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London - 1936.

Evelyn walked through the market place, looking for things needed for tonight's supper. All she really needed were some simple things like potatoes, and a few vegetables. It had been a little chilly outside, and the clouds were giving warnings of rain.

She had been talking to a clerk she had been friends with since she had moved to London. He had helped her get along, and helped her get use to her new life or with anything she needed. He handed her her bag of potatoes, and she walked away.

There was some sort of crowd that seemed interested in something, and Evelyn was rather curious to what it was. She walked through the crowd until she saw what was the big deal. There was a woman, maybe in her late twenties, early thirties, with long, dark brown hair and worn clothes. She was beating the hell out of some drunken man.

"That'll teach ya' to try to cheat me out of my money, bastard." The woman's words could have been heard miles away she shouted so loud. Taking notice that some cops began to approach her, she ran towards the crowd, towards Evelyn, and grabbed her. The woman placed her hair over her long face, so that the cops wouldn't be able to get great details out of it, though she knew it wouldn't really help much in the end, too many people seen her.

She placed Evelyn in front of her and pulled out a sword, placing the cold steel to Evelyn's throat.

"Listen honey, help me escape, nothing happens," whispered the woman in Evy's ear. She then shouted, moving her head a bit away from Evelyn so she wouldn't be shouting directly inside of her ear, "you dare follow me, dare come after me, this woman's head will be attached t' nothing, got that?"

The woman began dragging Evelyn towards a car, and pushed her inside. She then raced for the wheel, and drove off, out of trouble.

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Rick opened his front door, which had someone knocking at, to see an old friend, the man who had helped them bring Imhotep to the underworld, the man who was chief of the Medjai people.

Rick sighed, "if Imhotep is alive again, we had nothing to do with it." With that, Rick tried to close the door, but failed when Ardeth placed his foot in front of it so he couldn't. Rick soon gave up and let Ardeth in.

"This has nothing at all to do with Imhotep," assured Ardeth, making Rick sigh in relief, "but I am obliged to ask you to do the world a favor." They both headed towards the living room, where Alex spotted Ardeth and already looked pleased.

"Do we get to go after Imhotep, again?" Alex asked instantly, a grin spread on his face quickly.

"No, we are not, young one." Ardeth looked down at the young boy and smiled, "instead I am here to ask for a favor," Ardeth turned to look towards Rick

"Does it have to do with dead guys or mummies chasing after us?" asked Rick, raising an eyebrow.

"It has nothing to do with the living dead, or mummies, I assure you. I am here to ask a favor, to take care of an item and hide it well, make sure no one takes it," Ardeth replied.

"And, what do you want us to keep?" Rick questioned. He wouldn't mind helping his friend out if it weren't for his family.

"This," Ardeth said and he slid his hand in his pocket, and slowly brought it out again holding a small box. He handed it to Rick, who opened it, but only to pull out a...

"A Stone?" Rick paused examining it, "what's this stone good for?"

"It is more than a mere stone, my friend. If brought at the right place, the right time, it shall give you a riddle. If you find the answer to the riddle, you can take over the world," Ardeth explained, "people are after it."

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Evelyn pulled her gaze off of the window and place it upon the mysterious woman that sat beside her, driving.

"What did you do? Who are you? What are you going to do to me?" Evelyn questioned the woman, not liking her current situation one bit. The woman chuckled a little as she glanced towards Evelyn.

"Poor bastard tried to cheat me out of my money during a poker game. 'Caught him, though. I'm not that easy to fool. My anger took over me, basically all that happened," explained the woman, "but do not worry, I do not mean to harm you. Tell me where you live, I'll be more happy to bring you, but I must ask a favor." The woman glanced towards Evelyn a few times, raising her eyebrows.

"You still haven't answered my second question, I'd like to know who you are before I do you favors." Evelyn pointed out.

"Ah, yes. Me, my name is Ai-" she paused for a moment and shook her head, "my name is Sophia Taimes. I am here on vacation, I am from Sharm el-Sheikh, but I must ask you a favor. Could you keep your knowledge of me secret? Stay in your house for a couple of days, until the memories of my actions of today go into complete oblivion? Then I promise I will leave. I shall pay you, if you wish."

Evy thought of it for a moment, then replied, "I will let you stay in my house, at no cost, if you promise not to cause any trouble. If you do so, I shall send you to prison." Evelyn didn't really know what else to do. This woman had a weapon, so she felt as if she had to say yes. Plus, she still didn't feel quite safe around her, I mean, would you? She beat the crap out of a man she caught cheating on a simple game of poker, and she put a sword to her throat.

The woman grinned, "agreed. I will not upset you. I have introduced myself, now, what is it, your name?"

"I'm Evelyn O'Connell." With that, she then showed Sophia how to go to her house.

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Rick heard the door open and heard his wife shout a 'hello'. Soon he seen her enter the living room, with a woman following her short behind.

"Rick, this is Sophia, she'll be staying here with us for a couple of-" Evelyn paused for a moment, noticing Ardeth sitting down on the sofa, and broke into a wide grin, "she'll be staying with us for a couple of days… Ardeth! What brings you here?"

He got up from where he sat, and headed towards Evelyn. He held out his hand to shake, and she shook it. He then turn to Sophia, who grinned at him, and shook her hand, then said, "Sophia, it is truly a pleasure to be meeting you. My name is Ardeth."

Evelyn explained to everyone, except Jonathan, who was not home at the moment, the events that brought Sophia to their home. Rick soon welcomed her, as did Alex, but Rick then walked out of the room, going to do something else. Ardeth then explained to Evy the events that brought him to her home.

"That's crazy," Sophia spoke, "how the hell do you gain power to rule the world if you bring a stone somewhere at a certain time? It's a bunch of bull shit!"

All three, Alex, Evelyn and Ardeth looked at her as if she were crazy.

"Believe what you wish, but perhaps the reason you do not seem to understand such power is because you've never seen it, you've never seen anything that was much out of the ordinary," said Ardeth.

"Or maybe you have been in the sun too much, Medjai." Sophia grinned, looking into his eyes. He raised an eyebrow.

"And how would you know that I would be a Medjai?" he asked.

"Because you have the markings of a Medjai. I am no fool." He grinned at her reply, surprised that she even knew what a medjai was.

And it was a few moments later that Jonathan entered the house, seemingly happy about something.

"Evy, guess what? I won a few good rounds… of… oh great… is Imhotep alive and well, and powerful, again?" Jonathan couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"No, he's just here to drop something off." Answered Evelyn.

"Dropping off what?" Jonathan asked, grabbing an apple from his pocket and rubbing it against his sleeve.

Evelyn smiled playfully, "guess."

Jonathan raised his eyebrows at the girl, Sophia, "is he dropping off a wedding invitation?" Sophia began to chuckle, along with Evelyn. Sophia walked up towards Jonathan.

"Yes, the sovereign medjai and I are getting married," Sophia said sarcastically, almost laughing as she did so. Ardeth looked towards her and raised an eyebrow, but then broke into a smile.

"Ah, yes, I almost forgot. Sophia, this is my brother, Jonathan. Jonathan, this is Sophia. I met her today..." Evelyn once again broke into the story of why Sophia was here, and how they met.

Sophia shook Jonathan's hand, then said, "nice to meet you, Jonathan."

"Likewise," said Jonathan. With that, he took a bite from left the living room.

Evy smiled at the two, "I've got to go get supper ready, I'll come back soon." She left, leaving the two guest, Sophia and Ardeth, on their own.

The first 50 seconds was nothing more than an awkward silence. Sophia could barely take it anymore and broke it. "So," she picked a random subject, first thing that popped into her mind, "what would you say in reply if I asked you how much you knew of Cleopatra?"

Ardeth looked towards her, raising an eyebrow, "I would say I know of who it is you speak, that I knew all the important facts about her." Sophia smiled.

"If you were to know all of the important facts, all of them, then have you been told the tales of her forsaken treasure?" Sophia had been a little curious, wondering if he knew something she had not, if he would leak out some information. Though she had doubted he would, she had thought it wise to give a try to which that cannot harm you.

He looked at her rather puzzled, obviously thinking it through. "I have never heard about this treasure, in which you speak."

"Being a Medjai, you should have heard of it… Cleopatra had hidden part of her treasure. Ceaser had told her to do so, not long before he died, one of their last moments together. I have done my research, I have found several theories as to why he has told her to do said actions."

"It is most likely a myth, we Medjai would know of it if it weren't."

"But maybe Cleopatra had not told many people about it, eh? Close friends, relatives. Some of Ceaser's friends may have known about it, as his relatives. Everyone of them which held in memory a different, important piece of information… You never know." She waited a moment, to see if he'd have anything to add, or if he'd question her, but he didn't. His body remained still, no reaction spotted in his face, no movements. She continued, "there may be something important with the location of said treasure. Maybe she had a secret to hide. Maybe, it is possible she had not wanted anyone to find out about it, that could be a possible reason you have not heard of it."

Ardeth broke his stillness to reply to Sophia's spoken words. "There would be no reasons as to why we would not know about it. If we do not, it is myth."

Sophia raised an eyebrow, then smirked at him. "You have heard of her death? The asp? I'll ask you, and I'll only bother asking you once," she stepped towards him, raising her finger to his chest, "was that asp real? Did it bite her, was it the cause of her death?" By now, Sophia's eye were half shut and showed she had been serious. She pulled her finger away, waiting for a reply.

"It has not been proven, therefore it is myth." He replied, not feeling threatened or intimidated.

Sophia let out a chuckle, "but it has not been proven a false myth, has it?"

He did not answer, instead they both got distracted by Evy just suddenly entering the room. She had announced that supper had been ready. Slowly, Sophia and Ardeth entered the dining room, ignoring and forgetting their conversation so they could eat, both having been rather hungry at the moment.