Chapter 15

Captain America couldn't help but hiss. He wrapped his slender body close to him as he tried to avoid all the questions that were being fired at him from the other Avengers. His black forked tongue flicked out as he tried to get away from the other Avengers that towered above him. Unfurling his body he went to the safest place that he knew and that was to be beside Wanda. She was the only one out of the Avengers who was not annoying him with his transformed state. Thor and Hawkeye kept a good distance away from him since he had been transformed. It was not like he had asked to be transformed into a python by the Serpent Sisters.

"I can't believe that! You are so cute as a snake, Cap!" sniggered the person that he least thought to say that.

He looked up to see Natasha smiling down at him. He hissed when she reached for his head. Curling up into an even tighter ball. He hated at how weak he was in this body. He didn't have the super strength that he had when he was human. He didn't even have arms and legs. He also needed help in heating up his scaly body. He hated that he needed to have others help him to get around and to keep his body working. This was something that he never thought would happen to him when he became Captain America all those years ago and then the leader of the Avengers. Then again they have never had to deal with Gods, Demons and witches before. That was something that normally fell to the Guardians or the Hunters who worked with them now.

"I wouldn't think that you would be someone who liked snakes!" Clint spoke up from where he was leaning against the wall. He and Thor were keeping well away from the transformed Captain America. He backed away from the deathly glare that Natasha gave him. With working with SHIELD and Natasha herself he knew that she could turn even the strongest of men into big babies with just a look. He had seen her using that glare before she kicked him to the ground. "Wow someone is in a mood!" he muttered under his breathe.

Natasha still heard him even if he had tried to keep it quite. She stalked towards Clint and with the back of his hand she slapped him across his face. She smirked at the startled face that Hawkeye was given her as she walked back to stand with Mehit. The female Ancient Egyptian God of War had a smirk on her face.

Mehit looked over at Anhur. Anhur was looking anywhere but at her and Natasha. "I really like her!" Mehit whispered to his mate.

"You would! The pair of you are just the exact same!" Anhur muttered under his breathe. He shied away when he saw that both Mehit and Natasha glaring at him. "Remember to never annoy a Lioness and a Black Widow who can easily beat us to a pulp!" Anhur spoke to Clint. He didn't look away from his mate in case the Lioness decided to attack him when he was not watching her.

Cap hissed as Wanda picked him up. He really hated this, but they needed to make a move. They had the Book of the Dead. They needed to make a move and get out of Hamunaptra before Seth decided to attack them and take the Book from them. He really hoped that in the Book had a spell to turn him back to a human. He turned his attention back to Imhotep to see that the Mummy was getting paranoid.

"Has anyone seen or heard anything from Iron Man and Nightshade?" he asked looking around at all the gathered Avengers. He hissed with another regretful hiss when he saw that all the Avengers looked as confused as him. "We need to find them before Tony says something that offends Nightshade and she kills him without any warning!" he told them. He feared that Tony would meet a grisly end by Nightshade's metal claws if he done something that the shapeshifter didn't like.

"Nightshade would not kill him! No matter how much she wants to!" Edward spoke up. The Ghoul approached Captain America with no hesitation at all. His giant battle axe was back in its scabbard on his back, but it was ready to be deployed at the last second. Edward and the Hulk had appeared only a few moments ago. The two heavy brawlers of the Avengers and Guardians had separated or they would have butted heads even more. "She has more self control than that mindless brute over there!" he said as he glared at Hulk.

Hulk glared at Edward. He would have smashed Edward if Thor and Hawkeye had both stepped in front of him. His muscles were strained as he fought to keep away from the Ghoul. "Corpseface!" he grumbled. He had a smile on his face when he expected Edward to start a fight but his smile fell when he saw Edward smirk and fold his arms across his chest.

Edward looked back at Captain America. "We need to fall back and get back to the Moonray! That is no doubt where Nightshade has also done with Stark! If she hasn't already killed him!" he explained to Captain America.

"Understood! It is best that we get the Book of the Dead out of here where Seth has an advantage!" Captain America agreed with Edward. "We just need to prepare for the trek to the Moonray!" he said.

Edward nodded his head. "Why would we need to trek to the Moonray when we could have a Ground Bridge open directly to the Moonray!" he spoke up with a smirk on his face. /Moonray I need a Ground Bridge out of here!/

A swirling blue vortex opened up and swallowed the Avengers in the chamber that they were in.