The November Order

💎 XXIX : To The Wall

Thoth and Cleopatra walked side by side with their weapons ready as they moved around and over the fallen bodies. They would occasionally see lone guards trying to wake their comrades up but Thoth would make quick work of them with his rifle. Cleopatra hadn't fired a connecting shot all evening.

"We're almost there," Thoth whispered as they rounded a corner. The warehouse were they had begun thier operation stood two stores high blocking the moon. From were they stood, Thoth estimated it was about ten meters away. It was open space, he figured they would have to run it.

He scanned the area, "ready to make a run for it?" He looked at her and she nodded, "go!" They dashed through the open field straight for the door into the warehouse, "are you okay?" Thoth asked trying his best to catch his breath as they leaned on the walls of the warehouse.

Thoth got a hold of himself and pushed the door open slowly. He scanned the room and saw his teammates by the large truck. He sighed in relief and motioned for Cleopatra to come in.

"Hey, did you encounter any problems?" Bast asked as Thoth and Cleopatra got to the truck.

"Nothing much," Cleopatra replied as she sat down on the floor.

Thoth scanned the room, "Where's Pope Ida?" He asked suddenly becoming alarmed.

"Relax G man, she's on the other side of the truck with Isis looking at the cars," Imhotep chuckled and placed a hand on his shoulders.

The Ibis mask wearing man chuckled and sat down beside Cleopatra, "That's good," he stood up and stretched, "we need to start unloading these cars though, while the others are finishing things up, we need to make sure we can escape without a trace."

Cleopatra nodded and stood up, "I'll get the keys for the harnesses while you bring the ramp over."

Thoth nodded, "Imhotep and bast, you'll start with the lower base then when we remove the three cars, we'll lower the upper one and offload that."

Thoth walked to the other end of the warehouse to pull the ramp over while bast and Imhotep climbed the truck bed and got into two of the cars.

"Okay people let's get these cars on the ground," Thoth yelled as he  clipped the ramp in place.

The sound of a roaring mustang filled the room, bast was grinning like a mad woman as she gripped the steering wheel and revved the engine.

"Are you crazy?" Thoth yelled but he doubted she heard him as he waved frantically, "are you trying to alert the whole community!"

"Let the girl have her fun," Ida chuckled as she walked out from behind the truck. Thoth's neck almost broke from the force of his head whipping to the side, "Aunt Ida!" He tackled the woman in a hug.

"My little Efosa, you've grown so big!" She cried. She pushed him lightly and inspected him. Efosa removed his mask and grinned, "so handsome, the girl you came in with is she your intending?"

He chuckled, "No, she's for someone else, at least, she doesn't have eyes for me."

She stared at him, "but you know the rules right, she would have been a good choice if she could handle something this big?"

"Yes I do but he specifically requested her. We can only marry someone who's dealt with family affairs or is part of a branch family. So if he specifically requested, I only see one end to it." He sighed and put his mask on, "Aunty, I need to go supervise the rest of the car offloads. We'll have a lot of time to talk about my love life and everything else when we finally get out of here."

The older woman chuckled, "I guess you're right, I do have one question though, how are your father and my mother doing?"

Thoth tensed and exhaled, "well, they should be doing good in heaven. Torah was very thorough with his killing."