A Potential Ally

“His royal highness, King John the First has arrived!” announced Brenda as she entered the throne room before her son. The two guards who held the doors open for Brenda and John saluted their king as he walked through the doors, past the various guests, servants, and companions that were in the room waiting for his attendance. Nobody spoke a word as John walked from the entrance to his throne and only when he was firmly seated in his throne did anyone dare to speak to him.

“Master, we have returned with an informant who may have information on who is taking over the city,” Idena reported to John as she pointed to a young woman who was standing near Tanya. “She is a known contact of Tanya so she is willing to help us if we help her,” Idena told her master and king.

“And what help does she need?” asked John, wary of what this unknown young woman may ask of him. His eyes moved over to the woman who stood next to Tanya. It was hard to determine her figure because of the large red trench coat the girl wore, plus her large red cordovan hat did not help. She did, however, she did have very smooth looking olive skin and contrasted against her wavy scarlet hair that reached all the way down to her ass. Her eyes stared right back at him, and in them he saw a unique color. They were blue with hints of grey in them and stared right through him and into his soul. He could see hints of black pants from the bottom of the trench coat but also noticed she wore black gloves on her hands that were crossed on her chest. John could not tell for sure, thanks to the trench coat, but he assumed she had modestly sized breasts.

“Shelly has a sister who has gone missing,” Tanya said to John as she moved away from Shelly and towards Idena. “She believes that her sister, Sasha, was working for this group before they made their move, gathering intelligence on possible threats for when the group made their move. It seems that once they got their information from her, they didn’t let her leave,” Tanya informed John of the information she had gathered from Shelly.

“And what makes her think her sister is even still alive?” asked John as he thought out what this group could have done with the missing sister. “It sounds like she’s a loose end, and organizations like this tend to...remove loose ends,” pointed out John.

“Well...” started Tanya before she was interrupted by Shelly.

“Because I know my sister is still alive!” burst out Shelly as she rushed next to the two ladies who brought her to the kingdom. “I can feel it! We have a connection thanks to a spell our mom put on us that allowed us to always find each other and know if something happened to the other. I… I don’t know what happened but I can’t figure out where she’s at. It’s like something is actively blocking any tracking or scrying spells. I can kind of get a general idea of where she is, but it's way too heavily guarded for me to do anything about it. I may be a damned good thief and spy but even I can’t get past the security of this group. They have...things that aren’t natural that patrol the perimeter and alert the guards in the guard towers. And the noises...” The color drained from Shelly’s face as she recited the next part to the group in front of her. “The noises I hear coming from that facility are noises that should never be heard. Whatever they are doing in there, it’s unholy. Whatever wicked creatures they have in that place...they’re pure abominations. So,” she says as she takes a step forward and looks John directly in the eyes, “that’s why I agreed to help Tanya. I’ll help her if she helps me get my sister back. So, please, help me get my sister back!” pleaded Shelly to John.

John sat quietly on his throne as he thought over everything this girl had told him. It was a tough story to buy, overall. A sister that she can always find suddenly not able to be found? A sister that just happens to be working for the mysterious group that we are looking into has kidnapped said sister? It all seems like an elaborate scam to get us to help her sneak into a place and steal something she wants. But at the same time, if she’s right, this could be our best chance to not only gain some intel on this group but also deal some damage against them. I could have the twins scout the place first and see if they can corroborate what Shelly said. If so, we can plan to make a move against this base. Yeah, that seems like the best idea. John thought to himself as the audience looked on, waiting for his response to the girl in front of him.

“I have decided,” John said, his voice echoing through the room to break the silence. “I shall send my left and right hands to scout the base you speak of. If they can corroborate what you have said about the creatures patrolling and the strange noises. If they find the same thing as you, then I shall believe the rest of your story and we will come up with a plan for taking out this base and saving your sister. After all, if we can strike a decisive blow against this enemy before they can come after us, that’s all the better,” decided John.

“As you wish, master,” Idena said as she bowed.

“Let me know when you need me,” responded Tanya.

“Thank you. You’ll see I’m telling the truth,” Shelly said with what appeared to be a few tears in her eyes. Tanya grabbed her friend and proceeded to lead her out of the throne room. Meanwhile, Brenda made her way up to the throne to speak herself.

“My king, the twins should be back the day after tomorrow. I suggest we take that time to train and prepare for the chance of an ****,” suggested Brenda. John nodded in agreement.