Tale 2. The thieves
It was Maadrath's idea. She said we should have a team. We'd be unbeatable, then! She'd said. The next to enter our group was a promising young solidier, named Beneset, who was not content with his pay. He just happened to be very promising. In fact, we made him one of the top people. He was in love with Maadrath... okay yeah, so all men were but he really liked her, not just for her looks. He admired her to... even though she was much older than him.
"I could practically be your mother!" she had shouted when he had offered to take her to dinner. I think Maadrath really likes him as well, though.
The next was Karia. A young dancing girl that Maadrath had met and taken care of when she had a broken ankle. Her boss had wanted her to go out there and and dance anyway since she was the best but Maadrath had stood up for her... which got them both fired by the way, but hey! They quickly got another job later when Karia's ankle healed. They had gotten separated when Karia had found a person she liked and stayed there to entertain his guests. Maadrath was a different matter though. It didn't matter to her whether her boss was kind or mean. She couldn't stay in one place for long unless there was a good, and not to mention exciting, reason.
We had found Karia because her boss had lost his business and she was wandering the streets again. She took to us quickly and loyaly followed Maadrath around as if Maadrath was her older sister... but in some ways she had been: Teaching Karia the tricks of the trade... Helping heal her ankle it all added up.
The fifth was Houresus, a young man whose story was similar to Maadrath's and mine. He had amazing vision and also rivaled Beneset at archery.
There were five more.
Hequeth who was quiet, mysterious and the perfect spying or sneeking.
Next was Sashi who knew how to write. He and Karia often used their trades to be spies as well.
The seventh was Nephertys. She had grown up in the desert. She ran like a gazelle and could fight anything... she had three scars on her right shoulder from a tiger scratch to prove it.
Sebnekt was a hulk of a man we met. He ate like anything but he could also wrestle like anything too.
Last of all, we met Isrosis. I'm not even sure she was Egyptian! We saw her in a Persian magic show. She was actually a slave though, with a cruel owner. She was a master at trickery and I'd swear that half of it was dark magic. She escaped that day and begged Maadrath to alow her to join us. This really ticked me off since I was the real leader. She was a wonderful addition to our group, though.
One day we were raiding the storage buildings of some rich and politically powerful guy. Maadrath, Beneset and I were fighting off the guards and their hounds while the other thievs got away with as much loot as possible.
"Arg!!" I yelled as a hound bit into my arm. Maadrath slammed it with a piece of wood and it let go, whimpering. "We gotta get outta here now!" I yelled at her.
A fresh group of guards were running toward us. Sebnekt stood in front of us. "Get away! Isrosis and I will hold them off!"
We ran for it. I kept looking back. Just when it looked like the guards had them outnumbered, Isrosis twirled around and she and Sebnekt were gone in a puff of smoke. They reappeared next to me.
"Nice!" I complimented.
