Welcome, one and all to the fourth chapter of Blood in the Sands of Time! In this chapter, Seto and Stafon's plan begin to unfold. What will happen to the guardians? Read on and find out!
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The events from the night before stayed in Kairma's mind all throughout the day. Atemu seemed to understand her feelings towards the frightful events that had happened. Isis and the others tried to comfort her, but she still remained silent, even while Atemu tried to speak with her in the garden.
"Kairma, please tell me what is wrong," he whispered to her, but the girl turned away, her yellow eyes brimming with tears. "You can tell me anything, child. I'm now part of your family."
"That is just the thing, Atemu," she shouted, tears flowing violently down her cheeks. "My family died while trying to save me from Bakura! They risked their lives just to save mine. That is when you found me, unconscious. That's when they died!" She buried her face into her pale hands, sobbing as Atemu placed his arm around her shoulder in comfort. The girl then stood up, and walked over to a rose bush, picking off the stems that were completely covered with thorns. She twisted them into a sort of crown, and placed it on her head in despair.
"In my family," she explained to the pharaoh. "Whenever one of our family members feels sorrow, we make a crown of thorns and wear it until our sorrow has disappeared completely."
"I am sorry that you feel that way, Kairma," Atemu whispered, placing his arm around her again, tears streaks showing in the bright warmth of Ra.
"Leave me be," Kairma replied, pulling away from his grasp. His hand, outstretched in desperate attempt to bring her back, fell away from her. The crown of thorns remained on her head until she finally took it away, dispersing it into the bright light of Ra, causing it to rot away in her sorrow. She sat on her bed, but then suddenly heard a shout coming from a far away sanctuary.
"Did anyone hear that?" she asked the other guardians, but found Mahad to be missing. "He must be battling someone, but whom?"
Meanwhile…
"Now, Illusion Magician, attack Gearfried, the Iron Night with your Dark Magic attack!" Mahad commanded his Ka. The magician attacked the knight, but somehow, it wasn't destroyed.
"Well, Mahad, it seems that you can't destroy my Ka, can you?" Stafon laughed, ordering his monster to attack the Illusion Magician. The knight did so, and Mahad lay in a crumpled heap on the stone floor.
"Now for a little fun," Stafon whispered, holding up a small dagger.
Kairma raced up to the magician's training grounds, where she saw rocks piled over the entrance. She pulled out the Millennium Sword, and concentrated on the rocks. The sword glowed, and the rocks moved away like pebbles. She raced into the cavern, and found Mahad's body lying on the floor, drowning in a pool of blood.
"No, Mahad!" she screeched, tears flowing from her eyes. A voice from the shadows chuckled lightly, and she saw Seto, looming over her.
"Well, it seems that I have found our murderer," he chortled.
What will happen to Kairma? Will Atemu believe her when she says that she didn't murder Mahad? Find out in chapter 5, Believe in Me.
Reivew!