Fate

It had been one year since Felicia's demise and Alex Lee had been indulging himself to strengthen his military power to stray away from his loneliness and emptiness.

Within one year, he had become a powerful warlord. Without intention, he had invaded all of the neighboring countries of the immortal country. The four neighboring countries were trying to combine power and attack the Emperor country.

As a result, when Alex Lee knew of their plan from his special agents, he attacked them first with his secret combat weapons and special arm forces soldiers. Of course, he was winning and as a result, the four countries became part of the Emperor country.

With Alex Lee increasing power in military, technology, and wealth, Nicolas Tang was unable to subdue him with any means.

" It's a success, my Lord!!!" exclaimed one of his trusty engineers, Eugene Acker. Alex Lee had cone out with the idea and the design of the flying pod, while Eugene was trusted with the building of the mechanism, the modern technology and the completion of the flying machine.

Alex Lee was looking at the flying machine at a size of half car with only two seats. "Can we test drive it, Eugene? How far can it go?"

"My Lord, you can go as far as you want. The fuel is good for 24 hours. How about the ancient country? it's eight hours by plane but with the flying pod, it only takes one hour."

"Ancient country?!! I have never been there before, let's go then!"

- Ancient Country -

"Run Felicia, there is a traitor in the sacred clan!"

"Aunty, Let's run together!!", cried Felicia while holding Alexander tightly on her bosom. Her beautiful baby boy had just turned four months and she had just finished breastfeeding when her aunt entered the secret room under the temple.

The middle-aged woman was breathing hard and standing by the rough rock wall to support her body sideways. To claim the throne Alexander has to survive his sixth birthday but the enemy was on their track to kill all of them, her niece and grandnephew have to survive to claim the throne.

"Save Alexander so our ancient throne will become ours again, but if all of us die today, at least we die trying. Don't give up, Felicia!"

The former ancient Empress was spitting black blood.

"Aunty!!! Nooo!!!"

Felicia Lee was looking at her back, a small dagger was imbedded on her lumbar, the prideful former empress body was fallen gracefully on the ground while Felicia was able to grab one of her hand to break her fall. After a great struggle with the help of Felicia, the proud former Empress was sitting by the wall and reaching inside her sleeve and took out her gold ancient Imperial plague and said, " Keep this safely with your life!"

Then she was gone, her eyes were wide open with regret. The former Empress died silently with great regret.

"Aunty! I will fulfill your death wish!", Felicia vowed.

Then she ran and ran and ran toward the wild jungle while holding Alexander tightly to her heart anguishedly.

Alexander was suddenly awakened and cried furiously and Felicia Lee looked back just in time to see that the enemy had caught up to their trace.

She was stumbling down when her foot caught on the rough terrain. However, she broke her fall on her back and Alexander was unharmed.

"Waaaah, Waaah."

The big fall had made her unconscious that even Alexander's loud cries were unable to bring her consciousness back.

"Check on her body!!", order the bulky man wearing a black ninja robe, definitely the leader of the four assassins.

"Nothing Leader!!"

"Search the area, perhaps she had hidden it somewhere in her path with a clue! Find it!!! We need the imperial token to secure our Emperor position!!"

The Four assassins with great gin gong skill had dispersed into 4 directions to search the ancient Imperial token while the leader was pulling the crying baby from his unconscious mother.

"HaHaHa"

The evil man laugh...

"WaaaaWaaaaWaaaa"

The chubby baby boy cried...

"..."

The baby's crying voice finally was able to reach out to his mother.

Felicia Lee was wincing hard to see her baby dangling in the hand of the evil assassin leader.

"G-Give m-me b-back my b-baby!", Felicia cried with a worrisome look.

"Where is the Dragon token?!!", smirked the evil man while looking at Felicia Lee unmoving even when her tears ran down like a river.

Struggling, Felicia Lee was finally up and walking slowly toward the assassin leader that was only 6 feet away from her.

"P-Please my baby...., Let go of him!!"

Felicia Lee walked forward...

"The Token, Now!"

The evil man walked backward...

"WaaaaWaaaa"

The chubby baby dangling on the air, all of his limbs facing down. The evil man grabbed the baby with his clothing tightly.

The evil man stopped in front of the cliff, still dangling the chubby baby.

"No...., Let him go! I don't have it, but I could take you there!"

Before the leader could answer, one of the assassins return with the jade token. "Leader, we found it!"

"HaHaHa..., Kill her now!!!"

While ordering his bad deed, the evil leader let go of the baby of the cliff...

"As you wish, now I could let him go, princess!", mocked the evil man.

"NNooooo!!!!!"

The sight of her crying baby falling down the cliff was the last time she remembered before a dagger was embedded on her chest.

This is the end of her story...

Alex Lee, my love, I am sorry, I couldn't protect our baby...

Aunty, I am sorry I couldn't fulfill your dying wish...

Her tears turned into blood and she vomited a mouthful of blood before darkness claimed her.

"Good..., mission accomplished!"

"How about her body, Leader?!"

"Let nature take care of it!"

In a swoosh, the assassins left the premise.

Not long after the incident, the jungle was silent again...

An old monk was walking with his cane toward Felicia Lee and sighed hard. "Hhmmm, to save or not to save?!"

He was no longer of the sacred tribal member, the ancient country issue was no longer his concern, but fate had taken him to the princess. He has to save her...

But too bad, even though she will live on, the poison had seeped into her vital core halfway and ruined her beautiful face and vocal chord...

A short time ago...

Alex Lee and Eugene Acker were resting by the beautiful lake under the cliff when they heard a baby voice from the sky...

"WaaaWaaaa"

They looked up with great concern when the saw the baby direction....

The flying baby was nose dive toward the lake...

"What?", simultaneously both of them were stunned at the horrific sight.

"Splash!!!"

Within a second, the baby was drowning...

Without thinking, Alex Lee was diving to save the baby...

Luckily there was no stream in the lake, immediately, he found the drowning baby and save him from his doomed fate.

Alex Lee handed over the unconscious baby to Eugene Acker while he was climbing the steep rock below the cliff.

Eugene laid the baby on the flat ground...

Immediately, Alex Lee was performing CPR on the baby, it was a special trick for baby.

Instead of a palm, he was using two fingers to pump the baby's chest. Raising the baby's mouth slowly by his chin, he blew oxygen inside of the baby's lung...

Instantly...

"Cough Cough, Waaaaaaaa"

The baby is alive...

Alex Lee grinned at the chubby baby proudly.

What a fighter baby!

"Eugene, let go check on the imbecile that dares to hurt this baby!"

They went inside the flying pod and headed toward the top of the cliff.

When they get there no one was there but a mouthful of dark blood.

"Poison!", exclaimed Alex Lee.

"WaaaaWaaaa"

"My Lord, the baby parent may have died from poison, do you want to pursue this problem?!"

Alex Lee was scanning the wild jungle for any trace of a living person but no one was there.

"No, the ancient country is not our problem, let take the baby home. Don't tell anyone about this incident or where we have been. Just tell them that the baby is mine from my dead mistress".

The chubby baby stopped crying and was looking at the handsome man with a curious look right after he said the words. He was no longer crying for his mother and accepted his fate to be with his savior, his father. Instantly the feeling of warmth and acceptance seeped into him. He was falling asleep while the well-built man was holding him tightly on his hard chest.

It is his father turns to protect him.

The chubby baby smiled beautifully and peacefully in his sleep.