Chapter 07 - The Plan
Luxa and Gregor walked around the palace looking for Ripred, just as they were about to give up they found him in one of the kitchens eating some leftover shrimp, even though he may look nice he was still the same old Ripred. They casually made their way down to Luxa's quarters and once it was clear they started putting ideas together on what to do, Luxa spoke up first "So, as you all know by now, I had sent Aurora out to find something and it clearly looks like she did, the prophecy states for a bat to come along and I see no other option but for Aurora to come and lead us to the spot, as she cannot fly we must find another means of transport there. The doctors have told me that she seems to be doing well and could be flying soon so we may yet still be able to take her." Ripred seemed to be nodding and Gregor could feel himself doing the same, it took a while but Ripred finally said "Alright, so, I say we should wait until Auroras able to fly, which means Gregor here is going to be spending some more time down here. After Aurora is in a good condition we shall have her take you two over to the area that she landed at and you will investigate, as a rat may be too much for her to carry." Gregor and Luxa both nodded, the thought of them spending time together brightened the mood, but not enough for them to forget what Auroras going through. Luxa led Gregor over to one of the many spare rooms in her quarters and got him settles in as it was getting quite late. Luxa went over to one of the rooms across the hall which Gregor assumed was her room. Gregor couldn't quite go to sleep as images of Aurora kept popping into his head, but eventually after what he could only think was an hour he dozed off.
When he awoke he noticed a fresh set of clean clothes and his backpack propped up against the corner of his room, he slipped off his current clothes, remembering to take the photo with him, then he put on the new ones, they seemed to feel finer than the last time he had worn clothes, must be a new some sort of Robe. As he was walking out of the room he noticed Luxa sitting down in one of the chairs reading as to what looked like some sort of book he walked up, she noticed him walking up and put down the book but Gregor saw what it was, it was an album of all the photos he had taken that day on Hazards birthday, he could see a tear forming in her eye as he approached. He didn't want to say anything, nothing he could say could fix anything that's going on, they had lost so much. So they just sat there, staring off into the distance remembering them all, the silence seemed to last forever before Gregor eventually spoke up "It's going to be ok Luxa, nobody else needs to die." She sat there, staring at him, the tears more prominent now, she had never stopped remembering them, while Gregor was in the Overland she had to constantly live with the knowledge of their deaths, always being reminded of it. The only thing she could do was cry for them. Before Gregor even knew what he was doing he had reached in to hug her, their arms embraced each other and somewhere along the way they had kissed. The feeling came back to Gregor, the tingle throughout his spine, the one he had missed for all those months. They let go of each other and Luxa had stopped crying, she finally had someone to share the grief with. It took a few moments before Gregor and Luxa eventually got up and finished getting ready, Gregor cleaned himself up in one of the many baths that they had and one of the staff eventually brought him some clean clothes and Gregor put them on. He wandered around the halls before eventually spotting Vikus, he was surprised to have not seen him earlier. Vikus also seemed to notice him as he started walking towards him "Ah Gregor the Overlander, it's been sometime, hasn't it." "Why yes it has been Vikus, so hows it been going since I last visited, I heard about Luxa's, experience." "Yes, well that was very unfortunate, but it seems to be going well, for no battles have been fought in the past months, we can only hope for the best." "That's great news, maybe the Underland can finally be at peace." "I wish Gregor, but even with the new treaty, some still decline the peace, they think we are plotting an attack, and we still have those who are excluded from the treaty such as the spinners, although they seem to not be causing any trouble, our only worry is the cutters, we have had very little knowledge of their activities lately, as if something has happened to them." Gregor nodded, it did seem likely for war to break out again, especially in a place such as the Underland, but there was always hope. With that, they parted ways and Gregor went to go check on Aurora in the hospital.
When he arrived he noticed Luxa by the glass, talking through what seemed to be some sort of silk mesh frame. Aurora was on the other side, even though it had only been a night, being the soon to be queens bond had some pretty good perks. The hospital room must have been at least double the size of the other ones and her stitching had looked to be brand new and clean, most of her bandages had been removed and only the scars remained. She still had a long way to go. Aurora noticed Gregor coming and instead of her regular purring her voice was more rough and crackly "ah, Gregor... It's nice to... see you again." "You to Aurora, so what have you two been up too." Aurora looked at Luxa and Luxa nodded, Gregor remembered that Aurora still didn't know that Gregor knew about the prophecy but Luxa seemed to reassure her that he did. "We have been discussing what I... had seen. It was not a good sight Gregor, I had noticed around 20 cutter carcasses scattering the ground, which is why I landed, but when I did the ooze seemed to latch out and grab me from under the grass. It was... not pleasant" She shuddered with the last few words, obviously remembering what had happened." She continued "I do not believe I found where we are suppose to go but evidently was in the right... direction, this ooze could explain the absence of cutter activity, as they may be hiding from it... or worse." Those words lingered in the air, this seemed to be the enemy the prophecy warned about for sure. Just as Gregor and Luxa was saying their goodbyes and were about to leave a loud shattering sound, then a scream, Luxa and Gregor and what seemed to be 2 people in those hazmat suits ran towards the noise, as they turned the corner, they stopped in their tracks, the sight before them was enough to make anyone puke.
Thanks for the views guys, hope you liked this chapter, sorry it took a little more time than usual to come out but I had some stuff to do.
even though the chapters called the plan, wasn't that much planning in it, couldn't think of anything else. hoping by chapter 10 they leave
the palace but you never know, might be less or more time.
once again sorry if u notice any spelling mistakes but have a good day :D
