Hi, Sami, Ryou's Hikari here! Short chapter, sorry bout that! Read on!
Akefia fled into the night, which was nearing dawn with every step he took. He ran until he couldn't run anymore, to get away from the massacre, and that golden object…he shuddered, remembering the sensation he'd had when it seemed to focus its light directly at him.
He then collapsed into the desert, weak with hunger and being so tired. The last thing he saw before he blacked out was the rising sun.
He woke up in darkness. 'Where am I?' he wondered. He heard voices. "Hey, the kids awake!" one of them said to the other. Akefia looked up at the men, and cowered back. They were both thieves, he could tell that by their garments, and they had scars all over their bodies, covering their arms and faces.
"Hey kid, you okay?" The man seemed genuinely concerned. "Yeah…I'm alright," Akefia replied, not planning on telling the men what had happened.
"You got a home? We'll take you to the edge of its borders if you want," the other man offered. Akefia shook his head. "I have no family, and no village."
"That's rough, boy..." The first man shook his head. Kids that age shouldn't be alone; at least that's what he thought.
"Hey kid, I'll tell you what, how about you join us, eh? Come thieving the tombs, and getting rich? It's a dangerous life, but it's a rewarding one! And besides, we need a new partner, and you're young, easy to train," the man said, glancing at the other man who nodded.
Akefia thought about it. He'd never thought about being a thief before, and now that he had the opportunity, under the circumstances, it wasn't a bad idea. Not bad at all…
"I'll do it!" He announced, "I'll become a thief!"
The training began right away.
At first it was small things, like thieving eggs from bird's nests, and slipping coins off passing people in the market, but then they were training him to take necklaces, and jewelry off the rich, and calves from the cattle, so the men could have a decent meal.
Then, they were to introduce him to tomb robbing. The next day they were planning to take him to the tomb of a rich merchant who had passed away not a hundred years ago. Akefia was kind of frightened by the idea, but it could be no worse down there than it had been hearing the screams of his village.
He closed his eyes tight, for he still had nightmares about that night. They kept him up, he hardly got to sleep…That night, he never got to sleep at all.
Um…sorry about the short chapter, I'm kind of short of ideas. Review!
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