Hey, guys! Now, this is for those fans out there who like a little bit of mystery, Indiana Jones style and some from The Mummy series. I hope you enjoy it.
The Mummy:
"Chuck, no." Red warned as he adjusted his brown fedora. Chuck had a similar one.
"Chuck, yes." Chuck smirked and pulled on the leaver. The ancient doors opened with a loud bang. Red and Chuck looked at each other.
"Remind me why I tagged along with you." Red said as he looked down at the tunnel.
"Because Bomb is sick with the flu and I didn't want to go alone."
"I never took you for the explorer type of guy."
"You always underestimate me, Red." Chuck said. He pulled out a flashlight and proceeded inside the tunnel.
"I don't think it's a good idea!" Red called from the entrance. "I mean, this place hasn't been opened in years. Our ancestors clearly didn't want us to go peeking around this place." He said as he wearily entered the tunnel.
"Haven't you heard of The Mummy?" Chuck asked him and he checked out some old writings on the wall.
Red rolled his eyes. "That's just an old folk's tale."
"Then why are you so scared?" Chuck smirked.
Red gulped. "Well… have you seen this place!? This looks like a graveyard and I don't want to see some poor bastard's skeleton laying around."
"That's the fun part of the journey." Chuck said as he illuminated the hieroglyphics. "I don't understand this, but judging by the drawings, my best guess this is about the legend of the Mummy. Or a recipe for worm noodles."
Red face palmed. "Let's just go with the Mummy option."
"Right, right. Well, let's go- oh wait, there's a translation here." Chuck said and directed the flashlight towards the bottom of the wall. "Beware brave birds, for you are now entering the tomb of the Mummy. Once you are in, there might be no way to come back. Alive. So think twice before entering now." Chuck turned to Red. "Cool…"
Red shook his head. "Nope! Not cool! I prefer exploring Mighty Eagle's mountain then this! Let's go!"
"Aww, Red. Are you a chicken?"
Red stopped in his tracks. "What?"
"Are. You. A. CHICKEN?" Chuck smirked.
"I'm not a chicken!"
"Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!" Chuck imitated a chicken.
Red glared and grabbed his flashlight. "Let's go." He said as he walked deeper into the tunnel. Chuck smirked and followed behind with his flashlight.
As they walked deeper into the tunnel, the sunlight from the entrance was nowhere to be seen, leaving them depending on their flashlights alone. The walls were covered in cobwebs and empty treasure chests were scattered around the floor. Nature had reclaimed back the tunnel and temple as vines and tree roots cracked the walls. A lonely bird skeleton rested on the floor. Red opened his eyes wide as Chuck gulped behind him. They continued their way in silence. "We're lost." Chuck admitted as they entered a giant temple with different tunnel ways. "Really lost."
"No, shit, Sherlock." Red mumbled.
They looked at a concrete block in the middle of the temple and sat down on it. "Well, this blows." Red commented.
"Yeah, sorry for pulling you into this. I was actually expecting the Mummy to show up."
"To be honest, the journey itself was fun." Red smiled and adjusted his fedora.
Chuck nodded. "Yeah, I guess we got that."
Suddenly, the ground started shaking. Small pebbles that rested on the floor started bouncing around the place. Red looked around and raised his flashlight with a shaky hand. "Uh… Chuck?"
Chuck raised his flashlight and gulped. "This was a bad idea." He said as he looked around.
"Arg…." Thomp!
Chuck stopped on his tracks. "Was that you?"
Red shook his head. "I thought that was you."
"Arg…." Thomp!
Both red and yellow bird slowly turned around. Topping them, a creature covered in white gauzes and glowing green eyes stood hovering above them. The creature raised it's hands, letting out a horrifying roar that echoed throughout the temple.
"IT'S THE MUMMY!" Both friends shouted. Chuck jumped on Red's, screaming at the top of his lungs. Both friends made a run for one of the tunnels, The Mummy following close behind.
As they ran, they had to swing through vines to get to the other side of a giant hole in the floor. Only to find the Mummy at the other side. They screamed and ran towards another direction. Upon entering another tunnel, they quickly turned around since there was no exit. In another tunnel, they had to avoid bobby traps. In another, they had to avoid getting shot by arrows. In a particularly long tunnel, they had to avoid getting squashed by a giant rolling rock, but thanks to Chuck's ability, they got out of that one alive. Another was filled with itching powder. Piranhas, swords, living statues, skeletons falling from the ceiling, between other horrors they encountered in the tunnels before they encountered the Mummy again.
Red and Chuck gasped and hugged each other while screaming. The Mummy growled and extended its arms towards them. "It's been a pleasure being your friend, Red!"
"I hate to admit it, but mine too!" Red cried.
They screamed as the Mummy's hands got closer and closer… then pulled back and removed the gauzes around its head. "Oh my God…" It said.
Red and Chuck stopped their screaming frenzy and looked at the creature in front of them. The French Mime stared at them with a nervous smirk and suddenly, he didn't seem that tall. "YOU!?" Red asked.
The Mime shrugged and nodded as he took off the rest of the gauzes. He wore his usual mime attire under it.
Chuck glared at the Mime. "That… all this… was sick, man."
Mime made a silent nervous chuckle. He tapped his wrist, saying that he was late for something and turned around to leave when Red pulled him back by the tail feathers. "Oh no. You got a lot to explain. Now, talk."
The Mime just stared at him and suddenly slapped him in the face and ran off to the exit tunnel. "Oh my God!"
Red growled and followed him. "OH NO YOU DON'T! I HAVEN'T FINISHED WITH YOU!"
Chuck shook his head. "I knew that mime was terrifying in some way." And followed them with his super speed.
But lurking in the shadows, a pair of glowing orbs stared right down at the path. But whimpered when it heard the doors close.
Hey, guys! I'll admit I was thinking of watching Indiana Jones but sadly, I don't have the movies and therefore, I wrote this to satisfy that need. And, no, I'm not going to continue this. The real mummy is stuck there for good. I also wanted to experiment my writing with the Mime. Because he's super funny.