How It All Goes Down
Doughboy Gives Us a Ride
- Doughboy is not happy about this plan, but it works. After making a few rude gestures, the Doughboy coat is able to drive the truck, and they all pile in.
- Sadie finds a place to crash, saying she'll give Carter and Zia some privacy (oooh).
- As they talk, Zia says that she'll be shunned by the House, which is basically her only family.
- Carter says that Zia could come with them after they defeat Set. She looks sad, asking where they'd go… between the House hunting them and the gods using them, they'd be miserable.
- Zia thanks Carter for his kindness, but says that he doesn't really know her—and anyway, Iskandar probably saw this coming.
- It turns out that when Zia returned from London, Iskandar had said something about protecting her—but she doesn't remember exactly what happened after that—which is strange.
- The storm is loud outside. Zia says that Amos is returning, and she needs to tell the kids Set's secret name ASAP.
- Carter realizes that Zia was also there when the gods were released in London, and that Zia must be hosting Nephthys—it's the only way she could know Set's secret name.
- Zia disagrees with this idea. If there'd been a change in her magic, the magicians would've found out and killed her already. Clearly something else is going on.
- Carter still thinks that Desjardins might be hosting Set, but Zia disagrees. She insists that it's Amos, but Carter doesn't believe it, since Amos has repeatedly risked his life to help them.
- Also, Carter thinks that Amos can't be hosting Set, because Set is using the pyramid as a physical form—which, Zia points out, they only know because Amos told them.
- Zia says she'll tell them Set's secret name, but only if they don't tell it to Amos.
- Before they can reach an agreement, the truck slows down. Amos has caught up with them.
- Amos's clothes are ragged from his attempt to distract Sekhmet, but he says there's no time to talk and points to the northwest, where they can see the sky blackened out by Set's storm.
- Amos cheerfully says that it's time to drive to meet Set, and off they go.