The Last Astrokight - Five
They were so engrossed in each other, they almost didn't hear Lucifer's whinny.
Someone was approaching!!! Prince Lotor abruptly pulled back and in a seemingly fluid movment, rose and simultantaneously yanked Allura up and flung her over his shoulder.
"Aieeeeeeee!" Allura screamed in shock."Put me down! Put me down!!!" She pounded on Lotor's back.
"Pity. Thou art no different from other princesses I've carried off..." Lotor quipped as he ran toward his ship.
"I AM!"
Allura yelled as her hands savagely pulled at his bound hair.
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"I heard the Princess scream!" Grand Chamberlain Coran shouted at the motley crew of castle guards that remained.
"That way!" He pointed at the thick forest ahead.
:"Princess Allura!!" Coran called out.as the small group broke into a run.
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"It's Coran!" Allura gasped as she tried to wiggle her way out of the grasp of the barbarian prince. "CORAN!!!!!!!" She managed to scream.
"Coran, ye say?" Lotor said without a pause of breath.
"'Tis none of - ahg - your a - fair!" Allura was panting for breath.
"He seeks the throne. Didn' ye know - "
Abruptly, he whistled. Allura could hear Lotor's steed galloping behind and then beside them. In an impossible move, the Black Knight was able to hoist himself and his prize upon Lucifer.
..."Surely he is of the Devil himself..." Allura gasped.
"If ye mean my 'honorable' father, then - "
Allura heard the clatter of hooves against steel. After that everything was a mish-mash of sound and vision.
Then there was nothing more...
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The ship was gone!
Lotor narrowed his eyes in anger. Hephitus! Damn slave took off with his own ship! HIS SHIP!
"Damn him! I knew he'd been too docile as of late." Lotor scowled as he looked down at his prize, now slumped in the saddle against him. An uncharacteristic concern for Allura crossed his terse features.
" This way!!"
Lotor was shaken out of his revelry by the voice.
"Damn, damn, damn!" Lotor wheeled Lucifer about. "YAH!!" The prince growled.
Without his ship, he was more or less stranded in this backwater, unless Father noticed he was even gone. He wouldn't even be surprised if dear father planned this all along!
Where in the seven hells were the occupation forces that were supposed to be stationed here?
Keeping his grip on the unconscious princess, Lotor thought that perhaps the rumors of the Grand Chamberlain really were true. Such things were not uncommon in these turbulent times.
Peasants and slaves may complain about their lot, but they didn't have to watch their backs!