Sorry, long time no write. I warn you now that this chapter's sick, so you can skip it if you'd like. Now- on with the fic! Thanks again to Leona Saclat.
Disclaimer: Let me put it down plain and simple- I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh.
/…/ symbolize thinking.
Chapter 4- Sacrifices
Selket ran up the stone steps, heart racing. When she came to the top of the stairs she stopped. Another scream made its way to her ears. Closer. And as sudden as it began, the screaming stopped. /What's going on?/
Selket peered out of the stairway to see what was going on. The first thing she saw was the back of a man- Selket recognized him as a neighbor. He was yelling something, screaming at whatever he was facing /what are you looking at, Mr.?/.
Then the man stopped. He made choking sounds, and now Selket could tell why- protruding through the middle of his back was a small, red point. The point disappeared and the man fell to the ground. And in front of him was a palace guard. /who…?/
The guards were everywhere. Selket was sure there were hundreds- the same gold headdresses, white skirts all over the streets…each with a red-bladed scimitar. A few bodies were on the streets, red pools forming beneath them.
However, most of the guards surrounded the centre of the town- Selket strained to see what they were doing. Then she saw the people. Selket knew them. She recognized them as villagers. /what?/
They were lined up, the guards surrounding them with unsheathed swords. The line consisted of what looked like the entire population of Kul Elna, lined up neatly in front of …a vat atop of flaming wood. The vat was simply a very large, short and black vase, really, but it had steps in front of it with a small platform. And on one side of the platform was another guard, but this one with a double-bladed sword. Next to the vat - the only person unguarded - was a man in white robes, muttering and holding an open book.
And then at a guard pushed the person- a young boy- in front of the line forward. Selket watched as the boy walked up the steps until he was leaning over the open top of the vat. Then a guard standing at the platform grabbed the boy, pushing his head so his neck was exposed over the vat. Then the guard raised his sword high above his head, and brought it down on the-
Selket slid against the wall to the floor. She brought her knees and head to her chest, covering her eyes, perhaps in hopes of ceasing to exist in this nightmare. But the sounds kept coming.
The sounds! Load shouts and terrified wails of children, frightened yelling and battle cries, strange chanting and angry roaring - and above it all was the screaming. One after another as they fell, villagers screams were heard and cut short. Screaming and yelling and crying and rife dying all joining together in a sickening chorus of terror.
/stop.../ Another scream. /…I want to die…/ Suddenly, the stairway darkened as a body rolled down the staircase. It stopped on front of Selket, with vacant, open eyes and a slit thought. Those eyes seemed to tell her to join it…"Come to me, come…"
Selket ran out of the stairwell into the open air. She sprinted over the sand, only running with no direction /just kill me…do it, why don't you/
She found herself outside the walls of Kul Elna. /How..?/ Then the sky turned red as smoke filled the air, and the smell of burning flesh. /No…/
"Nooo!" Wait, that wasn't her. Someone else was alive!
Selket turned to see Bakura in the arms of two guards. He was bleeding, and yet shouting at the top of his lungs. Then a guard raised his sword…
/Bakura, no! Let him go! You monsters! I wish you would just die…die…DIE/
(flash)
The guards dropped and hit the sand. The sand served as a sponge for their blood that spilled from their eyes and mouth…
Selket dropped to the sand too, letting the tears flow. And who wouldn't, having lost everything? Except…
Bakura crawled over and put his arms around her, holding her close. They stayed like that, crying and holding each other, until the day closed in around them.
/Never lose me…never./
I scare myself sometimes, I do. It had to happen. In truth, Kul Elna is destroyed in the manga…I'll be quiet now. R and R.