"NO!" Rick and I yelled as we ran from the bus trying to catch the car that had taken them but the bridge came up with the car on the other side. I wanted to try and tell myself that it was just a dream but I couldn't. Feeling a hand on my shoulder, I looked to see Ardeth I felt tears roll down my cheeks as sobs tore from my throat. My daughter was gone.
"Please, do not fear for your son, my friends," Ardeth began after I had gotten myself under control. "They cannot hurt him, for he wears the Bracelet of Anubis."
"Alex is wearing the bracelet?" Evelyn asked with a frown, looking at Rick and us.
"When he put it on, he said he saw the pyramids atGiza, he saw the temple atKarnak," he said to her.
"Yes, and when they reachKarnak, the bracelet will show him the next step of the journey," I explained.
"Well, if we don't get toKarnakbefore them, we won't have any idea where to look for him next." Evelyn pointed out.
"Nyx will you help us?" Rick asked my anger began to swell.
Ardeth's Narration
"Other then Alex and Talia being in danger give me one reason why I should." she said her anger getting the better of her.
"You're family you should do it without me having to give a reason." O'Connell said I stepped back so my temper would not make me do something I would regret.
"Rick answer me this. I told you everything about Talia as she grew up why does Alex not even know me?" she asked this question O'Connell never should have answer in my opinion.
"I didn't want to put him through the same annoyance!" he yelled Nyx masked her face so no emotion showed I could not help but growl in anger.
"Fine Rick after we get Talia and Alex back we will leave." she said her voice mirroring the anger she felt. I followed her back onto the bus before seeing she was about to pass out from blood loss.
"Angel you are too stubborn." I whispered to her as I took care of her wounds using the moniker I had given her because of her temper.
"I learned that from you. I just pray that Talia can keep both herself and Alex alive." she whispered back before her eyes closed and her breathing slowed. At least being unconscious meant she was no longer in pain.
"Ardeth is she alright?" Evelyn asked I rounded on her.
"She is no longer in pain but that does not excuse your actions. You could have easily told Alex about her or Jonathan could have yet you chose to do nothing. Now we have made our choices as soon as the children are safe this will be the last time you will see us." I said harshly she tried keeping a strong face. I turned back to Nyx knowing this was not the right time to let my temper take over.
Talia's Narration
"So you are Ardeth Bey's daughter?" Lock-Nah questioned I knew better then to give him the answer he wanted.
"No I am the daughter of one of his friends he and his wife are merely watching me for the time being." I said making him sneer.
"Pity I would have loved to see him weep over your dead body." he grumbled Alex discreetly clutched my hand.
"I do not like this." he muttered making me stare at him in wonder.
"I did not know you spoke Hebrew." I whispered making Alex smirk.
"My mother refused to teach me so I taught myself. I used to tell her that we had to look for several words in a different language just to help her teach me." he said I laughed at his cleverness.
"My mother would have taught you without an argument she taught me and I learned rather quickly." I said noticing Lock-Nah couldn't understand us.
"Your mother looked familiar who is she?" he asked softly I sadly smiled at him.
"My mother is someone of your family. The sister of your father." I said hoping he would take the news alright.
"My father never told me he had a sister. He actually never spoke to me about anything involving family. Talia after they find us can I come stay with you?" he asked making me look at him in shock.
"I am not going to answer that because our parents may have different ideas." I said making him think before nodding his head. A knife then plunged into the table in front of us making me calmly look to see Lock-Nah had finally lost his temper.
"Not another word from either of you or talking will be the least of your problems." he said angrily as he wrenched the blade from the wood.
"You realize if you knew Hebrew your temper would not have come up." I said crossing my arms over my chest he growled before lifting the two of us up and taking us onto the train. I hoped Mother and Father were using common sense and would not follow after us.
Nyx's Narration
"I hope we find them soon I cannot stand my brother for another minute." I said as we walked slowly behind the rest of them. We had left my brother's house to warn the rest of the Medjai. After that was done we met up with them again I hated the smile my brother had because Izzy, one of his friends, was helping us.
"Isn't she beautiful?" Izzy called to us.
"It's a balloon," Rick said looking at him as if he was crazy.
"Oh! It's a dirigible." Izzy explained.
"Where's your airplane?" Rick asked.
"Ha! Airplanes are a thing of the past." Izzy said walking back up to him
"Izzy, you were right," Rick said subtly getting a gun out.
"I was?" he asked completely clueless.
"Yeah, you're going to get shot." Rick said pointing the now loaded gun at him making him hold up his hands and back up while explaining.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! She's faster than she looks. And she's quiet. Real quiet. Perfect for sneaking up on people, which is a very good thing. Unless, of course, we go with your approach: barging in face-first, guns blazing, and getting your friends shot in the butt!" he added to Rick who shrugged before putting his gun away.
"Why can't you people ever keep your feet on the ground?" Ardeth and I said laughing at each other. Soon we were off in the dirigible to find Alex and Talia, Jonathan was trying to get the scepter out of Izzy's hiding place while talking to Ardeth. I looked on at the sky trying to keep my mind off my daughter and nephew.
Ardeth's Narration
"O'Connell does not want to believe but he flies like Horus to his destiny." I said while Nyx saw that Jonathan was not interested in the conversation
"Yes, yes very interesting. So tell me more about this gold pyramid." he said Nyx rolled her eyes shaking her head in the process I felt the same but did explain.
"Well it is written that since the time of the Scorpion King no man who has laid eyes upon it has ever returned to tell the tale." I said stroking Horus' feathers trying to keep my mind off of my only child and the man which had her.
"Where is all this stuff written? Hello…" Jonathan said as he pulled the scepter from Izzy's hiding spot he looked up at him to make sure he could not see that he had it before turning to look at me and Nyx.
"Pretty nice eh? This is all I have left in the world the rest of my fortune was lost to some rather unscrupulous characters actually." Jonathan said brandishing the scepter around I managed to hide a laugh.
"Well if the curator reacted to it the way you say it must be very important. If I were you I would keep it close." I said looking over at Nyx her eyes were looking up at the sky she was trying to do the same thing.
"My friend, the gods couldn't take this from me" he said before Izzy grabbed it.
"Hey that's mine." Izzy said trying to pull it out of Jonathan's hands.
"No it's not." Jonathan said through clenched teeth pulling down but Izzy pulled it from his grasp.
"Keep your hands off it." Izzy said Jonathan pouted making me chuckle before I saw Nyx stand and lean against the railing.
"Nyx are you alright?" I asked she started to nod before sighing.
"I will be when Talia is back in my arms. Ardeth I should not be frightened this much I know she can take care of herself I just-" I wrapped my arms around her letting her know I was just as worried as she was.
"I know it is not much but I promise we will get her back-" She turned and looked at me making me bury the sadness I felt.
"Ardeth I hope you are right." she whispered I hugged her gently trying to keep the tears in my own eyes from falling.
