Your Highness

Chapter 20 Your Highness

"I will not repeat it again!" A guy yells pointing a gun at Wesker while the rest of the men keep a safe distance.

"Dave, something is wrong, something doesn't feel right here." Says a guy in his 20s looking in all directions as if he's expecting some ambush.

"Shut the hell, Randall!" Yells the group leader named Dave, I think these guys… are the guys that Rick found in a bar when he was looking for Hershel and that young man is Randall. At this, a smile spreads across my face. How small is the world.

"Hello everyone!" I shout with a cheerful smile as I wave in the direction of the bandits. "No one has to die. How about you drop your weapons and submit to me?" I say with both hands on my waist. However, Dave simply pulls the trigger on his gun and shoots Wesker in the chest.

"That will show them that we are not playing games." Dave says with his smoking gun as he looks at Wesker, however, he doesn't fall to the ground as the others would expect. Wesker stands firm with the ax over his shoulder without flinching.

"Well, I did try." I say sighing and shaking my head. I gave them a chance to survive and join me, yet they spit in my face, they must be punished. "Go for them!" I angry scream

T-Dog appears from the bushes with a loud roar scaring the bandits and drawing attention to the bushes, causing much uncertainty among the bandits.

"We are the end of the world!" Beta yells before charging at the bandits, slashing them with their knives. He is quite skilled.

"Keep calm, kill those bastards…" is all Dave says before being cut in half by an ax. At this, I let out a slight whistle, that has to hurt.

The battle was very short, it lasted less than 2 minutes and there was some gunfire, but nothing Wesker or T-Dog couldn't handle.

"Please mercy!" Shouts a dying man crawling on the ground trying to get away from Wester, this poor man is missing one of his legs.

"Where is your settlement?" I ask again. "Where is your camp? Where do they stay? How many are they?" I scream looking at the mess around me. There are several bodies on the ground, some missing limbs while others are unrecognizable. Some managed to escape and Beta went after them.

I just find myself sitting on the roof of a car swinging my feet while my minions do all the dirty work.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell it all!" The guy on the ground yells. "We are staying in a camp a few kilometers away, near the river. We are not many please let me go." The man on the ground says before I point my finger at him pretending to shoot him.

"BANG!" I scream as Wesker smashes the guy's head with his foot.

"You will clean your shoes before entering the vehicle, Wesker!" I yell in his direction.

Shortly after, Beta returns along with a still-alive prisoner. "You took your time." I say with a smile. At this, Beta throws the trembling prisoner in front of me, bringing him to his knees.

This was Randall. "Well, what do we have here? Poor Randall vs. Little me." I say with a giggle causing Randall to flinch knowing who he is. "Tell me, Randall, do you want to live?" I asked tilting my head slightly.

Randall quickly nods his head with tears streaming down his face. "Yes, I want to live." He says between sobs. At this, I just place my hand on his head as he just lowers his trembling gaze.

"It's over, it's over, now you belong to me." I say messing up his hair. "Are you hungry Randall? I have food left over in the vehicle." Before my question, he just stays silent.

"From now on you will call me his highness Justin." I say politely. "you have understood?" I say with a charming smile.

"Yes..." Randall says, at that answer, Wesker quickly approaches with his ax in hand ready to split Randall in half. "Yes, Your Highness Justin!" Randall yells in panic. "Forgive me, Highness Justin!"

I raise a hand which makes Wesker stop. "It wasn't that hard, was it?" I say with a cheerful smile. "Follow all my orders and I will take care of you. Now guide me to your camp, we have many people to recruit." I say happily while giving Randall a pat on the back.

My face crinkles for a moment at the liquid staining the floor where Randall stands. "And change your pants before you get in the vehicle." I say frowning.

Minutes later.

"Well, Randall, this is your chance to show your loyalty to me." I say handing a gun to him. "You know what to do."

"Yes… Your Highness Justin." He answers with his head down getting out of the vehicle and starting to walk towards his camp which was not so far from where we met.

"Do you think he would make it?" I wonder Beta in the driver's seat.

"Huh, hmm, there's a 50% chance he'll make it. Remember Beta, fear, and admiration is an important factors in instilling loyalty in a person. When the apocalypse began I gathered a group of survivors and we took refuge in my old school, most of them were not good people, but we all had one thing in common and that was to survive."

"And what happened?" Beta asked tilting his head.

"Wesker passed." I say cryptically. At this, Beta just narrows his eyes at Wesker and then at T-Dog.

"Both of them are dead." It says Beta simply.

"Yep." I say sticking out my tongue. "I'm that amazing, don't you think?" I said tilting my head a little. At my reply, Beta just stares at me before nodding.

Shortly after, we can see Randall approaching along with several armed people, before this we get out of the vehicle, and Wesker along with T-Dog stands in front of me protectively.

One by one the men with Randall begin to drop their weapons to the ground, it seems that Randall did his job well.

"They make an excellent choice, they are smarter than the other guys we ran into." I say with a smirk as I look at my new minions.

I walk over to Randall who flinches a little. "Well done Randall, what did you tell your friends? They seem to be quite responsive."

"Your Highness Justin, I told them the truth, I told them that we would all die if we didn't join you, I also told them that you had food and that motivated many to join as well." Randall says bowing his head obediently.

"Good boy." I say while placing my hands behind my head, immediately afterward, I began to introduce myself to the other people who are now under my command, one of them mocked me and Wesker quickly broke him in half, splashing blood on the others. At this, there were no more interruptions. Hours later everyone was kneeling before me.

"Locate groups of survivors, camps, and settlements. We will rebuild the world and we will be at the top of the new world order." I say inclining my hand towards the men who are on their knees before me.

"Today, start my empire." I say with a crooked smile spreading across my face.

"Yes, His Highness Justin." They all shout in unison.

The days continued to pass and we found more and more survivors who joined us by hook or by crook. From time to time we would find a settlement or buildings with many survivors living in them, some wanted to resist, but our firepower got the better of them and they would eventually surrender.

We are a largely nomadic group, we do not stay in the same place for a long time, and until now we have not been able to find a suitable place to settle. We just loot and take whatever we can take, supplies, weapons, ammo, and most important of all, people.

I tried to track down Rick's group but I had already strayed too far and lost track of them, I guess our meeting will take place another time. There are more important things right now.

Beta turned out to be a very good second in command, he strikes fear into people's hearts and does not tolerate failure or insubordination, he is extremely loyal to me as he was to Alpha in the TV series. It was a good idea to have him on my side.

Weeks Later.

I stand on top of a small hill with a pair of binoculars in my hands as Beta walks slowly towards me.

"Are you sure of this? We don't know how many there are." Beta asks me who holds a rifle between his hands and a sword strapped to his back.

"They refused to join us and you know very well that we need that structure." I say now looking through the binoculars at a huge structure in the distance. "Either way our numbers are sufficient to meet them." I say confidently as I put the binoculars away. At that, another person approaches and quickly kneels in front of me.

"Your Highness Justin. All the men are in their positions and awaiting his orders." Randall says obediently as he waits for my orders. At this, I nod as Randall extends a military radio in my direction which I grab and press to speak.

"Start the siege." It's all I say over the radio when a large number of vehicles begin to move towards the structure in front of us.

Beta nods in my direction and gets on one of the vehicles, before this, I correspond and nod to him too. "Give them a beating." I say with a smile spreading across my face as I watch the vehicles speed off.

Randall stands up beside me as he watches the scene unfold in front of us. "My God." He whispers with his eyes wide open while the sound of explosions and gunshots is not long in coming.

Behind me are the noncombatants who are in charge of transporting and treating the wounded, supplying ammunition, logistics, and all the things that have nothing to do with combat. However, should they be necessary, they will be deployed for combat. Most of the people under my command know how to shoot a gun or defend themselves with a knife at best.

"Shall I tell you something funny, Randall? When I was 7 years old one of my fantasies was to do this, who knew it would come true after all?" I say with a crooked smile on my face without receiving any response.

The battle for the Pentagon starts.

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"For the Empire!"

"By Your Highness Justin!"

"I will give my life for Your Highness!"

Battle cries are heard in the distance, praising me, adoring me, giving his life for me. So much control in my little hands is fascinating. If only they knew that they are nothing but cannon fodder.