Chapter 7 – The Escape
1 "Come on boss give me a break…actually give me something to eat." Zidane
Garnet awoke to a rainy night. She had slept pretty much all day, this really disrupted her internal clock, at this point she didn't even know what to do. She paced the room and realized that Zidane had left and hadn't told her where.
Zidane suddenly burst through the door. His hair was lazily dangling in his face do to the soaking rain. Little droplets of rain were dripping from his chin and he was breathing heavily, his mouth halfway open sucking in gulps of air.
"Ok I'm not takin this shit, and your not takin this shit anymore, this kingdom is fucked up and we don't have the power to deal with it." Zidane stated with an urgency in his voice.
"Hunnie…what are you talking about…?" Garnet replied with her voice shaking.
"You know damn well what I'm talkin about, I know it sounds cowardly but we gotta get the hell outta here. I've been hearin things about how we are being overthrown by somebody we didn't even suspect. And that person has much more power than us and basically we're no match…so we're both gonna do ourselves a favor and jet outa Alexandria."
Garnet was shocked, but somewhat relieved that she wasn't the only one with these ridiculous thoughts.
Garnet ran over to Zidane and hugged him, putting her arms around his neck. She dug her face in his shoulder. He embraced her in his wet clothes.
"Baby I'd hate to ruin the moment…but we got no time to be hugging, we gotta get the hell out."
^^^
Quickly Zidane and Garnet gathered all of there belongings and materials. They checked the room once more to see if they had forgotten anything. They both looked at the room nodding there heads as to say goodbye for a very long time.
There were guards surrounding the outskirts of Alexandria and its very hard to leave without an elaborate plan or something to that nature. An elaborate plan it wasn't, but it was good enough.
The guards at the base of the tower were sleeping, but the footsteps of two sprinting people sort of woke them up. Zidane and Garnet were already almost half way up when the guards realized it.
Zidane and Garnet sprinted up the winding stairs of the tower, there legs burning but they knew they had to be right on time. They got to the top and shut the massive metal door behind them. The guards, and backup guards knocked and kicked at the door. They were yelling something but Zidane and Garnet weren't paying attention. Guards were now surrounding the building staring up at them in the tower.
They got to the top and looked around the city. It was a beautiful city, always something going on. They knew they were leaving the very city they had single handedly saved. It was very depressing for them both.
"Well I feel like we've both been used up and thrown out…but there's not a whole lot we can do." Zidane softly said.
"Zidane…I feel like such a coward, we are just leaving this place like we stole something."
"I do too baby, but I want to live a little longer, I don't want to be worried about getting killed in my sleep or in public…but most of all I want to be able to know that you are safe with me, I would never sleep because I would always be watching over you, I don't want anything to happen to us."
Zidane was holding both of her hands, and she was trembling.
Soft tears were flowing from her eyes as she put her face in Zidane's chest, where she always felt safe and secure, listening to his heartbeat. His arms were around her and even though guards were pounding on the door, and were surrounding his castle, he felt like he was in a timeless heaven. Zidane loved his kingdom and the people of his kingdom, but what he loved more than anything was Garnet. He would give anything and do anything for her to be safe. He wouldn't be able to live with the thought of Garnet being harmed. His job was to be king, but what he had was much more than a job, it was a life commitment…a life commitment he enjoyed.
Garnet felt that her and Zidane had lost something since they had become King and Queen. She felt they didn't have the same fire and passion for each other. Yes they saw each other everyday, but it wasn't meaningful, they were always busy and had something to do. But even though Zidane had things to do, he would find a way to see her…sometimes going without permission.
After living with Zidane and her friends during the crisis of the planet, she felt free. She wanted to be free again, she always thought of leaving, but most of the time it was a dream. Yes…she wanted to be free again…but she didn't want it to happen like this.
As they embraced, Zidane spotted a dark object coming out of the clouds.
***
"What the hell are you guys doin?! We are flyin way too low! Why don't we just destroy the tower while we're at it?!"
Baku felt like he had a bunch of rookies flying his enormous hunk of wood that was the Theater Ship. Their altitude was steadily rising and Baku's yelling had calmed down a bit.
"Ok Charlie you know what to do, we basically got one chance to get this done and its all up to you, if it makes ya focus any better…a raise is just around the corner." Baku grinned.
"Ok boys were comin in close, hold the ship steady!" Baku exclaimed.
Charlie's job was to drop the ladder down perfectly to Garnet and Zidane. It sounded simple but it definitely was not, if dropped down too early the rain and wind would blow it to one side, the odds Zidane and Garnet catching THAT would be very slim.
Charlie waited for his cue with beads of sweat dripping down his face.
"HIT IT!" Baku yelled.
Charlie's eyes spread wide open and he swiftly dropped the ladder down, he controlled the ladder from above so it wouldn't hit any buildings and that it went to the 2 stranded stowaways where they could atleast grab it.
Charlie felt a tug and let out a sigh of relief.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!, you gotta bring em up too!"
Charlie softly uttered a cuss word and began reeling in vigorously.
The figure of the king and queen embracing on the ladder was quite stunning. There was rain and wind in the background with lightning flashing behind them. It looked like something out of a movie.
"Well well well, look who we got crawlin back." Baku mocked with a smile on his face.
"Come on boss give me a break…actually give me something to eat." Zidane replied.
Baku shook his head and headed over to the kitchen. Garnet sat against the wall of the ship and closed her eyes. She didn't know if they had done something very cowardly or something life saving.
"Come on Garnet, lets go eat."
2 Have I betrayed my kingdom? Or saved myself?
1 "Come on boss give me a break…actually give me something to eat." Zidane
Garnet awoke to a rainy night. She had slept pretty much all day, this really disrupted her internal clock, at this point she didn't even know what to do. She paced the room and realized that Zidane had left and hadn't told her where.
Zidane suddenly burst through the door. His hair was lazily dangling in his face do to the soaking rain. Little droplets of rain were dripping from his chin and he was breathing heavily, his mouth halfway open sucking in gulps of air.
"Ok I'm not takin this shit, and your not takin this shit anymore, this kingdom is fucked up and we don't have the power to deal with it." Zidane stated with an urgency in his voice.
"Hunnie…what are you talking about…?" Garnet replied with her voice shaking.
"You know damn well what I'm talkin about, I know it sounds cowardly but we gotta get the hell outta here. I've been hearin things about how we are being overthrown by somebody we didn't even suspect. And that person has much more power than us and basically we're no match…so we're both gonna do ourselves a favor and jet outa Alexandria."
Garnet was shocked, but somewhat relieved that she wasn't the only one with these ridiculous thoughts.
Garnet ran over to Zidane and hugged him, putting her arms around his neck. She dug her face in his shoulder. He embraced her in his wet clothes.
"Baby I'd hate to ruin the moment…but we got no time to be hugging, we gotta get the hell out."
^^^
Quickly Zidane and Garnet gathered all of there belongings and materials. They checked the room once more to see if they had forgotten anything. They both looked at the room nodding there heads as to say goodbye for a very long time.
There were guards surrounding the outskirts of Alexandria and its very hard to leave without an elaborate plan or something to that nature. An elaborate plan it wasn't, but it was good enough.
The guards at the base of the tower were sleeping, but the footsteps of two sprinting people sort of woke them up. Zidane and Garnet were already almost half way up when the guards realized it.
Zidane and Garnet sprinted up the winding stairs of the tower, there legs burning but they knew they had to be right on time. They got to the top and shut the massive metal door behind them. The guards, and backup guards knocked and kicked at the door. They were yelling something but Zidane and Garnet weren't paying attention. Guards were now surrounding the building staring up at them in the tower.
They got to the top and looked around the city. It was a beautiful city, always something going on. They knew they were leaving the very city they had single handedly saved. It was very depressing for them both.
"Well I feel like we've both been used up and thrown out…but there's not a whole lot we can do." Zidane softly said.
"Zidane…I feel like such a coward, we are just leaving this place like we stole something."
"I do too baby, but I want to live a little longer, I don't want to be worried about getting killed in my sleep or in public…but most of all I want to be able to know that you are safe with me, I would never sleep because I would always be watching over you, I don't want anything to happen to us."
Zidane was holding both of her hands, and she was trembling.
Soft tears were flowing from her eyes as she put her face in Zidane's chest, where she always felt safe and secure, listening to his heartbeat. His arms were around her and even though guards were pounding on the door, and were surrounding his castle, he felt like he was in a timeless heaven. Zidane loved his kingdom and the people of his kingdom, but what he loved more than anything was Garnet. He would give anything and do anything for her to be safe. He wouldn't be able to live with the thought of Garnet being harmed. His job was to be king, but what he had was much more than a job, it was a life commitment…a life commitment he enjoyed.
Garnet felt that her and Zidane had lost something since they had become King and Queen. She felt they didn't have the same fire and passion for each other. Yes they saw each other everyday, but it wasn't meaningful, they were always busy and had something to do. But even though Zidane had things to do, he would find a way to see her…sometimes going without permission.
After living with Zidane and her friends during the crisis of the planet, she felt free. She wanted to be free again, she always thought of leaving, but most of the time it was a dream. Yes…she wanted to be free again…but she didn't want it to happen like this.
As they embraced, Zidane spotted a dark object coming out of the clouds.
***
"What the hell are you guys doin?! We are flyin way too low! Why don't we just destroy the tower while we're at it?!"
Baku felt like he had a bunch of rookies flying his enormous hunk of wood that was the Theater Ship. Their altitude was steadily rising and Baku's yelling had calmed down a bit.
"Ok Charlie you know what to do, we basically got one chance to get this done and its all up to you, if it makes ya focus any better…a raise is just around the corner." Baku grinned.
"Ok boys were comin in close, hold the ship steady!" Baku exclaimed.
Charlie's job was to drop the ladder down perfectly to Garnet and Zidane. It sounded simple but it definitely was not, if dropped down too early the rain and wind would blow it to one side, the odds Zidane and Garnet catching THAT would be very slim.
Charlie waited for his cue with beads of sweat dripping down his face.
"HIT IT!" Baku yelled.
Charlie's eyes spread wide open and he swiftly dropped the ladder down, he controlled the ladder from above so it wouldn't hit any buildings and that it went to the 2 stranded stowaways where they could atleast grab it.
Charlie felt a tug and let out a sigh of relief.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!, you gotta bring em up too!"
Charlie softly uttered a cuss word and began reeling in vigorously.
The figure of the king and queen embracing on the ladder was quite stunning. There was rain and wind in the background with lightning flashing behind them. It looked like something out of a movie.
"Well well well, look who we got crawlin back." Baku mocked with a smile on his face.
"Come on boss give me a break…actually give me something to eat." Zidane replied.
Baku shook his head and headed over to the kitchen. Garnet sat against the wall of the ship and closed her eyes. She didn't know if they had done something very cowardly or something life saving.
"Come on Garnet, lets go eat."
2 Have I betrayed my kingdom? Or saved myself?