Ch56: Search for Slytunkhamen
"Okay... this is starting to get weird..." Sly said as we walked around the village. It was worth noting that we saw no townspeople, but a bunch of... things that I'd known from before. They were... from a certain place in our past. From what I determined as the grossest place on earth. What was I talking about? These 'civilians' were none other than the same minions we'd seen in Mz Ruby's swamp.
"Well on the bright side, it doesn't seem like they recognized us... yet..." I noted as we walked through the streets trying to find out where the hell Slytunkhamen II was and why a bunch of zombie minions were walking around Ancient Egypt. After walking for a little while longer, we eventually saw something out of place in the Ancient times. It looked to be some kind of prison with iron bars and an electronic lock system. DEFINITELY not from this time period of 2000 BC.
And guess who was in it? None other than a raccoon in Egyptian garb and holding only a single cane. "I think we should rescue him... quietly..." I whispered to Sly after we got out of earshot with the guards. "Got it... invisibility?" "Part of it. Neyla, can you hack that thing?" "Mm..." Neyla said in approval. "Stay here." Sly listened to my command and I turned myself invisible as I slowly walked through the sand and up to Slytunkhamen II's cage. The Clockwerk eye then began to glow a tiny red laser at the lock and it was defeated within seconds. The iron bars were opened and Slytunkhamen was freed!
However, that little stunt made all the guards on alert and they immediately ran for the cage. I reacted to this by grabbing Slytunkhamen's arm and running over to Sly, turning him invisible as well. "What is the meaning of this?" asked the creator of the very technique I was using. "Shh! Keep quiet! We need to get outta here!" I hissed quietly as I grabbed Sly's arm and pulled the two through the streets and eventually lost the guards by going outside the city.
I then turned us all visible again and we were all looking at each other in confusion. "W-What is this facade?" Slytunkhamen II asked. "Able to use invisibility and have my nemesis's eye? And you! I sense my lineage in you yet we've never met! What are you creatures?" His question to Sly was what shocked me. "Y-You know I'm your descendant?" Sly asked. "Descendant? You mean... from the distant future?" "Well yeah, but... how'd you know that?" I asked.
Slytunkhamen sighed and looked back at the city, sighing heavily. "This has been going on for three days now," he began to relay. "My city... the one I made for refugees from the Pharaohs of this land... is now under attack by the undead. And they are ruled by some strange creature none have ever seen before!" "What does this creature look like?" Sly asked. "She's tall, scaly, green, and talks in some strange way... almost as if she is from a different world!"
"Yep... sounds like Mz Ruby to me, Sly..." I frowned as I looked at the town through my Binocucom. "Mz Ruby? She did mention that name before..." the Egyptian raccoon said. "So do you know how Mz Ruby got here?" I asked him. "All I know is that there was a sudden flash in the sky and some strange machine appeared there. It then landed outside of town and let out the strange creature and her minions..."
"At first we thought that they were from the gods, but then they began to enslave the town, forcing them to stay indoors as the thieves, including me, got captured left and right. I don't know why they're here, but I know it isn't a god now... she must be from your world, the future..." "I think I know how we can rid your town of these undead beasts as well as Mz Ruby herself," I frowned. "But first we gotta wait for the team to get here... they can't arrive until they get an item from this timeline..."
It was at the moment I said that when a flash of light happened right in front of me and I landed on my furry butt from the shock. It was the team van! "You called for a rescue?" Bentley asked with a smile. "Yeah, but it looks like we've got some more issues on our hands, guys," I frowned, grabbing the cane from my back and tossing it to Slytunkhamen. "Whoa... it's Slytunkhamen II, isn't it?" Bentley gawked. "Can we save introductions for later and discuss how we'll rid my town of the undead plague?" the annoyed raccoon frowned. "Um... care to tell us what's up?" Penelope asked.
"We need to find a safe place first... we don't want to get spotted by these guys..." I frowned. "I know just the place! Follow me!" Slytunkhamen exclaimed. We then followed him to a back entrance to a certain house at the far end of the city. "This is a secured location. None of the guards come near here..." "Well, now we need to get to explaining I guess..." I frowned.