AN: I'm breaking one of my own rules here and posting this before the next chapter is finished, but I figured I'd left you all waiting long enough... Actually I got impatient... Sorry... This is a bit angst-y and sad, but don't worry... Here it is, and thanks again for all the reviews!

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The blazing hot Egyptian sun had just emerged over the oasis of Ahm Shere. Rick and his eight year old son Alex had just made it into the golden pyramid of Anubis.

Jonathan and Evelyn ran toward the great monument relieved that their family was safe and well.

"They made it," Evelyn said as she stopped to breath. "Thank God!"

"Yes," Jonathan stated from behind her.

Imhotep and Anck-su-namun calmly strode past the Jonathan. As she passed Evelyn, Anck-su-namun calmly thrust a dagger into Evelyn's stomach.

Evelyn doubled over in shock, knowing that she was injured, but hardly able to feel the sharp pain in her abdomen before blood began to pour from the wound. Fear began to fill her being. Please don't hurt them, she thought as Imhotep and his mistress passed her husband and son.

Jonathan stood in horror. This can't be happening! He thought as his darling baby sister fell to the ground. He could hear his brother-in-law scream in agony, and saw him run to his wife's side immediately.

Alex was right behind his father. Rick hastily requested that Jonathan take Alex away from the whole mess. Jonathan wished he could do more than that. At that moment, he wished he could whisk his whole family as far away as possible. He wished that he could do more than just stand there, watching his best friend bleed to death.

So many things ran through his head that Jonathan couldn't speak. He tried to say something to calm his young nephew but the only that came out of his mouth was gasps of air. As Rick was telling Alex that Evelyn was going to be fine, Jonathan had to keep running those words through his head in order to keep his own sanity. He felt scared and frightened for himself, his sister and her husband and son. Please make it, Evy. Please. I can't lose you, he thought as tears poured from his eyes.

Evelyn was able to bid her husband farewell. I love you too, Alex and Jonathan, she thought, but did not have the time to speak.

As she left this world, Jonathan's entire being stopped. He watched his brother-in-law cry for the first time in that moment. The whole thing suddenly seemed unreal. This is a dream, Jonathan thought as he held his nephew in a tight embrace. This is nothing more than a horrible nightmare. I'm going to wake up any minute now to Evy yelling at me for something or another.

A wave of anger passed through Jonathan. He wanted revenge, but knew he could never carry it out. His sister was stronger than him and wasn't able to stand up against these foes, how could he?

Rick said something about wanting him to watch Alex which Jonathan caught the jest of. His brain was not quite ready to comprehend whole sentences. It was still trying to revive itself from the shock.

Moments that seemed like hours passed as Jonathan sat, holding his terrified nephew. When he could speak again, he tried to justify the situation with words of sympathy. Alex probably never heard any of them as he was crying and sniffing. Jonathan's heart broke to witness his tiny nephew mourn his mother.

I know exactly how he feels, Jonathan thought as he cried with Alex, he just lost his best friend and so did I.

AN: Let me know what you think! I promise I'll finish the final chapter as soon as I get the chance!