DISCLAIMER: Obviously I DON'T own anything to do with the Mummy films, that's all Universal studios and stuff.

I do own Rosalie/Laura Evans, her friends, and anything else unfamiliar to the Mummy franchise

Anyway, I hope you enjoy :)

Chapter 9: Deal With the Devil

"Anywhere else Uncle Jon?"

"I'm still thinking, nephew."

"Well, think harder."

Conversation had continued in this manner in every bar and club they had visited. It had been half an hour since Laura went missing and the group had decided to go looking for her. Kim stayed behind at the club in case Laura returned in their absence; Alex had decided to use his uncle's knowledge of the local area to find out where Michael would possibly be. They had already tried a few bars as they had a reputation for some pretty wild games of poker every now and then, all to no avail.

"I knew she shouldn't have been left alone, she's more trouble than she's worth Unc."

"Calm down Alex, she can't have gone far."

Alex continued to storm down the street back to the car, Jonathan trailing behind him. Alex tried to calm himself down. 'stupid, stupid, stupid. You should have kept an eye on her! You have this great opportunity fall into your lap and you loose it because she decides to go and play detective.' He was brought out of his thoughts by Jonathan.

"Hang on, there's a place down by the harbour. I'm sure I've seen that scally wag there before when I went to play a few hands."

Alex didn't waste any time, he got into the car and slammed the driver's side door. He was already in progress of revving the engine by the time Jonathan joined him in the passenger side.

"Hey, be nice to my car will you!" Jonathan whimpered slightly.

Alex just snorted.

"Just direct me Uncle Jon."

As they made their way down the street they didn't notice two other cars pull up behind them. The other cars started at a normal pace, not drawing any attention to themselves. Jonathan looked into the rear view mirror and notice one of the cars suddenly pull out of place and begin to overtake them.

"What the bloody hell does he think he's doing?"

Alex's attention was drawn to the same car as it suddenly slid in front of them. The back window of the car seemed to be covered by a black curtain. Alex watched as a face was shoved under the curtain and against the window.

"I say, that girl looks an awful lot like Laura," mused Jonathan.

"That's because it is her!" exclaimed Alex.

As her face was removed from the glass the car in front sped off and Alex gave chase. The car behind kept it's pace a bit longer until they turned down another road. Both men shook as the car behind bumped them.

"Watch the car!" Jonathan shouted as the car behind bumped them violently again.

They turned another corner, almost catching up to Laura's car. The car behind bumped them again and this time Alex felt their car skid side to side. The car behind bumped them a few more times and almost knocked them off course. Once Alex was back in control he noticed a group of wooden crates to one side of the road, as he watched Laura's car manoeuvre round them he smiled and gripped the steering wheel.

"Hold on!" Alex shouted.

Alex then began to speed the car up, just when it looked as if they had caught up to Laura's car Alex took a turn down a side street and watched the car behind them loose control and crash into the crates, swerve out of control and crash into a lamp post. Alex's car came to a stop and they watched the crumpled car begin to smoke up.

"I say, nicely done nephew," Jonathan applauded.

"Yeah, but a what cost?"

The two looked around, Laura's car was nowhere to be found. Jonathan smiled and pointed to the crossroads ahead of them.

"Take that road on the left."

"But they went that way," Alex replied. "We'll loose them if we go that way."

Jonathan shook his head with a smile.

"Trust me Alex."

OxO

The road Jonathan had pointed out turned into a short cut. It had led them down to the docks, by the time they had arrived they noticed that the car Laura was begin held in was already there. Jonathan eyed the car suspiciously.

"I don't like this Alex, there's something fishy about this... and I don't mean the smell from the docks."

Jonathan heard the driver door slam in reply, he followed his nephew as they approached the car. The car engine wasn't running and the windows were hard to see through in the minimal dock lighting. Alex placed his hand behind his back and grew out a small revolver he was holding in his trousers and began to approach the passenger door at the back of the car, he was thrown off guard when the door threw itself open and six men in black robes rushed out and began to restrain them. One gave Alex an elbow to the face and another used that as an opportunity to disarm him, it wasn't long before they were captive. Michael then appeared from the car and he held Laura in a firm grasp. His eyes weren't the swampy green from before but they had turned a ruby red.

"Well done O'Connell, you finally caught up."

"Let her go," Alex's voice gained a threatening tone as he struggled against his captors.

As the two continued to exchange threats Jonathan noticed that Laura didn't seem to be putting up a fight, as he stared at her a bit longer he noticed her eyes had that milky glaze from before.

"What did you do to her?" Jonathan shouted at Michael.

"Nothing, she's fine. In fact she having a vision."

The two captive men stared at her in worry, Alex hoped she could come round soon so she could explain her actions.

x x x x x x x

Laura felt Isis move her hand to her face, she could feel the tears run down her cheeks. As she wiped them away she looked around, she was alone and in her bedroom again. She looked down and noticed the necklace was lying on the bed, it seemed to shine and glimmer in the flickering lights.

"I still remember when you gave this to me, it was the day you confessed your love for me."

Laura felt Isis stroke the necklace delicately, she could feel the emotional tie that Isis had with the item and it brought more tears to her eyes.

"I promised you that I will never love another, even with my impending marriage to Osiris my heart will forever be yours."

Laura began to feel an electricity run through Isis's body and she placed her hands over the different beads of the necklace. Laura then heard her mumble something, Isis was speaking Ancient Egyptian again but it was so fast that she couldn't make it out. Laura then felt the electricity move down her arms and onto the necklace. Once the feeling had dissipated she saw the necklace was engraved.

"Our story and your location has been cursed upon this necklace, I will find a way to bring us together again in this life or the next."

The noise of heavy doors being swung open brought Isis from her thoughts, as she turned she saw the figure of Osiris. He handsome face wore a look of displeasure and he was fuming when he saw the necklace. He stormed towards her and grabbed the necklace.

"No my lord, leave it alone!" Isis pleaded.

"Silence!" he screamed at her and Laura felt his hand slap her so hard she fell onto the bed.

Laura felt Isis lay motionless, she was crying even harder now and Osiris eyed the necklace with pure hatred.

"You are my love now, not his!" he said, "This is to be destroyed and you are to forget about Anubis. I have forgiven you for what you did but he will be damned for all eternity. You should be thankful that I am saving you from the same fate."

x x x x x x x

As she blinked the milky haze away Laura felt Michael tighten his grip slightly. As she got her bearings again she noticed that Alex and Jonathan were now present, Alex bearing a bruise on his face and both of them restrained.

"Jonathan," she called out weakly.

"Don't worry old mum, we're here," he replied, trying to sound as brave as possible.

Michael pulled Laura tighter and held her up, the tow visions had made her weak and she was having trouble standing. Laura yelped slightly as he did so and Alex began to struggle again, this time the man that had taken his gun cocked it and aimed it at him.

"No Anubis, let them go!" Laura cried.

He ignored her and stared at Alex, his ruby red seem to glow and dance like red fire. He smiled.

"I remember you O'Connell, your family awakened the Scorpion King and had the Medjai destroy my army. Teaming with Medjai doesn't put you in my favor."

Alex eyebrows furrowed in anger, it had been years since he had worn the bracelet of Anubis. He still remembered Imhotep telling him he had only days to get the bracelet off or else he would die. Most of all it brought up the memory of seeing his mother die, even though she died for a few minutes it was still something he didn't want to remember. Laura watched as Anubis seem to stare straight through Alex, it was like he was trying to read his thoughts. He smiled again and dragged her away from the two captives.

"How interesting, there is a motive for you coming here."

"Yeah, to get the girl back so I can kick your ass."

"Oh, it's more than that isn't it Alex, the girl is your ticket for a discovery all your own."

Alex stayed quiet and stiffened up as Michael smiled.

"It makes sense, the articles in the papers have your mother and father making headlines while little Alex is kept in the background like a shadow."

Alex felt his anger make his blood boil.

"You long for a moment like that which is all yours, a chance to finally come out of that shadow. I can give you that chance, in this body I have managed to acquire a plane and it is ready to take us to Cairo."

"What's in Cairo?" Alex asked.

Laura tried to tell Alex to stop and get away but Michael's hand covered her mouth.

"The ending to the story on the necklace. Out in the desert is my tomb, the necklace holds the path and inside is a discovery waiting to be unearthed."

"Rubbish, this is a trick!" Jonathan yelled in disgust.

Michael looked at Alex, his eyes still dancing with red flames.

"So, what do you say? Will you finally have your moment in the sun?"

Alex stared at Laura, she looked back with a mixed expression. Alex sighed, though the temptation was far too great he couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt over his next words.

"Alright, I'm in."

"What!" Jonathan yelled as he struggled against his captives, "Let me go so I can punch some sense into him!"

"Calm down Uncle Jon," Alex whispered, "I have a plan."

"It better be a bloody good plan nephew," Jonathan grumbled.

Hey everyone - I really didn't think this one would take so long to get written. To be honest uni is causing some MAJOR distractions at the moment. This is a rewrite as I took the original down - my head has cleared abit and things are calmer - I had my birthday on 30th September and I got hit with (and I'm still recovering from) fresher's flu :(

Still, let me know what you think and reviews are welcome - I love your thoughts and contributions as they keep me going.

Well, what do you think? Please review - constructive criticism is needed :)