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A Kingdom for A Prince (Part 15)


While landing, Alex radioed in for a car to pick us up. The car was there waiting as soon as we have landed. I couldn't get down the plane fast enough to get to the car, Alex following me close behind.

"To Eclis Hospital, and gun it, George," Alex said to the driver, who in turn nodded and hit the accelerator.

The driver weaved in and out of traffic expertly and we were soon at the hospital in 10 minutes flat. I practically flew out of the car and made a run for the hospital building, and as luck would have it, I saw my foster parents coming out from the hospital cafeteria into the hospital lounge.

"Mom! Dad!" I exclaimed as I ran towards them. My folks greeted me with a bear hug.

"Oh Des, I was so worried," Mom cried as she hugged me tight. "Thank God you're OK."

"What happened, son? Where have you been?" Dad asked frantically.

"I promise I'll tell you everything. I need to know: Where's Chad? What happened to him?"

"Oh poor Chad... He tried so hard to protect us..." Mom sobbed.

This spread panic throughout my body. "Wait he's dead?!?" I assumed by her words and sprinted towards the hospital rooms, not knowing the room number, but hell ill look for him if i have too. He can't be... he's strong... please don't be... Chad...

I heard the talking of Alex with my foster parents behind me and some chuckling. "Hey genius! Room 45!" He called after me and soon followed after me. I found the room I was looking for and burst in.

The moment I burst in, I was met with the sight of Chad being covered in bandages and a rather big cast around his left arm. He was hooked up with a breathing tube, and the sound of his breathing and the beep of the heart monitor showed that he was alive, though unconscious.

"He... He's alive...?"

"Of course he's alive," Alex popped up behind me. "If you didn't go all gung ho about this, you would've stayed long enough to hear your folks tell you he's OK. A bit shaken up, but OK."

"What... What happened?" I asked, feeling both relieved and stupid at the same time.

"Turns out that Claire was one of Drake's best assassins. She tricked Chad into taking her to your foster parents' home instead of dropping him off at the nearest train station as promised. Then once they got there, she immediately assaulted him and your folks. Chad took the brunt of the hits, even got shot a few times trying to protect them. He played dead while Claire tried to lock your folks in the basement and wait for backup to finish the job, then leapt onto her and rolled down the basement stairs with her. He broke his arm doing it, but she broke her neck and died from the fall. The rest is history."

"Wow.." I looked done at Chad quite impressed. "Hey Alex, go tell my parents that they are coming with me too. I can't leave them here."

Alex nodded. "Of course. I'll leave you two love birds alone." He winked before exiting the door.
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