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CHAPTER 16
At last he had arrived. He stepped out of the car and slowly walked towards the large house where his followers were residing. Jez greeted him at the door.
"Brother. You took your time." Jez smiled at his brother. Khivar looked at the younger man and took in the sight.
"Jez, you look like shit." Khivar laughed. He loved this human language and how degrading it could be. Jez stared at his brother before breaking into a huge grin and grabbed Khivar and hugged him. Khivar stepped inside the house and could immediately sense what he had come here for.
"Take me to him."
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Josh lay on the mattress staring at the ceiling. Suddenly he felt a jolt and he knew that this was it - this was the day of reckoning. He was here. Josh could sense his presence in the house.
A few minutes later, the door slowly opened and the light switched on. Josh stared in horror as Khivar stepped into the room.
"We finally meet, Quan." Somehow Josh understood Quan to mean Prince. Josh stood and faced the man approaching him.
"So you're finally here. You want me to throw a party?" Josh replied sarcastically.
Khivar smiled. Jez had warned him that the boy had grown very bitter and sarcastic over the last few weeks. It was expected. He didn't cower away from Jez or any of the soldiers sent to feed him and he laughed when they threatened him.
"You're quite a kid. Not what I expected at all." Khivar continued to stare at the boy, memorising every feature of his face. "You're a seer, aren't you? I can sense it. You've seen the future?"
"Maybe, maybe not. You're not what I expected either. I expected to be scared of you." Josh met Khivar's stare and refused to look away.
"You're most definitely a King. You are much, much stronger than your father ever was." Khivar's eyes grew excited "You broke Jez's block which is almost impossible to do. You're special."
"Bite me." Josh spat into Khivar's face and turned away from him. The next thing he knew he was flying front first into the wall. Josh could taste his own blood as he slumped to the floor.
"Contrary to popular thought, Joshua, I have no plans to kill you straight away. If I wanted you dead, you would have been killed within days of your birth. However, you will return to Antar with me. You have the power that I want." Khivar crouched over Josh's small body. "And I will have it."
Josh raised his head, his mouth filled with blood. "No you won't."
Khivar levitated Josh from the floor as Josh spat the blood from his mouth. Josh's face was now level with Khivars.
"How's your aunt Vilandra? Before our little trip is over, I'd like to see her," Khivar grinned "Perhaps she would like to come with us.it would be nice to have her by my side again."
"Stay away from her!" Josh screamed. Khivar laughed, pleased that he had gotten a rise out of the boy.
"I don't think you fully understand your destiny, boy. You are the heir to the throne of a small planet. When I bring you to Antar, the reception you will receive will be outstanding! Your power is unspeakable and it's all I want. Your power. I don't think I'll kill you - just use you. You can still live like a King. Fair trade?"
Josh couldn't believe what he was hearing. Khivar wanted him to go to Antar, to leave all his family behind, to give up his powers but to then be set 'free' to live a life of luxury on a strange planet.
"I'm 8 years old. I don't want to go to your planet, and I won't give up my powers! My Dad said they're my gift, they're who I am." Josh looked fearlessly at Khivar. "You can't just take them from me, it's impossible." Josh looked mystified, was this guy crazy?
"Oh but I can - once I get you to Antar, I can take them all and then I'll be a seer just like you.tell me Josh, have you seen how this will all end? Can you see our fate?"
Josh smiled knowingly at Khivar. "I saw it, I felt it. I felt the pain you will feel when my father kills you."
Khivar's evil smile disappeared. "Well you know the best thing about knowing what the future holds? The ability to change it, and I choose my own fate, my own destiny. Your father won't kill me, Joshua. I will kill him, but first I will make sure he sees everybody he cares for suffer a pain so unimaginable that he will beg me to end his life."
CHAPTER 16
At last he had arrived. He stepped out of the car and slowly walked towards the large house where his followers were residing. Jez greeted him at the door.
"Brother. You took your time." Jez smiled at his brother. Khivar looked at the younger man and took in the sight.
"Jez, you look like shit." Khivar laughed. He loved this human language and how degrading it could be. Jez stared at his brother before breaking into a huge grin and grabbed Khivar and hugged him. Khivar stepped inside the house and could immediately sense what he had come here for.
"Take me to him."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Josh lay on the mattress staring at the ceiling. Suddenly he felt a jolt and he knew that this was it - this was the day of reckoning. He was here. Josh could sense his presence in the house.
A few minutes later, the door slowly opened and the light switched on. Josh stared in horror as Khivar stepped into the room.
"We finally meet, Quan." Somehow Josh understood Quan to mean Prince. Josh stood and faced the man approaching him.
"So you're finally here. You want me to throw a party?" Josh replied sarcastically.
Khivar smiled. Jez had warned him that the boy had grown very bitter and sarcastic over the last few weeks. It was expected. He didn't cower away from Jez or any of the soldiers sent to feed him and he laughed when they threatened him.
"You're quite a kid. Not what I expected at all." Khivar continued to stare at the boy, memorising every feature of his face. "You're a seer, aren't you? I can sense it. You've seen the future?"
"Maybe, maybe not. You're not what I expected either. I expected to be scared of you." Josh met Khivar's stare and refused to look away.
"You're most definitely a King. You are much, much stronger than your father ever was." Khivar's eyes grew excited "You broke Jez's block which is almost impossible to do. You're special."
"Bite me." Josh spat into Khivar's face and turned away from him. The next thing he knew he was flying front first into the wall. Josh could taste his own blood as he slumped to the floor.
"Contrary to popular thought, Joshua, I have no plans to kill you straight away. If I wanted you dead, you would have been killed within days of your birth. However, you will return to Antar with me. You have the power that I want." Khivar crouched over Josh's small body. "And I will have it."
Josh raised his head, his mouth filled with blood. "No you won't."
Khivar levitated Josh from the floor as Josh spat the blood from his mouth. Josh's face was now level with Khivars.
"How's your aunt Vilandra? Before our little trip is over, I'd like to see her," Khivar grinned "Perhaps she would like to come with us.it would be nice to have her by my side again."
"Stay away from her!" Josh screamed. Khivar laughed, pleased that he had gotten a rise out of the boy.
"I don't think you fully understand your destiny, boy. You are the heir to the throne of a small planet. When I bring you to Antar, the reception you will receive will be outstanding! Your power is unspeakable and it's all I want. Your power. I don't think I'll kill you - just use you. You can still live like a King. Fair trade?"
Josh couldn't believe what he was hearing. Khivar wanted him to go to Antar, to leave all his family behind, to give up his powers but to then be set 'free' to live a life of luxury on a strange planet.
"I'm 8 years old. I don't want to go to your planet, and I won't give up my powers! My Dad said they're my gift, they're who I am." Josh looked fearlessly at Khivar. "You can't just take them from me, it's impossible." Josh looked mystified, was this guy crazy?
"Oh but I can - once I get you to Antar, I can take them all and then I'll be a seer just like you.tell me Josh, have you seen how this will all end? Can you see our fate?"
Josh smiled knowingly at Khivar. "I saw it, I felt it. I felt the pain you will feel when my father kills you."
Khivar's evil smile disappeared. "Well you know the best thing about knowing what the future holds? The ability to change it, and I choose my own fate, my own destiny. Your father won't kill me, Joshua. I will kill him, but first I will make sure he sees everybody he cares for suffer a pain so unimaginable that he will beg me to end his life."
