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"Hello, Aria my son are you ok?" King Paul answered his ringing phone hastily when he saw that it was his son calling. The queen's attention perked up to her husband."Your majesty it's eunuch Ress, not his highness the prince.""Where is my son then is he hurt? Don't tell me h-""No your majesty, he's alright a little bit hurt but mostly still alive for, now. Can your majesty send help quickly the prince is in dire need of help.""Ok Ress keep my baby alive or I'll have your head." The king said as his hand clenched in the phone. His wife constantly trying to get his attention to also get the scoop."Certainly your majesty. Please hurry."

And with that he hung up.

"What did he say? Where's my babies? Speak to me Paul." The queen exasperated whilst holding her tears back."They are ok for now.""We must send help immediately then." The queen suggested as she bolted from her chair towards the communication room, her husband right on her heels as she practically sped walked to the room."You heard the queen. Send a fleet out thus instant!" King Paul roared."Um.... Your m-majesty.." one servant stuttered trying to get the king's attention and he got it alright because king Paul glared at him and the poor guy flinched."What?!""We need to an exact location, which we don't have but with a phone call we could trace it to the location and get his highness back." A more confident servant said radiating nothing but confidence, nor fear or emotional waves."Ok I'll call them up again. And you better get that location or I'll for sure have Mari having human head for dinner, poor animal has been starved of it's favorite delicacy." King Paul remarked with a cold smile referring to his own personal pet jaguar.The king proceeded to take out his phone and called Aria's number once more which rang for a few seconds before the other side picked up."Yes your majesty." Eunuch Ress's voice sounded from the other side. The king looked at the men and women each stationed in front of computer monitors who were currently watching him instead of locating the prince and his children. He rose an eyebrow and the people turned their heads and began typing at lightning speed."Eunuch Ress, how is my baby doing?" King Paul asked once the people started typing rapidly."The prince is in pain, I don't how long he will last, he seems to be having internal bleeding by the way he is wheezing and coughing up blood. He is bruised badly your majesty. Please make haste." Eunuch Ress reported his voice close to cracking. This was the man he loved with all his heart, platonically like a little brother and the prince did see an older brother in the eunuch."I'm doing my best little Ress. They're trying to locate you lot using your calling location. So don't hang up and stay online so that they can find you ok" the king said softly, he heard the pain in the eunuch's voice. To say he was terrified was an understatement, he knew very well the enemies he himself and his son had made over the course of their lives.To say he's surprised to have lived until his first child had not one but four children at a go is an understatement. There was a time he thought he was going to die at the hands of an assassination scheme brought by a rebellion within his own country by his own citizens. Something he still doesn't understand why it occured since he doesn't rule with an iron fist, he doesn't over tax nor does he turn a blind eye to the cries of his citizens.He is what one would call a perfect ruler, a little aggressive here and there but not a tyrant. Not at all, but maybe his death would bring certain people joy because they may enjoy just killing others for fun. Jealousy can also be a reason for multiple attempts on his life, sibling rivalry at him for ascending the throne or maybe envious neighboring or even distant countries. His country was the epitome of peace and tranquility, so maybe they wanted to take that from him."I have a location!" A woman shouted as she stood from her chair, grabbing the attention of her colleagues and the royal couple."Where?!" The queen said rushing to the lady's side and looking at the monitor hopeful."The Litia ocean your highness." The woman said."Dispatch a submarine to protect them, ready the fleet for kill and attack on any unauthorized or unnamed flying planes and a rescue team. A doctor too." The king said and saw that the whole room went silent."Heads will roll." He roared banging his hand on the table near him.The whole room became vibrant again with, people picking up telephones and giving out orders, typing away on their keyboards and shouting over each other keeping orders going." Hello...Your majesty.. Are you still there?" Eunuch Ress said from the other side of the phone, catching the attention of the king once more."Ah, rest assured little Ress they found you and they're on their way." The king soothed and saw his wife walking towards him and hugged his side cradling her head in the crook of his neck. Sniffing the fragrance shes still finds calming to this day."What did my father say ?" Aria wheezed out."Your highness must refrain from speaking please!" Eunuch Ress exclaimed. Aria snorted the man's statement."I'm not going to die." Aria said with a small smile looking at his best friend."I know just don't speak. The king said he sent help and considering you're his son, a royal and a mother I'm pretty sure they'll be here any minute." The eunuch said making sure that the now sleeping children were well position despite their being no cushioning around. Mind you they were seated on the ceiling of the container and the seats were practically above them."You take such good care of my children as if they're yours." Aria said looking at the eunuch who was gently laying Anna's head on his lap, Aaron who was laying next to his mother stirred but kept on sleeping and Ariel had had her head on Aaron abdomen while Alex was sound asleep next to Anna."Oh. Your highness knows I love them dearly and your majesty knows why I can't have children so I seek that little parental validation with these cute guys." Eunuch Ress said sincerely from the bottom of his heart."You'd be a great father." Aria whispered but it seems the eunuch did hear him."What's that your majesty?" Eunuch asked."I said you'd be a great father.""Oh." The eunuch expressed dryly."No honest to my two thrones. You would be a very great father to any child that needs one. I mean you're a better father figure in my children's life than they're own father.""I'm truly speechless your highness, I don't know what to say. Thank you I guess." The eunuch said blushing, he looked down to try and hide it but Aria saw and smiled to himself."You know Ress, you know you can start your own family right?" Aria said after a while of silence. This caused the eunuch to look at him and raised a questioning eyebrow."Yes. Ress I'm willing to give you that chance. I can't be the reason your bloodline dies out, I can't and won't be able to live with myself knowing that my own best doesn't have children and it's all because of me." Aria said before having a coughing fit."But-""No, after I get better no actually immediately as I get admitted into a hospital I want you to try and conceive a child with your wife. I've kept you to myself for a very long time and now it's time you spread your wings and be your own man.I will of course still give you money as you'd still be working for me but you would not be under my wing for the time being."After Aria said they both heard a banging on the container walls. Aria's world went dark after that.