Fire And Desire

Dream or Flashback?

A/N: When she has flashbacks, she isn't in control of the actions at all. It's like she is watching a movie. Also Bold is in Ancient Egyptian or Arabic.

~Desire's POV~

"What do you suppose killed him?" Evie says after we set up camp. I was still a bit shaken up.

"Did you ever see him eat?" John jokes trying to ease my nerves. It didn't really work though.

Rick walks back over from talking to the Americans. "Our American friends had a little misfortune of their own today." He starts as he sits beside me and I lean into him. He puts his arm around me as I do so, pulling me closer.

"Three of their diggers were melted by salt acid. Pressurized salt acid. Some kind of ancient booby trap." He says and hugs me tighter.

"Maybe this place really is cursed." John said looking at the fire sorrowfully. The wind blows on the fire hard almost blowing it out after he said that. Me, John, and Rick look at each other.

"Oh for goodness sake you three!" She says looking at us as if we were ridiculous. "You don't believe in curses huh?" Rick questions as he pokes at the fire with a stick. " I believe if I can see it and if I can touch it then it is real. That's what I believe. " She states watching him relight the fire.

"I like to be prepared." Rick says as he readies his shotgun. I pull out my weapons bag and start to clean my guns. "Let's see what our friend the warden believed in." John says as he goes through the warden's bag.

He pulls out a bottle of liquor. I snatch it from his hand and and take a gulp. "He might have been a smelly fellow but he had great taste." I state as I pass John the bottle.

We heard horses in the distance. "Stay here and take this." Rick says and passes Evie his gun and runs toward the Americans. "Wait! For me. Wait!" She exclaims as she grabs the gun and runs after him. "Evie! He said wait!" I yelled after her.

I pick up four of my guns and put them in my holsters. I take a stick of dynamite and run after them towards the Americans with John.

We get there and see the men in black from the boat riding in on horses shooting at people. They kill the diggers and go for the Americans. The Americans shoot back and we join the party.

I start fighting one and his eyes widen when he sees my face fully. "Your highness! You have returned!" He exclaims in Ancient Egyptian. "What? What are you talking about?" I ask as I point my gun at him.

"You have returned to us! Just as legends and the prophecy have told! You are the only one who can tame the beast!" He exclaims again in Ancient Egyptian as he drops to his knees. "Beast? What beast? What legends? What prophecy!" I fire questions at him but they go unanswered.

I see Rick and Evie firing at the men in black. I got to question the man again but he is gone. I look around for him, still firing my guns only to be tackled to the ground and my gun gets knocked out of my hand.

The man in black on top of me tries to stab me with a sword. I continue to dodge his blows and hit him in the stomach hard. He falls off of me and I scrambled to my feet and grab my gun.

'It's empty, as are all my others' I inwardly groaned. The man scrambles to his feet as well as I run away.

"Rickkkk!" I scream out as I run towards him. He looks my way and sees the man chasing me with his sword and fires at the man. "O'Connell!" We hear a yell once I get to him.

We look and see a man chasing John on a horse. Rick tackles the man off the horse once he is close enough.

They fall into a tent and quickly recover from the fall. The man pulls out a sword and Rick shoots it out his hand.
A man advances towards Rick and Rick shoots him but when he turns back to the man he swipes the gun out of his hand with another sword.