Thanks to those who commented on my story, it means a lot to me! You have no idea how hard this chapter was to write. I got serious writers block on it. In the movie I guess to us, it looked like just a day or two had passed since the boat, acquiring the camels, and then reaching Hamunaptra. so, Yeah, this was hard, and literally the only freaking dialog is when Jon complained about Warden's smell. -.-
also, here's the character info.
Name: Aahmas Carnanhan
Age: 24
Hair: Black wavy hair, mid waist length.
Eyes: Ice blue with golden flecks. Her makeup usually consists of blue and gold eye-shadow with the usual cat-tail eye-liner.
One of the darlings who has reviewed did ask me about her name. Why wouldn't Jon's and Evy's parents name her British like those two. My answer is, I would have gone with an English name, but the Egyptian names have such beauty to me and they seem to roll off the tongue better. But still, I'm going to say for the stories sake, mom and dad decided that they wanted a daughter with an egyptpname as they already had two englished named children.
I shall save my blabbering for later, please enjoy this chapter!
~KyraKuran~
Oh dear God it was actually chilly as the group of five walked in the direction they were apparently supposed to go. It got so bad that Aahmas was shivering, her arms wrapped around her to try and keep warmth to herself. She honestly felt bad for the members of their group. They had no clothes or anything...well, Rick had his impressive collection of guns!
As if gifted by Gods, as the sun rose, so did the outlines of buildings, they had found a village! They rushed to it and found the townspeople already awake and mulling about. The natives seemed startled by the sudden appearance of the five. Evy smiled and then went up to a shopkeeper, having a conversation with him, Aahmas knowing she was explaining their situation to him.
The man nodded and then waved over a few females, who came over to Aahmas and Evy, crowding around them and pretty much forcing them into a different hut. the men rolled their eyes before separating, Warden going who knows where, while Rick and Jon went to buy some supplies and a mode of transportation. Meanwhile, The girls were being stripped, washed, dried and made to choose a few outfits. While Evy chose the black dress, her sister Aahmas went for the blue one.
Their hair was done in an up-do. While Evy's was a neat little bun, Aahmas' was a little more complicated, it being braided and twisted until it formed it a small flower on the back of her head. The head pieces were next, twisted around so it covered their faces and it was fastened. When the women thought they were done, they went to stand, only to be forced down once more. Makeup was applied to their eyes, and for once, they looked pure Egyptian, or so Aahmas did.
When they were finally let free from the village girls evil clutches, Aahmas scurried over to Jon and clung to him. "Please, I swear to God, I will pay you any amount of money if you never breathe a word of this to anyone." She said, fake sobbing into his chest while her brother just laughed.
"You look beautiful sister, you really do. And according to Rick, I could have gotten these camels for free if I gave the man one of you." Jon said, only to have his sister turn red and glare at him. "I would never trade you. Evy maybe." He said smirking slightly, making Aahmas giggle happily.
"Oh Jon, I love you dearly." She said, before looking up at the camel in front of her and moving to it, running her hand over its muzzle. "These are our rides?" She asked, already knowing though that they were.
"Yes Ma'am, now, mount up, we're leaving soon." Jon said, only to a minute later gape at his little sister as she had no problem swinging herself up and onto the camel gracefully, leaving the reigns in his hands. "Well then, it's just the rest of us who have to mount up." He said, throwing the reigns to Aahmas. She grinned and then spurred the beast on, just strolling through the streets of the village, waiting for the rest of them to be ready.
"Aa! Come on, we're ready." Evy called out, making the girl grin and maneuver the camel over to the group, the five of them waving to the shopkeeper and then setting of, walking in the direction Rick said they needed to.
As they traveled over the desert, she noticed that Rick and Evy kept glancing at each other, which made her smile, at least that part of the story would still be true. She let go of the reigns suddenly and patted the camels neck. "Go on, run a little." she said to it, catching everyone's attention. the camel made a noise before breaking out into a gallop, the youngest Carnahan whooping and throwing her arms out, hanging on with her knees. For once on this journey, she felt free. Her camel ran for about thirty seconds more before dropping down to walking pace.
"What on earth are you thinking Aahmas?" Evy asked, her tone shocked.
Aahmas looked at Evy before grinning once more. "I wanted to have some fun! and trust me, that was fun sissy." She said softly, settling down now as it was dusk. With a small grin she urged her camel forward until it was right next to Rick. "I see you fancy my sister." She said quietly, biting her lip.
Rick jumped slightly before narrowing his eyes. "How would you know that?" He asked, hoping that no one had noticed.
"The way you glance at her, the way you sound when you talk about or to her. Not to mention how when she smiles or your gazes meet, you blush just a tiny bit." Aahmas said, smirking slightly at the way Rick rolled his eyes at her antics. "It's okay. I like the idea of you and her together." Aahmas said, trying to get him to talk to her. By now the sun had set and Aah was feeling tired. The girl let out a yawn and stretched.
The little beauty had slipped her reigns into Ricks hand and leaned forward on the camel, her azure eyes closing as she drifted into sleep. She wished she could say she had a pleasant dream, but it was more of a nightmare. Her mind filling itself with images of Imhotep killing her slowly and painfully, skinning her alive, waterboarding her, or using the flesh eating scarabs to do the trick.
Right before the young girl woke to the early morning light, her dreams cha her. It was as if they were a gift from the gods. Visions of her and Imhotep kissing passionately, of them raising a few beautiful children together. Alex and their child playing together. It was beautiful, but the image that made her feel happy and safe was the mummy they were about to raise tucking her into bed before sliding in behind her and whispering those three words every woman wants to hear.
So, Aahmas had a few conflicting thoughts and emotions as the sunlight woke her up. The young woman surprised she didn't fall off the camel while she was asleep. With a giant yawn, she grabbed the reigns back and moved Jamison along a little faster. Yes, she had named her camel Jamison, an? Don't ask me, I'm just writing this thing.
Suddenly the group stopped, coming face to face with the other group. Aahmas knew what was going to happen and she shifted, getting ready for a good race. Questions were fired back and forth, until with beauty, the Sun rose and the city seemingly shimmered into existance. "Remember our bet O'Connell! First to the city gets 500 dollars." one of the yanks yelled out, and suddenly, everyone was racing towards Hamunaptra.
Evy, Rick, Aahmas and Beni were in the lead, with a few of the Americans right behind then. Peeking back, Aahmas saw Beni start whacking Rick with a crop, only to have the American yank him off his horse and into the sand. It was priceless! With a few whoops, Evy and Aahmas entered the city equally, tied for a finish.
It felt so good to win, to be first for once in her life. But the easy parts were behind her. Aahmas knew that soon the mummy would be woken, and her challenge would start. She knew there were three possible outcomes. The first being she died, second being she lived and had a happy life with Imhotep. The third was she took Evy's place a sacrifice, a host for anuk-su-namun.
Honestly, the poor girl wished for the first two outcomes over the third.
Well, that's one more chapter down! Sorry it took me So long my lovelies. My laptop broke so I had to write this on my phone. Autocorrect is a pain in my ass and I hate it.
So, please leave comments, questions, or just a nice little message and I will try to answer when I post the next chapter. GLAD YOU GUYS LIKE IT SO MUCH!
Till next time my loves.
Kyra Kuran
