Hello dear readers! Sorry for not updating as quickly as I use to, but I am still working on 3 fanfictions at the same time - Partners in Crime, Diversion at the Louvre, Heavy Crown. Sorry for the delays and stuff.
To britara515: Don't worry, I'll make it happen! Lance will find his true love at the Louvre. This means I have to make more stuff up lol.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NATM, AND THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS. BUT I DO OWN MEGERA/MENIVIA, BERNARD, ELAINE, THE MINOR CHARACTERS THAT ONLY SHOW UP IN ONE CHAPTER AND THE PLOT OF THIS STORY
~PatronusNightFlame
"Well, well, well," started Kahmunrah. The gang failed to escape the ancient statues. "Isn't this nicth(nice)? To have a thamily gathering, athter these long, long yearsth" he said, pacing around the exhibits along with Meg and Larry.
"What is it that you want, brother?" snapped Ahkmenrah.
"Hah, what do I want" snorted the older brother, "what do you think I want?" he scoffed.
Larry rolled his eyes, "look, Kahmunrah. We really just need to get the tablet fixed. I mean, sure, your dad revealed some stuff to us, but we don't exactly know everything yet" said Larry. "So, if you don't mind, we'll just go ask your dad, I know there's a statue of him somewhere, and if it's not too much trouble, we'll be heading that way."
Kahmunrah raised his right eyebrow. Though it was quite difficult to since he was made out of stone.
"Kah, I beg of you. If we don't get the tablet fixed then-"
A piercing noise caused Ahkmenrah to drop his tablet. Once he did that, the tablet was broken in four pieces. Leaving the exhibits 'dead'.
"Oh crap" said Larry, who had his eyes widened, and his jaw dropped. "Is-isn't the tablet made out of s-s-solid go-o-old?" said Meg, stuttering. The two non-exhibits picked up the broken tablet. It was glowing yes, but it was divided.
"Ahk was right...the diversion...it has begun..." she said.
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TILLY's POV
"We shall not speak...of what happened in there" I said, trying to catch my breath. "Agreed" said Nick.
You think being jumped on modern people is a nightmare? Try it with Neanderthals! The ones back in New York are much nicer! They even welcomed you! Well...I guess it was all Larry's handiwork to tame them...
"Where...are we?" Asked Nick.
I looked around, something - or someone, that was moving caught my eye.
"Nick...Nick, c'mon" I said tugging him along.
Alright. Big. Mistake.
"Nick!"
"What?"
"WHALE!"
Before he could react to it, he was already soaking wet. "I guess this place can take care of itself, lets go Nick" I said. He blinked a couple of times, and spit out the water from the whale.
"That was sick" he commented.
"Well, there's a lot more where that came from." I muttered.
We had to go lock the others up. We made our way past the Ocean life exhibit...but when we got to the mammals and the elephant greeting everyone when they enter the museum... They were back to being frozen and...'dead' once more.
"We're still locking them up right?" asked Nick looking at the misplaced exhibition.
Where the lions were trying to eat the zebras while the meerkats were scrambling for their lives, since they were being chased by hyenas...
But all that was gone. They were once again, frozen.
"Yep" I said replying Nick.
When we got out, both of us slammed the door shut and locked it.
The two of us released a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, gun shots. They were awake again! An elephant from the other side of the door trumpeted.
"American history's next" said Nick, "let's go"
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THIRD PERSON POV (A/N: Italics means that it's in Egyptian.)
"You think you can fix it, Meg?" Larry asked. She put the broken pieces back together, and waved her hand while chanting something. Larry was simply staring and guessing that it was an ancient spell...
The tablet's glow was growing.
"It will stay together, but...it's preeeeeeetty fragile" she said picking it up carefully.
The exhibits were awake once more.
"Alright, what justh happenet?" asked Kahmunrah, with his serious lisping.
The rest were awake, Amelia sat up, as Lancelot and Jeanne helped each other, as well as Attila get up. Dexter climbed onto Sacagawea, as the miniatures hopped onto Amelia. Meg helped Ahkmenrah up as he planted a light kiss on her head.
"This is what's gonna happen, Kahmunrah" the night guard said with a stern tone, "you're going to let us go, before this tablet falls apart again." Meg came to stand beside me. "Look Kah," she started, "its over. One, you're not in Egypt. Two, you're a statue. Three, we're way past that time! We have presidents like Teddy. Politicians, technology, electricity, smart-phones, movies...it's not like before. Things are different now, and lets just face it, we can overthrow you, like...right now" she said.
Kahmunrah smirked. "I see you have given up those days as an outcast?"
Meg clenched her fist. Oh wait no, it's on fire. Larry took a step to his right, keeping a distance between the witch and himself - incase she accidentally sets him on fire.
"Megera, please calm down. He's not worth it, love"Said Ahkmenrah. Meg's flame extinguished.
"Brother..." said Ahkmenrah walking towards his brother. "End this war at home. End it now. We have more serious things to do right now." he said.
"You honestly think I would listen to you after all these years?" questioned the older brother.
"I was made pharaoh, I didn't have a choice, brother" said the younger sibling. Kahmunrah rolled his eyes.
"I remember the joy in your eyes when it was announced. You knew it belonged to me, you just never spoke up!"
"Even if I did, father wouldn't change a thing!"
Meg was trying to break the two brothers up, but Ahkmenrah - being the protective pharaoh he is, would not let her close to his brother.
Meg groaned. She went to stand beside Larry.
"3000 years of listening to them bicker is literally the most annoying thing in the whole bloody world" she said.
Soon after verbally fighting, the two brothers kicked it up a notch and started fighting physically.
"Attack!" cried Kahmunrah.
The bird headed men charged towards the gang. Lancelot and Jeanne both flung their swords out to fight the statues. Sacagawea took out her knife and started attacking as well. Attila and Amelia teamed up against one of the statues. Though it was nearly impossible since they were all stone, there was still hope. Larry and Sacagawea, along with Dexter took down one statue with nothing but a flashlight, a knife and a capuchin.
Meg and Ahkmenrah were fighting Kahmunrah and his personal 'body guard', a powerful Horus, who could also wield magic. Larry saw that the couple needed help, he knew Sacagawea could manage, so he charged and took Kahmunrah down. They were wrestling on the floor as Ahkmenrah was fighting the Horus with Meg.
Kahmunrah kicked Larry away and proceeded to his own brother.
"You don't deserve the throne!"
"You should've behaved more at home!"
"Shut it!" Meg cried,a powerful force broke up the two brothers, not to mention cracked the statues of the Horus and the bird-headed men. "Enough with your bickering!" she said turning to the statue of Kahmunrah, "Both of you!" she cried, now turning to Ahkmenrah, who had guilt and a glint of sorrow in his eyes.
"Kah, Where's Merenkahre?" she asked. "My lipsth are sealed, Menivia" said Kahmunrah. To show his defeat, he turned around and started walking back to his exhibition position.
"I believe he's down this way" said Amelia pointing to her left, "how do you know?" I asked. "Oh..." she said chuckling, "we've been here."
O.o.O
LARRY'S POV
In front of us was a statue of Ahk's dad's head.
"Father" said Ahkmenrah, as he was a very respectful child.
"Ahkmenrah...son...what are you doing here with the witch?" he asked glancing at Meg.
"Sir," I started, "we need you to expose more of the secrets to your son's tablet" I said.
"More of the secrets? When have I ever met you, peasant?" he said sounding alarmed. "But first, if you want to talk to me, you must kiss my staff"
"Here we go again" said Ahk and Sacagawea rolling their eyes.
"You don't have a staff...sir..." said Octavius. The head looked around.
"In that case, I will not speak!" Jed and Octavius both face-palmed. Dexter just shook his head.
"Father...it is the diversion...how do we fix this? Before, the high priests would help us...but now...we're on our own!" said Ahkmenrah, with worry in his eyes. The old pharaoh sighed, "for the sake of my son" he said with a smile, "I shall expose a hidden fact about the tablet" he said. "The tablet is affected by the eclipse. Magical folk have warned us, such as your parents, Menivia" he said looking at Meg, who had a sour expression. "The diversion occurs once in each thousand years...the reason behind it is simply because the moon is well...divided, in a way. It is an eclipse. It's not really supposed to happen, but it did anyway."
"But, we've had eclipses before" said Jeanne d' arc speaking up, "we have one in about a year or two, how does that even make sense?"
"This is a special eclipse that only Khonsu can explain why it occurs. Since we are not god of the moon, we should just live with it! However, I do not have all the answers. As my son said, the high priests used to help us with it, now it can only be fixed if you read the code of Hammurabi" he answered simply.
"Like thats going to help us" muttered Jed. Amelia shot him a look.
"Thats been translated already though" I said, "there's nothing about the tablet in the code..." I said. This just got more complicated. It's not just 'bring tablet to moonlight' it's read the code that has been translated, but has deeper meanings?
Merenkahre chuckled.
"That's because you're not a wizard, Mr. Daley, guardian of Brooklyn." I turned to look at Meg, who was just as confused as I am.
"Menivia" he said, "save my son, read the code. It is only truly translatable by those who posses magic."
"So...so...my parents knew Hammurabi?" Meg asked. The pharaoh nodded. "Oh...oh okay" she said.
"Thank you father" said Ahk. "Now, go! Stop the diversion before it gets worse!"