'I'm sorry Atem'
Atem rolled over just as the knife hit the bed. Tea gasped looking at him, tears running down her pale face. "You were awake the whole time?"
He couldn't believe she would actually go through with it rather than confide in him, they could of protected James together!
"Yes" he replied angrily. She burst into floods of tears and dropped to the floor holding her hair, "I'm so sorry, I was forced into it—"
"I know" he replied, his fists curled into balls, "but you could have come to me"
She didn't bother asking him how he knew, she was too hysterical. He walked around the bedside, "I will be hanged for trying to kill you, you won't forgive me will you?"
It was true that he was angry with her, more than he had ever been before but to see her hanged...no he would never allow that. Some guards burst in then wondering what all the shouting was about.
"My King, what's going on?" One of them asked noticing the knife on the bed.
Atem couldn't barely look at Tea, he couldn't lie to them, they would surely inform Seto of the shouting and the knife since he was in charge of palace security and he would put it altogether and Tea would be guilty anyway.
"My wife has tried to harm me" he began, he thought he would never speak those words, "take her to the tower"
"No Atem" she cried, pleaded as they guards took hold of each her arms. Atem looked away before he stopped them, at least this way he could talk to Seto and the others before anything was decided. "Just promise me" she shouted, "promise me you'll protect James, I don't care what happens to me"
Later on with Tea:
Tea was pushed into a cell by the soldiers in a far corner of the Tower of London. She wiped her tears as she pushed herself up from the dirty floor. She wiped her skirt and blouse which was now all muddy.
She couldn't believe Atem had sent her here, far away from James. She had tried to kill Atem all to protect him and now she was further away from him than she ever was.
She didn't have the energy to cry anymore so she sat on what looked like a rotten bench in the corner of the cell. After a while she found herself wondering why her father would blackmail her into doing such a thing but it was obvious, he wanted England, he always had!
With Atem out of the picture and James too young to take the throne then he would of gone to the Vatican and appealed to be Regent until James turned Eighteen and what a strong appeal it would have been!
What would her farther do now? Once he heard of her failure he'd probably go into hiding until it all blew over.
She looked at her hands in her lap wondering what Atem thought of her, he'd never love her again after this and she never got to tell him how she felt, she loved him. How ironic that she had fallen for him and now he probably hated her.
She laid her head black against the stone wall, she felt so tired, the thought that she might be hanged and not be in this world to protect James...it was too tiring.
Back with Atem:
"She was forced into it Seto, I know it must have been her father" Atem said as Seto held his head, what a mess his was! Trying to assinate a monarch was instant hanging but there had never been a case like this before.
"Even so" Seto sighed, "she could have come to us and explained the situation"
"She thought that someone might hurt James if she did that, would you really blame her for protecting him, my son and future heir?"
"No, no mother could be blamed for that" Seto admitted, "but the Vatican won't like it, it should be an instant hanging, perhaps we could stage one and Tea accidentally gets away, once she's somewhere safe we can get evidence against her father and he would be hanged instead and Tea's name would be cleared"
"Yes I was thinking the same thing" Atem agreed, "now do we still have that Spanish armour from the war?" He grinned.
The next day:
Tea had managed to fall asleep on the bench by some miracle, the feeling of being hungry had diminished, all she kept thinking about was James.
The cell door opened suddenly waking her up. She sat up seeing Atem enter the cell. She wanted to run up to him and hug him, just be in his arms but she just remained were she was.
"Atem—"
He held up a hand to stop her from talking, he looked upset rather than annoyed. "I've spoken with Seto and I received a letter from the Vatican...I'm sorry"
No, this couldn't be! "It was my father, he said he was going to take James" she said standing up only to fall back to the floor in tears, "please Atem, don't let them hang me, I don't want to leave James alone in this world"
He bent down to her and kissed the top of her head, "he won't be, he has me"
She sniffled, Atem was a good father but being the King of England always made him so busy, he couldn't protect him like she could. "He's safe, I promise"
She knew Atem would have guards protecting him but how much did he actually trust these guards? He knew nothing of their backgrounds, they could basically be anyone. "Did you ever love me at all Atem?"
He looked toward the cell doors and motioned for the guards to leave them. He waited until they were gone before turning back to her. "I loved you with every bone of my body and despite what has happened I still do" He was almost crying with her, she had never seen him like this before, "and to see you hang will break me"
She cried again hearing his confession, she reached out and cupped his cheek, "kiss me one last time"
He granted her wish, kissing her on the lips, not deep or passionate but it was tender filled with love. "I will never love another" he whispered, "not ever"
She contemplated wether telling him after all this time she was actually in love with him now but she decided not to, it would only brake his heart even more, perhaps he might find another to love if he didn't know.
"Goodbye then, my love" he said standing up. "Goodbye...Atem" she said watching him walk away into the darkness, "goodbye my love" she whispered sniffling.
Author's Notes: Poor Tea she thinks Atem is going to let her get hanged but luckily we know differently. What does Atem want with some old Spanish Armour and what does it have to do with their plan? Stay tuned all answers will be in the next chapter.
Anyone seen Detective Pikachu yet? I saw it on opening weekend, I thought it was pretty good but the ending was a little like 'really?' and if you were really listening to what the characters are saying u could kinda see some of it coming.
Happy Sunday :)
