NaTiOnAl TrEaSuRe FaNs

nationaltreasur @ 2008-08-05T21:30:00

2008-08-05T18:31:47Z

This is little something I wrote when I was bored to tears. Not one of my best work, but hey one cannot always win.

Title: Doesn't have one... too lazy to think
Pairing: no paring, just Riley
Rating: G
Disclaimer: just playing
Summary: Walking Riley is not a happy man, Driving Riley is whole different matter.
A/N: I was bored, got nothing better to do so I wrote this. Enjoy or not... but please don't throw rotten vegetables at me... I hate vegetables.

Riley Poole was an unhappy man. The IRS had his Ferrari so he was forced to resort to walking or subway. His feet was hurting from all the walking he had done and he was still feeling quite revolted from the ride in that small little thing called subway, way too many people in way too small space. He hated tiny closed spaces. It had something to do with the Knight’s Templar and their treasure and being left down there with no way of escaping… until Ben and Patrick found one.

So he cursed and continued to walk. Then he took a few steps back and grinned. It was his Ferrari and there was a note too. He opened the envelope and pulled out the paper. His eyes widening as he saw that the paper was from the President’s desk. The paper held only two words, ‘Tax Free’. ‘Well the President is a charming man’ Riley thought and jumped behind the wheel of fortune ready to drive to the sunset with a silly smile on his face.

Question

2008-08-03T20:25:46Z

Hi I'm new and I have a question. I have posted this elsewhere too but so far haven't gotten a response. I am looking for National Treasure fictions starring the President, preferably on main role... does a fic like that even exist and if they do it would be appreciated if you pointed to me where.

fic

2008-07-21T14:41:50Z

first National Treasure fic. and.. ok i'm not much of a writer but I do enjoy playing with Riley. In the literary sense of course ~~yeah yeah~~

expecting nothing less. national treasure | Gen.
PG13 | 1464 words

It's just one of those days with Benjamin Gates.

here on lj or here on ff.net

"NATIONAL TREASURE" (2004) Photo Gallery

2008-07-03T03:39:57Z

"NATIONAL TREASURE" (2004) Photo Gallery

Here is a LINK to a gallery of photos from the 2004 movie, "NATIONAL TREASURE".

nationaltreasur @ 2008-05-31T16:31:00

2008-05-31T20:37:41Z

[10] National Treasure: Book of Secrets; all Riley
[16] The Chronicles of Narnia; Prince Caspian
[14] The Office (US); Chair Model & Goodbye, Toby
[07] Stock; Keys
[05] Lost; The Shape of Things to Come
[02] Banners; Prince Caspian
---> 53 Total

- Blanks are not bases
- Comment if taking
- Credit faultycameras in keywords
- No hotlinking
- See my journal for details

See the rest HERE @ my journal

Hey All! Fun Stuff!

2008-05-22T23:13:00Z

Hello to the community, I just joined! I come with gifts of fanfiction and videos, too. Over at FF.Net under my pen name BG Sparrow, I've written a fanfic called 'Another Clue' that a lot of people have come to enjoy, and tomorrow I am going to be posting the sequel, 'One More Clue.' For links to stuff for the first story, go below the cut. I'll be bringing the sequel tomorrow! :)

ANOTHER CLUE
Story
Video

ONE MORE CLUE
Trailer

Find out more about me at my Author's Page!

Thanks for having a look! Hope you enjoy(ed) it! :)

Book of Secrets DVD

2008-05-21T22:29:26Z

Aw, there's been a sad lack of activity in this community. :(

As many of you know, the DVD was released on May 20th. I got mine at Best Buy, and I thought I'd share this:

When you buy National Treasure: Book of Secrets at Best Buy, you can get a free 30-day unlimited game pass to Pirates of the Caribbean Online.

Book of Secrets DVD Release?

2008-04-28T02:25:25Z

Apparently on Amazon.com the DVD release is May 20th. Is this true?

Does anyone know if any store or website is offering a combined pack of National Treasure 1 and 2 on DVD when 2 is released?

Roleplay?

2008-04-18T03:20:00Z

I know this community is a bit dead and I'm taking a big chance here, but does anyone here roleplay National Treasure? I roleplay mostly over AIM. I'm open for straight pairings, yaoi and yuri ones as well. I'm a huge Riley fan girl as well.

Aim - MegumiHimeSan

National Treasure Fanfic Ch.12

2008-03-09T05:04:19Z

Title: Formatia trans sicere educatorum

Pairing: RileyOC, BenAbigail

Rating: Pg-15

Summary: Chrissie Howe is pleased that her gun happy thug brother is in jail. But what happens when she takes a family heirloom to Ben Gates to figure out its significance? Ian Howe is royally pissed. Can Ben, Abigail and Riley help her find the treasure before Ian?

Spoilers: Through the second National Treasure, which means Ben and Abi are married.

Disclaimer: The disclaimer says I can’t own Riley, or National Treasure. Didn’t say I couldn’t kidnap him though =] although Chrissie Howe is mine.

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last chapter D: enjoy!

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Chapter 12: Better than gold.

Chrissie gasped and closed her eyes as the shot rang out and vibrated off the tomb walls. As the tomb grew quiet again she opened her eyes and looked to Ben and Abi, they were alright. She then looked at Riley. He was cowering on the floor, but he was okay.

"What the hell...?" she asked.

"Consider that a warning." Ian said looking around at the treasure. "Next time, I won’t miss." He walked past them for a moment and picked up a few golden knickknacks.

"A warning…" Riley was muttering, standing up. "I love how a warning has to be a gunshot close to my head."

"You alright?" Riley asked now looking at Chrissie.

"I wasn’t cowering on the floor…but yeah I’m okay."

"I wasn’t cowering." Riley said offended. "That wasn’t fear at all…that was…precaution."

Chrissie broke into a small smile even though the situation was dire and ruffled his hair. "Whatever, Indiana."

Riley could always make her smile when the situation wasn’t the best. She guessed it had something to do with when he was upset or scared. He tended to be on the sarcastic side and it made her smile and feel better even though he didn’t. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it, kissing him on the cheek. She hoped that made him feel a little at ease.

"Tie them up…except Chrissie." Ian ordered now pointing to his men.

His men nodded and jerked Ben and Abi to the side of the tomb, placing ropes around their hands and waists. One of them then grabbed Riley and he struggled as one took hold of Chrissie as well.

"Hey, don’t touch her." Riley grit as he was pulled to the side along Ben and Abi.

Chrissie now was taken by Ian and he put a death grip on her arm, making sure she couldn’t go anywhere.

"Let her go." Riley said angrily. He was no match, unfortunately, for Ian’s men. He was skinny and somewhat non- muscular. He remembered when Ben said that he couldn’t win a fight with a kindergartner. He had been fooling around, but having muscles would really come in handy at a time like this.

"She’ll be okay." Ben said trying to calm Riley down. Ian didn’t need them anymore and if they acted up they could get shot or worse they could get killed.

Abi nodded, putting a comforting hand on Riley’s forearm as he was being tied down with them. "She’ll be okay."

"How can you say that?" Riley asked, struggling against the ropes. "Her brothers a raging psychopath with a loaded gun."

Ben glanced at Ian and Chrissie. Luckily he was pulling her away from earshot. Ben jerked back and hit Riley but before he could complain he interrupted him.

"Riley you’re panicked and I understand but if you don’t shut up you could get Chrissie seriously hurt. You need to calm yourself down, right now." Ben spoke quickly and Riley nodded.

Ben understood how he was feeling, if he and Abi were in their situation he’d be doing the same thing. He loved Abi like Riley loved Chrissie and he’d do anything to save her. It was safe to assume Riley felt the same way and he knew how doing nothing must have been killing him.

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"I don’t know what the hell you think is going to happen Ian." Chrissie said as he jerked her to the side. She tripped over a golden sphinx and fell roughly into a pile or rubies and coins.

"Well first off, get rid of all of you and take the treasure for myself."

Chrissie smirked. "Right. You keep saying that but as I look over there, none of us are dead yet."

Ian smiled. "Well, I wanted you to be the first, seeing as how we’re family and everything."

"You won’t get away with this."

"Like how I got away with this so far?" he questioned. He grabbed her one arm and pulled her up. "Come on, I have something to show you."

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Chrissie was now out of Riley’s eyesight and he started to squirm against the ropes. Luckily, Ian’s men were as stupid and brainless as they looked and started roaming away from the captives to look at the treasure and stuff as much as they could into their pockets.

"Where are your hands?" Riley whispered the Abi.

She moved slightly and pushed her arms back and connected hands with Riley.

"Can you reach the ropes?" he asked her. Ben heard this and tried to crane his neck to look at him.

"What are you doing?" Ben asked looking to Ian’s idiots. They had no clue any of them were talking.

"Abi can reach the ropes around my hands and loosen them." Riley whispered and tried moving his hands.

"Stop moving." Abi ordered. "You could end up tightening them."

Riley did what he was told and sat there. Ben spoke up again. "What do expect to do Riley? You could get yourself killed."

"I can’t let her get hurt Ben. I just can’t okay?" His voice trembled a little and Ben just nodded. He could tell Riley cared for her a lot. It was funny how you didn’t have to know someone that well to care a whole lot for them.

"I got it." Abi said pulling her hands back.

Riley nodded. "You guys stay here and if Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb over there notice I’m gone, do something about it okay?"

Ben and Abi nodded. It was so unlike Riley to take lead and give orders like he was doing. Ben was proud of him, although it took how many years for him to do it. He guessed it just took a certain situation for him to act on it. Like his only girlfriend getting captured and almost killed by her own brother. Ben guessed it would anger a lot of people…especially Riley.

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Chrissie stumbled along as Ian pulled her. They went to the end of the tomb and Chrissie could see a pit. He pulled her to the edge and she stopped short to avoid falling in.

"This pit was designed for traitors. When the king’s men were filling the tomb and they had other thoughts for what to do with the treasure, they were thrown in here."

Ian pushed Chrissie to kneel. She tried to back up against him but he nudged her foreword till she was at the pit’s edge.

"Thought you ought to know that for future reference." Ian said as he leaned back and loaded his gun.

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Riley moved his way in between piles of gold and statues trying to move as quickly as he could to wear Chrissie and Ian were. He hid behind another Osiris statue and peeked his head out to watch them and try and figure out what his best move was.

"Ian please, don’t do this. You really hate me this much? That you can kill your own sister."

"It has nothing to do with hate." Ian countered and cocked his weapon. "It has to do with wanting things in life Chrissie. And I want this treasure. When they took me away to prison, they took all my things away from me. I just want it all back, to be surrounded by beautiful and expensive things. I’m selfish that way."

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Abi and Ben untied their ropes and sat there, waiting to make sure Ian’s men were still preoccupied. But they looked over and noticed Riley was up and about.

"Hey!" one of them yelled.

That’s when Abi and Ben sprung into action and started throwing punches before they could take out their weapons.

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Ian turned at the noise and Chrissie took that opportunity to turn around and run at his legs. She knocked Ian over with a yell coming from his mouth and a loud thud on impact. His gun went off in the direction of the ceiling and Chrissie placed her arms over her head as debris and rocks fell.

Riley charged as Ian got up and pushed him over again.

"Riley!" Chrissie yelled trying to pull Ian off of him. Ian had his hands wrapped tightly around Riley’s neck. She was no match for him and when she tried pulling him off Riley with all she could he turned around and backhanded her, sending her sprawling.

When he did that Riley kicked Ian foreword using his knee and it distracted Ian long enough that he took his hands off his neck. Riley pushed him off and stood, going to Chrissie.

She was leaning on her side and she felt her bottom lip. Blood was coming from her open cut on her lip and she winced when she ran her tongue over it. Riley knelt down beside her, taking her chin in his hand.

"You okay?" he asked her.

She nodded and looked up at him. Her eyes suddenly widened. "Look out!"

Riley turned just in time for Ian to knock him in the head with a small cat statue. Riley fell to the side as Chrissie gasped.

"Why do you always have to be so difficult Chrissie?" Ian screamed and bent foreword to grab her. Out of instinct Chrissie pushed her leg forward and kicked him as hard as she could. He jerked back and fell towards the pit. But just as he fell into it Chrissie grabbed his hand and held onto him tight.

He looked her in the eyes. "Don’t you dare drop me." Ian seethed, pulling on her arm.

"You’re slipping." Chrissie said helplessly as she pulled onto him. She struggled to pull him up but he was heavier then she was. "Stop scrambling." She said to him but he didn’t.

"Please Ian just…"

She didn’t get a chance to tell him anything because he pulled her down while he tried to pull himself up. She screamed and fell forward. She closed her eyes as she braced herself for falling but someone caught her from behind. Riley held her around her waist as tightly as he could. But the sudden jerk to pull her back was too much for Ian and he lost Chrissie’s hand and fell. The sudden weight was lifted and Riley pulled Chrissie up and she landed on her back on his chest.

She scrambled to the edge of the cliff, looking over it. Like her brother would somehow still be there. She placed her hand over her mouth as sobs spilled from her. Ian had been a bastard, less than a human being when it came to everything. But he was still her brother.

Riley crawled over to her pulling her back from the edge. She collapsed into his chest and sobbed loudly into his shoulder. He held her tightly and kissed her head, whispering nonsense that could only comfort a percent of what she was feeling. She pushed herself closer to him and buried her head in his shoulder. It was barely enough.

Riley turned his head to see Ben and Abi make their way over to them. They stopped when they saw Riley holding Chrissie. Ben just nodded and took Abi’s hand. They all had had enough of Egypt.

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Four weeks later.

Riley picked up some of the boxes and placed them in Chrissie’s living room.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Riley asked, placing his arms around her waist.

"Why wouldn’t I?" she asked.

"Well moving from one crap- apartment to another might not be such a good thing."

She turned to face him. "Your apartment is crappy?"

He shrugged. "Well, I mean I think it’s livable. Although, the maid has forgotten to come back and place those little tiny mints on the pillows."

She smiled placing a small kiss on his lips. "I’m just saying are you so sure you’re ready for this?"

She shrugged. "Why wouldn’t I be?"

Riley’s voice turned somewhat serious. "You know why."

"Look, Ian was my brother and I kind of had to love him. But what he did to you and to everyone, its something I can’t forgive him for." She looked at Riley and looked down. "I must sound like a really horrible person, especially since he died."

Riley grabbed her chin and brought it closer to his face. He wrapped an arm around her waist and held her tightly to him. "Horrible is one of the last words I’d describe you with."

She smiled and kissed him. When it ended he brought her into a snug hug.

"Can’t believe I’m moving in with you." Chrissie said pulling away.

"Yeah, especially since you were so annoying when we first met." Riley said, moving out of her way before she could smack him.

"I
He nodded, sitting on her couch. "Oh yeah. Your loud music, taking my shower time…"
"Well we share shower time now." Chrissie said her smile growing slower on her face.
Riley put a finger to his lips before he could smile. "You interrupt me, your snoring is absurd." Now he did smile because the look on her face was priceless.
"I’m not even loud." She said trying to feign being hurt.
Riley nodded and laughed. "You’re like freight train running through the house."
Chrissie shook her head, now plopping down next to him. "I hate you, you’re mean."
Riley cocked his head to the side and smiled. "No, not mean. Honest."
She shrugged and he leaned closer to her and eventually laid her down on the couch and rested on top of her.
She shook her head. "I still hate you."
"Well I can’t do anything about that." He said smiling. "But I’m pretty sure I love you."
She smiled widely as he leaned down and kissed her. Suddenly it didn’t matter how much treasure they had gotten from the tomb and how much they had spilt it with Ben and Abi. Because what they had here…was better than gold.
was annoying?" she asked unconvinced.

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i hope everyone enjoyed, thanks for the amazing readers and reviewers!

plus, i'm thinking of doign a sequel, what do you all think?

any ideas?

National Treasure Fanfic Ch.11

2008-03-02T01:15:35Z

Title:

Pairing: RileyOC, BenAbigail

Rating: Pg-15

Spoilers: Through the second National Treasure, which means Ben and Abi are married.

Disclaimer: The disclaimer says I can’t own Riley, or National Treasure. Didn’t say I couldn’t kidnap him though =] although Chrissie Howe is mine.

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i'm really sorry this is short. i've had alot to do and write lately :O but enjoy this! the next chapter will be longer!

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Chapter 11: Tomb

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"Another clue?" she asked.
Riley shook his head. "No, Chrissie…we’ve made it to the burial chamber."

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"Seriously?" she asked looking past Riley and at the door.

"No, I’m being a smartass." Riley replied sarcastically and she glared at him.

"Wouldn’t be the first time."

"It doesn’t seem like this one opens with one of the keys." Riley said studying the door.

"And that’s bad?" Chrissie asked.

"No, just…easy."

Chrissie nodded looking for the handle to pull the door open. "Okay, glass half empty."

Riley rolled his eyes and helped her pull the door open. When it was open Riley lit the crevasses in the walls again with the lighter causing the whole entire room to light up.

"Wow." Chrissie breathed. "It’s beautiful."

There was baskets full of earthy possessions and even Tut’s tomb was encrusted with gold. There was a canopy over where his sarcophagus was and it had beautiful stitching. The floor was filled with carpets of maroon, sky blue and emerald green. She guessed there was gold in the small stitching as well, because the floor seemed to glitter.

"Yeah kings defiantly had it on the good side." Riley said looking around. As he looked at the hieroglyphs on the ceiling he tripped over something on the floor and landed with a thud. He was holding Chrissie up so she fell right on top of him.

"Smooth." Chrissie smiled.

"What the hell did I trip over?" he asked looking around.

She picked up a smaller sarcophagus leaning against Tut’s. "Looks like his cat." She said bringing it over near Riley.

"Don’t bring that near me!" Riley said squirming.

"It’s just a dead cat. What happened to kings had it on the good side?" Chrissie laughed.

"That’s before I remembered their cats always got screwed in the deals." Riley said looking over at where Chrissie put the sarcophagus down. "Poor kitty." He mumbled.*

Riley shook his head looking at Chrissie. "Too bad we have a treasure to find, this rugs really comfy."

Chrissie smiled leaning down to kiss him. "Not to mention my brothers trying to kill us."

"Way to ruin the mood Chrissie…" he was cut off by her lips moving over his. He embraced her for a few moments letting all the stress and worrying flow out of him. All he wanted to do was focus on her lips touching his.

When the kiss was over Chrissie pushed herself up and waited for Riley to give her a hand standing.

"Ankle still hurt?" he asked.

She shrugged trying to stand on it. "It’s not so bad, I should be okay."

He nodded and held her hand as they looked for the statue of Osiris. "There." Riley said and pointed to the statue. It was looming over them, at least nine feet tall.

"How in the hell did they get it in here?" Riley asked looking over it.

"We can read ‘the about pamphlet’ after we get the treasure okay?" she asked making him stick his tongue out at her.

She realized that’s all Riley knew how to do when it came to flirting. Sticking his tongue out ands making wise ass remarks. Enough to make any girl swoon, she thought sarcastically. But maybe she should be eating her own words. She’d fallen for him, hadn’t she?

"Here stick the disc into there." He said motioning to Osiris’s chest. He looked above the disc slot and saw there was a place for the open locket too. "And the locket there."

She got the items out and put them in the appropriate slots.

Riley shook his head. "No stick it there." He said taking her hand.

"I’ll tell you where to stick it." She mumbled and Riley dropped her hand. He smiled slightly as she put the pieces into the statute. She never did like being told what to do.

She pushed the locket into the statue and turned the disc and the chest of Osiris popped open. Riley pulled one side open as she pulled the other and they both stepped inside. Chrissie gasped. Millions of rubies and gold filled the entire room. There were statues of gods and goddesses, headdresses and chariots engraved in golden writing. Chrissie could close her eyes and the glittering of the room would still be bright.

As they made their way down the stairs Riley grabbed hold of Chrissie’s hand. "We found it."

"Nice job." Someone said behind them. They whirled around to see Ian and his men. "I think I’ll take it from here."

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Chrissie looked behind him. "Where’s Abi and Ben?"

They showed up behind Ian, both being held by a guard.

Ian raised a gun at Riley and Chrissie and they froze on the spot. Riley looked to Chrissie.

"You know, I’m really tired of being shot at." He said not amused.

"Right now isn’t the right time for you to be a smartass Riley." Chrissie said quickly looking at Ian.

"I’m proud of you Chrissie." Ian said moving towards them. "You found the treasure."

"I hope you don’t think there’s a likewise going to be added in there somewhere. What am I going to add? Likewise Ian, I’m proud of you for trying to kill me?" She spat.

"Chrissie…" Riley said nudging her. "Please try and not piss off the person who’s holding gun okay?" he asked her quietly.

Ian cocked the rifle and Riley held Chrissie’s hand tightly.

"We both know it was coming to this Chrissie. We can’t all get out of here alive."

Chrissie thought about his words as a shot rang out against the walls.

He was right, not everyone was getting out there living. It was a tomb after all.

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* just in case any one was wondering. King's cats in ancient Egypt were killed and put in sarcophagus's just like i said. They were considered earthy possesions and were killed so the King could have a pet in the after life. Riley's right though, poor kittys...

kittys are mummified if you don't review :D plus theres only one more chapter after this D:

Formatia trans sicere educatorum

National Treasure Fanfic Ch.10

2008-02-23T03:35:38Z

Title: Formatia trans sicere educatorum

Pairing: RileyOC, BenAbigail

Rating: Pg-15

Spoilers: Through the second National Treasure, which means Ben and Abi are married.

Disclaimer: The disclaimer says I can’t own Riley, or National Treasure. Didn’t say I couldn’t kidnap him though =] although Chrissie Howe is mine
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sorry this took so long. i'm getting discouraged from one of my other stories D: but enjoy this :D

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Chapter 10: Burial Chamber.

"Please tell me you remember the alphabet." Chrissie pleaded, squeezing Riley’s hand.

Riley nodded and smirked slightly. "Yeah, the English one."

"Come on I’m serious."

"So am I, but yeah I think I remember the Egyptian one. Or at least I hope."

"Ok, so to step over these…it’s got to be an answer right? Or a sentence of some kind? I mean it’s not just listing the letters in order."

Riley nodded. "Especially since everyone knew the alphabet at the time, wouldn’t be much of a trap that way. Look around for an inscription on the wall or door."

She nodded and looked left while Riley looked to his right. She finally saw something on the door, brushing off the huge cobwebs and dust. She sneezed as the dust irritated her nose and Riley turned at the sound.

"Find something?"

She nodded and looked at him. "Yeah, bless me." She said to herself.

Riley smiled, kissing her nose. "Bless you."

He took a look at the inscription and looked at her confused. "It’s the same one on the locket."

"Enter all ye who seek knowledge?" she asked and he nodded. "What the hell does that mean?"

"Well obviously it’s talking about the entrance. But it’s either talking about the actual burial chamber itself or I don’t know. It could be talking about something completely different."

Chrissie sighed thinking about the inscription and the tomb they were in. "Who seek knowledge…what kind of people were seeking knowledge at that time?"

Riley shrugged. "Priests, magicians, scholars…"

"There were scholars at that time?"

He nodded. "Yeah, mostly practitioners."

"Practitioners in that time were authorized to practice healing…"

"Yeah…" Riley said not really following where she was going with this.

"So to discover how to heal someone you’d have to know how they died. King Tut had been fascinated about learning about death and the afterlife. So what if he told a Practitioner that they had permission to study his corpse after he died."

"Enter all ye who seek knowledge." Riley echoed now understanding.

"Practitioner is the key to the puzzle."

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"You’re not just going to get away with this Ian. You know that." Ben said as they went down another corridor. It was at least the seventh one they had been down and he prayed that they weren’t lost. The Egyptians were sneaky in designing their tombs, so if they wanted you to get lost in hoping you wouldn’t find the treasure, you’d get lost.

"Quiet Ben. I’ve heard enough of your yammering the past hour." Ian snapped quickly losing his patience. He stopped for a moment and turned. "And for your information I am going to get away with this, you know why? Because Riley and Chrissie are already gone, and that leaves me with two less bodies to worry about. You two are the only ones left, easy to take care of."

"Unless you’re forgetting, Chrissie has the locket and disc."

"And if you’re forgetting, I‘ll find her and take it back. Easy as that."

Ben shook his head; he wondered when Ian had become less of a person. "You’re really willing to kill your sister over this treasure aren’t you?"

Ian turned, going down the corridor. "Watch me."

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"Ok P…is..." Riley surveyed the ground looking for the right symbol. "Over there, that pan."

Chrissie nodded and took a step foreword. When she made sure that her foot ended on something solid, she let her weight down on the rock.

"R?" she asked.

"The lion."

She nodded and pushed her foot over her other to step on the lion. She almost lost her balance but Riley caught her arm and held her steady from behind. He was on the pan stone and she smiled, silently thanking him.

"Ok, um…" he let her go and rubbed his hand over his face in thought. "The eagle’s next."

Chrissie nodded and stepped on the next slab in front of her. Although she stepped on the wrong bird and her foot went straight through the rock again. She cried in pain and fell to the floor.

Riley went onto the lion and was barely close enough to reach her.

"Are you okay?" she didn’t say anything and tried pulling herself up through the hole. "Chrissie?"

She nodded and tears rolled down her cheek. "My ankles twisted pretty badly."

"Can you stand?" he asked.

She nodded and winced in pain as she pulled it up from the hole. "Yeah, hurts like hell though."

"We’re almost there. Can you walk on it?" he tried gentling his voice to ease her pain a bit but he was fighting the urge to add frustration in his voice. They were fighting time to make it to the treasure before Ian, but he knew better than to piss Chrissie off.

"Yeah, next letter." His Chrissie was a trooper.

"The arm and then the bowl." Riley said, stepping onto the eagle as she moved.

They finally made it all across the floor without falling through it.

"Last one?" Chrissie asked.

"Lion again."

"There is no lion." She said looking around.

"There has to be that’s the last letter."

"Well I’m telling you there’s not Riley. There’s a frog, a reef and an eagle, and I’m not stepping on the damn eagle again."

"Technically you stepped on the falcon last time and that’s why you fell through the floor." Riley added making Chrissie turn around and glare at him. He made a zipping motion on his mouth and glanced ahead of her.

"You’re almost at the door; you’ll have to jump to the landing."

"Jump?" she asked.

He nodded looking at her a bit sympathetically. She shook her head and took a deep breath. She was only a few inches away from the landing but her ankle was throbbing. If she didn’t jump high enough or landed on her ankle the wrong way she could land through the floor entirely.

"Ok…" she muttered.

She backed up as much as she could on the square she was on, which was less than an inch back, and used her good foot to propel her foreword. She landed on both her feet on the landing but as she landed her one ankle wouldn’t hold her up and with a cry of pain her legs gave way beneath her. But at least she made the landing.

Riley followed her and jumped as well, landing right beside her. He knelt down and took a look at her ankle, it was swollen. "Are you ok?"

She nodded but her lower lip quivered and tears welled up in her eyes. He wiped some of the tears away with his thumb and put her arm around his shoulders and lifted her up from the floor.

"Come on…" he mumbled, helping her walk. He kissed her on the side of her head and went towards the door.

"Another clue?" she asked.

Riley shook his head. "No, Chrissie…we’ve made it to the burial chamber."

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please R&R....i'm feeling down D:

National Treasure Fanfic Ch.9

2008-02-17T20:19:37Z

Got it!!!!! :D Sorry for the retardation that is my computer D: heres chapter 9 though =]

Thanks for all the amazing reviews :D i'm glad you're enjoying it!

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Chapter 9: Separating

Of course, since Riley couldn’t keep his big mouth shut and voted Ian to go first he was pushed to the front. He should have thought twice before insulting the people with the guns, but then again his mouth always seemed to open with a sarcastic remark at the wrong times. He waited until Ian threw the rope into the tomb and descended slowly, the rope making his hands burn.

"Sure Riley, mutter something else sarcastic. You may get yourself shot." He mumbled as he lowered himself slowly into the tomb. When he reached the bottom, he yelled up to everyone that it was ok.

Chrissie went down next, followed by Ian, Ben and Abigail. Ian’s men were the last to make it there and Ian handed a flashlight to Ben. Ben and moved his flashlight along the walls trying to figure out where they were as Ian placed the golden disc along the locket’s chain and slipped it around his neck.

"Do you remember the layout of the tomb Riley?" Ben asked.

Riley tried to think back to his computer and looked at the items showing up on the wall. "I’m guessing were in the passage. It’s the starting point of the tomb."

"And how far to the burial chamber?" Abi asked, holding onto Ben’s arm.

"You mean feet and inches wise?" Riley asked sarcastically and Chrissie shoved him in the side. "Ouch, ok drill sergeant." He rubbed his side and Chrissie just smiled.

"We have to go through the annex and the antechamber…and the sealed doors in between each."

Chrissie walked over to wear Ben and Ian were standing and looked at the walls. So many paintings of gods and goddesses covered the walls. The paint seemed to look golden against the flashlights blare and she wondered if the actual gold shined just as bright.

She ran her hand gently across the surface. "It’s beautiful…" she whispered.

Riley came up next to her and squeezed her other hand. "So are a lot of things."

Ian broke the moment by shoving each of them apart and put Riley ahead of everyone. "You first." He made it a point by pulling his gun back out and pointing it at him.

"Ian stop, he’ll go first just put the gun away." Chrissie said worriedly. She didn’t know what she would do if something happened and Riley got shot, by her own brother. She didn’t think it was something she could live with.

Riley grabbed her hand and held it. As everyone walked foreword he slowly kept pulling her up with him so she wouldn’t be by herself. It also helped to have two people leading because it was pitch black, even with the flashlights. He couldn’t see Chrissie let alone a sealed doorway or a trap of some kind.

He stopped for a moment feeling his foot slide down a hill.

"Wait. There seems to be a slant of some kind…." He trailed off moving his foot ahead of him.

Ian rolled his eyes thinking Riley was just stalling. After all he had made some comments along the way about seeing mummies and beetles that could eat your insides.

"Come on, let’s go." Ian said rudely and shoved him foreword. Although this time Riley hadn’t been lying and he fell foreword and felt the ground give away beneath him.

Chrissie screamed and tightly held onto Riley as he started to fall. She tried to pull him back up. But her strength was nothing compared to his, especially since he was falling. He threw her off balance and she flailed her arms grabbing onto Ian’s shirt. Although Ian was just looking out for himself and tried to detach her before she pulled him too. But as he unhooked her hand from his shirt she managed to grab the locket’s chain around his neck and pulled it with her as she fell.

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Everyone halted when they heard the ground give away. Ben pushed Ian aside and flashed his flashlight into the hole.

"Riley! Chrissie!" he called out but nothing answered him except his echo. The flashlight kept reflecting off something in the hole but it was dark and Ben couldn’t tell what it was.

Ian stepped foreword careful not to fall into the hole and rubbed around his neck. "She got the bleeding chain."

Ben couldn’t believe that was all he was worried about. He’d pushed his own sister into a hole, not even knowing her fate when he did so, and he was worried about the keys to the treasure.

"Maybe if you had pulled them back you’d still have the keys." Abigail said heatedly and Ben nodded.

"Well then, looks like Chrissie has gotten us into another predicament. We need to figure out another way down there. Now."

Ian stepped over the large hole and Ben, shaking with anger, did so as well. If Riley and Chrissie weren’t ok, he’d be done with the treasure business. For good.

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Chrissie emerged from the water and tried to sense where the hell she was. She saw the flashlight light up against the water and she grabbed it looking around. She must have been in the Nile or at least something from the Nile. The Nile was on the side of Thebes, so it made sense that some of it could have flowed down into the underground part of the tomb. She pushed her hair out of her eyes.

"Riley?" she called out.

She heard him groan and she looked around her. She finally spotted him on the side of the water turning around on his back.

She crawled out of the water and went to his side, helping him up. "Are you okay?" she asked him and leaned him against the wall.

"I’m pretty sure that every bone in my body is broken." Riley commented as he stood and his back cracked. "But yes, I’m peachy."

"Where are we?" she asked shining the flashlight around. This part of the tomb resembled more of a cave. It was darker and cooler than the upper part had been.

Riley looked around as well and saw where they had fallen from the hole. It was at least seven feet above them and judging from the rocks on the side of the water they were lucky to be in one piece.

"Some lower part of the tomb." Riley said taking the flashlight from her.

He tried shining it across the water but it was too dark and too far away to see. He settled for shining it in front of them to find a walkway while Chrissie wrung the water out of her braids.

"No I mean like specifically where are we?" she asked.

Riley turned around and shined the flashlight in her face. "Right, I forgot I’m a walking tomb map."

She rolled her eyes and wrapped her arms around herself. "Whatever Riley. I just meant that if we don’t even know where we are were never going to get out of here."

Riley walked towards her and saw that she was shaking. He forgot that she had fallen into water unlike he did. He took of his jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders. She pushed her arms into the too long sleeves and he zipped it up. He pulled her closer to him and he rubbed his hand along her arm trying to make her warmer.

"How are you even wearing a jacket?" Chrissie asked rubbing her face against Riley’s chest. "It’s like 104 degrees outside, you know that right?"

"Keep complaining, I’ll take it back." He warned making her smile.

He shined the flashlight against the walkway again and shook his head. "You know it doesn’t even matter if we find a way back up to the passage. Ian’s got the only key that unlocks Osiris."

Chrissie lifted her head. "Oh yeah about that." She rolled up one of the sleeves of his jacket and revealed the locket and disc lying in her hand.

Riley grinned surprised. "How did you—"

"Looks like it pays to have a brother for a criminal."

He laughed and pulled her into a kiss. "Come on; let’s find the treasure before your brother does."

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"I feel like Indiana Jones in The Temple of Doom." Riley said holding Chrissie’s hand as they went through a small corridor.

"Ok…I’ll bite." Chrissie said quietly. "How do you feel like Indiana Jones Riley? Please don’t say you look like him, because let me tell you, you’re far from it buddy."

Riley turned and stuck his tongue out at her, making her grin. "No and thank you. I just mean like caves, booby traps, and mummies."

"I think you have the wrong movie." Chrissie giggled. "That’s The Mummy you’re thinking of genius."

Riley rolled his eyes and turned back around pulling her through the corridor. "You knew what I meant."

"Yeah I know…that you don’t look like Indiana Jones or Rick O'Connell." Chrissie couldn’t help at laugh at Riley’s reaction.

"Keep pushing it." He said coyly. "When it comes time for me to save you from mummies I’ll let them eat you."

Riley flashed his light up ahead and something sparkled. He didn’t see it though and returned the light to the ground so they wouldn’t step into another hole of some sort.

"Wait, Riley do that again." Chrissie said pointing at the wall.

He did so and it shined again. "What is that?"

"It’s a sealed door." Chrissie said excitedly.

"Yeah, but to what room?" Riley asked coming up to stand behind her.

"Well there’s no statue of Osiris so it can’t be the burial chamber." Chrissie said studying the door. It was a huge stone door, bigger then they were. She observed it to be at least nine feet tall. The door had engravings throughout the entire thing and when she wiped the dirt and grime away the carving seemed to be in gold.

She pointed to the slot just above her eye level. "Is that for the disc?"

Riley looked at her for a moment and studied the door. Something seemed off about it but he couldn’t quite place why and he nodded. "I guess so."

Chrissie pulled the disc off the chain and stuck into the slot. "Ready?" she asked.

Riley nodded. "As I’m ever going to be."

She stuck the disc in the slot and pushed it as far as it would go, but nothing happened.

"Well that was a dramatic effect letdown." She said, shifting from foot to foot.

"Wait, turn the disc."

She did so and he heard a clicking noise beyond the door. "It’s a password locked door."

"So what’s the password?" She asked.

Riley shook his head trying to think of the hieroglyphs on the disc and the clue that had come from it.

Death and blood is hidden,
In his grasp; with his kin.

He ran over the last sentences of the poem over and over again in his head.

"His kin…his children." Riley said.

"What?"

"The last sentence of the clue off the disc; in his grasp, with his kin. Osiris’s children."

"I know this." Chrissie said trying to regain the information off the tip of her tongue.

Riley waited patiently. "Come Chris, think."

"Patience is a virtue." She snapped and Riley shut his mouth before he got smacked again.

It took a minute or two but the information finally clicked into place. "Anubis was Set's son in some versions. But when he was declared as the god of evil, he was said to be Osiris's son."

"That’s my girl." Riley smiled proudly and kissed her forehead.

She turned the disc when Riley told her the symbol each letter stood for and they heard the locks and tumbles turn inside the door. It popped open slowly and dirt and dust rushed out of the room.

Chrissie coughed and covered her mouth with the sleeve of the jacket as Riley pulled the door open all the way.

Before they both went into the room Chrissie pulled the disc from the door and put it back on the locket chain. "You have any idea what room were in?"

"Unfortunately no." Riley said taking hold of her hand again.

As Chrissie stepped into the room first her foot instantly went through the floor. She screamed and Riley quickly pulled her back up before she could fall all the way through.

"You alright?" he asked.

She nodded. "What the hell was that?"

Riley bit his tongue on the sarcastic ‘you fell through the floor’ comment and tried to think of something else to say. "Knew opening that door was too easy."

"Thanks for having that thought after I almost fell through the floor." Chrissie glared at him.

He ignored it and glanced along the walls seeing indents in them. He dipped his hand in one of them and pulled it back out. "Oil."

He reached into the pocket of his jacket and pulled out a lighter, gently dipping the flame into the crevasses in the wall. It only took a moment for the entire room to light up with fire and Chrissie shut her eyes at the sudden brightness.

When she opened them back up she glanced at where she had just fallen through the floor. "Wow, long way down. Thanks."

She looked up at Riley and he smiled lightly. "I’m still not saving you from mummies."

She rolled her eyes. "Aren’t those hieroglyphs?" she asked looking at the floor in the next room.

He nodded. Hieroglyphs were on every single slab on the floor in the room. He could see the next sealed doorway across the room. But it looked like you had to spell something out to get across without falling through the floor.

He hoped he remembered the Egyptian Alphabet as well as he thought he did, or he and Chrissie would become a permanent attraction in Tut’s tomb.

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riley falls in love with people who review :D

National Treasure Fanfic ERROR

2008-02-17T20:03:57Z

hi, i'm posting this becasue livejournal is acting weird and i can't get the livejournal bar [that has all the bold, italic, livejournal cut., etc] to pop up so i can't post chapter 9 yet.

i'm really sorry for the incovenice and i'll have ch 9 posted as soon as i can!

thanks, civillove

National Treasure Fanfic Ch.8

2008-02-14T00:26:44Z

for everyone who is on a sugar high from this story i'm glad. the thing is, chapter 8 i just wrote a day ago, so the updates will be coming just not as fast as they usualy do! so if it takes a few days, the story hasn't stopped! its just taking me a while to update :D i hope everyone enjoys this chapter!

Chapter 8: Thebes

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“Do I have to get that?” Riley asked.

Chrissie shook her head. “As long as you’re not expecting me to get it.”

He nodded and picked himself up from the bed and went to answer the door. He hoped it wasn’t Ben asking him if he wanted his leftovers or not. He opened the door and was suddenly met with a sharp pain hitting his ribs then his head.

Not Ben.

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Chrissie tried to run to Riley but was grabbed by two of Ian’s men and shoved towards him. She struggled as best she could but she was nothing compared to the strength of two men. She also noticed they each had a gun ready in their other hand and she calmed down; she couldn’t help Riley if she was dead.

“Ian please don’t do this.” She pleaded.

Ian took her by the arm and dragged her over Riley’s form and down the hall. She tried jerking her head around to see if Riley was even waking up, but he wasn’t moving.

“It’s done Chrissie. Now quiet or the first thing I’ll do when we get to Thebes is shoot you.”

She was threatened, but only for a moment. “You need me Ian; I’m the only one who can open Osiris.”

He turned back and smiled at her. It was sinister and chilling and it was something she never wanted to see on anyone’s face again. “You stupid girl, don’t you get it? Don’t you see? I don’t need you at all.”

Chrissie’s face was struck with realization. “I’m luring the others.”

Ian nodded and put a hand on Chrissie’s face which she violently shook off. “Now you’re getting it. I just need the locket and the disc you got from Isis. And that Ben can bring to me.”

When they got off the elevator she noticed that Ian turned around and made a quick motion with his hand making his men stop. She looked around confused and then realized why he had done it. Ben and Abigail were making their way across the hotel. But before she could call out to them a hand was roughly put over her mouth.

Her screams turned into whimpers as they got farther and farther away and she couldn’t imagine what they were going to feel like when they found Riley unconscious on the floor. She prayed to God he wasn’t dead, she didn’t see him get attacked, all she heard was his grunt and when he hit the floor.

Tears pooled in her eyes but she refused to let them fall. Ian wouldn’t see her weak, he didn’t have the privilege.

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As they made their way around the corner to their rooms, Ben halted Abi suddenly.

“What is it?” she asked him.

He shook his head, looking ahead at their two rooms. “Something isn’t right; Chrissie and Riley’s room is open.”

Abi looked ahead to see their door was cracked and followed Ben. When they got there Abi gasped to find Riley unconscious on the floor, a huge bruise near his hairline.

“Oh god…” she said quietly. She leaned down and shook his shoulders slightly. “Riley! Riley!”

Ben looked at Riley for a moment, anger and concern etching his face; he then looked around the room for Chrissie.

“I don’t see Chrissie anywhere.” He said. He then checked in the bathroom and even went to check in his own room.

“She’s not here, this must have been Ian. Who else would take her and knock out Riley?” Ben questioned.

Abi nodded still trying to wake Riley. “Ben, he’s not waking up.” She said worriedly.

“Keep trying.” Ben ordered and then felt his phone chirp in his pocket. He picked it up and barked a hello.

“Oh Ben, why so angry?”

Ben looked up from the phone. “Ian.”

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“Ian. What did you do with Chrissie? Is she ok?” Ben asked now pacing the room.

Riley shifted in Abi’s arms for a moment, squeezing his eyes shut and rubbing his temples. “What happened?”

“You don’t remember?” Abi asked helping him sit up.

He shook his head. “No.” He grabbed his head suddenly and groaned, rubbing his temples again. “But either I drank myself into oblivion or I got hit with an anvil.”

“Is she ok?” Ben asked again and it got Riley’s attention.

“Is who ok?” he asked Abi.

Abi looked at him for a moment and Ben stopped giving Riley a look of sympathy.

“Where’s Chrissie?” he asked suddenly, being helped up off the floor.

Abi pulled him near the hallway. “Come on I’ve got ice in my room for your head.”

Riley shook her off him and asked Ben directly. “Where’s Chrissie?” he demanded. His voice was thick with emotion and worry and Ben couldn’t bear not telling him.

“Ian has her Riley.”

“Is she alive?” Riley asked worriedly. To hell with his blinding headache, ice could wait.

Ben nodded when Ian finally told him. “She’s alive; she’s with Ian and his men at the tourist group.”

Ben looked to Abi and motioned for her to take Riley into the other room. She grabbed Riley’s arm and tried to pull him. “Come on honey, let’s get you some ice.”

Riley looked at Ben one more time and nodded following Abi into their room.

“Why can’t you just let her go Ian?” Ben asked.

“Oh please Ben; this is how it has to be. How am I going to have any control over you if there’s no leverage?”

“You can have the locket, the disc, the treasure, anything. Just let the girl go.” Ben pleaded for more of Riley’s sake than his own. He couldn’t shake the haunting feeling of Riley’s face when he told him Ian had her.

“That’s not how it works Ben and you know it. Meet me in Thebes in two hours or Chrissie here is going to become a permanent part of Tut’s tomb.”

Ben shook his head. “Nothing’s agreed until you let me talk with her.” At least then he could tell Riley he had heard her with his own ears and that she was ok. It wasn’t much, but it was something.

He could practically hear Ian’s eye roll and then a shifting of hands and finally he heard Chrissie’s voice. “Ben?” her voice was shaking and he could tell she was scared to death.

“Hey Chrissie, you alright?”

She nodded even though Ben couldn’t see it; maybe it was to remind herself that she was ok. “Yeah, I’m fine. What about Riley? Is he ok?”

Ben glanced outside the room and looked at his own door, wondering what the young man was going through inside it. “Yeah, he’s ok, worried about you.”

He could hear Chrissie sniffle. “Ben, tell Riley—”

But she was cut off and Ian came back on the line. “Is it settled then?”

Ben nodded. “You can count on it being settled Ian.” And he wouldn’t be happy when it was.

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Abi sat Riley on the bed and turned towards the suitcases. She rummaged through them looking for the first aid kit they had bought. When she finally found it and pulled out an ice pack and broke the interior bag. She shook it and waited for it to cool.

When she turned around she saw Riley’s head was down and his shoulders were hunched. Her heart broke in two when she realized he was crying. Riley Poole was crying. This was the wise ass that always made a joke out of everything serious or upsetting just to lighten the tension.

“Riley.” She said quietly. “Ian won’t win this.”

“He’s already won!” Riley snapped. “He knocked me out, he’s taken Chrissie. Who knows what could happen to her.” his voice caught and he stared at the ground.

Abi felt tears rise to her own eyes and turned to embrace the younger man. “I’m so sorry.” She whispered into his hair and stroked his back. Riley was stiff for a moment but then relaxed into her hug and wrapped his arms around her torso, crying softly into her shoulder.

“Ben.” Riley pulled on the older man’s forearm and tugged him aside. “I can’t…”

Ben nodded understanding what Riley was trying to deny. It was a lot to put on someone. “She’s your responsibility. Watch out for her.” He said quietly.

This was all his fault. Chrissie was his responsibility. He had let her down and he was determined to get her back, no matter what.

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Chrissie wondered how Ian dealt with himself sometimes. All he had to do was wave a finger, or really point a gun, and anyone would do anything he asked; without question. She wondered if anyone bothered to think if he was doing it for something right or something completely wrong. Sometimes he used his charm to get what he wanted and his eyes were always filled with good intentions, it was something she had always admired him for. But as she sat against the hard plastic of the tour guide’s van she felt sick for once envying that trait.

“What’s the matter beautiful? Cat got your tongue?” Ian leaned over and whispered in her ear.

“More like a conniving snake.” She spat.

“Careful, careful.” Ian looked at her quite entertained. “And most people think it’s a nice quality to have. One you might be lucky to get some day.”

“How can you stand yourself? How can you just betray everyone and it all be ok?”

Ian just shrugged and looked out the side of the van. “We’ll be there soon.”

Chrissie nodded. “Remember that book mom wanted us to read when we were little? The Dante's Divine Comedy or something like that.”

He didn’t look at her but she could tell she held his attention. “You didn’t want to read it so you went outside to play.”

“I was eleven years old.” Ian remarked. “How could she expect us to read that so young?”

“You’d be surprised. But I know you know this question, even though it’s straight from the book. At the bottom of hell, the devil is frozen in ice and he’s got three heads and three mouths. Now who’s in the center mouth? He was redeemed the worst sinner in the world.”

Now Ian looked at her and whispered. “Judas Iscariot.”

Chrissie smirked and nodded. “That’s right. The worst spot in hell is for those who betray… that’s what mom wanted us to learn. You’re taking it up quite nicely.”

She shook her head and turned away from him; he had been so full of good intentions once.

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“So where is she?” Riley asked clearly not being able to sit still.

“Calm down, she’s at the tourist station. Probably already left.” Ben said.

“Then why are we here?” Riley asked. “Let’s go.”

Ben grabbed a hold on the younger man’s arm and stopped him from leaving. “Look Riley chill—”

He yanked his arm free, surprising Ben. “Don’t tell me to chill. She was my responsibility.” He said plainly looking down.

Ben and Abi looked at him with sympathy and it just made him angrier. He walked out the door and waited for them to follow. For once he was taking the initiative, when he didn’t people always seemed to get hurt or worse kidnapped.

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Chrissie’s arm was held firmly in place as they descended the tourist van. She tried looking around for anyone that could help her but all there was yards of sand. She glanced back at the van and grimaced seeing the bodies piled up within it. She decided that her brother was no longer human, because someone human couldn’t kill a van full of people headed to Thebes to see the attractions.

As they made their way across the miles of sand they reached The City of the Dead.

“How appropriate.” She muttered being sat on a stone slab near one of the tombs. “What are we waiting for?”

Ian looked at her and then to something in the distance. “Them.”

Chrissie jerked her head to the side and her heart jumped into her throat. Riley, Ben and Abi were heading this way in one of the tourists vans. Chrissie smiled when she saw Riley was driving, quite fast and recklessly, towards them.

It was about time he took some initiative.

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“Geez Riley, why couldn’t you drive like this when we were trying to get the Declaration back?” Ben quipped holding onto the side of the van.

“If we would have let him drive like this we might not have been alive today.” Abi squealed at the end of her sentence as Riley made a sharp turn heading down the hills of the sand.

“Bumpy bumpy.” Riley muttered to himself switching gears.

“Do you always talk to yourself when you drive?” Ben asked.

Riley shrugged. “It’s a coping mechanism for how much stress everyone puts me through for making me drive the vehicles.”

Abi shook her head. “Well don’t worry Riley. No one is letting, I mean forcing you to drive a car ever again.”

Ben nodded and smiled. “Or a van for that matter.”

“There it is!” Abi called out looking out the passenger side window.

Riley nodded and seemed to accelerate down the hill and pulled up next to where Ian and his men where standing. His heart jumped when he saw Chrissie, and without thinking he hurried out of the car to her.

“Ah ah ah.” Ian said coolly. “Not so fast Riley.”

Ian picked Chrissie up from the stone and put a gun against her head, making her whimper. Riley stopped almost instantly while Ben and Abi got out of the car and stood in front of him.

“We’re all here for the same thing Ian, no ones going anywhere. Just let her go.” Ben said.

“Let me see the disc and locket.”

Abi took them out of her pocket and showed them to him. He motioned her to bring them foreword and hand them to him. Riley stopped her before she could move.

“Let me give them to him.” Riley said softly; it wasn’t a question. He needed to do this.

It seemed with every step Ian dug the front of the gun deeper into Chrissie’s skull, making her whimper and cry out in pain. Like hearing her would assure Riley that Ian had the power here and not to try and do anything stupid.

Riley hesitated for a moment, taking smaller steps towards them. He finally handed them off to Ian and he threw Chrissie at Riley, almost toppling him over. He quickly pulled a crying Chrissie to the other side of the van and sat her down in the passenger seat while Ben and Abi took care of the other business of finding the treasure. In all honestly, he really didn’t care about the treasure anymore. It cost too many people their lives, too many accounts where it was his.

Chrissie was near sobbing. She was taking big hiccupping breaths when Riley sat her down in the seat. She threw herself into Riley’s arms almost instantly; just wanting to feel his strong soothing arms around her.

“I was scared.” She said. Her voice felt like it was tearing from her throat.

Riley nodded and held her tightly against him. “I know, I know. It’s ok, I’m here.”

“I thought he was going to kill you.” She said honestly.

He pulled back from her and smiled. “Didn’t I tell you? I’m invincible.”

She laughed a little and sniffled. He put a hand on her face and wiped her tears away. When he was about to pull his hand down, she caught it with her own and pulled him closer to her. She pulled him into a long passionate kiss that made her sweat in this desert heat.

Riley smiled, snaking an arm around her waist. “If I would have known how much I would have been missed, I would have left you out here a lot longer.”

“Thanks for saving my life.” She said rolling her eyes. “I’m guessing that’s what you were fishing for.”

He shrugged. “It’s a start. But we’re not out of the woods yet.”

She nodded and he helped her out of the van. “You up for heading over there? We could wait till there done…” Riley said concerned.

Chrissie nodded and opened her hand for him to take it, which he did. “As long as you’re with me?”

Riley looked at her with an ‘are you kidding me face’ and looked around the miles of sand. “Uh Chris, where the hell else would I go?”

She shoved him in his side as they headed to join behind Ben and Abi, who were in a heated conversation with Ian. Or at least they were, until Ian saw her and Riley show up behind them holding hands.

“Well, well, well.” Ian said slowly drawing everyone’s attention to Riley and Chrissie. “Couldn’t you have done better?”

Riley looked offended and Chrissie sneered. “Right, like I’m really going to be asking your opinion on relationships.”

Ian shrugged. “If you would have you would have done better than stick arms over there.”

Riley scrunched his eyebrows. “I have stick arms?” he said to himself quietly.

Chrissie rolled her eyes and nudged him, stopping him from mumbling.

“He’s good enough for me.” Chrissie said quietly, giving Riley’s hand a squeeze and he found himself smiling. “Even if he does have stick arms.”

Riley’s smile faded and he rolled his eyes. “You had to bring that up again didn’t you? And there not stick arms there just…underdeveloped muscles.” He mumbled.

“Can we just make it to the tomb please? Sometime today?” Ben spoke up and that was the first time Chrissie remembered they were even there.

Riley nodded as Ian gathered them up. He was in front while Ben, Abi, Chrissie and Riley were in the middle and Ian’s men were in the back.

Ian removed the large stone slab over top of the tomb and bugs crawled out from underneath.

Riley grimaced and looked down into the deep dark cave like tomb. “So…who wants to dive head first into the bug slash mummy infested tomb first?” No one spoke up. “I vote Ian.”

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please comment :DD riley thinks he has stick arms if you don't =[ ( i have no idea why but you know riley :D) thanks for reading!