Bastet turned towards the source of the flames and waved at the man standing behind Mei.
"Surprise." whispered the leader, striking Mei hard in the neck and knocking her down to the floor.
The flames dissipated and Ivy's body was once again back in view. The leader clicked his fingers and caused massive stalagmites to rip through the ground, causing Jade, Ivy and Aphrodite to crash into it and become separated. With another click, the bodies of all the students except Ivy were slammed into the wall closest to Bastet and held there via sheer telekinetic force.
"You took your time." he growled at Bastet, picking Ivy's limp body up by the hair.
"I enjoyed myself. That's all that matters. Any sign of the Guardians?"
"No. What do we do with these three?" he asked, pointing his thumb at the girls against the wall.
"I can kill them now." offered Bastet, twirling the sai in her right hand and lifting it over her shoulder.
"Wait." he said firmly, before Bastet could throw the sai at Mei's forehead. "We only need this one, her dark magic will have to suffice. Kill the others and it'll draw too much attention."
"What about her? No family? No friends?" she asked, watching with disdain as her companion began healing Ivy's wounds.
"It's an orphan." he explained as the tendrils of light emanating from his fingers began to stitch Ivy's gaping wounds. "No one cares for it. The rest of them have families and friends."
"Don't we run the risk of them telling others about us?" she persisted, clearly eager to add more kills to her list.
"No one of importance will believe their story. They'll be considered insane."
The two began to laugh together, blatantly finding cruel amusement at the idea of the survivors explaining their story of a group of murderous, Egyptian deities, willing to attack their fellow wanderers.
"Ahhh, it's waking up." remarked the leader, still holding onto Ivy by her hair.
"Who... Who are you?" she demanded in a dazed voice, weakly struggling against his grip before her voice became stronger."Which one are you, then? Horus? Osiris? Anubis? Set?" she screamed each deity's name at him, her legs flailing around wildly.
"I am the king of kings." he replied to her simply, a cold and cruel smile curving his lips. "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair."
Ivy stopped moving, a bewildered look on her face which soon turned to mocking scorn.
"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare. The lone and level sands stretch far away." she finished the famous poem, reciting the continuing lines verbatim, her superior cadence implying that the man before her had misunderstood the nature of the poem.
"And that, my poor dear, is exactly the point." exulted Ozymandias, his bark-like laughter echoing at the sight of Ivy's horror.
In the blink of an eye, all three were gone.
-Bastet, Ozymandias and Ivy have left Scenario 16-
#17
"Don't flatter yourself." she spat at him. "Consider this a pet project. The real reason I'm here is to give you notice; you've got detention in the kitchens tomorrow at 6am."
Carolyn, to add further insult to injury, flipped him off in his signature style before turning on her heel and leaving the library.
-Carolyn has left Scenario 17-