Sands of Time
Chapter Eighteen
(Another Time)
"Wake up." She cried as she shook his shoulders lightly, "Please, you have to wake up." She pleaded and she looking at his sleeping face, he eyes that once held wisdom, Strength, and power, were now closed. His features seemed soft and unaffected. His lips were cold to the touch. She looked down at him and watched her tears slide down his cheek.
"Open your eyes." She ordered as if it would bring him back. She brushed the stray golden hairs from his forehead; the Sennen eye was no longer there. Nothing was left of her Pharaoh. "Atem, don't leave me I need you." She pleaded
"Please wake up. I beg of you. Why? Why you? I love you." She said and she slid her hands down his stomach and placed her head upon his bare chest hoping to hear the heartbeat of her Pharaoh. "I know your heart is strong." She whispered, "You cannot die so easily." She said as her tears fell evenly. "I'm sorry."
"My queen?" came a soft voice from behind her. "Queen Anzu, get on your feet." He ordered, it was the high priest. "You did this!" Seth whispered with hurt in his voice.
"No-I didn't…." She paused," y-yes, it was...me...I'm the killer, I did It." she stuttered as she hugged her body closer to Atem, he was cold now, there was no way to undo what she had done. How could she have done this? How did it get this far?
"High priest, please end my life." She sat up whipping the tears from her eyes.
"No." Seth said, "Look again." he said leaving the room. Anzu turned around to see Atem's still lifeless body. She took a deep breath and placed one last kiss on his lips, but something was off, his lips were warm. She pulled back in fear as he peered at her though his slightly opened eyelids. "My-my..." she shivered as Atem took in a breath.
"A-Anzu?" he reached up to touch her face with his strong hands. As the gold he wore on his wrist chimed together. The crown on his head that held and eye in the center slid slightly as he sat up. Anzu smiled and pushed the crown back up so it sat high.
"You…are alive? But how? I watched you die, and there was nothing I could do about it. I saw you..." she breathed tears falling anew as she stood up stepped away from the Pharaoh. "I did it, it was me." She said letting her arms fall to her side where the white lace of her gown hugged it. It was a simple gown; one piece of white cloth that had a golden belt of rope. The collar exposed her neck and shoulders as the sleeves stopped a few inches before her elbows. "I am one of your queens and I should have protected you but I killed you."
"Anzu." Atem said as he pulled himself off of the ground. His many armlets, bracelets, and rings glittered as the sunbeams caressed each item. Atem made his way across the room and stood before Anzu. She looked down as her hair covered her eyes. "Look at me." He ordered sternly. She brought her head up to look in his dark purple eyes. "You are more than just 'one of my queens' you are my favorite, my soul mate."
"Are you real?" she asked as she brought her hand up to touch his face. She traced his eyebrows with her index and middle fingers. Atem closed his eyes as she traced his eyelids. She moved on and traced his cheeks and then she lightly slid her fingers across his lips causing them to tremble. She moved her fingers from his lip across his other cheek and into his hair then to his shoulders and down to his chest.
Atem flinched a bit, for she had pressed the wound that was on his chest from the earlier fight with Bakura. Anzu bit her lip as she pushed the war vest from his arms and to the floor leaving him bare. She then caressed the three-inch long scratch on his chest. Atem hissed though his teeth at the pain he felt.
"Sorry." Anzu looked up at him and let her had hover over the cut. "Did he do this?" she asked as she slowly places her hand lightly on it. Atem's a hand came up and wrapped around Anzu's wrist leading to her flinch. He pulled her hand down with his where he left her hand to move the hair from her face.
"Am I?" he asked
"Are you what?" Anzu looked up into his eyes once more.
"Real?" he asked as he tucked her hair behind her ear.
"I..." she whispered but her voice stopped when she felt Atem's hands travel down her arms "…don't..." she gasped as he placed his head on her chest to hear her heart beat. Anzu brought up her hands and placed them on his head where she played with his hair. "I'm sorry." She whispered
"Anzu, don't be sorry. It was not your fault you did not know Bakura was that bad, nor could you have done anything to stop him." he said and pulled away from her heartbeat and hands.
"Atem?" she asked as he walked to the balcony of his palace. "Bakura is gone." She said, "He got away, I'm sorry." She said
"Stop apologizing," he said as Anzu moved to stand next to him. Her slender hand slipped into his. "Do you think we will ever be happy?" she asked "in another time?'
"Another time?" he asked "yes, in this time and another and every one after that." he said as the two of them looked down at the peaceful Egypt below...
Another time, they would meet
Das Ende
Okay everyone that was the last Chapter. I hope you liked it. And please excuse my Spelling and Grammar I am a very bad speller and my spell check might have mistaken a few words. And When I edit,I see words that I know should be there rather than seeing the mistakes.