CHAPTER 15:
Sorrow & Revenge
Kiara had woken up to find Kaen'Dre out of bed. Now, she was looking around her entire room in her sleeping gown and sandals trying to find him. Asim stayed in bed while seeing her search. She hadn't been able to find any trace of him since she woke.
"Where is he?" she asked, sighing. "Why does he keep doing things like this?"
Closing her closet where she kept her gowns and robes, she walked over to the balcony door. Seeing the bucket on the floor with the water still inside, she quickly opened the door. No trip wire wrapped around her so she looked down to see that it had been cut neatly. No person could've done this so easily and known of her trap without doing anything. But who would do that?
A stealthy being, she thought. Like Kaen'Dre!
She ran out into the balcony while the sunlight hit her to see if she could find any sign of him. She didn't see any type of outline anywhere so she went to the front of the balcony. Looking down, she took her chance that maybe he was down there. But she didn't find anything.
"Where are you?" Kiara sighed. "Must you always make me worry?"
Walking back in worry rather than frustration, she looked around the balcony one last time. Seeing a strange marking on the side wall, Kiara walked over to it quickly. Looking at it closely, she saw small hole-like markings that resembled claw marks. She looked to see where they headed, and obviously, they went down the wall.
Kiara figured he'd landed in the garden below but where did he head? Placing her hand over the recent claw marks, she used her powers to see if she could sense any essence that related to him. Quick images flashed through her mind and she knew it was Kaen'Dre when she saw his reptile-like hands claw into the wall. She saw him climbing down the wall and go through the garden, then climbed the wall enclosing the palace while it was still dark.
I'm sorry to leave you, she heard his voice think. It pains me but it'll be better for you.
"Kaen'Dre!" she cried out.
She took her hand away while feeling hurt instantly. He had left her during the night without saying goodbye. Had she upset him so much that he left? Feeling the usual tight throat from sorrow, she walked back into her dormitory. Walking to her bed, she saw two objects on the table and quickly approached it. On the table laid a small circular silver clasp that she easily recognized as the ones that he wore in his hair.
He left me one of his clasps, she thought and picked it up.
She remembered how much she liked studying his hair. He intrigued her so much in so many ways like no one ever had, but now he was gone. Fitting the clasp over her thumb, it felt loose but she didn't care. Picking up the small foreign skull, she ran her fingertips over the silver inscriptions on it. She immediately knew it must've been from one of his hunts. Yes, she didn't fully approve of it, and she didn't have to have told him that, but she knew he must've been a great hunting entity. He had seemed perfect in every aspect, even when it came to sweeping her off her feet with his ways.
I miss him so much already, she thought sadly. And I'm going to from now on. Did he leave because of me?
Wiping her eyes with the back of her hands, she set his skull down on the table. He'd left her something to remember him by, but she didn't want that, she wanted him! She wanted him there to tell him how sorry she was and how dearly he meant to her. Crying her eyes out into her hands, she felt Asim nudge her on the arm. Kiara threw her arms over his neck and cried onto him.
"Kaen'Dre's gone, Asim, and I don't even know when I'll see him again" she cried softly. "If I ever get to."
She felt worse remembering he was immortal and that he couldn't come visit whenever he wanted to. If he ever wanted to after how she behaved. She'd been distant from him and rejected his approaches, how could he not want to go back? Kiara knew he had to go but not so soon, they didn't even say farewell. She didn't know which was worse, that he left or that he didn't say goodbye.
"Do you think I upset him, Asim?" she asked, quietly. He purred softly. "Don't Asim, you remind me of him when you do that."
She let go of Asim and lay back on her bed. Crying into her pillow, she knew it would be hard to get over his leave. She had come to care so deeply about Kaen'Dre, she had loved him. And that hurt now that he'd left and she felt that way.
I'll always remember you, even if you don't about me, she thought sorrowfully.
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"If you're not going to eat that, I'll eat it for you" Kwei'De said, grabbing Kaen'Dre's dish.
Kaen'Dre pulled out a blade and stabbed it next to Kwei'De's hand to stop his movement. He hissed and let go of the plate. Ani'Twei just snorted at their attitudes and ate his own meal. They had been currently eating at their own corner in the room where the hunters ate their meals at.
"There's only so much of your threats I'll take" Kwei'De said, pointing his finger at Kaen'Dre. "Especially when you threatened me about food. No one threatens me against food!"
"Do you plan to remain quiet this whole time or finally start talking?" Ani'Twei asked him too. He had started playing with his own blade on the table. "Because I'm getting tired from Kwei'De's food gibbering."
Kaen'Dre hissed in annoyance at his friends. He didn't want to talk about why he left, he already felt bad enough for going through with it. He had slept in the jungle inside a clear cave he found last night since his ship was closed off during the night and he didn't need to call attention to himself. Kiara had probably already figured out he left, which was something he didn't want to think about. He had relaxed and bathed ever since until now that his friends started their questioning again. Speaking to his clan leader and Elder was one thing, but he had left the part about Kiara, so he hadn't gotten in trouble.
"Yeah, 3 hours have been enough waiting time" Kwei'De said, anxiously. "I just want to know if the prey is worthwhile."
"It's fine" Kaen'Dre muttered. "Anything else?"
"Why did you leave?" Ani'Twei and Kwei'De said in unison.
"I just did, besides I do live here" he stated plainly.
"Usually when you hunt, you stay outside" Ani'Twei pointed out.
"I can have a change of thought, can't I?" he said, quickly.
"All right, you've been quiet enough, talk" Kwei'De said, banging his fist on the table.
"I don't have to explain anything, it's my business" Kaen'Dre snapped.
"Hey, what about the Blood of Brotherhood?" Kwei'De said, showing him his upper arm.
All three of them had scarred the top of their arms after they all survived their Kainde Amedha Chiva. They made up an insignia for their little group and would carry it forever as a signal of their bond. Ani'Twei had thought of it and Kwei'De and Kaen'Dre followed along.
"He has a point" Ani'Twei said, nodding. They both grinned at Kaen'Dre for his answer.
"Oh, you're both idiots" he said, grumpily.
"Is it that bad?" Kwei'De asked, crossing his arms. "Did you get thrown out or chased out by a couple of lowly oomans?"
Kaen'Dre flared his mandibles in slight anger which made Kwei'De laugh.
"You didn't get kicked out by a ooman, right? A yautja hunter?" he scoffed. "Getting chased like a coward out of a civilization."
"No, I did not get chased out, Kwidi" Kaen'Dre mocked.
"Hey, only Sier'Ra calls me that!" he said, instantly. "Don't you dare."
Kwei'De hated being called that by anyone. His mother had first started calling him that but when he was small. When he had betrothed to Sier'Ra, she found out and ever since she's called him that. She was the only person he didn't mind calling him that, the rest could go to hell.
"Kwidi" Ani'Twei snickered to himself.
"I heard that!" Kwei'De retorted. "Kaen'Dre's lucky, you can't make no type of damn nickname from his name. But yours Ani, is interesting or should I say Ni Ni."
Ani'Twei instantly took the blade he held in his hand and drove it between the gaps of Kwei'De's fingers.
"Cool, that was perfect!" Kwei'De said, pointing at him.
"What're you talking about? I missed" Ani'Twei said, smugly.
"Leave it to Kwei'De to find losing a finger cool" Kaen'Dre snorted.
"All right, you saw my near mutilation, now you talk" Kwei'De said, grinning. Kaen'Dre growled.
"I don't want to, all right?" Kaen'Dre hissed.
"If you're going to be like this all day, we might as well begin hunting" Ani'Twei said, getting up.
"Where?" Kaen'Dre asked, following him.
"Oh, you're all ears for that but for your questions, you're deadlocked in a vault" he said, crossing his arms.
"I'll go get our weapons!" Kwei'De said, happily. He started running out of the room.
"Oh no! You are banished from my things as I remember" Kaen'Dre ordered him.
"You're such a hardass" he said, back. "No wonder no female wants you."
Ani'Twei laughed immediately while Kaen'Dre roared at Kwei'De. Ani'Twei got between them. He didn't need for Kaen'Dre to beat up Kwei'De.
I hate being the mediator, Ani'Twei thought.
"All right, you stay with me" he said to Kaen'Dre. Then to Kwei'De, "You go get our weapons except his."
He did as Ani'Twei said while Kaen'Dre relaxed. He needed to find out what was bothering him, Kaen'Dre acted serious but not sternly. When they're all together, they're usually acting like young bloods again instead of warriors. But when something bothered Kaen'Dre, he usually put up mental walls around him. The last time he'd seen him like this was when his grandmother passed away.
"Talk to me, I'm not too humorous like Kwei'De" Ani'Twei said to him. "I know something happened that made you leave that fast."
"How do you figure that?" he said, quickly.
"Being half-ooman comes in handy when it comes to compassion and understanding" Ani'Twei grinned. Then solemnly, "What happened, Kaen'Dre? Last time I saw you like this was when your grandmother-"
"I don't want to talk about that either" he said, turning his back to Ani'Twei. "Nothing is wrong."
"You know you're not going to feel better if you don't" Ani'Twei pointed out.
"Makes me better in hunting" he said, simply. "Look, I will be fine."
"Does it have to do with Kiara?" Ani'Twei asked, carefully. He saw his friend tense up. "It is, isn't it?"
"No" Kaen'Dre mumbled. Ani'Twei walked in front of him.
He didn't want to admit anything to Ani'Twei, but he wouldn't stop until he told him. That was Ani'Twei, he always wanted to make anyone feel better, despite being a male hunter. Usually Kaen'Dre's friends helped him out in any problems, but how could they help when he'd tell them he'd started feeling something towards an ooman?
Well, maybe Ani'Twei could understand, his mother is one, he thought. What the hell, what more can I lose?
"I left her" he said, simply.
"Well, obviously you did" Ani'Twei said, shrugging. "A ooman can't come-"
"No, not meaning that" he intervened.
"Then what? You left her stranded somewhere?" Ani'Twei asked, shrugging. Kaen'Dre glared. "I'm not being funny, all right?"
"Ani'Twei, I left her back there feeling like she didn't mean a thing to me" Kaen'Dre said, banging his hand onto the table. "I hurt her and I had to leave to stop it from getting worse."
"What did you do?" he asked, cautiously. "You didn't hit her, did you?"
"Of course not! I know the code, I would never lay a finger on her in any hostile form" Kaen'Dre snapped. "I made her feel awful because of her view on my hunting and I kept rejecting her over and over. . .I almost let her drown! I had to leave, all right? End of story."
Ani'Twei patted his friend's shoulder and said, "Why didn't you talk to her about it? Maybe it could've been resolved."
"Yautja's do not sit down and discuss things, those are half-breeds!" he said, crossly. "She'd be better off with her own kind."
Stubborn as usual, Ani'Twei thought.
He knew Kaen'Dre was stubborn but sometimes the right path can be the easiest by talking it out. Kaen'Dre had always been into expressing things than saying them. He had a very strong feeling that Kaen'Dre cared for the ooman girl, despite the differences. He'd seen how he'd cared over her back at the waterfall, he'd never seen Kaen'Dre like that. Frankly, he usually got cranky if anyone touched him, but he seemed happy when he'd been with her.
"Better than with you?" he questioned him.
"I do not want to court her, she is my. . friend" Kaen'Dre stated. "I do not feel anything more."
"A few days ago back at the waterfall told me otherwise" Ani'Twei pointed out. "Do not think it's wrong to feel something about a ooman because it's not."
"Well, you're not the one feeling it!" he growled. "I'm not supposed to at all, none of us are! Would you care for an ooman?"
"Yes, I would" Ani'Twei said, nodding. Kaen'Dre cocked his head in interest. "I have no reason to deny it if it happened. If someone actually cared for me because of me and not because of my ranking, I'd rather have an ooman."
"You're a half-breed, it doesn't matter" he growled. "It's different for a full blooded yautja."
"Kwei'De is with my sister, he has no issues" Ani'Twei said, simply. "So what is the problem?"
"Nothing, can we just go hunting?" Kaen'Dre muttered.
"Would you rather have her with you if she is honorable enough or with somebody who isn't?" Ani'Twei asked him.
She's more honorable and beautiful than any ooman I've met but she doesn't deserve me, Kaen'Dre thought. Besides, who would anyway? The only desirable thing about me is my ranking and trophies, my past is not something the females like. Especially by having no family whatsoever and being an only child.
"I was honorable before I acted the way I did with her" Kaen'Dre said, softly. "I may have been worthy in her eyes but now, I'm nothing more than a monster of sort to her."
"Don't say that, everybody has different views" Ani'Twei said, quickly.
"I said what I had to say, all right?" Kaen'Dre said, grimly. He didn't want to talk more on the subject, he already felt worse since he stepped out of the palace and it hadn't stopped. "I'm done."
"Fine, as long as you got something off your chest" Ani'Twei nodded. "I have a feeling you're hurting right now in an emotional way so I'll leave you be."
I don't know what I feel, except the pain in my chest and throat, Kaen'Dre thought. Yet, it's numbing all the way to my heart.
"We have no emotions, remember?" Kaen'Dre muttered.
"Anyone can develop them over time, we're not that detached from it" Ani'Twei said, patting his shoulder. "Now, let's go before Kwei'De tries to crack open your armory."
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Kaen'Dre jumped over to one of the sandy homes quietly. Crawling down the wall in his cloak, he took out his Combistick and threw it. The ooman cried out while it pierced him and died. Kaen'Dre clicked excitedly while hearing another scream at the end of the roadway.
Hmm, the ooman found Kwei'De, he laughed mentally.
Jumping to the ground, he used his knife to cut the back of the ooman's head. Ripping out the skull, he finished killing his prey. Climbing back up the building, he jumped to the next. Running over it, he jumped carefully to another one where Ani'Twei stood.
"Are you done so quickly?" Kaen'Dre clicked.
Ani'Twei had wanted to hunt but he had gotten bored with the prey that was chosen. He wanted to take down stronger ones, one in particular. He was on a hunt on this planet and he already had his sights set on somebody before he even arrived.
"This prey isn't too worthy, we need to take down the warriors guarding their leader" he said, pointing to the big palace. "Or the leader."
"That is very risky" Kaen'Dre said, quickly.
"He is strong prey" Ani'Twei said, simply. "Better than any so far."
"I still say it's risky, no three hunters would face an entire kingdom" he responded.
"Ah, my first five ooman skulls" Kwei'De said, popping up over the wall. "So, what is risky?"
"Taking down their ruler" Kaen'Dre said to him.
"Four words: You're crazy and I'm in" Kwei'De grinned.
"This is a whole ooman civilization" Kaen'Dre sighed at disbelief of his friends. "They will take us down."
"That is true, let's just take down their warriors" Kwei'De suggested. "It'll be an exciting hunt for our second try."
"No, I want him taken care of" Ani'Twei said, firmly.
"What for? Why him?" Kaen'Dre asked, looking at his friend.
Why's he so determined to take down the ruler?, he thought.
"He tried to kill my mother and father" Ani'Twei said, grimly. His two friends glanced at him immediately.
"So, this is where your parents are from?" Kwei'De said, looking over the kingdom.
Kaen'Dre saw that this kingdom was much quieter than Kiara's. Hers was happy with people that took care of each other and their kingdom looked flourished and bright. This one was had a more colder aura to it and the structures were more older.
"Yes, the kingdom of Saqqara" Ani'Twei said, simply.
Kaen'Dre remembered Kiara talking to him about it. It was a kingdom with a cold ruler unlike Kiara's kingdom and had been there in less time than hers. Memphis didn't like being in their affair unless they needed to if there was a conquest or war. The two kingdoms only traded and sent messages of important news, that was it. Saqqara only minded its business and kept it kingdom in a tight grip. Memphis had a stronger alliance with Armana since that was her mother's old kingdom.
"So, what's the story?" Kaen'Dre asked, quietly.
"My mother was a lady at hand and sister to the Queen and loved by many" Ani'Twei said, remembering. "My father had been hurt by a hard meat during a hunt and she found him, and believed he was a god. She tended to him but his clan came to look for him while almost hunting down the oomans. My father stopped them and told them what happened. My mother's people found out about the clan but still thought they were gods, and because of that they believed my mother should've been better as a ruler instead at the side with my father. They became life mates and the people believed they were powerful enough to rule and demanded it."
"How did the ruler take it?" Kwei'De asked.
"The King didn't like it one bit and kidnapped her to lure my father into a trap" Ani'Twei answered and continued. "He planned to make it look as if my father killed her for being unworthy and the king would kill him because my father was an evil god of sort, then reclaim his glory undefeated. The Queen found out and helped them escape, but once her husband found out, he killed my aunt. From thereon, my parents have lived on our home world."
And I thought I had it bad, Kaen'Dre thought. I could never imagine anyone trying to hurt Kiara, I'd rip them apart for even trying.
"They were robbed of a world they could've created peace with both our people but he ruined it" Ani'Twei said, grimly.
"I never knew that" Kaen'Dre said, quietly. "Your parents seem so calm and happy."
"They are, but they still can't forget their past" Ani'Twei said, shrugging. "I've never been here before but I still know that he rules over this place, and I want to hang his head in my trophy room!"
Ani'Twei wanted to make him pay for everything he'd made his parents suffer. He knew he'd never know the feeling but if anyone did that to him and his mate, he'd want his revenge. His parents had always warned him to be careful if he ever went to Saqqara, the pharaoh did not tolerate anyone who looked like his kind.
"So, you plan to go through with this?" Kaen'Dre asked him.
"Yes, but say nothing to my sister" he said, never losing his focus on the palace.
"Fine, but just one thing" Kwei'De said, crossing his arms. "Why does everyone have a unusual background except me? I want to be different!"
Ani'Twei and Kaen'Dre laughed at their friend.
"You are, you make every situation less stressful" Ani'Twei laughed. "Your parents must've had a handful."
"Obviously, they have 14 children so far!" Kwei'De exclaimed. "But that still doesn't say I'm different."
Ani'Twei laughed and headed over to the structure's edge. Looking and zooming in over the roads with his mask, he saw which ways would be faster to get inside. Getting inside would be no problem as long as they didn't have anything poisonous to trap them with. But he also needed to find the king who would be guarded at all times.
"If you do not want to go, I will understand" he said to his two friends.
"Hey, we're the Brotherhood, remember?" Kwei'De grinned. "Either we all go or none go."
"Exactly, I'm in" Kaen'Dre said, nodding. Kwei'De agreed also.
"Fine, let us go catch us a trophy" Ani'Twei said, smiling. "You two are good comrades."
"Good? Not the best?" Kwei'De questioned. Kaen'Dre laughed. "Well, maybe I won't go into this suicide mission."
"Shut up, Kwidi" Ani'Twei snickered. He hissed.
"Fine, Ni Ni" Kwei'De shot back. Ani'Twei hissed this time.
"Am I the only sane one here?" Kaen'Dre sighed.
"That's because your name is worthless when it comes to humor" Kwei'De said, quickly.
Ani'Twei jumped to the next rooftop while his friends followed him. He was determined to do this and hopefully bring a better and wiser ruler into this civilization. His civilization. Jumping over to an empty and dark road, he headed down the path as quickly as he could towards the palace.
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So far, all three of them had defeated all the warriors protecting the pharaoh. They had bolted the doors shut so no one could come in or out of the throne room. Beatings could be heard while they tried to open the doors somehow, but it was most likely a no. Now, they were just finishing off the royal guards. It sounded easy but so far, they taken out about 40 oomans. All three of them had suffered scrapes and cuts so far, but nothing major.
Kaen'Dre sliced the throat of one that had stabbed his arm with a dagger. The man died slowly from the blood loss while Kaen'Dre continued on. Kwei'De just took out three guards by throwing his Combistick through them. They died within seconds while he took care at two guards that came at him.
"They call these oomans guards?" Kaen'Dre scoffed.
"Where do they keep coming from?" Kwei'De exclaimed. "Are they robotic clones or something?"
"They don't know any of it!" Kaen'Dre snorted. "Watch your back!"
Kwei'De turned and stabbed his wrist blades right into a ooman's chest, killing it instantly. Taking his blades out of him, he kicked another one off while he looked for Ani'Twei.
"Where's Ani?" Kwei'De called.
"After the ruler!" Kaen'Dre responded.
Kaen'Dre threw his spear into one ooman and took out the blade he held in his side leg pocket. Sensing a ooman behind him, he drove his hand back and stabbed his attacker in the abdomen. Taking out the blade roughly, he turned and punched the ooman out of his way. Seeing another with daggers in his hands, he took out his wrist blades and fought him. The ooman was good in agility but he was stronger. Using his weight with his blades, he pushed the ooman down onto the floor like a bag. Pinning him with his foot, he reached down to stab him. The ooman squirmed and managed to cut his leg with one dagger. Roaring in anger, Kaen'Dre broke the ooman's hand which made him let go of its dagger and shoved his blades into the human as strong as he could. He would've enjoyed seeing him die after it injured him, but he had other matters.
Looking around, he spotted Kwei'De fighting off about four oomans. None were coming at him, so he took his spear back that he'd thrown at the ooman and went to Kwei'De. Kwei'De just kept on slicing whatever he could through the air with his wrist blades. He felt something jab into his arm deeply which made him angry easily. Grabbing onto one human, he drove his blades into him hard enough to put his wrist into him. Throwing the dead guard out of the way, he flipped off another over his back who had tried to choke him from behind. The guard hit the floor and Kwei'De drove his blades down into its back, killing him instantly. Grabbing the next one by the throat, he kicked and thrashed but Kwei'De snapped his neck in two instantly. Turning to the next one, he didn't get to do anything because two sharp blades popped out of the guard's chest. He saw Kaen'Dre throw him out of the way.
"Hey, he was mine!" Kwei'De complained.
"You were too slow" Kaen'Dre said, retracting his blades. "Let's go."
They ran to the other side of the room to a door that led to another. They saw Ani'Twei circling the human ruler. He was in his early 60's and wore gold and black robes along with his crown and jewelry. He had black deep set eyes along with whitened hair and his skin was golden brown. He had a sword at his side while watching Ani'Twei carefully. There was fear in the king's eyes along with hatred.
"Obviously he remembers you" Kaen'Dre said, entering the room. Ani'Twei nodded.
I hope so because he will be paying, he thought.
"That's the king? He looks like he's about to die from fear to me" Kwei'De laughed.
"Get out you two, this is my fight" Ani'Twei ordered.
"Oh come on, he'll probably die in your grip instantly" Kwei'De said, quickly.
"Out!" Ani'Twei yelled.
Kaen'Dre grabbed Kwei'De from the arm and took him out. He knew his friend would take care of himself, he always killed his prey. Closing the door, he let Ani'Twei fight his battle while they both waited outside.
Ani'Twei circled the aged king. He was an old ooman while Ani'Twei was a young yautja. It made him smile at how he'd have his skull back in the ship.
"Your kind is supposed to be gone!" the king yelled.
"Oh, we're immortal, remember?" he mocked in Egyptian. "So, you cannot kill us easily. Did you think no one would come back to make you pay for what you did?"
"It has been over 20 years!" the ooman snapped. "I will not let you take my kingdom!"
"This kingdom belonged to the Queen and to my mother and father!" Ani'Twei yelled. "You do not deserve any of it and I will see to it that you don't."
"You're the son of that creature?" the man cringed. "Why am I not surprised?"
Ani'Twei got angry instantly and charged at him. The human clashed its sword against his wrist blades while they struggled to beat their opponent down. Ani'Twei brought his weight down onto the human but before he could throw him down, he was kicked in the stomach. He kept pushing him down but after being kicked hard in the same area over and over, he let go. Circling the human again, he took out his spear and charged. Bringing his spear from under his sword, he threw the human's sword back and away from him. Slashing him with the tip of his spear across the chest, red blood seeped from the gash.
He grabbed the human by the throat and squeezed it tightly. He could've broken his neck in two but he wanted him to suffer his death. He varied his hand in the tightness of how he strangled him, making him sure he felt his bones crunching, blood vessels bursting, and blood flow stopping. Noticing a blade come from the old man, he let go but not before he got stabbed in the stomach. Green blood seeped from his wound while he roared in anger. But luckily, his tough skin clotted it easily.
That ooman actually cut me, he'll pay for that!, he thought angrily.
"Pauk-de ooman!" he cursed.
Swiping his wrist blades at him, he knocked away the blade the old man had. Punching him hard in the face, he threw him back. The human hit the floor and spit out blood while Ani'Twei wasted no time in case it tried to surprise him. While the human tried to get up, he raised his leg and kicked him hard on the side knocking him away again. The man groaned in pain while Ani'Twei checked to see his internal body with his mask. So far, he was bleeding a bit internally from his kicks. The human stood up again but wobbled and Ani'Twei took no time in attacking again. Hitting the human with the side of his arm, he knocked him down. Grabbing him by the robes, he threw him onto the stone wall roughly. The ooman collapsed to the floor in bruises while coughing out blood.
"How does it feel, ooman?" Ani'Twei spat. "When all your crimes and deaths come back to punish you all at once?"
"Curse you, you demonic monster!" the man cried out while holding his side. Ani'Twei enjoyed seeing him try to crawl away while being bruised all over.
He walked over to the human and pressed his foot down onto his neck. He pressed down while the human gasped for air which made him laugh mockingly. Ani'Twei was no Bad Blood but he enjoyed torturing the human, besides it was a fair fight. Letting go, the man gasped for air but not before Ani'Twei pressed his foot down again on his chest. Feeling metal cut onto his skin suddenly, he looked down to find the old man had found his blade and stabbed it into his leg.
I've had enough of this ooman, time to finish him, he thought.
Leaning down and knocking the knife away with his hand, Ani'Twei went down on his legs. He drove the leg he had on the king down and heard his ribs break instantly. The human spit out red blood seconds later while Ani'Twei reached over and grabbed him by the neck. Taking out the blade he kept by his leg, he placed it over the king's neck.
"I hope the god of the dead tortures you a 100 more times than I did" Ani'Twei hissed. "May your soul be fed to the worst of evil spirits in the afterlife."
"The only . . reason you're . . killing me . . is because of . . .your being" the king gasped in his last breaths. "You're . . an abomination . . . .of both . . parents, your mother . . and father are worthless . .like they . .always were."
"No, my parents carry more pride and honor than you ever will!" Ani'Twei growled. "Now, no one will suffer under you, old man."
While holding the knife at his throat, Ani'Twei unclasped his mask quickly. Flaring his mandibles in anger, the dying human cringed under him. Ani'Twei knew humans found them hideous but seeing him squirm made him love how he looked.
"Know the face of your killer before you die, scum" Ani'Twei said, grimly. "For you shall never see another while you travel through the spirit world."
And with that said, he swiped the blade across the human's throat slowly. Immediate blood flowed down his neck, but Ani'Twei wanted him to suffer. Driving the blade slowly over his throat, he let the king see and feel all his blood spilling while he died. Ani'Twei then turned the king while he finished dying and drove his blade down the back of his head. Blood and fluids immediately poured out while he ripped away the skin off and yanked out his skull and vertebrae with a strong yank.
Throwing the carcass out of the way, he held the skull high in the air and gave a victorious roar that echoed through the stone walls. Feeling the blood seep down his hand while he held the lifeless skull, he knew the human's reign was over.
I shall bring this back for you mother and father, he thought proudly.
Placing the skull over his pack, he walked over the room to pick up his weapons and placed his mask back on. He heard the door open and looked up to see his two friends.
"The ooman actually cut you?" Kaen'Dre stated as well as asked when he saw him.
"Yes, you can't take your eyes off your prey" Ani'Twei stated. "Even when you toy with them."
"It took you this long to kill it?" Kwei'De asked, crossing his arms.
"Do you think I wanted to make it easy for him?" Ani'Twei snapped. "He deserved to die a slow death."
"All right" Kaen'Dre intervened. "We are all glad that you came out victorious."
"Is this all?" Kwei'De asked Ani'Twei. "Do we head home now?"
"Yes, we're done" he said, nodding. "This kingdom will be fine, anyone will rule it better than that ooman filth."
"Come then" Kaen'Dre said to his friend.
Ani'Twei walked out of the room and took the lead in front of them. Walking forward, he held his head high at being able to bring justice to his family and people. Hearing the poundings on the doors outside, he wiped his bloody hands on his mesh top and activated his cloak. Running over to a wide window, he looked down to see how far was the drop. They would climb down about two stories and then go over the wall protecting the palace.
"Let's go before they bring down the door" he said, quickly.
Kaen'Dre and Kwei'De cloaked immediately and approached the window. Jumping over to the edge, one by one, they each went down the wall carefully. No one would see them easily with their cloaks as long as the kingdom wasn't being searched.
But I doubt it, I have a feeling no one wanted this pharaoh, Ani'Twei thought. But at least my task is done.
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End of Chap. 15. Hope you guys enjoyed a bit of the action with Ani'Twei's mission. Thanks to Michaela Moser and Kae-she Katsumi for their wonderful reviews of each chapter, I hope you guys liked this one. And I'm thankful for everyone that reads this story because at least I'm doing something right to keep the fans interested. Thank you!