Chapter Seven
Imhotep awakens inside his sarcophagus and bursts his way out with unnatural strength. He is no longer a mummified skeleton but rather a completely clothed human being. The curse has made him god-like and indestructible along with given him strange powers.
He has supernatural hearing and hears Evelyn and Rick laughing hundreds of yards away. He is instantly drawn to her because she woke him up and begins slowing walking towards her.
…Rick, Evelyn, Jonathan and Sarah decide to settle down for what they hoped was nighttime and Rick takes the first shift. Jonathan and Sarah fall asleep as soon as they laid down while Evelyn stayed up talking to Rick as he paced back and forth down the hallway. He was so impressed with her, this woman was so incredibly fascinating. Her passion for ancient Egypt was undeniable but she was also a very beautiful compassionate woman inside and out. He was certain that they were meant to be together, that fate brought them together for a reason but he decided he would wait for the right moment to make a move, he didn't want to scare her off.
After talking for a couple hours, the tension between them was so undeniably intense that Evelyn couldn't take it anymore, she pushed Rick against the wall and kissed him.
Rick was at first shocked by her boldness but quickly returned the favor by picking her up and putting her against the wall as she wrapped her legs around him.
It was a very passionate make-out session that neither wanted to end, in fact it went on for a good half hour until it was rudely interrupted by a terrified scream coming from down the hallway.
Evelyn and Rick looked at one another but before they could say something they heard the scream again and went racing down the hallway hand in hand towards Jonathan and Sarah.
When they arrived at their make shift camp site they saw Jonathan and Sarah cowering against the wall with a strange man looking at the curiously. The man hadn't seen Rick and Evelyn yet and he was speaking Egyptian to Sarah and Jonathan. Evelyn found his robes to be really odd, it looked as though he was from ancient Egypt which was impossible.
"Rick, look at his robes, something's not right here" Evelyn whispered
But before he could respond, the being turned and locked eyes with her.
"Ah, just the girl I've been looking for. Thank you my dear for awakening me. Wow, you are much more beautiful than I could've ever imagined" he said as he intensely stared at Evelyn.
"Look her buddy, I don't know who you are, but you need to go back to wherever you came from" Rick said as he stepped in front of Evelyn sensing how uncomfortable the situation was becoming.
Imhotep just smugly smiled and walked past Evelyn and Rick. "My name is Imhotep and you my dear will be seeing me again" he said as he ran his fingers along Evelyn's jaw.
Rick angrily stepped toward Imhotep but he burst into a sand tornado and spun down the hallway before Rick could touch him.
"What. The. Hell. Was. That. Thing" Rick said as he scanned the hallway
"Umm did anyone else hear him say awaken?" Sarah said wild-eyed
"Yes he did. Rick you don't think that he…" Evelyn said looking into his eyes
"Is a mummy risen from the dead?" Rick responded grimly staring back at her
"Oh God, what have we done?" she whispered as hugged herself
"I don't like that this guy basically promised to come back for you" Rick said furiously
Evelyn had no words to describe what she was feeling so she just walked into Rick's open arms, leaned her head against his shoulder and started crying softly. At this exact moment Rick knew that he would do anything to keep this girl safe.
"We'll fix this, you and me together" Rick mumbled into her hair.
