Chapter 3: Discovery
The aide picked the tablet, looked at the broken screen and nodded, in affirmation of the King's statement. The King waved away the guard as he requested "I'd like to speak with the safeguard. He's very brave for not leaving my daughter's side." The guard nodded as he started to type on his pad.
On the ground floor Destrulus was cornered in his thought on what he'll have to do in worst case scenario. While Camilla suddenly with no warning took off her costume. Destrulus kneeled next to her "Put that back on, right now" he addressed her in a domineering voice, as if giving a command.
Camilla just smiled at Destrulus and winked at him "I am just hot, too hot to bear to wear it anymore." This only worried Destrulus even more, then looked at her as she was in her underwear "Sorry, but you can't stay in your underwear" he took off his coat and laid it carefully on her, his hands slowly trembling.
Camilla grabbed his trembling hands "Is this your first time being afraid?" she slowly moved one of his hands to her check "I am honoured." Destrulus leaned to kiss her forehead and hugged her.
They stood there, sitting next to each other looking at the alien as time passed, he himself was slowly passing away. Destrulus's personal pad light up, with a message. He looked up towards the elevated balcony. It was the message from the King, he did not wish to show this to Camilla, then quickly replied with 'No.'
The king stayed silent; it made the staff worry to no end. Not only about the king but for the future of their planet. Heck even solar system with the alien right in front of them. The guard hesitantly came closer towards the king to voice Destrulus's message "Sir, he said 'No'. But I can assure you he's among the strongest men among our ranks. He will keep your daughter safe." he also showed the pad as proof of the reply, just in case the kind might think otherwise. The king gazed over the pad and read the Destruls's name then spoke up "And also my daughter's husband, no wonder he didn't leave her."
When the king broke such news to the employees, they just couldn't picture. The blood thirst, scary, strict and to top it all a New Human as well. They were speechless, some even walked closer to the window to see, if it really was Destrulus they were speaking of. They dared not believe their eyes as the truth was spoken to their ears. But soon after a knock on the door broke the silence. It was Nyokes, he was panting as he waited in front of the door and fixed his tie.
A guard by the door opened it shortly after the knock. Nyokes salutes as the light within the balcony hit his face "Glory thy King and Planet."
"At ease." replied the king as he lowered his hand to signal it.
Nyokes quickly picks up the peace of the conversation and briefs the King "I am here on behalf of Destrulus, we are aware of your daughter being infected." He quickly walked over by the window to see the state of the two on the ground. At the sight of Camilla without her costume he corrected himself "We are certain that she is infected. Thus, we will ask for your consent, as her relative when she will not be in a sane state. Until then I will be speaking only to her." In the sigh of many as Nyokes briefed the king of the situation, they saw a father rather than a ruler. They could only sympathize with him in such though times.
Everyone's attention broke from its course as a black rock shaped like an egg fell from the carcass of the now greyed out alien. The loud noise it made on the ground floor made both Camilla and Destrulus to cover their ears while all the grey like ash was flown all over the floor from the impact. No one moved for a whole minute, awaiting the worst, but nothing happened.
Destrulus's instincts were on a rampage, where to look? What to expect? How to protect Camilla? Yet as if no remorse of fear Camilla got up and started to walk towards the rock.
"Sit back Camilla, no more exploring and recklessness" He didn't get any reply from Camilla. He jumped up and grabbed her hand and pulled it closer to him "Camilla, did you not hear me?" as soon as he came face to face with her, he saw for the first time the unbelievable. Camilla's eyes were glowing red and within a second she moved her right hand to punch Destrulus. At a moment such as this, he did not move aside as he was well aware of Camilla's strength. But as her fist drew in at a much higher speed than he would have expect, he immediately backed away. Yet Camilla swiftly followed up as she finally landed a punch, sending Destrulus into the nearest wall. He couldn't stand up anymore as the infection that was affecting him, started to take a toll on his body as well. With a crunched voice "Camilla don't go…" He knew he'd get no answer. But for the first time he hoped for something.
Camilla waited, motionless to see if Destrulus would get up. He did not. She started walking once again towards the grey being. She stopped in front of the rock, she touched it. It was so hot, it started melting her skin, yet she did not yell nor feel pain. Only a voice that spoke in her mind "Fear not my child, as he is of my own blood, he shall do you no harm." And slowly the temperature of the rock dropped down, while the warmth of the rock diminished her melted skin was slowly healing.
Nyokes instantly left the room as the ash had settled down. But as he was going down the stairs, he heard another loud noise as the stairs shook a little from the impact. He rushed into the hangar to see Destrulus almost passed out into a small rubble in the wall, while Camilla was interacting with the rock. He had a choice. Either Destrulus or Camilla. In his eyes Camilla was doomed the moment she was infected, but not in Destrulus's eyes. He chose Destrulus, by the idea that Rex, Destrulus's and Camilla's child, would need a father more than a mother.
Nyokes tried to go unnoticed as he walked further into the hangar. Yet lo and behold he was followed by a pair of red eyes. It gave him the shivers, as it was Camilla the pair of eyes. He stopped moving to see if she was going to attack him, yet contrary to his expectation, she sat next to the rock and hugged it. He dared not gamble this chance by trying to move, then taken by surprise Camilla pointed towards Destrulus. She moved her lips, but no sound came. At this point Nyokes could only deduce that she was heling him to save her husband but was 'she still sane?' he questioned himself while he started moving towards his friend.
With his approach to Destrulus, he truly saw the beauty of the carcass slowly fading away. But Destrulus's groan brought him back to reality, he tapped his leg. "Bud, you oke there?"
"Nyokes?" Destrulus asked confused "Why on earth are you here?" Then it hit him "Where is Camilla, is she fine?"
Nyokes chuckled "You called, didn't you? So here I am." He looked towards Camilla as he asked him of her wellbeing, all this time her eyes were following him like prey. "She is much better than you with that pipe sticking out of your leg." He reached his hand towards Destrulus to help him stand up, as soon as he managed to pull his leg out of the pipe within the wall they could feel the stare getting more intense.
Destrulus wondred "Could it be the blood that made her presence change?"
Nyokes instantly cut in "I don't care right now. Let's just get out of here first." He dragged Destrulus towards the entrance of the hangar. As soon as the doors closed behind them, he sighed as he dropped Destrulus. He tapped twice on the wall with an O2 sign, the small door slid open as there were oxygen bottles in it. He handed one to Destrulus and took one for himself. Thereafter he tapped three times on the same sign and a first aid kit showed up from the shelf beneath it. "We have to go up, it's safe here" He informed Destrulus, but he was half dead from the infection, hence Nyokes just dragged him to the upper balcony where the king was waiting.
Nyokes once again knocks on the door and as soon as the door opened, he took Destrulus to the neared seat he saw, while asking one of the guards to hold the oxygen bottle to his face. Then headed for the king. He was sitting there mortified after the events he had witnessed. What he knew as a daughter was no more.
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Fuishi
Fuishi Had some extra time and wrote the 3rd chapter as well.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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