Giza Port
Almost a week after the group split up, Nubia and Henderson finally reached the port of Cairo, there was Dr. Bey with some men waiting while some workers lowered Merary's sarcophagus.
"Carefully, it's not any object." Nubia says as he follows them.
Dr. Bey seems surprised by Merary's sarcophagus, he had heard much of it but never imagined being in front of his sarcophagus that had been considered lost for millennia.
"Dr. Bey." Nubia approaches him quickly and extends her hand. "It's a pleasure to see you." she smiles.
"I'm glad to see that it's okay, Miss Halsey." Dr. Bey shakes his hand. "I was afraid that something would happen to you during your trip back."
"Yes, thank God it was a good trip, slow but calm". Nubia smiles. "He is my fiance Isaac Henderson."
"A pleasure sir". Henderson extends his hand.
"Your fiance?" Dr. Bey asks surprised and Nubia nods. "Congratulations!" He hugs her and she smiles. "Congratulations young man and a pleasure to meet you." he shakes his hand. "Then it's her." He looks at the sarcophagus. "The princess without a name?"
"Yes." Nubia nods smiling "Hana has some pictures that I'm sure she already took care of that and here I have hieroglyphs that were written on the chamber, I missed some but with the pictures I'm sure we can decipher them". She extends the notebook.
"Excellent, there is no time to lose, I also need to talk with you and also with Mrs. Carnahan and her brother." Dr. Bey says seriously while looking at the sarcophagus. "But now we have to take it to the museum." Point to the men and approach the sarcophagus.
"Baby, I need to go to the hospital to see Burns, I have to make sure he's okay." Henderson grabs her hands.
"Sure, I'll go to the museum later I'll get you to the hospital." Nubia caresses his cheek. "Henderson calm, everything will be fine." she smiles.
"I'll be calm the moment you become my wife." Henderson smiles and she kisses him.
"The day will come." Nubia smiles and walks towards Dr. Bey following the men who carried the sarcophagus to the truck.
Beni and Imhotep were still in the boat watching while they were leaving, Imhotep wants to kill all those who are taking away his sister's body.
"Welcome to Cairo." Beni says showing the city. "And a part of the modern world."
"I see that time has changed." Imhotep looks at the pyramids. "What was once a great civilization was destroyed years ago."
"There were many great civilizations that had a tragic end, well, most." Beni says without seeing him. "Well, now where are we going?"
Cairo Hospital
Daniels was talking to a doctor while Rick and Jonathan waited in the waiting room, Evy had gone home a few hours ago.
"What did he say?" Rick asks when Daniels is approaching.
"Burns is calmer now, he can leave the hospital tomorrow and it is recommended that he return home." Daniels says as he crosses his arms. "So when Henderson arrives, I'll buy the next ship tickets to the United States and we'll leave."
"I'm sorry everything's over like this." Jonathan says sadly about what happened to the Americans.
"I know ... it's more, if we had not gone to that statue, all this had happened to you." Daniels says.
"Who knows, nobody knows what could have happened." Rick says Daniels nods.
"Daniels!" Henderson runs to the hospital and looks at him. "Daniels!" hugging him
"Henderson, friend, it's good to see you." Daniels hugs him tightly.
"I came as soon as we arrived."
"Where is Nubia?" Jonathan asks worried.
"She is in the museum, she says that when she finishes she will come". Henderson responds and Jonathan sighs in relief knowing that she is fine too. "How's Burns?"
"The ship's doctors took care of him but ... that thing tore his eyes and his tongue." Daniels says sadly and Henderson closes his eyes with great sadness at what happened to his friend. "He was terrified during the whole trip, he's barely calm ... tomorrow he'll leave the hospital."
"No, it can not be, Burns." Henderson grabs his hair.
"He can barely talk, but he has trouble doing it." Rick says.
"We have to get him out of here, the next ship to the United States leaves tomorrow night." Henderson says to Daniels.
"I'll buy the tickets, you take care of Burns." Daniels leaving the hospital.
"What are you going to do?" Henderson asks Rick and Jonathan.
"I think you already know that the mummy goes after you your friends". Rick says seriously.
"How are you sure that mummy will not chase you?"
"Because we, well, Jonathan, Evy and I open the sarcophagus and not a chest where it warns you that an undead being will go after those who opened it." Rick says seriously as he gets up.
"And besides, Hana told us." Jonathan says.
"Hana?" Henderson asks confused.
"Yes, she told us that she remembered more of that story and the curse of a chest, Daniels is desperate to get Burns out of here." Jonathan explains.
"Besides that he also wants to go." Rick says.
"Why did not she warn us when I showed her those Canopic Jars we found in that chest?" Henderson asks furiously.
"Because she did not remember it, remember, it was a story they told her when she was a child, do you remember the stories they told you when you were little?" Rick says a little angry.
"And I'm asking you not to get mad at my friend, she's too scared after that mummy was about to attack her and my sister, so calm down." Jonathan says annoyed because he did not allow anyone to offend his sister or his friends.
"Sorry, put yourself in my place, how would you be?" Henderson asks distressed.
"Calm, we understand ... I'll also buy some tickets to go, besides I'll take Evy since that mummy could also go after her." Rick says grabbing his shoulder. "You come Jonathan?"
"I will go to England, there I have friends to help me ... I hope." Jonathan says.
"I will also take me to Nubia, she already got the mummy of that princess that she was looking for, so I'm going to take her from this country where we can both be safe." Henderson says.
"I wish you luck, when it comes to that Princess Merary it is very difficult to make her change her mind." Jonathan says as he drinks his coffee.
Cairo Museum of Antiquities
"... after so many years, despite the fact that the face has been destroyed in many statues, in front of us is the sarcophagus of Merary, who for many years was known as the Princess without Name." Nubia explains while passing some photos to Dr. Bey.
"I can not believe it, many have been looking for it for years, I can not believe that she has been all this time in Hamunaptra." Dr. Bey says surprised as he grabs the photos. "When Hana told me you found her, I thought she was joking."
"I could not believe it either, this was the rewrite I made of the hieroglyphs on the door and the walls of the camera." Nubia says as she hands him the notebook.
"Excellent, I look forward to reading it, I'll go for some tools, I'm not slow." Dr. Bey walks away but stops. "Ah." he approaches Nubia. "I forgot Miss Halsey, this is for you." He hands her a letter.
"Thank you." Nubia grabs it.
Dr. Bey retires while Nubia sees that the letter is sent by her grandfather and quickly opens it.
Nubia
I got your letter asking me about Hamunaptra and another that you would travel there.
I never imagined that someone, much less my granddaughter and her friends would find where the City of the Dead is, I've tried to find a clue for years but I only found stories of that place in the hieroglyphics.
two months after I wrote this letter I will go to Cairo, I hope to meet you there and see everything you have found in that place and then go one day to investigate more of that place.
See you soon, I'm very proud of you.
Ernesto Schiaparelli
Nubia smiles when reading the letter, sees that it was written on the day she arrived at Hamunaptra, so it means that she will see her grandfather again in a month and five days.
"Nubia!" Hana approaches quickly.
"Hana." Nubia smiles.
"I'm glad you're okay." Hana hugs her tightly. "And Henderson?"
"My fiance went to the hospital to see his friend, I'll get him after this."
"Your fiance?" Hana asks surprised and Nubia nods. "Oh my God!" She embraces her again. "He asked you to marry on the return trip?"
"He actually asked me when the Medjai attacked us the first night in the city."
"Why did you not tell me?" Hana asks a little annoyed.
"Well, I did not tell Eve, Jonathan or Rick." Nubia smiles. "By the way, are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm trying to forget what I saw." Hana says a little scared to remember that day.
"You lie, I could not forget either, it was ... horrible to see a living mummy." Nubia says scared to remember it.
"I know, and more than he called me Merary when my name is Hana."
"Remember that you look like her and a lot." Nubia says.
"When I revealed the photos I saw that statue again and ..." Hana stops when she again listens to the whispers.
"And that?" Nubia asks confused.
"Nothing..."
"Well, I do not know about you, but look what I found above the sarcophagus." Nubia shows you a flower.
"A flower?" Hana asks confused.
"Yes, and I did not see anything with flowers in the ship's hold." Nubia says seriously but she was still confused. "Someone left it there."
"Who would leave a flower in a sarcophagus?" Hana asks confused but she opens her eyes by having someone in mind. "No, it can not be."
"What happens?" Nubia asks confused.
"Nubia, listen ... when Burns comes out of the hospital I want you to go with them to America."
"What? I'll go with them after seeing my grandfather."
"Nubia please, I have a bad feeling." Hana says scared.
"Hana calm down, that thing is thousands of kilometers from here, also with his state he will never go far without being seen." Nubia says grabbing her by the shoulder.
"Well ... you're right, but we're talking about a three-thousand-year-old mummy like Merary." Hana says.
"Please, that mummy does not know that we are no longer in her dynasty therefore he has no power or anything to find us."
"We are talking about a condemned Hom Dai, if the stories are true then he will not stop until he finds us."
Cairo Hotel
"This is all I could get with the gold, it's the best room in this hotel," Beni says as Imhotep enters the room.
Imhotep looks around, it was nothing compared to his room in the palace, but at least it was decent for him.
"I'll go out and find out where Americans and others are." Beni is ready to leave.
"Find my sister."
"What?" Beni asks nervous
"Also look for where my sister is and her reincarnated version and make sure she does not leave this city!"