Six of Her Majesty’s chosen knights, who had been through the Battle of Vartigos, the bitter siege of the Royal Castle in 2130 known as the “Siege of a Thousand Machines”, the best of the Queen’s best warriors, were floundering in the waters of the Lorsum resort among the wreckage of the Hilton Hotel.
–We’ve lost, absolutely.– Gunner Turner mumbled. –We’ve lost the Queen, now our heads are off our shoulders.
Five heads turned in his direction.
– You personally were the drunkest of all yesterday! You personally bear responsibility for what happened!
– Gable’s gone completely nuts, your idea was to go have fun at a bar!
Petty Officer Craves yelled:
– Shut up, both of you! Look, there’s something rising up there in the depths.
Nearby, in the darkness of the waters, a ray of light loomed, something huge rose from the depths, and everyone began to rock on the waves.
–This can’t be…
With a roar, the MST-430 combat vehicle breaks the surface of the water, it is painted in graffiti, the door to the pilot’s cabin is broken off, the lighting is partially broken.
–What happened to her?
– Looks like Gable, you didn’t lose all of our cars yesterday, one came back to us on its own.
It was obvious that the emergency surfacing system had been activated in the combat vehicle; judging by the appearance of the vehicle, local punks had taken it for a ride and, not understanding how to unlock the weapon system, had thrown it into the bay.
Ernie climbs into the pilot’s seat.
– Boss, all systems are normal.
–But we were still late…
–Wait a little longer!
Turner gets into shooting range.
– Craves! This is the Queen’s beacon. We can still catch up with them before they leave the planet.
–Okay, fly out and save Her Majesty. In the meantime, we’ll get ashore and dry off.
The battle machine with the best warriors takes off and rushes towards the sun. They were about to fight a very cunning and seasoned enemy.
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That evening, Craves met the team with the rescued Queen. Apparently, she did not even realize that she was first lost and then returned at the last moment.
“I was in hell.”
– Yes, your Highness.
–I was forced to watch the Malachi show…
“This is terrible.”
– This show is full of old women… They gossip about different topics and Malacher throws wood on the fire…
– You are very strong.
– Of course I’m very strong. Anyone else would have gone crazy.
Her Majesty looked unwell. During the two hours she had been held captive, all of her royal trinkets had been lost, and she was wearing the army boots that Rifleman Turner had given her.
– You are right as always.
–You’ll lead an army one day, Craves.
Isabella fell into Craves’ arms and he carried her to safety.
He kept wondering what the Queen would say when she saw herself in the mirror. After all, she now had a barcode and signature stamped on her forehead: Property of Selectum Alfredo“.
