Chapter 1: Crazy Wednesday
Hey everyone I'm here with a new story. Recently I got into the cartoon Cleopatra in Space and I love it, it's so much fun to watch and I was bummed out I could barely find any stories on it here so I decided to make my own. I hope you like what I have planned. Please Review and Enjoy.
In Ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh is the highest level of the class system with Nobles and priests beneath him, followed by Scribes, craftsmen, and peasants and servants. However, this is a special exclusive class, the Medjay. A group of special soldiers who serve the Pharaoh and keep the peace in Egypt.
In the main throne room, King Ptolemy was up early this morning taking care of a few things.
He was a tall man with a bald head, royal robes and red and blue semi circles around his neck.
As he made his way down the hall, a figure was moving behind him.
Narrowing his eyes a soft smile appears on his face. "Back so soon Namu?" Ptolemy asks.
Slowly walking out of the shadows was an above-average muscular man with a white hood over his head, white robes with a golden Medjay badge on his shoulder meaning he was the best, a sword strapped to his hip and bow and arrow on his back.
"Sorry it's so early, but I thought you would like to hear the status of the latest meeting." Namu said taking off his hood to reveal a man with tan skin and a shaved head with some stubble.
"Any assassination attempts?" Ptolemy asks.
"There were two assassins but I got them before they knew what hit them. My arrows." Namu smirks causing Ptolemy to chuckle.
"Good work." Ptolemy nods in understanding as they walk together.
"So how are things?" Namu asks.
"It's Cleopatra's birthday tomorrow." Ptolemy said.
"Ah yes, 16. Just like my son." Namu smiles.
"Ah yes Atem, how's he doing? He must be near of age to join my army." Ptolemy said.
"He's doing well, he's a fighter but he's still learning the art of being a Medjay." Namu sighs.
"Kids, so impatient." Ptolemy rolls his eyes.
"I think we both have that problem." Namu said when they heard other Medjay cheering.
Curious, both walk to the railing and look down to see two teenage boys without their shirts on in a little boxing match with the other Medjay cheering as the audience.
One was a teenage boy with a decent muscular build, the eye of Horus pendant around his neck, tan skin and black hair with green eyes, this was Atem.
As Atem threw a punch the other guy blocks it before punching him gut before nailing him in the face with an uppercut knocking him back to the others.
"And there's your boy right now." Ptolemy chuckles causing Namu to glare down.
"I'll be right back your majesty." He said storming off.
"Come on Atem! I bet my entire month's pay on this! This is embarrassing!" A Medjay said.
"Then why don't you step in?" Atem groans.
"Get in there!" They said tossing him back in.
As the other guy grabs Atem and puts him in the chokehold Atem struggles to breathe until he stomps on his foot causing him to flinch in pain before breaking free.
Roaring in determination Atem does a series of back and forth punches before delivering a front kick knocking his opponent to the ground causing the Medjay who bet on him to cheer.
"What's going on here?!" Namu roars silencing all of them.
Turning around they instantly clear a path for Namu to approach his son.
"Uh hey dad. Good to see you're back." Atem chuckles nervously.
"Sir we were just—" One was about to say.
"I know what you all were doing. Now all of you get back to your quarters and prepare yourselves. I want everyone ready for training in an hour. Go!" Namu orders as all the Medjay ran off.
Looking over Namu saw Atem try and sneak away but he grabs him by the shoulder.
"Except you." Namu said turning him around. "Atem why do you keep doing these things? Why are you always the first to rush into these things? You're supposed to be training to take my place."
"I know dad, but that's the problem. If I don't prove myself these guys are never gonna take me seriously. They'll just think I got the job because my father is the Pharaoh's best soldier." Atem gestures to his badge.
Sighing Namu wipes some blood of Atem before getting an idea on how to help.
"Go clean yourself up and put on a shirt. I wanna show you something." Namu said.
"Okay dad." Atem sighs walking away.
Up in the palace in a large room, laid the teen princess and daughter of King Ptolemy, Cleopatra.
Still asleep Cleopatra had long black hair with gold streaks in it, tan skin and on her lap slept a cat.
Snoring a trumpet was brought in and blown causing them both to wake up startled.
"Time to wake up Princess Cleopatra!" The trumpet man declares about to blow again when she grabbed his trumpet and blew a loud note so he would leave.
"Alright let's get this Wednesday started." Cleo said stretching.
Going through her morning routine she washes her face, puts on a beautiful teal gown, eats breakfast, accessorizes and finally brushes her teeth.
Once she finishes up the door opens to reveal King Ptolemy.
"Morning dad." Cleo said.
"Cleopatra. Uhm isn't that gown a little much for a Wednesday?" Ptolemy asks.
"Wednesday has always been a weird day for me. So what's shaking down in Egypt town?" Cleo asks.
"Oh you know war, famine, locusts, having the Medjay keep the peace. Typical workday." Ptolemy smiles.
"Ugh you make ruling Egypt sound so boring." Cleo groans following him to the balcony. "When I'm queen it's gonna be awesome! I'm gonna have so much fun, no one telling me what to do, traveling around the world going wherever I want, having an adventure."
"I'm afarid that's not what will happen. Being Queen will be a lot of hard work, talking and debating." Ptolemy said.
"Ugh being royal sounds so boring. Come here Kitty I need some kitty cuddles." Cleo said picking up her cat and hugging it.
"Thousands of people will be depending on you. It's Medjay's job to travel and do all the fighting." Ptolemy said sitting next to her.
"Ugh the Medjay get all the fun." Cleo groans.
Pausing Ptolemy gets an idea. "I understand it's a certain princess' birthday tomorrow." Reaching around he pulls out a golden tiara with a bird in the middle. "It belonged to your mother."
Gasping Cleo watches as her father puts it on her head.
"I'll never take it off." She smiles.
"Well I better get going. I have a lot of work and you have a lot of studying." Ptolemy said.
"And you know I'm not gonna do it." Cleo rolls her eyes.
"You need the knowledge to be a great leader and good hair helps." Ptolemy said putting on a wig with hair similar to Cleo's. "This also belonged to your mother." He smirks causing Cleo to cringe.
Down below, Atem put on his white shirt with his necklace on top before he walks into a small room in his family quarters.
There his father was kneeling in front of a gleaming silver khopesh with a hint of blue running down it and a black handle under a hieroglyph of Anubis.
"Uh dad?" Atem calls about before Namu gestures for him to sit next to him.
"They say that this sword was given to the first Medjay by Anubis himself. For whoever has wielded it has used it to protect the Pharaoh against any who would try to harm them so Anubis himself could punish them." Namu said.
"Wow, have you ever used it?" Atem asks.
"When I was around your age my father presented me with this sword when I was lost and it helped me figure out my path." Namu said getting up and picking up the sword. "Maybe the same luck will find you."
Bending down, Namu holds the sword out to his son shocking him.
"Dad?" Atem said blown away.
"Wear this with pride Atem, someday you will be the protector of Egypt." Namu smiles.
On the outskirts of the city, Atem was sitting on some rocks with his new sword strapped to his hip.
Nearby Cleo was wearing a white shirt with a skirt so she could walk around easier and a teenage boy with dark skin a hat and a slingshot, this was Gozi, Atem and Cleo's childhood friend.
"Honestly as if I didn't have enough to live up to my dad now presents with what is basically the greatest weapon a Medjay can wield." Atem sighs.
"At least your dad teaches you how to fight mine is always like "a queen fights with words, not swords." Ugh it's so annoying." Cleo groans.
"You should learn to use a slingshot. In the hands of a master, it's a mighty weapon." Gozi aims but when he fires the sling bounces back and hits him in the eye.
"But in your hands, it's a hazard." Atem said causing Cleo to giggle.
"Hey not all of us can be trained to be the next Medjay of Egypt." Gozi said.
"You're so lucky Gozi. No one expects anything of you." Cleo sighs.
"Yeah…no one." Gozi frowns.
"No, no what I mean is you can be whatever you want to be." Cleo said.
"I want to be a mighty warrior who strikes fear into his enemies." Gozi grins.
"Me too." Cleo said before looking to Atem.
"You're lucky Cleo. I have to constantly fight to prove myself as a Medjay." Atem said.
"Any chance you and I can switch lives?" Cleo offers causing Gozi to laugh.
"Yeah what do you say Prince Atem?" Gozi asks.
"Hmm it has a nice ring to it. Sounds even better than Princess Cleopatra." Atem smirks looking at her.
"Ha you wish." Cleo said stretching her arms before shoving him knocking Atem to the ground.
"Oh you asked for it." Atem said getting up and chasing after her.
"Aah! Gozi help my Medjay has turned rogue!" Cleo screams as Gozi laughs.
"You two act like a married couple." Gozi said.
"What?!" They both said as Cleopatra comes to an abrut halt and Atem crashes into her knocking them both to the ground.
Getting up both fix themselves.
"Gozi you're nuts." Atem said.
"Yeah Atem and I are just friends like our dads are." Cleo said.
"Sure you are. Hey change of subject I bet I can hit that column over there." Gozi points.
Loading his slingshot Gozi fires but it falls short and lands on the ground.
"Let me try." Atem said as Gozi handed it to him and he fires a rock hitting the column. "And that's how it's done."
"Oh yeah." Cleo takes it and fires hitting the column multiple times. "Man I'm great at this." Cleo smiles firing one more and hitting the giant boulder atop the columns. "Whoo! Oh yeah! Kitty cuddles!" Cleo said cuddling with her cat.
"You win this round Cleo." Atem said as Gozi laughs.
Suddenly they heard a rumbling snapping them out of it.
"Oh no, no, no." Cleo said.
"Please no." Atem said as they saw the boulder Cleo hit start to roll before coming to a stop as it hit a small rock.
"Phew." The three sigh in relief when the small rock shot out hitting a statue causing it to shatter and fall causing more columns to collapse and fall everywhere.
"Incoming!" Gozi said as they ran to avoid getting crushed.
When the falling stopped the three of them looked around.
"Cleo…you broke the burial grounds." Atem said.
"I do not disagree with you." Cleo said when some rubble fell revealing a tomb.
"Whoa!" They said startled.
"I've never seen that tomb before." Cleo said when the rubble caused the doors to open.
"Ehh that would our cue to get outta—"
"Get inside!" Cleo grabs both boys and pulls them in with her.
Entering the tomb they saw tons of treasures, pottery, weapons.
"Whoa." Cleo said looking around.
"I wonder whose tomb this is." Atem said looking for any kind of name.
As Gozi looks around he bumps into some weapons and picks up an old sword.
"Whoa hey Atem check this out. It's even cooler than yours." Gozi said.
"Yeah right." Atem chuckles when he and Cleo notice a tablet at the end of the tomb.
"Hey Atem check this out." Cleo said as he walked over.
Slowly wiping away the dust Cleo read it.
"In the stars, two heroes will…" Before she could finish the tablet started to glow and energy surrounded Cleo causing her to scream as it lifted her up.
"Cleo!" Leaping forward Atem grabs her arm as a portal opens up sucking her in.
"Atem don't let go!" Cleo begs.
"I won't!" Atem growls when the energy ended up yanking him in too.
"No!" Gozi tries to grab them but misses as both were pulled through the portal.
Falling through the portal Atem and Cleo crash on top of each other before groaning in pain.
"Are you okay Cleo?" Atem groans.
"Define okay." Cleo said as they stood up and noticed they weren't in the tomb anymore. "Wait this isn't the tomb. Where are we?"
"What is this place?" Atem asks nervously.
Suddenly three figures ran past them. Two were wearing helmets over their faces and one was a teenage boy with brown hair.
"Where did they come from?" Atem asks when lasers were fired past them.
Turning around they saw giant robots coming towards them.
"Where did they come from?!" Cleo said as they both ran out as fast as they could.
Exiting the tomb they gasped seeing they were no longer in Egypt but rather a lush forest filled with strange animals.
Pausing Atem held his head. "That guy must have hit me in the head harder than I thought."
In a strange language, one robot walks up to them.
"I've had this dream before, you're gonna turn into my dad and start barfing up scarabs." Cleo said when the robot grabbed both in his hands. "Okay, where are the scarabs?"
"There aren't any! This is real!" Drawing his khopesh, Atem stabs the robot in the arm with it but it didn't seem to faze it. "Huh?" Atem gulps.
The robot was about to attack when a laser pierced it.
Looking over they saw the three figures from earier had saved them.
In an unknown language, the boy gestured for them to follow.
Seeing they had no other option Cleo and Atem raced after them when the other robots followed them.
Turning to them one figure wearing a helmet had a purple outfit on as they said something in a strange language.
"What are you saying?" Cleo asks when the figure aims a blaster at them.
"Don't shoot!" Cleo and Atem said but the figure did causing two small nets to latch onto them before vanishing.
"Ayom nabro you'll understand us better now." The figure said revealing her to be female.
"Follow us." The boy said.
"We can understand you now?" Cleo asks when strange creatures flew past them.
"It's a neuro universal translator net." The boy said.
"It allows us to understand unknown languages through an algotrithm." The girl said.
"I do not understand a single thing you just said." Atem said as they climbed up a hill.
With the robots hot on their tail the five of them scramble to get away when they look in shock to see a spaceship waiting.
"What is that?!" Cleo gasps.
"Get on!" The three figures said.
"There is no way I'm getting in there." Cleo said when two lasers narrowly miss them.
Turning around they saw an entire robot army approaching.
"You were saying?" Atem asks.
"Race ya!" Cleo said as they both sprint onto the ship.
"Surrender. Surrender immediately. Resistance is futile." The robot said as it tried climbing aboard.
"I got the book!" The third figure said when Cleo pushes them out of the way.
"Get down!" Cleo said.
Taking a fighting stance Atem swings his sword and slashes the robot's arm causing it to fall off.
Jumping back, Atem moves in for another strike but the robot swings its arm to throw a punch. Acting quickly Atem held up his sword but the impact was too strong causing his sword to crack.
Crashing down Cleo gasps before grabbing a ball from nearby and loads it into her slingshot before firing it. Upon contact, it was actually a grenade that blasts the robot off allowing them to escape into space.
"That was close. You okay Atem?" Cleo turns around and gasps seeing Atem holding his broken in half sword. "Oh no."
"I didn't even have this thing for a day and I already broke it." Atem said hanging his head in shame.
"Hey it's not your fault it was that thing's fault." Cleo said.
"Zurkxes. They're bad." The boy said as they looked over and saw wires leaking out of his arm startling them.
"Are you some kind of talking statue boy?" Cleo asks.
"I have a synthetic arm…okay arms…okay everything except my brain but I'm still a person!" He snaps.
"Whoa take it easy." Atem said.
"Sorry about Brian." Turning around they saw both figures take off their helmets revealing girls but they were different. One had green skin and pink hair while the other had blue skin and dark blue hair.
"He's a little sensitive about being a cyborg. Hi there, I'm Akila and this is Starlee." The pink hair alien said.
"Hi there." Starlee waves.
"Love your outfits so retro." Akila said freaking them out.
"Stay back!" Atem said holding up his broken sword pieces.
"Uh what are you gonna do with a broken weapon?" Starlee asks when Brain's arm fell off causing both to freak out.
"Oh man where's the trumpet guy?" Cleo whines totally terrified.
"Stay back! I'll use this!" Atem said when they heard a noise and saw a cat in a blue outfit walking over.
"A cat. Finally something normal." Cleo sighs picking it up and hugging it. "I need some kitty cuddles this dream could not get weirder."
"Let go of me." The cat said causing the both of them to freak out even more.
"What is going on?!" Atem asks as he and Cleo looked around frantically at the two alien girls, the robot boy and the talking cat.
"I am Khensu, Prof. Khensu and who may I ask are you?" The cat asks.
Pausing both took a deep breath.
"I am Cleopatra, Princess of Egypt, daughter of King Ptolemy the 12th." Cleo declares.
"I am Atem, son of Namu leading Medjay of Egypt." Atem declares.
"And if you don't take us back right now they're gonna barf beetles on you." Cleo said when Starlee took out a tablet and scans them.
"Hey what is this?" Atem asks.
"Okay says here…whoa 1st century BC Earth?" Starlee gasps as Akila had a look.
"I-I don't believe it…it's really her. Cleopatra, the real Cleopatra and an actual Medjay." Akila gasps.
"The one from Khensu's prophecy that he's always talking about?" Brian asks as Akila shows Khensu.
"It's true, it's really true! Ha! I am gonna rub this is on so many faces!" Khensu smiles.
"I'm starting to think this is not a dream." Cleo said.
"Yeah me too." Atem gulps when Starlee takes one piece of his broken sword. "Hey that's mine!"
"Relax I'll give it right back." Starlee said examining it under her tablet. "Wait this metal." Starlee said intrigued.
"Everyone doubted Khensu and his prophecy but I was right and I can prove it because you're here!" Khensu smiles.
"Can someone please explain what is going on to us in at least one word we can understand?" Cleo asks.
"I can only take so much crazy." Atem agrees.
"You two have been transported far from earth. 30,000 years into your future and according to the prophecy you Cleopatra and your loyal medjay are the saviors of the Nile Galaxy and the only ones who can save us from the tyrant who has destroyed hundreds of planets and enslaved thousands more, Octavian." Khensu explains.
"Wait so you're saying hundreds of thousands of people are depending on us?" Cleo gulps.
"Of course not." Khensu said causing them to sigh in relief.
"That's a relief." Atem sighs.
"It's actually billions of lives." Khensu clarifies.
Pausing both Cleo and Atem fall backwards fainting on the spot.
"Hmm maybe we should have held back on some details." Akila said.
"Ya think?" Starlee cringed.