Destined Couple

Seal

"That's...a lot of guards." Varian said as they took turns looking through a telescope.

"Yeah, over a thousand are stationed at all times." Eugene nodded. "Still wanna go, you two? I can take of it by myself, if not."

"We're good." Varian assured him. "I'm just wondering if I brought enough gas."

"Right. Well, I've drawn up this map," Eugene reached into his vest," based upon the brilliant way I got into Castle Equis before, to show you how this is gonna go down."

They leaned over the map with him as he went on. "All we need to do is borrow a few uniforms and waltz right through the front door!"

"We're not doing that." King Frederic stated.

"We're not?" Eugene asked.

"No, they'll be expecting that." Varian frowned. "Especially if you did it that way before."

"Eugene, as King, I've received top military training." King Frederic said, looking at him. "After studying this map, I can say with certainty that what is required here is stealthy ingress." He tapped a spot on the map. "And this is the perfect spot to do it!"

"The northeast tower?" Eugene asked. "The heavily-guarded, impossibly-fortified northeast tower?"

"No one will expect it." King Frederic said slyly.

"I can get us up there," Varian said casually, "but, we should put on armor to blend in with the darkness. No offense, Eugene, but your white sleeves stand out."

Eugene sighed. "Fine. Armor us up, kid."

Varian reached out for their hands. Eugene watched as their bodies were covered in black-rock armor, as well as Varian willing his own on. When he was finished, they couldn't see anything of each others' bodies, their eyes looking through small slits in the helmets.

"Alright." Varian grinned. "Let's go."

They headed off into the cover of night, heading for the tower. Guards started to walk by and Eugene ducked into the bushes to avoid being seen, while Varian just stayed perfectly still and let them pass him by. King Frederic seemed impressed by the latter and Eugene climbed out of the bushes with a bit of a grumble.

They moved across the garden, heading for the tower, and every time a guard passed by, they froze in place and were passed by unseen. Eugene hated to admit it, but the armor was doing its job. They blended into the darkness and managed to get across the garden and to the northeast tower.

King Frederic reached for the bag at his side and Varian reached over to touch it, allowing them to access the contents when the black rocks moved away." Right." He pulled out a grappling hook. "Let's go up there now." He whispered.

"I have a better idea, Your Majesty." Varian smiled, placing a hand on the wall of the building.

They watched as Varian created a ladder of black rocks that went up the side of the building and King Frederic put his grappling hook away before they started to climb it. "So, you can just...summon rocks from anywhere?"Eugene asked.

"Yeah." Varian nodded. "Anywhere earthy, at least. Stone, dirt, you know. Not wood, though, or cloth."

"Quiet, you two." King Frederic said, and they nodded and climbed on.

Varian was ahead of them, as the youngest and smallest, and he climbed up into the window first, followed by King Frederic and then Eugene. Then Varian retracted the rocks back into the stone, like they were never there.

Once inside, they walked down the fancy hall and Eugene looked around the corner. "Guards." He murmured, looking back at the other two. "I told you we should've gotten uniforms."