Emily (Hold)

Eighteen

"Is there" I ask when we are safe "is there a way for Seth to be stopped now?"

"No" Horus shakes his head sadly "even if it were possible, the waters are gone"

"You may not have destroyed Seth's fire" shaking my head "but you can still fight him!"

"How?" He demands

"With your fists, feet and brains!" Yelling at him "there are many people depending on you Horus! Just because you only have one eye doesn't mean you can't fight! You know what? I think those humans we saw when we left your parents tomb were there for your help because they knew only you could help them!" My parents look at me "Before coming here I was fighting with everything I got to not only save my life but my friends lives from Senkhara since she put the marks of Anubis on it"

"What?" Hathor demands, we didn't tell her since Horus told me not to. Showing her the mark, she gasps checking it "how long have you had it?"

"Almost six months now" shaking my head as Horus's eyes widen "what?"

"Emily" Horus is next to Hathor "when someone is marked with the Anubis's mark, they have six months of life left before dying an agonizing death" looking to Hathor "the spirit put it on her for Anubis's mask but only the spirit knows what the mask looks like"

"What?" Looking between them "but" Hathor holds me to her as I start to cry.

"That's why he didn't kill you" Horus realizes "he would have, for the remark you made but he must have talked to Anubis who told him about the mark and how long it's been on you"

Hathor walks a few feet away "Anubis come forth"

"Hathor?" Horus demands "what are you doing?"

"Saving our daughter" we see this large jackal like creature with red eyes and gold veins that show and a golden staff. He's wearing a white cloth covering his dick.

"Mistress" he greets looking at her "you are still as lovely as the first dawn"

She motions to me "My daughter bares your mark" he looks to the mark on my hip "what will it take to have it be removed and for her to see your mask"

"You ask for much, especially when my mask is concerned" his voice is distant and yet musical and masculine at the same time "this requires a great deal but only one, the mask or the mark"

"How about my life for the next two hundred years" she asks "for both"

"Only one" Anubis won't bargain

"No" shaking my head "I'll figure something out, I just got to know you"

"And I can't lose you either" Horus is next to me with pleading eyes.

Hathor places her hands on our faces "I love you both so much, but you need to save our daughter. Only the king an get Anubis to remove the mark"

"But I can't fight without both of my eyes" are you kidding? I've seen him fight before "I need my full strength and I don't have it"

"Then find it" leaning in close "I know you can save our daughter" looking at me "I love you so much Emily, from the moment I knew you existed till now and forever" tears run down my face as she looks at Anubis "the mask"

She removes the bracelet and she is pulled away "No!" Horus and I both screamed, Horus falls to his knees.

Looking at Anubis, he walks towards us "Emily" he holds his hand out and a golden jackal mask appears with a purple gem on top "lovely as your mother"

I go to grab it and feel the weight and look around "What happens" looking at Anubis "if a Paragon were to wear this?"

"The Paragon" he answered "if you wore this, you could grant immortality to anyone but also change an immortal or bring someone back from death"

"Change an immortal?" I ask

"If you wish to change a god into a true immortal" he says "you could, even gods can die but if you wear this you'll have the power to change the god into an immortal but also take away an immortals immortality. You are a very powerful person Emily, one who has so much potential as Paragon" he takes his mask back, before he leaves he lets out a laugh smiling "how shocked your Osirian will be when you both meet"

"I thought Osirians and Paragons can't be near one another? That it was bad?" Asking them, that's what Mr. Sweet told me.

Shaking his head "How wrong you are Emily, your Osirian will be your soulmate—we shall meet again Emily" he leaves us in the desert then.

"What...what do we do now?" I ask

Shaking his head "I don't know"

"Why did Seth want Thoth's brain?" This doesn't make sense, I mean thinking about history it didn't mention this part. Or maybe whoever wrote it didn't want Seth to be a bad guy?" We then see something "What's that?" It looks like a shooting star.

"Seth has unleashed Chaos upon us" Horus realizes

"How do we stop chaos?" I ask, he looks my way "I believe in you, so does the mortals who went to visit you to give you offerings...stop feeling sorry for yourself and do what you can to save Egypt since your the only thing that can save them!"

"We need to get back to the Capital" he says "it'll be a long walk"

Hearing some birds, we see this carriage being carried by a bunch of birds "I think we can fly" getting into the carriage "who sent this?"

"Nephthys" Horus answered "even beyond death she's trying to help us"

"Even the gods beyond the grave believe in you" shaking my head "believe in yourself and your abilities to save everyone" When we are near the Capital, we see a red beacon "What's that?"

"Seth has Ra's spear" Horus says "he's drawing Apophis to the Nile, to the source of all life"

"Why?" I ask

"To drink it" he explains "to destroy all of creation"

"Could the waters of creation stop that creature?" I ask

"I doubt it" shaking his head "it'll only make Apophis stronger—Ra isn't dead, only he can make this right but he needs his spear"

"So you get the spear and give it back to him" shaking my head "but how?"

"Maybe it's time we go fishing" he looks my way, huh?

"Huh?"

He smirks, when we get to some house we see a guy in a red robe on his knees "Okay" grabbing him before shoving him up against the wall "Listen up you son of a bitch, your going to tell us what we want to know or I will end you in the most painful way possible and keep you from entering the afterlife without any money! Am I clear?"

He nods his head rapidly "Yes miss"