"the black knives are powerful beyond your imagination."
the.raven said grimly, to starblue as well as to Krobeen. "they
have agents all over the world, their purpose is to rule the whole
world."
"whoa." Krobeen said subconciously, hearing what he said, he
quickly reminded himself not to make anymore sounds to attract the
dangerous the.raven.
"and how did Rainee become the queen of kingdom Redeth?" starblue
asked, refering to the kingdom they were currently in.
"It was an ingenious plan, the entire thing" the.raven said. the
agents in the court of Blueth let rainee marry the young king of
Redeth and become the Queen of Redeth. After which she would
influence the politics of Redeth to the black knives purpose, since
Redeth is a much more powerful kingdom than blueth and the black
knives have yet been able to infiltrate their court. However, the
beautiful Rainee had no trouble making the young king of Redeth
interested in her and marrying her.
starblue looked thoughtful for a moment, then said, "but what
happened to me?"
the.raven explained that starblue was given to an ordinary family
in Redeth to be raised up, with the old king of Blueth in his weak
condition, they really had nothing to fear from him, and they had
no use for her anyways. However, for reasons unknown the secret of
the plot was leaked out, and Queen Rainee ordered the capture of
starblue and locked her up. her home was not "razed" at all, the
black knifes were ever subtle in their dealings, she was simply
taken in secret. and her foster parents eliminated in secret.
upon hearing that, starblue sobbed. though not understanding at all
of the situation, Krobeen felt sad for starblue too, he suddenly
felt a primal emotion, that as a man he needed to protect the
maiden.
"and back to my story." the.raven continued, "I am here to kill
you, starblue. "
"you are a black knife?" starblue said, suddenly coming to a
realization. "that is why you know so much about them and their
plot! but why wait till now to kill me?"
"used to be." the.raven said, "the black knives did not kill you
because they still have plans for you, though I do not know what,
as I operate on my own now. I oppose the black knives now, you see,
I betrayed them, they tried to kill me but I have been able to
evade them till now. and I want to thwart their plans as much as
po..... "
Krobeen dived at the.raven.
the.raven survived the black knife assasins because he was ever
wary of his surroundings, he dodged Krobeen and drew his swords out
again. slashing a deep gash on Krobeen's side.
"Run!! starble, Run!!!" Krobeen screamed. "take the lift, or
something!!"
"fool!" the.raven sneered, "the lift requires a key to operate, and
I have the key."
touched by Krobeen's bravery, starblue mustered her own courage,
and picked up a broken stone brick laying on the ground, and tossed
it at the.raven
the.raven easily dodged the missile. However, that had distracted
him.
starblue tossed another one.
the.raven dodged again, and Krobeen made use of the opportunity to
grab at the key chain hanging on the.raveb's belt, and tugged it
loose.
"wtf u.." the.raven kicked Krobeen in the face, laying him low. but
Krobeen had tossed the key to starblue, who raced to the
lift.
a throwing dagger whisled towards starblue......but hit the closing
lift door.
"damn!!" the.raven exclaimed, as he punched the closed door, but to
no avail. moments later, starblue could be seen running from the
tower, free at last.
