Chapter Sixteen: The Prince and the… Prince

Iron Mountain kisses Lei passionately as they both rest in bed. Lei's heart beats fast, he felt amazing. His body shaking as his loins settled after the best release.

"That was incredible Andor…" Lei says heavily breathing. Naked and sweating he holds himself close to the Iron Mountain. His long black hair is undone as it falls onto the mattress.

The mountain sweats and his perfume smelt of sandalwood. "You did very well your highness…" His massive hand guides a loose hair away from Lei's eyes.

Lei kisses the Iron Mountains' forehead, then sits up as he realises white stains on the silk red sheets. Lei's face and emotions then turned into uncertainty. He is not married… He cannot love a woman… Lei having a long look at Iron Mountains' manhood. He did acts with it… Motions you cannot do with a woman. Standing up Lei stretches as Iron Mountain rests.

"You well your highness?" The large man asks.

"I am fine, I had a wonderful night," Lei says as he kisses the mountain on the lips. In his heart, he wished it were Zheroh. But he is dead… A great man who died from the explosion. The mountain-loving him in such a way is an illusion, he is a whore. A sadness then filled him… Kissing as he then jumps onto the Mountains lap. He rocks as the man reciprocates the kiss without complaint.

Forget everything just for tonight... But never forget… The Iron Mountain is a whore does not genuinely love you for who are. The kissing eventually evolves into lovemaking. The Iron Mountain with his large body is so gentle. Understanding Lei prefers the softer touch.

Lei stops as laughter and yelling can be heard down the hall.

"People can be so noisy your grace…" The mountain laughs.

"I AM A PRINCE! YOU CANNOT TREAT ME LIKE THIS!" Then heard a door can be heard slamming. Other patrons complained about the shouting.

"He sounds familiar," Lei says chuckling.

Lei and the mountain play further into the night. The mountain falls asleep. But Lei could not rest even though he felt exhausted. He then heard the familiar voice again. Sounding panicked, yet drowsy. Racing to the door Lei opens the door ajar.

"Fred?!" He says in a surprised tone. The Green Prince is stumbling down the hall losing his footing multiple times. He must be drunk...

Opening the door, he signals to him as Fred spills inside slamming onto the floor. Snorting and groaning he notices Lei.

"Fred are you all, right? What is wrong?" Lei looks at Fred naked. His muscled body looks like Iron Mountain. Fred has fewer tattoos and is shorter by a few feet than the whore. Fred is clearly afraid of something or is on a substance.

In disgust, Fred looks up at Lei. The blue prince is clearly naked, and Fred soon realised Lei is with a man.

"You are a MAN FUCKER!" Fred shouts with disgust as loudly as he could. Forgetting what weirdness that just transpired out of Lei's room. "I knew something is wrong with you!" Pushing Lei away harshly, Lei slams into the bedpost. The Mountain wakes up as the bed shakes quickly grabbing Fred by the neck and slamming him onto the wall.

Fred used most of his strength from pushing Lei. He struggles against the mountain who is taller than he is. Fred's limbs feel like jelly as he struggles to hit a straight blow to the Mountains face.

"Don't kill him…" Lei says softly to Andor. His back ached from hitting the heavy oak wood. He stumbles to a weak Fred hanging by the Mountains strength by the throat.

"I Knew you were a freak…" Fred struggles to say as the mountain clenches his grip.

Lei in retaliation for that rough push punches Fred in the face multiple times. His anger losing control, Fred's nose bled profusely. The mountain not saying a word, for it is not his job to tell his charge what to do. Lei stops as he felt he was going too far. He steps backward, feeling terrible. All Lei wanted to do was to help him and Fred attacked him. I am what I am… I have accepted it. I am tired of those who think of me as shameful. Mei was to be my wife… But Jona ousted me… My mother knew and she sent me away from the scandal. Zheroh, my friend who I wished was more… But it never was. The marriage proposal I suggested for me and Aika was denied. A man likes me… Shunned than my older brother who has descended into complete madness.

It is a secret no longer… I can fight, I now have friends…

The doors open as a fully covered man in black leather laughs. "I have found you Princey…" Looking at Fred He then notices Lei. "Well, this is unexpected, the third prince of the Blue Empire." The man reveals a blow gun and with a single blow to the neck Lei is struck down. What is this? As his eyes closed as he went to sleep.

Fred looking around begins to panic, trying to wriggle free. Noticing the masked man. NO, NOT AGAIN! The man blows another dart into Fred. The Mountain drops Fred with a loud thud, with the couple below screaming for them to keep it down. Fred loses consciousness.

The two later wake up in a dark and cold room. Lei looks down as they have placed clothes on him. Lei's head pounded and would kill anything to get relief. As he tried to move, he realised he is tied up back-to-back with Fred.

"Andor? Mountain?" He asks around quickly noticing no one is around to hear.

"Fred?" Lei whispers.

"Mhm," Fred replies.

"Wake up."

Fred begins to reawaken as his brain and face hurt. He can feel blood trickling down his lips. His nose felt broken and sore. He stiffly looks around. He groans loudly. "What the fuck happened?" Fred grunts. He found it hard to speak. His throat ached like the rest of his body. He can feel the bruises around his neck. Trying to remember what transpired. I was with a group of beautiful women… Mali… Aaron… Lei!? He tries to look at Lei, but with his bulky, muscled body he struggled. He punched me in the face… Ugh… Disgusting Freak…

Lei simply tells him that they have been abducted. Foot shuffling is heard as the curtain is opened. The same man who kidnapped them walks inside.

"Hello!" The mysterious man says. "Two princes… a third and a tenth. The Mordecai got a good load tonight… Although not as great as it could be…"

"What is your name?" Lei demands.

The man ignores him as he looks at Fred.

"Where is Maximillion? Your nephew!? Where are your siblings?!" He asks.

"Who?" Fred jests as the masked man punched him on the nose again. Fred shouts in agony. Yes... My nose is definitely broken... I haven't thought of them for a long time… I don't want to think of them… I don't care. They chose me and cast me out… They all hate me... Trying his hardest to hide his insecurity. He smiles and says he does not know, which is the truth. His mother is still in Demir, and many siblings, nieces, and nephews are hiding around the world… Arman his eldest brother remains in Demir. Mali has clues as to where they are. Fred never asked…

The man punches Fred again causing his head to hit Lei. Lei grunts with frustration. He looks around hoping to find an exit. The man is clearly alone. Lei was curious as to how he carried the both of them. He then thought of Andor... I could kick myself... He made me feel great, even though I paid him. It is the consequences of my actions…

The man asks Fred over and over again about his family. With no success… Even truth serum but it still came up with no results.

"Useless…" The man whispers in frustration. "But pay no mind…" He walks around to Lei.

Lei's beautiful blue eyes emanate draconium power. His long black hair is undone as it fell to the middle of his back.

The man then begins to question Lei with no results. He paces around the room. He then leaves to clear his mind.

"Asshole…" Lei whispers into Fred's ear. "Try and jump…"

Fred laughs as he had to think of what Lei was asking. He tries to jump up and down, and Lei follows. The chairs creak and twist. Fred uses his natural body size and strength to his advantage. With a loud snap, the chair legs break causing Lei's foot bindings to become free. Fred falls face-first onto the ground. He screams in agony with no filter as Lei is in the air like a flipped turtle.

The man enters again seeing the two. He pulls out a dagger and races to Lei since his legs are waving. Lei manages to kick him away. Fred stumbles as Lei is still tied to him back to back. Fred stands as Lei realises how tall Fred really is. Lei is unable to touch the ground. The ropes loosen on Fred's wrists he grabs the man as he tries to stab Fred.

"Without me asleep, not so strong now are you!?" Fred laughs maniacally. Lei still attached to Fred wriggles. Fred grabs the assassin's wrist and snaps it he screams. Causing the dagger to fall to the ground Lei stopped as the scream sounded high-pitched. With a sudden jerk, Fred snaps his neck.

"You just killed him Like that?" Lei says angrily.

"It was either him or us!" Fred shouts using the dagger to cut the ropes setting both of them free.

"Us? Seemed more interested in you… I must have been a bonus. Though that would not have turned out well for him either way… But we could have at the least asked him questions."

Lei removes the mask as he wanted to see the assailant's face. Leaving Lei in shock. "He's just a child…" He says sadly. Clearly, just a man grown as his beard is thin and fresh. His face still had a childish charm to it looking fifteen to seventeen. His cheeks are soft and he had plain brown hair. His hazel eyes are wide open as Lei shuts them.

Fred's pride was hurt that a child managed to kidnap him. He tries to distract himself from his thinking of constant embarrassment.

Lei opens the curtain to reveal a dark and dank passageway. Water leaked from the walls it smells of sewage and mold. Lei thinks that they are underground. Grabbing a torch from the sconce he left the room. Shivering as it is surprisingly cold.

"Hey!" Fred shouts chasing after him. "What the hell are you doing?! Where are you going?"

"Leaving… Need to tell Stein and the others. You can stay here…" Lei walked away. Hating Fred and wanting to be away from the big offensive oaf.

Fred scoffs and follows him much to Lei's annoyance.

"Man fucker…" Fred whispers.

Lei turns to face Fred. He lost control before, but he is an honourable man. He doesn't even lift his hand up to him. Lei looking at his beaten face is enough. His right cheek has started to swell as the black bruises begin to show. His nose is broken as the bridge of it is almost black. The blood from his forehead and nose has become dried and crusty. But Lei could not understand why a man can have such hatred. So much that it distracted him that it caused him to get kidnapped…

Fred scratches off some of the dried blood. It started to become unbearably itchy. He couldn't help but admit Lei learned to punch well. It didn't help that the assassin's child punched him repeatedly. He did not regret killing him. He is clearly a Mordecai… The organization must be truly failing if they send off their worst and untrained.

Fred and Lei walk through the endless tunnels lost and confused. It was almost pitch black if it wasn't for the torch. Lei trying hard to remember the corridors they have walked through. They all look the same. Lei making particular scratch marks, hoping they are not walking in circles.

Fred's stomach growled as he grew hungry. They had no food to eat, Lei slowly fearing that they can potentially starve down here. His fear recognised as they passed skeletons both dragon and human.

It felt as if they walked all day and they are going nowhere. Fred gets angry as he punches the odd wall. Leo rolls his eyes.

"Are you done?!" Lei shouts. "Can you not act like a baby for one second!?"

"I am a prince!" Fred answered. "A prince of the Green Empire! I should be living the high life! Living in a palace, eating the best food, Fucking women when I like, having the best of everything!" Fred shouts in anger, breathing heavily. "Yet here I am… Stuck underground with someone like you… How humiliating." He thinks of his father. Remembering a time in court when a man was arrested for male-on-male indecency. Such an act is illegal in the Green Empire with punishable by castration, torture, or even death. Fred did not know the prisoners' name as he saw him hung in a gibbet. He can remember the screams. Man fuckers are unnatural Fred my boy… Swift punishment is needed for them. He can still remember his fathers' rough low voice clear as day.

"Yes, you are a prince… You are also an insufferable shit and if it was not someone like me around. You will still be tied up, long lost, and taken away." Lei was not going to give Fred any satisfaction. "I am the way that I am… There is nothing I nor you can do about it."

Fred groans as he notices something in the distance.

Lei has a closer inspection. It is a ladder! Excited Lei begins to climb up. The rope is flimsy he had to be careful. Fred follows soon after however his weight and muscles caused the ladder the sway.

"Stop it!" Lei demands.

"Oh what this?" Fred begins to sway the ladder.

Lei holds onto the ladder tightly. This man is doomed to die young… Trying to get higher he manages to reach the cavern roof. Undoing a metal hatch he pushes the small door open. A loud thud is made that can wake everyone. Lei clenches as the noise is loud. But taking a deep breath he can feel the fresh air, he rushes out. Looking around he is in the residential streets of the new commoner district. Lei laughs to himself with relief.

Looking up at the two moons he reaches out his arms to them. Fred struggles out of the hole. His nose is piercing with pain as tries to breathe the fresh air. Both are relieved that all of this is over.

Finally making it back to Mercer Mansion. Iolene and Lexi race out of the mansion as the guard announces their return. Both are relieved at seeing Lei as they hug him intensely. Iolene and Lexi asked questions about what happened.

"Everyone has been looking for you! Aaron, Stein, Mali, Constant, and guards…" Iolene continued on.

"Can I have a hug for my return?" Fred interrupts sleazily to Iolene. She remained quiet and heals the bruises on his face, but she tried to keep her distance. Her hand glows above his bruises. The pain started to cease. As a crack can be heard as his nose repairs, giving a sudden shock of pain. He groans. But he can breathe better now.

Lei rests inside his bedroom as he drinks a rich hot chocolate. Looking out the window watching the two moons above the planet. Life is going to get even harder from here. He then turns and looks at the desk. He has a parchment written by him all set to be sent to his mother. Once I send that letter off… Mother will want me back… I will be alone once more. Back to hiding myself. He stands up and rips the letter into pieces. I will write to her and tell her we are going well…