Chapter 29: I Really Hate Gebs
When the magical teleport device got them to where they needed to go Katy screamed at how high they are and how far down it was before they reached the lava.
Sphinx was also surprised but not as overly so.
"This is different," he said
They were on a group of floating islands well above the clouds but they can clearly see the lava below.
"What the hell happened here?" Katy asked
"I don't know I remember the land being beautiful once in Imhotep's old stories." Sphinx replied
"Damn must have been one hell of a disaster to do this?" Katy replied
Reminds me of Sokar's moon where he made it look like hell Icarus said.
"Icarus said it reminded him of another Goa'uld who turned an entire moon into a living hell," Katy said to Sphinx.
Sphinx nodded in understanding, having Imhotep teaches him a bit about the Goa'uld who used to rule this world long before. As they traveled down towards the edge Sphinx could make out one of the islands that they needed to go to.
"How do we get down there?" he said
Katy turned her head and noticed two things sticking up from the area they came in.
"What are those?" she asked
Sphinx looked up and instantly took out his blow pipe. Shooting darts at the two Katy jumped when a platform instantly appeared.
Leaping on both of them floated towards the other side and leaped off.
Katy nearly fell over not having the cat-like reflexes that Sphinx has.
Grabbing her and pulling her to his chest he waited till she calmed down before walking down the spooky narrow path down to another building.
Katy and Icarus followed down as well mindful of the lava below.
When they got to the end there was a strange dog-like person waiting for them.
"Ah Sphinx, Imhotep told me you were coming as well as the visitor from another world," he said looking at Katy up and down with a lustful gleam in his eye.
Seeing that Katy glared at him wishing now that she did not have to wear this skirt.
The head dress she wore on her head to keep her wild curly hair back was also not helping but she could not help it if everyone is staring.
I never used to get this kind of attention back home Katy grumbled
Well look at it this way now you have a hot body to show off Icarus smirked in their shared mind.
Grumbling Katy went to follow Sphinx when the man hopped in their way.
"Now, now you two this is a test strictly for Sphinx alone seeing as you have no training what so ever. He needs to pass this in order to get at the crown of Uruk which is being guarded by the Geb Queen. He needs to past the test and then return the prize to me in order to pass further into the islands to face the queen." He said
Sphinx glared at him, "Why is it that Katy can't go?"
"Because like I said this test is for you to pass and she has no experience with this sort of thing," he said
He turned to Katy, "Alright but if you try anything with her then I will kill you myself," he said and left.
Katy folded her arms and went to sit by a rock and wait.
Icarus wanting control gained it when Katy retreated to the back of their mind.
"Tell me…um?"
"Garak," he said
"Garak, tell me what are Gebs?" asked Icarus
"They are giant sized monsters that used to live peacefully here in Uruk until Set came along. He corrupted their queen to his evil use and where the queen goes the Gebs go," he said
"So she is like a queen bee then?" Katy said
Nodding his head Garak's ears flapped when she got it.
"Smart," he said
"So this bitch of a queen has to be taken out then?" Icarus asked
"Yes in order to free the Gebs from Set's rule. For they always have a new queen to rule them after some time," he said.
Nodding both began to understand the situation better.
It was nearly four hours before Sphinx returned with the so called treasure and Garak took it.
"Not many have faced the tests and passed, most die before they could past the test," Garak said
"Too much is at stake for this to fail," Sphinx replied after he handed the treasure to Garak.
"Good now we can get you to the Geb queen," he said and placed it into the alter on the side.
Instantly the Ankh came to life.
"You need the key to get to the Geb Queen it is found on that island over there," he pointed to a floating island on the far side.
"Once you have the key then all you need to do is open the door and you can face the Geb Queen," Garak said
Both looked at each other and hopped on the Ankh.
"Ok how does this work?" Katy said
Wrapping an arm around Katy and pulling her towards him Sphinx fired his blow gun towards the Ankh at the far end.
Katy blushed beet red when they both felt a pulsing light and then vanished.
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Reappearing on the other side they were quickly assaulted by an undead monk with a staff.
Sphinx went after it while Katy noticed a little monster peeking his head out of the ground.
It threw rocks at sphinx and Sphinx could not fight back.
The creature was too quick.
Grab that rock and throw it at him! Icarus shouted and Katy did just that lifting a rock and throwing it at the monster causing it to be disoriented as she run her hand through her bag looking for something to use.
It was there that she pulled out a gun but it had very few bullets and no return rounds.
Throwing it to the side she looked through again and finally pulled something that was of interest.
A Zat gun! If I known we had one I could have used it! Icarus stated
How did I get in there? Katy inquired
The Tok'ra must have put it in there quickly target the creature! He said and Katy fired the creature stunning it while Sphinx shoved the other creature off the cliff.
When that was over he was covered in cuts.
I need to use the power of endurance on him Katy said
We don't have enough power in the crystal to do that Katy Icarus stated
How do you know? Katy asked
While you were asleep I did some research into what we had from Delphi and found that the crystals need to be in sea water to be fully charged. They feed on sea water to charge themselves up but since we did not go into sea water for very long periods of time then they are useless. The power of Sonar is out of the question because it is out of juice and we used the power of air so much that it too is out. The power of Endurance and Vigor are too low on energy to help us any. Icarus showed images of him looking at them over.
Oops! Katy replied
Next time think dumbass was the reply from the symbiote.
Katy then reached for the next best thing and began to wrap Sphinx's injuries up.
"Thanks," he said
"No problem," Katy said
"So what are we going to do that thing is behind bars." Katy said
"I know we can get the weight but I don't think I have the strength to go after that tree creature," Sphinx said sitting down to rest.
"Maybe we don't need that stone thing," Katy said
Sphinx looked at her funny.
"Maybe you can stand that platform over there and I get the key," she said
Sphinx thought about it and nodded getting up from where he was and slowly made his way over to the platform that Katy was talking about and stood on it.
It sank to the ground and the bars vanished leaving the chest in view.
Taking the Zat gun Katy stood up and began to walk towards the trunk. To her the gun felt like a coiled snake more then a weapon but because of its form it is also useful.
And good thing she had it too.
A few strange and ugly spiders leaped out and Katy managed with Icarus's help to shoot them all and kill them before getting the key from the trunk on the other side.
Walking back Sphinx stood there with a roguish smirk on his face.
"What?" Katy asked and then she looked down.
There was nothing out of place except…
"STOP PEAKING YOU PERV!" she shouted at him.
Sphinx held up his hands, "Hey you were the one who flashed me," he said
One of the spider had ripped off a good portion of her dress and Sphinx waited till she changed into better clothes still the same ware but this time with baggy pants underneath before following him to the Ankh.
When they got to the other side Sphinx took care of the two guards and then inserted the key into the door.
Once the door opened both entered the building.
The passage was lit by torches but Katy grew very nervous when they entered into a vast chamber.
"There it is the sacred crown of Uruk!" he said
Running towards it he did not realize the mistake he made.
"Sphinx wait!" yelled Icarus when suddenly the walls came up behind them blocking them in and something appeared on the high balcony with a statue and the crown.
A giant insect like creature stood and from the looks of it Icarus can tell it was female. She screamed at the sight of them.
"What is this! How dare you enter the realm of the Gebs!" she yelled
Katy backed away and Sphinx pulled out his sword.
Putting the Zat away Katy tried to reach for another weapon and found to her surprise a staff weapon.
Icarus took control immediately.
"You shall pay for this insolence prepare to die at the hands of the Geb Queen!" she said and zoomed down.
"I really hate Gebs!" Sphinx shouted.
