AN: Hi all! Thanks for reading this far! I hope you all have been enjoying it. We're closing in on the last few chapters of this fanfic and I will now be announcing that there WILL be a sequel to this fanfic titled Heart of the Medjai: Unfinished Memories, and in the meantime I will also be writing a new Mummy fanfic which will be titled Tiger's Eye. I'm hoping Tiger's Eye will be a little neater and more thought out than this one, since Medjai's Fate was my first serious fanfic that I've ever put out to the public eye.
So without further ado, please enjoy this chapter!
It was early the next morning and Adam had finally come to in the medical ward. They had bandaged up his shoulder and put his arm in a sling. Rick had gone back to Evy's apartment to grab his gun sack, and Jonathon went to get his car back from somewhere in the middle of Cairo where they crashed.
Kelly and Fallon stayed at Adam's bed side, Ardeth watching from afar, keeping a suspiciously close watch over Fallon since they found Adam.
"I remember that I went over with Daniels. He started grabbing out his guns to shoot some of the people coming after him, and I got up and ran out to stop him, but he accidentally got me in the shoulder. I just collapsed in pain and I eventually blacked out from blood loss I suppose.
"You were so brave," Kelly said, her eyes wet with tears unfallen.
"And Imhotep?" Fallon asked.
"I don't think I was conscious for that part. But I'm assuming he got to Daniels. He must have assumed that I was dead since I was on the ground with bullet hole and blood coming out of me. I probably wasn't worth checking out," Adam answered.
"Why did you try to stop Daniels from shooting those men? They were trying to kill him, and possibly you too," Kelly asked.
"They were under some sort of spell, weren't they? It wasn't completely their fault, they were innocent men being...controlled or something. Eventually they would go back to normal, but they wouldn't get that chance if they were dead," Adam explained.
"Oh, Adam, such a martyr," Fallon sighed with a smile.
"But we certainly don't have that much time," Adam said, squirming in his cot, making a move to swing his legs off. Fallon and Kelly quickly put their hands out to stop him.
"Whoa, you're not going anywhere," Kelly rebuttled.
"Of course I am, you guys aren't going anywhere without me. It's far too dangerous," Adam said.
"And I'm sure we will be in the perfectly capable hands of Rick and Mr. Bay," Fallon assured him. The statement didn't do much to assure him, especially with the mention of the Medjai.
"Besides," Kelly cut in, "you can't very well protect us when you can't use your arm."
"I can't just let you guys go into the arena without knowing that you'll come out alive," Adam said, reaching his hand over and grabbing Kelly's. Fallon could see a blush creep up Kelly's neck to her cheeks.
"I'm certainly capable of taking care of myself, you know. I'm Miss Guns-and-Swords. And Fallon's smart enough to figure this whole thing out and kill the creature and shit. Besides, she's got Mr. Tall-Dark-and-Handsome to protect her even from a grain of sand. You've got nothing to worry about," Kelly replied, softly.
Fallon suddenly felt as though Kelly and Adam wanted to say more to each other. She didn't blame them, so much had happened already, and the unknown was ahead of them. Literally, anything could happen. Fallon always knew how Kelly felt about her brother, and even though Fallon never knew how her brother felt about her best friend, she felt now was the time that he would make it known to at least Kelly.
"I'll um..." Fallon stood up from the edge of Adam's bed, "I have to talk to Mr. Bay about something."
She slowly walked over to Ardeth, who had been watching near the entrance to the medical ward overlooking the rows of mostly empty cots. There was a French soldier in there with a severe stomach bug. Fallon hoped that she would be able to hear something that Adam and Kelly would be talking about as she walked away, but she knew that they would wait until she was out of earshot.
"We just need to give them a moment," Fallon explained.
"I understand," Ardeth replied. An uncomfortable silence fell, and all they could hear were the murmured voices of Kelly and Adam, and the moaning of the French soldier.
"Hopefully, Rick and Jonathon will be back soon," Fallon said to break the silence.
"Yes," Ardeth simply replied. "At the museum..." he started.
"What?" Fallon asked.
"At the museum while we were searching for where the Book of Amun-Ra was hidden on the tablet, something happened to you."
Fallon was startled. She blinked a couple of times. "I...I don't recall anything."
"You touched the stone and you stepped back. You almost fell back. It was as if something happened."
Fallon tried to remember everything that had happened last night. Everything was a blur and everything had been happening so quickly. How much could she actually remember? Burns died, she found out she was an oracle, Imhotep wanted her and Evy, her and Ardeth's dreams were connected, the Book of Amun-Ra...The Book of the Amun-Ra. The tablet. When she touched the tablet she saw Hamunaptra! She saw the Statue of Horus there and then Evy said that that's where the Book of Amun-Ra was!
"I...I saw...something," Fallon said, muttering to herself.
"What?" Ardeth asked, leaning in closer to hear her.
"I saw something," Fallon repeated a little louder. "When I touched the tablet, I saw something. It was Hamunaptra, and the Statue of Horus..."
"You saw those things before-"
"Yes, before Evy said that's where the Book of Amun-Ra was hidden," Fallon finished.
She could see a small hint of a smile on the corners of his lips. "Do you know what this means? It means that you have had a vision. This proves more than anything else that you are in fact an oracle."
Fallon's voice was caught in her throat. The only word she could let out was a cracked, "Lovely."
Once she took a breath she said, "You do realize that this isn't quite helpful right now? I mean that was a complete accident. I don't know how to control it."
"But you can learn," Ardeth said. His smile was growing and his eyes were glimmering more and more with hope. "You had the vision by the touch of something that eventually gave us the answer. We know that it can be at least touch based. You have the ability to connect with so much, to save lives."
"Alright," Fallon burst out laughing. "I don't think that my ability can go so far as to do that."
"All the same," Ardeth continued, placing a hand on her shoulder. "You have the ability of the oracle. And with time and patience, you can hone that ability and use it to help many people."
"Well, we'll see," Fallon said, doubtful. "In the very least, it can help me find more artifacts."
She looked back over to Kelly and Adam and discovered them to be embracing the other warmly. But Ardeth's words did ring something with her. More than anything, she wanted to see her best friend and her brother alive. If this ability really meant anything, then she truly would like to use to help people. Especially those she loved.
AN: Haha, typical Fallon. I apologize for the short chapter, I've been working a lot, and wanted to at least post something. Please Favorite, Follow, and Review!