Just to warn you, there will be torture in this chapter. If you don't like that, you may want to skip this chapter.
Chapter 16- The Torture and Death of Mia
Bakura and Marik were lounging around Yuugi's room while Yuugi, Mana, Heba, Jou, Ryou, and Malik were playing their cards game.
"Sorry, guys, but I win again." Yuugi said, showing them her cards.
"Remind me why we decided to play this?" Jou said, throwing his cards down.
"Because I am confined to me bed at the moment, so there's not much else that I can do." Yuugi said.
"She has a point." Heba agreed.
"Wonder what that meeting they had to go to was about." Ryou said.
"No idea." Heba replied.
"Will Atemu and Seth tell you what went on?" Malik asked as he gathered the cards and started to shuffle them,
"Sometimes Atemu does. There are times that he doesn't just because he wants to forget that he's a prince Egypt for a little while." Heba answered.
"Seth always tells me unless it is something that he absolutely cannot tell me." Jou said.
The door to the room opened, and Atemu and Yami walked into the room.
"Hey. Glad that you finally came back." Mana said.
"Sorry, Mana, but we can't stay. We have to go to Father's study and meet him now." Atemu told her.
"Then why didn't you go straight there instead of coming here?" Yuugi asked.
"Father wants Bakura and Marik there as well." Yami said.
"He does?" Bakura and Marik asked.
Atemu and Yami both nodded their heads.
Ryou and Malik turned to glare at their husbands.
"What did you do?" Ryou demanded.
"Nothing! I swear!" Bakura said.
"You had to do something to get called by the Pharaoh." Malik snapped.
"Honest, Malik! We haven't done a thing." Marik promised.
"We honestly don't know what's going on, but Father didn't say that they had done anything." Yami said.
"You'll tell us if they did do anything." Ryou said.
"Of course." Atemu said.
Yami and Atemu grabbed Bakura and Marik and dragged them out of the room before Ryou and Malik could kill them.
"I swear that Bakura is going to die a slow painful death for what he's done." Ryou muttered.
"Ryou, we don't know that they have done anything wrong." Yuugi told him gently.
Ryou glared at her. "That doesn't mean they haven't done anything, though." Ryou said.
"We'll just wait and find out. Let's play another game." Jou said.
Malik passed out the cards, and the group started to play another game.
"Damn it! Why did you have to say that and get us in trouble?!" Bakura shouted.
Yami rolled his eyes. "Bakura, we didn't say that so we could get you two in trouble. Father really does want to talk to you." Yami said.
"He does?" Marik asked.
"Yes. He asked us to bring you there, and I really don't want to keep him waiting too long." Atemu said.
The four made their way through the halls until they reached Aknankanon's study.
Atemu knocked on the door.
"Enter." Aknankanon called from inside the room.
Atemu opened the door, and the four walked inside.
"Father, we're here, and so are Marik and Bakura." Yami said.
Aknankanon turned to face them. "Good. I'm glad that you came so promptly." Aknankanon said.
"Pharaoh, what is it that you think we've done?" Bakura asked.
Aknankanon blinked. "You didn't do anything to my knowledge. Why?" Aknankanon asked.
"When Ryou and Malik heard that you wanted to see us, they thought that we had done something to get in trouble." Marik explained.
Aknankanon shook his head. "Neither one of you are in trouble. Now, sit down." Aknankanon said, indicating to the four chairs in the room.
Atemu, Yami, Bakura, and Marik all did as they were told and sat down.
"I actually asked Atemu and Yami to bring you here so that I could ask you two to do something for me." Aknankanon said.
Yami and Atemu looked at each other, wondering what it was that their father planned to have them do.
"What would that be?" Bakura asked, slightly interested.
"How good are you two at torture?" Aknankanon asked.
"Depends on what will happen to us when we give our answer." Bakura said.
"Nothing bad is going to happen to you. I really want to know how good you two are at it." Aknankanon told them.
"Well, in that case, we were so good that no raider, thief, murder, or anyone else crooked wanted to come near us. Granted, we never killed anyone, but we did make them wish that they were dead." Bakura said.
"I see." Aknankanon mused.
Atemu frowned. "Father, why are you asking them this?" Atemu asked.
"Because I want them to use their torturing skills for me." Aknankanon said.
"You do?" Yami, Atemu, Bakura, and Marik all asked at the same time.
Aknankanon nodded. "Yes. I believe that they are the most fit to do this for me." Aknankanon said.
"What is it that you want us to do?" Marik asked, his interest more than peeked.
Aknankanon smirked. "I was hoping that you two would be willing to torture Mia for me." Aknankanon said.
"What?!" all four exclaimed.
"Father, would the council approve of this?" Atemu asked.
"Quite honestly, I do not care of they agree or not. Mia has already been labeled a traitor to the Egyptian crown. In fact, she is to be executed tomorrow at sunset." Aknankanon said.
"And you want us to torture her why?" Bakura asked, thinking that this might be a trick.
"Because that girl has been a pain in the ass to every person in the palace since the day she started living here. She made palace life nearly unbearable. In fact, it was unbearable. She caused nothing but problems, and I cannot name the number of men that came to me complaining about how Mia continuously tried to seduce them." Aknankanon said.
"Atemu and myself included." Yami stated.
"Yes. Her actions against Yuugi were the last straw, and I am not exactly satisfied with just her death. I feel that she needs to be tortured a little first before her death. Since you are both so close to Yuugi, I know that you want revenge, and she would be tortured, too. I thought that you would like to do it." Aknankanon said.
"Yes, we would as long as we are not charged with any crime." Marik said, not wanting to be thrown in jail later for this.
"Father never goes back on his word." Atemu told them.
"It's all right, Atemu. Their suspicions are warranted. Perhaps this will ease your thoughts." Aknankanon said, handing a paper to Bakura.
"This absolves us from any charges in anything that happens to that woman." Bakura said.
"Yes. We can't bring any charges against you because of that." Aknankanon said.
Bakura smirked. "I think that I am going to have fun torturing that bitch." Bakura said.
"I have only two stipulations." Aknankanon said.
"Which are?" Marik asked, becoming excited about this.
"One, I don't want you to kill her. Mia will meet her end by my own way." Aknankanon said.
"Sure. We don't really like to kill. Like I said, we never have." Bakura said.
"The other stipulation?" Yami asked.
"I don't want you to rape her. That is something that I do not tolerate at all." Aknankanon said.
"No offense meant, Pharaoh, but we are both happily married to men. No woman would ever have us in her bed, even in rape. We won't look anywhere else for something like that." Bakura said.
"Good. Then it is settled." Aknankanon said.
"Why were we privy to this conversation?" Atemu asked.
"So that I would have witnesses that I did say no harm would come to them for doing this. And I didn't think that either one of you would have anything against it." Aknankanon said.
"I don't." Yami said.
"Anything specific you want us to do to her, Yami?" Bakura asked.
"No. Just make it painful." Yami said.
"It will be." Marik promised.
"I am going to have Mercurious with to make sure you don't go too far." Aknankanon said.
"Sure thing." Marik said.
"When do we start?" Bakura asked.
"Whenever you like. Just be out of the dungeons by afternoon tomorrow." Aknankanon said.
"Not a problem." Bakura said.
That night, under the cover of night, Bakura and Marik made their way into the dungeons to carry out their deeds.
Mercurious met them art the entrance to the dungeon. "I take it that you are the ones that the Pharaoh said would be torturing Mia." Mercurious said.
"Yes. You're the guard, Mercurious, right?" Bakura asked.
Mercurious nodded. "Follow me." Mercurious said.
Marik and Bakura followed Mercurious inside.
"Why are there no guards?" Marik asked.
"The bitch is the only prisoner, and no one else was needed." Mercurious said.
"Good. Makes it easier." Bakura said.
The three reached Mia's cell where she was sound asleep.
Mercurious moved to wake her up, but Bakura stopped him. "Let me wake her up." Bakura said with a smirk.
Mercurious nodded and opened the door.
Bakura walked over to the woman and slapped her hard.
Mia awake at the sharp pain and glared up. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BASTARD!" Mia shouted.
Bakura smirked. "I'm not afraid of you. You were stripped of your title and you have no power. In fact, you're scheduled for death tomorrow. No one is going to care what happens to you." Bakura said.
Mia's eyes narrowed. "What are you doing here?" Mia demanded.
"That's for me to know, and you to find out." Bakura said, standing up.
Marik walked into the room with a smirk on his face. "You know, I haven't been able to have this kind of fun in a long time." Marik said.
Mia suddenly grew very afraid at the sadistic gleam in Marik's eyes. Her eyes shifted to Mercurious, who was standing nonchalantly by the door. "Mercurious, tell them to stop. They can't do this." Mia said pleadingly.
"Actually, they can. You see, they have the Pharaoh's permission to do this. I'm just here to make sure that they don't kill you." Mercurious said.
"Think you could unchain her. It'll be easier this way." Bakura said.
Mercurious did as told.
Mia tried to run, only to be grabbed by Marik by her hair and thrown into the wall. Mia cried out from the pain in her back.
Bakura walked up to her. "You seem to like to think of yourself as a beautiful woman. You think that you are so stunning that no one is going to be able to resist you. Atemu did, and I'm sure that you felt extremely pissed off that he chose Heba, a male, over you. Then there's Yami. He constantly ignored your advances or told you blatantly that he didn't like you. That didn't stop you from making a fool of yourself and trying to make him fall for you, which, of course, failed miserably. When you saw that he and Yuugi were getting close, you went after Yuugi. You stabbed her in the shoulder and tried to kill her. That doesn't sit well with me." Bakura said.
"Why? Why do you care about that bitch?" Mia spat.
Bakura grabbed her by the neck and squeezed tightly.
Mia's hands flew up to Bakura's wrist and tried to pull his hands away to no avail.
"My husband is Yuugi's cousin, and I am very fond of Yuugi. In fact, I look at Yuugi as a sister, so I would advise you not to talk bad about her. I'm very protective of my family, and I don't like it when people attack them." Bakura said.
Mia's eyes widened in pure fear. She realized that she had pissed off the wrong person.
"Bakura, how about we stop talking and start doing our thing?" Marik asked.
Bakura smirked as he slammed Mia back against the wall of the cell. "My thoughts exactly." Bakura agreed. He finally let go of Mia's neck.
Mia gasped as she was able to breathe again. Her hands rubbed her neck, which was red. "You'll never get away with this." Mia said.
"Actually, I will. You see, the Pharaoh doesn't care what we do to you as long as we do not rape or kill you. The thought of being with a woman makes me sick, especially with you. You're nothing but a whore who has been in so many people's beds that it's a wonder that you haven't ended up pregnant yet. Than again, that might mean that you can't have children. What would that have done if you were queen? Yami would have had to bed another women anyway to have an heir." Bakura said.
Mia's eyes widened. "The bitch that sleeps with him would die." Mia hissed.
"I don't think so. After all, you'll be dead when Yami is married." Bakura said.
Mia screamed and lunged at Bakura. Bakura grabbed her by the front of her dress and threw her into the wall.
Marik held up the whip.
Bakura nodded and started to take it.
Mercurious walked up and said, "Allow me."
Bakura looked and saw the sadistic gleam in Mercurious' eyes. He smirked and nodded.
Mercurious took the whip.
Marik grabbed Mia by her hair and jerked her to her feet with a cry of pain from Mia. Marik chained her so that she faced the wall with her arms above her head and then ripped the back of her dress so that her bare back showed.
"What are you doing?" Mia demanded.
"Making you suffer before the Pharaoh ends your life." Bakura said. He nodded to Mercurious.
Mercurious brought the whip down onto her back.
Mia screamed at the sharp pain.
Mercurious continued to whip her until Bakura counted fifty lashings and raised a hand to tell Mercurious to stop when he did.
Mia was sobbing from the pain and blood flowed down her back, staining her dress.
Bakura nodded to Marik, who unchained her.
Mia fell to the floor from the pain.
"I-I didn't do anything wrong." Mia said.
"You tried to kill a woman that I care about very much. You nearly killed my sister, and I don't take that lightly." Bakura said. He took out a dagger and kneeled down beside her. "Besides, a bitch like you doesn't deserve mercy." Bakura whispered in her ear before he drug the blade of his dagger down her back.
Mia cried even more at the feel of the blade. Bakura pushed her back against the wall of that her bare back hit the wall, causing Mia to cry from the pain.
Bakura ripped the front of her dress open.
Mia's eyes widened in fear.
"I'm not raping you. I have no desire for women. Besides, Ryou is more than enough for me." Bakura said. He drug the blade down her stomach.
Mia cried even more.
Marik decided to have some fun, too, and went over and used his own blade to drag across Mia's arms.
The pain was becoming too much for Mia. "Please stop." Mia begged.
"Begging for mercy, are we? You know, I don't think you really deserve it. After all, you did attack the Crown Prince, and that is the worst thing that a person can do, considering it is an act against the gods themselves." Marik said.
Mia whimpered. She had never felt pain like this and just wanted it to stop.
Mercurious watched as Marik and Bakura continued to torture Mia. He had never seen anyone be as cruel as they were although they were not going far enough to kill the woman. 'Perhaps the Pharaoh should use them when torturing people for answers and information.' Mercurious thought.
After torturing Mia in their own way for a few hours, Bakura and Marik walked out of the cell with Mercurious following them.
Mercurious closed and locked the cell door after chaining Mia back up although he had a feeling that it wouldn't have been necessary. He knew that Mia wouldn't have been able to escape after that torture.
"You two certainly are good at what you do." Mercurious said.
"It's what we do best." Marik said.
The cleaned all the blood off of themselves before returning to their rooms.
"You did what to her?" Ryou asked, wide-eyed.
"The Pharaoh asked us to, Ryou, and she deserved it. Besides, we didn't kill her." Bakura said.
"He'll do that later today." Marik added.
"Father did ask them to." Yami put in.
"Wish I could have seen it." Malik said.
"Malik!" Heba gasped.
Malik shrugged. "I'm just saying. She did deserve it." Malik said.
Yuugi shook her head from the bed. "I'm glad I didn't know this last night." Yuugi said.
"We didn't plan to tell you." Bakura said.
"Anyway, her execution is in an hour." Atemu said.
"Then we'll be free of that bitch for good." Yami muttered.
Yuugi sighed. "At least you won't get in trouble for it." Yuugi said.
Aknankanon, the priests, Atemu, Yami, Heba, Jou, Ryou, Malik, Marik, and Bakura were all at the balcony that gave a good view of the guillotine that would be used to kill Mia in public.
A guard brought Mia out.
Mia was struggling to walk on her own.
Aknankanon felt a grim satisfaction knowing that Mia had suffered for the crimes that she had committed.
The people of Egypt waited to hear why Mia was stripped of her title and wealth.
"My people, I have called you hear because this woman is a traitor to Egypt. While living in the palace, she has chosen to make an attempt on another lady's life in the name of jealousy. She severely injured her and tried to take her life." Aknankanon said.
The people booed Mia at that.
"She also injured the Crown Prince of Egypt in her rage." Aknankanon said.
That got the people riled up and calling for her death.
Mia was startled. She had thought that the people would be her salvation, and that they would fight to free her. She remembered how badly she had treated the villagers when they were around her. 'These pathetic people want my death. They don't know a true lady when they see one.' Mia thought.
"Mia will be put to death for her acts of treason." Aknankanon said.
The people cheered at that.
Aknankanon nodded to the guard operating the guillotine.
A different guard put her so that her head was under the blade.
"Do you have anything to say before your death, Mia?" Aknankanon asked.
Mia glared. "That bitch should be here, not me." Mia spat.
Aknankanon knew who she was referring to as did the rest on the balcony.
Aknankanon, angered once more, nodded to the guard.
The guard let the blade fall down onto Mia's neck, severing her head from her body.
Aknankanon, Yami, Atemu, Bakura, Marik, and the priests watched in satisfaction, knowing that Mia would never trouble them again.
Amara, Heba, Jou, Ryou, and Malik all watched in sickening relief. They were sickened by the sight, but relieved that she would cause no more trouble.
Aknankanon signaled for the guards to get rid of Mia's body.
The group headed back into the palace.
'At least this is over. Mia didn't get away with what she did to Yuugi. Once Yuugi gets better, I will be able to concentrate on Yuugi and work on our relationship.' Yami thought.
Atemu held Heba's hand. 'Now that Mia is out of our hair, Heba and I can concentrate on our wedding.' Atemu thought.
The two Princes were looking forward to the bright futures that were laid out before them.
Okay. I'm not real good at torture, so I hope that was good for you. Mia is gone, so she won't cause them anymore trouble.
The next chapter is probably just going to be a fluff chapter.
R&R.