Allison Welsch and Rebecca Kingsley have been friends for a long time. They live in lil' ol' London where they both studied in Bembridge University. Bembridge University is one of the best universities in London. Ever since they were children, they were already interested in Egyptian antiquities and Egyptian legends.
That day, Allison and Rebecca went to the British Museum to visit their friend, David, who worked there.
"David?" Allison called out, stepping into the empty room.
"Over here," a voice called out.
"Where?" Rebecca asked.
"Go behind the mirror!" David's voice called out impatiently.
Going behind the huge mirror with exquisite designs, they saw David hovering over a bracelet. Allison immediately recognized the bracelet.
"It's the Scorpion King's bracelet!" Allison said, getting excited. "Where the bloody hell did you find it?"
Let's just say I happened to be at the right place at the right time," he said, putting on a smug look on his face.
"Humph, knowing you, you probably bribed someone to get it. The poor guy…" Rebecca lamented.
"How did you become such a smart ass?" David said, getting heated by the conversation. His ears becoming pink.
Rebecca laughed. "It flows in the blood, dear friend. Any objections?" she said, barely keeping a straight face.
He growled, "Do you really want to know where I found it?"
Allison replied, "Of course we do. Now stop beating around the bush and spill the beans!"
"I got it from an Arab sheikh. He was drunk and he had many legends to tell," David uttered.
Suspicion came to Rebecca and Allison's minds. They both knew David's method in getting artifacts; however, they pushed the suspicion out of their minds and concentrated on the bracelet because they were very curious about the bracelet.
"So, what's the real scoop behind the bracelet?" Rebecca said as she and Allison sat down, getting comfortable.
David himself, having sat down, started his story.
"It's like this. The Scorpion king…"
After a few hours…
"Oh ho! Now that was interesting!" remarked Rebecca with a look in her eyes.
Allison looked at her and in an instant knew the look that was in Rebecca's eyes. She already knew what Rebecca was thinking. Let's go to…
"…Egypt and see what we can find out!" Rebecca finished.
I knew it, Allison thought.
As Allison and Rebecca went towards their automobile, they were in deep thought. Their thoughts were focused on what David told them. They felt that it was their job to poke more on the ruins of certain places in Egypt and one of them would be the desert of Ahmshere and Thebes.
As they drove, they talked about going to Egypt to investigate.
"Do you think that it is right to just go there and look at the ruins? Do you think that we should need something?" Rebecca asked Allison inquiringly.
Allison, looking like a cat that swallowed a canary, answered Rebecca's question, "Of course we need something. We'll just go to the Bembridge scholars and asked them for a permit to go to Egypt for further investigation on the ruins where we found a new artifact."
Rebecca knew that Allison's plan was fantastic and she was speechless. This was not the first time that she went to Egypt but she felt like going there for the first time. It felt like going into a new world where all of your dreams come true.
Of course not all dreams come true, but going to Egypt makes me feel exhilarating, Rebecca thought as they drove past the Big Ben Clock. She knew that Allison felt that way. Lost in her thoughts, she didn't hear Allison ask her a question. Allison had to say the question twice to put Rebecca back to earth.
"I said, did you get the bracelet?" Allison sighed, knowing that Rebecca was lost on her thoughts.
"Yes, I got it," Rebecca answered, focusing her attention to Allison's question. "David was reluctant to let me have it but of course, he lent it to us," she smiled knowingly, remembering how she tortured poor David into letting her have the bracelet. David has an obsession with Egyptian mummies and how they were made and Rebecca told him that she would give him a souvenir that was anything about mummification.
Allison knew too what was David's weakness and at the back of her mind, she knew what Rebecca used as bait. Parking in front of a building, they got out and walk up the steps of the Bembridge University. After a few hours, they got out and went to their car with permission from the Bembridge scholars to go to Egypt.
Both girls were excited about their coming trip. They went to the apartment in Bloomsbury to pack their bags and settling their tickets.
On the process of packing their bags, they had to bring light clothes for they had an experience in bringing many luggages with heavy clothes.
Looking across the room, Allison looked at Rebecca who was looking in a mirror holding up a long, red evening dress. She was going to tell Rebecca not to bring elegant dresses but stopped herself because there might be chance that they will have sometime for themselves.
Not that this trip is for our greediness, Allison thought with a grin. Looking up again, she kept thinking about how they met and had similar interests. In their looks, there was nothing similar about them. Allison was tall with shoulder length brown hair. She had eyes with a lovely shade of green. Rebecca was not that tall and not that short, medium height. She had long brown hair that went down to her back. She had blue eyes. Both were slender though. Both have charming personalities but Allison is a serious girl that always goes straight to the point while Rebecca was (carefree). Rebecca was good in swords and Allison was good with guns and (manpower?). Despite of their different looks and attitude, they still got along well.
Allison shook herself from these thoughts as Rebecca was asking her why she was grinning.
To herself, Allison said, I must have looked like an idiot, grinning at nothing. To Rebecca, she said, "Oh nothing. I just remembered something."
"Oh, in that case, don't forget to remember me that you have not yet finished packing your things," Rebecca replied with a laugh.
Allison looked at the suitcase she was supposedly packing and saw that it contained only three blouses and one skirt. She looked around and saw that her things were still scattered on top of her bed.
Laughing with Rebecca, she finished packing in record time. They had one more day to go and they were so eager to go that they could not sleep that well.
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