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Alexis frowned as she looked over the papers for the students that would be joining her on this group mission. It was the first in a while, but she had doubts about the mission success since it seemed like nobody knew anything about working together as a group.

The wind blew, carrying with it find grains of sand that scattered over her papers, and she folded them away, movements precise as she stuck them in her back pocket. The students were due to arrive any minute now, and it wouldn't do if they caught her still preparing. Bad for the image and all.

She stood, arms crossed over her chest, in front of the back entrance to the pyramid - one that staff used, but tourists didn't even know about. It would ensure that their entry was discreet, and should they run into others, it wouldn't be difficult to pretend they were lost tourists once they were in. The Khufu pyramid in Giza was one of the seven wonders of the world, and it simply wouldn't do for the general public to realize that something was going wrong.

Cammi had never been more grateful for a bit of pre mission preparation than she was upon arriving at the designated location in Egypt. There was sand everywhere especially on the air and it brushed over her skin clinging a bit to the sweat already forming on bare patches. The blonde was looking forward to the mission though, a chance to prove herself after the disaster that had been her and Bianca's first. They'd been working hard since then and Bianca was undeniably stronger since they'd ranked up, all in all the odds seemed more in their favor this time.

They were prepared mentally and physically, also accessory wise. Cammi wore a pair of black gloves that helped improve her grip and prevented the sand from wearing at or sticking to them . It might not be a big help but Cammi had insisted upon them,sure they were better than just going in bare handed, only time would tell.

At the moment her main concern though was making her way over to the others, not that they were that far away, giving a friendly wave as she did so. Derek at least she remembered from the party earlier, his partners were a bit more hard to pin down, she thought she'd seen them there but perhaps not.

Bianca followed just a half step behind her taller partner, she shared Cammi's enthusiasm and eagerness to prove herself as well. Although right that second she was a bit more in awe of the famous structure before her than anything else. For all that it made her feel tiny it was an incredibly well built piece of architecture with more history then some countries. Bianca hoped they'd be given permission to stay after the mission and actually join one of the tour groups so they could better see the place and have it explained to them.

Examining the other she noted their staff members was both female and note the same person as before. It was both a relief and a disappointment.

"Do we have a plan?" She asked once she was within earshot of the rest of the assembled group.

Seeing the other pair arrive at the scene, Derek waved at the two, remember seeing them at the party awhile back. Aryana gave a similar gesture, though she was less familiar with them as she and her brother only really caught glimpses of them before.

Once everyone was together, the three listened to what Alexis had to say about their mission. It sounded simple enough, but chances were that something was going to come up to complicate things. Especially since whatever was causing the disappearances was likely to be much more familiar with the pyramid's interior than any of them for the most part, even if they did have maps to guide them.

"Oh sweet, we get to go inside! I thought'd we'd be stuck out here the entire time," Derek remarked eagerly. Quite frankly, he was looking forward to seeing some mummies. As he thought of it, something came to mind, "Hey... aren't mummies that move around technically zombies with bandages?"

Hearing this, Andre shook his head to himself. To him, while it was cool that they were here and all, he wasn't quite as excited as Derek. Though, he was curious to what the interior would be like.

"I wonder if there's any traps... you know, like in the movies?"

Alexis remained silent throughout the exchange between the two groups, though a brief look of contempt crossed her face, hidden in the dim lighting inside the pyramid. Talks of traps and sueing were really unnecessary, in her opinion.

Instead of saying the scathing words on her mind, however, Alexis contented herself with the iciness of her voice as she turned another corner. "We are not yet sure if we are dealing with mummies, but in any case, magic is something we will most likely have to deal with." How not? when things were disappearing and reappearing? And in their world, things were rarely ever unrelated to magic in some form or other.

Alexis' thoughts were less than complimentary as she stepped through an open doorway, into a large room that used to be open for tourist visits, but had long since fallen into disuse. There were still exhibits, though, less well-preserved mummies that stood or lay immobile in glass cases in the dim light. "This is where we begin," Alexis began, stopping her steps to face the group. "Visitors aren't allowed here anymore, because this is where it originally started." One hand raised up to gesture around the room and the multiple exits leading away from it, the movement dislodging a small cloud of dust. "According to the map, these exits all lead towards the center of the pyramid, though the paths are different. From here on, you children will be taking the initiative - decide which exit you would like to take."

Having said her bit, Alexis fell silent, moving from one glass case to another, looking closely at the mummies and the description plaques under each one. Some of the cases were empty, but she stopped to read them anyway - a few had been moved, but there were one or two that appeared to simply have gone missing. The students would have to decide where to go from here - she had a little more information to give them, but not much, as part of the reason why this particular mission was a group one was because they would have to investigate as well as deal with any problems or evil that came up.

:: ooc: man, playing Alexis is HARD! ::

Cammi consulted her map rather than looking around the room, she doubted any helpful clues would be found here or it would have been in the mission briefing and the grouchy woman with them would have said so. "I think we should go this way." She pointed in the direction of one of several exits, it was the route she liked the look of the most. The blonde then turned to face the other technician "What kind of reach do they have?" She gestured towards the twins? If nothing else her last mission had made Cammi focus on important things like distance and force a bit more. If the twins had better reached they and Derek should probbaly lead the way.

Bianca was silent having nothing else to add at the moment. Her focus now was on getting this right on proving how good a team she and Cammi were. The Scythe girl clenched her fists a bit in anticipation, she was ready to get on with it

Looking over towards Cammi, Derek nodded as he stepped towards the exit she picked out. Though, for a moment he paused to glance back at his weapons. Over all there wasn't that much of a reach to them, unless he hooked them together, but considering how narrow the corridors were he probably won't be doing that.

"A few feet. I can get more if I hook them together but I don't think I'll really have room to swing them around like that..." he said.

Not really thinking much about the reach and how it could effect things, he went ahead into the hallway with the twins following close behind. However, he was stopped fairly soon as a mummy stepped out before them with glowing red eyes and an intimidating look over all.

"Well I think we found one of the missing mummies," mumbled Andre before quickly shifting into his weapon form. And soon enough, both he and Aryana were in Derek's hands.

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With a slight grin, Derek glanced back over at the other pair to see if they were ready to get this going. To an extent, he was rather glad they were getting some action here. If nothing turned up with this mission, it meant their time was more or less wasted. Once he was all set, he darted forward and slashed at the mummy's torso with both blades.

The mummy pushed on forward, shambling until it was within reach of Derek's WEAPONS, apparently ignoring the deadly blades as it tried to grab the TECHNICIAN's head. The boy was quicker, though, and as both blades sliced through the wrappings around the mummy, there was an almost inaudible *pop*, and the ancient artifact slumped to the ground.

Within seconds, it dissolved into a pile of dust, leaving nothing but the old cloth behind. And of course, a soul:




Action over, Alexis stepped forward once again, no emotion in her face to reflect her reactions to Derek's attack just moments before. "Good. At least you have shown you can handle the minions. Take the soul, let's move on."

Without another word, the Death Scythe stepped to the side, indicating clearly that the students should precede her. The hallway was a long, winding one, interspersed here and there with the occasional room that led nowhere. Some of the rooms were boarded up, others locked, though a few were open and seemed to still be relatively well-maintained. While their goal was to eventually reach deeper into the pyramid, they were in no particular hurry... yet. Alexis was fairly certain there were other walking corpses around, and part of their Mission was to do cleanup, as well as get to the root of the problem.

Could souls taste old? Were old souls more fulfilling in some sort of magical way than young ones? Cammi pondered this briefly before directing her eyes down to the map which she held in one hand whole the other remained on Bianca. "Far probably an hour or two at a reasonable pace , not taking into account attacks." The underground chambers of the pyramids apparently took up more than a goddamn block of land, well based on how she was reading the map anyways.

" Hold up a minute" The blonde called turning left into one of the open rooms. Might as well check to see if stuff was missing here too right?

Stick me in first not your head, Bianca snapped at her technician, honestly weapons could see for a reason. Ahh they were in now anyways...

Both weapon and technician scanned the room for anything that seemed out of place.