The Night of The Necros: The Rise of The Queen

Chapter Six Part One

The two men waited for Tamaki's men to arrive. When they arrived Genova asked them about Arabella's situation. When they were met with sad faces Genova knew that the damage was worse than he had expected.

"Just how hard did he hit her with that fire ball?" Genova asked as they raced towards the village.

"He didn't hit her with it." One of the guards said.

"I thought she was hit by a fireball." Michael said.

"No It was released into her back." The other guard said.

"What do you mean?" Genova asked.

"I mean, he pressed his hand into her back and released the fire ball like that." The first guard said.

"That explains why she couldn't defend against it." Genova said.

"How the hell is she still alive?" Michael asked.

"The Commander. He used his spatial jump to catch her and put the fire out." The second guard said.

"She put up one hell of a fight too. Never seen anything like it. It was beautiful and terrifying at the same time." The first guard said.

"I don't understand what happened myself, and I was there." The second guard said. "The soldiers, the whole village, and even the refugees were all present. It was horrible."

"I have killed people and have never heard a scream like that before." The first guard said shaking his head.

"I guess everyone was quite shocked." Michael said.

"Shocked? More like enraged." The second guard said.

"What do you mean?" Michael asked.

"Watching her fight was the single most beautiful and captivating moment that I have had in my entire life." The first guard said.

"It was like my heart had been dead but watching her had caused it to beat again. It made me want to follow her to hell and back." The second guard said.

"Hey, I don't think that the Commander would appreciate that kind of talk." The first guard said.

"What? Why?" The second guard asked.

"He might think that you like her and that would ensure an early death for you." Michael said laughing.

The guards looked at each other in shock. They were surprised that someone could say something like that about their commander. They shook their heads in disagreement.

"You're thinking that your Commander would never act like that right?" Genova asked.

"Let me ask you what that soldier's face like during the match?" Michael asked.

"His nose looked like it had been smashed in and he had two black eyes. Why?" The first guard.

"How do you think that he got in that condition?" Genova asked.

"A fight. Obviously." The second guard said.

"Yes but with who?" Michael asked.

"I don't know." The first guard said.

"I do." Michael said with a laugh.

"He got it because he argued with the little lady in front of your Commander." Genova said.

"What?" The first guard asked.

"He is very particular about her. I would watch what you say and how you say it when it comes to her." Genova warned. "You don't want to make the list that he has been slowly building"

"List? What list?" The second guard asked fearfully.

"He has a list of people that have disrespected her." Genova warned. "Don't let his mild and cheerful manner fool you. He would gladly kill for her."

The two guards looked at each other in surprise. This was the first time that they had heard about such a thing. They found themselves wondering if he would really go that far for her. Still he had practically lept into harm's way for her when she had been struck down at the arena.

When they arrived at the village there was a loud commotion in the village square. The four men looked around in surprise. They did not expect to see such a sight when they arrived. When they looked around they noticed that there were people trying to attack the guards.

"What is going on here?" Genova demanded.

"We want to leave! Such people should not exist!" A woman yelled.

"We have the right to seek asylum elsewhere. You do not have the right to detain us!" A man shouted throwing a rock at the guards that were blocking their path.

Due to the guards detaining people it had caused the other refugees to feel stressed and they were beginning to join in with the other two. Genova and Michael looked at each other and nodded. They approached the people that were fighting against the guards. Genova drew energy into his hands and clapped them together. The action resulted in a sudden rumbling of thunder. A few people screamed and ducked covering their hands.

"Everyone settle down right now." Genova ordered. "I will explain why you are being detained."

The two people causing the fight glared at him while everyone else murmured under their breath to each other. A few people cast doubtful glances around the area.

"Thank you, Lord Genova." Tamaki said as he stepped out of the estate. "Please continue."

"Commander Tamaki," Genova said bowing his head. "Now, please let me have your attention for a moment. We are what you would call Vosat." When the refugees heard this they gasped.

"Did we find the village?" The man asked.

"No. In fact, this is a check point. I have been informed that there has been an attack against a Vosat here." He said. "Is this true?"

Everyone nodded their heads slowly.

"What does this have to do with us?" The woman demanded angrily. "And why are you here?" Genova raised his eyebrow at the woman's questioning and tone of voice.

"We are here to help provide the people of this village with protection as for what the attack has to do with you, well you see someone very important from our village was just attacked. This means that we have something called a trial but before we can have a trial we have to investigate." Genova said.

"Investigate what? We all saw that he attacked that girl." The man said angrily.

"Yes, he did attack her. However, we are not sure that someone else had something to do with it. Therefore, we request your cooperation in our investigation."

"This is bull shi-"

"If you try to leave you will be seen as an accomplice and be imprisoned. If you cause a disturbance then you will be imprisoned." Genova interrupted the man.

"This is bull s**t!" The man raged.

Tamaki and Michael watched the man and the woman. Their reactions were suspicious. To them it made since that they were the most likely candidates as the Council's hired men. They made a mental note to watch them carefully.

"I thought that she was a powerless Vosat. What makes her so important?" A villager asked.

"She is our diplomat as well as the person that requested that the refugees be allowed into the village." Tamaki said making sure to leave the name of the village out. A few people began to murmur is surprise.

"Is she okay?" Another villager asked.

"We have our best healers on it." Tamaki assured. "It is our hope that she will recover swiftly and without any lasting effects from the attack. Now everyone, please disperse from the area."

The man and woman glared at them but left the square without complaint as did the others. They watched the people leave then were escorted into the estate. Where Tamaki set them down and explained what the Grand Elder had told him.

"She ordered you to tell them that they were being detained?" Michael asked.

"Yes. She wanted to test them and see who would act out against the detainment order. I didn't want to come out yet because I was able to show her what was happening without anyone noticing. I can't tell you how glad I am that you arrived when you did." Tamaki said.

"What are we going to do about those people?" Michael asked. "It would seem that they are in a hurry to make it to the village."

"Yes but what for?" Genova asked. "It's possible that they could be the people working for the Council."

"It's also possible that they're not the people working for the Council." Tamaki said.

"Do you think that people working for the Council would act like that though? I mean it would seem that they would be the ones to sit back and watch everything unfold without adding to the commotion." Michael said.

"The only one that would be able to tell who was working with the Council can't even move right now." Tamaki said.

"How is she doing?" Genova asked.

"She's still unconscious and the healers are working in shifts to fix the damage done to her." Tamaki said.

"Can we go see her?" Genova asked.

"No. Only women are allowed in the room right now."

"Why only women?" Michael asked.

"Her clothes were practically burned to ashes. It wouldn't be proper for you to see her." A woman said coming into the room.

"Camilla, how is she doing?" Tamaki asked. The men stood up as they waited anxiously for her answer. The woman stood there twisting her hands.

"We have done everything that we can do for her." She said sadly.

"What do you mean?" Tamaki asked.

"She isn't regaining consciousness. It will take time for her to recover. I don't even know if she will wake up again or not. As we are right now, we can't help her." She said sadly.

"What does that mean?" Michael asked.

Tamaki's face contorted in sadness. His legs began to grow weak and shake as he stumbled backwards. When his legs hit the back of the chair he slumped down into it with a heavy thud. His head dropped into his hands as the world around him came crashing down. Why did she have to be the one that always suffered? Why couldn't he have just told her not to fight? He wondered. Why didn't he lock her up?

"Tamaki, I think that now is the time to call Horace." Genova said.

"What?" Tamaki asked.

"We need him. I think that there is a real danger to losing her completely if we don't." Genova said sadly.

"I never should have let her fight him." Tamaki whispered shaking his head.

"What do we do?" Michael asked looking at them.

"I need to inform the Grand Elder." Genova said. His mind raced as he tried to pull himself together. Horace would be the one that was most capable of saving her. It would seem that she had been attacked by more than just fire but he wouldn't know what until he looked at her. Before the maid walked away Genova called to her.

"What is her current condition?" He asked.

"What do you mean?" She asked puzzled.

"What are you treating her for?" He asked.

"We're treating her for the fira." She said.

"I don't think that it was just a fire attack." Genova said.

"What do you think happened?" Michael asked.

"I don't know. Tamaki, you need to pull yourself together and call Horace!" Genova ordered. Tamaki looked at him with glazed eyes. "s**t!" Genova cursed.

He stalked over to Tamaki and shook his shoulders. When Tamaki just sat there Genova punched him in the face. Tamaki's head snapped back when he looked at Genova again he seemed to have regained his normal expression.

"What the hell, Genova?" Tamaki asked as he held a hand to his jaw.

"Contact Horace!" He yelled.

"But you heard her."

"It doesn't matter because she wasn't just attacked with fira!" Genova yelled. "Horace is the only one that can fix this!"

"Okay." Tamaki said.

Tamaki took a deep breath and contacted Horace while Genova reached out to the Grand Elder to inform her of the current situation. The healer, Camilla, looked at Michael with a puzzled expression. Michael shook his head. He was unsure of what was happening as well.

Tamaki finished his transmission and stalked out of the room. He knew that if they were calling Horace it had to mean that someone had poisoned the arena. What kind of poison it was though, he did not know. Tamaki ordered his guards to follow him to the arena. When they arrived he had them take samples of the dirt there. He didn't know what he expected to find but he wouldn't stop until he found the answer. He collected samples from where she slid through the fire. If anything this would be where she picked up the poison. He thought.

When they returned Horace had just arrived. Tamaki shook his hand and lead him inside. He informed a guard that he would take the collected samples to the alchemist in Hiroki Village for examination and that it was a high priority mission. The guard nodded and opened a spatial portal to Hiroki village. The he instructed Nostace to cover her body before they entered. Nostace sighed and shook her head.

"What's wrong?" Tamaki asked.

"We can't cover her wounds yet. Putting anything on them would risk infection." She said sadly.

"Then we have no choice." Tamaki said starting up the stairs. When the female healers blocked his path he cursed. "Get the f**k out of my way." He ordered.

"We are sorry Commander." One of the women said. "We cannot allow you in there. It wouldn't be appropriate."

"Then you kill your princess!" He raged. Horace and the women stared at him in shock.

"What do you mean?" Horace asked.

"The Princess has been alive this whole time. We hid her for her safety." He said. "Now move!" He ordered.

"Is this true?" He asked turning to Genova and Michael. The two men nodded their heads. "Get out of the way this instant!" Horace ordered as he pushed past the women.

"My Lords it is not proper! You should not see her in such a condition!" Camilla said.

"I don't care! If we can save her then who are you to stand in the way?" Tamaki said.

"But there is nothing that we can do to help her anymore." Camilla said. Tamaki and Genova cornered her.

"The only one who can save her is Horace and you would deny him that chance? Because it's not proper?" Genova asked.

"Something is not right about this." Michael said. "What did you do?" Camilla backed away.

"I didn't do anything." She said taking another step backwards. When the men advanced on her she ran up the stairs and into the room where Arabella was sleeping.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Horace demanded when she jumped on the bed and held a dagger to Arabella's neck. Horace was surprised to see her condition. Arabella was laying on her stomach. Her bare skin had been severely burned but what caught his attention was the smell of something rancid.

"She is useless! What could she accomplish with no power? Do you think that people would accept her even if she is our princess?" She demanded. Tamaki and the others burst into the room in time to see that Arabella's condition had more than deteriorated.

"She is your princess!" Horace yelled.

"No Princess of mine is weak or useless." She said raising the dagger. "Jack should have killed her when he had the chance." Tamaki and Genova cursed as she tried to plunge the knife into Arabella's neck. Horace jumped into action and grabbed the healer by the hair on her head.

"Detain her." He said dragging her away from the bed.

Camilla raged and screamed as the men drug her out of the room. Horace sat down and looked at the unconscious Arabella. He wasn't sure how she had ended up in this state but he vowed there and then that he would fight so she never experienced such pain again. He took a deep breath to calm his nerves and began to check for any wounds that were hidden by the burns. When he couldn't find any he looked a little puzzled. Then he caught a whiff of that rancid smell again. He groaned when he realized that it was coming from her mouth. He knew then that the healer had fed her poison when no one was in the room.

After concluding where the poison had been given to her he stood up and looked around the room. That's when he noticed a little girl standing there watching him.

"Are you from this village?" He asked her. She shook her head no. "Are you with the refugees?" She nodded her head. "I see. Is there something that you needed?"

"I wanted to know if she was okay." She said sadly.

"I am going to fix her up and she will be right as rain." He said smiling softly at her. "Can I get your help?" He asked.

"Mine?" She asked.

"Yes. I need another healer in here to help me. There was a woman that arrived with me. Can you tell her that I require her assistance?" The little girl nodded and did as she was told.

When she returned with a tall woman Horace thanked her and asked her to wait down stairs. The little girl nodded her head sadly and left the room.

"What's going on Lord Horace?" She asked him. "Who is this?"

"This is our Princess. It would seem that some people tried to get rid of her." He said. The healer's eyes widened in shock.

"What happened to her?" She asked.

"I'm not sure but it looks as if she was attacked with fira. It looks like she was starting to recover when one of Tamaki's healers poisoned her." Horace said.

"Why would they do such a thing? Did they know that she was our princess?" Horace shook his head. "How could they not know?"

"Did you know?" He asked.

"No. I thought that she was dead."

"Exactly. Everyone believes that she is dead and what I am about to tell you does not leave this room." He said. The healer nodded her head. "Our Princess nearly died when she was eight. In a final act of self preservation she lost all of her memories of her childhood. She doesn't remember me, Lord Tamaki, or any of the other guards that grew up with her. The only one that she remembers is Lord Genova as he was the one that was allowed to remain with her. You cannot and will not address her as Princess until she has regained her memories, though I cannot say exactly when that will be." He warned.

"Yes, Lord Horace." She said.

"I think that it is time to set to work. This particular poison was fed to her so we should be able to heal it. Do you recognize that smell?" He asked.

"Yes, Lord Horace. It is the smell that the dust angel puts out." She said.

"Good. Grab your tools. Our Princess needs us." He said.

The healer nodded and set to work on helping him heal the poison and her wounds. As they worked the healer noticed that there was a secondary poison. When she told Horace about it he frowned and placed a hand on her head. It was true. She had been poisoned twice. Horace sighed. He didn't know how the second poison was given to her and tried to rack his brain on what it could be.

"Horace, we have a problem." Tamaki said rushing into the room. "She was given a poison called Eternal sleep." He said. Horace and the healer looked at each other in surprise.

"How did she get poisoned with such a thing?" Horace asked.

"When she was attacked after winning a match against a guard that challenged her he launched a fira in her back. It was all over the arena and she inhaled it twice." He said. Horace cursed under his breath.

"So she was poisoned at the arena? I don't see how." He said.

"We sent samples of the dirt at the arena. It had been laced with the poison." Tamaki said. "Some of the guards took video of the match so I sent a copy to the Grand Elder. I will make sure to show it to you when you are done." He said.

Horace nodded his head. He was relieved to know what the second poison was. The healer sighed when Tamaki left. She didn't know how people could do something like this to someone. When they were finally done the sun was beginning to give light to a new day. Horace nodded satisfactorily and signaled to his healer that it was time that they leave the room. When they went down stairs they found the little girl sleeping next to the fire. Tamaki and the others sat up discussing what they should do next. It seemed that they were at an impasse and couldn't make up their minds. Horace cleared his throat to let them know that he had arrived. Tamaki and the others stood up and waited for him to join them before they sat back down.

"How is she?" Tamaki asked.

"She should regain consciousness soon." Horace said. "I don't know what happened here but I can tell you that more than one person could have died here."

"What do you mean?" Genova asked.

"The first poison in her system was Eternal sleep. Eternal sleep causes a person to fall into a deep sleep. It is not something that most people walk away from." Horace said. "The amount that was in her system would be enough to take down a whole army."

"We were able to successfully remove both poisons from the princess. She will make a full recovery." The healer said. "There will be no scaring from the fira either." She said.

"Thank you" Genova said with a relieved sigh. "I can't thank you both enough."

"There's no need. I would gladly help her." The healer said bowing her head.

"So can anyone explain just how all of this happened?" Horace asked.

"Where do you want me to begin?" Genova asked.

"Is it really that long of a story?" The healer asked. Genova nodded.

"Then the beginning." Horace said. "What the hell is she even doing out here?"

Genova sighed and explained everything from the very beginning. He explained why and how they hid who she was. He explained how she came to be outside the village and in this particular village. He explained everything up until she left Michael's village and came back here