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Sekhmet sighed as she watched Nefertum playing in the reeds. "No, NO!" That got her son's attention. She held up the bag of sand. "Look at the enemy," She said, gesturing to a rather poorly drawn red snake on the sand bag. "Look at the enemy, get the enemy and devour him!" She said. Maahes, on the other hand, hit the sandbag hard enough it swayed. She nudged him back. "Back! This is not your training!" She shouted at Maahes. She prodded him with the small sword. Bast rushed in and took Maahes yards away from her. Nefertum looked at the sand back and poked it. She whistled and called Nefertum from the tall reeds before she lost him.

She handed him the smaller sword before drawing her own. "Watch!" She said and slashed at the sandbag. Grains poured as Nefertum just watched. He tried copying the move, though he didn't get as far in as his mother did. Sekhmet instead pursed her lips and nodded. Not the reaction Nefertum expected. "You're getting there," She said. Nefertum then went right back into the fields, tossing the sword aside. Sekhmet lunged out to grab him only for him to escape her grasp. She sighed and rubbed her temples.

"Isn't it disappointing? How they never grow the way you want them to?"

Sekhmet's blood ran cold.

"Mut… " She hissed. "Let me guess, the title of Eye of Ra is what you want?" Sekhmet said —Borderline snarled—, with a mocking tone, not even turning around. She grabbed Nefertum from the reeds and had him sit on a rock.

"Why not? Since you past failure, and still, yet you're not- Oh, how do the mortals say it- fired, is it?"

Sekhmet growled and dropped her sword. Sekhmet knew damn well that was NOT a pun and Mut knew it, too. She cracked her knuckles. If she wanted to beat the hell out of an enemy, and not even a small enemy, like the humans, but as hated as a god, she might as well do it right.

"Fine!" Sekhmet said. Remember, you wanted this."

"Count to three?" Mut offered.

Sekhmet leaned into Nefertum. "Watch here, child. Mommy's gonna show you how to kick ass," she said. Mut made the last two numbers quick before Sekhmet spun back around and roundhouse kicked Mut.

Before Mut could strike back, a familiar horn sounded. That was the worst sound. "Nefertum!" She shouted as Mut forced her off. Sekhmet landed back on her feet and grabbed out her best knife. She soared towards Nefertum before he could disappear. "Take this, get into the Duat, find Anubis, and stay with him. Go!" She said and watched him vanish in a flash of gold. The next she saw was a man in white robes, chanting. glowing chains grabbed her by the wrist and ankles and forced her onto her knees.

Sekhmet awoke with a jolt, her breathing heavy and her pulse raging twice than she could. She glared at the gray stone ceiling that held her captive until her next summoning. She glared at the enchanted bars that would burn her if she even bothered to break them. She wrestled herself up and kicked the metal with a curse. She grabbed the bars and winced as the steam that rose from her hands. The end result of using weapons against it was still fresh on her mind as if they didn't happen over 3000 years ago. Her scarred arms and chest were her reminders.

She scooted to the back of the cell, her head throbbing. Oh Ra, she never felt anything as painful as the first time she was summoned. There was a light. It engulfed her whole and the only thing she could see again was red. She knew her enemies' names. The Kanes. She roared as she surged through the red and saw a floating wicker boat in front of her. She was in full armor. She knew what to do. "KANES!" She roared.

The next thing she knew, there was a tang in her tongue. "What is it? Nubian? Persian?" "Jalapeño." The boy in the glowing gold falcon said. "You tricked me!" She roared. "You tricked—" Oh gods... There was that feeling again. She felt like she was going to vomit as her engorged gut went from a gold to a dark brown. Her ears hardening into horns. Her claws fused to become hooves. Finally, she blacked out.

LD: This is something I've had a while back and never got around posting or editing this. I originally planned it to be part of a sequel but canceled the idea. Nefertum's side is on the way. Just in another story.