Hello people of the world, I am back today with another chapter, chapter 11! So about this chapter, I know even less about what I'm going to do for it then I have had for any of the others. I have absolutely 0 idea what this chapter is going to be about, so its a surprise for you guys as well as for me. So, give me any and all of your ideas, because I'm really getting to the point were I am going need them if I am to continue the story, thats it if I want to keep updating as much as I have been. So as usual all responses are encouraged and appreciated, so give me your thoughts, I hope you all enjoy the chapter, and I hope I do to!

Fly you high,

-Tytonic

Disclaimer: I do not own any of The Underland Chronicles, Only the characters I make up, and the plot itself.

Gregor and the War of the Myriapods

Chapter 11: The Meeting

Howard was then greeted by the sound of Luxa ordering guards to escort Howard away, once his senses returned from the surprise of the fact that Luxa had hit him, twice. The guards then proceeded to force Howard out of the room, and by the look on his face, Luxa knew that this would be that last time she would be hearing about this matter from Howard. When Luxa got back over to Gregor, she crawled back into the bed, were they lay for the rest of the day, staring into each others eyes.

The Next Morning. . .

Gregor stirred slightly as he came out of his dream, and regained his senses. He had been dreaming a dream similar to the one he had the previous night. He was in a large open meadow, slightly hilly, with a small, but nice, breeze. There was a difference compared to the other dream though. The voice that had been calling out to him was now louder, and he could distinguish its owner, Luxa. He had not had to wander around for very long in this dream. Unlike before, he could also distinguish were the voice was coming from. He had followed the voice, and after no longer then five minutes he found it owner. When he first set his eyes on her, she stared back, retuning the same look he was giving her. This look was full of disbelieving, and hidden behind this there was a thick layer of love. The two humans ran up to each other, and without exchanging a single word, they launched each other into an embrace, from which they did not return from. Gregor had no memory from that point on, only holding her in the embrace, and nothing less, nothing more.

When Gregor's eyes slowly slid open, he thought he was still in his apartment in the overland. It took him a few minutes of groggily rolling around until he realized that he was not in his normal bed, but rather something more. . . Silky? Gregor pondered and played with this in his mind for a few moments before recalling the previous night, and the fact that he was once again in the underland.

"Well good morning overlander, I see that you have awoken" said a voice from somewhere in the room.

"I can only assume that by your current condition, that the drugs are still in effect. They should be waring off anytime now, you are to remain in bed until then" Said the same voice in response to the moan Gregor let out once he had first heard the voice.

Gregor could only assume that the voice belonged to a doctor, so he did as told, which was really nothing save laying in bed, and Gregor was fine with that due to his splitting headache. He didn't know how much longer he had laid in bed before his eyelids slowly slid shut and sleep overtook him. He couldn't have slept for more than half an hour before a soothing voice awoke him.

"Gregor, Gregor wake up, you must eat" Said the voice. It was a voice Gregor knew all to well, it was Luxa's voice.

Gregor forced open his eyelids despite the fact that they felt as heavy as bricks. When his eyes confirmed what his ears had told him, he smiled. He slowly sat up in bed, despite the pain shooting strait through is head like a bullet splitting open his skull.

"Hey Luxa" Chocked out Gregor once he was in a full sitting position.

Luxa was standing beside the bed holding a tray of rather good looking food, much better then the crappy hospital food. She had a look of concern hidden deep in her eyes.

"How are you feeling? I thought that you wouldn't like the hospital food so I brought you something a little more. . . satisfying" Said Luxa, the concern only growing with each word.

"Well aside from feeling like I got shot in the head, I feel great. Thanks for the food to, its much better then the hospital food" Said Gregor as he took a bite from the grilled fish he found on the tray.

Luxa, not knowing what Gregor meant by being shot in the head, assumed that it was some sort of overland attack, leading her to assume that it was probably very very painful.

"You are very welcome. What mean you by 'shot'?" Asked Luxa.

"Umm well, its hard to explain. Lets just say that its very painful, and if I really did get shot in the head, I would be killed instantly" Responded Gregor, his thoughts still a it mushed up from the drugs.

"So, what time is it? Do you have any clue when I will be able to leave the hospital, its awfully boring being in here so long with nothing to do" Asked Gregor.

Luxa chuckled at this and though about it for a moment. She could recall the times she had been in the hospital for a long time with nothing to do, and indeed, it was very boring. She held up her finger, letting Gregor know she would be right back, and she went off to find a nurse. Once she had found one, which took very little time because she practically ran into one upon exiting the room.

Luxa had asked a few questions about Gregor, and the doctor had responded saying he should be released later that day, though he could currently attend to most of his duties, as long as he had a doctor with him, and was inside the palace walls. Once the doctor left Luxa and Gregor resumed their conversation.

"So Luxa, what do I have scheduled for today? I highly doubt that even with an injury that I would have nothing to do" Asked Gregor.

"Indeed, you have a meeting to attend in around 2 hours. Many will be present at this meeting including myself, though all I can tell you at the time is that it is of utmost importance. I suggest you start to get ready immediately, due to your head injury, it will slow you down significantly, and you will most likely take all of the 2 hours to prepare" Responded Luxa.

"Ok I will, just one more thing. During training I heard that you were engaged to a man named Hayden, and well I wa-" Said Gregor before being cut off by Luxa planting her lips on his.

Gregor was surprised at this for a moment, but began to kiss her back. When they both pulled away for a breath, Gregor was about to ask Luxa a question when she started speaking before him.

"Gregor, I didn't want to tell you yet, but it has been forced on me, I do not love him as he thinks I do. I still have around a month before it is official. If I can not find a man I wish to marry before then, I will be forced to wed him" Said Luxa, a light depression shown in her voice.

As Luxa turned around to leave the room to prepare for the upcoming meeting, Gregor grabbed her arm and spun her back around, and before she knew what was happening, he had pulled her into a deep kiss. She didn't resist, but she held back for the first moment before she could register what was really happening. After a moment she began to kiss back. It was a long and passionate kiss that lasted for quite a long time. When they broke apart Gregor leaned over to her ear and whispered something in to her ear.

"Luxa, I just want to tell you that I love you and always will love you" Whispered Gregor into Luxa's ear.

"I love you as well" Whispered Luxa right back into his ear.

As Luxa left the room, Gregor couldn't help but notice the look on her face. She had clearly relaxed quite a bit after Gregor had whispered into her ear. He could tell by her expression that she truly didn't love Hayden, and that she truly loved Gregor. He knew that he would try to do everything in his power to prevent this wedding, though he knew that in the end, unless he committed murder, could only stop the wedding by becoming Luxa's husband himself. He knew that that would be a big commitment, though one he would be willing to take nonetheless. He also knew that his family would never allow it, and that, due to the council, would have very very slim chances of being granted permission to Wed her, though he knew that she would say yes if he asked, it was, in the end, ultimately the councils decision. Being the warrior though couldn't hurt his chances. He knew that he didn't have time to think of this right now, so he tucked away the idea back into the depths of his mind, were he would return to it later.

Gregor Slid out of his bed and went over to the bath that was fairly close to his room. He took a long soothing bath, though it felt great, it also hurt because it was making his head pound so hard he wouldn't have felt the difference had he jumped off a cliff and landed on it. Once Gregor had finished his bath he had found a fresh set of silky underland clothing. He slipped into the clothing, and returned to his room. He finished the few remaining bits of food he had left, and made his way over to the council room. Were else would they hold a meeting of such importance?

It took him a square 20 minutes to walk the 5 minute walk due to his throbbing head ache, he kept falling onto the wall, so he had to be like Nerissa and use the wall as a constant railing to support himself.

By the time he had Gotten to the meeting, he figured he was about 10-20 minutes early to the meeting, but he decided to walk in anyway. Just before he entered the room, he was stopped by a voice calling from down the hall.

"Gregor, wait!" Called an all to familiar voice from down the hall.

"Hey Luxa" Responded Gregor as a smile crept up onto his face.

"Hello Gregor, I just wanted to tell you, that what you are going to hear, is not going to be good news, and that I will hold nothing against you if you choose to return to the overland after the meeting" Said Luxa sadly. Gregor guessed she thought he would actually leave.

"Luxa, I'm not going to leave you in the dark, if you need my help I am more then willing to give it" Responded Gregor.

"Thank you, Gregor" Said Luxa as a smile crept its way up and onto her face as well. She then reached forward and engulfed Gregor in an embrace. Gregor returned this gesture, though he winced in obvious pain. His body was still very stiff and sore, though he also had a throbbing headache that's left the other pains in the dust. Luxa saw Gregor's obvious pain, and pulled back so she didn't hurt him any more then he was already hurt.

"Oh, I'm so sorry" Said Luxa.

"I'm fine, don't worry, I can deal with it" Said Gregor.

Luxa just nodded at this, knowing that he was lying, but she still let it go. With that, the mighty warrior and gracious queen walked in to the meeting, ready for it as they would ever be.

When they entered the meeting, they could see a large map laid out in the center of the room, the corners secured down by heavy marble pyramids. Many people were walking around talking to others. Gregor recognized many of these people as high ranked and important people, as well as some of the top fighters he had seen in the underland.

Gregor understood when Luxa got pulled away into a conversation over to the side of the room, as queen, it was important for her to listen to whatever the people had to say. Gregor had spotted Alex and Zoey over in one corner of the room, and he proceeded over to them to talk.

When Zoey saw Gregor she instantly jumped at him and pulling him into a hug. Gregor felt very uncomfortable with this and attempted to pull out of the hug, though he was still to weak to resist. Zoey didn't seem to notice his discomfort by once she pulled away she gave Gregor a very serious look.

"Gregor I need to ask you something" Said Zoey, and got a nod from Gregor in response.

"Who do you. . . you now what, never mind, I'll ask later" Said Zoey, looking away, her eyes full of sorrow.

Gregor wasn't very concerned with this, if he knew Zoey she wouldn't let it go, and he would be asked later.

When a call rang out, everybody knew the meeting was about to start, and took their seats. Gregor didn't have the slightest clue were he would sit, until he saw Luxa signal him over to the open seat to her right. Gregor took this seat, completely aware of Zoey's gaze boring holes through the back of his head.

It took a few minutes for everybody to get situated, but once everybody had fully settled down, one of the council members stood up and began speaking.

"So, as most, but not all of you are aware of, we have been called here today to speak of a most dire matter. I will not keep this from any of you, and I will get right to the point. All of the underland is at great risk, and threatened by a new species awakened from the uncharted lands. This new species has come to be know as the Myriapods, or as the overland calls it, centipedes and millipedes. From information we have gathered, they are an extremely powerful enemy, and it can take no less then 20 men to take down just one of these creatures. However we can conclude that either of out 2 most powerful soldiers, Ripred and Gregor the warrior, have the ability to take down many with ease, though according to Ripred's description, they are far more difficult to defeat then the average gnawer or human. From data collected we also have found all of this creatures weaknesses and strong points, and I regret to inform you that they have only one weakness. This creatures neck, were its shell it thin, you can manage to cut through it, with extreme force that is, though the rest of its body you can only so much as scratch with the strongest of attacks. Ripred has confirmed this, Ripred, will you explain all you know?" Said the council member, sighing afterwords, must have been a mouthful.

"Yes, thank you. Ok, so I will inform you all on my knowledge of this enemy. I have fought it head on, and seen one of them alone, take out a party of around 20 men, not including the bats with them. I unleashed one of my most powerful attacks on one of theses creatures, and only one of my 10-20 hits landed on its neck, killing it. All other attacks left no more then a scrape, and none worse then a scratch. These creatures are very strong, and much faster then we are. They have two sharp sword like claws on the end of their tail which they can swing around with incredible speed. These 2 claws, as I have seen, can slice strait through a sword, and continue through the thickest of armor and right out the other side of it, as easily as cutting through water. They have to pincers for a mouth, almost identical to the cutters mouth, though they hold a deadly amount of poison that can kill you in less then 5 seconds from so much as touching it. They have many many legs that can cling to any surface, and I mean any, they would be able to scale the wall of the palace with ease. These creatures are very hard to kill, and with numbers far greater then the humans, gnawers, and fliers combined, we have next to no hope of winning in any fight against them" Said Ripred, also sighing, another mouthful.

"Yes, thank you Ripred. It seems that many of you see this as we see it. With our current forces, we have no hope of winning against these forces. As of now, if we do not find a solution to fighting these vile beasts, all of the underland as we know it is lost. Warrior, I formally ask you, beg of you, will you assist against this powerful and deadly force? None of us will hold anything against you if you deny this plea for help, you may return to the overland if you wish" Said another council member.

"Thank you for the offer, and as warrior, I believe it is my duty to aid the underland in this time of need. I stand for you all, and will defend the underland with my life" Responded Gregor. He was having trouble keeping up with all of this, especially with his head injury.

"Very well then, Gregor the overlander. We thank you for your sacrifice in order to defend those who you owe nothing to. Know then, we are having once of these Myriapods brought in now. It will be on the table in the center of the room any minute now, please look over it, you may touch it, though you may not move it.. This meeting will continue in 3 days time, please grant us with your ideas for this upcoming war then, we will need every advantage we have against this new enemy. Thank you all for your time. This meeting is now dismissed, I shall see you all in 3 days time" Said Luxa, using her Regal voice that practically screams authority.

The entire room burst into chatter, and with the chatter came the coarse of the Myriapod, the thing was huge, at least 10 feet long. Everybody rushed up to examine it, and Gregor decided he would look over it after the crowd died down a bit.

Gregor assumed that Luxa thought the same because neither of them moved from their seats. Gregor and Luxa were the only two people in the room not crowding around the creature trying t grab a glimpse. They both sat in silence for some time before Luxa broke the silence.

"Gregor, now that you can see with your own eyes what we are against, I will hold nothing against you if you wish to leave and be with your family" Said Luxa.

"Luxa, I wont leave, there is no way I will leave until this war is over, at the least" Responded Gregor.

"But Grego-" Said Luxa, getting cut off by Gregor's lips being pressed upon her own.

They sat in that position for quite some time before breaking apart for air. They knew they shouldn't kiss in public, but everybody was so focused on the Myriapod that nobody had noticed. They had both though thought that nobody had seen them. They though this until out of the corner of their eyes, they both saw Zoey Staring at them. They both looked over at Zoey's miserable face, and they both witnessed as she ran out of the room, tears streaming down her face.

And that is about if with this chapter. Still more plot development, so its not as good at some of the previous chapters or future chapters. I promise that later chapters will get better, but for the most part I don't think this chapter was all that bad, and I loved the ending. Drama! So guys, the story, like all stories has 3 main parts, beginning middle and end. I would say that the beginning is just about coming to an end. In 3 days time (in the stories time) the beginning of the middle will start. So as usual all responses are encouraged and appreciated, so give me your ideas and stuff!

Fly you high,

-Tytonic

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Tytonic- so thoughts on the chapter?

Gregor- Well, the situation is worse then I had assumed, and the ending, well I don't even know what to say about that, Zoey is heartbroken.

Luxa- I'm happy that Gregor has agreed to stay, but yes that ending, why the drama?

Tytonic- It makes for a good story.

Gregor- Well I can't argue with that one.

Luxa- Point taken.

Tytonic- So I'm gonna go know, you guys have a lot of thinking to do, you need a new weapon here, of corse I have ideas already, though I wont tell you, I know I'm cruel.

Gregor- Well I'm getting used to you being cruel, so whatever. See you later.

Luxa- Bye.

Tytonic- Well see you guys next time, bye!

R&R Guys,

-Tytonic

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