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The Pharaoh's Memories (Chapter 29: Where is Yugi?)
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Previously:
"Who are you? What are you doing? Honda-kun! Jounouchi-kun!" Yugi shouted before he was bounded, blindfolded and gagged. The men moved like clockwork, they were out of there in 5 minutes, bringing Yugi with them.
{At the mountain hideout}
Yugi's gag and binds were removed. However soon after that Yugi felt his hands raised above his head and metal chains was replaced around his wrists. "Who are you?" Yugi demanded, feeling quite scared because he couldn't see anything and he was being tied up like that. "Our special guest, welcome, welcome." Yugi heard someone say followed by the footsteps of this said person coming closer. Suddenly, the blindfold was removed and Yugi took a while to let his eyes adjust to the sudden light. It looked like they were in a small cave as Yugi caught a glimpse of the man who removed the blindfold; a tall, tan and muscular man. His wrists were cuffed to metal chains that hung down from the ceiling of the cave. The last thing Yugi caught sight of was the table of tools nearby before his sight was robbed from him again as the man promptly blindfolded him again. The sudden realisation of what was happening hit Yugi like a ton of bricks, his heart started pounding furiously against his chest.
Suddenly, Yugi felt the sting of a whip on his back. The blows kept coming at him, some on his back others on his chest. "ARGH! Why are you doing this? Who are you?" Yugi asked, hoping to get some answers. "Hmph, don't worry Pharaoh, we won't kill you just yet and we will try not to hurt your pretty face." The man mocked before delivering another blow. "Y-You've m-made a mistake. I'm not the Pharaoh." Yugi struggled to say. "Your lies will make this experience all the more painful for yourself." The man spat before raining blow after blow onto Yugi's body. "AAhhh! Please… Argh!" Yugi screamed out, begging them for mercy. However, they ignored him and continued the torture. .
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{Back at the palace}
Atem was pacing up and down his room. 'Yugi's late, wonder what's keeping him, he should be back by this time.' He thought to himself. Just then, he spotted Jono and Hond turn down the corridor, both of them were bleeding from the head. "Jono, Hond, what in the world happened? Where's Yugi?" Atem asked them, worry lacing his tone. "Pharaoh, we were attacked at the oasis, Yugi was taken away, we were just going to grab some weapons to go after him." Jono replied softly, wiping the blood off his head. "What? Who? I mean who took him?" Atem questioned. "The last thing I saw was a guy wearing a black headband with a strange symbol on it." Hond informed Atem.
"Headband… headband… Ah! Go find Aknadin and tell him this, after that tell him to report to me." Atem mumbled to himself before sending the both of them in the opposite direction. They bowed and ran off to find Aknadin.
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{A long while of torture later that is too cruel to describe in this story}
Yugi collapsed in pain and exhaustion, only held up by the chains around his wrists, he did not have the strength to stand on his feet anymore. His wounds were bleeding badly, a small pool of blood was already starting to form at his feet. All of a sudden, the beating stopped and the room fell deathly silent. 'How long have I been here? Has it been 1 week already or a few hours? I'm not sure… Somebody, anybody please, please help me.' Yugi thought to himself. After a while, he started to feel the place spin and he blacked out.
The men had left the dark cave to have their dinner, taking their anger and feelings of injustice on the highest ranking noble in land for 5 hours has made them ravenous. They felt powerful since they thought that the Pharaoh, was suffering and begging for their mercy. The more Yugi denied he was Pharaoh made them even angrier, they felt that all nobles deserve death. "Hmph, he fainted…" One man snorted, holding Yugi's face up as he entered the inner cave. His companion smirked as he went outside to grab a bucket of cold water. Throwing the whole bucket of water with full force at the unconscious boy, Yugi choked as he regained consciousness. Shivering uncontrollably from the cold water, the men mocked him, "Feeling cold, your majesty?" Everyone roared with laughter.
"Here this will help you…" The first man said as he pressed a red hot poker onto Yugi's skin. PAIN, burning explosive pain, was what Yugi felt. He cried out and begged them to stop, struggling in his chains. If he wasn't chained to the ceiling, Yugi was sure that poker was able to make him run a marathon in record time. After mocking him for a bit, the men left the room. "Are you okay?" Yugi heard someone speak, a much gentler and compassionate voice. The blindfold was removed and in front of him was a small built man and he was carrying a bag of medical supplies. "Don't be afraid, I'm not here to hurt you. The men kidnapped me from the neighbouring village, they told me to take care of your wounds." The man explained. "Please don't, it will take me longer to die if you heal my injuries." Yugi begged, he wanted this to end soon. "They told me if you die, they would kill me as well. Please… I don't want to die." The man begged in reply. Mustering all his strength to lift his head to look at the man, Yugi saw that he was genuinely frightened as well. Dejectedly, Yugi nodded and allowed the man to dress his wounds.
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"Send out every available men to search the whole land, I want every corner of the empire to be checked thoroughly!" A furious order echoed throughout the throne room. Aknadin confirmed the headband and the symbol was the trademark of the Sword Society. It meant that Yugi was in the hands of the Sword Society which could only mean trouble because he looked so similar to the Pharaoh.
The gates of the palace and various armies camps opened and out poured scores of armed men to start the search for the Sword Society and Yugi. Atem was in the command room looking over the maps with Seto, Aknadin and Shimon right beside him. As soon as a report came in of the search in an area coming up dry, they would mark it off the map. The rest of the High Priests were also out in the city asking around for witnesses.
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{The next day}
"It's already evening, one full day has passed since Yugi has been taken, still nothing?" Atem asked Shimon. "Seems that way Pharaoh, but Jono and Hond seems to have something to report, they are coming back now." Shimon replied softly hoping not to incur the wrath of the king. Jono and Hond stepped into the command room, bowing to show respect to their king. "I heard you found something." Atem asked them. "Yes Pharaoh, partial footprints near the site where we were attacked and where Yugi was taken away. The direction of the footprints were heading north." Hond informed them. "North…" Aknadin repeated, looking closely at the map.
"Reporting in…" A guard announced at the door. The doors opened and the guard walked in, "My Pharaoh, a report from Lord Shada and Lord Mahado." The guard told them. "What is it?" Atem asked urgently. "It seems that a young doctor was kidnapped from a northern village named El-Muda by a group of men wearing black headbands." The guard reported. "Alright, thank you." Seto told the guard as the guard bowed and left the room. "North… El-Muda…" Aknadin again repeated and circled out the places in question. His eyes widened, "Pharaoh!" Aknadin called.
Atem stepped beside him, "This area here is known for its hills. Also, I heard that there are quite a few stone caves in that area. It will be a perfect place to hide a person or a secret base." Aknadin told Atem, pointing to area in question. "Alright… Dispatch all the nearby guards there." Atem ordered.
Okay! So Yugi got hurt.. At first I wrote it to be more brutal but I did not know how much 'brutality' (Thanks for helping me find the word) was allowed in fanfic so I scaled it back a bit. If I need to change the rating, please drop me a comment =)
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