Rick walked into the door only to be greeted by Alex, who pretty much attacked him with a hug.
"Hey sport! How're you doing today?" he asked.
"Great Dad. I can't wait for it to come!" Alex happily said.
"For what again? I forget," Rick wondered.
"The parents day at school in a few days," Alex told him laughing.
"That's right. You know? I can't wait either. Nothing could possibly go wrong with this. No more mummies, no more scorpions, no more missing jewels to find or else the world be destroyed," Rick replied with a sigh, staring off into space.
Evie walked into the room and saw him like this. She folded her arms as she walked up beside him. Evie tapped him on the shoulder, startling him out of his trance. Rick looked at his wife and rubbed his neck sheepishly.
"Sure, nothing like that could go wrong, but that doesn't mean something else can't go wrong Rick. Your antics for one thing. They shouldn't be too bad," she said with a small laugh.
"Come on Evie, what did I do now?" asked Rick.
"You did nothing wrong. It's just that in previous occasions, you've jumped to conclusions before everything has happened," Evie replied.
"Hey, I didn't nearly get myself, and the rest of the world, killed before by opening a chest and reading a book that were supposed to be of no harm," Rick told her with a smile.
Evie looked at him and sighed. She started to walk out of the room.
"Oh, just be quiet about that. It was a couple of little mistakes that were soon and easily fixed," she said on her way out.
"Right, a couple of 'little mistakes' indeed," Rick replied sarcastically as he and Alex began to follow her. "And they weren't that easy to fix either," he quietly said.
"I heard that," Evie called to him.
Rick straightened up as Alex started to laugh. Rick ruffled his son's hair and quietly laughed.
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Catlanda and Marok sat on the boat. Their horses were nearby, chewing some hay while Isis was laying by their feet. The Spire was wrapped up entirely in cloth. Marok was looking very angry at the whole situation as he laid his chin in his palm as he sat on the chair.
"I still can't see why I'm here Catlanda," he angrily said. "I should be back in Egypt, helping out there."
"It's simple. Ardeth promised me that I wouldn't go alone. He was going to join me but since he got injured, he couldn't exactly do that. You were kind of drafted. Besides, you were ordered to, remember that?" she explained as she rubbed her arm.
He gave an angry sigh as another man walked up to them. Marok watched the man carefully out of the corner of his eye.
"Where're you two headed?" he asked.
Catlanda looked at them but didn't say anything.
"Fine, if you don't want to answer me, you don't have to," the man replied when neither replied to his question.
He walked away upset and the boat continued on its way towards London.
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At the school, Alex, Rick and Evie walked into the classroom. The woman there walked up to them as Alex ran to his seat.
"Welcome Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell. I'm Ms. Langrid, Alex's teacher. I'm sure you know that today, the students will be doing a short presentation on a topic of their choice. I'm just a bit worried about Alex's topic," she explained.
"That's right, he mentioned that. He's doing Egypt, isn't he?" asked Evie, a bit concerned.
"That's right Mrs. O'Connell. It's just that the topic is so... so... vast, I was curious to exactly what he was doing. He couldn't possibly cover everything about one country," she replied, nodding her head.
Evie and Rick looked at each other and smiled.
"That's our boy. Always doing things that's too much," Evie said.
Pyram walked into the room, his long robes following him. Rick glanced over at him before returning his stare to Evie.
"Hey Evie, doesn't his clothing remind you of someone?" he asked her quietly.
She looked over at Pyram and shook her head.
"No. Should it?" she replied.
Rick looked at her with a curious eye.
"Are you certain it doesn't?" he said.
Evie nodded her head, her stare returning to the front of the room and left Rick thinking.
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Once they were in London, the two Medjai led their horses through the streets. Isis stuck close to her master. She growled.
"Come on Isis, we'll find their home by the directions Ardeth gave me. We'll be there soon," Catlanda sighed.
Marok started to follow her, still grumbling from the orders.
They led their horses by the school. Isis suddenly stopped, looked at the school and began to growl, ears back. Catlanda and Marok stopped along with their horses to watch her.
"Isis, what's wrong?" Catlanda asked her with worry.
The lynx ignored her completely and ran to the door. She managed to open the door and run inside. Catlanda climbed onto Geb and started to go after her.
"Marok, come on," she ordered.
He rolled his eyes and soon followed her.
As they headed towards the door, she lifted up the Spire.
"Spire, make the door bigger," she ordered.
Magic emanated from it and continued with the command and the two horses were soon just inside the door.
"Spire, where's Isis?" she frantically asked.
The building was scanned by the Spire and soon created a map in front of them. It was following the cat's position and the two subsequently tried to find her.
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Alex stood in front of the class, ready as ever.
"My presentation today is on Egypt. It's a country in Africa by the sea. there are temples near Giza and the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. There's also sand, sand and more sand," started Alex.
The class giggled.
"I have been to Egypt a few times already. I've seen many places and animals. Horses, scorpions, camels, even a lynx," he said.
Pyram perked up when he heard a growl coming from behind him. He turned around and gasped. He started to back away. The students stood up and did the same as the lynx walked into the room, teeth bared and advancing.
TBC...
