Title: Imhotep's Obsession (Chapters 1,2, and 3)
Author: Darlene Evelyn
Rating: PG. I know I put 'R' but that's for the future. (PG for now)
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Imhotep's Obsession
Prologue
*~~~London, England 1926~~~*
Life has more imagination than we carry in our own dreams. Rick, Evelyn and Jonathan can tell you that for sure. A year after the big adventure in Hamunaptra, Rick had proposed to Evelyn, but she refused...the reason being: they needed a bit more time to get to know each other and she needed to get back to her studies of Egypt and it's great mysteries. Rick was not too okay with that plan, but still he accepted her answer and so they moved back to London to start a new life along with Jonathan and their treasure. When they had found the treasure on the camels they went ecstatic....especially Jonathan who had been complaining the entire way to Cairo. They split it up equally and overall they had all been very happy. Well, Evelyn was now the curator at the London Museum of Antiquities, which she loved very much. Rick hadn't change in the least bit and was now happily working by Evie's side at the museum and Jonathan, well, lets just say he was still the same nice, drunken guy that he use to be. But nonetheless the three were happy living together in a big, two story house with five rooms, not to mention they had two cars. Yes, life was back to normal now...or was it?...let's find out.
Chapter 1
*~~~London Museum of Antiquities~~~*
"I can't believe it! Do you expect me to believe that you lost all the money from selling your part of Seti's treasure...in a game of poker!!" Evie shouted angrily
"Oh mum, don't remind me it's hard enough that I won't be able to have a decent drink for a few months" Jonathan replied guiltily
"Evelyn, calm down the upside to this is that Johnny here will be sober for a while" Rick said with a wide smile of utter jokester.
"O shut up O'Connell!" Jonathan snapped back angrily
"Jonathan!! Watch your manners! don't you ever yell at Rick or anyone else like that for that matter you should be grateful that you won't have a drink! Now you won't be so bloody drunk everyday!! as for the treasure.. we can't do anything about it now..oh god! " Evelyn said stressfully as she sat down at her desk.
Without another word Jonathan stormed out of the office and left to go find a lad who could spare a drink or two. Rick suddenly sat down and put his hands on his face trying to conceal the sadness that had just overcome him. Evelyn turned towards him and at the sight of seeing him there almost about to tear his hair out, she sighed.
"What's wrong?" Evelyn asked softly "Was it something we said?"
"No...Today is my sister's birthday, if she's alive she'll be twenty one" Rick said sadly
"Oh Rick, don't worry we'll find her and I bet you wherever she is she misses you just as much as you miss her" Evelyn said as she sat down next to him.
"I hope so Evelyn, I hope so" Rick sighed as he stood up
"I have a feeling we'll be seeing her again soon enough" she said happily
There was suddenly a loud knock on the door and before Evie could answer in came David Richardson, a worker from the museum, a sly, greedy person that really can't be trusted at all. All he loves is money, fame and women. Very power hungry. He'll do anything to get what he wants. With people like that around you, you have to be extremely careful what you say and Evelyn knew all too well not to say anything obvious.
"Good news Evelyn! the workers down in Cairo have found Hamunaptra! , well actually the ruins, but still, that plan to search for it worked!" he said excitedly
"Have they found anything?" Evelyn asked worryingly
"Yes, in fact they found a book and star shaped thing, but they still don't know what it's for...I wonder what they could be? Perhaps they'll lead us to the location of treasure what do you think, Evelyn?" David said suspiciously
"Oh my!!!"
Evelyn's heart froze and she was left speechless, she tried really hard not to faint. The year had gone so well, and life was great without any troubles and now she couldn't believe this was happening. David looked over at Rick who was also in a state of shock, yet wasn't showing it as much as Evie was. David thought for a while about what the workers had told him and he remembered what the thing was. He wanted to get as much information as possible out of Evelyn, but with Rick there he couldn't. So he decided for honesty as the best policy.
"The Book of the Dead I think is what they found but they are still looking for the famed Book of Amun-Ra...I wonder if it exists?" David said suddenly remembering what it was the workers had found...he was now getting really happy with this thought.
"No, get them out of there as soon as you can" Rick said nervously
"But Why?" David asked
"Just do it" Evelyn said sternly
David walked out of the office slamming the door behind him as he left. Rick walked over to the window overlooking the sculpture garden and just stared blankly outside. Everything was happening at the same time and all too fast for him. He couldn't stand it anymore...no matter how strong he was... the thought of Imhotep coming back made him tremble and feel chills every where. In the meantime, Evelyn had slipped out of the office to get some tea and do some errands.
"What if my sister really is alive? Where could she be? and What's going to happen now?" Rick thought to himself.
Suddenly he heard a loud clap of thunder and in the horizon he could see the hazy mist of rain. The clouds were rolling in slowly and sure enough it would start to pour any minute. The sound of thunder still made him jump, it was just a fear he had developed over the year. From the outside you could say that Rick had absolutely no weaknesses, but he did, he really did... the love he had for Evelyn and his sister....was his greatest weakness. This was something the rest of the world was not to know about at all. He closed his eyes and listened to the pitter patter of the rain on the windows... but quickly opened them as the rumble of the thunder roared all around and the lightning flashed brightly in the sky.
Bam!! David slammed the door hard behind him as he stormed into his office like a bull on a rampage.
"There is absolutely no way I'm turning back now that we have found the book and Hamunaptra! I will be famous...no matter what!"
He paced back and forth thinking about his next move. After about ten minutes he finally came up with an idea. Smiling and wanting to jump up and down and shout at the top of his lungs he instead thought to himself.
"I'm just simply leaving for Egypt the day after tomorrow, but before I do I'll tell Evelyn I called them to let them know, she'll never know that those idiots are still working their asses off for me!"
He laughed and sat down at his desk to enjoy a cigar and to contemplate his new, and brilliant idea. The weather had gotten worse by the in these past few minutes but nonetheless.... He would be rich...and nothing was going to get in his way...nothing at all.
*~~~In Downtown London~~~*
Evelyn stopped at the local cafe and bought some tea and cookies for the afternoon. Afterwards she had driven the Dusenberg by the detective's office to check up on her results of finding Rick's sister. The detective was sitting at her desk reading the newspaper when Evelyn walked in. As soon as Rick had told her about Angela and his past, Evelyn had hired her to search for the lost girl.
"Hello Miss Carnarvon" said the detective
"Hello Mrs. Cunningham, do you have any other results from the search?"
"No unfortunately all I have found is that she had lived in Chicago until she was seven then her parents sent her to a Boarding School here in London" said the detective sternly.
"Anything else?" Evelyn anxiously asked
"She escaped from the St. Mary's Boarding School seven years ago and hasn't been seen since, that is all of the information I have so far" she replied
"Thank you very much detective, keep me informed on the latest news" Evelyn said as she stood up and shook the detective's hand. "Good bye"
Evelyn then walked out of the office and drove home to clear up her mind, she needed a good rest from all this commotion. Though, her mind now couldn't stop thinking about the plagues, Imhotep and Hamunaptra. Everything from the year before seemed to be resurfacing in her conscience as if it had happened only yesterday. When she got home Jonathan was in the library reading and Rick had just arrived from the museum. Evelyn walked into the library trying not to show her fear, that same horrid fear that had literally consumed her when she had been on the sacrificial alter about to be killed in order to resurrect another. Overall she tried to pay attention and focus her mind on the paintings and the photos of her parents...Now the house was beautifully decorated with things that had belonged to Evelyn's parents, that they had gotten from their digs down in Egypt...it was like a museum of its own.
"So Rick tells me that some people found Hamunaptra and the bloody Book of the Dead" Jonathan said nervously
Evelyn sighed and replied "Yes Jonathan some workers have found the Book of the Dead and Hamunaptra....now we have to-"
"Go back to Egypt" Rick interrupted suddenly
"What!" Jonathan shouted. "No, no, no way I'm not going back to that messed up country!...there is just absolutely no possible way I'm going"
"We might find treasure, Johnny...lot's and lot's of treasure...or don't you remember the enormous room full of gold back at Hamunaptra...maybe this time we'll get twice as much as we did last time" Rick said slyly
"Okay count me in! but if something happens I'm coming straight home...nothing is going to stop me...absolutely nothing!!" Jonathan said earnestly
"Sure Jonathan.. we believe you" Rick said
While this was happening Evelyn had called the airport to reserve tickets. All of them then walked upstairs and started packing for their trip to Cairo unaware of what was already going to happen. Two hours later they got into the Dusenberg and left for the airport.
*~~~Back at David's Apartment~~~*
David was looking out his window overlooking the many buildings of London which were wet from the rain. The rain had been on and off for an hour and a half already, but it was actually starting to clear up and become sunny...that's London weather for you.
"I'm going to Cairo and I will declare that I, David Richardson, have found the Book of the Dead and the ruins of Hamunaptra...I'll be famous!" he shouted joyfully. "That will be my grand moment!"
There was suddenly a knock at the door and in walked a small boy about age twelve or so scrawny looking and dirty...your typical poor child from the slums of England.. sad but money is a necessity to the poor. People will take advantage of them so they do their dirty work.. such as spying in this case.
"Excuse me sir, but I have just found out that Mr. O'Connell, Miss Carnarvon and Mr. Carnarvon have just purchased some tickets for Cairo today...the plane leaves in one hour"
"What!! It can't be! ok.... I'll just have to go with them now won't I, now leave me!!!" he said shouted sternly
The boy ran out of the room in a flash. David stopped for a moment and looked around at his tiny apartment in disgust he hated it...with all his heart.
"I will be famous and I'll finally be able to get out of this hellhole for an apartment!"
He quickly stuffed some clothes in a suitcase and set out for the airport just outside the city of London. On his way there he smiled to himself thinking about one of the workers in particular ....a girl who he had become fascinated with when he had first seen her. Her beauty was unlike any other, he knew he would see her again, but his thoughts now switched and the rest of way they were:
"Fame, money and more fame" then he would set his sights on Angela, the girl he had hired to go on the dig down in Hamunaptra. While everyone was busy getting ready to go to Egypt, thousands of miles away something else was getting ready to make a come back too....a very big come back.
"I can't believe we're going back" Jonathan said nervously as they drove to the airport in the Dusenburg. "I have a bad feeling about this trip"
"Oh Jonathan please we're worried enough...we don't need your comments to worry us even more." Evelyn said uneasily.
"Jonathan, nothing is going to happen so don't be such a wimp....and if something does happen well then uh, I'll give you four hundred dollars" Rick said calmly
"Okay fine it's a deal if nothing happens we're good, something happens I get the money, that is if you don't get killed" Jonathan said seriously
"Would you two please leave money out this...partly that's the reason of last years frightful happenings, so be quiet!" Evelyn interrupted and said angrily.
"But mum! We're making a deal here!" Jonathan whined
"No buts, let's try to have a fairly normal trip without any trouble...now please you two no more talk about money ...it always lead to trouble and even worse...death" Evelyn said.
Rick said "Oh all right, but I still say nothing is going to happen"
Jonathan shook his head and didn't say anything else, so Evelyn wouldn't get mad at him or Rick. They continued on their way to the airport in silence and David was on the way there coming from the opposite end of town as well. He needed to get on the same plane they did, he needed to know what they were going for...it was something big he knew that much...but what was it? As the sands of the Sahara, not far from the ruins of Hamunaptra stirred, they were all much too late.....and Death was only the beginning.
Chapter 2
*~~~Near Hamunaptra~~~*
"I can't believe it!" the girl said happily
Lewis rushed over to her and kneeled down beside her to take a look at what ever had mad her react the way she did.
"What is it this time Angela? another worthless trinket like the many others that you've found so far" he said arrogantly
Following her to Egypt was not what he expected it to be, well how did he expect to be when his fiancee was Angela O'Connell. He never quite understood why she loved to get her hands dirty while the other girls her age were busy primping themselves up and going to grand balls. But he had to be by her side and never let her go...she was his ticket to wealth and power.
Angela had found a gold necklace in the form of a winged Isis and on the back it had sacred writing. Lewis really didn't care what it said, but she did. Angela had studied and knew how to speak and write Ancient Egyptian and Hieratic. As she read the necklace's inscription she remembered hearing the stories that the Bedouin people had told the group of workers. Something about a damned one that was buried alive and cursed with something called the Hom Dai. The necklace read: "The wearer of this shall be able to command and control the undead one if he is ever awaken, if it falls into his hands the world shall experience chaos" Angela felt a chill go down her back and decided not to tell Lewis or anyone else for that matter...this was hers.
"Well what is it?" Lewis asked
"It's uh, uh it's a necklace that belonged to some uh, princess, I'm not sure who" Angela replied "I'll have to research it a bit more"
Lewis quickly stood up and brushed himself off and taking a good look at the necklace he said "Then It must be worth a few thousand dollars, why don't you give it to me and I'll go show the others"
"No Lewis I'm keeping it, I don't want it to fall into the wrong hands" Angela replied coldly
"But I-"
"No Lewis I'm not giving it to you, after all didn't you just say it was just another one of those worthless trinkets I always find?...oh look over there!!!" she said. Lewis turned in the direction she had pointed to and she slipped it into her sack.
"Hey there's nothing there" Lewis said as he turned around
"Oh! well I thought I saw something over there...I guess it was just my mind playing tricks on me or something the heat is horrid, I guess it was a mirage". Angela said sprightly
Little did they know that were being watched by the Med Jai, the descendants of pharaoh's bodyguards, who were mounted on their horses high up on a ridge overlooking the desert. They had been up there for quite awhile watching the group of workers dig and walk here and fro.
"It appears that we have visitors once again" Ardeth Bay said in Arabic
"They shall awaken Imhotep once again if we don't stop them...we have to kill them" another Med Jai said
"We shall have to watch them more closely" Ardeth replied sternly
"Let us hope they don't awaken him" were Ardeth's last words before he turned and galloped away signaling the others to follow.
Down below a couple miles away Angela was packing up so she could go back to Cairo to get supplies. The caravan was not done excavating but they had found a lot of artifacts that would get them good pay, she would be back but for the moment she was the only one leaving in the morning. The sun was just setting and the workers were sitting around their campfires talking about their findings and how the next week was the last before they went back to London. Well, some were leaving others weren't.
"Oh thank god, finally I'm done packing and tomorrow I'm going back to Cairo, back to civilization". Angela said as she zipped up her sack of clothes and tools.
"I'm going with you sweetheart" Lewis said "Just to keep you safe"
Angela rolled her eyes and said "But Lewis I'm just going to get some supplies back in Cairo and getting my clothes washed up, then I'll come right back...I promise"
"No matter I'll go with you, so nothing will happen to you" he smiled innocently
She walked out of the tent and over to her horse and loaded it onto it. After she had secured it on she walked back over to the tent where she pushed Lewis out and closed it. The entire day she had been digging and she was just totally burnt out. So the next thing she did was fall asleep. An hour went by and everyone had turned in for the night though early, but it had been a long day. This night though, was one filled with mystery and fantasy. For as Angela slept a shadow slowly crept into her tent and slowly seeped into her mind filling it with images of unknown places and people that she had never seen palaces and great halls full of elaborate designs. In the back of her mind she could hear a deep haunting whisper speaking to her in Ancient Egyptian. "Come to me, come to me my princess.. set me free and the world shall be ours"
Angela stirred and turned over ...she loved the sound of that voice, but didn't know what was really going on. "Read from the book, the incantation is the only thing that will set me free from this torment, read it and we shall be together forever"
Slowly Angela sat up and crawled out of her tent and walked over to a crate where the book and key were located at. She pulled it out and walked over to campfire where she sat down and placed it in her lap. Taking the open key she twisted it and opened the book.
"Okay I have the book but now what do I do? I guess I'll read since I now lost all chances of gaining sleep....okay here goes" she thought to herself
Without another thought she read the first incantation: "Amun kum ra Amun kum day,sep suyea karum...impium mech bya seruway umseta...yatuway yatuway yatuway"
Suddenly a loud explosion and horrible scream ripped through the silence catching her attention and she dropped the book, as she looked up to see the pile of the once great Hamunaptra burst up like a volcanic eruption. Chunks were falling back to the ground landing with loud crashes. As this was going on, Lewis an the others were running out of their tents looking in the direction of the great explosion. Lewis turned around to see Angela running towards her tent. She stopped for a moment and gave him a look like that of a child saying "Oops". Everybody turned towards her and gave her looks of disbelief.
"Okay why are you all looking at me like that? what did I do?" Angela asked
"You have released a creature of which we have feared for more than three thousand year now you may have killed us all" a voice said from behind her.
"Who...are you?" she asked as she turned around to face him.
"Ardeth Bay and we are the last people you'll ever see in your miserable lives" he said
With a signal of his hand the Med Jai took out their scimitars and rifles. More appeared from behind the dunes and started shooting. There was chaos everywhere, people running, getting shot and slashed you name it. Angela took this opportunity to pick up the book and key then she ran fast, jumping onto her horse and galloping away but to to her dismay suddenly getting cornered by the Med Jai.
"Damn what am I going to do" Angela thought as she turned the horse around and galloped back the way she had come from.
"Help me Angela!!!" Lewis was yelling as he was being chased by Ardeth Bay
"Oh damn!" Angela got her horse right behind Ardeth Bay and as she slowly closed in on him she stood on her horse and she lunged on him knocking him off his horse.
As they tumbled to the ground Angela managed to pull Ardeth's gun out of his hands and shot his scimitar out of reach as he took it out. Somehow he managed to knock the gun out of her hand and pin her down to the ground. Angela kneed him in the stomach and flipped him over her. Before he could get up she kicked him as hard as she could, but the second time around the warrior grabbed her leg and knocked her to the ground. As he tried to grab her she heard a voice shout out.
"Go Angela, beat the bloody bastard to a pulp!" Lewis was shouting to her as he galloped away on his horse.
"You bastard! and you! what makes you think you can kill me" Angela said angrily as she punched Ardeth in the jaw. "You have no right!"
Before he could answer she picked up a stick of dynamite and lid it as she stood up. Everyone left looked at her in horror as she swung it over her head as if it were a toy.
"Okay you guys want to kill...I'll give you kill" she said furiously
Ardeth recognized this same picture...he had seen the same look in the American's eyes when they had ambushed them in Hamunaptra...dynamite and all.
"We shall shed no more blood, but leave and never return" he said sternly
Everyone turned towards Angela who hesitantly pulled out the wick from the stick which automatically turned off the fuse. All around there was a sound of relief heard. Even Angela was thankful that Ardeth had reacted like that...she couldn't believe she had just done that without a thought about the consequences.
"What about that thing that you say I set free?"
"We shall kill him and if we can't we shall seek out the help of the one they call Rick O'Connell"
"Rick O'Connell?, oh my god...he's my-" but before she could continue she was interrupted by another shrieking scream.
That's when everyone that was left jumped onto their horses and rode away into the desert. Angela was the last to get on her horse and ride away into the mystical night.
"My brother is alive?" the new thought that had entered Angela's mind seemed to not want to go at all...Rick was alive!!!!
Chapter 3
*~~~Rome, Italy, R.A.F Airport~~~*
A friend of Rick's had let him and the rest of gang leave on the first plane available to Cairo. Unfortunately for the gang a storm had made them be delayed and so the plane had to land immediately in Rome for the time being. A nasty reminder of how fate, destiny, and time were always hand in hand ready to throw one off course if things looked as if they were not going to go their way. Fortunately (or not) for them the three ethereal beings had other things in mind as the weather cleared and the sun seeped through the hazy clouds in a mist of serene heavenly light.
"Well, our plane for Cairo is here, come on" Rick said as he picked up his bags and walked over to the small plane.
Evelyn and Jonathan took a last look at the mountains in the distance then stepped onto the plane bound for the city that was still a nightmare to remember.
"So what are we going to do? When we get to Cairo?" Jonathan asked
"Find the Book of the Dead and destroy it before anyone can read from it" Evie replied anxiously
"That ought to be easy" Rick calmly said
"But what if somebody already read from the book? then we would have to go through the same thing over again" Jonathan said anxiously
"Lets just hope they haven't because there's no telling what Imhotep will do, he'll be twice as angry...looking for revenge" Evie replied as she looked out the window,
"Well, if he's awake there's no telling what I'll do to him and the person who woke him up" Rick said as he clenched his fist.
As the plane flew towards Cairo so did the worries of all three of them. What they hadn't realized was that David had sneaked once again on board the lane on the way to Cairo too. It would take a few hours to get there but hours seemed like centuries.
*~~~Back in Cairo~~~*
"When I find Rick I'm going to hug him and try not to faint" Angela thought as she walked through the marketplace. "Either that or pummel him senseless"
"Jewelry, Trinkets and Maps! Come and get them! Very cheap!" a vendor shouted in Arabic as Angela walked by holding the reigns of her horse.
She couldn't help but think about that voice...that haunting, sexy voice and about the book which she had with her along wit the necklace and key. The huge explosion was another horrid thing and that scream was a little too
scary for her.
"I guess I'll see if they have any vacant rooms at Fort Brydon, it seems like a calm enough place at least there I won't run into bugs and other icky things" Angela thought as she got onto her horse and galloped towards the fort. "No problems here"
*~~~A hotel in Cairo~~~*
"Where is Angela?!! You were supposed to keep an eye on her!! now she's gone! the inheritance is gone and all because of you!" Lewis shouted angrily as his henchmen watched nervously.
"But Mr. Calabar you saw the attack they ambushed us, we were surrounded and scattered!" Vinnie, the youngest of the henchmen said.
"I don't care! she got away and now my chances of wealth are gone!...go find her and bring her to me....now!!" Lewis' voice echoed throughout the room.
Everyone in the room nodded silently and quickly ran out of the room in search of Angela.
"You aren't going to get away so easily Angela O'Connell I won't let you go" Lewis said as he stared at a picture of her.
"Pardon me Mr. Calabar, but if we find Angela and she doesn't want to come back what should we do?" a newbie henchmen said as he peered through the door.
"If Miss O'Connell refuses to return by means of good bring her back by force" he said sternly.
*~~~In Hotel Hallway~~~*
"Is it me or is Mr. Calabar crazy?" Vinnie asked nervously
"He's insane Vinnie, never doubt that...he's been obsessed with Angela since they were young... but let's not go there, just listen to his instructions" one of the other henchmen said as they walked by him.
Behind Vinnie was Anton, the 2nd oldest of the henchmen at age 26, he hated Lewis yet couldn't do anything about it. He hated having to go out and search for Angela, but he had to do it...it was either that or get shot. As they walked outside and got into two lines the main man said "Okay we are all going to split up and search for Miss O'Connell.. bring her back by force if she does not want to come back peacefully.. you guys got that. "
Everyone remained silent as he said this not uttering a sound nor blinking an eye. They were all like marble statues blankly at the world.
"Vinnie, Anton you two search the West side of the city and make sure you leave no stone unturned...do you catch my drift!!"
"Yes we do sir...we understand perfectly well" Anton said sternly
"Very well you two may go.. now"
Vinnie and Anton slowly walked over to the car and hopped in. As Anton started the car he could hear the main man telling everyone where to go. Without saying another word he shook his head and sighed then drove away into the crowded street. "I hope we never find her" he thought. Lewis didn't love Angela at all he just loved her inheritance and that everyone knew. He cared for no one but himself. As for Angela he could care less what happened to her after the wedding, but for now she was his treasure and he couldn't let her go. Anton couldn't stand thinking about that as he drove towards the east side of town....he wanted to take Angela and get her out of Cairo....that is if she was still in Cairo, but that wasn't possible even if she was, for he knew what would happen if he tried to help her out and just imagining it made his stomach turn.
"I want to be free Anton, free from his grasp, you're the only one I can trust.. help me get away from him...forever!" he could hear Angela's voice in his head pleading to him as he drove onwards.
He could remember that day like it had happen an hour ago.. She was in her room trapped like a caged canary...he had helped her escaped only to have her get caught once more the next day in a plaza in London. He had seen the look of horror on her face as they grabbed her and stuffed her into the back seat of the car. Anton had to restrain himself from not punching the three guys who had grabbed her when she hadn't been looking. That night she had cried and tried to get out, but hadn't been able too. Lewis's father had given strict orders not to let her out.. his excuse being: she was extremely ill. Then one day her attitude changed and she became more calm and stern...yet she also had a touch of rebelliousness and she was very open minded. That had came as a shock, ah but Anton knew she was just trying to get on Lewis' good side which worked like a charm. Now his mind floated back in here to Egypt. Angela had gotten away on her own and was now free...free as a dove...free forever now.. or so he hoped.
* ~~~Inside Fort Brydon~~~*
"Oh room sweet room, finally I can go to sleep without worrying about problems" Angela said as she walked into the room the attendant had given to her.
After setting down her bags and locking the door Angela got out of her explorer like outfit and put on a scarlet, satin gown that revealed the voluptuous curves of her body. She looked at herself in the mirror and frowned.
"If only I had a guy that honestly loved me for who I was....I would be happy, I would give anything to have a guy like that" she thought as she turned around to see her pack of clothes where she had The Book of the Dead, Key and Necklace hidden.
"No one will ever know I have you because if they do I'll lose you and your my only treasure...no one will ever know" she said aloud
Angela turned around and nearly had a heart attack...there standing behind her was a man dressed in a long black, priest like robe. He was like a god...head-shaved, golden tan, intense eyed, muscular bare chest, and as handsome as any idol. Angela just stared at him not knowing what to say or do. The man didn't say anything except look her up and down as well. She slowly turned around and tried to say something to the reflection but not a word a came out. Suddenly he spoke to her.. not in English but in Ancient Egyptian.
"You have awaken me, I never expected to see you again...Isiria"
"Isiria? Who's Isiria?" she responded back nervously in Ancient Egyptian.
"Do not act foolish with me Isiria, I know it is you and for awakening me I must thank you" he said in a soft voice.
Without saying another word he walked up to her and turned her towards him then kissed her passionately. Angela was taken so much by surprise that she dug right in letting herself get engulfed by the moment. Now, step out of this reality for a moment and travel 3,000 years back in time...back to Thebes....city of the living.
Author: Darlene Evelyn
Rating: PG. I know I put 'R' but that's for the future. (PG for now)
Feedback: Please let me know what you think but please don't be rude.
Copyright: All Characters from both TM and TMR except for the new ones of course, which are mine are sole property of Universal Pictures. No profit is being made with this story.
Imhotep's Obsession
Prologue
*~~~London, England 1926~~~*
Life has more imagination than we carry in our own dreams. Rick, Evelyn and Jonathan can tell you that for sure. A year after the big adventure in Hamunaptra, Rick had proposed to Evelyn, but she refused...the reason being: they needed a bit more time to get to know each other and she needed to get back to her studies of Egypt and it's great mysteries. Rick was not too okay with that plan, but still he accepted her answer and so they moved back to London to start a new life along with Jonathan and their treasure. When they had found the treasure on the camels they went ecstatic....especially Jonathan who had been complaining the entire way to Cairo. They split it up equally and overall they had all been very happy. Well, Evelyn was now the curator at the London Museum of Antiquities, which she loved very much. Rick hadn't change in the least bit and was now happily working by Evie's side at the museum and Jonathan, well, lets just say he was still the same nice, drunken guy that he use to be. But nonetheless the three were happy living together in a big, two story house with five rooms, not to mention they had two cars. Yes, life was back to normal now...or was it?...let's find out.
Chapter 1
*~~~London Museum of Antiquities~~~*
"I can't believe it! Do you expect me to believe that you lost all the money from selling your part of Seti's treasure...in a game of poker!!" Evie shouted angrily
"Oh mum, don't remind me it's hard enough that I won't be able to have a decent drink for a few months" Jonathan replied guiltily
"Evelyn, calm down the upside to this is that Johnny here will be sober for a while" Rick said with a wide smile of utter jokester.
"O shut up O'Connell!" Jonathan snapped back angrily
"Jonathan!! Watch your manners! don't you ever yell at Rick or anyone else like that for that matter you should be grateful that you won't have a drink! Now you won't be so bloody drunk everyday!! as for the treasure.. we can't do anything about it now..oh god! " Evelyn said stressfully as she sat down at her desk.
Without another word Jonathan stormed out of the office and left to go find a lad who could spare a drink or two. Rick suddenly sat down and put his hands on his face trying to conceal the sadness that had just overcome him. Evelyn turned towards him and at the sight of seeing him there almost about to tear his hair out, she sighed.
"What's wrong?" Evelyn asked softly "Was it something we said?"
"No...Today is my sister's birthday, if she's alive she'll be twenty one" Rick said sadly
"Oh Rick, don't worry we'll find her and I bet you wherever she is she misses you just as much as you miss her" Evelyn said as she sat down next to him.
"I hope so Evelyn, I hope so" Rick sighed as he stood up
"I have a feeling we'll be seeing her again soon enough" she said happily
There was suddenly a loud knock on the door and before Evie could answer in came David Richardson, a worker from the museum, a sly, greedy person that really can't be trusted at all. All he loves is money, fame and women. Very power hungry. He'll do anything to get what he wants. With people like that around you, you have to be extremely careful what you say and Evelyn knew all too well not to say anything obvious.
"Good news Evelyn! the workers down in Cairo have found Hamunaptra! , well actually the ruins, but still, that plan to search for it worked!" he said excitedly
"Have they found anything?" Evelyn asked worryingly
"Yes, in fact they found a book and star shaped thing, but they still don't know what it's for...I wonder what they could be? Perhaps they'll lead us to the location of treasure what do you think, Evelyn?" David said suspiciously
"Oh my!!!"
Evelyn's heart froze and she was left speechless, she tried really hard not to faint. The year had gone so well, and life was great without any troubles and now she couldn't believe this was happening. David looked over at Rick who was also in a state of shock, yet wasn't showing it as much as Evie was. David thought for a while about what the workers had told him and he remembered what the thing was. He wanted to get as much information as possible out of Evelyn, but with Rick there he couldn't. So he decided for honesty as the best policy.
"The Book of the Dead I think is what they found but they are still looking for the famed Book of Amun-Ra...I wonder if it exists?" David said suddenly remembering what it was the workers had found...he was now getting really happy with this thought.
"No, get them out of there as soon as you can" Rick said nervously
"But Why?" David asked
"Just do it" Evelyn said sternly
David walked out of the office slamming the door behind him as he left. Rick walked over to the window overlooking the sculpture garden and just stared blankly outside. Everything was happening at the same time and all too fast for him. He couldn't stand it anymore...no matter how strong he was... the thought of Imhotep coming back made him tremble and feel chills every where. In the meantime, Evelyn had slipped out of the office to get some tea and do some errands.
"What if my sister really is alive? Where could she be? and What's going to happen now?" Rick thought to himself.
Suddenly he heard a loud clap of thunder and in the horizon he could see the hazy mist of rain. The clouds were rolling in slowly and sure enough it would start to pour any minute. The sound of thunder still made him jump, it was just a fear he had developed over the year. From the outside you could say that Rick had absolutely no weaknesses, but he did, he really did... the love he had for Evelyn and his sister....was his greatest weakness. This was something the rest of the world was not to know about at all. He closed his eyes and listened to the pitter patter of the rain on the windows... but quickly opened them as the rumble of the thunder roared all around and the lightning flashed brightly in the sky.
Bam!! David slammed the door hard behind him as he stormed into his office like a bull on a rampage.
"There is absolutely no way I'm turning back now that we have found the book and Hamunaptra! I will be famous...no matter what!"
He paced back and forth thinking about his next move. After about ten minutes he finally came up with an idea. Smiling and wanting to jump up and down and shout at the top of his lungs he instead thought to himself.
"I'm just simply leaving for Egypt the day after tomorrow, but before I do I'll tell Evelyn I called them to let them know, she'll never know that those idiots are still working their asses off for me!"
He laughed and sat down at his desk to enjoy a cigar and to contemplate his new, and brilliant idea. The weather had gotten worse by the in these past few minutes but nonetheless.... He would be rich...and nothing was going to get in his way...nothing at all.
*~~~In Downtown London~~~*
Evelyn stopped at the local cafe and bought some tea and cookies for the afternoon. Afterwards she had driven the Dusenberg by the detective's office to check up on her results of finding Rick's sister. The detective was sitting at her desk reading the newspaper when Evelyn walked in. As soon as Rick had told her about Angela and his past, Evelyn had hired her to search for the lost girl.
"Hello Miss Carnarvon" said the detective
"Hello Mrs. Cunningham, do you have any other results from the search?"
"No unfortunately all I have found is that she had lived in Chicago until she was seven then her parents sent her to a Boarding School here in London" said the detective sternly.
"Anything else?" Evelyn anxiously asked
"She escaped from the St. Mary's Boarding School seven years ago and hasn't been seen since, that is all of the information I have so far" she replied
"Thank you very much detective, keep me informed on the latest news" Evelyn said as she stood up and shook the detective's hand. "Good bye"
Evelyn then walked out of the office and drove home to clear up her mind, she needed a good rest from all this commotion. Though, her mind now couldn't stop thinking about the plagues, Imhotep and Hamunaptra. Everything from the year before seemed to be resurfacing in her conscience as if it had happened only yesterday. When she got home Jonathan was in the library reading and Rick had just arrived from the museum. Evelyn walked into the library trying not to show her fear, that same horrid fear that had literally consumed her when she had been on the sacrificial alter about to be killed in order to resurrect another. Overall she tried to pay attention and focus her mind on the paintings and the photos of her parents...Now the house was beautifully decorated with things that had belonged to Evelyn's parents, that they had gotten from their digs down in Egypt...it was like a museum of its own.
"So Rick tells me that some people found Hamunaptra and the bloody Book of the Dead" Jonathan said nervously
Evelyn sighed and replied "Yes Jonathan some workers have found the Book of the Dead and Hamunaptra....now we have to-"
"Go back to Egypt" Rick interrupted suddenly
"What!" Jonathan shouted. "No, no, no way I'm not going back to that messed up country!...there is just absolutely no possible way I'm going"
"We might find treasure, Johnny...lot's and lot's of treasure...or don't you remember the enormous room full of gold back at Hamunaptra...maybe this time we'll get twice as much as we did last time" Rick said slyly
"Okay count me in! but if something happens I'm coming straight home...nothing is going to stop me...absolutely nothing!!" Jonathan said earnestly
"Sure Jonathan.. we believe you" Rick said
While this was happening Evelyn had called the airport to reserve tickets. All of them then walked upstairs and started packing for their trip to Cairo unaware of what was already going to happen. Two hours later they got into the Dusenberg and left for the airport.
*~~~Back at David's Apartment~~~*
David was looking out his window overlooking the many buildings of London which were wet from the rain. The rain had been on and off for an hour and a half already, but it was actually starting to clear up and become sunny...that's London weather for you.
"I'm going to Cairo and I will declare that I, David Richardson, have found the Book of the Dead and the ruins of Hamunaptra...I'll be famous!" he shouted joyfully. "That will be my grand moment!"
There was suddenly a knock at the door and in walked a small boy about age twelve or so scrawny looking and dirty...your typical poor child from the slums of England.. sad but money is a necessity to the poor. People will take advantage of them so they do their dirty work.. such as spying in this case.
"Excuse me sir, but I have just found out that Mr. O'Connell, Miss Carnarvon and Mr. Carnarvon have just purchased some tickets for Cairo today...the plane leaves in one hour"
"What!! It can't be! ok.... I'll just have to go with them now won't I, now leave me!!!" he said shouted sternly
The boy ran out of the room in a flash. David stopped for a moment and looked around at his tiny apartment in disgust he hated it...with all his heart.
"I will be famous and I'll finally be able to get out of this hellhole for an apartment!"
He quickly stuffed some clothes in a suitcase and set out for the airport just outside the city of London. On his way there he smiled to himself thinking about one of the workers in particular ....a girl who he had become fascinated with when he had first seen her. Her beauty was unlike any other, he knew he would see her again, but his thoughts now switched and the rest of way they were:
"Fame, money and more fame" then he would set his sights on Angela, the girl he had hired to go on the dig down in Hamunaptra. While everyone was busy getting ready to go to Egypt, thousands of miles away something else was getting ready to make a come back too....a very big come back.
"I can't believe we're going back" Jonathan said nervously as they drove to the airport in the Dusenburg. "I have a bad feeling about this trip"
"Oh Jonathan please we're worried enough...we don't need your comments to worry us even more." Evelyn said uneasily.
"Jonathan, nothing is going to happen so don't be such a wimp....and if something does happen well then uh, I'll give you four hundred dollars" Rick said calmly
"Okay fine it's a deal if nothing happens we're good, something happens I get the money, that is if you don't get killed" Jonathan said seriously
"Would you two please leave money out this...partly that's the reason of last years frightful happenings, so be quiet!" Evelyn interrupted and said angrily.
"But mum! We're making a deal here!" Jonathan whined
"No buts, let's try to have a fairly normal trip without any trouble...now please you two no more talk about money ...it always lead to trouble and even worse...death" Evelyn said.
Rick said "Oh all right, but I still say nothing is going to happen"
Jonathan shook his head and didn't say anything else, so Evelyn wouldn't get mad at him or Rick. They continued on their way to the airport in silence and David was on the way there coming from the opposite end of town as well. He needed to get on the same plane they did, he needed to know what they were going for...it was something big he knew that much...but what was it? As the sands of the Sahara, not far from the ruins of Hamunaptra stirred, they were all much too late.....and Death was only the beginning.
Chapter 2
*~~~Near Hamunaptra~~~*
"I can't believe it!" the girl said happily
Lewis rushed over to her and kneeled down beside her to take a look at what ever had mad her react the way she did.
"What is it this time Angela? another worthless trinket like the many others that you've found so far" he said arrogantly
Following her to Egypt was not what he expected it to be, well how did he expect to be when his fiancee was Angela O'Connell. He never quite understood why she loved to get her hands dirty while the other girls her age were busy primping themselves up and going to grand balls. But he had to be by her side and never let her go...she was his ticket to wealth and power.
Angela had found a gold necklace in the form of a winged Isis and on the back it had sacred writing. Lewis really didn't care what it said, but she did. Angela had studied and knew how to speak and write Ancient Egyptian and Hieratic. As she read the necklace's inscription she remembered hearing the stories that the Bedouin people had told the group of workers. Something about a damned one that was buried alive and cursed with something called the Hom Dai. The necklace read: "The wearer of this shall be able to command and control the undead one if he is ever awaken, if it falls into his hands the world shall experience chaos" Angela felt a chill go down her back and decided not to tell Lewis or anyone else for that matter...this was hers.
"Well what is it?" Lewis asked
"It's uh, uh it's a necklace that belonged to some uh, princess, I'm not sure who" Angela replied "I'll have to research it a bit more"
Lewis quickly stood up and brushed himself off and taking a good look at the necklace he said "Then It must be worth a few thousand dollars, why don't you give it to me and I'll go show the others"
"No Lewis I'm keeping it, I don't want it to fall into the wrong hands" Angela replied coldly
"But I-"
"No Lewis I'm not giving it to you, after all didn't you just say it was just another one of those worthless trinkets I always find?...oh look over there!!!" she said. Lewis turned in the direction she had pointed to and she slipped it into her sack.
"Hey there's nothing there" Lewis said as he turned around
"Oh! well I thought I saw something over there...I guess it was just my mind playing tricks on me or something the heat is horrid, I guess it was a mirage". Angela said sprightly
Little did they know that were being watched by the Med Jai, the descendants of pharaoh's bodyguards, who were mounted on their horses high up on a ridge overlooking the desert. They had been up there for quite awhile watching the group of workers dig and walk here and fro.
"It appears that we have visitors once again" Ardeth Bay said in Arabic
"They shall awaken Imhotep once again if we don't stop them...we have to kill them" another Med Jai said
"We shall have to watch them more closely" Ardeth replied sternly
"Let us hope they don't awaken him" were Ardeth's last words before he turned and galloped away signaling the others to follow.
Down below a couple miles away Angela was packing up so she could go back to Cairo to get supplies. The caravan was not done excavating but they had found a lot of artifacts that would get them good pay, she would be back but for the moment she was the only one leaving in the morning. The sun was just setting and the workers were sitting around their campfires talking about their findings and how the next week was the last before they went back to London. Well, some were leaving others weren't.
"Oh thank god, finally I'm done packing and tomorrow I'm going back to Cairo, back to civilization". Angela said as she zipped up her sack of clothes and tools.
"I'm going with you sweetheart" Lewis said "Just to keep you safe"
Angela rolled her eyes and said "But Lewis I'm just going to get some supplies back in Cairo and getting my clothes washed up, then I'll come right back...I promise"
"No matter I'll go with you, so nothing will happen to you" he smiled innocently
She walked out of the tent and over to her horse and loaded it onto it. After she had secured it on she walked back over to the tent where she pushed Lewis out and closed it. The entire day she had been digging and she was just totally burnt out. So the next thing she did was fall asleep. An hour went by and everyone had turned in for the night though early, but it had been a long day. This night though, was one filled with mystery and fantasy. For as Angela slept a shadow slowly crept into her tent and slowly seeped into her mind filling it with images of unknown places and people that she had never seen palaces and great halls full of elaborate designs. In the back of her mind she could hear a deep haunting whisper speaking to her in Ancient Egyptian. "Come to me, come to me my princess.. set me free and the world shall be ours"
Angela stirred and turned over ...she loved the sound of that voice, but didn't know what was really going on. "Read from the book, the incantation is the only thing that will set me free from this torment, read it and we shall be together forever"
Slowly Angela sat up and crawled out of her tent and walked over to a crate where the book and key were located at. She pulled it out and walked over to campfire where she sat down and placed it in her lap. Taking the open key she twisted it and opened the book.
"Okay I have the book but now what do I do? I guess I'll read since I now lost all chances of gaining sleep....okay here goes" she thought to herself
Without another thought she read the first incantation: "Amun kum ra Amun kum day,sep suyea karum...impium mech bya seruway umseta...yatuway yatuway yatuway"
Suddenly a loud explosion and horrible scream ripped through the silence catching her attention and she dropped the book, as she looked up to see the pile of the once great Hamunaptra burst up like a volcanic eruption. Chunks were falling back to the ground landing with loud crashes. As this was going on, Lewis an the others were running out of their tents looking in the direction of the great explosion. Lewis turned around to see Angela running towards her tent. She stopped for a moment and gave him a look like that of a child saying "Oops". Everybody turned towards her and gave her looks of disbelief.
"Okay why are you all looking at me like that? what did I do?" Angela asked
"You have released a creature of which we have feared for more than three thousand year now you may have killed us all" a voice said from behind her.
"Who...are you?" she asked as she turned around to face him.
"Ardeth Bay and we are the last people you'll ever see in your miserable lives" he said
With a signal of his hand the Med Jai took out their scimitars and rifles. More appeared from behind the dunes and started shooting. There was chaos everywhere, people running, getting shot and slashed you name it. Angela took this opportunity to pick up the book and key then she ran fast, jumping onto her horse and galloping away but to to her dismay suddenly getting cornered by the Med Jai.
"Damn what am I going to do" Angela thought as she turned the horse around and galloped back the way she had come from.
"Help me Angela!!!" Lewis was yelling as he was being chased by Ardeth Bay
"Oh damn!" Angela got her horse right behind Ardeth Bay and as she slowly closed in on him she stood on her horse and she lunged on him knocking him off his horse.
As they tumbled to the ground Angela managed to pull Ardeth's gun out of his hands and shot his scimitar out of reach as he took it out. Somehow he managed to knock the gun out of her hand and pin her down to the ground. Angela kneed him in the stomach and flipped him over her. Before he could get up she kicked him as hard as she could, but the second time around the warrior grabbed her leg and knocked her to the ground. As he tried to grab her she heard a voice shout out.
"Go Angela, beat the bloody bastard to a pulp!" Lewis was shouting to her as he galloped away on his horse.
"You bastard! and you! what makes you think you can kill me" Angela said angrily as she punched Ardeth in the jaw. "You have no right!"
Before he could answer she picked up a stick of dynamite and lid it as she stood up. Everyone left looked at her in horror as she swung it over her head as if it were a toy.
"Okay you guys want to kill...I'll give you kill" she said furiously
Ardeth recognized this same picture...he had seen the same look in the American's eyes when they had ambushed them in Hamunaptra...dynamite and all.
"We shall shed no more blood, but leave and never return" he said sternly
Everyone turned towards Angela who hesitantly pulled out the wick from the stick which automatically turned off the fuse. All around there was a sound of relief heard. Even Angela was thankful that Ardeth had reacted like that...she couldn't believe she had just done that without a thought about the consequences.
"What about that thing that you say I set free?"
"We shall kill him and if we can't we shall seek out the help of the one they call Rick O'Connell"
"Rick O'Connell?, oh my god...he's my-" but before she could continue she was interrupted by another shrieking scream.
That's when everyone that was left jumped onto their horses and rode away into the desert. Angela was the last to get on her horse and ride away into the mystical night.
"My brother is alive?" the new thought that had entered Angela's mind seemed to not want to go at all...Rick was alive!!!!
Chapter 3
*~~~Rome, Italy, R.A.F Airport~~~*
A friend of Rick's had let him and the rest of gang leave on the first plane available to Cairo. Unfortunately for the gang a storm had made them be delayed and so the plane had to land immediately in Rome for the time being. A nasty reminder of how fate, destiny, and time were always hand in hand ready to throw one off course if things looked as if they were not going to go their way. Fortunately (or not) for them the three ethereal beings had other things in mind as the weather cleared and the sun seeped through the hazy clouds in a mist of serene heavenly light.
"Well, our plane for Cairo is here, come on" Rick said as he picked up his bags and walked over to the small plane.
Evelyn and Jonathan took a last look at the mountains in the distance then stepped onto the plane bound for the city that was still a nightmare to remember.
"So what are we going to do? When we get to Cairo?" Jonathan asked
"Find the Book of the Dead and destroy it before anyone can read from it" Evie replied anxiously
"That ought to be easy" Rick calmly said
"But what if somebody already read from the book? then we would have to go through the same thing over again" Jonathan said anxiously
"Lets just hope they haven't because there's no telling what Imhotep will do, he'll be twice as angry...looking for revenge" Evie replied as she looked out the window,
"Well, if he's awake there's no telling what I'll do to him and the person who woke him up" Rick said as he clenched his fist.
As the plane flew towards Cairo so did the worries of all three of them. What they hadn't realized was that David had sneaked once again on board the lane on the way to Cairo too. It would take a few hours to get there but hours seemed like centuries.
*~~~Back in Cairo~~~*
"When I find Rick I'm going to hug him and try not to faint" Angela thought as she walked through the marketplace. "Either that or pummel him senseless"
"Jewelry, Trinkets and Maps! Come and get them! Very cheap!" a vendor shouted in Arabic as Angela walked by holding the reigns of her horse.
She couldn't help but think about that voice...that haunting, sexy voice and about the book which she had with her along wit the necklace and key. The huge explosion was another horrid thing and that scream was a little too
scary for her.
"I guess I'll see if they have any vacant rooms at Fort Brydon, it seems like a calm enough place at least there I won't run into bugs and other icky things" Angela thought as she got onto her horse and galloped towards the fort. "No problems here"
*~~~A hotel in Cairo~~~*
"Where is Angela?!! You were supposed to keep an eye on her!! now she's gone! the inheritance is gone and all because of you!" Lewis shouted angrily as his henchmen watched nervously.
"But Mr. Calabar you saw the attack they ambushed us, we were surrounded and scattered!" Vinnie, the youngest of the henchmen said.
"I don't care! she got away and now my chances of wealth are gone!...go find her and bring her to me....now!!" Lewis' voice echoed throughout the room.
Everyone in the room nodded silently and quickly ran out of the room in search of Angela.
"You aren't going to get away so easily Angela O'Connell I won't let you go" Lewis said as he stared at a picture of her.
"Pardon me Mr. Calabar, but if we find Angela and she doesn't want to come back what should we do?" a newbie henchmen said as he peered through the door.
"If Miss O'Connell refuses to return by means of good bring her back by force" he said sternly.
*~~~In Hotel Hallway~~~*
"Is it me or is Mr. Calabar crazy?" Vinnie asked nervously
"He's insane Vinnie, never doubt that...he's been obsessed with Angela since they were young... but let's not go there, just listen to his instructions" one of the other henchmen said as they walked by him.
Behind Vinnie was Anton, the 2nd oldest of the henchmen at age 26, he hated Lewis yet couldn't do anything about it. He hated having to go out and search for Angela, but he had to do it...it was either that or get shot. As they walked outside and got into two lines the main man said "Okay we are all going to split up and search for Miss O'Connell.. bring her back by force if she does not want to come back peacefully.. you guys got that. "
Everyone remained silent as he said this not uttering a sound nor blinking an eye. They were all like marble statues blankly at the world.
"Vinnie, Anton you two search the West side of the city and make sure you leave no stone unturned...do you catch my drift!!"
"Yes we do sir...we understand perfectly well" Anton said sternly
"Very well you two may go.. now"
Vinnie and Anton slowly walked over to the car and hopped in. As Anton started the car he could hear the main man telling everyone where to go. Without saying another word he shook his head and sighed then drove away into the crowded street. "I hope we never find her" he thought. Lewis didn't love Angela at all he just loved her inheritance and that everyone knew. He cared for no one but himself. As for Angela he could care less what happened to her after the wedding, but for now she was his treasure and he couldn't let her go. Anton couldn't stand thinking about that as he drove towards the east side of town....he wanted to take Angela and get her out of Cairo....that is if she was still in Cairo, but that wasn't possible even if she was, for he knew what would happen if he tried to help her out and just imagining it made his stomach turn.
"I want to be free Anton, free from his grasp, you're the only one I can trust.. help me get away from him...forever!" he could hear Angela's voice in his head pleading to him as he drove onwards.
He could remember that day like it had happen an hour ago.. She was in her room trapped like a caged canary...he had helped her escaped only to have her get caught once more the next day in a plaza in London. He had seen the look of horror on her face as they grabbed her and stuffed her into the back seat of the car. Anton had to restrain himself from not punching the three guys who had grabbed her when she hadn't been looking. That night she had cried and tried to get out, but hadn't been able too. Lewis's father had given strict orders not to let her out.. his excuse being: she was extremely ill. Then one day her attitude changed and she became more calm and stern...yet she also had a touch of rebelliousness and she was very open minded. That had came as a shock, ah but Anton knew she was just trying to get on Lewis' good side which worked like a charm. Now his mind floated back in here to Egypt. Angela had gotten away on her own and was now free...free as a dove...free forever now.. or so he hoped.
* ~~~Inside Fort Brydon~~~*
"Oh room sweet room, finally I can go to sleep without worrying about problems" Angela said as she walked into the room the attendant had given to her.
After setting down her bags and locking the door Angela got out of her explorer like outfit and put on a scarlet, satin gown that revealed the voluptuous curves of her body. She looked at herself in the mirror and frowned.
"If only I had a guy that honestly loved me for who I was....I would be happy, I would give anything to have a guy like that" she thought as she turned around to see her pack of clothes where she had The Book of the Dead, Key and Necklace hidden.
"No one will ever know I have you because if they do I'll lose you and your my only treasure...no one will ever know" she said aloud
Angela turned around and nearly had a heart attack...there standing behind her was a man dressed in a long black, priest like robe. He was like a god...head-shaved, golden tan, intense eyed, muscular bare chest, and as handsome as any idol. Angela just stared at him not knowing what to say or do. The man didn't say anything except look her up and down as well. She slowly turned around and tried to say something to the reflection but not a word a came out. Suddenly he spoke to her.. not in English but in Ancient Egyptian.
"You have awaken me, I never expected to see you again...Isiria"
"Isiria? Who's Isiria?" she responded back nervously in Ancient Egyptian.
"Do not act foolish with me Isiria, I know it is you and for awakening me I must thank you" he said in a soft voice.
Without saying another word he walked up to her and turned her towards him then kissed her passionately. Angela was taken so much by surprise that she dug right in letting herself get engulfed by the moment. Now, step out of this reality for a moment and travel 3,000 years back in time...back to Thebes....city of the living.
