The Lost, The Stupid, & The Mummy
By BTTD28
Chapter Twelve: Showing You Part 1
A/N: Next Chapter is why I'm considering changing it to M. We'll see what you think of this chapter first.
"Amber," Ardeth whispered. "What are you doing up?"
"Oh, Adreth." Amber whispered. "I didn't mean to wake you. It's just that..." Amber started to laugh. "You're going to think I'm nuts."
"It's a little late for that, but tell me what's on your mind."
Amber sighed, "Have you ever had one of those dreams?"
"What do you mean?"
"Have you ever had a dream of you and someone who is apparently your best friend, but in real life you've never met them...just in your dreams? Now before I lose you again, I don't simply mean know them...I mean KNOW them. Full on conversations and you know the answers to questions they ask. Like their favorite color of flower or favorite time of day. It makes no sense I know, but in this dream, I'm talking to this guy, he looked SO similar, but I was pretty sure I had never met him in my entire life."
"Maybe, you're just dreaming." Ardeth laughed.
"NO, this felt SO real, like I was just sitting there and talking to an old friend...an old friend I've never met!"
"I believe you; I had the same sort of dream, just now." Ardeth said.
"Ooo...tell me!" Amber scooted closer.
"Well, I was in the middle of the desert," Ardeth began.
"Duh, me too!"
"Wait, what?" Ardeth asked
"I was in the middle of the desert and I came upon my mystery friend."
"Me too, but I knew the person I was talking to." Ardeth said
"Well was it a man or a woman?"
"Woman." Ardeth smiled.
Amber Glared at him, "Are you serious, you're not just being dirty again are you?"
"As much as I would love to, I'm telling you the truth. It was a woman in black robes."
Amber raised her eyebrow, "I was in black robes."
"Liar!" Ardeth whispered.
"I'm not lying!" Amber snapped.
"Well then, maybe it's a coincidence?"
"Maybe, what happened next? You said you knew her, so who was it?" Amber said poking him gently.
"It was my wife."
Amber felt her stomach growing tight, "And did she say anything?"
"She said that I'd find what I was looking for soon enough."
Amber sighed with relief, "Oh, okay."
Yeah, it was nice seeing her again."
"What happened? If you don't mind me asking?"
"She died, giving birth to our daughter."
"You have a daughter? No one tells me anything anymore."
"Yes, but I haven't seen her in a very long time."
Amber simply frowned, knowing the feeling of being alone. "Yeah," She whispered. "I know how that feels, I was adopted."
"You were adopted?" Ardeth said sounding genuinely concerned.
"Yeah, but it's not worth going into a long ass description, I'm okay with it."
"You okay?" Ardeth smiled and gave Amber a gentle hug.
"Yeah, I'm fine, we better get some sleep." Amber whispered.
:::-:::-:::-:::
"Sit down and don't even ask to go to the bathroom." Lock-Na commanded.
"I can see you missed us." Kaylee smiled.
"What happened to your head?" Lock-Na asked.
"Haven't you heard," Anuck-su-namun asked, "Being an idiot is all the rage?"
"Oh, but I see being a bitch hasn't gone out of style either." said Kaylee.
Anuck-su-namun scoffed and stormed off. "Really, what happened to your head?"
"I had a little run in with history and it is a cruel subject." Kaylee sighed.
Lock-Na tried not to laugh, but it came out. In a creepy way it made Kaylee feel better, at least she hadn't lost her sense of humor.
"Lock-Na, is she ready to go?" Imhotep asked, "Why are you laughing?"
Lock-Na straightened up, "No reason, she's ready."
"Ready? I just sat down!" Kaylee snapped.
"You're fine, come on, we have things to do." Imhotep said taking her hand.
"Is it past my bed time?" Kaylee asked.
"Who said you weren't going to be in a bed soon?"
Kaylee blushed, "Wow." She turned to Lock-Na, "Don't wait up puddin'"
"How's your head?" Imhotep asked.
"You know, it comes and goes. Mostly it's a throbbing pain that makes me wanna cry out in agony." Kaylee said softly.
"That's good." Imhotep said.
Kaylee frowned, "Did you just hear me? I thought you said I might have a concussion. Are listening to me?"
"No," He said looking around to check if the coast was clear.
Kaylee wretched her wrist out of his grip, "Where the hell are we going?"
He turned to look at her, "Shhh, keep your voice down."
"Oh, you did not just 'Shhh' me!" Kaylee whispered harshly. "I'm confused."
"What else is new?" He snapped.
Kaylee was taken aback; she had never seen him like this. "I don't want to go any further." Kaylee stopped.
"What are you talking about?!" He growled.
"Not until you start treating me with respect." Kaylee demanded.
Imhotep sighed, "I'm sorry, but we have to hurry if we want to get this over and done with."
"Whoa, now that right there." Kaylee snapped. Imhotep stopped and rolled his eyes. "You can't just tell me what to do or where to go. I don't even know what happened to us and you're not helping me with that at all. But yet, you just expect me to jump into bed with you."
"You died." Imhotep whispered. "There, is that what you wanted to know?"
"Yes, it helps. But how?!"
"You fell off your bedroom balcony." He said taking her hand and pulling her forward again. "Pushed actually, they thought I did it."
"But you didn't," Kaylee froze. "Did you?"
"Of course not, they…" Imhotep paused. "They got the killer in the end."
"Right," Kaylee said, "Now what are we doing?"
"We're going to bring your soul back."
"Time out, what if I like my soul where it is?" Kaylee asked angrily.
Imhotep turned and grabbed Kaylee's shoulders, "I thought you said you wanted to be with me?"
Kaylee looked around, anywhere but his eyes. She knew if she looked into his eyes, she'd be sold. "I'm not sure this is what I want." He sighed and released her. She walked over to a pond, sat and stared into the dark water. "This is all so weird; a couple days ago I was with my best friends, packing for this trip. Not planning on spending eternity with a man who I haven't seen in over three thousand years. I still have things to do and places to see."
"I can take you anywhere you want, anywhere in the world." Imhotep said sitting next to her.
"This is just too…everything is going so fast. I'm supposed to spend an eternity with you. What about my friends, what about my family? I wanted to have children someday, what happens to that idea?" Kaylee whispered staring at the ripples Imhotep was causing with his hand.
"We can have a family together…forever." Imhotep whispered, he leaned over and turned her face up to his. "Just let me show you what you mean to me."
Kaylee took a shaky breath, "I don't…"
Imhotep silenced her with his lips and pulled her close to his body. "Just let me show you." He pleaded after a moment. "That's all I'm asked for, just give me…give this a chance." He pulled out what looked like a bottle of liquid gold. Kaylee watched as he pulled out the stopper. "Let me show you what we had…together." He dropped a single drop into the pond and watched it disappear into the murky water. An explosion of gold temporarily blinded Kaylee. But when she opened her eyes she saw Khepri replacing her reflection. She looked closely at the reflection; she reached up and touched her hair, watching as Khepri did the same. She was Khepri; Kaylee stood up and quickly looked around. She was in a huge bedroom chamber with glittering old everywhere. She looked down at herself and realized she was wearing a thin robe with the color of the midnight sky. She opened it and realized there wasn't anything else underneath it. She closed her robe quickly as Imhotep entered the room.
"What have you done?" She said in perfect Egyptian.
