The Merge ( EXO's Miracles In December)

12- Isolation.. Exiled

"Send the Personal Guards to the borders!"
"What? We're fighting them?"
"No, we're protecting our people."
"But the personal guards, Sir, then who'll protect you?"
"Am I making myself not clear enough? It's us who will be protecting them! This is war, and I'm originally a soldier. These are my people and I'm not letting them to die for me. I will die protecting them."

15 hours earlier..

"Let the festival begin.." The King's first secretary ordered, then every leg in the palace's court started dancing and swaying, every one's happy and cheering. Those people love their king. He knew what a human means, value and deserves. They respect him.
He is never the kind to let instincts lead him. He is a King by all means.

"Your Majesty, why don't join the festival?" The first guard asked the King.
"Eeh, no, you know I'm not like this hyung." The King answered.
"Umm, Your Majesty, you don't have to-" The King interrupted him, "Why? should I deny the nature that brought you before me? Eeh, don't be sensitive about it!" The King said standing up, he put his hand on the First Guard's shoulder, "Besides, it's not like I hyung you in front of anyone, you see, even with you being my hyung, I'm still your king!" The first guard bowed politely.
"Eeh, hyung, stop acting like this. You know, maybe we should pick a fight sometimes!" The King teased the elder.
"Fight?"
"Yes, like in, fight with wooden swords?" The king said then he laughed,
"God, why are you so stiff?" He approached his guard and put his fingers on his waist, starting to tickle him, the other couldn't hold it in and laughed till his tears fell on his cheeks.
"You're such a humorous King!" The first guard said wiping his tears away.
"Watch your language, Guard!" The King said trying to stiffen his tone.
"My apologies, Your Majesty" He bowed.
"God, hyung! You're unbelievable!" The King said poking him on the shoulder and walking towards the balcony, "Come see how happy our people are.. There's no more joy in the world than protecting those who you really love, and seeing them happy. This is double the joy, my people's love and happiness.." The King said with all the satisfaction and sincerity that ever existed in the world.
"Your Majesty.." The guard had something to say.
"Yes, hyung?" The king answered still looking at the dancing down there."You know how much I love my family.. I need to protect them." He said and The King turned to him concerned, "What?"
"They're in danger." He let it out and the The King starred at him.
"What danger? What's going on Jung? What the hell is happening with your family?" The King freaked out. "They were kidnapped by the Outsiders" Jung said looking down.
"Guards!" He shouted enough for them to hear.
"When did it happen?" The king asked as he walked towards his drawer opening it and bringing something out of it.
"Last Week." Jung answered with his head still down.
"Are you kidding me? Last week?" The King yelled at him angrily.
"And you've been preparing for the festival all week instead of checking with your family? Seriously?" The King was really angry and annoyed.
"Your Majesty" The guards he called for are now in and waiting for the orders.
"Get out!" The King said and they did. He's angry more than ever.
"Why Jung? Why on earth haven't you told me? Why did you keep it in? Why haven't you gone after them?" The last question was indeed in yelling mode.
"It's complicated. This festival is something that people wait for as long as it takes. It doesn't even has a standard date of the year. And it's something big to the Royal Family Since anyone can remember." Jung said as if he is letting the words out of his head, he believed in every word he said but..
"It's your God damn family Jung!" The king said.
"Prepare the horses.. Yours and mine."
"Only us, Your Majesty?"
"Only us, yes. Your family was captured a week ago because you wanted this festival to take place. I'm not ruining this, so yes it's only us." The King said.
"But your Majesty.." Jung tried to stop his King but it was no use.
"Prepare the horses and the food.. I'll change and prepare the swords." The King said, "We're bringing your family back tonight!"

An hour later, The King was waiting in his chamber, he kept walking forward and backwards waiting for Jung, his first Guard-Secretary and life time friend.
Of course we're in no century where there are Kingdom and King, it all happened about twenty years ago..

Kris's father decided he'd just leave everyone behind, everything, his life, his love, his family. He only took Kris and left. Kris was only six months old.. Still a baby, but his father did dare to take him away from his mother who eventually died not a long after but they didn't get any news about her boy.
For it, he got help from a lot of people who willingly helped him without saying a word to anyone. He established a Kingdom, built a castle, draw borders, changed cloths, and the people of his Kingdom came when strangers started appearing from nowhere having no homes. He helped them and let them stay, so he built another small houses around the castle. It all became as a one big family in a very small village. They depended on Self-sufficiency and it worked for twenty years.
With the years passing by, The King got so sick and because of the Self-sufficiency, he refused to get any help from the outside world. He didn't hide from his son the truth about anything, he told him everything. And it was Kris's decision to go on after his father's death and to protect his people cause he never knew anyone but them. To him, this is his family and his life. He knows nothing- nobody else..
Few years after Kris became the King.. People of his own stood against him, rebelling, disapproving him becoming the King, saying things about this is no historical Kingdom to crown him as the king after his father's death. And though they dared stand against him, he never wanted a war with them, so he didn't react to their sayings and just let them say whatever they wanted. Before a year passes, they started doing agressive actions against their kingdom and burn houses. Still Kris didn't take any action against them and just took the people that the others burnt down their homes into the castle ground. The day after the King did that, the others started hurting people, and that was it for the young King who goes crazy over his people. He ordered to exile those gangs outside the kingdom, called them 'The Outsiders' and if any of them tried to get into the kingdom he would imprison them for life which he did for two of them after.

Kris heard slight knocking on the door, he quickly opened it. "I'm ready, Your Majesty." Jung said.
"Let's go" Kris said stepping outside his chamber while Jung stopped him, "You're Majesty, are you sure?" Jung asked The King while Kris glared at him, "I should've accused you of treason!" He said.
"Your Majesty!" Jung was shocked by the words his King said then he titled his head down.
"Move!" Kris said angrily with a low tone, pushing him slightly and walking out.
They sneaked out the castle then made it out of the Kingdom safely, without anyone noticing anything.
"We're almost there." Jung said.
"What?" You know where they are?" Kris yelled in whispering mode.
"I've sneaked out before, Of course I know. They're The Outsiders, they're dangerous.. And I am the King's First Guard!" Jung explained himself, still whispering mode.
"You're unbelievable!" Kris said.
"But when they kidnapped my family, I came here but I couldn't find them!" Jung said confused.
"Of course, because this is the Main Residence. They keep the hostages at the other line so if they got caught, they would still have a winning card!" Kris explained.
"Seems like you, yourself know things too." Jung said looking suspicious at his King who cleared his throat looking away but tilting his head against Jung, "Of course, I know. I am the King!" He said.
"Let's get this over with and get back as soon as possible. I don't like it that you're here, Your Majesty!" Jung said and before he moves, Kris stopped him grabbing his wrist, "I don't like you being here either, You Pumpkin head! So if anyone's leaving it's You Not ME!" Kris blurted out.
"Is this a way to talk to your hyung?" Jung gathered all the courage he had and hadn't to saying that, Kris stared at him then sighed still looking at him, which made the other have shivers, bowed and before he apologize, the king took a hold of his shoulder, "Now you're accepting this fact?.. God! I think then, we'll be dying today!" The King said pressing both lips together and Jung chuckled nervously.

They stood behind the trees for a while, moving from one to another trying to over-hear anything to get as much information they can get before they strike..