Unconquered Sun

by Philipp Bogachev

  The sea Queen could not believe the eyes, seeing such disgraceful death her snake, and then - flew into a wild rage.

  - Ah you are a yellow piece of iron! Well you at me will learn to swim now - at the bottom! - And together with hundreds of zelenovolosy girls surrounding it with webby fingers and zelenoborody men it brought sea shells to lips and the lingering booming sound was distributed.

  The sea began to seethe, rustled, clouds filled with themselves all sky, several loud thunderclaps were distributed, lightnings began to shine, heavy wind blew, the earth under the sea began to shake, and the huge wave caused by it - in five tens human Rostov - rushed directly on the yellow person. Force of blow of such wave caused by hundreds of very rather strong representatives of the Sea People headed by the Queen who could argue with the most Triune Knowledge could break into pieces even the granite rock, wash away the whole city in the sea, drown fleet from hundreds of the ships in a flash. So with pleasure and gloating Laura thought, seeing as the terrible hammer from sea water comes nearer to impudent to the upstart, thrown down a challenge to It, the head of powerful Sea Confederation.

  When the wave already approached the coast, Prinze promptly flew up in air and made the movement hands, as if pushing away it from himself. And it is valid, the wave right there stopped as though encountered some invisible barrier …

  The sea Queen Laura could not believe the eyes. All right, if ten fairies of "STING" could put a board and survive from blow of a wave. But that one being one wave of hands stopped a huge tsunami!!! For multithousand-year life Laura saw it for the first time.

  But she so just was not going to give up. The sea Queen joined hands with other mermaids and tritons - and they were hundreds. Together they formed a long magic chain and tried "to push" the wave which stiffened in air further, but every time came across some invisible insuperable barrier.

  Laura felt that forces her run low. Strong burning captured a breast and the head - she could not struggle with the stranger any more and lowered hands. A huge wave instead of falling upon the coast, having crushed the little man dressed in a mask, contrary to all laws of the nature, swept back and covered Laura and all her sea troops. Laura hardly managed to dive together with other mermaids and tritons deep into of the ocean, and here the big fish and many hundreds of animals left to the mercy of fate (except, perhaps, sea turtles who managed to dive deeply too) were to death crushed by a water hammer which broke them all bones. The terrible big fish, and also a great number of dolphins, killer whales and cachalots emerged up a belly on a surface of a raging sea.

  Without giving will come round to the Sea People, Prinze turned into counterattack. Without thinking twice, it dived directly into the ocean and floated after Laura. Having turned back, Laura with horror saw how her gold enemy dexterously floats, dissecting thicknesses of green water the gold body.

  "Creator! Whether yes person it in general?! Yes who it?! Who?!" - also put on the speed. But even its speed was not enough. The enemy floated quicker and inevitably approached her. Though to tell that he floated, so to tell nothing. It floated approximately also, as well as flew. It seemed, it is just pushed forward by some unprecedented force, and his hands and legs at the same time remained absolutely motionless.

  Laura in despair called the citizens to the aid. But where there! Scattered their most part a huge wave of whom where, many of them still could not recover from blow of a wave and kickback. Only a handful of the maids of honor of the Sea Queen who were near tried to partition off to it the road, having built a board, but it at one stroke burning even under water of a sword split it, and mermaids scattered in the parties rejected by the most powerful kickback.

  To stop more it there was nobody and is once as at the next moment it overtook for Laura and, having hidden swords, seized her by a hand so strong and painfully that she cried:

  - Painfully! Release! I give up!

  And then Prinze began to emerge also promptly on a surface, pulling along the crowned captive by a hand, and then together with it flew up in air and departed towards the coast. Mermaids - witnesses to this sacrilege began to cry from a grief and pity to the madam, but could do nothing any more.

  The sea, having lost the hostess, right there calmed down, clouds - dissipated, wind - stopped. The sun almost reached a zenith, but from its emergence the sad picture of the devastated islands of the Cyclops became even more depressing.

  The prince landed together with Laura ashore and released her hand. On a thin graceful milky-white wrist there was an ugly red burn. She with tears in the eyes rubbed a wounded hand and darted the fearful and furious glances at the stranger.

  - Who are you - a gold monster?! Who are you and why here came?! What from us it is necessary to you?! - she cried weepingly. - Why you did not kill me?!

  But at this time one of dragons - a leader - landed. The captain of Z-001 ran up to Prinze and reported:

  - Your Highness, objects are completely destroyed, there is no left, all are destroyed - even females and cubs. Our losses - five it is destroyed, one "bug" is broken, five are damaged. We collected their parts for further restoration.

  - I thank for service, the captain, - chilly answered Prinze.

  - And still, mister. Its Perfection calls you.

  - I know, the captain, I know …

  On its sign one of golems approached, having carried a big mirror board in hands. Its surface began to sparkle golden light, and then on it the round face with eye-sockets searchlights seemed.

  Captured Laura's eyes extended from surprise. She pressed fingers to lips and exclaimed:

  - H??? Invincible Sun!

  - It is the most, your majesty, it, - the derisive Voice was distributed. - As you see, I played you also you in my hands now. Rejoice that in general survived!

  The sea queen gloomy bent the head.

  - What from me it is necessary for you? What you will demand for me repayment?

  - Oh! This already business conversation, it I understand, - and gold hand bells perelivchato rang out. - So, my conditions are as follows: you give these two islands cleared of a Cyclops to property of the Five Underground Kings company in which I have a controlling stake. All minerals got here - mine. Other three islands remain yours, but you will order to your one-eyed freaks not to touch agents of the called company - 50% got will belong to them, 50 - you. Goes?

  Laura gritted teeth and fists. Still nobody imposed such humiliating contract to it. And it after brilliant victories in Thirty years' war!!! In addition two pearls of its sea possession are destroyed, and three will be dug ruthlessly up by greedy dwarfs for the sake of their insatiable thirst to gold and jewelry! But there was nothing to do …

  - On hands - she hissed, again squeezing cams.

  Right there from the flagman dragon standing everything in couple steps from the coast the dwarf, all fight which stayed in safety in a gold belly on a soft armchair with a long white beard, in round points, a red satin caftan and panties, brown boots jumped out of genuine leather. He carried a leather briefcase with the contract in hands. Golems brought a folding table and chairs. Laura sat down on one, the dwarf on another, having taken paper, a feather and ink out of a briefcase.

  - I dare to you it will be presented, your Majesty, I am the representative of board of the Five Underground Kings company, the merchant of the first guild Kraft. Here, all right, a dogovorchik, subscribe here, … and here here … Remarkably. These two islands we receive rent on 1000, and on that three - concessions for the same term, with the right of extension. Means will be transferred through our bank to the account of Sea Confederation, receipts will be made in six months after the beginning of development …

  The dwarf told something else, but Laura did not listen to him. It it is somehow lost looked green as at a cat, eyes on this strange piece of paper entitled "The contract on mutual use of Islands of a Cyclops of the Five Underground Kings company and Sea Confederation" on the motionless gold idol in a mask, on these golems chained in armors
and at all understood nothing.

  - Listen, the Invincible Sun, I demand to answer me where you took such invincible weapon? Who is he? Answer, immediately! - at last in a hysterics Laura nearly cried. - In appearance he is a golem, but golems cannot have such force!

  The person writhed a humiliating grimace.

  - So I also told you. Sidi at yourself in the Sea also think of it all eternity now. Well, Kraft, with the contract everything is all right?

  - Yes, your Perfection, everything is all right.

  - Well and it is remarkable, - the solar sorcerer with satisfaction answered. - Well, Laura, you are free! My servants will arrive already tomorrow so I advise you to warn a Cyclops not to lean out more of the holes. And if you try though against them to undertake something, you will not get off with captivity any more - will become a forage for fishes as your dragon. I am clearly expressed?

  Laura hasty nodded, keeping the eyes glued on finger-tips standing. And then rose from a chair and, having sadly looked at the unstitched belly of the Dragon and at a scorched earth of the island, having brushed away couple of teardrops from cheeks, with running start plunged into the water and disappeared in waves.

  - Darling, I thank you for the done work. Operation is finished. You can come back. I … … look forward to you … as usual … in Malachite …

  The prince who hitherto was standing as a statue and not reacting to the events at all suddenly recovered and bent a knee in the face of in a board:

  - I will come, my Perfection, I will only personally check quality of cleaning.

  - Well. Give. Only somewhat quicker. I wait for you.

  And the image on a board went out.

  The prince, having given the order to prepare for flying away, went to caves.

  Why it suddenly needed to check "quality of cleaning"? He even could not answer himself this question. He perfectly knew that golems never lie and they could not be mistaken - analyzers which allow them to scan space in tens of miles in the diameter are built in their heads, defining presence of living beings. And therefore, if they told that objects are destroyed, so so it also is.

  But nevertheless he wanted to check PERSONALLY. And he understood, at last, why. He wanted to see PERSONALLY what penalty was incurred by enemies of its Perfection, there was a wish to enjoy a species of the prostrate creatures which dared to throw down a challenge it, Prinze, to the Sovereign.

  And he enjoyed! Gave it huge pleasure to see this the black desert, glass from the melted sand, on which there is neither left blade, nor a streamlet. Only a naked burned heathland.

  And then Prinze came into one of caves. At once at a threshold - three shot Cyclops. At all three - a set of the holes which charred on the ends on a body. Further - it is more. There, here in a cave a Cyclops lies. Their huge stone clubs which they after all managed to hurt the heads to five golems roll and to damage one "bug". Near clubs their owners who are also honeycombed by black lacerations lie. Eyes are even beaten out from two. At one - both legs are chopped off by a fiery sword. The prince even regretted that fight with the Sea Queen distracted him - he would like that its sword cut these vile paws which overgrew a dense hair! Mean creature! You dared to throw down a challenge to my Perfection and you were comprehended by a deserved penalty! It is a pity that not I made it, it is a pity that not I …

  Cyclops rolled in different places and in different poses. On backs, on a breast, on one side. Are honeycombed by black fragmentary holes, are cut to pieces by swords. The chopped-off extremities lie …

  But, at last, Prinze reached depths of a vault. To inhabited caves. Here corpses lay already a vpovalka, heaps. Probably, they were shot and cut already even without aiming. At once it was visible that it is female and children's individuals. Some female individuals and remained to lie, is tenacious having pressed to itself the little one-eyed freaks.

  "Ridiculously! - Prinze thought. - Really these underdeveloped creatures could think, that, having pressed it to itself is stronger, they will rescue them from luchemet! Ha! Yes they burn even a stone not that a hairy back!

  And here the small group of cubs tried to hide in a corner, and they literally on pieces were chopped by swords - it is possible to learn them only that the hand lying from above this heap of giblets - the small size. And here one tried to hide in some niche under a ceiling - probably, an air offtake.

  "How it climbed there? - Prinze thought. - Probably, mummy threw. But it did not rescue it", - looking at a black hole in a skull. - "Wons, his hands and the head hang down, even it is visible from here".

  The prince went further along a corridor. Everywhere, everywhere mountains of corpses, it is necessary to go on them and to soil gold sandals in their vile dark blood.

  Stop! - The prince distinctly heard some sound from cave depth. "Really not all were finished? - he thought. - I and knew! I felt it! Even golems are imperfect! Only It is perfect …" Prinze mentally turned on the thermal imager.

  Yes, somewhere ahead thermal point. The prince included fiery swords and went, accurately crossing through corpses, forward.

  Still step, still, turn, still … Aha, again living room. Huge. In the middle of the room - the rough center from stones, the charred brands, the turned copper of the size of the person, some scraps … ugly wooden toys …

  "It is curious …" - the Prince took one in hand. A doll, the size in a floor of human growth, with a big eye on a forehead, but a proportion obviously children's - the big head, a chubby little body … From where in the head the word "sweetie" emerged.

  Deaf animal growl was distributed and from under the pass closed by some rag the being, growth from the person, but with children's features and proportions of a body took off. It took off so promptly that even Prinze did not manage to react, snatched out a doll from his hands and ran was back, but suddenly stopped near one of bodies. It was the large female killed with a shot in the head. It lay near the center, having widely stretched hands. A cub, having seen it, began to squeal at the top of the voice and, continuing to squeeze strong a doll in hands, kneeled before killed.

  The fairy could not take out this awful show more any more. She cried at the top of the voice, having absolutely forgotten that she sees what already passed that nobody can change any more, even Triune Knowledge, even - it dread to think - the Creator:

  - Yes stop you, a monster! Spare at least this child!!!

  The prince raised a hand to strike blow … But here in his consciousness there was an acquaintance Golos:

  - Darling, you too long go! I look forward to you! Immediately come back! I order you - IMMEDIATELY, NOW, you hear me?

  The prince hesitated for a time a moment, and then switched off both swords and quickly walked to an exit from a cave.

  On the platform it was already waited by the got dragons. It quickly scrambled on a back of a leader, and that promptly flew up, and behind it afterwards - and all others.

  In their any couple of minutes was not any more. The island was empty, quiet and … is dead. Only from where from depth of caves the shrill roar of the only survived cub was distributed …

  6.

  The fairy regained consciousness in the Pool of Greuze drowned in tears. The golem accurately removed from her neck protecting "collar" and it, continuing to sob, left the pool. Quickly put on and returned on the same place, on the platform over an abyss where her last conversation with Azail took place. Once she leaned the elbows on gold bedrails, she heard a voice:

  - Well as-sss, ubedilas - with - with - with - s? The prince is-ssss absent bolsh-sh-sh-sh-she, he is preobrazh-@-@-@-wives, yes-ssss. This other s-s-s-s-sushch-shch-shch-shchestvo, other ras-s-s-s-sa. Other morals, yes-ssss, vs - with - with - se another-sss …

  But the Fairy answered nothing to it, continuing to sob silently - and her thin coat hanger shivered, as with a fever attack. It smeared tears on cheeks, wiped their tips a hair, but it could not stop this crying.

  And Azail sat on a steep wall under bedrails for a long time as the spi
der or a cockroach, and could not have a look nasekomy eyes glued on her tear-stained face. He could not understand why, but it was inexpressibly pleasant to it to look at it. In her behavior there was something like that that it was deprived many millennia, and he did not want to leave … And it also did not leave. He sat and looked, looked and enjoyed. He wanted only that he felt this pleasure eternally.

  Chapter 16. Tag.

  1.

  Two next days the Fairy lived in the Gold Tower quite quietly and with really royal comfort. It seemed, she just stayed with good people, and all. As if there was no disappearance of Prinze, any dangerous way at the other end of the world, deadly threat at all... As if nothing happened.

  The fairy for hours quietly walked on beautiful mirror halls of the Gold Tower, on gardens with gold trees and parrots. By the way, she after all still few times visited Greuze's Pool and looked at the favourite orange spheres there. There were left without its attention neither gyms, nor library, nor, of course, beauty shop.

  Really, and what still was to do to it? She almost did not see the Prince! It constantly had some affairs - as if it at its Perfection became something like the prime minister - constantly conferred with her, carried out some instructions and was always occupied. Only came for the night. And that is only to wish to the Fairy good night, to burn with the heated lips her forehead and to leave back - again on the affairs...

  The fairy worried and was jealous, but could not do anything yet - the Invincible Sun talked to her daily, but as with the guest, without devoting it in the plans at all. The fairy was nervous, and the Kitten and the Puppy indifferently zateivat game in a lapta or in a hide-and-seek as though were at home. Disturbed nothing them, except the warm sun, a fresh breeze and a tasty lunch (and lunches were really extremely tasty here!).