Anubis's POV

I hear movement in the room. I open my eyes and see Sadie. She was wearing jeans. I saw her black lace bra before she pulled her shirt over her head. She notices my eyes open.

"I see you finally woke up," She says while adjusting her shirt.

"I didn't mean to watch you," I apologize.

"If I cared I would have dressed in the bathroom," She says.

Sadie grabs her weapons belt and puts it around her. I get up and head to my room and get dressed. I grab my bag and meet the others downstairs. Walt and Jaz were waiting by the door with their stuff. Zia was standing by Felix's parents probably going over some things. Carter and Sadie were talking to each other.

Sadie walks over to me. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah," I say.

"Alright," Carter says. "I'm going to make the portal to the magician base in Canada. Once we get there let me do the talking."

Carter makes the portal. Zia steps through first, then Jaz, Walt, Sadie, then me. Once we get through, we were at the gates of a village. A person dressed in black jeans, winter boots, and a white coat walks up to us. It was a male. He had brown eyes.

"Who are you?" He asks.

"Carter Kane," Carter says. "My father is Julius Kane."

"Who are the rest of these people?" He asks.

"My sister Sadie Kane, and some of our other magicians Walt, Andrew, Jaz, and Zia." Carter says.

"Alright," He says. "Come with me."

We all follow him. I was starting to get worried. I don't know if the other magicians remembered what I looked like. What if they pointed me out to the others? We walk down the pathway what appeared to be the main cabin. We walk in and the guy instructs us to have a seat in a room with some couches. Walt, Zia, and Carter sit on a couch. Jaz, Sadie, and I sit on the other. We wait. A few moments later the guy comes back in with a couple of the magicians. I recognized them. One of them was a male the other was a female. They both looked at me for a second.

"Here are a couple of them," He says. "The other two don't want to talk about their time locked up."

"Thank you," Carter says. The guy leaves and Carter looks at the two magicians. "Hello, I'm Carter Kane. This is my sister Sadie and these are some of our friends Jaz, Walt, Andrew, and Zia."

"Hi," The girl says. "I'm Rebecca and this is my brother Ethan."

"We came to ask you a couple questions about Anubis," Carter says.

Rebecca looks at me. I shake my head no as a signal not to say anything. She nods. "What about him?"

"What did he look like?" Carter asks.

"He had dark eyes and black or brown hair," Rebecca says. "He was muscular, he wore ripped jeans and a shirt with holes in it. He wore combat boots and a leather jacket. He looked maybe early twenties. We didn't really get much time to look at him. That's all I can say that will help you."

"Thank you," Carter says.

"May I ask why?" Rebecca says.

"Set took his powers away for saving you," Sadie says. "We're trying to find him before Anput does."

"Who's Anput?" Rebecca asks.

I loved that no one knew her when Anput's name was mentioned. Anput hated it. "Anubis's wife," Sadie says. "We're pretty sure she's working for Set."

"I feel bad that he lost his powers for us," Rebecca says. "Sorry we couldn't be much help."

"It's fine," Carter says. "We do have kind of an idea what to look for."

Rebecca and Ethan leave. I get up and follow them.

"Rebecca," I say. "Thank you."

"Thank you," Rebecca says. "You saved us and lost your powers because of it. We can never thank you enough. May I ask why you're not telling them who you are?"

"The girl, Sadie, she doesn't really like gods." I say.

"You really like her," Rebecca says. "Don't you have a wife?"

"It's complicated," I say. "I ended that relationship years ago. She just hasn't accepted it yet. If they never find me, I can just be Andrew. I don't plan on them ever finding out about me."

"Let's hope your right," Rebecca says. "Thank you, for saving my family. Me, my brother, my sister, and my dad."

"You're welcome," I say.

Rebecca and Ethan wonder off. I go back into the room and Sadie was waiting. "What was that about?" She asks.

"I just had a couple questions for them," I say. "Sorry."

"It's fine," She says. "Carter is talking to the head of this village and then were leaving."

"Where are we going next?" I ask.

"Back to New York," She says. "Were going to the Manhattan area to search."

"Great," I say. "Though, we don't have a very good description."

"Just a muscular guy with dark eyes and black or brown hair," Sadie says. "For all we know you could be Anubis."

"Come on Sadie," Walt says. "Andrew doesn't look like he'd be a god. No offense Andrew."

"None taken," I say.

"That proves my point on how not helpful the description is," Sadie says.

The group all returns and Sadie makes the portal this time. We all take turns stepping through to Manhattan.

"We're going to do three group of two. Stay nearby and don't wander to far," Carter says.

"I'll go with Andrew," Sadie says.

"I'll go with Zia," Jaz says.

"Guess it's me and you man," Walt says to Carter.

Sadie and I, Jaz and Zia, and Walt and Carter all walk their own ways. Sadie and I walked while I held her hand. "We both voted no on the search but here we are." I say.

"Yeah," Sadie says. "It's not a bad idea, if we do find him, we can get information on Set. Meanwhile, my father and uncle are on some mission to find Horus, Isis, and Ra. My family spends more time searching for gods than anything else."

"They think they can help," I say.

"Horus was supposed to help," Sadie says. "He went into hiding after Osiris was killed."

I never knew what happened to Horus. I know he'd never back down from a fight so why did he? He didn't even try to fight Apophis or Set. I hoped that he'd come back and fix things. He never did.

"It's all a mystery to me," I say.

"I wonder how many gods lost their powers to Set," Sadie says. "There has to be more than just Anubis. Do you think Horus is one of them?"

"That could be a possibility," I say. "That would explain why he didn't fight back."

We walk around for another hour before Sadie stops for a break. We sit on a bus stop bench. Sadie drinks some water and hands the bottle for me to take a drink. I hand it back to her. Walt and Carter walk up to us. "Find anything?" Carter asks.

"No," Sadie says. "You?"

"No," Carter says.

Jaz and Zia come walking up to us. "We found something," Zia says. "We found a spot where someone had been camping and possibly has been living."

"Where?" Carter asks.

"It's at a library," Zia says.

"Let's go take a look," Sadie gets up.

Zia and Jaz lead us to the library. Once we get there we search. There was a spot in the library office that looks like someone managed to make a bed. It did look like someone lived here. We were investigating the office when we hear a crashing sound in the library. Walt got the gun ready and Sadie reached for her weapons belt.

"Don't hurt me!" A guy says. "You can take whatever you want!"

I take a look at the guy. They had blonde hair and looked a couple years older than how I looked which was 21. He wore a Star Wars shirt and jeans. It was Thoth. I hadn't seen him in a couple months when he had his powers drained.

"Who are you?" Sadie asks.

"I'm Thoth," He says. "Well, before I had my powers taken from me."

He walks closer with his hands still up. He looks at me. "Oh, hey An- "

"Andrew," I interrupt him. He was confused for a second then decides to play along.

"Andrew," He says. "Almost forgot. I knew it was An something."

"How long have you been staying here?" Carter asks.

"A couple months," He says. "I appeared around here when Set threw me out."

"Why hide out in a library?" Sadie asks.

"Well, I came here to maybe find some survival books and decided why not stay at the library. I have no powers to help myself and the library was a great way to read about the skills I need and if I needed anything else, I could just find a book about it," He explains.

"So basically Carter," Sadie says.

Zia lightly laughs. Not loud enough for anyone to hear. I was standing next to her and was able to hear her.

Carter ignores his sisters' comment. "Do you know if other gods have lost their powers? Do they show up around here too?"

"I don't think Set knows where he throws them. He usually makes a random portal and throws us through. He doesn't really tell us where we are going. I assume they could show up anywhere around the world," Thoth explains. "Are you looking for any specific one?"

"Anubis," Carter says

"Anubis lost his powers?" Thoth asks. "That explains why I saw Anput a couple days ago."

"You saw her," Walt says. "Did she talk to you?"

"No," Thoth says. "I don't think she saw me."

"Do you know how we can find him?" Sadie asks.

"No," Thoth says. "Did you check the graveyards?"

"Do gods go to the most obvious place," Sadie says. "You're the god of wisdom and you show up at a library. Why the hell would Anubis hang out in a graveyard. I don't see how that would help with surviving. Anubis can't be that stupid."

"He's not," Thoth says. "He's actually a smart guy. I know, Anput is using jackals to find him. The jackals are used to him and can track his scent. They will struggle more than they usually would because without his powers he won't have the same scent. Are you sure he wants to be found?"

"No," Sadie says. "We were hoping he can help us."

"With what?" Thoth asks.

"Location of Set and Apophis. Maybe the location of Horus, Isis, or Ra." Carter tells him.

"Set and Apophis made base in the pyramids in Egypt," Thoth says. "Horus, Isis, and Ra all went into hiding."

"It's getting late," Zia says. "We should probably find a place to stay."

"Stay here," Thoth offers. "There's more offices upstairs that you could stay in."

"Great," Zia says. "Carter is that alright?"

"Yeah," Carter says.

The group all heads upstairs. I stay downstairs with Thoth.

"Any reason you're looking for yourself?" Thoth asks.

"They don't know I'm Anubis," I say.

"I got that," Thoth says. "Why don't you tell them?"

"The girl with the caramel blonde hair," I say. "She's not a big fan of gods. I've gotten attached to her."

"Anubis," Thoth says. "Your wife is looking for you."

"I know," I say.

"If Anput sees you with that girl," Thoth says.

"Her name is Sadie," I say.

"If Anput sees you with Sadie," Thoth corrects himself. "Anput will torture and kill Sadie. You know, that right?"

"I ended things with Anput 500 years ago," I say.

"She doesn't think that," Thoth says.

"I thought she'd be with Set by now," I say.

"You and me both," Thoth says. "I hope your hiding your identity doesn't backfire on you man."

"I hope it doesn't," I say. "I really love Sadie. I love her more than I ever loved Anput."

"Wow," He says. "She makes you happy then?"

"Yes," I say. "More than anything."

"I haven't seen you happy in over 1,000 years," Thoth says.

"Losing my powers was the best thing that's ever happened to me," I say. "I would've never met Sadie."

"Just be careful," Thoth says.

"Thank you," I say.

I head upstairs to find Sadie.