G.I. Genie Ch. 18

The leader and several of the council members smirked at her. "You've been further under a rock than we thought," Victoria said with a glint of humor in her eyes. "A great many things have happened since you disappeared."

"Happened? From what I am seeing, more than a great many things have happened. what," Audgra had started when her mouth dropped open. "What are you doing here, bane of the Jinn world?"

Tawney smiled as she closed her hand and Audgra started to scream at the top of her voice.

Victoria walked to within a foot of her screaming sister, reached back and slapped the woman as hard as she could.

A vicious smile crossed her lips, "That was for nearly killing me and the family. He has started to remember, he knows what you tried to do to the both of them. Though I think it's the council you should fear right now."

Audgra gagged, then started to laugh, "You think that I am not prepared?"

Victoria smiled all through her tirade while watching behind Audgra. Behind Audgra, several flashes appeared: a male and seven females, then another flash, a female and two males appeared.

Audgra started to wave her hand with a huge smile, then gasped. "What have you done?" She growled, then stopped when she heard the chanting. Turning quickly, she gasped again, "Why are the royal family here," she growled.

"You might say that his Jinn and mine are connected, therefore my concern," the human male said. "Plus, the royal family is also linked to me, through princess Amira."

"Just who in the hell are you that you have such Jinn support," Audgra spit.

"Oh, sorry let me introduce myself, I am called Jake, the ever-last master," Jake said as Audgra's eyes went huge.

"No! The second prophecy appears to be true," she said almost in a whisper, then she smirked. "Even so, you can not hold me!" With that, a blinding flash appeared with Audgra screaming as she vanished.

Well, she did for a moment, then suddenly reappeared. "You should know that concerning you and your curses"? Amira said with a slight smile. "Compared to my mother you are really nothing!"

Again Audgra screamed as Jake and all the Jinns with him, make slashing motions across his and their throats. For a moment, nothing happened as Audgra's eyes suddenly grew large.

"NO! You can't remove them, I will die!" Audgra said as she struggled even harder.

Jake walked up to Victoria and Audgra, Jake stayed Victoria's hand. "What she is now, I believe, is a far more sufficient punishment."

Audgra looked at Jake and her sister as she started to laugh. "You have done nothing, I will return and destroy all of you."

Jake just sadly shook his head as Audgra laughed again, then waved her hand. Realization suddenly dawned on her face as nothing happened.

Behind him the great Jinn appeared with his arms crossed on his chest. The Great Jinn's voice boomed out, "Audgra, you have been judged and have been found to be greatly lacking."

Great fear crossed her face as she fell to the feet of the great Jinn begging. The great Jinn waved a hand over her as an ornate bottle appeared.

"By my command you are sentenced to spend a few millieum within this prison," the great Jinn said. Waving a hand, Audgra screamed as she was vacuumed into the bottle.

"Master Jake," the great Jinn said to him and his Jinns. "Again, you have served the Jinn dimension, ask and what you wish will be granted."

Jake shook his head, "I have all that I require. The love of many Jinns, the restoration of all three cities. Plus, I am a father many times over, though I ask, can she not be saved, as she was once loved."

The great Jinn thought for a few minutes, then nodded. "It will take a great many years, but it is possible."

"I also wish to continue to help John Richards. The evil he is facing is of the same caliber as the Queen was," Jake said.

The Great Jinn had a stern look on his face, then suddenly grinned. "I was hoping that you would wish to continue, granted. Just remain out of sight."

Jake nodded as all his Jinns and the royals disappeared.

Catherine, Cythina and I sat on the front porch for at least an hour. There was movement coming from the barn. We could see that Charles was walking fairly determined back toward us.

It appeared that he and Afee hadn't finished as she still had an almost furious look on her face. Charles! What is your problem!" Afee was yelling.

Charles, with a fierce look on his face, whirled as he faced her. "My problem! It wasn't me that said she hated it here. That said she was going to leave as soon as they got their powers back. That she wanted nothing to do with me."

"But Charles I..." Afee started.

"But nothing, I am a farmer, a simple man. I love the land. I love it here and damnit I love you!" A frustrated Charles said as he walked away from a stunned, speechless Afee.

"I... but... I didn't," Afee sputtered as she stood there in shock. She then turned toward me.

I put up my hands and shook my head no, "don't ask me I'm worse than you."

"You are related surely," she started.

Again, I put up my hands, "that doesn't mean that much when it comes to me," I said.

This time Afee was staring at me with an odd look. She glowed for a moment, then shook her head.

"I can see that the both of you are much the same," she said.

"The same I really don't see how," I said.

She looked at both Catherine and Cythina with a knowing look. "It appears that you are as undecided as Charles is."

I shook my head, "undecided, huh? What of you? You should have known better, but you seem to have been blinded as you seem to be accusing me."

"I was not," Afee started, then hung her head. "I found that, I could not believe that I was wanted by him. No one has ever expressed a desire like he has."

I put an arm around her shoulders, "I think that you will find that this family has more than desire."

She had a strange look in her eyes as her hands came up, but I grabbed them. "I think that we need the mystery to continue. The less you know, the better don't you think?"

This time, a look of recognition appeared on her face. "You have actually seen the great Jinn, been in his presence. Thank you, it would have been the end of me. Now I just have to convince Charles."

I smiled as I gave her a hug, "I don't think that will be as hard as you think. Go to him, he is hurting for you."

Afee grinned largely, then took off toward the house.

I looked over to Catherine and Cythina, "I think it's time to go. First, I think we need a bead on where she went."

Both my Jinns looked at me, then nodded. They then started to turn around searching.

A few moments later they both stopped. "I feel like she has gone back at least a hundred years," Catherine said. "OH! I feel that she was injured."

They were quiet for a moment, then Cythina's eyes opened wide, "she has moved again. I feel she's falling further back."

This made me worried the longer we had contact, the more power she had. We had connected again for longer than before.

Now I was afraid that she had moved further back than I had at first thought. I sighed as I waited for them to finish.

"We should be able to find her, even if she has moved further back. The only bad point is that it appears that Hajib is also further back in time," Catherine said.

I nodded as we were about to move out when Charles walked out of the house. "I take it you are going to leave?" I nodded as he continued. "I think that it's time that I let this go then. With Afee now returned to normal? I won't need it any longer."

My mouth opened in shock as he handed me a stone that I knew very well. It hid the family from any magic users that wished us harm.

I nodded to him as Afee, who came out a moment later. She wiped her eyes with a huge smile on her face. I nodded to her also as we vanished.

Afee and Charles embraced, then both had a look of shock on their faces as strange thoughts hit them. "By the great Jinn, Charles! That was one of the greatest masters in history, umm, just like his ancestor," Afee said, a look of lust in her eyes.

Charles turned to see that she was indeed hot for him. "Hell woman, we need to get in the house!" he said as she giggled, and they ran for the house.

I watched as the years fell away as we were going further back. "We're nearing where she was," Cythina said.

We dropped out of the waves of energy landing near a battle. Luckily, we were unseen by the forces that were fighting.

My mouth dropped open as I saw what appeared to be redcoats, as they were called. I looked at Catherine and Cythina, were we in the 1700's?"

They both felt around, then turned to me and nodded. "It appears to be around 1775 or so," Catherine said, with Cythina nodding her agreement.

"You said that she left not long ago, can you still feel her?" I asked Cythina.

She concentrated, then a look of confusion appeared on her features. "I can feel her though she has gone further back than I thought she would."

"Just how far are we talking?" I asked.

Cythina concentrated again, then said," It appears somewhere around two thousand years. It is hard to pinpoint her right now. It feels like there is a lot of interference."

Both of my Jinns looked at each other, "the Kemet empire?" Cythina said.

"I believe so," Catherine said as she looked away. "It appears that your sister is being drawn to significant areas of time."

I shook my head as I thought about it. We had been involved in the last major Jinn and mage war. Then a thought came to me as a grimace came to my face.

"Shit!" I almost shouted as what I felt flooded over me. "We have to go, we have to get her back, this is bad, real bad."

The powerful things I had felt drove me to my knees as the feeling of doom grew. No, no, no! I suddenly stood up, grasping both of my Jinns as we vanished.

The group of boys that found her had gone running for their parents. The adults had come running when the youths reported they found a bleeding woman.

As soon as they saw her, they were shocked, the woman appeared to be dressed somewhat like royalty. bsrʿẗ ạḥḍr syd ạlmhmẗ!" the oldest male shouted as several males ran from where they had the woman.

Less than ten minutes later, a well-dressed male in a white skirt appeared with a cover over his head. Gold ran through his robe as he was grumbling 'til he saw the woman.

A gasp escaped his throat, "kyf ymkn ḥty̱ ạ̉nhạ hnạ? lạ ymkn ạ̉n ykwn hdẖạ ḥqyqy!(How is it even possible she is here? This can't be real!) ạ̉ḥḍrhạ bsrʿẗ bynmạ lạ nzạl nʿysẖ! (Bring her quickly while we all still live!)"

The woman was gently lifted on a liter and taken to a cooler place. A healer appeared moments later as he started to check on the woman. He nodded 'til he found the bloody line on her arm.

"jlb ạlktạn ạlnẓyf ạlty tḥtạj ạ̹ly̱ ạlsẖfạʾ. bsrʿẗ ạlận! (Bring clean linen she needs healing. Quickly now!)

The healer was shocked when he saw who he thought she was. How had the princess ended up here, among the slaves near a slave pond?

He shook his head, hoping that he could save her as his life was in peril. Not only his but all that lived here in the slave camp.

The Pharaoh wasn't the calmest when it was dealing with his family. He had several people beheaded because of a slight to his dead wife. With his daughter? He'd have the entire camp killed most painfully.

A groan from the small bed drew his attention to the young woman. "kyf tsẖʿr? (how are you feeling?)"

The woman could barely open her eyes as she struggled to sit up, then was gently pushed back down.

"What? Who in the hell are you?" the woman asked.

A confused look came to the healer's face as he hadn't understood a single word the female had said.

"ạlạ̉myrẗ، fmn ạ̉nạ ạlmʿạlj ạlmlky. hl lạ tʿrfny? (Princess, it is I the royal healer. Do you not know me?)"

This time it was she who was confused as her eyes went large. Concentrating, she motioned for him to repeat what he'd said.

When he did, all she understood was, Do you not know me?. Her eyes large, she shook her head no.

The royal healer's eyes got large as he swallowed, shit he thought this wasn't good at all. He took a breath and asked, "kyf ạnthy̱ bk ạlmṭạf hnạ? (How did you end up here?)

The woman started to answer, then held her head as pain laced through it. Her eyes again went wide as she couldn't remember anything. The worst was that her name was gone also.

As the fear showed on her face, the healer also showed fear as this wasn't something that he could heal her. At least the wound on her arm was healing very well, almost completely gone.

The female on the bed started to breathe faster as panic took over. "I don't know who I am. I can't remember anything!"

The healer passed a hand over her as she sighed, then fell asleep. The healer shook his head, this wasn't good, not good at all.

As he sat to think of what to do, the worst thing that could happen did. Trumpets sounded the approach of the Pharaoh's rapid approach on his battle chariot.

A deep, commanding voice was yelling, almost screaming out commands. Rapid steps approached the tent where the healer was, "where is she? Came the voice of the Pharaoh.

The tent opening was ripped open as the Pharaoh stepped in, then sighed.

"Healer Halaid, I am glad to see that our best healer beat me here. Has she said how this happened?" The Pharoah asked slightly calm.

"For the short time she was awake she seemed confused. She wasn't able to understand me for a few moments. It appears that much of her memory is covered as she doesn't know," the healer reported.

The Pharaoh nodded as he thought. "We need to appeal to Thoth for her recovery as well as Sekhmet."

The healer nodded as they loaded the female on a liter to be placed in another that was supported by slaves. The healer had been sweating the whole time expecting to die along with the entire camp.

They made their way to the south as the capitol, Memphis, came into view. Within an hour they were entering the sweeping gate of the capital city.

The whole time, the female had groaned as the liter was tossed back and forth. The liter was surrounded by the Pharaoh's guard.

This procession was watched closely by a male and two females as it entered the city. "Are you sure that it's her?" I said as I watched the line of soldiers.

Catherine nodded her agreement as she also watched. "It is her master, though I am unsure as to how we can retrieve her."

"The palace has an unusual amount of charms and spells to keep others like us out. It will take a great amount of power to break them, that would alert them to our presence," Cythina said.

I sighed, when we had learned that Catherine had been taken we had gotten here early. From what we had heard, she was injured, and the healer had no way to actually help her.

I shook my head as I stood there and tried to find a way to get to her. We might have to wait 'til she was feeling better before we did anything. For that I might need to touch her.

Then there was the fact that Hajib was after her and us also. I sighed nothing like a homicidal maniac to keep you on your toes.

I looked at all the protection that they had, wondering if it was enough to keep that insane ass out. I knew that I could get passed most of the charms though there were the bloodthirsty guards.

As the liter with Catherine disappeared, an idea started to form. Though considering all the safeguards that they had, it might fail before it started.

I took my two Jinns aside as I started to outlay the plan I was hatching. Both of them stared at me for a few moments as if I was crazy, but they listened.

I just hoped that what I had come up with would actually work.

Hajib's dead friend grimaced as Hajib screamed. As of yet, the dark magic hadn't healed that much. His lost arm was barely an inch long as it slowly and painfully grew back.

The dead male added more dark magic as Hajib started to scream more. "Perhaps I should cease this," he said.

Hajib stared at the undead male with an intense glare. "No! Do not stop the pain will make it worth it when I crush that weak human pest," Hajib shouted as he started to laugh maniacally.

The undead friend could only stare at Hajib as he was starting to think that this plan was going to fail.

"Do you wish for me to decrease the amount of magic I am using?" The undead male said.

"No, I want you to increase it now! I need to be whole so that I can take all that he is!" Hajib snarled as he started to scream anew.

The undead leader just shook his head as he started to add more energy to the spell. He had never seen his friend as obsessed as he was now.

The undead male was shaking his head as the amount of dark energy was far higher than he'd ever seen. He was afraid that Hajib might be joining him and his minions soon if he didn't ease off a bit.

He was also waiting for them to come back to report if they had found the female, yet. It was several hours later that two of those that he'd sent out returned to let him know where she was.

They also informed him that a few had tried to enter and had been destroyed. They were in an older Kemet kingdom that was more than heavily protected.

The undead leader watched what the two had seen through their eyes. He was shocked at the amount of sheer power that had dissolved the undead soldiers.

He nodded his head as he watched it several times. These enchantments had been there for quite some time and seemed to be increasing every year.

With a nod, he thought that this news wasn't going to be received very well. He might have to remake part of his body when his friend was done.

With a sigh, he leaned over and advised his friend that they had found the woman. The bad news was that the woman was within the palace of the old Kemet kingdom.

Almost as he had expected, his friend blew his arm off. After half an hour, his friend calmed down and started to think. He knew of the power of their protection; the Kemets had great power.

No, he thought, he'd have to lure the woman out somehow. The only thing that she knew that would do that was her brother. He had two Jinns, now one of them his promised bride.

The bad thing about that was the two of them had a great amount of power themselves. No, he thought, this was going to take a great amount of planning. He'd waited all this time, what was a little more?

After all, he knew that she was his and there was no way she was going to escape. A cruel smile crossed his lips as he thought of the many ways he would break her spirit.

All he had to do was kill that weak ass human master that she had. Ah, but he wouldn't, as it wasn't allowed, though he had enough allies to finish him.

Catherine awoke a few hours later, stiff as could be, almost as if she'd been beat up. Several women with collars around their necks, ran to assist her out of what she was laying on.

She looked around the room, staring at the opulent statues and gold around the room. Holy shit she thought, where in the hell am I?

Why in the hell was everything Egyptian themed? She almost punched the women that were almost lifting her out of the bed.

"So," an older, well-endowed male said from her doorway, "Finally awake, huh?"

OMG Catherine thought, that is a big stick.