Free Regius by Nastasia Peters

teachings as he was faced with the large
control panel that kept everything securely locked. He could
escalate the walls, which he assumed the Regius did when they
raided this place, but it would take too long and the soldiers
would return before he'd be able to make his way within.
    He could rip the panel out,
which he knew the Regius must have tried on numerous occasions as
well, but unlike them, Galax knew it would only send the security
system into a frenzy and set off the back-up lock-down. Destroying
the electrical source wasn't an option either; he himself was the
one that suggested they install two backup generators to feed the
security system in case of a black out or multiple
breach.
    Tapping in the code that
triggered the eye scanner, Galax tried to be patient as it slowly
appeared from the wall beside the control panel, occasionally
looking over his shoulder to make sure the soldiers were still busy
chasing Apnea. Once the device was ready to be used, Galax moved
closer and allowed it to scan his eye. Before the robotic voice
could ask him to state his name, he tapped in another code and
grabbed the device to turn it over and reveal the
microphone.
    "Override all systems." He
whispered into it, watching the small screen on the panel come to
life and start deleting all settings installed by whichever Pallium
had been in charge to set up the security system. Now he had five
minutes to get to the tech room and stop the computers from sending
a signal to the Pallium base.
    Leaving the control panel
to do its job, Galax moved over to the large double doors and
smiled when security had indeed been breached, allowing him to open
them. Stepping inside, he quickly scanned the large circular
opening that held the Altors training ground, making sure there
were no soldiers before he sprinted as silently as possible over to
the tech room located on the right side. He was again glad to find
out all locks had sprung, allowing him to make his way inside with
no problem.
    "Oh, no you don't." He
murmured at the computer system that was coming to life. He stepped
over to the master tower, reaching behind it and pressing the
hidden button so the side of it would pop open. He crouched before
it and reached within to pull free one small wire that would shut
everything down.
    When the screens turned
off, Galax sighed in relief and allowed himself a few seconds
before continuing on with his mission.
    Although he hadn't intended
to sit there very long, it was shorter lived than he thought it
would have been when a noise reached his ears. Standing, he
carefully made his way over to the door, peaking through the
opening to view the courtyard. His teeth gritted in annoyance when
the soldier walking across the training area turned out to be the
Keeper. It seemed every time his life became particularly
complicated, the dead speaker had to be present. He felt the
'pessimism' threatening to break free the longer he stared at the
man and it only made him all the more angry now that he needed to
waste time trying to calm himself down. How much easier would it be
if he just gave in and killed him?
    Galax was pulled out of his
dark thoughts, a noise of surprise escaping him when the door he
was hiding behind was ripped open, and before he could really
understand what it is that was happening, he found himself laying
flat on the ground with a body sitting on top of him, holding him
down. Enraged at having been bested, Galax allowed his strength to
rush through and help him overpower the person believing they had
secured a pure Blue Blood.
    "How naive!" He growled,
hearing the boy grunt in pain when they rolled over. Galax's hands
closed around the Altors throat, his knees settled on the boy's
wrists and his legs were wrapped around the untrained soldier's own
legs so that he could in no way try and break free. In those
seconds, Galax knew he would kill the boy before the Keeper could
rush over. He'd have enough time to push the dead Altor away