"HELP ME SOMEBODY!" I yelled as I ran across the sand knowing that no one was near me for at least a mile, but I kept screaming for help, hoping I could out run whoever was chasing me. Finally I stopped screaming and focused on running.

Is that a village? I thought, my spirits lifted as I ran straight for the village. If I can get there than I can hopefully escape him, I thought, why does he want me so much to chase me through the desert? I knew the answer to that I tried to steal from him and he didn't want a thief to get away even though he is a thief.

I can see the village coming closer, closer, closer.

"Somebody help me!" I cried as I reached the village. I knew the thief who wanted me so much was right on my tail. I ran halfway up the street of crowded merchants and gave up running and turned around to face the thief.

"heh, so kid, you finally gave up" he said with a grin. We had attracted the entire streets attention. Why was nobody helping me? I thought.

"what, you can't handle a little running?" he said with a smirk then tilted his head back and laughed a cruel heartless laugh. I backed up a step, feeling more frightened than I did as I was running. Great now I will never escape him even if I am faster than him I shoulda stuck to running. He took a knife out of his piece of clothe wrapped around his thigh. "now" he said as he ran his finger along the blade. A trickle of blood ran down his finger as he held it up to show me how sharp the knife was. big deal, I thought. "we can do this the easy way or the hard way"

"if you want me come and get me, tough guy" with that I turned to run but didn't make it 5 feet before the thief pounced on me. I fell face first to the floor with enormous force, this guy was heavier than I thought. He kept me down with his legs, i tried to struggle to get free but like i said, he's heavy. I saw him raise his knife out of the corner of my eye. A woman gasped. Were they all just gonna let this guy kill me and steal everything i owned. i don't even know why he would want me. the knife started to lower in slow motion as i waited for my life to end. i stopped struggling.

"HEY!" i opened my eyes and saw the knife had stopped. huh, i thought, where did that voice come from "attacking innocent kids for your own sick pleasure is wrong, let the boy go NOW!" i heard the voice say.

The man got off me with a chuckle. "well, well if it isn't my dear friend Akefia, your one to talk, you kill people for your own sick pleasure"

"well maybe i wanted to kill the boy" i turned to look at the source of the voice. Akefia, I think that was his name, was wearing a grin that showed off his perfect white teeth, red eyes and was wearing white shorts, or something like that under a blood red robe, with a white headdress surrounded by chains. hm, i wonder where the scare on his right cheek came from, wait what am i thinking, he's a thief, yes, but he is coming to your rescue, but he said he was just planning to kill you anyway, i argued with my self as the two thiefs talked.

"so you want steal the boy away from me with dumb talk about attacking innocent children, well, Akefia you've lost your touch, i never thought that you of all thiefs would stoop that low, caring for children i mean come on" i got up and starred at the one called Akefia. He looked so scary yet i wasn't afraid. It was either him or the unknown thief. i picked him.

"why don't you just get away from this little boy and let me do what i want without making yourself look like and idiot." he said which made the other thief look furious. i wanted to laugh at this but that would probably mean my death faster. i prefered to be killed by Akefia than the other thief.

"Why should i, this kid was mine first and you can steal him away. his stuff is mine and that's that. You don't get it." he said with a snarl.

"hey kid, you wanna get away from this guy" he said in more of a retorical voice but i still answered with i nod. "then hand over your stuff so he can travel far away and live off the money he makes ripping people off." i quickly handed over my stuff without protest even though i wanted to keep it, but i trusted this guy for some reason.

"now get out of here" he said to the thief who took off running in the direction he came. Akefia turned to me and now that the only other threat that was in my life other than starvation was gone I was for some reason scared of the red eyed thief who was walking straight towards me with an evil look in his eyes. oh yeah he did say he was going to kill me, but ill do him a favor for saving my life from the other thief, ill let him kill me.

when he got to me i noticed how far i had to tilt my head so i could look him directly in the eye. he's tall, i thought. he knelt down so we were eye level, he put his hand on my neck and i felt a slight squeeze, i closed my eyes, waiting for the life to be drained from my body but it never happened. i felt the hand loosen it grip and another hand ruffle my hair. i opened my eyes. to see a smile on the face of what i thought would be my murderer. then he started to laugh at my puzzled expression.

"got you" he stood up and started to walk away "take care kid, and don't get into any more

if you come across a thief and you don't have any thing on you you c an be sure of one thing that

said thief will be out for blood your blood." and with that he was out of ear shot.

"wait i thought you wanted to kill me" i said running after him.

"i'm don't want your blood, sorry kid but your not that special" he said with a chuckle as he kept walking.

"then why would you save me like that?"i said pulling on his robe.

"listen kid," he stopped walking and turned to me. "for one don't ever tug on my clothes, got it, and two why i saved you doesn't matter why don't you go on home and tell your mommy how lucky you are that the thief king saved your *ss" he said standing up and turning to go.

"i can't" i said mainly to my self but loud enough that he could hear it.

"and why is that" he said over his shoulder.

"because their dead"