Chapter 12

The Prince of Egypt

It was almost disturbing enough that a child of their own could be this dangerous, the good son gone wrong. It was almost too good to be true; his smile was as wicked as his maroon hair and red eyes. His grin was as menace looking as a real god of death should have. Except his was scarier.

Tyson got up slowly right after restraining himself from the snakes slithering on the floor. As Sandalphon held the sword, his eyes were grinning as though of a sadist. He kept it on Yugi, his own father who caused his unseen birth to ever happen.

"The Pharaoh must die under his name!" Sandalphon yelled, and he swooped in and swung his blade to cut Yugi in half, but Yugi dodged it. Hilary tried to stop him but didn't know how since she had no way of bringing up goddess powers that she remembers having.

As Yugi kept dodging, Tyson snuck from behind and bashed Sandalphon's head with his kendo stick. Except that the kendo stick snapped in half flying towards the wall and almost hitting Max but missed. Max just came in from the door behind Hilary.

Sandalphon jabbed his elbow on Tyson's face, pushing him down on the floor. But when Yugi came wrapping his arms around Sandalphon's neck to strain him down, Sandalphon jabbed his elbow again at Yugi's stomach, forcing him to let go. Yugi would hold on, but after the forth hit, Yugi let to writhe the pain he couldn't bare. Kai came around this time, after breathing a few times from being hung by a noose, he took the rope Sandalphon used his powers to untie him from the neck and wrapped it around Sandalphon's neck, trying to control him, Kai wasn't strong enough, so Ray suddenly came and helped him, choking him down.

"Stop it!" Hilary screamed, "Don't hurt him!"

But they didn't stop. All of their rage taking out on him, their feelings of distraught was because of him. And even because of him, Hilary is probably more and more of her old self, beautiful and perhaps more lustful.

Yugi hearing Hilary's scream, notice the three boys toppled on Sandalphon, trying to hold him down, Yugi rushing towards them tried to pull off Ray and Kai from him, but then Sandalphon's back grew something from under his skin. His back grew like a hunchback, Ray and Kai and Yugi on top rose up in the air from Sandalphon's back. Then the three fell off not able to hang on from holding the rope around Sandalphon's neck. Then great wings sprung out from Sandalphon's back. Great black wings with red eyes on all sides of the feather, it had dark red rubies hung by white pearls that looking like tears from the eyes. It was almost like a great Dark Angel has come in front of them from the depths of hell or perhaps Osiris' eye.

"Sandalphon…"Hilary swept off saying, she was so amazed yet almost regretful to see the form Sandalphon has made. This was perhaps the true form of the Prince of Egypt.

Sandalphon's eyes begun to bleed, it was something Hilary felt was killing the inside of Sandalphon.

"Sandalphon, please stop this..." Hilary begged, she felt useless now that her friends were trying to protect her, trying to kill him for her, and because of this, she can't bring out the strength to stop him.

Sandalphon is doing all this for her, she knows that, she must try to cope with him to stop, even though her side of the memories she remembers in Rome was to fight it all out, she knew being her old self won't do anything, fighting him became to painful for her to bare. Violence itself was not the way to protect her, at least not like this. How can she stop him without killing him?

Or was there another way?

Sandalphon started crying, his tears being mixed with blood was making his tears bright red.

That's when he flew out of the dojo, making a huge break out through the ceiling wall, he flew out having splattering blood all over the walls and floor. Max was covered of splattered blood on the side of face and shirt and shorts. Kenny was behind him speechless. The snakes in the room suddenly vanished.

Hilary stared off on the floor. Unsure if whether of what happened was real.

"How could you..?" she whispered out loud.

Yugi went to hug her for comfort but she pushed him away. Her action shocked Yugi.

"How could all of you do that to him?" Hilary screamed at the Bladebreakers and Yugi.

Kai, Tyson and Ray looked dumbfounded. Almost shocked really. Why else would they do that, self defense was aloud when being attacked. Especially by enchanted and possessed snakes that eat you and kill you.

"Because it's his fault that you,"-"That's not it!" Hilary screamed at Tyson when he tried to explain.

"If it's anyone's fault it's mine!" She screamed, "I tried to tell you to stay away, but he knew about you anyway! And I tried to maybe, for once.." She went quiet, struggling to say the word. "To maybe for once protect you guys, but I know it's not possible."

Her eyes traveled afar on the floor, "All of you are the same, you're the same as the rest of the men before then. And the same when trying to protect me, You shed blood and get hurt and hurt one another all for me!" She started crying.

"Now I remember why I was so sad, I could never have anyone without having them love me as just a goddess." Hilary suddenly realized. Then she turned her head to look at Yugi, no, not Yugi, Atem.

"But I found one man to see me as who I was, He's been here by my side this whole time, saving me and helping me. But I have to do this on my own now." She started to stutter in the words she was about to say but couldn't, instead she took Yugi's hand and held it to her chest.

"I think I know how to stop him. A mom knows best." And she kissed him on the lips one more. Then she stared at the Bladebreakers.

She looked at Ray, at Kai, at Tyson, at Max and Kenny and stared coldly at all of them.

"I know no reason to hate you, but look at me again for the Wicked Witch of the Eight Grade Hilary, not the Goddess who was executed in Egypt."

And there she left, the scene that Sandalphon caused had made such a disturbia on the kids. They watch her leave. While all of the boys felt distraughted, Yugi for once felt confident. He finally pinched in a smile, but then he walked with Hilary, taking her hand.

"I trust you," he said, "But I want to be there anyway, You can't tell me to stay in one place and expect me to stay."

Then Tyson tagged behind Yugi, "Neither can I, I'm sorry Hil. But everything now seems so different ever since you were kidnapped. We want to help."

"No, I don't want you too. You'll get hurt and it will be my fault. I don't want all of you fighting him like your animals, A god didn't create the world so it can play it's man made humans like puppets, he's my son, and I am only aloud to kill him." She said firmly.

"That maybe true, but will stand by Yugi and watch, this is your fight Hilary," Ray said, "As much as I want to ," He struggled saying it, "I-I just want you to know how I feel ever since I met Yugi."

"Me too." Max said. His blue eyes were narrowed to the ground as he spoke feeling unsure of what he's doing.

"Come back to us," Kai said, "no matter who or what you are."

"I'm not afraid to tell you anymore then that it's my fault were like this." Yugi confessed.

Hilary put her finger on his lip, "It's okay, pay me back someday when were ready to have a child of our own."

And then for the second time she turned and left them. She was positive that things will not turn out the way they should as she expects, but she had a hunch of Sandalphon and his emotions of her. One spit of the devil's wine and all it takes is to make the devil drink his own poison.

For once Hilary felt she wasn't doing this just as Arianna, but as the Hilary that is now. Of course she was afraid, but being afraid will cause her do achieve nothing if she doesn't do anything. She has no choice, Sandalphon will have to part of her forever until she can allow him to come out again. And so she followed the child's mind that wanders in darkness.

Where would the Prince of Egypt be where his mother can be near?

Hilary started to run, not sure of where she was going, but as she imagined Sandalphon's face in tears, she started going outskirts of the city and toward the beach.

The beach was sunny and windy. It was cold but warm at the same time. And it wasn't so bad to sit down in the sand. The beach wasn't public, in fact, it was deserted. This place brought back memories, Tyson and the gang always came to the beach to practice and train for tournaments in Beyblading and for fun. Hilary didn't do much that time, she was always on the line with Kenny watching Tyson and the Bladebreakers do their training. She would always cheer for them and support them, but in the end, she wouldn't have support in return, especially from Tyson or Kai. Kai was always silent all the time, always glaring at her as though she wasn't suppose to be there, she would see in his eyes that he held the words "Why are You Here? You should leave because you annoy me."

Those silent words spoke through his eyes all the time, but Hilary would ignore them, and now she regrets not doing so.

However deep inside, she thanked their heartless acts, because afterwards she met Yugi again, her depression wouldn't be selfless act without him bringing back childhood memories of when he was her tutor. It was more than father daughter love between them, even though he was necessarily her lover as a man, but even though he took care of her when she was a little girl, Yugi had moments of taking care of her as a woman, and she wasn't afraid of him kissing her more then on the cheek.

She was thankful that her mother didn't notice. She was only 8 while he was 16. She knew that he lied to the public about him being 22 years old, he was much older then that, but his appearance appeared to have his notation.

She stood in the sand looking afar from to the ocean. Her memories of the beach wasn't as bad as she got older hanging out with Tyson. She remembered her first time at the beach was when Yugi took her out for the first time. He never reported such events to her mother, he knew Hilary needed to see the world in order to learn and study better in school. He took her to the beach and she couldn't believe her eyes when she stepped on the sand. Something of a memory from a dream she felt as she put a fistful of sand in her hands. She wanted for once to bring Sandalphon and share this moment with him, walk on the sand and sit in the ocean waves as the shores keeps lopping away at your legs and let the sea weed tangle up with your legs. It was a soothing sensation. She was sad on how she could tell Sandalphon hadn't experience such things. Not yet atleast.

She threw the sand in the air and let the wind take away the sand, blowing off towards the sea, like ashes. Like broken tears from a body burnt to a crisp. It was just like Sandalphon was.

"Sandalphon," Hilary whispered to the sky, "Come home with me, it's okay baby, it's okay my love, come home with me."

Red wings shimmered over the ocean waves. Glittering red jewels, flapping red wings, bright like rubies, slowly feathers fell leaving a trail in the sea. It was like a red phoenix flying toward her to the shore. There, his beaming red eyes met hers. For once she could feel her old soul folding in. Almost like a transition of water and fire mixing in. It was a soothing feeling as she felt the inside of her change.

Sandalphon's wings changed color, they were no more black but shimmering red. The eyes in his wings were gone, and there he just looked normal as he slowly landed on the sand, spreading his wings, flapping them to get off some sand and salt from the ocean waves. There he stood looking calm. For once there was nothing on his face that looked evil, not malicious, not even sadist. Just plain smiling warmly.

"Hello mother," He said.

Hilary wasn't sure how to answer to something so alarming as this.

"H-Hello" she said back.

"I've missed you so," He said, and he started to walk towards her, opening his arms out to her.

"Stop!" Hilary ordered him, "Listen to me, you have to stop what your doing, you have to stop and listen to me. Listen to what I have to say."

Sandalphon listened, his long black snake wrapped around his shoulders like a scarf.

"Would you believe me that I told you your father is not a murderer?" Hilary asked, unsure of she was going to say more to him would make any sense.

"How can I?" Sandalphon mentioned, "He killed both you and me, and I was never born, don't you know how much pain I was in!?"

Hilary remembered the needles that were stuck through him, to think him as a fetus was placed in needles for experimenting and pleasure. For that one moment, she didn't think she could do it. But that's when she remembered something.

She went towards him and took his head, and placed it on her chest. There Sandalphon could here her heart beat.

"I remember, back when I was just a little baby, my mother would always place my head on her chest, so I could sleep there, the beating of the heart was like a lullaby, and I would be so relaxed." Hilary said as she let Sandalphon had the moment of the heart.

"And then, did you know when a baby is born, the father can hold him, place the baby near his heart, and soon the baby is laughing. The beating of the father's heart is like a little stroke that makes the baby feel alive. Yugi never killed you with these hands, because when a man sees his child in front of him, that's when they know the sensation of being a father is the most happiest moment in their lives." Hilary said, imagining that if her older self wasn't killed, she would gladly give birth and Yugi as the Pharaoh would be so proud.

"You are the Prince of Egypt, you are a god that is no more then a lonesome child, but come back to me, and then you can start over. All the happiest things will start when you will be born for the first time." Hilary was trying to say, trying not to cry as she remembered her father told her the story of when she was born. When ever she was scared, he would tell her the story of the day her mother gave birth to her, how her gleamy eyes didn't make a cry.

"Be reborn, so I can tell you the story of how you were born, okay?" Hilary asked.

Sandalphon felt Hilary's heart beat next to his ear. What she kept saying was really true, and much of anything else didn't matter.

That's when Yugi appeared behind Hilary. Sandalphon noticed, but he didn't get angry, instead Yugi wrapped his arms around both of them. Hilary could feel that he had golden Egyptian wings that wrapped around them like a blanket. Sandalphon suddenly started to age younger and younger.

Tyson, Max, Ray, Kai and Kenny followed Yugi and discovered the family reunion. Tyson then looked up at the sky and saw that the clouds suddenly got darker and the winds were getting stronger.

"A storm is coming," Ray said looking up. "Yeah…" Tyson said letting his thoughts wonder. Then he squinted his eyes to see far off in the clouds. He could see a person of some sorts floating in the sky as the grey and black clouds moved pass eachother, getting bigger and bigger.

"Hilary!" Tyson yelled out, Hilary looked up still holding Sandalphon who seemed to be in a very relaxed sleep. Yugi looked up as well and then they both turn their heads to look at Tyson.

"There's someone up there in the sky!" Tyson yelled at them. Yugi and Hilary looked up. So did the rest of the Bladebreakers. They all looked up and saw a strong powerful being floating down towards the shore of the beach.

Sandalphon stopped aging and went back to his fourteen year old self, but still relaxed and asleep. Hilary could feel herself changing, her wavy hair got longer and longer. Curly like waves in the ocean. So did her face and eyes. Hilary changed into her old self again, realizing who it was in the sky.

The figure came closer, wearing a white robe and red cloak. She had a warrior's helmet on and a fierce, huge and scary looking owl on her shoulder. She had body armor on her chest and arms and held a sword in her right hand.

This figure looked so familiar to Hilary, but why. It wasn't because she seen her before in her history books at school, no, she was somehow familiar as she seen her before in person. That's when she remembered this figure passing her by in Olympus one day.

Her voice was a roaring and very confident voice when she spoke to others. She was very arrogant and high mighty compare to some people. And she disliked Arianna very much.

"Athena.." Hilary whispered.