Planet of Tygeria: Falox Saga - Chapter 13 of 21

By Scrooge

Nothing much happened within the past few hours until nighttime fell. Valor gave Riddick more insight on the pregnancy and the birth of Viktor and John idly listened as well.

"You two know that Falox was expecting for you two to go at each other's throat." said Johns.

"What is he up to?" Valor asked. "I mean, these games he's playing with us. Why doesn't he just kill us already."

"Where's the fun in that?" Riddick answered.

"Well, personally, I'm getting tired of it. I just want to find a way to get off this planet. I'm getting tired of seeing that little smirk on Falox's face." Johns replied.

Then a sheet of paper slid under the door and whomever was behind it immediately ran away.

The three looked confused at the actions and without answering any questions Riddick stood to retreive it from the ground.

"What is it?" Valor asked.

"A letter...to us." Riddick stated staring that the paper.

"What does it say?"

Riddick gave a smile as you can tell he was near the end of the letter. "I can't say. You have to read it for yourselves." He then handed the paper to Valor.

She gave the paper a glance and gave off the same smile as Riddick's earlier one. "I think we have our idea." She handed the paper to Johns as he read it to himself:

Prisoners,

First note, please do not speak any contents of this letter aloud. Lord Falox is watching and listening to you even as you are reading this letter. I am one of the guards of Lord Falox's palace. As you already know, many of the guards here are not favorable to Lord Falox's ruling here on our planet. The reason how I know you are aware of this is because I was also one of the guards that accompanied you to fight Garrax. I was there when Tienbooks told you of how Lord Falox ruled our planet and is continuously murdering to prove himself to our people. Now Tienbooks's head is hanging outside of the palace as a symbol, because Lord Falox felt he betrayed him. Prisoners, we want our planet back. We've been wanting it back for awhile, but we did not know anyone powerful enough to overthrow Lord Falox. Many guards here have contemplated on asking if you would be interested in helping overthrow Lord Falox considering the pain he has put the female and her mate through, but our doubts kept us from taking that step. Lord Falox is very powerful whose source of power comes from the warlords who stands by his side. We were afraid that if we were to ask you and failed our heads would be hanging outside of his palace as symbols to the rest of the guards who may decide to betray him. But our time has come to make a decision. We want our planet back even if it means giving our lives. Please help us and in return we will make sure we provide you with whatever you need to safely get off of our planet alive. If you agree, we will speak in the morning, there is much that needs to be done.

Johns finished reading the paper as he then took out his lighter and burned the paper.

"What are you doing?" Valor asked.

"You actually want Falox to find this?" Johns said.

She gave a little smile and nodded. Then Riddick said quietly. "If we're going to talk about this we need to whisper." Referring to if or not Falox is watching them.

Valor whispered. "Think we can trust them, I mean, we don't know if this is another test or not."

Johns answered in his whisper. "If you're planet was ruled by somebody like Falox, I think you would thank whoever the hero is."

"Our problem is, whoever wrote that letter said that 'many' guards are willing to help out."

Valor finished. "Which means, there are some that are afraid to stand up to Falox."

Then Johns finished. "Which mean, that if this goes through. There's going to be a God damn war in Falox's palace."

Riddick smiled. "Win-Win situation."

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Morning came and the sun rose as 6 guards came into the room. "Wake you ass up prisoners. It's breakfast time."

Riddick and Valor were already woke, it was Johns that need the shaking to arise from his sleep.

"No trays being slid under a cell crack?" Valor asked.

"You in a deluxe suite now. So you should be honored you're getting the deluxe meal." The guard sarcastically said as he began escorting them out of the room.

They began walking through the hallways on their way to be what was explained to them as palace's cafeteria. As the walk the guard whispered.

"The man that gave you the letter is dead. Lord Falox found out that he interacted with you, but is unaware of why." The guard kept his face forward as he talked. They then knew that this guard was part of the team willing to help get rid of Falox while taking the precaution of Falox watching them.

Riddick whispered back keeping his eyes forward as well. "He sacrificed himself." He gave a small sigh. "So what exactly do you want us to do?"

"In order to kill Falox, you have to kill his warlords."

"And how easy is that?"

"It's not easy at all. Many of the rumors about them aren't true, though a lot of them are."

Riddick gave a slight nod. "So how do I get to Falox?"

"Best time is when he is with one of his concubines. Particulary our Queen. He likes to be alone with her. Which means, before any plan starts, one of you must speak with our Queen."

They were beginning to come close to the cafeteria. "And how do we get to the queen?" Valor quietly asked while also keeping her eyes forward.

The guard answered. "We will think of that later. For now, we'll take it slow. We don't want to raise any suspicions with Lord Falox."