Chapter 4.
Professor Bey led Jimmy and the gang to his office. He opened his private journals from a bookcase that was locked.
The Professor walked over to his desk and put on his reading glasses.
"What we discovered since your discovery of the tomb. We had a group along with myself studied the pictures left from the ruins your Robot dog sent us. We have discovered how Queen Hasabataslapya died at such a young age."
Jimmy and the gang were surprised and the Professor opened the book.
"Before the Queen was crowned, her father ruled Egypt alongside him was his advisor and hi priest Hotep. Hotep was wise but Hotep sought the throne of Egypt.
Now the Pharaoh ruled with grace until he died being discovered by his Advisor and Priest. The Pharoah died of what looked to be poison leaving his only heir and daughter to rule.
Her tutor Nefertiti and the Priest were secretly lovers. That conspired against the young queen. One night Nefertiti was tutoring the young Queen as she waited for Hotep.
During the lesson, Hasabataslapya let down her guard and Nefertiti distracted her while Hotep snuck into her chamber. With Scimitar in Hand, he stabbed the young Queen in the back.
Once their vile deed was complete the lovers embraced only to hear a scream. They turned to see Hasabataslapya's handmaiden who alerted the guards.
The two tried to run but worried about her lover's safety Nefertiti diverted the guards away from Hotep only to be killed."
Jimmy and his friends were amazed.
"Wow, that's even better than the story I told," Sheen said surprised.
The Professor smiled "Oh but our story continues."
The Professor opened the second book.
"Once Hotep learned this he broke into her tomb and collected her corpse and made his way to the city of Anubis with her corpse and the book of the dead stolen from Pharoahs library.
He took his lover's body to an alter that laid before a statue of Anubis and Hotep ordered one of the loyal disciples bring the handmaiden that alerted the guards.
His disciple returned with the handmaiden tied up. Now with the book, Hotep called back Nefertiti's soul from the underworld and Anubis's grasp and with the golden dagger in hand and the sacrifice of the handmaiden he would bring her back to life.
Now one of the archeologists we sent was fortunate. They discovered a journal belonging to the captain of the guard we discovered Hotep failed.
The disciples were followed by the guards. Once Hotep was about to sacrifice the hand maiden the guards stepped in and stopped Hotep.
Once captured it was declared that Hotep and his disciples would be punished for their crimes. Hotep's disciples were killed and mummified before Hotep's eyes. Hotep received the worst punishment the ritual Hom-Dai."
"Hom die? the ritual of killing house?" Sheen said confused. The Professor frowned and Jimmy stepped up looking pale. Cindy looked to Jimmy "What is it, Jimmy?"
"Hom-dai was only reserved for the wicked. Their tongue would be cut from their head and they would be wrapped up like a mummy placed in a sarcophagus and ..."
"And what, what would happen next?"
Jimmy turned to Sheen "They would be devoured alive by beetles and cursed to be a flesh eating mummy with the power to move even the sands of Egypt."
"Wow, creepy," Sheen said looking a little spooked.
"It's complete none sense magic and curses do not exist."
Cindy looked to Jimmy "Really but didn't you, yourself raise mummies with that electro light?"
Jimmy shook his head "Those mummies were dead servants. Plus I used science fact, not fiction and Mummies made by way of Hom Dai had been locked away."
The Professor laughed "Excellent James if this was the classroom you would have received an A-plus.
Luckily for us, Hom-Dai mummies are the things of legend."
Jimmy looked to the professor "Professor, What happened to Nefertiti's body?"
The Professor looked to Jimmy "Well we were able to find her body and placed it in one of storage lockers. We were going to bring Nefertiti in as an exhibit but we won't be able to open any new exhibits until we can clean up and recover the stolen artifacts."
Jimmy thought of a plan "Can we get the storage lockers number. Cause if they went after the dagger and books they may go after her body as well."
The Professor nodded and jotted down the address.
Jimmy looked to his friends "Well guys we gotta Mummy to secure." The Professor saw them off and Jimmy and the gang walked the streets.
Blix was shopping for food when he saw Jimmy and the gang.
Blix stepped out of sight and he watched them.
"Where are they going?" Blix followed them and heard Sheen shout.
"Man this is awesome we get to guard a mummy against robber this is awesome."
Jimmy looked to Sheen "Sheen we can't let people know the location of Nefertiti's body."
Blix watched as they were heading to a storage locker compound. Curious Blix decided to warn his young master and their new acquaintance.
He raced back to their hide out a run down building in the slums. Blix ran quickly and saw Eustace looking out the window while the bald man stood over an old book."
Eustace looked to Blix "Blix what are you doing back so soon and where's the food?"
"Heir Strych I saw Heir Neutron and friends in the market."
The Bald man tossed a book aside in frustration. "This is useless they hid Nefertiti's body."
Blix looked astonished and Eustace looked to Blix "Our Comrade here learned English feeding off one of the Security guards last night as well as gotten that hole in his face fixed. Blix meet Hotep, now what's this about Neutron?"
"He's here and I saw him and the two boys who enjoyed my cooking and those girls with him heading to the storage locker compound. They said something about guarding a Mummy matching the name Hotep mentioned."
Hotep smiled hearing where his lost lover's body was. "Let us go now."
