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(Chapter 8) The Savior Plan

"Ishizu!" Malik cried, stopping his horse in mid-gallop and about facing to his sister.

I maneuvered my horse around and saw that she, and her horse, were half-way underground. Quicksand! I thought. Very quick sand.

I hopped off my horse and took out a rope that was conveniently tucked in the side pouch of my saddle.

"Grab hold!" Mahado yelled as I threw the lasso into the pit where she was clearly sinking fast.

"No shit!" I shouted, sarcasim drowning ever one of my words. She struggled to wrench herself free from the sand and, for a split second, I thought she was going to lose the battle, but came out on top, grabbing the rope.

The three of us land-dwellers heaved, pulling her safely; well, mostly, to the non-sinking sand. Her legs were burnt to a crisp and her horse? Well, let's just say it had a one-way ticket to see the true Anubis, not just my horse.

Malik took her on his own steed and we continued to stride towards our target.

The fight with the killer sand took longer than I had anticipated. Ra was already dieing and just above the horizen.

"Come on! Let's get going!" Mahado called from the perch of his horse with which he had yet to leave.

We streamed towards the oasis. When it was within sight, we saw the awful truth…

Dead thieves were sprawled across the sand, blood staining it a dark crimson color.

I jumped off my horse, although it was still in motion. Dashing to the pool of water, I searched for any trace of Atemu or Aya.

After a few minuets of examining the bodies, it made itself apparent that there was none to be found, until Mahado and Malik joined the search.

"Seth, check this out!" Mahado exclaimed, waving his arms frantically in the air and jumping as if he'd struck oil.

Both Malik and I strolled over to where Mahado was standing, his fist clenched tightly to something of the thief's. In his hand, though, he held the stone pendant that my cousin had given to Aya after she and I saved him from his alter-ego.

"Okay, now we know that Aya was here, but what about Atemu?" I said, more to myself than anyone else. "Any traces yet?"

"Seth," Malik said, pointing a shaky finger to the west. "I think I've found him."

I looked over. Sure enough, among the freak-shows, his tri-colored spikes were nearly missable, seeing as everyone here had a wild hair style.

"Atemu." I whispered as I charged in his direction, bound to find if he'd survived the assault. He was unconsious, and his left arm had a gash all the way down it, but over all, he looked like he'd live.

I lifted him up and onto my horse, which had been following me around like a dog on a leash. We may have been too late for Aya, but it looked as though Atemu could be safe yet.

Atemu's POV

I awoke on a horse. The first thought that came to mind was that Bakura had captured me.

But, as my vision cleared, I saw that I was sitting behind my older cousin, headed back towards the palace. "W-where's Aya?" I asked drowsily before I even realized I was saying it.

There was a slight pause, then, "We don't know." was all he replied with. Bakura must have her. I thought immediately, my eyes widening. That was twice in a lifetime. And how many times could she get lucky and escape the unanimous Thief King?

I drifted in and out of consciousness all the way back to the palace, but I did see that the guards let everyone in, though we all had on hoods, as I'd just noticed. Either they knew we were coming, or we needed some new guards.

I woke fully in my room.

"Ah, I see you're awake." Mahado said who was sitting in a chair on the other side of the room. I simply nodded, and we began to talk about what we were to do about Aya's disappearance. We informed the others and we decided the plan would be in action tonight. That's good. I thought. The sooner we save Aya… the better. Then, I went to my normal post of answering to all of the towns people and seeing all of the thieves and such. In laments terms, I sat in my throne for the whole day…. again...

Our plan was put into action immediately when Ra died. My arm had been healed by Mahado's magic and I was ready to save Aya from that monster.

We decided, since most of the Thief King's follower's were in the Underworld, thanks to Aya and myself, we were only going to bring a few people with us:

Mana, who had magic, though to a limit.

Next was Mahado, who also possessed magic, but to a further extent.

Seth, an excellent swordsman and one of my best Priests. Also…. I was fourced to bring him since we were related. (-.-')

Kisara, who was our secret weapon.

Malik, who was a great fighter and swordsman. Plus, he also wielded the Millennium Rod.

And, of course, me, who was… small enough to not be seen as easily and I could sneak in whilst the others distracted Bakura and Ryou.

We galloped in silence as we headed to the thief's hideout. Mana and Mahado found Aya with their magic, which could track down any being as long as you had something that belonged to them.

The pendant found at the sight of her kidnapping did wonderfully.

Nothing happened on the way to our destination. Once we arrived, I slipped off of my horse and hid behind a rock, soas not to be seen as of yet.

"Come out Thief! We know your there!" Seth boomed. Cursing and crashing came from inside the under-ground city and it was all I could do to keep from laughing.

I bit my fist.

Bakura, followed closely by Ryou, tumbled out of the mouth of the cave.

Once they got far enough away, I took action, just as they began the battle. Creeping into the hole, I snuck into every room.

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