Ethereal Inferno

Chapter 9: Pinky Promise

Before I entered the hospital, I put on a mask and my body guards disguised themselves as regular citizens and blended in with the crowd.

We entered room no.583 and there he was. His small body lay in the bed while he read a children's fairytale book. As soon as his eyes saw Bliss, he gathered all his strength to sit up but failed to do so. Seeing this, Bliss quickly supported his back and neck as she proceeded to hug him.

"Hey Owen... How are you feeling today?" She asked him, sitting on the bed. "I don't know." He replied blankly. I could see the hurt in her eyes. She told me about her brother, how he was the most athletic kid she had seen and how energetic and cheerful he was. I could see the heart break in her eyes as she held the hands of the kid who once was thriving.

"Mm.. I brought some people here today with me. They're my friends whom I told you about." He kept quiet.

Zach slowly walked towards him holding out his hands for Owen to shake it. "Hey there bud. It's nice to meet you. I'm Zach." Owen just stayed still without moving. Taking the hint that he doesn't want to shake his hands, Zach awkwardly took his hand back.

"I heard what happened.. You're strong kid. You're still alive." Zach tried comforting him. He was still silent, his eyes now focused downwards. Jaxon stepped in and introduced himself.

"I'm Jaxon. People suck." Jaxon patted Owen's bed and sat to a chair beside him. Max followed and he knew that Owen wasn't really in the mood to do literally anything so he just stood next to him and introduced himself. He knew comforting wasn't gonna have any effect and he was shit at comforting so..

Harriet went next and, "Hey there... I'm Harriet. It's nice to meet you Owen." She sighed then continued. "My words might not change anything but I'm telling you, justice will be there soon enough."

Harriet was wrong. Her words DID change his mood. As soon as she said that, drops of water fell into Bliss's hands which were on top of Owen. I could see his fist clenching and he was suddenly shaking. Without any warning, he had a sudden outburst. He face shot up to Harriet, tears streaming down his face.

"justice?.. justice?!! You think justice is here in this kingdom?! I was being kidnapped outside of my school gate while the security did nothing just because he was out there in his post making out with someone! CARS RAN UP AND DOWN, PEOPLE HEARD ME SCREAMING! WHAT WERE THEY DOING?! DO YOU THINK JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED WHEN THE RULERS HAVE NOT GIVEN A CRAP ABOUT ANYTHING?! YOU THINK JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED WHERE THERE IS NO HUMANITY?!"

Owen screamed.. His voice first a soft, whisper then getting progressively louder and louder... He was fully crying by the end of his words.

I didn't blame him for the sudden outburst. Everyone would've done the same. Bliss hugged him tightly, tears swelling up in her eyes. He cried on her shoulders. Everyone was now quiet except for the soft muffling sounds Owen made.

I was in the corner. Just leaning against the wall. I didn't know what to even say to him and at this point, I know that he didn't want to hear anything. The best I could do was actually comfort him by my actions of bringing the 32BC megamind to death. I walked to him and sat in a plastic chair near him. I took a deep breathe re-thinking whether I should say the next things that are coming out of my mouth.

"Owen. I completely agree with you on everything. I know EXACTLY how you feel..And this I assure you, there will be justice." I said.

"There won't be any justice. How can you expect that I will get justice when the rulers are no less than the devil?" Owen said. His head still buried in Bliss's wet shoulders.

I honestly had no answer for that.

"There is no point in further convincing you. Time will tell." I said but I think I made it worse as he was back to yelling again.

"Oh shut up! Stop saying those empty words when it won't even happen! Don't bring up my hopes! You don't know how I feel and what happened so don't even say anything!" He turned his head to look at me but gasped a little when he did.

"P-princess.. I'm so sorr-" He tried to bend down a little but I stopped him. "No. Please, you just went through something horrible and you're badly injured." I was totally not prepared for what he said next.

"P-please don't kill me. Please don't." He was crying REALLY badly and his hands we're joined with his fingers intertwined with each other. What the actual fuck. He was begging me...

My heart ached to see an innocent child begging just to let him live for nothing he had done wrong. How can my parents be so cruel and so vile to poison our peopl- no. Scratch that. MY people's mind with such fear..

A tear was forming in my eye but I suppressed it.

I seperated his joined hands and hugged him. "Please don't cry my child. Don't fear me. I would never do such things." I assured him. He hugged me back.

He pulled back. I continued to speak, "This is a strong promise Owen. I NEVER break my promises." I held out my pinky finger. "Never?" He asked. "Never." I said. He gave me his pinky finger and we did a pinky promise.

We chatted for a while and Owen was now a little free around us. Not very free but we were making progress. The three boys even went to get food from the hospital canteen and we all ate lunch together.

This is one of the reasons why I would kill my parents. The world is much better without them. After seeing pure fear in Owen's eyes, I'm NEVER forgiving them.

It was time for us to go back. Bliss needed to stay back with her brother. After learning that she hadn't slept in a bed for the past week or even slept properly, Harriet persisted on staying tonight and let Bliss sleep in her house, in a bed but Bliss denied so many times so she gave up. Owen's getting discharged tomorrow though.

As I walked out of the hospital, there was paparazzi everywhere. Luckily, my bodyguards were there. We managed to wiggle out of the crowd and got into the car. I felt more of a celebrity than a princess for some reason.

I made a call on the way to the palace. I used Harriet's phone to call for some reasons. "Hello. Is this Tony Blooms shop?" I got a reply from the other line. "Great! Can you make me a customized bouquet and deliver it?" They said yes. I gave the details and the address. I would be paying for it. "Alright! Have a good day!"

I ended the call and transferred money to Harriet's account. If my mom found out it was me gifting, I would be dead. So I used Harriet's name and phone instead.

Owen adored Carnation's, Jasmine's and baby's breath. He loved all types of flowers but those were his favourites. It was the least I could do as of now.