Disclaimer: see all other chapters. D:
I'm TOTALLY not offended in any way. I love my reviewers too much :) -pets them-
Wow. This story's plot it moving slooooowly... I'm putting the last part on because I'm too lazy to go back to the last chapter. Yay.
Don't own Mordor.
Also, I found the "Duel of Fates" techno remix, so I might write something good, you never know.
Also, I have found my new love for Sesshomaru's outfit and hair! =D In fact, I got it straightened so I look like Sesshomaru oO''' I actually have really looong hair.
THIS TOOK SO LONG BECAUSE I WAITED FOR INSPIRATION AND THEN WROTE IT AND THEN ... filled in the blanks :0
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LAST TIME, ON THIS... IN THIS... STORY... THING:
"You're...different," he studdered, "since I last saw you."
"And you haven't changed a bit," she replied, smirking maliciously. "Dance or not?"
"Uh..." he looked over to Anubis, eyes pleading 'HELP ME MAN!', but he just chuckled in return. "Uhhh...."
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THIS TIME, ON THIS... IN THIS... STORY... THING:
Sphinx swallowed, and then cleared his throat out, delaying the time. The song ended, and his ears perked up. He could barely hide his anxiety as he forcibly took his nails out of the table and got up. "Oh, song's over, gotta' run – Anubis has a curfew I must follow, ya'know..."
"No I don't. Whenever did you get that idea?" Anubis said, rather unhelpfully.
'Ra, he's trying to smite me, isn't he?' Sphinx froze. "Yeah, remember, you said, 'You're not entirely healed yet, so it is best you stay,' then I was all 'Please? Everyone else is going!' then you agreed as long as I would go home by... midnight," the last pause was an estimation.
"No I didn't. Go dance with your friend," Sphinx glared daggers at Anubis.
"Dance or not?"
Sphinx sighed. "I'll dance."
"Finally. I thought you hadn't changed at all," Sekhmet laughed, mockingly.
"What do you mean by that?" growled Sphinx defensively.
Sekhmet chuckled; "Don't you remember? You've avoided me like the plague since the time I bit your shoulder. You kept bleeding and bleeding... You stained the palace's carpets red. A healer had to make a house call... you fainted, so you probably don't remember that."
Sphinx snarled, and turned to Anubis. "I'll see you at the temple," and then took off. Jak walked up beside Anubis, with his arm around Bastet. She was giggling, while Jak was smirking.
"What did I miss?"
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Sphinx sat near a hidden window in the cliff edge. He looked over the sandy plain where the Eyes of Ra were once stationed, but was now set up with tents. There was a heavy beat coming from the drums and he could hear the music. All the children had left by then, so slightly profane lyrics were being sung. 'Stupid Jak... Stupid Sekh... Most of all stupid Anubis, for making me seem like a dork...' he kicked his cot over angrily. The beat and rhythm came back to him, causing him to get even more annoyed.
"SHUT UP!" he snarled, and ran to the window. People were blowing out the lanterns, so the party must have been ending. "Ahhh, thank Ra..." he sighed. "Then I can get some sleep..."
(A/N: I was listening to "Hey Mama" by Black Eyed Peas while writing this.)
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A few days afterwards, Anubis met with the few. Sphinx, Jak, Daxter, and Tutankhamun met in the main chamber. "Now, you must go to Thebes," he stated. "There you will find all you need. Jak, you might even find a way home," Anubis beamed with pride, and cleared his throat. "I wish you luck."
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The four had been traveling for days, and Daxter wouldn't stop singing. "Forty-eight bottles of beer on the wall, forty-eight bottles of beer, ya' take one down, ya' pass it around, forty-seven bottles of beer on the wall!" he sang happily. Half way through the song, the Mummy joined him and they were singing merrily most of the way. Though, they were the only two merry ones.
"CAN YOU LEARN A NEW SONG!?" Sphinx yelled, claws and fangs born in a defensive manner. The Mummy cringed, and Jak rolled his eyes, and continued trecking up the mountain side. The mountainside was charcoal black, with bits of debris and ruins embedded in the hard stone. Nothing grew in the area, and a black cloud loomed over the mountain and blocked out the sun. (A/N: Think of Mordor, people)
Jak observed his surroundings, and spotted something odd. He ran towards this lump in the ground, and dusted all of the ash off of it. He stared for awhile at it, and stood there, sumbfounded.
Daxter pouted a bit from his place on Tutankhamun's shoulder. "'Kay. It is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends! Some people, started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because it is song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends! Some people, started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because it is- Hey, Jak, what'cha lookin' at?"
(A/N: Oh god, I think I gave Daxter ADD)
Daxter bolted over to Jak and onto Jak's shoulder, and looked down at what he was kneeling beside.
(A/N: Or ADHD, it's hyperactive cusion...)
"This is a precursor orb..." Jak trailed off.
"What the fuck are you standing there for!?" Sphinx shouted, walking up to Jak and Daxter. "You're - ... you're staring at that? You can get those anywhere. I'll buy you one, even, just... let's get a move on," "But... this is an ancient artefact – "
"Oh, you hopeless soul... This, my friend," Sphinx said, a hand on the shoulder Daxter wasn't resting on, "is a flask, that is probably filled with old water,"
"What!?" Jak and Daxter exclaimed. "Aren't you thirsty? Even after we made a fucking long trek across the desert in the blazing sun, and then climbed up a steep hill? Are you a freak? Shall I sell you to a circus? Your ears are pretty long..." Sphinx trailed off. "Look. Everyone who makes a trip to Thebes gets one of these for the trip back. More storage in these than most things," He picked up the precursor orb and shook it. "Ah, still water inside," his voice chimed. He moved something – Jak didn't see – and then there was an opening. He tilted his head and drank from it, only to spit it out.
A rusty blood colour was inside the orb. It spilled out into Sphinx's mouth, and he spat it out. He looked at the orb in desgust, and then threw it at the ruins of a wall. The precursor orb shattered, and revealed that there was a heart inside it, still drenched in blood. It was then that Jak noticed more his surroundings; the place was more flat, and there were steps to what might have been an upper part of the city.
"There was rumor of bad things going on in Thebes. This was the crime capital of Egypt... So I'd expect something of this... foul play here." Tutankhamun said.
"Gross!" Daxter shouted, taking a rock and prodding the heart.
Sphinx turned. "It wasn't all bad... not in the upper parts of the city. Though, if you witnessed something you shouldn't have, such as a crime, the people had their own way of dealing with it. If you already belonged to a gang, and if that gang was more powerful, they would not be harmed..." he looked at the wall where he threw the heart. "But if you were from a weaker gang... you would be killed..."
"How do you know this?" Jak asked.
"I was born here... I was in the most powerful organized crime branch in all of Thebes... no-one could lay a finger on me without the wrath of my father..." he trailed off, eyes glazing over in memories. His expression looked worried, but he shook his head free from it. "Come, we must go underground."
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Sphinx lead them down a dark corridor, his eyes adjusting to the already dimness. "This way, into the main chamber. This passage will lead us to the temple." The walk was made in silence, not even Daxter spoke up to say anything. The Mummy looked around, frightened slightly. Jak just observed Sphinx's expression as he ran his hand against a wall, or looked at a certain spot on the floor.
They came to stairs in this passageway that lead upwards, and followed them. The climb took probably four hours upwards, until Sphinx came to a halt.
"What you are about to see may disturb you..." he trailed off, pressing down on a stone in the wall. A piece of the wall pulled back, and Sphinx entered. "Do not touch anything. Keep your arms and hands close to you." He entered this pitch-black chamber, and then light entered.
Bodies all around, of different breeds of demi gods; some with their hearts torn out and others with their livers, stomachs, or kidneys. There were arrows in almost all of their throats, except for the odd one that the cut throats and still had a dagger imbedded in their guts where they cut bits out. The stench was strong, and everything was half-rotten. No flies whatsoever had entered the chamber, so only bacteria had eaten away at the people. There was a lot of blood splatter on the walls, and visible wounds in most of their heads.
"I expect this was one of my father's doings. He was selling organs, I expect..." he chuckled. "The amount of people who want back-up organs for their next life – to be put with their canopic jars when they die...is startling."
Sphinx entered another chamber, and then into one which was lit with the glow of magma. This was the main temple area, surrounded by windows into the volcanic area below. The heat was enough for Jak and Daxter, who were sweating. Jak looked up from the magma windows to see a ring, like those in Haven City – like the one in Vin's lab.
He stared at it, but then Sphinx started to change claws jutted out of his fingers where the nails would be, black - and his skin visibly darkened into a more purplish tan. Jak looked around – for he was completely un-armed. He saw another platform, one which had a dark, glowing sword in it. It glowed with such dark light, that his stomach churned at the sight of it, it was fear in it's purest form. Dark Sphinx unsheathed the Sword of Osiris, just as Dark Jak pulled the Sword of Set out of the rock on the platform. They looked in awe at the dark beauty of Jak's new blade, before the silence was broken.
"Time to die," Sphinx snarled, charging at Jak effortlessly with un-human speed. Sword in his left hand, he went to slash off Jak's head. Jak whipped around to his right and parried. Jet black eyes met for a moment, before elegant, and seemingly coriographed moves caused the blades to meet again. Jak moved on the offensive, causing both to turn around, facing opposite walls. Sword in his right hand, it met with Sphinx's in his left. Backs facing each other, they rested for a moment before whipping around again, as swords met once more.
"You have never handled a sword before, and yet to block all of my attacks. Impressive," Dark Sphinx said.
"I have more tricks up my sleeve..." Dark Jak replied, moving so that he would stab Dark Sphinx in the chest.
"Sphinx!" shouted Sekhmet, who had just entered the chamber. She ran forwards, causing Sphinx to revert back to normal and his attention to waver. Dark Jak hit Sphinx's shoulder, and he staggered backwards, causing both Sphinx and Dark Jak to fall through the ring. Sekhment and Daxter leapt into the ring, and the Mummy hesitated. He looked around, and then saw the doorway, which had a body resting in it – staring at him – as if it moved. He yelped and jumped inn after Jak, Sphinx, Sekhmet, and Daxter.
TBC
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Wow. This is looong.
I'm TOTALLY not offended in any way. I love my reviewers too much :) -pets them-
Wow. This story's plot it moving slooooowly... I'm putting the last part on because I'm too lazy to go back to the last chapter. Yay.
Don't own Mordor.
Also, I found the "Duel of Fates" techno remix, so I might write something good, you never know.
Also, I have found my new love for Sesshomaru's outfit and hair! =D In fact, I got it straightened so I look like Sesshomaru oO''' I actually have really looong hair.
THIS TOOK SO LONG BECAUSE I WAITED FOR INSPIRATION AND THEN WROTE IT AND THEN ... filled in the blanks :0
---
LAST TIME, ON THIS... IN THIS... STORY... THING:
"You're...different," he studdered, "since I last saw you."
"And you haven't changed a bit," she replied, smirking maliciously. "Dance or not?"
"Uh..." he looked over to Anubis, eyes pleading 'HELP ME MAN!', but he just chuckled in return. "Uhhh...."
---
THIS TIME, ON THIS... IN THIS... STORY... THING:
Sphinx swallowed, and then cleared his throat out, delaying the time. The song ended, and his ears perked up. He could barely hide his anxiety as he forcibly took his nails out of the table and got up. "Oh, song's over, gotta' run – Anubis has a curfew I must follow, ya'know..."
"No I don't. Whenever did you get that idea?" Anubis said, rather unhelpfully.
'Ra, he's trying to smite me, isn't he?' Sphinx froze. "Yeah, remember, you said, 'You're not entirely healed yet, so it is best you stay,' then I was all 'Please? Everyone else is going!' then you agreed as long as I would go home by... midnight," the last pause was an estimation.
"No I didn't. Go dance with your friend," Sphinx glared daggers at Anubis.
"Dance or not?"
Sphinx sighed. "I'll dance."
"Finally. I thought you hadn't changed at all," Sekhmet laughed, mockingly.
"What do you mean by that?" growled Sphinx defensively.
Sekhmet chuckled; "Don't you remember? You've avoided me like the plague since the time I bit your shoulder. You kept bleeding and bleeding... You stained the palace's carpets red. A healer had to make a house call... you fainted, so you probably don't remember that."
Sphinx snarled, and turned to Anubis. "I'll see you at the temple," and then took off. Jak walked up beside Anubis, with his arm around Bastet. She was giggling, while Jak was smirking.
"What did I miss?"
---
Sphinx sat near a hidden window in the cliff edge. He looked over the sandy plain where the Eyes of Ra were once stationed, but was now set up with tents. There was a heavy beat coming from the drums and he could hear the music. All the children had left by then, so slightly profane lyrics were being sung. 'Stupid Jak... Stupid Sekh... Most of all stupid Anubis, for making me seem like a dork...' he kicked his cot over angrily. The beat and rhythm came back to him, causing him to get even more annoyed.
"SHUT UP!" he snarled, and ran to the window. People were blowing out the lanterns, so the party must have been ending. "Ahhh, thank Ra..." he sighed. "Then I can get some sleep..."
(A/N: I was listening to "Hey Mama" by Black Eyed Peas while writing this.)
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A few days afterwards, Anubis met with the few. Sphinx, Jak, Daxter, and Tutankhamun met in the main chamber. "Now, you must go to Thebes," he stated. "There you will find all you need. Jak, you might even find a way home," Anubis beamed with pride, and cleared his throat. "I wish you luck."
---
The four had been traveling for days, and Daxter wouldn't stop singing. "Forty-eight bottles of beer on the wall, forty-eight bottles of beer, ya' take one down, ya' pass it around, forty-seven bottles of beer on the wall!" he sang happily. Half way through the song, the Mummy joined him and they were singing merrily most of the way. Though, they were the only two merry ones.
"CAN YOU LEARN A NEW SONG!?" Sphinx yelled, claws and fangs born in a defensive manner. The Mummy cringed, and Jak rolled his eyes, and continued trecking up the mountain side. The mountainside was charcoal black, with bits of debris and ruins embedded in the hard stone. Nothing grew in the area, and a black cloud loomed over the mountain and blocked out the sun. (A/N: Think of Mordor, people)
Jak observed his surroundings, and spotted something odd. He ran towards this lump in the ground, and dusted all of the ash off of it. He stared for awhile at it, and stood there, sumbfounded.
Daxter pouted a bit from his place on Tutankhamun's shoulder. "'Kay. It is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends! Some people, started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because it is song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends! Some people, started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because it is- Hey, Jak, what'cha lookin' at?"
(A/N: Oh god, I think I gave Daxter ADD)
Daxter bolted over to Jak and onto Jak's shoulder, and looked down at what he was kneeling beside.
(A/N: Or ADHD, it's hyperactive cusion...)
"This is a precursor orb..." Jak trailed off.
"What the fuck are you standing there for!?" Sphinx shouted, walking up to Jak and Daxter. "You're - ... you're staring at that? You can get those anywhere. I'll buy you one, even, just... let's get a move on," "But... this is an ancient artefact – "
"Oh, you hopeless soul... This, my friend," Sphinx said, a hand on the shoulder Daxter wasn't resting on, "is a flask, that is probably filled with old water,"
"What!?" Jak and Daxter exclaimed. "Aren't you thirsty? Even after we made a fucking long trek across the desert in the blazing sun, and then climbed up a steep hill? Are you a freak? Shall I sell you to a circus? Your ears are pretty long..." Sphinx trailed off. "Look. Everyone who makes a trip to Thebes gets one of these for the trip back. More storage in these than most things," He picked up the precursor orb and shook it. "Ah, still water inside," his voice chimed. He moved something – Jak didn't see – and then there was an opening. He tilted his head and drank from it, only to spit it out.
A rusty blood colour was inside the orb. It spilled out into Sphinx's mouth, and he spat it out. He looked at the orb in desgust, and then threw it at the ruins of a wall. The precursor orb shattered, and revealed that there was a heart inside it, still drenched in blood. It was then that Jak noticed more his surroundings; the place was more flat, and there were steps to what might have been an upper part of the city.
"There was rumor of bad things going on in Thebes. This was the crime capital of Egypt... So I'd expect something of this... foul play here." Tutankhamun said.
"Gross!" Daxter shouted, taking a rock and prodding the heart.
Sphinx turned. "It wasn't all bad... not in the upper parts of the city. Though, if you witnessed something you shouldn't have, such as a crime, the people had their own way of dealing with it. If you already belonged to a gang, and if that gang was more powerful, they would not be harmed..." he looked at the wall where he threw the heart. "But if you were from a weaker gang... you would be killed..."
"How do you know this?" Jak asked.
"I was born here... I was in the most powerful organized crime branch in all of Thebes... no-one could lay a finger on me without the wrath of my father..." he trailed off, eyes glazing over in memories. His expression looked worried, but he shook his head free from it. "Come, we must go underground."
---
Sphinx lead them down a dark corridor, his eyes adjusting to the already dimness. "This way, into the main chamber. This passage will lead us to the temple." The walk was made in silence, not even Daxter spoke up to say anything. The Mummy looked around, frightened slightly. Jak just observed Sphinx's expression as he ran his hand against a wall, or looked at a certain spot on the floor.
They came to stairs in this passageway that lead upwards, and followed them. The climb took probably four hours upwards, until Sphinx came to a halt.
"What you are about to see may disturb you..." he trailed off, pressing down on a stone in the wall. A piece of the wall pulled back, and Sphinx entered. "Do not touch anything. Keep your arms and hands close to you." He entered this pitch-black chamber, and then light entered.
Bodies all around, of different breeds of demi gods; some with their hearts torn out and others with their livers, stomachs, or kidneys. There were arrows in almost all of their throats, except for the odd one that the cut throats and still had a dagger imbedded in their guts where they cut bits out. The stench was strong, and everything was half-rotten. No flies whatsoever had entered the chamber, so only bacteria had eaten away at the people. There was a lot of blood splatter on the walls, and visible wounds in most of their heads.
"I expect this was one of my father's doings. He was selling organs, I expect..." he chuckled. "The amount of people who want back-up organs for their next life – to be put with their canopic jars when they die...is startling."
Sphinx entered another chamber, and then into one which was lit with the glow of magma. This was the main temple area, surrounded by windows into the volcanic area below. The heat was enough for Jak and Daxter, who were sweating. Jak looked up from the magma windows to see a ring, like those in Haven City – like the one in Vin's lab.
He stared at it, but then Sphinx started to change claws jutted out of his fingers where the nails would be, black - and his skin visibly darkened into a more purplish tan. Jak looked around – for he was completely un-armed. He saw another platform, one which had a dark, glowing sword in it. It glowed with such dark light, that his stomach churned at the sight of it, it was fear in it's purest form. Dark Sphinx unsheathed the Sword of Osiris, just as Dark Jak pulled the Sword of Set out of the rock on the platform. They looked in awe at the dark beauty of Jak's new blade, before the silence was broken.
"Time to die," Sphinx snarled, charging at Jak effortlessly with un-human speed. Sword in his left hand, he went to slash off Jak's head. Jak whipped around to his right and parried. Jet black eyes met for a moment, before elegant, and seemingly coriographed moves caused the blades to meet again. Jak moved on the offensive, causing both to turn around, facing opposite walls. Sword in his right hand, it met with Sphinx's in his left. Backs facing each other, they rested for a moment before whipping around again, as swords met once more.
"You have never handled a sword before, and yet to block all of my attacks. Impressive," Dark Sphinx said.
"I have more tricks up my sleeve..." Dark Jak replied, moving so that he would stab Dark Sphinx in the chest.
"Sphinx!" shouted Sekhmet, who had just entered the chamber. She ran forwards, causing Sphinx to revert back to normal and his attention to waver. Dark Jak hit Sphinx's shoulder, and he staggered backwards, causing both Sphinx and Dark Jak to fall through the ring. Sekhment and Daxter leapt into the ring, and the Mummy hesitated. He looked around, and then saw the doorway, which had a body resting in it – staring at him – as if it moved. He yelped and jumped inn after Jak, Sphinx, Sekhmet, and Daxter.
TBC
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Wow. This is looong.