Charly could see everything, hear everything, taste, smell and feel everything, but she wasn't controlling any of it. She watched Beni backed off of her smiling. The blue light was gone and the man in the corner was quiet. The man walked from his position, over to her. He pushed Beni out of the way, then moved down and grabbed her hand bringing it up to his lip and delicately placing a kiss on it. Charly tried to gasp and back away but couldn't.
*Don't try to move, it won't help.* A voice said inside her head.
*What? What's going on?* Charly attempted to say, but instead the words just sounded in her head.
*You can't control anything any longer, I control you know. I posses your body and you are here to provide me with the knowledge I need to kill your friends.*
*Who are you?*
*I am the spirit of the Princess Numanuskcna. The Princess of this city.*
Charly looked on as her body looked into the eyes of the man. Then her lips began to speak in Egyptian, which she could now understand.
"My Prince, Imhotep, now that you have raised me to rule my city once again, I am forever in you debt." Her body bowed to the man, Imhotep.
"Numanuskcna, you own me nothing, only the joy of your presence." Imhotep smiled. "We must kill the reincarnate of Princess Nefertiri, as well as her husband, son and brother."
"We will, my Prince."
Imhotep smiled again and bowed, then turned and walked out of the small room. Beni stepped up again. "Thank you." She heard herself say. She tuned and walked out leaving him behind.
*How do we get out of here?* Charly asked the voice. It didn't answer her, she just looked at the body on the ground, and Charly recognized it as the small English man. Her body walked over it and continued down the large passage, turning once then coming to a door. She watched a hand go to the center of the door and press on five indentations. The door slowly began to open. She stepped inside and Charly could see that it was an ancient arsenal.
Charly watched as she walked into the room towards a beautiful sword the hung against the opposite wall. She picked it up, it was very weighty, but she could handle it well with her and the spirit's strength combined. It was sheathed in a case that was painted in many vibrant colors, depicting a young woman, victorious in battle. The handle of the sword was encrusted with many fine jewels that were purple, red, blue and green.
She picked up the sword and walked back towards the door. Then continued down the dark passage, until she came to a large room, she walked in looking around. Charly heard voices from outside and Numanuskcna must have heard it too, because she snapped her head in that direction.
*Jonathan!* Charly screamed inside her head
*Ahh, the man you love. He will have to die first.*
*No! No, no!*
She stepped over to the nearest obelisk and propped the sword up against it. The she stood pressing her back against the obelisk.
Jonathan hadn't fallen very far, but it hurt like hell when he hit the ground. He wished then that he had some kind of drink on him.
"Jonathan? Are you alright?" His sister's voice came floating down. Jonathan looked up to see the faces of Rick, Evy, Alex and Ardeth framed by the hole he had made.
"Yes, yes I'm fine." Jonathan stood up and dusted himself off.
"We're coming down, ok Jonathan" Rick called.
"Ok," Jonathan said, but he wasn't really paying attention. He was a door near him and decided to walk through it. He did and found a very small passage; at the end was another door, with a bright light glowing inside. He walked down the passage slowly, finding the gun on his hip and pulling it out, prepared for anything that might happen. He walked through the door; gun aimed, and looked around. He saw that it was a very large room, and that Charly was standing against an obelisk at the far end of it. Jonathan put his gun down and ran to Charly hugging her.
*Jonathan, help me please*
"Jonathan, I am so glad you're here!" Charly said kissing him. "Where is everyone else?"
"They are coming, they just had to get down a hole." Jonathan said. Then her heard his name being called by Evy from down the hall. He looked toward that direction and called back "We're down here Evy!" Then her looked back and looked into her eyes, smiling. But her eyes looked different, the Chocolaty brown they were before now looked black as coal. Then she kissed him, again, this time spinning him so that his back was now pressed another side of the obelisk.
Rick and the rest walked in the room looking around in awe. Charly saw every step. Rick took the lead and walked closest to the obelisk.
*No Rick stay back!*
*That won't help him silly girl*
"Jonathan? Where are you?" Rick called out.
Charly's body was still wrapped around Jonathan's kissing him, but her hand reached down and picked up the sword, that had been put there earlier. She then broke her kiss with Jonathan. "I'll be right back" she said pecking him one last time.
Charly's body then lifted the sword and hurled her body towards Rick, aiming the sword at his neck. Rick's keen eye caught every movement of Charly's, and though shocked at what was happening, he was able to counteract her. As the sword came flying towards him he dodged back, reached out his hand and grasped Charly's wrist. With his other hand he pulled the sword out of her grasp as she struggled. He then twisted her arm around and caught her in his arms so that her arm was behind her back and she was facing Rick. She struggled, but she couldn't get out of Rick's strong grip.
"Get her to the ground" Ardeth shouted at Rick.
Rick pushed Charly to the ground. He straddled her knees to keep her feet in place and leaned over her, grasping both wrists to keep her arms in place. He was having trouble keeping her down with her strength. Ardeth appeared at Charly's right side and took that arm and held her down. Evy took Ardeth's example and went to the right. Charly, unfazed by her captors, kept struggling and even began screaming.
"What's wrong with her? Why did she try to attack us?" Evy yelled at Ardeth over the noise Charly was emitting.
"This is not her, she is possessed. The spirit's mind has taken over, and the girl is helpless. She is imprisoned in her body and is forced to watch everything."
"How awful" Evy mumbled to herself.
"Can we help her?" Rick shouted.
"There is an incantation, but we also need a way to empower Charlotte's spirit."
"Like what?"
"We need to have give her something that the spirit will disregard, but Charlotte will find important. So important that she will push the spirit out of her way to have it, and with the incantation the spirit will leave the body when pushed."
"What can we use?"