Unconquered Sun (79 page)

- Well give it in a bath we will not push …

- No, it is necessary. It was necessary to remove very little.

The prince did not remember how he was in heated to is red baths. Some of fairies - he did not distinguish flowers of their tunics for a long time - poured out several mugs of water on the heated stones. Breath at Prinze intercepted, in the head everything floated, heart boomingly began to knock. It seemed, it so strongly jumps that reaches even temples. Sweat rolled streams. And then both fairies began to beat from all force it by all parts of a body brooms. Was very much, very painfully …

After all these, directly to tell, fanatic medical procedures the Prince in general ceased to understand something. But after it, half-dead, pulled out, at last, from a bath under a cool shower, Prinze began to feel in a different way. He ceased to hear voices in the head, stopped thinking about the Invincible Sun and to remember It, ceased to see the Gold Hall and in general to miss the Stream.

- … The detoxication is finished, elder sister, indicators of the Analyzer demonstrate that the excess quantity of a solium is output from tissues of a body and cells of a brain. Heart, a brain, lungs - all are normal. It is a little overstrained, but also only. We pumped up it liquid food - he ate five days nothing so he will not starve.

- Well worked, sisters. I will surely reflect your work in the report of her Fidelity. Increase in a rank is guaranteed to you, as well as in scientific degree. You can rely on me.

- And-and-and-and what with it will be now?

- Let's transport in our department, it is time to start reorganization of consciousness. Trial on a nose - was not enough still that at their Knowledge and its Fidelity he began to talk any nonsense there.

There was a pause.

- It is possible, elder sister, I will tell it a couple of words, alone?

- What for?

- Well, please …

- All right. So far we prepare transport. Two minutes, are no more.

The prince heard a sound of retreating footsteps of the fairy with a strict voice.

- Hey, as there you, Prinze, and well regain consciousness …

The prince felt easy blow of electric current, hardly opened eyes and saw before himself the Salad fairy.

- Well you look at me so stupidly, and? You do not understand anything, huh? Well all right, listen. I insistently advise you how the friend when you get to the Second department AGREE WITH EVERYTHING, understood? WITH EVERYTHING!!! You hear? WITH EVERYTHING! Otherwise they "vegetable" will make of you, you understand? "Vegetable" … - Olive sobbed, furtively brushed away a tear and turned away. And then, having quickly looked back on the parties and having convinced that there is nobody nearby, quickly kissed Prinze on both cheeks and a forehead.

And when that came, strict and passionless snow-white-white, Prinze on a wheelchair was carried along a corridor sterile snow-white white, without windows and without doors, lit with the blinding bright this world somewhere.

2.

The prince regained consciousness when he was lifted from a wheelchair. Then it was washed in the shower room with same sterile white walls, changed clothes for new clothes, seated on a chair, having tied to it strong belts.

Then two fairies in snow-white-white, but except a kulonchik of "STING" approached it, on snow-white-white tunics and on armbands on the right hand they had an image of the fairy, the coming leg on the head of a disgusting snake. The prince was surprised by this image and he began to consider it attentively.

- What? It is pleasant? - the first of them told enough. - Did not see still? Well nothing, all once is for the first time, but it is better not to see to you it for the second time. Honestly.

- Why? - it is hardly heard Prinze whispered, his look became more or less intelligent - after all therapy of specialists doctors of the fifth department helped.

- And so, - important mentor tone the snow-white-white fairy as though explaining the elementary lesson to rather stupid pupil told. - You, the patient, got on clarification procedure which with you will be carried out by the best specialists of the Second department of "STING". The fifth department cleared your body of filth, and we will be engaged in your soul. It is clear? You see this snake? - here she pointed a finger at an emblem at herself on a breast. - This snake - heresy which crept in in your reason and poisons you from within. And it - we, - here pointed to the image of the fairy, - we from you will expel this snake, clear? And therefore we are also called - "ekzortsistka".

- Yes that you stand on ceremony with it, the sister? Let's start cleaning, and that time already …

Everything began with the fact that another approached it one fairy in white. One asked, showing it three fingers how many he sees fingers. And when Prinze said that three, the second touched him with a metal stick with the blue-green electric sparks running on it. The prince wildly shouted, painfully shook him electric current so hair bristled, and foam in flakes went from a mouth, and then he fainted. Then everything began once again.

How many so proceeded, Prinze did not know, but very much, very long … A question, the answer, blows, water with vinegar in a face, and again all over again. The prince persistently could not understand what from him is wanted, knew only one - the answer "three" for some reason wrong.

- Listen, the patient, well you already third day go obstinate, and? You ruin yourself! Heart will stop - and everything, tyu-tyu … - the fairy quietly gave a whistle. - Hey, look here, do not close an eye! Listen, the sister, and well take his head for hair, and it fills up that. Here so … Well … Give still waters with vinegar … Here so …

- So, listen. You understand, unfortunate you a being, we here not in order that to torment you and to help, you understand? To cure you of a sincere illness … You are absent well only look, he closes eyes also again what you will do?!

- Yes he, the sister, did not sleep all these days what you want?

- All right. Raise the head above, here so … So, here, the patient, you understand - the HERESY is an ILLNESS. She as a snake sits in you and poisons with lie poison your consciousness. And the heresy roots on what? That you seek to insist on the, to prove the truth, you understand? On pride, in a word …

The prince nodded - he was not beaten with an electroshock by fifteen minutes and from it it became easier for it.

- Here and miraculously. Understood in what a heresy essence? And now, if you understood everything, let's continue …

Feya-ekzortsistka showed it three fingers again and asked how many fingers he sees. And Prinze it is hardly heard whispered "I do not know".

- Here! You can! You can! Recognition of the mistake is already the first step to humility. And humility before the authority - the best antidote against heresy, against the arrogance which seized your consciousness. And now listen further, actually fingers not to three, but four, you understand me?

The prince quickly began to nod the head. He remembered council of the Lime fairy and it seems began to understand what is "vegetable". If only only did not beat any more with an electroshock if only not …

- So, how many fingers I show you?

- Four, - Prinze whispered.

- Clear head! Reconciled! You can! - and tenderly patted him shoulder.

Then began to ask it other questions - and Prinze very much, very much tried to answer everything correctly - is direct all out went.

On a question who such the Invincible Sun it, cautiously looking at the blue-green sparks running on a metal stick, easily found the correct answer - "The Enemy of Community". It was praised again and tenderly patted on a cheek. Also easily he answered a question who such Triune Knowledge. He told - "the head of Community".

- Well-at-at-at, it is a little inexact, but will go, and generally Triune Knowledge - not the head of Community. The head of Community - General Council of Community, and She is just Knowledge of Community, his brain, perhaps. Got that? - The prince quickly nodded, again with horror glancing at the included electroshock.

- So, who such Triune Knowledge?

- Knowledge of Community, - Prinze quickly answered and both ekzortsistska praised it.

But it were easy questions. Then the turn of questions came more difficult. For example, the prince answered the question "who are you such?": "Prince". Also received the next current rush, broke it so long that from a body steam, and teeth went, knocking, so bit tongue that all mouth was filled with blood.

- Once again I ask Who. You. Such? - slowly dividing words, the first ekzortsistka-tormentor said.

- Anybody! - Prinze first come to mind told.

- Almost correctly! - the first praised. - You think still! But all the same - not precisely. And well give once again: who are you?

The prince thought and before his mind's eye there was an image his favourite Fairy - her tear-stained eyes after their last meeting constantly emerged in his consciousness.

- Husband Fei! - Prinze blurted out.

- Got! Well done! - the first ekzortsistka patted it on long ago not a short-haired head of hear. - You are a husband of the fairy
both only
,
and more you - nobody
, understood?

The prince quickly began to nod, being afraid to receive blow an electroshock again.

But then to it asked the most difficult question: "to whom does it have to obey?" Prinze answered that he did not understand a question. Also received one more blow an electroshock so again hair at it on the head bristled.

- I repeat, the patient to whom you have to obey? - the strict question followed. The prince saw nothing any more. He really did not sleep nearly seven days, did not eat all this time and received already many categories an electroshock. In eyes at it everything floated, and he poorly told:

- To you … my madam …

- Incorrectly! Still category, sister! Waters with vinegar, in a face, more vividly! Raise his head for hair, here so … Once again I ask whom you have to obey, answer immediately!

- I … I … - the Prince feverishly looked for an exit, he wished to understand only what from it is actually wanted. And here dawned on it. - Wives … my wife, the fairy, and - Communities - were squeezed out by it from itself(himself).

- Look, and he makes progress! Guessed … You can if you want, well done! - take away it then in a restroom, let will have a sleep, to give it food and water. - I think, with consciousness at it so far everything is all right, the hierarchy is restored, the rest will be completed by the duty teacher from the 3rd department - will start physical therapy.

The physical therapy consisted that Prinze was put on some table, like surgical, fastened hands and legs to it and connected through tubes to some metal devices standing sideways. Also began to extort from it blood in some glass vessel, and from it blood passed through some filters and came back. From this new blood to the Prince it became good. He felt rest in all body, but at the same time some kvelost, weakness, the head from it became empty even more, than from an electroshock. When procedure ended and the first approached it again and asked:

- What is your name?

The prince understood that not in forces even to lift language or to move lips, and in the head there was such noise that thoughts did not develop in words. However, when the second approached with an electroshock atilt, Prinze made titanic effort and said some inarticulate sounds.

- Fine result, sister. Her Fidelity will be happy that we managed to prepare it for process completely.

And then completely exhausted Prinze put on the cart wheelchair and brought back to "restroom",
i.e.
in his chamber on a straw mattress and till the morning did not disturb him any more. And Prinze, after all these procedures, in general ceased to understand who is he and where he, remained only blind, instinctive desire to understand everything, but thoughts ran up as a sheep on a meadow. The prince needed only to lie on a straw mattress and it is stupid to look in a ceiling.

3.

The trial of Prinze passed in the Hall of Meetings on the Flying Island.

All places in the stands in the Hall were taken so that apple had no place to fall. Also was why.

Rumors that the mysterious Gold Knight who totally crushed all many centuries the brought together army of Community and nearly killed Triune Knowledge it appears, the modest and silent hubby of one of young fairies keepers of the Limit, backwoods, living in remote from Skies, seemed some wonderful nonsense, and therefore to check these rumors and personally also very many wanted to be convinced of everything very much.

But there was also one more reason, besides purely female curiosity, is a notorious pedantry of fairies. All know that in blood at each of them - thirst for any loud speeches, processes, festive events and, especially, legal casuistry. As, the crime against the Sacred Principles of the Order and Prosperity has to be by all means considered by all associates, is sorted on shelves, on stones, discussed and, of course, is condemned! Anyhow? Women, in a word …

And therefore all formalities of this legal performance adored by fairies were observed ideally. Representative of charge, representative of protection, witness, jury zasedatelnitsa … And all with pathos, with grandiloquent speeches that all rules of decency, morals, charters of ancestors and, of course, sacred precepts of the Creator are trampled …