Yay! It took me forever, but I had just ran out of ideas to put in this story. I just recently had a dream and it gave me this idea. So, please review!
Most of the time I spent in the theives' den was in a dark corner of the seemingly abandoned building. I sat in solitude, acting as if I hated everyone there, trying to hide the fact that I was finding all this oddly amusing. The so-called 'theif king' seemed to always shoot a glance my direction every now and then, and I would just frown and glare back at him.
I would also often wonder what this task was going to be that he had mentioned the first day I got there. When I asked Levi about it, he said, "This task will prove your loyalty to us other theives," in such a cocky tone, it made me loath him more, yet I found this attitude oddly attractive. Everytime he talked, I had to shake away the feeling I was getting. A strange feeling it was, one that I had never really experienced before. I hoped strongly that he did not notice this, but I think he somehow senced it, because he looked at me strangly afterward.
No more than a month had passed when the perfect day came for my loyalty to be proven. As we walked out from the building, I noticed that only Levi and I were obviously going. As he lead me to one of the horses, he commented, "We're only taking one horse."
"Why can't I have my own?"
"You never know, I might be the only one who returns from this."
I glared back at him. "Why do you say that? Do think that a woman cannot be a thief?" I asked, losing my temper, which was always so easily lost.
He said nothing as he stared out into the vastness of the desert. The Nile was less than two miles away, yet I could not spot it through the mirages the sun cast on the hot sand.
I did not want to walk for about four more miles to the city, so reluctantly I hopped onto the horse behind Levi. Without saying a word, he took off so fast, I would of fallen off if I had not, out of instinct, grasped him around the waist.
At this, he turned his head and smirked as I clung onto him. Noticing his smirk, I released and glared at him, trying my best to hang onto the horse as we raced through the desert, my Egyptian robes twirling majestically in the wind as they followed us.
Upon sight of the city, Levi stopped the horse, turned and looked at me. "Now, all you really have to do is steal from the marketplace. Maybe some things to eat, and some jewelry, and anything else you can find and carry. The peasants there know what I look like, so I can't go with you. I'll be waiting here for you when you get back."
"And how do I know you won't leave me here to be caught by the guards?" I spat back. I couldn't believe I was actually finding his words trustworthy, but I didn't want him to know I trusted him too much.
"Thieves code, remember? Besides, you know too much. If you did caught by the guards, I wouldn't leave you here for fear of ratting the rest of us out."
Hopping down from the horse, I nodded and walked unsuspiciously into the city. I found thieving as easy as when I had first arrived here when I stole for clothing to blend in with. A noise started me as I grabbed another item of food as I acted as if I were browsing. Spinning around, I noticed a small boy, also with food in his hands, running from two large guards. "Get him!" and "Stop! Thief!" the guards screamed as the gained ground quickly on the boy. He ducked into an alleyway as I stuffed the rest of the stolen food into my gowns.
The guards had cornered the small boy in an alleyway as I followed. One guard grabbed at the boy, but instantly relinquished his grip as the boy sunk his teeth into his arm. Seeing that this boy was an amaeture theif, I unsheathed my hidden sword and sunk it deep into the other guard's back after I had appeared from the shadows behind him, unnoticed.
I removed my blade from the guard's back, covered in crimson blood. The other was as easy to kill as the first one as I also plunged my sword into his chest. Both lay dead in the alleyway, spilling their blood onto the thirsty earth.
"Don't be afraid," I said soothingly to the scared little boy. I reached my hand out in truce, making sure he did not see me as an enemy. He stared on quietly, quite shaken at the sight of my blade. Seeing the fright in the boy's eyes made me sheath my sword, making it hidden again. "I'm not going to hurt you."
This boy had dark, blackish-brown hair. His green eyes stared up at me, fear hazing them over. It looked as if he had never had a home, nor a bath. His hair was messy and dirt was almost plastered to his face by sweat. His clothes were obviously stolen rags, not fit to be worn. His skin, despite the dirt, was a dark brown tan, like most other Egyptians whom had been in the desert sun a lot. He was quite skinny, making it look as if he hadn't eaten for days, maybe even weeks.
"Come with me, you can have something to eat and something decent to wear," I said almost motherly to him. He followed, not sure what to do, and I wasn't quite sure why I was acting so nice to him. A few feet away after exiting the alleyway, I heard a scream. I didn't even turn around as I hauled the boy onto my back and ran away, back toward where Levi was, in fact, still waiting. I knew someone had found the guard's lifeless bodies and was attracting attention.
Upon seeing the boy on my back, Levi asked, "What's with the boy? And why is there blood on you?"
"Long story," I replied, hoisting myself and the boy onto the back of the horse. "I'll tell you on our way back, now move!"
Hahah! -does the happy dance- It took me an hour to write this one, but that's only because I got sidetracked a lot. Anyways, I'm still deciding on whether or not to write a lemon to put into this story. I know I'd have to change the rating, but tell me whether or not you guys would appreciate a lemon, because I know some people don't like them and some people do. Then again, if I do, you can always skip over that chapter. (If I were to write one, it would be the 11th chapt.)It wouldn't be a lot missed. So please, tell me if I should or should not in a review.
