Before long everyone from Annie's group was standing at an opening that led underground. Evy and Jonathan were working on some mirrors and Rick was tying a rope around pillar so everyone could climb down. Annie loading hers and Rick guns in case they found something down there. She had also noticed the embarrassed look on Rick's face when he had tried to say something to Evy while giving her one of the American's tool kits as a gift. When Rick finished tying the rope to the pillar, having smacked the warden with it a few times, Annie handed him his guns and watched him climb down. As they entered the chamber Evy was in awe. Annie had climbed after Evy and was followed by Jonathan.

"Do you realize we're standing in a room that no one has entered for over three thousand years?" She said walking towards another mirror.

"What is that god-awful stench?" Jonathan exclaimed into the stillness once he had touched down. The warden dropped down next to them. "Oh," Jonathan said, realizing at once where the smell was coming from.

"And then there was light," Evy announced, adjusting the mirror and knocking away the cobwebs clinging to it.

The beam bounced off several hidden mirrors, and suddenly the room was filled with light.

"Hey," Rick said. "That is a neat trick."

"Oh my God," Evy murmured. "It's a sah-net-jer."

"A what now?" Annie asked, deciding to join the conversation.

"A preparation room," Evy clarified.

"Preparation for what?" Rick inquired.

"For entering the afterlife," she replied spookily.

"Mummies, my son," Jonathan explained, seeing that Rick still looked confused. "This is where they made the mummies."

Rick had pulled one of his pistols out and was walking ahead of the rest of them, torch in one hand, gun at the ready in the other. They walked down a passage Rick in the lead followed by Evy, Jonathan, Annie and finally the warden. Suddenly, loud skittering was heard all around them. The whole party looked back and forth, swinging their torches about, trying to figure out what the noise was and where it was coming from. It seemed to be coming from above them.

As suddenly as it had started, the noise died away. "What was that?" Jonathan asked.

"Sounds like… bugs," Rick replied thoughtfully.

"He said bugs," Evy hissed at the rest of them.

"What do you mean bugs?" the warden exclaimed. "I hate bugs!"

"Well then you're kinda in the wrong place now aren't you?" Annie muttered.

The small group turned a corner and came out of the cramped hall into a large room, with the base of a very large statue before them. All that was visible were the legs and feet of the statue, the rest of it disappeared into the ceiling.

"The legs of Anubis," Evy announced. "The secret compartment containing the golden book of Amun-Ra should be hidden somewhere inside here."

"Evy… what exactly is this book you keep talking about?" Annie asked having missed all Evy's conversations regarding the book.

"Well it's a book made from gold and it holds ancient spells that were used 3000 years ago." Evy explained shortly but not loud enough for the warden to hear.

"Oh well I guess you're after it because of the text inside?" Annie whispered to her.

"You know me already." Evy smiled.

As they all approached the statue's base, distant moaning could be heard. It continued coming closer and closer. The whole party threw themselves up against the base of the statue. Rick handed his torch over to Evy and pulled out his other gun. Annie reached into her holsters and pulled out her own pistols. On either side of her, Jonathan and the warden also drew guns. The four of them spun around the corner of the statue, guns drawn. They found themselves facing about fifteen men, almost all of whom had guns pointed back at them, and who looked every bit as scared as they felt. It was the American dig team.

"You scared the bejesus out of us, O'Connell," Henderson announced.

"Likewise," Rick replied.

All of them lowered their guns. "Hey," Burns exclaimed, stepping towards Evy, who was standing back behind her four armed companions. "That's my tool kit."

"No, it isn't." Rick replied, pointing his guns at him. Jonathan, and the warden took that as a cue to do the same.

Annie rolled her eyes at their behavior, especially Ricks. Typical men, less brains more brawn as the saying went. The Americans aimed their guns back at their four competitors. "Perhaps I was mistaken," Burns said, backing off.

Evelyn attempted to take control of the situation. "Well, have a nice day gentlemen, we have a lot of work to be getting along with."

"Push off!" the other crew's snooty Egyptologist shouted at her. "This is our dig site!"

"We got here first," she growled back.

The guns came out again. "This here is our statue, friend," Daniels snarled, ironically sounding the exact opposite of friendly.

"I don't see your name written on it, pal," Rick snarled back.

"Yes, well," Beni spoke up. "There is only five of you, and fifteen of me. Your odds are not so great, O'Connell."

"I've had worse," was Rick's reply.

"Yeah, me too," Jonathan added.

Rick looked at Jonathan like he had lost his mind. Annie however had taken a step back but heard something hollow. Glancing down she saw a crack and pushed a few stones down hearing their sound echo. Without being seen Annie nudged Evy a bit gaining her attention. Evy stared at Annie and watched as she glanced down. Evy glanced down and stared at the opening while Annie once again pushed a rock below. Evy quickly raised her eyes to meet Annie's with a smile.

Evy took charge, "Oh, for goodness sake," she said, stepping forward and pushing down everyone's guns. "Let's be nice, children. If we're going to play together, we must learn to share." She turned to Rick and gave him an imploring look, trying to push his arm down. "There are other places to dig."

Rick also listened to Evy. He slowly lowered his gun and gave her a very strange look. Minutes after the scene with the Americans at the base of Anubis digging from below. All except the warden, who had gone on his own.

"According to these hieroglyphics," Evelyn was saying. "We're underneath the statue of Anubis. We should come up right between his legs."

"When those damn Yanks go to sleep, no offense," Jonathan announced.

"None taken," Rick and Annie said at the same time.

"We'll dig our way up and steal that book right out from under them," Jonathan finished.

"Are you sure we can find this secret compartment thing?" Rick asked skeptically.

"Oh, yes, if those beastly Americans haven't beaten us to it," Evelyn replied. "No offense."

"None taken," Rick said once more.

Evy stood there for a moment and turned to Annie who hadn't said a word.

"Annie? Are you angry at what me and Jonathan said about Americans?" She asked as Annie turned a confused look at Evy.

"No of course not why would I?" Annie answered.

"Evelyn, Annie's more Egyptian than American." Rick explained.

"Oh right." Evy smiled at Annie who smiled back.

"Where'd our smelly little friend get to?" Jonathan asked suddenly, meaning the warden.

"Who know's. I would think he's looking for some investments." Annie answered.

After a good hour, they finally stopped to take a rest. Jonathan began swinging his ax at loose rocks, practicing his golf swing. Annie took a sip of water and handed the canteen to Rick who took a sip before handing it to Evy. Evy and Rick began talking about mummies which Annie found kinda gross but then pretty interesting aswell.

"Let me get this straight," Rick interrupted her. "They ripped out your guts and stuffed them in… jars."

"They'd take out your heart as well. Oh, and do you know how they took out your brains?"

"Evy, I don't think we need to know this," Jonathan announced.

"They'd take a sharp, red-hot poker, stick it up your nose, scramble things about a bit, and then rip it all out through your nostrils."

"That's got to hurt," Rick added.

"Well, it's called mummification, you'll be dead when they do this," Evy explained. The process she'd just described didn't disgust her in the slightest. In fact, talking about it seemed exciting to her.

"It's like early forms of surgery." Annie voiced.

"I guess you could say it like that."

"For the record," Rick announced, turning to Jonathan. "If I don't make it out of here, don't put me down for mummification."

"Likewise," Jonathan agreed, swinging at another rock.

The rock flew upwards, bouncing off the ceiling, and causing the room around them to shake and rumble. Dirt began to billow down around them, and very suddenly, a huge, heavy, rectangular object fell from above, landing before Rick, Evelyn, and Annie.

"Oops," Jonathan said quietly.

Rick and Evy also stood up. "Oh my god," Evy announced. "It's… it's a sarcophagus. Buried at the base of Anubis."

Everyone looked up at the cavernous hole in the ceiling above them. Evy stared at the sarcophagus before her. "He must have been someone of great importance," she continued. "Or he did something very naughty." Rick raised his eyebrows at this.

"Who do you suppose in inside?" Annie asked.

The four of them began blowing and wiping sand off of the top of the sarcophagus. Annie saw some marking on the lid and read them out loud for everyone.

"He that shall not be named?" Annie looked up at Rick, "I have a bad feeling about this Rick."

"You and me both." Rick muttered and dusted away some more sand. Rick was frowning at a strange indentation carved into the surface of the sarcophagus. "This looks like some kind of a lock," he announced.

"Well, whoever's in here sure wasn't getting out," Jonathan put in.

"Yeah, no kidding," Rick said. "Wouldn't this count as some sort of bad omen Ann?"

"Well yes… now that you mention it."

"I'll tell you one thing: it would take us a month to crack into this thing without a key." Rick explained to Evy who had a far off look in her eyes as if she was remembering something.

"A key?" Evy exclaimed suddenly. "A key! A key! Now that's what he was talking about!" She raced over to their bags and began rifling through Jonathan's satchel.

"Who was talking about what?" Rick asked, confused, looking over at the other two with a similar look on his face. Both of them shrugged.

"The man, the man on the barge!" Evy explained. "The one with the hook! He was looking for a key!"

She raced back over to the sarcophagus, Rick's puzzle box in her hands. "Hey, that's mine!" Jonathan protested.

Evy ignored him. She opened up the octagonal box and it became a star. With an excited grin, she placed the star shaped top of the box in the indentation. It fit perfectly.

She grinned up at the other three triumphantly. But before anything else could be said on the subject, they heard loud, terrified screaming. It sounded like the warden. Rick and Annie drew their guns and walked into the passageway Jonathan and Evy behind them. The warden pushed past them frantically, still screaming his head off, and brushing away insects that weren't there. He'd lost his hat and his jacket, and his shirt was hanging halfway open. Running frantically, he raced down the hall in hysterics, and ran straight into the stone wall at the end of the pathway. He fell backwards, landing still and silent, and lay stiff on the floor.

"Someone tell me what just happened because I know that is not normal." Annie said shakily putting her guns away.

"Honestly I don't know." Rick answered slowly.