Operation: Absolute Chaos - Chapter 16

Alexandra’s P.O.V

Look. Andrew’s nice and all, BUT WHY CAN’T HE STOP SLEEPING?

I looked at Andrew, who was peacefully snoring and curling up like a ball on the bus seat. I rolled my eyes and sighed. It wasn’t really easy getting a taxi to go to the pyramid, since every single one of them was occupied, and I was way too drained to shadow travel. Andrew ended up with this awesome, yet insane idea, of manipulating the mist and sneaking into one of the buses. So yeah.

“Hey Alex, would you like a bottle of water for yourself?”

I turned my head to see the tour guide, Corry smiling at me. She was in her late 20s, her long brown hair tied into a tight braid, with really, perfect facial features. I wondered how a pretty lady like her ended up in Egypt, let alone becoming a tour guide. She could have ended up in Vogue with those razor sharp cheekbones if she wanted to, you know.

“So?” Her voice startled me.

“Uh sure.” I replied. She smiled and grabbed a bottle of water from the cardboard box, and handed it to me before walking to the back of the bus.

“Oh, Alex? One more thing.” She said, turning around.

“Mhm?”

“I wonder… What a demigod like you is doing in a bus like this.”

I gasped. How did she know we were-

Oh no…. Not another monster…

Within the blink of an eye, her nose and her mouth merged into a golden beak. Her skin peeled off (yuck), revealing another layer filled with black feathers, and her legs turned into a bird’s. She stretched her arms, and it morphed into a pair of wings.

She was a crow. Uhh… Okay…

“A crow?” I arched my eyebrows.

“Not just any crow, demigod.” She croaked. “I am the beautiful Coronis, admired by Apollo!”

“Uh… Weren’t you killed by Artemis and turned into Corvus the conste-“

“SILENCE!” She yelled, her eyes glaring at me. “NOW DIE!”

Uh-oh.

Quickly I grabbed Andrew’s hand and closed my eyes.

He opened his eyes, surprised. “Wha-“

Before he could finish, we shadow traveled out of the bus and to the Pyramids of Giza.

“Whoa.” Andrew gasped.

In front of us were the pyramids, standing mightily on the desert. Quickly my eye caught a golden light, and I knew it must have been the seal

….And it was on top of the Great Pyramid. I gulped and nervously glanced at Andrew. How were we going to get there?

But before we figured it out, a loud croak echoed in the sky. Not again…