The Missing Key (Book 1)

Chapter 7: Stay Safe For Me

I looked at the king, as I did in fact kind of feel bad as to the fact that I had in fact came in late, all at the exact same time as well. Though, I also knew that it was going to be hard, and I was sure that he did not blame me for it, as he knew that I had in fact got home late last night, none the less. I also had kind of been slowed down a few times, at that, and I knew was not really all that much I could do about that either, none the less.
I just kind of breathed in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at once, as I knew that I should be more worried about what it was that the people that were going on the mission were going to think of me first and foremost. It was clear that many of them were not all too happy that I had showed up late. I really could not blame them for that, as I knew that it still was my own fault, never the less.
I kind of just shook my head a bit to my self, all at once, as I then looked past the king, and I looked down at all of the people that were all around me right now, as well. It was a lot of faces that I was not familiar with, as I saw a few faces that I had seen before, but I was not all too sure as to just what their names were. I suppose that I should have in fact expected that to be the case, all at the exact same time as well, at that.
I really did not have very many friends what so ever, as that was due to the fact that they were either jealous because I was the grand son of the king. Either that, or they kind of felt like they were too embarrassed to talk to me, and did not deserve to speak to me, due to that fact, all at the exact same time as well, none the less. Either which way, it did in fact come back to the fact that I was in fact the grand son of the king, all at the exact same time too.
I kind of just breathed in quite a bit of a soft sigh to my self all at once how ever, as I did my best to try to get my mind, and to try to get my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in fact been thinking on long before now, once again. I kind of blinked my eyes a few times at many of the men, as they all were men. I was simply still a teenage boy, and I was going to be going with men.
That kind of hit me all at once, all at the exact same time as well, as I kind of began to start to breath in quite a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could in the mean time, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in fact even been thinking on long before now, as I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could in the mean time, once again.
As I looked at all of the men, that seemed to just be playing with one another, or they seemed to be practicing fighting right now, all at the exact same time too, that was when I then saw the king nod to me, all at the exact same time as well. It was clear to me, as to just what it was that he was kind of asking me to do, all at the exact same time as well, as it was clear to me that he did in fact expect me to go on ahead and speak to all of them, all at the exact same time too.
I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could in the mean time, all at the exact same time as well, as I then did in fact begin to start to do as such a thing like that all of the sudden, all at the exact same time too. I knew that this was what I was built for, and that this was in fact what it was that I was being trained to do, all at the exact same time as well. Like it or not, as I knew that there was no such sort of way out of it for me, that some day I was in fact going to be the king, all at the exact same time as well.
I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could, all at once, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in fact even been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time too. As I kind of stood there, and I stared for a little bit longer, I then all of the sudden let out a very loud cough, all at once. I did my best to get the attention of all of the men that were in fact right here right now, all at the exact same time too, right on to me all of the sudden.
As soon as it was that I had in fact done as such a thing like that, all at the exact same time too, that was when I then all of the sudden noticed every one did in fact seem to stop what it was that they were doing all of the sudden. They all then all of the sudden, did in fact begin to start to turn their heads over to me, all at the exact same time too. It was clear to me now that they were all in fact paying their fullest attention as to just what it was that I was even about to go right on ahead and say to all of them, all at the exact same time too, never the less.
I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could in the mean time, as I felt like I could not help but to notice as to the fact that a few of them did in fact have their eyes squinted at me, all at the exact same time too. I did my best to just kind of try to ignore it, and I did my best to not let it bother me, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden did in fact begin to start to continue to speak to them all, all at once. I knew that all of them were in fact beginning to start to listen as to just what it was that I even had to say to them, all at the exact same time as well.
"I am sorry for showing up so late today every one... I hope that you do not blame me for all of this... We need to have some sort of chemistry whilst we are on this journey..." I said to them all, as I kind of felt like it was the safe bet as to just what it was that I should even say to all of them, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that there was no going wrong on just what it was that I had in fact even just said to them, all at the exact same time too.
I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could, all at once, as I then all of the sudden did in fact kind of gulp quite a bit heavily to my self, all at the exact same time too. It was in fact mostly silence that was all around me for quite a bit of some time, until in the end, I then did in fact hear a few of the people begin to speak amongst them selves quietly, all at the exact same time too.
I did my best to try to stay as calm as I felt like I possibly could, all at the exact same time too, as I was sure that they were not saying, and that they were not thinking the nicest things of me right now, all at the exact same time as well, none the less. It was clear that the chemistry thing was kind of already out of the window, at least for right now, all at the exact same time too, as I kind of just began to start to shake my head a bit to my self, all at once.
As I stood there, and I kind of stared there for just a bit of some time more or less, all at the exact same time too, that was when I then all of the sudden did in fact begin to start to breath in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at the exact same time too. I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in fact even been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time too.
As I stood there for just a bit more time, I then all of the sudden did in fact go right on ahead, and I then all of the sudden began to start to notice that the king, was now all of the sudden starting to step up and speak to all of the men that were in fact here with me right now, all at the exact same time as well. It was clear that he was struggling to walk, but I was a bit surprised that he was as strong as it was that he even was right now, all at the exact same time as well.
He was either insanely strong, or it was not as bad as it was that I had in fact first thought it to be, all at the exact same time too. Either which way it felt like it was, all at the exact same time as well, I kind of just shook my head a bit to my self all at once, as I just got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in fact even been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time too, never the less. As I stood there, and I kind of just stared for a bit more time, I then began to start to hear him begin to continue to speak to all of the men, all at once.
I breathed in quite a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at once, as I knew that it was still my fault, all at the exact same time too, but it was clear to me that the king was in fact standing up for me, and he was trying to protect me, all at the exact same time too. I loved my grand father, as he was in fact a great man, but I really felt like he did not need to do this, as I knew that it was my own fault, all at the exact same time as well. I kind of just began to start to dip my head a bit low to the ground all of the sudden, at the thought of that, all at the exact same time as well.
As I kind of just stood there, and I stared for a little bit longer, the king did in fact continue to go right on ahead and begin to start to speak to all of the men that were here right now, all at the exact same time too. I breathed in quite  a bit of a soft sigh to my self, as I kept my eyes down on the ground, all at the exact same time too. Either way it was, I did in fact feel like I had no such other choice but to hear out, and to begin to start to listen as to just what it was that the king even had to say to all of the men that were here right now, all at the exact same time too, at that.
"Look... You all need to know who this kid is... You will need him on this journey, you can't just not take him seriously, and you can't just not like him..." He said to all of the men that were in fact all around us, all at the exact same time as well, as I was quite a bit surprised as to just what it was that he had even just said to all of the men, all at the exact same time as well. As I kind of felt like he was right with just what it was that he had said, all at the exact same time too.
This was my father that we were in fact going to go and search for, as I knew that I was the most important person on this mission that we were in fact about to go on ahead and do, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that they were all in fact going to have to take me seriously, all at the exact same time as well, as I kind of just did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could. These people did not know my father at all, and they did not care all too much about all of that, all at the exact same time too.
How ever, I knew that they all did in fact love the king, and that they all did in fact trust the king, all at the exact same time too, as hearing it from his mouth was clearly just what it was that they all had in fact needed to hear, all at the exact same time as well, as I then did in fact see them all go right on ahead, and they did in fact nod back to the king, all at the exact same time as well, to let him know that they all had in fact heard as to just what it was that the king had in fact even just said to them all, all at the exact same time as well, luckily enough for us, never the less, at that.
I did my best to still try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could, all at once, as I then all of the sudden began to start to get my mind, and I began to start to get my focus on the fact that I saw that they were all nodding back in agreement as to just what it was that their king had in fact just said to them all, all at the exact same time too, at that.
I breathed in quite a bit of a soft sigh of relief to my self, all at once, as soon as it was that I had in fact seen them do as such a thing like that, all at the exact same time as well. As I stood there, and I kind of just stared for a little bit more time, I then all of the sudden did in fact begin to start to go right on ahead and I began to start to blink my eyes a few times, all at the exact same time too, as I got my mind, and I got my focus on to the fact that one of the kings men did in fact begin to start to step up for the rest of them, all at the exact same time as well.
I was a little bit afraid as to just what it was that he was even about to go on ahead and say to both me and the king right now, if I was not going to lie to my self either, all at the exact same time too, once again. As I kind of just stood there, and I stared there for a little bit longer, I then all of the sudden did in fact go right on ahead, and I began to start to see him nod to both me and the king all of the sudden, all at the exact same time as well.
As I stood there, and I kind of stared at the man for just a little bit longer, I then all of the sudden did in fact go right on ahead, and I did in fact begin to start to nod back to the man, all at the exact same time too, as it was clear that I was letting him know that I was in fact paying attention as to just what it was that he was even about to go on ahead and say to the both of us, all at the exact same time too. As I looked over to the king all of the sudden, I did in fact see him do the exact same thing that it was that I had done, not all too much longer after that.
I let out a bit of a soft sigh of some relief to my self all at once, never the less, though I was not all too sure as to just what it was that the man was even about to go right on ahead and even say to the both of us, all at the exact same time as well. As I kind of just stood there, and I stared for a little bit longer, he then did in fact in the end, begin to start to speak to me, all at the exact same time too. I did in fact, of course, begin to start to listen as to just what it was that he even had to say in the very first place any ways, all at the exact same time too.
"Wait... You didn't tell me that the person you were talking about bringing with me was going to be a kid!" He said to the king, all at the exact same time as well, never the less. I saw that his eyes were a bit wide, as it was clear that he was not messing, and that he was not mocking me, what so ever, all at the exact same time too. It was clear that he was being dead serious with just what it was that he had even just said, all at the exact same time as well.
As soon as it was that he had in fact said it how ever, I could not help but to get a bit upset at the man, as I then all of the sudden did in fact begin to start to squint my eyes over towards him all of the sudden, all at the exact same time as well, never the less. The guy did seem to notice me do as such a thing like that, all at the exact same time too. It was clear that he did in fact choose to ignore it how ever, as I saw that he was simply looking over to the king.
I decided to do the same thing that he was, all at the exact same time as well, as I saw that some of the men were in fact nodding in some sort of agreement as to just what it was that he had even just said, all at the exact same time too, never the less. I suppose that he did in fact bring up a bit of a fair point, as I was in fact fairly young, as I was not going to lie to my self. How ever, I was not just some sort of kid, all at the exact same time as well, as I really did in fact want to say some thing back to the guy, all at the exact same time as well, none the less.
I kind of just breathed in a bit of a heavy sigh to my self how ever, as I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could either way, all at the exact same time too, until in the end, I did in fact go right on ahead, and I began to start to notice that the king was in fact finally beginning to start to speak up all of the sudden. It was clear to me that he was in fact responding back as to just what it was that the man had in fact even just said to him just a few moments before hand, all at the exact same time as well.
I let out a bit of a soft sigh of some sort of relief to my self, all at once, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in fact been thinking on long before now, never the less. As I kind of just stood there, and I stared for just a bit more time, I then all of the sudden did in fact begin to start to pay attention as to just what it was that the king was saying right now, all at the exact same time too. Even if it was that he did in fact just so happen to have his back turned in the other direction from me, never the less.
I kind of just shook my head, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of that other stuff either way, all at the exact same time too. As I kind of just stood there, and I stared for a little bit longer, the king did in fact begin to start to speak back to him, all at the exact same time as well, once it was that he did in fact feel like he had the attention of the man on to him, all at the exact same time too. I then began to start to go right on ahead, and I began to start to listen as to just what it was that he even had to say to me in the very first place any ways.
"He is my grand son... This is his father that you are looking for... He has trained for this his whole life... I am running out of time, and it needs to be now, Steve..." He said to the man, all at the exact same time too. I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could, all at once. I was a bit lost as to just what it was that he had meant on the fact that I had trained my entire life for this one mission, all at the exact same time as well.
How ever, it then all of the sudden began to start to hit me as to just what it was that he was even getting at, and just what it was that he was even talking about right now, in the very first place any ways, never the less. As I kind of just began to start to let out quite a bit of a heavy sigh to my self, all at once, I then began to start to dip my head a little bit low to the ground, all of the sudden. I knew that I had in fact been training my entire life for some thing along the lines of just what it was that I was even about to go right on ahead and do, all at the exact same time as well.
That was exactly what it was that did in fact scare me how ever, as I felt like as much as it was that I had trained for this all, it still would not be enough, and that I would inevitably fail in the end. I knew that it was pessimistic to be thinking that sort of way, but I kind of felt like I really could not help it what so ever. All of the grown strong men that were all around me right now, all at the exact same time too. Who was I? I was merely a boy I suppose, just as it was that Steve had just said to me, all at the exact same time too.
I kind of just began to start to let out quite a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at once, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in fact even been thinking on long before now. As I kind of just stood there, and I stared for just a little bit more time, I then all of the sudden began to start to wake my self up a bit, all at once. I noticed that there was a fair bit that was going on all around me, all at the exact same time as well.
As I looked at just what it was that was even going on right now, I saw that Steve was pointing to all of the men that was all around him, all at the exact same time as well, to let them know that they should in fact go right on ahead, and they should come on over to just where it was that I was even at right at this very moment in time too. I kind of gulped, as I saw all of the men draw closer to me, all at the exact same time as well, as I felt like I was a strong kid as it was my self.
I was nothing compared to these men how ever, as these seemed to be the strongest of the bunch in the king dom, if I was guess. It would only make sense, as much as I was freaked out to think that these were simply just normal men, all at the exact same time too. I knew just how much this mission did in fact mean to the king, all at the exact same time too. I knew that he was in fact sending the best of the best to go and be with me, and to protect me, all at the exact same time too.
I breathed in quite a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at once, as I simply just did my best to try to get my mind, and to try to get my focus off of the rest of that other stuff that I had in fact even been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time too. In the end, I then did in fact go right on ahead, and I began to start to breath in quite a bit of a heavy sigh to my self, all at the exact same time as well.
As I stood there, and I kind of just stared at all of the men, and at Steve, for just a little bit longer, all at the exact same time too, that was when Steve then did in fact begin to start to speak to all of the men that were in fact right here right now, all at the exact same time too. I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could in the mean time, all at the exact same time too. I just kind of got my eyes, and my focus on the man's face, all at the exact same time as well.
He kind of just had his eyes squinted at all of his men, as I saw that they all did in fact go right on ahead, and that they did in fact begin to start to nod back to him, all at the exact same time too. As soon as it was that they had in fact done as such a thing like that, all at the exact same time as well, that was when he then began to start to continue to speak to them. It was clear that he did in fact now realize that he had all of their attention on to him, all at the exact same time as well.
It was clear that he was the leader of all of this, as I still was not all too sure as to just what it was that my point was, if I was in fact not the leader. I kind of just let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self either way, all at the exact same time too, as I did my best to try to get my mind, and to try to get my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in fact been thinking on long before now. In the end, I then did in fact begin to start to go right on ahead, and I began to start to listen as to just what it was that Steve even had to say to all of the men, all at the exact same time as well, never the less.
"Alright men! You heard the king! It's time to go!" He yelled to them all, all at the exact same time too, as it was clear that he was in fact wanting to get this started as soon as possible, all at the exact same time too. It kind of reminded me as to the fact that I had in fact shown up late, all at the exact same time as well. I still kind of felt like I could not help but to feel a little bit guilty about it all, all at the exact same time too.
I just kind of dipped my head a bit low to the ground, all at the exact same time too, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that was even going on right now, in the very first place any ways, all at the exact same time too, never the less. As I kind of just stood there, and I stared there for just a little bit longer, I then all of the sudden began to start to notice movement, all at the exact same time too. I lifted my head up all of the sudden, as I was a little bit lost as to just what it was that was even going on right now, in the very first place any ways, never the less.
As I then began to start to lift my self up, all at once, I then all of the sudden began to start to notice as to just what it was that was even going on right now all of the sudden, all at the exact same time too, as it then all of the sudden began to start to hit me, just as soon as it was that I had in fact noticed it, never the less. As I kind of just stood there, and I stared for a little bit longer, I then all of the sudden began to start to wake my self up all of the sudden.
It was clear to me that every one was in fact starting to head out of the little court yard that we had in fact been staying at long before now, all at the exact same time as well. They were heading right over to just where it was that I had in fact used to get in to the place that I was at, all at the exact same time too. That was of course the fact that I was going right over to the front gates, all at the exact same time as well, as I kind of just blinked my eyes a few times, still at a bit of a loss for words, as I was still in a bit of some shock, none the less.
I watched all of the men go past me, as no one seemed to be paying me any sort of attention what so ever, which did not make me feel to well about the chemistry that we were in fact going to be having, all at the exact same time as well. I kind of just began to start to breath in quite a bit of a heavy sigh to my self, all at once, as I then did my best to just try to not think on it all too much, all at the exact same time too, never the less.
I then began to start to notice that Steve was in fact starting to squint his eyes over towards me, all at once, as soon as it was that he did in fact head right on ahead past me. It was clear that he was trying to make it known to me that he was in fact the leader of this group, all at the exact same time as well, none the less. How ever, what it was that he did not seem to notice, was the fact that just because I was the grand son of the king, did not mean a single thing about me wanting to be a leader, at that.
I kind of just shook my head a bit to my self, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in fact been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time as well. As I stood there, and I more or less stared, I then began to start to realize as to just what it was that I was in fact supposed to be doing right now, all at the exact same time as well. I then began to start to go right on ahead, and I began to start to follow with the rest of the men, all at the exact same time too.
Just as soon as it was that I had in fact done as such a thing like that, all at the exact same time as well how ever, that was when it then all of the sudden began to start to come back to me, as to all that was even going on right now in the very first place any ways, never the less. That was of course the fact that just what it was that was in fact going on was in fact the king began to start to speak to me, all at the exact same time too. It was clear that he was not done speaking to me just yet.
I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could in the mean time, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden did in fact begin to start to go right on ahead, and I began to start to turn my head back over to the king. I kind of just locked eyes with him for just a few moments, all at the exact same time as well, never the less. As soon as it was that the both of us had in fact done as such a thing like that, all at the exact same time too, that was when I then did in fact go right on ahead, and I began to start to nod to him.
It was clear to the both of us that I was in fact paying attention as to just what it was that he was even about to go right on ahead and even say to me, all at the exact same time as well. I kind of let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I felt like I possibly could in the mean time, all at the exact same time too. In the end, I the did in fact begin to start to hear him continue to speak to me, all at once. I did in fact begin to start to listen as to just what it was that he even had to say to me in the very first place any ways, never the less, at that.
"Michael... Stay safe for me..."