To DragonSaver: Yes she did ;)

The next day was rising upon the desertic world of Egypt. It was the day of the great battle between the free people of the country against the army of the tyrannic Pharaon. A lot of people will die today. It was the day Egypt will either become free, or fail trying...

"All the villagers have been evacuated." Sewu said, gathering all their waariors in the center of the oasis. "The only thing we need to wait for, now, is the Pharaon."

"Say his name and he appears." Aton said and pointed at the oasis' entrance where many imperial guards arrived. Some were carrying a huge throne on which was sitting a seemingly young male cat that had black fur with some light blue on his tail, big ears, and fingers. He had golden straks around the orange globes that served as his eyes and had a golden mark that formed a cross on his forehead. His dress consisted of a small yellow open jacket and shorts. He was surrounded by different warriors from the others - probably his generals.

"So, my former Medjay and his friends stand in my way." He remarked, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "I don't like those who dare standing up to me."

"Well, sorry, but we were tired of you being probably the biggest jerk in all this country and decided to fight for our rights!" Aicha replied angrily.

"If you think you're so powerful, Pharaon Shanka, why don't you come kill us yourself?" Ataon provocated him.

"Sorry, but I'm in no mood to drain my energy with any of you. This is why I will give my soldiers and generals the honnor to crush you all." He said and gestured them to attack.

Suya gulped. "Watch out, Suya: this is gonna bleed." Aton whispered to her.

"I know..."

He marked a pause before telling her: "One only know his or her true strength, when being strong is the only choice remaining."

She looked at the raven. "Is that true?"

"Mmmh, I don't know, but it sounds good." He replied with a smile which made Suya giggle.

"KILL THEM ALL!" Shanka screamed as his soldiers all attacked and clashed with the warriors Aton bought from the Alexandria Oasis. Meanwhile, the generals dispatched to fight with our heroes...

Viper, Aicha and Adhan found themselves facing a female cobra with a pale skin and red eyes. Smirking, she took a flute from somewhere with her tail and used to play a song, Viper widened her eyes as her body started replying the song.

"Viper? What are you doing?" Aicha asked.

"I-I don't know! My body is moving on its own!" She suddenly started attacking the cheetah and the bunny against her will.

"She's a snake charmer: with this flute, she can command to any snake with her magic flute." Adhan explained, using her big ears to block Viper's attacks.

"How can we stop her?" Aicha asked, swiftly dodging the tail whip from her friend.

"Like this!" Adhan replied and suddenly made some kind of golden energy shield with her gauntlet. Taking a swing, she shot it at the snake charmer to break her flute in two, freeing Viper from her control.

"Thanks, I hated that." She said before turning her former controller. "Time for revenge!" Using Earth Chi, summoned two ribbons from the ground which she used to attacked the snake charmer who wasn't really good in close combat.

Once she was damaged enough, Aicha summoned her Arabian swords and cut the snake charmer's legs to neutralize her before smashing the back of her head with the handle of her sword, knocking her out.

"That's one down!" The cheetah said victoriously.

"Thanks for getting me out of her trance, Adhan." Viper said with a smile.

"You're welcome." The bunny replied and simply crossed her arms.

Meanwhile, Tanchi, Ghyr and Kitsu were facing a strange wolf whose fur was red and black and was dressed in golden clothes with red sandals.

"Watch out! You're about to get burned by Nar!" He showed-off before creating some golden fire with his paws.

"Oh no! Not another fire-orientated guy!" Tanchi though, knowing she wouldn't be able to beat him with her Ice Chi.

Nar swung his feet to shot slashes of golden fire, but Ghyr suddenly jumped in and blocked them with his solid back scales armor. "Sorry, I'm too solid for that!" He said as he suddenly made a big spiked club appear.

Charging forward, he swung his weapon at the wolf who easily dodged it many times before giving the tree pangolin a strong kick in the ribs that sent him flying away.

Nar then shot a beam of golden fire at Tanchi who tried to push it back with a beam of ice, but the laws of elements made that his attack was easily beating hers. She was slowly pushed back as Nar's attack gained the upper hand over her ice beam and was about to burn her.

It was then that the red and black wolf found himself getting lifted in the air by an aura. Upon turning his head, he saw that it was Kitsu who was doing it and swang his paw to send him fly away. But the canine quickly jumped back up.

"How did you do that, old man?!"

"This is the power of the most perfect Kenjutsu." The blind warrior said as he then took his sword into his paws. "Now, prepare to pay for your crimes!"

They engaged a close combat and the blind tiger revealed himself to be pretty good in hand-to-hand combat as well as in sword fighting. He managed to land mani strikes, kicks and cuts, sometimes knocking Nar away with his aura powers.

The wolf was getting really mad at loosing and charged forward with his fists covered of golden fire, determined to kill the tiger who dared humiliating him. However, this last one simply performed a series of moves and countered the punch by piercing his sword right through his chest. The wolf froze for a moment before spitting blood and dropping dead on the sand.

"You did it, Kitsu!" Ghyr happily said as he made his spiked club disappear while Kitsu used his aura to put his sword back in place.

"You guys really are though." Tanchi remarked with a smile.

"Don't think this makes you weaker, my friend." Kitsu said without even turning to look at her. "You simply have more room for improvement."

"Thanks."

Aton and Sewu were facing a rather...imposant enemy. It was a giant cobra snake with grey-white scales with black globes and orange eyes and a very big mouth. He let out a piercing scream as he made its way toward the two avians.

"Sewu, transform now!" Aton instructed.

His niece nodded and opened her vest to reveal a shining golden arrow tattoo on her belly. Her whole body started shining and she soon transformed into a bow and arrows of golden light. Aton took them all and immediately shot one at the giant cobra, touching him in the belly, making him groan in pain.

He kept pursuing the raven across the Oasis as he avoided his attacks and replied with golden arrows that hurt him every time. Eventually, the giant snake started fightin back by spitting jets of green venom with the first one slightly touching the raven's wing, making him groan.

"It's in this kind of situations that I wish I could fly!" He mumbled before continuing to shoot and dodge.

After firing god knows how many arrows, the giant cobra had enough and jumped toward Aton with his mouth open, ready to devour him. Seeing the opportunity, the Medjay dropped his bow and grabbed his Maqba sword before jumping and pierced his big upper jaw with it. Soon, the curse contained in the sword spread across his giant body and with one last groan, he fell dead on the sand.

"May Anubis have mercy on your soul..." Aton said as he regained his sword while Sewu returned to her normal form.

"Have we won?"

"Not yet: we still have to defeat the Pharaon..." He said and looked at the distance, knowing Suya was currently facing him.

The final battle between Suya and the Pharaon Shanka is for the next chapter! Stay stunned!