I'm back again everyone! Woooooo! Lol. Anyway, so in here you might find there's a little more interaction between the gods, and you might see a fight or two. I don't know, depends on what I'm typing currently at the moment. But I won't bore you further. So here it is, chapter 12. Hope you like it.
Selena had fallen asleep in the car when they past the state line. David was bored out of his head and tried to keep his mind off of what had happened earlier with him and his mom. But one question burned in him: Why did Thoth leave? What was the point? He tried to dismiss the thoughts, but they were proving difficult.
He was snapped out of his thoughts when he realized his radio had gone off unexpectedly. Odd…he hadn't turned it off and Selena sure as crap didn't. David looked back to the road and was almost scared out of his mind when he saw a puma staring right at him! He slammed down on the brake, careful not to hit it. When he looked again, it had mysteriously disappeared.
"Okay…what the hell was that about?" he wondered out loud.
"What's wrong?" Selena asked, waking up.
"Stay here, I'm gonna go look outside for something" David unbuckled his seatbelt and unlocked his door. He opened it and stepped outside.
There was no way a puma could live out here in a barren desert…no way. Maybe it wasn't a puma…but a god of some sort. But who the hell could turn into a puma? David looked around. Nothing, not even footprints. No traces that it was even there…
"This is freaky" he said.
"What is?" Selena had gotten out only a few minutes ago.
"There was a puma standing in the middle of the road and now it's just…it's just gone!".
"Sure you weren't seeing things?"
"Positive".
"It had to have been a mirage or-"
"A god?"
"Yeah, or that. Puma's are Mountain Lion's right?"
"Yeah why?"
Selena looked worried suddenly. "Oh god…"
She remembered what Anubis told her about Kebecht and how she died. Sekhmet…the lion headed goddess of war and bloodshed.
"David…we need to get in the car".
"Why?"
"Chances are that was Sekhmet and she's here to kill us! Let's go!".
"Dude…she becomes an African lioness".
"Doesn't say specifically! Now c'mon let's-" she was cut off when the puma appeared again, snarling.
"David…get in the car…back slowly into the car".
He didn't know what to do. He looked at Selena and then at the car, then back at her.
"I'll be fine, get in the car!".
With that, the puma ran and went to attack Selena first.
"NO!" David ran out in front of her, so he took the hit from the angry lioness for her.
Selena gasped. The lion had him on his stomach and was slashing at David's sides, waiting for the right time to go for his neck. She ran back to the car, grabbed the Book of the Dead, and looked for a spell to get the puma away.
"C'mon, there's gotta be something!"
Keep looking, Selena, you'll find it.
"Anubis, right now is not the best time!".
Then hurry!
"Can't you do something?"
No…this is your chance. Find the right spell and save your friend's life.
"Oh you suck!" she flipped through pages, scanning each one, but finding nothing.
She realized one thing: She couldn't find a spell. She had to try reasoning with the lion. If it was Sekhmet, like she thought, Selena knew what to do. She put the book down and walked out. Selena gasped. David was beaten to a bloody pulp.
"Sekhmet!" she yelled.
The lioness looked up, got off of David, and stared at her. Selena heard the goddess's voice in her head.
Pen wi.
"I know it's you. Don't hide from me".
Selena…sat ne Anubis…
"Yeah, my dad is Anubis. And you're Ra's assailant".
The lioness nodded.
"Why are you attacking us?"
I it.
"Your dad told you to. Ra, right?"
Sekhmet nodded. "He did".
"So you do speak English. Thank god".
"And you understand Egyptian. Brilliant".
"Compliments of my father. Why are you doing this?"
"Father hates demigods…and so do I" her claws were starting to show.
"Really? Why?"
"Abominations…all of them".
"No we're not! How can you say that? You don't even know us!"
"Do I? I'm an all knowing goddess, you worthless whelp!".
"All knowing my ass!".
Sekhmet snarled and attacked again, this time, going for Selena. But the attack never made it. A dark blue feather, sharpened like a blade, struck Sekhmet in the face, leaving a long cut.
Selena looked and, on top of a rocky ledge, was a peregrine falcon. She looked at with wonder, for it seemed so powerful. The falcon looked at Selena, and then at Sekhmet.
"Sekhmet…leave her be!" he called.
"Horus! You know what Ra wants! Get rid of her and her friend!"
The bird flew down to Sekhmet, in front of Selena. It looked sternly at the lioness.
"She is our only chance of forming an alliance with the Olympians. Too much is at stake right now to get rid of her".
"Ra has spoken!"
"And so have I! Leave her be! You'll face my wrath as well! Now leave!"
The lioness snarled and ran off, fading away like a mirage. Selena looked up at Horus.
"Thanks…but David, he's-"
"Don't worry" Horus examined him, "He'll be alright. The scratches and bites aren't too deep".
"So he'll be okay?"
Horus nodded. "He will".
"Thanks for saving us here".
"It's what I do. Sekhmet hopefully won't be a problem in the near future".
"Thanks".
"But for now take caution. Ra will stop at nothing to have you killed".
"Why does he hate us so much?"
"That I cannot tell. But his beliefs about demigods cannot be swayed. You know what must be done, Selena, Sat Ne Anubis".
Selena nodded. "Thank you".
"It's my job…"
Horus then turned to a falcon and flew away. After a few minutes, David finally opened his eyes.
"Damn that bitch hits hard".
"She's the goddess of war, what do you expect?"
"Who was that? The falcon I mean".
"Horus".
"Damn!"
"You were expecting someone different?"
"Kinda. I was expecting Thoth".
"Why? I thought you hated him".
"I do. I wanna give that sucker a piece of my mind".
"Right. C'mon, let's get in the car and pull over. We'll stay in there for the night".
"Agreed. Don't forget to call your mom".
"Will do".
I actually thought this was pretty cool. I learned some Egyptian in all this. Sat ne Anubis means Daughter of Anubis in Egyptian. I might use it a lot, so be on the look out. Never thought I'd be using Egyptian for any fic. So this is awesome. See you guys soon.