The Eye of Horus
Neferi: I'm back with chapter four!
Tara: Come on let's hurry!
Neferi: Read the disclaimer .
Tara: NeferNeferi doesn't own YGO but she does own the Horus Items.
Chapter four: Conversation
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Two hours after Marik had left Tara had turned the lights off and sat on the darkest corner of her room, which happened to be on her bed. The only light that fell in the room was the moonlight that came from a high window that also had bars, located at the far right of the room, far from the bed.
'I know I won't sleep tonight so I just will be doing my prayers' thought the young girl as she leaned against the wall on the corner of the room where her bed was located.
Tara closed her eyes and started murmuring her prayers to her god. After almost 20 minutes she still wasn't over.
At the corridor…
Marik was walking in the darkness because he still wasn't tired yet, meaning he didn't want to go to bed. As he passed by the room where he kept Tara he heard some murmurs that he recognized.
"Neter Horus' sekhem…" he heard in a soft murmur. (A/N: Ancient Egyptian words that I know, neter means god and sekhem means the god's power).
'I know she's the priestess, she's praying in ancient Egyptian' thought Marik smirking to himself.
He was going to pay her a visit and besides that he wanted her to entertain him for some time. Marik opened the door without warning and saw that Tara was sitting on her bed. He closed the door behind him and sat on the bed.
"I heard your prayer from the corridor priestess" he said looking at her.
"I'm no priestess and actually I was reading something" replied Tara without moving.
"I see nothing near you that shows that you were reading" said Marik.
Tara took out her wallet from one of her pockets and a card from out of it. She flipped it so Marik could see it. As Marik looked at it he noticed that on the card were written the same words he had heard and that it was a logo of a store.
"It's my card from the store in Egypt" said Tara putting the credit card away.
She was far more clever than what Marik thought.
"So Tara aren't you going to sleep?" he asked looking at her again.
"Why do you want me to sleep?" replied Tara looking at her knees "So a psycho like you can have the best of me while I can't defend myself?".
That comment made Marik very angry and he raised a hand to slap her but suddenly Tara's voice said in a menacing tone "You do that and I swear you will have to be on a hospital for around two weeks".
Marik laughed and said "Are you going to punish me for that?".
"The last person that hit me ended up on the hospital with a broken arm" answered Tara looking at the wall beside her.
"But I am something else Tara" replied the young man.
Tara didn't reply at him.
'I prefer to stay quiet, he may be able to leave me alone' she thought.
"Why don't we duel? I know you carry your deck around always" said Marik.
Tara eyed him and said "I suppose you want to win something from me".
"No, at least not now, I want to see your skills, maybe you will be useful if you're not the priestess" he replied.
"I will duel you on one condition: we duel like the duelist kingdom, I'm not in the mood for a long duel now" said the girl.
"Very well" he agreed.
Tara took her deck out from another pocket and slid to the floor. Marik took out his and sat down in front of her. They shuffled their decks and prepared to duel, picking their five cards from the first drawn.
"Ladies first" said Marik.
Tara shook her head and with a movement of hand indicated that he should take the first move.
"I play a monster in defense mode and a card face down. It's your move" he said.
Tara drew her card and said "I also play a monster in defense mode and two cards face down. Your turn".
Marik drew his card and then said "I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode (1900) and activate the effect of my face down monster, Man Eater Bug".
"So my monster goes to the graveyard" said Tara putting her monster on the graveyard by her deck.
"And I attack you with both monsters" said Marik "So I win".
"You haven't, first I activate Destiny Board, this means that in five turns this duel will be over, and second I forgot to show you that when you summoned Man Eater Bug I had a trap card waiting for it, so it's destroyed" said Tara.
Marik dropped his monster card on the graveyard and said "Either way you only have a hundred life points left".
As Tara drew a card from her deck she said "Not for long, I activate Dian Keto The Cure Master which raises my life points by 2000 points, and then I play one of my combos. First I play Dark Hole, destroying all monsters on the field and finally I summon Wingweaver in attack mode (2750) and attack you, I win".
To Marik's disbelief she had truly won the duel. Tara picked her cards carefully and put her deck away. Then she sat on the bed again.
"You're very skilled, you may serve me" said Marik sitting on her bed, nearer this time.
"Where's my father?" asked Tara giving the subject a real twist.
"You have no need to know that Tara" answered Marik "And I won't tell you anyway".
"I do have need of knowing where my father is, after all it's convenient for you to keep him alive, that's the word you have that I will be here" replied the girl.
Marik had never known a woman that could just…be so defiant with him. She seemed to know every aspect of what kept her there and what didn't let her move.
"What else do you do?" he asked.
Tara eyed him again thinking 'What does he need to know?'.
"Answer me!" he yelled angrily.
"I write" answered Tara looking at the pillow in front of her.
"What do you write?" asked Marik sounding bored.
"Verses" answered the girl.
"Write one" said the young boy.
"I don't have any paper nor pencil" replied Tara.
"In the cabinet you will find some paper and a pencil" stated Marik.
Tara moved on the bed to the cabinet beside it and opening a drawer she saw what she was looking for. She took the pencil and a sheet of paper out, then closed the drawer.
"Now write" said Marik.
"I'm not in the mood" replied Tara.
"I said write!" he yelled.
"Fine!" yelled Tara back.
She picked the pencil on her left hand and started writing something. After a minute she had written something. She handed him the paper without a word and took the pillow in her arms. Marik took the paper and started reading it. It read:
Life it's not always fair,
It gives you hits you cannot bear.
You feel everything will tear,
And you don't want to be there.
Marik glanced at her and noticed she had hidden her face with the pillow.
"I wrote for you as you told me, now give me the paper, I want to keep it" said a muffled voice.
"Were you thinking on something specific when you wrote this?" asked Marik suddenly interested by the dark verse.
"Yes on life" answered Tara's muffled voice again "Now give me the paper".
She felt a weight lifted from her bed and when she turned her head Marik was walking to the door. The paper was lying on the bed before her. As he opened the door he stopped and turned to look at her.
"I know you are the priestess Tara, even if you don't want to tell me so keep in mind that you won't get out of here nor see your father if you don't speak" he said.
Then he walked out and locked the door.
'I can't tell him about the Horus Items, that would mean he would have world domination' thought Tara 'I just hope I can keep my mouth shut and save my father, not to mention saving myself'.
In the Kame Game Shop…
"Has she contacted you?" asked Yugi to Yami, who was leaning by the desk with crossed arms.
"No she hasn't" answered Yami "I hope she's alright".
"I can't wait any longer Yami, I'm going out and look for her" replied Yugi putting on his jacket.
"Yugi look at the time it's - "
"I don't care about the time Yami I just want Tara to be safe!" exclaimed Yugi turning to look at his yami with some tears on his eyes "You seem like you don't care about her!".
Yami looked at Yugi in shock for a moment and then said "I do care for Tara, she was my priestess back then and we became close friends. I loved her very much Yugi, like a sister".
"You said it Yami, loved in past tense. I think you don't care about her anymore like you did back then" said Yugi walking up to the door.
"Yugi I can barely remember my Tera, and that pains me so" replied Yami.
"If it pains you so and if you love her as you say then come, let's look for her" said Yugi opening the door.
Yami nodded and disappeared. Then Yugi walked out at eleven p.m. from his house in search of his friend, that was far away from there.
Tara had her eyes closed and suddenly gasped as she snapped them open.
"Yugi" she whispered worriedly "And my Pharaoh, they're in great danger".
She stood from her bed and walked towards the door, looking through the opening that had bars. No one was there.
'Let me see if my kidnapper is asleep' she thought.
She looked into the future and saw him lying on the bed asleep.
'Good, now I can contact them' she thought.
Tara closed her eyes and said //Yugi//.
As Yugi walked by the park he swore he heard Tara's voice calling him.
"Tara?" he murmured.
//I'm speaking with telepathy Yugi// answered Tara //Listen carefully, you have to return home quickly, you are in great danger//.
//Danger of what?// asked Yugi.
//Just do as I say Yugi, you must hurry now// said Tara.
Yugi made a run for it to his house.
//Where are you Tara?// asked Yugi.
//I have no idea but I'm alright so don't you worry// answered Tara.
As Yugi turned around on a corner he was surrounded by seven guys, all armed.
//Get away from there!// exclaimed Tara worriedly.
//I'll take over Yugi// said Yami.
When Yami was about to take over Yugi was stabbed on the stomach. He fell to the floor bleeding and unconscious.
Tara let out a scream full of pain "STOP!".
Her breathing became heavy and she bent forward. As she lost focus, she also lost contact with Yugi and Yami.
Marik sat upright on his bed the moment he heard Tara's scream.
"What the…?" he said putting a shirt on.
He made his way towards the room where he kept her captive and opened the door. Tara was on the floor, all the way bent to it, she looked like she was touching the ground with her forehead. She was groaning painfully.
"Tara?" he asked approaching her a little concerned.
"It hurts" said Tara in painful gasps "Help me".
As Marik knelt by her he noticed what was wrong. Part of the girl's precious crimson liquid was seen on the floor near her.
'What by Ra's name…?' thought Marik.
"Let me see your injury" said Marik trying to make her sit.
"No, it hurts" she answered in a painful moan "Help me, I can barely…".
And not finishing those last words she passed out. Marik turned her around quickly and gently and noticed her black lace-half sleeve was stained with her blood. He raised the shirt a little and noticed she had a wound on the stomach, as if she had been stabbed.
"Odion!" he yelled quickly.
His half brother entered the room quickly. Marik had taken his shirt off and had tried to stop the girl's bleeding.
"What happened?" asked Odion.
"No time to explain Odion, we have to help her" said Marik quickly.
Odion took a look at her wound and said "I don't think she will last".
"Don't say that! She has to live, I need her!" exclaimed Marik alarmed.
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Neferi: End of chapter!
Tara: Cliffhanger!
Neferi: Yeah, will Yugi be alright? What about Tara? Will they survive? And why was Tara wounded?
Tara: These answers you will find them in the next chapter, please review and keep reading for my sake!