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find him. She’s been seen several times, in several places, over the last week, which means the chamber isn’t sealed.”
“Sealed? What do you mean sealed?” I said.
“When she’s summoned someone into her chamber, the door, well, it disappears. It seals itself and vanishes. It’s just solid rock. There’s no way in or out. And there’s no way to break through. We’ve tried. Even dynamite is ineffective.”
“Do you have any theories at all on what she’s doing?” Matt said.
She hesitated for a moment. Finally she took a deep breath, “Well, if I had to guess. My gut instinct tells me that she’s looking for her replacement.”
“Her replacement? As what? She doesn’t really hold a position anymore since she shut down, right? What would she be replacing? I mean ,honesty , what does she really do other than scare the shit out of other vampire purely because of how old and powerful she is? ”
“She holds the knowledge of our entire history inside of her. She keeps it. She protects it. My guess is that she’s ready to move on and she’s searching for someone to pass that knowledge to. My gut instinct is that she’s not the first of her kind who did this. I think that others came before her and each had to choose a replacement when they were tired of what there were doing. Most of our history is not written for a reason. Our history, if held in the wrong hands and used for the wrong reason, could be devastating to many – humans, vampires, you name it – we could all suffer. So it’s retained by someone with the strength of character to not pass it to anyone who doesn’t appear worthy , and who won’t use it to gain ultimate power . You can go to her and ask her anything you want, but whether you’ll get answers or not is entirely up to her. But who m ever she chooses to try to replace her must have to endure some sort of test or something. And it appears that no one has ever successfully passed it.”
“You are correct,” said a grating voice behind us. We all jumped out of our chairs and turned around. Floating in the back of the room was the shadowy apparition of Queen Sekhmet. Not her physically, but her spirit or something . I had seen her once before, in her statute form in her hidden, underground pyramid in Egypt. She had terrified me then. This apparition, though not the same, still had the voice as if made from stone, still had the ‘I can crush you with a thought’ power to it, still scared the crap out of me. I felt Carlos and Matt’s arms close protectively around me. And I automatically reached my hand out to Jason and closed it over his arm, pulling him gently back towards us. He seemed a little shocked at first, glancing at my hand and then at my face, but then he seemed to understand. His eyes softened and he stepped backward to meet us.
“May I ask why you are here?” I whispered.
She nodded and said, “You may. I am here to summon someone.”
We all visibly cringed. My eyes immediately went to Bahiti as I thought, ‘No, please not her.’
“No, it is not her,” Sekhmet said.
‘Not Bahiti?’ I thought, ‘But she knows so much.’
Apparently, Sekhmet could hear what I was thinking, even though I hadn’t felt her link minds with me . She responded, “Yes, she is very knowledgeable. But that’s not all that I am searching for. The one I need must have strength too.”
I tried not to react, but my heart started racing a mile a minute as I thought, ‘Dear God, please don’t let it be Matt or Carlos.’
Her head slowly shook back and forth. The figure floated a little closer to us. “No, child, it is not them that I seek either.”
My hand tightened on Jason’s arm. “But, but, he’s just a child,” I whispered.
“I know he’s just a child. The reason I’m here is because I have felt what is the best possible hope for success than I have ever felt in my
“Sealed? What do you mean sealed?” I said.
“When she’s summoned someone into her chamber, the door, well, it disappears. It seals itself and vanishes. It’s just solid rock. There’s no way in or out. And there’s no way to break through. We’ve tried. Even dynamite is ineffective.”
“Do you have any theories at all on what she’s doing?” Matt said.
She hesitated for a moment. Finally she took a deep breath, “Well, if I had to guess. My gut instinct tells me that she’s looking for her replacement.”
“Her replacement? As what? She doesn’t really hold a position anymore since she shut down, right? What would she be replacing? I mean ,honesty , what does she really do other than scare the shit out of other vampire purely because of how old and powerful she is? ”
“She holds the knowledge of our entire history inside of her. She keeps it. She protects it. My guess is that she’s ready to move on and she’s searching for someone to pass that knowledge to. My gut instinct is that she’s not the first of her kind who did this. I think that others came before her and each had to choose a replacement when they were tired of what there were doing. Most of our history is not written for a reason. Our history, if held in the wrong hands and used for the wrong reason, could be devastating to many – humans, vampires, you name it – we could all suffer. So it’s retained by someone with the strength of character to not pass it to anyone who doesn’t appear worthy , and who won’t use it to gain ultimate power . You can go to her and ask her anything you want, but whether you’ll get answers or not is entirely up to her. But who m ever she chooses to try to replace her must have to endure some sort of test or something. And it appears that no one has ever successfully passed it.”
“You are correct,” said a grating voice behind us. We all jumped out of our chairs and turned around. Floating in the back of the room was the shadowy apparition of Queen Sekhmet. Not her physically, but her spirit or something . I had seen her once before, in her statute form in her hidden, underground pyramid in Egypt. She had terrified me then. This apparition, though not the same, still had the voice as if made from stone, still had the ‘I can crush you with a thought’ power to it, still scared the crap out of me. I felt Carlos and Matt’s arms close protectively around me. And I automatically reached my hand out to Jason and closed it over his arm, pulling him gently back towards us. He seemed a little shocked at first, glancing at my hand and then at my face, but then he seemed to understand. His eyes softened and he stepped backward to meet us.
“May I ask why you are here?” I whispered.
She nodded and said, “You may. I am here to summon someone.”
We all visibly cringed. My eyes immediately went to Bahiti as I thought, ‘No, please not her.’
“No, it is not her,” Sekhmet said.
‘Not Bahiti?’ I thought, ‘But she knows so much.’
Apparently, Sekhmet could hear what I was thinking, even though I hadn’t felt her link minds with me . She responded, “Yes, she is very knowledgeable. But that’s not all that I am searching for. The one I need must have strength too.”
I tried not to react, but my heart started racing a mile a minute as I thought, ‘Dear God, please don’t let it be Matt or Carlos.’
Her head slowly shook back and forth. The figure floated a little closer to us. “No, child, it is not them that I seek either.”
My hand tightened on Jason’s arm. “But, but, he’s just a child,” I whispered.
“I know he’s just a child. The reason I’m here is because I have felt what is the best possible hope for success than I have ever felt in my
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