Chapter 46: Only Bad Decisions

Chapter 46: Only Bad Decisions

Elsewhere, it was nearly 2:00 am in the morning as Senator Arthur Davis found himself within the White House elevator traveling downwards to the subterranean meeting room with the President and the remainder of the war council. He had just returned from his trip from the BloodStar Empire, and he was exhausted. However, the council would not wait to hear his news.

Flanked by two secret service agents, Davis felt safe but also knew they offered little protection against the true dangers of the world. He sighed with exhaustion as the elevator dinged upon arrival. The doors opened, and the agents escorted him to the high-tech and secure meeting room.

As he entered, he heard numerous voices attempting to talk over one another in what was a very active meeting given the time of night. President Monroe turned to see the door open as Arthur walked in, “Senator Davis! At last, we might finally get some useful information to help break our current standstill.”

Senator Davis gulped at the scene. It was apparent that there lay a split amongst the opinions in the room. Unfortunately, he did not come baring any definitive news.The inaugural upload of this chapter took place via N0v3l-B1n.

He walked silently to the podium and softly said, “Where to start. Let’s see.”

Senator Hammond rashly called out, “Is she dead or not? Start there!”

Arthur gave a half smile and said, “I wish it were that simple.”

Vice President Morrow shook his head and crossed his arms in his seat, “Great. This isn’t the news we were hoping for. Is it Senator?”

Arthur shook his head, “I’m afraid it’s complicated.”

President Monroe finally took his seat after pacing back and forth, “Fine. Let’s let him brief us. If it’s complicated, we shall do our best to hold all questions until you are finished.”

Arthur nodded, “Thank you Mr. President.” Arthur then cleared his throat, “You have undoubtedly heard the circulating reports of King Ramses and Queen Zara attesting to the confirmation of Xenia’s death.”

The audience nodded in response before he continued, “Well. I was there. I stood shoulder to shoulder with them both before they entered the ceremonial sanctuary to view the fallen Xenia BloodStar.”

He loosened his tie and continued, “They were in the ceremonial chamber for no more than a few minutes before they exited with solemn expressions. Then, it was my turn.”

Arthur paused, and Hammond raised his hands, “Well? And then?”

Arthur replied, “And then I wasn’t invited in.”

The council had a physical reaction to his response. President Monroe raised his voice, “So you went all the way to the BloodStar Empire and Empress Victoria denied you entrance to view her daughter’s body? Does she know that her actions carry earth-moving consequences in situations like this?!”

Arthur nodded, “She knows. She and I took a walk. She imparted to me that she was well aware of how highly Xenia valued her relationship with me. More importantly, she noted that because of my and indeed our relationship with Xenia, she urged us all to maintain a friendly alignment with the BloodStar Empire. She simply said to trust her.”

The mighty blast slammed into the ground rocking the Earth for miles around. Huge chunks of rock and land went flying. Jacek maintained his aura around him to block himself from the flying debris.

A rock fragment the size of a bus flew directly at him, and he merely roared with his aura as the giant fragment slammed into him nearly disintegrating into a million pieces upon contact.

Jarek looked on from afar in his palace tower thinking to himself, “He is improving by leaps and bounds. Such a concentrated blast, and yet, his ki reserves are hardly touched. He has finally turned his stamina from a weakness to a strength I daresay.”

Jarek mused to himself more, “The fighters to help train him in the Perfect Warrior technique should be here soon. He will be ready. No. He will be more than ready.”

On the ground, Jacek suddenly heard a call to him. An attendant used a loudspeaker from afar as to avoid certain death, “Lord Heraklinos! Master Sage wishes to see you now.”

Jacek called back, “Tell her I will be in shortly after my training.”

The attendant called once more on the loud speaker, “Excuse my persistence my Lord. Master Sage has asked me to relay to you that if you are more than a second late past 10:30 am, she will be sure to make her displeasure known to you.”

Jacek looked at the clock tower in the distance. It read: ‘10:26 am’. He then looked to the attendant and gave a disgruntled scowl. He was shirtless and his pants were ragged having barely survived his training. He thought to himself, “Fine. If she wants to see me immediately then she can bear my lack of readiness.”

He diffused the ki around his body and made way for Master Sage’s suite within the palace.

If there was one thing Jacek didn’t particularly care for it was having his training interrupted. He marched through the palace grounds, down the hallway, and around several corners as he rapidly approached Mistress Sage’s suite.

As he approached, his pace didn’t slow, and as he reached her set of double doors, he walked right in without knocking or waiting for any kind of invitation at all.

He walked in to find the welcome area empty, and he called out, “Erika! This had better be good. I was in the middle of intense training.”

The door suddenly closed behind him, and he jumped. He turned to see Erika who had been standing behind the door against the wall. And his jaw dropped.

Standing before him was Erika in a leather outfit quite reminiscent of Xenia’s military outfit. Jacek knew this was no mistake; she was paying attention to everything he liked, and she was acting on every bit of it.

She walked towards him slowly as he stood staring, “Was interrupting your training a bad decision?”

Jacek began to answer; however, she interrupted him abruptly, “Good. The first of many. Because right now, we are only going to make bad decisions.”

She tore the tattered clothing from his body as the two began. Outside the room, an attendant had heard enough to know it was his cue to leave them in privacy.