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Chapter Seven: A Summons Gone Wrong
They stayed silent until they stopped. The only time anyone spoke was when Carter, tired of the growing tension, announced that he was going to do some sword practice.
When they arrived at their destination they all went out to the small porch of the vehical where Carter had gone. They found him there fast asleep and had to wake him up.
When he was awake, they started discussing what to do next. It was quickly decided that Percy and Nico should wait behind as it would be easier to summon an Egyptian goddess without them being there.
Percy and Nico both protested but when Bast reminded them of how little time they had they gave in.
When the group left, Nico turned to Percy.
"Well," he said "Are you coming or what?"
Percy stared at him for a second but then said, "But they said..."
"Well we'll follow them from a distance then, Seaweed Brain!" Nico snapped back, rolling his eyes in exasperation.
"Don't call me that, Death Breath!" Percy yelled at him. Nico actually took a slight step back because he was so surprised at the intensity of Percy's anger.
"Okay," he muttered "Sorry."
"No, I'm sorry," Percy said "I shouldn't have gotten so mad at you."
Nico shrugged and they set off after the others.
Meanwhile, the others had reached the river and Sadie was kneeling next to it. She reached out and touched the water. It made large ripples and Carter was sure that they wouldn't have been so big normally.
Bast told Sadie to call to Nephthys and she would hear if she was in the mortal world.
"Hello," Sadie said "Nephthys, anybody home?"
Almost immediately in Sadie's mind she heard a faint voice. It sounded as though Nephthys was speaking from very far away.
"Isis," she whispered "I am in a sleeping host."
Sadie frowned and tried to speak with Nephthys in her mind "What do you mean, a sleeping host?" she asked.
"I mean that I am..." she trailed off and then she said a word in Egyptian.
Sadie turned to Bast "What is that word in English?" she asked "Caged?"
"Sheltered," Bast corrected her.
"I will send a message to you, sister." Nephthys promised.
As Sadie and Nephthys spoke, Carter noticed Khufu growling at the river.
"What's wrong, Khufu?" Carter asked but the baboon only continued his low, fearful growls. Carter looked at the river again but all he saw was a family of Mexicans who must have been illegal immigrants since they barely looked at him.
Then, behind the family he saw something moving in the water. Not thinking twice, Carter told Khufu to follow him and waded into the river.
Khufu grunted and slapped his face but he didn't follow. Carter noticed that the family had disappeared but the water where they had been was more turbulent. He didn't know why but the sight of it made his skin tingle with dread.
"Khufu! Come on! That family had a little girl!" Carter yelled. Just then, a huge, green crocodile erupted from the water.
Looking behind the giant croc, Carter saw the family cowering in fear. He was about to tell Khufu to help the family when Percy and Nico turned up with swords drawn.
Without hesitation they charged into the water. Nico headed for the immigrant family and started to try to shepherd them on to the shore. Percy meanwhile joined Carter in facing down the huge crocodile.
"Where in Hades did that come from?" Percy asked.
"Don't know," said Carter, "Presumably under the water?"
"Well, I could've guessed that!" Percy snapped, "I mean, how could you miss something that huge?"
"Maybe because I was busy trying to figure out how the summons was going."
What Percy would've said next, Carter never found out. That was because the croc had decided to attack them.
After a few minutes of battling the croc, they defeated it and turned towards Sadie and Bast. Unfortunately, things were not as they should have been.
"No!" cried Bast as a second crocodile knocked Sadie out of the water. Nico, done shepherding the immigrants, ran to check on her while the others killed the croc.
Sadly, there was worse to come...
Author's Note: Hi everyone! Again, so sorry this took so long. I was really busy with school and well I just didn't really have much time. Anyway, please review with any ideas you have. And yes, Jupanuma, I will continue. Oh, and I thought that your stories were really great!
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