1st person POV:

Thebes - 2134 B.C

Thebes, City of the Living. Crown jewel of Pharaoh Seti the First.

I have a view of the city from my place on a balcony, it truly is beautiful. I can see across the plaza to the Pharaoh's quarters. My father's quarters. I catch sight of the high priest Imhotep, Keeper of the dead, in the room along with the olive skinned Anck-Su-Namen. She is my father's Mistress, and future wife. No other man is supposed to touch her, however she is currently embracing and kissing Imhotep. Imhotep's priests move to shut the doors of the room but my father, the Pharaoh, bursts in. Imhotep hides swiftly but my father sees him. Anck-Su-Namen stabs him in the back and Imhotep raises a sword.

I hear a scream from the balcony beside mine, and I turn to see my sister scream for the Medjai, the Pharaoh's guards, to save him. In doing so she leans to far over the edge and she falls to her death.

I reach out to try and save her, but a strong pair of arms wrap around my waist and pull me back into a muscular body.

The owner of the black cloaked arms speaks lowly into my ear, "it is too late. She is gone, as is your father. Come, Bahiti, we must go."

I awoke from my dream with a gasp. The deep voice of the man in black haunting me even in my consciousness. I shook my head to clear it, now was not the time to dwell on dreams.

My twin brother rick entered our tent, "B, you gotta get up and get ready. Colonel says he's expecting an attack."

"I knew it was gonna be a crappy day. Okay, I'll be right out." I stand up after he exits and I wrap my chest with cloth before pulling on trousers and a white button top.

My brother and I are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion, and a female soldier was forbidden. So I hid it and we both enlisted, now here we were in the Sahara desert in a city that doesn't exist in 1923. Gotta love it. I lace up my boots and tuck my medium length black hair under my hat. I grab my pistols and strap them to my waist, before sliding my knives into my boots. I grab my sword and strap that to my back before grabbing my rifle and leaving the tent.

The hot desert sun starts beating down on my back immediately, but I ignore it as I join my brother and Beni for breakfast rations.

"Late morning eh two?" Beni asks me.

I glare at him over the bandana that I had covered the lower half of my face with. I yanked the bandana down around my neck, "I ain't in the mood Beni, however if I was to kill somebody my mood'd improve."

Beni cowers instantly at my low, cold voice. He calls me two because my brother is known as O'Connell, our last name. Beni is absolutely terrified of me. 'Course I only ever speak to him or anyone else when it's to cuss or threaten them, except Rick.

Speaking of my brother he had been sitting next to me laughing at our exchange. "Now, now. Be nice to Beni. You must have some friends."

I just glower at him and resume my meal in silence.

It was about midday when the other army attacked us. Rick was getting Beni and I was waiting for them in line at the wall.

They plop down so Rick is next to me, and Beni is on his right, "none of the above, thank you."

Beni looks confused, "then what the hell are you two doin' here?!"

Rick smirks as he prepares his gun, "just lookin for a good time."

And that's when our cowardly Legion Colonel panics and runs away. Beni, and Rick notice too.

"Hey Beni, you're with us on this right?" my brother asks him.

"Friends, your strength is my strength," he replies before freaking out and running himself.

"Shit. Well thanks for getting us into this Rick. I appreciate it." I tell my twin.

"Yep," then he yells out to our troops, "Steady! Steady!" He lowers his voice back down to speak to me, "what the hell am I doin?" I shrug, and he yells again, "fire!"

We all fire, and my brother and I hit our targets. We keep firing as smoke and dust fill the hot air. Our men fall dead around us, but Rick pulls his pistols. I grab my sword and start killing men that way as Rick pulls me back toward the entrance of the ruined city. We run like hell toward the open door Beni had just entered, until Beni closed it on us.

"Fuckin bastard. I'm gonna skin him alive for that." I yell as Rick and I resume running.

We weave through the ruins until we're trapped at the base of an Anubis statue. Rick spins and flips them the bird, seemingly causing the horses to go ape-shit crazy. The riders turn tail and run.

Rick looks at his hand questioningly and I debate hugging him or smacking him. Then we feel the evil around us, and the sand at our feet starts to fling itself at us. We both turn and haul ass out of there and into the desert.

"What the hell was that?" I ask him as soon as we're clear of the city.

He glances back, "I have no clue. Let's just get to civilization huh?"

I nod in agreement and we travel across the desert in silence.

3rd Person POV:

Up on a ridge, high above the siblings, sit a group of riders dressed in black. They had watched the battle, and now they watched as the two lone survivors stumbled away.

The leader, a handsome man with tattoos on his forehead and cheeks speaks, "the Creature remains undiscovered."

One of the men replied, "and what of them?" (An: I am going to write the arabic in English so any bold like that is the english translation)

"Should we kill them?" the leader's right hand man spoke.

"No. The desert will kill them." The leader replied.