Chapter 2
Graveyard disaster
I went to the graveyard. Well duh? That's the only place I know where he is. Besides, where do you think the God of death will be? An ice-cream parlor? I opened the gate and entered. As I went inside I started to yell out: (Not literally yelling though.)
'Hullo? Anybody here? (Get it? Anybody? Yes, pun intended.)
If people saw me yelling like this, especially in the graveyard, you might mistake me for a patient who escaped from a mental hospital. I know its crazy yelling out like this, but you'll never know, he might be 'sleeping like the Dead'.
(Sleeping like the dead, get it because he's the god of death? Another pun intended.)
While I was calling out Anubis' name, someone held my shoulder, I got shocked that turned back and attempted to kick who was it.
Sadie? You alright? He asked me while using that face of his.
"Yeah. So…" I assured him and stepped back only to stumble on a twig and fall but before I could fall Anubis grabbed onto my waist and helped me up.
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.HA.! No, that did not happen.
*Boogsh!*
That was the sound of my butt crashing to the ground. I bet the dead around me are laughing at me right now.
"Ow..." I groaned. I didn't stand back up though, laziness swept through me. Anubis knelt down to my height, I looked at him with a glare but stopped as soon as I realized our face was really close to each other. I coughed.
He stood up, smiling as he reached out a hand to me. I stared at it then looked at him, "Oh, so now you're offering help? WOW." He sighed with a laugh, "Come on, Sadie." I squinted at him as I took his hand, he pulled me back up. "There, good girl," he teased and patted my head. I looked at him, "What?" I said in a sharp tone.
He ran his hands through his hair and looked at the sky with a smile, "Damn. You're cute when you're like that," he said and looked straight at me. I looked away, "I- *cough* uhh."
"You okay? You've been coughing a lot." Anubis asked in a mocking tone and held my face and his other hand touched my forehead I felt like I could blow up any minute. But I wouldn't want that to happen so I quickly removed his hand away and asked "So, Zia told me to find you, why? Do you have anything to tell me? I asked quickly before anything could happen.
He smiled at me with his looks , I mean who could resist him he has black tousled hair like he just waked up , pale olive skin , brown chocolate eyes , perfect lips, good figure—
Sorry out of subject.
He cocked his head to the right," First, I didn't ask anything and second, I never talked to Zia.' He said innocently. "What the hell? So, I came here for nothing?" I spoke, suddenly Anubis flicked the side of my mouth. "What was that for?" I asked. He shook his head at me, "Language, Miss Kane." I raised my eyebrow at him, "What? You want me to speak French?" He sighed, "Never mind."
"But, what am I gonna do now? I came here for nothing." I whined and sat down. He sat down next to me and smiled. I looked at him, "What are you smiling about now, jackal boy?" He looked at me, "Well, you didn't come here for nothing technically."
"Huh?" I questioned. "I mean, you can ask me anything, I'll probably answer them. So, you didn't come here for nothing." I nodded.
"It's about Setne. We have no idea where he is and he's back with company. We received a letter from someone we don't know but it has the empire state building seal on it." He nodded slowly and sat down in front of me. "Do you have the letter right now?" He asked, his head tilted to the side. I shook my head, "No, but I remember it."
"Hm, can you perhaps read it to me?" He asked looking through my eyes. I was melting. I looked away and nodded, "It said:
Dear 21st Nome (Egyptians),
We kindly ask for your help on the uprising of the monsters. We sense that there is not only monsters but also gods. We hope to receive help from you and wish that we work together to defeat them and also restore our rivalry against each other.
We can't fight them by ourselves especially when some of the nomes have not been fixed yet and there are fewer magicians now." He told me.
I frowned and asked "Then how are we suppose to fight them?"
"Do you know why Amos has told you to not even come close to Manhattan?" He asked. I shook my head.
"It's because there are other gods there, when I say other gods I mean Greek and Roman gods." He said
"How do you know that?" I asked while eyeing him suspiciously.
"This is the only thing I can tell you about 'll have to find out about them. Without my help." He responded. I eyed him. The way he said 'Without me'…
I was going to ask him another question but he suddenly said "Sadie, I have to go. Lord Osiris needs me to go back to the Underworld for some drastic measures, if you need to ask more questions; Amos can help. Carter and Zia has probably already found some information." I nodded.
When he was about to go he stopped and said "Don't worry, you'll see me again." He smiled then kissed my forehead and disappeared. I felt my face getting warmer as I went out of the graveyard. I couldn't help but smile. I couldn't be excited either. I would usually fangirl about this but the fact that other Gods exist just made me feel uneasy. New gods means new monsters. More trouble for us. Yey. Hurray.