Nothing else Matters

Chapter 63

Dean gave her some advice on placing her troops, which frustrated Sam, who wanted to concentrate. "Let him have fun," I whispered to Sam but nudged Dean. "Maybe somebody took the magic and is using it to weaken your army?" Sam asked. "But why not just come after me? And why the escalation?" Charlie asked, confused. "All right, we will canvass the kingdoms. It would be best if you got out of here. We don't want you to get hurt." Dean said this surprised me. "Whoa, hang on, Dean. We need Charlie. She knows the Moondoor way better than us." I said, pointing over to Charlie. Sam charmed in, and Charlie finally called out after a full discussion between Sam and Dean. "Hey, I am right here and want to leave."  Charlie called out. "Thank you." Dean was relieved, but I wasn't. "Dean." I called when Charlie spoke again. "But the queen." Charlie stared and sighed. "She has to stay. I mean, Sam is right. People are dying. That can't happen on my watch. And you know what? I am tired of running. I like my life here. I'm going to stay and fight for it." Charlie told us. Sam's phone rang. After he ended the call. He turned back to us. "So, the toxicology report came back on Lance. Nothing. But the medical examiner said his body showed clear signs that Belladonna killed him." Sam said. "The Porn Star?" Charlie and Dean said at the same time. "The Poison." Sam and I said back. "Um, however, they couldn't find a trace of it in his system," Sam added. "That's weird, just like the invisible ropes in Ed's apartment," I mumbled. Sam asked to borrow Charlie's Laptop, but she did not have hers with her. But I told Sam that there was a tech tent he could go to, which he did while Dean and I stayed with Charlie. "Okay. I will need the full wiki on where you guys have been. But first, you'll have to ditch the suit if you walk and talk with the Queen." Charlie smiled. Charlie brought Dean and me some clothes to wear. For me, it was a pair of pants and a long-sleeved shirt with a belt. Meanwhile, Dean and I told Charlie what was up, most of the stuff I knew; he also mentioned the text he sent Sam. "You sent Sam a phantom text from his ex? Dick move, sir." Charlie said as I was tightening my arm guards. "Yeah, not my finest hour," Dean admitted. I walked over to the mirror Dean was standing in front of. "Can't get that thing on," I grumbled, pointing to the chain mail; Dean turned and moved the chain mail in place. I thanked him with a nod; Dean and I were ready, so Charlie, Dean, and I left the tent, and while we were walking, I saw many people stopping and bowing to Charlie. "You always been into LARPing?" Dean asked while we walked, he had a foam sword on his belt while I had one of my knifes in the back and also a sword on the front. "Nah. For role-play, I prefer a tabletop. D&D, Gamma World, Car Wars. That's why Cthulhu invented multi-sided dice, right? But a buddy of mine was into LARPing. Went for him, stayed for the chicks." I smiled when she said that while Dean laughed. "It's not just that, though. It's an escape. I mean, here, I'm Queen, a hero. In the real world, I'm just hacking out code and chugging coffee all day." Charlie seemed pretty happy. Dean stopped, so I turned around to face them. "Now, wait a second," Dean said when we got interrupted by a passing woman. "If it weren't for you, we would have never been able to take down Dick Roman. Out there in the real world, you are a hero." Dean added when another woman passed by, greeting Charlie. "I'm noticing a lot of these maidens checking you out." I noticed when I looked around and saw a lot of women looking at her. "What? I can't shut this down. It's good to be Queen." Charlie stopped while talking but quickly walked on. We asked around, but nobody knew what the tree symbol meant. Also, the other parties had no clue. "The Shadow Orcs. Last group on the list, impossible to find." Charlie said as we exited the elven grounds. "Wait, I know where we can find one. I met him on the way in." I said, remembering the stocks. "Perfect. Maybe he can tell us what the frack this thing is." Charlie, Dean, and I returned to where we saw the stocks. "Death to the Queen! Death to the usurper!" The Orc yelled. I pulled out my sword just as Dean did. "Death to her servants!" he yelled when Dean hit the stock near his Head. "Watch what you're saying." I growled slightly when the Orc growled at both of us. Dean pulled out the picture of the tree. "Have you seen this?" He asked. "Yeah, of course," he first said, but then denied knowing where I had enough. He put some pressure on him by placing my sword underneath his chin. "Okay, it's the Shadow King's family crest. You'll never find him in the Black Hills." he finally said, making me take down my sword. "Black Hills?" Dean and I asked at the same time. "The Forest behind the field." Charlie pointed towards a forest not far from where we were. Dean and I placed our swords back into the belt and walked with Charlie toward the forest together.