Zandor woke up with a start. Something was wrong with Nefertiri. "Zan.. where are you going?" Vilandra asked when he got up. "Nefertiri's in trouble" he said. Vilandra got Rathraamun and they ran towards the Princess's quarters. They slipped past the guards. Zan gasped. Nefertiri lay on her bed, bleeding from a wound. "I've got to save her" he said. Before Vilandra or Rath could stop him, he began to heal her.
As he made the connection he saw her childhood, almost every memory. Nefertiri sat up to see Zandor,Vilandra and Rath. She looked down at her side. On her side, there was no wound. But there was a silver handprint, shining brightly in the moonlight.
"Call Ava-su-amen, Horus,Sphinx, Kyleth and his father."Zandor said quietly. "What?"Rathraamun growled. "Do it" Zan glared. Rathraamun left to get them, grumbling all the way.
When Ava-su-amen, Horus, Sphinx, Kyleth and James walked in, Zandor began his tale.
"You must swear never to tell anyone....We are aliens. We come from a different planet. But we are good. We're what they call "hybrids"-half human half alien. We think our old enemy was reincarntaed here and we have to find him before he harms earth" Zandor explained. The humans blinked. "So you're semi-divine?" Sphinx asked. Zan looked confused. "I.. guess so." "Oh, wow" Sphinx grinned. "You won't tell anyone?"Vilandra looked worried. The humans chorused "No"
"Alright, it's late we should go" James the Medjai leader said."I'll stay with her" Zandor offered. "Are you alright" he asked Nefertiri. She looked up. "Yes, I'm fine. I know who stabbed me"she whispered. "Who?" Zan asked, fury in his voice."Anck-renamen"
"Anck-renamen? But why would she stab you?" Zan wondered. "Hmm.. let's see... Because Gerbil-girl was jealous that Father named me Queen of Egypt and I am the guardian of the Phoenix bracelet?" Liz/Nefertiri said sarcastically as she and Max watched.
"Most likely because I am the Future Queen of Egypt and I am the guardian of the Phoenix bracelet.And because I won the contest" Nefertiri replied, unknowingly echoing her future self's words. Then realizations struck her. "Anck-renamen is like you isn't she?A hybrid" she asked.Zan nodded. "Yes. She is one of us." Nefertiri didn't say anything, she just got up and walked onto her balcony. There she could see the city and the Nile River. All this was hers. Her father had told her she was to be Queen after he showed her the Phoenix bracelet. Her eyes filled with tears as she remembered her mother-the beautiful Nanauset. Nanauset was a wise queen. She had drowned in the ocean when she led a trading expedition when Nefertiri was twelve years old.
*Mother.... I miss you. Are you proud of me?* Nefertiri wondered. She could have sworn she heard her reply "Yes, you will be a good Queen". She smiled. "Are you all right?"Zan asked quietly.
Nefertiri nodded. "Yes. But we must tell Father that Anck-renamen tried to kill me"
"But if you were dying, how would you have been healed?" Nefertiri thought for a moment. "I'll say I was healed by a God or Goddess. He'll believe it. After, all this is Egypt. I believe Isis warned you." Zan shrugged. "I hope so. Well, I must go. See you tomorrow" Zan walked out of the main palace towards the guest rooms. Nefertiri watched him go before she went back to sleep.