Spidet meets Wizard-Theif-That's right, I didn't die. Did you add that PS just because you wanted to say awesome?

Chapter 14

Klel was beginning to believe that the dizziness Akefia suffered from was not a result of busting the barrier spell, but a side effect of whatever weird black mist had suddenly infiltrated the fortress.

"Akefia, an hour or so back you said something about your master. Does the pharaoh use this sort of power?"

"S'not strong" Aekfia muttered "Jus' a copy. Something master lent out… for the contract"

"Contract"

"It hurts" Akefia moaned "It hurts. Make it stop!" Klel gasped as Akefia gripped his clothes tightly and started sobbing "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-I can't touch them! I can't! It burns!"

Klel swore, as Akefia's break down was attracting attention from several guards who'd managed to keep their cool.

"Who's there?"

"I don't have time for this!" Klel growled, shooting a few magic blasts at them before turning back to Akefia "What can't you touch? What are you sorry for?"

"No… I couldn't get them back… the eighth key… I couldn't find it… I'm sorry. I failed. They hurt so much to touch. I couldn't…."

Klel shook his head, knowing he'd have to get Akefia away from the smoke soon. Not out of the goodness of his heart. If the kid went crazy, then who could he find who was willing to kill Tyren?

That sounded so twisted…

"Come on. Let's get you far away from here" Klel whispered in Akefia's ear. Without waiting for a response he helped the angel-thief down the halls of the fortress and out into the desert.

OOOOO

"Sir" Seth blinked and looked at the man who'd he'd dubbed "the dumbest person I've ever met" shortly after setting out in search of Akefia "That black cloud… Could that be where the thief is?"

"P…probably" guess he wasn't so dumb "Tell everyone we're headed toward it."

"Yes sir"

OOOOO

Akefia groaned and put a hand to his head "Ugh… did I miss something?"

"No, why?"

"Weren't we about to break out of the prison?" he glanced around "Did I pass out?"

"You… were awake the whole time" Klel said

"I was?"

"Yeah, and this black cloud came and you said something about your master, and being sorry, and not being able to touch them" Klel said "Care to clear that up for me?"

"Maybe it was…" Akefia trailed of, catching sight of the huge black cloud "oh…"

"'oh'? 'oh' what?"

"Zorc…"

"Really. Stop making so little sense" Klel said

"W-we need to get far away!" Akefia stood up, but fell over "Ah… my legs feel like… h-how much of that smoke did I inhale?"

"A lot"

Akefia swore "Screw it then. Take me back inside. I may as well kill this Tyren dude"

"He's out, too"

"Whatever. Just take me to him"

"Y-you look like you're really sick"

"I fell sick. I think my body can't handle black magic now that it's not human anymore. Just get me to Tyren"

Klel sighed and flattened his wings against his back before slinging Akefia over his back too "And afterward I kill the pharaoh?"

"Nnn…hn…." Akefia muttered. Staying awake was becoming difficult. He'd inhaled too much of the smoke that Zorc had created while searching for him. He needed to kill Tyren before Zorc took over him and made him do something dumb. If he didn't kill Tyren Klel wouldn't kill Atem, and if Atem lived, he was still enslaved.

OOOOO

Seth watched the smoke slowly dissipate over the fortress before going in to examine it. He was grateful that he'd waited. It seemed that the people who'd waited in the castle had all died.

A lengthy examination showed that there was no one living in the castle, and Akefia's body wasn't there either. He must have escaped.

Seth growled. This was beginning to get annoying.

Isaya831: I'll say it's getting annoying. I can't believe I ever actually finished this chapter.