The Course of the Pharaoh: Letâs Take a Trip
Still stunned by the events that had just occurred in the room behind her, Akriel stumbled down the hall a few steps, then drifted to a stop. They were in total darkness. She could tell the professor was lost in a similar state of astonishment: she could hear the faint noises he made to himself when he was far off in thought. What had happened was almost unbelievable. On an archaeological dig, trying to discover how to get through a door into what was likely a treasure room of some kind beneath a small pyramid, while the professor slept from exhaustion, Akriel had had a sudden flash of inspiration that had made one of the statues guarding the chamber actually come to life, turning into a real, flesh and blood man . . . a very physical and healthy man. The sex had been amazing. And now here they stood on the other side of that chamber door, admitted by the guard and still trying to grasp the reality that all that had actually happened.
âJust a moment, just a moment,â the professor muttered, âI have a light here somewhere.â
Akriel could hear the sound of his fumbling, a few more quiet mutterings to himself, and then the area was filled with the soft, greenish light of a glow-stick. The professor still looked to be a bit stunned, smacking his lips and wrinkling his brow in thought.
âProfessor?â Akriel asked, concerned the shock of all this may have been too much for the old fellow.
âWhat?â he said, broken from his musings âOh, my . . . my, my, my . . . no one will ever believe this,â he said, looking at her through the gloom. âIâm not sure I believe this.â
âI do,â Akriel murmured, blushing and bringing a hand to her chest. Her finger idly stroked her stiffening nipple, thoughts drawn back to her encounter with the pharaohâs bodyguard.
Professor Stanley cleared his throat after a moment, not sure what exactly had gone on between his student and the otherworldly sentry, but he had a strong suspicion. âYes, well . . . youâll have to tell me everything that went on,â he told her â. . . later,â he added, seeing her swallow hard and her eyes widen. âNow, letâs see if we can determine just where exactly we are,â he said, getting back to more immediate concerns.
As he shone the torch about, it became clear that they were in a hallway. It sloped gradually down into even deeper darkness without any sign of where it might lead them. But, the walls were covered with pictures and hieroglyphs as promised. They portrayed maps of jungles and rivers, people journeying, and a city of gold and riches populated by strange beings. It looked like some fantastical fairy tale commemorated for all time. It almost looked like it could be the pharaohâs journey to the afterlife. The whole story stretched down the length of the hall and the two unlikely adventurers made their way along it as they read.
Every few feet they would pause as Professor Stanley ran a hand through his unruly white mane and peered at the drawings with a âHmm . . . hmm . . . yes, I see . . .â before moving on.
Suddenly finding a sharp-edged stone, Akriel once again wished for her shoes, forgotten back in the tomb. Her piercing little shriek made Professor Stanley jump as though heâd stepped on the stone himself and the glow-stick fell to the floor.
âOh, dear lord,â he muttered, pressing his back to the wall and holding his chest while trying to catch his breath. âYou sounded like youâd been shot, or the very hosts of the after-world had come for you,â he gasped.
âSorry,â she mumbled sheepishly.
She bent to pick up the light, but the teacher did likewise at that very same moment. They narrowly avoided banging heads, but as Professor Stanley stood he raised the back of his head right into Akrielâs breasts in a soft, bouncy collision. As she quickly straightened he found himself staring momentarily nose to nipple with her and gave a pleasantly surprised exclamation, dropping the light again.
âOh, pardon me,â he mumbled, staring for a moment at the object of his collision. The green glow highlighted the smooth, round curves of her chest, and the two large, hard nipples which stuck out to stare back at him.
âAh . . .â Akriel said, holding up a hand, and retrieved the light herself this time. As the professor reached to take the stick back from her, his fingers lingered a moment longer than they needed to, caressing the back of her hand. Surprised, Akriel smiled back at him anyway. He was a sweet, harmless old man whose thoughts were often somewhere other than where he was standing. To find him suddenly interested in her was shocking, but she found it flattering.
âProfessor, the light,â she reminded him, bringing him back to the here and now.
âHmm? Oh, oh yes,â he mumbled, retrieving the glow-stick.
Momentarily befuddled, the ageing teacher went back to his task of puzzling out the paintings. As they got further down the hall, Akriel noticed that the air was getting slightly damp, as though they were near water. She was just wondering how that could be, when the professor spoke up.
âOh my, Akriel dear, you must see this,â he said, reaching for her.
Blindly fumbling as he kept staring at the wall, his hand found itself closing over the soft globe of Akrielâs left breast. He squeezed tentatively a couple of times.
âUm, professor?â she asked, though not drawing away.
âOh! Oh dear,â he said, looking back. âIâm terribly sorry,â he quickly apologised, though he didnât remove his hand right away.
Eventually, the hallway just ended. Just as the pharaohâs bodyguard had said, where it ended there was a river. It was the same muddy colour as the rest in the country, and the hallway just went right down into it. By the waterâs edge was an elaborate little boat. Much of it was coloured gold, and it had a high prow with a figurehead, with a matching figure at the rear. There was a canopy to keep the primary rider out of the sun. It was only meant for three or four people, she guessed. Akriel would have expected to find animals here using the hallway as a den, or at least birds, but there was nothing except the boat. She glanced at the professor, but he didnât seem to be concerned at all. He wandered straight over to the boat and inspected it with numerous âHmmâsâ and âMy, myâsâ as he made his way around it. After a couple of minutes, he edged the boat down into the water, though he seemed to be having such difficulty that Akriel quickly gave him a hand. He looked it over again, then to her surprise just climbed right in. Settling himself, he fished about for a moment, working out how the craft was moved and steered, then looked up at his pupil.
âAre you coming, my dear?â he asked.
Not sure this was such a good idea, she climbed into the small boat after him and the two of them pushed off and began their journey up the river. The water was slow, but powerful, helping guide the boat ever onwards, though they had absolutely no idea to where. The river slowly curved and bent like a lazy snake, travelling through tall grasses on steep banks. Here and there a tree. It was as though theyâd come to an alien land all of a sudden. But soon it became clear that the grass was getting shorter and scrubbier, theyâd left the trees behind, and the water was moving a little more quickly. Before they knew it they were out in the middle of the countryâs major waterway.
âPerhaps weâve missed something,â suggested the Professor.
Akriel wasnât listening, though. Her eyes were caught by the numerous crocodiles lounging in plain view on the bank just a little ways further on.
âUm, Professor?â she stammered, âmaybe we could go back?â
Ultimately, the Professor led them back overland to the pyramid, where they found out that all the goods theyâd brought up from below had been packed for them. So they loaded them into the jeep and drove back to town with the determination to return and investigate the tomb more fully. Night found them sitting in the professorâs hotel room, half-stupefied, trying to make sense of what had happened. The professor sat in a small chair at the end of his bed, his student by the roomâs table. As soon as theyâd got in, Professor Stanley arranged for a small meal and a stiff drink. Akriel rarely touched the stuff, but the professor assured her that it would be good for her after that ordeal. Afterward, they stared into space thoughtfully for several long moments, until the professor broke the silence by asking her to tell him at last exactly what had happened.
âEverything?â she squeaked, swallowing hard as a blush tinged her cheeks.
âOh my, yes, even the smallest detail may be important, you must know that.â
Warmth flooding her chest, the junior archaeologist launched into her tale.
âWell . . .â she started, mind drifting back, âI was coming back down the passageway when I stopped to get a stone out of my shoe, and while I was standing there I happened to notice something about the drawings in front of me. There was a pharaoh surrounded by light as though being seen through a tunnel or door, and on either side of him was a priestess having sex with a large bodyguard. It made me think of the doorway and the statues of the guards in the main room . . .â She followed her story from finding the professor sound asleep in the great chamber, to humping the statue of a guard in imitation of the painting, to his amazing return to life, to the passionate sex that followed the guardâs coming to life and finding a young woman in his arms, to waking the professor and being ushered into the pharaohâs hallway.
By the time sheâd finished, she realised that she was rubbing herself intently though her shorts and squirming in her seat. Her other hand was stroking her neck. With a squeak, she straightened up and gave the professor an embarrassed look. Her teacher didnât look any more comfortable than she. Akriel could see that despite his age and seeming lack of interest in anything like that, there was a considerable bulge to the front of his pants, and he was shifting uneasily in his own chair. She realised the perhaps unnecessary amount of detail sheâd gone into when recalling the feel of the sentinelâs cock as it thrust inside her in the dim glow of the lamps down in tomb and she blushed. Brushing her long, dark hair back past her shoulder, she tried to think of something else, but found her thoughts still on the guard, and her eyes drawn back to the curious sight of the professor with a hard-on. She licked her suddenly dry lips.
âMy, my,â he said when at last sheâd finished. âMy, my, my, my, my . . . a most fabulous tale indeed.â
His eyes had that glazed look of thoughtfulness sheâd come to associate with the old man, but they turned toward her and ran over her body as though seeing in his mindâs eye everything that sheâd just described. Akrielâs blush deepened and she squirmed in her seat. She tried to discreetly rub her thighs together. As she found her hand had strayed between her legs and started rubbing at herself to relieve some of the tension, all of its own accord, she straightened up and stretched, not noticing how her action strained her stiff nipples against the thin, white fabric of her shirt, their rosiness clearly hinting through and drawing the professorâs gaze. She swallowed hard and stared at the door to the room, wishing the tomb guard would come through it and carry her off back to her room for a very long night of passionate exercise.