Post by athanasius on Nov 25, 2007 3:47:11 GMT 2
Chapter 6: Imperial Family's Escape
The Bodyguard raced away to inform the others of the plan and for the horses to be prepared for escape, the guards had braced the doors, which were now near breaking point. I told the guards "brace the next door, we don't have much time!" and the bodyguard was back inside and spoke "I have told the messengers like you said, the Imperial family is all ready to go, we had better go to the stables quickly!"
"We had better forget the armour to a degree, is the armour in the stables? with the chariot? We could put a lot of it in that." <_< I said back to him.
"Yes, but we had better hurry, they will find out where we are soon!" <_<
I ran to the stables with the bodyguard, and saw the Imperial family, the sucessor was only 12 years old, his father the Emperor was dead, his wife stood before me in her mourning clothes, the funeral ceremony was the day before. I bowed to her, and said "Long live the Empire!" with a slight smile
"How will we escape?" she said carmly, suprising for the scene that was developing. I told her back "We shall go to the Senate, to gather support and then flee to the nearest legion outside Rome, I hope to then tell the legions to retreat partly and re group for another attack., but we should go before the mob gets to us"
I with the Imperial family, the bodyguard, the stable boys, and several guards mounted our horses and opened the door to the stables, we raced through the streets seeing the mob in the distance, they luckily for us did not see us. We arrived at the Senate, a third of the Senate had stayed behind and were supprised at seeing us.
They all bowed to Empress as she walked in, and they looked at the child Emperor, and felt ashamed for what some of them had done, in their betrayal.
"I pardon you all for what you have done, but now the Empire is at stake, will you protect your Empress and guide us to safety, the people will not accept the Senate's actions and the army would hunt down anyone that murders us, and Carthage may use this situation to its advantage and attack our borders." She quickly went silent, remembering it was not the place of a Empress to talk that way.
The senators quickly armed themselves with the little we brought, and we walked into the streets, the mob had now realised its error and approached, it was too late, we said our farwell to the Senate, as they fought the mob, some senators found chariots outside and raced with us, blood of the Senate was scattered across the Senate steps. We raced to the market place, and I talked to the masses
"Most in the Senate have betrayed our Empire and have attempted to kill the Imperial family that stands before you, I was to be killed as well, it is time for the people of Rome to stand up to this menace, take whatever you can and kill the traitors, the loyal senators are dying as we speak, if you care for your Empress you will do as I ask, may Zeus be with you!"
The citizens took up arms and protected the Imperial family, I said to the Empress "They will keep you safe, now I must go to the nearest legion to learn the situation at Carthage"
"Wait!" the Empress said. "Yes?" I said "Good luck!" the Empress smiled as she said it.
The Bodyguard raced away to inform the others of the plan and for the horses to be prepared for escape, the guards had braced the doors, which were now near breaking point. I told the guards "brace the next door, we don't have much time!" and the bodyguard was back inside and spoke "I have told the messengers like you said, the Imperial family is all ready to go, we had better go to the stables quickly!"
"We had better forget the armour to a degree, is the armour in the stables? with the chariot? We could put a lot of it in that." <_< I said back to him.
"Yes, but we had better hurry, they will find out where we are soon!" <_<
I ran to the stables with the bodyguard, and saw the Imperial family, the sucessor was only 12 years old, his father the Emperor was dead, his wife stood before me in her mourning clothes, the funeral ceremony was the day before. I bowed to her, and said "Long live the Empire!" with a slight smile
"How will we escape?" she said carmly, suprising for the scene that was developing. I told her back "We shall go to the Senate, to gather support and then flee to the nearest legion outside Rome, I hope to then tell the legions to retreat partly and re group for another attack., but we should go before the mob gets to us"
I with the Imperial family, the bodyguard, the stable boys, and several guards mounted our horses and opened the door to the stables, we raced through the streets seeing the mob in the distance, they luckily for us did not see us. We arrived at the Senate, a third of the Senate had stayed behind and were supprised at seeing us.
They all bowed to Empress as she walked in, and they looked at the child Emperor, and felt ashamed for what some of them had done, in their betrayal.
"I pardon you all for what you have done, but now the Empire is at stake, will you protect your Empress and guide us to safety, the people will not accept the Senate's actions and the army would hunt down anyone that murders us, and Carthage may use this situation to its advantage and attack our borders." She quickly went silent, remembering it was not the place of a Empress to talk that way.
The senators quickly armed themselves with the little we brought, and we walked into the streets, the mob had now realised its error and approached, it was too late, we said our farwell to the Senate, as they fought the mob, some senators found chariots outside and raced with us, blood of the Senate was scattered across the Senate steps. We raced to the market place, and I talked to the masses
"Most in the Senate have betrayed our Empire and have attempted to kill the Imperial family that stands before you, I was to be killed as well, it is time for the people of Rome to stand up to this menace, take whatever you can and kill the traitors, the loyal senators are dying as we speak, if you care for your Empress you will do as I ask, may Zeus be with you!"
The citizens took up arms and protected the Imperial family, I said to the Empress "They will keep you safe, now I must go to the nearest legion to learn the situation at Carthage"
"Wait!" the Empress said. "Yes?" I said "Good luck!" the Empress smiled as she said it.