Dried Out

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"Dried out"

Chapter1: The silenced scream

The sandy, webbed and rigid corridors of Hamunaptra kept poor Bernard Burns on his trail away from that horrid creature in the hall. He was crawling hastily in the chambers, sweaty and exhausted he was. He felt the sharp throbbing in his hollow sockets, with bits of Imhotep's dried flesh that lingered in them. A brutal numbness expanded inside mouth for he had no tongue.

He heard a loud roar from the distance, and loud burst that of shotgun. Burns was confused and stood stationary.

Then the chattering of Comrades was heard that they saw the creature.

"Did you see that?! It was walking… it was walking!" A familiar voiced boom.

"Daniels…" Burns thought rigidly.

A shrill silence crept down burn's ears.

"They left me to die here!?"Burns nervously thought.

So many thoughts occupied his head, cold sweat ran down.

The sands shuffled ahead, someone was approaching the east side of the corridor. Burns couldn't see but he can hear everything and feel the ground vibrate the walking.

Within moments a familiar rotting stench and breathing noise lurked past burns… It was HIM, that Creature… within a dash he was gone…

Was the Creature unaware of its prey?

Burns grew more terrified and anxious, he gurgled a plea for help.

Suddenly, words of Arabic were echoed in same direction where burns was at.

"The Diggers… The others sent a party to find me."Burns Thought in relief.

Two Medjai tribesmen trotted through the hallowed halls of Hamunaptra. Burns Gurgled louder, they hardly noticed until they saw the shape of burns crouched near the alcove.

"Look! The creature's first victim, he must be near!" A Medjai tribesman said.

"What shall we do with him? Shall we tell Ardeth?" Barked the other.

"He is doomed to die; the creature hasn't finished his work."Replied the tribesman.

"We must show Ardeth! If we leave him here that creature will grow more powerful!" The other reasonably replied.

The two lifted Burns up; Burns began to gurgle in confusion.