Live saver

After celebrating with icecream, the siblings said their goodbyes to Martin and went home to tell their mother the good news. When they told her, she peppered them with kisses and they had a movie night. They stayed up for snacks and action movies.

The next morning, Sam left the house and went to the set for the drama. When Sam arrived, he was greeted with the bustle of many people getting into costume. After an hour, his hair and makeup were finished. The makeup took longer because he was going to be in a fight scene.

Assassins had infiltrated during the night and the prince was their target. Sam's character was supposed to fight off an incoming group and raise the alarm. Sam had a big role in this episode.

When he went on set, he saw George, the director, sigh as he ended a call.

"What's wrong?" Sam asked as he walked over.

"Your stuntman got into an accident on the way here. He has a leg issue that will only be healed in a month. We're going to have to do all of the non action scenes and work on something else so that we're not off schedule."

Sam thought for a moment. "All it is is a little sword fighting and martial arts. Maybe a little parkour. I could do it. I've been trained in martial arts and did kendo and other sword arts, but I have not done parkour. I think I can do it though."

George's jaw dropped. "Really? You're a lifesaver, Sam. Don't worry, the parkour won't be too hard. The parkour is just running on the roof, vaulting tables, and jumping off. You'll be attached to a pulley system and there will be a mat for sure. The roll can be faked. Just a little bit of editing."

"I've never gone through the moves for the scenes though. I'm not prepared."

"No problem. We can do the others scenes so that you can go through the fights with the stuntmen. You can have as many takes as you want. Just make sure to be careful."

"Yeah, thanks George. I'm going to go review the script."

"I should be the one thanking you. We start in 30 minutes."

"Got it."

Sam walked over to a comfy looking chair and sat down. He pulled out his script and began to read through it. A couple minutes later, his reviewing session was interrupted by a voice.

"Hey Jupiter, do you want to go through lines together?" Draven asked as he pulled a chair over and sat down.

"Sure. Which scene do you want to do?"

"I was thinking about…."

They were halfway through a scene when George called all of the actors to begin filming.

"Take 1," a staff member said as he shut the clapperboard. After a couple of scenes that didn't include Sam, it was his turn.

Sam was drinking tea and reading in his room when he heard footsteps on the roof. He looked up sharply and silently grabbed his sword and left the room. In the moonlight, shadows ran across the roof of the house above the knocked out guards. One of the assassins noticed him and pointed him out to the rest of the assassins. Some of them leapt off the roof and rolled to break their fall. Sam unsheathed his sword, ready to confront them. Someone poked their head out of their room.

"You! Go raise the alarm!" the maid paled and nodded. She ran off frantically.

"Who do you work for?" he asked as he his sword before him.

All of the assassins also unsheathed their blades. "Assassins are not supposed to tell."

"Then I'll just have to force it out of you!"

He lunged forwards and the assassins ran to meet him halfway. He dodged to the side of the first one and tripped him. The second one was meet with a feint and a deadly blow to the chest that raked down diagonally. As soon as the second assassin's body fell. The third assassin slashed with his sword, but Sam blocked it with the flat of his blade. He kicked him with his foot and threw a dagger from his belt down into his enemy's chest. He ducked as the first assassin's sword appeared where his head once was and used his legs to sweep his opponent to the group again. He dodged the swipe of a poisoned dagger of the last assassin. He stabbed their throat and turned to meet the first's blade with a slash that was blocked. He stepped in and used his second dagger to stab the assassin in the side. When the assassin moved to defend his side, he went for the heart. The sword went through the assassin and they slowly fell to the ground.

Sam retrieved his daggers and began to yell.

"Assassins have infiltrated! Protect the prince!"