Stormborn

Chapter 13: Testing

Olivia, the Queen of Stormborn, stood on the balcony, with a smile stretching from eye to eye.

"You seem very happy, my Queen," said the inventor as he slowly walked up to her, hands behind his back.

"In a little time, there will be no one left who will be able to oppose my rule," she said, spreading her hands out, making the air rush through her underarm, "Don't tell me you wouldn't be happy about that if you were King, Sir Ludlum."

The inventor chuckled as he neared his Queen, "Only if I were king."

Realizing his intentions, Olivia turned quickly in order to face him, "Unfortunately, I will not wed you, if that's what you hope for."

Ludlum immediately sighed in disappointment, "It was worth a shot," he said with a plain smirk on his face, hiding the fact that his heart was shattered.

"You didn't allow me to finish," Olivia said, holding her hand up in the air as she shook her head, "I will not wed anyone, not now, not ever, but as a token of my gratitude, I will give you a place on the high council... One where your position is by my side."

Happy to hear that, Ludlum grinned and bowed to his Queen, "I promise I will not disappoint," he said, casually strolling into the castle.

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"What's your name?" Kai asked, gripping tightly onto one of the two metal bars that separated them.

Sitting in a feline position, she stuck out her tongue and smiled in Kai's direction, "Name's Tania, and you?" She asked, cocking her head at Kai.

Kai chuckled, "I'm Kai."

Tania held on to the bars that were on her head as she managed to fit her head between one of the several spaces, "That's a cool name. Are you as cool as you sound?" She smirked.

Kai blushed and opened his mouth to answer, but decided to keep his mouth shut due to the sound of Killshot's whistles echoing through the building.

As soon as Tania heard it as well, she started shaking before hiding in the darkest depths of her cell, whimpering, "No, please... No more."

Killshot walked up to the cell that Tania was kept in, softly tapping his gun against the metal bars, "Come on out kitty kitty, you don't want to hide that beautiful face of yours do ya?"

"Y-yes I do," Tania managed to whisper as she crept further in the darkness.

Killshot's face went null for all sincerity was gone. He pointed his gun in the cell, aiming at the darkness.

"You're boring me Tania. You know what happens when people bore me," he said, with his index finger calmly positioning itself over the trigger.

"Stop!" Kai yelled, tightly grasping on to the bars between Killshot and himself.

Startled, Killshot pulled the trigger, but the shot missed Tania by a few millimeters causing her to shiver more than before, somehow making it audible.

"Damn you!" Killshot yelled at Kai before pointing his gun at the centre of Kai's cranium.

"Coward," Kai whispered under his breath, ignoring the gun at his head.

"What did you just say?" Killshot asked, while positioning his finger on the trigger.

"I said you're a coward. Picking on an innocent girl, and shooting someone who's defenceless. Sounds like an act of cowardice to me," Kai replied with a tempting smirk planted on his face.