While Caspian calmed the still lingering crowd outside, Lillian headed after Damian. She waited as he took her inside the infirmary, then went inside and found her daughter.
"Savannah, sweetie, are you okay?" The doctors wouldn't let her get too close, so she stood a few feet from the bed.
Damian wasn't in fancy clothes, not when he was about to go on a mission. While out he acted just like everyone else, keeping a look out for the man who shot Savannah. It wasn't until he got to the slums that things started to seem… off. Whispers as he walked by. There was something hiding in the dark, he knew it. At the corner of his eye walking down a dark alleyway, was the man. And Damian took off. With a surprise attack Damian took him down easily. It also didn't help that Damian was much bigger than him and in shape. This guy looked like a druggie. Pushing the guy out of the carriage, he dragged him up the stairs and as soon as he saw the King he threw him to the ground in front of him. "This is the man who shot your daughter. And also the man who is working for someone to take down the royal family. Although he wouldn't tell me who, I just know there is a lot of people working for him." Damian was going to let the King decide what to do next.
King Caspian dismissed the knight he had been talking to and knelt down next to the man, glaring intensely. "I've seen this man before. I spotted him lurking around the castle once and sent some knights after him." He glanced up at Damian. "How did you find him?"
"I may have went to the slums and caught him. I know Kings don't do that, and that it's the knights job." He glared down at the man before looking back at the king with anger in his eyes. "He almost killed my wife, and that won't happen when I'm here. I'd suggest getting an investigator, someone you trust to look into who is behind all this." Damian so badly wanted to hit this man, but he didn't want to get down on his level. "Someone is after you, and your whole family."
While Caspian calmed the still lingering crowd outside, Lillian headed after Damian. She waited as he took her inside the infirmary, then went inside and found her daughter.
"Savannah, sweetie, are you okay?" The doctors wouldn't let her get too close, so she stood a few feet from the bed.
"I-I'm okay, really… they won't let me leave." Savannah's sleeve was pulled down so her bandaged shoulder was visible. "They said the bullet went through, so we don't have to worry about that. Has Damian come back yet? He's not hurt, is he?"
Caspian inhaled deeply as he stood, then let it out slowly and glared at the man below him. "Of course there is." He looked at Damian. "You don't think this is first time someone has tried to assassinate one of us, do you?" He turned to the guard behind him. "You, alert the High Knights and have them come to the meeting room. And, if you can…find Leonus." The last part made him want to cringe, but he didn't.
Lillian made an uncomfortable noise from behind her hands, and the one doctor left in the room finally allowed her to approach and hug Savannah. "I don't know about Damian, but I'm sure he's fine. He's strong and knows his way around."
Savannah nodded, wincing slightly when her mother hugged her. "Do you think he found the guy that did it? When will we be allowed to go outside again?" She knew that it would be some time before she would be allowed to leave again for fear of her safety, but staying inside the castle all the time was going to drive her mad.
Lillian straightened up, fixing her dress. "A week or two, I suppose. It's usually longer when there's an assassination attempt on the throne, but this wasn't too big." She paused and looked at Savannah, then leaned over and kissed her head. "Not that you getting…s-shot…isn't big."
(Just gonna rudely interrupt…)
Georgiana rushed down the halls, not stopping until she was near the hospital wing. She couldn't keep the whispers out of her head. The queen… shot… For once, she didn't stop for formalities. "Princess - er - queen - ugh, Savannah, are you all right? What happened?" She asked hurriedly.
"Georgiana?" Savannah looked up at her as she entered. "Yes, I'm fine. Have you been running? You seem winded…" She tried to get up to check on Georgiana, but the doctors held her down. Savannah sighed a bit, but stayed where she was. "Do you know where Damian is?"
"Of course I know this isn't the first time." Damian was just a tad rude about it. Was the King belittling him, thinking as he didn't know anything. "But this is the first time it was done so openly. I'm just saying to are getting braver, and getting people to talk." Damian fixed his suit keeping his composure against the King. "I should go see my wife. So if you'll excuse me." He bowed before turning on his heels and walking away. Damian wasn't King yet so he couldn't make many decisions, but he could help the King get some insight. "Savannah?" He opened to see Savannah, her mother and Georgeiana. "Thank the heavens you are okay." He sighed and walked over to her.
Savannah hugged Damian and breathed a sigh of relief. "No one really seemed to know where you'd gone… you can't run off like that! You could get hurt, you know." She broke away and winced a bit at the sudden movement in her shoulder. "Did you find the guy? I presume that's what you were out trying to do anyways, right?"
Damian stood there for a moment, just watching the shooter try not to look at him, then he called over two guards. "Take this man down to the dungeon. I've got a meeting to get to." He turned and headed down the hall as the guards lifted the man and took him away. He walked a little quicker than usual, and soon opened the doors to the meeting hall, where three men were already sitting at the long table. "Gentlemen." Caspian bowed his head courtly, as did the men. "We have some business to take care of."
"Ah yes. Your Father is dealing with him." Damian pulled Savannah into a gentle hug making sure not to hurt her. "Don't worry, I won't get injured that easily." Damian had been on his own in the woods for a while, and even in his own country wild animals always wandered around. So he was used to this kind of stuff, although it was his first time hunting down a human. "You should be sitting and resting. You just got shot, so I think standing isn't the best choice right now."
"Everyone's worrying so much… it's just my shoulder, I'm okay." Savannah sat down anyways. She never really got anywhere by disobeying people. "I'm sure I'll be good as new in a few days. May I return to my chambers now." The doctors discussed for a moment before deciding that she could leave so long as Damian went with her. She stood up and took Damian's arm, walking out of the infirmary.
"Are you sure you are okay?" Damian carefully walked in case she started hurting or something. "That really freaked me out." Running a hand through his hair, he sighed, sort of letting all the stress out. Now he knew he was going to be paranoid whenever Savannah goes outside. But as long as he's there, he'll do his best to not let her get hurt.
Lillian followed them out, then pulled Georgiana aside. "Tell Damian the king and I will be in the Meeting Hall…and that my husband may want to talk with him. But he doesn't have to come right away; I would honestly prefer he stay with Savannah for a while." She walked away, toward the Meeting Hall. There was always a meeting with the High Knights when something like this happened.
"I'm perfectly fine, Damian. This kind of thing just happens sometimes. They won't let me go outside for a week, and then everything will be back to normal." They made it up to Savannah's bedroom, where she sat down again. "Just try to relax, okay? Everything will be normal again soon." She spotted a knight waiting at her door. "I think someone wants to talk to you." She said to Damian, looking over at the ink knight.
"Hm?" He followed Savannah's line of sight. Once he helped Savannah get comfortable he walked to the door, shutting it behind him. "Is something wrong?" The guard just laughed and patted Damian's shoulder. "No, nothing g like that. The King is holding a meeting and wants you to attend. Come, follow me." Damian quickly opened the door and told Savannah he would be back in a bit. The guard leads him down a few hallways before entering a room. The King and Queen were there along with the high knight and a few older people. "I was told to come."
Everyone turned to the doors as Damian entered, the knights greeting with curt bows. "Good, you're here. Please, sit." Caspian said, motioning to the seat on his left side. He was at the head of the table, with Lillian to his right, and the knights on either side down. "Is Savannah okay?"
"Yes. She is resting at the moment." He reassured the king as he took a seat. Damian was wondering what this could be about, although he had an idea. He sat tall ensuring that everyone wouldn't take him for some small country Prince, but rather as royalty itself.
"Good. Thank you for looking out for her." Caspian said, and stayed standing. "Damian, these are the High Knights; good friends of the royal families, especially ours, the most skilled in the country, and always ready to defend the throne. I assume you know them?"
One of the men across from Damian was tall, well built, and looked as if he wouldn't easily fit through a normal-sized door. His messy black hair fell over one of his black eyes, hiding the worst of the many scars on his bearded face.
The second man was only a bit shorter, with dark-toned skin and dull green eyes that simultaneously looked calm and annoyed.
The last one was much smaller than the others, but he was just as fit and prepared. His dirty blonde locks were held away from his clean face, showing off his bright green eyes.
"I've heard of them." Damian couldn't exactly say he knew them. But he did remember his parents talking about them, when they would come back from their trips. They would say they were the best of the best. At a young age Damian heard stories and wanted to be just like them, so he had them to thank for his fighting skills. He always wanted to be a knight.
The bearded man smiled. "Right, your parents never seem to want to take you along on the trips that we're involved in. Well, it's good to finally meet you, Prince Damian. Or, should I say, King Damian?"
Damian let out an awkward laugh. It was strange seeing his hero's in person. "Ah, Yeah, they said I was too young for it, and when i got older i had to stay behind and watch over the country. And Damian is just fine." Damian was trying not to act flustered, but it seemed not to be helping. But, I guess he knew one of the Great knights, his father. But once he fell in love with his mother he stopped being a knight and moved on to king. Although he didn't talk about it much.