Nika: Alright chapter 10! R&R please, and yes, I am still grounded it sucks.

I don't own Yu-gi-oh, but I do own Amunet and the plot.

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"No!" Yu-gi woke in a cold sweat.

"Yug, what's wrong?" Joey had just walked into the room.

"I saw Malik, he. he was beating Amunet with a whip, her back. it was torn up." Yu-gi was gasping for air.

"Yu-gi come on calm down," Joey sat on the bed.

"It was horrible Joey, her back was covered in scars and bleeding." It seemed that he was in shock.

"Yu-gi, you need to calm down so we can concentrate on finding the scriptures to save this world, and Amunet. Come on out when you're ready." Joey stood up and left the room.

"Joey's right," Yu-gi stood up, "I just hope that is not the shape that Amunet is really in."

"Malik what are you going to do with Amunet?" Isis watched him chain Amunet to the side of a chair.

"That is none of your concern, Isis." He then turned and slapped Isis, "That is for disrespecting me." He and Isis left Amunet in a cold, dark chamber.

"I feel like a damn dog, a chain around my neck with a leash so Master Malik and drag me around." Amunet kept to herself and sat on her knees.

"Here we are Isis," Malik pushed her toward a bunch of hunters, "They will show you what to do." He left and went back to the room with Amunet.

"Hello little one," He acted gentle.

"Master Malik," Amunet stood and bowed not being fooled by his gentle voice.

"It has been a long time since you've been chained to my chair hasn't it?" He placed a hand on her face.

"Yes Master Malik, about a year." Amunet tensed up.

"Then it is about time for this to happen again, is it not?" Malik removed his hand from Amunet's face.

"Only if you say it is, Master Malik." She tilted her head to the ground.

"You shall stay here for now; I have a meeting with my top Hunters soon." Malik swept her so she landed on the ground hard.

"Yes Master Malik," She sat still until he was out of the room.

"Shadi! Look at these!" Yu-gi yelled from a ruin behind the pyramid.

"What is it young one?" Shadi ran over to Yu-gi.

"I think it says something about the items," Yu-gi pointed to hyragifics that depicted the items.

"Good work Young Pharaoh," Shadi started to copy them down in a notebook.

"I hate those damn hunters," Amunet sat on the cold floor thinking to herself. "Last time I sat through one of these they all tormented me, I hate it!" She started to cry softly.

"Welcome gentlemen," Malik opened the door to the chamber.

"Master Malik," Amunet quickly wiped her tears away, stood and bowed.

"Ah Lord Malik you have the girl here again." One of the Hunters walked over to Amunet who backed up as he came closer.

"Yes, but leave her alone right now, we have business to attend to." Malik stood by a table that stood in front of his chair.

"Of course business first, pleasure later," The hunter smiled at Amunet and then took his place at the table.

"Amunet!" Malik yelled.

"Sorry Master Malik," Amunet noticed she was still standing which she was not allowed to do when Malik or his hunters were in the room.

"You'll pay for it later." Malik took his seat in the chair Amunet was chained to the side of.

"Sort these," A hunter gave Isis a stack of Dual Monster Cards.

"How would you like me to sort them?" Isis rolled her eyes.

"By rarity, Lord Malik wants the rarest cards, the rest are divided between us." The hunter handed some more cards to her.

"I can't believe that I'm doing this. I should be translating scriptures not sorting cards." Isis started to sort the cards according to the list that was on the table.

"Shadi, I copied these down while Mokuba and I where on the other side of the pyramid." Kaiba handed Shadi some papers.

"Good, we have collected a lot this morning, but we should go before the sun gets to hot," Shadi looked to the sky which was tinted in a dark haze, "We'll come back later when it is cooler."

"Alright," They all agreed and walked off.

"We spotted some people sneaking around the pyramids earlier." One of the hunters spoke.

"Yes, I have noticed also. There is no cause for alarm; they are just the former owners of the items. They will not harm anything in our plan; they are helpless with out their Yamis." Malik shrugged it off then glared down at Amunet who was sitting on her knees. "They are most likely trying to find a way to save Isis and Amunet."

"Alright, and we have done what you have asked, we have punished anyone who is caught dueling." Another one spoke.

"Excellent, we can't have anyone trying to defeat me at dueling to destroy the darkness." Malik gave a slight laugh. "Is there anything else that you want to bring to my attention?"

"No Lord Malik, there is nothing else," Yet another one spoke.

"Fine then," Malik nodded. "Amunet go fetch some water for us all," Malik pulled on the chain and Amunet stood up and bowed as Malik snapped his fingers for the chain to disappear; she quickly counted how many Hunters there were and ran off.

"What do you need you little runt?" A hunter snapped as Amunet entered the kitchen.

"I need nine glasses of water please," She spoke softly and kept her eyes to the ground.

"Your that stupid little slave girl aren't you? Well sorry, but water will be scarce soon so there is no way I am giving any to you." He pushed her out of the way.

"They're not for me; they are for the Hunters that are meeting with Master Malik." Amunet looked up and snapped.

"Why didn't you say so? You'd do well not talk to me in that tone of voice," He slapped her. A few minutes later he handed Amunet a tray with nine glasses of water.

"Thank you," She walked back to the chamber with all the Hunters.

"You know Lord Malik she really is a beautiful girl," One of the Hunters commented as Amunet walked by.

"Yes she is. She takes after her mother." Malik touched Amunet's back this sent a shocking pain and almost made her drop the tray.

"She looks a lot like her mother with this long hair." The last hunter was the one that had found out about Amunet in the first place; he grabbed her hair making her drop the tray that was thankfully empty.

"If you don't like the fact that she looks like her mother than change it, cut her hair," Another hunter pulled out a knife.

"Lord Malik, is it alright?" The one with Amunet's hair in his hands turned to ask.

"Just leave enough for me to grab a hold of her." Malik sat back and smirked.

"Alright then," He gathered all of Amunet's hair in his hand and pulled tightly while the other Hunter came over and cut her hair with the knife leaving her hair shoulder length.

"No," Amunet whispered as she moved her hands from her side to the hair she had left.

"There we go," He pushed her to the ground where she stayed for a minute.

"Amunet, come here!" Malik demanded.

"Yes Master Malik," Amunet stood up and walked over with her hair in her face.

"So much for your hair," He touched her hair making Amunet back up. "Do not walk away from your master." Malik snapped his fingers and the chain appeared back around Amunet's neck.

"Lord Malik, how do you keep her from rebelling against you?" A hunter walked up and bent down in front of Amunet.

"I simply remind her who her master is," Malik pulled on the chain making Amunet flinch.

"I see, how do you remind her?" He brushed the hair out of Amunet's face.

"I do what they did in ancient Egypt, I beat her." Malik smirked as he saw fear flash in Amunet's eyes.

"Really, how delightful it must be to here her scream as you beat her." Another Hunter came over.

"Yes it really is delightful, but it is even more satisfying to see the scars it leaves." Malik looked down at Amunet, "Show them!" He pulled on the chain.

"Yes Master Malik," Amunet turned so her back face the crowd of hunters and she lifted up the back of her tank top so most of the scars were visible.

"Those are pretty deep, what do you beat her with," One of them rubbed his finger in a fresh cut making Amunet pull away.

"A loss leather whip, it hurts more than a stiff whip like you would beat a horse with." Malik pulled it out from beside his chair. "Who's up for entertainment?" Malik asked as he stood up forcing Amunet to stand up also.

"Yeah!" All the hunters followed as Malik lead them out of the room.

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Nika: All done, R&R please