Planet Tetro ~ Page 43

About 5 minutes passed and then Wade walked in with a few insect warriors . It seemed he woke up ! He was guided to us by the insects . Rose greeted him while we were all still busy eating . “Hi wade ! How are you feeling ? Are you hungry ? Wade gave a small smile and replied shortly “ yes , the fish smells sublime . Oh and I’m fine . Sorry I hope you all are feeling well . Now I’ll be helping myself .” Then he scurried off like an animal aware of their primal desires . Some of the guys started drinking the beer we had been saving for after the battle . Visceroy yelled “ cheers , for we celebrate even in defeat !“ We cheered as everyone laughed .

After everyone had their drinks and fill . Rose told us it was time to meet with the queen and king . We all relaxed for a few our minutes and took our time getting gathered . After all we had all just consumed such a great meal . Then we took off with the entire unit while being guided by the same insect warriors that were with Wade . We walked down a path for about 10 minutes . Going up and down cave corridors that we even had to walk in line at times . When we arrived it was a large room comparable to the size of the one where the giant had lay . Except this was obviously the treasure / throne room of the insect warriors . The cave wall was surrounded by elegant expensive red cloth of some kind . Their were several torch type flames for lighting that gave the room an energetic glow . The room itself was a throne and had lots of treasure around it . Multiple treasure chests , and jewel encrusted weapons . Even a few fancy magical staffs of multiple sizes .

We waited in awe for a few minutes , while one of the insect warriors walked off to get the royalty . He went into a side hole curtain that was hiding a room . That must be the king and queens Private Chamber I thought . Connected to the throne room . The king and queen came out and I could see them much clearer now . They were 4 feet tall and looked like discount royalty but that was probably more to their style . I doubt they had trouble finding fancier clothes if they wanted to . They were both darker than the rest of the bugs who were more of a normal green color . They had faces similar to praying mantises but both had long hair . Both were noticeably strong and there insect bodies looked like body armor . I’m sure they were very tough . The only thing that showed their status were there sapphire crowns .

The king cleared his throat after they walked up to us . “ Welcome my former enemies and now current guest . My name is Faul ( Fa-wl ) and the Queens name is Feas ( Fee-s ). I’m sure Rose has caught you all up on things . We tried to give a speech to you all before but I”m not sure if you all were very coherent . I’ll make this one quick as we still have a lot of things we need to tend to . Me and the queen are the only ones who can speak your language , but we would like to let you know that you 7 are forever seen as allies from here on out . We only have two questions . Where are you from ? And why did your group come here ?