"I can not take you back son to that time. You are no god, and I don't want you being remembered as such."

"I never made any such claim."

"History makes the claim for you, son. You are remembered as such, and now you must account for the folly that has been created. We must deal with a twenty-first century Earth that has been led astray by our past interference. And how may I ask did Isis present you to Egypt?"

"Hatshepsut was my consort, father. She knows me as the son to Isis, but keeps that secret from her people of course, and she is as Pharoah to the land. Her half-brother desires the throne but is not of royal blood. It is mother's will that her blood rule the land of the Pharoahs. The bloodline is passed through the mother She knows me only as her priest and lover. Her son Dagon, was to be heir to the throne, but he died in the eruption and now her step-brother's bastard son lays claim to the throne. "

"Well from our point of view, the eruption has not yet happened. Are you aware of a Hebrew child that she may have raised."

"Why yes, she fished him out of the river shortly before her step-father died of a heart attack. She raised and loved the child as her son. He fell into disfavor for murdering one of her step-brother's foremen. He could not face her judgment and fled. Hatshepsut was heartbroken. She loved the child greatly, even more than Dagon whom the court had spoiled to be completely wicked. He believed their phony religion."

"How did you pursuade the Pharoah to believe Hatshepsut to be her daughter when she is quite clearly from Artemis?"

"Mother made all the arrangements. I know not her methods. The Pharoahs never questioned her."

"Perhaps you will have to pursuade Hatshepsut to return to Artemis and surrender the throne."

"That is not going to be easy."

"I talked Ayesha into leaving."

"Dagon's Amazon? She had no love for him, I assure you."

"If Hatshepsut does not abdicate and make herself scarce willingly, my son, I shall have to dispose of her myself. That would be a shame, because I am slated to be with her in the Dome or so Isis tells me. Her dynasty is over."

"And leave Egypt to her idiot half-brother. He wants to continue his father's insane policies of enslavement of all. He wishes to create a multitude of new gods and perform all sorts of ridiculous insane acts. The man is a madman."

"Well then, he shall bring Egypt down in his folly. Either way, Hatshepsut does not need to see the end. You can tell her that she is being called back by the queen."

"Father, are you asking or telling?"

"You have no choice. I am destroying the old gods and goddesses. Would you oppose me?"

"How can you destroy conjectures of the imagination, father?"

"If they are conjectures, but no more, they are but illusions of reality. Man must learn to distinguish between reality and illusions. Your mother has given them illusions."

"How can you judge her that way?"

"I am not time-trekking for the fun of it only. You have much to learn. But this I tell you, pursuade your Egyptian lady to leave. I shall stage your departure. We are going to rematerialize a few years before Thera erupts and I shall drop you off in one of your secret chambers. Here is a beacon. Bring your lady to a designated spot that you have set aside for this occasion and activate your beacon. Idiot will find the signal and advise me to transform location. Moses is on his way back to Egypt and it does not fare well for Egypt. "

Xiang gulped, for then he knew that it was urgent to constrain Venetia's influence on Earth. Paradox avoidance was critical..It would not be proper for Hatshepsut to stand beteen the God of her young prince and her mistress Isis. Instead she could be spared the fall from grace and live instead on Artemis. Xiang knew he would not be able to pursuade Hatshepsut on his own. Even though he was Qblh's son, he did not have Qblh's powers. When he summoned his father, he knew that she would willingly return to Artemis. As much as she loved Egypt, Hatshepsut loved Isis even more.

The few days that Xiang would spend entertaining Hatshepsut would give Jim the time he needed to accomplish his mission with Antiope and Helen. Jim doublechecked the timing of the events with Genie. Genie gave Xiang the intercept windows and reassured Jim that the sequences were ready to run. Jim smiled at his son. "We're ready to go. Take a breather and review your thoughts. You will be in Egypt in thirty minutes our time. Then I must leave you."

"And no gadgets?"

"No magic devices to impress the natives, and no more Pegasus for backup. You will see how quickly Egypt will turn away from their queen and back to their old gods, once you cease performing tricks for them.. You may find yourself fleeing for your lives and find my arrival to be your rescue."

"Understood father. I shall beware of her step-brother. He will undoubtedly pounce upon this chance to sieze power."

Idiot interrupted. "John is requesting docking, Jim."

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