~ Third Person's Point of View ~
- At Prince Zeln's Hideout -
Shaotzie went off from her room to seek someone who can she talk with.
Upon searching, she saw Zeln's men sharpening and polishing their swords.
"Hey! Can I ask you, where is the Prince's room?" She asked one of them who passes by in front of her.
The swordsman shrugged his shoulders and call the other swordsman. "Send the Princess into the Prince's compartment!"
The swordsman nods his head and replies, "Aye Captian!" Then he turned her gaze on her and said, "Let's go, young Princess!"
Princess Shaotzie was amazed by how they followed their captain's order. The swordsman walks so fast that made her hard to reach him.
"Swordsman! Can you slow down?" Shaotzie asked him as she runs towards the path he's taking.
He didn't bother to answer the young princess's back. Swordsman halted in front of a room, at the end of the hallway.
"This is the Prince's room, your majesty. Please, wait here for a while." He told Shaotzie to stay back and wait for the Prince to open the door.
He steps forward and said, "Your majesty, the Princess is looking for you."
However, they hear nothing from inside. "Your majesty! Your majesty!" He exclaimed and pushed the door but it didn't work out.
"What's happening, swordsman?!" Shaotzie asked the swordsman, scared, and alarmed.
"Stay right here! I'll tell everyone about this!" He left Shaotzie dumbfounded and shocked.
She has no idea what's going on but still, she remained to stand and embracing herself.
The swordsman hurriedly came back with others, including their captain. "Where is Zachary?! Perhaps, he knows what's going inside of prince's room!"
All of them start to panic and feel worried about the prince. Swordsman who's name was, Danial, kicked the door. Fortunately, it was opened but the room seems quiet and emptied.
"Prince Zeln?!" Captain Saquiel exclaimed.
Prince Zeln's men began to search for him but they found nothing. "Your majesty?"
For the second time, they heard nothing. Until Zachary spoke up behind them, "What are you doing in the Prince's compartment?!"
Captain Saquiel walks closer to him and replied, "He is not answering. Danial was calling for the prince but still, he got nothing."
Zachary smiled bitterly and said, "He went outside to look for a lump of meat since he found the Princess of Alicesha. So, stop thinking about malicious things into the prince. Do you understand, Captian Saquiel?"
"Meat? For the Princess? I don't understand why he needs to do it by himself. Where in fact, he can give an order to his men for that matter." Captain Saquiel squirmed around and looked at Zachary.
"Tell me, where is the Prince?"
Zachary gasped and gave him an abrupt laugh. How can he lie to him when Prince Zeln is hiding at the secret ground?
"I am not lying, Saquiel. If you want to confirm it, then follow the Prince, right now!"
Their voices echoed but no one dared to minimize. "He's nowhere to be found, Captain Saquiel. We already search every corner of this room."
"See? The Prince is not here."
"We're not yet done, Zachary!" Captain Saquiel told him. "Let's go, men!"
As they walked away from the room, Prince Zeln screamed ridiculously. It was horrible and horrendous.
"Where's that noise coming from?!" Captain Saquiel said and halted from going back to their work.
He immediately ordered to search again the prince's room. "Stop with this nonsense, Saquiel! Zeln is not even here!"
"Stay back or I will use my sword to kill you, right now." Captain Saquiel, sensed that Zachary was hiding from him.
At the back of him was a wall made of wood. Little did they know that a secret ground was found by the Prince as they lived in the abandoned house a few weeks ago.
"Don't do you dare open that wall, Danial! You will regret it if you do so." Zachary did what Saquiel told him.
He walked away from the wall and gave them a serious warning, but no one of them believes in him.
"Captain Saquiel, I have found a secret door into the ground!"
Without hesitation, Saquiel ordered to inspect it and if ever they discovered something, report immediately into him.
"If we found Zeln lurking in this secret chamber, I will cut your head, Zach. Keep it in your mind, weak warrior."
Zachary smiled at him and wait for the prince to show up. If they want to be killed, then let them be. Let them fight against the infected Prince of Atlantis.
"I have warned you, and your men. But it seems like you wished to be contaminated and became one of those flesh-eating zombies!"
Captain Saquiel burst into a sarcastic laugh and replied, "I am hunger for evidence, Swordsman. King Zeus will be frustrated upon hearing the bad news, upon knowing that his son got infected by the zombies."
Zachary didn't answer and so he starts walking away from the area. He can't break his promises, that he will protect Princess Shaotzie no matter what.
"Waaaaaah! Captain Saquiel! Help me!" His men screamed out from the secret ground.
They are running rashly back but it's too late to escape now. Prince Zeln showed up but he looks different, scary, and looks like a real monster.
Zeln stops chasing his men and looks at the young woman standing behind Zachary. She seems shocked and surprised as she witnessed the infected prince and who's turning into a real monster.
"We need to get out of here, Princess Shaotzie!" Zachary immediately grabs her wrist but she can't leave the man who saved herself.
Princess Shaotzie cannot believe that he got bitten by the undead. "No! I won't let them killed the Prince! He saved my life! He saved me from zombies and now, it is the right time to pay back, Swordsman!"
"Stay away from here, Shaotzie! Zachary will protect and bring you back to your sister!" For the last moment, Prince Zeln as a human told her to escape.
Zeln became too paled and scary. His wound became rotten and lousy that makes him transform into an awful zombie.
"Kill the infected Prince! That's an order!" Captain Saquiel ordered.
His people cannot believe what he saw. That the Prince will be turned into a walking dead any time soon.
Are they willing to kill the King's son or they will risks their lives for the sake of Prince Zeln?
To be continued...