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Italics= ancient Egyptian
This new place I was in was very dark. I looked around for a way out scared but couldn't find one. I heard groaning behind me so I looked around the wall and saw Mr. Burns standing there with his back to me.
I sighed in relief. "Oh Mr. Burns. Thank Ra. I was just starting to get scared. I got lost through the wall and-" I began saying but screamed when I saw him as he turned around. His eyes were gone and from the way he was talking so was is tongue.
I backed away quickly turning to run but saw this thing behind me. It was decomposed! It growled. "Ahhhhhhh!" I screamed scared as hell.
I backed away from it the best I could but it kept walking towards me. I was breathing heavily frightened. I backed completely into a wall. The moonlight shown through some hole and onto me when I reached the wall. The things eyes seem to widen.
It turned and growled at Burns then turned back to me. I looked up at it with wide eyes. Then he spoke. "Akila?" he asked in a voice extremely raspy. I was confused at how he new my name. I tried to slowly get around him but he followed my every movement blocking me.
He finished walking up to me and brushed one of his decayed hands on my cheek. I closed my eyes in disgust. "Come with me my butterfly. So we can be together again forever." he whispered.
I reopened my eyes to see him holding his hand out. My eyes went wide. Only one person called me butterfly and that was imhotep. I lost all fear and disgust. "Imhotep?" I whispered. People ran by the passage next to me. Rick saw me and came over. I was in a daze.
"There you are was is this hide and seek?" he asked then saw I wasn't looking at him. He looked to where I was looking and screamed. Imhotep got angry that we were interrupted. Jon and two other Americans came up shouting my name causing imhotep to turn to them angrily. Jon dropped his torch surprised.
He turned and roared at rick scaring me. Rick roared back then shot him. "Come on lets go." he grabbed my arm and we all ran. When we got out we had about a dozen guns pointed at us.
I put up my hands. The man from before stepped foward and I glared at him. He pulled down his mask cloth. "I told you to leave or die. You refused. Now you may have killed us all. For you have unleashed the creature we have feared for more than three thousand years."
"Relax I got him." rick replied.
"No mortal weapon can kill this creature. He's not of this world."
Two of his men came carrying burns over. We put our hands down and looked at him. "You bastards what did you do to him?" Henderson asked angrily.
"We saved him. Saved him before the creature could finish his work." the man replied. I was getting angry at how they were calling imhotep a creature.
"Now leave all of you quickly before he finishes you all. And keep her especially away from him." he commanded gesturing to me.
"Ella. Nimshi. We must now go on the hunt and try to find a way to kill him." he commanded his men. They put down their guns and began to walk inside the city with him following.
"I already told you I got him." Rick said annoyed as the man passed him.
He stopped walking. "Know this. This creature is the bringer of death. He will never eat. He will never sleep. He will never stop." he finished before walking inside glancing at me glaring at him.
We all got on our camels and rode off back to Cairo. When we arrived went to our room at the hotel and Rick went with Evy to begin packing but I am staying. I'm not leaving until I know for sure if that was imhotep or not.
We were at fort brydon and rain clouds were forming. Odd. I could here Rick arguing with Evy about running or staying. He wanted to run but she wanted to stay and fight. When it was over I could finally read in peace but suddenly screams were heard from outside.
I ran to my balcony and looked out. It was raining fireballs. Just like in the ten plagues of Egypt. "He's here." I whispered. I ran back inside for safety. I heard a roar from Mr. Burns' room. I ran their and met up with Rick and Evy.
Evy and I gasped at seeing Burns dead in his chair. we heard another roar and saw imhotep at the fireplace...rejuvenating a little. He turned and saw us.
"We are in serious trouble." Rick said than began to shoot imhotep but the bullets had no effect on him. He threw Rick aside into Jon and Henderson who just joined him. Evy ran to help them up leaving me with him.
I backed up into a bookcase. "I found you at last Akila." he said than he tried to kiss me. "Ew ew ew ew ew." I said repeating it. I mean come on who would want a dead guy to kiss them even if you loved him.
He came close but the white cat Evy brought created noise from the piano stealing his attention. He screamed in fright then tried grabbing me but missed then he turned into sand and blew out the window slamming the shutters after him.
"Oh. My. Ra." I said...then fainted.
When I awoke we all went to the museum of antiques. For what? I don't know yet.
"He seems to like you." jon told me.
"Yeah what's that about?" Rick asked.
"What's this guy want anyway?" Henderson asked.
"Their's only one person I know that could have the answers." Evy said as we walked quickly then turned the corner to see the curator and the man from before.
"You!" I shouted angrily. Rick, Jon, and the Americans pulled out their guns.
"Ms. Carnahan. Gentlemen. Akila." the curator said acknowledging us.
"What is he doing here?" she asked.
He looked at the man then at us. "Do you really want to know or would you prefer to just shoot us?" he replied.
"After what I just saw? I'm willing to go on a little faith here." Rick said putting away his gun then the rest did the same.
We all took seats and waiting for him to begin explaining. The man introduced himself as Ardeth.
"We are part of an ancient secret society. For over three thousand years we have guarded the city of the dead. Sworn on manhood to stop anyone from helping the high priest imhotep from being born into this world." he said pacing angrily then sitting down.
"And now because of you we have failed." ardeth blamed evy.
"And you think this justifies the killing of innocent people?" she asked.
"To stop this creature let me think." the curator said sarcastically then pretended to think.
"Yes." him and ardeth replied.
Rick raised a finger. "Question. Why doesn't he like cats?" he asked.
"Well cats are the guardians of the underworld. He will fear them until he is fully regenerated. Then he will fear nothing." the curator replied.
I replayed the scene in my head as Henderson said something. Evy was pacing. I spoke up. "When I saw him alive at hamunaptra he knew my name. Then just earlier he tried to kiss me." I said feigning confusion.
"It's because of his love for Akila or you that he was cursed. It seems he still loves you after all these years."
"Even though you belong to pharaoh Seti. I'm his reincarnation." ardeth said looking at me.
"I don't belong to anyone." I replied through gritted teeth glaring.
"It appears he will be after you. So you will be by his side once again. He still loves you."
"Don't you mean the Akila from 3,000 years ago?" I asked.
"It is said she was put under a spell and sent to another life. You must be her." the curator replied.
I don't know why but I fainted again hearing Rick say, "She's been doing that a lot lately." before everything went black.
When I woke I kept my eyes closed. I heard someone whisper my name then felt lips on mine. They felt warm and soft I couldn't help but kiss back. But then they began to feel rough and a stench developed.
I opened my eyes wide and saw imhotep. I screamed against his lips and pushed him away. Turning from him. "Please don't turn from me my love." he pleaded. I turned back to him with sad eyes of what he's become.
Rick bursted through the door. "Hey! Get your ugly ass away from her!" he commanded. "How dare you interfere!" imhotep replied then roared at him.
"Look what I got." rick said holding up a cat that hissed at imhotep.
He roared again and turned into sand around us. Before he left through the window I felt a hand made of sand caress my cheek before it disappeared. I looked down sadly missing his touch. he hasn't changed at all.
"You all right?" rick asked.
"Oh well. Not sure." jon replied causing rick and I to look at him.
Later we went back to the museum and Evy began to explain with Rick on how the black book brought him to life then maybe the gold book can kill him we just need to find out wear it is.
Then we heard chanting outside once we reached the top of the stairs. We looked out the window and their was a mob outside with torches chanting "imhotep" over and over again.
"Last but not least my favorite plague. Boils and sores." jon said.
"They have become his slaves. So it has begun. The beginning of the end." ardeth said.
"Not quite yet it hasn't." evy replied.
Evy began looking for the answer. 'Soon I will got to imhotep.' I thought.
"Hurry up Evy." rick said.
"Patience is a virtue."
"Not right now it isn't."
"I've got it the golden book is at hamunaptra inside the statue of Horus. Hah! Take that bembridge scholars." she said happily.
We ran to where Jon had the car already started. "Let's go lets go." Rick rushed. We all got in and surprising fit. Jon revved the engine. Beni saw us trying to escaped and he called out to imhotep. He was up at the window. He roared down at us with his shadow growing.
Jon sped off with people chasing us. "You gonna get your beni! You hear me. You gonna get it!" Rick shouted at him as we were driving away.
We sped through the almost empty city. Jon stopped suddenly because right in front of us were the people. We sat there not knowing what to do before Rick slammed on Jon's foot pushing on the gas pedal. We sped through people running them over.
'Where is imhotep?' I thought.
Now they were all over the car attacking us. I punched and pushed them off the best I could. Two of them came up behind Henderson and grabbed him pulling him out of the car. We sped off before we could go back for him.
We ran into a water jug stopping the car. We rushed out and were backed into a wall. They chanted 'imhotep' again. We saw him emerge from the crowd full regenerated.
Imhotep spoke to me, "Come with me Akila. It is time to make you mine again. For all eternity."
Beni translated. But said forever instead of all eternity.
"For all eternity idiot." I said then walked towards imhotep but ardeth grabbed my arm causing me to turn to him.
"Seti!" imhotep cried angrily.
Ardeth gripped my arm tightly. He said, "I don't want you anywhere near him."
"Your not the boss of me. I can go to him if I wish to Seti." I replied using his real name.
"Seti?" Evy asked confused.
He gripped my other arm. "No you may not you belong to me not him!" he raised his voice now speaking in ancient Egyptian.
"I'm not property. You don't own me. Besides I love him, Seti."
"But I loved you! Then and now!" he shouted.
"Well I hate you! Give me a reason to love you. You took my life away from me. Took my virginity without my permission and kept me as your concubine. Then announced I was to be your queen! I didn't want that life!"
He was silent.
"If any one is to blame it is you. You're the one who put the curse on him. You're the one who separated us. You're the one who put me here. This!" I gestured around us. "Is all your fault."
Evy whispered the translation. Then Ardeth back handed me causing me to fall to the ground with my hand on my cheek. Imhotep growled. "Hey!" Rick cried angrily.
I chuckled. "You see." I said looking up at him and the others. "Imhotep isn't the bad guy. He is." I said pointing at ardeth.
R&R please I hope you liked it. I got excited myself writing it. Lol. Sorry Ardeth fans.