She went down to the desk and the receptionist called a limo for her. She caught it and ordered him to drive to the Great Pyramid. The drive was long, but eventually, after standing in traffic for an hour, they reached the pyramid.
"I'll be waiting here for you Princess." The driver said to her as she got out.
She smiled at him and walked over to a tour group that had just finished inside the pyramid.
"I'm sorry, but I would like to go in on my own, if that's ok?" she asked the guide.
He turned as to scold her and saw who she was.
"Princess Charlotte, what are you doing here?" the French tour guide asked her, bowing his head slightly.
"Sight seeing. Who do I need to talk to, to get to go in alone?" She asked him, looking around.
He called a tour operator closer and they spoke in Egyptian. The other man got very aggravated and she felt Anukis getting agitated in her pocket. She took her out and said to her.
"He says it's against the laws. Charlie, we need to find those spells, or Kai and Alex are lost forever." She whispered to her.
She stepped up to the man and put her soft hand on his shoulder. He stopped fighting and looked at her.
"It would mean a lot to my friend." She said, holding up her blade.
His eyes drifted to her bit and it shone in his eyes like the purest gold.
"A…Anukis…" he whispered to himself.
He looked into Charlie's eyes and she smiled.
"Yes, she said that she would like to visit her old prison. Is that okay?" she said to him.
"Yes, yes, that is okay. Where you want to go?" the tour operator asked.
She looked at the French guide and smiled.
"He can take me." She said, looked at him.
"The Great Burial Room?" she asked him.
"Yes, of course." He said turning towards the pyramid.
The tour operator touched her hand and she turned back to him.
"May, I see Anukis, please?" he asked her.
She looked at her blade and Anukis whispered in her ear.
"Show them. It's okay." She said to her.
She smiled at the guide, who now had a group of people standing around him, mostly Egyptians. She smiled at them and took out her launcher. They had long since seen proof of their ancient kings. What more proof than an ancient protector to let them know they are still under protection. She loaded Anukis into her launcher and launched. She spun around in the sand and everyone stepped back.
"Anukis come out, won't you?" Charlie asked her.
The blade glowed blue and gold.
"Oh, that's new. There was no blue in France." She said a golden beam brighter than the sun shot up into the sky.
She beam widened and soon Anukis took form. She was bigger than Charlie had last seen her. The crowd fell silent as she growled at the frustration of being cooped up for too long. The beam faded and all that was left was a bigger than normal Anukis, towering above everyone. Charlie shielded her eyes as tears formed in the corners. Her colors here were so bright. Her golden coat shone in the light. Her collar and back armor looked like gems in the light. Anukis looked around and then at Charlie. Charlie walked to the front of her and smiled. Anukis lay down behind her in a plume of dust. Everyone looked at them in awe. Charlie turned to Anukis.
"You're bigger now." She said, to her.
"The effects of being in my home kingdom. Egypt gives me strength and I give them hope." Anukis said out loud.
The women were wailing and the men were weeping. They had seen a form of a god and they were extremely happy. The children ran up to Anukis and began play in between her huge paws.
"Anukis, I never knew how much you were loved." Charlie said to her, leaning against her.
"I am loved. I did great things for this kingdom when I was here last. And now, I'm about to do it again. We need to stop Biovault, or this will all disappear and the only thing left of this civilization, will be the things we leave behind. Like these pyramids. They are only proof of a great civilization." Anukis said to Charlie.
"You will be here. You'll always be here, you're a sacred sprit." Charlie said.
Anukis looked at her with her eyes that seemed to be rimmed in dark kohl makeup.
"But you won't be. I can't allow that to happen." she said, getting up and shaking off the sand.
"As selfish as that seems, I need you be around me. I really like being with you." Anukis said, disappearing into her blade.
Charlie stepped up and picked it up off the ground.
"I like you too, Anukis." She said, pocketing her blade.
She looked to the tour guide and he led her into the pyramid.
