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"GAH!" Mana cries out as someone's sword slashes through her arm, causing her to lose her balance on her horse and she falls to the ground with a thud. Mahad and Shada glance her way and try to help her, but they have their hands full. She grimaces and holds her left arm which is gushing out with blood now. A small puddle forms where her arm lies. With her face facing the ground, she takes a couple of deep breaths to calm herself down and to get herself together. She isn't allowed too much time when she sees a couple of shadows form around her. Slowly she lifts up her head to see more of Marik's men ready to attack her at any second. She clenches her fists and shuts her eyes. 'I will not be defeated. Never!'
"STAY BACK!" she yells and her wand activates, causing a couple of dozen men to be blown back away from her, giving her room. She pants as she begins to stand and she slouches over slightly, still holding her injured arm. She looks up with disbelief as the men start to stand once again. "No…Why won't they stay down?" They all start to surround her with grins on their faces and Mana closes her eyes, preparing herself for the worse.
Atem cringes and holds his chest after feeling a sharp pain go through his heart. 'Mana…' Cairo drops her arms and the force field that was once around them disappears. Atem grips tightly the sword that is in his hand and narrows his eyes. There is really nothing else he can do now but continue to defend himself and hope that they will stay down for good. The fight seems endless. No matter what he and the others did, they would still come back for more. The enemy is as good as new while their energy drains with each attack they give and each attack inflicted on them. He growls in frustration and swipes his sword back at the person coming at him from behind although he knows that he will be back on his feet eventually. 'I don't know how much more of this I can take.'
Cairo pants heavily after dodging an attack. He stands in front of her with a grin on his face while she looks up at him with exhaustion showing on her face. She gasps when she feels someone pull her hair and raise her up, her feet leaving the floor. "Leave this one to me. We have some unfinished business,' says Nile continuing to hold her up. "Not so high and mighty, are we now?"
Cairo grins weakly and responds, "Nope," before kicking him where the sun don't shine. He drops her and goes down to the floor, curling up into a ball, groaning in pain.
Mana gasps desperately for air as one of Marik's men pins her to a rock with his hands tightly around her neck. Her eyes slowly scroll over to Marik who watches from a far and he laughs at seeing her go through so much pain and torture. "Release me!" Mana yells. "I'm warning you!" She gives the man a hard kick to his stomach and then to the face and he lets her go. She holds her throat, coughing a couple of times before groaning when more men approach her once again.
'I beat them, they come back for more. I kill them, they come back for more. How can I stop them?' She looks over to Marik who continues to laugh with his arms folded across his chest and her eyes widen. 'That's it! If I defeat Marik, they'll be defeated as well!' She starts toward Marik only for her path to be blocked. 'These guys are really starting to annoy me!' She charges at all of them, giving out punches, kicks and magical attacks to keep them down long enough so that she can reach Marik. Each attack leads her closer to her goal. That is until she is pulled back by her shirt by a rather huge man.
"Where do you think you're going?" he asks her and her eyes widen with horror when she sees a punch coming her way. His fist makes contact with her face, sending her flying and she lands on the ground hard.
"My Queen!" yells Shada and he runs toward the large man with his sword in his hand. Shada swipes at him with his sword only to miss and be in the same state as Mana. The man slowly makes his way over to them and picks them both up by their heads, only to slam their faces together and drop them back to the ground.
Mana grimaces, holding her bloodied face. "C-Curse him…"
"I'm sorry, did you say something?" the man asks, stomping his foot into her back, causing her to scream as he does this continuously while Shada looks helplessly.
The pain in Atem's chest becomes even stronger now and he grits his teeth, knowing that Mana is in danger at this very moment. 'Mana…I'm trying to get there as fast as I can…' He looks over to his daughter who isn't too far away. She breathes heavily, holding her side with one hand and her wand in the other.
"Cairo," he calls out to her and she immediately runs over to him to see what he wants. "You must use that spell."
"What? But dad, there's too much energy involved. I don't think I'd survive."
"But you will if I help you."
"Huh?"
"Everyone, take cover right now!" Atem yells out and the priests and the remainder of his men obey while he and his daughter stand on the platform, both holding onto Cairo's wand. Marik's men start to approach them slowly as if they were zombies. Atem narrows his eyes, waiting for the right moment to attack. "On my count…" Cairo nods her head slowly, waiting for her dad to signal her. "One…two…"
"Attack them now!" yells one of Marik's men.
"THREE!" Cairo's wand glows as she and her father let out a large battle cry and their enemies are all pushed back by an enormous force. Some knock into walls and others land on the ground with a loud thud. This leaves an open path for Atem to get through with ease but he will have to hurry before they get back up again. He darts through the doors and out to the stables to get a spare horse to ride to the desert.
'Mana…wait for me!'
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"GET AWAY!" yells Mahad who uses a spell to raise the man into the air and send him flying. He immediately goes to Mana's aid and helps her stand to her feet.
"Mahad…"
"Are you alright?" he asks with worry.
"I'm…fine…just…help me get…to Marik…please," she replies. Shada stands up beside Mahad and they look at each other before nodding.
"Be careful Mana," says Mahad and she nods at him.
"You too."
"Let's go Mahad," Shada says and they go all out with attacking the countless men to give Mana a clear path to Marik. Mana begins to walk slowly, her wand materializing in her hands as she does so. As she comes closer and closer to her destination, her walk becomes even faster. Marik's back is turned so maybe he will not see her approaching him.
'I only have one shot. I can't screw this up.' She breaks off into a run and her wand turns into a sword. "This is it!" she yells and she aims her sword, only for him to whip around with a sword in his hand as well and he stabs her in the stomach, causing her eyes to go wide and for blood to spill out of her mouth. Mahad and Shada look over and yell her name as they see the sword go through her body.
"Nice try," says Marik.
Mana looks up at him and grins before stabbing him as well in the same place to his surprise. "Thank you," she says before the swords turns back into being her wand again. "Now be gone." With her wand still deep in his stomach, his whole body begins to glow.
"W-What's this!? NO!" he yells before feeling a magical blast go through his entire body. Shada and Mahad shield themselves from the blast and smoke from the attack. They wait for the smoke to disappear. The first thing they see is Mana's form as the smoke begins to clear.
"Mana!" Mahad yells. Soon enough, her whole body can be seen, but he is not expecting to see the huge hole in her stomach. "MANA!!" The men around them, as well as the palace begin to disappear after Marik's defeat to everyone's relief, especially Mana's.
She stands in the middle of the desert with a lazy smirk across her lips. She puts a hand to her stomach before lifting it up to her face to see blood covering her hand. That's when she looks down for the first time to see the damage. Her whole shirt is stained with blood. With a light chuckle, she drops her wand before falling face forward to the sand.
"The Queen!" yells Shada as and Mahad rush over to her. Mahad lifts her up into his arms and her eyes open partially.
"Mahad…I did it…"
"Mana…hang on…"
"I guess I…proved that…I…really am the…Queen of…" Her eyes slowly close before she can finish her sentence. Atem rides up on his horse to see an empty desert. In the distance, he can see Mahad and Shada surrounding Mana.
'Oh no…' He commands his horse to go to them so he can get a better look and to his horror, Mana is lying in Mahad's arms with a huge hole in her stomach, her body motionless. Mahad looks to him apologetically.
"I'm sorry my King…"
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