Unconquered Sun (92 page)

- Yes, your Knowledge, is about one hundred golems by 30 cars.

- It very opportunely. I think, there will be enough this number for completion of operation. Avatars we did not have any more, but I think, they it is more to us and are not necessary - send the best sisters from the 1st department of "STING" under cover of the escaped broneotryad - it is necessary to dig out and smooth out the remained areas, and also to find a communication channel between the Ant hill and the Gold Hall. Carry out, the sister, and let the Creator to whom we truly serve will be with you!

1.

Lily died away not on days, and on hours. It seemed, having given birth to the son, Lily gave him the last remains of the forces. After the first faint during conversation with Prinze, they became the frequent phenomenon, as well as constant nausea, heavy vomiting, headaches. Lily could not get up any more, even hands her could not hold the child for feeding - the Prince brought it to her breast.

Once having made "terrible eyes" and having even shaken a fist at the Kitten, Prinze quickly won to himself the right of the first of three nurses from Lily's bed. He personally fed her, brought on feeding of the child, carried to bathe Lily in the pool and washed her exhausted body itself there too, without permitting it to do to nobody any more.

The room continually shuddered from all of the coming underground explosions, periodically stuffed up ears from a roar, gold plaster was showered, cases and gobelins and pictures fell, but Prinze noticed nothing, being entirely absorbed by Lily and the little little son. And Poured, appear, too. As if for them two wars did not exist at all. Only the little little son heartrendingly cried out when the next explosion was distributed or objects, but fell over time nearby and he got used to these cataclysms and ceased to cry.

- Look, darling, - Lily slightly smiled, specifying by a view of a cradle with the child - the next explosion beat out all glasses in the room, - our son is not afraid of explosions any more … Good there will be a soldier, fearless …

But Prinze, having frowned, kept silent.

- Lily, to us it is necessary to think of escape. They will be here soon. I already disposed to send Krum to base of gold dragons. It will prepare for us from remained an escort …

- Silly... my such foolish favourite Prinze … - having again smiled, Lily whispered. - Unless you do not see that I had only several hours, it is no more? And where we will depart if the Gold Hall falls? Fairies will track down us everywhere and will find … No, we will not spend time for empty … Let's better stay together … still slightly … together …

With these words she took Prinze's hand and brought it to the bloodless lips and kissed.

- Let's present though on slightly though on the last a couple of hours that we are a husband and the wife, and we gave birth to our beloved child … And we - love each other …

Lily spoke in a low voice, but did not look at Prinze. Her sight worsened, and she any more almost saw nothing, but tried to hide it from Prinze, but she did not manage it. Blind eyes persistently looked not there where there was his face.

- I beg you, Poured … - the Prince did not hide sobbings any more, having put a face as the child, it on a breast, washing with tears so Lily's shirt, damp from sweat, and she softly stroked his hair the weak shivering hands.

- Not crying, my Prinze, my favourite Prinze, do not cry, be though a man now though now … - Lily whispered. - I die quietly, more precisely, I leave, I go to the world where there is no more evil and sufferings, and from it to me it is good …

The prince with astonishment looked at Lily.

- How?. You did not trust …

- … in the Creator? Yes, did not trust … and now - I believe … - one more terrible explosion shook Lily's room to the basis, one more regiment with books broke and smashed about a floor. But the child slept contrary to everything. - Lily took him by hand again and smiled though unseeing eyes still looked not there, and Prinze pretended that he does not notice it. Lily's face was filled with some internal, quiet light and rest, accepted pensively children's expression.

- You remember, darling, our mad break? You remember the soldier with wings with a board and a sword, you remember?

The prince nodded.

- You, probably, thought that I it caused it, admit? I bet, also all fairies so thought, - Poured triumphantly smiled.

And then continued:

- No, it not I … I really prepared strong blow - on Triune Knowledge - that if to die, and on a next world to drag off it too … But this soldier … he spoiled all game … both mine, and its …

- AI … what you want to tell these? - with a sinking heart Prinze as if being afraid that this terrible soldier will hear their conversation whispered and again will appear.

- And that, - in a whisper, in exactly it to what children tell each other "sekretik" at night, - that this soldier … was … from the Creator … You understand, the Creator did not want my death …
contrary to
fairies …
contrary to
Knowledge … - here on her lips a snake the ironical smile slipped. - It is visible, not all will of the Creator is expressed by their Knowledge …

- AI … you then believed?

- Yes … then … After that to me such rest, such world got into soul, as it is impossible to describe … and I then understood that I will go to It … … there soon that it is not necessary to oppose to it … Also you know still that? That He forgave all to me, all my sins, all … The fact that his "servants" acting from his name cannot forgive me He forgave … - and from unseeing eyes of Lily on pale hollow cheeks tears swept.

The prince wiped tears a scarf, and Lily meanwhile continued:

- And I reconciled with It, understand? Therefore I am not afraid, to leave … And now I am blissfully happy … Yes, I am blissfully happy … I lie, and near me the person loved to me who loves me which holds me by a hand, and my little little son … Thousands and thousands of years of loneliness led to such happy final, unless it is not good? What to us after that to despond? - And Lily tried to smile poorly.

But her words made opposite impression on Prinze. Just shook it from sobbings, he convulsively seized her by a hand and hotly whispered as a spell:

- Do not leave … do not leave …. Do not take in head to leave me, Poured … do not take in head …

But Lily angrily frowned a forehead and tone of the strict mother lecturing the disobedient child told:

- And well stop the road! Well be a man! You what example set our son? And suddenly he will remember everything and will be the same crybaby, how are you? And well stop, immediately!

The next explosion turned out such force that the door flew from loops, and covered all blanket as confetti, a gold crumb from a ceiling, one more case failed, frames from a window took off, even the bed moved almost on three steps aside, and Lucifer's cradle nearly turned over. But also now the child, having woken up, did not begin to cry.

- There now and end … The ant hill stopped the existence … - is hardly heard Lily spoke, - the outcome approaches …

2.

The outcome really approached. Work of thirty "moles" on excavation of blockages came to the end quickly enough - all in a couple of hours. Sand was soft, ladles worked quickly, golems helped, having armed with iron shovels. They managed to dig out one more or less escaped pass and to start there the first party of "moles". Pass was low, it was necessary to be torn, strenuously working with the drill and ladles. Behind there were golems with flame throwers and shovels atilt. And in the tail, covered from all directions with protection, there were five fairies from "STING" scanning vaults analyzers. So far signs of life of a wreck were not given.

Through some time the first search group reached to semi-filled up with stones and sand of the central compartments. Signs of life were not. Everywhere the remains of altars which broke up into pieces, the crushed Murin, the remains of some rolls semi-broken, which are not giving in to identification of objects - a terrible picture of death and destruction, more precisely, than catastrophic suicide and self-damage rolled.

- No. 1-406 reports, the congestion of forces of the opponent in the central compartments is revealed. Signs of life are not given. Huge number of artifacts. All passes are filled up, except one. What instructions will be?

- Order to begin excavation, the sister. To bring together all archives, artifacts too. To transfer to personally Elder Sisters of the 5th and 6th departments for studying, strictly to code information. Privacy No. 1 degree. To progress in searches of pass to the Gold Hall. To try to find Azail - live or dead. How understood?

- Yes sir, sister.

Having left in half-ruined central halls thirty golems, five "moles" and three fairies intelligence agents of "STING" with five operated lamps, the others went further, breaking through half-ruined transitions further. All suspicious cracks generously poured down liquid fire and gas, but life signs were still not observed.

3.

The Kitten and Puppy together with the dwarf Krum - as always, in a white scrub and points rushed into Lily's room. At doors twenty gold golems with the prepared stretcher and naked light swords for reflection of possible attack remained to stand.

The kitten as always ordered.

- So, you, gold frying pans, quickly - the child on this nosilka, the fairy - on this, and Prinze …

- Who else raskomandovatsya here? - regained consciousness as if from Prinze's dream and angrily looked at the Kitten. - Who granted to you such right?

- The owner, you not in yourself, sit here, but do not know what here will be soon, - the Kitten unperturbably parried, - and there will be a fight in which the child and my patient, and an indestructible precept of any Zverenk at any cost will suffer …

- … to obey owners! - Prinze bellowed. - And, well, from here, you with the gold frying pans!!! - and Prinze pointed a finger at a doorway, but the Kitten got up as driven, having propped up sides plush gray pads and, indignantly shining glass button eyes as the real cat lashed on each side, being going to battle up to the end. Golems stayed in indecision as its Highness was their direct military chief whom they could not violate the order.

- Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh!!!! Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh!!!! Without - with - with - from panic-sss, panic-sss bez-ss-s-s-s!!! There is-sss no time for baz-z-z-z-z-zar, not, yes-sss at all!!!!

Both Prinze, and Kitten, and all others with astonishment looked in that party from where the sound was heard, and saw …

The arachnoid monster got out of a ventilating outlet under a ceiling. The look it was really awful. Two heads from three were crushed and flattened out and lifeless ugly lumps dangled on the remains of necks as the heads of dead chickens. Nedostovalo of one paw. A belly splusnuto, from a scorpion tail there was only a bleeding scrap, one facet eye on the escaped head flowed out. Limping, the covered with wounds Azail went down on a wall to a bed.

- Zh-zh-zh-e spoke, zh-zh-zh-e said … Pomresh-sh-sh-sh-sh … and nas-s-s-s-pogubish-sh-sh-sh, fallen in love duroch-sh-sh-sh-shka!!! Silly devchonka-s-s-s-s-s, f-f-f-faugh!!! Az-z-z-zail not o-sh-sh-sh-shibayetsya, never, yes-sss … - hissed the spoiled monster.

- Azail, a vile animal, you after all survived … Pleasantly … - trying how before cynically to grin, Lily whispered. - And where all your crowd, disappeared, I hope?

- With - with - with - with - with - gninuli, s-s-s-s-sginuli-sss, yes-sss, almost vs - with - with - with - se s-s-s-s-ginuli-ssss … Whom raz-z-z-z-z-orvalo on pieces kickback, os-s-s-s-s-stalnykh raz-z-z-z-zdavilo-sss … Flung away-sss me a wave from epicenter-sss …

- Well and it is remarkable … Blood-suckers died, at last … Innocent your victims are revenged … Here and I now - too …

- Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh!!!! Silly!!! Give at least it, yes-sss!!! Obeshch-shch-shch-shch-shchannogo!!! - having stretched forepaws as the mantis in the begging gesture, Azail hissed.

- And you will teach him to all? You will constrain an oath?. Take … To it all the same not to find the best tutor … My Prinze - decent rokhlya, though I love him, I do not know for what … - Lily whispered and powerlessly hung the head on a pillow.

- Chto-au-au-au?! - Prinze's eyes were rounded. - T-t-you? To it? Child?!

- Well not to you, darling … You will not save it from fairies, and Azail - will die for it … However, Azail? It - your last hope … It will bring to your race light … to those who else survived … - whispered is hardly heard Lily and closed unseeing eyes.

And Azail already ran up to a cradle and forward pads accurately took the baby and gently put him to himself on a back. The child did not burst into tears, was not frightened of a monster, on the contrary, smiled and tenderly pulled the handles:

- Well sh-sh-sh-shto, maly-shsh-sh-sh-sh, derzhis-s-s, prokatim-s-s-sya with a breeze, yes-sss, with a breeze-sss …

- Look, Azail, - without opening eyes hardly Lily spoke, - run on the most confidential transitions … do not come to light … you know, a dokuda … let my blessing will be on you and the child … Bring up from it the soldier and the great wizard … It is my last will …

All witnesses of this strange dialogue did not stir - dwarfs and golems blindly obeyed will of madam, and Animals and Prinze were so struck with Lily's decision that not in forces were to contradict. It is obvious that Lily's conversation with Azail was end of the agreement reached earlier.

And what they could offer in exchange? To depart with the child somewhere? But where? Fairies will find for it, and hardly its destiny - the son worst enemy Podnebesya - will be iridescent …

And meanwhile Azail already got into an air shaft with the child on shoulders who strong seized the remains vibriss - apparently, he was happy with prospect "to drive with a breeze" when it was overtaken by a weak voice of Lily: