Ficawesome Gift Exchange- TAKE 2
Title: It never hurts to look
Written for: Silverspoon
Written By: Saren Kol
Rating: T
Summary/Prompt used: When Jonathan gets Evelyn access to one of her top five places she has always wanted to go, Rick gets the feeling the trip is going to end up in his top five list of his craziest adventures.
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I would like to thank Mesmerizeme and Rose Mason Cullen for their awesome beta efforts.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Mummy or the hot guys within. If I did I'd rent them out to my h00rs.
Enjoy:
(*-*) Rick and Evelyn's home (*-*)
"Evy, what are the top five places that you've always wanted to visit, but never got the chance?" Jonathan yells out as he bursts through the door, looking for his sister. Evelyn is not fazed by his disruption as she continues typing out her note on the museum's latest exhibit
"The temples of Isis, the wailing wall, the burial grounds of Umm el-Qa'ab, the pyramid of Gisa, and the Valley of the Kings," she says without looking up or even acknowledging his presence
"Really? The tomb of Seti isn't in your top five?" Evelyn stops typing and looks up at her brother. He has her attention now.
"Oh! I didn't even think about Seti. Of course it is! That beats out at least half of that list."
Jonathan leans down to eye level with where Evelyn is sitting and stares her right in the face. "Well hold on to your hat little sister, I just got you access to Seti's tomb."
Evelyn jumps up and grabs Jonathan's arms; they both start squealing and jumping around in excitement.
"What's going on?" Evelyn's husband Rick yells as he rushes into the room wielding a fire poker. He has learned to always carry a weapon, especially where his wife is concerned. It's not that he is afraid of her, she just seems to always get herself into trouble, usually with ancient dead guys.
All smiles, Evelyn walks over to her husband and slowly lowers the fire poker for him. "Jonathan got us access to Seti's tomb."
"All I could get was viewing access; we won't be allowed to touch anything inside the tomb. But they were dying for your 'expertise' on ancient Egyptian," Jonathan amended.
Rick quickly backed away, threw his hands up, and began shaking his head. "Oh no! I know how this story goes. No way, not gonna happen."
Evelyn slides up to Rick and begins batting her eyelashes. She runs her hands up and down his chest and begins nibbling on his collarbone. "Rick honey, no harm ever came from just looking."
Rick nearly laughs at her comment as he lightly removes her from him. "Right, like no harm ever came from reading a book, or visiting an oasis, or touching a rock, or lighting a lantern, or feeding a monkey." As he says this, a little monkey comes and perches himself onto Ricks head and scratches its butt. Rick levels his gaze at Evelyn as he speaks to the monkey, "Hello Oliver.
"Come on Rick, Alex is off with his grandparents and we haven't had an adventure in ages," she whines, hoping to wear him down. Rick holds up two fingers right in her face. "Two months Evy! Two months since our last adventure. That is hardly ages." Seeing that Evelyn is not getting Rick to budge, Jonathan decides to jump back into the conversation. "They have offered to pay you a lot of money. And you get to be there for the unveiling of the tombs treasures at the new museum."
"What are you getting out of this Jonathan?" Rick eyes his brother-in-law suspiciously.
"They will drop the charges from that little misunderstanding last year," Jonathan tells him meekly.
Rick returns his attention to his wife. "God of Chaos! You realize that Seti is named after the God of Chaos, right Evy?" Rick asks her, but she can tell that he is going to give in.
"I promise I won't touch a thing." Evelyn tells him.
Rick searches her face skeptically and finally relents. "Fine. But no mummies!" Upset about being dragged along on another potentially deadly adventure, Rick storms off to put the poker back and start packing.
(*-*) The desert of Egypt (*-*)
The tomb is buzzing with activity as Rick and Evelyn approach the entrance. They look around and see Doctor Jackson Lutz approaching.
"Evy, it's been too long," Jackson tells greets her as he takes her hand and kisses it. He looks up at Rick and grimaces a little. "O'Connell, how are you?
"I'll be better once you let go of my wife," Rick tells him, not liking the way that Jackson is looking at Evelyn.
Jackson smiles smugly at Rick as he kisses Evelyn's hand before releasing it back to her.
"So, this is the tomb of Seti," Evelyn says as she makes her way inside, purposely ignoring the men fighting over her.
Jackson quickly rushes to her side, anxious to show her everything.
"Yes. The outer chambers hold what you would expect, offerings and the like; but the inner chamber is what really has us confused. There are some items that we are not sure about, and some hieroglyphs that, well, to put it mildly, have us confused."
"Well then let s take a look." Evelyn says and she gestures for Jackson to lead the way. As Rick comes up beside her, she takes his hand to reassure him that she is all his, and no one else's.
They make their way to the inner chamber and see a roped off area. This is very clearly the area they are having concerns with. The ropes are far enough out, that they prevent Evelyn from touching the wall, and while she can read the writing just fine, she does not read them out loud, remembering that reading can sometimes have dangerous consequences.
One particular symbol caches Evelyn's attention and she leans closer to get a better look. She grabs onto the rope to help keep her balance and stares at the symbol, trying to make it out.
"Rick, come take a look at this symbol," she calls out, hoping that her husband may have seen something like this is in his treasure hunting days.
Rick walks over and peers at the symbol Evelyn is pointing to. It looks like a bunch of curved lines drawn in every direction with no discernible pattern.
"It looks like the inside of your brother's head," he teases her.
"Rick, this is serious. I've never seen this one before, not even in the ancient texts talking about Seti," she scolds.
Frustrated and anxious, Rick decides that it's time to go. "Okay Evie, it's a weird symbol. We are not staying around to figure it out and somehow bring a mummy back to life."
Evelyn rolls her eyes at him. "Oh come on Rick, figuring out this symbol is not going to bring back a mummy. Besides, they didn't even find Seti's body in here."
"All the more reason to leave. The tomb is missing it's mummy, you don't find that even a little odd?" He can't believe that she still wants to stay here after finding all of this out.
"Yes, and that is why we have to figure this out! This tomb could be a decoy and not even the real tomb."
"Why would an Egyptian pharaoh do that?" he asks her, clearly confused.
"God of Chaos," she replies in a sing song voice.
"Exactly!" he shouts, as if she agrees with him. Rick places his hands on Evelyn's shoulders and turns her to face him. "I've come too close to losing you too many times to let you stay here at some crazy tomb for a pharaoh who's most known feature was creating trouble."
Evelyn sighs in defeat. She knows that she cannot fight him when he gets like this. Besides, she can always recreate the symbol back at the hotel and ponder over it in a comfortable chair instead of the hard rock formations in the tomb.
"Okay, Rick, we'll leave."
"Thank you, now let s get out of here." Rick leads her out of the inner chamber and back outside where they are greeted by Jackson.
"Hey guys, did you figure it out?" Jackson asks as he makes his way toward them.
"No. It's unlike anything I've ever seen before, I'm afraid I don't even know where to begin," Evelyn explains.
"That's a shame. I was hoping we could work together again," Jackson tells her as he takes her hand and brings it up to his lips.
Rick moves in and gently takes her hand back before it makes it to Jackson's lips. "Yep, it's too bad. Well, we're headed back, good luck with the dig." Rick's voice is quick and curt as he leads Evelyn back to the waiting camels.