No one could even try to sleep. They all stayed in there tent and attempted but Willow heard speaking outside of the tent. She looked, pulling the flap. She saw Evelyn and Rick over a large metal book, Evelyn reading the ancient language. She got a bad feeling about it. She's been around enough magical books to know. "Willow?" Willow turned, seeing Buffy looking worriedly at her. Willow whispered. "I think something very bad is going to happen. There reading from the book of the dead." Buffy nodded. She went to Xander who was the only one who could sleep. Shaking him. "Xander. Wake up."
Xander started awake. "Huh? What?" Giles looked over at them. Frowning. "Is something wrong?" Willow spoke. "I think something bad-" She got cut off by screaming from the other people and crew outside, the sound of buzzing strong and constant. Xander jumped, looking around in fear. Buffy opened the tent just a crack to look. "Oh god..there's a ton of bugs flying everywhere." "Locusts." Willow corrected. Xander spoke. "So what do we do about our flying friends?" Giles looked around as well, just as lost. "Stay in here?"
But that plans on failed when the locusts found a hole and managed to get inside. All screamed and thrashed in the small tent. They managed to get out of the tent, trashing and flailing at the insects when they heard a familiar and gruff voice. "Hey! Hey! Follow us!" It was Rick who was looking more annoyed then anything, barely swatting at the bugs.
They ran into the tomb they're were just in earlier. Evelyn saw the locusts wern't going inside it. The Americans had ran ahead of them inside.
Once all were inside safely Buffy spoke first, looking around at everyone. Rick already with his gun in hand. "We should be careful. We don't know what else got woken up." Rick nodded. "What the girl said. Stay behind me." He started to lead with Buffy behind followed by Willow, Xander, ,Giles and Evelyn and her brother. Jonathan holding his sisters arm like a child in fear.
Buffy and Rick both went around a corner carefully. Noticing she was also leading he spoke. "What are you doing?" She gave him a look, keeping an eye on the long tomb. "What are you doing?" He glared. "Protecting you kids. Get behind me." She huffed. "I can protect myself but thanks for the offer." He was about to say something when the sand started to bulge, rising. Then bugs were flowing out of it like black water. All turned, running with Rick attempting to shoo them away with the torch before abandoning it and shooting at them with his shot gun.
They ran to an area that had spots to jump at to avoid them. Buffy and Xander and Giles were on one, Jonathan and Rick on one and Willow and Evelyn on another. Evelyn had her arms wrapped around Willow protectively when they both leaned against the wall. With a small cry of fear they fell back within the secret passage.
Once all the bugs left and it was quiet. Buffy looked around. "Where's Willow?" Rick looked around. "Where's Evelyn?" Xander spoke. "Well were one is the other will probably be. Nerds tend to travel in packs." Giles let out a breath. "Gee what insight you have Xander, what ever would we do without you?" He said as he started cleaning his glasses of sand and sweat.
Evelyn and Willow fell into a dark passage. Catching there breath. Evelyn started helping Willow up. "Here dear, take my hands." Willow took her hands, letting herself be helped up. She smiled. "Thanks." Evelyn smiled back before looking concerned. "Are you alright? That was a bit of a fall." She nodded. "Yeah. It takes more than to fall into secret passages to hurt me." Evelyn nodded before hearing a noise, seeing the back of , one of the Americans. She was about to go over to him. "Oh Mr. burns-" "I don't think you should go over there." Evelyn looked back to Willow. "Nonsense. Willow, he's a very nice gentleman, he will help us." Evelyn took two steps before turned, mumbling. "My eyes...he took my eyes..." Evelyn gasped, seeing his eye socket dark and void and the way he was talking it seemed he took his tounge to.
Then he stepped out of the darkness. Making Evelyn scream in fear, putting Willow behind her, despite her own fear and shaking. "Willow, stay behind me." Willow swallowed. Looking the mummy over. This must be what the men in black robes was talking about. A mummy had come back to life. Evelyn spoke again. "Oh what do we do?" Willow was speaking quietly. "Oh what would Buffy do? What would Buffy do?"
They were terrified as the mummy spoke something they could barely understand... Well Willow didn't understand it, she wondered if Evelyn did. Before her thoughts could go anywhere else Rick came in quickly. "There you are! Stop playing hide and seek and let's get out of-" He saw the mummy, crying out in being startled more than actual fear. While the mummy roared at him Buffy ran , kicking the mummies head in before giving it another good kick, taking it's head off like a soccer ball. Rick took the chance, taking Evelyn and running of the tomb, making a mental note to give a stern talk to Buffy who loves running into danger.
When they exited the tomb however they were met with the men in the black robes, the Magi. The leader came to them, the rest surrounding him on horse back. "I told you to leave. Now you may have killed us all." Rick spoke first. "We got him." "He is no mortal creature. He is not of this world. No mortal weapons can kill this creature." Then he snapped his fingers, bringing out two men, carrying body while he moaned in pain. Handing him back to his American friends who cradled him. "what did you do to him?" They asked. Xander winced, looking away, Willow brought her hands to her mouth in shock and Giles shook his head in disbelief? Concern? Horror? He wasn't sure. Buffy looked on with seriousness. This mummy needed taken down. She didn't pay attention the rest of the time the Magi were talking. Only looking on the poor man with no eyes and tounge. But she did catch the end of the Magi's warning.
"He will never eat. He will never sleep. He will never stop."
AN: I'm sorry it's taken me soooooo long to update. I've been busy with home and busy writing a book which hopefully will be punished on Kindle this September. I hope you enjoy the story, again, sorry it took so long to update but I'm not dead! I'm still here :)