Episode Sixty-Five
"It's Never Easy"
Pizoku stands close by as Neah and Jilan scan the surrounding area for any sign.
"Good or Bad?" Jilan asks, looking off behind them.
"Difficult to tell yet," Neah answers, then turns to Ma'at. "Are we close?"
Ma'at smiles. "Very." She leads them around the next turn to stun them with the view.
"Hello Nile," Pizoku says as he looks out over the famous river.
"Here." Ma'at stops.
"Here?" Jilan asks, looking around them.
"Well, there." Ma'at points out towards a sand bar in the middle of the river. A sand bar that seems to be the favored sunning spot for the local crocodiles.
Jilan sighs. "Oh perfect."
Meanwhile, in the Sahara
"I hate the desert." Ashlee whines as they walk up another dune.
"You said that." Taylor leads the other two along. "Move on."
"Why didn't he come with us?" Reese wonders as he walks between his two friends.
Taylor squints in the increasing sunlight. "He's afraid of me."
"You didn't do anything," Reese insists. Ashlee fidgets a little behind him.
"Doesn't mean it's that easy to reconcile that in his mind," Taylor replies, stopping at the peak of the Dune.
The three look out over the vast Dune Sea. Ashlee crosses her arms. "Do you know where you're going?"
"We're going," Reese reminds her.
"Eat me," Ashlee replies in sing song sarcasm.
Taylor rolls his eyes. "Yes, we're going this way." He points off to the West a bit.
Ashlee looks out there with a rather void expression. "There's nothing out there."
Reese shrugs. "Nothing visible."
Taylor frowns. "Yes, there is."
"What is it?" Reese moves closer to Taylor. Ashlee tenses.
Taylor stares. "Waiting for us."
Meanwhile, in Tibet
The earth trembles and shakes. Mallard and Marisol attempt to maintain their standing position, but it is not easy as the ground is up heaving before them.
The Ancient Ones stand with arms upraised and exude power into the land before them. It glows and quivers and quakes with their will. It rises.
The dirt slides and crumbles as the building before them rises up from its long time burial place.
The Temple of the Ancient Ones has been found.
To Be Continued...
