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:

"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.

Chapter 12

"Rissa, are you well? What happened to her?" Mathias glared at Ardeth.

"She took on her half-brother and he used a foreign weapon on her. She was injured while I was busy dealing with his…"

"Shadow guards, Ardeth. Those were his Shadow guards. He calls upon his dark powers from his mother's side and he controls the shadows. The only way to destroy them is to kill the spell caster," Rissa told the Medjai.

"Lovely," Alex grumbled.

"Did you defeat your enemy?" Cassandra questioned.

"No. Alex did," Rissa smiled down at Alex from Ardeth's arms.

"The boy?" Mathias raised an eyebrow.

"I kinda like to think of him as the brother I always wanted, Grandpa," Rissa chuckled and winced as she talked.

"Cassandra, can you heal her?" Mathias asked his sorceress.

"Yes," Cassandra quickly placed her hands over the wound and a light glow covered the space between the wound and her hand. "It is not fully healed, but it will be well in a few weeks…"

"Days; what with the visions, fighting skills, and other odds and ends… the world decided to give me faster healing as a bonus," Rissa shrugged. "Thanks for speeding up the process, it didn't itch nearly as bad as when I do it myself."

"You heal yourself!" Ardeth looked ready to murder someone.

"Well, technically everyone does… I just heal a bit faster than normal because of the magic of my ancestors," Rissa mumbled, a bit startled by Ardeth's exclamation.

Ardeth was growling, "Please excuse Larissa and I, we have some things that need to be discussed…"

"Alex… why is he giving me that look like he's gonna strangle me for not doing something?" Rissa tried to squirm away from Ardeth a bit as his glare landed on her

"Because he likes you," Alex smirked; unfortunately, this caused Ardeth to focus his glare on Alex, if just for a few moments.

Ardeth's breath was coming out in fumes, but he managed to still hold Rissa as he took off down a hall and vanished them from the sights of others, "Do you have any idea how worried I was about you?" Ardeth's voice was kinda quiet, instead of the hollering that Rissa had anticipated.

"Um…"

"You should not have attacked your brother without support! And if you knew he was using Shadows why did you not warn us so that we were prepared! The O'Connell's would have died and you and the world…"

"OK! THAT IS QUITE ENOUGH! Jeez, Ardeth, I didn't take you for such a worry-wart! But stop with the 'what-ifs' alright? I mean, don't you know that it does not do to dwell on the past?"

"Those who do not pay attention to the past are doomed to repeat it, even after they are reincarnated," Ardeth replied stubbornly.

"I get that! But how was I supposed to tell you about his Shadows when I only remembered hearing of them from father when they appeared, and even then I wasn't sure that he wasn't telling a tale! My family is about as nutty as you get, but damn it! I did not withhold information from you purposely!"

"HEY GUYS!" Alex ran down the hall, "MY HAND KEEPS FLICKERING!"

"The watch is going to throw us foreword in a few minutes!" Rissa yelped in surprise, causing Mathias and Cassandra to come a running.

"What is wrong!" Mathias questioned.

"Good luck, Grandfather Mathias and Grandmother Cassandra, we have to go back to our time now. I'll miss you both," Rissa whispered loud enough for them to hear. "Grandfather, if you even touch Ardeth in the future, I will dance on your grave and call you a coward."

"Huh?" Ardeth and Mathias blinked in confusion.

"Bye," Alex whispered, quickly grabbing a hold of Ardeth and Larissa, and the three of them disappeared, only to reappear back at the Egyptian market in Cairo.