Previously... not gonna start and Now...
Once outside they all kept running towards the car but Evy stopped and turned back to pull a bench in front of the door. Rick noticed his wife was missing and turned back grabbing Evy's hand.
"Hunny, watcha doin? These guys don't use doors." Rick explained as he ran to his car but noticed Alex and Jonathan missing, "Where the hell's Jonathan."
"There he is!" Annie replied pointing to a double Decker buss that came speeding around the corner.
"Alex." Evy said happily as she saw her son in the bus window and made to board the bus quickly followed by Ardeth and Annie.
"What's the matter with my car?" Rick asked Jonathan.
"Well, I was forced to find an alternative means of transportation." Jonathan answered nervously.
"A double Decker buss?" Rick asked not seeing any logic in the choice.
"It was his idea!" Jonathan defended himself pointing to Alex.
"Was not!" Alex argued back.
"Was too!" Jonathan argued but was scolded by Rick when he told Jonathan to drive.
As the bus pulled away from the museum the four mummies came crashing through the walls of the museum and ran after the buss roaring a battle cry. Rick watched helplessly as his car was smashed by one of the mummies trampling feet.
"Oh I hate mummies." Rick mutter furiously.
"Glad to see me now?" Ardeth asked sarcastically.
"Just like old times huh?" Rick answered going to the upper deck of the buss.
Evy, Alex and Annie stayed near the front of the buss since they were unarmed. Annie took this moment to make her-self more mobile and tore the side of her dress to allow more movement. She also tore a strip for her bleeding arm asking Evy to tie it for her. Just then Ardeth started firing the Thompson again as one of the mummies tried to board the bus. It seemed as if the mummy had fallen from the ride and so Ardeth took the time to reload his weapon.
"Ardeth, look out!" Annie cried out as the mummy's upper half boarded the bus again and slapped the Thompson away.
Using its arms the mummy maneuvered around the bus with the help of the bars. Ardeth tried to fight the mummy with his fists but it was proving difficult. With one swing the mummy managed to knock Ardeth back slightly and then quickly slashed his arm with its claws. Evy yelled Jonathan to turn which knocked Ardeth, Annie and the mummy into the opposite seats from where they were. Annie was finally getting pissed and started fighting the mummy herself. With a hard enough punch the mummy flew to some of the back seats. Evy continued the assault but firing at the mummy with a shotgun. From atop some loud scraping and ripping noises could be heard as a large portion of the upper deck was left behind. Jonathan drove for some time before stopping on the draw bridge. Rick stumbled down from the upper deck and embraced Evy.
"You alright?" He asked Ardeth who was sitting in the seat he had been knocked into during his fight. Annie was beside him examining the wounds he had gotten.
"This was my first bus ride." Ardeth said breathlessly and hissing slightly as Annie touched the slashes.
"Probably not the best experience you could have had. I seem to recall that Winston's plane was also a first for you." Annie said glancing into Ardeth's eyes for a brief moment.
"You have changed… you dress differently, Annie." Ardeth almost whispered to Annie as they tuned everyone else on the bus.
"And you haven't changed much at all." Annie stated softly, "Still as reckless as ever."
"You are one to speak." Ardeth argued gesturing to the bullet graze on Annie's arm.
"That's what I get for not carrying guns or knives on me at all times. Though, that sort of thing isn't exactly looked well upon here in London." Annie answered sitting next to Ardeth.
"Are you implying that westerners are above my people?" Ardeth asked gritting his teeth.
"No… all I'm saying is I wasn't expecting to be fighting mummies tonight or going to that casino for that matter or dressing up at all!" Annie growled, "All I was hoping to do tonight is think as to why you keep haunting my thoughts and dreams every second of the day and night! Not to mention if there was some way I could just dig myself a hole and jump right into it so I could rot in my miserable excuse to what most people refer to as a life!" Annie snapped at Ardeth, "And by the way… I'm fine… thank you for asking." she continued getting out of the buss and walking to the railing of the bridge.
Things fell quiet on the bus as Ardeth sat in silence. Evy, Rick, Jonathan and Alex stared at Ardeth waiting to see what he was going to do. They all came to the conclusion that he wasn't going to do anything and they all sighed which gained Ardeth's attention.
"What?"
"You really are incredible." Evy said shaking her head slightly, "All these years she's been with us and not one moment goes by that she doesn't think of you."
"I hardly doubt she thinks of me. She would not admit something like that so easily." Ardeth scoffed.
"Day after day she locks herself up in the drawing room we let her use painting things from Egypt." Evy spoke to Ardeth sitting across from him as Rick went outside to check on his sister, "Every time I go into that room looking for some paper to write on the bin is always full of scrunched up drawings." Evy paused seeing if that peeked the man's interest, which it did much to her satisfaction, "Drawings of you."
Outside the buss, Rick was trying to give a pep talk of his own to Annie. "Annie you okay?" Rick asked his sister in concern.
"I can't do this anymore Rick." Annie whispered through her tears.
"Do what?"
"This! Mummies, fighting, reincarnations and Ardeth." Annie blurted out her tears falling faster, "I can't take this anymore. I was already losing my mind when we still lived in Cairo and I was working all days of the week to keep a roof over our heads and to pay your bails when you landed yourself in prison. I won't lie to you and say everything's alright because it's not. I just want this to end… I need help Rick."
Rick did the only thing he could. He held his hysteric little sister in his arms making shushing sounds to calm her crying. Their moment was interrupted by Alex's cries as Rick and Annie turned to see Lock-na holding Alex and shoving the boy into a car. Rick let go of Annie quickly and ran after them yelling Alex's name. As the car neared one of the main pillars that housed the draw bridge controls. A single man ran out and jumped into the car as the bridge began to slowly rise. Despite that Annie watched as Rick continued to run and then leapt forward to try and jump over the expanding gap. Unfortunately Rick couldn't make it and landed on the risen bridge itself.
That was the last straw for Annie. It was all beginning to be too much but in the mess of her shattering world one thing was clear… no one… and she meant no one… hurt her family member and lived to tell the tale. Rick slowly walked back towards the bus and took Evy into his arms. Annie could tell how devastated Evy was having lost her son to a crazy mummy that had just been brought to life… again.
"Please do not fear for your son my friends. They cannot harm him for he wears the bracelet of Anubis." Ardeth tried to comfort the O'Connell couple.
"Alex is wearing the bracelet?" Evy asked confused.
"When he slapped it on he said he saw the pyramids of Giza and Karnak." Rick explained but was interrupted by Ardeth.
"Yes, and when they reach Karnak. The bracelet will show him the next step of the journey."
"We have to get there before them or we won't know where to look for him next." Evy said quickly.
"Seems to me like we need a magic carpet." Rick said slowly.
"He won't agree to it." Annie spoke up.
"Oh he will. We just have to speak his language a little." Rick winked and boarded the bus followed by the others.
"I highly doubt being shot in the ass was speaking his language." Annie muttered taking a seat in the buss.
By the next day Annie, her brother, Evy and Jonathan had returned to Cairo and driven to a secluded village. Ardeth had gone to meet with the leaders of the twelve tribes to discuss the situation. Since that night in London Jonathan had carried a gold stick with him at all times and just refused to let it out of his sights. When Rick had asked Jonathan to get the bags Jonathan stated that his hands were full. Rick had to grab the gold stick away from Jonathan before he went to get the bags. Annie thought it best that she make herself useful and carried some bags aswell.
"Izzy!" Rick called happily as the pilot stepped through his front gate.
One glance in Rick's direction Izzy spun back around and locked his gates behind him despite Rick's protests.
"He defiantly remembers you." Evy stated.
"Who wouldn't?" Annie piped up.
"He's just shy." Rick said walking to the gate and shooting the lock.
"Darling you're not a subtle man." Evy stated.
"We don't have time for subtle, Izzy come here!" Rick yelled once he kicked the gate open.
"Oh no! Whatever it is O'Connell I don't care. Last time I got shot in the ass. I'm in mourning for my ass!" Izzy cried out walking all over the place and gathering papers and scrolls not even waking a man who was sleeping with his head on top of a few of them as his head smacked down on the table. "Remember that bank job in Marakesh?"
"Bank job?" Evy inquired.
"It's not how it sounds." Rick tried to cover but Izzy made sure to clarify the whole thing.
"Ah, it's exactly how it sounds. I'm up high flying using the sun as cover; the white boy here flags me down. So I come in low or the pickup and the next thing I know I get shot! Then there I am laying in the middle of the road my spleen hanging out and he waltzes off with some belly dancer girl!"
"Belly dancer girl?" Evy asked wanting to know more. "Izzy I think you and I should talk."
"As long as I don't get shot." Izzy stated.
"Quite your whining you're going to get paid this time." Rick stated tossing Izzy a bundle of money.
"Look around what do I need money for?" Izzy asked as Evy and Annie turned to one man who was bathing in the wide open while reading a news paper, "What the hell am I going to spend it on?" Izzy continued as he shoved the bundle of money in his chest pocket.
"Perhaps a proper bathroom would be a good idea." Evy whispered to Annie who nodded in agreement.
Annie then walked up to Izzy who cowered away at seeing her, "Annie."
"Izzy, I'm asking you, no practically begging you to help us. My nephew is out there and I can't bear the thought of him getting hurt. Please Izzy." Annie begged giving her famous puppy dog pout, "You're our last chance to save him."
"Well I…" Izzy started but Rick continued.
"My sons out there and I'm going to do everything I can to get him back." Rick said waving the golden stick in front of Izzy who took note of it immediately.
Annie noticed it quickly and grabbed the stick waving it a bit more seeing that Izzy was following it intently. "You help us Izzy and you can have this." Annie added singing tone.
"Annie, you give me that gold stick and you can shave my legs, wax me and use me for a surfboard." Izzy stated and Annie was happy with the reply.
"Didn't you and Rick do that in Tripoli?" Annie asked raising a brow before turning to walk back to Evy having received a look from Izzy that just said 'yes we did'.
Sometime later Ardeth and some other med-jai warriors arrived making Izzy nervous. One more time he mumbled about getting shot and Annie patted his arm in comfort.
"These are the twelve tribe leaders. Should the army of Anubis arise they will do all they can to stop them." Ardeth explained before holding out his hand, "Horus."
A small falcon flew from the hand of one of the other leaders and flew to Ardeth's.
"Ah pet bird." Jonathan commented.
"My best and most clever friend. Horus will let the leaders know of our progress." Ardeth then turned to the leaders and saying a blessing to which the other leaders answered before riding away.
They all followed Rick as he led them to where Izzy had wondered off earlier to see a dirigible. Annie noticed that Rick didn't seem to happy about that fact.
"Isn't she beautiful?" Izzy asked as he walked closer.
"It's a balloon." Rick stated disappointed.
"It's a dirigible." Izzy corrected.
"Where's your airplane?" Rick asked.
"Airplanes are the thing of the past." Izzy stated.
"Izzy, you were right." Rick suddenly said.
"I was?"
"Yeah, you're gonna get shot." Rick answered pulling out one of his guns when Annie stopped him.
"Rick, leave Izzy alone. Besides I think this is actually better. Horus will be able to fly to the commanders much easier than from a plane. Besides, how is Izzy supposed to land a plane on sand? He's not Maddog and remember what happened to Winston? Not to mention I would rather go after Alex in a more, quieter approach then the way you usually do it." Annie stated.
"Diving head first, guns blazing and getting your friend shot in the ass." Izzy added feeling more confident about speaking since Annie was defending him.
Rick sighed and placed his gun away finding it hard to argue with Annie's point and went to toss his bags into the dirigible. That was when Annie noticed the two rocket pipes at the back of the dirigible.
"I'm thinking those aren't something used for pluming." Annie questioned Izzy.
"Nope dear girl… those are what make my dirigible there, a little faster." Izzy said proudly going off after Rick with Jonathan and Evy hot behind his heels.
"Why can't you people ever keep your feet on the ground?" Ardeth commented while shaking his head and following the others.
Annie scoffed at Ardeth's comment and couldn't help but smile at him. She would have thought he would be afraid to fly after having gone through the crash with Winston's plane. She had to admit for something like that to not faze him in the least when he had no other choice but to fly again, Ardeth was brave.
Aw crap Imohtep's back and his mummies broke a sweet ride I mean Classics are B-e-a-utiful and they broke it! Oh well. Hope I'm doing well Reviews are always welcome.