The Tenth Land

I was the last one to walk into the meeting room. Slamming the door loudly to notify the guards of my presence. "Alright, time to think of a plan to take over Ten, any ideas?" I asked while walking to the front of the room. No one suggested anything, as I was always the one coming up with the plans. I knew taking over Ten would be the hardest land yet, so I was very open to anyone's suggestions. Ten's people would put up a good fight so I needed the best foolproof plan I could get my hands on. My eyes scanned over the silent room and I noticed everyone was awkwardly looking down or fiddling with their thumbs. I broke into a wicked grin, "Merrick," I suggested coldly, "you're always coming up with brilliant ideas, what do you propose we do?"

"I think we should stun them somehow and grab as many people as possible, Sir," Merrick spoke feebly. My grin grew even more, Merrick was one of my best guards and always had the best plans. Whether it was sheer intelligence or just plain fear, I didn't really care. "Would anyone like to add on?" I asked to the yet again silent room. Out of the corner of my eye I saw another guard open his mouth and the close it again quickly, like he had something to say but thought I would disapprove.

"Dawson, what is it?" I asked the mouthing idiot. He clearly had something to say and I'll be damned if I let him get away with withholding plans from me.

"What about gas?" Dawson submissively replied. I thought about it for a bit and I could tell Dawson was about to be sick with nerves.

"Gas," I tested it out on my tongue, "I like it. We could gas all of Ten and then you all can get to choose your toys. Merrick and Dawson get first picks for coming up with the plan, the rest of toucan have at them." Dawson and Merrick then enthusiastically high-fived each other.

My thoughts had been nonstop since the meeting. What gas would be strong enough to knock out an entire land yet not damage any living being? How much would I need? What if Ten is lrepared for an attack like this? That moment something struck me. Ten was most likely prepared for anything and have a counter-attack for anything at any given moment. I'm not stupid and neither are they, I won't deny that. They know what's going to happen. The only thing I have against them is they don't know when I'll attack. Land Ten probably has their only army full of people willing to die at any given moment to save the rest of their land. I then realized what I have to do, as much as I don't like it, it's a risk I'm willing to take. So much could go wrong with my plan, but if things went off without a hitch Ten would be mine and I would have everything I've ever wanted in life.

"Dawson, Merrick, I want to speak with you," I called into the room where a majority of the guards hung out. Before I turned around to walk back to my office I saw two shaky figures slowly stand to follow me. Once they were in my office and they took a seat, I shut the door behind them. No one else needed to know about my plan besides the two in front of me.

"You're not in trouble, you can relax," I informed them and saw them instantly let out a breath, "I need your help, it's going to be difficult but I believe you two will be the best for the job," I told them. Dawson looked excited while it seemed as if Merrick had a mix of interest and terror.

"I need you to go to Freefall Ten and pretend you want to help them defeat us, you will report back to me in a month's time with Ten's exact plan. Leave nothing out, I'll know if you have done anything to harm me and you won't be happy with the consequence," I instructed with a menacing stare at the both of them. Now they shared a look of pure terror as they nodded their heads.

"Now get out of my office and tell no one of this, you leave tomorrow at eight AM sharp," they again kidded and hurriedly ran out of the room. I swear to god if they mess something up I will have their heads on a stick.

Notes

Sorry it's been like three weeks since I last updated but here's a new chapter. School is stressful as fuck already and I hate algebra with a passion but I finally got the motivation to write a decent (?) chapter.