Ambush

"So nice to see you, Voltoire.Would you take me to the Oasis, please? I like to refresh by the water. " Sienna smiled sweetly.

"Why don't you come down my queen? " Voltoire asked surprisedly.

"My feet are sore from dancing today," she smiled innocently. She did not mention, that she is locked up because it was too humiliating and everyone was scared of Sharchan. Besides, nobody asked her if she is locked up. lol

"Of course," said the Voltoire and let Sienna climb on his back. Then he flew with Sienna to the Oasis.

Sharchan was still a bit angry after seeing the incompetent guards, so he went hunting. The 3 days he spent with his tribe made his legacy stronger again. He felt the cruel snake laughing in his head. He planned to keep the queen locked all day to make her think about her behaviour. He was excited to see her sulking on the bed. He kind of wanted to revenge for his hurt feelings as he missed her when she was with Tyrell. He was seeing pictures of her laughing and mating with Tyrell non-stop these 3 days. He could not even sleep, it was driving him crazy. He allowed Tyrell to be her mate, and his snake possessiveness was making him crazy. He knew Sienna did not like to be angry for long, so he figured out what he will do. He will coax her first to stop sulking by kissing her, then after he tells her off for humiliating him, then he will force her to ask him for forgiveness with his cold stares and by feigning ignorance and then he will just make out with her all night. What a great plan! He was happy with himself. He did not even get it, that he was one in wrong in his head. He was too messed up from his legacy and he truly enjoyed scheming and manipulating others.

Sienna and Voltoire arrived in the Oasis, it looked so dreamy at this time of the day, the sun was still high, and was long past lunchtime, so Sienna was hungry. She decided to have a nice bath in the Oasis and have some fruits, she was thinking, how Sharchan will come home at night and will not find her there...She actually planned to go sleep in Tyrell's office room and lock the door, then she will be back in the Oasis in the morning..."What a great plan," she laughed. Even in Tyrell's absence, nobody would enter his office room. "Sharchan can wear that veils by himself and sleep with her dresses instead..." she bitterly laughed in her mind. " And he can eat those flowers."Sienna burst into bitter laughter and a few tears came out of her eyes. She was feeling hurt. She will not have him treat her like this.

Voltoire come closer to Sienna..."Can you tell me what happened now, my queen?"Sienna looked at him, "How do you know something happened?"

"You have it plastered all over your face. I know how you look when you are happy. I'm your friend, no? So you can tell me anything..."Voltoire was asking her gently. His voice was like a soothing balm for her upset soul. Sienna looked into Voltaire's handsome face. She always felt so safe with him.

"It was a long day. First Sharchan took all my dresses and forced me to wear a veil. He even stole the dress I was sleeping in! And then Sharchan got me pretty flowers and then toss them to my feet, so I embarrassed him by asking him if the wind blew it out of his hand. He is snake legacy crazy from the day he come back, he is like a drama queen. He did not let me kiss Tyrell goodbye. And send Ziran off for a week as well. Nobody is stronger than him, so he can do whatever he wants. I'm alone to face crazy snake!"Sienna blurted.

"Are you running away with me now?" Voltoire asked.

"Of course not, you are my friend and you are not the king anyway."Sienna looked at him in surprise.

"I can become a king for you, I'm strongest in my tribe. I'm here because I want to, not because I have to." Voltoire said seriously.

Sienna looked at him in shock, "Do you love me?"

"Love is such a complicated word, let's say I will never refuse you."Voltoire chuckled.

"You are a very sneaky vulture. I'm so happy to have you as my friend," Sienna laughed.

"No, I'm not running away. I just want to clear my head and have a nice day in Oasis. I will go back and lock myself in Tyrell's office, till Sharchan will find out how to treat me nice again."Sienna sighed.

"Don't you expect too much from him my queen?"Voltoire noted.

"Well, you can give him a hint, if you think he will take too long. I don't like to be upset long. I forgave him anyway, and playing upset is quite exhausting. Besides, he is so handsome, I just look into his face and I want him..." she sighed.

Voltoire watched her dreamy face. Her long eyelashes and sparkling blue eyes, her long golden hair..."You are the most interesting female I know. I feel sorry now, I did not keep you for myself."

Sienna smiled, "Would you fight the Snake King for me?"

"Do you think he can fly?"Voltoire asked.

"No!" Sienna replied.

"You see..there will be no need."Voltoire smiled sadly.

"Stop Voltaire. I do love him and Tyrell too."Sienna smiled sadly.

"I know you are so sweet, but you should be more careful," Voltoire said.

"But I can trust you, no?"Sienna started feeling a bit uneasy.

"Of course, you can, I will never go against your wishes."Voltoire nodded.

"You are my amazing friend." she hugged him and kissed his cheek.

Voltoire smiled. It will be good to keep her as a friend. But the more time he spend with her, the more he wanted to be closer to her. Besides, that hug and kiss felt so good. She is indeed interesting.

Sienna finished eating her fruit when Voltoire saw something shiny glitter on the other side of the lake."Look, Sienna did you see that?"

"No," Sienna said.

"Wait here, I check it out. "Voltoire flew over the lake and picked up the shiny object. He could not resist shiny things. He was a bit like a magpie in this. "Look Sienna, it's a rare crystal..." he waved the shiny object happily in the air.

"Really?" Sienna was excited. She did not look for magic crystals because she liked Tyrell and Sharchan too much and decided to stay with them.

Suddenly the gust of sand raised and Sienna felt something hard clutched her waist tightly. It started to pull her to the sand with a great force, she gasped for air and covered her eyes.

"Sienna," Voltoire called when he saw the sand raising. He just saw her gone in a second. "They were waiting for us here."Voltoire thought and flew to find Tyrell for help.

The huge scorpion took Sienna down the sand routes. Sienna was in shock. She was holding both hands on her face, to protect her eyes from the sand. The scorpion held her tight. He was travelling through the sand at tremendous speed. Sienna was thinking is faster than cars in her world. She was getting dizzy and closed her eyes. She knew this must be the famous scorpion tribe as they were huge opposite to small wild scorpions. She decided not to provoke it. As she was a queen, probably she will go meet the famous Scorpion King now. She remembered Voltoire's words, "You can't say no to him " and her mind froze. Then the Sharchan's words came to her mind."Stay alive for me and Tyrell." Sienna felt a bit sorry she left the room. Hopefully, Voltoire will call Tyrell for help. She knew he would not go straight to Sharchan because he would probably kill him on the spot. Well, at least Sharchan will have work to do to went his stupid moods. He can work on saving her instead. But will he save her? What if he is too angry at her to come? Well, Tyrell is definitely coming. But are they stronger than Scorpion King? Is he poisonous? If he is poisonous, she would be rather they don't come. She wanted them to live. " The best it be to make a friend from him," she thought."That way Tyrell and Sharchan will not need to fight him. I see, who he is first."

The scorpion slowed down and Sienna opened her eyes. It took her to the big mountains which looked like a kind of stone city. "This must be the Sand City!" she thought. They came to a huge gate with human-looking scorpion warriors standing near it. They got black armours resembling scorpions, tanned skin and black hair. Their black shiny eyes looked at Sienna with interest. The huge scorpion put Sienna down and changed himself to his human form as a young warrior. He grabbed her shoulder tightly and tell the city guard," The queen is here, inform the king!" Sienna looked at him, he was quite young with a serious face, fire-red hair, around 18, almost teenage, but immensely strong ." I was thinking they change around 30th year of life," she thought, "Maybe scorpions are different." She looked at him with a kind smile." Please don't press my shoulder too strong," she said, "You can crush my bones with your strength. I will be not running away from you anyway.I like to meet your king." The warrior looked at her with surprise. The Queen was calm and collected, even he sensed her heart is beating loud as a drum. This was his first big mission and he did not want to do any mistakes. "This way my queen," he pointed her behind the gate and led her way into the city. Sienna took a deep breath and followed him closely.