Pinkranger888- XD I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, they are all dead and are not coming back. Yes, Gordon and Evie will be having a little chat once they get back to the island. Yeah, that certainty has something to do with it. Don't worry, the other bros will be featured also and Alan will be up very soon. Well, after this chapter there are six left. But don't worry, this is not the last you have seen of me in the Thunderbirds fandom. Good for you. That is something to be proud of. XD I recently did something similar myself with an extremely good HP series and am so proud of myself that I reviewed every single chapter of the four stories he has written so far.

Little Miss Bump- Yep, they are all okay and Alan is on his way to getting better. Thank you and there you go making me blush again. It's okay. Oh, I hate it when that happens. I have a hard time going a few hours without my computer. –huggles laptop- Tis my baby, though it does piss me off at times :P I plan to.

err... who am i?- XD That they do, and Evelyn still has to explain to them the whole 'I am Henuttawy' thing. Yeah, it is defiantly going to be an unusual conversation. XD There is more of that to come.

foxee-chik- I'm glad you enjoyed it. XD

Okay, I am so sorry it took so long to get this chapter out! Unfortunately, the paper I had been putting off for the past few weeks was due last week and I forced myself to do nothing but that stupid paper. Then my computer decided to be a butt and not let me open up word. But the paper is done (and I passed the class!) and my comp is co-operating, so onto the chapter! Hopefully the length of it makes up for the lateness. Hopefully? Maybe? Cookie? –holds out a plate of cookies from where she hides behind an couch-

Chapter Thirty One- Explanations
September 14th, 2024

Though Alan had woken a few times over the next day, he'd been extremely lethargic. The wound from the bite was slowly beginning to heal over and the teen was making progress. The night after leaving Amarna, Jeff and Virgil had changed him into the clean clothes that had been brought for him before changing themselves. Though all of them were still in desperate need of a good long shower.

The evening after the left Amarna found them landing with an very much awake Alan behind John. The youngest Tracy had awoken a little over an hour before they would lands for the night and declared that he was hungry over the communication link. Once the group had landed, John had helped the other blond out of the ultra light and they both made their way over to where Evelyn and Gordon stood beside her ultra light, watching the approaching cloud of dust roughly half a mile to the south.

The usually loud redhead had been abnormally quiet since they had left Amarna and had only let his twin out of his sight when she had to use the bathroom. He flew with her, sat beside her when they ate, and pulled his blanket up right next to her when they slept. John watched as Gordon shifted closer to her and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, as if he was afraid she would disappear any second.

He looked over at Alan, his arm around the teen's waist and was supporting most of his weight, frowned at the behavior of their brother. The was he was acting had the younger blond wondering just what had happened to her while he had been unconscious and whether the conversation with his mother had been real. She had never said specifically who had been hurt when she returned after leaving with the Asian women, just that someone who was not supposed to be there had arrived and she had to see her before she was sent back.

Was Evelyn the one that was not supposed to be there? His mother had told him that he was between life and death, a waiting room as it were, but what if Evelyn had died and had no need to go to the waiting room. And it would also explain the strange dream of seeing her being stabbed by Saadia that was beginning to seem less like a dream and a lot more like reality, which he had been unable to comprehend at the time.

"Hey sprout!"

Alan was knocked out of his thoughts by the greeting from his sister, who had turned away from watching the Medjai to smile at her younger brother. Gordon also gave him a small smile as Evelyn moved away from the ultra light and gave him a one armed hug. Okay, something bad defiantly happened to her for Gordy to be so quiet.

"Hey Evie," he greeted in return, wrapping the arm that was not around John's shoulders around his sister.

She removed her arm from around him after a few moments and smiled at him. "Besides being hungry, how are you feeling?" she asked, setting a hand on his shoulder.

"Better," he replied. "I'm able to think straight for the first time in the past few days, though my ankle is still a little sore."

"Well, we brought ibuprofen with us, hoping none of us would have to use it," John said with a small shrug.

Evelyn nodded in agreement. "And since Virge took charge of the medical supplies we brought," she added with a small smile. "He'll probably give you some after dinner when he changes the gauze around the bite. And once we get home he'll be able to take care of it a lot better."

"Good to see you awake Alan," Tin-Tin said with a smile as she and Scott approached where the group stood. Alan looked around the group and saw that all of them had dark bags under their eyes and their faces were pink from the sun. The cut on Scott's forehead was scabbed over and the bruise was various shades of purple and yellow.

Tin-Tin walked over and stood beside Evelyn as Scott went straight to the younger blond. John removed his arm from around Alan's waist as Scott embraced Alan tightly, shifting the majority of the teens weight from John to himself.

Evelyn smiled as she watched her eldest brother hug the youngest member of the family before glancing over her shoulder to see the first of the Medjai that had been following them had arrived. She glanced towards her family to see that their father and Lady Penelope had joined the group before heading around her ultra light and over to where Bomani stood beside his horse as the rest of the small group of Medjai began to dismount their own steeds. Bomani smiled at her as she approached.

"Good evening, Evelyn," he greeted, inclining his head towards her before working to remove something from his saddle bag. "I see your youngest brother has awoken."

"Yes, he's well on the road to recovery," she replied. "And you know he is better because one of the first things he said after getting his baring was 'I'm hungry.'"

Bomani chuckled has he turned around, a slim, brown bundle in his hands. "Well, he should not have to wait long for a meal. We brought the wood that was left over from the fire last night with us," he informed her before handing the cloth wrapped bundle to Evelyn. "This arrived for you this morning, just after you had taken off."

Evelyn frowned, wondering what exactly had been sent to her. She pulled the cord that secured the cloth and unwrapped the cloth from around the object. Her gleaming golden sai were revealed within the folds to brown.

"Kaphiri informed me that he found them during the clean up and thought you would like to keep them," Bomani said as Evelyn lifted one of the blades from the cloth and held it up. They had been cleaned of all remnants of her fight with Meritaten and shinned in the setting sun.

"Evie?"

Evelyn spun around to see Gordon standing a few feet away and looked past him to see the rest of their family watching her curiously from the other side of the ultra lights. Evelyn sighed and put the sai back into the cloth. "Time to explain to them what happened," she muttered as she secured the cord around the bundle.

She glanced over her shoulder at Bomani and smiled towards the Medjai. "Thank you Bomani, and tell Kaphiri that I thank him as well."

Bomani nodded in reply as she walked towards her twin. She put her arm around his shoulder while his went around her waist and the two slowly began to make their way towards where their family stood.

"You guys will defiantly want to sit down for this," she told her family as she and Gordon approached them, removing her arm from around her twin. "Because there is a lot that I have to tell you and if you are not sitting down, well it is probably just better if you were sitting down for it."

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Fifteen minutes later found the family sitting on the blankets the Medjai had provided them near the growing fire where dinner was being prepared. Alan between Jeff and Scott, leaning against the formers shoulder. Virgil sat between Scott and Gordon with the pack of medical supplies behind them. Lady Penelope, Tin-Tin, and Fermat sat across from them on Jeff's right while John and Evelyn sat between Fermat and Gordon. The bundle that contained the sai sat in Evelyn's lap.

Evelyn pinched the bridge of her nose as she took a deep breath. "Where do I start," she mumbled, her hand dropping down to her lap."I guess I should start with how I came back, because everything is tied to my resurrection."

"Resurrection?" Alan repeated, remembering the images from his 'dream.' "You were the one she went to see, weren't you?"

Evelyn looked surprised for a moment before giving Alan a small smile, having quickly figured out who 'she' was. "Yes," she replied with a slight nod. "What all did she tell you?"

Throughout this exchange, Jeff had been looking between Evelyn across from him and the blond leaning against him in confusion.

"Hold on a second you two. Who is 'she?'" he asked, holding up the hand that was not around Alan to get them to stop their conversation as the rest of the group looked between them in confusion.

Evelyn and Alan smiled. "Mom," they replied simultaneously. Evelyn glanced at the group and saw that her family seemed to have frozen at the mention of Lucy. She looked over at Alan, who caught her eye and shrugged as if to say 'they took that better then I expected.'

"You see," Evelyn began after a few seconds of shocked silence had passed. "Before John read the resurrection spell and brought me back, Alan was in the in between, a place between life and death while I was in heaven. Mom was with Alan till I arrived."

"And she came back after you left," Alan continued. "Though all she told me was that someone who was not supposed to be there had arrived and she stayed until they left."

"So," Scott, paused, swallowing the lump that had begun to grow in his throat at the mention of their mother. "You both saw mom?"

"Yeah, and she says to tell you 'hi' and that she misses us all," Alan said softly, glancing up at his father. Jeff blinked back the unshed tears that begged to fall since the mention of his deceased wife. He tightened his arm around Alan and dropped a kiss into his dust filled blond hair. Alan smiled as he leaned back against his father.

"But she wasn't the only one I saw," Evelyn added, smiling as she watched her father and Alan across from her. "Grammy and Grandpa Charles were there, and Lin, our maternal grandmother. Lin's mom was also there, along with Rick and Evelyn O'Connell and her brother Jonathon. It was Lin's mom, Zi Juan, who gave me the spell to help get rid of the snake venom. She was a witch in China and died when they were fighting the Dragon Emperor."

John nodded in understanding though a small frown continued to show on his features. "Okay, I get how you knew a spell in Chinese and how you knew Alan was hurt, but how did you know about the tunnel to the temple?" he inquired, looking over at his sister beside him.

"Well, it seems that in killing me," she began. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed her twin flinch at the mention of her death. She reached over and took his hand in hers and gave it a squeeze. Gordon gave her a tight smile before she continued and he continued to tightly grip her hand as she spoke. "They ultimately sealed their own fates. With my resurrection using the spell Alex had given me when we went to retrieve the Book of Amun Ra, they made me remember."

"Remember what?" Tin-Tin asked after a few moments.

Evelyn looked over at the Malaysian girl and smiled. "That they were right in thinking that I am an reincarnated princess," she replied. "Those dreams I was having, weren't dreams at all. They were memories of my life as Henuttawy." Using her free hand, she undid the bundle in her lap and removed one of the golden blades. "These sai are mine and are the same blades I used when I spared with Meritaten three thousand years ago, though I was not successful in beating her that time. By dying and being brought back, I gained all my memories of my previous life and combined with all that I learned from cheerleading, I was able to beat her this time."

Before anymore could be said, several Medjai approached them, carrying bowls of steaming stew, several loafs of bread and an large jug of water. Evelyn released Gordon's hand and set the said down on the ground next to her as they handed the bowls to the group. They set the bread and water down in the center of the circle they sat in on the blankets.

Evelyn thanked them as they retreated before ladling an spoonful of stew from her bowl. She glanced up as she chewed on the first bite to see her family members slowly beginning to eat their stew, still trying to process what she had just told them.

"Don't eat to fast sprout," Virgil warned, his voice breaking the silence that had formed within the group. He placed his spoon in the bowl and lowered it to his lap, his honey-burnt gaze on Evelyn.

"So…you…your," He sighed, looking down at the bowl in his lap for several moment before once more returning his gaze to his sister. "You're really Henuttawy?"

Evelyn swallowed another bite of stew before nodding. "Yes, Henuttawy and I are one and the same. Just make my hair black and my eyes brown and that would be how I looked three thousand years ago," she replied, setting her own bowl down in her lap. "It's going to take some getting used to for all of use. Evelyn O'Connell told me that it will take some time to adjust because she's been there. She's the reincarnation of Nefertiti, daughter of Seti the First."

"Wasn't that what was written on the sarcophagus in O'Connell manor?" John asked, tearing off a piece of bread from one of the loafs.

Evelyn nodded in reply as she ate another spoonful of stew.

"So Alex did know where it was," Alan muttered before he took a drink of water, doing his best to keep the jug steady as his eyelids began to grow heavy. Now that his stomach had something solid in it and he was relaxed, his body began to show just how tired he still was.

"He sure did," John nodded, watching as Alan set down the mug. He caught Virgil's eye and subtly nodded towards Alan. "And the key to the chest the Book was kept in was Evie's locket."

Virgil had quickly scene what John had scene and set down his bowl beside him. "I think someone is ready to go to bed," he stated, grabbing the bag of medical supplies from behind him.

Alan shook his head. "No, no, I'm fine," he said as he attempted to sit up slighter and fought to keep his eyes open. He stifled an large yawn. "Go on, Evie."

Virgil shook his head as he knelt before him and began to removed the gauze he had wrapped around his ankle the night before.

"It's okay, Al," Evelyn smiled as she watched Alan fight to keep his eyes open. "I told you guys most of what I wanted to tell you, but the rest can wait till we are home. You just go to sleep."

He nodded sleepily as he leaned back against Jeff's shoulder. Virgil finished pulling off the old gauze and bit his lip as he inspected the snake bite that was beginning to scab over.

"I'm gonna have to keep a really close eye on this," he stated, reaching into the bag and pulling out a tube of antibiotics and squeezing it onto the area of the bite. "It's showing signs of being infected and the strong antibiotics are at home. Hopefully this will keep it from getting any worse. Scott, can you pull the ibuprofen out of the bag for me, pull out two tablets and give them to Alan for me?"

"Sure," the eldest Tracy brother responded, pulling the beg of medical supplies towards him before searching its contents for the ibuprofen. He found the bottle, twisted the cap and shook two tablets out into his hand. Scott replaced the bottle back into the bag and looked up to see Virgil had set the tube aside and was now wrapping clean gauze around Alan's ankle.

Jeff already had the jug of water ready to go and was looking down at the blond falling asleep against his shoulder. "Alan? You gotta stay awake for a few more minutes," he called softly. The blond looked up at him with sleepy blue eyes. "You just need to take these pill and then you can go to sleep, okay?"

Alan nodded slowly as Scott handed the tablets to his father. After a few minutes, Jeff had managed to get Alan to swallow both of the pills. Once they were taken, Alan leaned back against his father 's shoulder once more and closed his eyes, his breathing evening out as he easily fell asleep. Virgil wiped his hands on his khaki shorts before replacing the tube and gauze back into the bag and returning back to where his unfinished bowl of stew sat.

"Well, we should reach Cairo early tomorrow afternoon," Evelyn began, her voice lowered in an attempt to not be too loud and wake up the sleeping teen, who was still getting over the effects the venom had had on his system. "Then once we're home you can start him on the stronger stuff."

"I'll want to keep him in the infirmary at least one night," Virgil informed them, taking the chunk of bread that Scott was offering him. "The infection is not to serious right now, but I want to wipe it out of him before it gets the chance to."

Jeff nodded and brushed back Alan's bangs. "He's been through enough these past few days."

"And when we get home, I also want to look at your back," Virgil told his father, his eyes hard and expression showing his father that he would not take no for an answer. Jeff nodded and Virgil then turned towards Gordon. "And I wanna take a look at your ribs."

Gordon started and looked towards the medic beside him as those who had been flying looked startled and glanced between the two that Virgil had just pointed out.

"What happened to your back?" Lady Penelope asked, looking towards Jeff as she set down her empty bowl.

Evelyn frowned at her twin. "And what happened to your ribs?"

"A guard kicked him in the back the morning after we were captured," Virgil replied, gesturing towards his father. "And the same guard kicked Gordon in the ribs just after we were captured."

Evelyn glared down at her empty bowl as she felt John stiffen beside her and knew he was also angry at this guard that had hurt their father and brother. Oh I really hope he was one of those I killed yesterday. I wanna bring the guy back just so I can kill him again for hurting my family. And that must have been what I felt that day! How could I have forgotten!

"We should all get to sleep now."

Her father's voice knocked her out of her thoughts and she looked up from the bowl to see that Fermat and Gordon were beginning to fight to keep awake has Alan had not long before. "It's going to be a long day tomorrow, but well be at home tomorrow night," he added.