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Chapter 6- The Room of Myths

Nina

I woke up groggily. At first, I thought I was back at Anubis house, and that it had all been a bad dream, but reality soon came flooding back. Squinting through the window at the sky, and judging from the sun's position I decided that it must be close to noon. Beside me was a plastic box filled with my breakfast. I hungrily wolfed it down, ignoring the sharp bitter taste of the gunk Rufus considered 'food'. Remembering the mysterious incident of last night, I glanced at the ceiling for the mysterious message I had seen last night, but it wasn't there anymore. "Typical." I grumbled. Luckily, I had read it enough times to recall it easily. But just in case, I scratched it out on the dirt on the floor.

Wait until the sun is high,

and you will find runes appear in the light.

Press the letters of eternal life,

and behind will reveal your worthy prize.

I stared at each line, concentrating hard. Wait until the sun is high… "What could that mean?" I mused. The sun is high, the sun is hi- "Oh!" I said as the answer popped into my brain. "When the sun is the highest! Which is noon!" I glanced out the window again and realized that noon was pretty close to the time now. I'd better solve this quickly. I hastily read the next line: and you will find runes appear in the light. "Runes…" I racked my brain for possible interpretations. "Does that mean letters? Symbols?" From what had happened last night, I found it pretty believable that another message would appear at a certain time. I looked at the ceiling closely, but no message appeared. I tore my eyes away from the ceiling to focus on the next line when I noticed the sun shone on a specific spot on the wall. Hurrying closer to the wall, I inspected it carefully. Sure enough, a message, or rather, a word, was waiting for me.

ANKH

I had to be on the right track, the word Ankh was used to represent eternal life. I suddenly remembered the next line in the clue with excitement. Press the letters of eternal life! Holding my breath, I pressed each letter with trembling fingers. As I reached the final letter, H, I closed my eyes. When I opened them again, I was not looking at a blank wall anymore, but an entrance. The wall had slid to the side like a secret panel.

"Well done." I whirled around, Rufus was standing behind me looking impressed. "It took me several days to figure that out, where as you figured it out in one night."

"If you solved it already, why didn't you open the entrance yourself?" I asked.

Rufus scowled. "Only the touch of Amneris can unlock the panel." He admitted. "Now go on, after you." He shoved me towards the entrance

I took a deep breath and shakily stumbled forward through the small hole in the wall. Inside, it was cramped, and narrow, as if we were walking through a tunnel. I couldn't see much, and I had to use my hands to guide me. The wall was damp and moldy, but I pressed on, determined to find daylight again. How many minutes passed? 2? 5? 10? How long is this passageway? I wondered. Rufus showed no signs of stopping, or of turning back, so I walked on. The darkness pressed on me from all sides, I was finding it hard to think straight, or even breathe. Am I claustrophobic? Just as I was about to give up hope that this tunnel led anywhere of interest, a faint pinhole of light appeared in front of me, and with every step I took, it grew bigger. I couldn't resist letting out a sigh of relief knowing that this stage of the journey was almost over.

"Ah. I see We're nearly there." There was no hiding the glee in his voice.

Like surfacing from under water, we burst through the final demons of darkness and stood before the treasures of the Frobisher-Smythes. Despite my situation, I was in awe of the hoard before me. A wide cavern stretched for a few hundred meters, and several hundred meters more in height. But the dimensions of the secret room was no match for the objects it kept. Strewn across the floor were piles of ancient artifacts. Some glittered of gold while others sparkled with jewels. Even Rufus was stunned for a moment.

"They must have raided over 50 tombs to collect all this." He said in disbelief. "There are objects here that I've only heard mentioned in myths. Look at this." He picked up a heavy blue chest at his feet. "This is said to be inescapable, it was used in the old myths to lock enemies away no matter how powerful they were."

I stared at the object fearfully and unconsciously backed away. Rufus's head whipped up and noticed that I was here. This may prove a lot more difficult than I thought," he snarled at me, "but we will not leave here until we find that bracelet. Understand?"

I nodded, my heart pounding. I numbly walked towards one of the massive piles and started searching. Rufus nodded satisfied, and did the same.

What am I going to do? I can't tell Rufus that the bracelet isn't here, he'll kill me and my friends. Maybe I can find something that looks like it. It wasn't much of a plan, but it was better than nothing. Grab, check, throw. Grab, check, throw. Grab, check, throw. This was my rhythm for the next hour. My stomach growled, each time growing louder. I felt dizzier with each passing minute, and waves of nausea attacked me over and over, but I forced myself to not throw up, I couldn't afford to lose the only substance in me that was keeping me alive. Rufus paid no attention to me, nor did he allow any breaks. Several times I thought of making a run for it, but considering my physical shape right now, I decided against it.

After continuous hours of my 'search' for the bracelet, a loud crash! interrupted my thoughts. I peeked over my pile and saw Rufus beside a mound of objects. His face was red, and he was getting more and more irritated.

"Where is it?" I heard him mutter.

He looked over at my pile and barked "Anything?" I shook my head.

Rufus was looking more and more agitated. "It has to be somewhere here, it has to be." He tossed a silver necklace to the side and straightened up, "I'm going out, and in two hours, I expect you to find that bracelet." He grabbed his coat that was lying on the floor and walked towards the exit. Before disappearing into the darkness, he turned and gave me a grin "and don't even think about escaping because I will be locking the door."

What on earth is he talking about? That door doesn't even have a keyhole. I watched bewildered as he withdrew a long wire from his pocket and slid the panel shut. I stared after him in amazement, then ran to the panel and tried to open it. For some strange reason, it wouldn't budge. I pounded on the surface as hard as I could but it was no use, it was glued shut. No doubt because of that wire he was holding. Must be another mythical item.