Kick Buttowski and the Curse of the Mummy
In the last chapter, Kick gets a nightmare about Kickankhamun getting killed by either a failed stunt or a tragic murder. Don't worry folks. This'll be longer than the previous ones.
The trip to Egypt was normal as usual. Most of the kids were talking and gossiping while some were playing with their iPods and handheld games or listening to their music. The bus driver was ... well ... keeping his strict eyes on the road as usual with the exception of yelling the kid to shut up. Meanwhile Kick and Gunther were talking to themselves with Kendall reading from the seat behind them. She wanted to tell Kick and Gunther to shup up until she heard Kick talking about something.
What he's speaking about is probably interesting. Kendall thought.
"Are you sure Kick?" Gunther asked to Kick. "He told you that?"
"Well yeah." Kick responded. "He told me about the boy king getting killed by either a failed stunt or a tragic murder. I even had a nightmare about his death. That's when I was certain that it was probably a tragic murder."
"What do you mean a murder Kick?"
"Well in my dream, I kinda saw an unknown person hiding in the bushes away from the authorites. I'm kinda certain that he might be the murderer." (1)
"Wow Kick. I'd never knew that Egypt had tragic murders back then. What might you think that person hiding in the bushes is the murderer?"
"Well he either wants him dead for pleasure or to take his throne and rule the Nile all to himself."
"Good point."
"So are you guys still talking about the boy king?" Kendall asked with sarcasm.
"Yeah." The boys answered.
"Well y'know. The boy king would've listen to the rules better if he was to live longer."
"And your point?" Kick said coldly.
"Well let's just say that he should be spending more time on reading books and following the rules exactly rather than goofing off like a rebellion and doing stunts all day."
"Kendall. Just because he died at a very young age doesn't mean that he didn't follow the rules exactly."
"And your point Clarance?"
"Well he might've got distracted and got killed by someone."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah."
"Well in that case, I'm going to find more about this boy king when we get there. What's his name again?"
"Kickankhamun."
"Okay. So when we get to Egypt, I'm going to find out more about this Kickankhamun kid or whatever."
"Fine but just beware of the curse."
"A curse? Really Clarance?"
"Seriously Kendall. You'd ought to be careful about the curse. It's unstoppable."
"Like should I believe that! Ha!"
"Fine. But I warned you."
As the class made their way to the airport, everyone including Ms. Fitzpatrick were either sitting in the seats until the plane arrives or buying sovenirs. Gunther and Kick were at the food store to buy some candies for the trip. Gunther decided to spend the money on the chocolate bars.
"How much are these?" Gunther asked.
"Hmm," the clerk responded. "That'll be a total of 10 bucks."
Gunther gave the clerk 10 bucks.
"Thank you." said Gunther.
"Have a nice flight." said the clerk.
"So Gunther," Kick said. "What did you buy?"
"A bunch of O-Henry bars. They're SO good. Hey do you think that Kendall is bluffing about finding more info on Kickankhamun?"
"Maybe. But all of this curse thing..."
"Yeah?"
"And how no one had ever found the king's tomb.."
"Yeah?"
"And how no one is able to break the curse or come back alive..."
"Yeah?"
"Well..."
"Yeah?"
"I think Kendall's in danger if she's going to find Kickanhamun's tomb."
"Uh-oh."
(1) = The person who is hidden away from the authorities in Kick's dream is a mystery and will not be revealed until the end of the story. As Kick dreams about the boy king, be sure to find some clues and they'll lead into the real murderer.
