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Chapter Eleven

Anubis' Army

~I missed wearing this~ Taylor smiled to herself as she pulled at the black robes that hung over her body and face. She and Ardeth had already joined forces with the large Medjai army; and boy, was it large. She amused herself by pointing out the men she remembered from nine years ago and smiled when they greeted her.

"Ammina, what are you doing?"

Had I mentioned that she had yet to reveal to Ardeth and the others that she wasn't his sister?

Turning her head, sure to keep the mask above her nose, she looked at Ardeth as he moved towards her. "Are you all right?" She nodded. "Nervous about the battle."

"Something like that." She mumbled lowly. In truth, she wanted it to be a surprise. For Ardeth to think that it was his sister that he fought beside and then, at the end of the battle, she was going to remove her mask and reveal to all of them who she was. Points for her on Ardeth's side and the others because there was no telling on how many of them she was going to save from the evil army.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine. Taylor and the others will be able to take care of Imhotep and the Scorpion King." At her name, Ardeth hung his head for a moment, glancing the other direction. Taylor pulled a face. He was upset because she hadn't 'come with him'. She couldn't wait to see the look on his face!

There was a cry from the middle ranks and they all turned to find a dark shadow heading their way over the sand. The Shadow came to a stop just feet away from the Medjai. Ardeth lifted his hand and halted the men.

"So it begins." He mumbled.

"Good lord," Taylor gasped to herself as the shadow turned into mounds of black sand that then morphed into large, black monsters that resembled the drawings and statues of Anubis. "There's so many!"

"Don't be afraid my sister," Ardeth clapped his hand on her shoulder.

~Yeah, I'm not your sister~ She sighed to herself. ~Should I tell him now or just wait like I planned on it?~ She watched as Ardeth rode down the line before coming back and taking his place beside 'his sister'. She hung her head; for some reason she was feeling really bad about doing this. Maybe telling him was the right thing to do.

"Ammina, are you feeling all right?" Ardeth asked her again. That was it. She couldn't stand it anymore.

"Actually, Ardeth, I-"

"Wait." Ardeth turned back to the army before them before lifting his blade and giving out a shout in Arabic to get the Medjai ready. Anubis' army did the same thing in reply. Ardeth called out another order and then led the way down towards the black army. The hounds charged forward themselves, their weapons twirling in their hands.

Taylor kept her mind clear and on the battle as they submerged into the fighting. A rush of adrenaline spread through her veins. She missed this. Missed the fighting. Missed the feel of the sun on her skin and the feel of the sand beneath her feet. She missed her home.

"Chop off head, chop off head," She whispered to herself. Ammina's horse was acting a little strange, knowing that Taylor wasn't his normal rider, but he still moved as she commanded and that pleased her.

"You know," Taylor grinned as she dodged another blow. "If you weren't trying to kill us and take over the world, I'd actually think that you guys were kinda cool. I might have even thought about taking one of you home with me! You could be…I don't want to say a pet but I can't think of another word for it at the moment." She didn't know what happened next. One second she was slicing through one of the monsters, the next she was on the ground, kicking another off of her. "And off the horse I now am." Taylor hissed, pushing herself to her feet.

Now that she was off of the horse things got a little harder and easier at the same time. Harder because the creatures were nearly a foot taller than her but at the same time easier to dodge their attacks. It went on like that for a little while longer and Taylor found herself coming closer and closer to Ardeth. She went to make a joke when she caught the hounds sneaking up behind the Medjai as he was caught in a battle with another in front of him.

"Ardeth!" She cried. She saw a flashback of what happened all those years ago. He was in trouble, about to be hit. So she did exactly what she did last time. Running forward, she jumped between the hound and the man as the blade came down. She was smart enough to pull her head back this time so she didn't get hit, but the blade caught the veil on her head, ripping it off instead. Taylor gave out a cry and chopped its head off as her hair was let free. Knowing that it was coming, she glanced over her shoulder to look at the man she had saved yet again.

"Taylor?" His voice was in shock, forgetting where they were for the moment. "Rohee, what are you doing here? Why-"

"We can talk later, Ardeth!" She sliced off another head. The Medjai was still for a moment before remembering where they were and rejoining back in the fight. Taylor couldn't help but wear a small smile as Ardeth now decided to stick to her side, trying to keep as many of the creatures off of her as he could. It was sweet.

It seemed that the other men noticed her now that her veil was gone and the men that had known her from before seemed surprised, and some pleased, that she was there. They decided to even welcome her back; it brought a tear or two to her eyes.

The battle continued on for just a little longer until Ardeth's blade sliced through the last of the army.

"Something's not right," Taylor took Ardeth's hand and let him pull her up. "They're the army of the Underworld. There should be much, much more than that."

"You're right." He agreed, glancing around as the others cheered. He paused and then heard it. Still gripping her hand, he took off, making her run after him through the Medjai who quickly began to follow themselves. At the top of the hill they all halted, staring at the sight of thousands, thousands more of Anubis' army as they ran at them over the sand dunes.

"Oh my god." Taylor's mouth dropped open and she gripped Ardeth's hand tighter.

"Gold help us." He whispered.

All the Medjai turned to Ardeth for their next move. He glanced at them all for a moment before raising his blade in the air and crying 'Til Death!' They all repeated it and held up their own blades as the army came closer; even Taylor.

But instead of blades, only black dust hit them as the Army of Anubis dispersed. "What the…" That could only mean one thing. The Scorpion King had fallen. Rick and the others had one.

As the Medjai all shouted in victory and Taylor jumped a few times as she sheathed her blade on her hip. She turned to Ardeth. "Well, that was fun."

The sound of bellowing made them all whip around. They caught sight of the large, black cloud in the sky above Ahm-Shere. A man's face could be seen on it, screaming in pain.

"I knew you guys could do it," Taylor wiped a tear from her cheek. ~I'm very proud of you guys. Very Proud.~

Ardeth turned to her with a smile before picking her up and hugging her as he spun around with her in his arms. He set her back down and kissed her, gripping her face in his hands.

"You came. Why? Why did you come here? You're leaving everyone else behind."

"I know that, but…I couldn't leave you behind, Ardeth; not twice. Besides, don't think that this is the last time that I'll get to see Timothy and Rick and the others. And this won't be the last time you get to see your sister. We're all stuck together for the rest of our lives. We'll get to see eachother again, no matter what."

Ardeth closed his eyes and nodded. "Yes, I suppose that you are right." He thought for a moment. "Ammina…she…she wanted to leave?"

"We talked about it. It's not that she wanted to leave, she will miss this place terribly, but she also saw what I did. Someone to leave it for. And thought Jonathan isn't quite who I thought she would end up with, I think that he'll do all that he can to take care of her."

"He'd better." Ardeth growled.

Taylor gave a chuckle. "You sound just like my brother. I think that he's rubbed off on you a bit."

Ardeth gave her a smile and squeezed her hand. "Are you ready to go back home?"

Taylor closed her eyes. "More than anything."

I received a really good question, you guys. I was asked to do the third movie of the Mummy series. I am not a big fan of it (just because Rachel Weiss' not in it I suppose and how Alex treats his parents) but I figured that I would leave it up to my fans. Would you guys like to see Eirika and the others return for the third film or shall we just let it lie as it is and cross our fingers for the fourth film that their planning to be good?

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