Unraveled
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to Marvel or Sunbow Entertainment. I own Farrah/Persiana and Leon/Crisis.
Chapter 4: It Awakens
At the Xavier Institute…
The feral mutant Logan, real name Wolverine, was having a rare private moment with a cigar outside. The regenerating mutant was not bothered by the effects of smoking such things; his healing factor would be able to handle it. But, it was the stench of the things that a lot of other people complained about that Logan decided to take them outside, away from the building. He was just about to extinguish his cigar when a loud explosion was heard from inside the main building,
"AND I'M TELLING YOU, ROBOTS WOULD SO TOTALLY OWN ZOMBIES!"
Wolverine grumbled,
"What are they arguing about now?"
A female voice shouted back,
"Nonsense! Pirates would defeat zombies and robots!"
A third voice chimed in,
"What about dinosaurs?"
A fourth voice laughed,
"There's a reason dinosaurs wouldn't win; they're extinct!"
That last comment was followed by another loud explosion, and a fire ball. Wolverine sighed angrily, shaking his head,
"On second thought, it's safer not knowing."
Meanwhile, back in San Diego…
Sersi said,
"I am going to have the scarab moved to the compound for safe keeping."
War Machine looked at the immortal teen,
"It's all right with me. We can keep it in the vault and move it to and from the exhibit while it's in town."
Farrah grinned and hugged her boyfriend,
"So, what do you think we should do now on our date?"
Pulsar answered quickly,
"Easy. You, Hercules, and Leon are going to clean the compound up since you squirmed out of it the last time."
The lioness looked surprised,
"What? Since when?"
Carol handed her a broom,
"Since you started the fight with me. It figures I would have to clean up your mess. You always look for the easy way out!"
Farrah snarled,
"Me start a fight? You're the one that started it!"
Leon got in between them,
"Enough. I don't want to have to clean up a bigger mess than we already have."
Monica shook her head,
"Not exactly. We cleaned the mess. The three of you are going to wash the Quinjet. Again."
Hercules groaned out loud,
"By Zeus, that will take forever!"
A pail bucket and sponge was put into his hands. Monica smirked,
"Now, get to work. All of you."
Sersi held the briefcase that contained the scarab, sulking
"It's too bad. I really wanted to go out more."
Rhody said,
"First, we get the scarab in the vault. Then, we'll talk later."
Later that night…
The Egyptian exhibit was closed for the day due to the attempted theft of one of the most precious artifacts. The jeweled scarab was safely moved to the West Coast Avengers' Compound. But, there was something else going on at the exhibit.
An elderly janitor was busy dusting and sweeping along the exhibit floor itself, cleaning up debris and dust from the battle and the usual patrons earlier in the day. As he moved near the sarcophagus, he thought he saw some of the symbols glowing. The elderly janitor then saw moonlight reflecting on the ancient coffin and shrugged it off, thinking the moon was reflecting off of it. As he continued sweeping, he thought he heard a moan coming from inside the sarcophagus. The startled man turned, and, as he listened closer, he heard the moan again, coming from inside the sarcophagus. Thinking that someone had opened it and played inside it, the elderly janitor attempted to pry the heavy stone off and look inside.
As the lid came off, a bandaged hand grabbed his throat and moaned out loud. His eyes were as black as death as he stared at the elderly janitor and started jabbering in an ancient language. The janitor was frightened, so much so he had a heart attack. The mummy, for lack of a better word, cast him aside and emerged from the coffin slowly. His eyes gazed in the case that once contained the scarab. When he saw it was no longer there, he began to leave, crashing through a wall.
The mummy was now loose, jabbering in an ancient language.
Next Chapter:
The Mummy menaces the West Coast Avengers! Stay tuned, fellow readers!