Chapter 32: Anubis Summons

The next day brought Katy and Icarus out of slumber. Well mainly Icarus seeing as he has still quite a bit of healing needing to be done to Katy and he was set to do it.

For the past few days they have been recovering, and now that they are nearly healed it was time to head towards Anubis Tower once again.

Getting up she gotten dressed and headed outside.

As she walked towards the kitchens to get something to eat she spotted Sphinx.

Icarus walked over to Sphinx who still had a limp from his still healing leg.

"We need to go to Anubis," he said

"I know," Icarus replied

"How is Katy?" asked Sphinx recognizing the tone of voice to belong to Icarus.

"Still healing but she will be alright I am nearly exhausted myself finishing the final repairs because of this infection that Katy had unknowingly gotten. It was from one of the acid burns and it penetrated down to her gall bladder and burned through a kidney. It has taken me longer then I would want to repair that damage, and what ever was left of the Kidney was re-grown to allow her maxim excretion and bodily cleaning. The gall bladder had released acids of its own and took forever to fix. I managed to seal the wounds up and are now re-growing the organs from the tissues that were salvaged. I also fixed a few other injuries caused by the Geb Queen," Icarus stated as they neared the open chamber with some food in their hands.

"All this has exhausted Katy and would have caused her great pain had I not waited till she was in bed before performing repairs. But this one was extensive and that is why you did not see Katy yesterday I was performing repairs on her bodily tissue and she needed to rest to do it properly."

"But now?" Sphinx asked

"Now I need fuel and raw materials to help in the healing process and I could use your help to place the salve on Katy's back when it is time to change the bandages. I am working form the outside in and I have sealed her blood vessels to that area so I shouldn't be bleeding." He said

Sphinx nodded as they proceeded towards Katy's chambers.

The walk was uneventful and Sphinx continued to limp on his bad foot while Icarus opened the door.

Walking into the room Icarus proceeded to the bed and Sphinx walked towards where the bowl of fresh bandages lay. Getting up he grabbed the bowl of cool water and the bandages. The water itself was laced with healing herbs to help speed the recovery up.

Taking off what little was of Katy's clothing Icarus turned his back to Sphinx.

Sphinx gently removed the pin that held the bandages in place and removed them. Taking them off he spotted the wound and nearly gagged at how ragged the burn and the slash marks were. It was a combination on both sides as he watched it heal. The new tissue was growing nicely and it was far smaller then what it originally was but still a good size of it still remained open. Sphinx gently applied the bandages and cleaned the wound of dead skin and oils.

When he was done Katy was freshly bandaged and Icarus was eating some fruits.

"I should help you with those," he said pointing to Sphinx's own wounds.

"No I will live and besides Anubis wishes to see us immediately," he said

"I see I will record the memory for my host when she wakes. At the moment I will let her rest because when we return I have to finish the healing on her body and you need to heal also," Icarus said.

Sphinx nodded as they both headed towards the portal chamber that would take them to Anubis Tower.

The trip was short but they managed to get there unharmed. And when they did Anubis was at the Portal Gods podium.

"And here I thought I had to go to Sun Shrine Temple to help you out." He said sounding concerned as he saw their states.

"If I had known you were still recovering I would have made someone else do this task," he said

"I know you would lie to the fool and he would have died," Sphinx said.

"Yes now to the matter at hand shall we," he said looking at the hologram of another crown.

"This is the sacred crown of Heliopolis in possession of the pharaoh whom is under the same curse as the others of the palace. The only reason I had not moved it is because of the technology behind the crowns," he said

"What sort of technology does the crowns have that are so important?" asked Icarus.

"It is simple my symbiote friend each crown is a power source containing enough power to level a planet. I need all the crowns to reawaken Osiris the real Osiris not the Goa'uld," Anubis said,

"I had already noted that one," Icarus said

"Wait a minute you need all four crowns," said Sphinx

"Yes, it takes a lot of energy to revive an ascended being more then anyone can produce and those crowns are our only chance to ever revive Osiris," he said

"But why?" asked Icarus

"To fight Set he is a member of the Ori if we can weaken him enough and Osiris combines with him then both halves can be whole once more." He said

"How can he be two halves then if he was supposed to be one being?" asked Icarus

"Simple he was split in half by another ascended being." Anubis replied

"Oh," said both Sphinx and Icarus

"I much rather you not mention that again," Anubis commanded

"Sorry sir," they both said

"Well in order to fix things we have to force the two to be one once more," said Anubis as he walked further away and waved his hand.

What appeared in the middle was somewhat of a surprise. To both Sphinx and Icarus as Anubis transmitted yet another hologram.

"The reason why they both split is because the Ori were punishing Ra the real Ra." Anubis gave a nod to the lava and again it floated to reveal the story of the Ancients.

The story itself was sort of an abridged version of it. Anubis watched in fascination as both Katy and Sphinx took it all in. They also witnessed the split in Ra by the Ori as punishment for betraying them.

"Ra sacrificed himself to protect this world and its people from the wrath of the Ori. I helped of course and was cured into this wall. The only way to unite them again is when Osiris is strong enough to battle his brother. And for that that you two are needed," he said

"I need you to get another crown for me the sacred crown of Heliopolis from the Pharaoh of the cursed palace." Anubis then showed a hologram of the object to both Icarus and Sphinx.

"That crown will be the second key to opening up the restraints on Osiris's power. Once released Osiris can unite with his brother and be whole again." Anubis said to them.

"Alright but I warn you this would be more difficult then the Geb Queen for the Pharaoh is a monster and should be treated with respect," Anubis then disappeared.

"Good luck my friends," he said

TBC