Little Miss Bump- Yep, she's alive. Sorry for worrying you. XD Yep, now they are on their way to save Alan and the rest of their family. Aw, you make me blush! -huggles- Don't worry, I will. Not so good, but things are about to start looking up.

Pinkranger888- XD Yep, she's alive. Yeah, he'll be okay. It is wired and it will take her some time to adjust to the face that she's lived a whole other life but she's got her family to help her. Oh yeah, he is defiantly going to be happy to see her, they all will be. That he is. XD Don't worry, I won't make you wait too long.

err... who am i? - Yep, things are looking up for them all and help for Alan is on the way. XD Yep, one is to be expected between the two of them. Henuttawy is tired of being killed by the women. From the ideas that I am having for it, I hope it comes out exactly as I imagine it. XD I'm glad you liked that. Well, she can. Just not around her mother and grandmother. : P

Chapter Twenty Eight- Distraction

Kyleigh watched the family with tears in her eyes as they were led deeper into the temple. She and Narmer had only arrived in time to see Evelyn fall to the ground before their handlers had begun to lead them all into the temple. Narmer had been quiet since seeing their new friend being left to die and Kyleigh knew that he was probably in shock. She knew she was. But what was worse than seeing the girl fall to the ground clutching her stomach, was the pain and despair obvious in the yells and actions of the family.

She glanced up at them as they were led through yet another large chamber lined with statues of various Egyptian gods. Jeff's eyes were red and puff from crying, tear tracks obvious on his dust covered face while on his back, Alan was unconscious and unaware of what had just transpired. Scott's expression was murderous and he, along with Gordon and Virgil had put up one hell of a fight and the eldest Tracy son was now escorted by two guards, one holding each of his arms.

Virgil was almost as silent as Narmer, though she would occasionally see him look towards his brothers and whisper words that she could not hear to them. As with his father and brothers, his eyes were also red from crying. But the most heart breaking reaction she had seen from the family had to have come from her twin.

Gordon's expression made him look as though he was a lost little boy and tears still continued to trail down his cheeks. His sobbing had only ended a few moments ago and the second youngest Tracy brother had yelled till he was hoarse.

As they were led through the small doorway at the far end of the room, Kyleigh noticed that guards had been left on both sides of the door. The emerged through the doorway into a large room that opened out below them. She glanced over the ledge as she was led to the stairs that hugged the wall and saw a long and narrow pool of dark water below.

In the center of the room stood a dark stone alter that sat on a raised dais. Chains were attached to each corner of the table. The sides of the room were lined with columns and behind the alter, opposite the doorway was a large statue of Anubis that sat a few feet out from the wall behind it. The room was lit by six flaming torches that sat between every other column.

Yuja shouted orders as he, Meritaten, and the Hood moved towards the alter. The guards holding them led them around the dais and towards the statue of Anubis. They were herded into the corner to the right of the statue and as they pushed their prisoners into the corner, the lined up facing the alter a few feet away, their hands at the weapons on their belts.

Jeff noticed this and put an hand on his eldest son's shoulder as he stood up from the dust covered floor. He looked at his father, who shook his head. If they were to try and escape, they would be killed in the process.

"I can't lose you too, Scott," Jeff whispered, his voice cracking.

After a few tense moments in which he simply continued to stare at his father, Scott sighed and nodded in defeat. "Come on. Let's get him off your back."

Jeff swallowed the growing lump in his throat and nodded. Scott walked around behind him and after working for a few minutes, they managed to get Alan off of his back and laid him gently on the stone floor, his head resting in his father's lap. Scott sat beside his father, holding his youngest siblings right hand. Virgil and Gordon knelt down on his other side and while Gordon grabbed his left hand and stared down at his younger brother, Virgil put two fingers to his neck.

As he pulled them away, he caught his father's eye and shook his head. "I don't think he can hold on much longer," he whispered.

Jeff pursed his dry, cracked lips and nodded, his fingers brushing the damp blond hair away from the teens forehead. He swallowed the growing lump in his throat. He had already lost one child who he thought was safe and now he was going to lose another.

He glanced up as he heard Yuja shout and one of the guards wade their way over to them and hauled Gordon to his feet. He heard Scott and Virgil yell for the guard to let him go as they stood from where they had been seated beside Alan. Gordon struggled as his captor pulled him towards the dais. The guards around Kyleigh, Narmer, and the remaining Tracy's turned around and unsheathed their curved swords.

"You got what you wanted!" Jeff shouted from where he sat with Alan's head in his lap. "What more do you want?"

Narmer and Kyleigh had gotten up and pulled Scott and Virgil back into the corner. The guards sheathed their knifes at an yell from Meritaten and once more turned their backs on the captives.

"Oh, your daughter's death was only part of the plan," the Hood replied, looking towards the man he despised. The guard had managed to get Gordon onto the dais. The Hood smirked. "Now it's time for the grand finale; the rising of the army of Ramesses."

Jeff, Scott, and Virgil lost the little remaining color they had as the reason why they were there sunk in. Gordon continued to struggle as two guards forced him onto the alter while another removed his handcuffs and proceeded to chain him to the altar.

Meritaten handed a tablet to Yuja, the Book of Amun Ra sitting on the ground beside a column to the left of the table. They, along with the Hood, froze as two pained grunts echoed through the doorway at the top of the stairs. Yuja looked to Meritaten and jerked his head in the direction of the doorway. "Go and see what has happened."

She smiled and bowed her head. "Of course," she responded before heading towards the stairs.

Jeff frowned as he watched Meritaten leave. Where was she going?

"Psst!"

Jeff started and looked away from the stairs. He glanced up at Virgil and Scott, who had also heard the noise.

"Psst!"

Jeff looked towards the statue of Anubis a few feet away and was able to make out the shape of someone standing in the shadows behind the statue. The person glanced towards the guards before leaning out a little further for their identity to be revealed. Jeff stifled a gasp and out of the corner of his eye, saw Scott and Virgil stiffen before relaxing as the identity of the person was revealed. John!

John gave them a small smile and nodded towards the column a few feet to Jeff's right. From the shadows behind the column, an bespectacled face peered out of the shadows, wiggling an small laser cutter in his hand for Jeff, Scott, and Virgil to see.

"I would not read from that tablet if I were you," an feminine voice with an British accent suggested on the other side of the room. Lady Penelope smiled for a second as she saw the Tracy's look towards her before focusing her aim on Yuja. "Or you may find that my small finger will pull this big trigger."

"Ah, Lady Penelope," the Hood responded, walking around the altar to stand on the edge of the dais looking towards her. Behind him, Gordon craned his head to watch what was happening. "So wonderful to see you again. But I believe that if you pull that trigger, you will only harm yourself."

The Hood's eyes turned red and Lady Penelope winced. Her arm began to shake and move of its own violation until the small pistol was under her chin.

"What is she doing?!" Jeff whispered as he watched Penelope face down the Hood. "She's gonna get herself killed!"

"N-n-no she's not," Fermat countered as he knelt down beside Jeff and activated the cutter. "The gun's not l-l-l-its empty. S-s-she's just the d-d-d-d-distraction."

"Why is a distraction needed?" Virgil asked as he and Scott knelt down opposite the bespectacled teen in an attempt to conceal his presence.

"John's getting the Book," Fermat whispered in reply as he began to cut through the cuffs on his unconscious best friend.

Virgil glanced over his shoulder and his eyes widened at the sight of the small gun under Lady Penelope's chin. Even though the middle Tracy son knew that the gun was not loaded, it was still a frightening sight to see it under the chin of the women they considered their aunt.

"I don't think she'll be pulling that trigger anytime soon," a second familiar female voice announced as Tin-Tin emerged from behind a column closer to the stairs. The Hood's eyes returned to normal and his hold on Lady Penelope was released as he looked towards his niece. Tin-Tin smiled. "Hello uncle."

Jeff, Scott, and Virgil watched as Tin-Tin stepped out of the shadow's as Fermat moved to cut the cuffs on Kyleigh and Narmer. The three had not yet shown their captors that they had been released.

"You had such potential," the Hood stated as Tin-Tin continued to smile at him, a smile that seemed to taunt him with the fact that she knew something that he did not. "If only my brother had not instilled a sense of loyalty to the Tracy's within you."

Yuja growled at Tin-Tin and then looked towards the guards near the Tracy's. "Kill them!"

As the guards left their post and began to run towards Lady Penelope and Tin-Tin, John continued to sneak from column to column on the other side of the room, growing ever closer to where the Book of Amun Ra sat unguarded.

As the guards ran towards them, Lady Penelope pulled a second pistol from her flight suit and began to shoot those that came towards her. While the blond was taking care of those going after her, Tin-Tin took a deep breath before her eyes turned to golden cat slits. The swords of the guards turned towards them and where held in place by an invisible force.

The guards had no idea what had happened until it was too late and they had impaled themselves onto the blades. They promptly fell to the ground, the sand beneath them stained with blood. The guards that had been behind them froze and looked down at their dead comrades in horror. Tin-Tin's eyes returned to normal. She looked down at the dead guards on the ground and swallowed back the bile rising in her throat.

"Feels good, doesn't it?" the Hood asked, smirking towards her. Tin-Tin glared at him.

"Not particularly," she spat before looking to the remaining guards that were running towards her. No more killing, she thought as her eyes once more turned to slits. Instead, the men tripped over their own feet and fell to the ground, stunned for a few moments before pushing themselves back up. The Hood frowned, disappointed.

Yuja smiled as the guards began to do as they were told, he set the tablet down onto the altar beside a struggling Gordon. As he began to read the inscription on the tablet, he pulled a knife from his robes and held it up above Gordon as he continued to chant. As he reached for the Book of Amun Ra, John glanced up and his blue eyes widened at the sight of the knife above Gordon.

"Gordon!" Scott yelled as he and Virgil stood, revealing that they had been cut free. Yuja glanced towards them and smiled at their horrified expressions before he continued to read the inscription. A few of the guards that had gone after Lady Penelope turned around and saw them loose. They cursed in Arabic and ran towards them.

A feminine scream echoed out of the chamber above. Yuja stooped chanting and glanced back towards the doorway behind him. His smile disappeared as he spotted Meritaten fall back over the edge She fell face down into the dark water below with a splash and did not move. Footsteps echoed in the doorway above. The room seemed to go silent and all stood still as they watched the doorway.

Evelyn emerged from the shadows, panting heavily as she looked down over the edge at Meritaten's still body in the water below. All those who had not witnessed her resurrection stared at her , their eyes wide in disbelief. She twirled the sai in her hands and smiled softly as she looked up towards an slack jaw Hood and a furious Yuja.

"Henuttawy," he growled.

Her smiled turned to a smirk. "In the flesh."