Warning. Spoilers!

I do not own The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Summary: After Nathaniel died, Bartimaeus found himself living the quiet life with occasional summons from Kitty. This all changes when Kitty finds the Caduceus and accidentally lets Bartimaeus's name slip to someone from Amestris.

Expect a lot of OOC and possibly slip ups from not bothering to get into every single detail in every book/manga.(It won't be anything too bad...hopefully)

The Caduceus: Part One

If the grimoire I found is the right one than I should be able to activate the artifact, Kitty thought. After months of research and excavating, she had finally found the Caduceus. It was a large worn out staff that cold have passed for an ugly stick. The only thing special about it was the engravings of a pair snake and a big bumpy lump on the top. On closer inspection, you could see the marks of folded wings.

Kitty had begun to chant the ancient summoning already burned into her skull. She spoke a little above a whisper, afraid that the ancient temple would collapse if her voice was too loud. After ten minutes, she had implemented the directions from the grimoire word for word. Nothing happened.

Maybe I needed to have the book with me? But that would have been impossible since it would have crumbled with a touch. If it wasn't for Agatha's special ability, we wouldn't have known what was in there. She felt a pang of loneliness from being separated from the rest of the Resistance. Most of the information had rough spots and she did not want to endanger group members on something that might be there. The more educated she became about magic, the more group members she reeled in. It had taken a few years but now she a had a little bit under of 100 people! This time she made sure no one would betray them by making them swear under a oath for initiation. If broken, Kitty's watchful djinn Rudesind was allowed to eat them. Rudesind is a newbie djinn who willingly joined the group. It did seem a bit cruel but Kitty was no longer the naïve 13 year old before. Now a 23 year old jaded Kitty was the leader.

Her attention was drawn back to the staff when she heard a loud crack. Dammit. Did I just break it? The staff's wings had opened and it flapped to the middle of the pentagram. The unveiled gold sphere began spinning and the staff morphed into a brilliant gold. Only one snake was active though.

" Why isn't the other snake awake?" Kitty asked.

" You only called for one Master." It said.

Sensing her displeasure, it patiently added, " The other snake allows messages between the dead as well as other minor places. I allow speech between another world."

I'm assuming it means the Other Place… So I can talk with Bartimaeus as well as other djinn? Kitty had not summoned Bartimaeus for 6 years since Nathaniel died. She had thought that Bartimaeus had died too. One drunken night, she summoned him. Imagine her surprise when she woke up in the morning and found Edward Cullen poking her with a stick.(1) Still, she rarely summoned him after. She respected his wishes to stay in the Other Place. Rudesind was taught how to use Ptolemy's Gate so there was someone else to take her to the Other Place.(2)

" How do I use this? And I won't have any tricks." Kitty said while pulling out a silver dagger.

The snake sighed and Kitty made it repeat the directions 3 times with different wording. Not because she couldn't remember but because she wanted to make sure that the Marid wasn't trying to mislead her. Apparently it was supposed to work like telepathy and that the staff would not be usable until some type of message was sent back. No mater what language it was sent in you could still comprehend it. It was able to send "packages" but only small ones. It didn't help that the other snake was asleep. She inwardly smiled at all the possible uses for this artifact.

Now for a test run…Rudesind might not be at the Other Place but I can expect Bartimaeus to be there. Kitty expertly chanted the strange languages to initiate the message. The beginning was the same as a summoning

"Bartimaeus of Uruk, Rekhyt of Alexandria, Necho of Jerusalem, Sakhr Al-Jinni, N'Gorso the Mighty, Wakonda of the Algonquin, the Serpent of Silver Plumes. Errr… I found the staff of Caduceus. I know you hate being disturbed from the Other Place but I just wanted to see if this works. To reply, formally say my different names as best you can and then say your message. Don't you dare ignore either. See ya."

To Kitty's surprise, an old strange tongue replied. It was a mixture of different European languages but the roots were Greek. The strange man had said "Strange woman from the Other world. Thank you for the message. It is much appreciated."

What did I just do? Kitty had a sinking feeling in her stomach. She knew she had just screwed up big time. She turned her attention to the staff but it was back into it's hibernation state. Putting it in her knapsack, she scampered above ground to summon Bartimaeus.

To her relief, he just popped up as usual.

"Did you get my message?"

"What message?" The familiar Greek Egyptian yawned in boredom. He noticed he was surround by ancient ruins.

"I just tried using the staff of Caduceus. I sent a message to you but I think someone else must have gotten it."

"Just when everyone is convinced I'm dead except you, some weird guy suddenly catches word of me! Kitty, you'll be the death of me."

"Don't worry. He's from another world….?"

-Silence-

"H-He probably doesn't know how to summon djinn. They probably don't even exist in their world." For a second, Kitty thought Bartimaeus was going to eat her. Then he relaxed.

He sighed exasperatingly. "Just take me back woman. And don't include me in your artifact experimenting!"

Please R & R and all that Jazz