Vikki Anu-bast

Chapter 1 – Meetings in prison

Vikki

Vikki walked towards the Cairo prison, she was not a happy camper at that moment. She had between at home trying to get a job for her brother, when she gets a letter from her sources, notifying her that said brother was in prison and to be hanged the next day. All in all her emotions were a mix of annoyance, worry and anger.

By now, Vikki had reached the gates of the Cairo prison; she stood outside waiting for the warden to take her to her brother's cell. "Miss, can I help you?" Vikki looked in the direction the voice came from and saw a guard looking at her suggestively. "I'm waiting for the warden, to take me to my brother's cell." Vikki answered. The guard moved closer with a smile on his face. "I can take you to your brother's cell and then take you somewhere else after. What do you say?" Vikki opened her mouth to answer but was cut off by the warden. "Vikki O'Connell?" Vikki turned around and saw a short, fat and smelly man coming towards them. He had flies buzzing around him, and to make things worse he was checking her out. "Are you the warden?" she asked moving her head away from his direction. He nodded and walked into the prison with Vikki following behind. The guard, who was completely forgotten, went back to guarding.

"What has he done now, Warden?" Vikki asked the smelly man. Said man shrugged. This caused Vikki to stop, the warden stopped a bit further ahead and turned around. "Is something wrong?" he asked. "You have my brother in prison and you don't know what he has done?" Vikki's tone was rising. The warden looked sheepish then straightened out. "Look here, I have so many inmates here I can't keep track of what each has done, alright?" and with that said he continues walking to the cells.

Vikki speed walked to catch up and when she did, he stopped in front of a cell. The door flung open and a shaggy haired man with his skin caked in dirt and grime, was carried out in between two buff men. "Well, well. Rick what have you done this time?" Vikki asked her brother. Said brother looked out at her after glaring at the guards. "Vikki? Is that you?" Vikki nodded. "So, what did you do?" Rick grinned. "I was just looking for a good time."

By this time the warden had left to go deal with something. "So, bro. Here I am busting my gut, to get you a legal job and you get thrown into prison? How long have you been here anyway?" Vikki's voice was raised and she was close to yelling at him. Rick chose to answer the second question quite sheepishly. "One year." Vikki grabbed the bars with both hands and twisted. Two bars now had horizontal fist size bits of metal. Rick and the guards stared at the bent bars and shivered involuntarily. "One…year?" Vikki repeated. She started shouting at Rick now, not caring who looked at them or approached. "A WHOLE FUCKING YEAR!" she screamed. "I'M TRYING TO GET YOU A JOB AND YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE A WHOLE FUCKING YEAR." Rick cringed and muttered a thank you that they were separated by bars and guards. Vikki lowered her voice but she still had a raised voice. "Rick, you are so lucky that you are behind bars because if you weren't then I would…" (The threats will not be worded as they are too horrific.) "… and you don't want to know what else!" the whole prison was silent with horror at the threats the young medium sized woman was giving her brother.

"Um, Vikki. How have you, um been?" Rick said trying to change the subject. It seemed to work, "I've been really good." Rick sighed in relief at the subject change but it was short lived "and I've been working hard trying to get you a good, non-shady job!" Rick sighed in defeat. "Okay chew me out when I get out of here." Vikki stopped and looked sad. "Rick, you're up for a hanging." Rick stared at her. Vikki suddenly realized the entire of the Cairo prison was listening in on the conversation. She whipped around and shouted to the eavesdroppers. "OI! MIND YOU OWN BLOODY BUISNESS OTHER WISE THOSE THREATS WON'T BE THREATS ANYMORE." Everyone jumped back to what they were doing before.

"Are you going to get me out?" Rick asked sadly. Vikki glanced at her brother's hunched over defeated form. She spoke softly to him "Rick, I'm not sure if-" She was broken off by a wretched smell. Vikki turned trying to find the source of the stench when she saw the warden coming back towards them. In tow was two young rich looking Man and Woman. "Rick, are you thinking what I'm thinking." Vikki asked her brother. Said man nodded and the edges of his lips twitched upwards. She began preparing for the show.

Evelyn

It was a mess, an absolute mess. She had knocked over all the library shelves domino style, (who puts bookshelves like that anyway.) and the curator was mean, he called her a catastrophe. She went around trying to pick up the books but she looked around and gave up. She needed help.

A noise was heard in the artefact room and she went to check it out, she thought maybe some of the workers could help her but when she called their names they didn't answer. She continued walking, grabbing a torch at the doorway and went down the rows of artefacts.

She was downright scared now. No one was in here and yet there were noises. She came upon a sarcophagus and leaned over to have a look. Mummified remains jumped out at her and she screamed and jumped back. She was calmed yet annoyed at the sound of laughter. Her brother Jonathan sat up with his arm around the shoulder of the remains. "Jonathan, that wasn't very nice and I don't need you destroying my career like you did yours now get out of there." Jon started getting out, as he threw one leg over the edge the inside one slipped and he came down on the edge of the sarcophagus. (Ouch!). He was hobbling for a few minutes as Evy helped him down. "Jon can you help me in the library, I've made a bit of a mess. I was-" Jon cut her off and held up a hexagonal box looking thing.

"Evy, forget about the library, I have something here." Jon put the box in Evy's face. "Jon, I hope this isn't a worthless trinket thingy, because-" she was feeling around the box as she spoke and she stopped speaking as she accidentally pushed something and the box burst open. "Where did you get this Jon?" Evelyn asked Jonathan. "At a dig, down in Thebes." Evy continued to study the strange box. "Jonathan, I think you've found something." She pulled out a piece of parchment from the box and studied it. "Hey, I think we need to see the Curator about this." Evy said as she began to walk towards the Curator's office. "Evy, can you help us out a bit here. I'm still a bit sore." Evy rolled her eyes and went over to help him. "This will teach you for mucking around." Evy said smugly, while Jon sheepishly nodded.

The next thing to happen was when they showed the curator the map and started talking about it, the parchment inside held a map to the lost city of Hamunaptra, or the city of the dead, where the pharaoh, Seti the first was said to have lived. Jonathan was only interested, about how rich he was and continued mumbling about 'the richest man in the world around that time.' While they were talking the Curator accidentally held the map too close to the candle and burned off the part of the city, making it unfindable.

"you burned off the part of the lost City!" Jon cried out, "It's for the best, I'm sure." The curator said not looking the slightest bit sorry. "Many men have wasted their lives in the foolish pursuit of Hamunaptra, no one has ever found it, most have never returned."

Later

Evy and Jon were walking towards the Cairo prison and met up with the warden. Evy whispered to Jon, "you told me you got it in a dig down in Thebes! You lied to me!" Jon looked at her, "I lie to everyone, what makes you so special." Evy was shocked and angry. "I am your sister!" "Well that just makes you all the more gullible then." Evy was still angry "You stole it from a drunk at the local Kasbah!" Jon corrected her "Picked his pocket actually." Evy ignored him now. "what is this man in prison for?" she asked the Warden. "I do not know, but when his sister got here and asked, he said he was just looking for a good time, we are here."

In front of Evy, there was a woman looking in their direction and a man behind bars, bent bars. "who bent the bars?" Jon asked. The guards and the man in prison pointed to the woman.

Normal

Vikki looked at Evy and Jon, and they looked at her, Vikki smiled to herself, let the games begin.