PoR Lekain wandered down a hallway, away from where everyone was conversing with themselves.
Such unforeseen circumstances needed thought. They needed planning. They needed someone to lead in this strange time.
And who better to lead than him? After all, he was the mastermind, the Duke of Gaddos, the one and only!
He was the one who had masterminded the assassination of Apostle Misaha and laid the blame on the peaceful herons culminating in the Serenes Massacre, and no one could point the finger at him for the deed, as the people convinced themselves that it was the work of Mad King Ashnard. While slightly annoyed that he would not get credit for his ingenious plan, now he was free to plot with the other Senators how to get rid of Apostle Sanaki, and for the Senate to lead Begnion instead.
As everyone was busy with conversing, Lekain managed to find all the Begnion senators, excluding Sephiran. One by one they had all slipped away to this room, where the Senate met to plot against Sanaki.
Lekain was the last to arrive. Moving aside a painting of Ashera's Three Heroes, he took a jewel he had hidden behind the painting, and slid it into an innocuous section of the wall decoration. He turned, then pushed, and the wall parted to reveal the secret room. Senators Numida, Hetzel, Valtome and Oliver were there waiting.
Lekain entered and closed the door.
"Now, let the secret meeting of the Begnion Senate commence." He said, while taking his seat at the head of the table.
"I gathered all of you to continue to plot how to gain control over the Begnion Empire."
"Lekain, shouldn't we figure out how we should deal with the new arrivals?"
"Numida, that will be addressed in time. We must seize control of the Begnion Empire first. The new arrivals do not sway our course."
"My apologies, Lekain. Jarod told me while –"
"Jarod?"
"General Jarod, the commander of the Occupational Army in Daein, under my command. He suggested to me that the new arrivals might make things difficult."
"I see." Lekain said. "And thus you wish to challenge my decision, Numida?"
"Not at all, Vice–Minister. I was simply expressing an opinion of my subordinate."
"Of course, Numida." Lekain reassured him, while making a mental note of Numida blaming things on others. He would have to be sure Numida was not caught by Sephiran or Sanaki, or else any task assigned to Numida would be blamed on him.
"Anyways, to seize control, we need to do two things. We need to eliminate Sanaki, and eliminate Sephiran."
"By eliminate, Lekain, do you mean kill? For this world should not lose their beautiful countenances."
"By eliminate, Oliver, I mean eliminate from power. Of course I would not deprive this world of their beauty (Lekain inwardly choked here), and I would never rob you of objects of beauty to admire."
Oliver settled back into his seat satisfied.
Lekain continued. "Thus, we should arrest both of them and keep them captive instead. We strike when public attention is against them."
"But how –"
"Meaning, we will have to lose Daein for there to be widespread outrage against Sanaki and Sephiran." Lekain said, while thinking about keeping Daein under his command using a blood pact later. "I trust you will carry out that task Numida."
"I … err … my General Jarod will carry out that task."
"Excellent. That should provide enough outrage for us to arrest Sanaki and Sephiran for losing control over Daein. After that, we will assume control, and lead Begnion to rule over the entire continent, wiping out the sub–humans once and for all!"
Lekain began laughing maniacally, before slamming a hand down on the table and looking around the table. "Any questions?"
Hetzel looked around the table at the other senators, communicating silently while wondering who would speak first, but lacked the nerve to speak up himself. Hetzel also looked apprehensive about the plan, yet said nothing. He did not want to support the plan, but he would not stop it, and would maintain his silence.
Lekain looked about the table, understanding fully how the other senators would react.
"Of course, Vice–Minister. An excellent plan. Uwee hee hee."
Lekain inwardly groaned. One of his first acts as head of the Begnion Empire would be to personally execute Valtome on account of that ridiculously annoying laugh.
A few minutes later after the meeting
Hetzel left the room and headed towards his personal palace in Sienne. There he found RD Lekain.
"Hetzel, report on the meeting that just happened." Lekain commanded.
"Well, they –"
As Hetzel recounted everything PoR Lekain and the other senators had said during the meeting, Lekain began to scowl.
"Those … idiots! We tried all that!"
"Lekain … what did you do to my younger self? The me we knocked out so I could take his place at the meeting."
"Him?" RD Lekain pointed towards a chair with an unconscious Hetzel tied up in it.
"Don't worry, he's unharmed. Alright … we need a meeting of our own. Find the other Senate members of our age, not these idiotic youngsters, and we'll talk about how to change the plan."
"Yes … Lekain", said Hetzel, visibly shaken by viewing the unconscious form of himself.
"Good. Now, gather the others and – did you hear that sneeze?"
Hetzel and Lekain whirled around to see Sephiran and Zelgius stride quickly into the room, side by side.
Just before they were arrested for conspiring against the Apostle, Hetzel could have sworn that he saw a small triangle of red cloth behind Sephiran and Zelgius. To who it was, he did not know.
Author's Note: Whoa, it has been a long time.
First to those of you who patiently waited, thanks … oh, no one was waiting? Okay then, nevermind.
As always, the summary for confused readers – PoR Senators decide to plot against Sanaki. RD Senators know what the PoR Senators are going to plan, but to spy on … themselves, they swapped the Hetzels. Then the RD Hetzel reports back to RD Lekain, of the plan the PoR Senators had – and just before they can call the RD Senators together, Sephiran and Zelgius enter to arrest them for conspiring. That triangle of red cloth? Sanaki was behind Sephiran and Zelgius – who moved in so that Sanaki wouldn't be discovered.
Anyways – the Kieran/Oscar chapter was written … a long time ago, so it'll come out … soon … (I forgot where I saved it. T_T)
Also, to anybody out there who actually reads this – I need ideas again, so feel free to drop them in the reviews, or emails, or … something.
And as always, thank you for reading, I hope I didn't waste your time, and review please!