Chapter V: Do You Remember the Time When . . .?
Evelyn and Audeth looked around the room while the others rested, and after a while of fruitless searching, they found nothing. Evelyn sighed, "There's nothing here. No clue at all." she said, looking hopelessly around. "Mom . . . Look at the ceiling." Alex said.
Evelyn looked up, "Alex! Your brilliant!"
"And he did what, exactly?" Jonathan asked, looking up in utter confusion.
"Look there. They're ancient constellations. That one, there," she said, pointing up, "Is the constellation of Hours. Or, the God of direction."
"And, " Alex added, "He's pointing down at that door." Evelyn walked over to the door and looked at the key in the lock, she tried to turn it, but it wouldn't move.
"Wait." Rick said, "It's already unlocked." he said, putting his hand on the handle of the door. Slowly, the door came open.
They walked inside.
There stood a man, a man they all knew. Zemti, and in his hands, was the book of Anubis. "Drop the book!" Rick said to him.
Zemti turned around by the sudden shatter in silence in the room. His eyes met with Evelyn's. "Kiya. Uela tasra." he spoke in a language no one understood, but was obviously talking straight to Evelyn.
Evelyn stared at the man as he took a step towards her. For some odd reason, Evelyn wanted to run to him. She took a step closer to him, and he took her hand. "Ugela afta nager aiatais." he said softly to her. This time, she knew what it meant. He said 'It is time to learn who you really are.' And just as quick as he had said that, she was back in another vision, but this time it seemed so real. It began where the first one she had in the temple had left off. Zemti had just gotten slashed in the face with the sword. He kneeled on the floor, his head hung low in guilt. "You have little time left. Think about what you have done." The Madji said, in an ancient tongue, then left. As he did, Evelyn walked over to Zemti. "Zemti . . ." she said.
He didn't look at her, "Leave Kiya. I don't want you to see me like this."
"I love you." Evelyn said, surprised at her words.
"Please Kiya!" he said, a tear running down his face, "Please leave."
"Zemti don't do this! It was an accident."
"I killed your mother, Kiya. I don't deserve you."
"Yes! You do! Please listen to me!" she said desperately, hearing the palace officials coming.
Zemti stood up, "They are coming for me." he said.
Evelyn stepped towards him and kissed him, "I love you." she said again.
"I love you, princess." Zemti responded, and at that the palace officials barged in and grabbed Zemti and began to pull him out. "This is not the end!" he called after her.
The vision ended.
Evelyn stood there face-to-face with the man she had once cared so much for. They stared into each others eyes.
"The book . . ." Evelyn said weakly. "Give me the book." The words were breaking her heart, though she wasn't sure why. After all, she didn't even know him in this life, until now.
He looked at her, like his heart had just been ripped in two. "Kiya . . ." he said, the pain showing in his voice.
"Give me the book." Evelyn repeated, placing her hand on the book.
Slowly, he released his grip on the book of Anubis and looked at her. His look of passion and love quickly changes to resentment and hate. He pulled out his sword and put it to her throat.
"You are nothing." he whispered in her ear,
Evelyn dropped the book. "Don't do this." She pleaded desperately.
Alex dashed over and grabbed the book almost instantly, he opened it and skimmed through the golden pages. His mother, thankfully, had taught him to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics when he was young. Rick took a step towards Evelyn and Zemti.
"Don't!" Evelyn shouted, "Don't come any closer." "Ashka arabi, nefta yasti arca horus newba ka . . ." Alex read from the pages.
"I love you!" Zemti said to Evelyn.
"Nari, faror deku hylin, nayru inca seith!" Alex proclaimed.
Zemti suddenly lowered his sword, and seeing the fear in Evelyn's eyes said "I'm so sorry. . . I am not worthy." and then stabbed himself in the stomach with his own sword.
Evelyn ran over to Rick and hugged him. "Phew! That was a close on, I'd say." Jonathan said.
"Close one? For me, you mean." Evelyn said, smiling.
"Yes but, were would I be without you?" he said, smiling at her.
Rick laughed, "In a gutter, someplace."
"Wait . . . what about the resurrection!" Evelyn said, suddenly going into a panic state again.
"Do not worry, my friend." Audeth said, "Your clever son has already taken care of that."
Evelyn turned to Alex, "Good for you!" she said proudly, "Reciting that resurrection block attack like that, I'd say you get that from your mothers side." "Nah. I'd say your it's your Dad's side." Rick said, patting Alex on the back.
Rick turned to leave, "Should we take this, or leave it?" he said, pointing at the book of Anubis.
"I think it would be best to leave it here . . . Fighting thugs off at three A.M. gets old and fast." Evelyn said and picked up the book. She walked over and laid it on the platform on which it was before Zemti had picked it up.
"C'mon." Rick said from outside the room.
Evelyn started to walk out but looked back at Zemti's lifeless body, feeling that emptiness she had grow bigger. "Evie . . ." Rick said, again.
Evelyn looked at Rick and Alex, and suddenly the empty feeling disappeared. "Coming." she said, smiling.
"Oi. Think we could stop by that golden room and nick some of it, I'm sure the pharaoh won't mind." Jonathan said, hopefully.
"I guess we can Jonathan. I guess we can." Evelyn said, walking out, holding Rick's hand.
Evelyn and Audeth looked around the room while the others rested, and after a while of fruitless searching, they found nothing. Evelyn sighed, "There's nothing here. No clue at all." she said, looking hopelessly around. "Mom . . . Look at the ceiling." Alex said.
Evelyn looked up, "Alex! Your brilliant!"
"And he did what, exactly?" Jonathan asked, looking up in utter confusion.
"Look there. They're ancient constellations. That one, there," she said, pointing up, "Is the constellation of Hours. Or, the God of direction."
"And, " Alex added, "He's pointing down at that door." Evelyn walked over to the door and looked at the key in the lock, she tried to turn it, but it wouldn't move.
"Wait." Rick said, "It's already unlocked." he said, putting his hand on the handle of the door. Slowly, the door came open.
They walked inside.
There stood a man, a man they all knew. Zemti, and in his hands, was the book of Anubis. "Drop the book!" Rick said to him.
Zemti turned around by the sudden shatter in silence in the room. His eyes met with Evelyn's. "Kiya. Uela tasra." he spoke in a language no one understood, but was obviously talking straight to Evelyn.
Evelyn stared at the man as he took a step towards her. For some odd reason, Evelyn wanted to run to him. She took a step closer to him, and he took her hand. "Ugela afta nager aiatais." he said softly to her. This time, she knew what it meant. He said 'It is time to learn who you really are.' And just as quick as he had said that, she was back in another vision, but this time it seemed so real. It began where the first one she had in the temple had left off. Zemti had just gotten slashed in the face with the sword. He kneeled on the floor, his head hung low in guilt. "You have little time left. Think about what you have done." The Madji said, in an ancient tongue, then left. As he did, Evelyn walked over to Zemti. "Zemti . . ." she said.
He didn't look at her, "Leave Kiya. I don't want you to see me like this."
"I love you." Evelyn said, surprised at her words.
"Please Kiya!" he said, a tear running down his face, "Please leave."
"Zemti don't do this! It was an accident."
"I killed your mother, Kiya. I don't deserve you."
"Yes! You do! Please listen to me!" she said desperately, hearing the palace officials coming.
Zemti stood up, "They are coming for me." he said.
Evelyn stepped towards him and kissed him, "I love you." she said again.
"I love you, princess." Zemti responded, and at that the palace officials barged in and grabbed Zemti and began to pull him out. "This is not the end!" he called after her.
The vision ended.
Evelyn stood there face-to-face with the man she had once cared so much for. They stared into each others eyes.
"The book . . ." Evelyn said weakly. "Give me the book." The words were breaking her heart, though she wasn't sure why. After all, she didn't even know him in this life, until now.
He looked at her, like his heart had just been ripped in two. "Kiya . . ." he said, the pain showing in his voice.
"Give me the book." Evelyn repeated, placing her hand on the book.
Slowly, he released his grip on the book of Anubis and looked at her. His look of passion and love quickly changes to resentment and hate. He pulled out his sword and put it to her throat.
"You are nothing." he whispered in her ear,
Evelyn dropped the book. "Don't do this." She pleaded desperately.
Alex dashed over and grabbed the book almost instantly, he opened it and skimmed through the golden pages. His mother, thankfully, had taught him to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics when he was young. Rick took a step towards Evelyn and Zemti.
"Don't!" Evelyn shouted, "Don't come any closer." "Ashka arabi, nefta yasti arca horus newba ka . . ." Alex read from the pages.
"I love you!" Zemti said to Evelyn.
"Nari, faror deku hylin, nayru inca seith!" Alex proclaimed.
Zemti suddenly lowered his sword, and seeing the fear in Evelyn's eyes said "I'm so sorry. . . I am not worthy." and then stabbed himself in the stomach with his own sword.
Evelyn ran over to Rick and hugged him. "Phew! That was a close on, I'd say." Jonathan said.
"Close one? For me, you mean." Evelyn said, smiling.
"Yes but, were would I be without you?" he said, smiling at her.
Rick laughed, "In a gutter, someplace."
"Wait . . . what about the resurrection!" Evelyn said, suddenly going into a panic state again.
"Do not worry, my friend." Audeth said, "Your clever son has already taken care of that."
Evelyn turned to Alex, "Good for you!" she said proudly, "Reciting that resurrection block attack like that, I'd say you get that from your mothers side." "Nah. I'd say your it's your Dad's side." Rick said, patting Alex on the back.
Rick turned to leave, "Should we take this, or leave it?" he said, pointing at the book of Anubis.
"I think it would be best to leave it here . . . Fighting thugs off at three A.M. gets old and fast." Evelyn said and picked up the book. She walked over and laid it on the platform on which it was before Zemti had picked it up.
"C'mon." Rick said from outside the room.
Evelyn started to walk out but looked back at Zemti's lifeless body, feeling that emptiness she had grow bigger. "Evie . . ." Rick said, again.
Evelyn looked at Rick and Alex, and suddenly the empty feeling disappeared. "Coming." she said, smiling.
"Oi. Think we could stop by that golden room and nick some of it, I'm sure the pharaoh won't mind." Jonathan said, hopefully.
"I guess we can Jonathan. I guess we can." Evelyn said, walking out, holding Rick's hand.