The Lost Goddess Of Ancient Egypt

Working in this sleazy pub daily always takes a toll on me. Well it was tiresome and making me angry because of the filthy and nasty male customers who like to grab my ass. Those was one of the times I wished I had superpowers, like lightning you know so that I can get somebody's ass. I had tried reporting them to management but all the manager ever says like now

"Lana, try and be nice to those gentlemen, then they will nice to you". Like you I scoffed in my head. Everyone working in Sultry Nights knew how Mark Callary was foaming at the mouth to date me or better still shag me. He seemed to take my silence for resilience and nodded at me.

"Go on, Lana go work the tables to you've got a lot of people to serve.' He shooed at me to leave his office. If one of those assholes deemed to touch my ass, I would give the lucky bastard a glorious eye shiner if you get my drift. My coach at the mixed martial arts studio, I attend for self defense classes said I have a mean right hook.

I walked over to my standing post at the bar. Meh! this heels were killing me. Thankfully, my shift was to end two hours from now.

"Lady get a vodka" A guy said as he slid me a twenty.

"I am at that table". He pointed. Asshole, why can't he wait patiently for his drink. He expects me to bring it there. If not I desperately needed every cash that came my way, I would have quit this job a long time ago. I sighed deeply.

I was a graduate finished at UCLA in Los Angeles, got a degree on Hospitality Management. Since I couldn't further my studies and get a decent job in that career. I opted out for modelling, you know since LA was the city of entertainment and Hollywood.

I thought being 23, with my 5"9 height, killer blue eyes, jet black hair, a tight curvy body and heart shaped lips, I could be an aspiring model. But damn was I wrong. Most of the agents managers of the various companies I went to, wanted me to sleep with them. Yuck, so I kept close to my discipline if you can call it that working in a sleazy bar.

"Lady I am waiting". The asshole said in a sing-song voice. Let me get him his drink before I bored you to tears with my life story.

"Coming". I yelled over the loud music. As I was passing through the tables, someone wanted to tap my ass. Unfortunately for him, I felt the wind whispering at my back and I had cat-like fast reflexes and I dodged. Sorry sucker, I snickered.

Thankfully I was at the table to give the dude his drink when I felt an uncomfortable sensation run through me. Naturally, I had some weird sensations overtime as I got older, some like hot flashes, ice cold and others lukewarm. But this I had never felt this one before. It felt as if tiny insects were crawling around my body, and to confirm I had goosebumps.

I turned to see what prompted the action, or rather who. I turned to see a guy entering the bar, the sensation I got when he looked at me was ... hmmn creepy. I felt this crazy instinct to protect everyone including the people I hated and disliked from this guy. Hmmn strange.

The guy was an average Joe in looks with greasy black hair that looked as if it hadn't be watched, even from the slight distance I could see and smell it. Did I forget to tell you that I also had great sense of sight and smell, infact all my senses were enhanced.

Sometimes, I wondered if I was a freak of nature, hmmn food of thought for another time. Now back to this guy, he was wearing a green Ben 10 T-shirt with black jeans and black canvas that had seen better days. He looked around the bar with eyes that felt serpentine, yeah I was getting snakes vibes from him. Ew, even when he looked at me again, it felt as his eyes were caressing me with it's ickyness. I hoped he wasn't going to order any drink cause I didn't think I had in me to be in reaching distance of him and not destroy him.

He searched for a seat to sit down. I sighed. After giving the asshole his vodka, I went back to my post and continued working but my senses were still acute on the snake guy. Slouched on his chair, he seemed to be waiting for someone. I wondered who would want to be around someone like him, except someone like him. I don't know what my excitement spiked, weird and weirder still I purred in sneaky satisfaction.

"Two for the killing, that makes it perfect". Shocked, I never purred, Jesus I just purred like a fucking cat. If I was looking for any reason to confirm if I am a part cat, I just confirmed it. What other reason was I looking for, dog hate and bark at me, cats both owned and stray love me (notice the word love not like), I can jump from heights and have a nimble walking style .I checked to see if anybody caught the sound, none thank God and saw snake guy looking at me. Way to be more weirder, immediately I noticed snake guy straighten up in his seat as if he felt something.

He turned quickly and looked around frantically as if frightened. I leaned on the bar table and studied him with peaked interest.

In a quick motion, he stood up and ran out of the pub. Just great, not only was he creepy but also a psycho. Wouldn't shock me if the dude was a drug addict, the consumption of meth must be making him crazy.

My phone chimed with the sound of the alarm I set for 8:30pm. Thank God it was time to go home.

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Lana

I was walking home since the bus had already gone. And to top it up, my Metro transport card was already expired, else I would have taken the subway. You can imagine how frustrated I am. After I finished up at the bar, I waited for Priscilla, my colleague to come over and take charge of the bar. She came late and before I left it was already 9:38pm. So I missed the bus and have to walk a long distance to my house.

I decided to pass through shortcuts to cut out a sizeable distance to make my journey faster. As I weaved through buildings, I saw a cluster of stray cats on seeing me began meowing. I told you cats love me. Two even came to rub their sides against and in between my legs meowing and purring their delight. I smiled in satisfaction, sometimes I felt as if they were worshipping me, weird thought.

I heard a thump not too far away from the place I was standing. You know the wise decision for a sensible woman alone in a dark alley, would be walk as fast as she can and don't look back. But for some reason I don't understand, I walked towards the direction of the sound.

Walking there, I heard another thump and a groan that wheezed out of someone breathing very fast.

I walked faster, something was clawing at me to get there as quick as I can. Like something I needed to see was happening. I just hoped that it wasn't an innocent man that was getting mugged by criminals, I did the sign of the cross before turning right.

On reaching my destination, my eyes and ears could not connect what was I was seeing and hearing. I saw snake guy pinned to the wall by a very bright glowing yellow fog like thing. It was so bright that it was a miracle for me to even squint my eyes to see.

"Tell me, where is she?" It growled at snake guy.

"I don't know, even if I knew I wouldn't tell you." Snake guy hissed at him.

"Tell me, you terrible creature!". Yellow fog growled again and let out a bright yellow ball of energy and punched it into snake guy. Whoa, where did that come from? Before my very eyes, Snake guy's skin began sizzling and a terrible burning stench. Jeez!! What was going on here?

What I am seeing now is defying human logic. I shook my head to confirm that I wasn't hallucinating.

"You say terrible creature," Snake guy groaned and hissed at the same time. A forked tongue came out of his mouth and the skin on his face and throat looked stretched tight, as if at their breaking point. Ew, say what now?? So I was right about Snake guy.

"... came from your ascension, you know my master Apopi is almost like your descendant formed from the remains of you". He mocked yellow fog. Wait what now?? Who is Apopi? That seemed to angered yellow fog. Snake looked smug that he was able to provoke a reaction out of Yellow fog.

"Since you are of no use to me,I will have to extinguish you from the face of the Earth, just like Yunui." Snake guy's beady eyes widened, I don't know if its because of the threat that Yellow fog issued or the name he said. Yellow Fog smiled coldly at Snake guy's reaction.

"Oh does that name ring a bell?" Yellow Fog cocked his head to the side as Snake guy whimpered in fear.

"Too bad, you won't get to see him in the Underworld." Yellow fog taunted Snake guy. Snake guy's eyes widened further almost falling out of their sockets. He stammered in a whisper.

"Yo ... you snuffed out his essence". Then he bellowed out in outrage.

"Yo .. You monster!! now why we are monsters because we came from you." As if sensing his end, he began to fight frantically trying to avoid Yellow Fog's hard grip.

"You monsters can never be a part of me, never!!!. Say hello to Anubis for me." He growled as he gripped Snake guy's neck with his hand emitting that mind boggling ball of bright yellow energy. I watched as specks of light from within appeared on Snake guy's skin. As if sensing his end, he began to fight frantically trying to avoid Yellow Fog's hard grip. He hissed, whimpered and made all sounds of scary noises. He seemed to erupt from the inside out.

At the last minute, he burst into ashes and that terrible burning stench came up again almost making me gag. OMG, that guy just incinerated whatever Snake guy was to ashes. I felt light headed, dizzy and confused over the influx of too much information. And the fact that I didn't understand any of it made it worse.

At the sound of my gasp, the bright yellow fog thing turned and looked at me. I gasped even further as I noticed that it had eyes blazing like the sun. If Snake guy's incineration incident was enough to make feel faint, then this Yellow Fog's stare was enough to make me have a heart attack.

Yellow Fog eyes narrowed as he gazed at me, it looked more like a hard glare because of his blazing eyes.My heart thudded against my chest. I couldn't do anything, couldn't run, just stuck watching the predator.

As I managed to came to my senses, I took a step to turn when he stretched out his hand and levitated me into the air and stretched me out. God please I don't want to die, I chanted in my head. I will do whatever you want, I will repent and turn a new leaf.

I will be even become a nun and swear off sex forever. Please don't let me die like this by being roasted like chicken barbecue. He snapped his fingers and I fell into darkness.

Lana

Groaning, I turned my head from side to side on my bed.I just had one of the most craziest dreams. It was 100% crazy. I moaned sleepily as I buried my head deeper in my pillow. My bed caressed me like lover's touch and I sank deeper in it's folds of soft delight.My bed felt different, like it was soft, very soft.

Wait!! my bed was never soft! no offence, my bed was old, small, very uncomfortable to sleep on and strong like stale bread. Waking every morning I always had aches all over my body including cricks on the sides of my neck.

I woke up with a start, almost falling out of the bed. My head was banging seriously, like I had a hangover. I groaned as a wave of nausea rushed over me, Oh no!!. With my hand on my mouth, I rushed to the bathroom and vomited in the sink. I rinsed my mouth and washed my face staring at myself on the mirror. I saw a bruise on my cheekbone and at the underside of my jaw. I gasped, the dream wasn't just a dream but it all really happened yesterday.

Oh my goodness!!! Yellow fog and Snake guy were all real. I can't believe I'm still alive. I burst into tears of relief as I touched my body all round to make sure I wasn't dreaming. God does really answers prayers.

After my break down in the bathroom, I stumbled back into the unknown bedroom. Now that I was fully conscious, I looked around the room. It was big, bigger than my entire studio apartment. It was painted in sensual hues of gold and cream white.

The decoration was out of the world, but it had this little touch of ancient history. As if the designer was trying to preserve some kind of ancient culture. I was holding what I guess could be an antique iron Egyptian lamp, walking restlessly around the room and thinking on ways to escape since Yellow fog locked the door. How can I escape? Should I try knocking out anybody that comes through that door?

I shook my head, no that was a stupid idea. My encounter with Yellow fog proved how powerful he was. There must be others like him and if they were, I was toast. Even though I managed to escape now, I don't know where I am. I might even be in a different city or anywhere in the world. If I even left this place, how will I reach the police?

Who will believe me, when I tell them about Yellow fog and everything that happened to Snake guy. They would only say I was going crazy and drop in a psychiatric hospital.

"Think Lana, just think about something." I chanted to myself.

"Gggrrrrrhhh!!!" I groaned as I tugged hard on my hair. Maybe the feeling of pain will allow me to focus better. I walked over to the bed and sat down, an idea struck me.

"Oh my God!! My phone!!! why didn't I think of this earlier." I cursed rapidly at myself as I searched around frantically for my phone.

"No!! Not my phone too." I moaned in despair. Of course, he would take it, so I wouldn't call the cops or anyone for that matter. And I wasn't sure anyone would report me missing since I didn't have anybody. I don't have any family since I was an orphan, no friends since I was a loner, nobody at all. It had been a long time since I felt this helpless and lost. I felt angry tears pricking at the corner of my eyes.

"Fuck!!!! Shit!!!" I yelled as I threw the iron lamp at the wall. I began scattering and destroying everything on my path. How could he make me feel so useless, so stupid. Breathing heavily, I dropped face down on the bed and started sobbing uncontrollably.

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Several Hours Later

The sound of the door opening alerted me to the presence of two ladies that came into the room. They were dressed in a weird way like ancient Egyptians??? They both gasped at the state of destruction, the room was in. I scoffed angrily. Yeah that's right feel my wrath.

" What happened here my lady?" One of them asked with an accented voice that sounded Mid - Eastern. I turned away from her in petulance. They both spoke in briefly in another language.

"My lady, are you hurt?" The other one asked as she looked at me in concern. Suddenly, an idea came to me. This was the moment I have

been waiting for, I just have to strike at the right time. I smiled inwardly. I screwed my face up and started shedding crocodile tears.

"Oh my lady, where do you hurt?" They both ran to me and started fussing over me.

"My lady please tell us what is wrong so that we can help you." I counted in my head and waited for the perfect time.

Time to strike, I elbowed them both and launched myself forward with all my strength towards the door. I didn't even care to look what happened to the two ladies. I just ran, now I just have to make it out of this place alive.