Sadie grabbed her uncles hand once more as they walked over and stood before the door. Amos reached out and grasped the handle, with one final look at Sadie he turned it and pulled the door open. It was within those two seconds that everything once again became brighter, washing away their surroundings. Once the light had faded, both magicians opened their eyes to see where they were. They were surprised to find that they had ended up…. Back home?

Sadie looked at Amos and tried to figure out what the heck had just happened. Had they really just gone from her brother's head all the way back home out of the exit, rather than the memory they needed? Or were they still within his mind? She was highly confused and now slightly disoriented.

"What the heck? Are we really back home or what?" asked Sadie

"I don't think so Sadie"

"Why not?"

"Because if we were Carter would still be ill and we'd have ended up back in the Duat where we left. Not here." Explained Amos, pointing over towards where the kitchen would be, looking at a wide awake and healthy Carter.

"Oh…" replies Sadie sounding disheartened that her brother still wasn't well

"Let's just follow and see how this memory plays out. You need to remember Sadie were in this memory for a reason and once were home we will save Carter. Ok?"

"Yeah, let's do this"

They began to watch and follow memory Carter as he went through his morning. Carter had made his breakfast and put on running shoes, when Sadie finally noticed the time on the stove. To say the least she was shocked at how early it was.

"Uncle Amos, it's not normal for someone to wake up and go for a run at 4:41 in the morning, is it? I mean this is Carter were talking about, the only time I ever saw him run we were being chased by monsters and stuff."

"Well, some people like to wake up early for a run. Sometimes its to stay in shape, sometimes people just like early morning runs, and some people may even be training for marathons and other athletics. I can't say I know why Carter would run this early, but maybe he'd rather run before anyone else at the Nome wakes up?"

"Huh, I'll ask him later because this seems like something important he should've told one of us in case of an emergency, I mean really a 5:00 A.M run can't always be safe. I didn't even know he was leaving the Nome." Huffed Sadie

"Sadie, to do that we need to get out of here and help Carter, so let's keep following because it seems that Carter is ready to leave." Stated Amos as he gestured to Carter; walking out of the door while grabbing his jacket and a water bottle.

They followed Carter out of the Nome and down the street. He wasn't running yet, but what they were more concerned about was the fact that they had no idea where exactly they were all going. They kept walking and in what felt like seconds, they had crossed a street that bordered a large park. Amos was the one to realize where they were first…Highland Park; that's when Carter started to pick up his pace, and Sadie and Amos were left to pick up their speed to keep up.

"Why would Carter come all the way over to this park, when he could just run around the neighborhood for a bit?" questioned Sadie as she jogged alongside her uncle, taking a deep breath.

"I don't know dear…but this must be... where whatever made him ill…occurred." Huffed out Amos as they began running at a faster pace.

"How can…you be so sure"

"The time. The initiates… and Bast were meeting with us… around seven and…. Carter fell ill shortly after that? If he… was out and running…. from 5:00 to 6:30….and was home…by 7:00, then…. whatever…. whatever is causing this…. predicament… had to… to have occurred while… he was here." Panted Amos as he tried to explain, while running for what was starting to feel like eternity to him.

"Ok… well…. I never thought that… I'd be running… unless being chased… or for P.E." commented Sadie sarcastically, in an attempt to keep herself from dwelling on the uneasy feeling of being so close to the true cause of her brother's deathly state.

All she got in reply was a small breathy laugh from her uncle as they came to a stop and caught their breath. Neither wanting to admit that they aren't great runners, because that would just be embarrassing for the both of them.

"why'd we stop?"

"I think your brother also needs a break." Claimed Amos watching as Carter was hunched over catching his own breath for a minute.

They watched as Carter pulled his jacket off and took a long drink of water. Carter was about to start running again, when everything went downhill. As Carter stood a man in his late twenties, early thirties bumped into him and fell over as if he had run into a wall.

"That's weird…Carters shorter and scrawnier than that grown man…uncle Amos that guy couldn't have been knocked over because of Carter, right?" asked Sadie confused as to how a large man could be knocked over by her brother

"I don't think Carter caused his fall, which worries me, sadly there's nothing we can do about these events now. After all this is only a memory."

Sadie seemed irritated by that answer, but kept her mouth shut because that had been her uncles' response to everything involving events in Carters memories and it was the truth. She and Amos watched as Carter, being the kind dork that he is, help the man up. As Carter helped the man up though, Sadie and Amos saw something that made their blood boil with rage. The man had injected something almost unnoticeable into Carter's upper arm as he helped himself regain his "balance".

"That son of a—"

"Sadie, language" Amos reprimanded as he cut off her sentence

"I don't care that… that thing just injected something into my brother. How are you not angry?!" yelled Sadie as she watched her brother talk to the stranger out of her peripheral

"I am Sadie, but as I have said many times before, this is a memory. There is nothing we can do to change it; but if we follow that man we may find out exactly what he did to Carter; and we can cure him, then get justice once were out of his head." Amos spoke calm, but firmly.

"Okay, but wait… how do we leave the memory if were not following Carter?" inquired Sadie

"I'm not sure, but it may be possible that we can leave the memory when it ends; even if we don't follow Carter. The one thing I am not too sure about though is if we can learn anything from the man. These are Carter's memories and if he didn't follow this man how can we learn the truth? I know this is not a time to bring up what if's and negative outcomes, but I just wonder." Elaborated Amos

"No… it's okay to bring them up, but I'm just going on the fact that logic, doesn't apply to this family we're magicians and have survived a giant snake trying to eat the sun. A little memory weirdness can't be any worse than that." Said Sadie confidently "Now, let's keep going and find out what he did and get my brother the cure"

"time to go" announced Amos as the man finally left Carter as if nothing had happened

As Sadie and Amos began to walk after the stranger, Sadie took one last look at her brother, promising herself that she'd see him up and running again no matter what it took.

The man they followed led them to a small beat up truck, that in Sadie's opinion was an ugly rotten orange color and needed to be left in a junkyard. Amos and Sadie climbed into the bed of the truck and settled in for the drive. It felt like hours, but they had learned to ignore the feel of time, because it flowed differently than out in the real world; and they soon found that they had arrived at a diner and followed the man inside. They listened as the man "exchanged information" with his boss, increasing their anger towards these people. They watched on as the two shook hands and the man that they had followed stood up getting ready to leave, when they saw the older man pull a knife and stab him in the back. They were shocked as the man exploded into dust and they had a sudden feeling of fear that seemed to wash over them in waves before suddenly disappearing like it had been a trick of their minds instead.

Finally, they were able to get a grip of their shock and decided to follow the new stranger back out to the now dead "things" truck.

"Seriously…. how many people are responsible for this!" shouted Sadie as they started down the road again out of anger and frustration, while her uncle sat in there pondering the new change of events

They then followed the newest out of the truck, once it stopped and into a warehouse they had pulled up to. The warehouse was run down on the outside and looked more like a condemned barn, but Sadie and Amos could care less about appearances. What was inside though terrified the both of them and set them on edge just from the close proximity.

Lining the walls were thousands of large snakes in glass cages. They followed the man to the back, keeping cautious eyes on the reptiles until they were in what seemed similar to a small living area. The fear they felt though increased greatly at the sight of giant mutant sized snakes held in cages that could hold an elephant, all piled on top of one another with enough room to move. They reminded Sadie and Amos of the gods enemy Apophis, just ironically smaller, but no less deadly. Amos quickly took his attention off the snakes as he heard someone starting a conversation and realized that the man they had followed was on the phone and seemed rather pleased with himself. Amos could only guess that the person or thing on the other end was an accomplice to this man that Amos has now promised himself, his nephew, and his family he would find and punish as seen fit. What made them sick though was how the man answered the phone saying that he had "good news".

"Don't worry by the time that anyone realizes anything's wrong, it'll be too late." Assured the man.

Sadie and Amos couldn't tell who he was talking to, but they heard a muffled response. The both of them watched as the mans' face contorted into a scowl and he replied to the person on the other end of the line.

"Trust me sir. That toxin is the worst thing I've ever concocted in all my years working with these snakes. I know for a fact that unless they have my notes, WHICH they don't, they can't cure him. I have created a venom so close to our lords that they can't even imagine what it's doing to his body. Sir…."

"…"

"Trust me sir, I used the venom from four of deadliest and most enhanced snakes that you sent me. I have bred more snake combinations than you can even think of, and they are getting larger and larger. Soon, as long as you continue to send me what I need I will be able to breed and cause the greatest rebirth the world will ever see…"

"…"

"Sir it'll only take seven days at most for the Kane boy to die…"

"…"

"Yes, I know you want him dead now sir, but he isn't just a mortal. He is a magician that has hosted a god, the god of war at that. His body has changed and been stronger after his adventure of playing hero, so his body is slightly able to try and fight the toxins in his blood…"

"…"

"I assure you sir he will be dead by the suns rise Monday morning."

"…"

"Yes sir, I understand… I look forward to our future business together. Soon sir you'll be known as the creator of destruction and there is nothing these magicians or their worthless gods can do. Apophis will be reborn at your hands. Until further contact, have a good trip sir."

Sadie was crying and wanting to hurt the man in front of her for the pain he'd put her brother through. Even Amos could not hide his tears and look of hatred directed at this vile excuse of a person that adorned his face. What made it worse was the fact that these people were trying to bring Apophis back and Carter was just an inconvenience to them.

"Uncle Amos…" Sadie called quietly choking down a sob

"We will save him Sadie." Answered Amos knowing what his niece wanted to ask. "It will be tough, and you know we're limited with time, but we will cure him."

"I really hope so—" Sadie was cut off when the room rippled. She looked around and saw that everything was fading, but getting brighter at the same time, when she heard Amos calling out for her breaking her thoughts.

"Sadie! Come here, the memory is ending…"

Amos and Sadie were given one last look, before being blinded once again and freed from Carters' mind.

Sadie and Amos gasped as they came to and sat up a bit too quickly after feeling like they had been thrown to ground, startling Julius and Ruby, who were on them in second helping them up and into more comfortable chairs.

"So, did you find the cause for Carter's illness?" inquired Ruby Anxiously, checking her daughter for any injuries, relieved to find none.

"Yes, but it's serious…" replies Sadie as silent tears continue to make their way down her face.

"We need help…LOTS of help if we want to save him Julius" stated Amos darkly. "We have two days at most or…"

"Or what Amos?" pushed Julius wanting answers

"Or he dies…"

The gasp that came from the distraught parents was quiet, but to Amos, he was sure that it could be heard among the dead of the Duat for miles.

"Sadie is right though to cure Carter we need a lot of help. If we don't then Carter has no chance" explained Amos

"I don't understand, a cure for what?" asked Julius

Amos took a deep breath and looked at Sadie who looked more determined than anything now, before turning back to his brother.

"A venom that is dangerously close to that of Apophis'…"

"How is that possible Apophis is gone?"

"Yeah, he's gone, but Julius there is someone out there trying to…recreate or rebirth Apophis, they have multiple enhanced serpents and they are still breeding them in hopes of achieving this goal of theirs." explained Amos

"That's not good, if the venom is similar to Apophis then we're going to need to get the gods in on this. Horus and Isis are going to want to know about this especially. I'll go get them, as well as Thoth, he'll have the most understanding of what we should do. Amos try to get any of the initiates that Carter knows, at least as many as you can that are able to help."

It was then that the reality of the situation really sank in and hit Sadie and Amos harder than it had earlier. So much so that they hadn't wanted to stand up, but they needed to because they both had made a promise to save Carter.

"I'll get Bast, Zia, Walt, and Jaz… the others are all to young to help deal with this and don't need to be involved." Said Amos as he forced himself to stand

"Agreed. I'll head up and get any of the gods/ goddesses that I can, that are willing to help." Replied Julius

"Sadie and I will stay here with Carter until we know what we need." Chimed in Ruby, looking over to Sadie, who was running her hand through her brothers' short hair.

"Ok it's settled then. We are saving Carter, and no one will stand in this Nome's way." Declared Amos

When Amos and Julius left, Ruby turned to look at her daughter once more before joining her on Carter's other side to wait for the others.

"Hang on for us Baby, we're going to make this all right again" Ruby spoke softly, while Sadie continuously ran her hand through Carter's hair. Sadie looked up at her mother, "When everyone gets here, get ready cause we have work to do, okay dear?"

All Sadie could do was nod and resume watching her brother.

A/N: Hi everyone I'm sorry this has taken longer than I said it would again. I have been busy these past few months and I am now proud to say that I have graduated and will be starting college soon! I have started writing the next chapter, but I don't know when it will be up, but I am NOT leaving this story unfinished. Hope you all enjoyed reading, and feel free to let me know what you thought thanks!