Unconquered Sun (93 page)

- With solar juice that?

- It is evacuated, vs - with - with - with - with - se as dogovorilis - with - with - s, gospozh-zh-zh-a …

- Well and it is good. Run, Azail, run, do not linger …

And Azail disappeared in a ventilating outlet as though it also was not.

And only the Kitten said, rubbing a pad a greyish plush forehead:

- Well dela-a-a-a …

4.

Search and retaliatory groups continued the advance deep into of the semi-filled-up Ant hill.

The further they moved ahead, the corridors were less injured from a collapse. And here the separate survived groups Murin already began to come across to them. There, here they hid in cracks as cockroaches, there, here it was necessary to apply fire and gas. Mercy was not and could not be - the directive of their Fidelity ordered to destroy all, at the roots, without the rest.

Murin showed resistance. There, here, golems failed in traps, were caught in a spidery net, and sustained losses. But behind reinforcements approached and waves of fire and a cloud of sulfuric drakony gas quickly suppressed the isolated resistance centers.

At last, the tunnel slowly but surely began to rise up. Fairies felt considerable improvement of quality of air - it convinced them that the direction was chosen by them truly. Now they were faced by a question - that will be when they reach the lower tiers of the Gold Hall - the board from magic mirrors will prevent them to get there …

Having left four search and retaliatory groups to finish hiding Murin and to scan remained Muraveynika Square, the first group as a part of three "moles" and twenty golems, led by two fairies of "STING" went just climbed that tunnel which is prompter than others upward and soon at the end of a tunnel they saw a weak spark.

Golems took flame throwers at the ready and hid for armor of "moles", fairies mentally sent beams of analyzers forward, but they did not mark any magic presence.

They did not manage to give the order "set aside" as figures - them was two - took a step forward and waved some white objects in air:

- Do not shoot, do not shoot, madams fairies, do not shoot, these are the!!! Meow!

-, do not shoot!!! Av-av! These are Animals!!!

Fairies telepathic transferred the order "set aside" and golems lowered barrels of flame throwers.

From a twilight two figures - the Kitten and the Puppy - with white kerchiefs in plush pads really seemed. They it is shy, nearly on tiptoe, approached the fairies who left towards and bowed to them to the earth.

- What do you do here, Animals? Whether and place to Animals here? Too dangerously … - having gloomy shifted eyebrows, one fairy told.

- Oh! Yes same servants of the former Keeper of the Limit No. 3! I recognize them! How you appeared here? - with astonishment the second exclaimed.

- Oh, mercy madams, - important having acted forward, the Kitten told, - history of our adventures and disasters will hardly interest such important ladies as you, and therefore we, with your permission, will lower it. I will tell only that we are sent here as truce envoys by our owner - Kind Prinze - and he asks to give you something and to deign to lead you to us, to our Hall …

Fairies exchanged glances from surprise. After such heavy and full dangers of fights in the Ant hill, they obviously did not expect that now they will be seen off and invited somewhere.

- And what your owner asks to transfer?

- He asks to stop war and not to blow up as you probably plan, the Gold Hall from below as already to show resistance to you there is nobody. War terminated …

Fairies puzzly exchanged glances.

- And what then happened to the Invincible Sun?

- It was gone … and now - forever … - the Kitten whispered and silently began to sob.

5.

After leaving Azaila Lily watched some time unseeing eyes in that party where astride a monster her kid sat, and then as if having remembered something, quietly spoke:

- Animals, leave and take away all others from here - I should stay alone with Prinze, I ask you …

Animals were not required to be asked twice and the door which is recently repaired by golems densely was closed behind them.

The prince sat down on edge of its bed again and took almost ice hand in the and was silent. Was silent and Poured. All was already told. There were only feelings and bitter feeling of inevitable parting.

The prince silently cried and his hot tears flew on cheeks and drop directly on Lily's shirt. But this time Lily did not constrain his sobbings any more and did not shout at it - the son already in the room was not - but only squeezed his hand even more strong and - was silent.

How many lasted this silence - did not know Prinze, Poured. But suddenly from that ventilating well into which Azail dived some sheburshaniye was suddenly distributed and to the room the big bat flew and began circles to fly under a ceiling.

The prince with astonishment raised the tear-stained face, and Lily smiled and her face brightened up. She remembered a damnation of the fairy whose body she so inconsiderately stole.

- There now, darling, is also time for me … To the road, there, from where there is no return … It for me arrived, for me …

The prince interrogatively looked at Lily. But it continued:

- Swear to me the road that when I die, you will take this bat and you will transfer her them to Knowledge. Tell that it is the fairy from whom I stole a body. Only their Knowledge owns technology of transformation. Let this unfortunate will find what belongs to it by right and justice will triumph, well?

- Well, expensive, well, - Prinze whispered, bringing her growing cold hand to the lips. - You only live still, still slightly, I beg …

The bat as though understood that it is about her, suddenly ceased to fly around and directed directly on Lily's breast. She accurately sat down, and Poured, having hardly raised thin as a skeleton hand a hand, stroked a mouse on the head.

- She forgave me, - Lily smiled, with relief sighed and exhaled. Last time. Lily's eyes stopped, the look glazed over, and hands powerlessly fell on a breast.

The prince shook as if through him passed electric current and at it from a breast inhuman, almost animal shout what fatally wounded animals shout escaped:

- Lily-and-and-and-and-and!!!! Not-e-e-et!!! Do not leave!!! Do not leave me one!!! - also fell all over on her breast so the mouse hardly managed to flush, having avoided ridiculous death on an own body.

The door quietly opened and Animals shy, on tiptoe, entered the room, also not in forces to constrain tears. So they also stood and silently cried at a bed of that which once was called is proud of the Invincible Sun.

At the very same time at the same time all magic mirrors went out, all solar outlets were closed and once Gold Hall plunged into outer darkness as if dressed mourning clothes on the late Hostess. Golems and dragons turned into heartless statues, and dwarfs deafeningly howled from a grief.

6.

The triune Knowledge landed on a plateau in the dead of night. It was accompanied by the closest maids of honor of its yard - all dressed in ceremonial long dresses of silver-white color, on their heads wreaths from eternal fresh flowers flaunted. Knowledge shone in the purple dresses embroidered by gold, and their already golden hair sparkled gold from the gold threads interwoven into braids. But is brighter than gold and diamonds shone them Face-sided.

Three Knowledge important went towards the Gold Hall, long purple cloaks bore behind Them maids of honor. At an entrance they were met by the Animals dressed in ceremonial snow-white liveries. Having bowed to the earth to Empresses, they silently invited to follow them.

Magic spheres lit a way. Though night was especially dark, but light continually snatched out from this darkness a picture, a gobelin, a statue or a stained-glass window, a piece of a mirror wall. Even these scrappy visions which were not making a full picture struck Triune Knowledge with beauty, wealth and refinement of monastery of the Invincible Sun.

- "We swear the Creator and this Invincible Sun is incomparable more richly than all Community! How many gold, how many jewels, how many works of art … This trophy is worthy to enter a treasury of Community! From now on there will be a museum, the museum of the Victory and Greatness of our people - the best monument for descendants about this war and will not think up!"

Meanwhile Animals silently conducted magnificent suite deep into of the Hall, to the room of the Hostess.

The door had an honourable protection from golems. At the sight of Knowledge, they saluted and got up on standing at attention. At doors emergence of their Knowledge expected two fairies of "STING" - those that "accepted unconditional surrender".

- Well and that new, sisters? - passionlessly the Second asked.

- In total also, your Knowledge. Sits, as paralyzed, near it, having seized tightly her hands. We tried to unhook it - it is impossible. Only if electroshock …

- It is not necessary! - sharply the Second of Three tore off. - To you an electroshock to correct everything! The person has a grief, and you - an electroshock …

Both fairies blushed to the roots of hair and bashfully became silent.

Animals quietly opened doors and let in their Knowledge the room.

All three lamps flew inside and thanks to them to a look of Triune Knowledge the surprising picture opened.

On a bed, the head of the zolotovolosy fairy was based upon highly lifted and specially shaken up pillows. Her face was fatally pale, under eyes dark circles, cheeks stiffened - deeply fell, the thin and exhausted white hands lay on a breast. The person was quiet, majestic, peacefully, faint smile forever stiffened on pale lips. It gave to her exhausted face some share of charm, instead of irrevocably lost beauty. Near the fairy on a bed sat stiffened as the golem, the person.

The prince - and it was he - it was impossible to learn. Hunched as the aged man, with sharp wrinkles at corners of lips and on a forehead, from a prosedyama in hair. White as a cloth a face, eyes which swelled up from tears, the glazed-over unseeing look …

He did not even look towards Knowledge and did not get up at their emergence. One of maids of honor wanted something was angry to tell it, but the Second Knowledge sharply raised a hand, and she kept silent.

- How she died? - quietly the Second asked.

- Quietly. Quietly. She … reconciled with the Creator … - with a great effort, in a whisper, as if being afraid to wake deceased, Prinze said.

- Praise to God! - said all Three Knowledge, having reverentially put handles on a breast. - Be based in the world, the sister. Let fire which will capture this transitory body will uplift your rebellious soul to places of eternal rest.

And then They approached a headboard of a bed and three times blessed with a sacred banner her face, and on a bed the easy honey fragrance was carried. The person died, being before faintly gray, turned pink at once, lips were poured by paint, as well as cheeks, and traces of bags under eyes were gone. It seemed, Lily did not die, but sleeps.

- She asked you …

- We know. The bat will find a new body tomorrow. At us just one of newly married fairies prepares for conception so the soul of this sister will not remain homeless, - the Knowledge clicked fingers and one of maids of honor brought a gold cage to which carefully moved a bat and carried away.

After that the Second Knowledge addressed other maid of honor:

- Dispose, the sister that brought all potrebny for transfer of a body. We have to bury her on our ceremony with all the honors which are due to it according to the status.

- Yes sir, your Knowledge, - bowed the maid of honor and right there left.

- Azail ran with the child, whether taka?
I
feel its presence here …

- Yes, - everything was told also with detachment by Prinze.

- To call here the best intelligence agents and to immediately scan this room and to establish the fugitive's trace, - She addressed other maid of honor. - Azaila - to Us, live or dead … - a short pause, - … is better - live. Here, on this plateau, We will organize a zoo from rare animals of the Oversea country, we think, one Murina will be a good exhibit. And to deliver an illegitimate puppy to Us personally. We will personally take care of his education. The order is clear?

- Yes sir, your Knowledge, - and one more maid of honor left the room.

- And what to do with it? He defiantly escaped from prison and under our laws has to be severely punished! - the young maid of honor with hostility looking at Prinze dared to give a vote.

- It is punished?. It is punished, the darling?. - all Knowledge grinned at once, and the Second continued then. - For what? For the fact that, thanks to it, We overcame almost impregnable enemy? - And for the first time for long time all three Knowledge burst out laughing.

- Really you think, the darling that he made all this not from our permission?! We specially suited its conclusion on Islands Blissful though, in essence, any fault on it is mute and was not - he absolutely incidentally never interfered with this game and any threat to us and did not represent. We hid it there, knowing that the Invincible Sun will peck on this bait and for the sake of the beloved will be embodied in a body, having completely lost the invulnerability and the most part of forces. We specially popustit to patrol of "STING" to get to a trap that it had an opportunity to be embodied. We specially allowed them to remain in safety on "Stone Tooth" that the child conceived by them there accelerated process of exhaustion of her body. And for what to punish him now, the darling? Yes he should
be awarded
if …