Disclaimer - I own no-one, Steve Sommers does
Genre: Romance
Rating: NC 15
Pairing - Evy/Imhotep
Summery - Sequel to Brief Encounter with alternate ending to TMR
Chapter 4 : Secret Revealed
He went back to the end of the balloon and Alex went over to him and sat beside him.
"Imhotep…why did you shout at me to use the black book, you could have left mum to die?"
"I promised her that I would never harm her or you. I only found out that night in the jungle that you were my son. Rick doesn't now that I saw her that night and she never told him, it would serve no purpose now for him to know. I had a feeling when I spoke to you on the train that you were special to me. I am sorry it all had to come to this"
"What happens to you now…are we going to destroy you or are you going to live as we do?"
"I can't be destroyed now, I am mortal, I can only be killed as any other man would be Alex…Ancksunamun showed me that power is not all it is cracked up to be. Once she loved me and died for me, now all she wanted was the power and would have destroyed me to get it. Your mother showed me love and affection and she cared. It was because of that, that made me decide not to kill her and then when I found out that you were my son. It all made sense. How much of a fool I had been and that a son meant more to me than anything"
"This sounds selfish but I don't want you to die, I want to know about you, your life before, you, everything."
Imhotep smiled as Alex went over to Jonathan and settled beside him as he spoke to his mother.
"You know he is mortal now, dad can't destroy him but he can be killed. He that what is going to happen mum, I don't want him to die"
"I have no idea Alex, I have made such a mess of everything, I haven't a clue what we are going to do, either with your dad, Imhotep, nothing"
They were all silent until they arrived at the Magic Carpet and then they got off and unloaded the stuff. Rick picked up his things and started to walk away, Evy ran after him.
"I'm not coming back Evy, I can't. You lied to me about something that I thought was precious, our son, our marriage everything. I can't go back. Look after Alex and Jonathan, I will stay in touch, eventually"
Evy pleaded with him not to go but it was too late, she had destroyed everything and she knew it. Tears streamed down her face but she knew there was nothing that could be done.
"What about Imhotep?" she asked "I thought you wanted to destroy him?"
"I couldn't give a damn what happens to him, you can move in with him, send him away, kill him, do what you want, I don't' care"
With that he walked away, got in his car that was still there and drove off. Evy burst into uncontrollable tears and Imhotep wasn't sure what to do. But then she did it for him, she turned and ran into his arms and he held her tight, kissing the top of her head.
Alex and Jonathan left them and took their stuff inside the building, both very upset about Rick. Neither knew what was going to happen now, Jonathan had kept his mouth shut for once, he would just be there for all of them.
Just then he saw Ardeth riding up with some of his men, he went to greet them. They asked what was going on and he explained all that had happened. As they talked, they looked over at Evy and Imhotep still in each others arms and wondered what the future would bring to them all.
The tribes wanted to send Imhotep's soul to hell but Ardeth said no. The decision would have to be Evy's now. He was mortal and she would have to decide what to do about the whole situation. There was a lot to lose and already lost because of what she had done, what happened now they could not be involved in unless she wanted it.
"Are you alright Alex?" Ardeth asked.
"Yes Ardeth, I'm okay, I have two fathers now and I have to get them together and help get this sorted out"
"But you are only 9 years old Alex, this is not your problem" he replied.
"Yes it is, because you see Ardeth, I love them all, I have to sort it out, Come on Uncle Jon, we have work to do"
Ardeth shook his head and turning his horse around, gave one last look at the situation and with his men, rode out of the place. He would keep in touch in the next few days and see what was going to happen, but for the moment he would leave things alone. Much to his men's disgust.