Campsite
Kryptonite
Summary: Prologue. Alex is now sixteen going on seventeen; it has been about seven-eight years since the O'Connell's were in Egypt. That said they are going back because a colleague of Evy's (one Dr. Randall Johannasen) has asked for her help at a tomb site he's at.
Rating: PG-13 for later violence
Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever owned The Mummy or The Mummy Returns, though I would dearly love to be in one of them… I want them to make a third Mummy movie…
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" Alex! Time to go!" Rick called up the stairs at his now teenage son. " Remind me again why we're going back to Egypt?" He asked this of his wife who just passed by him.
" A colleague asked me to come see the tomb that he's found. It shouldn't take more than a few weeks and nothing should happen." She exclaimed, going back the other way to grab more books.
" Yeah, that's what you said when we found the bracelet of Anubis," He muttered as his sixteen year old son came down the stairs, suitcase in hand.
" And look how well that turned out." Alex said cheerfully. " I'm glad we're going back to Egypt. I'd rather be there than here."
" Don't forget to take your school books Alex. I promised your teachers that I would continue your studies as best I could." Alex groaned at his mothers' words before trudging back up the stairs.
" You take the fun out of everything." Rick teased turning from the stairs to kiss his wife as she passed.
" And you good sir, put entirely too much fun into everything. Pack those please." Evy dumped her current load of books into his arms and Rick almost dropped them, not ready for the weight.
" So who are we supposed to meet at the dig site again?" Rick called, dropping the books into a suitcase on the table, much like he had done all those years ago when they had first resurrected Imhotep. Making sure his hands were out of the way he closed the lid and turned to see his wife carrying another stack of books. " Are we taking the whole library again?" Evy glared at him before answering his previous question.
" Doctor Randall Johannasen. Quite a brilliant man actually. Doesn't say much."
" Hmm. Jonathan going?" Evy came back with just two books this time, taking her time to arrange them neatly in the suitcase.
" If we didn't take him along he'd show up at one of the most inconvenient times possible."
" Good point." Rick didn't move his hands fast enough as his wife let the lid on the suitcase drop without watching where it was going. He winced in pain doing his best not to verbalize it.
" Alex! Hurry up!" Evy called up the stairs, oblivious to her husbands' pain. Alex came trudging back down the stairs, his school bag in one hand and a normal paperback in the other.
" Hello there old chap." Jonathan called, closing the sliding glass door behind him.
" You're going to Uncle Jonathan?" Alex called, chipper again at the prospect. Rick rolled his eyes at the thought of the trouble those two could get into.
" Of course. Can't have your mum and dad gallivanting off on some adventure without me, now could I?" He hugged his nephew with one arm while smiling cheekily at Rick.
" Wouldn't want that, now would we?"
" If we don't hurry up we're going to be late, now chop chop." Evy scolded, bustling back into the room. The three men scattered, getting ready for the long trip back to Egypt.
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A/N: So what did everyone think? My second attempt at a Mummy story, first attempt at a long Mummy story. I've had this basic idea running through my head for a little while (not this scene but a coming one when you get to meet Dr. Randall Johannasen) and I decided to write it down. Have a good life everyone.