DEBORAH THE WARRIOR PRINCESS

Chapter 9: Overcoming betrayal

I felt led in my spirit to meet Prince for help, and I did so. The next day, I made a trip to the Calisthenian Presidential Villa, and I arrived at his place by night because I started my journey on a not-early note. My unannounced arrival seems to have caught him by surprise, but the narration of my dream did not bother him one bit! He was simply aloof!
“That dream seems to say that I was envious of the other guy… in your dream.” Prince responded in a skeptical way after I had narrated the account of my dream to him.
“That is not my main concern! We need to destroy that project!” I responded in passionate manner.
“Fine.” He said, then he smiled cynically for a while, then responded, “We should find a way to destroy the project… in your dreams!” He said arrogantly, and then snapped his fingers.
The security guards protecting him surrounded me in an instant to his signal, and at that moment my heart sank! I knew I was in hot soup, though it was more like cold jail, because I was imprisoned in prison that was cold. Now, I was left with no other option than to pray for a miracle.
On the next day, during the early hours of the morning, Prince came to visit me in my cell.
“Hey, Princess! Hope you are enjoying the cell?” He asked sarcastically.
“Prince, I thought we were friends.”  I responded calmly.
“You thought…! That was your thought! Face reality my friend.” He replied in a sarcastic way.
His sarcasm was eating into me, but I had to clutch in the pain, I needed to get out of the prison first, before settling any other issue.
He continued, “I plan to use you as a bait for the defeat of Sosthenes!”
I was super-startled (maybe, the word ‘super-startled’ is an understatement), “Prince, you want to use me? Okay! That aside, please don’t start any war! Please!” I begged.
But Prince was too puffed up to see my pleas. “I hope your uncle is getting ready for war! You are now out of the picture, and with the NUFAME weapon in our hands… we have become unstoppable!” He responded arrogantly, then he laughed like the devil would, and left me alone.
As he left, I tried my best to beg him, “Please, listen to me! Please!” I shouted, but they all fell on deaf ears, and for the first time in my life, I spent quality time in prayer! Guess what? My uncle and some of his chief soldiers were thrown into the same prison that I was, on that same day in the evening. I later discovered that, the Calisthenian president did not really wage a war, he just simply launched a lightning kind of invasion, and he was successful within 24 hours. For the first time in my few years of living, it looked like God had failed me.
My despondency was worsened when Prince showed up at my cell during the night of that day.
“Princess Deborah, it looks like you will be here for quite a while, your uncle has been captured.”
I wanted to tell him, “Yeah! I know! I saw the moment he was put into his cell! And I assure you! My wrath is going to consume you when I get out of here!” I was really annoyed within me, but I did not say anything, because the Holy Spirit impressed it upon my heart to be quiet all through his talk, so I obeyed my Helper.
“Deborah, you will soon face shame!” He said, and then he gave out a laugh of mockery, but I held my peace.
“Deborah! Say something! I don’t trust that traitorous mind of yours!” He said angrily, and then he opened up my cell, and approached me with a look of 'I will kill you!” Yeah! His countenance was frightening, it did shake me on the inside, but outwardly, I seemed to be unbothered.
“I know you are highly intelligent! You must be… because you have defeated my father before… but I assure you, your plans will definitely fail! Trust me.” He said thoughtfully, and then he left.
After he left me alone, I was downcast for a few minutes, and the only reason while I snapped out of my sadness was because, I felt led to look at my prison doors, and I did. Lo and behold! The doors were still unlocked, he closed my doors without using the lock! So, I waited till I was sure he was out of the facility. And the moment I felt his presence no more, I dashed out of my cell, and of course! I met some very drowsy soldiers stationed at the cells next to mine, they were just 2 or 3. So, I sneaked past them and prayed a little, and I heard, “Go right!” And I obeyed. “Turn left!” I obeyed. And I found myself facing a staircase, “Climb this, and seize their guns when you get there.” I climbed it and discovered that it led to the prison facility's control room, the 2 soldiers I met there where fast asleep! I took their guns that were lying on the floor carelessly, took control of the control system, and set every prison free! (Forgive my carelessness here, I did not know the cell my uncle was put in, and glory to God! There were just a few prisoners in the facility, that is, apart from my uncle and his chief soldiers. So… the doors made some noise while they opened simultaneously and that was enough to wake the soldiers up. At this point I knew, I was… BUSTED!
Prince, as if on a cue about my state of imprisonment, rushed back into the prison facility, and met the prisoners freed! His soldiers were panicking, while I was trying to threaten the now awakened soldiers in the control room with their own guns. Within minutes, Prince was at the control room while a riot was beginning to cook up at the cells area.
“Deborah! Drop those guns!”  He said sternly.
“Tell them to back off…! Or else…!” I responded sardonically.
“Or else what?”  He responded.
“Remember, we are now enemies. I think it will be in your best interest not to see the highly intelligent side of me.” I responded rather calmly.
Prince looked at me coldly for a while, “Leave us alone!” He ordered the soldiers, and the two men left us alone. In a sharp manner, he added, “Deborah! Stop the commotion outside!”
I did not know what to do at that instant, but I had to do something, so I quickly went to the control panel, clicked on something and shouted to it, “Everyone! Be calm! The NUFAME project is about to destroy Europe!” Maybe the first part of that sentence did nothing, but the last part certainly did. All the prisoners and soldiers outside were certainly familiar with the NUFAME project.
Prince was surprised at my adeptness with the control system, (if only he knew that I just clicked on anything at random…), but the surprise written all over his face was more than just a concern about my level of adeptness with the control system.
“What do you mean by the NUFAME project is about to destroy Europe?” He asked concernedly.
“You have to believe me. I secretly did something to it while we were working on it during those times to ensure that the project's destruction will cover all of Europe if it is detonated.” I responded.
“What if it is detonated at the borders of Sosthenes?” He responded with a tint of anger in his voice.
“The intelligence system of that project is highly sensitive, we both know that fact! So, I can say categorically that, expect the destruction of Europe if you detonate it anywhere within its borders, even if it is at its borders!” I responded… angrily this time around.
Some beads of sweat began to break out on his face at this point, “What do we do now?” He asked. This time around, his voice was mingled with fear.
“Just follow my lead!”  I responded.
I would have loved to tell him more at that point in time, but I did not want to remind him of my dream, and the noise of murmuring happening below us was too difficult to ignore.
Prince and I helped my uncle and his chief soldiers to get back to Sosthenes that night, through the connection he had with a high ranking officer in the Calisthenian Armed Forces. The soldiers that worked in the prison facility put the other prisoners back into their cells using force and the control system that was back in their hands. The next idea was to get the NUFAME project out of the Calisthenian Presidential Villa. Though Prince’s support was due to the fear of a nuclear explosion, I was not bothered about the intent of his help, my focus was on getting the NUFAME project out of harm's way.