------Chapter Two------

Khivar walked around the palace. With Vilandra's scheme being ruined, he had to figure
something out, fast. He saw Queen Ava wandering around the west wing of the palace,
where he was. He ducked into a large room and looked for someplace to hide. He didn't
get to hide before the door opened. He ducked in to a medium sized room, closing the
door as someone walked into the large room.

Figuring that he'd have to stay there for a while, he looked around. He saw a few clear
light blue pods in the far corner. It took a few seconds for that to sink in. There was
only one thing that pods were used for. Cloning. He walked over to the pods, crouching
next to them.

"Well, well, look what we have here. Hence, this is what King Zan is up to. I wonder
what he's planning to do with clones. He walked back to the door, listening to who was
outside.

"Sir Rath, King Zan requests a sample of you DNA." One of the scientists said.

"Anything for my King." Sir Rath replies, which is, of course the desired response to a
statement as such. He sat down in an odd looking chair. The scientist picked up an odd
looking instrument and held it to Rath's main artery in his neck. In one push of a button,
a part of the instrument filled with a yellowish colored liquid. The instrument had the
ability to separate the parts of the blood.

"You may leave, Sir Rath."

"Hail King Zan, may he rule forever." Sir Rath said, leaving the room.

The scientist started working on cloning Sir Rath. When he walked into the final room,
Khivar ran out of his hiding place. Moving quickly, he pocketed Sir Rath's DNA sample.

He walked out of the room like nothing happened. He exited the castle, passing by the
forts and the houses, unnoticed. He spotted Sir Rath, walking into the reformatory. No
doubt, he was going to see Lady Vilandra. There were, in any case, to be wedded. Very
small chance of that now. But then, King Zan and Queen Ava would find someone better
suited to him.

--Two weeks later-

Lady Vilandra escaped from the reformatory. She swore revenge on her brother and the
Queen, and for her ex-fiancé Sir Rath. She ran towards the nearest docking station, to
take the planet where she really belonged. As she arrived there, the warriors treated
her with every respect due to a Queen. She was lead up to Khivar's palace that was
larger than Zan's.

"You knew where I was and yet you did nothing? Do I mean anything to you at all?" She
exclaimed.

"Calm down, Vilandra, my queen. I knew that you could handle things your own way,
and I was right. And I have a present for you." He took out the small vial of liquid taken
from Sir Rath, handing it to her.

"What is it, may perchance I ask?" She said, studying the vial.

"It is the secret to the scheming Zan's now failure. It is Sir Rath's DNA sample. I will have
you know what they are making clones. What for, I don't know." He said.

"Sir Rath will no longer wed me. He has said I am treacherous and a traitor of the worst
nature. Zan sees me the same way. Queen Ava never cared greatly for me. I am sure to
be executed if I return." She said, talking of her encounters.

"There is no need for you to be anywhere but here. We will wed and you will rule
alongside me, of course. Then we will capture Antar and that can be your place of rule."

"Honestly? I would be honored to be your Queen and rule with you." She replied.

"We will have the ceremony in one week. Then we will start our conquest of Antar."
Khivar stated, then returned to his quarters, asking that a servant lead the soon to be
Queen Vilandra to her own.