I don't own the Mummy, the Scorpion King or any of the characters besides Rissa and her people. Sorry about the slow update. Does anyone know when the next Mummy or Scorpion movie is coming out?

Trinkets and Curses

Recap of last time:

Ardeth gave her a shocked stare, "You may have doomed us to die in the past!"

Alex who had been listening to the entire thing decided to bring their discussion to a halt, "You…" Alex pointed to Rissa, "Big trouble." Then he turned to Ardeth, "You. Lighten up!"

Rissa suddenly had a vision of the future and began to snicker, "Alex, you're turning into your father."

"That has nothing to do with the price of camels in Egypt!" Alex threw up his hands in exasperation.

"And there was your uncle," Ardeth pointed out stoically.

"Ah, yes, and here I thought I was going to get you two to stop being utterly ridiculous!" Alex growled in annoyance.

"Mother," Ardeth and Rissa stated together, causing Alex too completely lose it and storm off towards the camels.

"Well, that was fun," Rissa smiled, her eyes twinkling merrily.

"Agreed, though it was a bit childish," Ardeth responded.

Chapter 11

"Ardeth, I'm not so sure I can pull this off…" Rissa tightened the fabric around her body covering her embarrassing attire, a dancer's outfit.

"Rissa, remain calm. We will pull this off and then we will be sent home," Ardeth replied coolly.

"The thing is… I'm not so sure that we will be sent home and how are we even going to locate my other brother in the city and RA! How are we supposed to defeat him!"

"We could always fly by the seats of our pants… or skirts, in Rissa's case," Alex shrugged as he hid under the carriage with Ardeth and another boy.

"That is your father in you," Ardeth chuckled as Alex threw him an exasperated look.

"Ardeth, don't laugh. We may very well have to do exactly what Alex said. Loxias is unpredictable, except for the fact that he likes to be in the middle of the action, unaffected, and is a bit of a coward…" Rissa stopped. "Ardeth, where'd the highest place in the city be?"

"The lookout tower or Memnon's castle top."

"The tower, he'll be there."

"Are you certain?" Alex asked curiously.

"Deadly."

"Rissa, do you think we're meant to kill your brother or simply defeat him?" Alex asked curiously.

"I'm not exactly sure…"

"I believe young Alex has a point," Ardeth informed her. "Killing infers to death, defeating refers to capture and possible death. Are you certain we have to kill him, Larissa?"

"I… um………………………………………………… No," Rissa sighed tiredly. "I really hope it's not killing, I'd rather not kill off a family member, but at the same time we can't have him holding us here because he is a part of the curse of the Time-watch Alex has! URGH! WHY CAN'T MY LIFE EVER BE A SMOOTH PATH!"

"Our life is like the Nile, it has many a twist and turns. There is no sign if there are rapids ahead, you must travel it to find out," Ardeth imparted his wisdom.

"Ardeth, let's just get this over with. This costume is annoyingly itchy!" Rissa grumbled.

"It could always be worse," Alex shrugged.

"Really, so you wouldn't feel upset about having to murder your uncle because it would stop a curse?" Rissa hissed at Alex angrily.

"No, that's not what I mean… I…" Alex stuttered in shock.

"Forget it," Rissa mumbled sadly as she fingered the blade set that Mathias had given her. Then she looked up at the gates, they were inside. The ruse had fooled the guards, who were now on their way to greet Anubis, but the gates were where Rissa's trio and Mathias' band parted.

"Rissa, live free," Mathias stated.

"Die well," Rissa responded her face hardening as they clasped the other's wrists in a sign of family and siblinghood.

"Move out! Memnon dies tonight!" Mathias told his people.

"Good luck Grandfather," Rissa whispered softly as she turned and took her group to the tower.

It did not take them but fifteen minutes to reach the tower where she found her half-brother, "Larissa, what an… unfortunate surprise. I see that your type of riff-raff has accompanied you."

"Loxias, it hasn't been nearly long enough," Rissa growled.

"Rissa…" Ardeth tried to get between the two.

"No Ardeth, this is my fight."

"Before we go any further, sister dear, don't you wish to know why I have done this?" Loxias sneered, "I did all of this to erase you from history, from ruining my father and mother's marriage, for destroying my mother and killing my father!"

"Their marriage failure had nothing to do with my mother, Loxias. It was your mother that left our father for another man. A richer man. It is true that father died fighting for my mother and me to live, but it was because of the thugs that you hired! My life has been no where near as good as you think it has, Loxias," Rissa replied chillingly. Suddenly a sound went off and an object slammed into Rissa's right shoulder. The pain was excruciating.

"Alex, stay back he has a gun," Ardeth informed the boy as he tried to get in between the blood relations again, this time Larissa was in no position to try and fight, she was shot and had fallen to the ground in pain.

"GUARDS!" Loxias yelled. Ardeth was forced into a fight with five guards that appeared from nowhere.

"Rissa…" Alex felt for his knives, grabbing four. He gripped the handles tightly before yelling in rage and throwing them at Loxias.

Loxias laughed at what he thought was a pathetic try by Alex to eliminate him, but soon found he was in pain, "What… but how? A little boy… You were no threat to me………… I…………... have……… failed……….. Mother."

"Rissa. Rissa!" Alex was at her side and trying to make sure that she was alright. "Ardeth! Rissa needs help!"

"I'll be there in a moment Alex," Ardeth growled out as he was fighting off the last two guards after having taking out the other three, when they disintegrated. "Son's of the Pharaohs!"

"Black magic," Rissa coughed out as she nearly screamed at the pain from her shoulder.

"Rissa, are you well?" Ardeth frowned.

"I'll be alright, a little bullet isn't gonna kill me."

"Hey, it's dawn. Does that mean that Mathias has won?" Alex asked curiously.

"We'll have to go and see…" Rissa winced as she tried to stand.

"Rissa, you have done enough," Ardeth was now at her side, he checked the wound and found that the bullet had luckily passed right through. He gently wrapped the wound, and then he picked her up, careful to avoid her wound, and carried her to the window; not once noticing how she was stiff for a second.

"HAIL KING MATHIAS! HAIL THE SCORPION KING!"

"He did it, Ardeth," Rissa whispered tiredly, resting her head on his well toned shoulder.

"That he has, Rissa. That he has," Ardeth looked down at her worriedly.

"So, when exactly will we be getting home, Rissa?" Alex asked curiously.

"As soon as we bury Loxias' body and say goodbye to Mathias, would be my best guess," Rissa replied softly.

"Then that is exactly what we shall do," Ardeth turned his gaze back to the window.

Once again, sorry about the wait. The only thing I can tell you was that my mind went totally blank and I had no idea where I should go with this story, but I think I'm slowly bringing it to a close and will hopefully finish it soon. Thanks for being so patient.

Snowfire the Kitsune