Prince & Servant: Part 2

Prince & Servant: Part 2

The prince struggled to tear off his captor's hand from his mouth. In doing so, he bit the hand fearlessly, and the action earned him a slap in the face. His violet eyes brimmed with tears, but he glared daggers at the man who had hit him. His cheek was bright red and stinging so badly he thought he'd cry.

Memories came swimming into his mind. Walking in their garden, picking flowers. Having tea with the common folk he called friends. Running around, being chased for fun by Soubi, his servant, and only family...or so he was a remaining link, as his parents were dead. Walking around to find a quiet place, to think. Finding the forest suitable, going in and...being taken away from Soubi, screaming...

'Soubi!' He quickly shot up, looking around. Seeing his captor over by the window, in a chair, reading, he relaxed. 'Why is he reading...? It seems familiar...' The prince pondered this for a moment, then shook the thought away.

One person came shooting into his mind a split second later. Soubi. Where was he? Was he hurt, bleeding, dead?? The prince thought about these very thoughts, About when they were separated...

~Flashback~

Prince Ritsuka and Soubi were searching for a quiet place for Ritsuka to think about some things, preferably outside the castle. They came to a forest and Soubi held him back for a moment, drawing his sword. "This place seems...bad." The prince dismissed the thought with a wave of his hand, and a twitch of his tail. He pulled Soubi along despite all the protests from him, "No, we must go back.", and " My Prince, I here the dinner bells." He finally got Soubi to hush and they came to a clearing to sit and talk.

Soubi herd a rustle in the bushes, and stood, holding his sword in front of him. He cast a glance at his Prince, the most treasured thing in his world. The rustling came again, and this time was matched with soldiers running out of the trees and overpowering Soubi. "My- My Prince, you must flee, they come after you!" He manged, before he was knocked out.

The Prince stood in his spot, not moving, paralyzed at the fall of Soubi. He managed a scream and tried to get away, but a man grabbed his tail and knocked him out with the hilt of his sword, then the soldiers tied them both up and took them away...

~End flashback~

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Soubi awoke, still in his chamber and soaked to the bone with something he quickly identified: Lighter fluid. His captor intended to burn him alive.

He started to swing back and forth using all of his energy in an attempt to snap the chains, they were quite rusted, and looked worn from previous use. One, two, three... On his fifth swing, the chains snapped, and he fell, on longer bound and gasping for breath.

His body quickly grew cold and sticky, mostly on his skin. He wrung his hair and quickly swept it up in a ponytail. His clothes were growing stiff from sweat, and the fluid, so he took off his shirt.

Slowly, he took in his surroundings. A small wooden door, square shaped. A barred window, high up in the room, providing little light. The chains, rusted and still hanging- partly in the middle of the room.

"I need to get out of here." His prayer would soon be answered, as footsteps approached the door. "Ritsuka...I'm coming."