The Mummy of Yugioh
BlackRoseDragonCK
4. Awakening
Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Yami Yūgi & Anzu M. - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 09-06-11 - Published: 08-31-11 - Complete - id:7341199
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I do not own Yugioh or The Mummy.
Chapter 3. Time for the Magi to attack…again.
The ebony clad men stormed through the camp on horseback, whooping and swinging their torches around.
Not one to partake in violence, Zigfried leaped out of bed and rushed to one of the other tents, shouting, "Mr. Raptor! Wake up!"
Disoriented, Rex scrambled out of bed and gaped in shock at the Magi as they began firing their rifles and throwing torches onto the tents. Espa, Mako, and Rex snatched up their pistols and began openly firing at the enemy while Yami took a more subtle approach by hiding behind a wall and sniping at the Magi.
Tea raced around, awkwardly carrying Yami's shotgun and looking for a target. When one appeared, howling and brandishing a gleaming scabbard, she screamed and fired off a shot, luckily hitting her mark.
Joey was hiding behind a short wall, casually drinking his stolen wine as he waited for a challenger. He fired off a few shots just as Weevil came up. The bug-like man grabbed the bottle and took a swig from it, making the mistake of turning around before he swallowed. There was a Magi rushing towards the duo so Weevil spat the liquor right in Joey's face before taking off.
Joey ran frantically, the angry enemies of the desert right on his tail.
"Mutou!" he shouted upon seeing the soldier. "Help!"
From his perch on a fallen pillar, Yami tackled the leader of the Magi, Shadi, right off his horse and the two rolled around on the ground. The crimson-eyed adventurer fired a shot but Shadi expertly blocked it with his sword, though the impact knocked the blade out of his grasp.
With his opponent weaponless, Yami took the chance to gun down a few more enemies before turning back to their leader. Unfortunately, Shadi had recovered his scabbard and used it to knock the gun from the soldier's hands. Yami rolled over to the campfire and pulled out a piece of dynamite, sticking the fuse into the flames before holding it threateningly in Shadi's direction.
The leader froze, then called out to his men, "Enough! We will shed no more blood, but you must leave. Leave this place or die. You have one day."
He walked back over to his men, mounting another horse and riding back into the desert.
Yami tore the burning fuse off the explosive and turned his gaze to the fallen. Among them, he saw…. "Tea!" The soldier rushed to the girl's side and was relieved to see that she was not wounded, but rather in shock. He took the gun from Tea's hands and raised her head to look at him, saying, "Are you all right?"
"Yes…I-I'm fine" she stuttered, placing her gentle hands on his chest.
Yami helped the brunette to her feet, holding her against him.
"You sure?" he murmured, concern tainting his gorgeous crimson eyes as he gently traced her delicate face with his fingers.
Grinning triumphantly among his comrades, Mako exclaimed, "That proves it! Akhenamkhanen's fortune's gotta be under this sand. That's why they're protecting it!"
Still holding Tea, Yami shook his head. "No, these men are desert people. They value water, not gold.
Espa approached the soldier, his face half-covered in cream due to his shave being interrupted by the Magi.
"You know…maybe just at night we could, uh, combine forces, hmm?"
The spiky-haired adventurer rolled his eyes.
Later that night, Joey snored peacefully while his two comrades practiced their fighting skills—Tea, being a little goofy as her brother had finally convinced her to try his wine.
"Okay, tough stuff," the soldier grinned, "try a right hook. Ball up your fist and put it up….and then hit it right here like you mean it!"
The brunette nodded eagerly and hauled back. "I…mean it…eek!"
The girl drove her fist into her companion's open hand, tripping and spinning around in the process.
Yami laughed and wrapped his arms around her slender waist, gently setting her down and saying, "Time for another drink."
The blue-eyed beauty laughed groggily and muttered, "Unlike my brother, sir, I know when to say no…" In spite of this statement, the girl grabbed the bottle and took a drink.
"Uh-huh…" Yami raised his eyebrows in amusement. "…and unlike your brother, miss, YOU I just…don't get."
"Ah…I know. You're wondering….what is a place like me…doing in a girl like this?" Tea jumbled up the words, smiling drunkenly.
Yami tried not to laugh. "Yeah…SOMETHING like that…"
"Egypt is in my blood." She reached into her dress and pulled out a locket. "You see, my…my father was a very, very famous explorer and he loved Egypt very much…so he married my mother who was an Egyptian and quite an adventurer herself."
"Hmmm," the spiky-haired man thought for a moment. "I get your father and I get your mother…and uh…" he glanced at the slumbering Joey. "I get HIM, but…what areYOU doing here?"
Tea groaned in frustration and exclaimed, "Look, I—I may not be an explorer…" she stood up suddenly and Yami placed a hand in the small of her back to keep her from falling over. "….or—or an adventurer, or a treasure seeker or a gunfighter, Mr. Mutou…but I am PROUD of what I am!"
"And…what is that…?"
The brunette grinned confidently and announced, "I….am a librarian!"
The corners of the soldier's mouth curled up slightly as the young woman stood on her knees.
"I…am going to kiss you…Mr. Mutou," Tea whispered.
Though he knew she was drunk, Yami's heart lurched excitedly at the idea as his eyes wandered to her full, pink lips.
"Call me…Yami," he murmured, leaning closer.
The brunette smiled, her blue eyes sparkling, "….Yami."
Tea leaned closer and closer…until she finally passed out, her head falling in the soldier's lap.
Amused and more than a little disappointed Yami kissed the air where her head had been before carrying the unconscious beauty to bed.
The next morning, Weevil's team set back to work on their chamber. With the acid trap disarmed, the remaining workers were able to uncover an ancient box buried in the wall. Intrigued, Zigfried knelt down and blew the dust off the top to reveal the hieroglyphics.
"There is a curse upon this chest," he announced.
Rex smirked. "Curse my Jurassic butt. Who cares?"
"Have a care, Mr. Raptor," Zigfried snapped. "In this hallowed ground, that which was set forth in ancient times is as strong as it is today."
Rex rolled his eyes impatiently. "What's it say?"
The scholar read the ancient writing once in ancient Egyptian, then in English.
"'Death…will come on swift wings to whomsoever opens this chest'."
At the last word, wind began to blow violently through the chamber, scaring the desert workers into running off.
"We should not be here…" Weevil muttered nervously. "This is not good."
Zigfried continued, "It says, 'There is one, the undead, who, if brought back to life, is bound by sacred law to consummate this curse. He will kill all who open this chest and assimilate their organs and fluids…and in doing so, he will regenerate and no longer be the undead, but a plague upon this earth."
"Well, we didn't come all this way for nothin'!" Rex snapped.
Weevil, however, stepped backward, fear plain on his features. "It's the curse….it's the curse…it's the curse!" he ran down the hall, screaming, "Beware of the curse! Beware!"
Mako rolled his eyes. "Stupid superstitious moron…"
Then, the fates of the four men were sealed when Rex and Espa pulled the top off the chest.
Back in their wing of the dig site, the trio was getting ready to open the sarcophagus.
"Oh, I've dreamt about this since I was a little girl!" Tea squealed.
Yami cocked an eyebrow. "You dream about dead guys?"
The brunette ignored him and pointed at the lower section of the casket. "Look, all his sacred spells have been chiseled off. This man must have been condemned not only in this life, but in the next.
The crimson-eyed guide muttered, "Tough break."
"Yeah, I'm all tears," Joey added, grunting as he turned the key in the lock. "Now, let's see who's inside, shall we?"
The boys pulled on the cover of the sarcophagus until it fell away and…a strangely gooey mummy practically fell out.
All three screamed and Tea hissed, "Oh my God, I HATE it when these things do that!"
Yami grimaced, saying, "Is he…supposed to look like that?"
"No…I've never seen a mummy look like this before," the brunette replied with perplexity. "He's still…still…"
"Juicy," both men completed.
"Yes…he must be more than three thousand years old and, well, it looks as if he's still…decomposing."
"Hey…" Yami muttered, studying the inside of the coffin cover. "What do you make of this?"
There were strange scratch marks inside.
Tea gasped. "These marks were made with….fingernails. This man was buried alive…and it looks like he left a message." She turned her head to read the crudely drawn hieroglyphs. "'Death…is only the beginning…'."
They all stared at the corpse, wondering what the man could have possible done to deserve such a terrible fate.
In the cursed chamber, Zigfried was unwrapping a cloth-bound object in the chest. When the cloth fell away, he gasped in shock. "Oh my God…It DOES exist…the Book of the Dead."
"A book?" Mako scowled. "Who cares about a book? Where's the treasure?"
The pink-haired professor lifted the ebony book into his arms, cradling it as if it were an infant. "This, gentlemen…this IS the treasure."
Rex made a disgusted face and kicked the chest, growling, "I wouldn't trade you for a brass—"
The front of the chest fell open to reveal several elegant, gold encrusted jars.
"Look at that!" Espa exclaimed, grinning greedily.
"There is your treasure, gentlemen," Zigfried smiled.
That evening, Tea emerged from the tomb, heading over to the campfire where the boys were seated. She passed Zigfried, who was attempting to open the black book. Upon noticing the familiar indented shape on its cover, the brunette murmured, "I believe you need a key to open that," before rejoining the others.
"Say, Mutou," Rex taunted, waving his golden jar about. "What do you think these babies will fetch back home?"
Espa added, "We heard you guys found yourself a nice, juicy mummy. Congratulations."
"If you dry that fella out, you might be able to sell him for firewood," Mako chuckled.
The spiky-haired guide gave a mock laugh right as Tea came up.
"Look what I found," she announced.
Yami looked at Weevil sitting next to him and muttered, "You're in her seat."
The spectacled man showed no intention of moving so the soldier hissed, "Now!"
Wisely, Weevil took off as Tea sat down in his place, presenting her finding.
"Scarab skeletons…flesh eaters. I found them inside our friend's coffin. They say these things can stay alive for years, feasting on the flesh of a corpse. Unfortunately for our friend, he was still alive when they started eating him."
Fingering the petrified insects, Yami murmured, "So somebody threw these in with our guy and they slowly ate him alive?"
"VERY slowly."
Joey grimaced. "He certainly wasn't a popular guy when they planted him."
Yami grinned and teased, "Well, he probably got a little too frisky with the pharaoh's daughter."
Tea giggled and replied, "Well, according to my readings, our friend suffered the Hom Dai, the worst of the Egyptian curses…one reserved for only the most evil of blasphemers. In my research, I've never heard of this ritual actually being performed."
"That bad, huh?"
"Yes, well…they never used it because they feared it so much. It's written that if a victim of the Hom Dai should ever arise…he would bring with him the ten plagues of Egypt."
Once everyone had gone to bed, Tea snuck over to Zigfried who was snoring peacefully, and gently pried the black book from his grasp. She went over to the fire and gently set it down, then went to retrieve the key.
Without opening his eyes, Yami teasingly muttered, "That's called stealing, you know."
"According to you and my brother, it's called borrowing," the brunette replied, fingering the ridges on the key to make it open.
The soldier slid over to her and said, "I thought the Book of Amun-Ra was made of gold."
"It is made out of gold. This isn't the book of Amun-Ra…this is something else. I think this may be the Book of the Dead."
Yami raised his eyebrows. "The Book of the Dead? Are you sure you want to be playing around with this thing?"
Tea turned the key. "It's just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.
She opened the ebony metal covered and the desert wind shrieked in response.
"That happens a lot around here," Yami sweat dropped. "So what's it say?"
The brunette ran her fingers over the hieroglyphs. "Amun-Ra…Amun-Dei… it speaks of the night and of the day." She continued her reading in ancient Egyptian...until Zigfried sat up.
"NO!" he screamed. "YOU MUST NOT READ FROM THE BOOK!"
Everyone who had been sleeping awoke to a deep buzzing sound. They stared off into the distance…and beheld a swarm of hundreds…no, millions of locusts.
Yami grabbed Tea's hand and took off with Joey right beside him. "C'mon, go, go!"
The insects soared into the camp, covering everyone and everything in sight. Covered from head to toe in locusts, Zigfried closed his eyes and muttered, "What…have we done?"
Meanwhile, Yami, Joey, Tea, and the others were running into the temple….to a much worse plague….for the mummy had awakened…and was searching for his first victim.
Talk about being between a rock and a hard place! Hope you liked it and please review