Anubis's POV

I was dressed in dark blue jeans, a dark grey t-shirt, a black leather jacket, and a pair of black combat boots. Sadie comes out of the bathroom dressed in a royal blue V-neck t-shirt and light blue jeans. Her shirt made her blue eyes stand out. Sadie and I had still been sharing her room because she still didn't want to be alone at night. She walks over to the couch and begins putting her boots on. She gets up and starts searching the room for her jacket. I pick up the jacket and hold it out for her.

"Thanks jackal boy," She says kissing me. She takes the jacket.

Sadie and I head down to the kitchen. Cleo was making pancakes. Since Thoth has been here, he's magically made ingredients that were nearly impossible to find appear. Sadie grabs a couple of pancakes and puts them both on a separate plate. Sadie hands me one of them. Sadie and I sit next to each other and start eating. A few minutes later Carter comes into the room. He wore jeans and a white button up shirt.

"What's your plan for today?" Sadie asks him.

"I'm going to try to contact other magician bases and explain to them about what's happened. Maybe they will come join us in our fight against Apophis." Carter says. "Jaz and a couple others are working on healing potions. Walt and Zia are going to train with everyone 16 or older to help us fight."

"What's uncle Amos doing?" Sadie asks.

"He's going to be around helping whoever needs it," Carter says. "We got everything under control Sadie. Your job is to go with Anubis and help him convince his family to come help us."

"What if Apophis comes here?" She asks.

"He probably won't," I say. "I'm sure it will take him about a week to realize that Set is missing. Usually they met every two weeks."

"If he shows up," Carter says. "We'll handle it."

Sadie looked a little worried. Sadie was a little on edge separating from Amos and Carter. They were her last two living family members. I knew she must've been afraid of leaving and them not being back when she returned. I felt bad for her. The Kanes have lost a lot. I just hoped we could take down Apophis without anymore losses.

"Good morning Kanes, Anubis, and Cleo!" Thoth says. Thoth wore jeans and a button up shirt unbuttoned with a t-shirt that had hieroglyphics that said something I couldn't quite make out because of the button shirt being in the way.

"Morning Thoth," Sadie says. She and I both had finished eating. "Ready to go?"

"Yes," Thoth says. "Whenever you guys are ready."

"I just have to grab a couple of things," Sadie says. "I'll be right back."

Sadie leaves the room and Carter follows her. I stand up and rinse off the plates. Once I was finished Sadie came back in. She had a weapons belt with a couple of knifes and a wand. Sadie had a staff strapped on her back. I didn't have any weapons on me because I had my powers. Sadie and I hadn't talked much about the issue of me having powers and being immortal. Though, since I got them back, we've been busy. Whether it was Julius's funeral, Sadie's nightmares, the make out session on Sadie's balcony the other night, dealing with preparations to take down Apophis. We were a little busy.

"Everyone's ready then?" Thoth asks.

"Yes," Sadie and I both say.

Thoth smiles at us and then makes a portal. We step through once. The surroundings changed from the kitchen of the Brooklyn house to trees with vibrant green leaves. The ground also had different shades of green. "Where the hell are, we?" Sadie asks.

"You are in a forest somewhere in Australia," Thoth says.

"Why Australia?" I ask.

"Isis thought a forest would be a good place to hide," Thoth says. "I recommended Australia because I knew Set and Apophis wouldn't think to come here. They focused on places like Egypt and America where they knew the Kanes were. His first task was to destroy the Kanes. He wasn't going to worry about them until you guys were killed off."

"So, where are they?" I ask.

"This way," Thoth says. We walk for a little while until we find a waterfall with a small pond at the bottom. "The base is right behind this waterfall."

Thoth leads us around the rocks and behind the waterfall. There was a cave. In the face there were some Egyptian hieroglyphics. "It's a puzzle," I say to Sadie. "I'm assuming we have to figure it out to get in."

"I don't have time for a puzzle," Sadie says. She pulls out her wand. "Ha-di" The wall explodes. "Puzzle solved."

Thoth and I exchange looks and then we follow Sadie down the cave. It opens up and it was no longer a cave. It looked like the inside of an Egyptian castle thrown room. Guards being surrounding us. "Who goes there!" One of them says.

"Anubis," I say. "Along with Thoth, and Sadie Kane."

"Anubis," some of the guard's whisper. "Find the queen."

The guards drop their weapons and we walk forward. "This place is insane," Sadie says. "It's so beautiful."

I smile at Sadie admiring the castle. She walked around the room exploring. A few minutes later a women dressed in Egyptian robes with black hair and brown eyes came into the room. My aunt, Isis.

"Anubis!" She says. "My boy!" She runs up to me and hugs me.

"Hello Aunt Isis," I say. "It's been a while."

"It sure has," She says. "I thought your father would've killed you off."

"He tried," I say. "I actually, killed him."

"Set's dead!" She says.

"Anput is also dead," I say.

"Oh no!" She says. "You loved her."

"I broke up with her 500 years ago," I say. "Remember, she had an affair with Set."

"Right, I must've forgot. What brings you here?" She says.

"Well," I say.

"We killed Set and Anput," Sadie says. "Unfortunately, Apophis is still out there and we need your help to destroy him."

"We were hoping that you, Horus, and Ra would come and assist us in taking care of him," I tell her.

"I don't know," Isis says. "I'm not sure if it's the right time to come out of hiding."

"Come on," I say. "We are so close to taking the world back from evil and chaos. At least take a minute to talk it over with the others."

"How about we discuss it with them together?" She asks. "Over dinner, I insist."

"Anubis," Sadie says. "Can we talk a second?"

I move back and walk over towards Sadie. "Yes?"

"We need to hurry," She says. "We need to get them and get back."

"I know," I say. "I think if we do dinner, I can convince them. Carter and Amos will be fine when we get back. I know that's why you're in such a hurry."

"Fine," Sadie says. "Dinner, then if you haven't convinced them, we are leaving."

"Okay," I say. I place a hand on her shoulder. "I promise. If I can't convince them by the time dinner is over, we'll leave."

Sadie nods and I go back to Isis. "Okay, we'll stay for dinner."

"Great!" Isis says. "I'll have the servants place three extra spots down. It should be ready in an hour. I'll go see if I can find Horus or Ra. I'm sure they'll be just as excited to see you."

Sadie placed her staff and jacket in the duat. She kept her weapons belt around her. She walked over to the balcony. It looked out and the scenery looked like Egypt. I knew this was probably my Aunt's magic. You could see the pyramids. I stood behind Sadie. Being on the balcony reminded me of the other day. Sadie and I. Me lifting her up and holding her against the wall while we kissed. Sadie with her hands in my hair, on my neck, on my chest and her legs wrapped around me.

"Do you really think you can convince them to come with us?" She asks me turning around to face me and looking up at me with her deep blue eyes.

"I think, that they can't hide forever. At some point they have to come out and face the problem. I'm going to make sure they know that now is a perfect opportunity to come out of hiding. If they help us take down Apophis, we can fix the world. Rebuild. Make things better." I say.

Sadie puts her arms around my neck. I put my hands on her sides. "I like it," Sadie says. "You have me sold and I'm not even the one you're trying to convince."

"If it worked on you, it can work on them," I say. Sadie leans up and kisses me. I kiss her back. She comes in for a hug.

"Anubis," A voice says. I turn and see my cousin. Horus. He had black hair like me. He had one gold eye and one silver eye. They used to both be gold but one got stabbed out.

"Horus," I say. "It's been a while."

"You brought a servant with you," He gestures to Sadie.

"I'm not a fucking servant you asshole," She says.

"This is Sadie Kane," I say. "A magician."

"Sadie Kane," Horus says. "As in the Kane family."

"No, as in the thing elderly people walk with," Sadie says. "Yes, as the Kane family."

"She's a feisty one," Horus says.

"I'd watch out," I say. "She killed Anput."

"Anput," Horus says. "Your wife?"

"My ex-wife," I say.

"So, are you married to Sadie then?" Horus asks.

"Absolutely not," Sadie says. "We've hadn't had enough peace around here since I've met him let alone time to get to know him and marry him."

"We're just seeing each other," I say. "She's my girlfriend."

"You know you the rules, cousin." Horus comments.

"I know the rules," I say. "I don't think they really apply anymore. Not until we take care of Apophis. Which is what we came here for. We need you guys to help us take him down."

"Interesting," Horus says. "That sounds like a war. I'm in."

"Could you help me convince Ra and Isis?" I ask.

"I can try," Horus says. "I'm sure Ra would like it. He's tired of being cooped up in her and unable to see the real sun. Isis, I'm not sure. She still doesn't want to accept the fact that Osiris is gone."

Horus walks away and Sadie and I were alone again. "Girlfriend," She says. "Were back to those titles again?"

"Yes," I say. "Only if you want to."

Sadie kisses me. "Does that answer your question?"

"Yes," I say.

I take Sadie's hand and we walk towards the dinning room. The table was a long table. We all sat at one end. Isis was at the end of the table. Ra and Horus sat on one side. Thoth, Sadie, and I sit on the other side. The servants pour wine for all of us. Sadie probably never had wine before. She takes a drink of it and makes a face.

"Can we get some water for her?" I ask one of the servants. They nod and walk off towards the kitchen.

They come back with the water and we begin eating. Once we finish Ra begins talking to me. "So, Anubis," Ra says. "How have you been son?"

"Set took my powers and used me as bait to lure the Kanes out of hiding," I tell him. "Set captured all of us. Julius turned himself in. We had a battle. Anput and Set died. Along with Julius Kane." I look at Sadie who was staring at the glass. I place my hand on hers. "Now were here. Asking for help. We need help to defeat Apophis."

"I see," Ra says. "I think we've been in hiding too long. What do you think Horus? Isis?"

"I think I'm ready for whatever Apophis gives us," Horus says.

We all look at Isis. "I don't think it's a good idea. We've already lost so much."

"You've lost so much!" Sadie says standing up. "I've lost my mother and my father because of your inability to actually fight! You guys sit here and hope you'll just wait things out! People are dying out there! Gods, magicians, and humans and it's all your fault for not taking a stand!" Sadie storms out of the room.

"I like this one cousin," Horus says drinking from his glass. "You should keep her around."

I get up and follow after Sadie. I find her putting her jacket on. "Sadie," I say. "Are you alright?"

"No," She says. "Isis is being ridiculous. She lost her husband and she thinks that she's lost so much. I lost most of my family and if she doesn't decide to help us. I could lose Carter and Amos too. I didn't want to come here without Carter. What if I go back and he's gone? I didn't get to say goodbye to my mom or my dad and I'm not going to lose my chance with Carter or Amos." Sadie had tears running down her face. I pull her in for a hug.

I let Sadie cry for a while before trying to calm her down. "Let's go," I say. "Back to the Brooklyn House."

"Anubis, Sadie," Isis says. "I'd like to apologize."

"Isis," I say. "We're leaving. Since your not going to help us."

"I will," Isis says. "We will. Sadie's right. I'm hiding from my problems. It's time we stand up and take charge."

"Great," I say. "Thank you."

"Just, stay the night, please. We're going to need some time to prepare. Besides, it's probably dark outside and we have to be a certain distance away from here to be able to summon portals. If you need to message someone, Thoth can do that." Isis says.

I look at Sadie. I knew she was in a hurry to get back to her brother and her uncle. She nods in agreement. "Sure," I say. "We have to leave first thing in the morning. Sadie needs to be with her family."

"I understand that," Isis says. "We will leave first thing in the morning."

Isis shows Sadie, Thoth and I to our rooms. Thoth gets his own and I decide to share with Sadie. The room was massive. The bed was a king size and literally looked like it was made for a king. There were red curtains that would go around it. I closed most of them except for the one that we were going to crawl into. We had got a message to Carter letting him know we'd be back in the morning. Since Sadie and I hadn't planned to stay the night. We had to sleep in what we had. I had taken my jeans and shirt off and wore my boxers. Sadie ended up wearing my t-shirt because she didn't feel comfortable since she was in a place that she didn't know. We get into the bed and I close the curtains. I know that we were safe. I just wanted to make sure that we had privacy. Sadie snuggles up to me and I put an arm around her. She falls asleep quickly and I hold her in my arms until I fall asleep.

Wow, what a longer chapter. This is also the 3rd chapter I wrote today. Let me know what you guys think. Hope you enjoyed. I'm still not sure how many chapters are left but I think there's a few still. Also, what would you guys think of a Valentines one-shot for Sadie and Anubis? Would you be interested in reading if I wrote one?