Just a small note before this chapter: the next upload will take me a lot of time, two weeks minimum, because I will leave on a holiday and I won't have my computer with me. That being said, I hope you'll like this chapter and that you won't hate me for making you wait for too long. I hope the names of the Egyptian deities are accurate, I got them from a book on Egyptian Mythology so they should be good.:P

Despite the fact that a gun was being pointed at him, the stranger turned around slowly.

"Come on, Helen, is this the way you greet an old friend?"

Even if it was dark, she would have recognized that voice anywhere. "Nikola." She said harshly. "That explains a lot." She lowered her gun, waiting for him to do the same. "Since you are obviously the only one with a working lantern, would you please turn it on?"

"Does this mean you are not in the mood for a heavy kissing session in the dark?" Since there was no gun pointed at him anymore, Nikola had approached her so much that his breath was now tickling her face. She didn't even dare to think how close to each other their lips were.

"Yes." Helen said, trying to be as convincing as possible.

Nikola scoffed and turned on his lantern. "Stubborn as always."

"I suppose you were the one that tried to steal the blood." Helen said on an accusing tone.

"I wasn't. I swear. As a matter of fact, I came here to help you."

"Help me?"

"Yes. I went to the Sanctuary few days ago and you weren't there, so I asked Wolfie where you are."

"His name is Henry, Nikola!"

"Whatever."

"I don't believe you. Stella, is this the man that came to your place?"

"No. I never saw him in my life. But I can tell you if you should trust him. Give me your hand."

This clearly wasn't what Nikola had planned, but the look on Helen's face told him that he had no choice.

When the old lady touched Nikola's hand, she looked shocked, even more than how she had been when she had touched Helen.

"Finally." She muttered.

"What happened, Stella?" Will asked.

Still holding Nikola's hand in hers, Stella also grabbed Helen's hand, and, before anyone of them could say something against it, she put Helen's hand into Nikola's.

"Fire and ice…" she whispered. "So different, and yet so alike. The love for each other is consuming them on the inside. United by the blood that runs in their veins before being united forever by the love that is tormenting their hearts."

"Excuse me?" Helen said.

"He was the vampire that kissed you, Helen, wasn't he?"

"You told someone who you only know for a few days about our kiss? I knew you liked it." Nikola's smirk was unfairly sexy.

"I didn't. She read my thoughts, that's all."

"You wanted an answer, Helen. Here it is. You can trust him with your life. You already knew that. Your problem is that you don't listen to your heart as much as you should."

"I am always surprised by the wisdom which is in the words of the elders." Nikola said grinning. Helen was still holding his hand, despite the fact that Stella had released them from her grip.

"You can let go of my hand now, Helen. But you obviously don't want to, so…"

She let go of his hand as fast as she could, completely aware of the fact that she was blushing.

"Alright. You can come with us." She said with a deep sigh. "But I am keeping my eyes on you. If you try any of your smart tricks, I swear I will make sure you'll regret it every day of your life."

"It's hard for you, isn't it?"

"What?" Helen asked on a threatening tone.

"Keeping your eyes off me." Nikola said grinning.

"Stella, you said that we need to get in the Chamber of Four." Helen said, trying to focus on their mission and not on the fact that Nikola was completely right.

"Yes."

"I'll need to fix your lanterns before that." Said Nikola.

"What do you mean, fix them? Their batteries are dead, because Dr. Zimmerman forgot to change them!" said Kate, still angry at Will.

"Children these days… As much as I tend to blame Junior for everything that goes wrong, this time it is not his fault. There was some kind of energy force field at the entrance. It practically sucks the energy out of everything."

"How come your lantern is still working, then?" Helen asked.

"Allow me, m'lady." Nikola said, taking her lantern. He squeezed it a little and with a little noise, the lantern started working again.

"How did you do that? I thought you are magnetic now."

"I've been magnetic all of my life, my dear. It only took you a long time to notice."

"You know what I mean." Helen said harshly.

"Electromagnetic induction. You can use a magnetic field to create electric current."

"Alright. Let's go. If you said you weren't the one that tried to steal the blood, it means that we have to find it before the others do."

With Stella leading the way, the team soon arrived in a great chamber with a stone table in the middle. On the table there were a set of hieroglyphic markings that Helen tried to translate.

"Stella, what does it say?" she asked.

"I shall only lead you on your journey; you have to find the answers yourself."

"Great. We are stuck."

"If only you knew someone who wrote a history of vampires and is more than happy to help you translate those hieroglyphs for a fair price…"

"Alright." Helen knew she wasn't going to like this. "Name your price. But you are not getting your hands on Osiris's blood, is that clear?"

"Vampire blood, Helen? Trust me, if I could ask you one thing, I wouldn't ask for that. But I could never say no to a kiss from you."

"We'll talk about this later."

"Good. So we established the price and we will negotiate later."

"Nikola…"

"Alright, alright. It says that in order to get the blood, we need to find the four pieces of a key, each of them hidden in a different chamber. After we find all of them, we need to take them in the 5th chamber, where lies the blood of Osiris."

"What's the catch?" Will asked.

"Apparently, each one of the five chambers is protected by an Egyptian god or goddess. Sekhmet, Sobek, Amaunet and Geb."

"Fire and water, wind and earth." Helen said. "The four elements."

"You are so hot when you are being brainy."

"What about the fifth room?" Helen asked, ignoring the fact that Nikola was simply incorrigible.

"Well, it doesn't say anything about the god that protects it. I guess we'll have to figure it out on our own."

"Since it doesn't say that the pieces must be taken in a specific order, I guess we could split up. Will, take Kate and Stella to Sekhmet's chamber and Nikola and I will take Sobek's for now."

"No!" said Stella, angrier than ever before. "There are only two who can obtain the fragments. Fire and ice, bounded for eternity. It's the way it should be."

"Fine." Said Helen.

"Don't be sad, Helen. I appreciate the fact that you wanted to be alone with me anyway…"

"We'll start with Sobek then."

With Helen leading the way, they got to a chamber with a crocodile engraved on the tombstone that was covering the entrance.

"This has to be it. There is also an inscription on the tombstone." Said Helen. "What does it say?"

"He who enters the kingdom of Sobek shall have his heart measured. If his heart is burdened, he is bound to be buried in a watery grave. For no hidden feelings can enter here and survive."

"Alright. So we have to be careful." Said Helen. With great effort, they managed to move the tombstone, freeing the entrance. Nikola was the first that entered and held out his hand for Helen. She hesitantly took his hand and stepped into the chamber. The others tried to follow her, but it was too late. Suddenly, the door closed, trapping the two inside and water started flowing from the walls.

"Bloody hell!" shouted Helen as the room began to fill with water…