Having now landed in Egypt, I figured things could never be more strange
than what I just been through on the plane. Just then, my cell phone
started ringing. It turned out that is just a dialed number. So I hailed a
cab but Isis stopped me. I had no I idea she was so old-fashioned in her
mannerisms. Geez, who'd thought life look this way in the Middle East.
"I really don't think that we'll get to East Cairo by a cab, Michael."
"Then how else are we supposed to get there?"
"By camel, of course. How else are we getting there, silly?"
"You can't be serious Isis?"
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"You're Serious?! Awww. damn, Isis! Hold on, my phone is ringing."
"Phone?"
"Yes, Phone! As in cellular phone, Isis and I gotta take this call. *answers phone* Hello?"
"Mike?"
"Yes, who's speaking?"
"This is Nicole. Where are you?"
"To the point, I see. Not enough to ask whether I had a safe flight."
"I was about to ask, I just wanted to know where you were."
".And whom I'm with. Dammit girl! Don't you trust me?"
"I do but I know how these women be, Mike. I just don't wanna lose you to them."
"Trust me, you won't."
*Mike, we must be going*
"Who the hell is that? And why is she with you?
"You need to calm your ass down and let me take care of this myself. She happened to be a guide if you will. I'll call you to keep up with you and don't use this as opportunity as to play around on me." "I would never."
"Good. See you when I get home."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"Michael, we must get to East Cairo by sundown and we have only 3 hours to get there."
"Isis, how big IS Cairo?"
"That is not important. What is important is."
"How.big. is .Cairo?
"700 miles across, my impetuous one. Shall we leave now?
"Lead the way Isis and please make your best effort. If what you stress is true, then we must hurry."
So it was then I knew the sense of urgency in her voice. I thought she really was afraid of being targeted after dark, but I think I'll find out later why she really wanted to get to East Cairo so badly. As the afternoon prayer call went out, we hurried something fierce. I went to get a camel and to my surprise, many never objected. I found it somewhat offensive but I got a camel for free. So Isis and I saddled up and headed east towards her home. I had my thoughts as to why I am really staying at her house, but I never really confirmed it. It was a late in the day when she and I switched positions (sorry for the play on words) and she took the lead. When we made it to her home, I took off my shoes, as it is the custom and entered her house. It was like entering a home, filled with all the modern conveniences but it had that ancient feel to it. She quickly prepared a meal for the two of use and drew a bath for me. I found this all strange, but I let it go, seeing how my friends would be envious of me. She then provided some entertainment for me and then let me go off to bed. But when I noticed, she lay right beside me. I really never knew where to begin, but I felt something out of the ordinary.
"Isis, are you ok?"
"Why do you ask, Mike?"
"Well, we are sharing the same bed. Isn't that odd?"
"It is a custom of our people. Does it make you."
".Uncomfortable? No, I kind of like it. How long will we be here?" "We'll be here for a couple of days and then we shall leave for Northern Egypt."
"Isis, tell me something. How would you treat me until I have completed my objective?"
"I can only say this: 'I will treat you as I should. I'm to protect you and make sure you complete your objective. Outside of that, I'm free to do what I want. I think you know what I mean."
"Yes, I do. But you know I have someone special in my life."
"Michael, I want you to know this. If we will do anything that would otherwise compromise what you have with your girlfriend, then it because it was ordained before you were decreed the chosen one to accept this destiny. Other than that, I say we ought to leave this for another time.
Going to bed with Isis is just something out of the ordinary for me. And as the morning hours came, I knew life was about change for the better. Or worse, probably. I finally realized that Isis fell in love with me. I just hoped that I could stay out of love with her, if I could make it back to America in time to do that. I lay beside Isis, wondering whether to tell her I know of her feelings, or to just engage her feelings with my own. Just simply, never make it known at all. But while I slept so close to Isis, another vision hit me
I was in the temple, bleeding and the gate opened. The gods of Egypt spoke to me and bid me to enter. My wounds healed and I was sucked into the portal deep below the temple. When I looked up, I saw myself in the realm of the dead. Anubis looked upon me. He said unto me "Soon, a life shall change and true love shall be made plain by a bleeding heart. Yours! And he stabbed me in the chest.
".No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Michael, are you Ok?"
"I had a."
"Vision, yes I know. I felt and saw the same thing. The gods have decreed for us to leave soon."
"I'm just mortified!"
"Don't worry, you'll be fine. If anything, I'll be there and help you as I am suppose to."
So now I wake up with a fear to go on. And now a terror should descend.. And My fate is intertwined with it. The end has ended. The tragedy begins.
"I really don't think that we'll get to East Cairo by a cab, Michael."
"Then how else are we supposed to get there?"
"By camel, of course. How else are we getting there, silly?"
"You can't be serious Isis?"
"."
"You're Serious?! Awww. damn, Isis! Hold on, my phone is ringing."
"Phone?"
"Yes, Phone! As in cellular phone, Isis and I gotta take this call. *answers phone* Hello?"
"Mike?"
"Yes, who's speaking?"
"This is Nicole. Where are you?"
"To the point, I see. Not enough to ask whether I had a safe flight."
"I was about to ask, I just wanted to know where you were."
".And whom I'm with. Dammit girl! Don't you trust me?"
"I do but I know how these women be, Mike. I just don't wanna lose you to them."
"Trust me, you won't."
*Mike, we must be going*
"Who the hell is that? And why is she with you?
"You need to calm your ass down and let me take care of this myself. She happened to be a guide if you will. I'll call you to keep up with you and don't use this as opportunity as to play around on me." "I would never."
"Good. See you when I get home."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"Michael, we must get to East Cairo by sundown and we have only 3 hours to get there."
"Isis, how big IS Cairo?"
"That is not important. What is important is."
"How.big. is .Cairo?
"700 miles across, my impetuous one. Shall we leave now?
"Lead the way Isis and please make your best effort. If what you stress is true, then we must hurry."
So it was then I knew the sense of urgency in her voice. I thought she really was afraid of being targeted after dark, but I think I'll find out later why she really wanted to get to East Cairo so badly. As the afternoon prayer call went out, we hurried something fierce. I went to get a camel and to my surprise, many never objected. I found it somewhat offensive but I got a camel for free. So Isis and I saddled up and headed east towards her home. I had my thoughts as to why I am really staying at her house, but I never really confirmed it. It was a late in the day when she and I switched positions (sorry for the play on words) and she took the lead. When we made it to her home, I took off my shoes, as it is the custom and entered her house. It was like entering a home, filled with all the modern conveniences but it had that ancient feel to it. She quickly prepared a meal for the two of use and drew a bath for me. I found this all strange, but I let it go, seeing how my friends would be envious of me. She then provided some entertainment for me and then let me go off to bed. But when I noticed, she lay right beside me. I really never knew where to begin, but I felt something out of the ordinary.
"Isis, are you ok?"
"Why do you ask, Mike?"
"Well, we are sharing the same bed. Isn't that odd?"
"It is a custom of our people. Does it make you."
".Uncomfortable? No, I kind of like it. How long will we be here?" "We'll be here for a couple of days and then we shall leave for Northern Egypt."
"Isis, tell me something. How would you treat me until I have completed my objective?"
"I can only say this: 'I will treat you as I should. I'm to protect you and make sure you complete your objective. Outside of that, I'm free to do what I want. I think you know what I mean."
"Yes, I do. But you know I have someone special in my life."
"Michael, I want you to know this. If we will do anything that would otherwise compromise what you have with your girlfriend, then it because it was ordained before you were decreed the chosen one to accept this destiny. Other than that, I say we ought to leave this for another time.
Going to bed with Isis is just something out of the ordinary for me. And as the morning hours came, I knew life was about change for the better. Or worse, probably. I finally realized that Isis fell in love with me. I just hoped that I could stay out of love with her, if I could make it back to America in time to do that. I lay beside Isis, wondering whether to tell her I know of her feelings, or to just engage her feelings with my own. Just simply, never make it known at all. But while I slept so close to Isis, another vision hit me
I was in the temple, bleeding and the gate opened. The gods of Egypt spoke to me and bid me to enter. My wounds healed and I was sucked into the portal deep below the temple. When I looked up, I saw myself in the realm of the dead. Anubis looked upon me. He said unto me "Soon, a life shall change and true love shall be made plain by a bleeding heart. Yours! And he stabbed me in the chest.
".No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Michael, are you Ok?"
"I had a."
"Vision, yes I know. I felt and saw the same thing. The gods have decreed for us to leave soon."
"I'm just mortified!"
"Don't worry, you'll be fine. If anything, I'll be there and help you as I am suppose to."
So now I wake up with a fear to go on. And now a terror should descend.. And My fate is intertwined with it. The end has ended. The tragedy begins.