How Soon Is Now

Part One - Chapter Twenty-Six: Nicola or Nefertiti?

Waking up slowly, Nicola could hear strange chanting in the background, she felt strange and she didn’t doubt that it was anything good; she had no idea where she was but she felt tired.

“Khet mastaba hotep ka,” Jedric chanted over Nicola, he couldn’t believe he had finally found a body for his belonged; it had been too long and now she finally had a body that wasn’t going to burn out so fast.

Jedric looked scornfully at the mummified body that his lover used to have; she no longer needed it when she had this one that was just perfect for her.

Slowly the blonde opened her eyes, she blinked as she tried to adjust to the body that she now had; Jedric smiled at her while she looked around confused to where she was.

“Nefertiti?” Jedric whispered softly as he stroked her face, she smiled at him as she realized what had happened; she looked relieved as she hugged him glad that he hadn’t given up on her.

“Jedric my love it has been too long,” Nefertiti said making him nod as she kissed him, he held her close; he didn’t know much about the witch that he was sacrificing but he knew that there could be a chance they could run into trouble.

“It has my love… but we are together now,” Jedric told her reassuringly, Nefertiti smiled and nodded before she looked down at her hands; she knew that the original soul was still inside of her and she would have to remove her soon if she wanted to keep the body.

“Is the spirit bothering you my love?” Jedric asked her, Nefertiti shook her head as she looked down at herself and frowned taking in the clothes; she wondered what she was wearing, she didn’t like it at all far too covering of her beautiful new body.

“Can I change?” Nefertiti asked making him chuckle and nod, she smiled as she slipped off the table and paused when she spotted her old body; it made her sad how old it looked.

***

Fernando sighed as he vanquished another demon, it had nearly a day since Nicola had been taken and he’d gone on a demon-killing spree; he wanted to know where his girlfriend was.

“You need to rest,” Ryan murmured orbing in behind Fernando, who pushed past him, he hadn’t stopped since she had been taken and it had hard for him and he wasn’t going to stop for anything in the world.

“Not until Nicola is home safe,” Fernando snapped continuing to walk away from the other whitelighter, he knew that he needed a break but that wouldn’t bring Nicola home safe.

Ryan sighed as he followed after Fernando, the others were trying to pick up some leads on who Jedric was but so far things weren’t looking good.

Jedric was a demon that was not only known for his witch killing sprees but his strange rituals in mummification that involved the witches; he was originally from Ancient Egypt and had recently resurfaced in the Middle East, Cairo, Istanbul and Tripoli.

“Nando, you can’t do this alone… we will find her just give it time,” Ryan tried to reason making Fernando stop, he didn’t know what to do anymore but Fernando wasn’t listening and would end up getting himself killed.

Fernando shook his head, he wasn’t going to rest and he feared what the demon might have done in the hours since Alec had handed his girlfriend over to him.

“I won’t stop until she’s home safe and sound,” Fernando said before he orbing away leaving Ryan alone in the street, he wasn’t about to give up no matter what happened.

***

Fernando frowned when he found himself stood in some sort of Egyptian tomb, he had no idea how he had managed to get there only that he had; he groaned in frustration as he realized that someone had messed with his orbing.