Chapter 2
Dawn and Anubis were sitting at the kitchen table, playing chess. The girl moved her knight and put Anubis’ king and check.
“Check.” She called then the song Eye Of The Tiger began blaring out of her cell phone. “Hi Marc.”
She stood from the table and began pacing the hallway “ what’s up?”
“ hey Polly, uh… I have a question for you.”
“ shoot.”
“ have you… uh… have you seen Steven?”
She thought for a second “ not since last week, why?”
He sighed “ that’s what I was afraid of.”
“ why?” She repeated.
“ it was after the werewolf thing, right?”
“ yes. Now, again, why?”
He paused. “ that’s the last time I saw him, too.”
“ whoa.” She stopped in her place. “ yeah that’s bad. What do you need me to do?”
“ remember how you messed with my brain, and I said to never do that again?”
“ yeah?”
“ I need you to do that again.” he sighed, “ just make sure Steven is still in there. Maybe that glowing rock did something.”
“Oh, your hand stopped glowing?”
“ my hand was glowing?”
Dawn had to think fast “ well, the rock that was… uh… in your hand was glowing.”
“ oh yeah I have that rock here. It’s kind of a dull red now. It’s like it lost its juice.”
“ keep it with you, Marc, I might need it. Have you talked to Khonshu about it?”
“ yeah, him and I aren’t really on talking terms right now.” Marc admitted.
“ why?”
“ he’s a dick?”
“ if you’re just figuring that out now…”
Marc sighed, “ he wanted me to go back to the astronaut, and beat the shit out of him for damaging the moon.”
“ didn’t you already beat the shit out of him?”
“ that’s what I said! But he wanted me to make a statement. No more moon travel. The more it gets hurt, the weaker Khonshu becomes.”
“ good.”
Marc chuckled “ I also said that. Then he just… Left.”
“ OK Marc, Anubis and I will be right over once we finish—“ Dawn stepped back in the kitchen, and noticed the tables flipped upside down and chess pieces scattered on the floor. Anubis was off in the living room, pretending to read a book.
“ our game…”