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Characters (and explanations) introduced in this chapter-

Kasiya ("Departs" in Egyptian) – Captain of the royal guard; good friend of Atemu

Dartz – Devlin's advisor

Rafert – One of Devlin/Dartz's guards

Previously:

Devlin yelled out, "No one escapes here alive!" Isis and Set started to run off until the same thought occurred to them. They turned towards the veils, "Mariah!" Malik had been watching unsure of what to do when he heard Seto and his sister. He turned to where the two were looking. Suddenly someone grabbed the Pharaoh's daughter from behind, "Trying to escape, my dear?" her attacker raised his sword. Suddenly someone pulled her out and covered her mouth. She tried to struggle.

Ch 2: A Traitor Among Us

"Mariah, it's me." said a familiar voice.

She spun around in relief to see Malik as he let go of her, "I thought you had been killed to. Everyone else seems to be dead. My-"

He stopped her, "I know. I saw too. But c'mon we gotta get out of here!."

She nodded and ran after him. They were soon surrounded by four guards. Suddenly one of the guards fell to the ground. Behind him stood the captain of the royal guard. "Kasiya!" she said happily then asked hopefully, "My mother? My father?".

Kasiya turned and took out another soldier, before answering her, "I'm sorry. I couldn't save them. I don't think I'll even survive. But you will. Hurry go! There's more coming."

Mariah looked at him with tears in her eyes, "But-"

Malik grabbed her arm, "C'mon Mariah! We gotta go NOW!" But before they could go anywhere a blade sliced through Kasiya.

His final thought was My family, I'm sorry. I love you. Mariah screamed and saw someone standing over her with their sword raised.

Right as the weapon swung down at her Malik leaped in front of her, "Leave her alone!" he yelled.

The attacker lowered his weapon in surprise and looked at him, "What are you doing? You know the orders. Master Dartz will not be pleased."

Malik growled, "I don't care. Leave her alone. I'll deal with this myself."

The man sighed in defeat, "Fine, but I had nothing to do you this. And you have a lot of explaining." He turned and walked away. Malik sighed in relief, "At least that's over." Then he realized what had been said and who was probably listening. He looked over at Mariah who was still on the ground.

The horror and terror in her eyes had been replaced with anger, hurt, and rage. He sighed, "Mariah."

She moved away from him, "Don't even." she hissed dangerously.

He walked towards her, " I can explain."

"Get away from me!" she yelled at him, "You were a part of this. Of everything!"

"But, Mai-" she cut him off as she jumped up, "Don't call me that! Don't even talk to me! Stay away from me! You're a traitor."

Suddenly she heard familiar voices and they both turned to see Isis and Seto at the other end of the hall. They heard her yell and turned to her in surprise, "Mai!" they said in unison. "Malik?" Isis looked at her brother's strange expression.

"He's one of them. A traitor." Mai replied coldly. They looked at her and Malik in surprise.

"What?" Seto asked as he glared dangerously at Malik.

But nothing could compare with the look of horror on Isis's face, "Why? How could you?" Before he could answer he saw more soldiers approaching behind Isis and Seto.

He had to get them out of there. And although they weren't willing to go anywhere with him, he had one way to do it. He ran after Mariah and grabbed her wrist. She turned to yell at him.

Seto growled dangerously, "Get away from her."

Malik sighed, "We'll talk about this later. Right now we have to get out of here NOW!" he ran out, dragging Mariah with him. Isis and Seto chased after him in anger. Malik sighed, his idea had worked.

Once they got out of the gates, he suddenly felt her go limp in his arms. He turned just in time to catch her. He stopped and looked back at Seto and his sister. They were laying against the wall, also knocked out, "Huh?" He looked over as two figures walked out. The first one had zapped their minds, temporarily knocking them out. The other shook his head as he followed. Malik looked down. "Mai, Set, Sis," he said quietly and then glared at the two men, "You better not have killed them!"

The first man laughed, "Of course not. I'm just the messenger."

The second one shook his head, "I told him you wouldn't be please, Master Dartz. Guess I'll have to deal with this myself." he started to unsheathe his sword.

Malik growled, "I won't let you hurt them!" The man just shrugged and aimed for the priestess's neck.

However Dartz raised his hand stopping him, "No, wait. This might be better anyways. Could be useful."

He lowered his sword in surprise, "If you say so. I still think they'll only give us more problems."

Dartz shook his head, "Trust me. Rafert, go tell them we're done here."

Rafert nodded and walked off. Dartz looked at Malik and the unconscious children, grinning evilly as he thought to himself, Very useful indeed.

A/N: Well whaddya think? Hate it? Like it? Need to know more? So, is Dartz going to let them live after all? If so what' s going to happen to them then, with everyone else dead?

Next time: More characters introduced including some of the main ones and see just what happens to Egypt with the new "Pharaoh" in control.

Sneak Peeks:

"What did they look like? Did I have any brothers or sisters?"

I just wish I could tell you the truth.

"It's hard to lose someone close to you. Especially when it's more than one person."

"You didn't."

"Here we go again."

"You never learn do you?"

"Better do what he says. You know what happens."

"You're not our Pharaoh!"

"And now it gets better."

"And that will never change."