SEHKMET'S REVENGE

Chapter Four.

Rick groaned and slowly woke up. Looking around he noticed that he was shackled to the wall of what looked like an ancient temple. He vaguely remembered being dragged along the floor while sinister laughter rang in his ears. He hoped that the others were all right. He looked up as a huge stone door swung open on the other side of the room. His eyes widened in horror as Evie or what had once been Evie strode into the room. Seeing him wide-awake, she sneered at him.

"I see you are awake!" she said in Egyptian."Good, now the torture can begin!"

Rick's eyes narrowed

"What have you done to Evie?"

Sehkmet gave him a toothy grin.

"Evie is no more! I have taken her body!"

Seeing the anguish in Rick's eyes her smile grew wider.

"Oh, did you love her?" she purred. "I had no idea she meant that much to you!"

"You bitch!" Rick said. "Wait till I get a hold of you! I'll make you pay for this!"

Sehkmet threw back her head and laughed.

"Foolish mortal, do you think you can defeat a goddess?"

Rick lunged against his chains fighting the shackles with all his strength. This only made Sehkmet laugh harder

"How pathetic," she said. "I can't imagine why anyone would love a weakling like you!"

Rick roared with rage.

"LET ME LOOSE AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW WEAK I AM, YOU MANGY FLEABAG!"

Rick flew into the wall as Sehkmet struck him full force against his cheek. She grabbed him by the throat and pulled him to her face.

"I shall enjoy tormenting you!" she said in a low growl.

She flew him against the floor as hard as she could, smirking as she heard a burst of air erupt from Rick’s mouth upon impact. Dazed, Rick looked up as Sehkmet stood over him chuckling.

"So you wish to see Evie again, very well, I'll grant your request."

She closed her eyes and a shudder came over her. Rick gasped as Sehkmet opened her eyes. Instead of the horrible red, they had reverted to Evie's brown eyes.

"Rick?" She said uncertainly. "W-Where am I?"

Rick’s eyes filled with tears as he held her hands.

"Shhh," he soothed. "It's alright darling, I'm here."

Evie looked down.

"Rick?" she said as tears began to flow down her lion face.

She gasped when she noticed the trickle of blood coming down Rick's forehead.

"Oh God, what have I done?" she wailed.

Rick pulled her down to him and began to stroke her cheek.

"No, No, Honey, you didn't do this. The creature that's inside you did it."

He held her close as Evie began to weep on his chest. Tears running down his face, he began to kiss Evie gently, trying to calm her as she moaned and wept.

"Oh baby, d-don't cry now, we'll make it out of here!" he said softly.

All of a sudden, Evie's tears turned to laughter as Sehkmet looked up from Rick's chest.

"Don't cry now, we'll make it out of here!" she said tauntingly.

She roared with laughter as Rick lunged at her.

"YOU HEARTLESS BITCH, I'LL KILL YOU!" he roared.

He fell to the floor sobbing as Sehkmet walked out the door, her cold laughter ringing in his ears.

"This is insane." Indy said as they walked along the corridor.

"Where could they have gone?"

He walked up and down the right side of the corridor as Ardeth walked along the other side feeling for anything crack or crevice that could be part of a secret door. Jonathan walked in between them holding the torch.

"This is bollocks," he said. "We're never gonna find them this way!"

Indy looked over at him.

"Oh? You have a better way, shorty?"

Jonathan's mouth dropped to the floor.

"SHORTY! How dare you call me that? I...am...not...short!"

Indy chuckled at Jonathan's fit.

"Why don't you stop the little temper tantrum and help us look."

"TEMPER TANTRUM?" he shrieked. "You take that back!!" he stomped his foot down on the word back, and fell back, screaming, as the floor slanted beneath his feet.

Indy and Ardeth watched as Jonathan rolled away from them, his screams punctuated with an occasional “Oof!”

Indy's foot rubbed the dust off the hidden button in the floor where Jonathan has stomped his foot. He looked up at Ardeth and grinned.

"I guess shorty was right after all, we were looking in the wrong places!"

Jonathan rubbed his head as he looked around. He didn't know where he was, but he had certainly rolled a long way. Looking up, he could barely see a bright light from the corridor. He stumbled to his feet and tried to climb up. But found that the wall was too sloped to climb up. He turned and tried to see through the inky blackness before him.

"Hello?" he shouted.

The only sound he heard was the faint chattering of rats. Jonathan shivered.

"Jonathan?"

Jonathan turned sharply when he heard Ardeth’s faint voice calling him.

"Yes!" he screamed. "I'm ok! I can't get out though, it's too steep!"

Ardeth glanced over at Indy who was trying to gauge the distance to Jonathan.

"Stay where you are! We’re coming to get you!" he said.

Ardeth listened for a moment but could hear no sound.

"Jonathan, Jonathan?” he yelled.

Below them, deep in the cavern Jonathan was gone save for a deep sandy rut made by his dragged body and a faint evil laugh.

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