After finding our friend we went back to our campsite. Evy came back and sat between me and Rick.

Evy: Look at what I found in our friend's sarcophagus.

Alexa: Scarab skeletons?

Jonathan: Those are flesh eaters right?

Evy: Yes.

Rick: So they put these bugs in with our friend and they slowly ate him to death?

Alexa: Very slowly.

Rick: Seems our American friend had a little misfortune of their own today. Three of their diggers were, uh . . melted.

Alexa: What?

Jonathan: How?

Rick: Salt acid, pressurized salt acid. It's some kind of ancient booby trap.

Jonathan: Maybe this place is cursed.

Alexa: For goodness sake you two!

In the distance, there was a whinny of a horse.

Rick: Stay here.

Evy: No, wait ,wait! Wait for me wait!

Evy and I took off after Rick.

Jonathan: Evy, Alexa! Excuse me but didn't the man just say "stay here"?

We just continued to run after him. Then out of nowhere there were people whooping and hollering. I think they were the Medji. They were all in black robes, just like the ones on the boat. All I could hear was gun shots, the clanging of swords, men screaming and the horses' were whinnying. I got on a pile of ancient ruble; I think it used to be a base of some statue. Then I saw Jonathan getting chased by one of them, I was in the perfect jumping position. I jumped on the rider and brought him off his horse. We hit the ground and as soon as we did, he rolled over on top of me, and put his saber to my throat. Then I knew who he was. He was the man from my dream, real, right here, in front of me. He had this weird look on his face as if he too, just recognized who I was. He quickly jumped off of me and started panting hard. He gently helped me up; he put his hands on my shoulder and looked me up and down as if he couldn't believe it's really me.

Man: Are you Nefertiry?

Alexa: I think so . . . .

Man: If you believe you are, you must leave with us. But have no one follow us or come looking for you.

Just then Rick cocked his gun and had it pointed at the Medji. But the man was too quick. He got out his saber and hit the gun out of Rick's hands, and then got on his black stallion.

Man: You are not welcome here. Get out! Leave this place or die. You have one day!

The man looked at me. He whistled and a black mare came to him. He looked at me as if telling me to get on.

Evy: Alexa, no. What are you doing?

I slowly walked towards the horse. I grabbed the horn of the saddle and put my foot in the stirrup. I sat upon the horse.

Man: Yallah! Nimshi!

All the Medji took off. I sat there and started at everyone.

Jonathan: Alexa, What are you doing? Why are you leaving with these men?

Alexa: They are making me go with them. Don't come looking for me. I will come back.

I gave a look to them all that I was serious. I looked beside me and saw the man still waiting for me. I pulled the reigns to the right hard and my mare obeyed. She turned around and began to trot after the others. I looked beside me and the man was still there. I whipped the reigns and the horse began to gallop at full speed and the Medji did the same. We soon caught up with the others, and they all moved out of my way as I was coming up behind them. They all had so much respect for me and I don't even know them. They obviously knew how to treat girls; either that or something is up. I was ahead and somehow I knew exactly where we were going. The sun was already down, but you could still see my white Arabian dress, it is a bright white color so it's hard to miss. My dress robe flew behind me like a cape. Soon I noticed we were on the cliff that I saw the ma-jai on earlier that day. There was a giant fire and some tents. There were a few more men sitting around the camp. One of the few men came up to the man who captured me.

Man: Ardeth, why have so few returned?

Ardeth: There were a lot more people down there than we expected. They have also unburied the creature.

Man: What?

Alexa: You mean the mummy?

Ardeth: He is the creature we have feared for more than three-thousand years. I am Ardeth Bay and also a reincarnation of Jesahotep.

Alexa: I am Alexandria Carnahan. I believe I am the reincarnation of Nefertiry.

All of the ma-jai looked straight at me. They all got off their horses and bowed at my feet.

Alexa: What is this?

Ardeth: We are the last of the great descendants of the pharaoh's bodyguards. Please you must stay here.

Alexa: Why must I stay here?

Ardeth: If you go back into the city of Hamunaptra, you'll be in great danger. If you really are the reincarnation of the princess than you should have a vision of what will happen.

Alexa: So the princess was a sorcerer?

Ardeth: Not only was she the most beautiful sorcerer to ever exist, she was the most powerful. She had the powers of telepathy, levitation, visions, fire, water, earth, and it is also said that she could turn into animals. It was said that she walked here or there as a cat in the street or as a dog in the house.

Alexa: What was really she like?

Ardeth: She was the most beautiful sorcerer, but she denied the fact. She had the gift to see the past, present, and future. She really didn't care about her powers though; she mostly had a taste for adventure. When she was little she would sneak out of her room and watch the men or boys fight. That's when she met me or Jesahotep. Pretty soon when she turned 7, she was already in practice for the Sai Dagger Championship.

Alexa: I bet those blades never left her side.

Ardeth: It is true. They never left her hands. Everywhere she walked she would have them in her hands. For 9 years, she held those blades and practiced with them everyday. I was the one teaching her. I was a few years older than she was, so I vowed to protect her, and so I became a Medji. She didn't win the Championship when she was 16, but when she was 17, she won with extraordinary ease.

Alexa: Did she know she was going to win? I mean did she see it in a vision?

Ardeth: Even if you the most powerful person in the world, you can't just rely on magic. She never saw that in a vision, nor did she know that her father was going to be murdered in the room right across her balcony.

I looked into the fire that was just a few feet away. I closed my eyes and opened them again. Evy got up silently to get something while Rick and Jonathan were asleep. She came back with a big black book.

Rick: That's called stealing you know?

Evy: According to you and my brother it's called borrowing.

Alexa: Guys, what am I doing here?

They never answered; they didn't even look at me. Evy got up and got the key out of Jonathan's jacket pocket and sat back down.

Rick: I thought the Book of Amun-Ra was made out of gold.

Evy: It is made out of gold, but this is something else. I think this is the Book of the Dead.

Rick: Are you sure you want to be playing around with that thing?

Evy: It's just a book; no harm ever came from reading a book.

Rick: So what's it say?

Evy: Amun Ra, Amun Dei. Sei yake et set su ai yatueh, yatueh, yatueh.

A chill ran down my spine a shriek called from beneath the ground. Then out of nowhere a cloud of grasshoppers attacked the camp. Then it all disappeared. I was face to face with Ardeth again.

Ardeth: Alexandria?

Alexa: I just had a vision.

He looked deep into my eyes.

Alexa: My sister is going to awaken the mummy.