"Lord Zeus, Father," a young woman says entering the throne room.

"Eirene, why have you come to see me after so much time?" the god asks his daughter.

"Father, I seek my mother and my sisters. I have looked everywhere for them, but alas I cannot find them," the Horai says.

"I'm sure Themis is fine. The old girl can take care of herself," Zeus says like he doesn't want to be bothered.

"But Father..." she protests. "It is not like my mother and sisters to disappear like this. It has never happened before."

"Haven't the four of you ever taken off on your own before?"

"Yes, but they would never take off without me," she insists.

"Are you sure?" he asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Father why are you trying to turn me against them?"

"Look," Zeus says, "If you are really concerned, contact your sister Artemis. I'm sure she can track them down for you. You'll see they are just off sunning on a beach somewhere."

Eirene frowns at the suggestion, bows then leaves the throne room. She is mumbling to herself as she walks up the sidewalk. "Taken off without you, sunning on the beach somewhere...Oh excuse me."

"No problem sis, looks like you're deep in thought," Hermes says picking himself up off the ground from her running into him.

"I should have been looking where I was going," she says as her face turns beet red. "It's just that my sisters and my mother..."

"What about them?" he asks since she didn't finish her sentence.

"I cannot find them anywhere and Lord Zeus refuses to help me find them. He thinks...well, never mind what he thinks. He's wrong. I know something has happened to them."

"When did you see them last?" her brother asks.

"It has been two days," Eirene says holding up two fingers to confirm. "Father suggested that I have Artemis search for them, but I don't even know how to contact her."

"I can do that," he says with a grin. "Why don't we get some of their clothing so she and the girls can track them faster," he suggests.

"Yes, yes, that would help," she says as her spirits pick up a little bit and takes her brother's hand.


When Sadie and Anubis enter the Hall of Judgment, they are both a little surprised that there are no souls waiting to have their hearts weighed. Several judgment gods are sitting around in one corner. Sadie waves at Hot Foot and Fire-Embracer. They both smile and wave back. Ammit runs over to greet the two of them.

"Hey girl, have you missed me," Anubis says getting down on his knees to play with the devourer of souls. Osiris looks up from the scroll spread across his lap when he hears the commotion.

"Who's a good girl," Sadie says kissing Ammit on her crockadile nose. When Sadie looks back up at her father, he shakes his head. "What? You said I couldn't call her poochiekins. You did not say I couldn't play with her."

"I suppose that's true," Osiris says with a smile. "So what brings the two of you here?"

"Setne paid me a little visit," she tells him.

"Did he threaten you?" her father asks now standing to show his concern.

"No, it was a wall appearance," she explains.

"Business slow?" Anubis asks as he joins Sadie and Osiris.

"On the contrary," the god answers. "Souls are backing up in the line, but we seem to have misplaced Ma'at's feather."

"What?" Anubis asks with concern. "How could that get lost?"

"Dad, I think that has to do with why we have come," Sadie says. "Setne told me that he's overhead talk of some demons kidnapping Ma'at for Nu."

"Kidnap!" the god says with great concern. "I sent Disturber over to ask her about the feather a little bit ago, but he has not returned. We should go make sure nothing has happened to her."

"Carter and Zia were on their way over to the library," Anubis says.

"So that is his plan, take Ma'at so he has free reign," Osiris says.

"He's got to know he can't survive without Ma'at just like she can't survive without him," Sadie suggests.

"Can't he? Civilization cannot survive, but chaos can survive, possibly even thrive," her father tells her.

"But Ma'at is not the only form of order in the universe," Anubis points out.

"That is true," Osiris agrees. "We have never really reached out to the other religions on something like this, but..."

"This time, Dad, I think we should warn everyone. We already know it's bigger than just one group."

"Once your brother returns," her father agrees then asks for a complete report on her encounter with Setne.


"This doesn't look good Carter," Zia says as they enter the library.

"Ma'at! Seshat!" Carter calls out, "Is anyone here?"

"Under here," a voice calls out from under a toppled shelf.

"Seshat," Zia says trying to lift the shelf off of the goddess. It takes both she and Carter to get the shelf back up right then Carter offers the goddess his hand.

"I was afraid to damage the scrolls," she says looking around sadly at her precious library. "They have taken Lady Ma'at," she now says. "Demons, three of them. I tried to stop them, but..."

"It's alright," Carter tells her offering her a seat. "How long ago did this happen?"

"It has been, oh, several minutes. If they opened a portal, they could be anywhere by now."

"What did they look like?" Zia asks the goddess.

"One of them was a very large man with an iron skillet for a head. He snuck up, hit me over the head. I am sorry, I did not see the others. I only heard them talking," she explains.

"What did they say?" Carter now questions.

"One of them told the others I was not the one they were after. Then another called from farther way and said, 'I found her.' I heard Ma'at shouting divine words at them, but nothing happened. They must have worn protective hieroglyphs."

"We need to go tell the others," Zia says looking at Carter.

"Will you be alright here?" Carter now asks Seshat since she looks a bit shaken.

"Ma'at is gone and my library is in ruins, but I shall be fine," she says still looking around at the mess. Carter could swear that she wants to cry, but he's not even sure a goddess can do that.

"We'll find Ma'at," he assures her then takes Zia's hand and heads out to open a portal to the Hall of Judgment.


"Where's Ma'at?" Anubis asks as soon as Carter and Zia enter the hall.

"She's gone," Zia informs them. Carter then relays what Seshat said happened and what remains of the library.

"We have to search for her," Sadie says.

"I will send Sobek and Neith to search for her. The four of you should consult with your friends. I had hoped that this prophesy would take longer to come to pass, but it appears it is upon us now," Osiris says.

"Say hullo to Mum for us," Sadie says giving her father a hug.

"I will, I expect to see her later today," he says then give Carter a hug as well.

"We'll get her back Dad," his son promises.

"I know you will," Osiris says then send them off. "Where is Disturber?" the god asks the others still huddled in the corner. Fire-Embracer shrugs his shoulders to indicate he doesn't know.