Carter

I looked at Amos. Greece? I tried to recall what Dad had taught me about mythology; he never really seemed interested in other beliefs. Then it clicked.

"Greece? You mean the Trojan War and Achilles and Zeus and all them?"

Amos nodded. He was about to say something else, but he stopped and looked around. "Everyone knows that Greece was just an extension of Egypt. They took our gods and molded them into what they thought was suitable. Very dishonorable in my opinion. But if you've ever met any Greek gods-" He shuddered slightly as if remembering a bad memory. "-they are major douches."

The door opened and Zia and Sadie walked in holding ice cream from Baskin Robbins and looked at us. Sadie waved at Amos and shook her head at me. "Really brother, you need some clothes that are casual. You can't be dressing like a junior professor all the time."

I looked down, and sure enough, I was wearing my normal dressy outfit. I guess I never got used to jeans. They always seemed so stiff to me. Amos and I must've had identical serious expressions because Zia said "What's wrong with you two?"

I opened my mouth, but an explosion from outside rocked the building. We all rushed to the window, but didn't see anything. Then something swooped down…wait swooped? Sure enough, the black winged horse had crashed through the skyroof and was heading towards us. We all scrambled.

I took cover, and I had the strange feeling someone was watching us. I guess that would be because of the Eye of Horus. Zia yelled and shot a pillar of straight fire towards the creature, but the horse dodged it. I don't know how a horse of that size and of that clumsiness could dodge that, but maybe it was Michael Jackson's horse.

Amos stood up from behind the couch and just as smooth as vanilla ice cream, pulled out his chief lector staff and shot a wave of invisible energy to the creature and knocked it to the ground. I reached into the Duat and pulled out my khopesh, used the Eye of Horus, and threw it with blinding speed and pinpoint accuracy and hit the horse in the midsection. When the weapon hit the creature, a blast of golden light emanated and launched the horse 10 feet in the air and crash into the wall.

The horse shook its head as if it was regrouping itself. Really, I don't know how Zia tolerates these animals. I hope all the horses she deals with aren't this difficult. It whinnied, then growled. Red smoke billowed out of it, and it spoke in a familiar voice.

"Amos. Carter. Sadie. My favorite relatives." Set.