Chapter Thirty Eight: Tiya In Danger

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Moments earlier in the Throne room, Candillice and Carlyle had just arrived to meet the White Knight. 

But Queen TyrAnna was displeased at the sight of Carlyle.

"I told you to leave for the wall patrol!" TyrAnna yelled.

"Mother I. . . ." Candillice began to shout back but Carlyle interrupted.

"Your Majesty please allow me this one last opportunity to serve my Prophetigress!" Carlyle asked very politely with a bow.

"Fine!" The Queen said in a frustrated tone.

"Mother what is under the curtain?" Candillice asked. She pointed to what appeared to be a large box under a white sheet sitting in the middle of the Throne room.

"It is a gift from the White Knight," Queen TyrAnna replied.

"He said it is a method to send Sam away, back where he came from and never to bother us again!" She explained.

White Knight entered the Royal Hall and approached the entrance to the Temple.

"It's time! And this time I will be coming up there with you to sort out this mess with the Great Spirit!" TyrAnna stated as she pushed them along from behind. White Knight led the way, he opened the doors.

But to his surprise a large gust of wind came out that pushed him back.

"Looks like Tiya doesn't want to see White Knight! Oh well!" Candillice said with a sigh of relief. 

But Kenneth was taught well by his father in the ways of dark magic. He began to emit a red glow to counter the magic being used against him. He pulled out the sceptre his father had lent to him but kept it hidden from the sight of the Tigris. 

Kenneth knew exactly what spell to use, it was a particular spell that was the specialty of his father Andrew.

He summoned a whirlwind. This counter whirlwind cancelled the effect of the winds Tiya had sent to stop him. As the winds calmed down, White Knight proceeded to walk up the steps.

"It was only a breeze! Up we go!" TyrAnna ordered.

They watched as White Knight ran eagerly up the stairs before them, Candillice did not want Tiya to be alone with him for one second she knew something was very wrong. Once they reached the top of the stairs Candillice felt the room was very cold and unwelcoming.

"Call her forth she will not listen to me any longer," The Queen ordered Candillice.

"Tiya are you here?" Candillice asked but received no response.

"I don't think she is home right now, we should go," Candillice stated.

White Knight approached the statue and formed a fist with his hand. The statue hardened with a shell much like the carriage relic had done.

 Tiya could sense the danger and was hardening the statue to protect her self. Kenneth knew that he had to retrieve the Quartanitz from inside so he knocked on the statues head to see how hard it was.

"What are you doing? Don't touch it!" Candillice cried but TyrAnna held her back.

TyrAnna then watched White Knight pull something from under neath his cape that appeared to be weakening the shell over the statue.

"Wait what is that you are hiding?" She demanded to see. White Knight revealed to them a sceptre with a red jewel on the end. TyrAnna immediately knew what it was.

"The sceptre of Andruin how is that you have obtained it?" She asked.

"Stop this at once I order you!" She yelled but White Knight did not respond.

"It was you who drained my carriages relic of its charm who are you?" TyrAnna asked.

But White Knight continued with weakening the magic of Tiya's shell and ignored her questions. She gasped at the thought that White Knight had betrayed them.

"Permit me your majesty!" Carlyle said as he attacked White Knights helmet with his whip. With the crack of the whip relic White Knight's helmet was split in half and removed.

They all took a step back at the sight of seeing Kenneth's face.

"He looks like Andruin!" Carlyle exclaimed and suddenly Queen TyrAnna felt a deep regret.

"Heh! I'm the son of the one you call Andruin. My father hid his name from you morons!" Kenneth boasted.

"No!" Candillice cried. Queen TyrAnna was furious and Carlyle motioned to attack White Knight once more but his whip was taken from his hand by a small whirlwind Kenneth generated with the sceptre.

"Careful now my Dad taught me everything he knows! I'm more powerful than you think!" Kenneth warned. He proceeded to walk around the statue.

"Gotta get this outa here for Dad, looks like I'm gonna have to take the whole stupid statue!" Kenneth said as he pushed a button on his metal bracelet. A large object came flying into the room it was a drone that Kenneth had reprogrammed himself for this task. Large metal arms dug into the statue as the drone hovered from above.

TyrAnna, Candillice and Carlyle felt helpless. They watched in horror as the drone lifted Tiya up into the air with it's claws.

"Oh and one last thing!" Kenneth stated as he turned around with thick black goggles over his eyes. He lifted another object towards the Tigris who were now readying to attack.

"It's a blinding baton!" The Queen shouted but it was too late as Kenneth had activated it at the highest setting and flashed it in the eyes of the Queen and Candillice. But Carlyle was able to spare them the brunt of the blast as he flung his body in front of them.

"Heh! Haha!" Kenneth boasted as he ran with his drone following him. He burst through the doors into the Throne room and ran for what was under the curtain. It was a gate room large enough for many Grotesques to fit through.

But before Kenneth could activate the gate Reegan's ship came crashing through the wall. The ship landed in the Throne room and out came Reegan and Sam followed by Toido, Rufus, Tafficious and June rushing to stop Kenneth. He climbed on top of his drone and let it fly up towards the ceiling.

He stood over them all from a high position.

"We know what you're up to Ken!" Sam shouted.

"Stop him Guards!" A half blinded TyrAnna came running into the Throne room followed by Candillice who was holding Carlyle's hand to guide him down the stairs, he was still very much blind from the blast.

"He is the son of Andruin! Stop him!" Queen TyrAnna shouted.

Kenneth laughed at her as he hovered above them all.

"I got your stupid statue whatcha gonna do?" He proclaimed from beyond her reach.

When he heard TyrAnna mention that she knew Kenneth was the son of Andruin, Sam was beginning to realize that perhaps it was not the best time for relaying the information he wanted to convey to warn Candillice and the Queen about Kenneth.

This was when June took it upon herself to warn them about who Kenneth truly was.

"His name is Kenneth Gusterson! White Knight isn't real he's Sam's jerk cousin!"

June said this loud enough for all to hear.

"Boy do I have a surprise for you Cuz!" Kenneth yelled.

He pressed a button on his bracelet that remotely activated the gate room. It began to make all sorts of sounds, Toido backed away from it before the door came flying open.

Durwip and Ragurg emerged from the gate room and ran straight for TyrAnna. They grabbed her to hold her down so she could not escape. Many more Grotesques came out to attack the others and a fight began in the Throne room.

Lurkis was the last of the Grotesques to step through the gate room, he saw that the others were all putting up a resistance fighting the Grotesques, especially Toido who was causing some difficulty for them. Candillice and Carlyle were still struggling with their blindness, stumbling about in the open. Candillice was beginning to see again so she was guiding Carlyle to safety. But her vision was still not perfect and she ended up bumping into Lurkis who stood in her way, she fell over.

Lurkis was carrying a big club, and saw this as an opportunity to swing it at Candillice.

But Toido was close by and blocked the attack. Toido was stunned as he held back the club but he turned to see if Candillice was alright. She appeared to be unable to stand back up again.

"Stop!" Kenneth shouted, Lurkis and the other Grotesques froze.

Toido took this time to try and help Candillice up.

"Is that you Toido? White Knight hit us with a blinding baton! My sight's just coming back to me!" Candillice told him.

"Carlyle's worse he got hit right close to the face!" She added. Toido took a look at both their eyes to check them and see if he could help.

"That metal dude he has something I want!" Kenneth shouted to Lurkis. Toido was still examing the Tigris eyes when he felt the strong Grotesques grab him and pick him up. Lurkis walked over to present Toido before Kenneth.

"It's inside this toaster! The compartment on the front side. Open him up!" Kenneth commanded. Lurkis did as Kenneth asked and very roughly pried the compartment open.

"The Genetic Harp is mine now!" Kenneth shouted with joy as he reached into the compartment and stole it from Toido.

"Lets give it a test. . . . At full power!" He said. Toido was struggling trying to free himself from Lurkis grasp when Kenneth punched him in his metal head as hard as he could.

It was a very hard hit with a loud metal clang sound and a big dent left behind in his head. Toido made a whining sound as Lurkis threw him to floor.

Toido did not get up again or move at all. It appeared he had ceased to function.

"No! Toido!" Reegan yelled.

Sam rushed to help Candillice who was still trying to stand up but she was too hurt and still could not see. More Grotesques were coming and Sam knew that he was going to need a weapon.

"I gotta borrow this!" Sam said as he unsheathed and borrowed the sword that Candillice carried.

"You! This is all your fault! Get away from my daughter!" Queen TyrAnna shouted.

With great rage she stood up overpowering both Ragurg and Durwip who were still holding her down. She dug her claws deep into their skulls and with such tremendous force bashed their heads in to one another to regain her freedom.

"I knew you were a spy Samuel Gusterson, nephew of Andruin! I'm going to rip you to shreds with my own claws!" TyrAnna screamed with great ferocity.

"But first you will face the justice of my blade!" She proclaimed.

Queen TyrAnna unsheathed her sword. It was a special sword given to her by the Great Spirit much like what Candillice was bestowed.

"Whoa that is one unhappy Momma Kitty lets watch what happens," Kenneth said. He ordered Lurkis and Lurkis signalled the other Grotesques not to stop her. TyrAnna ran and pushed over Sam to stand between him and her daughter.

"Get away from her!" She yelled as she pointed her sword at Sam. He gazed into her eyes and all he could see was a faint green glow. It was the same as what he felt in the interrogation room earlier when he lost control. He saw the shadow with the green eyes instead of Queen TyrAnna again,he hissed at it. He then growled, he roared very loudly. So loudly that it was heard in the rooms nearby and in the infirmary.

The sound that Sam had just made had awoken the old Tigris. He stood up from his bed and felt the mask around his face but could not remove it. The old Tigris walked out of the infirmary to the throne room where he heard the noise was coming from.

Sam was so focused on defending himself against the dark shadow with the green eyes that he did not notice his toque fall off or his tail being exposed as he used it to help his balance. "You tried to look like a Tigris but I think you look like a rat!" Queen TyrAnna shouted. 

Kenneth laughed at this remark.

"Haha! Good one I use to call him freak boy but rat boy is so much better!"

"Shut up! I will be killing you next!" TyrAnna shouted at Kenneth.

Candillice was seeing more clearly, she wanted to tell her mother to stop attacking Sam and not to hurt him. But she felt conflicted, she had lost some trust for Sam when she learned he was related to Andruin the evil sorcerer that caused so much misery for her people. Sam was the one who Tiya had told her to find. She asked Candillice to help him with his task but it now seemed to be impossible. She watched her mother strike Sam repeatedly with her sword. Sam blocked her blows with the sword he had just borrowed from Candillice. They both fought with great ferocity, she believed that this was the angriest she had ever seen her mother in her entire life. Sam was losing control again he hissed and attacked with intent to destroy as though the Queen was his enemy.

Sam shook his head, he tried to fight what was taking over him, in a moment of clarity he saw another women standing next to the Queen appearing to control her actions.

"Adimniss is here! Controlling her!" Sam yelled as he pointed at TyrAnna.

"I see Adimniss! She's weak like a shadow but I can see her!" he yelled. Candillice's heart sank upon hearing Sam's description of Adimniss.

Was this the Queen of Shadows who Tiya warned her about?

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