A.N.: This is my first fanfic in the Mummy universe. I don't really know where I'm going with this, so updates will be slow. Please be patient. Also, except for the walking mummy thing, everything I write about ancient Egyptian culture will be as accurate as I can make it, since I've been studying it for over 10 years. Therefore, the Egyptian I will be using is as accurate as modernly possible. The written language of ancient Egypt didn't include vowels, so I will be using "e" in their place when I'm not sure. Also, some of it will be funky because I can't find exactly what I want to say. Anyway, please enjoy, and REVIEW!!!
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"Anaksunamun! Khoo i! Khoo i!" (Protect me! Protect me!) Imhotep called out desperately to Anaksunamun.
"Nen i!" (Not me.) Anaksunamun yelled and ran away, turning her back on the man who loved her.
"Anaksunamun!" Evie, Rick, and Alex had already started out, but Jonathan hesitated when he heard the anguish in Imhotep's voice. He turned around. "Anaksunamun," Imhotep groaned.
The look of shocked anguish on Imhotep's face opened the door to Jonathan's locked memory. He saw that look on his own face, reflected back to him in his father's angry eyes the first, and only, time he'd ever brought a boyfriend home. His father had been furious to learn that Jonathan was gay. He'd beat Jonathan hard that night, and done something that he'd never done before. Years of pent-up rage at never pleasing his father and unfair punishments broke to the surface. Before he actually thought about it, Jonathan found himself shouting, "Imhotep! Ioo xax ke re i too!" (You hasten to me you.)
He ran out to the ledge, managing to dodge the falling daggers of rock. Imhotep hesitated and watched Jonathan, shocked that someone else cared enough to come for him. When Jonathan reached Imhotep, he grabbed Imhotep's arm and started hauling him up. Imhotep grabbed him with his other hand and pulled himself up. When he was up, they ran for the exit, their hands still clasped. "Ioo khoo te wi?" Imhotep asked as they ran, but Jonathan only understood 'you' and 'me.'
Thinking fast, he came up with, "Rekh khem." (I know you pain.)
Jonathan started to turn right, but Imhotep pulled him back. Taking off his ring, he placed it in Jonathan's hand. "Ioo degi i too," he said, and then pushed Jonathan towards the exit. He ran in the opposite direction. Confused, Jonathan headed outside.
Jonathan climbed up the pyramid as fast as he could, getting there just in time to be hauled up into Izzy's air ship. After everything settled down, Evelyn asked, "Jonathan, what happened? I thought you were right behind us."
"Sorry, sis. I fell behind," Jonathan answered evasively. After a moment, he continued, "Uh, what does 'ioo degi i too' mean?"
"It means 'I'll find you,' why?" Evelyn asked.
"Oh, I just saw it on the wall back there," Jonathan lied. He wasn't about to tell them that he had rescued the priest they had worked so hard to kill. The problem was he didn't remember exactly why he had done it. He remembered seeing the look of anguish on Imhotep's face, and that something had happened that caused Jonathan to help the priest. But for the life of him, Jonathan couldn't remember what that had been.