"Jonathon! Jonathon!" Rick screamed as Evy held her wound. Serena went to the other side of her friend and gripped her hand. It was drenched in blood.

"She's going to be alright, isn't she, Dad?" Alex asked.

"She'll be fine," he answered urgently.

"She's going to be alright?" he asked again.

Jonathon came up as Rick begged him, "Just get him…Take him. Take—"

"Your mother's going to be fine, okay?" Jonathon said to Alex.

"Evy?" Serena whispered to her friend as tears formed in her eyes. "Please don't go." Evy looked at her as she squeezed Serena's hand tightly. Serena gripped her hand back with both of her own hands, trying to get her through this horrid experience.

"Oh, my g—" Rick exclaimed as he saw her wound and the blood. "You're real strong. You're gonna make it! You're gonna make it! You're fine!" he urged to his wife.

"He's right, Evy. Come on!" Serena begged.

"What do I do? What do I do, Evy?" Rick cried. "What do I do?"

"Take care of Alex," she choked out. That once fiery bright light began to leave her eyes.

"No, sweetheart, no!" Rick said.

"Evy, please!" Serena cried. "You can't do this. Not yet! Please, Evy. Hold on!"

"I love you," she whispered to Rick. "And you too," she said to Serena.

Her eyes slowly closed and she stopped shaking and her tight grip on Serena's hands loosened.

"No, don't—No. No!" Rick yelled. "Evy? Evy!"

"No," Serena whispered. "NO!" Tears flowed freely down her face as she looked at her lifeless friend.

"Come back, Evy," Rick begged as her head sank down to the sand. "Come back." He fell on her into complete sobs. Serena caressed her friend's head and rubbed her soft hair as she sobbed. "NO!" She couldn't stop the tears. They came too fast. She had only experienced a loss like this once before, but this time was so much, much worse.

Rick composed himself slowly and Serena just hugged the body of her friend to hers as tears still slid down to the ground. Rick hugged his son and told him to stay where they were. He walked into the pyramid to deal with Imhotep and the Scorpion King. Serena wanted to go after him, but she couldn't leave Evy's side. Not yet.

After a couple minutes, a shadow resembling the shape of a scarab passed over the pyramid.

The three sat around as Serena still cradled Evy's limp form. She just couldn't find it in her heart to let go of her, almost as if she did, then Evy was really gone from this world.

"Try to think of it like this, Alex," Jonathon said to his mourning nephew. "She's gone to a better place. You know, like it says in the Good Book."

"The book," Alex said as he sat up straighter. "That's it!"

"What?" Jonathon asked.

"That's it! Come on, Uncle Jon!" Alex began to pull him up. "Come on! Come on! That's it! The book!"

"The Book of the Dead!" Serena said as she came to the same realization. "Well done, Alex!"

Jonathon took Evy up in his arms from Serena's grasp and they all walked towards the pyramid. Just short of the entrance, Serena gasped and fell to her knees. She felt a sharp unimaginable pain course all throughout her body.

"Serena!" Jonathon cried as he and Alex bent down to her.

"The Army of Anubis has arisen," she said quietly. "I haven't got long."

"What are you talking about?" Alex asked.

"Imhotep put a curse on me. Once the Army of Anubis arose, then I would die very soon. He needed me out of the way because I was the reason he was defeated before and he didn't want a repeat of it."

"Don't worry. Dad will do something."

Serena admired his optimism, but wasn't so sure anyone could do anything. Alex helped her up and they all walked into the pyramid.

A/N: Uh-oh! Can the group save Serena in time? Or will Imhotep's curse kill her before they have the chance?