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Chapter 11: The Seven Arrows of Sekhmet
It didn't take them long to find Zia. She was easy to spot with her linen robes and her short black hair.
"Carter," she said, "You came. I'm surprised to see you. I didn't think you'd come here."
"We came here because Anubis told us that you had critical information for us." Percy said before the others could stop him.
"Is this true?" Zia asked Carter, "Are you really here because of that and not because you trusted me?" She looked hurt so Carter hurried to explain.
"It was both, Zia." he said quickly.
Amos looked impatient. He hadn't put up a fight after the others' decision to come here, but he'd made it clear that he didn't like the idea.
"Shouldn't we get going before Desjardens catches up with us?"
"We thought that we could reason with him instead." explained Zia, "Perhaps he will see sense."
"Why would we risk that?" Nico asked, "Wouldn't it be better to leave now and avoid him?"
Amos and the others nodded in agreement. Zia sighed and then she turned pale as she noticed a figure in cream robes approaching them.
"It looks like we don't have a choice," she said, "He's here."
As Desjardens approached, Nico, Percy and Carter drew their swords. Amos, Zia and Sadie drew staffs and wands.
"What is this?" Desjardens asked, "Zia, how dare you raise a staff against me!"
"Desjardens, listen," Carter began but the Chief Lector raised his own staff and advanced towards them.
Before anyone could react, a dozen skelital warriors burst out of the ground at Nico's feet and attacked Desjardens. At almost the same time, a blast of water from a nearby fountain knocked him to the ground.
The skeletons charged but Desjardens blasted them with a wave of wind that scattered them, giving him a chance to get up and face the heroes again.
"What is this!" he demanded, "Who are..."
He never got a chance to finish because Amos had begun his own attack on the Chief Lector. Nico, seeing that Amos needed no help allowed the skeletons to crumble to dust as Amos and Desjardins battled on.
Soon, however, the Chief Lector realized that he was outmatched, so he reached into the Duat and pulled out seven arrows. Before he could do anything, Zia turned her staff into a pillar of fire and told it to hunt Desjardins.
"I summon Sekhmet!" screamed Desjardins as he threw the arrows into the air.
"Run!" screamed Zia as the goddess Sekhmet appeared in all her glory.
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