Memoirs of the Pharaohs

Memoirs of the Pharaohs

Two girls discover more than they expected when the visit some old ruins in Egypt.

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6 to 12 months later...

Glitch groaned as she left the hotel and the heat struck her, almost like walking into a solid wall.  She didn’t like being here, and she didn’t like being alone.  But none of the others had believed her theories, hell, she barely believed them, herself.  But if she was right, it would be worth all the discomfort.

It didn’t take her long to reach them temple complex, the whole place was now a monument to tourism after all.  But the sights were not what she was after.  Pulling a small device from her belt, she ran her hand along the wall, searching.

Jenny had said she was cold in New York and he would go and heat up her core, nothing wrong in seeing some sights while she does that. Egypt was hot, sunny and exactly what Jenny needed. It was odd she loved having her dad and best friend around again but she had moments when she missed being alone, not having to consider anyone but herself. Getting to Egypt wasn’t easy but now that she was here she felt free. She wrote some emails to the two, telling Mark again that she is careful and sending Dirk the last funny pictures she took the day before.

Jenny had big plans for the day, she went to the temple complex to take in some culture. She had a great day in the temple when she saw someone she did not expect.


Seriously not a vacation if the bad guys show up what is she doing here?

Jenny stepped into the shadows and watched the other girl do something with some gadget. All this time with her dad and Dirk tamed her a little bit, she didn’t shoot first and ask questions later. She was going to find out what the other girl was doing before she would attack.

With a sigh Glitch ran her hand through her dyed pink hair, feeling beads of sweat underneath it from the oppressive heat. “Maybe I should come back when it dark and cool…” she muttered to herself, just as her device gave a quiet beep. Her face broke into a grin. “Gotya!” She took a quick look around, trying to gauge of she was alone.

This was interesting she was looking for something and found it. Jenny saw the other girl sweating it made her grin, this heat was heaven for her. She wanted to intervene but something held her back. Glitch would not tell her anyway.

There was some tourists around, but Glitch didn’t pay them much attention, not looking at their faces. Instead, a look of confusion crossed her face as she looked at her device. “That… can’t be right…” she muttered. “Someone else must have found this place…. Unless”

Now she was curious. The moment there was no tourists and she was alone, she would open the door.

There is just so much waiting Jenny can do. “You do realize that these temples are very special. Whatever you plan to do, don’t do it.” Jenny stepped out of the shadow and looked at the pinked haired girl.

Glitch started hearing the voice, dropping the device from her hand in shock. She spun round. “W-what? YOU? How…. How did you find me?” she asked shocked. This was the last thing she’d expected.

As the device hit the floor it gave another quiet beep, and the wall began vibrating, almost imperceptibly at first.

“I didn’t look for you I just ran into you. What did you do to the wall? What is this device going to do?” Jenny wasn’t sure what to do now. She never was good in planning and this time she didn’t have a plan from begin with.

“No way, you’re lying,” said Glitch shaking her head. It couldn’t be possible that she was just hear by chance. “And… what about the wall?” she turned and saw the wall sliding open, showing a narrow passage way. Not waiting for an answer, Glitch sprinted inside.

“Hey wait!” Jenny ran after Glitch, probably not a good idea. It was dark but that never meant anything to a girl being able to create fire. A few balls of fire were floating just ahead of her. “What are you doing here? Grave robbing?”

Under her breath Glitch was swearing. She hated this, rushing in without a plan. But that girl left her with no other choice and now here she was in the dark. The dark started to lift to her relief, then she realised it was a fireball from the pyro girl, and cursed again.

“Grave robbing needs there to be a body!” Glitch called back, as more lights appear. Torches on the walls were lighting. Only, these torches weren’t emitting flames. Instead each had a glass orb mounted on them that glowed, almost like a lightbulb. Ahead, Glitch could see what was an ornate door, but which was had been smashed in.

For a second Jenny thought about not following Glitch into a secret passage way in a Egyptian temple, but then where would be the fun in that.
“Those orbs are kind of cool. Who broke that door?”

Peering through the broken doorway, Glitch paused. She was surprised that instead of throwing fireballs at her, her pursuer was asking questions. If that was the case, Glitch decided to play along for now. It might give her a chance to come up with something.

“Archaeologists, back in the 1960’s,” she said, answering the fire girl’s question. “You know your post-human history?” she asked.

The heat definitely changed her mood for now she was too happy to worry about the opposite sides they were on.
“Actually, not a lot. I left school when I was thirteen. Things happened.” Jenny did not feel like sharing that she died.
“What are you doing here? I guess back then they took everything  of interest.”

“Why am I not surprised,” muttered Glitch when Jenny said she hadn’t been to school since she was thirteen. She began to clamber through the doorway. “Oh, everything they could find,” said Glitch, starting to smile. “And everyONE!”

Jenny spun around. “Wait, everyone? What do you mean with everyone? Who was in here?”

"If I'm right," grinned Glitch, "The very first superhero."

“If they took him or her, why are you hear that was decades ago.” Jenny started to feel that she shouldn’t have followed the other girl. This could be a trap. It probably was. "You are too late."

Glitch couldn’t help but laugh. “Yes, over a half a century too late. But I’m here because no one else HAS been here since then. And I doubt the archaeologists who first came here….” Glitch’s words died off as she looked in the sarcophagus, and saw a female figure lying inside it. She was wearing Egyptian dress, but didn’t appear like a mummy. She looked more like she was taking a nap.

“Okay… w-wasn’t expecting that…” said Glitch sounding scared.

“Holy shit! We should not be here at all. This can’t be right. She should be dead.” Jenny starred at the supposed to be mummy. “Do you have a stick, we could poke her to see if she is alive.”

“No… this means I’m right!” smiled Glitch, not a sly smile but a happy one. “Don’t you know who this is? It’s First! The very first superhero.” She looked up at Jenny. “I… don’t carry sticks on me!”

Jenny looked back at Glitch, why did her heart skip a beat the moment Glitch looked at her? “The First? Yes totally know who that is. You look like the kind of girl that carries a stick around.” Even though Dirk was thousand miles away she still knew what he would say. This was in any aspect a bad idea, alone facing a bad guy, following said bad guy into a secret passage way and finding an ancient superhero. “Let me guess you plan to turn the first superhero into a supervillain?”

"What do you mean, 'the type of girl who carries a stick around'?" shot back Glitch with a note of anger, thinking it an insult. Then she gave a snicker. "Maybe you need to study a bit more history," she said to the pyro girl with a wink. "I don't need to make her a supervillain. She tried to take over the world herself. Besides, that's not why I'm here. It's just the proof I need to know I'm right."

"You just seem like a girl that carries a stick with you to protect yourself."
Jenny found the other girl rather odd, but she didn't see to have the strength to walk away. "For what do you need proof? And just so you know I managed very well without to study more. School was never that great anyway."

Glitch blinked a little. "Huh, you're not as dumb as you seem," she commented. "And yeah, school just a waste of time. Nothing good comes out of it." She turned from the sarcophagus and started studying the back wall. "I don't... need proof," she said, though her voice shook a little as she said it. "I just think there's more to find here."