I'm so sorry for the wait. ACT was coming to a close and I decided to wait until after so I can get an awesome grade so I wouldn't stress out. And then I was going to upload it the next day when my laptop broke. In the end, I got it working. So enjoy I'll update my stories faster for my readers!

Someone left a review saying they hope it's a Rick/Evy pairing. But they have enough stories with that pairing. I like to give out more options. Who do you think Rick should end up with? Leave a review, message me.

The next morning we made it to a small town. Evy and I were dragged away with some women to get more appropriate clothing to wear. Evelyn was wearing a black dress with a head covering while I wore blood red one. We both had on knee length boots. A woman untangled my hair and let my curls fall under the head cover. "Thank you so much." I told the eldest woman that was in charge. I took out my pouch I had filled with my weapons. It also contained the money I always had stashed on me. I handed it to her. She smiled and said, "Bless be, child."

We both left the tent with the women. Evy was laughing with them as I walked a step ahead. The dark eyeliner and red eyeshadow made my hazel eyes pop. We walk to where Rick and Jonathan held the camels. Rick's eyes staring right at me. I look away and towards the camel. I walked up and took the rein on a camel. I made a noise with my teeth and the camel kneeled down. I smiled and rubbed his neck. "Good, boy."

Rick was ahead of us guiding the way to Hamunaptra. The sun was close to setting. Jonathan wouldn't stop talking and the warden was singing in the back of the group.

"Never did like camels. Filthy buggers. They smell, they bite, they spit. Disgusting."

"I think they're adorable."

I shrugged my shoulders, "I'm more of a horse person. But they are adorable Evy." The warden started to sing again.

Evelyn pushed her camel faster right next to me. "What's happened between you and Mr. O'Connell?" she asked once she was beside me.

A sigh slipped my past my lips, "Please, Evy not now-"

"No I want to know why my best friend is keeping secrets from me." she said with a huff.

No one was looking so I said, "Rick and I were together years ago. We were deeply in love." I shook my head. "But I had to leave him. The man that I still love may not even love me back, Evy."

For days we rode out into the desert. Things were awkward and boring, but I just put up with it. One night everyone was asleep except for Rick and I. Sleep wouldn't come to me since we were being followed. I would have figured that since we were attacked on the boat and they didn't get what they needed. "Couldn't sleep." I heard him next to me.

"No. It's hard to do that with men following us." Beside him Evy was falling on his shoulder. When he held her up he turned his head and looked to the hills. The men sat on their horses watching us. "Do you think they are guarding something?" I ask him.

He nodded his head. "They are guarding something, but it's not what most would think."

As the sun started to peak over the mountains we saw the Americans. "Good morning, my friend."

The two groups getting closer together. I'm pretty sure no one else knew by the looks on their faces. Altogether we stopped and waited, for what I do not know.

"What the hell are we doing?" said one of the Americans.

"Patience, my good barat'm. Patience." Another man said with a usual accent or was it his voice.

The same man spoke up again, "Remember our bet O'Connell. First one to the city, five hundred cash bucks. A hundred of them bucks are yours if you help us win that bet."

"Oh, my pleasure." The one leading the men said. "Hey O'Connell, nice camel."

"Oh is this asshole Rick?" Rick just smirked then looked back to the vast land of sand.

Rick petted the camel's head, "Get ready for it?"

"For what?" Evy said confused.

"We're about to be shown the way."

The sun starts to rise faster and Hamunaptra started appearing in the sand. My eyes widen in wonder and horror. This place would have no good coming from it. My hands tightened around the reins.

All too quickly Rick and everyone take off to Hamunaptra. At first I don't charge with my camel. I felt unsteady as a voice entered my head, but I couldn't make out what it was saying. Everyone was further away from me as I shook my head and pushed the camel to run.

While the Americans dug on their side we were setting up mirrors.

"That's the statue of Anubis. Its legs go deep underground." I was helping Jonathan put a mirror while Rick handed something to Evy. Maybe it was time to let him go. But I was still in love with Rick.

I climbed down the rope after Rick went down. The room gave me this uneasy feeling, like being watched.

Evy climb down and stood beside me and Rick. "Do you realize that we're standing a room that's been empty for three thousand years?" she walked over to a mirror and turned it, "And then there was light."

I walked deeper into the round eyeing the room covered in dust. "It's a sah-netjer." I said loud enough for them to hear. "A preparation room." Evelyn loved to talk about her love for ancient things. I picked up on a few things from her.

"A preparation for what?" Rick asked.

"For entering the afterlife." Evy said behind me.

"Mummies, my good son. This is where they made the mummies." Jonathan said.

I took a stick from Jonathan and held it towards Rick's. His eyes caught mine until I turned away. "Lead the way." I told him.

We started to walk down a hallway. Rick was in the front, and then I, Evelyn, Jonathan, and the warden came up last. My grip on the torch tightened as we walked farther. Then the sounds of bugs started. It was as if they surrounded us, but you didn't see them. We looked, but they never showed.

"What was that?"

"Sound like bugs."

"He said bugs." Evy said, probably trying to scare the warden.

The warden startled, "What do you mean bugs. I hate bugs."

Slowly we made it down the hall where we turned a corner. "The Legs of Anubis. The secret compartment should be hidden somewhere inside here." As Evy talk a noise was sounded causing us to move and look around. I took a gun out of it holster as I held on to my torch. We all backed up on the wall and then aimed for the noise. "Ahh." We all yelled pointing our guns.

"You scared the bejesus out of us, O'Connell." The blonde American said.

"Likewise." Rick replied.

I held my gun at the never putting it down as I stood in front of Evy. My mind wouldn't focus as I started to remember the whispers earlier. My heart pounded from the men pointing their gun at us. I almost growled at the pale, skinny man in front of me. I turned to see that Evy found a place under Anubis legs. I jumped in the conversation. "Enough, of this nonsense. We all are here so we just have to share. Put down your guns." I put my gun away and started lowering theirs. "There are other places that need to be explored." I looked Rick as he agreed with me.

I grab his hand that's not holding the torch and drag him behind me. That was until he gently moved his hand from mine and took the lead.

Sorry short chapter, but I'll make it up to you all.