hellmouth here" Len runs to Jasper jumps into his arms kisses him passionately and says "I knew you would come for me, Mandy told me you wouldn't but I... I... trusted you would", Jasper replies "so you trust me princess", "don't gloat but yes with my life and all of my heart" she says happily, she then says "I started having visions of people I'd never met, and I could fight" Spike's eyes widen as he knows what it means.

A few days after they get back to the palace a man that Spike had called arrives... "well Helena you look beautiful like always" she turns and says "who do you think you are coming in here... RIPPER how the hell are you, are you still in that watching group", "yes I still am that's why I'm here" he replies, Helena says "it's Eleanor isn't it" he nods and Helena gives him directions to Len's room. He knocks on the door "enter" says Len, he does so and she asks who he is and he says "your highness my name is Rupert Giles we need to talk." Insert Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme

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