Go To Duat

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I wake up and throw the box lid off me
"Lawrence! Good to see you, lad!"
"Yeah, you too, Teddy"
"The Guardian of Brooklyn has returned!" I get out of my box and run to Ahk
"Hey, Ahk. Look, McPhee told me
what's going on around here. How can they separate you both? I had no idea"
"Indeed. A lot has transpired, Lawrence, since your last visit. One would say that..."
"Just..." Larrys phone rings
"Hey, Bocephus! Little help over here!" Larry puts his phone away and walks over to a smaller box, opening it up
"Hey, fellas. How you doing?"
"Well, lookee here. If it ain't Mr. Big-in-the-Britches himself, come back just in time to see us off"
"Yeah, Jed, I heard. Look, I don't even know how this happened" Larrys phone begins to ring again
"Yeah. Yeah, real mystery how this happened. Maybe the answer's on that magic buzzing box there in your hand!"
"Larry you weren't here. We lost our voice" I sadly say "we have no one to speak for us"
"None, none, dum-dum" the Easter island head says also sadly
Hey, guys! It's okay. I'll call the board in the morning, all right? I got some pull now. I'll handle this. We're gonna be okay here"
"We. Did you hear that? you hear Daydream Johnny? there ain't been a "we" ever since you put us on the "pay no mind" list. And that's a cold place to be, boy" we can all tell Jed is struggling the most with this
"Larry, what's done is done. Even the glory of Rome had to come to an end" Octavius looks off into the distance dramatically
"Would you please not look dramatically
off into the middle distance when you say that. It makes me feel worse"
"I don't know what you're talking about"
"Where are you looking? I'm over here"
"Just a bit of wall"
"Look, guys, maybe it won't be so bad"
"Larry if you'll excuse Ahk and I, but we would like to spend our last evening together, just the two of us" I take Ahk's hand and we head over to the Egyptology Department.
The evening ends way to quickly. If I could cry I would have tears running down my face
"I'm going to miss you Ahk" I stroke his face with my hand while stood next to my box
"And I will miss you my Queen. I love you Amunet"
"I love you Ahkmnerah fourth king of the fourth kings" we both laugh before I get into my box. I lay down and Ahk places a kiss on my forehead before closing my box. My eyes close and I'm asleep.

I wake up in my box. My mind goes straight to Ahkmenrah and how I will not see him tonight. Wait I'm awake? we aren't meant to be. I push the box off me and see Sacagawea. I help Dexter out of his
"Hey bud" he climbs on my shoulder and nuzzles  his head into my neck. I then see the tablet of Ahkmenrah in his crate
"Amunet, how are you?" Sacagawea asks
"Terrible. If we're to be apart I'd rather not wake up at all. Speaking of we aren't meant to be awake" I look at Dexter who looks down sad "I guess at least Ahk isn't feeling this pain right now"
"Where is it!" I hear someone yelling. A voice I recognise
"No"
"Amunet what is it? what's wrong?" Sacagawea asks
"It can't be" I look at my friend, fear ridden in my eyes "it's Kahmunrah. Ahk's older brother. He killed their parents, then when I was pregnant he killed my baby, I miscarried, then he killed me and then Ahk. He's evil. We must hide the tablet. Sacagawea take it, go" I hand her the tablet but before she can hide it Kahmunrah and his guards find us
"My beautiful Amunet. It's good to see you again, you look radiant as ever. Now I don't see your husband anywhere"
"Go to Duat" Kahmunrah tuts me as he places a hand around my neck
"Amunet"
"It's ok" I say to Sacagawea who looks terrified
"Guards hold her" he pushes me and I'm held back as he pushes my friends into a large containing unit. Before we know it we all freeze and go to sleep.

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