I slept soundly and woke up the next morning with Evie. The women of the village decided to help dress us, after beating the warden out of the tent. Evie ended up in a floor length dress with a sheer top showing the solid fabric around her chest, the bottom was solid until her knees then it turned sheer too. She had a black hood to pull up over her head that connected to the sheer face covering.

At the women's insistence I ended up in an outfit much like Evie's but mine was a two piece. It had solid sleeves that fell off my shoulders, and ended just under my chest, the rest of the top was a sheer fabric as well. The bottoms were actual pants rather then a skirt, and it was solid all the way down to my ankles. They tucked into my knee high boots nicely. I had also gotten a sheer piece of fabric to cover the lower half of my face, and mine had beads coming off the top band of it, the entire piece of fabric ended about mid-chest.

We had both walked out and I saw my brother checking Evie out. I knew that they had a thing for each other. I moved to stand by Jon who had my camel. I immediately moved to open my pack on a nearby rock, and I started strapping my weapons on. I ended up with 4 knives in my boots, four guns on my waist, and two swords across my back. I set my pack behind the saddle on the camel, so if need be I could easily get to it. I had gotten a second bag to put my change of clothes in, now down to what I'd had on when we got here. I had pulled my cloak back on and I'd pulled the hood up.

Once Rick and Evie were done ogling each other for the moment, Rick went to get supplies then we were set. I had commanded my camel to kneel for me to get on while everyone else had to climb all the way up. We thanked the people of the village then we were off. Rick and I in the lead, followed by Jon and Evie with the warden bringing up the end.

Evie and I both seemed comfortable on the camels while Jon was complaining, "I never did like camels. Filthy buggers, they smell, they bite they spit."

Just then the warden spat and I glared at him over my shoulder, "disgusting."

Evie spoke up, "I think they're adorable."

After that the warden started singing. At least thats what I thought it was. It sounded more like something dying, and I told Rick just that, before asking if I could kill him.

Rick grinned, "no, you can't kill him. He did spare my life."

"No, that was all Evie. How about this, you marry Evie in thanks, and I kill the warden? Everybody's happy."

Rick couldn't decide between laughing or glaring. I wasn't overly concerned, so I just pulled my hood back up over my hair, and I pulled the face cover back up.

We spent that day traveling, and soon the sun was setting. I had taken up the back for awhile, and Evie was now by Rick's side. I saw her fall asleep and try to use Rick as a pillow. I laughed before he sat her upright. The warden's snoring woke up Jon who hit him hard with the camel whip.

Rick whistled lowly and I moved up beside him, "what is it?"

He pointed up to the cliffs above us, and we could see black figures in the moonlight, "weren't those the guys from the ship?"

I nodded thoughtfully, "Yeah, and I think they were there during the battle between the Legion and the other dudes."

He nodded as well.

3rd Person POV:

The leader of the tribe once again saw the siblings though he had not expected to, "these two are strong."

His men made sounds of agreement before they turned away.

1st person POV:

I didn't get any sleep that night, my mind was busy thinking about the men in black. At least until just before sunrise when we ran into Beni, and the Americans.

Beni's voice shattered the peace, "good morning my friends."

"Beni, we are not friends, just as this morning is no longer good. If I thought I could get around my brother I'd be having a much better morning." I practically snarled at him.

The americans looked frightened and confused, "what does she mean?"

I shot them all a sadistic grin, "oh just a little promise I made to Beni awhile back."

Henderson spoke up, "what promise?"

"To skin the son of a bitch alive."

They all looked mildly terrified, and Beni looked glad Rick was between him and I.

Then Daniels spoke up, "what the hell are we doin?"

Beni replied, "patience my good barhatim, patience."

Henderson spoke to my brother, "remember our bet O'Connell, first one to the city, 500 cash bucks." He then turned his attention to Beni, "100 of those bucks's yours if you help us win that bet."

Beni half turned to him, "oh my pleasure."

Burns spoke up, "hey, O'Connell, nice camel."

My brother and I just patted our camels heads before I spoke, "get ready for it."

Evie replied, "for what?"

My brother smiled, "we're about to be shown the way."

Then like a Mirage the sun rose and showed us the lost City of the Dead.

The Americans spoke up, "Would you look at that." "I don't believe it." "Hamunaptra."

My brother and I glance at each other before we speak in unison, "here we go again."

Then the City becomes solid, and the race is on. I'm riding next to Evie, and my brother is tied with Beni. Beni, being the ass he is, started hitting Rick with the whip. My brother pulls him off his camel, and Evie and I jump over him.

Evie and I pull ahead of the entire group, and I hear Jon shouting from behind us, "you go girls!"

Evie, Rick and I make it in first, and we start setting up camp by the Anubis statue. Well I set up camp, Evie and Jon are messing around with ancient mirrors, and Rick is hitting the warden with a rope.

After a bit I see Rick approach Evie and give her the toolkit he'd stolen from Burns. It was awkward and hilarious. Rick then yelled at the warden.

It wasn't much later that we all descended into the tomb.

Evie broke the silence first, "can you believe we're standing in a room that hasn't been entered in 3,000 years?"

I was standing inside the room a bit but I heard Jon yell out, "what is that God-Awful stench?" He then looked back to where the warden was, "Oh."

I laughed and Jon moved to stand by me. I smirked at him as Evie lined up the underground mirrors so there was light.

I spoke up looking around the room, "oh my god, this is the embalmers chamber. It's a preparation chamber."

My brother looks confused, "preparation for what?"

Evie speaks in a spooky tone, "for the afterlife."

Jon claps Rick on the shoulder, "Mummies my good son, this is where they made the mummies."

Rick shivers slightly and leads us down a branching hallway. He has his gun out, and I'm behind him with both of mine. Evie follows me, Jon is behind her and our least favorite person is behind him.

We suddenly hear a scratching sound like thousands of bugs moving, Jon speaks up, "what was that?"

I whisper, "sounded like . . . bugs."

Evie turns in delight to the warden who's afraid of bugs, "she said bugs."

He starts freaking out, "bugs? I hate bugs!"

We continue through the tunnels until we reach a chamber that has Anubis' legs on it. Around the base there are hieroglyphs, and other carvings in the stone.

Evie spoke up, "the legs of Anubis. The secret compartment should be somewhere inside here."

We all spun around towards another sound, and I raised my guns immediately. It sounded like voices, and it caused the others to pull guns as well. We all hid against the statue, until Rick jumped out with a yell.

We were met with the American's and their group, each with guns pointed at us.

Henderson spoke up as we all lowered our guns, "you scared the bejesus out of us, O'Connell's."

I spoke up calmly, "likewise."

Burns saw Evie's tan bag and he stepped forward, "hey, that's my tool kit!"

We all raised our guns again, and Rick spoke up, "no, I don't think so."

Burns flinches back from my pistols which were in his face, "okay, perhaps I was mistaken."

We all lower our guns again as Evie speaks up, "well, have a nice day gentlemen. We have a lot of work to be getting on with."

The cocky egyptologist for the Americans spoke up, "push off! This is our dig site."

I spoke up, raising my guns again, "we got here first."

Daniels has his gun pointed straight at me, "this here's our statue, friends."

Rick glares at him, "I don't see your name on it, pal."

I hear Evie shifting something behind us but my focus is on Beni, who now has my pistols and my full glare aimed at him, "yes well, there's only five of you and 15 of me. Your odds are not so great O'Connell, even with two on your side."

I smirk, "we've had worse."

Jon speaks up, "yeah, me too."

Rick sends him a look, before Evie steps in between the American's and us.

"Oh for goodness sake, lets be nice children. If we're going to play together, we must learn to share." She shoots me a look, before getting my brother to lower his guns. Impressive.

Evie leads us away from Anubis, and further into the tomb. I read the hieroglyphs in the chamber.

"According to these we are underneath Anubis. We should come up right between his legs." I smirk at Evie.

Jon joins the conversation, "when those damn Yanks go to sleep, no offense," he directed toward Rick and I. Rick replies with a "none taken," before Jon continues, "we'll dig our way up and steal that book right out from under them."

Rick looks concerned from where he was digging away at the ceiling, "and you're sure we can find this secret compartment?"

Evie replies, "oh yeah, if those beastly Americans don't beat us to it. No offense."

I grin, "none taken."

Jon glances around, "hey, where'd our smelly little friend go?"

I glance up from the hieroglyphs, "I thought I could breathe easier. I vote we leave him wherever he got off to."

They all agreed, and we went back to our tasks. Until about 15 minutes later when Evie was explaining mummification to Rick, and Jon was playing golf with a hammer and rocks.

I interrupted Evie when she got to the part about how they took out your brains, "can I tell him? I love this part!"

She nodded and Rick looked weary, "you seem far to enthused about this."

I shrug and grin, "they take a red hot hook, and shove it up a nostril. Then they scramble things about up there, and rip them out your nose!"

Jon looked at me, "remind me to never get on your bad side."

I laugh and nod at him, before Rick speaks up, "thats gotta hurt."

"You're dead when they do it." Evie informs him.

He looks at me, "for the record, if I don't make it out of here, don't put me down for mummification."

Jon speaks up, "likewise." He then lines up a shot and swings, making the rock hit the wall just right so something falls out of the ceiling.

Evie and I approach it, and I speak up, "oh my God. It's a sarcophagus, buried at the base of Anubis. He must have been someone important or else he did something very naughty."

Evie and Rick start clearing away sand and Jon speaks up, "well who is it?"

"He who shall not be named." Evie replied lowly.

"So I'm guessing it's a bad dude."

Rick blows away some sand and reveals something that looks like a lock. Evie thinks about it for a moment, "a lock? A key! A key, a key, a key. Now that's what he was talking about! The man with the hook from the boat! He kept asking about a key."

Evie dug through Jon's bag until she pulled out the puzzle box. She then opened it and placed it in the lock.

I whistled lowly, "perfect fit."

It went silent for a few seconds until we all heard the screams of the Warden. Rick and I pull our guns before running towards the sound, with Evie and Jon chasing after us.

We walk into a hallway, and the warden shoves past us clutching his head. He runs straight into the wall before falling on his back, silent. I walk over with my guns still out so I can check him for a pulse. I glance back at my group before shaking my head 'no'.

After moving his body into a small antechamber we all return to the surface pretty shaken up. I started a fire and Rick went off to talk to the Americans.

Evie spoke from her seat next to Jon, "what do you suppose killed him?"

Jon glanced at her, "did you ever see him eat?"

Rick walked up before we could reply, "seems the Americans had a little misfortune of their own today. Three of their diggers were, uh, melted."

"What?" "How?" Evie and Jon spoke simultaneously.

"Salt acid. Pressurized salt acid."

"It's like an ancient booby trap." I inform the group.

"Maybe this place really is cursed." Jon thinks aloud. Just after he had finished a cold wind blew through the camp causing the fire to flicker wildly.

Jon, Rick and I all shared glances before Evie spoke up, "oh for goodness sake you three."

Rick poked at the fire as he spoke, "you don't believe in curses huh?"

"No, I don't. I believe if I can see it and I can touch it then it's real. That's what I believe."

Rick and I both pick up guns. It seemed he noticed the figures moving outside the city as well, "I believe in being prepared."

Jon picked up a bag from nearby, "lets see what our friend, the warden, believed in."

He dug through it before letting out a yell causing Evie to scream and flinch away, and Rick and I to point our guns towards the bag.

Rick spoke in a demanding voice, "what?"

Jon returned to digging in the bag, "It's a broken bottle. Lenlivid 12 years old. Well he may have been a stinky fellow but he had good taste."

Evie laughed as I took the bottle from Jon after he took a drink. I read the label before taking a swing myself. Then we all turned towards the sounds of horses.

Rick handed Evie his rifle, "take this, and stay here. Britt, come on."

I immediately follow him with Evie and Jon after me. We neared the American's camp and saw the same men in black as before. They were attacking us, so Rick and I started fighting back with the American group. After a moment of fighting Jon runs past yelling for me and my brother, while being chased by a man in black.

Rick jumps and tackles the man from his horse, before shooting the sword from his hands. Then Rick turns and shoots down another man in black, missing when the first pulls another sword. I had drawn one of my swords, and jumped in front of my brother.

It seemed the man in black was evenly matched against me, we both had skill, but he had strength and I had speed. We blocked each others attacks, until I managed to catch his arm with a cut.

From behind me I heard my brother light a fuze, which caused the man to stop attacking me. He called out to his men, "enough! Enough! We will shed no more blood."

He put his sword away, and I did the same before studying him. He was a few inches taller then Rick, and I knew he had good muscles. His black hair fell to his shoulders in waves. He had tan skin, dark eyes, and a goatee that suited him perfectly. He had tattoos on his cheekbones. The rest of his body was covered in black robes as well.

He had been studying me in the minute I had taken to study him, and his eyes met mine before he spoke again, "leave this place or die. You have one day. Leave." He commanded his troops and waited until all the men in black rode off, "Until we meet again." He met my eyes as he spoke that last bit, but I don't think he knew I could understand him. Then he too rode out of the city.

Rick pulled the fuze from the dynamite he was holding and crushed it in the dirt before he turned to me, "what did he say to you?"

I looked at him, "just another warning to leave."

Rick nodded before he went to help Evie up. Burns spoke up, "for these guys to protect it like that you know that there's gotta be treasure under this sand."

"No, those men are desert people. They value water, not gold." I spoke in their defense.

I glanced over to where Rick and Evie were to make sure they were both okay, only to see them looking like they were gonna be on a romance novel.

I rolled my eyes and Burns approached me, "you know, uh, maybe at night we could, uh, combine forces."

I looked at him and nodded once, "it makes sense. Uh, Burns? You missed a spot." I said referring to the left half of his face that was covered in shaving cream.

He ran off and my group set about moving our camp closer to the Americans.

After a bit Jon and I settled in for bed, but Rick and Evie were still up. Personally I had left my swords on my back, and my knives in my boots, all my guns were next to me. I drifted off to sleep hearing my brother give Evie a fighting lesson.