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They had setup their little camp and was far away from the other group. After they were done they start their digging. They worked next to a narrow crevice and Rick went to tie a rope around one of the pillars before throwing it inside.

"That's the statue of Anubis, its legs go deep underground." Evy said as she smiled

Most of the men were skittish by it.

"It gives me the creeps." Jonathan muttered

"Be nice, that thing save my life." Rick said

"Well that thing gets me excited." Evy said "According to Bembridge scholars that's where the secret compartment containing the golden Book of Amun-Ra."

Kagome couldn't help but narrow her eyes at the ground where the creature was buried. Ever since they step into the city she has been feeling unease. Like the time she first arrived here and they landed next to it. She was brought out of her glare when Sango bumped her elbow into hers and she pointed towards Evy. She was talking to Rick and it seems that he gave her a gift. Kagome and Sango looked at each other and laughed a little.

"Oh hush, the both of you." Evy said as she walked up to them

"I must admit he is attracting…for an American." Sango said "Not my Rashid but still."

The three girls giggled.

"Are you two sure you won't come down with us?" Evy asked

"We told you of our beliefs Evy. We cannot go in there." Kagome said

Evy sighed but nodded. They watch Rick and the others go down the hole and when they did the two girls went back to their tents to do some more research. They wouldn't be able to see their fiancées until later so they are going through her mothers' journals. So far nothing until Sango found something. It was old and the writing was in Ancient Egyptian but she was still able to read it thanks to Rashid. By the time they finished translating the journal Evy and the others had returned. All but one. Kagome asked what happened to the warden and Evy told them that they weren't sure but he slammed his head to the wall.

"What do you supposed killed him?" Evy asked

"Have you seen how he eats." Jonathan joked

Then Rick finally showed up and told them what happen to the Americans.

"Their diggers sort of melted." He said

"What?" Evy gasped

"How?" Jonathan asked

"Salt acid. Pressurized salt acid. It has been a well know booby-trap in ancient times to protect the treasure of the Pharaoh or the Pharaoh himself from gravy robbers." Kagome said without taking her eyes off the journal.

"Maybe this place really is cursed." Jonathan said

He threw something into the fire and then the wind then blew. It spook the two men while Kagome heard someone call her Basset from behind. She looked behind her but saw nothing.

"Oh for goodness sake you four." Evy sighed in frustration

"Still don't believe in cures huh." Kagome teased

"No I don't. I believe if I can see it and touch it then its real. That's what I believe in." Evy said

"I believe in being prepared." Rick said while cocking his shotgun

"Let's see what our friend Warden believe in." Jonathan said by taking the warden bag. He started to dig his hand into it and then… "Ow!"

That scared everyone and Kagome and Sango took out their hidden knifes and Rick pointed his gun at the bag. Turns out that it was just a broken bottle of wine and Jonathan started to drink it. Kagome sighed and Sango rolled her eyes while muttering insults to him in Japanese. Then Rick heard horses heading to the city and he went to check on it. He told Evy to stay but she didn't listen and ran after him with her brother behind her telling her to come back.

"We should make sure that the boys don't harm them." Kagome said in Japanese

Sango nodded and the two girls and Kilala hurried towards the fight. Neither one of them notice the sand hand that was trying to reach out to Kagome and then disappeared. They reach to the fight and they were able to fine their fiancé. Rashid saw Sango and winked at her before going off scaring the Americans. Kagome saw Ardeth chasing after Jonathan on his horse and then Rick jumped on him, which knocked them both down off his horse and down a sand dune. Ardeth unsheathed his sword but Rick shot it out of his hand. Rashid hurried to his brothers and then jump off his horse when Rick almost shot him. Sango heart almost stop when she saw this and thanks Allah that the bullet missed him. The two brothers took out their swords and started to slash at Rick. Then he quickly dodge the swords and then rolled over to a fire pit and lit a dynamite. Ardeth and Rashid halt in their steps and looked at the dynamite with wide eyes.

"Enough! Yallah!" Ardeth ordered "We will shed no more blood, but you must leave. Leave this place or die. You have one day." One of his men returned both his and Radish's' horses and they both hopped on. Then they both gave quick glances to their beloved ones before they left. "Yallah! Nimshi!"

Rick took the fuse off the dynamite before it blow up and then saw Evy on the ground with his gun. He helped her up and check to make sure that she wasn't hurt.

"See that proves it. Old Seti's fortunes got to be under this sand." Daniels (one of the Americans) said

"For them to protect it like this, you know there's treasure down there." Henderson said (Another American)

"You're wrong."

They turned to see Kagome holding Kilala in her arms and acted very calm after what just happened.

"Those men are desert people. They value water, not gold." Kagome said

"You know, maybe just at night, we could, uh combine forces, hmm?" Burns asked (The third American)

Kagome and Sango looked at each other and rolled their eyes before heading back to their tents. When everyone return Jonathan gave Evy and Rick some of the wine that he kept to ease up everyone's nerves. He tried giving some to Kagome and Sango but they decline. Jonathan was the first one to be knocked and then the girls were enjoying the show when Rick was trying to teach Evy how to fight when she was drunk. She tried hitting him with a right hook but she missed and almost fell down until he caught her. Then they started talking and it looked like she was about to kiss him until the alcohol took over and she passed out. Kagome kind of felt bad for him but she and Sango couldn't stop laughing.

"Not a word from you two." Rick glared

That just made them laugh even more.

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The day Evy, Rick and Jonathan went back underground even after Kagome and Sango had tried to tell them not to. They didn't seem that bother about Ardeth's warning and just went in. Kagome had a feeling that something bad was going to happen when Jonathan told them that they found a Mummy that was under the statue of Anubis. Then she saw the Americans coming over to the fire pit with organ jars.

"Say O'Connell, where do you think these babies will fetch back home?" Henderson asked

"You do know what those are right?" Kagome asked

"And what will that be beautiful?" Henderson smirked as he looked her over.

Kagome mentally rolled her eyes.

"You are pretty much caring dead human organs." Sango glared

They looked at the jar with an unease look but then shrugged it off.

"We heard you boys found yourselves a nice gooey mummy." Burns mocked "Congratulations."

"You know if you dry that fella out, you might be able to sell him for firewood." Daniels laughed

"Has anyone everyone ever told you not to mock the dead, because one day it will always come back and haunt you." Kagome glared

"Look what I found." Evy said

"You're in her seat." Rick said to the weasel Beni

He chuckled as if he was joking.

"Now." Rick order

He quickly got up and tried to set where Kagome and Sango where until Kilala hissed at him so he sat somewhere else.

"Scarabs skeletons, flesh eaters." She said "I found them inside our friends' coffin. They can stay alive for years feasting on the flesh of a corpse. Unfortunately for our friend, he was still alive when they started eating him."

"So somebody threw these in with our guys, and then they slowly ate him alive?" Rick asked

"Very slowly." Evy said

"Well he certainly wasn't a popular fellow when they planted him." Jonathan joked

"No. Well, he probably got a little too frisky with the pharaoh's daughter." Rick joked

"Or mistress." Kagome muttered

"Well accordingly to my readings our friends suffered the Hom-Dai, the worst of all ancient Egyptian curses one only reserved only for the most evil of blasphemer's. In my research, I've never heard of this curse having actually been preforming."

"That bad, huh?" Rick asked

"Yes, well, they…they never use it because they fear it so. It's written that if a victim of the Hom-Dai should ever arise he would bring with him the ten plagues of Egypt." Evy said

With that said Kagome and Sango left and headed towards their tent.