Jessy paced in a small circle in front of the boat that would take them three days down the Nile. From there, it would be a two day ride by camel. Evelyn and Jonathan could feel Jessy's anxiousness and began to feel the same way. "Do you really think he'll show up?" Evelyn asked Jessy. She looked over to reply but Jonathan spoke first. "Undoubtedly, I know his breed. He may be a cowboy, but his word is his word." Evelyn made a slight "hrump" sound. "Personally I think he is filthy, rude and a complete scoundrel. I don't like him one bit." She looks up at Jessy. "No offense."

"None taken." A voice said, behind them. They all looked over and saw Rick standing bags over shoulders. His hair was combed, showered and shaved, he looked like a real gentleman. This clearly caught Evelyn by surprise, so much so she could not find any words to say. "Oh...Um...Hello." She says, softly. Jessy laughs inside, and shakes her head. Jonathan runs up, grabs his arm and shakes his hand. "Smashing day for the start of an adventure, eh, O'Connell?" He stares at Evelyn, who is talking to the boatmen, but answers back "Yeah, smashing."

"A bright good morning to you all!" A gruff, short man walks past Evelyn and towards us. "Oh, no. What are you doing here?" Jessy asks. It is the Warden, coming with them to Hamunaptra. "I have come to protect my investment, thank you very much." He says, walking up the plank, onto the boat. Jessy and Rick exchange glances and follow behind. There was no point trying to stop someone like him.

On the boat, Jessy and Evelyn share a room. They set up their quarters then go out to fresh air. The room may be bigger then most, but it was still a dark room on a boat in Egypt. Evelyn took this time to bond with her fellow traveler. They sat at a small table facing the land.

"So...you've been to Hamunaptra too?" She asks. Jessy nods, not answering. Instead she pulls out a cigarette and lights it, puffing out the grey smoke. She offers one to Evelyn but she shakes her head. "No, thank you. I don't smoke." Jessy smiles, understandingly "I don't often, but going back to that place makes me a bit...tense." Evelyn puts the book down and looks straight at Jessy. "I know you probably don't like to talk about it, but please, just tell me...What was it like? In Hamunaptra?" Her eyes so full of desperation, Jessy sighed, letting the smoke out and said "Sandy..." Evelyn gave her a look of unimpressed, and Jessy laughed. "It was beautiful, really. The pillars full of ancient markings, the stature of Anubis standing high above ground even though 9 feet under sand. The sand... Even the sand felt...sacred." Evelyn looked longingly out in the distant, trying to imagine the feeling.

"It really is incredible...but not for the price we paid to see it." Evelyn looked back at Jessy. "What happened there...?" She said, softly trying not to seem to anxious to know. "A lot of people died." Jessy stood up and stretched, officially ending the conversation. "I am going to get a drink. Would you like one?" She asked. Evelyn shook her head "No, thank you...I think I will just sit here and read for a bit." Jessy nodded "Alright, I'll be right back then."

Evelyn leaned back on the chair and continued reading her book. A large gun bag drops on the table, creating a loud "thud" sound. Evelyn jumps back, slightly startled. "Oh...sorry, didn't mean to scare you." Rick says, messing with the bag. Evelyn rolls her eyes and says "The only thing that scares me, mister O'Connell, is your manners." He grinned and opened the bag, revealing a large stack of guns and ammunition. "Your still mad about that kiss, huh?" Evelyn looks back at the book and smiles a bit to herself . "If you call that a kiss."

Rick began unloading the bag on the table, pulling out pistols, revolvers and other types of weapons. "Did I miss something? Are we going into battle?" Evelyn asks, putting down her book and looking at the guns. "The last time I was at that place, everyone I was with died." Rick said, putting a gun in his holster. "Theres something out there, you know, something under that sand." Evelyn nods and leans back again "Yes, I know. I'm hoping to find a certain artifact, a book actually, my brother thinks there's treasure. What do you think is out there?" She asks, looking at him. "In one word, evil. The locals think is cursed, calling it the "Doorway to Hell"" He says, cleaning a gun. "Passage way the underworld, actually." She says, giving him a Know-it-all grin.

"Oh, mister O'Connell, I don't believe in fairy tales and hokum, but I do believe the most famous book in history is buried out there. The Book of the Living, I've dreamed of finding it since I was a little girl. That's why I came here, sort of a life's pursuit." She says, look at him. "And the fact that they say it's made out of pure gold makes no nevermind to you, right?" She smiled and looked surprised. "You know your history." He puts his gun back together and says "I know my treasure."

Evelyn shrugs slightly and try's to ask as calmly as possible. "By the way...why did you kiss me?" Rick looks at his guns and says "I was about to be hanged, it seemed like a good idea at the time." Evelyn's eyes grow wide with disbelief and fury. She storms off without so much as looking at Rick. "What?...What did I say?" He asked, as she slammed the door behind her.

Meanwhile, Jessy was getting a drink when she overheard her fellow Americans talking about Hamunaptra. She is tempted to walk over and join the conversation but she knew these men would die rather then listen to a woman. Jessy chuckled to herself. If they only knew what was waiting for them there. But, what was waiting for her? She knew it was about time to head back to her cabin. Jessy paid for her drink and headed back to her room. As she is walking, she saw three wet footprints heading the same direction as her room. Instantly on high alert, she run toward the room.

Bursting in, she see's Evelyn pushed against the wall by a Mumia, his hook pressed against her cheek. She quickly tackles him to the ground and shout "Evelyn go!" Rick runs into the room and grabs Evelyn. "Come on..." He says, grabbing her arm and dragging her away. "What about Jessy! And the Map!" Rick takes out his gun and says "Jessy can hold her own and I'm the map, it's all in here." He says, pointing at his head. "Oh, that's reassuring." She says.

Hook slashed at Jessy, cutting her right arm. She punches him and gets up to run. He attempts to cut her heel but instead trips her. She falls to the ground and he climbs on top of her. He try's to choke her but then he sees her face. "Jessia?" She knees him in the back and pushes him off of her. Grabbing the puzzle box she runs out of the room. Jessy accidentally pushes over the lamp and the drapes catch on fire. Hook groans on the floor, close to the fire. Jessy gasp and pulls him out of harms way. "Jessia...?" Jessy ignores him and runs outside. She sees Rick throw Evelyn overboard runs over to him. "There you are." He says, looking at me. "Come on, we need to go." Jessy turns and sees that the boat has almost completely caught on fire. "Jessy, let's go," Rick said, jumping on the ledge and holding out his hand. Jessy stuffed the puzzle box into her pocket and grabs his hand, jumping into the water together.

Rick helped Evelyn swim to shore, while Jessy attempted to drown Jonathan after he had a minor panic attack and climbed over her to get above the water. "You idiot." She said, letting him go and pushing him away. Jessy swam to shore and laid on the cool, wet sand.

2 more days...Just 2 more days...