Chapter 7

(Your POV)

"How dare you refuse me again!" yelled the one in silk as you were struck across the face landing back on the ground roughly.

Over the time you had been in this Ra forsaken place, this one man would make continuous advances upon you but dared not force you. It seemed to be a battle within himself. You knew a part of him wanted to force you, but to your fortune this gentle side would step in and gain control picking you up off the ground and consoling you in your frightened state. This time was no different. As you went to pick yourself up, his arms came around you picking you up gently bringing you back to your feet.

"I apologize my dear. I am deeply sorry" the man whimpered holding the sides of your face in his hands softly kissing your brow.

You stood there as you always did when he was like this. But suddenly, everything changed. His grip suddenly went for soft and gentle to that of rough and tight. You looked up in fear to see that angered look upon his face. What had changed him so?

"I have had enough of your games wretch!" he growled throwing you back upon the floor. You tried to roll over so to get away but he forced himself on top of you. "You will give me what I want" he argued as you began to thrash your body in attempts to fight him off.

"Release me!" you demanded fighting against his hold. The man gripped you tighter pushing you against the cold floor. "

You should know fighting makes it worse!" he barked.

You had always held back with him thinking he would just let you be under a small fight, but you could tell this would require force on your part. You gave a quick twist of your hips flipping yourself so he wasn't straddling you any longer then freed one hand hitting his face and using it as leverage to push yourself out from under him onto your feet. He tried to pull your other arm so you would go back to the ground, but you pulled your wrist to his thumb and broke the grip.

"Stay away from me you monster!" you yelled. He looked up at you now even more angered at your defiance.

"You will follow orders little wretch" he growled getting to his feet walking slowly in your direction. You matched every one of his steps with that of one of your own.

"I shall not follow such orders from you, for you do not own me bandit!" you snapped feeling your anger rise.

"How can you say I do not own you?! I am the one who decides if you live or die here girl! What I say goes. If I want you killed I can have such done with a wave of my hand!" he countered with seduction in his word.

"You will not have me. I will make sure of it. You promised Kaban such." you pointed out.

"I did not promise anything to anyone. That would be the Captain that captured you and I am over him. If I say I shall have you, he can not stop me to keep that 'promise' he gave who ever was traveling with you. I doubt he even survived the ride back to Kalgoa." he smirked reaching out and grabbing you roughly pulling you against him.

You struggled in his grip looking up at the man. He then pulled you even tighter against him where you felt a hard warmth under his dressing at around your lower stomach. Not being the neive little girl, you knew what it was.

"You see Maza, that is my want for you. I have not felt such desire for any maiden. I have had many women in my time but none tempted me such as yourself. Which is why nothing shall stop me from having you and fulfilling my desire." He explained seductively but the words not phasing you at all. You still hated this vile beast.

"You shall not have such things from me sir!" you snapped biting his shoulder since he had pulled you so close. He yelped in pain releasing you so to nurse his shoulder giving you the chance to run. You turned and ran out of his chambers area so to make it out side of this hut and possibly into the camp where you could try to blend with the women and children you now knew to be in the camp.

"Maza!!" you heard the man yell from behind as you started your escape. You could not let him catch you but you couldn't use any form of magic. What were you to do?

You tried best you could to run following your instinct on which turn to take, but sadly, that could only get you so far. As you made a turn, you were abruptly stopped by a large body. You looked up to see no other then the man his anger apparent in his facial features. Before you could turn to run again he grabbed you painfully.

"I am going to teach you not to run from me." he snapped shaking your roughly as a woman would a floor mat. You yelped from the pain from the hold as he shook you.

Holding onto you tightly, he dragged you outside his home and into another building next door. You were frightened to find this building to be that of a torture area. On the wall set chains to hold a being to it and a table filled with assorted tools and weapons.

"There you go!" the man growled throwing you against the wall stunning your body long enough to chain each hand to the wall behind you. "I didn't want to resort to these measures Maza, but you leave me no choice..." he lightly laughed walking over to the table gazing over the things like a child would a table of new toys...

(Kira's POV)

You awoke suddenly beads of sweat running down your face. Blinking, you gazed around yourself so to figure out where you were. There wasn't much light due to the moon taking the phase of waning away. This meant there was not long until complete darkness would take the night sky for a time. 'Was it a dream I just experienced?' You thought to yourself. But it all seemed so real. With a sigh, you brought your knees to your chest letting your head rest on your knees.

"It was all a dream Kira. it wasn't real. She... She wouldn't" you told yourself trying to convince yourself the falsehood of what you had just seen. Still, you couldn't get the images out of your head...

Dream

You stood in the middle of what seemed to be a village. Darkness had covered the land but the light of a great flame colored the area around you. the village was in flames! The screams of people filled your ears as you noticed many running in horror. Women dragged children as they all seemed to flee in one direction.

"Run! Run! a monster!" many of them screamed running.

At this, you knew that your duty had come. You had to protect these people. A monster was taking advantage of their weakness and you were going to stop it. You had sworn to. Quickly, you made your way in the direction of the people running. Finally, you made it to where you saw men in battle crowded around in one area, but you couldn't see the beast they had surrounded. That's when you heard it. A loud scream of a voice you recognized.

"MAZA!" You yelled running toward the group thinking your friend was fighting the beast.

A great ball of light erupted from the center of the crowd as a wave of wind knocked everyone off their feet and flying in the air many feet. Picking yourself up from the ground, you looked up to find the most horrid sight. There, stood your best friend and companion her dress soaked with dirt and blood. MUCH blood. The white in her clothing almost completely changed the scarlet color. Her nails, now claw-like, dripped with the substance. One of the men ran up to her yelling and your friend just with a wave of her wrist sliced the soldier in two his entrails splattering amongst the ground. At the sight, many of the men began to run. You expected your friend to stand and allow them to leave, but she did quite the opposite. With one leap of almost fifty feet, your friend now stood in front of the group.

"You filthy dogs. When will you realize you aren't getting out of here alive!" she yelled attacking the group relentlessly. It was a complete nightmare... you were watching the scene unfold as the endless slaughter continued. Her rage had gone too far and it had come loose. There was nothing you could do but watch and hope... hope she didn't come after you with those claws dripping dark red with human blood and glowing violet eyes of pure anger...

End Dream

Tears filled your eyes as you remembered the details. She was not herself in that dream and it scared you. Was this dream a vision of what was yet to come?

"Oh Ra! Please never let such take place. I beg you." You murmured trying to choke down the tears. Your dire moments were cut short by the sound of your name echoing through the halls outside. You quickly got out of your bed throwing your cloak over your shoulders and stepped outside your room.

"Who calls my name?" you asked aloud. That's when one of the guards men appeared down the hall his face telling you he was probably the one calling your name.

"My Lady! It's a miracle, Kaban has awaken!" He informed you as he ran up to meet you.

"That is wonderful! I shall tend to him immediately." You chirped hiding the fact that only moments ago you were weeping from a nightmare you had just sustained. The guard nodded as you now made your quick dash to where Kaban had been sleeping the past several days….

(Seto's POV)

You rushed to the room where the soldier Kaban had been sleeping as called by the Pharaoh himself. You didn't know why you were summoned, but you only hoped it meant the man was awake and could tell you of the sorceries. Once there you noticed many people were already in the room.

"Ah, Master Seto it's good to see you my boy!" The pharaoh announced as he noticed your presence.

"Is he… awake?" you asked holding all hope for the young sorceries.

"I have, and I have a favor to ask of you." A voice erupted softly. You took a quick scan to find the source and found the small crowd separating to reveal to you the soldier sitting up in the bed he had been placed. A wave of relief rushed over you.

"What's this favor?" you questioned walking towards the young man.

"Sir Seto, follow me. Let us allow Kira to do her work and I shall explain everything" The one called Rubin spoke up. You looked over at the master of the two sorceresses and nodded. Slowly, you followed him outside as he led you farther and farther from the group deeper and deeper into the palace.

"What's going on?" you questioned once you assumed the two of you had gone far enough.

"There's not much time boy! I must be brief. Maza was captured by those bandits but they didn't know who she was... thank Ra!" the old man began to explain as you kept up with his fast pace leading you Ra knows where.

"Where did this happed? Was she harmed?" you asked worried for the girl's safety.

"Kaban told us an oasis on the outskirts of the land. A two or more day trip at a normal speed. He told us she wasn't harmed but that he bought her some time. Sadly, that time was sorter than we hoped." He told you.

"What?" You asked taking the information in.

"Kaban and Maza acted perfectly, the two convinced the group that Kaban was the brother of Maza's husband and the two were on their way to Kalgoa to meet with him there where he owns many fields." Rubin picked us his pace as he told you the story.

"So what do I have to do with this sir?" you asked.

"We want you to take a convoy of men who will be your farmhands and forge yourself as the husband coming to pay her ransom. The exact amount wasn't stated, but they told Kaban to have the husband bring what he thinks she's worth. You must keep with the EXACT story Kaban gave to them. ANY discrepancy could mean you all your lives." He revealed to you. You stood still for a brief moment but walked on with still more question to ask the man.

"You said her time was drawing near. How long do I have?" you spoke up.

"Till the moon disappears from the night sky and by the looks of tonight you don't have anytime to waste young man. The king ordered the men be put together. You must change into more common cloths. I assume you have some from home. And you must stick to the story I gave you and you must make sure EVERY man knows that story and does not tell different." You nodded in response to his instructions.

"But sir, I have one more question…" The old man nodded telling you to ask. "Why me sir? Why am I chosen for this task?" you question thrilled to play the hero to the maiden but confused by the selection.

"Truthfully, you're one of the few men in the high order the bandits wouldn't recognize. All the guardians are known to them except you who only just joined our realm. That and you're the only one of us that matches her age except Muhado and he is away on an assignment of his own." The old man explained quickly, "Now quickly son! You don't have much time. Every grain of sand counts and may be the difference between Maza's life or… death."

You nodded and rushed to your quarters where you quickly changed clothes to ones from home and quickly raced out to the front gate where the convoy full of crops and some cattle were already lined up. You hurried to the front where you found someone in a cloak their face hidden from your view.

"We must hurry we have no time." You announced as you climbed next to the soldier who held the reins to the oxen that pulled the cart. "Let's move out men!" You announced as the soldier to your right snapped the reins getting the oxen to move forward.

The group was out of the palace lands and on their way to the forbidden lands when you finally spoke again. "Alright," you sighed, "We must make sure all the men have the story right so not to blow the cover…" You glanced over at the solder who still wore the cape over his head. "Why are you hiding your face solider?" you asked as you pulled back the hood to reveal…

(Your POV)

Blood dripped from many lacerations in you skin all over your body. You had been whipped, cut, hit, kicked, beaten, and many other torturous things since you were dragged in here. It took every ounce of strength you had not to use your powers in fear of being discovered. You didn't even try healing yourself in any manor. You only pushed through the pain as each drop of blood dripped from your body upon your blood stained clothes or down your rough injured skin. You felt every bruise that found itself on your being when you tried to shift your position every once in awhile. The man was set on doing this to you for only Ra knows how long. You looked up with pained eyes at him not giving into his games.

"Will you comply Maza you must we continue like this?" he asked taking a seat next to the table full of tools. In your weakened state, you looked up with a glare then spat the blood that trickled from cuts on your lips at him to send him your message. He looked down where the stain appeared on his clothes as you could tell his anger reached a new peek. "HOW CAN YOU DEFY ME ANY LONGER!! WHAT MUST I DO WRETCH!?" he yelled using his fists some more beating you about your face and neck. Once he stopped, you couldn't seem to hear as well and your head throbbed even worse than it had before.

"I would never share a bed with a fool like you. I would rather DIE FIRST!" You snapped as blood continued to drip from the sides of your mouth and other scratches on your face from you assumed to be his rings.

He didn't speak a word. He just reared back and kicked you with all his might in your stomach taking the breath from you. The shock sent your body to the floor crumpled over until an intense feeling of sickness overcame you. The next thing you knew, you were throwing up blood from possibly an injury inside.

"If you want to die! I'll let you die. Then, I'll have what I want." He told you as the last bit became seductive. You looked up at him, the stench of your blood running through your senses. He was going to go by your word in his own sickened way.

"Y-you MONSTER!" You forced out as you felt your anger rise.

"Maza… Maza... You must understand that in this land, I rule. I always get what I want." He chuckled.

Your anger swelled growing bigger and larger with each passing second as you were tortured by this monster and his ramblings about getting his way. This awoke something inside of you something… evil. Something you hadn't felt in some time.

"And if I must take you dead my Maza, I will. It's not like other women haven't made your claim, and I didn't let that stop me." Not only was he going to go through with the act, but he had defiled other innocent women after their deaths as well. Just the thought of your fate knowing you weren't going to be the last it was going to be done to sent you over the edge. "Am I finally getting a good response out of you beautiful? Would you rather live through the experience?" The man asked taking your battered face in his hands his eyes full of lust. That was the last you remembered before your vision turned red as the blood seeping from your wounds…