Chapter Six

"I think he's....."

"You think he's what?!" Mr. Benjamin Smith asked the Doctor Impatiently while looking at him anxiously and worriedly.

"Calm down, Sir...The Prince has lost a lot of blood and he is in a critical state.....Let's take him into the infirmary first and try our best to resuscitate him before we jump into any......."

"Then hurry!! What are you guys waiting for?! Give him a hand in taking the Prince In." Mr. Benjamin Smith yelled at the Doctor while ordering the bodyguards to assist the Doctor in taking Micheal Vasilias into the infirmary that was located inside the Gladovia Imperial Resort.

"Yes, Sir!" Two of the bodyguards answered before rushing to Micheal Vasilias and taking him into the infirmary that was located inside the Gladovia Imperial Resort.

"What are you guys waiting for?! Help take His Imperial Majesty in." Mr. Benjamin Smith ordered the remaining bodyguards sternly while glaring at them.

"Yes, Sir!" The bodyguards answered before carrying Emperor Roland Vasilias into the Gladovia Imperial Resort.

"(Sighs!) I just pray the Prince would be okay." Mr. Benjamin Smith said to himself weakly while sighing heavily.

Taking a deep breath, Mr. Benjamin Smith walked into the Gladovia Imperial Resort while dialing the mobile number of Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, the Nanny of Micheal Vasilias.

(INSIDE THE BEDROOM OF EMPEROR ROLAND VASILIAS, GLADOVIA IMPERIAL RESORT)

Emperor Roland Vasilias opened his eyes slowly and looked around as if he was searching for something.

"Your Imperial Majesty! You are awake!! Thank God!!" Mr. Benjamin Smith who was seated at the bedside of Emperor Roland Vasilias exclaimed excitedly while smiling brightly.

"Benjamin!" Emperor Roland Vasilias called softly.

"I'm here, Your Imperial Majesty....Do you know how worried I was, Your Imperial Majesty?." Mr. Benjamin Smith answered warmly with tears falling down from his eyes.

"How long was I out?." Emperor Roland Vasilias asked Mr. Benjamin Smith warmly while getting up from the King-Size bed.

"Three hours, Sire! The Doctor told me that you were going to wake up in twenty minutes but you didn't and that got me terrified and extremely worried." Mr. Benjamin Smith answered Emperor Roland Vasilias warmly while putting on a jacket on Emperor Roland Vasilias.

"I'm sorry for making you worry about me." Emperor Roland Vasilias apologetically said to Mr. Benjamin Smith while walking towards the exit door of his bedroom.

"No, Your Imperial Majesty...I should be the one apologizing for not taking care of you properly." Mr. Benjamin Smith apologetically said to Emperor Roland Vasilias warmly while opening the exit door for him.

"Relax, Benjamin! You are too uptight...Loosen up and stop being nervous around me, Okay?." Emperor Roland Vasilias said to Mr. Benjamin Smith warmly while tapping him on the shoulder before walking out of the bedroom.

"Benjamin!!" Emperor Roland Vasilias called warmly as he walked towards his office.

"Sire!" Mr. Benjamin Smith answered warmly.

"I had a dream and in that dream....Micheal, My grandson was shot by my bodyguards and he was lying unconscious on the floor.........What do you think about this kind of dream, Benjamin? Do you think it's a bad sign or omen?." Emperor Roland Vasilias said to Mr. Benjamin Smith warmly, making him to gasp.

"Mr. Benjamin!" Emperor Roland Vasilias called while raising his eyebrows.

"Sire!" Mr. Benjamin Smith answered warmly.

"Didn't you hear what I just said?." Emperor Roland Vasilias asked Mr. Benjamin Smith warmly while turning towards him.

"I did, Sire! But...

"By the way....When is my grandson coming? I was told by his Nanny that he was going to come today. Haven't he arrived yet?." Emperor Roland Vasilias asked Mr. Benjamin Smith warmly while looking at him inquisitively.

"Yeh? I mean....

"What's taking him so long? I'm dying to meet him....Call his Nanny and ask her to text my grandson's number to you." Emperor Roland Vasilias said out before ordering Mr. Benjamin Smith to call Mrs. Elizabeth Parker.

"Yeh?." Mr. Benjamin Smith said out without realizing.

"I said call his Nanny!! Are you deaf?." Emperor Roland Vasilias said to Mr. Benjamin Smith sternly while glaring at him.

"Forgive me, Sire! Your grandson was here three hours ago and what you think you saw in your dream wasn't a dream...It actually happened." Mr. Benjamin Smith said to Emperor Roland Vasilias while bowing his head in fear.

"What?!! My grandson was shot?! By who?! Who shot my grandson?! Answer me this instant, Benjamin!!" Emperor Roland Vasilias roared angrily while grabbing Mr. Benjamin Smith and shaking him vigorously.

"Calm down, Your Imperial Majesty....

"Where is he now?! Where is my grandson?!" Emperor Roland Vasilias asked Mr. Benjamin Smith angrily while shaking him vigorously.

"The Prince is in the Infirmary." Mr. Benjamin Smith answered Emperor Roland Vasilias weakly.

Letting go of Mr. Benjamin Smith, Emperor Roland Vasilias started running towards the Infirmary with tears falling down from his eyes as he chanted "Please be safe."

Sighing heavily in relief, Mr. Benjamin Smith ran after Emperor Roland Vasilias while begging him to slow down.

(THE INFIRMARY, GLADOVIA IMPERIAL RESORT)

The Doctors and nurses were busy observing the heart rate and the vital signs of Micheal Vasilias that was displaying on the screen of the patient monitor or medical monitor when Emperor Roland Vasilias barged in, followed by Mr. Benjamin Smith.

"My Grandson!! Where is my Grandson?!" Emperor Roland Vasilias yelled in anguish as soon as he arrived at the Infirmary while looking around frantically.

"Your Imperial Majesty." The Doctors and nurses said out while curtsying as soon as they saw him.

Looking around, Emperor Roland Vasilias noticed a boy wearing an oxygen mask and laying unconscious on one of the beds with numerous IV bags attached to his body.

Without wasting time, he ran to the bed where the boy was lying unconscious and held the palm of the boy while bursting into tears.

"Who did this to my grandson?! Who did this?!" Emperor Roland Vasilias asked out while sobbing profusely.

"Open your eyes and see grandpa, huh? Open your eyes, boy......Doctor! Doctor why is he not opening his eyes, huh? Why? Please make him open his eyes...Please do something...Anything...Just make him open his eyes, huh....Make him open his eyes now!!" Emperor Roland Vasilias said to the unconscious Micheal Vasilias before ordering the Doctors to make the unconscious Micheal Vasilias open his eyes.

"Your Imperial Majesty, I'm afraid the Prince has gone into coma......

"What?! Coma?!" Emperor Roland Vasilias exclaimed in shock while looking at the unconscious Micheal Vasilias.

"Yes, Your Imperial Majesty." The Doctors answered Emperor Roland Vasilias while bowing their heads in fear.

"Why didn't you try everything possible to prevent him from entering into coma? Why?." Emperor Roland Vasilias asked the Doctors angrily while glaring at them in fury.

"Your Imperial Majesty, we tried our best to resuscitate the Prince.........First we did surgery on him to remove the bullet and fix his damaged internal structures then we sedated him to reduce his pain before replacing his lost blood through blood transfusion.........And as you can see...........We fixed him on several IV bags to administer antibiotics, fluids, and other medications so he can recover quickly but we had to administer a controlled dose of an anesthetic drug called pentobarbital into his body so that we can medically induce him into a coma in order to save his life because he suffered a severe head injury when he fell down on the ground after he got shot." The Doctors painstakingly explained to Emperor Roland Vasilias warmly.

"So what stage is he in?." Emperor Roland Vasilias asked the Doctors anxiously while looking at them inquisitively.

"The Prince is in the stage called "Unresponsiveness.........That's to say the Prince typically does not respond consistently." The Doctors explained to Emperor Roland Vasilias warmly while bowing their heads.

"How long is he going to remain like this?." Emperor Roland Vasilias asked the Doctors anxiously while shedding tears.

"In a normal case it takes two to four weeks or sometimes a month but we are afraid that we don't know how long he is going to remain in coma, Your Imperial Majesty." The Doctors answered Emperor Roland Vasilias while bowing their heads in fear.

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Roland Vasilias looked straight into the eyes of the Doctors and ordered them to take care of his grandson and be with him 24/7 before walking out of the Infirmary.

Sighing heavily, Mr. Benjamin Smith hastily walked out of the Infirmary so he could catch up with Emperor Roland Vasilias.

(IN A LONG HALL WAY)

"Slow down, Sire!" Mr. Benjamin Smith said out while running after Emperor Roland Vasilias as he tried to catch up with him.

Chuckling softly, Emperor Roland Vasilias stopped on his tracks and said "I'm eighty-five years old and I'm more agile than you.....Aren't you ashamed?."

"Forgive me, Sire! I.......

"There you are, Mr. Smith! I've been looking all over for you!! Where is my Micheal? What happened to my Micheal?." Mrs. Elizabeth Parker Interrupted Mr. Benjamin Smith from saying what he was going to say while grabbing his suit as soon as she came to where he was standing at.

"Calm down, Mrs. Parker." Mr. Benjamin Smith said to Mrs. Elizabeth Parker.

"Don't tell me to calm down!! Tell me what happened to my Micheal!!!" Mrs. Elizabeth Parker yelled at Mr. Benjamin Smith while shaking him vigorously.

"Mrs. Parker, Please calm down......he got shot by........

"What?! He got shot?! Hahaha!! That's a joke, right? You don't mean what you just said to me, right? You are trying to prank me and..........

"Mrs. Parker, I'm telling you the plain truth.......It's not a joke and I'm definitely not pranking you." Mr. Benjamin Smith said to Mrs. Elizabeth Parker in a sad tone while shedding tears.

"You can't be serious!!! You can't!!! I sent an healthy boy to come see his grandfather because of how his grandfather begged me to allow him see and meet his grandson and now you are telling me that he got shot?! Who did it?! Who shot my Micheal?!." Mrs. Elizabeth Parker asked Mr. Benjamin Smith angrily while shaking him vigorously.

"Ahem-Ahem!!" Emperor Roland Vasilias who couldn't bear to see the scene in front of him coughed and cleared his throat on purpose while staring at Mrs. Elizabeth Parker with tear-filled eyes.

Hearing the sound of someone coughing, Mrs. Elizabeth Parker turned to see who it was only for her to gasp in shock at the sight of Emperor Roland Vasilias.

"Y...Y...Your Imperial Majesty." Mrs. Elizabeth Parker said out in a stuttering tone while curtsying.

"Mrs. Parker!" Emperor Roland Vasilias called softly while staring at her with tear-filled eyes.

"Forgive me, Your Imperial Majesty, I was only.......

"It's okay, Mrs. Parker! I know and I'm feeling exactly the way you are feeling now but rest assured.....Micheal is being treated by competent Doctors so he would wake up soon." Emperor Roland Vasilias said to Mrs. Elizabeth Parker sadly with a painful smile.

"But how did he got shot?." Mrs. Elizabeth Parker asked Emperor Roland Vasilias respectfully while looking at him inquisitively.

"According to the bodyguards that were stationed outside the gate....He was mistaken for a threat." Mr. Benjamin Smith answered Mrs. Elizabeth Parker warmly.

"What?!" Mrs. Elizabeth Parker gasped in shock while looking at Emperor Roland Vasilias.

"I know, right? That doesn't make sense!! Those guards are members of the Gladovia Imperial Secret Service (G.I.S.S) and their artificial eyes can X-ray and scan him to see if he had any weapon in him." Emperor Roland Vasilias said to Mrs. Elizabeth Parker.

"Even if they weren't equipped with their artificial eyes.....How could they see a fifteen years old boy in high school uniform and say he is a threat?." Mrs. Elizabeth Parker asked Emperor Roland Vasilias.

"Forgive me, Your Imperial Majesty but I think the bodyguard who shot the Prince is not a member of your bodyguards." Mr. Benjamin Smith said to Emperor Roland Vasilias warmly.

"What?! Do you know what you are saying right now?." Emperor Roland Vasilias asked Mr. Benjamin Smith sternly while glaring at him.

"Yes, Sire!" Mr. Benjamin Smith answered warmly.

"Are you saying that my bodyguards was infiltrated?." Emperor Roland Vasilias asked Mr. Benjamin Smith sternly while looking at him inquisitively.

"Yes, Sire! I'm very positive because your bodyguards didn't shoot the Prince......Only that bodyguard.....And when those soldiers finish their training in the Gladovia Imperial Secret Service Academy.......You assign them to who they are to protect and you always give a command that they are to follow the orders of their assigned masters and you know those soldiers are like robots.....Your command to them makes them feel like they are programmed because of the chip installed in their brains." Mr. Benjamin Smith explained to Emperor Roland Vasilias warmly.

"You are right....My daughter, Isabella might have sent one of her bodyguard to infiltrate my bodyguards and kill my grandson so her son can become the next crown prince." Emperor Roland Vasilias said to Mr. Benjamin Smith angrily while tightening his fist.

"I didn't say it's the Princess, Your Imperial Majesty.......I just said.......

"Save it! Take Mrs. Elizabeth Parker to one of the guest rooms!!" Emperor Roland Vasilias interrupted Mr. Benjamin Smith while ordering him to take Mrs. Elizabeth Parker to one of the guest rooms.

"Yes, Sire! Mr. Benjamin answered warmly.

"I'm going to those guards to give them a new command......If there is really a guard under the command of my daughter amongst my bodyguards then his brain would forget his old command and follow my new command." Emperor Roland Vasilias said further to Mr. Benjamin Smith before walking away.

"Let's go, Mrs. Parker." Mr. Benjamin Smith said to Mrs. Elizabeth Parker warmly while smiling at her.

"I'm behind you." Mrs. Elizabeth Parker replied Mr. Benjamin Smith warmly.

And with that, Mrs. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Benjamin started walking to the direction of the guestrooms.