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I must say I never got to see the entire series, but from what I did see I thought that Ja-Kal and Nefer-Tina would make a good couple. Ok…ok, I know what you're going to say…"He's married!" I feel that he deserves better then Tia. Plus the chemistry between the two shows that they really do like each other. Ok, my reasoning behind this is that the reason he's always yelling at Nefer-Tina for going out at night is because he's either jealous that she could be seeing a man or worried about her or maybe even both.
This fic is something that came to me when I was trying to go to sleep. It is set in the future when Presley is 15 years old. I hope you guys like it! (at least a tiny bit…)
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I am in now way affiliated with the cartoon series, "Mummies Alive!" or the DIC Corporation, and any of its affiliates. This fanfic is for entertainment purposes only. This fanfic and its author do not intend to infringe on any copyrights.On to the fanfic!
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"This is it! This is the key to everything! Ja-Kal come quick! Armon!" Rath was yelling with excitement. He couldn't believe it. After so much searching he had finally found it.
"What is it, Rath?" asked Ja-Kal as Armon came up behind him from the sacred box. There was Rath sitting at his desk looking at piles of scrolls, books, and other ancient documents that only Ra knows contained.
Rath was busy looking at the scroll forgetting that he had called them. "Well?!" Ja-Kal asked again, not happy with the interruption from his daily exercises. Well even a mummy has to keep in good shape he thought. "Rath?" he called again, crossing his arms.
"Yes, yes, yes! In a moment!!!" Rath irritability said looking up at Ja-Kal, "This is extremely important!" Rath continued to stare at the scrolls in front of him. He had to make sure he was entirely correct so as not to give the others false information.
"Hurry up, Rath! I'm sooo hungry!" Armon said as he rubbed his stomach.
Finally Rath finished with the scrolls and got up from his chair. "Don't you ever think about anything besides food?" growled Rath. Then looking over to Ja-Kal, he saw a mummy that didn't look amused and had a frown of his face. "Calm down Ja-Kal! I have found what I'm looking for."
Ja-Kal just looked at Rath and sighed. He knew what ever it was that somehow it was going to involve danger. But if Rath was all up in arms about it, then it must be important.
Armon was the first to remember that there was a member of their group missing. "Where's Nefer-Tina?" he asked looking around.
"She's out wrecking the Hot-Ra." Rath haughty said turning back to his scrolls, "Now, it's time to discuss a more important matter. I have found it!"
"Huh?" Armon said looking very confused.
"I'm sure none of you would understand the importance of this scroll." Rath held up a very old looking scroll to the other mummies. Armon and Ja-Kal shook their heads. "You see, this scroll tells about the gem of Ra."
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"Hey guys!" Presley waved as he came walking in from school. "What's up?" Presley asked and walked over to where the other three mummies were standing.
"Do not interrupt, young prince." Rath sternly told Presley, "We are in the middle of an important discussion."
"Um…okay. I'll just got watch something." Presley knew it was something important, so he just walked over to the sacred box…no the TV he thought to himself. Hanging around the mummies for around three years has rubbed off on him. He was flipping through when something caught his eye. It was an ad for an annual competition for married couples. Boring he thought. Marriage was one thing that was totally far from his mind. Right now he was trying to pass his mid terms.
Presley looked at the clock. Man there's nothing good on right now he said to himself. In the end he decided to watch the ad for the marriage competition. At least he could get a good laugh out of it.
15 minutes later, Presley was asleep from watching the TV. As he was closing his eyes he saw the main prize of the competition, a beautiful red gem.
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Suddenly, Nefer-Tina burst in shouting, "Rath! Fix the Hot-Ra!"
Presley woke up startled and shouted, as he fell off the couch and onto the hard, cold floor.
"O Prince, please forgive me for disturbing your slumber!" Nefer-Tina apologized and walked over to help Presley up. After she got him up, she started to dust him off. "I guess we should really clean up this place once in a while." she giggled. He only nodded in agreement.
"So what have you guys been up to?" Presley asked Nefer-Tina hoping that she knew what was going on.
"What are you talking abut my prince?" she asked him looking confused.
"You know! I came in here said hi, then Rath told me not to interrupt because you were in the middle of an important discussion. So, I went to go watch TV and then I fell asleep." Presley looked into Nefer-Tina's face searching for an answer, but he could only see confusion.
"I don't know what you're talking about? Wait! They're having a meeting without me?! Why didn't they come and find me?" Nefer-Tina yelled. Presley could tell the hurt and anger in her voice. They have never left Nefer-Tina out of a meeting before. He wondered why they were doing it now.
"Ja-Kal!" Nefer-Tina cried out. She couldn't believe it. How could Ja-Kal have let them have a meeting without her? She would've expected this type of behavior from Rath and maybe even Armon, but Ja-Kal? Well she wasn't going to lay around and do nothing. "O Prince, do you know where they are?"
Presley nodded and pointed to where Rath keep all his scrolls and books. "Nef…are you sure you're ok?"
"I am fine my prince. Just stay here while I find what is going on," she commanded, trying to hide the hint of hurt in her voice. "Oh when I get my hands on them, there's going to be trouble." She whispered to herself as she ran in the direction that Presley showed her.
Presley stood there for a moment. He could either watch some more boring TV or go along with Nefer-Tina. "Hey I'm the prince and I say I'm going!" he said as he tried to catch up to Nefer-Tina. This is gonna be better then TV he thought to himself and grinned. "One soap opera plus wrestling match coming up."
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One hour earlier, Ja-Kal and Armon were trying to come to terms with what Rath was telling them.
"You can't be serious?!" exclaimed Ja-Kal, "The gem of Ra disappeared over 5,000 years ago."
"Ja-Kal is right. It's only a myth, Rath." Armon added.
"That is precisely what they want you to think. Other magicians, such as myself, believed that if many knew that the gem of Ra truly existed then many men would leave their jobs and families in order to search for it. As you can see, making sure that people thought it was a myth would leave our country in peace. Look! Look at the scroll! It proves that the gem does truly exist!" Rath shouted, holding up the ancient scroll to Ja-Kal and Armon.
Armon scanned the scroll, "It looks genuine, Ja-Kal." Although Armon couldn't read most of the scroll, being a warrior and all, but he knew the real thing when he saw it. Armon remembered his friend that taught him about scrolls and the things that made one real or fake.
"Alright. Rath, do you have any clue as to what exactly the gem of Ra can do?" Ja-Kal said as he took a seat nearby.
"Of course!" Rath proudly replied. "The gem of Ra can destroy and/or capture the dead and souls. So, we have to get it before Scarab can. Used with the correct incantations it could also be used to destroy us and capture the soul of prince Rapses."
"No, we can't let him get the prince!" cried Armon.
"It's settled then. We go find the gem of Ra. We must protect the prince at all costs." Ja-Kal told the others. I will not fail my prince once again he said to himself. "Rath do you know where the gem is located?"
"Yes, and I know exactly be what means to retrieve it." Rath said, as he plotted in his mind. Rath remembered that he had seen an interesting commercial on the magic box when Armon was eating yet another Beefy Burger.
"Hey guys shouldn't we go look for Nefer-Tina and fill her in on all this?" Armon asked, knowing exactly how the charioteer would react if she wasn't included in their meeting right now. "I could always use another Beefy Burger anyway."
At that moment Nefer-Tina, followed by Presley, ran into the room. Nefer-Tina looked furious as she walked over to Ja-Kal. Presley knew that things were going to get ugly and took cover behind a table. But before Nefer-Tina could open her mouth to yell at Ja-Kal, Rath grabbed the charioteer and smugly told her, "Is that anyway to approach your husband?"
"What are you saying, Rath?" Ja-Kal questioned him, both shocked and curious as to what Rath had planned.
"You know exactly what I'm saying. You, Ja-Kal, are now married Nefer-Tina." Rath said flatly.
At the sound of this Nefer-Tina cried out, "Oh Ra!" before she closed her eyes fainted. Armon was the closest, so he reached out and caught her before she hit the ground.
Ja-Kal could only cross his arms. "Rath, explain!" he ordered.
"There's no need to get cranky," he stated, "Don't worry. It's all part of my plan to retrieve the gem of Ra. I'll just make you both become alive again, but the side effect is that you won't be able to transform."
Ja-Kal could only glare at Rath. He knew Rath had a plan, but he never imagined that THIS plan was it. It was an extremely risky plan. They were responsible for protecting the prince, and with two guardians down, it would be hard to fight off anything that Scarab would throw at them. Even though Scarab has been calm for a while, he still couldn't give up his responsibility to protect the young prince.
Presley got out from behind the table and walked over to Rath. "Rath do you have a picture of it?"
"Of course my prince," Rath replied, as he handed him a scroll.
Presley opened it up and stared at it. The gem of Ra was beyond words. It was a deep rep in the shape of an oval. It looked so familiar, and then it hit him. Of course! It was the same gem that he saw on TV. It was the prize for first place in the annual marriage competition. Suddenly, Rath's plan made sense to him. The only way to get the gem was to join the competition and for that you need to be married. Ja-Kal and Nefer-Tina were the only ones able to do it. Ja-Kal has had obvious experience in marriage and Nefer-Tina was the only female.
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Rath had filled in Presley and Nefer-Tina when she had awaken about the powers of the gem of Ra. Presley was shocked to hear that the gem could kill the mummies.
"Um, Rath, you do know what they are going to have to do in the competition?" Presley asked him.
"Yes my prince, they have to compete in several athletic exercises and come out in first place in order to win the gem of Ra." he responded.
"And?"
"And that is all." He replied flatly.
"Rath?! You didn't see the entire ad for it did you?"
Rath had only seen the first 5 minutes of it before searching for more information, "No, my prince. I did not believe they would be showing any other activities. Besides, I'm sure Ja-Kal and Nefer-Tina can handle anything that they must do."
"Rath, do you know that they will have to talk about themselves intimately. Like where they first met, first kiss, when he popped the question, and how their first time was…you know etc." Presley said the last one quickly. Sure he'd already had "the talk" with his mom, but it still made his skin crawl whenever he had to talk about it or heard others talking about it.
"Pop the question?" Rath asked curiously.
"You know, when he asked her to marry him." Presley looked at Rath wondering if he understood.
"Ah yes, when he asked for her hand in marriage. I guess we're going to have to talk about these things later. The two must come to an agreement on these things in order to win the gem of Ra." Rath said this as a reminder to himself as well as telling Presley.
Presley glanced over at the couch where Nefer-Tina was laying. When she had woken up she was extremely angry at all the male mummies, especially Rath. Armon had to hold her down before she attacked Rath. She was still struggling to escape Armon, but for a guy with one arm, he was extremely strong.
"Do not be angry with Rath, Nefer-Tina. We must do this to save the prince." Armon said trying to calm her down.
"I know that. I just want to kill him and the rest of you since you guys left me out of the meeting and I have no choice in his little marriage plan!" she shouted aiming it at Rath.
Presley giggled when he heard Nefer-Tina. She'll be ok he thought, just give her some time to cool down.
As Presley went over to watch TV, he yawned and remembered that he hadn't had that much sleep today. He remembered that he was up studying like crazy last night until 2:00 A.M. and then his nap was interrupted by Nefer-Tina, so he laid down to have another nap before he had to go home and start his homework.
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Ja-Kal stepped outside. He couldn't believe Rath's plan, but it was the only way to protect the prince. If Scarab got his hands on that gem it would all be over. He couldn't let that happen to them again. Ja-Kal wondered what the competition was about. Knowing Rath I bet he didn't even see all the information on it he thought to himself. Rath would always rather have his nose in his scrolls and books then watch the sacred box.
"Oh Ra, why has fate brought me here?" he asked the sky.
"Because you have to protect your prince."
Ja-Kal turned around and saw Presley smiling at him. "O Prince, I thought you had left already."
"Well, I was leaving, but then I saw you out here." Presley walked over next to Ja-Kal. "So what's up?"
"I have been thinking, my prince, about Rath's plan."
"Oh, well don't worry about it. Most of it is athletic competitions, which is so easy for you and Nefer-Tina." When Presley mentioned her name, Ja-Kal turned away and looked up at the sky.
"That is not what I'm worried about. It's Nefer-Tina. I overheard you talking to Rath about the other parts of the competition." Ja-Kal clenched the rail in front of him. "I have never been unfaithful to my wife, Tia. I don't know if I'll be a very convincing husband. And if I can't be a convincing husband then there is no possibility of us winning, which means we lose the gem of Ra."
Presley looked up at his guardian. He couldn't imagine the internal battle Ja-Kal was having with himself. His wife or his prince. Rath knew that Ja-Kal had a wife, why would he pick him to go ahead with this. Maybe Rath knew something that he was missing Presley thought to himself. Rath does not make mistakes. Whatever he had in mind, Presley knew he had to support him all the way. Right now that meant convincing Ja-Kal that he could do it.
"Ja-Kal, you're the only one that can do this. You're the only one that has experience being married. If Rath or Armon did it we wouldn't put up a good enough front. The judges wouldn't fall for the hoax. Please Ja-Kal, we need you to do this. You're our only hope for getting the gem of Ra," Presley pleaded.
Ja-Kal let go of the rail and looked at Presley, "You are right my prince. I must put my personal feelings aside."
Presley was so happy. He hugged Ja-Kal and said, "Besides, someone has to make sure Nefer-Tina doesn't attack the judges."
Ja-Kal was at first surprised at the young prince, but soon found it to be comforting. He did truly care for the prince as his son. Snapping back into reality he told Presley, "It is getting late my prince. You should go home and do your educational studies."
"I guess you're right, Ja-Kal." Presley let go of Ja-Kal, grabbed his backpack and ran off. As Ja-Kal watched the young prince run off there was a faint hint of a smile on his lips.
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Ja-Kal went back inside to check on the other mummies. Rath was busy looking at scrolls and mumbling to himself about Nefer-Tina being an ingrate. Ja-Kal let out a silent chuckle. His prince was right, if Rath and Nefer-Tina had been the ones to go they would have probably killed each other by the first day. At the far end of the room Armon was looking through the food box. On the couch was Nefer-Tina, looking as angry as ever. Ja-Kal sighed, he had to make sure Nefer-Tina was going to go through this, and that meant talking to her. His track record with Nefer-Tina hasn't been that great ever since they have been mummies and the prince revealed to them that "Nefer" was really "Nefer-Tina". She was always going out to the nightclubs when she should have been in her sarcophagus. When she did come home, he was always there to give her a stern lecture. He only did it because he didn't want her to get hurt. Being the leader meant that he had to take care of the prince and the other mummies.
"Nefer-Tina, can I talk with you for a second?" he asked her, hoping that she wasn't too angry with him for not trying to find her for the meeting. "Listen I'm sorry about the meeting."
Nefer-Tina's head perked up when she heard him apologize. "Why should I forgive you?" she asked, secretly grinning since she knew this was hard for their leader. Nefer-Tina turned away and purposefully had some of her white hair cover her face for fear that she might start smiling.
"We're all sorry, Nefer-Tina. We should have stopped in the beginning and went to find you."
"That's not good enough."
"What?!" Ja-Kal was surprised. He had apologized twice to her already. What did this woman want?
"You heard me. You never apologized for making me your…wife." Nefer-Tina was on the verge of laughing now. This is so funny she thought to herself.
"It was Rath's idea!" he exclaimed in defense.
"Did someone call my name?" Rath said peeking over a scroll. "Ah, it's just you two little love birds over there," he grinned, "Please don't let me keep you from your talks."
Ja-Kal glared at Rath, as Nefer-Tina burst out laughing. She couldn't keep it in any longer. It was just too entertaining and funny! Ja-Kal looked like he wanted to kill Rath at the moment.
Ja-Kal looked over at the laughing mummy next to him and glared at her as well. He didn't like being tricked, but then again it was Nefer-Tina. If she could keep her gender hidden from him for years, then she could trick him into thinking she was upset.
"Nefer-Tina, how many times must I tell you. If you two are going to get the gem of Ra, you are going to have to start acting like a true married couple. And that means that you can not fool around with his mind." Rath scolded.
Armon had just finished his meal and walked over to the other three mummies. "What's so funny Nefer-Tina?"
"Oh, nothing," she said remembering the look that Ja-Kal had given her earlier.
"Fine, I'm going to go watch the little man in the sacred box now." Armon walked over to the magic box and turned it on. "Mr. Science" was on.
"So Rath, how are Ja-Kal and me going to convince the people that we're married?" asked Nefer-Tina.
"Simple. I'm going to cast a spell on both of you that will turn you into your former selves. Then all I have to do is just forge the marriage documents. The rest is up to you. Now leave me alone. I must concentrate!" he barked.
Nefer-Tina rolled her eyes as she walked away. She was headed to go watch the sacred box with Armon when Ja-Kal grabbed her arm. "What is it with you men and grabbing my arm," she shouted.
Ja-Kal looked sternly at her, "Nefer-Tina, we have to talk about the events in the competition. I'm not sure you know what we totally have to do."
She yawned and replied, "It's easy, we do some athletic stuff and answer some questions and we're out with the gem of Ra. No problem."
"Do you know exactly what those questions consist of?"
"No…"
Ja-Kal got closer to Nefer-Tina, making sure that no one else could hear. He didn't want to be embarrassed again. "The questions are about us," he said pointing to Nefer-Tina and himself, "and how we meet and our intimate relations."
Nefer-Tina gasped, "Oh Ra! I never knew we had to lie but about that?!" Nefer-Tina turned and walked away. "No, no, no! I won't do it!"
"Nefer…"
"No, Ja-Kal!" she cried, "That's asking too much!"
"And you think I have not felt the same way?! I who had a wife and child!" he shouted back at her.
Armon and Rath looked at the two mummies yelling at each other, almost at each other's throats. Rath sighed. He didn't think that they would have such trouble doing this. Rath could not believe he had been wrong about the two. "Maybe this wasn't such a good…" Rath started, shaking his head.
"No, Rath, we must do this in order to protect the prince!" Ja-Kal cut in. He then looked over at Nefer-Tina, "Please, we must do this for the prince. Please do this for us. Do this for me."
Nefer-Tina looked around at her friends. Rath stopped working, Ja-Kal was almost on his hands and knees, and even Armon was pulled away from the sacred box. This is really important to them and the prince she thought. She couldn't believe she was doing this, but she was the only female. "Ok, I'll do it."
With that everyone seemed content and went back to their tasks. Ja-Kal saw that Nefer-Tina was extremely tried. Nefer-Tina saw the look on his face and said, "Yeah, yeah, I'll go to my sarcophagus, Dad!"
"You mean husband!" said a voice from behind the scrolls and books.
"Rath!" yelled Ja-Kal and Nefer-Tina unanimously.
"It was funny guys," chuckled Armon.
"Remind me again why I'm doing this!" wailed Nefer-Tina as she was getting into her sarcophagus.
"For the prince," Ja-Kal replied.
"Nefer-Tina!" yelled Rath.
"What?!" she said irritably. It's been a long and trying day and she wanted to get some rest.
"Since I'm busy with getting the gem of Ra, I won't be able to fix the Hot-Ra," he told her.
The only reply he got from Nefer-Tina was a loud thud against the inside of her sarcophagus. Nefer-Tina had hit the inside of her cover with her fist, since she was too angry to speak. Rath smiled to himself. Yes, today was a good day he said to himself.
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Ja-Kal sat on the couch with Armon trying to find the ad for the marriage competition that Rath and Presley had seen. He knew both of them had not seen the entire thing and needed to find out everything about it in order to reclaim the gem of Ra.
Several hours passed and still the commercial did not appear. As soon as Ja-Kal's eyelids started to fall, the commercial appeared on the sacred box. Ja-Kal shook himself awake and closely watched everything.
Armon got up in the night and noticed that Ja-Kal was glued to the sacred box. He went and got a snack, but wished he could have had a Beefy Burger. When he finished he decided to join Ja-Kal on the couch. Armon sat down next to Ja-Kal and asked, "How are thing's going, Ja-Kal?"
Ja-Kal nearly fell out of his chair when he saw what Nefer-Tina and him had to do. "Oh Ra!" he cried.
The commercial aired once again and Armon saw the entire thing. His response to it was the same as Ja-Kal.
"Oh Ra! Has Nefer-Tina seen this?" Armon asked.
"No, but when she does find out we better make sure she's tied down," Ja-Kal answered as he covered his face with his hands.
"Tomorrow is going to be a long day," Armon stated.
"Yes, yes it is," Ja-Kal answered back weakly.
"What has Rath gotten you two into," Armon said, looking down at Ja-Kal and then over at Nefer-Tina's sarcophagus. "Maybe the prince will be able to help us tomorrow!" Armon said, trying to cheer up Ja-Kal.
"We should get some rest now," Ja-Kal said turning off the sacred box.
Armon nodded as the two went off into their respective sarcophagus.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
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Next chapter, Nefer-Tina lets out a startling secret!I bet you're wondering what exactly they have to do. All I can tell you is that the rating might go up in the following chapters when Ja-Kal and Nefer-Tina go in the competition!
G Ok…time to beg…I hope no one is taking pictures!
Please, Please, Please, review this! It can be as simple as, "Okay." If you hate it? Then tell me! And why! I need feedback here people! If you love it then "Ra bless you!" :)