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We arrived back home to London during a stormy night... did I forget to mention that after we left Egypt all those years ago we didn't know that our camels were filled with pure solid gold treasure? Well, we didn't know either until we got back to Cairo. And boy did that make us happy.
I walked aimlessly around the massive living room. I couldn't help but think about the men Alex told me about. They were there to get something and yet we didn't see anyone there. Sighing I plopped down on the sofa and closed my eyes. Listening to the sound of the rain and thunder. Nights like these when I return home from a hunt, I can't help but think, a lot about a certain someone. Wondering 'did I make the right decision? Why would the council make a hard decision especially right after what happened?' But the question that always gets to me, 'why did he agree?'
"Aunt Delilah I need your help!" Alex said and he sounded nervous.
I opened my eyes and turned to him. I see him trying to take something off his wrist. I got up, walked over to him and I clearly seen what he had one. I hurried to him,
"Alex what did you do?" I screamed-whispered at him.
He looks up at me nervous.
"The chest opened itself and I don't know... I just put the bloody thing on and now it doesn't want to get off" Alex screamed-whispered back at me.
"Shit, Alex do you know what you have on?"I asked him and he shakes his head.
"That's the bracelet of Anubis," I said making his eyes go wide.
"I'm so dead," he said.
"We're both dead," I said when I heard Evie coming downstairs. Alex then covers his wrist and puts his hand behind his back. I turned around and put a statue in the chest closing it just in time as Evi looks at us. She hands me a book.
"It's the year of the Scorpion," I said handing the book to Alex.
"Cool," Alex said looking at the book.
"Thought you might like it," Evie said looking at her son.
"Happy to be home?" She asked us. Alex and I shared a look.
"Couldn't be happier!" Alex said.
We were still in the living room but this time Evie was searching his pockets for the key.
"Alex I'm serious if you've lost that key you're ground," Evie said and Alex looks at me for help.
"He hasn't lost it, he just can't find it, there's a difference, Evie," I said trying to help Alex but I think I'm making it worse.
"Well then, you and you better start finding it," Evie tells Alex and me. I swore sometimes I feel like a little kid with them. Have they forgotten I am 26 years old?
"Get real mum, there's absolutely nothing to worry about," Alex said. I turn to him and give him 'dude you're not making it any better' stare.
"Good evening," a new voice said. I turned around a saw an African male in all red standing before us. I walked in front of Alex and Evie.
"Who are you?" I asked the man
"What are you doing in my house?" she asked him. Evie stands up and pushed Alex behind her.
"I'm looking for the chest of course" he smirks at us.
"Give it to me now," he said. Alex goes and grabs it. I turn next to me and grab two swords, one for me and one for Evie. I hand her a sword and we lifted it up.
"Get... out... of... my... house" Evie said pointing her sword at him
"Whoa mum maybe not the best idea," Alex said.
"Shut up and get back there,"I tell him positioning my body correctly. Then three more men join him.
"Okay definitely not the best idea, I think it's time to call for dad now," Alex said. The man steps forward shaking his head.
"Now, I'll just kill you and take it anyways," he said. Suddenly his face turned serious and his men take out their swords. A shadow comes next to me.
"I think not," a voice said. I didn't turn around because I knew who voice that was. How could I forget that voice? It used to sing to me in the middle of the night. Why is he here?
"Ardeth, what are you doing here?" Evie asked him.
"Perhaps explanations are better left till later" he replied. The man in front of us smirked.
"Ardeth Bay," he said.
"Lock-Nah" Ardeth said
"An old friends of yours?" I asked. Lock-Nah turns to me and smirks.
"You can say that," Lock-Nah said staring at me.
"I wasn't talking to you dumbass," I said glaring at him.
"I do like feisty women," Lock-Nah said. In the corner of my eyes, I see Ardeth dropped his cloak and charges for the men.
"Al lif," Lock-Nah said. His men charge toward us, one went to Ardeth, one for me and the other went towards Evie. However, Lock-Nah just stands there, looking pretty and watches our fight.
While I was fighting with the men I heard Ardeth ask me something but I didn't answer. I continue to fight the man, dodging all his hits. When no man goes down another suddenly shows up. It's a never-ending fight with them. I stabbed a guy in his stomach turned around and socked another man in his face.
"Woah mum where did you learn to do that?"I heard Alex asked.
"No idea... That I learned from your father" Evie said.
I didn't see what happened but I knew it was something cool. I turned around and saw Ardeth fighting with Lock-Nah and Evie being pinned to the wall. I decided to go help Evie because I knew Ardeth was going to be alright. I turned the man who held Evie to the wall and socked him making him go to the ground.
"Thank Dee," Evie said. I nodded and we both continue to fight.
"What in the chest" Ardeth shouts.
"The bracelet of Anubis" Evie shouts back.
"They must not get the bracelet. Get it and get out of here!" he shouts. I turned around and saw Alex in trouble. Alex drops the chest and backs into a corner. I ran and grabbed the chest.
"Aunt Delilah look out!" Alex shouts. I turned around just to get backhanded.
"DELILAH" I heard them shout before everything around me turns black.
Ardeth POV:
"DELILAH" Evie and I shouted as one of Lock-Nah's men hits her and takes her away. Lock-Nah throws his dagger at me however I manage to move out of the way before it stabs me. Lock-Nah puts on his cloak and leaves. Evie and her son come next to me.
"C'mon we gotta find Rick," she said. I nod and we went out of the house. We see O'Connell and Jonathan staring at a car leaving.
"Dad" Alex shouts. O'Connell and Jonathan turn around looking slightly relieved. O'Connell walks over to Evelyn and his son and hugs them.
"You two are alright," he tells them. Once he pulls away from them he spots me. He wasn't happy in seeing me. I figured he wouldn't be happy to see me since I hurt Delilah four years ago. I wondered if they know what happened all those years ago? O'Connell grabs me by my clothes and pins me to the pillar.
"O'Connell," I said calmly.
"What the hell are you doing here? Scratch that, where the hell are they taking my sister?" he shouts at me. Evelyn then pulls him off of me.
"Rick, he tried to save her," Evelyn said trying to calm down O'Connell. I grabbed O'Connell arm and pulled out a picture from my coat.
"Trust me I'm as angry as you are. Wherever this man is Delilah will surely be" I tell him. Alex then takes the picture from my hand, instantly recognized it.
"Hey, I know him. He's the curator, he works at the British Museum" Alex said. We all look at him while he still stares at the picture.
"Are you sure?" I asked the boy.
"Better believe it, he and Dee spend most of their time there than they do at home" Rick reassured us. I turn to Evelyn and she nods confirming it. We start to head for O'Connell's car.
"Okay you're here, bad guys are here, Dee's been kidnapped, let me guess-"
"Yes, they've once again removed the creature from his grave," I tell them.
"I don't mean to point fingers but isn't that your job to make sure that doesn't happen?" Jonathan asked making me give him a stare.
"There's a woman who is with them, she knows things, things that no living person could possibly know. She knew exactly where the creature was buried. We were hoping she would lead us to the bracelet, she obviously did, now they have it"
"I wouldn't get too nervous just get," Alex said. We all stopped next to the car and look at him. He shows us the bracelet. I grabbed his hand, worried.
"Is that gold?" Jonathan asked.
"When I put it on I saw the pyramids at Giza, then whoosh straight across the desert to Karnak," he said.
"By putting that on you, you have started a chain reaction that could bring about the next apocalypse," I tell him making his eyes widen.
"No wonder Aunt Delilah was mad," Alex said.
"She knew?" Evelyn asked her son and he nods.
"Of course she did, you guys are partners in crime," she said sighing.
"You, lighten up," Rick said pointing at me.
"You, big trouble" he points at his son.
"And you two get in the car," he said pointing at his wife and Jonathan. We all get in the car and O'Connell drives.
"I'm sorry if I alarmed your son but you must understand, now that the bracelet is on his wrist, we only have 7 days before the Scorpion King awakens,"I tell them hoping they understand.
"We, what we?" Rick asked.
"If he is not killed-"
"Imohotep will raise the Army of Anubis," Evelyn said making me nod.
"Yes that is correct"
"I take it that's not a good thing," Jonathan said. Making us stare at him.
"He could wipe out the world," O'Connell said.
"Oh the old wipe out the world ploy," Jonathan said leaning back in his seat.
"So if I am correct if one kills the scorpion king, they can either send him and his army back to the underworld or use it to destroy mankind and rule the earth?" Evelyn asked and I nod.
"So that's why they dug up old Imhotep, he's the only guy tough enough to take out the king himself," Rick said.
"Correct my friend," I said. We finally get to the British Museum. Evelyn and I got out while Jonathan, Rick, and Alex stayed inside. We head in the back and Evelyn opens the boot of the car. It was silent as we picked out our guns.
"You know she never did tell us what happened," Evelyn said. I turn to her and stare. Delilah really didn't say anything? No wonder Rick hasn't tried to kill me.
"Whatever happened I am sure you two can fix it," Evelyn said and I looked away.
"The damage has been done, I don't know if she'll ever forgive me but I'll never forgive myself," I say.
Since that day I cannot help but blame myself for letting it happened. Delilah was so young for something like that happens to her. I hate myself every day. I thought she would be happier, safer without me by her side. And I thought I was strong enough to stay away from her, to love her from far but I was dead wrong. I had a mission to complete I tried everything so she wouldn't have to get involved in this once again. I failed at keeping them safe. I know understand why she keeps Alex so close to her, she fears that she might lose him just like we lost ours.
"Ardeth what happened?" Evelyn asked and I turn to her with tears in my eyes.
"It was my fault, she lost-"
"Evie, Jonathan is staying here with Alex" Rick interrupted me. I looked away and avoiding Rick.
"Umm alright, I'll go talk to him," Evelyn said leaving Rick and me.
Rick comes next to me and picks out his weapons. I tried my best to not show my weak side, especially to Rick. I do not want him to see me weak. I do not want him to think I am not capable of being strong, not capable to of anything, I am not weak, and I want to show him that.
"Do you want the shotgun?" Rick asked me and I cleared my throat.
"No I prefer the Thompson,"I tell him. Rick reaches for his gun as I reached for mine. I see Rick's wrist and his tattoo.
"If I were to say to you, I'm a stranger traveling from the east, searching for that which is lost," I tell him as we load up our guns.
"Then I would reply I am a stranger traveling from the west, it is I that you seek?" Rick tells me turning to me confused. I grabbed his wrist,
"Then what Delilah said was true, you have the sacred mark," I say.
"What? Oh, that. Nah I got that slapped on me when I was in the orphanage in Cairo. Right after I meant Dee" Rick said pulling away.
"That mark means you are a protector of man, a warrior for God, a Med-jal," I said. Rick starts to laugh as Evie comes next to him, starting at us confused.
"You just sound like Delilah when I got that tatted. You should have heard her the first time she saw it. She got all excited about this old tattoo. She would call me, Jabare. A name that means 'a man known for his bravery' and I would call her princess. I would act like her bodyguard while she would act like a spoiled princess. I guess... we don't have to act anymore. I am still her bodyguard while she still is a spoiled princess... my spoil little princess" Rick said staring at the tattoo. He then turns to me, serious.
"Sorry, you got the wrong guy," he said. Rick then hands a gun to Evie who took it.
She was right, Rick would never have believed her if she did tell him about our old lives. Even though he doesn't remember, he sure acts like when we were in Ancient times. We both fell in love with the two most beautiful women in all of Egypt, who happened to be both princesses. I just hope this time, life doesn't take our princesses away so soon.