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Fallon smiled puckishly as she held the sword in her hand, facing the man clad in black. Kelly had taught Fallon well when she asked her to teach her something about how to defend herself after the war. Something respectable, she had asked. Kelly was a professional at fencing and she made sure that Fallon became one as well. Whenever Fallon picked up a sword after she had reached a level that Kelly herself was proud of Fallon reaching, there was a switch that got turned on. Her confidence levels heightened and she gained a certain cockiness. But once she put the sword back down, the conservative Fallon again would settle back into herself. She herself knew that she wasn't that good, not at the level Kelly was at, but the feeling of holding something like that in your hands made Fallon feel much more powerful at least.
The man clad in black lowered his curved sword a bit. "I only want the map," he said, eyeing it on the nightstand. He moved closer to it slowly. Fallon stepped quickly forward with the sword pointing it at his chest.
"I don't think so," she said. His breath was growing heavier under his mask. He wanted to pull it down to breathe better but he didn't think this was a good idea. He only gazed at this woman. He knew who she was, he knew he did. His stomach had dropped, and that feeling told him that this was the woman. But the rapid beating of his heart was clouding the memory of his dreams and he couldn't be sure.
"It's all I want. I promise not to harm you," he said calmly. There were more gunshots from outside on the deck.
Fallon smiled and chuckled. "Right." She wouldn't believe that for a minute.
He moved for the map again but she took a swing at him, and he blocked it quickly. She tried swinging more and more at him as he blocked more and more.
"Is blocking all you can do?" Fallon asked. She lowered her sword, smiling. "You can do better than that."
They saw flames coming down the hall towards the room. Fallon ran to the map but the black clad man was just as quick and grabbed at it just as she did. They looked at each other and Fallon shoved him out of the way and she grabbed the map and ran with the sword still in her hand. The black clad man started running after her.
Fallon ran away from the flames towards the deck where she was sure her friends would be. Many more men clad in black were attacking people on the ship. She almost ran straight into one, until she stopped quickly, and before he could register anything, she swung with her sword and sent his scimitar flying out of his hand. She kicked him in the shin and ran past him.
She saw Rick and Evy fighting on the deck. She waited for some men dragging camels by the entrance of the hall.
"Rick!" She called. She saw Rick pick Evy up and throw her overboard. She also saw Kelly and Adam jumping overboard.
Fallon was caught from behind, an arm wrapped tightly around her as the other snatched her hand with the sword, and squeezed so tightly that she let out a yelp and dropped it onto the deck. He then yanked the the delicate papyrus map from her hand. She let him take it, she had nothing to defend herself with except her legs, and even then she still kicked at him. He let her go and she ran towards Rick. She knew she didn't need the map; she just wanted it to examine it when she got back to Cairo and eventually put it in a museum. She, Kelly, and Rick still knew the way to Hamunaptra, map or no map.
She stopped at the railing, looking back at the black clad man. Rick was already over board swimming towards shore. He stood up on the bank and saw Fallon still on the boat.
"Fallon!" Rick screamed.
"Fallon, get off the boat!" Kelly screamed at her, starting to head back into the water. The flames were consuming the boat, and if Fallon didn't jump now, she would be consumed too.
Fallon stared at the black clad man who stared at her back. He removed his mask and she only got a quick look at him before she stood up on the metal, cylindrical railing and dove into the Nile.
She swam to the shore to where Rick, Evy, Kelly, Jonathon, Adam, and the stinky warden were all waiting. Kelly ran to hug her. She held Fallon by the shoulders.
"Did you kick his butt? You know what, I don't care anymore," Kelly said relieved.
Rick dropped his pack and marched up to Fallon. "What the hell were you still doing on that boat?! Don't you ever do that again, you nearly scared me half to death!"
Fallon nodded as he quickly hugged her.
"Hey, O'Connell! It looks to me like we have all the horses!" They all heard a voice come from the opposite side of the Nile. They all looked to see Beni.
"What is Beni doing here?" Fallon asked, surprised.
They all saw the Americans and other Egyptians over there as well.
"Hey, Beni! Looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the river!" O'Connell yelled back to him. Beni smirked then looked around and kicked at the water, cursing.
"He's leading the Americans to Hamunaptra," O'Connell mumbled as he picked up his sack and started walking.
Fallon smirked. "Probably for the money they're paying him."
They all started walking. Fallon thought back to the boat. She had caught that small glimpse of that man's face when he pulled his mask off. He seemed so familiar.
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