Chilled the Royal Chaos

Chapter 12 Never Give Up

~Anthony/Chilled's POV~

I march/limp towards the bloody battle happening before me and I take a spear that was lodged in an innocent citizen. I dash towards a guard that was about to attack someone and jabbed him, penetrating his metal armor. I pull it out and smile as the freaked out citizen gives me a nod of thankfulness and runs off. I ready myself as I quickly look around. My ankle was throbbing immensely, but I ignored it as I run towards another guard.

~Jordan/Kootra's POV~

Ze and I hide behind a pillar as a guard runs past. I peek around it and give Ze the 'all clear' sign and we crouch run towards the dining hall. I hold my fist up, causing him to stop. I peek into the dining hall, it was oddly silent. I squint my eyes in suspicion and tell Ze to stay put. He nods and I slowly crouch walk to the upturned table. As I reached it, I heard a loud scream come from Ze. I quickly turned to see him get grabbed and the doors shut firmly. My heart stops as I turn to look at my dad right square in the face.

He had an unsettling smile spread across it and greeted me with the nod of his head, "Good evening Prince Jordan, or should I say traitor." He glares at me as he said the last part. I open my mouth to try and say something, but he silences me with one motion of his hand, "No need for words. You have committed treason. I hate to do this, but Jordan. You are convicted to death as your punishment. My eyes widen and I start to back up the wall as guards started flooding the room, "I really hate to do this, but you knew the rules. And you decided to break them." One guard grabbed my wrist and I tried to struggle away, but it just wasn't happening.

I started panicking as more and more as guards grabbed me. I raised my fist the best I could and punched a guy straight square in the face. His helmet shook and he took a step back, I took the opportunity to use my foot and kick/push the next guy away, but as I did that, other guards grabbed the newly freed limbs. Soon I was in full constraint and I felt hot tears stream down my sweaty face. I attempted struggle as a guard came closer and closer with an ax. I saw the pained look on my father's face as he watched the guard continue towards me.

I start to stop struggling and feel myself go limp. I hang my head and wait till I see the feet of the ax man.

~Steven/Ze's POV~

I kick the guard where the sun don't shine and take off back towards the dining hall. Everything on my mind right now is saving Kootra. As I reach my destination I bang on the door and as I realize that was no use, I use my shoulder and start to ram the damn door. With every ram, I felt my shoulder start to dislocate, but I ignored it as I heard the struggling of Kootra. 'I can't give up, I can't give up...' I kept replaying in my head. I take one final step back and use all my might to break the door open and see  Kootra shoot his head up as the ax man swung. My scream was caught in my throat as I saw the guard hit the side of Kootra's stomach.

I feel something in me rise and I run after all of them screaming like a maniac. I see one of them roll their eyes and head towards me. I smile as I realize they underestimate me. When he reaches me I take his shoulders and bring my head back and with full force, hit his head. I drop on my feet and watch as he falters and drops to the ground. I take his weapon and smirk. "Come at this poor little low lander." I say cockily.

~Anthony/Chilled's POV~

I stab another guard that was running towards me and felt my sore arms sting. I look over my shoulder at Minx who was telling citizens to run in the forest and away from this place. I pant and charge another guard. Minx looks at me and looks in the direction of the mid lands. I nod and she runs off. I ready my spear and look around. Everyone is still panicking, meaning there are still guards around. I see another person get struck down and I furrow my brows as I head after my next target.

I yell at citizens to run into the forest and to find another group of citizens that may be together. Soon, many of them were filing out of the area and into the forest, some guards tried to follow, but I blocked their path. Some wanted to survive and not die. It took a little but I made them take their armor off and put their weapons down before giving everyone of them who wanted to survive an okay. The ones who refused, I killed without second thought.

Soon there was less panic, and just fireballs being flung everywhere. The smell of smoke got overwhelming and I started to get a little woozy as well as coughing started. I started to walk to the midlands when my mind got stuck on one topic, 'Ze...'  I look at the castle and see how it was falling apart. I run to it, careful to avoid any dangerous looking weak wood as I crossed the moat.

I start panting heavily, due to it being impossible to even see. I run blindly through the castle in hopes to find any sign of Ze or Jordan. I trip and fall onto some stairs. I immediately stand and think for a second, 'Wait... These are the marble steps I ran down every morning and went up every night.' I turn until I estimate the angle to the dining hall, possibly being the most peaceful place in the castle. I run towards it, only to find that I was horribly wrong.

As I run in I see Ze struggling to battle multiple guards at once. I rush in to help him. I spot the king off to the side and glare at him. Ze and I battle till our hearts contempt and finally, when the last guard was either running away, or struck down. We both were sweating horribly along with panting. I was coughing a little thanks to the wonderful smoke. I spot Jordan lying on the ground and my heart misses a beat as I spot a small pool of blood next to him. Ze puts a hand on my shoulder and I face him to see he was looking at the king. I, too, look towards him and see the absolute hurt in his eyes as he looked at his son.

I step forward and point to Jordan, "Look what you caused. If you just accepted everything that happened before this your son wouldn't be lying on the ground possibly dead." I stated. He looks at me with a pale face, along with a crooked smile, "My son? My son?" He takes a step towards me and Ze, "Oh no... I think you are mistaken. That traitor is not my son anymore. He is a piece of trash just like that piece of shit standing next to you." He gestured at Ze and instinctively I put my hand in front of him to protect him.

"You've gone delusional." I tried to reason with him. He laughed at my comment and shook his fucked up head, "Oh no... I haven't gone delusional, it is you who has. Poor Prince Anthony." He shook his head in disappointment. I gave Ze a glance and gestured towards Jordan. He sees my gaze and nods. We slowly start heading towards the limp body of the former prince. The king sees this and frowns, "Oh? And what do you think you are doing? Come on he's dead. You can't save Jordan now." I glance at Ze once more and then gesture towards my spear that at some point I dropped, then gestured towards the king. I see him hesitate before nodding. I hug hid head and give his forehead a little peck before I started walking in the opposite direction.

"Prince Anthony... You may think I am the cause of all this, but in reality, you are. You are the reason my son had to die. He bent the rules because of your influence. All this chaos was because of a little mistake you did, when you challenged me. If you died peacefully, this wouldn't have happened." I tried to block out the king's words as I walked closer to the spear. I spot a brick fall from the roof and break as it hit the ground, 'The castle is falling...' I think and quickly glance at Ze who had Jordan in his arms all ready to go. I nod at the exit and he gives me a desperate look, but I rebuttal with a stern one. He nods and as the king starts blabbering again, he takes off.

"Prince Anthony... Come on... You know you are the cause. If you just obeyed your father, you would've never came, all this would have never happened." I felt my chest tighten and finally grab the spear from the ground. "This castle may be tumbling, but I can tell you I am one hundred percent ready to battle until you fall." The king pronounced. I readied my weapon as the king unsheathed a sword that was hidden under his cape.

The final battle was happening...

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Holy crap... What the hell did I just write? I usually space when writing and let my hands and heart focus on writing. Hmm... Looks like I am about to complete my very first book soon Woo!

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