She had woken up a few times, feeling dazed and confused before falling back into a troubled sleep about destroying the Dacops Crystal and seeing her grandfather suddenly explode in a bright flash of white light and her father being blasted against a wall, impaled by his father's arm through the chest. When she had woken up fully she knew something wasn't right, she remembered appearing on her knees in a sandy area in a camp and being attacked by a group of men after teleporting from her grandparents fortress. When she woke up she found herself lying on a very comfortable, feather filled bed with a great many purple, red, orange and green pillows behind her laying against the wall, her head had been on a long throw pillow that had a striped red and green pillow case with white tassels on the ends. She had found that she was wearing something different, something very tight and very exposing.
She had on a very tight bra piece that was bright red with beaded bright red and black tassels hanging down it, the bra piece left very little to the imagination, it was on that tight! The skirt of her outfit was the same color, bright red, but the fabric was fine cotton. The skirt went down only to her thighs then stopped, bright red beaded tassels hung down from it almost to her knees. She had a bright red scarf around her neck concealing the brand her father had put on her neck and bright red wrist bands with gold and silver designs running along the bands on her wrists. When she pulled her legs out from under her she saw that she had on a pair of bright red sandals that had red and black beads on the bands. When she stood up she saw that there was an oval mirror on the wall, when she looked at herself in it she saw, to her amazement, that what little hair she had was being held back by a red headband which was connected to a red veil that flowed down almost to the back of her knees. She had a gold Cleopatra-style necklace around her neck with a choker which was decorated with an intricate twirly detailing, and crafted in a gold tone finish. She gently tapped the necklace with her finger, not believing that it was on her, it sparkled beautifully!
"I see you are awake." she heard behind her.
The man that had walked into the room at the moment she had seen and stood to look at herself in the mirror looked to be rather young in appearance. He had sandy blond hair and brown eyes, his skin was tanned. He was wearing a yellow tunic with an intricate gold design around the collar and gold bands around hems of the arms. A brown belt went around the man's waist from which a sword hung from, the man had brown sandals on his feet. Once she saw the man Angel crossed her arms over her front, trying to hide her very exposed breasts. The man didn't say a word, he simply walked forward.
"Who are you!" Angel demanded. "Stand back, don't come any further!"
"Hannibal and I mean you no harm miss." the man bowed slightly. "I apologise for my brother's actions a few days ago. He can be a mean sucker sometimes."
"Where am I?" Angel asked.
"You are safe." Hannibal replied. "No need to be afraid. You are protected here."
"Oh really?" Angel scoffed. "I highly doubt that, no place is safe unless its behind a shield."
"You are safe here, you are hidden nicely inside the mountain stronghold of my father." Hannibal raised his hands as if shielding himself. "Calm down, my father has made sure that you are protected."
"And who may I ask if your father?" Angel asked.
As if in answer the door to the room she was in swung open and Atlas walked inside. Atlas was wearing a loincloth of light purple fabric that had gold around the edges. There was a gold design around the band which had ruby and topaz stones placed in odd places. Atlas wore gold wrist bands that had a topaz strand around the center and he had brown sandals on his feet. When he walked in he spoke a few words to Hannibal in, what Angel figured, was Arabic. Hannibal nodded then stepped to the side, Atlas walked forward and stood a few inches from her.
"Yeh like close?" Atlas asked her.
"Uuuuh yes, very... very nice." Angel stammered.
"Yeh lied to me." Atlas said, it was then that she saw the flash of anger in his eyes. "Yeh said yeh would follow me."
"I decided to do a field trip." Angel replied. "Went to my grandfather's house and..."
It was then that she remembered, the photographs and the letter from Agola to her grandfather that she had stuffed in her bra and the ring she had taken from the drawer in her grandfather's palace on Deocomos and then her taking and running off with the Dacops Crystal. Atlas had taken a step closer and she shouldered past him, remembering that when she had been attacked in the camp in the sandy area she had teleported to she had dropped the Dacops Crystal. She didn't get far as Hannibal reached up and grabbed her arm. She turned on him and had her hand raised to air slap him away when Atlas grabbed her wrist and pulled her off-balance, she lost her footing and fell to the floor.
"You no hut meh son!" Atlas pointed at her angrily. "Bad! No!"
"I had a crystal with me when I got here." Angel glared up at Atlas. "Where is it? What have you done with it?"
"Crystil?" Atlas thought. "I saw'd pictors an' a letter not a crystil."
"You mean that purple and red thing that was acting like it was extinguishing?" Hannibal asked.
"Yes, that thing." Angel replied.
"I picked that thing up and carried it here myself." Hannibal said.
"Where is it?" Angel asked.
"In a trunk in my chamber." Hannibal replied. "I figured it was important which is why I grabbed it up. What is it? Has a weird feel to it."
Angel explained how when she had found the Conquered Treasures Room with the crystal on a podium in the center of the room in her grandfather's fortress and how she and her grandfather had had a small conversation before she had taken it in a rush without thinking. She mentioned how powerful it was and how angered her grandfather had been when she had grabbed it up. Atlas spoke a few words to Hannibal in Arabic and Hannibal left the room, he returned a few minutes later with the Dacops Crystal that was wrapped in a light silk cloth. He handed it to Atlas who held it from him at arms length, Angel noticed that Atlas was studying the crystal, he would periodically turn the crystal from side to side and would lift it up to look underneath it.
"KookVeel no happy yeh took dis?" Atlas turned and looked at Angel. "It look no special."
"At the moment it don't work." Angel stood up. "It's missing a piece and can only work when it's completely together."
"Den why yeh take it?" Atlas asked her, he handed her the crystal and she took it and held it close.
"I know where the missing piece it." Angel said. "My grandfather does now as well. If he had the missing piece this planet would be no more."
"Then that thing should be destroyed!" Hannibal exclaimed. "Destroy it dad!"
"Nah, it in good hands now." Atlas nodded his head. "It no leave here, got me!"
Angel nodded her head, she was drained already of energy and felt right tired. Atlas spoke a few words to Hannibal then left the room, Angel noticed that the back of his loincloth was short and barely covered his butt cheeks, she cringed when she saw the cloth swaying back and forth. Hannibal left the room for a second then returned with a gold box which had a Garnet green gem in the center of the lid with ruby and Onyx gems surrounding it. On the front of the box was the Eye of Horus.
"Put it in here." Hannibal said. "It's be best safe in the box of Horus."
"You speak perfect English." Angel said while placing the Dacops Crystal into the box.
"My mother taught me well." Hannibal replied. "She taught both me and my father English."
"Sometimes that accent is hard to understand when... your father talks." Angel said. "But he knows English well too. Your mother is a good teacher."
"My father says for you to stay in this room until a better quarters can be found for you." Hannibal sighed. "One closer to his chambers I think."
"That scares me some." Angel shuddered at the thought of having to sleep in a room next to Atlas.
Hannibal left and she was left alone, seeing as she was tired she went to the bed and fell asleep. The bed was enough of a pillow, it felt so soft, but she was glad for one pillow being under her head after her ordeal of a week of running around and sleeping in the sewers on Deocomos. When she woke up she found that there was a tray of food in front of her. There was a bowl of Kushari, which tasted better than it looked, and a bowl of Falafel which had not a good taste to it but she downed it along with the Dakka, which she found she loved. The Kashk was her favorite, very savory and delicious although she was surprised at finding fried onions in it. When she was done with her meal she downed the full glass of Tea and ate half of the dessert of Sponge Cake. After she ate her meal she lay back down and fell back asleep for a short while.
"Hey, wake up," Hannibal shook her gently. "a chamber has been found for you."
"What time is it?" Angel asked, she yawned into her hand.
"Moon is three hours before it falls." Hannibal replied.
"Four in the morning?" Angel sat up.
"Come on, you can sleep more when you are in your new chamber." Hannibal gently pulled her up from the bed.
Angel was fully awake and for a good reason after her first step. There was a hot wind blowing through the palace she was in, which from the look of it was an immense structure almost similar to a palace. The floor was black marble and so finely polished she could see her reflection in it, the walls were yellow brick gold with paintings of an Arabian mare either lying down or standing with a foal in tow or of a stallion with his crest showing, his mane blowing forward and his tail whipping around his hindquarters or even of a herd of Arabians with a stallion in front. When she looked up she saw that there were torches hanging from the ceiling, the bowls were gold and were held up by gold finished chains. When Hannibal turned left and she followed she found herself in a courtyard, yellow bricked arches and walls were around it and white stone pillars rose near the center, there was a fountain in the middle of the courtyard with a pool around it that had pink petals floating in the water. The sky above was black with no stars.
"Here it is." Hannibal said after he had led her a distance from the courtyard. "Your new chambers. My father is directly across from you."
"Is it totally necessary to be so near him?" Angel asked. "No offense, but after being chased by my father and just getting rid of his baby, I'm not yet ready to have a male near me."
"My father will explain in the morning, I am sure." Hannibal bowed then turned and left her behind.
The room she was now assigned to be in was a big one, white stone pillars held the ceiling up and there were two glass-less windows which overlooked a grassy knoll where a small herd of five horses grazed. There was a feather filled bed in the room situated against the wall, pillows were arranged against the wall and were either the rounded ones or the rectangular ones, the pillows were either housed in red, yellow, green or white pillow cases with a single black Eye of Horus on the front. The sheets on the bed was white with a single black Eye of Horus on it, the blanket on the bed was tan in color and it had a large black Ankh on it. There was a large mirror in the room, it had a gold leave frame around it, and a white dresser that a bowl sat on with a towel folded neatly next to it. There was a Cheetah skin rug directly in front of the bed, unlike Angel's grandfather who, after hunting and successfully killing an animal and sending it off to be made into a rug with the head still attached, this rug was headless. Angel walked over to the bed and sat on it, she had no idea what happened next but she remembered staring at the mirror then falling back. She found herself waking up on her side, her legs draped over the bed, one on the floor the other on the bed, a few hours later.
"I see yeh aweek." Atlas said coming into the room an hour after she had woken up.
"Uuuh yes, obviously." Angel turned and gave Atlas an I-don't-trust-you look.
"What dees pictor's and letter?" Atlas handed the photographs and the envelope which held the letter from Agola to KurukVile that Angel had taken from KurukVile's palace on Deocomos.
"Well the first it of my father as a baby being held by his father with his mother making him laugh." Angel said as she took the letter and photographs from Atlas. "I have no how I came back with this set but it's of Dione and her sister being trained ruthlessly by their father and the letter is from Dione and her sister's mother to their father."
"Why got dem?" Atlas asked, he took a step closer.
"Something I found and wanted answers to." Angel replied. "Dione can answer the rest, I presume."
"Meybe one day, she no talk mood lately." Atlas said.
Atlas told Angel how, as of late, Dione had been having a time and a half with her daughter and granddaughter who were still on the war path with her. He and his wife had moved out of Dione's castle to let things settle down, Helen hadn't much liked the idea but she had gone with him. When Angel asked where Helen was now Atlas looked down and replied that she had gone back to the castle, saying she wanted to try to help clear things up. He had stayed as he did not want to get into the middle of things. Angel nodded her head and decided that she'd do the same as Atlas, there was no use in getting involved.
"If things clear up between them three, it should happen on their own." Angel sighed. "No one else should be getting involved as it's a thing between Dione and her daughter and granddaughter."
"E! Yes I sid dat!" Atlas walked around Angel, he bumped his pelvis into her slightly twice and she moved off. "Boot, my Helen sid she want to go back an' I no cud stop her."
Angel walked off a few feet then turned and faced Atlas, as she looked at him she noticed that his loincloth had nothing holding him in, it was a bottomless loincloth. She felt a shiver as he walked towards her and she turned when he stopped an inch from her, when she felt his pelvis bump into her she turned and pushed him gently away. He made a sound and walked off towards the bed. He sat down on it slowly and patted the place beside him, she stayed were she was standing.
"S-so this is your place." Angel said. "Looks nice."
"Dis is an' tank you." Atlas replied.
"How many kids do you have?" Angel asked him. "Besides Bathilda and Hannibal, I mean."
"I gots five." Atlas stood up. "Two boys an' three guls."
"All by Helen or by a different lady?" Angel asked.
"By Helen." Atlas replied quickly. "I has harem, boot I no has kids by dem."
"Excuse me, what did you say?" Angel blinked her eyes once in shock.
"I has harem." Atlas repeated his words. "Boot I has no kids by dem dough."
"You have a harem?" Angel's jaw dropped.
Atlas walked towards her and grabbed her arm, she protested and started trying to get his hand off of her but he had an iron grip and pulled her from the room down the hall. They went a ways before she stopped fighting and just walked, Atlas didn't release his hold on her though. Angel was shocked over hearing that Atlas had a harem, she wondered if Helen knew about it but then she corrected herself by thinking that surely if Helen had been in the structure she was now in she surely knew about Atlas' other women. Angel had no time to prepare herself as, suddenly, Atlas yanked her forward and threw her into a room. He closed, and locked, a door behind them then went towards a chair that had a swayed seat, the chair was painted silver with a gold strand swirling around the arms. The cushion on the back of the chair was tan with brown Wheat designs on it, there was a red pillow on the swayed seat of the chair. He sat down in the chair and looked out at her, now not only did his eyes have that anger in them, but they also had the predatoriness and a new thing in them now. She couldn't be sure, but she thought she saw lust in them, they sure had a shine to them which she didn't look. When she took a step to the side Atlas stomped his foot down, it made an echo in the room. When it died down the door on the other side of the door opened and three women walked in. As soon as they saw Atlas they ran forward.
"Meh ladies!" Atlas exclaimed happily, he held his arms out. "Ta'ala ela Atlas!"
The women dropped to their knees in front of Atlas, who was running his fingers through two of the women's hair and getting kisses on his knees by the third. Angel was repulsed, she couldn't see anyone truly being accepting of a man, especially a husband, having three extra women to tote around. Knowing this piece of information about Atlas, she made a mental note to be sure to be extra careful around him and keep a respective distance between him and her at all times. Atlas had just gotten through saying something to the three women when they all turned and looked at Angel, the one that had been kissing Atlas' knees stood up and walked over. She stood in front of Angel and looked her up and down.
The woman that was kissing Atlas' knees was the shorter of the three and had brown hair that was covered in a pink veil. She had a tight pink bra piece on and pink see through pants which were slit down the sides but tied around the ankles. She also had arm bands which were pink on her arms, little coins hung down from the bra piece and the arm bands. She had a modest face, an oval face with brown eyes and thin lips, her chin was slightly pointed. Angel felt someone poking her in the side and she turned, the woman who had been sitting on the left side of the woman when they had been sitting in front of Atlas had walked up to her. This woman was the taller of the women, she was two inches shorter than Angel though. She had long jet black hair and dazzlingly beautiful dark eyes. She was wearing a white greek dress that's top was pulled down low so that her breasts could be seen, a gold belt was around her waist and she had a gold three strand chain around her neck.
"So what do we have here?"
The light blonde haired woman gave Angel the impression that she was the leader of the harem. Besides her having light blonde hair she had deep blue eyes and high cheek bones, she had a thin set of lips and a rounded chin. She was wearing a white Roman dress with a red sash going from her shoulder down to her waist. She was wearing a gold arm band up high on her arm and gold-colored sandals, there were gold leaves in her hair. Angel glanced at the woman then backed off, when the light blonde haired woman grabbed her arm Angel made a startled sound then pulled her arm back. The jet black and brown-haired women went back to Atlas, who was simply sitting on his throne with his hands around the end of the chair's arms.
"A bit frisky, Atlas." the light blonde haired woman said. "Her eyes aren't right either."
"Neither are yours, Pal." Angel snorted.
"Watch your tongue, Girl." the light blonde haired woman barked. "I'm the lead female here when Helen is away, you'll do as I say."
"And now I know Earth has a female version of my father." Angel rolled her eyes. "What do you want, chickie?"
"It's Aphra and it's not what I want it's what he wants." the blonde haired woman pointed at Atlas.
"No thanks." Angel shuddered. "If that's his intention, no thank you."
"He has told me all about you and your situation." Aphra walked up to within an inch from Angel's face. "With your father, that is."
Angel glared at Atlas as she was told all of the details of her ordeal with her father, and her grandfather, that Atlas had told his harem mates. She further glared at Atlas when she was told that she was now a part of his harem, that he had decided to add her as an act of protection and of course he had grown rather fond of her, Aphra finished by saying that Angel couldn't get out of it. Aphra introduced the other girls after she had explained the situation to Angel, the jet black-haired woman was Alexis and the brown-haired woman was Selma.
"I'm afraid you will have to tell mister long shorts that I am not interested." Angel said hotly. "You ladies and Helen can have him all to yourselves, I want no part of him."
"I'm afraid that that won't be happening." Aphra said to her. "Very hard to change his mind."
"So that's why I was moved near his chambers." Angel cringed. "I think I'd better head out now."
"No wey out." Atlas walked up. "Yeh meh mate now. Git use to it."
Angel lunged at Atlas and he swung his hand which felt like a rock when it caught against the side of her face, she had no idea what happened next but she knew she was on the floor and being dragged somewhere before she blacked out. When she woke up some time later she was back in the chamber she had been brought to that early morning. She shook her head some then stood up, she staggered a few steps then got control of her footing. She ran to the window, after remembering that Atlas had decided to make her a member of his harem, and looked out. There was no ledge by the window, and it was a solid drop to the ground below by about eighteen feet. She was about to chance it when the door to her room swung open. The minute Atlas saw her at the window he charged, she yelled then leaped through the window. She didn't land with a meaty thud on the ground as she had made an air bubble form underneath of her. The minute she was on the ground she took off, using every bit of speed in her body.
Angel was running past a building and had just reached what looked to be an empty shopping area when she heard the footfalls behind her. She added an extra burst of speed just as Atlas charged at her from the left, she found that she had healed enough to have some of her old speed back but not all of it, otherwise she would have left Atlas eating her dust. She was just past a building which looked like a bakery when she felt Atlas' arms wrap around her. She struggled as he carried her back, she didn't scream out as it would be useless to do so, Atlas carried her back to the structure she had just tried to escape from, which was an immense palace made of yellow mud brick with red, white and black banners that the Eye of Horus flapped on. Atlas carried her inside and through the hallways then threw her back into the chamber she had just escaped from. He didn't leave her in the chamber, he slammed the door behind him and ran at her. She had fallen to the floor after Atlas had thrown her and had just gotten to her feet when his body slammed into hers. He wrapped her up facing him and carried her to the bed.
"Atlas!" Angel screamed. "Are you mad! Get off of me!"
Atlas didn't, she slapped him with her hands as he pulled her skirt up then she felt him grab her wrists and hold her down. He wasn't in, but from the look on his face he looked as if he was about to. In one quick movement he had her flipped over to her onto her knees. When he applied his weight onto her back, she pushed her hands to the bed so that she wouldn't fall face down on the bed it was then that he reached his left hand down. She screamed as she felt his fingers touch her female parts and she pulled forward, trying to get away from him. Instead, he went with her and locked his arm around her tighter to hold her in place. She felt his fingers pull her clit up and down for a short while before he did the round and round routine which made her near lose it. When he slipped his hand down lower, his finger circling around then entering into her hole, her body shook and she sent out a scream which echoed throughout the walls of the halls in Atlas' palace. Atlas played with her for a short while then flipped her over and entered, she pushed against him but he kept thrusting. He started slow and gentle, almost enough so she didn't know he was in her, then he got more violent. When he was relieved he pulled from her and walked to the door, he turned just before exiting.
"You no leave here." he said to her. "You stee for good! No runnin', you meh mate now."
It went on that way for almost a week, Angel would escape from the window and would run around trying to further her escape only to be caught and brought back by Atlas. He advances came almost every day except for one where he was much too tired from chasing her almost all the way around his mountain stronghold. She found out that she was inside a mountain, that Atlas had had his stronghold built inside a mountain and had all of his people living inside it, there was a cutaway from the mountain above that let in the sun and that allowed for one to see the sky at night but if you wanted to get out you went through a tunnel which she had found by accident and had almost gotten to before Atlas had caught her. Angel would fight Atlas like a crazed Hyena, she'd slap, punch, kick and bite but he'd still come on strong, when she tried to use her magic he would abuse her by slapping her hard in the face. She found that her magic and magical abilities were severely down, when she tried to teleport out she found she could not and when she shot an air blast at Atlas one night he had decided to come and get a second shot at her it had only come out as a weak blast that barely knocked him back a foot. The harem, it turned out, was barely touched, they pleasured Atlas plenty and he pleasured them but he barely entered and did the full extent of sex with any of them, Angel had found that out one day when she had been escorted to the Throne Room by Selma. After a week, Angel was sore from the bottom down but she was still full of fire. She'd eat and drink and was allowed to walk around the palace, always with an escort should she decide to try to escape, her hair had grown from just barely going past her ears to just barely to her shoulders.
A week after being cooped up in Atlas' palace, being forced into his nightly visitations Angel was out in the courtyard with the harem girls getting a little sunshine when the activity that Aphra, Selma and Alexis stopped doing their activities of either chess or cleaning clothes to bow. Angel thought it was weird then she looked in the direction that they were facing. To her surprise, Helen, her mother, was walking through the courtyard on her way to Atlas' Throne Room. Helen looked as if she was tired, very tired! Her hair was a mess and she had a heavy ring around her eyes and her blue two-tone robe was very wrinkled up.
"Angel, what a surprise!" Helen exclaimed when she saw Angel leaned up against a pillar. "How long have you been here?"
"Long enough." Angel coughed. "I've been a bloomin' prisoner here for a week and a day now."
"Prisoner?" Helen blinked her eyes confusedly. "That don't sound like Atlas, are you sure he's keeping you prisoner and not just making sure you are safe?"
"He's added me to his blasted harem, Helen." Angel said loudly. "Been trying to get away and can't."
Helen grabbed Angel and led her out of the courtyard, Angel walked slow but she still had a spring in her step that made her walk a bit faster than her mother. When they were away from the harem girls Angel spilled out all of the details. Helen listened and nodded her head, when she had heard the whole story she placed her fingers over her eyes and sighed. Angel has figured that Helen would put an end to her husband's adding her to his harem and would let her go but, instead, she gave Angel a surprise which made Angel's jaw drop low.
"Atlas was asking me about that three months ago." Helen sighed. "I wasn't too keen on it but it seems he's gone ahead and done it."
"Tell him to let me go." Angel said. "He's got enough girls, he don't need a fifth."
"Atlas is a woman lover, he's not one to ever cheat as he always asks me and he always adds to the harem which makes them a part of him." Helen replied. "He takes good care of his ladies, Angel, and it looks like he's taking care of you."
"Helen!" Angel grabbed Helen by the arms and shoved her against the wall. "Your husband has been cheating on you! He has three women which he pleases and who please him and he's been raping your daughter! Does that mean anything to you?"
"He hasn't been raping you." Helen pushed her arms out, Angel was thrown back a few steps. "He loves you, accept it. It's better than your father, think of it as that."
"At least talk to him about it!" Angel threw her arms up. "I'm serious, Helen! I do not want to be part of his nightly business!"
Helen sighed and moved off, she didn't answer or say that she'd speak to her husband. Angel stood for a short while in the hall then she went back to the courtyard, which now was empty. She looked around for Selma, Alexis and Aphra once and when she didn't find them she just sat at the found that had the pond surrounding it. She was moving the pink flower petals around when Atlas' reflection suddenly loomed above her. She took one look then yanked herself around, her ribs would hurt her the next day pretty badly afterwards. Atlas grabbed her as soon as she turned and picked her up. He carried her, struggling as always, in his arms down the hall to his Throne Room where he deposited her on a large purple pillow. When she looked around she saw that Apha, Alexis and Selma were also on large pillows. When Atlas turned and left the room Angel leaned to the side and whispered to Selma who was closest.
"What in the whole wide world is going on now?" Angel asked.
"Pleasure time." Selma replied. "Aphra first, then Alexis, then me and then you."
"No thanks, I'm out..."
"Yeh stee dare!" Atlas said when he returned and sat that Angel getting up from the pillow. "I gits to yeh soon."
Angel was completely disgusted, thoroughly thoroughly disgusted when Atlas started his act on Aphra, it wasn't so much that he was pleasing her as she pleased him, it was the fact that they were doing it in front of others. He stayed with Aphra for a full twenty minutes then moved on to Alexis where he repeated the act. When he finished with Alexis he went on to Selma and when he was done with her he stepped in front of Angel. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand then placed that hand on Angel's shoulder and was in the process of pushing her down when Angel swung her hand up, a fire blast, a weak one but one enough to get her point across, blasted Atlas back clear across the room. Angel jumped from the pillow she was on and ran from the room and leaped through a window.
"No thank you!" Angel declared loudly. "I'd prefer my father to this shit!"
She ran around the palace and down the shopping court heading for the tunnel that would take her away from the stronghold of Atlas' and was near there when Atlas ran out at her from the right. She put on as much speed as she could and reached the tunnel, when it got pitch black she ran her hand along the wall. She didn't hear Atlas behind her but she knew, somehow she knew, he had turned and gone back for a horse. She ran out of the tunnel and became disoriented by the sun, she ran from left the right, blinking her eyes madly, trying to get them focused, she had near gotten herself together when she heard the hooves clicking and clanging on the mountain stone of the tunnel behind her. Without putting much thought to it, she ran for a dune and layed down, she threw her hands up and made the sand fall over on her. She made an air bubble form around her mouth and nose just as Atlas rode out of the tunnel, his predatory eyes searching all over for her. He kicked his horse into a run and headed towards the dune that she was hidden behind, if he would have walked over the dune instead of around it, his horse would have stepped on her and he would have found her. Angel listened for the thuds of the horses hooves, they started off distant then got closer, her heart was beating like a mad drum in her chest and she was about to spring up and start running when the hoof thuds became distant again. She waited until she could no longer hear them then jumped up from her sandy spot and ran. She didn't get far before she heard a horse charge at her, she was just over a far off dune when Atlas snatched her up. He layed her across his legs, he had no saddle on his horse but had simply grabbed one that had been tethered to a post, and he rode back to his stronghold. Angel, in her current position, couldn't put up much of a fight.
"Out of one bad situation and into another." she thought to herself.