I
King Timodore and Queen Asalea were stunned upon hearing what Neoma had said. They looked at each other and then to Neoma.
“What do you mean, Neoma? It was Queen Asalea who asked.
“We need to call the guards to apprehend the prisoners who are now trying to escape from the dungeon,” she said simply while looking at her mother.
“Thank you, my Baby. My Queen, all of you, stay in this room and do not get out until I return,” King Timodore, instructed his wife, before turning his heels to gather his guards.
“How do you know, Neoma that the prisoners are escaping?” Queen Asalea asked her daughter with awe when they were inside their bedroom already.
“Sometimes, I could hear sounds, Momma, sounds that may endanger my love one’s life,” Neoma replied as she innocently looked up to her mother, whose eyes grew misty with her words. How could it be that her little daughter has been endowed with such great power?
Queen Asalea kneeled in front of her daughter and cupped her face. “My daughter, my Neoma, you were gifted with such great power, you will only use it when needed and in good ways; do you understand Momma?”
Neoma nodded smiling. “I do understand you Momma, don’t worry.”
“That’s my good girl. And you, my handsome son, Quacey, you were also gifted with such a wonderful ability, the same thing with your sister Neoma, use it only when necessary and in good ways; do you understand too?” Queen Asalea said as she held her young boy’s hands.
Quacey nodded too and smiled. “I will remember that Momma; don’t you worry.
“Alright, I can breathe with relief now that you already both promised to me. Come on hug Momma tightly,” Queen Asalea smiled as she opened her arms for her twins, who readily both lunged themselves on her and hugged her tightly.
Suddenly, Neoma murmured, “Momma, bring me to the Dungeon, I would like to help King Father.”
Queen Asalea became confused, whether to give in to her daughter’s request or follow King Timodore’s order to them a while ago.
II
King Timodore and at least six guards walked briskly towards the dungeon’s entrance. He strengthened his senses, wanting to hear what Neoma has heard from a distance. He heard a slight clicking of wooden bars and running feet.
“Hurry, they might be running already towards the back door of this dungeon, we might lose them!” King Timodore shouted as he himself ran inside the dungeon.
The prison cells of Toremo and Sulie have opened already and the two guards were lying dead outside of the prison cells. “Follow them going to the back door!” King Timodore shouted again. He knew that once Toremo and Sulie got out of the back door, they can run to the sea a few kilometers away, swims, or maybe find a docked boat nearby.
“Momma, I’m sorry, I need to help King Father,” and with that Neoma disappeared in front of Queen Asalea and Quacey, to the Queen’s surprise and fear thereafter.
“Quacey, hold my hand, we will make ourselves invisible and run towards the dungeon,” Queen Asalea exclaimed as she held her son’s hand. Together they became invisible.
Neoma on one hand landed just outside of the back door of the dungeon. She waited until she saw two running figures going out of the dungeon’s back door.
Neoma closed her eyes and imagined the two running figures enclosed inside a rounded big glass jar after they got out of the dungeon’s door and then she disappeared before Toremo and Sulie could see her.
Toremo and Sulie shouted inside the rounded big glass jar but their voices just echoed inside.
When the group of King Timodore got out of the dungeon’s back door, they were so stunned to see Toremo and Sulie inside a rounded big glass jar, frantically shouting but they could not hear their voices.
“Your Highness, what are we going to do with them?” the guards asked almost simultaneously.
King Timodore fell silent while he thought for a while what to do with the two traitors.
At that moment, Queen Asalea and Quacey reached the back door and were also stunned to see what happened to Toremo and Sulie.
“But where is your, sister Neoma?” Queen Asalea, murmured to Quacey.
Quacey giggled. “Queen Momma, let us go back now to our bedroom before King Father learned that we did not follow his order. I can feel that Neoma is lying on our bed already.”