The Conqueror Series

Warriors 5

   That night, Gizza commanded that the Queen of Arika be put inside the cell. There the Queen sat and cried herself to sleep. Inside the palace, the King's corpse still laid. Gizza was standing and looking at it. From her back Zina was approaching. She spoke and her voice echoed in the throne room. "We need to increase our number. Before this time tomorrow the news of how slave women attacked the almighty palace of Arika will circulate worldwide. Strong and allied kingdoms will send hundreds of thousands of soldiers to come root us out of this place. Nabel has betrayed us. She will do it again"

Gizza stood there without looking at Zina's face. "We won't stay here. Inform the rest of the women slaves. We will leave this palace this night" said Gizza.

"To where?" Asked Zina.

"To a far away land. There, we will increase the number of our army by invading slave houses and setting free slave women. But remember this Zina, even a boy born today should not be allowed to live" said Gizza before she picked the King's crown and dropped it on the throne. "When all these is over, I shall return to Arika and assume my position as the supreme ruler of this earth; a world of women and women alone. When they ask you why I do this, look them in the face and remind them how you witnessed my granny r***d to death by three men. Also tell them how we were dragged to Arika and r***d by men. I want you to always remember this anytime you want to kill a man and then kill him with no mercy" Gizza started walking away while Zina kept staring at the corpse of the king, then to the crown. "What happens to the Queen of Arika" Zina asked.

"She is coming with us. She is not my enemy; men is" Gizza said and left the throne room. Zina touched the crown and turned to go but stopped as she felt a presence in the throne room. She turned to behold the little boy Gizza snatched from her and killed that night inside the palace. The boy stood with the blood all over him. Zina screamed and the slave women ran in. Gizza walked in and kept looking at Zina. Nobody saw what Zina saw.

 Before dawn, the slave women had left Arika with resources, horses and weapons. In the morning the whole lands of Arika were filled with battalions and great kings and rulers of the earth. The kings could still not believe how a handful of women slaves could destroy a camp and equally bring down a palace as strong as that of Arika's. They decided to return to their various kingdoms and decide on how to bring down the over two hundred slave women that has become a thorn in their flesh. One of the kings came out from the throne room, holding a letter in his hand. The rest of the kings stood and watched him read it, "We are the children of women and not men. We are the crusaders destined to cut of you all manhood and force you to eat them. We are the women slaves. We are the survivors. All Men Must Die"

When the King finished reading it he folded it and said, "we are in for a big trouble"

"They are rebels. And they should have read the history of how these lands have treated rebels in the past. Their leader is Gizza. The wounded soldiers have whispered her name. Gizza is fighting against men. Was there a time when women fought men and won?" One of the kings said and laughed. The rest of the kings joined him in laughing. They decided to return and dispatch search parties across the East, West, South and North to root out the slave women and bring them to the capital for their punishment which was death. "If they refuse to surrender for an arrest, kill them all" said the kings of the West where Arika Kingdom was situated. The first search party was coming from the West and the kings of the North, South and East waited for result.

In the West, in a desert, far away from the palace of Arika, the women slaves were seen walking, each holding her horse. Most of them were hungry but they had resources with them. The Queen ate too. To her surprise the women slaves were kind to her. They ate most of the times and continued their journey.

Near a stream in the Northern forest of the kingdoms, Nabel and Prince Davi were drinking from a river. Suddenly Nabel grabbed Davi and started kissing him. Davi stopped her and stood up, and walking away he said. "Our horse is hungry. I'm hungry. You are hungry. The North is freezing. We need fire to keep us warm. We need food; probably we need to hunt"

Nabel was not saying a word. "Well say something" said Davi.

"You are the crown prince of Arika. We need to find a kingdom here in the North and nest in their palace. By now Gizza's war against men must have reached every ear in the four corners of the world. Surely the kings of the north won't refuse you a chamber and a protection" said Zina. Davi looked at her for sometime and nodded. They mounted the horse and rode off.

In the desert where Gizza and her fellow women were nesting, Gizza was standing and checking on the sun with her hand.

"What are you doing?" Zina asked as she approached her. Gizza grabbed her and kissed her before saying, "Do not worry much about what you saw back there in the palace of Arika. The boy is dead. What you saw was in your head. It was not real" Gizza kissed her again and added ,"tell the rest of the ladies, we head North. The Northern kings deal in s*****y more than other kings of the earth. There, we will attack and set free our kind and in the act burn down every kingdom we come across. All men must die"

"All men must die" responded Zina.