Chapter Five: Here We Go Again
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The sun was brutal today worse than the other days, as if it was trying to stop their journey to the lost city.
"Finally we are almost there. I think my ass fell asleep on this horse. I feel bad for you all riding camels." Before any of the others could respond the sound of hoof beats met their tired ears.
"Good morning my friends." Beni said with an arrogant smirk, one that made Nerissa flinch in disgust.
"Well, look what we found. Nice to see you all made it." Henderson's voice said from behind Nerissa. She turned around and blushed as he winked at her.
"Actually I care more that you made it Rissa." He whispered with a grin. She noticed that he once again called her Rissa, he was the only one that ever did and she couldn't find it in herself to complain. She actually liked the way it rolled of his tongue, the very tongue…she found herself blushing even more.
"What the hell we doin'?" Daniels asked as he leaned forward on his horse with a bored sigh.
"Patience, my good barat'm patience." Beni said making everyone raise an eyebrow.
"What the fuck does that mean?" Nerissa whispered which just resulted in Jon shrugging.
"Remember our bet, O'Connell. First one to the city, 500 cash bucks." Henderson said while spitting some of his chewing tobacco out. Nerissa eyed the tobacco and felt herself tap her saddle bag which carried her Lucky Strikes. She was trying to quit but still loved the taste of the bitter tobacco she smoked.
"Here we go again. We're about to be shown the way." Rick said as he patted his camel's head casually. Nerissa was getting nervous, she hadn't been back in three years and frankly she didn't want to be going back. She could still picture the face in the sand and it terrified her. As to what else could be under that damn sand, she had a feeling it was more than she was willing to deal with.
As the city began to appear the travelers minus Rick, Nerissa and Beni all gasped. A few muttered 'I'll be damned' making Nerissa chuckle. She was one of those people three years ago before she knew what was there.
"Hey boys I'll be glad to spare you the embarrassment of us beating you there if you give me the cash now." Nerissa said with a smirk Daniels just laughed at her but Henderson grinned.
"Rissa how about when I beat you there how about you gimme another kiss?" He said with a self-assured smirk.
"That's if you beat me Henderson. But what will I get if I beat you? Hmm? What if I don't want another kiss?" She held back a laugh as she saw his smile falter. "Tell you what if I win you owe me dinner and a drink. I like Bourbon just so you know." She saw his eye brighten at the mention of the drink.
"Marry me. Marry me right now please." He said with a wide grin making her laugh.
"Let's see how that dinner and drink goes pal." She gave him a flirtatious wink before spurring her horse on. Her childhood equestrian lessons were kicking in as the horse galloped across the sand, Henderson hot on her tail. Indy was close behind barking joyously at the freedom. By the time she was at the city walls she laughing at the rush of adrenaline, her horse gracefully jumped the stone wall.
"I think I won Henderson." She said with a grin as she got off her horse he was already walking towards her with his warm smile.
"So you did. And it looks like your friend got to the city before the rest of us so you win the cash too. Too bad I was looking forward to that kiss." She let out a school girlish giggle at his response. He was about to say something else but she stood on her tip toes and kissed him briefly before turning to leave. Henderson grabbed her hand and spun her back around with a smirk and kissed her again. When they pulled apart she was breathless. Thankfully she wasn't the only one; there was something about this man. She felt as if she knew him for years not just a few days.
"See you around Jake." She said with a smirk as she turned to walk away only to run into a large pillar.
"OH SHIT! There is a pillar thing. I knew that…I just wanted to read it better. I swear really! I'm going to go now…over there where the others are. Bye." She said turning red as she ran off towards the others.
Hopefully the others hadn't seen her run into a pillar especially Rick who already laughed at her for other things. She quietly slid next to Jon who was tapping his fingers on his bottom lip as he looked over some carvings on a stone wall.
"Nice move over there, very graceful Rissy. And I thought Evy couldn't get Egypt off her mind. You quite latterly have it on yours, right down to the imprint of that pillar love." Nerissa glared at her best friend as she shoved him.
"I meant it really I did." She muttered as she tried rubbing the imprint off her forehead.
"You swear Rissy?" she smirked at his question she had the perfect comeback to that. One Rick had been on the receiving end of several times.
"Every damn day Jon." He let out a laugh as Rick walked up to them.
"Me too Ness! Though I don't think that's what he meant. At least it wasn't what his sister meant back at the prison." The three found, themselves chuckling as Evy was going on about the statues in the background. She turned to sneak a look at Henderson who was talking to the Egyptologist about something before she heard Evy let out an excited squeal.
"What? What just happened? Evy why did you squeal?" she said as she spun around to look at her friend.
"THIS! This is the Statue of Anubis. Its legs go underground! Look you can still see some of the black paint on it!" As Nerissa studied the statue she let out a small whimper of fear. This was the statue from before, with the sand face. Rick who was standing next to her gave her a sympathetic look. To cheer her up while tying the rope he kept hitting the warden in the face with it, this did cheer her up a bit as the warden yelped.
"How am I getting down there? I have Indy…there is no way in hell I'm going down there without my dog." Nerissa said as she looked down the dark hole they were to climb down.
"Tie him to you, you know make a sling." Rick said as Nerissa walked up and made a sling around Rick.
"He's fat. I'd snap and die. You got manly muscle you take him. Now shut up and go down first Rick." She couldn't help but laugh, Rick never could tell a woman he cared for no.
I hope you all like this one. Don't worry if it's short it's just a, filler and the next is on the way.
Up next is the introduction to the Medjai and the chapter after that…well you'll just have to sit back and wait. I will try to be quick about these chapters but I did start school again and have to keep that my #1 priority.
Even some of my nights of writing will be cut short due to my Astronomy homework taking up my time.