I feel loved! More reviews! Yay! -Hides from Loki- Oh and Kikyo's Killer, bout the "mal" thing. Usually, one will hear "beneficiary" and "beneficent." P. Seto just wanted to add a little twist. Thanks for sayin' it's funny though, lol!

If anyone besides Loki and Kikyo's Killer is reading this, please go back and read the first chapter again. I left out a very important part!!

And now, the next adventure!

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No one knew about him. No one saw him in the day. Only a select few saw him at night, and they never talked. Ever. Again. He was a nosferatu, a predator of men, a vampire. He had lived for over 5,000 years. He knew his origin was in ancient Egypt, but he was so old that he didn't remember his own sire. He often wondered if he had been the first vampire of all. He also wondered about what he considered his greatest accomplishment: he might be more sinister than even the god of chaos, Set. He never forgot that. Or the fact that he still hadn't proved it. He had always wanted to prove to himself, to the world, that he could defeat Set and take his position. Now, after Set had been distracted by that idiot weakling priest, was as good a time as any.

He walked to Set's residence at a very leisurely pace; the moon wasn't out, and there weren't any of those blasted street lights in this part of the town, so he knew he wouldn't be seen in his black cloak. He didn't really care if he was, anyway. He could just kill whoever saw him, no problem. He arrived at the blood red door that he knew Set was behind. He opened the door and strode in like he owned the place. I will soon enough, he thought arrogantly.

"Luuucy, I'm home!!" He recited a line he had heard time and time again from that ridiculous human invention, that television thing. He could sense Set's aura emanating from somewhere deep within the labyrinth that the god called home, so the vampire decided to make as big a show as possible to draw him out.

The nosferatu felt the god coming long before he saw the familiar red hair and fine, Egyptian style linen robes. Set greeted the vampire with a smile that was too wide to be honest.

"So what brings you here, Ibilyth, my good friend?"

"Your domain." The vampire wasted no time with idle chat.

"Ah. You desire it, I assume?" Set's tone suddenly became businesslike.

"I have come to retrieve what is rightfully mine. You will give it to me, or I will be forced to take it from you, which I would much prefer..." He smiled, showing off his sharp, white fangs.

Set considered his options. He knew he could never give up his power, but he also knew that he would lose if he fought with Ibilyth. So he decided to make his own option.

"Of course. I shall battle you, but allow me to choose the location, if you will?"

"It does not matter to me. Lead me to your choice."

Suddenly, the two were outside one of the great pyramids. Set led Ibilyth to a large room with an altar at the front. Set walked up to the altar and read the inscription aloud.

"'Only he who is the most perfect of men shall survive when blows are struck.'"

Ibilyth laughed. "Well, that does not apply to us, now does it?" The vampire then proceeded to charge at the altar and the god in front of it.

And then proceeded to explode.

Set simply smiled, and, as he made his way out, explained to the pile of ashes that was formerly his opponent why he had lost. "Actually, Ibilyth, that does apply to us. The most perfect man among us would be whoever is most like a man at all: me. Do you know why?" He asked as he stepped onto the very familiar desert sand and into the very familiar blazing sun. "Because, one of the most human emotions is love..." He was suddenly surprised to see a vision formed by his home sand. He noticed it looked just like Ally's smiling face. Something I don't see very often... He thought reluctantly. The god remembered what he had told Ibilyth a moment ago, and knew that his father Geb was finishing what Set had started to say. He smiled warmly, another very rare sight, pulled up his hood, and walked on through the desert that he so loved.

Back inside the "Purity Chamber," the pile of ashes that was once the "invincible" vampire made a small tornado and blew out of the old, crumbling pyramid.

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Kaybee! Suckyness? Greatness? Only the reviews will tell! lol