Rise of the Wadjet Witch - By Juliet C. Obodo Page 0,50

water heater in her apartment had exploded. Her building’s super had put up notices for tenants to switch their hot water breakers off or there would be leakage. This request was made every three months or so, and she and Gemma usually complied, but things had been so hectic. She guessed the fine print that a water heater will explode actually had some credence.

They were able to stop the flooding by ripping the water heater out, so she would have no water until tomorrow morning when they replaced it. The super left her a set of keys to the vacant apartment above; he was being super nice, considering that it was her fault. She went to her room and began to pack some things for the night. She was actually looking forward to staying upstairs. Her apartment was still a mess from the robbery, and no one would think to look for her in another apartment.

She heard that the apartments upstairs were much nicer; they were definitely right. This was about twice the size of hers and Gemma’s place. She put her things on the model apartment’s bed and took out her cell phone to charge it. She had a missed call from Lawrence, but she guessed that he was just checking in. She would give him a call after nice, hot shower. She heard Lawrence’s voice leaving a message while she was in the shower, but she hadn’t brought an answering machine upstairs with her. Someone was in the apartment and they were listening to her voice messages.

She jumped out of the shower and made sure that the bathroom door was locked. She did lock the door, but she saw the doorknob jiggling. Someone was trying to get into the bathroom! A chill went up her spine She was glad she’d brought her clothes into the bathroom because there were no curtains in the apartment. She dressed quickly and wrenched the towel bar from the wall to use as a weapon against the intruder. She would just go out swinging

Great, this is going to come out of my security deposit. Let’s hope the intruder doesn’t have a gun.

She never found out, because as soon as she stepped out of the bathroom, everything went black.

Chapter 16

Memphis saw the symbols from the papyrus. They turned into words: Everything that is important in our lives is written in the sky.

She woke up to see the stars above her. Her first thought was that she was dead. She didn’t feel dead—just incredibly dizzy. She sat up; the room began to spin and she lay back down. Then she noticed her reflection above her, and it began to speak to her. It apologized for drugging her, but it said they had to make sure that the people watching her didn’t see her leave her apartment building.

She sat up to take a closer look at her talking reflection. She noticed that it had a few more worry lines than she did, and she realized that it wasn’t her reflection but a woman who closely resembled her.

“Why do you look like me?” she asked the reflection.

The worry lines disappeared to reveal a smile. “Because you’re my sister,” it replied.

Memphis passed out again.

When Memphis came to, the room was lit up. She looked around. It was some type of observatory; the ceiling was windowed and she could see the stars. Her reflection/sister sat across from her. Once she saw that she was up, she got up to check on her.

“Oh, thank goodness. We thought we gave you too much,” she said. Her eyes were bright blue.

“Yes, we were a bit worried about you, Memphis.” She heard the familiar voice and turned in its direction.

“Virgil?” She reached out to touch him. Is he real?

“Yes, Memphis, I’m real.”

“How did you know what I was thinking?” she asked in her head.

“Because we can communicate with each other without talking. We are Wadjet, and we are family.”

“Virgil is your brother and I am your sister, Sarai.”

“Where are our parents?”

“They are dead. I’m sorry.”Sarai replied solemnly.

“Why didn’t you ever try to find me? Do I have any other family members?”

“We’re sorry, but you were safer away from us. Since we couldn’t find you, we knew the others wouldn’t be able to.” Her sister took hold of her hands.

“How did you find me now?”

“Because it’s your time. It is time for you to Rise,” Sarai replied.

“What happened? You have no idea what I’ve been through. If you think that I was better off