SR: Would you guys like to know something? I went to a movie marathon. You know what happened during this movie marathon? I got an idea! The problem? It doesn't work with my new story but with this one. This along with a prod from my friend Fire has led me to decide to give this story one more shot. Battle stations everyone. This is the final wave.
The Great Escape
Twin pools of amber stared at Kai's motionless form. He'd been out of it for two days now and the neko-jinn was starting to think that he wouldn't wake up. Normally, Kai would have been confined to the infirmary but in light of the fact that everyone who needed to be treated was at odds with each other it had been decided that they would be treated in their rooms. Or cells if you counted Set and Ozuma.
The entire castle was in an uproar over recent events. Captain Tala had been found along with High Council member Mariah. Prince Robert and Johnny, two guests at the castle were also found. Two princes were present along with two unidentified others. Not to mention Max and Tyson, two of the castles highest ranked soldiers.
There was a sound outside the door and Rei turned in time to see it creak open and watch as Max poked his head around it. "Hey Rei, Kai woken up yet?" When Rei shook his head no Max sighed and entered the room closing the door behind him.
Max wasn't in horrible shape but he didn't look like a basket of fruit either. He walked with a noticeable limp and couldn't run at all. He was constantly being dragged to see the healers on orders of the King. If Max couldn't run then he wouldn't be able to continue serving in the army. That was something the Royal Family refused to accept. Thus he was receiving the best care and treatment possible.
"Tyson's up now. Demanding for food so I guess that's a good sign." Max said trying to sound cheerful besides the bleak situation that surrounded a good part of the fighters that had been injured. Mariah was conscious but because of the horrible wound Robert had inflicted on her she had yet to be declared stable in her health. Johnny was still lying unconscious and the healers said he might not be waking up at all. Robert was okay for the most part. He was complaining of headaches and had minor injuries all over the place but he was all right.
Set's condition was stable thought not great. Kano was awake but because of his weak condition his immune system had failed to fend off an illness. While the healers said it was nothing serious it was hampering his recovery. Tala was all right since he'd been knocked out of the fight early on and boy, was he pissed.
Tala was wreaking havoc to whoever dared to cross his temper at the moment. Even the King was keeping away from the subject of him returning to his post as Chief Captain. Tala was not a force to be reckoned with when he was angry and no one would dare try. Ozuma was still out of it but the healers were saying that he was steadily improving and should be alright in a couple of days.
"Hn, that's good to hear but he'll be in a lot of trouble when this whole mess gets sorted out. So will you." Rei stated. It was true, both Tyson and Max were facing possible treason and disregard to direct orders. A soft groan from Kai's bed caused both of them to turn their attention to the slightly moving form of Kai.
"Gnh, what happened?" Came Kai's voice. He forced himself to open his eyes and was promptly assaulted by that so-called wonderful sun. "Damn, someone get the curtains." He groaned.
Max scrambled up and pulled the long black curtains across the window effectively shutting out the light.
Kai hissed in pain but forced himself into a sitting position in his bed. He focused first on Max and then on Rei. Now, he remembered, Kano, the outlaws and everything else. Oh this wasn't going to look good once it got sorted out. "Max, how's everyone doing?"
Blinking the blond launched himself into a speech on everyone's conditions. Kai remained unfazed and emotionless through the entire thing. With a deep breath Max finished up his report. "That's about it Kai…"
"Just wondering but what're the chances of my brother getting out of this alive?" Rei asked sheepishly. Hey, they may not be on the greatest of terms but they were still brothers. Kai glared at Rei and formed a zero with his index finger and thumb. Huffing angrily Rei considered trying to break free while Kai was out on bedrest. Almost as if reading his thoughts Kai's glare intensified.
"Don't you try anything or I swear I'll see how well you can fly." Kai balled a fist and waved it at him.
"Chill out Kai, Rei's not going to try and pull a fast one. I mean, he's still chained to the wall for heaven's sake. Now you just rest and get better alr-KAI!" Max yelled as Kai swung his feet off of the bed and stood up using his nightstand as a support. He wavered for a precious moment but eventually stabled.
It was a good bet that Kai would have tried to leave the room if it weren't for the incident that followed right after. The sound of the door opening was becoming awfully familiar for Rei at that moment as Tundra stepped into the room.
"You! What do you think you're doing up? Get back in bed." She shrieked and Rei had to duck to avoid being walloped by her bag of herbs as it was swung about on its string.
"Woman, I'll thank you to not yell so loud as I have a rather large headache and get out of my room." Kai ordered pointing towards the door behind Tundra. The healer on her part just glared at him.
"No, you get back in bed. You're in no condition to be up and about." She seethed. Several green strands of hair had fallen out of her ponytail and now clustered around her face as she squared off with the prince.
"That's what you said the last time you saw me!" He countered. The least she could do was come up with different reasons to keeping him confined to a bed.
"And I was right! I told you to stay in bed and what did you do? You went and got yourself into a raging war!" She yelled hotly. "What? Do you like having medicines shoved down your throat?"
"Get out!" Kai roared so loud that it could be heard clear down the hall. Some servants and Prince Kyle had gathered at the open door and were watching the face-off with interest, amusement and perhaps a bit of apprehension. A guard nudged Kyle in the ribs. "Ten coins on the girl."
"I will not! I came here to treat your wounds and I will!" She yelled just as loud but her voice was a good deal shriller. Sensing Kai's dangerous mood Max tried desperately to usher the woman out of the room.
"C'mon now Tundra, if Kai says he's fine then he's fine. Leave it at that." Max soothed as he tried to push her out of the room. The green-haired girl however just squared her shoulders and that was enough to cease Max's attempts. Tundra was strong by nature and though Max would normally have been capable of pushing her out no matter how hard she tried to fight him, his leg was killing him so he gave up with a sigh and sat down on the floor next to Rei.
"If you don't leave right now I'll…" Kai took a step towards Tundra and she took a step back. Glaring angrily she snapped her eyes to Kyle.
"My Lord, permission to use whatever means necessary to sedate the patient." She growled and Kyle nodded if not for Kai's own good then at the very least to avoid incurring the healer's wrath in his direction.
'Sedate?' Kai thought. That didn't sound good and with this woman of the wild who knew what she was talking about. "Now see here Tundra, these are in my quarters and I order you to leave. Now!"
There was a whirling sound and Tundra's herb bag connected sharply with his chest causing the prince to stumble backwards and neatly fall onto his bed.
Sputtering in rage Kai scrambled up into a sitting position and would have gotten completely up if it weren't for the fact that Tundra was swinging that bag of hers around. "Get up and I swear to god I'll knock you down for good." She yelled.
One look at Tundra's dead serious face was enough to realize that she wasn't joking. Not by any means. Giving her a glare that promised revenge Kai lay back down. Crazy woman!
"Sngh…wohahahee." All eyes turned to Rei was clutching at his stomach. Tears streamed down his face in hilarity. He'd never though he'd see the day that Kai would be taken out by a woman. This was precious.
WUMP!
Rei choked on his next laugh as Tundra's bag landed right next to him. He looked at her and promptly fell completely silent at the murderous look on her face. "Eh, sorry ma'am. Won't happen again." He muttered meekly.
Tundra then turned her wrath on all those gathered by the door. "And what are all of you smirking at?" She demanded. A chorus of 'nothing's came forward. "Then go the hell away!" She shrieked. Everyone scuttled off lest they become one of her patients. Taking a deep breath the girl recomposed herself. "Now then Prince Kai, all of your minor injuries have already been treated while you were unconscious, all that remains is that bump on your head." She waved one hand near the afore mentioned bump.
"That's nice to know." Kai grumbled and shot both Max and Rei death glares before they could start laughing again. It worked.
"Sure…whatever you say my lord. Now hold still." Leaning over she began dabbing at the tender area with a cloth that had been dipped in some sort of medicine to prevent infection. It stung like no one's business and Kai found himself wondering if maybe she wasn't trying to kill him.
"Exactly how long is this going to take?" Kai demanded.
"Aw what's the matter? Does the prince need his beauty sleep? Hell yeah!" Came the jeering voice. Kai cringed slightly and redirected his glare to the impudent redhead who stood framed in his doorway.
"Tala…" Max warned from his position on the floor. Despite the obvious dislike Kai had for him, Max held no ill feelings against Tala and didn't want to see the other arrested for starting a fight with the prince. Tala gave Max a 'stay out of it' look before walking up next to Kai's bed and giving him a not so gentle pat on the arm.
"I'm warning you…." Kai seethed. "Cut it out or I'll…"
"What? Come after me? I don't think you're capable of fighting right now my lord." Tala replied. What he was planning on pulling off later was going to have him break at least a dozen laws so he might as well get some sort of amusement out of it now.
"Sir, I'll thank you not to upset my patient while he's in such a delicate condition." Tundra said softly as she inspected Kai's head once more before nodding her approvement. "Done."
Tala fell into tucks of laughter. "Delicate condition? Hear that Kai, you're delicate!" The Ex-Captain leaned against a wall for support, as his legs became weak from laughter.
Kai slowly turned his head in Tundra's direction giving her a look that showed that he was not happy over her choice of words. She raised a green eyebrow before catching Tala in the stomach with her pouch.
"Come along now Mr.Ivanov, you have quite a nasty bump on the back of your head as well. I need to look at that. Come on." That said Tundra exited the room followed closely by Tala who muttered something about stealing her pouch and burning it.
Rei was all to amused by the events going around him at the moment and Max was stifling giggles, even Kai had a smirk on his face.
"Right," Said the noble. "Everyone keep quiet because I'm going back to sleep." Without another word Kai rolled over and closed his eyes. Max shrugged and looked at Rei.
"Wanna play some cards?" He asked. The amber-eyed boy grinned.
"Sounds good…"
Mariah groaned in pain as she leaned over the bucket and threw up again. The healer present gave her a small pat on the back.
"You'll be alright dear…" She assured her. Mariah glared up at her and would have given her some nasty remark if her stomach had not done another flip causing her to duck down once more. Several more minutes of this followed before Mariah had finally thrown everything up that was in her body. She accepted the glass of water that was offered to her and rinsed her mouth.
"You're dismissed." She said curtly.
"Yes my lady. Do you wish for me to send Tundra up to check on you?" The elderly woman asked.
"No, I'm fine." Mariah said. The old healer gave a quick bow before scurrying out of the room with the bucket.
It was rising on three days since she'd gotten mauled by Robert's sword and she was as sick as day one. According to Tundra, Robert had caused some internal damage that her body was having difficulty in healing even with the added help of potions and medicines.
She hadn't set foot out of this bed for the entire time she'd been back and it made her want to scream. She'd had quite a few visitors though. The King had come to see her to make sure she was all right and to get an explanation as to what happened. She'd only been able to give him small snippets of information though seeing as she wasn't conscious the entire time and that it had been one large area of chaos all around. The Queen came regularly to chat with her and even Tala had popped by to see how she was doing.
However, her most important visitor had yet to come. He was coming today though and that's why she had declined the proposal to see Tundra. She enjoyed the head healers' company a great deal but now wasn't the time.
"Mariah?" The voice drifted to her snapping her attention to the door. There stood a short boy with dark green hair.
"Kevin! What're you standing around for? Get in but close the door behind you." She waved for him to take a seat near the window. He did.
"Hey Mariah, you gonna eat that?" He motioned to a platter of food. Mariah grimaced.
"Ungh, help yourself, I can't keep anything down." She muttered. "Now, tell me what you've found out." She demanded. She and Kevin had known each other for a while and Mariah had soon found out exactly how good Kevin was at getting information. He was like a ghost of sorts.
"Thanks," He said pulling the plate towards him and shoving one of the small pasties into his mouth. "Anyway, I heard Tala and Set talking. Tala's planning on busting those two outlaws out tonight. He figures it's the best chance they got since so many people are hurt or out of it. It'll be slow going for them though. Tala's gonna be carrying the unconscious one, Ozuma I think." He looked at Mariah for confirmation on the name. She nodded an affirmative. "It's not like Set's gonna be moving to fast either. He's pretty beat up." Kevin shrugged. "That's all I got."
"It's more then enough Kevin." Mariah assured him. She didn't have anything against Tala but Set was a different matter so she'd stop them any way she could. Didn't help that she was stuck in bed though!
"Alright, I've gotta go. We lower class folks don't get to lie in bed all day like some people." He flashed Mariah a grin and she scowled at him.
"I'm, going to have to get up before tonight if I'm going to stop Tala and Set." She pointed out and Kevin nodded.
"Listen Mariah, maybe you should just let it go. If you have a hard time standing then forget about fighting." Kevin said softly. Mariah was like a sister to him and he didn't want to see her get hurt.
"I can't let it go Kevin. I refuse to sit by while Tala breaks the law!" She cried out in defense.
"You know as well as I do that breaking the law has nothing to do with it." Kevin shouted back. He turned on his heel and stormed out of the room. Mariah glared after him before lying back down properly. Great, now she felt bad.
Mariah looked out her window and noticed that the sun was already beginning it's descent. She closed her eyes and began to focus on planning out what she would do that night.
Down in the dungeons, Set was doing the same and in his quarters Tala was going over every castle shortcut and passageway he knew of.
Tonight, no mistakes were permitted.
SR: Well now, it would seem our Chief Captain's going bad on us. Mhmm, I've already got the next chapter in mind so review and I'll put it up. And you had better review if I'm going to keep this thing going again. Now, go an' review or I'll send Tundra after you with that pouch of hers.
