Chapter 3

I immediately turned around and ran as fast as possible back from where I came.

The target was never Clovis and neither was the king! It was the princess!

That thought only got confirmed when I heard her scream.

Instantly I drew my lightsaber and quickened my pace if that was even possible. The only thought in my mind was to save Annabeth, no matter the cost.

As I ran around the next corner I saw them.

Annabeth was with her back against a wall holding something that looked like a wooden broomstick to protect herself. The attacker wore a black fighting suit and his entire face was masked with a black cloth and a polarized sunglass.

First the attacker didn´t even noticed him and walked closer to Annabeth who swung her improvised weapon at him which he just grabbed with one hand and then threw away.

I was just about to stab him from behind with my saber but the assassin obviously noticed me and turned around quicker than I thought was possible and dodged my strike.

Then it was his turn to slash out at me but I blocked it with ease and countered with a kick to his feet. He seemed to have predicted that though and just jumped to the side and he would have almost cut of my left leg if I hadn´t made a backflip to evade that.

Just after a couple of seconds I noticed that maybe for the first time in many years someone might be able to defeat me in close quarter combat. But then he again reminded himself that he didn´t really needed to win. He just had to prolong the fight long enough for his comrades to reach him.

But the assassin seemed to realize that too because suddenly then he suddenly drew his blaster from his belt and shot at me which I managed to deflect but that gave him enough time to draw a smoke grenade and to disappear.

When the smoke faded I was relieved that Annabeth was still there. Coughing because of the smoke but she was alive and that was the only thing that mattered right now.

I deactivated my lightsaber and rushed to her side "Are you alright?"

The princess was shaking but managed to answer "B-been better but I´m not hurt."

Then she hugged me fiercely and I wrapped my arms around her and rubbed her back comfortingly.

"Thanks." She muttered and leaned her head against my chest.

"Anytime." I said and kissed the top of her head. Now that wasn´t meant to be any romantic or something but it certainly felt like that for him.

Which was bad, considering that she was his boss´ daughter and future queen. But he left that aside for a moment and just enjoyed the feeling of her warm body against his.

When they parted he managed to around himself. The part of the hallway they had fought resembled a small battlefield. The walls where covered in black dust from the smoke grenade, the lamps in the whole area where destroyed by the same reason and there was a small hole in the wall from the blaster shot he had deflected. The once red carped on the floor was burned at some parts and also covered in black dust.

"Woa what happened here?" a voice behind me asked. It was Jason the newest addition to the royal guard and a good friend of mine. He still had his lightsaber in his hand obviously he had expected a fight. Technically Jason was not allowed to ask his superior questions like that, but I let that slide for the moment.

"Is the princess okay?" he then asked.

I nodded and said "Yea she is okay. The attacker fled through the window I think."

Jason looked at the broken window at the end of the hallway "Yea looks like it. The rest of the team should be here soon."

As soon as he said that six guards ran around the corner, each of them looked ready for a battle. They looked almost disappointed when they saw that there was no one to fight anymore.

"So you say it was all part of the assassins plan to shoot Clovis so he could catch the Princess without any guards around?" Quintus asked.

We were currently sitting in a small circle in the office of the royal guard. Annabeth sat next to me and on the opposite side was the king and the commander. Jason and some other guards where standing around them.

"Yes."

"But how should he know that we would catch the wrong guy? And how did he knew when that would happen?"

I thought about that for a moment and answered finally "I don´t think that Leo has anything to do with the whole thing. He probably got a call from someone to help him out with something. Maybe it was the assassin himself who called him."

The commander stroked his chin and finally nodded "That sounds good enough for me, but that doesn´t explain why that engineer carried the same gun around him that we were looking for."

This time one of the newer guards, Michael Yew shyly spoke up "Uh the prisoner says that he found the weapon on his desk after he came back from a break."

"Did he said why he was carrying it around the garden of the palace?" Quintus asked.

"Yes Commander. He said that it is an old blaster that was used a couple years ago by the guard and he later got a call from the arsenal to deliver it to them at 2´o clock." Michael answered.

"Did you checked whether he really got the call or not?" I then wanted to know.

"He indeed got the call from the arsenal Sir, but no one of the people who work there sent that message." I raised my eyebrow and told him to continue "You see the message was sent at 11:34am. But everyone who works there was currently at lunch. We have numerous witnesses for that."

So the assassin somehow managed to get into the arsenal which was almost impossible because the only door that led into it was locked with one of the best security systems available.

The only people that were able to enter are those who work there, about half of the royal guard and the king of course.

Everyone knew the obvious answer to the problem but no one dared to speak it out loud. Till Annabeth besides me broke the silence "So the assassin either managed to fool our security system or we have a traitor in our rows."

I knew it was to only possible solution but I refused to believe it.

A traitor? In the royal guard?

"We won´t be able to find the guy fast enough." Quintus finally said "I´d say we increase the security measures around all members of the royal family till we find him."

King Frederick nodded "Good do what you have to do. But try to focus on finding the traitor. First of all every single member of the royal guard will be interrogated."

Then he looked each of us in the face "I know I have the most loyal men and women in this guard but if there is a traitor in our rows we have to find him."

There you go the third chapter of the story.

For all of those who wait for the newest chapter of "After the Blood of Olympus": The next chapter is going to come out soon. I have to say though that I will focus more on this story because honestly I enjoy writing on "The kingsguard" way more.

Anyways leave your thoughts about what is going to happen next in a review and also if you find some grammar mistakes make sure to write me.

Peace out!

-Inverted Logic