Untamed Chroma

Chapter 27 - The Lonely Sun

The two of them were locked in a hard battle of focus. His eyes strained as they darted across the checkered board, trying to think of the best possible next move. His fingers circled the pawn, before sending it forward, pressuring his brothers knight

"What's on your mind?" Khonshu asked

"What?" Ra replied, as Khonshu easily moved his castle forward and took out the pawn, making Ra put a hand on his forehead

"You're not thinking properly. You're distracted" He replied

"Gods damn it... no I'm just trying to out think you" Ra said, looking across the board for any opportunity. His eyes lit up, seeing a chance to completely pressure his brothers king, without much consequence

"How are your friends doing?" He asked. Ra's eyes widened, his train of thought going completely off track, dumbfounded by the question

"My friends?" He asked as he looked up

"The ones you live with, what's their names, I forgot, Tefnut, Maahes, those" Khonshu said, his eyes still on the board

"W-Who...? I don't know who you're talking about" Ra replied nervously as Khonshu put his pawn down, looking at his brother straight in the eye and smirking

"Pfft, You're a terrible liar. Don't bother"

"What? I'm not lying!"

"Ra listen to me. I know you're a Powerholder. I know you're employed by lord Thoth, and I know you've got the powers of Ra, Horus, Sekhmet and Ma'at. No need to hide it. I'm just asking how your buddies are doing" Khonshu said as Ra gulped and looked around

"Shhh keep it down! ... how did you know I... what????" He asked, still perplexed

"You've been gone for so long. I asked the priests and they said it's for work. But that didn't make sense. If it was work I would've found out about it. I pressed them and they said it's a matter of the gods. So I prayed and put a request in to the ennead. They answered" Khonshu explained

"Oh... you didn't... tell anyone else did you?"

"No. You clearly want this to be a secret so I'll keep it a secret"

"Thank you... it's uh, not up to me though, lord Thoth ordered secrecy"

"So... how are they doing? Why are you back home shouldn't you be in training?"

"Lord gave us a vacation of sorts, we've been hard at work for a few months now, so we've got a few days rest. A lot of the other guys also went home, some are still at the house"

"Hmm. Interesting. It's still your turn by the way" Khonshu said

"Oh, right. Damn it I lost it, I forgot who I was going to move" Ra said as he focused back into the board"

"You were going to move your queen"

"Oh" Ra said as he moved his queen forward, and Khonshu without hesitation knocked it out, taking advantage of him

"You are not thinking"

"Wait... I WASNT GOING TO MOVE MY QUEEN! I wanted to move my castle!"

"You did"

"That's cheating!"

"No one told you to trust me. I'm your enemy after all" Khonshu said as Ra thought again and moved his castle

"Well I can make up for it"

"No you can't. Checkmate" Khonshu said as he toppled Ra's king down

"What?!"