My Rebirth as an alien Queen

Episode 55- Sneaking out for rescue

My heart raced as I jumped off the bed and straight to Hero's office but he wasn't there. I started to think for a second that he was gone...he had left to save his brother and I felt all my nerves panicking making me hyperventilate but when I returned to her room he was just coming out of the bathroom with a baggy robe that looked majestic on him...the robe was Grey and was made to properly cover all the right places, I heaved a heavy sigh of relief and ran into his arms.

"What's wrong?" He inquired as he slowly rub down my back trying to calm me down.

"I'm fine...I just-

"Did you recall something bad?" I frowned at his question and slowly released him to face him.

"How did you know that?" I questioned him and he sighed.

"I was just wondering if my brother had drop hints or probably had said something to you in the past that'll help me now so, I decided to visit your memories-

"You can do that?" I questioned and he smiled.

"Kio just taught me actually...I haven't actually finish exploring my abilities. Kio helped me discover this one, I hope it'll help in anyway" Hero sighed and moved to get dressed.

"By any chance is something bothering you?" I questioned watching as his face fall sombre, I knew he wasn't gonna tell me about his brother's a*******n but giving him a chance was just the best.

"No, I'm fine...just thinking about everything that was going on" He faked a smiled which I welcomed gladly.

"I'll be very busy for the next couple of days...I have to look for-

"I know" I immediately cut him short and he nodded pulling me into him before kissing me on the forehead.

"I'll be going back to my room now" I told him and he nodded while I slowly headed outside his room to see Barb waiting for me, I sighed and she immediately followed me.

"Barb, is there any security cameras in my room?" I questioned as we walked down the hallway.

"About 7 Claire" Barb immediately responded and I sighed.

"I want you to block them...immediately we enter the room, I'll go over to my bed and start knitting, I want you to make the footage remain like that or mute it. I have an important matter to discuss with you" I instructed Barb and she nodded.

"Of course Claire" She responded and I sighed walking past few maids and guards as I elegantly walked back to my room and like I said I was gonna do, I changed my dress and left to take my knitting kit, covering my legs with the blankets and resting my back against the pillow which pressed firmly against the headboard.

"You done it Barb?" I questioned after I pretended to be concentrated on knitting.

"Yes, you can talk now" Barb assured.

"Nio has been abducted by the ex-prince, he requested to meet up at Hero's mother's cemetery...do you have any idea where that is?" I questioned and Barb went pensive for a minute.

"I already got the location-

"They are supposed to be meeting tomorrow...is there a way to keep Hero inside the palace and stopped him from going-

"He wasn't intending on going, from the camera file footages I hacked into in his office, Kio convinced the king not to leave, of course they know what their step brother is up to...it's a must to keep the king safe-

"But Hero wouldn't like to lose his brother?, he's going to blame himself for eternity" I muttered reasoning the whole situation.

"That's why, he sent Chi after him. A complex robot created only to obey the king from my prototype. He would bring the king's brother back...I don't think you have anything to worry about" Claire assured but I couldn't just believe her words, though the ex-prince is powerless at the time but he was going to do anything to get the ruling power from Hero....the thought alone made me cringe, I couldn't imagine anyone doing that to him.

"I know I should met the robot handle it...but any mistake and Nio would be gone, like forever....I can't let that happen to Hero. I have to free his brother and of I have to do that I have to do it fast.

"We are going-

"But Claire, the king-

"I know, he wouldn't like me doing that but he wouldn't hate me either. We have to go help his brother" I declared firmly and Barb nodded.

"You'll be with me the whole time...so I have nothing to worry about" I knew I was assuring myself than I was assuring Barb but I needed the confidence. I stood from the bed and changed into a more simple outfit before turning to Barb to hack into every camera's we would be passing on our way out.

"Doing that wasn't so easy, though we easily got rid of Hero tracking us with the camera's...avoiding the guards situated at every corner of the palace was almost impossible but we found a secret underground tunnel and looking at it...Zioko and his family must have actually used the tunnel to go out...it wasn't so guarded and it was so deep, within the heart of the palace I must say, so definitely they must have used the tunnel.

"Barb, how many people knew about this tunnel?" I couldn't help asking as Barb lead us down the creepy circular and dusty tunnel.

"Few royal members, it was built by a king, a century ago when there was a terrible war between the races of the Ghafils...one of the reason why Ghafils like you were led into extinction" Barb replied.

"But they were very powerful...I am powerful" I replied with a furrow.

"The blue race might be powerful but they are still vulnerable because their power is controlled by the crimson Zullion star...the war took place when the Crimson star was hidden, wiping off half the population but your powers from the information I gathered isn't control by anything but yourself...even the king's powers is in regards to the Ghafil stone...when the life source of the stone is low...the king's powers would be hard to use...but your powers are independent, the abilities of all three races lies in you, your family tree show that, your mother was a Ghafil bred from two races...the green and the blue and your father was a pure white Ghafil...but you were born white with the powers of the three races locked in your genes but after injecting you with a liquid Ghafil stone it changed everything, unlocking all the hidden potentials stored in your genetic code" Barb explained and I must say, since I've been hearing theories about my powers, none of it had come as clear as this.

"This place was used as a pathway once but also as a palace drainage of terrible water...we would be approaching the end where the palace waste is always flooded too, you might need to cover your nose, and I think it's very advisable you let up the hood of your cloak" Barb advised and I smiled pulling up the hood and pressing a small linen to my nose as we approached the light from a far, despite how close the light looks it was still kinda far.

We kept walking and when we approached the end, the worst kind of smell hit me and I almost retched, not even the small linen I press to my nose could stop it...it was pungent and awful; making me me spit out in disgust.

"It'll be over soon, we'll just have to take the turn" Barb assured and led me out then take me down a narrow part on the alongside the rock of the tunnel, it was hard to press myself against the rock and move, had to remove the linen and press my hand to the wall instead, I could see the disgusting water down and it would be really terrible if we had to fall into that. Barb had developed a mechanism that allowed her to stick to the rock as she slowly walked down the path, while I had to use my fingertips to hold on to every protruding part of the rock as we slowly moved, then we appeared at a more wider part which Barb led me down with and I heaved a heavy sigh of relief.

"That was...tiring" I muttered as we kept walking until we get to an alleyway, walking behind houses situated on the same lane with the palace, then we approached the forest...which I considered that because of the abundant trees, their trees had different leave colors and it was really pretty.

"We would be heading to the young queen's grave now" Barb announced and we kept walking and walking and then I almost stumbled feeling my baby kicked.

"Are you alright Claire?" Barb questioned in a soft tone that made me wonder just how many human personality she has.

"Yeah, my baby kicked" I frowned finding the sensation hard, then he did again and I almost fall off my feet at the force. How could he be so strong? I wondered waiting for the force to come again but none came.

"I think that's all" I declared but Barb moved to me and place her hands on my stomach glowing some kind of light....then one of her eyeballs projected out raising up a screen that allow me to see my baby.

"He's very strong, and just like you" Barb muttered and I smiled, he really was a he. Barb's eye slowly moved back in and her hands came off my bump before we resumed walking.

To be honest, Zullion's graveyard is the creepiest I've seen, not only was it surrounded by thick mist that I hesitated before entering, the tombstones where the only thing visible...nothing else, different tombstones lied parallel and side by side making my heart race.

"I'm starting to think that this is a terrible idea" I muttered to myself as Barb led me past the mist and deeper into the graveyard where another pathway lies but Barb suddenly stopped me from going any further.

"We have company" She whispered and I froze on the spot.

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