Day 2
The next morning Kat was greeted by Beeves and Boris in the Princesses apartments. Kat had done the night shift and they were to watch the Princess during the day while Kat got some sleep. The Princess was going to visit her Father this morning and all three of them would go as her protection. News had finally come in late last night that her father was out of surgery, but wasn’t out of the woods yet. His recovery would take months if he were to pull through. It had already been arranged that the Princess would go and see her Father at 9.20 this morning. Shimel had greeted Kat with a coffee and she had just finished it when the boys arrived.
Boris greeted Kat with “Oh gosh Kat, you look like . .”
“I don’t want to hear it” Kat cut in, just to let the boys know she was still sharp, despite how she must look.
“Morning” the women both welcomed. The boys now just a bit wary of them, blushed a bit.
“Would you like Coffee” Lacy offered.
“Yes, please” They both answered.
“Good morning” the Princess Rota said, as she entered the room.
Shimel placed a Coffee in her hand “Thank you, just what I needed”
“Ok” said Kat, “while we are all here, Princess, this morning you want to visit your Father”
“Yes Please” Rota replied
“Good, then we should try and leave in 15mins. I also want the boys to start teaching you some evasive mauves, self-defence tricks, it might save your life one day. I actually think you women will enjoy it.” Kat said with a smile.
“Is there anything else anyone would like to add, or discuss?” . . . There was a pause, “I’m available anytime if anything comes up. Princess Rota, Lacy, Shimel seriously. You’re not captives and we will work with you to keep your life as normal as possible.”
“Ok, Thanks, Kat.” replied Rota “Oh and would you all please just call me Rota, the whole Princess thing is getting too much to bear.” She smiled “maybe in public, use princess”
They all agreed.
Shimel put her hand out to Lacy, palm up, Lacy shook her head and pulled a note from out of the front of her dress and put it in Shimel’s palm, Shimel then put in down the front of her dress. The boys watched with attentive fascination, Kat was amused, Rota just rolled her eyes, like this was a daily occurrence.
Kat then told the girls what to look for or hand signals they might use when they were on the move, also what to do if indeed they were under attack. She also checked they were wearing their vests they were given last night for today’s outing.
Princess Rota
We finally got on the way. I was so worried about what condition I would find my Father in. The whole thing was just so surreal, part of me still didn’t believed it. We entered my father’s hospital room, it was probably a waiting room they had converted so there was enough room for all the doctors and a couple of specialists that were flown in. They however cleared the room for me and I was able to sit with him for a while, holding his hand. He was so pale, and his breathing was really shallow. There were cords and leads running over him everywhere. I sat there trying not to think, I really didn’t want to cry, not here so I blinked the tears away and decided to talk to him instead. About nothing important, if there were bugs in my apartments, I had to suspect there were bugs in here too. After half an hour I ran out of things to talk about. So I stood said my goodbyes and kissed my Dad on his forehead, like he had done for me each night he tucked me into bed, a tear slid down my cheek then. I took another moment to collect myself. When I exited his room, I asked to speak to the head doctor.
“Hi Doctor. . . ” I quickly glanced at his name tag “. . .Toms, I know you can’t tell me if he will survive this but could you tell me exactly what happened.”
“Yes Princess Rota” The Doctor said with a short bow. “You father was shot with a laser gun, it has pieced just above his heart.” He used his pen to show a trajectory from above into a spot between his shoulder and heart. “During the surgery, we had to reconstruct some of his arteries a protective barrier to keep his heart together while allowing it to continue to beat. As well as clean out a lot of charred flesh. A surgery like this has never been done before and so we really are at a loss to know exactly how this will go. We do know that if he does pull through he will not be fit to rule for some time, his heart will be weak and won’t take the busy schedule expected of him. He will need to spend a lot of time resting, and the use of his arm is unknown.
“Thank you, Doctor, do you know who collected my fathers personal affects, I would like to retrieve a gold ring that is the set for this necklace.” Said Princess Rota. “Oh yes they are over here. You should just take the whole bag and keep them safe for him.
“Thank you Doctor Toms, we shall not bother you further”
Kat being privy to the new information of the angle of trajectory pulled out her comm and made a note for the core team to access. Once the Princess had thanked everyone for the care they were taking of her Farther they headed back for the apartments. Beeves and Boris in the lead.
They got back without any problems.
“Here” Said Rota, “here is your ring, I didn’t want your technology to get into the wrong hands.”
“Thanks for that Rota” Said Kat and she put it back in the case.
“Ok Kat said, Beeves, Boris I have all the surveillance and security feeds set up on the bench. Is there anything further. If not, I’m going to find my bed. I have my comm on though. Get on to me if I’m needed.”
The boys gave her a nod and she left closing and locking the door behind her.
“Alright,” said Beeves “Where in charge of the ladies”
The women all rolled their eyes. “I think we should fix some lunch” suggested Lacy.
“Refreshments anyone?” Offered Shimel.
“Oh yes Please” the boys said.
They were almost finished their lunch when the surveillance system chimed. Immediately, the boys, got up. Beeves went to see the feeds and Boris to the front door. “Someone is coming to your door,” said Beeves, he picked up the device and held it out to Rota so she could identify the person.“Oh No,” said Rota “Its my Uncle Octave, My Fathers brother. Oh I didn’t expect him here for at least another two days. He normally drags his feet when coming here.”“Did you want us to turn him away?” asked BeevesThere was a knock on the door.“I would like that but no its better to just get this over and done with”Shimel got up at once and took all their unfinished plates from the table “Uncle Octave won’t think it proper, the help eating with a Princess” she said in a mocking tone and put them in the butlers pantry. She then hurried down the hall closing all the doors.
Kat awoke at 5pm after a restful sleep. Oh how she needed that. She checked her comm, there were a couple of messages but none urgent. So she ordered some dinner to be sent over and hit the shower while she waited. Refreshed, dressed and hot meal in front of her she decided to check her messages. There was one from Boris about Rota being visited by her uncle Octave, who was by all accounts trying to get Rota to step away from the crown so he could rule while her Father recovered. He also mentioned his reaction to Lacy’s comment about him next in line to the throne if anything happened to her. Octave also carried an ornate knife on his lower left leg, which had blood on it. There were photos of the knife too. It was swabbed and will be sent to the lab.There was a couple of replies and thoughts on the note she had put up about the trajectory of the Kings shooter.Then she came across a message from her superior giving her a heads up about Octave’s request fo
Day 3Jay was woken up at 4am in the morning by an alarm on his comm. Report to cockpit. Was all it saidHe jumped up and dressed in a hurry and met Tilly heading in the same direction. Benny, and Ryder were already there."What's going on?" said JayRyder started to explain "I have been watching another ship going in the same direction that we are. It appears to be a newer ship with a much higher speed that what his old girl can hold. I have been making our course look like we could have been heading to two other planets at once but this ship ever since I noticed it has been heading directly to Planet S610""I don't have a good feeling about this" said bunny as she entered the room with a tray containing coffee for everyone."Oh Bunny" said Benny almost groaning in delight "you do know the way to a man's heart. . . Jay can we keep her""Careful Benny, she is a wild thing that can't be tamed" Jay warned
“Captain Jay of the Palace guard of Ziion, me and my team are on an undercover mission in relation to the Kings recent assignation attempt. We are on our way to your planet, when we noticed another ship also heading there. We are unsure of its purpose but if its in connection to our case it could be to harm or kidnap one of you trainees.“Can you release the person’s identity”There was a pause“Where you the person who knew our code”“Yes I served in the Ziion Military, and still call Ziion home and King Levis my King”“Ok that’s good enough for me. We have only one source but we believe on your Planet, you have a missing princess, she is a twin to Princess Rota”“Mia” said Alex looking to Dora, Dora’s eyes widened. As they both thought through her circumstances it made sense, she even had similar featured to the king”“Yes it does make se
Dora watched as the smaller ship landed in the docking area. Four men got out in completely black armoured gear with as many weapons as would fit on a body. They confidently strode up to the door.Dora gave an update. “Four men, full battle armour, completely black with lots of weapons”“What is your business on Planet S610,” Dora askedOne of the men with a confident smile took a step closer, he opened his mouth then the smile faded as Dora’s gift started to pull words he didn’t intend to use towards his mouth.“We are here to kill the Princess” The man replied, his men looked at him shocked.“How many men do you have?”He was starting to sweat now “15 plus a pilot”“What is your plan of attack?” One of the men pushed him out of the way and stood in his way, only to answer the question instead. “We have sent two other ships to the north exit and
With his left hand holding his rifle wrapped around her waist and his right hand over her mouth, he leaned his back against the inside of the cupboard for stability. The cupboard door on his left. He froze, trying to hear how far away the other team was. It was pitch black it there. Mia started to struggle, he just realised she didn’t know who he was. “Shhh,” he whispered, straight into her ear, I won’t hurt you. Her body shivered involuntary, then she tried to elbow him in the ribs, but lucky for him it was only half a blow because of the tight confines of the cupboard. He then felt her hand move down his leg to where his hand gun was. Oh that would not end well, “Mia” he whispered, he could feel her body tense. Oh yes it was Mia alright. “Its Jay, from the second” He whispered into her ear again, her body shivered again, “can I remove my hand” She nodded, “Another team came in behind me” he took his right hand from her mouth slowly. “Do you trust me?” Jay asked, th
They exited the cupboard slowly, allowing their eyes to adjust to the light again. They headed back down the corridor they had just come from. They passed the man Mia had taken out with a kick and elbow, her gun was on the ground near him. She must have dropped it in the attack. He was still alive but wouldn’t be coming around anytime soon. She had got him good. Jay kicked the weapons from him, “did you want your gun, or will you use mine.”Mia thought “yours” Jay nodded and they continued.They stopped at the next man, or the lead man. He had been shot straight between the eyes. Jay removed his vest. “Take your vest off. This will offer you more protection, not to mention more weapons.” Mia did it quickly. “Crack shot” he said to her. She was trying not to look at the man, she blushed. He helped her tighten the straps so it wasn’t too loose on her. “Ok?” he asked“Ok” she replie
“Yes” she replied. He let out a breath and helped her up with his free hand and then he made a direct line to the control panel. He tapped his stud a couple of times. “Ryder, do you have a copy”“Yes Jay” replied Ryder“I’m on the other ship. Can you configure its system so we have control? There’s still a Pilot on here somewhere.”“Yes” Ryder said. “Open a line to me.”Jay tapped his stud again to turn it off and opened a line between both the ships. His voice came through the ships speakers. “If you can find the override key, I can do it remotely, that would be quickest.”“Where do we look for the override key,” Jay asked“It’s a long shot but it comes in the manual, but most people change it.”“Manual,” Mia said stepping up beside him with a think book in her hand. On the first page t