7 The Final Candidate (1/2)

As General Prius heads over to his headquarters, he recieved a message from General Johanssen. All of them are required to return to the facility in three days time. He needs to settle things with Princess Sofie's parents in order for them to head out to the facility. Three days isn't enough but he will find a way. When he arrived at the facility, he ordered his men to comply with the instructions given by the royal family for the event. He then called Princess Sofie and told her about the new deadline. He's very confident that the Princess can be trusted with such confidential matters. He needed to figure out a way to make the king and queen permit Princess Sofie from leaving the royal palace.

”General, I have a suggestion. Do you wanna hear it?” Princess Sofie was currently packing some stuff.

”What is it Princess?”

”Fake my accident, tomorrow is an important event for the Queen. Let's just say, I don't wanna participate in such a boring event and run away driving a car while drunk.”

”Tell me all in details.”

”I'm gonna find a way to sneak out of the event tomorrow, and I need your help with that. You're in charge of the security so I need some holes for me to squeeze out. You don't have to ask anyone to help me get out, just give me some opportunity to sneak out on my own. It's better if only the two of us knows about this. Well, make it three. I need a fake body. When there's a body inside the car they won't suspect any foul plays. Considering my behavior in the palace, everyone will believe that the accident is cause of my own recklessness.”

”Quite a plan. So about the time for you to sneak out, when the Queen is giving her speech, everyone's attention even the security personnel will be focusing on her and her safety. By that time you need to be out of the hall and proceed to the kitchen. By there, everyone's gonna be busy preparing the wine for the toast after the Queen's speech. It will be up to you to manage your disguise and all. From the kitchen head for the back door. There will be patrol cars in there, take the last one I'll leave it open for you. Then you can execute your fake accident. Will you be able to manage it though?”

”Trust me General, I am more than just a pretty princess. How about the body? And the location of the accident?”

”Drive around the till you reach the expressway, there's a blind spot in the right corner of the road, even cctvs can't get a hold of that spot. I'll be following you in another car. I can provide a body perfectly fit for that kind of accident. Hope you aren't have any problems with it whie driving.” General Prius chuckles upon imagining the Princess' reaction while driving with a corpse.

”You ain't attending the event?”

”I already told your parents that I have important matters to attend to. The country's security is far more important than the Queen's charity event don't you think?”

”That's true. And about the corpse, I ... I think I can handle it.” Hesitant yet she must succeed.

”Well then, see you tomorrow.”

The next day, both General Prius and Princess Sofie executed their plan perfectly as for what the both of them discussed over the phone. The Princess is truly capable of doing such dangerous stunts om her own. As for her and the corpse, they didn't end well. Princess Sofie vomits on General Prius' uniform just after he open the car door for her to get inside his car. She thinks of it as a nightmare that will haunt her for a while. General Prius takes the Princess to the headquarters and let her rest for a bit. Then they will head to the facility by the evening.

Back at the facility, Ara, Diego, Slacovich and Li Ying are confined separately. All of them are anxious and confused. No details about the project has been said to them. Not a single word from the generals. They don't know what's happening. Doctors go in and out of their rooms extracting blood, checking their physique every now and then. The four of them are closely monitored by the generals on the hidden cameras installed in their every rooms.

”Generals, good thing you're here. Only General Prius isn't around yet.” General Johanssen looks at the monitors and examined the other generals candidates.

”General Prius will arrive tomorrow with his candidate.” General Nushka sits staring on the monitors as well.

”By the way General Johanssen, I don't wanna be rude but you're the only one with no candidate at all.” General Buhaden smirks off.