Happy V-Day guys! I really hope you guys like this one. Slightly harder to write because of so much dialogue. Too be honest, at first when I watched this movie, I didn't believe Ahmanet had that much power when she was brought out of the tomb after a 5000 year mercury bath, but after talking to someone, they thought that the mercury acted like a shield to the outside world and she was forced to store all of that power. Don't know if that's accurate, wish I did, but I'll just go with the flow. Really, the only changes in this is going to be dialogue, relationships, background, and ending.

I have not idea how toxic mercury is, so please don't judge me on how I portray it, I mostly got my info on other sites.

P.S.- Do you guys think I should continue A New Horizon? If yes, know that I will mostly focus on this story.

Ahmanet will be a little OOC in this story than from the movie. After 5,000 years alone and finally finding someone who somewhat cares for her, she doesn't want to be alone. Put yourself in her situation, yeah some of you would probably die for company.

I don't own any of the characters or plots of these movies/books.

The Sun's Moon Ch.2

Bella stood at attention once she saw her commanding officer, Colonel Greenway, walking towards them with, surprise(!), Nick's girlfriend. Bella looked at Nick with a murderous gaze that said "Give me the fucking money Nick."

Nick chuckled nervously under her scowl until the Colonel said "Sergeant, may I ask you what you're doing here? The log back at base says you're supposed to be 100 clicks away from here. Start talking."

Nick breathed deeply before answering "Sir, I received plausible evidence that insurgents were based in this area, so my team went in."

The colonel asked "Why didn't you tell the rest of us? Could've avoided this conversation altogether."

Chris jutted in "If I may sir..."

Greenway cut him off "Shut up, Corporal. I wasn't asking you."

Chris rolled his eyes and Nick continued "Sir, I didn't want to waste any re-"

He was cut off when the woman walked up, slapped him right across the face, and said "Let's just cut the bullshit, Nick. Where is it?"

Nick looked at her gaping before he asked "What the hell was that for?! I've never seen you before in my life! Where is what? I'd love to know what you're inquiring about."

The obviously British woman rolled her eyes and replied "Nick, I know you took it. That map belongs to me."

Nick, still acting the innocent, said "I don't know what you're talking about. Sir, I have no idea who this woman is-"

Halsey rolled her eyes, turned to Greenway, and said "Colonel, it seems that your sergeant is embarrassed to admit that there was a one-night stand between the two of us."

Turning back to Nick, she continued "Nick, it's 2017. People are a little more open with their night life than they were in 1917. You took my map that night when you went through my stuff while I was sleeping. At least try to cover your tracks next time. Don't worry though, I'm not hurt. More like angry or disgusted, putting it mildly, but mostly amazed by how you were able to maintain what felt like human emotion for, what, 15 seconds?"

Bella stifled a laugh at his hurt face and Nick replied "I think it was more than 15 seconds."

Jennifer spotted her, approached, and held out her hand "Jennifer Halsey and you are?"

Bella accepted the handshake as she answered "Lance Corporal Bella Swan. Glad to see you were able to put Nick in his place."

Jennifer returned the smile as she replied "Someone had to."

Nick looked to them and said "Says you."

Jennifer pushed past him and finally saw the sinkhole. Once she saw the statue, Jennifer smiled, turned to the Colonel, and announced "Colonel Greenway, I need to investigate this site. I need your men to protect it."

Greenway immediately replied "I'm afraid that's not possible. The insurgents could come back here and in greater numbers."

Jennifer retorted "You have to. This find could be invaluable to us and them if they figure it out. If you want the insurgents to receive a large fortune for your cowardice, go ahead. I'm going down there."

Bella asked "Sir, permission to speak, sir?"

Greenway shook his head, preparing himself for technicalities, and said "Permission granted, Swan."

Bella took the opportunity and said "Sir, I believe that since Ms. Halsey is an expert in this field, she should be allowed to investigate the site, but since this site was found during an, albeit unauthorized, U.S. operation, that she be allowed to examine and report, but she would not be allowed to disturb any of the artifacts without the consent of an officer, such as Sergeant Morton."

Bella saw Jennifer send her a somewhat angry, yet resigned look when Greenway said "Fine. You heard the woman, Ms. Halsey. You have 48 hours to examine anything of interest once we leave. You'll be coming with us to London. There, we'll have to get authorization from Admiral Jameson to bring it onto her carrier. Two hours and we're moving out."

Jennifer nodded and said "Just let me call my supervisor and we can start."

Jennifer's POV:

Jenny dialed Henry's number and soon his voice asked "Jennifer, have you found her yet?"

She replied "I believe so, but there's a problem. Her tomb was found by Americans after they dropped a shell on the entrance. They're only allowing me a 48 hour window to examine her. I spent 13 years of my life on this Henry, others even longer. You have to find a way to give us authority."

Henry shushed her and said "Calm down, Jenny. I know a few people in Washington who might be able to help. Just try to get everything you can and be careful."

Jenny replied "I will, but the American's don't know what their doing or what they're dealing with."

Jekyll muttered "I'm afraid none of us do."

Bella's POV:

When Jennifer came back, Greenway informed her "Ms. Halsey. I'll be sending an escort with you. Since they caused this mess, they can help you make the most of it."

Nick and Bella looked down at the hole while Vail said "Good luck guys. I'll be up here holding the ropes."

Greenway turned back to him and snapped "Get in the damn hole Vail."

Minutes later, Bella gulped as she descended into the pitch black. She watched the other 3 lights go deeper into the shadows, a platform of equipment following them. Looking up again, she half-expected for the desert sun to disappear, gone forever. Steeling herself, she kept going. Looking down after a minute, she saw the three lights moving around the room, meaning that her team and Ms. Halsey had reached the bottom. After another 30 seconds of climbing down of her lifeline, she was close enough to jump off safely. Hopping off, instead of finding her feet on the ground, Bella found herself hanging by her foot that was tangled in rope. She cleared her throat and asked "Little help, guys?"

Nick and Vail walked over to help her, Vail keeping her steady while Nick cut the rope. The humiliation on Bella's face turned to confusion when she felt something drip onto her face. Wiping it with her glove and examining it, Bella looked at the metallic liquid.

Vail asked "What is that? Mercury?"

Bella's eyes went wide and she said "Fuck! Get it off!"

Jenny walked over and brushed the remnants of the mercury off of Bella's face and said "Calm down. It'll take a lot more than a lick to hurt you and a little more time, but everyone be careful. It doesn't take much and don't use your hands. Use a sleeve or some paper. We may need to break out the gas masks."

Nick finally got the rope off and before Bella hit the floor, she got into a handstand and righted herself. As she dusted herself off, she heard Vail mutter "Showoff."

Bella asked "What is mercury doing in a tomb?"

Jennifer replied "Egyptians believed it was able to wound evil spirits or bodies."

Nick turned to them and said "Yeah, but we know better now. It kills you."

Vail added "Yeah, after it makes you go crazy. Look, if there's a lot of mercury, we may need to get out of here in case of the vapor."

Bella turned to him and said "It's too dark for it to evaporate or turn into vapor. Too cold. We should be safe for now. The chamber's been exposed though so we may want to hurry."

Jennifer looked around and said "These are New Kingdom hieroglyphics. What is an Egyptian tomb doing out here?"

Vail asked "Why is that-"

Nick cut him off by saying "We're in Mesopotamia. In other words, we're on the Fertile Crescent."

Vail nodded and said "Yeah, yeah. Egypt's a few hundred miles away."

Walking deeper into the room, Jennifer observes "The mercury seems to collect in a small canal system, making it's way towards another room."

As they followed it, they found a pitch black room. Jenny turned to them and said "Get the lights. We need to hurry if we want to find something quick."

A minute later, they turned on the high beams , which illuminated the chamber.

Nick nudged Bella and Chris while saying "What'd I tell you guys? This is our payday."

Chris took a knee and said "I can't believe it. Your craziness actually paid off."

Jennifer's POV:

Jennifer pulled out a camcorder and when turned it on, starting to report her observations "The canal system seems to have made it's way to a large chamber, in the center is a large well, filled to the brim with mercury. There are chiseled stairs leading to the pool."

Going around the well, she found human remains with a ring, saying "This a ruby signet ring. This man was once part of the Priests of Amun. From Thebes. He and other Priests seem to be protecting some sort of chain. May be ritualistic."

Looking around, Jenny noticed something "There are no provisions for the afterlife. No conopic jars, no shab-ti's. This is a fate worse than death."

Bella's POV:

Bella walked deeper into the chamber and jumped when Jenny said "Don't even think about it."

She spotted Chris grabbing any valuable he could find and Nick reaching for a ruby, encrusted with gold. Nick looked up to Jennifer and said "We both steal from the dead. Don't pretend to be a saint because you're paid to do it."

Jennifer rolled her eyes and continued "There are 6 watchers surrounding the well, but strangely, they are facing inward. Horus, Anubis, Isis, Sehkmet, Sobek, and Bast, if I'm correct, seem to be like guards to a criminal as if they're not protecting the person inside, rather the ones outside. I don't see any levers to the chains, so I'm afraid that they aren't for pulling it up. They're for holding it down."

Bella voiced Hasley's thoughts "This isn't a tomb like you thought. It's a prison."

Suddenly, Chris's radio buzzed and Greenway came on "Lima 2-6? Lima 2-6, how copy?"

Chris answered "Hearing you loud and clear sir."

Greenway said "I need you all up here now. I've got reports coming in saying that the rebels are coming back this way. We need to take off."

Vail nodded and said "Yes sir, we'll be coming up in a few minutes."

Jennifer said "Tell Greenway to contact the DTRA."

Nick asked "For what?"

Halsey replied "We need to find out what's in there and we're taking it with us."

Bella looked to the pool and then to the chain. Her instincts screamed at her for an unknown reason to cut the chain. Her grip on the handle tightened. A whisper echoed "Setepai."

Chris scoffed and said "Fuck that! Jenny, we're out of time! You better grab what you can and let's go!"

Jennifer turned to him and said "I've waited years for this and I'm not leaving unt-"

They were interrupted with the sound of metal slashing through metal, followed by the sound of grinding chains and shifting mercury. All four occupants in the room looked to the well to see a black sarcophagus rising from the mercury. As it rose, it turned similar to bronze in the light.

Standing closer to the edge, Bella studied the unusual sarcophagus. Light glinted off the metal and she found herself in the desert again, though it was the sun, not the moon that illuminated her vision now. Hearing a whisper in the wind, Bella turned and saw the woman again, walking towards her. The wind hitting her, Bella could smell a unique scent coming from her. Sweet, yet earthy air put Bella in a daze. Turquoise on the woman's fingers and toes made her a sight to behold. She strode purposely through the sand, the golden desert sun outlining her perfect figure. Clouds dimmed the light from the sun and Bella finally saw the woman's face. She was perfect, as if made by God. Raven, black hair, a perfect face, turquoise around her eyes with gold and black faintly on the edges, and a smirk on her face completed her goddess-like picture. Before she knew it, the woman was right in front of her and took Bella's hand. Placing it against her own cheek, the woman's smirk grew into a beautiful smile as Bella blushed and stammered. As Bella reveled in the warmth of the woman's cheek, she asked "Who are you?"

The woman stayed silent, her grin still on her lips as she looked Bella over. Keeping hold of Bella's hand, she traced patterns on the back, sending shivers up to Bella. The dark eyes held mischief as she watched Bella react. Coming closer, their bodies almost touching, she whispered "Setepai."

Bella was jolted out of the vision by Chris Vail screaming as hordes of camel spiders came out of the dark! The sand and the woman fading, Bella started to walk over to Chris so she could calm him down, but that was cut off when one of the small creatures bit him in the neck. Chris yelled out in pain, ripped it off of his neck, threw it and started to spraying bullets at the incoming arachnids!

Bella covered her head as bullets ricocheted off of the metal surfaces while Nick shouted "Hold fire, hold fire Vail! Are you crazy?! They're just camel spiders, Vail, they're not even poisonous!"

Vail shouted back "It bit me Nick! One of them bit me!"

Bella held her hands up and said "Ok, Vail, calm down. You'll be fine."

Vail groaned, rubbed his eyes, and asked "Can we leave now? I just want to go and maybe sleep."

Jennifer recovered from the bullet storm, turned to Nick, and said "Radio Greenway. Tell him I'm not leaving without the sarcophagus."

After minutes of careful preparation, they had finally been able to hook the sarcophagus to a helicopter. They secured it to the platform on which the equipment had come down in and soon enough, the bronze-like coffin was above the chasm in which it had been held in for thousands of years. Bella held her hand up to block the blowing sand, but noticed something black in the wind. Grabbing it quickly, she found a black feather. Looking up, she found the source. There had to be at least 20 ravens or crows watching them, not even fazed by the wind from the chopper. Shaking her head, Bella went to the other chopper where Nick and Vail were. As the convoy made their way to the airstrip where a military plane was waiting, Bella noticed Vail. He wasn't looking good at all. He was slightly pale and he looked exhausted. Even worse, it seemed like Nick was wrong about the venom or something different than a camel spider bit Chris. Because she could see the bite and if she looked hard enough, something was making his veins look black. Bella handed him a bottle of water which he gratefully accepted, although it was like talking to an elderly man in the morning. Her decision was made at that point, she was going to take him to a hospital as soon as they landed.

Once they landed at the airstrip, Bella turned to Colonel Greenway and said "Colonel, sir, Corporal Vail isn't looking very well. He got bit by a spider in the cave. He needs medical attention, sir!"

Greenway shouted back over the gust from both the choppers and the plane "No time, Swan! It's a 10 hour drive from here to the nearest base with anti-venom! We can get him to London in 6! Once we land there, we'll send him to the nearest hospital! Until then, he has no choice but to hold out!"

Bella replied "He could be dead by then, sir!"

Greenway shouted "Swan, he will die anyway if he doesn't! The choppers need to get back on patrol once they refuel! London is his best chance as of right now! Fall in soldier!"

Bella stifled the anger that threatened to rise and said "Yes, sir."

With that, she turned to the plane and helped Chris to his seat. Turning, Bella saw Jennifer supervising the troopers loading the sarcophagus. In the plane's dim light, it lost the bronze color and it turned into a shade of black. Bella watched them secure it to the floor as she sat down opposite to Vail. The events of the day weighing on her, her eyes drooped and she fell into a deep sleep.

Time Skip:

Bella's eyes shifted as her dream went on. Screams, fire, and the sound of an explosion. Jolting awake, Bella rubbed her eyes until she heard a scream! Looking up, she saw Colonel Greenway in front of her, but something was wrong. He fell, but not before turning to Bella, clutching a wound on his chest. As her eyes widened at the sight of her dead commander, they shifted upward to find Vail holding a bloodied knife in his hands. Jumping up, she backed away from Vail before noticing his condition. His skin was pale, almost dead. One of his eyes was milky white and a black vein spread from the bite and ran along his body. Bella shouted "Chris! What the fuck are you doing!?"

Vail's teeth were gritted as he staggered forward and he stammered "Bella.. I can't. She's... something's in my head!"

Bella heard Nick shout "Chris! Put the knife down!"

Chris managed to say "Bella... shoot me. She'll... kill everyone! Shoot me and... run as fast... as you can!"

Bella raised her revolver as he slowly approached. Jennifer shouted "Don't shoot. You'll depressurize the plane!"

Bella looked to Chris and he was barely able to mouth "Please."

Closing her eyes, she tried to find a way out. She pulled back the hammer, but instead of aiming for his head, she lowered it and shot his leg. Yelling in pain, Chris fell to the ground, but immediately started to get up again. Kneeling down, Bella grabbed the collar of his shirt and brought the handle onto his head. Breathing in and out, she whispered "Sorry."

Nick walked over and asked "How is he?"

Bella turned to him and shouted "Let's see Nick, he got bit by a spider that somehow made him kill Greenway and I shot him in the leg and hit him with my pistol! I don't think he's not doing well at all!"

Nick examined the bite wound and said "How could a spider bite make him do this? It almost looked like he was possessed!"

Bella rubbed her eyes and replied "I don't know, Nick. What I do know is that I just shot one of my friends!"

Suddenly, they heard "We got a little problem up here!" over the radio.

Bella groaned "What now?!"

Nick and Bella jogged up to cockpit with Jenny right behind them. Nick asked "What's the problem?"

One of the pilots asked "Where's Greenway?"

Bella replied "Dead. We'll explain later, but right now, what's going on?"

The other pilot answered "We're getting high intensity winds and it's playing hell with our engines. It's putting too much stress in the turbines!"

Bella noticed something and asked "What is that?"

The people in the room turned to see a black cloud closing in on them and one of the pilots asked "Are those... birds?"

Suddenly, a raven hit the window and left cracked glass with blood. Realizing what was going to happen, Nick shouted "Move!"

He got out of the room with Jenny right on his heels just as dozens, if not hundreds, of birds started to kamikaze the cockpit. Bella sprinted out of the cockpit and reached for the pilots, but found them already dead with shards of glass in their heads and birds shredding into their bodies with their momentum. Turning away, Bella heard the impacts as more ravens continued to hit the plane! Out the window, she saw the ravens throwing themselves into the engines! Bella was jolted back when the engine failed and caught fire, starting to rapidly fall from the sky! Grabbing the railing, Bella held on as hard as she could as the plane started to twist! Opening her eyes, she saw a single parachute. Reaching for it, Bella saw Nick and Jenny trying to get a hold on the floor, but they kept rolling. Bella gripped the strap and started to pull herself towards them. Grabbing Nick's hand as he fell close to her, she pulled him and Jenny to the floor which they held on to for dear life. Looking the parachute over, she found the reserve and carefully removed it from the main. Giving the main one to Jenny and the reserve to Nick, she shouted "Strap in!"

Nick pulled on the parachute and shouted over the wind "All this for a stupid dead person."

Jenny scowled, but continued to secure herself. Bella helped her buckle it to her body as the wind howled in her ears. Suddenly, the wind ripped off part of the wall! When it did, the plane's spiral intensified, throwing them against the wall. Nick shouted "Bella, we have to go now!"

Bella told Jenny to go ahead so they wouldn't hit each other when they got out. Jenny looked to Nick for confirmation and he said "I'll get Bella! You need to go!"

Jenny jumped out of the hole and seconds later, her chute opened and when she stabilized, she looked to the plane and waited for the next chute to open.

Nick shouted to Bella "Hold onto me!"

Bella wrapped her arms around him, but just as he pulled the chute, a hand wrapped around her leg and a voice cried out "Don't leave me!"

Bella was ripped away from Nick who shouted "NO!" as he flew out of the plane! Recovering from her fall, she looked down and was horrified to see Greenway alive, but not. He was like Chris, pale with dead eyes. In her panic, she screamed and fell. Backing away from her commander, she held onto the mesh. As he crawled closer, Bella raised her pistol, lining it up to his head and fired! His body stopped moving and Bella gripped the wall as the ground zoomed closer and closer every second, her eyesight blurry with her tears of fear. Taking in air, Bella felt her heartbeat, like a tribal drum beating faster and faster. Swallowing her fear down, she focused on the wind whipping around her, the whine of the plane's metal, and for a split second, the sound of metal bending reached her ears and an explosion of orange and yellow filled her vision. Then it all went black. Nothing.

Nick's POV:

Nick watched the plane light up in a ball of flame as a single tear traced it's way down his cheek. He couldn't believe what he'd seen, but there was nothing he could do now. As soon as he got close enough to the ground, Nick cut the lines of his parachute with his knife! Hitting the ground, he pulled off the pack and looked up to see Jenny getting close to the ground as well. Instead of waiting for her, he sprinted to the crash site, looking for Bella. Pulling debris around as hard as he could, he had to pull his jacket off and use it for a mask in the smoke. Pushing a huge piece of metal away with his jacket to block the heat, instead of finding Bella, he found Vail. His friend was burnt and broken in so many places that he looked like was jigsaw puzzle that was put into a microwave. Looking around, he found Vail's dog tags and put them in his pocket. As he got up from his crouch, he could hear Jenny shouting his name. Instead of calling out to her, Nick continued the search.

As he tried to cough the smoke's foul taste out of his lungs, he searched through the wreckage. Until he found who he was looking for. Bella Swan was lying meters away from the plane. Rushing over, Nick rolled her onto her back and found a sad sight.

Bella had burns all along her body, more intense burns covering the right of her body. She had multiple lacerations from the debris. A long blade of metal embedded in her stomach. Her eyes had lost their color, turning into a deep black. Despite his instincts saying she was already dead, he pressed his ear against her chest, looking for a heartbeat. Finding none, Nick placed her flat on the ground and tried to resuscitate her. Trying to get a heartbeat. After a minute of listening and repeating, Nick felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking up, he found Jenny blinking back tears. She said "I'm sorry Nick. She's gone. There's nothing we can do."

Nick took hold of the burnt hand and tried to keep tears out of his eyes. He could hear the sirens of emergency vehicles in the far distance. Looking back down, Nick used his hand to gently close her eyes.

Hundreds of feet away, the sarcophagus layed under a layer of metal and flame. In that moment, there was a voice on the winds, filled with sadness "Setepai. Please, don't leave me!"

Okay guys, I think I did good on this chapter. Except for the crash part, not sure about that. I looked it up and two people can share a single parachute. I just think that the crew who made the movie didn't analyze their options all that well. I hope to see you guys later and hope you all have a good day. I will be updating Whispers in the Black first, though.