House of Anubis: Reunion

Flute of the Snake Charmer

Nina and Eddie took a break down their pathway. That each sat against the tunnel walls to rest. After a moment of silence, they began talking.

"Doesn't all this seem a bit too easy? You know, just walking down a tunnel? No more booby traps or tricks other than the first one?" Nina asked.

"I don't question it," Eddie replied. "If this tunnel wants us alive, I won't argue against it."

"Maybe you're right."

"And I may also be right about the fact that the sooner we get there, the sooner we get back. Let's get back to it, shall we?"

"Ok."

They both stood up and began again towards the end of the tunnel. After a while of more walking, they came to the end, a solid wall. On the side, the Eye of Horus symbol began glowing, and Nina put her locket against it. The wall slid open, revealing a candle-lit room, the candles aligned on the back wall. Statues of jekyll-headed guards stood along the walls as well, holding spears. In the center of the room was a podium with a stand in which a long Egyptian flute rested. It was a golden flute, and it's mouth piece was structured like the head of a snake. Hieroglyphics were carved into the podium.

Nina and Eddie went to get a closer look. Suddenly, without warning, the hieroglyphics popped out as 3-d light work to Eddie, rearranging itself into English so he could understand it.

"'Snake charmer'," Eddie read aloud.

"When did you start reading hieroglyphics?" Nina asked.

"Since two seconds ago. It's like ever since I believed the Osirion died, I guess different powers are taking place of my old ones, including reading hieroglyphics fluently. But what would we need a snake charmer for?"

Nina touched the head of it where the snake's head was. She lifted it from the stand, waiting for something to happen, but nothing did.

"Let's get this to Fabian. See what he can do," Nina suggested.

Eddie nodded in agreement. They headed back faster than they'd come. Something like this was probably important.

~~~~~
Joy strolled around the room, desperately letting out, now, only a few silent cries of help. She'd been there since the night before, when she suddenly found something black and haunting swallow her up, and she suddenly ended up here. No food, no water, and she didn't have her phone on her. She slumped on the ground.

What if she wasn't rescued?

What if she'd die there?

What was the possibility anyone would know where to come and rescue her? She didn't even know where she was at.

"Someone," she silently spoke, as that was all she could find herself saying at the moment.

~~~~~
Mara and KT made it back above ground, just as Alfie an Amber were arriving as well, and all who was left was Nina and Eddie.

Fabian and Mick came back into the house as well from the front door.

"You guys coming out of the basement?" Mick asked.

KT, Mara, Alfie, and Amber looked at eachother. They couldn't really come up with a lie, considering KT had the dusty box from the basement in her hands, and they all were holding flashlights.

"Yeah. We just like looking through the old stuff down there," KT made up.

"Fabian," Mara began, "we need to talk."

Fabian tensed.

"Like a-" Mara did the Sibuna trademark, "-thing..."

"Is that a secret code for something?" Mick questioned. "Can I be involved?"