SEHKMET'S REVENGE
Chapter Seven They left the temple, came out into the sun, and looked around at the amount of carnage that lay before them. Before them lay a sea of mutilated corpses, their faces frozen in terror. All of them fought back the urge to vomit as the smell of rotting flesh met their noses. As they hurried towards the city, they could hear in the distance the terrified screams of people as they tried to escape Sehkmet's wrath. Rick tried not to imagine what the carnage looked like. He hurried past the rotting corpses to their house. Rick prayed that their son was safe inside the house and not laying bloody and torn in the street. "Alex?" Rick yelled as he ran into the house. He saw to his relief that everything was in place. He hoped that his son was there too. He ran up the stairs two at a time, the others following behind him. "Alex!" he yelled as he ran into his room. He gulped as he surveyed the empty room. He silently cursed Sehkmet. If anything had happened to his son... Everyone spun around when they heard a rustling coming from the closet. Rick breathed a sigh of relief as Alex's face peeked around the door. "Dad?" he said hesitantly. With an overjoyed yell, Rick scooped his son up and hugged him tight. "Um...dad, I can't breathe," he said into Rick's shoulder. Rick sat him down and squeezed his shoulders. "I hate to interrupt this family reunion," Indy said as he pointed out the window. "But, I think we have to stop a certain goddess from destroying the world." Rick nodded. "Any ideas about how we're going to get her to take the beer?" he said. Ardeth spoke up "I am an expert marksman. If someone can lure her into shooting range, I can shoot a sleeping dart into her. It won't stop her completely, but it'll slow her down enough for someone to pour the beer into her throat." Rick nodded. "I think that'll be our best bet, but who will lure her to Ardeth?" He blinked as everyone turned and looked at him. Rick sighed deeply. "Figures," he mumbled. The desert sun beat down on them as all of them crouched behind a sand dune just outside of town. The stench of rotting flesh was almost unbearable and the constant sound of screaming had died down to an occasional yell as Sehkmet found those who had managed to hide in the beginning. As Rick looked across the desert, Ardeth lay next to him loading his gun with the tranquilizing dart. "You will need to bring her at least fifty feet away from me for me to get the shot," he told him. Rick nodded absently. He turned and looked at Ardeth as he laid a hand on his shoulders. "We will save her, my friend," he said. Rick smiled and laid his hand on Ardeth's shoulder. Then, with a sigh, he got up and began to walk across the desert towards Sehkmet. Sehkmet laughed as she tossed aside another disemboweled corpse. It felt good to be free again. Each time she ripped apart another human, her joy increased. She was going to enjoy destroying the world. She grinned as she saw a box move out of the corner of her eye. She bounded over to it and threw it up into the air. She chuckled as she saw a little girl cowering beneath it. The little girl's eyes grew wide when Sehkmet raised her claws to strike... "HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY!" Sehkmet spun around and saw Rick standing a few feet away from her, motioning for her to come to him. She spun back around and saw the little girl running away. She snarled back at Rick, who gave her a mock look of sadness. "Awww, did I interrupt your reign of terror?” he said. She glared at him as he held up a toy mouse. "Would the nice kitty like a little toy to play with?" As he jiggled the toy mouse, Sehkmet felt her rage boil over. "I'll make you my toy, you miserable human!" she roared as she leapt at Rick. At the last moment, Rick swung a two-by-four he had hiding behind his back. It caught Sehkmet in the forehead and she sprawled face first into the sand. She looked up and saw Rick running away still jiggling the toy mouse behind him. Sehkmet screamed a bloodthirsty scream as she gave chase. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! I'LL TEACH A MERE MORTAL TO DEFY SEHKMET" As she ran, she could hear Rick’s voice faintly in front of her. "Oooo, I’m scared," she heard him say. Sehkmet ran faster, anticipating the joy of ripping him limb from limb. "Here he comes!" Indy said as Rick rounded the corner of a house. Ardeth nodded. "He's about five hundred feet away. He needs to get closer." Rick ran as fast as he could. He could see the others up ahead of him, but he knew he was still too far for Ardeth to use the dart. He gulped as he heard Sehkmet running behind him. Her footsteps stomping the ground like a steady drumbeat. He concentrated all his energies on the sand dune before him ignoring everything else around him. He smiled to himself as he neared the dune. Sehkmet thinks she so smart, He thought. She gonna get quite a surprise when… He felt the air get knocked out of him when Sehkmet jumped on his back. As he hit the ground, he noticed that he was still not quite in range. He turned his head to see Sehkmet’s claws silhouetted against the sun. "I'm going to make you suffer a long, long, time!" she said. Rick closed his eyes, but opened them again when he heard Sehkmet roar in anger. He looked up to see a bullwhip coiled around her arm. Looking over he saw Indy beside her pulling at the whip. Sehkmet looked over and screamed as she jumped at Indy. Once Rick felt the weight lift from him, he got up and scrambled over to the dune. Turning around he saw Sehkmet strike Indy to the ground. "Hey, you stupid feline, over here!" Rick screamed at her. Sehkmet turned and began to run towards Rick, eyes wild with rage. "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!" she screamed. At that moment, the dart shot past Rick and hit Sehkmet in the neck. Sehkmet hollered in surprise as she dropped to the ground. Rick watched as she tried to get to her feet and fall back to the sand with a thump. Ardeth leaped up from behind the dune. "Now!" he said and all of them rushed to Sehkmet. As she raised her claws to defend herself, Indy's whip caught her wrists. Jonathan ran to Indy's side and both of them pulled on the whip, raising Sehkmet’s hands above her head. Sehkmet’s eyes widened as she realized what they were trying to do. She turned her head, but Ardeth grabbed her by the mouth and jerked her head back. As he held the mouth open, Alex lifted a pottery jar and poured the beer down her throat. "NOOOOOO!" they heard Sehkmet gargle the words as the beer went down. All of them jumped back when Sehkmet began to convulse. She grasped helplessly at the air as she began to leave Evie's body. Her scream alternated with Evie's scream as Sehkmet tore away from Evie. Rick ran to Evie's unconscious form as Sehkmet rolled around on the ground. With one last scream, Sehkmet vanished before their eyes. Ardeth looked at Rick. "Sehkmet is gone. She has returned to her benign state, Hathor." He looked down at Evie's body and back to Rick. "She is safe now." Evie moaned and she opened her eyes. She looked over and saw Rick sitting anxiously across from her on a chair beside the bed. Slowly, she rose up and watched as Rick moved to support her back. Rick looked into her eyes "Are you okay?" he said softly. Evie nodded as they held one another. "I've felt better, but yeah, I think I’m gonna be okay." She looked up to see Rick smiling at her. "I love you, my darling," he said quietly. Evie nodded. "I love you too." As they kissed, they heard the door open and saw everyone staring at them from the door. Rick laughed softly as he held Evie close. "I think she's gonna be okay." he said. He spied Indy and pointed to him. "Um, honey, this is Doctor Henry Jones, He's an archaeologist." Indy fingered the brim of his hat and nodded his head. "Nice to meet you at last, ma’am,” he said grinning. Evie nodded. "You too, and I'm sorry about hitting you." Indy touched his right eye, which had swollen shut. "Oh, don't worry about it! I've had much worse," he said chuckling. (Two weeks later…) Rick and Evie were sitting outside in the courtyard soaking up the morning sun. Evie turned to Rick. "How are the lessons coming along?" Rick chuckled softly. “If I can get past reading all those boring texts, I'll be fine!" Evie leaned over and kissed Rick on the cheek. “You will honey, I have faith in you!" Rick smiled and returned Evie’s kiss. "HEY!" Rick and Evie looked up and saw Jonathan running into the courtyard. "Evie! Guess what I found? I..." He looked over and saw Rick glaring at him. "Never mind" Jonathan mumbled under his breath as he backed out through the gate. Rick looked over at Evie and rolled his eyes. "He'll never learn!" He said, kissing her on the cheek. THE END
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