The prisoner's savior. (Boyxboy)

Chapter 12

Author's note
Sorry again for the long wait. I hope that I can make it up by finishing this book soon although with my luck I won't have the time! Anyway here goes!
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The soldiers split up into groups in order to search for the former queen and the prince. They marched through the Sands of Egypt with their commander Mahad leading the way.

A runner from the south side ran up to Mahad. He was gasping for breath and when he came to a stop he stood with his hands on his knees.

"What is it?" Mahad asked the young man

"Squad 3 found the barbarian camp just out side the south side of Egypt but..."

"But what?"

"It was empty."

"What does your captain make of it?"

"He thinks they marched north..."

"North?"

"Towards Egypt..."

Mahad sneered, "Run back and tell the troops to turn around and go back. The barbarians knew we would go out for a search and decided to Attack Egypt while it was unguarded."

"Yes, sir!" The young man said and then took off in the direction he came.

Mahad then sent runners to the rest of the squads to tell them the news before turning his own squad around.

"We are the closest. We need to try to intercept them before they get to Egypt. Now ride! For Egypt!" He shouted.

The men all rallied to the cause and took off towards Egypt. 

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"King Yami sent me to start training some of the men from the villages for combat so they can fend off the barbarians until the troops get back from the search." A young general stated at the door of a merchant living in the village.

The merchant huffed, "I'm not fighting for some idiot king who sent his troops away before a battle!"

The merchant slammed the door in the soldier's face.

The young general sighed and then moved on to the next house.

Rallying people to fight had been much harder than Yami had thought it would be. Some people jumped at the chance to prove themselves to their king. Others distrusted him after they found out that the barbarians were invading just after he had sent troops to look for his brother and mother. Many thought he was now conspiring with the former queen and wanted Egypt to be defenseless against the on coming barbarian army.

He wanted to asure hiss people that none of these roomers were true but Mana, Yugi, Joey, and Seto all agreed that the best thing to do was to focus on the on coming invasion. he just hopped that Mahad and the others found out about the enemies plans and were on their way back to Egypt.

Mana walked up to Yami and put her hand on his shoulder.

"You know your a great king." She soothed him, "I don't know anyone who could ascend the thrown at your age and succeed let alone deal with a war and betrayal."

He grasped he hand on his shoulder, " I could never have done this without your help and of course Seto's and Mahad's."

She entwined her fingers in his and turned him around, "You can do this! I know you can my Pharaoh!"

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The sun was about to set when the lights of tiny torches lit up the horizon just out side the outskirts of the city. The sky blended with the colors of the orange sun and soon the light faded from a bright orange to pink, then to a deep purple as the sun sunk below the horizon line. the flickering lights from the torches marched ever closer to the city limits. I few moments passed in eerie silence after the light faded into the inky black that filled the night sky. Then all of a sudden the sky lit up with bright orange fire balls that shot out of the enemies catapults like hellfire.

They soared through the air before they collided with houses and merchant stands on the other side of the cities walls. Alarm bells tolled while villagers screamed in the streets. The meager army that Yami had managed to scrape together readied for battle.

Yami woke with a start when he heard the alarm bells toll through out the city. They were here.

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Mahad and his man raced to catch up with the barbarian army. The sun was sinking into the horizon and in a few minutes they would be able to see the castle walls of the city they called home. They saw smoke drifting just above the hill which only made them run faster. When they got to the top of the hill many stopped short and gasped at the horrible sight. Their city was burning. They could almost picture the innocent citizens scrambling through the streets cowering in fear of the approaching army.

"We attack now from behind when they least expect it!" Mahad called out to his troop. The warriors lifted their weapons and charged down the hill inn reply.