Sleeping peacefully against Beni, Dorothea's eyelids slowly fluttered open. The desert sky was a beautiful grayish blue and a chilly breeze blew through the air. Taking a second she lifted her head and felt how sore her neck and legs felt from ridding for so long. Looking over her shoulder she saw the rest of the group along with the Americans slowly coming behind. Almost everyone looked half awake on their horses. Turing, she saw Beni was still sitting up straight.
"What time is it?"
She said clearing her throat. Beni turned and looked for a second.
"Nearly dawn, we're almost there."
Dorothea pushed her hair out of her face before tying her scarf tighter around her head. Nearly an hour later they met up with O'Connell's group. Everyone waiting on the hill that lead down to a steep slope of uncharted sand.
"Good morning my friends."
Beni teased as the rest road up. Right away everyone stopped and gathered around.
"What the hell are we doing?"
One of the American's called. Beni lowered his head, looking exhausted.
"Patience my friend, patience."
Beni then looked over at O'Connell and grinned. Dorothea meanwhile held onto Beni's shoulders.
"Hey O'Connell…nice camel."
O'Connell simply looked and patted the filthy animal. Dorothea wished they would of gotten a horse instead. Her entire body felt stiff and sore from sitting on this all right.
"Remember our bet O'Connell, five hundred bucks for the first one to the city."
One of the Americans called out before looking at Beni.
"Hundred of that is for you if you help us win the bed."
"Oh my pleasure."
Beni said, his voice sounding weak. Dorothea looked at the Americans smiling before holding onto Beni tighter. He really did feel far to thin. Then everyone was in complete silence, slowly watching the sunrise.
"Wait for it."
"For what?"
Evelyn called. Dorothea looked out at the vast land just as confused.
"We're about to be shown the way."
Suddenly, almost like magic the sun hit the sparking crystal sand. Right away the sky turned a fire orange and golden rays began making the ruins appear out of nowhere. Dorothea gasped, she had never seen anything like that before in her entire life. Within seconds the ruins stood there, almost hidden until now.
Right away all the Americans began mumbling words in amazement, glancing over at O'Connell, Dorothea saw how annoyed he looked.
"Here we go again."
Before Dorothea could even blink, everyone yelled and began charging forward. Dorothea yelled grabbing onto Beni and snapping her eyes shut. Her body kept bouncing on the camel as it ran faster down the hill.
"Your going to get us killed!"
Dorothea yelled terrified. Beni meanwhile kept raising his whip and laughing, he was nearly in front of O'Connell.