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Authors: Robert Doherty
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in. What they were condemning her to was even more cruel than the past had been. They were keeping her alive to draw him in. He knew that and he knew it would work. But not then.
And not on their terms.
Patience. It was the one thing that Gods had forced upon him.
Nekhbet turned her head slightly so that her eyes were dead on with his, as if she could know where he was and could see him. She smiled and shook her head ever so slightly.
The top of the tube was swung shut, enclosing Nekhbet. Nosferatu stared through the looking tube as the God went to the panel and long fingers tapped on it. Through his despair, Nosferatu tried to memorize the pattern.
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Before returning to his place at the front, the high priest again went to one of the Gods and listened. "Hear this, traitors and murderers. You will be tracked down. And you will suffer an even more horrible fate."
A phalanx of guards surrounded the tube, which remained on top of the Black Sphinx, a beacon to draw Nosferatu in. The high priests followed by the Gods, slowly walked down the ramp and into the darkness of the Roads of Rostau.
Vampyr twisted his head toward Nosferatu. "I will never forgive you for today."
"You would be dead if you had gone down there," Nosferatu argued.
"I would rather have died trying to save her," Vampyr said.
To that Nosferatu had no answer. For a long time they sat in the dark shadows, stunned and overwhelmed by what they had witnessed.
Kajilil's voice broke the silence. "Perhaps, when things have changed, as they will with time, you may return. But for now, I think it is best that you both leave Egypt and go as far away as possible." He took two large leather pouches that jingled slightly and handed one each to Nosferatu and Vampyr. "Take this gold. Go across the sands to the east until you reach the Red Sea. There you will be able to hire a boat to take you far away."
"There is no 'perhaps,'" Nosferatu said. "I will be back."
"But not soon," Kajilil said, the words both a statement and a warning.
Nosferatu knew Kajilil's words were true. It would be a long time before he could come back to claim Nekhbet.
"Can you get me into the Roads this evening?" "You cannot rescue her,"
Kajilil said. "She will be
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guarded. You saw one of the creatures the Gods use to guard the Roads. There are others."
"I know that," Nosferatu said. "Can you get me back to the chamber in which I was held? It is empty now. The Gods will not expect me to return."
Kajilil frowned. "Why?"
"If I am to wait a long time, I need to do to myself as they have done to her.
I will need my own black tube so I can use the deep sleep."
"Mine too," Vampyr said. "I will bide my time. But I swear revenge for my sister." Vampyr stared at Nosferatu with half-lidded eyes, his lips still covered with the dried blood they had tasted on the Roads of Rostau.
Kajilil considered their request and nodded. "Tonight. Then you both must leave. They will be looking for you."
Nosferatu's eyes were on the Black Sphinx. "There will come a day when they will no longer rule." He tapped his chest. "Then I will be back for my love."
Vampyr glared down at the site of his sister's death. "This is the Third Age.
The Age of Man." He tapped his chest. "Someday it will be our age. The Fourth Age. The time of the Undead."
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CHAPTER 2
THE RED SEA: 8000 B.C.
The reed ship was at the mercy of the winds and Nosferatu could not help but give a cold smile as the sailors prayed out loud each morning to the Gods of Egypt to help them in their travels. He did not think the Airlia Gods would help, even if it were in their power to do so. However, most days the prayers seemed to work, as a steady wind blew from the north, pushing the forty-foot boat southward, the coast always visible to the right. In two days' time they made it out of the Red Sea and into the Gulf of Aden. Another three days saw them round the horn of Somalia and sail into the Indian Ocean, still staying close to the
And not on their terms.
Patience. It was the one thing that Gods had forced upon him.
Nekhbet turned her head slightly so that her eyes were dead on with his, as if she could know where he was and could see him. She smiled and shook her head ever so slightly.
The top of the tube was swung shut, enclosing Nekhbet. Nosferatu stared through the looking tube as the God went to the panel and long fingers tapped on it. Through his despair, Nosferatu tried to memorize the pattern.
55
Before returning to his place at the front, the high priest again went to one of the Gods and listened. "Hear this, traitors and murderers. You will be tracked down. And you will suffer an even more horrible fate."
A phalanx of guards surrounded the tube, which remained on top of the Black Sphinx, a beacon to draw Nosferatu in. The high priests followed by the Gods, slowly walked down the ramp and into the darkness of the Roads of Rostau.
Vampyr twisted his head toward Nosferatu. "I will never forgive you for today."
"You would be dead if you had gone down there," Nosferatu argued.
"I would rather have died trying to save her," Vampyr said.
To that Nosferatu had no answer. For a long time they sat in the dark shadows, stunned and overwhelmed by what they had witnessed.
Kajilil's voice broke the silence. "Perhaps, when things have changed, as they will with time, you may return. But for now, I think it is best that you both leave Egypt and go as far away as possible." He took two large leather pouches that jingled slightly and handed one each to Nosferatu and Vampyr. "Take this gold. Go across the sands to the east until you reach the Red Sea. There you will be able to hire a boat to take you far away."
"There is no 'perhaps,'" Nosferatu said. "I will be back."
"But not soon," Kajilil said, the words both a statement and a warning.
Nosferatu knew Kajilil's words were true. It would be a long time before he could come back to claim Nekhbet.
"Can you get me into the Roads this evening?" "You cannot rescue her,"
Kajilil said. "She will be
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guarded. You saw one of the creatures the Gods use to guard the Roads. There are others."
"I know that," Nosferatu said. "Can you get me back to the chamber in which I was held? It is empty now. The Gods will not expect me to return."
Kajilil frowned. "Why?"
"If I am to wait a long time, I need to do to myself as they have done to her.
I will need my own black tube so I can use the deep sleep."
"Mine too," Vampyr said. "I will bide my time. But I swear revenge for my sister." Vampyr stared at Nosferatu with half-lidded eyes, his lips still covered with the dried blood they had tasted on the Roads of Rostau.
Kajilil considered their request and nodded. "Tonight. Then you both must leave. They will be looking for you."
Nosferatu's eyes were on the Black Sphinx. "There will come a day when they will no longer rule." He tapped his chest. "Then I will be back for my love."
Vampyr glared down at the site of his sister's death. "This is the Third Age.
The Age of Man." He tapped his chest. "Someday it will be our age. The Fourth Age. The time of the Undead."
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CHAPTER 2
THE RED SEA: 8000 B.C.
The reed ship was at the mercy of the winds and Nosferatu could not help but give a cold smile as the sailors prayed out loud each morning to the Gods of Egypt to help them in their travels. He did not think the Airlia Gods would help, even if it were in their power to do so. However, most days the prayers seemed to work, as a steady wind blew from the north, pushing the forty-foot boat southward, the coast always visible to the right. In two days' time they made it out of the Red Sea and into the Gulf of Aden. Another three days saw them round the horn of Somalia and sail into the Indian Ocean, still staying close to the
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