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Disclaimer: The following story is not infringement of
any kind. Mummies Alive! is property of Dic, and
Sailor Moon is property of Saban. Sanura and Rydul
are property of Liz.
Note: I use the t.v. series spelling for the Sailor
Scouts. For all you Luna and Artimis fans out there,
yes, Luna and Artimis are in this story ... somewhere.
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"Hey! You guys! Guess what!" Serena squealed, racing towards her friends who
sat at a table in the food court of a mall on Tokyo, Japan. "I won! I won! I won!" She shrieked, causing passerby to turn and stare. Mina, Lita, Raye, Amy, Amara, Michelle,
Hotaru, Rini, and Setsuna turned around to look at her.
"What is it, Moonface?" Amara asked with a grin.
"I won last weeks poetry contest! I got Grand Prize,
and it's a trip to San Francisco, USA for me and all my friends! And you
guys are my friends, so you're coming!" Serena replied, even more excited than
before.
"Whoosh there, girl. Slow down." Mina said. "What's the catch? Any rules or regulations?"
"Well, we have to stay in San Francisco, but that won't be hard. They give each
person going $500, and they pay for the plane tickets." Serena said, looking thoughtful
and thinking harder. "I think that's it."
"I wanna go! I wanna see what's there!" Rini said, perking up from her doze.
"You know, I have wanted to see that Rapses Exhibit. I heard it's really very interesting." Amy said.
"Yeah, but it's a shame the mummies were stolen. I would have liked to see them." Lita said, running a hand through her hair.
"So, does this mean we're all going to San Francisco?" Hotaru asked, looking
around at everyone.
"I think it does." Michelle said, smiling.
"Then lets get all packed up. Serena, when do we leave?" Setsuna asked, standing up along with everyone else.
"Next week." Serena replied as they all turned to leave the mall.
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Sanura snapped her eyes open at the sound of someone banging on her sarcophagus door."Hey, Sleeping Beauty! Wake up! Everyone but you is awake!" She heard someone call. Someone pounded on her sarcophagus door to wake her up even more. She pushed the door open and looked at her sister, who had a wide grin on her face.
"Where's the fire?" Sanura asked groggily, pushing her bangs back away from her face and tying her hair back with a black silk strip.
"There is no fire." Nefertina said, smirking. "You just need to wake up."
Sanura muttered. "I take it you didn't go to any clubs last night."
"Yeah, well, I changed my mind." Nefertina said, which caused Sanura to mutter even more. "Besides, we both promised Presley that we'd take him to the mall or something. Remember?"
"Yes, yes, I remember." Sanura replied, stretching her stiff limbs. She and Nefertina has promised Presley that they'd do something with him, and he could choose. Well, he had chosen to go to the mall with them.
"Then hurry up. We have to go pick him up in thirty minutes." Nefertina said, throwing Sanura's modern clothes at her. Sanura caught them, and muttered as she put them on.
She followed Nefertina out of the sarcophagus room and into the garage. They both climbed into the Hot-Ra and lowered the ramp of the Sphinx. Nefertina drove them down the ramp and down the street, heading towards Presley's house.
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Serena and her friends gave their tickets to the pilot as they entered the airplane. They all went towards the middle of the plane to their assigned seats and sat down, strapping themselves in. Serena looked out her window at the workers loading the luggage. "Oh, this is going to be so exciting!" She squealed. Everyone nodded and murmured in agreement.
"Hey, Meatballhead! Will you take Hotaru and I to the mall? Please?" Rini asked from the seat behind Serena.
Serena growled. "Don't call me Meatballhead!" She shrieked, causing a passing airplane hostess to turn and give her an odd look.
"But will you?" Rini continued to beg.
"Ggrrrr... Oh alright. But don't bug me!" Serena fumed.
Raye giggled. "Oh, come on, Serena, loosen up. Take them to the mall, and I'll go with you."
"Oh boy. This is gonna be a long flight." Lita said and put a finger on her forehead
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"Thanks for taking me to the mall, you guys!" Presley said to Nefertina and Sanura in the Hot-Ra as he waved from his front porch. "Maybe we can do it again!"
"Sure thing!" Nefertina said as she and her sister waved back. Nefertina closed the dome to the Hot-Ra and sped down the street.
"Eh... Nef, he has to much energy." Sanura groaned as she rubbed her sore neck.
"Maybe you should stretch or something before climbing the rock wall." Nefertina snickered, giving Sanura a sideways glance.
Sanura snorted. "Well, *someone* had to take us to every single clothing store and arcade in the mall..." She said.
"Hey, don't start with me!" Nefertina scolded Sanura playfully as they drove along the waterfront road to the Sphinx.
"Then when should I?" Sanura asked mockingly.
Nefertina growled. "You better be careful..." She warned. Sanura poked her sister in the ribs, causing Nefertina to shriek.
"Hey, I'm driving!"
Sanura giggled. "Then you had better run awfully fast when we get back to the Sphinx."
"I'm not the one who's gonna be running." Nefertina retorted, squinting at Sanura as they drove up the ramp of the Sphinx.
"Why would I be running?" Sanura asked as Nefertina parked the Hot-Ra and opened the dome. Nefertina gave Sanura an evil grin.
"Erm ... oh, crap!" Sanura shrieked and quickly unfastened her seatbelt, then jumped out of the Hot-Ra. Nefertina jumped out after her.
"Run fast little sister!" Nefertina yelled as she chased her sister through a hallway.
"Ahhh! Ja-kal, help me!" Sanura squealed as she ran behind Ja-kal, who happened to pass them.
"Come back here, squirt!" Nefertina exclaimed as she tried to lung around Ja-kal to get Sanura.
"Might I ask what's going on?" Ja-kal asked as he fought to stay on his feet.
"I poked Nef when she was driving, so now she want's to kill me ... again." Sanura replied, keeping Ja-kal between her and Nefertina.
"Maybe it would be wise if you didn't poke Nefertina. After all, the wise hunter-" Ja-kal was stopped by Nefertina and Sanura.
"We know, we know," they said. "'The wise hunter never taunts the angry lion'."
"Besides, I'm not a hunter." Sanura said, jumping away from Nefertina's hands.
"Come back here!"
Sanura snickered. "Oh, Ebil kitten's got a scheme!" She jumped around to the other side of Nefertina and wrapped Ja-kal's arms around Nef's waist.
"Excuse me. I'll leave you two alone." Sanura snickered and ran down the hall into another room.
Nefertina moved to run after her when Ja-kal stopped her. Nefertina looked at
Ja-kal and grinned slightly...
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"Finally, I thought that plane trip would never end!" Mina groaned as she walked out into San Francisco's airport.
"Come on, Mina, it wasn't that bad. If you had gone to sleep like most of us had, time would have passed quicker." Amara said, hoisting her backpack onto her shoulder.
"Perhaps we should get our luggage, then find a hotel to stay at. Serena, did part of the regulations say that they'd pay for a hotel for us?" Setsuna asked.
"Yeah, it did. Some 'Hampton Inn', or something like that." Serena said. "Now come on! Lets get our room, get unpacked, and tour San Francisco!"
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Sanura sat on the couch in front of the magic box, eating a sandwich. She heard footsteps behind her and turned to see Nefertina and Ja-kal walk in.
"What took you two so long?" Sanura said around a mouthful of sandwich.
"That's none of your business." Nefertina replied and jumped over the back of the couch to sit next to Sanura. "Besides, why do you want to know?" Nefertina asked with a smirk that confirmed Sanura's beliefs.
"My suspicions have been confirmed. Get a room, you two." Sanura smirked and ducked Nefertina's incoming hand. Sanura jumped up and made her way to the kitchen. "I'm gonna go make sure Armon hasn't made a huge mess in the kitchen."
Nefertina glowered and took the remote control from Ja-kal. "How does she find out those things?" She asked.
"It's probably best we not wonder." Ja-kal replied. Nefertina sighed and leaned her head on Ja-kal's shoulder.
Sanura walked into the kitchen and nearly tripped over the trashcan. She looked around at the mess, then sighed. She finished her sandwich and started to clean up.
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"Whew! Have we all gotten our things unpacked?" Michelle asked as she looked around their large hotel room. It was one of those big fancy rooms with two small bedrooms, one bathroom, and a commons room with a t.v. and two sofa's that folded out into beds.
"Yeah." Came the reply. Everyone had their things unpacked and organized. Everyone had their travelers check with them. Setsuna held Rini and Hotaru's travelers checks.
"Come on. We can split into two groups. I'm going with Michelle, and Rini and Hotaru are probably going to go with Setsuna. Am I right?" Amara asked, and got two nods from Rini and Hotaru as an answer.
"Serena and I can go with Setsuna!" Mina exclaimed and pulled Serena with her.
"Do I have to stay with the brat?" Serena moaned, and didn't get an answer.
"Then I guess that means the rest of you are with us." Michelle said cheerfully.
"Finally! Lets go!" Serena said, excited.
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Sanura put the last plate away and look around the kitchen. She was very pleased with herself. The entire room, once a dump, was now spotless. She closed the last few cabinet doors as she left the room. She walked down the hall to the training room, where she saw Presley taking Egyp-tsu lessons from Armon. She grinned and sat down on the floor, leaning against the wall to watch the lessons. Sanura watched the two exchange mock blows before she got bored. She stood up and entered a nearby hallway ... and walked right into Rath. Sanura was a sturdy girl. Not stocky, but somewhat tall and skinny, like her sister. Though Sanura had a bit more muscle on her, due to continuous physical training from the high priests of Sekhmets Temple in Ancient Egypt. As a guardian with the armor of the ancient Sabertooth, she had to be just as strong and deadly as her patron animal. So, Rath took a tumble, scattering his scrolls everywhere. Sanura sighed, preparing herself for yet another lecture. This would be her third today.
"Sanura, watch where you are going! You could have broken something!" Rath fumed, sitting up. He then stood and bent down to collect his scrolls.
"Like what, your back?" Sanura asked. She received a glare in return.
"No, not my back!" Rath shot back, still fuming.
Sanura snickered. "Yeah, well, I gotta go." She said as she waved and headed down the hall.
"Don't wreck one of the Jetcycles!" Rath called after her.
"How does he find out those things?" She wondered.
"Wait that sounds familiar..."
Sanura continued to walk down the hallway. She finally came to the garage, and saw Nefertina hard at work bleeding the brakes of one of the Jetcycles.
"You want some help with that?" Sanura asked.
"Actually, yes I would. Watch the level of the break fluid, will you?" Nefertina asked. Sanura did as she was told. As soon as they were done bleeding the brakes of all the Jetcycles, the two sisters stopped to take a break. "Not for the Hot-Ra."
Nefertina said with a grin. Sanura groaned, but did what she was supposed to. In just under thirty minutes, they had finished their job. They sat on the ground, using an old rag to wipe any oil or grease off of their hands and faces.
"Well, that was fun. "Sanura said, wiping break fluid from her face, the same break fluid that Nefertina had squirted at her only moments ago when she purposely let the brake up to fast.
"Oh, come on. You have to admit that was funny." Nefertina said, giggling.
Sanura muttered, but quickly changed the subject.
"Hey, you wanna go do something? Like go to the mall, or just walk? You know, just us." She asked.
Nefertina looked at her younger sibling. "Sure. Just us. We haven't done something like that since..." Her voice trailed.
"Egypt." Sanura finished.
Nefertina frowned slightly. It had been so long...
"Well, lets go ask Ja-kal. I'm sure he won't object. Besides, Presley is here, and he said he'd be staying the entire day."
Sanura nodded and stood up, following her sister out of the room.
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Serena and her friends left the hotel in one large group, but split up into their two smaller groups once they were outside. "We'll see you guys later!" They called as they went their separate ways.
Serena, Mina, Rini, Hotaru, and Setsuna walked down a sidewalk of downtown San Francisco, window shopping. Rini and Hotaru weren't focused on buying anything; in fact, they wanted to go to the park. But they had agreed to go with the other three older women, if only for Setsuna's sake.
"Can we go to the park soon?" Rini asked, clearly bored out of her mind.
"We can go now, then come back." Mina suggested.
Everyone agreed and made their way to the park.
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Nefertina and Sanura climbed into the Hot-Ra for the second time that day. Ja-kal had finally allowed them to go, but not before Nefertina was 'forced to persuade him' as she put it.
"Well, lets go." Nefertina said cheerfully as she closed the dome of the Hot-Ra. Sanura nodded as her sister sped out of the Sphinx and down the street.
"Where are we going?" Sanura asked, not sure of what kind of answer she would get.
"I dunno, where do you wanna go?" Nefertina responded, apparently driving with no set destination.
"The mall?" Sanura asked hopefully. The glint in her sisters eye gave her the answer. But, obviously, Nefertina decided a vocal one was warranted.
"Sure, why not? I've got some extra cash, and I know you do. Lets blow it all at the food court and arcade!" Nefertina said, grinning.
"If you insist." Sanura said, grinning as well.
"Are you sure you want to?" Nefertina suddenly turned serious.
"That's what we're doing. Now drive!" Sanura said, poking her sister in the ribs.
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Amara, Michelle, Amy, Raye, and Lita walked through one of the entrances to the mall. They looked around a moment before they decided to explore one half of the mall, then explore the other half after eating something. As the walked down to one end of the mall, they all noticed the arcade. "Hey, I wanna go check that out real quick." Lita said,pulling Amy with her over to the arcade.
"Well, we might as well get yourself a title in there." Michelle said, patting Amara on the arm. They all made their way into the Arcade.
"Hah! I win again!" Nefertina exclaimed triumphantly. She leaned back against the seat she was in and shot a look over at her sister in one of the other seats. Their race had gone well. Sanura had come in second, with Nefertina getting first place. Again. The two teenage boys they had been racing grinned and congratulated them on a great race.
As Amara entered the arcade, she noticed the crowd at the far end of the room. She walked over to the crowd to try and figure out what was going on. That was when she heard the challenge. "Who's next to race?"
Sanura looked around at the crowd for a reaction. Nefertina looked as well. "No more takers?" She called out. If not, she would just race her sister, or try one of those shooting games Sanura was so good at.
"I'll race you." A voice said. Both disguised mummies turned their heads in the direction of the answer. A tall teenage boy, No, wait. Sanura thought. That's a girl. I know it. Sure, short hair, boyish clothes, but the build is feminine. Almost like Nefertina back in Egypt, only, this one could probably care less what gender people thought of her as.
Sanura glanced over at her sister. "She's a pro, I can tell. She's so sure of herself. Of course, she could be visiting, or on vacation." She whispered to Nefertina.
"She?" Nefertina asked. Sanura nodded. "Fooled me." Sanura nodded again. Nef squinted at her little sister, and got a smirk as a response. "Sure, we'll race you."
Nefertina said to the one who had accepted the challenge.
"I'll race to, but only for fun. No bets." Another voice said. San saw a girl with brown hair tied up in a ponytail. She didn't wear as boyish an outfit as the first, but it still looked, well ... boyish. That bothered neither of the sisters, as they wore clothes like that all the time.
"No one takes our bets anymore, anyway. You're safe." Sanura said. The girl with the short blonde hair sat next to Nefertina, while the girl with the long blonde hair sat next to Sanura. The mummies were in the middle. "See you at the finish line, Lita!" The blonde said as everyone put their quarters into the machine.
"There's no doubt in my mind that you won't! Pass with flying colors, Amara!" the girl, Lita said. All four racers tensed up, ready to go. Sanura glanced over at her sister, who looked confident there in her seat.
Nefertina looked at her sister and smiled, then the race began. It was an extremely heated race, one that the one called Amara got a good head start on. Very few people ever got a head start on Nefertina. San and Nef easily passed Lita, who didn't seem at all upset that she had been passed. Twice, in fact. What really got San's goat, though, was the fact that she just couldn't catch up to Amara. Dangit! She fumed. I'm using every trick and shortcut known to man in this game, some that aren't even known! Why can't I catch up to her?
The race finally ended, and to everyone's complete surprise, Amara won. Everyone cheered, surprised that someone had actually beaten the two racing legends. Sanura looked at her sister to make sure she wasn't mad. Nefertina was far from mad. In fact, she was grinning.
"That was a good race. Nobody's ever beaten me before. Congrats." Nefertina said, standing up. Sanura looked at the scores displayed on her screen. She had come in third, while Nefertina was second, and Amara was first. The girl Lita had come in fifth place, with a computer controlled car at fourth.
"Thanks. You two had me going there for a minute. It was a good race." Amara replied, shaking hands with Nefertina, then with Sanura.
"I got fifth place. Not bad. At least I got the top fives." Lita said, taking her turn in shaking hands with Nefertina and Sanura.
Nefertina grinned. "I guess my sister and I have been a bit rude. I'm Nefertina,"
Nef said. She motioned over to Sanura. "And this is my sister, Sanura."
"You've probably heard my name already. My name is Amara, and this is Lita."
Amara said, pointing towards Lita. "Michelle! Amy, Raye! Come here!" By now the crowd has left, but a few still hung around. Three girls walked up to them. "This is Raye." Amara said, pointing to a girl with black hair that went down to her waist. Amara then pointed to a girl with very short hair that was dyed blue. "That's Amy."
"And I am Michelle." The last girl said. She had shoulder length hair, that looked like the color of sea water, in Sanura's opinion.
"Michelle, Amy, Raye, these two are Nefertina and Sanura. They're sisters." Amara said, introducing everyone.
Sanura bowed slightly, and old habit she hadn't been able to get rid of, even after 3500 years. "Pleased to meet you." She said. Raye smiled and returned the bow. "Me too."
Nefertina smiled. "Hey, I know. Why don't we all hang out or something? We all seem to get along pretty well." Amy suggested, leaning against one of the game machines.
Nefertina looked at her little sister. "Well?" She asked, with another one of those glints in her eyes.
"Sure, why not?" Sanura grinned. "Did Ja-kal give us a time to be back?"
Nefertina shook her head at Sanura. She turned to their new friends. "Sure, we can do that.
"Who's Ja-kal? A boyfriend?" Lita asked.
"You have no idea." Sanura murmured. Nefertina jabbed her in the ribs, and everyone laughed.
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Inside a pyramid shaped skyscraper, an old man in purple and black robes paced back and forth. In fact, he spent most of his days pacing, unable to think of a way to destroy the mummies and steal the soul of Rapses.
A golden snake slithered into the room, unaware of Scarab's foul mood. "Hey, Scarab, you know where the t.v. remote is? I can't find it, aahhck!" She choked as Scarab grabbed her just below the neck.
"Quiet!" Scarab hissed. He threw the snake into a nearby pot. "I'm trying to think of a way to get the soul of Rapses. I need silence!"
"Gee, Scarab, all you had to do was ask." Heka muttered. She slithered out of the pot and onto the floor. "I'm going to find the remote. Call me once you think up a good idea." Heka slithered out of the room.
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In another dimension, a man dressed in black walked down a huge hall. In fact, there seemed to be nothing but hall. The man was in just as foul a mood as Scarab, even though the two had never met. The man wore a black cape that kind of sparkled, like it had glitter on it. What it was was the physical energy on his cape. He wore medieval style armor made of metal, and on his belt was a sword with a serrated edge and spiked hand guard. On his right hand was a big, bulky, metal gauntlet that held a couple daggers in it. On his left hand was a plain leather glove. The hood of the cape was over his head, concealing his eyes, which glowed red against the blackness.
As the man walked, a small goblin creature ran up to him. "Massster, massster! I think I have a way for you to beat the Ssssailor Sssscoutsss!"
The man turned to the goblin. "What is it?" He asked. His voice sent chills up and down the goblin's spine.
"There issss a man, an immortal sssorcerer, named Sssscarab. He livessss in Ssssan Francissssco. That isss where the Sscouts are now." The goblin paused, and waited for the man to nod for him to continue. "He may be able to help you, if you will help him to gain the sssoul of Rapssesss."
"I will find this Scarab, and will offer him my services if he will help me destroy the Scouts. Thank you, Jinub-u."
The man was surrounded by red shimmer. As soon as the shimmer disappeared, so did the man. The goblin, Jinub-u, hissed softly and ran off somewhere.
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Rini and Hotaru ran through the park towards the playground. They climbed up the ladders, slid down the slides, and swung on the swings. Serena, Mina, and Setsuna watched from a nearby bench.
"Hey, look over there." Mina, said, pointing towards something beyond the trees. A smaller version of the Sphinx sat in front of the museum, surrounded by a small man made moat.
"Isn't that part of the museum?" Serena asked.
"Was." Setsuna answered. "The city was going to tear it down, but people protested, so they kept it up."
"Let's go check it out!" Mina said, jumping up and running towards the Sphinx.
"You go, Serena. I will watch Rini and Hotaru."
Setsuna said. Serena nodded and ran after Mina.
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Scarab was standing in the Grand Hall of his pyramid, looking out a window. As he turned around to return to his lab, he saw a red shimmer in front of him. The shimmer grew in size, then finally disappeared. In the shimmer's place stood the man dressed in the black metal medieval armor. The red glow from the eyes was all that could be seen underneath the hood of the cape.
"And who, might I ask, are you?" Scarab asked calmly, like this happened daily.
"My name is Rydul. I am the King of the StarSlayers. I have come to offer my assistance if you will help me destroy the Sailor Scouts." The man said.
"The only thing I need help with is destroying that annoying mummy, Sanura."
Scarab said. "My name is Scarab. And this is Heka." Scarab said, taping his staff.
"You name your staffs?" Rydul asked, a hint of amusement in his voice.
"Who are you calling a staff?" A voice asked. Rydul noticed that the staff was moving. Sort of. He suddenly realized it was a golden cobra.
"And a very unusual staff it is." Scarab said, putting a hand over Heka's mouth.
"Who is this Sanura?" Rydul asked.
Scarab scowled. "Only the most annoying mummy out of them all!" He turned and led Rydul towards his lab. "I will tell you about Sanura. Follow me." Rydul did, preparing himself for any tricks.
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Nefertina and Sanura walked through the mall with their new friends Amara, Michelle, Amy, Raye, and Lita. No one had bought anything, they just talked. "We'd like you to meet our other friends. They came with us from Tokyo." Amy said.
"How did you guys get here, anyway? I mean, plane tickets have got to be expensive." Sanura said. She walked close to her sister, but close enough to the others to hear what they were saying. Something was tugging at her mind, and she couldn't figure out what was wrong.
"One of our friends won a poetry contest, and the Grand Prize was a trip for the winner and their friends to San Francisco. The prize included spending money, car rentals, and a huge hotel room." Lita said.
"I'm surprised Serena was able to win anything at all." Raye said.
"Raye, that wasn't very nice." Michelle said.
"What about you two?" Amara asked. "Where do you live?"
"Uh, well..." Nefertina said, glancing over at Sanura for an idea.
"We live in a house." Sanura grinned. Sort of. She thought.
Michelle laughed. "We guessed as much. But where?"
This time, it was Sanura who fidgeted. What are these guys getting at? She thought. Suddenly, her cellphone rang. Saved by the bell. She thought as she picked it up.
"Hello?" She asked.
"Sanura? It's me, Ja-kal. I must talk with Nefertina!" The reply came.
Sanura handed the phone to Nefertina, mouthing
'Ja-kal' as she did. Nefertina nodded and took the phone. "Hello?" Pause. "Outside the Sph-" Nefertina got a quick jab from her sister. Nefertina nodded, gritting her teeth. "Ok, we'll be there as soon as we can." She turned the cellphone off and handed it back to Sanura.
"Well?" Sanura asked, clipping the phone onto her belt.
"We have to go. We've got ... pressing matters." Nefertina said. She turned to
Amara, Michelle, Amy, Raye, and Lita. "It was nice meeting all of you."
As Sanura and Nefertina ran away from them, Amara got a thoughtful look on her
face. "Let's follow them. They don't seem ... normal. It's like they're hiding something."
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Ja-kal peered at the two girls in front of the Sphinx from his hiding place in a nearby bush. He didn't like the fact that two teenage girls were sneaking around the Sphinx. What if they find out what's inside? He thought. The very thought made him shiver.
"Hey, Serena, you think we could get inside somehow?" one of the girls said. She had long blonde hair with a red bow on her head.
Ja-kal felt his breath catching in his chest when he heard those words.
"I don't know if we can, Mina. Maybe only staff can get inside, or maybe it's used for storage." The girl named Serena said. She had long blonde hair as well, but it was tied up on either side of her head, starting as a bun and ending as a pony tail.
"It might even be for decoration." The one named Mina replied. "But, can't you feel something from it? I mean, something's really strange about this Sphinx."
Where are Nefertina and Sanura? They better get here soon, Sanura does a good job of keeping people away from the Sphinx! Ja-kal thought. A roar from a car answered him. He saw the Hot-Ra tearing down the street towards the Sphinx. Luckily, Nefertina hadn't opened the moth of the Sphinx to drive in.
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Rydul finished viewing footage of Sanura. He was impressed. Her fighting tactics were, in his opinion, amazing, but she did have her faults. The armor that she wore didn't cover all of her body. Just her chest and head. Her helmet resembled the head of a sabertooth tiger, and she wore gauntlets with claws, like a cats paw. Cords came out of the gauntlets, and her torches could be turned into swords.
"Impressive. I can see why you want her out of the way." Rydul said, following Scarab into his lab. They approached a table that held various potions, powders, and a large book full of spells written in egyptian hieroglyphs. Opening the book, Rydul stared blankly at the pages. "What writing is this? I don't recognize it."
"Egyptian hieroglyphs. There are spells in there that you may find interesting." Scarab said. "Including a transformation spell."
That gave Rydul an idea. "How does the spell work?" Rydul asked, closing the
book and turning his attention to the potions and powders.
"It will turn the victim into an animal or monster of your choice." Scarab said. "But you must have a piece of that monster to add to the potion, such as a scale, claw, or a piece of hair."
"Then I have just the thing." Rydul said with an evil grin. He held up his right hand, and a small ball of red light appeared in his palm. The light reshaped and became solid, turning into a scale.
"What is it?" Scarab asked. The scale was green and gold in color with a blue tint.
"It is the scale of a demon spawned dragon. Create this potion, and my starslayers will force feed it to Sanura. Then, you can cast a spell at Sanura to put her under your control. Hopefully, the mummies will take her to wherever they hide, and she can destroy them from there." Rysul told his plan to Scarab.
"I like the way you think." Scarab said, taking the scale. He ground it and added it to a potion as their evil laughter floated through the pyramid.
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"Well, any ideas?" Nefertina asked as they tore towards the Sphinx.
"Tell them to go away because there are no mummies hiding in there." Sanura
said with a smirk.
"Seriously, now." Nefertina responded as they got closer to their destination.
"Ok then. Talk casually, and gradually lead them away from the Sphinx." Sanura said. They parked the Hot-Ra in the shade of some nearby trees and jumped out.
"I hope this plane doesn't backfire." Nefertina said smirking.
"Let's hope it doesn't." Sanura said as they ran towards the two girls in front of the Sphinx.
Ja-kal sighed quietly, relieved that Nefertina and Sanura had finally arrived. He watched them approach the two girls near the Sphinx.
"Hello. Who are you guys?" Sanura asked the two girls.
"Oh, I'm Mina, and this is Serena." The one with the long blonde hair and the red bow said.
"We were just checking out the Sphinx." Serena added. Nefertina noticed both girls wore backpacks.
Nefertina was about to ask them why when they heard a shout. "Serena! Mina! Get away from them! They aren't normal!" The four girls turned to see Amara, Michelle, Setsuna, Rini, Hotaru, Amy, Raye, and Lita running towards them. Nefertina and Sanura didn't recognize Setsuna and the two younger girls.
"Uh-oh." Sanura murmured, loud enough for only herself and her sister to hear.
"Serena, Mina! They aren't alive, they're... They're mummies!" Amy yelled. She held a small computer like device in her hands.
Nefertina cursed quietly and put up a fighting stance, instructing Sanura to do the same.
Amara took out a small stick of some sort. "Amara, don't! You'll give yourself away! What if they work for the StarSlayers?"
Michelle yelled, but Amara didn't listen.
"URANUS PLANET POWER!" Amara yelled, holding up her stick. She was surrounded by a light, and Nefertina and Sanura were forced to look away from it. When they could see her again, she wore a very short skirt over a bathingsuit like suit, with a tiara on her head. She had a bow on her chest and another bow just above her skirt on her back, and she held a sword of some time.
"Oh, this could get ugly." Nefertina said, clouting her amulet. Just as she was about to transform, they heard someone yelling to them from the street. Both mummies turned to see Presley walking towards them. When he saw the other girls, he stopped, unsure if he should come closer. When he stopped, they heard an engine rev and saw a moving van barreling towards him.
Sanura couldn't see the driver.
"Presley, look out!" She yelled, grabbing her amulet. "WITH THE STRENGTH OF RA!" She transformed as fast as she could, and silently laughed at the other girls' shocked expressions.
Nefertina followed her example as Sanura ran towards Presley to get him out of the trucks way. Ja-kal jumped out of the bushes, unarmed, and startled Serena and Mina as he ran after Sanura. San reached Presley and shoved him out of the way. She turned to face the oncoming truck, and saw a shabti was driving it.
"It's Scarab!" She yelled, just before the truck slammed into her body.
She flew through the air and tried to turn to land on her feet. Her mind screamed in pain, but she didn't want to give Scarab the pleasure of hearing it. A blast from behind hit her, and she hit the ground like a rock.
"Rydul!" Amara yelled, turning towards the one who blasted San. The man named Rydul smirked as someone dressed in leather medieval armor forced the unconscious Sanura to drink a potion. The moving van stopped, and Scarab jumped out the back with his beetle armor.
"Hello, mummies. Come to see the destruction of you little sister, 'Nefer?'" Scarab said tauntingly. Nefertina's eyes flashed angrily.
"You leave her alone!" Nefertina yelled, running at Scarab. He picked her up, hitting the armor on her chest several times, then flung her towards Serena and her friends. Nefertina landed on Lita, who struggled to hold her up.
"Not likely. After all, I need her." Scarab said, knocking the unarmed Ja-kal into a bush. Ja-kal smiled with satisfaction, as Presley was hiding in the same bush.
"Are you all right, my Prince?" Ja-kal asked.
"Yeah, but what about Sanura? We gotta help her!" Presley said. Ja-kal nodded. He transformed and took to the air in time to see Scarab casting some sort of spell at San. He fired a flaming arrow at Scarab, hitting him in the back. Scarab quickly finished the spell, and turned towards Ja-kal. He blasted the guardian from the sky as Nefertina balanced herself out.
"Let her go!" She screamed, running towards Rydul and his StarSlayer. She clawed at the Starslayer, cutting his throat open. She snatched her sister from the dying mans arms as he and Rydul teleported away.
"Enjoy your little gift, it will be the end of you." Scarab said as he flew away,
followed by the truck.
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Please R & R
TBC
Well bye for now =^_^=
Disclaimer: The following story is not infringement of
any kind. Mummies Alive! is property of Dic, and
Sailor Moon is property of Saban. Sanura and Rydul
are property of Liz.
Note: I use the t.v. series spelling for the Sailor
Scouts. For all you Luna and Artimis fans out there,
yes, Luna and Artimis are in this story ... somewhere.
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"Hey! You guys! Guess what!" Serena squealed, racing towards her friends who
sat at a table in the food court of a mall on Tokyo, Japan. "I won! I won! I won!" She shrieked, causing passerby to turn and stare. Mina, Lita, Raye, Amy, Amara, Michelle,
Hotaru, Rini, and Setsuna turned around to look at her.
"What is it, Moonface?" Amara asked with a grin.
"I won last weeks poetry contest! I got Grand Prize,
and it's a trip to San Francisco, USA for me and all my friends! And you
guys are my friends, so you're coming!" Serena replied, even more excited than
before.
"Whoosh there, girl. Slow down." Mina said. "What's the catch? Any rules or regulations?"
"Well, we have to stay in San Francisco, but that won't be hard. They give each
person going $500, and they pay for the plane tickets." Serena said, looking thoughtful
and thinking harder. "I think that's it."
"I wanna go! I wanna see what's there!" Rini said, perking up from her doze.
"You know, I have wanted to see that Rapses Exhibit. I heard it's really very interesting." Amy said.
"Yeah, but it's a shame the mummies were stolen. I would have liked to see them." Lita said, running a hand through her hair.
"So, does this mean we're all going to San Francisco?" Hotaru asked, looking
around at everyone.
"I think it does." Michelle said, smiling.
"Then lets get all packed up. Serena, when do we leave?" Setsuna asked, standing up along with everyone else.
"Next week." Serena replied as they all turned to leave the mall.
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Sanura snapped her eyes open at the sound of someone banging on her sarcophagus door."Hey, Sleeping Beauty! Wake up! Everyone but you is awake!" She heard someone call. Someone pounded on her sarcophagus door to wake her up even more. She pushed the door open and looked at her sister, who had a wide grin on her face.
"Where's the fire?" Sanura asked groggily, pushing her bangs back away from her face and tying her hair back with a black silk strip.
"There is no fire." Nefertina said, smirking. "You just need to wake up."
Sanura muttered. "I take it you didn't go to any clubs last night."
"Yeah, well, I changed my mind." Nefertina said, which caused Sanura to mutter even more. "Besides, we both promised Presley that we'd take him to the mall or something. Remember?"
"Yes, yes, I remember." Sanura replied, stretching her stiff limbs. She and Nefertina has promised Presley that they'd do something with him, and he could choose. Well, he had chosen to go to the mall with them.
"Then hurry up. We have to go pick him up in thirty minutes." Nefertina said, throwing Sanura's modern clothes at her. Sanura caught them, and muttered as she put them on.
She followed Nefertina out of the sarcophagus room and into the garage. They both climbed into the Hot-Ra and lowered the ramp of the Sphinx. Nefertina drove them down the ramp and down the street, heading towards Presley's house.
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Serena and her friends gave their tickets to the pilot as they entered the airplane. They all went towards the middle of the plane to their assigned seats and sat down, strapping themselves in. Serena looked out her window at the workers loading the luggage. "Oh, this is going to be so exciting!" She squealed. Everyone nodded and murmured in agreement.
"Hey, Meatballhead! Will you take Hotaru and I to the mall? Please?" Rini asked from the seat behind Serena.
Serena growled. "Don't call me Meatballhead!" She shrieked, causing a passing airplane hostess to turn and give her an odd look.
"But will you?" Rini continued to beg.
"Ggrrrr... Oh alright. But don't bug me!" Serena fumed.
Raye giggled. "Oh, come on, Serena, loosen up. Take them to the mall, and I'll go with you."
"Oh boy. This is gonna be a long flight." Lita said and put a finger on her forehead
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"Thanks for taking me to the mall, you guys!" Presley said to Nefertina and Sanura in the Hot-Ra as he waved from his front porch. "Maybe we can do it again!"
"Sure thing!" Nefertina said as she and her sister waved back. Nefertina closed the dome to the Hot-Ra and sped down the street.
"Eh... Nef, he has to much energy." Sanura groaned as she rubbed her sore neck.
"Maybe you should stretch or something before climbing the rock wall." Nefertina snickered, giving Sanura a sideways glance.
Sanura snorted. "Well, *someone* had to take us to every single clothing store and arcade in the mall..." She said.
"Hey, don't start with me!" Nefertina scolded Sanura playfully as they drove along the waterfront road to the Sphinx.
"Then when should I?" Sanura asked mockingly.
Nefertina growled. "You better be careful..." She warned. Sanura poked her sister in the ribs, causing Nefertina to shriek.
"Hey, I'm driving!"
Sanura giggled. "Then you had better run awfully fast when we get back to the Sphinx."
"I'm not the one who's gonna be running." Nefertina retorted, squinting at Sanura as they drove up the ramp of the Sphinx.
"Why would I be running?" Sanura asked as Nefertina parked the Hot-Ra and opened the dome. Nefertina gave Sanura an evil grin.
"Erm ... oh, crap!" Sanura shrieked and quickly unfastened her seatbelt, then jumped out of the Hot-Ra. Nefertina jumped out after her.
"Run fast little sister!" Nefertina yelled as she chased her sister through a hallway.
"Ahhh! Ja-kal, help me!" Sanura squealed as she ran behind Ja-kal, who happened to pass them.
"Come back here, squirt!" Nefertina exclaimed as she tried to lung around Ja-kal to get Sanura.
"Might I ask what's going on?" Ja-kal asked as he fought to stay on his feet.
"I poked Nef when she was driving, so now she want's to kill me ... again." Sanura replied, keeping Ja-kal between her and Nefertina.
"Maybe it would be wise if you didn't poke Nefertina. After all, the wise hunter-" Ja-kal was stopped by Nefertina and Sanura.
"We know, we know," they said. "'The wise hunter never taunts the angry lion'."
"Besides, I'm not a hunter." Sanura said, jumping away from Nefertina's hands.
"Come back here!"
Sanura snickered. "Oh, Ebil kitten's got a scheme!" She jumped around to the other side of Nefertina and wrapped Ja-kal's arms around Nef's waist.
"Excuse me. I'll leave you two alone." Sanura snickered and ran down the hall into another room.
Nefertina moved to run after her when Ja-kal stopped her. Nefertina looked at
Ja-kal and grinned slightly...
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"Finally, I thought that plane trip would never end!" Mina groaned as she walked out into San Francisco's airport.
"Come on, Mina, it wasn't that bad. If you had gone to sleep like most of us had, time would have passed quicker." Amara said, hoisting her backpack onto her shoulder.
"Perhaps we should get our luggage, then find a hotel to stay at. Serena, did part of the regulations say that they'd pay for a hotel for us?" Setsuna asked.
"Yeah, it did. Some 'Hampton Inn', or something like that." Serena said. "Now come on! Lets get our room, get unpacked, and tour San Francisco!"
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Sanura sat on the couch in front of the magic box, eating a sandwich. She heard footsteps behind her and turned to see Nefertina and Ja-kal walk in.
"What took you two so long?" Sanura said around a mouthful of sandwich.
"That's none of your business." Nefertina replied and jumped over the back of the couch to sit next to Sanura. "Besides, why do you want to know?" Nefertina asked with a smirk that confirmed Sanura's beliefs.
"My suspicions have been confirmed. Get a room, you two." Sanura smirked and ducked Nefertina's incoming hand. Sanura jumped up and made her way to the kitchen. "I'm gonna go make sure Armon hasn't made a huge mess in the kitchen."
Nefertina glowered and took the remote control from Ja-kal. "How does she find out those things?" She asked.
"It's probably best we not wonder." Ja-kal replied. Nefertina sighed and leaned her head on Ja-kal's shoulder.
Sanura walked into the kitchen and nearly tripped over the trashcan. She looked around at the mess, then sighed. She finished her sandwich and started to clean up.
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"Whew! Have we all gotten our things unpacked?" Michelle asked as she looked around their large hotel room. It was one of those big fancy rooms with two small bedrooms, one bathroom, and a commons room with a t.v. and two sofa's that folded out into beds.
"Yeah." Came the reply. Everyone had their things unpacked and organized. Everyone had their travelers check with them. Setsuna held Rini and Hotaru's travelers checks.
"Come on. We can split into two groups. I'm going with Michelle, and Rini and Hotaru are probably going to go with Setsuna. Am I right?" Amara asked, and got two nods from Rini and Hotaru as an answer.
"Serena and I can go with Setsuna!" Mina exclaimed and pulled Serena with her.
"Do I have to stay with the brat?" Serena moaned, and didn't get an answer.
"Then I guess that means the rest of you are with us." Michelle said cheerfully.
"Finally! Lets go!" Serena said, excited.
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Sanura put the last plate away and look around the kitchen. She was very pleased with herself. The entire room, once a dump, was now spotless. She closed the last few cabinet doors as she left the room. She walked down the hall to the training room, where she saw Presley taking Egyp-tsu lessons from Armon. She grinned and sat down on the floor, leaning against the wall to watch the lessons. Sanura watched the two exchange mock blows before she got bored. She stood up and entered a nearby hallway ... and walked right into Rath. Sanura was a sturdy girl. Not stocky, but somewhat tall and skinny, like her sister. Though Sanura had a bit more muscle on her, due to continuous physical training from the high priests of Sekhmets Temple in Ancient Egypt. As a guardian with the armor of the ancient Sabertooth, she had to be just as strong and deadly as her patron animal. So, Rath took a tumble, scattering his scrolls everywhere. Sanura sighed, preparing herself for yet another lecture. This would be her third today.
"Sanura, watch where you are going! You could have broken something!" Rath fumed, sitting up. He then stood and bent down to collect his scrolls.
"Like what, your back?" Sanura asked. She received a glare in return.
"No, not my back!" Rath shot back, still fuming.
Sanura snickered. "Yeah, well, I gotta go." She said as she waved and headed down the hall.
"Don't wreck one of the Jetcycles!" Rath called after her.
"How does he find out those things?" She wondered.
"Wait that sounds familiar..."
Sanura continued to walk down the hallway. She finally came to the garage, and saw Nefertina hard at work bleeding the brakes of one of the Jetcycles.
"You want some help with that?" Sanura asked.
"Actually, yes I would. Watch the level of the break fluid, will you?" Nefertina asked. Sanura did as she was told. As soon as they were done bleeding the brakes of all the Jetcycles, the two sisters stopped to take a break. "Not for the Hot-Ra."
Nefertina said with a grin. Sanura groaned, but did what she was supposed to. In just under thirty minutes, they had finished their job. They sat on the ground, using an old rag to wipe any oil or grease off of their hands and faces.
"Well, that was fun. "Sanura said, wiping break fluid from her face, the same break fluid that Nefertina had squirted at her only moments ago when she purposely let the brake up to fast.
"Oh, come on. You have to admit that was funny." Nefertina said, giggling.
Sanura muttered, but quickly changed the subject.
"Hey, you wanna go do something? Like go to the mall, or just walk? You know, just us." She asked.
Nefertina looked at her younger sibling. "Sure. Just us. We haven't done something like that since..." Her voice trailed.
"Egypt." Sanura finished.
Nefertina frowned slightly. It had been so long...
"Well, lets go ask Ja-kal. I'm sure he won't object. Besides, Presley is here, and he said he'd be staying the entire day."
Sanura nodded and stood up, following her sister out of the room.
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Serena and her friends left the hotel in one large group, but split up into their two smaller groups once they were outside. "We'll see you guys later!" They called as they went their separate ways.
Serena, Mina, Rini, Hotaru, and Setsuna walked down a sidewalk of downtown San Francisco, window shopping. Rini and Hotaru weren't focused on buying anything; in fact, they wanted to go to the park. But they had agreed to go with the other three older women, if only for Setsuna's sake.
"Can we go to the park soon?" Rini asked, clearly bored out of her mind.
"We can go now, then come back." Mina suggested.
Everyone agreed and made their way to the park.
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Nefertina and Sanura climbed into the Hot-Ra for the second time that day. Ja-kal had finally allowed them to go, but not before Nefertina was 'forced to persuade him' as she put it.
"Well, lets go." Nefertina said cheerfully as she closed the dome of the Hot-Ra. Sanura nodded as her sister sped out of the Sphinx and down the street.
"Where are we going?" Sanura asked, not sure of what kind of answer she would get.
"I dunno, where do you wanna go?" Nefertina responded, apparently driving with no set destination.
"The mall?" Sanura asked hopefully. The glint in her sisters eye gave her the answer. But, obviously, Nefertina decided a vocal one was warranted.
"Sure, why not? I've got some extra cash, and I know you do. Lets blow it all at the food court and arcade!" Nefertina said, grinning.
"If you insist." Sanura said, grinning as well.
"Are you sure you want to?" Nefertina suddenly turned serious.
"That's what we're doing. Now drive!" Sanura said, poking her sister in the ribs.
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Amara, Michelle, Amy, Raye, and Lita walked through one of the entrances to the mall. They looked around a moment before they decided to explore one half of the mall, then explore the other half after eating something. As the walked down to one end of the mall, they all noticed the arcade. "Hey, I wanna go check that out real quick." Lita said,pulling Amy with her over to the arcade.
"Well, we might as well get yourself a title in there." Michelle said, patting Amara on the arm. They all made their way into the Arcade.
"Hah! I win again!" Nefertina exclaimed triumphantly. She leaned back against the seat she was in and shot a look over at her sister in one of the other seats. Their race had gone well. Sanura had come in second, with Nefertina getting first place. Again. The two teenage boys they had been racing grinned and congratulated them on a great race.
As Amara entered the arcade, she noticed the crowd at the far end of the room. She walked over to the crowd to try and figure out what was going on. That was when she heard the challenge. "Who's next to race?"
Sanura looked around at the crowd for a reaction. Nefertina looked as well. "No more takers?" She called out. If not, she would just race her sister, or try one of those shooting games Sanura was so good at.
"I'll race you." A voice said. Both disguised mummies turned their heads in the direction of the answer. A tall teenage boy, No, wait. Sanura thought. That's a girl. I know it. Sure, short hair, boyish clothes, but the build is feminine. Almost like Nefertina back in Egypt, only, this one could probably care less what gender people thought of her as.
Sanura glanced over at her sister. "She's a pro, I can tell. She's so sure of herself. Of course, she could be visiting, or on vacation." She whispered to Nefertina.
"She?" Nefertina asked. Sanura nodded. "Fooled me." Sanura nodded again. Nef squinted at her little sister, and got a smirk as a response. "Sure, we'll race you."
Nefertina said to the one who had accepted the challenge.
"I'll race to, but only for fun. No bets." Another voice said. San saw a girl with brown hair tied up in a ponytail. She didn't wear as boyish an outfit as the first, but it still looked, well ... boyish. That bothered neither of the sisters, as they wore clothes like that all the time.
"No one takes our bets anymore, anyway. You're safe." Sanura said. The girl with the short blonde hair sat next to Nefertina, while the girl with the long blonde hair sat next to Sanura. The mummies were in the middle. "See you at the finish line, Lita!" The blonde said as everyone put their quarters into the machine.
"There's no doubt in my mind that you won't! Pass with flying colors, Amara!" the girl, Lita said. All four racers tensed up, ready to go. Sanura glanced over at her sister, who looked confident there in her seat.
Nefertina looked at her sister and smiled, then the race began. It was an extremely heated race, one that the one called Amara got a good head start on. Very few people ever got a head start on Nefertina. San and Nef easily passed Lita, who didn't seem at all upset that she had been passed. Twice, in fact. What really got San's goat, though, was the fact that she just couldn't catch up to Amara. Dangit! She fumed. I'm using every trick and shortcut known to man in this game, some that aren't even known! Why can't I catch up to her?
The race finally ended, and to everyone's complete surprise, Amara won. Everyone cheered, surprised that someone had actually beaten the two racing legends. Sanura looked at her sister to make sure she wasn't mad. Nefertina was far from mad. In fact, she was grinning.
"That was a good race. Nobody's ever beaten me before. Congrats." Nefertina said, standing up. Sanura looked at the scores displayed on her screen. She had come in third, while Nefertina was second, and Amara was first. The girl Lita had come in fifth place, with a computer controlled car at fourth.
"Thanks. You two had me going there for a minute. It was a good race." Amara replied, shaking hands with Nefertina, then with Sanura.
"I got fifth place. Not bad. At least I got the top fives." Lita said, taking her turn in shaking hands with Nefertina and Sanura.
Nefertina grinned. "I guess my sister and I have been a bit rude. I'm Nefertina,"
Nef said. She motioned over to Sanura. "And this is my sister, Sanura."
"You've probably heard my name already. My name is Amara, and this is Lita."
Amara said, pointing towards Lita. "Michelle! Amy, Raye! Come here!" By now the crowd has left, but a few still hung around. Three girls walked up to them. "This is Raye." Amara said, pointing to a girl with black hair that went down to her waist. Amara then pointed to a girl with very short hair that was dyed blue. "That's Amy."
"And I am Michelle." The last girl said. She had shoulder length hair, that looked like the color of sea water, in Sanura's opinion.
"Michelle, Amy, Raye, these two are Nefertina and Sanura. They're sisters." Amara said, introducing everyone.
Sanura bowed slightly, and old habit she hadn't been able to get rid of, even after 3500 years. "Pleased to meet you." She said. Raye smiled and returned the bow. "Me too."
Nefertina smiled. "Hey, I know. Why don't we all hang out or something? We all seem to get along pretty well." Amy suggested, leaning against one of the game machines.
Nefertina looked at her little sister. "Well?" She asked, with another one of those glints in her eyes.
"Sure, why not?" Sanura grinned. "Did Ja-kal give us a time to be back?"
Nefertina shook her head at Sanura. She turned to their new friends. "Sure, we can do that.
"Who's Ja-kal? A boyfriend?" Lita asked.
"You have no idea." Sanura murmured. Nefertina jabbed her in the ribs, and everyone laughed.
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Inside a pyramid shaped skyscraper, an old man in purple and black robes paced back and forth. In fact, he spent most of his days pacing, unable to think of a way to destroy the mummies and steal the soul of Rapses.
A golden snake slithered into the room, unaware of Scarab's foul mood. "Hey, Scarab, you know where the t.v. remote is? I can't find it, aahhck!" She choked as Scarab grabbed her just below the neck.
"Quiet!" Scarab hissed. He threw the snake into a nearby pot. "I'm trying to think of a way to get the soul of Rapses. I need silence!"
"Gee, Scarab, all you had to do was ask." Heka muttered. She slithered out of the pot and onto the floor. "I'm going to find the remote. Call me once you think up a good idea." Heka slithered out of the room.
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In another dimension, a man dressed in black walked down a huge hall. In fact, there seemed to be nothing but hall. The man was in just as foul a mood as Scarab, even though the two had never met. The man wore a black cape that kind of sparkled, like it had glitter on it. What it was was the physical energy on his cape. He wore medieval style armor made of metal, and on his belt was a sword with a serrated edge and spiked hand guard. On his right hand was a big, bulky, metal gauntlet that held a couple daggers in it. On his left hand was a plain leather glove. The hood of the cape was over his head, concealing his eyes, which glowed red against the blackness.
As the man walked, a small goblin creature ran up to him. "Massster, massster! I think I have a way for you to beat the Ssssailor Sssscoutsss!"
The man turned to the goblin. "What is it?" He asked. His voice sent chills up and down the goblin's spine.
"There issss a man, an immortal sssorcerer, named Sssscarab. He livessss in Ssssan Francissssco. That isss where the Sscouts are now." The goblin paused, and waited for the man to nod for him to continue. "He may be able to help you, if you will help him to gain the sssoul of Rapssesss."
"I will find this Scarab, and will offer him my services if he will help me destroy the Scouts. Thank you, Jinub-u."
The man was surrounded by red shimmer. As soon as the shimmer disappeared, so did the man. The goblin, Jinub-u, hissed softly and ran off somewhere.
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Rini and Hotaru ran through the park towards the playground. They climbed up the ladders, slid down the slides, and swung on the swings. Serena, Mina, and Setsuna watched from a nearby bench.
"Hey, look over there." Mina, said, pointing towards something beyond the trees. A smaller version of the Sphinx sat in front of the museum, surrounded by a small man made moat.
"Isn't that part of the museum?" Serena asked.
"Was." Setsuna answered. "The city was going to tear it down, but people protested, so they kept it up."
"Let's go check it out!" Mina said, jumping up and running towards the Sphinx.
"You go, Serena. I will watch Rini and Hotaru."
Setsuna said. Serena nodded and ran after Mina.
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Scarab was standing in the Grand Hall of his pyramid, looking out a window. As he turned around to return to his lab, he saw a red shimmer in front of him. The shimmer grew in size, then finally disappeared. In the shimmer's place stood the man dressed in the black metal medieval armor. The red glow from the eyes was all that could be seen underneath the hood of the cape.
"And who, might I ask, are you?" Scarab asked calmly, like this happened daily.
"My name is Rydul. I am the King of the StarSlayers. I have come to offer my assistance if you will help me destroy the Sailor Scouts." The man said.
"The only thing I need help with is destroying that annoying mummy, Sanura."
Scarab said. "My name is Scarab. And this is Heka." Scarab said, taping his staff.
"You name your staffs?" Rydul asked, a hint of amusement in his voice.
"Who are you calling a staff?" A voice asked. Rydul noticed that the staff was moving. Sort of. He suddenly realized it was a golden cobra.
"And a very unusual staff it is." Scarab said, putting a hand over Heka's mouth.
"Who is this Sanura?" Rydul asked.
Scarab scowled. "Only the most annoying mummy out of them all!" He turned and led Rydul towards his lab. "I will tell you about Sanura. Follow me." Rydul did, preparing himself for any tricks.
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Nefertina and Sanura walked through the mall with their new friends Amara, Michelle, Amy, Raye, and Lita. No one had bought anything, they just talked. "We'd like you to meet our other friends. They came with us from Tokyo." Amy said.
"How did you guys get here, anyway? I mean, plane tickets have got to be expensive." Sanura said. She walked close to her sister, but close enough to the others to hear what they were saying. Something was tugging at her mind, and she couldn't figure out what was wrong.
"One of our friends won a poetry contest, and the Grand Prize was a trip for the winner and their friends to San Francisco. The prize included spending money, car rentals, and a huge hotel room." Lita said.
"I'm surprised Serena was able to win anything at all." Raye said.
"Raye, that wasn't very nice." Michelle said.
"What about you two?" Amara asked. "Where do you live?"
"Uh, well..." Nefertina said, glancing over at Sanura for an idea.
"We live in a house." Sanura grinned. Sort of. She thought.
Michelle laughed. "We guessed as much. But where?"
This time, it was Sanura who fidgeted. What are these guys getting at? She thought. Suddenly, her cellphone rang. Saved by the bell. She thought as she picked it up.
"Hello?" She asked.
"Sanura? It's me, Ja-kal. I must talk with Nefertina!" The reply came.
Sanura handed the phone to Nefertina, mouthing
'Ja-kal' as she did. Nefertina nodded and took the phone. "Hello?" Pause. "Outside the Sph-" Nefertina got a quick jab from her sister. Nefertina nodded, gritting her teeth. "Ok, we'll be there as soon as we can." She turned the cellphone off and handed it back to Sanura.
"Well?" Sanura asked, clipping the phone onto her belt.
"We have to go. We've got ... pressing matters." Nefertina said. She turned to
Amara, Michelle, Amy, Raye, and Lita. "It was nice meeting all of you."
As Sanura and Nefertina ran away from them, Amara got a thoughtful look on her
face. "Let's follow them. They don't seem ... normal. It's like they're hiding something."
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Ja-kal peered at the two girls in front of the Sphinx from his hiding place in a nearby bush. He didn't like the fact that two teenage girls were sneaking around the Sphinx. What if they find out what's inside? He thought. The very thought made him shiver.
"Hey, Serena, you think we could get inside somehow?" one of the girls said. She had long blonde hair with a red bow on her head.
Ja-kal felt his breath catching in his chest when he heard those words.
"I don't know if we can, Mina. Maybe only staff can get inside, or maybe it's used for storage." The girl named Serena said. She had long blonde hair as well, but it was tied up on either side of her head, starting as a bun and ending as a pony tail.
"It might even be for decoration." The one named Mina replied. "But, can't you feel something from it? I mean, something's really strange about this Sphinx."
Where are Nefertina and Sanura? They better get here soon, Sanura does a good job of keeping people away from the Sphinx! Ja-kal thought. A roar from a car answered him. He saw the Hot-Ra tearing down the street towards the Sphinx. Luckily, Nefertina hadn't opened the moth of the Sphinx to drive in.
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Rydul finished viewing footage of Sanura. He was impressed. Her fighting tactics were, in his opinion, amazing, but she did have her faults. The armor that she wore didn't cover all of her body. Just her chest and head. Her helmet resembled the head of a sabertooth tiger, and she wore gauntlets with claws, like a cats paw. Cords came out of the gauntlets, and her torches could be turned into swords.
"Impressive. I can see why you want her out of the way." Rydul said, following Scarab into his lab. They approached a table that held various potions, powders, and a large book full of spells written in egyptian hieroglyphs. Opening the book, Rydul stared blankly at the pages. "What writing is this? I don't recognize it."
"Egyptian hieroglyphs. There are spells in there that you may find interesting." Scarab said. "Including a transformation spell."
That gave Rydul an idea. "How does the spell work?" Rydul asked, closing the
book and turning his attention to the potions and powders.
"It will turn the victim into an animal or monster of your choice." Scarab said. "But you must have a piece of that monster to add to the potion, such as a scale, claw, or a piece of hair."
"Then I have just the thing." Rydul said with an evil grin. He held up his right hand, and a small ball of red light appeared in his palm. The light reshaped and became solid, turning into a scale.
"What is it?" Scarab asked. The scale was green and gold in color with a blue tint.
"It is the scale of a demon spawned dragon. Create this potion, and my starslayers will force feed it to Sanura. Then, you can cast a spell at Sanura to put her under your control. Hopefully, the mummies will take her to wherever they hide, and she can destroy them from there." Rysul told his plan to Scarab.
"I like the way you think." Scarab said, taking the scale. He ground it and added it to a potion as their evil laughter floated through the pyramid.
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"Well, any ideas?" Nefertina asked as they tore towards the Sphinx.
"Tell them to go away because there are no mummies hiding in there." Sanura
said with a smirk.
"Seriously, now." Nefertina responded as they got closer to their destination.
"Ok then. Talk casually, and gradually lead them away from the Sphinx." Sanura said. They parked the Hot-Ra in the shade of some nearby trees and jumped out.
"I hope this plane doesn't backfire." Nefertina said smirking.
"Let's hope it doesn't." Sanura said as they ran towards the two girls in front of the Sphinx.
Ja-kal sighed quietly, relieved that Nefertina and Sanura had finally arrived. He watched them approach the two girls near the Sphinx.
"Hello. Who are you guys?" Sanura asked the two girls.
"Oh, I'm Mina, and this is Serena." The one with the long blonde hair and the red bow said.
"We were just checking out the Sphinx." Serena added. Nefertina noticed both girls wore backpacks.
Nefertina was about to ask them why when they heard a shout. "Serena! Mina! Get away from them! They aren't normal!" The four girls turned to see Amara, Michelle, Setsuna, Rini, Hotaru, Amy, Raye, and Lita running towards them. Nefertina and Sanura didn't recognize Setsuna and the two younger girls.
"Uh-oh." Sanura murmured, loud enough for only herself and her sister to hear.
"Serena, Mina! They aren't alive, they're... They're mummies!" Amy yelled. She held a small computer like device in her hands.
Nefertina cursed quietly and put up a fighting stance, instructing Sanura to do the same.
Amara took out a small stick of some sort. "Amara, don't! You'll give yourself away! What if they work for the StarSlayers?"
Michelle yelled, but Amara didn't listen.
"URANUS PLANET POWER!" Amara yelled, holding up her stick. She was surrounded by a light, and Nefertina and Sanura were forced to look away from it. When they could see her again, she wore a very short skirt over a bathingsuit like suit, with a tiara on her head. She had a bow on her chest and another bow just above her skirt on her back, and she held a sword of some time.
"Oh, this could get ugly." Nefertina said, clouting her amulet. Just as she was about to transform, they heard someone yelling to them from the street. Both mummies turned to see Presley walking towards them. When he saw the other girls, he stopped, unsure if he should come closer. When he stopped, they heard an engine rev and saw a moving van barreling towards him.
Sanura couldn't see the driver.
"Presley, look out!" She yelled, grabbing her amulet. "WITH THE STRENGTH OF RA!" She transformed as fast as she could, and silently laughed at the other girls' shocked expressions.
Nefertina followed her example as Sanura ran towards Presley to get him out of the trucks way. Ja-kal jumped out of the bushes, unarmed, and startled Serena and Mina as he ran after Sanura. San reached Presley and shoved him out of the way. She turned to face the oncoming truck, and saw a shabti was driving it.
"It's Scarab!" She yelled, just before the truck slammed into her body.
She flew through the air and tried to turn to land on her feet. Her mind screamed in pain, but she didn't want to give Scarab the pleasure of hearing it. A blast from behind hit her, and she hit the ground like a rock.
"Rydul!" Amara yelled, turning towards the one who blasted San. The man named Rydul smirked as someone dressed in leather medieval armor forced the unconscious Sanura to drink a potion. The moving van stopped, and Scarab jumped out the back with his beetle armor.
"Hello, mummies. Come to see the destruction of you little sister, 'Nefer?'" Scarab said tauntingly. Nefertina's eyes flashed angrily.
"You leave her alone!" Nefertina yelled, running at Scarab. He picked her up, hitting the armor on her chest several times, then flung her towards Serena and her friends. Nefertina landed on Lita, who struggled to hold her up.
"Not likely. After all, I need her." Scarab said, knocking the unarmed Ja-kal into a bush. Ja-kal smiled with satisfaction, as Presley was hiding in the same bush.
"Are you all right, my Prince?" Ja-kal asked.
"Yeah, but what about Sanura? We gotta help her!" Presley said. Ja-kal nodded. He transformed and took to the air in time to see Scarab casting some sort of spell at San. He fired a flaming arrow at Scarab, hitting him in the back. Scarab quickly finished the spell, and turned towards Ja-kal. He blasted the guardian from the sky as Nefertina balanced herself out.
"Let her go!" She screamed, running towards Rydul and his StarSlayer. She clawed at the Starslayer, cutting his throat open. She snatched her sister from the dying mans arms as he and Rydul teleported away.
"Enjoy your little gift, it will be the end of you." Scarab said as he flew away,
followed by the truck.
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