Resurrected

I gasped awake sitting up quickly almost bumping heads with Alex. I took in my surroundings, seeing Alex with the Book of the Dead and Evy sitting next to him smiling at me. Quickly I was surrounded by both their arms in a hug. I smiled at them still a little shaken from my experience of which I wasn't sure what happened, was it actually heaven? I brushed it out of my mind like it was nothing when Evelyn leaned towards me.

"I wasn't sure if that was going to work." Evy whispered in my ear. I squeezed her tightly then let her go moving on to Alex. I ruffled his hair.

"Hey little man." I said to him as he tackled me again with another hug. I laughed happily feeling reborn and well rested.

"Don't you dare do that again." Alex said to me smiling as he pulled away from me. I looked around a little noticing Jon wasn't there.

"Where's Jon??" I asked her. She nodded her head to where Jon was.

"Take care of Alex?" I asked her as I quickly got up and started to walk over to where Jon was. Evy grabbed my arm stopping me quickly and said:

"Wait Joe, I can't." Tears were starting to form in her eyes. I knew she was scared but I needed her to be strong.

"You can Eve's I'll be fine, I have nothing left I need to do here. You do, you have a family, let me do this for you Nefretiri." The name caught me off guard, it slipped out of my mouth. Evy stood up straighter and stood behind Alex hugging him to her chest. She nodded at me as I left to go find Jon and Anck-Su-Namun fighting. Just as Jonathan was about to get a sai through the heart I jumped in, grabbing Anck-Su-Namun's arm stopping her.

"Why don't you quit picking on my brother and pick on someone your own size." I told her as I threw her off him and grabbed his arm, shoving him out of the way.

"Joe!" He smiled at me, not concerned about me throwing him out of the way at all.

"Go help Rick. Evy's got Alex." I told him as he strode off towards where Evy and Alex were hidden. I looked Anck-Su-Namun up and down gauging her reaction, after she'd killed me before, seeing me again didn't seem to faze her. I looked at her grabbing the nearest sais from the Anubis statue next to me as I saw Evy, Jon and Alex run down the corridor to help my husband who stupidly went to avenge my death.

"Sakhmet" she breathed out looking afraid of me. As a goddess in my previous life I felt powerful, she was a lowly figure compared to myself. I smiled at her disadvantage feeling the rage and power flow through me.

"Anck-Su-Namun." I spoke her name spinning the sais in my hands, absolutely enjoying this.

"Dai-u (Good)" she spoke to me. Although I wasn't her partner before, a part of me felt I had some advantage, after all I had sentenced Imhotep to death in my past life. She started slashing at me as I blocked her attempts first playing defense as she wasted her energy. I ducked underneath her arm and we switched places, turning around rapidly to avoid getting hit. I played offense after thoroughly enjoying her energy drain. She backed me up til I hit the podium behind me. Fuck, I couldn't entirely keep up with her at first, but I knew I could outmatch my opponent.

"You remembered the old ways." She spoke to me. I heard a cough from behind me. Evy was there with her own pair of sais, I noticed the spark in her eyes. I quickly headbutted Anck-Su-Namun and moved out of the way for Evy to get her share in. I knew she wanted into the fight so I decided to back down and let her. I watched as her and Evy raised blades against each other. She seemed in her element so I let her be, I went to the corridor to see where the fight had led with Rick and Imhotep with the Scorpion King. I didn't make myself known just yet, leaning up against the wall taking in the immense insanity that we had gotten ourselves into... Again. I sighed heavily. Suddenly, Anck-Su-Namun ran past me with Evy in tow.

"I thought you were going to kill her Eves!!" I spoke as she ran and stopped next to me.

"Things changed." Evy said as I watched Rick get hit by the Scorpion Man thing and fall pretty hard onto the floor.

"Take care of her." I said gesturing towards Anck-Su-Namun as I yelled for Rick running towards him but not knowing what to do to help, I stopped. I reached for my gun, pulling it out of my waistband and shot the horrid creature with a loud bang.

"Josephine!!!" Rick yelled back to me surprised I was alive, while shooting at his enemy. It just seemed to make the Scorpion King more angry, I stopped, taking in this new information and stowed the gun back in my waistband. Anck-Su-Namun came out of nowhere and pushed me up against the wall again. Evy grabbed her by the hair and pulled her away from me. I noticed Jon fucking around with some spear.

"Jonathan quickly!! Stop messing around!!" I ran towards him trying to make myself useful. But as I ran away Evy was in the same predicament I had been in just a couple seconds ago.

"Throw it! Kill the Scorpion King! Send his army back to the Underworld!" I heard Evy yell to him. I was mid run towards him when I heard him say:

"Step aside Alex, I'm a professional." Fuck. He was no such thing. As he threw it I saw Imhotep grab it mid throw.

"The Army of Anubis shall now be mine." I heard the words fall out of Imhoteps mouth. I quickly ran to him trying to help out but just as he threw it I body slammed into him tossing us both to the ground.

"Rick!!" I yelled to him hoping he was able to do something about it as Imhotep engaged me in hand to hand on the ground. Damn it, ugh I just wanna be done with these evil bastards.

"Sakhmet, now you die, again." I heard Imhotep say as he grabbed my throat. I kneed him in the crotch hoping to gain the upper hand, he let go quickly as I rolled to my feet taking in the situation. When I was about to determine the situation dealt with I felt the revenge flow through my veins, Sakhmet's spirit coming through a bit more. Without a blink of an eye, I had my Sakmet blade out rushing towards him. I pushed the dagger into his heart watching his eyes widen as he felt the pain. I retrieved my knife from his body wiping the blood off on my pants as he fell to the ground. I heard a scream emanate from the doorway, Anck-Su-Namun, she ran off in fear as I glared into her direction. An almost guttural sound made its way up my throat. Like an animal I felt the urge to go after her like a predator. However, Rick's voice made me glance to him.

"Josephine!" He yelled, snapping me out of it. Rick almost fell into a crevasse but ended up stabbing the Scorpion King, I smiled at my husband.

"RICK!" I yelled to him as I knew he was in danger to the souls of hell. I ran up to him.

"Go to hell and take your friends with you!!!" Rick yelled at the King as he burst into black dust throwing me off my feet again back towards where I had started on the ground. There was a vibration that went through the temple, the ceiling started falling. Fuck. Random stalactites started falling from the ceiling. Rick had since fallen into the crevasse. Hell no, he wasn't leaving me yet. I stood against the fallen golden pot of fire bracing it as I planned my way to get to Rick.

"JOE!! NO! GET OUT OF HERE, JUST GET OUT OF HERE." He yelled at me asking me to leave him. He didn't know me well enough if he thinks I was just going to leave him. I stole a glance at Evy begging her to leave with Jon and Alex. She nodded slowly. I looked back at Rick his blue eyes meeting mine.

"NO!" Rick begged me yelling his last attempt to stop me. I bolted immediately towards him dodging the stalactites falling near me almost falling in my attempt to get my husband back. I almost got crushed multiple times but I didn't care as I saw Rick fall back again. No, this could not be happening.

"Hang on Rick!!" I heard my brother yell to him. I jumped towards him finally meeting his hands with mine. God I missed him. I pulled on his neck trying to help him with my strength to pull himself out of this crevasse. I pulled Rick up by his straps of his gun holsters, as he was finally up I hugged him quickly. Rick pulled me back up against a podium that was still standing hugging me from behind. I finally could breathe, Rick pulled me out of the chamber running me out to the outside where Jon, Evy and Alex had just gotten. We climbed some stairs outside the pyramid. The entire forest was being sucked into the pyramid.

"This whole damn place is gonna get sucked up, Lets move up!!" Rick yelled to our family.

"Go, Alex!" Jon helped him up to the top.

"Rick, we're trapped!" Evy yelled over the noise. I hugged myself into Rick as I knew the inevitable was here. I pulled Jon in with the rest of us hugging.

"Get your butts moving! Hurry up! I haven't got all day!" I heard a familiar voice. Rick let go of me quickly.

"IZZY!!!" he yelled. The sight of Izzy in his floating boat made me so happy I could cry. We started climbing onto the dirigible. Evy and I climbed up and helped Alex onto it. Rick came with us holding on and pulling himself up I went to help him. Jon got stuck on the net.

"Jonathan! Hold on!" Evy and I yelled to him as he fell down his foot hanging on the net.

"Pull him up! Pull him up!" Izzy yelled.

"Pull me up!" Jon agreed.

"Wait! Wait! Let me down! Let me down!" Jon yelled. I was in shock, what the hell Jon, no we are pulling you up!! I looked over the side, he was looking at the huge diamond that covered the pyramids top. I rolled my eyes unhappily.

"It's not worth your life, you idiot!" Rick yelled at him. I agreed. Damn you Jonathan.

"Yes, it is! Yes, it is!" He disagreed as he grabbed the diamond. I laughed, my stupid brother. Jon started screaming hysterically as the pyramid went up in sand.

"Pull me up! Pull me up!" He yelled again. It took a joint effort to finally get him up. Izzy pulled the 'go fast lever' and we were all panting on the floor as everyone was safe. Izzy started yelling as he knew we were finally free. When he was done with his screaming he started complaining.

"O'Connell, you almost got me killed!" he yelled at Rick and I.

"At least you didn't get shot." Rick breathed out.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Evy ran up to Izzy kissing him on the cheeks stunning the man happily.

"O'Connell, who the hell have you been messing with this time, huh?" He asked finally.

"You know, the usual. Mummies, pygmies... Big bugs." He explained to Izzy as I went to the side of the ship staring out at Egypt. I saw Ardeth out there. I wondered if Evy was leaving us again. He kissed his fingers and gestured to his head throwing it to us. I smiled at him nodding promptly. Rick behind me, Evy strode up to us. I looked at her expectantly, she just smiled. Alex yelled,

"DAD!" I smiled at him as he looked over the edge towards his father.

"We'll see him soon Alex." Evy whispered into his ear happy we all made it out alive.

"I thought I almost lost you there." Rick said turning me to face him.

"For a moment there, you did. Would you like to know what heaven looks like?" I smiled at him as he moved my hair behind my ear.

"Later." He said as he kissed me lovingly making sure I didn't speak anymore. My heart skipped a beat as it always did when he kissed me. My arms tangled around his neck deepening the kiss. I missed him so much, it was so good to be back.

"Oh, please!" I heard Alex, Jonathan and Evy say laughing and walking away from us.

"That's half mine, you know." I heard Izzy say. I blocked out the rest of the bickering conversation they were having and just focused on Rick and I.

I knew this might be the end of our Egyptian adventures but I would always have a bit of it with me being a reincarnated princess tends to stick with a person. Sakhmet is who I was and who had molded me into the human I was today whether I knew it or not. I knew we would always have ties to this place because of Ardeth along with many other things. I happily pulled away from Rick and he hugged me into his chest. This was right where I was supposed to be, with him and my family for the rest of my days. It was good to see my parents again but I needed to be with the living a bit longer.

"So, what do you think about having a kid?" Rick whispered into my ear so only I could hear him. I laughed smiling up at him unsure of the idea, but his eyes sparkled with mischief and joy. I knew he had warmed up to the idea we had many months ago.

"We'll talk." I laughed kissing him again just happy to be with him again. And so our journey back to London began. Alex was safe and no more harm would be done by Imhotep, everything was perfect.