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Its Fire Torments It (907 words) Prince Jai closed his eyes. He put the vial of poison to his mouth and poured the milky liquid into his mouth, swallowing it quickly before he was able to taste its vile flavour. In 15 minutes, the Empire of Landarren would no longer have a rightful heir and Emperor Javen, no sons. Jai felt the poison instantly burning his veins and infecting his body with its rotten content. He felt tears falling down his face, mixing with the tears that he had wept earlier. Opening his eyes, Jai was greeted with the sight of his brother’s corpse. The younger Prince had been a tall man and his giant figure, which lay on the checked floor of the dark throne room, was impossible to ignore. The elder Prince felt a chill go through his spine as the numerous torches on the walls of the giant room flickered. Wind gusted through the open windows of the castle and filled Jai’s lungs with new found air. He could feel his body fighting the poison and gasped as blood gushed out of his mouth. “Oh Fee-Fee. Why? Why did this happen?” He whimpered, wiping the blood from his mouth. “Oh my sweet little Fee-Fee. Why did you have to die?” Prince Fernando had always been called Fee-Fee. From a young age, his older brother had renamed him and to this day that name had stuck. Nevertheless, Jai knew his little Fee-Fee was gone. --- One Hour Earlier The guard bowed his head and stood to attention as the Royal Family passed by. It had been a fun day and although the public festivities were over, everyone was still merry. They had decided earlier, due to the young Empress’ insistence, that they would continue the celebrations in the Grand Hall. As they entered the Grand Hall, music played and the sound of drums echoed throughout the room. Prince Jai’s marriage had been attended by some of the most prestigious people in the world and the feast had been extravagant. Even now, there was more food to be eaten and more beer to be drunk. As per tradition, the new bride was waiting in the Prince’s room. The Emperor took his seat at the front table and was joined by his family. “Where’s Fernando?” He asked. The Emperor was the only one who still referred to his son by his birth name. “I might have an idea.” Replied the elder brother. “I will go find him”. Leaving the hall, Jai headed straight from the throne room. Fernando had a habit of disappearing like this at important functions and every time, Jai would find him sitting on the throne room, pretending to be King. Unfortunately, the young man had never quite grown up and his selfish nature liked to show itself when he wasn't the centre of attention. Jai had anticipated this and although he was drunk, his wits were still about him. As he entered the throne room, Jai felt a slight twinge go through neck. Something about the way Fernando was sitting on the throne seemed wrong. It wasn’t the way he normally sat, he was slumped on the chair, whereas usually you’d find him sitting him tall and proud. Jai walked down the red carpet, looking around and shifting his black armour around nervously as he approached. “What’s wrong little brother? Sad that you’re not getting all the attention?” As he grew closer, he realised that Fernando was grinning manically. “I may not have gotten all of the attention. But I raped your wife.” Jai stopped in his tracks. His whole body filled with rage and he suddenly realised for a second that his little brother was a real monster, he was, as the people called him. “Fee-Fee the Monster”. “Excuse me?” Jai asked. “You heard me!” Fernando screamed. He was very drunk. “I loving raped your loving wife”. Jai ran forward, grabbing his little brother by the collar. “What the gently caress are you saying to me?!” Jai punched his brother in the face and reached for his dagger. Fernando was giggling uncontrollably. “Don’t worry about killing me big brother. I’m going to kill myself”. Jai let go of him. “Are you joking with me?” “No. I went in your room, stripped off her clothes and then…I raped her.” Fernando was reaching into his pocket for something. Jai grabbed him by his collar and punched him again. “Have you lost your mind?” The tears were already falling down from his eyes. “Why?” “Because I hate you. I hate everyone. Don’t you know?” Fee-Fee reached into his pocket and revealed what he had been reaching for. He produced two vials. “I’m going to kill myself.” “Is that poison? Do it. You’ve lost your loving mind.” Jai demanded assertively, taking a step back from his brother. His mind wandered and turned towards his bride, sitting in her room weeping because of the ghastly family into which she had been initiated. Jai’s ghastly family. Fernando drank the poison. Jai ran forward, “No!” --- Present Time Jai looked at the torches again. The poison was hurting his insides and his mind felt like it was melting. “I’m dying…” He whispered to himself. All of a sudden a noise came from where his little brother was lying. Jai looked up but he was blinded by the white light that came with death. “Fee-Fee?” Laughter. Laughter and the sound of fire crackling again as the wind blew in.
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Black and Blue (1551 words) 25 years ago His feelings lingered as he stared at her. Love and affection; emotions that had hadn’t sensed in a long time. A Justai of his wealth and stature did not experience these things often and he had not felt them since he was a child. She was beautiful and her distinctive different coloured eyes made her all the more special. Craggor felt tears building up as he looked at the little green thing. Unfortunately, he knew that he would never see her again because as soon as the black market doctor walked in, he would hand over this beautiful bundle of joy forever. He stood up and walked over to the chamber, taking her in his arms. He cradled her and kissed her forehead. The Prime Minister Candidacy rules for Mazipolin stated that children were forbidden because of the high level of commitment required. Craggor was in the forefront for the position and a child would ruin his chances and possibly bar him from future governmental roles. He knew that he loved this child. She was sent to him for a reason and her beauty felt like a sign that he should keep her and retract his contention. He wanted to disappear and get away from the political restrictions that had been imposed upon him. Reality hit him like a bullet. All of a sudden he felt a nagging urge to get rid of the thing he was holding. After taking one last glance at the baby’s heterochromia, he turned to the door. Holding his head up high, the tall green humanoid walked out. He marched up to the doctor and nearly threw the baby at him. The doctor’s face turned to one of panic and Craggor offered him the best poker face he could muster up in that moment. The very same poker face which had helped him throughout his political career. “Thank you for your cooperation” he said. ------- Present Day Maika used the control commands to ignite the hyper beams located on either side of the ship. She took a quick glimpse at her co-pilot Pariz who was intently staring at her. This was his first real taste of danger and he was afraid of dying, which was reasonable considering the ominous situation they were in. No. She wasn’t going to die today. The ship they were chasing had been stolen from the Mazipolin Federal Guard nearly 10 years ago. It was just as fast, if not a little faster than the Police 8000 that Maika and Pariz were riding in. Although the police ships were all well equipped with rail guns, the Federal Guard was well known for equipping their defence ships with rockets and security shields. However, Maika had a plan, one that she hadn’t shared with her co-pilot yet. “Communications.” She said, snapping her fingers in front of Pariz’s face who was still gormlessly glaring at her. He blinked and rotated to the communications phone on his left. The cockpit was quite small for such a large ship and being suffocated by Pariz’s constant barrage of affection and compliments often made her feel sick. He had once complimented her about her “striking eyes” five times in one day. “Communications on the line”. Pariz stated, handing the cordless mic to Maika. She was still manoeuvring the hefty ship, trying to keep up with the rusty dreadnought as it headed towards the collection of asteroids, presumably assembled for their doom. “Zaizor Operator. Command function 219” She hissed into the microphone, before turning to Pariz and flicking the switch positioned between their seats “Take over the controls, you just need to stay behind it”. … “Zaizor” The grumbly voice of a communications officer came on the line. “Zaizor. I need the Mazipolin Federal Guard.” The voice on the other side sounded surprised. “Why?” “My location is x79 zulu delta sector. I am going to send you pictures now”. Maika said assertively. She stood up and pressed the screenshot button located above them. “The stolen ship has taken possession of the Royal Armistice Jewels.” “Zaizor” The sullen speech sounded a lot more awake now. The theft had been all over the morning news in Juddaxor, Mazipolin’s capital and the centre of the Justai Kingdom. Maika knew that if they reached the group of asteroids, her spaceship would run out of fuel halfway through. There was no way around the asteroids and their signal would become jammed due to interference from within the cluster. In other words, she was in a bad position. Furthermore, there was no way that they would be able to keep up with the thieves because of the size of their ship. She glanced at her co-pilot, Pariz’s face was now determined as he manoeuvred the metallic ship. He was doing well and Maika noted that in her head for her report afterwards. They had only been working together for two weeks and a chase of this magnitude required her experience. Although Maika had always been confident, she was afraid now. Nevertheless, her strong willpower, which stemmed from her years in adoption meant that she had always felt invincible. The word “impossible” had never featured in her personal dictionary. The communications officer’s voice came back on the line and made Maika jump a little. Her green scales on her cheeks flying up, as they often did when she was shaken. “Zaizor. Ship number 732. Status is active.” Maika turned to Pariz, covering the mic with her light green hand. “We can’t disable the ship itself” “Wh-hhy?” Pariz said as he quickly turned the ship to the left. They were nearing the asteroids. “Because it might be active and at the speed at which he is going, there’s a chance the ship could explode and kill us.” Maika thought for a second. “We coul…” “Disable that entire taskforce’s engines?!” Pariz said, unaware that he was shouting and interrupting her. He was still focused on keeping up with the lawbreakers. For a second, Maika felt like kissing her co-pilot. He was right. The engines would shut down and there would be no chance of an explosion because they would charge down the ship sequentially as per the Fleet Guard system guidelines. Moreover, because the ship was so old, its fellow taskforce ships would now be out of service. She took her hand off the mic and spoke. ----------- This was going to change things. Happiness had become an alien emotion to Craggor. Since losing the Prime Ministerial election 25 years ago, he had failed to escalate his career any further and was now working as the Chief of Criminal Affairs. However, finally, at the ripe old age of 129 years, he would finally gain some recognition for his hard work. When the thieves had been caught, the call had come straight through to him and he had requested that the officer came straight to him with the prisoner. He wanted to commend the agent who had recaptured the Royal Armistice Jewels, something the Fleet Guard had been unable to achieve despite their “elite” status. He was sitting in his office on Mazipolin, the scales on his cheeks had virtually all fallen off and only a few remained. His skin had become a dark green colour, another sign of ageing that he had not expected for another few years. Craggor’s father had lost his scales and light coloured complexion a few years after his 150th birthday. He pressed the buzzer on his desk to indicate for his guards to come in with both the prisoner and the police officer. Unfortunately, the other officer had been shot and killed in action. They entered, slowly. The guards first, closely followed by the officer, who was still apprehending her prized criminal. Craggor didn’t notice at first but then when he did, his eyes became watery and he felt another scale instantly fall from his cheek. His child! She was here. After 25 long years, his beautiful baby girl! It had to be her; one eye was blue and the other was black. Cragga fought to control his emotions as he had done when he had first feasted his eyes on his baby girl before giving her away. He motioned for the guards to leave the room. They looked at him apprehensively before he gave the signal again, pointing towards the door as he did so. The constable standing in front of him shifted nervously, scratching her long neck as the guards left the room. “What is your name officer?” “Maika sir.” “Come here dear.” He said, smiling. “What about her Commander?” “Leave her. She’s not going anywhere with those guards outside. I want to get a closer look at the person who did this brilliant work.” Maika let go of the prisoner and walked over. She stood in front of Craggor and reached down to kiss his hand. Craggor looked into the young woman’s eyes. She had such beautiful eyes. He smiled again, revealing his green stained teeth. And then he reached down under his desk, grabbed his Hankoki knife and stabbed her between the eyes. Craggor left the knife speared in her face and, as the body fell to the floor with a thump, he turned around and looked at his daughter. “We’re going to disappear.” He whispered as a second scale fell. asap-salafi fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Jan 25, 2015 |
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In with The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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