Isis and the other Nomu pioneers had briefly ruled the people of Ancient Egypt.
Of course, it was hardly an achievement worth boasting about. Nine thousand years ago, the people of Earth had still been ignorant Stone Age humans.
They did not even qualify as a highly intelligent species. They were little more than clever pets.
The Nomu Race had claimed only a small patch of land, and they had left Earth after ruling it for a short time.
They had arrived too late.
Earth had already been dominated by the Birdmen and the Dragon Race, both of whom worked in biotechnology and claimed vast tracts of land for experimental sites. This group of Nomu pioneers wanted somewhere to mine, build homes, and raise families. They did not fit in. They were weak, too, so the Birdmen soon came to resent them.
Back then, alien species in the Solar System were forbidden from killing one another. The Star Alliance would intervene. But it did not interfere when members of the same species killed each other. That was a matter for the Nomu Civilization, and the Solar System was not its territory...
When family members killed one another on the "high seas," they generally did not take the matter to the authorities.
So the Birdmen of Anunnaki Corporation deliberately picked fights and stirred up internal conflict.
That was how the Nomu Race came to have a traitor: Nephthys.
She was Isis's younger sister. She regularly attended gatherings at Anunnaki Corporation, used Birdmen equipment, and got along well with them. In the end, she was drawn into their camp.
She later married Set, Osiris's younger brother, and incited him to dismember his own brother.
Isis did not give up. She chose to endure it.
She knew Set was no traitor. He simply