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The Prince's distress

The Prince's distress

In a violent sea, a single ship can be seen struggling through the waves, like any second the ship is gonna capsize.

Inside the ship's bridge Cpt. Lexington is commanding the ship through the waves, he instructed his crew to turn the ship eastward to avoid the storm, he and his crew knows that the ship can easily Traverse through violent waves, but they are carrying an important person in the ship; The monarchs of Agem and their daughter, Princess Bleue.

They are on their way to Meyrh, an island county 83 kilometers west of Agem. they will go there to pick up Prince Arthur who's currently at the hospital after he survived an assassination attempt.

"Are we near?", a voiced ask in the back of Cpt. Lexington. He turned his head and saw King Josef, he saluted and said, "not yet, your majesty, infact we will be delayed by 15 minutes since we're diverting from the storm"

The King then proceed to go back on his room, while Cpt. Lexington continues to work.

After a quarter of an hour they finally reach Serka port in Mehr city the capital of Meyrh. All the royal guards that came with them were on maximum vigilance

the Royal family then proceed to take a car to the hospital. When they arrived at the hospital various reporter was waiting for them, trying to get information and the status of the Prince, but the Royal family didn't bother to answer them.

Inside the hospital, Queen Eva opened the door while her hands was shaking, he saw his son in the hospital bed unconscious.

Tears flow in her eyes as she walk toward his son, her knees getting weaker the more she closed in, she's about to fall down but her husband hold her in time.

She wept on her husband shoulder, "he will be fine, he will be", said by King Josef trying to stop himself from crying.

The princess walk toward his brother and pull his nasal cannula, she then proceed to held her finger near his brother's nose.

"He's still breathing, so it's fine", she said to her parents.

Queen Eva suddenly stop crying and look at his daughter smiling at her, While her husband frantically put his son's nasal cannula.

The King then look at her daughter with disbelief while massaging his own head.

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"why?", Princess Bleue ask to his father looking at her "it's true he's breathing"

The King sighed and shakes his head, "I think I'm gonna have an headache because of you'"

"It's because you're shaking your head", The Princess said confidently.

The King then proceed to ignore his daughter.

When suddenly the doctor came to the room, the doctor first greeted the King, and proceed to explain the situation of his son.

The doctor said that his son will be alive, but his son could possibly be paralyzed. He also states that because of the Prince situation, He can't be transported.

The Doctor then leaves the room saying that he'll check on the Prince later on.

After the doctor leaves,the Princess then proceed to tell his father that she'll head back first to the ship with her guards.

On her way, she noticed the scenery of the country of Meyrh, a bustling city with highrise building in the left and the sea to the right. She was mesmerized to the scenery, in her country the buildings are further inland as a preventive measures in case of flooding.

She arrived at the port and directly went to her room, as soon as she enter the room her heart mind was full of thought, his brother the heir to the throne will be paralyze thus he will be unfit to be a king and the role as an heir will be passed onto her.

Bleue is an easy going teenager she prefers to be being herself, and have no interest in politics, so this new role troubled her feelings.

To calm herself, she went to the entertainment lounge to watch TV, when she opened the TV the news was on.

"Assassin of Prince Arthur of Agem is still on the loose after 7 days, The authority of Meyrh assured the capture of assassin to royal family of Agem"

"The World organization predicts that the ongoing conflict in Sakeer may affect certain economies"

The princess then leaves the lounge, to calm her mind. The Sakeerian civil war heavily affected them, since their ships can only pass through limited waterways and their air activities were halted due to the Restricted airspace of the conflict. This is the reason why they sailed through rough seas.

Prince Arthur came to Meyrh to visit the Agemian's troop stationed there. Since Meyrh population and size are small they rely on Agem's military to defend their country.

The visit was planned to take 3 days and visit all 4 bases on Meyrh, after that the Prince will return home.

The visit went smoothly with no single incident during the Prince visit. he talked to the troops and ask the soldiers what they need, he also tour around the bases and inspect their conditions.

After that the Prince is in the car on his way to the port. due to miscommunication with the driver and the Prince guards, They arrived at the port earlier than the rest of the convoy.

The Prince decides to leave the car and walk to the ship alone. His driver refute his decision that it's not safe to walk alone, but the Prince Ignore him.

The Prince reach the door handle and opens it.

After he opened the door 3 gunshots was heard, and he quickly fall to the ground. Hos driver realizing what just happen turned the car to the direction of the gunfire covering the Prince, but he didn't realize that the Prince collapse at the side of the car. When he suddenly maneuver the tyre crush the Prince feet, crushing his bones in the process.

The crew inside the ship heard the gunfire, one soldier in the deck hastily throw a smoke grenade to the Prince location to cove them. All soldier near the port quickly rush to take the Prince inside the ship.

all soldier takes cover in parked cars and cargos, some of them fired at the direction of the gunfire, trying to suppress the shooter.

This gives the other soldiers to run towards the prince location. They found the driver's body hanging lifelessly on the car door and the Prince just lying beneath him.

The Prince guards soon arrived at the scene, they quickly take the Prince and the driver with them and rush to the hospital.

on their way, The guards perform first aid to them. The Prince sustain one bullet on his chest, while his drive was hit on the bicep and neck which proved fatal, his breath was rapidly declining, his airway was damage.

When they arrived at the hospital the driver was announced dead and the Prince was quickly rushed to the operating room, where the doctors performed an emergency surgery, saving his life.

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