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Chapter Ten
Never
Taylor was still running through the tunnels, dragging Ammina behind her. She had seemed to have taken a wrong turn somewhere and was now lost. She was beginning to freak out and let out a sharp cry as she ran into something as she turned a corner.
"Ow!" she cried, both fell down and Ammina was dragged down behind her.
"Taylor?" She heard her brother's voice as she rubbed her forehead. They must have found Rick and the others. "Where have y-YOU!" They seemed to have taken notice of Ammina as the two women stood up. They had run into Rick, making him fall himself. Tim looked like he was about to shoot Ammina but Taylor placed herself between the two of them.
"We have to get out of here!" Taylor told them all. "The mummy! It's-"
The ground shook and they all turned to see a large mound pop up under the light of Tim and Jonathan's torches.
"Run!" Ammina grabbed Taylor's hand again and turned the opposite way. "Scarabs!" She cried. Squealing began to sound as did a few shots from Rick's gun before the others all took Ammina's advice and followed after the two women.
They soon found themselves on a bridge. There was a large indent in the right wall what Evy and Erika jumped onto as the three men jumped on the two large platforms to the left. Ammina and Taylor followed them. Tim caught his sister before placing her firmly between him and Rick and shot glares at the Medjai woman that Jonathan had grabbed just in case. They all then watched as the scarabs continued to move across the bridge, searching for the meal that they didn't notice had tricked them.
Taylor gave a sigh of relief as the squeaking came to a halt. "Thank god."
"Are you all right?" Tim asked his sister.
"Of course I am. Ammina wouldn't do anything to me."
"Yeah, you say that, but…"
"Evelyn?" Rick's voice made everyone turn to see that Erika and her sister were both gone.
"Evy?" Jonathan's voice was loud and full of worry. "Erika?"
"Evy," Taylor jumped back onto the bridge, fearing that the women had fallen below, but she doubted it. Rick hopped over to the indent on the wall, noticing the odd colored rocks.
"It's a trap door," Ammina told them as the other three hopped back onto the bridge.
The others all looked at rick for confirmation as he hit the wall with the butt of his gun. "Damn it. It is a trap door. There's gotta be a switch or something around here someplace."
Ammina shot Tim a smirk as Taylor hid a laugh at her brother grinding his teeth. Yells were then given as Henderson and a few others ran down the bridge, passing them.
"Run, you sons a bitches! Run!"
"Go!" Rick told them, not even thinking for a moment. They all moved but Ammina and Rick turned to watch as the workers fell and were covered in Scarabs. Ammina's heart began to hurt as the man was eaten in seconds before they both began to run again.
"We have to find my sisters!" Jonathan told them.
"We'll find them, Jonathan." Taylor assured the man beside her. "I'm sure they're both okay. The trap door probably led them outside or somewhere close to it. They should be safe!"
At least, that's what she hoped.
~I'm going through the same day
Same place, same way I always do
Then I saw you from the corner of my eye
And it hit me like a ton of bricks I can't lie
Oh you got to me
My life was alright living in black and white
But you changed my point of view~
Evy was gripping to her sister as fierce as she could, her nails digging into her skin. You could admit that Erika was the stronger of the two sisters. No, scratch that, of all three of the siblings. The two of them now stood in a large, dark room. Erika glanced around, breathing hard as he eyes landed on the back of one of the Americans. Burns. He was facing the wall, giving a small little moan. Erika raised her eyebrow.
"Oh, Mr. Burns," Evy sounded relieved as she dragged her sister behind her towards the man. "Thank goodness. We were just starting to get scared." ~Speak for yourself! Erika still looked at the man's back in suspicion. Something wasn't right here. "We've lost everyone. I-" Evy then let out a scream when Burns turned to face them. Erika pulled back in surprise as she gave a little yelp herself. Burns' eyes and tongue were gone! Evy let go of her sister and backed away but Erika moved forward, grabbing Burns' arm, stabling him. He looked so pitiful, trying to move. She gently pulled him to the ground, staying and holding him.
"You poor thing." She shook her head. She was surprised that he wasn't covered in blood. "How did this happen? Who did this to you?"
"My eyes," He moaned without his tongue. "My eyes." There was a roar from behind her and Erika whipped her head towards it to see…the mummy! That man they had dug up was standing there, a pair of eyes and a tongue in place of what he no longer had. She slapped a hand over her mouth as Evy backed away, stumbling behind her sister and against a wall.
"Oh my god!" Erika felt Burns grip her hand even harder at the roar before he began to back away. She tried to make him stay there but he pulled away from her.
The mummy was backing her sister into the wall as Burns crawled away. Erika had to do something.
"Erika," Evelyn cried as Burns moaned about his tongue now. "Erika, do something."
~I'm thinking, I'm thinking!~
"Anck-su-namun?" The mummy mumbled; he seemed to be thinking. He then held his hand out to Evy, saying something else in Ancient Egyptian. "Come with me my Princess Anck-su-namun."
~Anck-su-namun?~ Erika wondered for a moment. ~Why is that name so familiar?~
"Erika!" Evy squealed again.
Erika didn't have any other idea as her sister cried again. All she could do was jump on the creatures back. She was hoping that the bones would crumble beneath her but it seemed that it was quite strong, holding her up. Before she could think of what to do next or even let go of him the hands reached around and grabbed her throat and shoulders. The feel of his hands sent shivers down her back and she only had a few seconds to breathe before she was flipped over his head and thrown to the ground just to have a foot crushed into her stomach. She gave out a cry of her own upon impact and drew in deep breaths as she tried to claw the foot off of her; it wouldn't move. Erika watched as the creature lowered himself and she feared that he was going to rip something out of her like he had Burns.
"Get off of me!" She growled, struggling harder. But the more she struggled the harder it was to breathe.
At her voice, the creature stopped and stared down at her, again searching his mind. Somehow, she could tell the look he wore on that…'face'. It was shock.
Now why was that?
"Amunet?"
And who in the hell was that?
"Is…is it you?"
Erika looked at him in confusion and opened her mouth to tell him ot get off of her again but -
"There you are!" Rick ran into the room, ignoring everything besides the woman on the wall in the black dress. "Will you quit playing hide-and-seek? Come on. Let's get out of here." Rick turned his head to see the mummy with his foot on Erika's chest. "Whoa!"
"Erika! Evy!" Jonathan's call made the mummy turn to see the others all in the doorway.
"No!" Ammina cried, shaking her head. "You did it! You awoke him!"
"It was all true," Taylor shook her head, clenching her eyes shut.
"Oh my God," Tim's mouth fell open.
Jonathan's torch fell from his hand. Erika gave a moan from the foot on her chest and the mummy turned to look at her again for a moment before lifting his foot from her. He then turned back to Rick and gave a huge roar as Erika crawled towards Jonathan. The man scooped her sister up in her arms, helping her to her feet and she brought her breath back and stared at the creature.
Rick decided to give the roar back before cocking his shotgun and blowing one into the creature's lower body. It gave a shriek before falling down.
"Move!" Rick ordered them.
The two Americans decided to ask each other if they saw the creature as Ammina led the way after Evy and Rick. Erika turned her head to look behind though so see the creature standing up and looking after them before Jonathan pulled her around the corner.
But the moment they ran outside they came face to face with more Medjai pointing rifles at them. Ammina gave a sigh of relief before coming to a halt, propping her hands on her knees and taking in deep breaths.
"Shit," Taylor sighed. Tim immediately placed himself between the guns and his sister as she peered around him.
Ardeth Bay pulled his mask down as the Egyptologist gripped the Book of the Dead and his Canopic jar in his hands. "I told you to leave or die," He took steps forward. "You refused." As his eyes landed on Taylor, she felt her heart and guilt both jump higher. "Now you may have killed us all…for you have unleashed a creature we have feared for more than 3000 years."
"Relax, I got him." Rick, Tim, and Taylor were the only ones not with their hands raised. Ammina finally straightened up, wiping the sweat from her brow. Taylor slapped Rick in the shoulder to get him to shut up."
"No mortal weapon can kill this creature." Ardeth replied. "He's not of this world." Two more Medjai carried a still-moaning Burns forward. Daniels and Henderson ran forward to take him.
"You bastards." Daniels growled.
"What did you do to him?" Henderson demanded.
"He was already like that when Evy and I found him." Erika rubbed the spot the mummy's foot had been. "That…that thing has his eyes and tongue."
"She speaks the truth." Ammina nodded her head, knowing. "The sister's falling through the trap door is probably what saved him." Erika nodded, noting how Burns was crawling away. But he couldn't have gotten too far. If they saved him, why didn't they save her and Evy as well?
"We saved him before the creature could finish his work." Ardeth told them. "Leave, all of you, quickly, before he finished you all." He ordered his men forward and they tumbled into the tunnels. Ammina moved forward, grasping a gun from one of the men before following them. "We must now go on the hunt and try and find a way to kill him."
"I already told you I got him." Rick said again.
Ardeth paused for a moment before turning back to the man. "Know this. This creature is the bringer of death. He will never eat, he will never sleep," His eyes locked with Taylor's again. "And he will never stop. Now…just leave." He turned and moved after his men. "While you still can."
Something made Taylor believe that those words were mostly meant for her.
"I say we respect his final wishes," Tim said, running for their camp.
The others seemed to all agree and it was under half an hour that everything was packed up and they were on their camels and horses, leaving Hamunaptra behind.
Ahhahahaha! Two chapters today! Damn, I'm on a roll! Let's see if I can make three, eh? Now that would be a record, wouldn't it? For me, anyway, lol!
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