Chapter Three
Vav was walking down the hallway, dressed in his royal robes and crown, he was currently talking to some of the royal maidens,
“We’ll need a dawn patrol, and we also need fresh kill,” Vav was saying, “We’ll also need,” he stopped, he sensed something,
“My queen,” one of the maidens asked, “Are you okay?”
Vav smiles and nods, “Yes, of course. I’ll meet up with you later, my ladies,”
The royal maidens nodded and walked away. Vav slowly walked around a pillar in the hallway and came face to face with Dragonface.
“AHHH!”
“Ahh!”
The boy jumped five feet in the air, “Vav?” He asked,
Vav placed a hand on his chest, “Oh lordy, Dragonface,” he said, “You should leave the sneaking to the Mad King,” Vav straightened himself, “What are you doing here?”
Dragonface chuckled before frowning, “I came to see the new kingdom everyone was talking about,” He said, “Why are you here?”
Vav sighed, he had a feeling X-Ray would keep the fact that he was the queen a secret, “I’m married to the king; Mogar,” Vav said kindly, “I live here now,”
Dragonface’s eyes widened, “WHOA! Really?” He asked, “You’re the queen?”
Vav nodded, Dragonface brightened, “YAY! Maybe I can finally be a hero here!”
Vav winced, “Maybe,” he said, “Come, I’ll take you to Mogar, you can hang with us until you have to go home,”
Dragonface smiled happily and rushed after Vav.
-Meanwhile-
X-Ray, AxialMatt, and Rimmy walked back into the lab, this is where they spent most of their time, Hilda and Trevor rushed over.
“What happened?” Trevor asked, concerned, “Are you all alright?”
“Yeah,” AxialMatt said, “The Mayor sent over representatives to the Wildes Kingdom, but they ended up threatening them instead of offering a peace treaty,”
X-Ray nodded, “Yeah, they then came back, claiming that the Warriors attacked them and also revealed to the Mayor that Vav is the queen. We had to convince them that the Wilds were not a threat,”
Trevor nodded, but Hilda looked disturbed, “Are you sure that was a good idea?”
Everyone turned to her, “Why wouldn’t it be?” Rimmy asked, “It’s not like they would attack us,”
Hilda shook her head, “I’m actually not so sure,” she said, “More and more of them are invading the city, I just have a bad feeling,”
AxialMatt sputtered a little, “The warriors are not invading!” He said, “They’re visiting, the city allows them to,”
Hilda scoffed, “Even if the city does, I bet they’re spying on us!”
X-Ray bristled, he was both shocked and angry at the words coming out of Hilda’s mouth, “Vav won’t let them attack us,”
Hilda locked eyes with Vav, “Is Vav reliable? He’s in love and is married to Mogar, and we know Mogar can be impulsive, I’m sorry X-Ray, but I think that Vav might be too blinded by love to see reason if Mogar were to attack us!”
X-Ray’s eyes narrowed, “I trust Vav, are you saying you don’t trust me!?”
Hilda crossed her arms, “Not when it comes to Vav,”
There are a few seconds of silence before......
“Get out,”
Hilda’s eyes widened, “What?”
X-Ray’s visor powered on due to his anger, “Get out!” he yelled, “Get out!”
Hilda held out her hand, “Ray…”
“Get out! We’re done!” Ray screamed, “If you don’t respect my choices and won't respect Vav’s, you don’t deserve to be on this team! LEAVE!!”
There are a few more beats of silence, Matt and Jeremy wide-eyed, eyes whipping between Hilda and Ray. Trevor looked solemn like he knew this would happen.
Hilda's face slowly contorts from shock to fury, she snarls, “You’ll regret this! All of you!”
Ray sighs, taking off his visor to reveal tears in his eyes, "No Hilda," he said, "The only regret I have is not being able to help you understand,"
Hilda stormes out of the lab. The door slamming shut behind her as Ray's silent tears fall.