APLR - 8

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Disclaimer : I make no money nor do I own this. As much as I'd like to … maybe within my own insanity? [closes eyes and sees lawyers waving papers and frightening looking subpoenas] … not even there.

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AN: To JaredN'Jensen - thanks for the encouragement…and the wait. ( I think I need to thank everyone for that, but I AM out of writer's block...finally!)

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They ran out of Hamunaptra as quickly as their transports would allow. In Harry's case, one of the Americans - Henderson, rode with the weak teen to make sure that he wouldn't fall off.

His head was pounding and when they stopped for the night, Harry took the strongest pain relieving potion he had and swallowed it. He felt marginally better and found that he could ride on his own - even though the headache came back with a vengeance shortly before they arrived at Fort Brydon. He went straight to the saloon.

Rick and Evy barely managed to fight as they saw how bad Harry was feeling. Although, once they began to yell things got a little funny until Rick stormed out to go down to the bar where he found Harry nursing a glass of scotch.

"Harry, are you alright?"

Harry glared at him, "Fine! Just the fact that I was called the name of an ancient Egyptian Prince by that… thing! Having a headache bad enough that I was virtually useless for the last two days, ugh!" he exclaimed as he finally swallowed his drink and the bartender poured him another.

"Tell me, has your cousin always been so…"

Harry smirked ruefully as he realized where the conversation was going. "Always." he assured him before a man named Winston (who had been at the airfield the last time he had visited Cairo) stole Jonathan's drink before complaining about wasting away. The man finally left and Harry swallowed another shot of scotch.

"Well, we're all packed up but the damn boat doesn't leave till tomorrow morning." Henderson said.

"Tail set firmly between your legs I see." Jonathon teased.

Harry mentally shrugged, he doubted that he'd have been able to deal with half of what he did deal with without his powers.

"You can talk; you don't have some sacred walking corpse after you." Henderson said bitterly.

"How's your friend?" Rick interrupted; he seemed to genuinely care about the answer.

Daniels sneered at his drink, and answered Rick hollowly, his tone deadened. "He had his eyes and tongue ripped out, how would you be?"

Harry nodded slightly as he took another shot and then poured another. "Here's to getting drunk and passing this off as a nightmare." he said as he rose his glass in a salute and the others did as well before they all drank.

Harry spit his out first, "Bloody Hell. That tasted like…"

"Blood." Rick said as he dropped his glass and gazed at the fountain that had a deep red liquid coming out of it.

"And the rivers and water of Egypt ran red and were as blood." Jon said.

Harry immediately sobered up as Rick tensed up and said, "He's here." he said as he ran out, Harry following.

They ran out to the courtyard to find Evy.

"Oh Evelyn!" Rick called as he ran up to her as she turned around and eyed him with a certain amount of distaste.

"Oh, so you're still here."

"We've got problems." Rick said as the three of them looked out as fireballs and comets rained down from the heavens. They ran across the courtyard, remaining underneath the awning which gave them a semblance of protection.

They neared the staircase near the sign for the C Company Offices while a Ukrainian man who looked more like a weasel ran down the staircase and into Rick.

"Beni!" Rick said as he grabbed the man - Beni- by the collar and held him. "Beni, you little stinkweed, where you been?" he asked just as they heard a loud roar and the little stinkweed ran off.

Rick pulled a gun from his holster and Harry pulled out his long knife as they kept Evy between them while running up the stairs.

They went into Burns' quarters and Harry looked at wide eyes as he saw muscles and tendons renew themselves on Imhotep's body.

"We are in serious trouble." Rick said as Imhotep saw them and before Rick could do more than make him pause, he threw Rick into Daniels, Henderson and Jonathan as they came into the suite.

"Stop!" Harry ordered as he glared at Imhotep.

Imhotep smiled, "You think you can stop me? Seti couldn't even stop me!"

"Well, I guess that it's a good thing that I'm not Seti. Wouldn't you agree?" he asked as he drew his blade before Imhotep hit him with enough force to send him sprawling into Evy just as they heard some random notes being played on the piano.

Imhotep actually screamed in fear as he saw the cat, who hissed, before he turned into a whirlwind of sand and got out of there.

"We are in very serious trouble."

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