C1 The impeachment plot

Marcella's POV

"Lieutenant Marcella, Lord Aiden requests your presence," Chester said to me as he walked into the room

"and it seems you are in trouble because he looked very angry." Chester concluded

"I know," I replied and smiled

" go tell him I'm coming," I said to him and he walked out of the room

I could tell Lord Aiden had heard it already, no matter how hard I tried to hide it from him. He is indeed very smart, and I guess that's why he became the Lord of the world generals at a very young age. I sighed and made my way to his room, knowing the punishment that awaited me.

I walked into his room and saw him standing in front of his dressing mirror, staring angrily at his reflection. His bloodshot eyes conveyed his anger and intense emotions.

"Young Lord, you sent for me," I said and bowed my head, ready to take whatever it was that I was going to receive as a punishment, and Lord Aiden didn't fall short of my expectations. He walked furiously to me and gave me a hard slap across my face, and I didn't flinch because, of course, I was expecting it.

" You brat," he yelled at me, "how could you hide something this important from me? How could you? How do you intend to handle this?

" I'm very sorry, young Lord. I didn't mean to conceal the information from you. I just couldn't tell you about it now because of your current health condition," I said, still bowing

"What about my current condition? What about my health condition? So now, what are your plans? Do you have any reasonable plans since you've decided to hide it from me?" he yelled again, his voice louder than before

" I asked you about what happened that day, and you lied to me and made up stupid stories, and I believed you."

" I'm very sorry, sir. I don't have a plan now, but I'll come up with one soon," I responded, trying to calm the situation and stepping back so I could quickly escape if in case he loses control and tries to attack me.

"Arrrggh" he screamed and threw himself angrily on the floor and burst into tears. "What do these ungrateful people want from me? I help them fight their wars, settle their dispute, reduce oppression, and try to make the world a peaceful place to live in. Calling me a devil and turning against me to stripe me of my position is what I get in return?" he said, crying like a baby

Lord Aiden is a very hard and tough person to the outside world. I am the only one who is opportune to see this side of him. Even his parents do not even know their son cries, and sometimes I regret it because it only makes me feel his pain.

" not all of them hate you, Young Lord," I comforted him. "It is only those who hate a peaceful world and love oppression that hate you and want your downfall. You have to put yourself together and be strong like you have always been."

" what do I do now? Marcella is over for me now, can't you see?" he sobbed

" no, not yet. Please try and put yourself together. You can overcome this," I comforted again

" Marcella, do you think I can overcome this?" he asked as he sat up and turned to face me

" yes, you can; you are Lord Aiden. You have encountered things tougher this, and you overcame them. Remember, I'm sure you can overcome this too," I encouraged him, trying to lift his spirit, and it worked. He stood up from the ground where he was lying and wiped his tears.

" Marcella, I'm sorry, and I'm thankful," he said, turning to face me. "I'm sorry because you have been bound to seeing this side of me and sharing in my pain, and I'm thankful that you don't take advantage of my situation, but you always have comforting words for me. I'm really thankful."

" my pleasure, sir," I said, smiling. "You know that apart from being my boss, you are also like a younger sibling to me, and being there for you during tough and thick times is also my responsibility."

" right," he said and chuckled softly as he made his way to the seat that was supposed to be in front of the dressing mirror but was lying on the floor, maybe because it got its own share of Lord Aiden's fury. He picked up the chair, set it back to its normal position, and sat on it

" Commander Marcella," he echoed as soon as he got seated, " tell what transpired at the general's meeting that day, how they came to the conclusion of striping me of my position, and who brought the idea. Tell me everything. Don't hide anything from me so I'd know how to handle the situation."

"Doctor Steve betrayed you and exposed your health condition; he even came to the generals meeting to testify against you," I said reluctantly, and he was shocked

" what," he asked in disbelief. " Marcella, this was really serious. You shouldn't have hidden this from me."

"I'm sorry, young Lord," I apologized

"so what else happened?" he asked again

" the generals merge the fact that since you can no longer last more than a year as your health condition keeps getting worse and your anger keeps getting uncontrollable, as shown by the fact that you strangled two generals in the previous meeting that you should step down from becoming the Lord of the world generals or they would have no other option than to apply force" I explained and Lord Aiden laughed

"what? Apply force? Lord Aiden said and laughed again, "Yes, I strangled two generals, but that was because they kept interrupting me and pissing me off during the meeting, and luckily for the both of them, they didn't die. They only lost consciousness, so why are they trying to make a big deal out of it?" he paused and continued, "About my health condition that is left for me to worry about. At least I still have up to a whole year to live, and when it's time I'd step down from my position with honor, they can't force me to step down, but if they want a war, let them bring it on I fought tons of wars and overcame every single one of them before I became a Lord at the age of 22 I was born to wage war, and I can never be scared of war so they are very much welcomed" Lord Aiden boasted

" as for Doctor Steve, I thought we inserted a tracker on him. Have you found out how he managed to remove it, what his reasons are for betraying me, and who he is currently working for?"

"yes sir, he made a clone of himself and transferred the tracker to it at night so we couldn't dictate it, and he did it because of money," I explained

" money?" Lord Aiden interrupted me

" yes, sir," I answered." sir, it is true that you are the world's richest man, so he shouldn't betray you for money, but you know he can't come directly to you to ask you for money to keep your health condition a secret as he knows very well that he would lose his head so he went behind your back and sold it out for the sum of 10 billion dollars as the said amount dropped into his account on the same day that he testified against you. As for who he is working for presently we haven't gotten any information yet as all the Generals are joining hands together to plot against you apart from General Leo" I concluded, and he smirked

"at least he should do that for his son that he abandoned," Lord Aiden said "So, where is Doctor Steve now?"

" We don't know his where about for now as he is under the protection of many generals, but we will find him soon," I assured him

" yes, you have to find him, and you must bring him to me alive. I must make him pay for what he did," Lord Aiden requested

" Okay, sir," I replied

" Marcella, tighten our defense and mobilize our army. Tell them to prepare themselves and wait for orders while I'll attend the next meeting myself to tell them I'd not be stepping down from position and they are free to use force," Lord Aiden concluded

"Sir, I know all this is necessary, sir, but what about you? You need her now," I said

"Who?" Lord Aiden asked

" her," I echoed, pointing at the huge frame that was hanging on the wall of his room

"Marcella, have you lost your mind?" he shouted as he turned to look at the picture

" how many times have I warned you not to talk about her? How many times?"

"Sir, I know you have asked me not to ever mention her to you again, but I can't just let you die when there is actually a way to prevent it," I tried to explain, but he cut me off immediately

" Enough!" he screamed as he stood up and smashed the mirror in front of him into pieces with his hand

" Marcella, I've had enough already; just let me die peacefully when my time comes. Don't let me die with the guilt of killing the only person who was there for me when everyone, including my parents, abandoned me," he fired again

" Young Lord, please let me explain," I said, demanding a chance to explain, but he didn't let me

" Marcella, get out," he ordered, sniffing in, trying to get hold of himself and controlling the tears that were streaming down his face. I could see blood dripping from the hand he used to break the mirror

I obeyed the command and walked out of the room, shutting the door behind me.

"Lieutenant, are you okay?" Asher and Bella chorused, rushing to me as soon as they saw me

" lieutenant, I was so worried when I heard that Lord Aiden sent for you that I rushed here immediately," Bella said as she held my hand

" me too," Asher said, holding my other hand

" thank you both for worrying about me," I said and continued walking with them still holding my hands walking with me

" Bella," I called

" yes, lieutenant," she responded

"send the medical team to Lord Aiden's room to treat him. He hurt himself and ask Darcy to send some maids to clean and arrange his room; it is a mess right now."

" Okay," she replied and nodded

"Asher," I called

" yes, lieutenant," he responded

" search for Amara and get me every detail I need to know about her," I said, and they were both shocked

" What?" they chorused again, looking very surprised

" lieutenant, but Lord Aiden has already warned you not to ever bring up anything about her again. Why are you suddenly searching for her now?" Asher whispered, looking around to see if anyone was close by

" Does Lord Aiden know about this?" Bella followed

" no, he doesn't, and that's why we must do it secretly and discreetly so he doesn't find out about it," I said and paused. I joined their head closer to mine and whispered to them

"We must do this for Lord Aiden If we are truly on his side, this is the only way we can help him, so please cooperate with me, okay?"

"Are you sure about this?" Bella asked

" yes, I'm very sure about so please, you two should cooperate with me, okay" I replied. And they both nodded, and we continued walking