My Heaven

-The Stolen Child-

By Michael James

Part 1

Mother

In one of,

her many homes...

“There there, Nikolai, its okay.” Erica was up in her room nursing a baby boy. He had been crying all night so she was rocking him in her arms. Finally he wanted to nurse and she gave him dinner in a civilized way. When he was done, Nikolai fell asleep in her arms.

A soft knock came at the door. Erica's servant answered the door and a tiger man named Panic walked in. She wanted to know, if her orders had been carried out?

“Yes mother, I took care of him, but his master will not be happy.” Erica handed Nikolai to another servant instructing her to keep rocking him. She took her eelkshie in the other room. She wanted to know about his master. “The goat devil Sirus will learn of this failed attempt, that I thwarted.” Erica sighed and told him he would be deployed in a day or two. “Do I have time to hit the brothels?”

“Yes, but be back by morning.”

In Sirus' territory...

“My lord, you have a visitor.” Sirus was whipping a slave boy, because his tea was to cold. He looked to his servant wanting to know what was the interruption. “My lord...”

“Hello my lord, I am a soldier in your army, I...” Speak quickly! “I witnessed lady Erica's eelkshie kill yours.” Sirus waved his hand and his guards man handled him to the floor. “My lord what have I done?” He fled a battle rather than fight. “He would have killed me, besides I thought you would want this news.” The guards were told to open his mouth. “MY LORD PLEASE!”

“You thought wrong, I would have learned of this eventually. The thought that my soldier embarrassed me. By coming to me with honor, with this news. Tsk tsk...”

He took a tool from his pocket, made to crush teeth. Sirus crushed a tooth and stabbed the root with a knife. He screamed a great deal before he passed out.

“Bring me a general..!”

Back to Erica...

“Milady, Chelsea is hungry.” Erica was sitting on her deck drinking good coffee. She asked for the infant, and when she was safe in her arms. She nursed the baby.

“Please sit, have some coffee.” This servant girl was just hired and Erica felt she should clarify. “I insist you drink some of my coffee.” As she poured a cup, she looked at the baby who was a bear girl. “Everyone wonders this. I nurse babes on a regular basis, its a way for me to pass the time and feel good about myself.”

“I didn't mean to question you with my gaze.” She sipped the coffee and thought it was very good. Chelsea fell asleep after getting her midnight snack. Erica just rocked her all through the night. When morning came, Panic arrived as ordered. “Here take her.” The servant took Chelsea and left them on the deck to talk.

“I wish I could remember when you held me like that. All those centuries ago.” She looked at him with a smile that turned into a frown. “What is your bidding mother?”

“I need you to send someone you trust to kill one of Sirus' court.” He offered his sister Violin. “I know we can trust her, but is she up for such a task?” He knew she could handle herself. Who was the target? “A woman who is manipulating him.”

“If I may speak freely?” Go ahead. “Sirus is already becoming a threat all on his own. Why not take him out?” Erica looked at him asking how would she get away with that?

“My grandfather and lord granduncle would be pis... at me if I had him killed. Yes, he is a threat all on his own and is responsible for many fires. But this woman I've been hearing about. She is manipulating him into causing chaos.”

“Mother! A letter has arrived for you from lord Sirus.” Shouted Vegas, another one of her adopted children.

Part 2

The woman's game

As the letter,

was being writ...

“Sirus, darling please come to bed?” He looked at the beautiful goat woman. She didn't dare show the scribe her flesh but she hinted to it. Sirus told his scribe to finish the letter and have it to Erica tomorrow morning. “Erica, what has that little tramp done now?” He told her not to speak ill of his kin. “My apologies master, its just she does nothing but tend to babies. Then on top of that she tries to play war.”

“Do not speak ill of her!” She was right in front of him and they kissed. During the kiss she slipped him a potion pill, from her mouth to his. He backed off saying he wanted her now!

“Yes, but could I read the letter and maybe alter it a bit, if needed...

As Erica read the letter...

“Oh yeah, this letter has that wench all over it.” He would never have the nerve to insult my grandfather like this.” Violin was in the day room, holding her brother Nikolai. Panic wanted to know what her plans were now? “We have a small problem children. 5,000 soldiers are going to attack our land.”

“What's to be done mother” asked Violin?

“Pack your shi... kids, I will meet this army head on myself!”

On the same planet,

in a city under siege...

“No please!” A soldier was doing things to a woman in an alley. All of a sudden, they both heard a deafening screeching sound. His back was then cut open by Violin who came from behind. The woman had a broken leg. So Violen picked her up and carried her to safety.

“Yes I'm going to kill you, but I'll kill your sister first.” This one was in a house with 2 children. A teen boy was pinned against a wall with a sword. As he moved on the scared 6 year old. Vegas threw a seed at him. When it touched his flesh. It killed him with growing, piercing vines. He moved to the teen boy who was losing blood and healed the injury. After yanking the sword out of his shoulder.

“Forgive me, why is an elf man here?” He told the boy he was one of many children raised by Erica. “Wait our lady lord is here!?” She is having a bit of fun in the center of town.

At Sirus' camp,

miles from the city...

“My lord please, it to dangerous for you to be here.” His bride begged him.

“Medelica, I don't remember giving you authority over me.” She grabbed his cheeks, kissed him and drugged him. The soldiers got him out of the camp with Medelica at his side. His final orders were, fight to the death. As the two of them were shipped to another planet in the same solar system. A dragon of acid was mowing down the enemy army. When it was all over 7 of their soldiers were captured, the rest were dead. One of them was an eelkshie named Goth.

That night,

in Erica's castle...

“I got to tell you milady, this seemed way to easy. Sirus is a tough foe. Its as if this victory, was handed to us on a platter.” Violin agreed with Vegas, something was going on here.

“No doubt, which is why Goth is not being held in my castle. I wager this whole charade, was to get him in here. Sirus knows my strength and even if that woman has him around her finger. They would know not to have their army in the open. But, that will be all for tonight. I ask you both to take your leave.” They bowed and left her room.

In a prison cell,

designed to hold eelkshie...

“Oh, blaugh...” Goth vomited out a communication necklace. After that he called Medelica on it. His orders were to wait until he was face to face with Erica. When the first opportunity came. He was to kill her, and try to escape alive.

“It is my honor...”

After night became day...

“Hey... get up you are being transferred.” Goth wanted to know when he would speak with lady Erica. “You are not meeting with our ruler. Her grandfather is the one you will take audience with.” Sorry? “We are taking you to lord Irish, now lets go.”

Goth bolted at them trying to escape. Violin caught him and wrapped a violin string around his neck. Squeezing the life out of him. She asked how stupid did he think they were.

Part 3

Nikolai is gone

After fighting,

the entire way...

“Throw him in the pit already” shouted Irish. Goth was thrown into a pit with Irish. Measures were taken that neither of them could get out until the barrier went off. “Oh what fun, a some what reputation eelkshie is in my play ground. Tell me Goth, what was the the plan here?” He got to his feet and put his back against the wall.

“Look my lord, this was just business. It was nothing personal to you or your kin.” Irish laughed like a crazed madman. Wanting to know if he thought that defense would save him. “I don't want to fight you my lord, you are one of the great kings.”

“Pity...” Irish moved at a super fast speed and relocated his jaw. Goth went flying a few yards. “I asked you, what were your plans with my granddaughter.” Goth got up and started to talk. Irish hit him again and busted his arm. “ANSWER!”

“I was ordered to kill her!” What else was he ordered to do? “What do you mean?” Was he ordered to take the ring from her treasury? “What ring do you speak of?”

“How pathetic, you are just a sleazy hitman. There was no point to you coming on my granddaughter's land. Sirus just wanted to see if he would get lucky by sending you. “I'll tell you this, before I break all your bones. Sirus declared you missing in action.” What? “You are dead to him, is what my brother Gladiator says.” Goth had a look on his face that Irish couldn't see due to being blind. He felt betrayed, by the ones he swore to serve. “Your breathing is different.”

“My lord, I wish to make up for my misdeeds.” Irish smiled even more wickedly, telling him fine. This was of course after he hurt him enough. “Very well.”

In Nikolai's room,

in Erica's castle...

“Pardon me, I've come to relieve you, huh... ALARM!” The maid screamed after seeing her dead friend in the baby's room. Erica had Chelsea in her arms when the alarm went off. The babe stopped nursing and started crying. Erica demanded an answer as to what was happening. When she heard the boy was gone. Her wrath surfaced in the form of pure rage. She handed Chelsea to Violin and told her to watch the girl.

Erica ran and jumped out a 5 story window. Turning into a dragon on the way down. The thief had to be somewhere in the city. She swore she would find him or her!

In the heart of the city,

some time later...

“I have the child, take him.”

“You were supposed to be discrete and invisible. Not stir up a fu... hornets nest.” He was ordered to get the boy and bring him to them. The castle was not a place you could just stroll in and out off. Yet he managed to get out before he was discovered. “Give me the child. Your contract is done and here is your payment.”

The groups job was to get the child out of the city. It was their turn to run for their lives. Also the amount of soldiers in the streets were to much for them to get out unnoticed. As they watched to see if they could slip passed the patrols, Nikolai started crying.

“Shut that kid up!”

A female in the group took him and started to rock. He quieted down as she was being motherly. Fortunately they were not discovered. The boss guy told the 15 year old to play the kids mother. She was insulted by his comment thinking she was old enough for that.

“LENNA! I don't care if it makes you look undesirable. We need to get out of here alive!” A few minutes later the group walked in full view. Playing an escort for the young girl. When they got to the gates of the city they were stopped by soldiers.

“Excuse me, what gives you reason to leave the city now?” Lenna stepped forth telling the guards of missing children reports. “What, you will explain.”

“I heard little babies are disappearing all over the city. I hired this group off the street to get my child and I to safety.” The guard accused her of being nobility? “I have a full tea cup of noble blood. This child's father is full nobility.” Who was the child's father? “Lord Cley's youngest son.” He looked her in the eye and told her to be careful. Just as many kidnappers were in the woods as the city. “Not to worry I paid my escort to guard me for more than 2 weeks.”

Part 4

The ransom note

The morning after,

the grand kidnapping...

“Milady...” Erica told Panic that he was lacking a little boy in his arms. “Yes well, I think its time to consider why he was taken.” Erica told her servants to clear the room. She was looking out the window with her back to him. In one hand was an action figure. Her fingernails were up against her palm in the other hand.

“Panic, are you telling me you failed to find him?” He didn't give up on finding him, no. “Then why are you here, and not out looking for him?” Her voice was in whispers that caused silent nightmares. It was obvious he needed to choose what he said carefully.

“I am going back out to look for him after I discussed this with you.” Her nails breached her palms skin and her acid blood was putting a hole in the floor. She instructed him to step closer. He did as ordered knowing what was coming.

She turned to him with tears in her eyes saying “how dare you. You have the nerve to ignore my orders, just to lecture me!” He told his mother that he would find his... At that moment she threw her blood in his face. He screamed from the unrelenting pain. He was an eelkshie, he would regenerate the injury, but he was going to feel this for days. “NOW GET BACK OUT THERE AND FIND HIM!”

“Yes mother...”

5 days later,

in her torture chamber...

“Mercy, MERCY!”

“Where is my son?” He didn't know, a goat woman paid him to deliver this letter! “If you don't have the information I need, then you are useless to me.” This goat man was missing a foot and now 6 fingers. All melted away with acid.

“Wait... I could give you a description of the woman.” Not good enough, was the last thing he heard. The letter he delivered was a ransom note. Stating to surrender a forth of her territory. Or she would never see her son again. Erica's next course of action was to appeal to her grandfather, for vengence...