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They walked until morning as the sun rose slowly over the heavy sand dunes. It wasn't until they came to a small village where the people offered to feed them and clothe them in proper apparel for the desert journey. As Adam, Rick, and Jonathon managed to gather what money they had on them to buy some camels for the journey. The women clothed Fallon, Evy, and Kelly in pretty black layered sheered clothes of either skirts or the puffed pants with belts with either the coins or small thin raindrop beads and sandals of leather decked with beads around the ankle. Despite the dark color, it really cooled them off. And it even showed that Rick was really taken to how Evy looked.

They rode the camels through the blazing hot day, having to bear with Jonathon's constant complaining and the stinky warden's terrible singing. Fallon and Evy were terribly bored since they had forgotten their books on the boat. Fallon felt most terrible because she had never finished the Medjai book. But Kelly kept both Evy and Fallon, and not to mention Adam occupied with conversation.

When it reached the afternoon, when the sun began to set, everyone admitted that they were a bit hungry and they shared small portions of bread that the villagers gave to them. It was also when Kelly became very interested in what happened on the boat.

"So, what happened on the boat with that one guy?" Kelly asked, steering her camel closer to Fallon's. Fallon rolled her eyes, at both the comment and in memory.

"Well, we fought a little. But he wasn't really fighting, he was more just blocking. At one point he even lowered his sword saying he only wanted the map and that he didn't want to hurt me," Fallon replied. This caught Rick's attention. He listened intently over the desert winds picking up and blowing sand in his eyes. "When we saw the flames I quickly grabbed the map but so did he and I pushed him aside and ran out of the room towards the dock. He followed me and got the map, but I didn't care anymore. When I got to the railing I looked back and he just stood there looking at me. And…this is going to sound crazy."

"No, go on. I want to hear," Kelly said. Rick even wanted to hear the rest. He really was worried about Fallon, since he found out about her dream and the book.

"It felt like I knew him already. Like…he was the one from my dream or something like that. And the even crazier thing was…he acted like he knew me too. Right before I jumped over the railing, he lowered his mask. I only saw a little bit of his face right before I went completely overboard. It's weird you know, because why would he lower his mask?" Fallon said.

"His face was burning up?" Kelly asked. She knew this wasn't the answer. She just threw one out there so as not to stir anything up.

Fallon smiled slightly. "I don't know."

Rick knew this wasn't just some ordinary occurrence. He knew something was up. He just didn't know what. Fallon was starting to worry him more and more.

Night fell upon them. Only Rick was up and awake, while the others fell asleep sitting up. Kelly was the only one who also stayed awake for periods of times, riding next to Rick. Suddenly, they had the feeling that they were being watched. They both looked up at the cliff they were riding near and saw a line of black figures staring at them, just like in the Prologue.

"What do you think is going on with Fallon and that one Medjai?" Kelly asked Rick quietly. Rick sighed.

"Honestly, I don't know. But it's getting to be more and more suspicious every time we have a run in with some of those guys and Fallon opens her mouth. Now, I don't believe in destiny and all that crap, but this is just getting plain weird. Those guys don't back down, not even for women in their way. And to just want a map and not want to hurt her? Just plain odd. And not to mention lowering his mask in front of her; it's not typical for those guysi," Rick said.

"Do you think we'll have another run in with them soon?" Kelly asked. Rick looked back up at the cliff. He nodded.

"Yeah."

Ardeth reflected on what happened on the boat once he saw the camels leading the gang to Hamunaptra. After he had let go of the girl she ran straight to the railing and stopped suddenly. She turned back and looked at him. There was no question about it now: she was the girl in his dream and the same girl from three years ago. The heat from his mask and the smoke from the burning ship were making it hard to see her so he slowly started to lower his mask. She then jumped overboard. He ran right to the railing where she was and watched her swim away until several of his surviving men came up to him, asking if they should retreat. Glancing once more at the girl swimming to shore, he ordered his men to abandon ship, and they retreated onto the small rowboat they tied to the ship, slipping into the night unseen by the Americans or the gang.

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