Rise of the Fallen Princess (Ahmanet - The Mummy)

Chapter 23 - Rise of a New Empire

Following the unprecedented chaos that had befallen Paris, Prodigium had sent as many troops as possible across the city in order to destroy as many undead bodies as possible, but also to rescue survivors. Mathias had also spoken to Jekyll about the Children of Ra led by Jonathan of Mirand and the doctor had then sent intervention squads to the mansion in order to arrest any possible survivors of this sect, to prevent them from continuing their activities despite the death of their leader.

The golden book of Ra, once again sealed and containing within it the essence of the god Set, was once again confined in its box and Jekyll ordered that it be immediately repatriated to HQ under good escort and that it be placed in the maximum security containment zone for the most dangerous supernatural artifacts.

The area around the Eiffel Tower had been completely cordoned off and put under surveillance by the organization's forces, supervised by Agent Winters who continued to give his directives, sending teams where they were needed most.

Mathias, after having his hand treated by one of Prodigium's doctors, was sitting on a bench not far from the Eiffel Tower and after this tough fight against Set, was taking advantage of this calm. And he was not alone, Ahmanet sitting next to him and she also liked this tranquility and having regenerated her wounds. Holding hands, the couple said nothing, simply enjoying being together, reunited and free from the threat of Set. Ahmanet, however, noticed the sideways glances of the members of Prodigium who passed nearby, and also towards the other monsters. They were always suspicious of them. Although on her guard, she chooses not to be disconcerted, remaining with Mathias. Lawrence and the other monsters finally joined them at the bench.

_"Look at this bunch of ingrates." the vampire Marya growled contemptuously as she saw the way the members of Prodigium looked at her and the other monsters. "We just saved them though."

_"We have defeated a god." replied Mathias. "Which only proves in their eyes how dangerous we are. Even me, who is of the same species, is just another monster in their eyes."

_"I won't let them separate us, Setepai." Ahmanet then said to him. "We have nothing more to do here. Let's leave, as we wanted."

_"But where to go?" Lawrence asked. "Mathias is right, Prodigium won't want to let us go that easily."

_"I'm going to go talk to them." then said Mathias, giving a kiss to Ahmanet's hand and asking them to wait for him here.

Mathias got up from the bench and started walking towards Jekyll and Winters talking with other agents. But he had barely taken a few steps when several Prodigium soldiers immediately reacted, coming to block the young man's path and pointing their weapons at him. Mathias took a step back, raising his hands to indicate that he did not intend to take any hostile actions. Ahmanet and the other monsters reacted immediately, taking up defensive positions, Jack protecting Trudy who was intimitated and was hiding behind him.

_"Go back and sit where you were!" one of the soldiers ordered with authority.

_"I would just like to speak with your boss, nothing more." Mathias replied as calmly as possible.

_"Are you deaf? We asked you to step back, monster!" Another soldier said, loading his gun and aiming for the head.

One of Prodigium's soldiers advanced towards Mathias to force him back, but suddenly, Ahmanet appeared with superhuman speed, disarming the soldier and grabbing him firmly under the chin, lifting him off the ground as if he were not was nothing. Very quickly, the atmosphere became very tense and the other human soldiers turned, ready to shoot while the other monsters also stood ready to respond, but Mathias signaled them to stay where they are.