"There she is, my beautiful Queen" Thorne yelled.
Cinder and Thorne had finally made it to the ship in which they were to run to France to. The ship was parked in a ship yard full of multiple ships, even the air force ones. It was 6 am and she was finally ready to leave.
"That's the ship we're escaping on?" Cinder asked.
"Yep, ain't she pretty?" Thorne asked.
Cinder had to admit the ship was something to look at. It was a brand new ship, it had to cost a lot of univ's. It looked like it had multiple bedrooms, a shower room, kitchen, a med bay, and multiple necessities in which they could use. It was big and looked like something Kai was flew on when he was younger. Or something that Channary was using to come to get her right at this moment. Cinder shuddered and pushed the thought out of her mind.
"So retsa goe! " Thorne exclaimed.
Cinder raised a questionable eyebrow.
Thorne laughed. "You know, from the Super Mario franchise? It was huge in the second era, one of the biggest game franchises of all time?" Thorne replied.
"I've never played video games. I could probably build one though with my programming sequences and my net cable though" Cinder said.
"Have you never had a life outside of work?" Thorne asked.
"Well I was a well-established mechanic, and somewhat of a decent programmer when some of the androids, port screens, and hover cars needed their central hard drives overridden and rebooted. I also helped build airships like this one and helped build and repair other mechanical items for the Royal family. Finally when I got home, I swept and mopped the floors, did the laundry, went grocery shopping, vacuumed, made sure Adri's and Pearl's clothes were ready for the next day and when all of that was finally over I would read some old textbooks from M.I.T and other accredited Universities in order to further my education about mechanics and engineering. I got those from the Royal Mechanics office and loved every single one of them" Cinder replied.
"That is work, I mean outside of work as in your hobbies and such. Like do you like to play sports or build arts and crafts?" he asked.
"No. I've never done anything like that before" she said.
"Well, you're with me until we reach France, which won't be for another six weeks in order to distract everyone so we'll find you something that you'll like to do" Thorne replied.
Thorne then proceeded to press the access code in order to get into his new ship.
"Voice password needed" the ship hummed.
Thorne flashed Cinder a huge white smile. "Captain is King" Thorne said.
"Voice password accepted, welcome Carswell Thorne" the shipped hummed.
The stairs from the side of the ship lowered and Thorne and Cinder climbed up them and stepped inside. She was in awe, this ship exceeded her expectations. Everything seemed so big and so royal. She cringed at the thought and continued to examine the inside of the ship. There was a central hallway which connected all of the other rooms and hallways in the ship. They entered through the sideway entrance. It seemed that the bedrooms and bathrooms were on the far back deck of the airship and all of the hardware and med bay and other necessities were right around the entrance, which is very useful. It would seem that the cafeteria would be upstairs on the ship as would the kitchen. Cinder then looked at the decorations and the general feel of the ship. She had to admit it looked royal though, however it looked most like a Grade 4 Military Cargo ship which Cinder was working on in her studies back at the Technological and Mechanics Office. The ship isn't the latest model, but it's just in as great of a condition just like the new one.
"Cinder let's go" Thorne called out.
When she looked to where Thorne was previously standing, he wasn't there. She followed the light into what was a huge cockpit. She then walked down the hallway and ended up at the cockpit where Thorne was. She turned around to examine the cockpit and all of its necessities. With multiple knobs, meters, lights, and tabs, it was just as a Grade 4 Military Cargo Ship that she was working on, however she didn't know which controls went to which knobs and such. But that is ok as she doubted Thorne knew what any of them meant and/or how they worked. It was a fantastic ship, Cinder wanted something like this one day, however she wanted a car as well because it was something that no one drove anymore and they seemed like they were a big deal to second era mechanics. She loved looking at their contraptions on her net feed when Adri was yelling at her for some irrelevant thing.
"Ready to go princess?" Thorne asked.
"I resent that. I am a mechanic and an engineer. Not a princess" Cinder replied.
"Yeah deny it all you want but it won't change the truth" Thorne smirked.
Cinder seethed and the turned away from him. She pulled up her net screen. Across the top she read the words that she didn't think she'd see so soon. Crown traitor's Dr. Dimitri Erland and Lunar Crown traitor Logan Tanner arrested in the kidnapping of Princess Selene. She gasped.
"What's wrong?" Thorne asked.
"They arrested them. Dr. Erland and Dr. Tanner. They are going to die. She's going to kill them" Cinder said. She pulled her legs up into her chair and laid her head on her knees. She was shaking. She knew that they would be reprimanded but not this soon. She bit her lip and began breathing as hard as she could.
Thorne looked at her. He didn't know her that well and didn't know if she was the quick irrational type of female. He knew that it was bad and that they should at least try to do something but that would take another day. He had been paid to do a job and his life was saved by Dr. Tanner. He promised him that he would protect Cinder with his life. He knew that they had to get out of here. He hit the takeoff button before she could speak again. And slowly the ship came to life and began to lift off from the ground.
As soon as the ship started moving she peaked up. She looked at Thorne who was reaching across the aisle and applying her seatbelt to her.
"Hang on, it's going to be bumpy" he said. She paused as he looked her in her eyes.
Looking at Thorne, Cinder's lipped trembled. "We have to go back" Cinder said. "We can't let her hurt them. We have to save them" she pleaded.
"We can't. As soon as we land again in the Commonwealth they'll catch you. You'll be brought to Channary and wouldn't be anywhere free. Isn't that what Dr. Erland and the rest wanted? To get you away from Channary and have you raised right?" Thorne asked.
"Yes, but…"she pleaded.
"No. It'll only end badly. You'll get captured and I'll be arrested. And I just got out a couple of weeks ago" Thorne replied. Thorne hit the autopilot button and the airship was flying through the stratosphere and on the edges of the Earth.
As the ship was flying around Cinder was so upset that she turned away from Thorne and stared up at the night sky above her. She knew he was right though. She would be caught again if she was to land in the Eastern Commonwealth, and then she would be handed over to Channary as if she was some sort of consolation prize. She didn't want that. She also didn't want Thorne arrested as he was risking his life and inavertibly his family's life as well all to make sure she had a better one.
"Thorne. At this moment, I don't know what to say, but I want you to know that I apologize. You're doing everything to help me and I'll most likely be such a burden on you. I would also like to thank you on the risk and determination on helping me. However not at this very moment, but eventually I will be breaking Dr. Erland and Dr. Tanner out of prison. I will succeed in getting them back to their families because I'm the reason they were breaking up. And I will hope that throughout all of this she doesn't know" Cinder said.
Thorne smiled at her words. He could feel the determination coming off of her. He could feel the kindness she felt towards others. He could feel her becoming a Queen.