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Sam looked at Kat confused. "Your parents?" he questioned. Then it dawned on him. "The two travellers. Kat, I had no idea. I'm sorry."
"Spare me your apologies," she said. "Of course you had no idea, you were too busy worrying about yourselves, you didn't even bother with us." Kat knelt before him. She cupped his cheek with one of her hands.
"I think...frostbite," said Kat menacingly. "Seems fitting actually, that's the way our parents were taken."
"Take me!" cried Elton. "Spare the king."
"Shut up!" shouted Brennen, kicking Elton in the side. He groaned in pain.
"You're very noble," said Kat. "But his brother needs to be punished. You all do!"
Sam winced as his face began to numb from the cold. He felt as the frost began to spread across his cheek, nearly covering his entire face. Kat grinned evilly, her eyes glowing white. She stopped abruptly as she felt cold wind prick the back of her neck and she turned quickly to stop the shards coming at her in mid-air. Colby emerged from the path, his eyes white and the frost now all up his arms.
"Step away from them!" said Colby fiercely.
"You escaped? I'm impressed," said Kat
Brennen sent some shards flying back towards Colby, except this time, he flung them to the side. Kat looked at him in shock. Colby formed a powerful blizzard and sent it towards Brennen and Kat, it enveloped them completely. Brennen created a shield of ice around the both of them.
"I thought you said you handled it!" yelled Brennen to his sister.
"I thought I did," explained Kat annoyed. "He wasn't this strong when I left." They both shielded their eyes from the fierce winds and snow surrounding them.
Colby rushed to Sam and broke the shackles using his powers. He cupped his brother's cheeks, the frost on his face melting away quickly. Sam let out a deep breath.
Colby pulled his brother tightly into his arms. "Are you alright?" asked Colby, looking into his brother's eyes concerned as he pulled away.
"Yeah, I'm fine," said Sam. They both hurried to their uncle's side.
"Colby, what is happening?" asked Sam.
"I'll explain later," answered Colby. "We need to get him back to the palace, quickly," said Colby. "I don't know how long that blizzard is gonna hold."
Sam and Colby both put one of their uncle's arms around each of their shoulders, and headed back towards the palace. They slowly helped their uncle back to the gates. When they arrived, Colby used his powers to melt the ice covering the doors.
They pushed the wooden gates open as ice zoomed passed their heads. Brennen and Kat were advancing and together they shot ice shards straight towards the boys. Colby stepped in front of his uncle and his brother, shielding them all with a sheet of ice. He fought hard to use his powers to push back against Kat and Brennen's.
"Get him inside, now!" yelled Colby. "I'll hold them off!"
"What about you??!" asked Sam
"Don't worry about me," said Colby, pushing back as hard he could against Kat and Brennen. "I'll be fine. Go!!!"
Sam quickly stepped through the wooden gates with their uncle, closing the doors behind him. The courtyard was covered in ice from top to bottom. The guards rushed over, taking Elton and helping him to the palace. Sam's people approached him.
"Is the king out there?" asked a woman, scared. "Has he come to finish us off?"
"No, you've got it all wrong," said Sam. "Cole is here to save us."
"He abandoned us and left us for dead!" shouted a woman.
"He left to protect his people," explained Sam.
"The entire kingdom is frozen," explained another man. "We're all freezing and our food is dying. Our small houses are barely sustainable in this weather; we haven't had time to prepare. We'll be dead before morning."
"Gather what supplies you need and head to the palace for shelter," replied Sam. He turned to more of the palace guards. "Be sure that all of these people are well taken care of, women and children especially."
"Yes your majesty," replied the guard bowing.
"Where are you going , your majesty?" asked a young woman.
"I'm going to help Cole," he replied.
"Why would you help that monster?" asked one of the men.
"He's still my brother," replied Sam, "and as king, it is my duty to protect all my people, and I intend to, whether they're different or not."
With that, Sam turned and raced back towards the wooden gates, sword in hand.
