The Mirror
The next morning, before Imhotep and Anck-su-namun went back through the mirror, they had grabbed a couple items that might be of some use.
"A couple of Band-Aids, a toothbrush, no, two toothbrushes, Tylenol, umm, I think that's it." Anck-su-namun checked off as Imhotep changed into his freshly laundered robes.
When everything was finished (the dishes, the laundry, ect.) they ventured back through the mirror into Imhotep's quarters in the temple. With some time left till sunrise, Imhotep helped Anck-su-namun put the mirror back in her quarters.
Imhotep left quickly, but gave Anck-su-namun the 21st century supplies to keep.
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Anck-su-namun was awakened by a painful slap across her face.
"Wake up, you stupid girl! Where were you?" Demanded the angry voice of Seti I. Anck-su-namun kept her eyes closed tightly, willing him to go away.
"Answer me!" Seti hissed and hit her harder. Anck-su-namun opened one eye and glared at him.
"I was visiting family down in the village." She murmured.
"Family?! You don't have any family! You belong to me!"
"I'm sorry." She said coldly, now sounding sorry at all.
"Why didn't you tell anyone you were visiting 'family'?" Seti shrieked.
"I forgot." Anck-su-namun spat between clenched teeth. He wouldn't break her. He wouldn't make her bend to his will. Her spirit was free. Seti could never conquer it, no matter how much physical pain she had to endure.
Seti punched her in the ribs. She curled up into a ball.
"I wanted you last night." Seti hissed and kicked her.
"You want me every night." The hatred in her voice was obvious.
"And you know the punishment for one that does not give the pharaoh what he desires, do you not?" He placed his head on the back of her shoulder and breathed in the aroma of her hair. He moaned as Anck-su-namun scowled, knowing pharaoh could not see her face.
"Get off me." She whispered.
Seti drew back in surprise. His stunned face quickly turned into an expression of anger.
"How dare you try to order me! I am pharaoh! God incarnate, ruler of Egypt! How dare you question my authority?!"
Seti, in his state of rage, went around throwing chair and upsetting tables, breaking everything he could get his hands on. Suddenly he picked up a gold vase and hurled it towards the mirror.
Anck-su-namun watched in slow motion as the decorative object smashed into the glass, breaking it into a thousand pieces.
Why didn't it go *through* the mirror? Anck-su-namun wondered as Seti approached her.
"How dare you question my authority?!" He repeated, screaming.
She glared at him. He had destroyed her only way out! "It's my body."
"Your body belongs to me!" Seti shrieked and punched her face. She stared at him like stone as blood gushed out of her mouth.
"You'll never have me!" She screamed at him. Seti threw a punch at her already-bruised shoulder. Her mouth opened with pain and blood from her mouth ran down to her neck.
Seti growled with fury and pounced on her, ripping off his garments of clothing as well as her's. Anck-su-namun shut her eyes tightly and looked away, knowing what he intended to do.