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CHAPTER XIV
War Zone
The car convoy came to a halt in front of the historical building of the egyptian museum of Cairo in the middle of the night. The streets were calm and only a few taxis were on their way to bring their passengers home safely. I sat on the backseat right beside Marik and through the whole ride he held my hand in a tight grip. It was hard to hold it back - I could have literally grinned in joy the whole time. Although Marik didn't want me to attend this mission because of what happened in the valley of the kings it only showed one thing - he deeply cared about me. And I cared about him - that's why I insisted on coming with him.
Odion, who sat on the drivers seat, and another Rare Hunter in the front seat got off the car and the doors slammed shut behind them.
"Jesara." Marik then said after they left us to the silence inside the SUV. He turned his head to me and stared right into my eyes with intensity.
I blinked at him. "Huh?"
Suddenly he pulled me closer to him and with his right hand he lifted my chin up to his. Before I could say just a single syllable he pressed his lips onto mine and started to kiss me like there was no tomorrow. With a racing heart I accepted that untamed kiss of his and while our tongues danced so seductively against each other I mentally thanked Ra that the SUV had tinted windows. With an effortless movement he heaved me onto his lip, each of my legs on one side of his hips. It was so unbelievably…sexy and so unlike him at the same time. This new side of him drove my senses crazy. Oh how much I wished we weren't on a mission in the backseat of his SUV with all his servants around.
When he broke the kiss he stared up at me with his glowing lavender irises, fuelled with desire and severity at the same time. I locked eyes with him breathless after that intense, spontaneous kiss.
"You know that I wanted you to stay in our headquarter, Jesara. Things in there could be dangerous or escalate quickly, because security men are possibly armed to their teeth. Stay behind, be careful and whatever you do - don't do anything reckless. I will try my best to protect you, but if things get ugly I want you to run. I don't want you to get hurt a second time. Is that understood?" He whispered in his typical commanding tone, but there was also something seductive in his undertone that made my flesh crawl. The tip of his index finger slightly brushed down my neck and I took a deep breath when his touch tickled my senses. It was like he used his effect on me and my body against me to obey his commands. His glowing eyes watched my body's reaction of his touch with intensity - like he enjoyed the sweet torture of his.
"Understood…" I whispered and bit my bottom lip, trying to fight against the sudden urge to rip off his cloak right here and now - like I did it with his dress shirt lately.
"Good girl." He whispered into my ear and then placed a soft kiss onto my cheek. "Let's go." Marik then said and mentioned for me to get off the car. My cheeks had a shade of deep red when we closed the car's doors behind us, especially when Odion looked at me with a wrinkled brow and a tiny smirk. All the Rare Hunters held a machine-gun in their hands and I swallowed, hoping that we won't have to use those.
Marik made a few calculated footsteps towards Odion and looked up at his faithful companion. "I want you to have an eye on her during the mission, understood?" Odion nodded at him as a silent answer.
"Alright, my Rare Hunters. You all know what we are looking for and where to find it. Sabah will be so kind to lead us the way. We go in, get Slifer The Sky Dragon and disappear again as fast as we could." Marik then commanded his servants in a stern, dead serious tone. Just then I realised that one of Marik's Rare Hunters held Sabah in a tight grip right behind me. He nodded reluctantly.
"Yes, Master Marik." They answered in unison. Then we slowly ascended the historic stairs of the building right behind the sandy blonde leader, who had stolen my heart.
I kept close to Odion like Marik had ordered me to when we walked through the entrance hall of the museum. Sabah disarmed the security system easily since he knew every code to open literally every single door inside the building. There was not a single light switched on and everything was almost dark; just the light of the shining moon and street lights from outside illuminated the room just as much that we were able to see what was in front of us.
My heart skipped a beat when I saw two men right in front of us, both armed with a big automatic gun and lifting them up when they saw us. But they probably didn't expect what power Marik held in his hands with the millennium rod. He elegantly lifted it up and pointed it towards the security men. That familiar golden light appeared and illuminated the room. Their eyes went blank and their guns dropped to the ground, then they stepped to the side and bowed down.
"Fools." Marik chuckled.
"The death mask of Tutankhamun is on the third floor in the east wing. Follow me and don't touch anything." Sabah explained, trying to hide how Marik's little demonstration scared the crap out of him and lead us up the impressive staircase of the main hall.
"Just to make one thing clear, my dear Sabah. If you're trying any tricks or telling lies be sure that it earns you a one way ticket to hell." Marik threatened him when he followed Sabah right on heel.
While we walked through long, dark corridors with endless ancient Egyptian artefacts perfectly secured behind glass cages the moment we shared in the backseat of the SUV replayed in my head again and again. I put on the cape of my cloak to cover my face and my blushed cheeks while I grinned to myself. His touches were almost magical and they awoke something inside of me - besides the love that I felt for him.
I didn't know how long we walked through the corridors of the building when eventually Sabah's voice startled me out of my daydreams.
"We're here." He announced when we stopped in front of a dark wooden double door with golden decorations on it. Sabah then typed a 12-digit code into the mainboard of the security interface right beside it to unlock it. The little red light on it then turned green and a smirk crept through Marik's lips.
"You'd be a brilliant addition to my organisation, my dear Sabah." Marik complimented him when we doors finally opened automatically.
"Thank you." He answered and smiled honoured. "What you seek is in there."
We stepped in on cautious heels and I made sure to keep close to Odion all the time. The hall of Tutankhamun was completely dark and only the world famous death mask was illuminated by a golden spot light. It looked so impressive that my blood almost froze in my veins and I couldn't take my eyes off of it.
Marik let out a laughter when he stepped closer to the artefact, which was the hiding place of Slifer The Sky Dragon. "Hahahahahaha. Finally, Slifer is almost mine. Another step closer to the power that was always meant to be mine!"
"False." A familiar female voice echoed through the dark hall. Marik's eyes narrowed to slits and he let out an annoying growl. I immediately knew who this voice belonged to and I glanced up to Odion with surprise written to my face.
"ISHIZU!" Marik shouted out in fury, his hands balled to fists. "COME OUT!"
Suddenly the luxurious chandeliers came to life and illuminated the room. My eyes needed a few seconds to adjust to the brightness, but when I opened them again I saw her. Ishizu.
"Brother" She said with a voice soft as Egyptian silk when she stepped out of her hiding place and positioned herself in front of the death mask of Tutankhamun. Her piercing blue eyes were dead serious when she glared at her brother. "How often do I need to tell you that our pharaoh's power isn't destined to be yours?"
Marik's grip around the millennium rod tightened so hard that his knuckles went white. "Go out of my way. You know nothing!" He spat through clenched teeth. "Hand Slifer over to me and then we go separate ways without a massacre."
Ishizu folded her arms in front if her chest, looking unimpressed by her brother's threats. "Slifer The Sky Dragon is already brought to a new safe place, Marik. It's not here anymore. Thanks to my millennium necklace I was able to take actions before your arrival."
Marik's blood was boiling and his shoulders tensed as he let out another growl. "WHERE!?" He then lifted the millennium rod and pointed it towards his sister. "I'm not afraid of using my power against you, sister. Tell me where you hid the card!"
Suddenly dozens of armed security men surrounded us and pointed the gun barrel towards us. My heart skipped a beat when I looked around and realised that we were caught - there was no way out. "Odion…" I muttered with a shaky voice and shot him a fearful glance. Marik's Rare Hunters lifted their machine guns immediately - ready to shoot. They formed a protective circle around Marik, Odion and me.
"Not in thousand years, brother." Ishizu answered with a calm, cut determined tone. "Go now… for your own sake… and Jesara's." She said and glanced at me for a second before her gaze wandered back to her brother.
"That's out of question, sister." Marik spat back angrily.
"Marik." I cut in out of the blue. "Let us go. This won't lead anywhere." I hoped so much that he would listen to me. He then shot me an angry glare as he looked back over his shoulder.
"Hold your tongue, Jesara." He commanded harshly and narrowed his eyes at me. His words hit me hard, couldn't he have said that a little more friendlier? Especially after our little, but so intense moment in the backseat of the SUV?
"You should better listen to her, Marik." Ishizu said insistently. "I'm willing to let you go without any consequences. I don't want to hurt you, nor your servants, nor Jesara."
Marik let out a chuckle. "Try to put up with this, sister!" The millennium rod in his hands started to glow brightly, so did Ishizu's necklace to block his attack.
"Then you leave me no other choice, brother." Ishizu said cooly. I swallowed in fear at her words. And within a second hell broke loose.
The deafening sound of the shooting machine guns made my cry out in deadly terror. Marik's Rare Hunters and the security men opened the fire against each other and I instinctively took coverage. My palms covered my ears and I got down to my knees, fearing for my dear life. Odion bowed over me to protect me in this moment of chaos. "We need to get you out of here!" He shouted to be louder than the shooting sound.
Suddenly hot liquid splattered all across my face and I cringed. I let out a piercing scream when I realised it was Sabah, whose head was bored through by a bullet and it was the blood that I felt on my skin. His lifeless body hit the ground just right in front of me.
From the corner of my eyes I saw Marik hiding behind some of his servants during the shooting. "Jesara! Run like I said!" He shouted over to me while one Rare Hunter after the other got shot and fell down.
Odion tried to lift me up and drag me out of the hall, but I denied with all my might - against Marik's plea. "No! I won't leave you here, Marik!" I cried out and pushed Odion away.
Two more Rare Hunters got shot. "GET. OUT!" Marik spat when he turned around to glare at me with a dead serious expression. But then - like in slow motion - it happened. Marik got hit by a bullet on his right arm and he immediately bowed down in pain. "Argh!"
My eyes shot wide open in shock as I watched him grimacing in excruciating pain, pressing his left hand onto the wound as blood streamed down his arm. The millennium rod fell to the ground beside him. "Marik!" Against my better judgement and while bullets literally rained down on us like a monsoon I crawled over to him on all four legs.
"I won't go just anywhere without you!" I hissed and tried to drag Marik out of the hall with all my strength. Odion immediately ran over to us to help me prop him up after he grabbed for the millennium rod and tucked it to his belt. The shooting still went on and with every BANG I prayed to all gods I knew that we would make it out alive.
When we reached the great double door I glanced back over my shoulder. For a brief moment my eyes locked with Ishizu's piercing blue ones and I could literally read her sorrow in the depths of them. I watched in horror how the last one of Marik's Rare Hunters was shot; the hall of Tutankhamun looked like a war zone. How could things go so wrong…?
Odion and I dragged Marik down the great staircase of the entry hall as fast as we could and I could feel how I slowly ran out of strength. His blood had already soaked one side of my cloak. I never felt such a fear and I didn't know how badly Marik was hurt.
We kicked the entry door open with our feet and lifted Marik into the backseat of one of the SUVs; Odion then jumped into the driver's seat and started the engine hastily. I propped up Marik's head in my lap and slammed the door shut behind me. "DRIVE!" I cried out in horror and Odion kicked down the gas pedal.
Police sirens could be heard everywhere. Just as we pulled out of the parking lot of the museum dozens of police cars came to a halt in front of the museum with squealing tires, but they didn't recognise us. From the rear window I could see how they stormed into the building with weapons and machine guns before we rounded the corner, racing back to the headquarter at full speed.
Marik moaned in pain and I gently stroked his head to comfort him. My hands were stained with red liquid and my stomach turned upside down. Slowly his eyes opened and he stared up at me with pain-stricken lavender eyes. "I told you to run." He growled through clenched teeth.
"People protect the one's they love, Marik." I whispered and forced a smile. "Let me bandage your arm." I then ripped off the arm part of my cloak and wrapped it around his wounded arm as a pressure bandage to stop the bleeding until we got back to our headquarter and treat and stitch his wound professionally. He let out a painful moan when I tightened the piece of fabric.
"Why can't you listen to me just once…?" He muttered under his breath and I so much wished I could ease hid pain. I glanced at Odion's reflection in the rear view mirror like I wanted to say 'Hurry' and he just nodded at me and I sensed how the car picked up speed.
I forced another smile and looked down to Marik, right into his lavender irises and I sensed how tears built up in my eyes, but I didn't know if they were the aftermath of my shock or just tears of joy because he was alive.
"Because I'm not one of your slaves. I don't listen to all of your commands. I'm afraid you need to deal with that." I answered his question. He then slowly lifted his left hand and gently stroked my blood-stained cheek. I closed my eyes and cuddled my head against the warmth his palm; then I put a gently kiss on it.
For a moment we sat in silence and eventually we crossed the city boarders of Cairo. With every mile we left behind us I calmed down a bit. "Jesara." He whispered then.
"Mh?" Our eyes locked intensively. For a moment the world stood still.
"I love you."
AN: Bloody shit and a super fluffy happy end. I hope this chapter was a good excuse for my last one xD It's finally out! Day finally confessed it. Now I can finally get to the more erotic details of the story hrhr.
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