They had all gathered in the living room: Presley clutching his backpack, the four undead human guardians, the holy cat guardian Kahti and Ja-kals nephew Kimas who was not a guardian but part of the odd family. The amulet he wore these days was the symbol of Horus, just like his uncle.
After Presleys revelation that he and his mother Amanda Carnovan were going to Hawaii in precisely nine days, a discussion broke out just like the thirteen year old boy expected.
Ja-kal nodded and looked determined: "Then we will go with you- separately- to this Island, keeping a low profile of course." "Even if Scarab is still on the other side of the Western gate and will have no idea where we are, that doesnt mean our other enemies cant find out."
Rath sighed, nodding in agreement with his leader and friend. "Yes, i agree with Ja-kal. We need to be there with you, young prince. Some enemies never rest."
The sorcerer stroked his chin thoughtfully as he continued:
"We will need more than our usual disguises if this is going to work without us being discovered by local constables or agents of the government. That means that I'm going to have to use one of the spells, the appearance illusion, i found and copied from Scarabs study with Kimas help a few months ago. It only lasted eight hours when I tried it but connected to our amulets power sources they should give us 12 hour lasting disguises."
Ja-kal nodded and smiled at the mention of his nephew and how Rath these days considered him to be part of the circle of people they could rely on. The sorcerer had been the most sceptical about Kimas when he first appeared, not without reason of course. But in the end Kimas heart was purer than even Kimas himself thought, so when he found out his father had lied to him for years about his uncle, he helped them defeat Arakh and sent him back to the other side. He had nearly gone with him but managed to get out of the magical scorpion armor tied to his fathers amulet in time.
Nefer-Tina nodded, she had expected to go with Presley and would have accepted nothing less, besides the thought of going to a tropical island made her grin openly. "I've seen images of those islands, they are a paradise with all sorts of fun activities, like windsurfing, hula dancing and parties. It's not that far from California so it so it should'nt take too long to get there even if we use the Sky-S and bring the Sky-cycle."
Armon smiled along with her, because come on, a beautiful and tranquil Island with a cousine he had'nt tried yet? And keeping an eye on Presley making sure nothing happened to him - or the others. The soldier was a foodie yes but not a fool. He was ready to pack at a moments notice.
Kimas who was now fourteen years and wore his long hair in a pony tail, sighed. " So does this mean im going to stay here and look after Kahti? I mean she is a cool holy cat but not much of a talker."
Ja-kal shook his head. "No, of course not, Kimas, you are going with us."
Rath smirked. "As interesting as it would be to return home to a home littered with takeout boxes and pizza cartons and Osiris knows what else, we simply cannot leave you and Kahti home alone."
Kimas shrugged, trying to look innocent.