Author's Note: Okay here it is: Chapter Two! Ardeth Bay will finally make an appearance in Chapter Three! Sorry it's taking so long to get him in on the action, but it's hard making everything fit in, that AND writer's block...

"The compass never lies". Zafar's words were still ringing in her head. The more she thought about it, the more she started to believe that he was telling the truth. 'That compass he held, there is definately something strange about it. It must hold some kind of power seeing how it glowed so brightly when put in front of me...' Donnie thought to herself curiously. 'Or maybe I really am the Death Princess. Why else would it glow like that? Urghh! I'm so confused!'

"Knock knock!" said a man, the same man who carried Donnie out of the house. "Oh great, now what?" Donnie muttered to herself.

"I brought you a meal... your highness."

"Gee thanks, but it's kind of hard to eat when you have your hands tied behind your back."

"And for good reason. Because we wouldn't want you running away now would we?"

"Where am I going to run to? We're on a boat in the middle of the ocean!"

"Good observation your highness. Now keep in mind I will not hesitate to throw you overboard."

"And keep in mind that we need this girl for the ritual! Don't try anything with her or I will be throwing you overboard!" Zafar said stepping into the room. 'Whew, that was close.' Donnie thought to herself as she let out a sigh of relief. "Melvin, I told you to bring her the meal and then get out!" Zafar yelled angrily at the man. "Yes sir, I'll being going now." said the man named Melvin quickly before retreating.

And with that being done and said, Zafar walked over to Donnie and knelt down beside her. 'Oh shit, what's he going to do to me?!' Donnie thought to herself fearfully as he moved in closer. Then he pulled out a knife. Donnie let out a small gasp as he moved the knife twards to her. And then he cut the ropes! 'Wait? What? That's it? I thought he was going to kill me.'

"I'm not going to hurt you, I need you for the ritual." He said as if he read her mind. 'Well that's a relief.' She thought.

"Where are we going? What are you going to do with me?" She said changing the subject. "We're going on a little trip to Egypt. Hamunaptra to be exact, where we will use you, the Death Princess to to raise certain members of the dead to help us take over the world." He stated simply.

"Well when if I don't want to help you?" Donnie asked Zafar. "Well then that's too bad because you don't have a choice." He said looking down at her with those dark cold eyes.

Donnie looked back at him, unable to say another word.'This is so hopeless.' She thought to herself as she then turned her back to him. She wanted nothing more than to cry her eyes out right then and there. Zafar just looked at her and laughed. "I'll leave you to your misery." He said getting up and exiting the room, chuckling on his way out.

'Urghh! Just when life was starting to get simple for me, I get kidnapped, thrown on a boat, and then become part of some evil plan to take over the world all against my will! And not only that, I also find out that I'm the Death Princess! I always knew that life was full of surprises, but this is just madness!'...

"Whatever, I'm going to sleep." Donnie said to herself out loud. That being said, she layed down on her side, closed her eyes and let sleep take over, not even bothering to take a bite of the meal put in front of her.

(Back with the O'Connells') After a long time of laying on the ground unconscious, Rick, Evelyn, and Jonathan started to wake. "What happened?" Jonathan asked sleepily...

"Oh no, those men! What were they doing here? What did they want?" asked Evelyn, now realizing what has happened last night. Rick shrugged his shoulders. "Beats me..."

"Donnie! Donnie where are you?!" Evelyn shouted at the top of her lungs. 'Is she still here? What have those men done to her?' Evelyn's thoughts were racing through her mind like crazy. There were so many possibilities...

"Evelyn, I think those men must have took her." Rick said, trying not to sound too unoptimistic.

"But why?! What would they want with our housekeeper?!"

"Don't know for sure, but it's probably something bad..." Jonathan said making himself part of the conversation.

"No shit Sherlock!" Rick snapped. Jonathan was pretty much only capable of stating the obvious and that just wasn't good enough for him.

"Well let's go after her then!" Evie shouted at them both.

Jonathan and Rick looked at each other. They knew what was coming... Another crazy adventure involving a damsel in distress and possibly undead mummies.

"Here we go again..." Rick sighed.

Evelyn smacked his arm. "Shut up and pack! We're going to Egypt to find Donnie!"

"But what about Alex?! Are we supposed to take him with us?!" Rick questioned Evelyn.

"Of course not, we'll let him stay with my parents!" Evelyn insisted. Usually they just let Donnie watch over Alex while they were gone, but now that Donnie's been kidnapped, things aren't going to work as they normally would."

"Fine, but what makes you think they took her to Egypt?" Rick asked in a grumbly tone.

"Those men in the dark robes... One of them was carrying a glowing compass. And not just any compass. The compass of Osiris, which as you should know, pertains to Egypt. Hamunaptra to be exact."

"Hamunaptra?! Why would they take our housekeeper to Hamunaptra?!"

Evie paused for a moment, putting together the pieces in her mind. And then it came to her. "She is the Death Princess..." She said, in hoarse whisper.

"Well how do you figure?!" said Jonathan still trying to get in on the news.

"The compass of Osiris... It points to the Death Princess. The compass never lies."

"Okay, so let me get this straight. You're saying that our housekeeper, Donnie is some sort of Death Princess?" Rick looked at Evelyn, and she looked back at him, stonefaced, her expression telling him that she was dead serious.

"Yes, it's some ancient Egyptian prophecy, it's hard to explain. I'm not quite sure of it... We will need the help of Ardeth Bay. He can help us..." Evelyn said looking up at them both.

"Ah yes, Ardeth Bay! Mighty good chap I should say..." Jonathan said cheerfully putting an arm around the shoulders of both his sister and brother-in-law. "So it's off to Egypt we go..."