Goddess: aaaaand we're back... at least I am. sorry. Dushu and Calypso are in intensive care.

: Hi, I'm the newest edition to the writing staff. I'll tell you my name later. Here: Disclaimer: We don't own dick. We're pretty poor... college students, so if it was ours, we wouldn't be here right now.

Goddess: Finally, someone who keeps it short and to the point! Keep in mind, when Rick threw the dynamite, it blew up the same entrance that Ardeth was in, and you see him, then he gets dragged away, and boom! So, that is why... and this is what happens while the others are battling Imhotep

Ardeth Bay-

The being kneeled by me. Already by the shadow I knew it must be Anubis, come for my soul. Allah had seen it fit for me to die without knowing if the creature had been destroyed, if my friends had been successful.

O'Connell had no idea the consequences of using dynamite in such an ancient place, I could not blame him for my injuries. But as I lay there dying, with the conveyer of the dead reaching for me, I could not help but think of what I had done that would drag my soul down.

But I was surprised to see delicate fingers reach out of the shadows and touch my face. It was a cooling touch to the searing heat of pain. I winced, the pain burning anew, the weight on my chest made breathing all the more difficult. The hand cupped my chin and I felt eyes boring into my own, as if they searched my soul.

"Ardeth Bay. It is not yet your time to die. I have plans for you, young Medjai." She said. A woman!

"What?" I managed to squeeze from my lungs.

"You heard me well enough Medjai. You have more to do, and cannot do it well from the underworld, nor your current position." She said.

Suddenly the weight was gone, and there was pain anew. Pain surged up my chest and burned through my lungs, and it was all I could do to not cry out. My injuries were too great. Whoever this woman was, she would need to find another Medjai to fulfill her plans, I felt the cold of death cramp up my limbs and into my lungs. I prayed to Allah for misdeeds that blackened my soul.

"Ah, ah, ah! I do not take disobedience from the scarabs, and I will not do so from you, human." She said.

"Human? How do you expect me to fulfill those plans, when I am but a moment from death." I whispered.

I felt her soft hand grip the hand that lay closest to her. I felt such odd sensations racing up my body, fear of feelings that she may find hidden in my mind. She was not of this world, and could find what she wanted in my mind. This was not a woman to be trifled with.

"First of all, do not speak, second, human, you need to be in more faith of this particular godling. Now hold still, this is going to sting." She said.

I nodded, watching her. A sudden light came from her, bathing the entire hallway. For a moment I felt nothing, and feared that I had died, but then a searing pain in the hand she held. I refused to cry out at the pain, and waited for it to subside.

She was correct, it did sting, but I felt life returning to my limbs. Who was this woman?

Thank you to Lil' red bandana for the review! I hope I keep your attention with this!

I had another reviewer, but my email deleted your review, so I'll check it out and give you a shout out in the next chappy