Chapter Sixteen: Last Escape
Vinny staggers across a chamber, straining under the weight of another saddlebag filled with treasure. He spots
a large, ornate staff sticking out of a wall. He throws the saddlebag over the staff and collapses against the
wall, exhausted.
And then the weight of the treasure pulls the staff down, which starts a massive aural chain reaction.
Vinny backs away from the wall, wide-eyed, filled with fear. All the walls start to sink into the ground,
driven by tons of pouring sand. Vinny turns and bolts out of the chamber.
***
(Five Minutes before they're screwed. Think of it as the infamous self-destruct sequence that you see in the
RE games.)
Back in the cementary Jill, Leon, and the Redfield siblings look around as the walls start to descend.
"Oh, boy," Claire said.
Chris grabs Jill's hand. "Come on! Let's get the hell outta here!"
The group start to run, racing past the sinking pillars. Leon ends up tripping on a stone, sending the Book of
Amun-Ra into the black pool. He decided to bitch about that later, as he rejoined the others as they ducked
into a descending doorway.
***
(Four Minutes)
Vinny scampers down a passageway, the ceiling getting lower and lower until he has to crouch. And then he has
to stick the torch between his teeth and crawl on his hands and knees.
***
(Three Minutes)
Chris, Claire, Jill and Leon crouch-run into the treasure chamber. Jill skids to a stop, and looks in wonder at
all the treasure, as sand rains down on them. "Hey! We got to--"
Chris grabs her again and quickly pulls her through the mounds of treasure towards a sinking doorway on the far
side of the room. The sound of the sinking walls is deafening.
Vinny crouch-runs into the treasure chamber. Chris, Claire, Jill and and Leon charge past him. He joins them as
they run up a staircase, heading for a descending doorway, which is already half gone, it's now only four feet
high...now three feet high...now two feet. Leon and Claire dive through the narrow gap. Then Chris dives
through, he spins around. Jill dives, but gets stuck in the middle, about to get cut in half.
Chris grabs her arm and yanks her through in the nick of time. Vinny reaches through the narrowing gap with his
hand.
"REDFIELD!" Vinny screamed.
Chris grabs Vinny's hand, but it's too late. Vinny yanks his hand back just as the top of the door crashes to
the floor.
"Goodbye, Vinny," Chris said.
***
(Two Minutes)
Vinny quickly crawls back down the stairs as the ceiling SLAMS down behind him. He stands up and looks
around with his diminishing torch.
All the doorways FINISH CLOSING. There's no way out. He is now trapped. And then he hears something, and turns
around. Over in the corner, on a pile of gold, a scarab stares at him, CHITTERING. Vinny waves his flickering
torch at the scarab and backs away.
"Get back!" he yelled.
He stands in the middle of the treasure chamber as dozens upon dozens of scarabs boil up out of the floor
around him.
Vinny is absolutely terrified. The scarabs start to move in. His torch is about to die out, but he had another
option available to him. He pulled out his gun and pressed the barrel to his head.
The flame on his torch goes out.
BANG!
The scrabs were upon Vinny's body before it had hit the floor.
***
(One Minute)
The group has made it outside, but the temple is collapsing all around them. They dodge falling columns and
stones as they ran to the front entrance.
(Thirty seconds)
A sinking crevice drops out right behind them, and chases them out through the front gates. The whole place
rumbles ominously.
(Five seconds)
They make it down the ramp as more ruins crash down behind them. A massive cloud of sand and dust billows out
over the wall and into the air. our heroes and all the stray camels that were hanging around the ruins race out
into the desert
(Time's up!)
They stopped runnning and watch Hamunaptra sink into the sand in a cloud of sand. Then somthing grabs Leon's
shoulder. He thought it was another scrab, but calmed down when he saw that it was just Carlos, mounted atop
a camel.
"Thank you for giving me a heart attack!" Leon panted.
Carlos ignored him and turned to Jill and Chris. "I personally thank you for saving us," he said. "You have
killed the creature, and also destroyed Hamunaptra!"
"That was unexpected," Chris admitted.
"Things happen," Carlos replied. "Thanks again." He then took off on his camel.
Leon kicked a pebble on the ground. "Well, I guess we go off empty-handed...again."
Chris looks at Jill. "I wouldn't say that."
Jill returns the look, and then she wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him. Chris returns the kiss. Leon
snorts in disgust and turns to Claire, who was looking on.
"Can you believe this?" he said. "They fall in love and what do I get? I got a wrecked car, a scarab in my arm,
I lost the book of Amun-Ra, I almost got killed numerous times and--"
Claire silenced him by grabbing him and kissing him hard on the mouth. "Leon, shut up. You talk too much."
Leon grinned. "Maybe I can get Ark to play as Jill's brother in the sequel."
They kissed again. Chris and Jill broke off their kiss and smiled at each other. Leon and Claire did the same
thing. He jumps onto a camel and helps Claire onto it. Chris climbs onto a camel, reaches down and grabbed
Jill, pulling her up in front of him. Both men slap the reins of their camels and they start to move out.
What Jill and Chris didn't notice--until thay had returned to Cairo--was that the saddlebag was loaded with
Vinny's stolen treasure, as Chris, Jill, Leon and Claire ride off into the sunset.
End.
The Headcrook's Notes: Whew! I'm Finished! Thanks to all of the pepole who have read my story and liked it!
I am most definitely going to write the sequel to this bad boy. On a sad note, I had to pull out Big Trouble
in Little China for my personal reasons. Oh, well. Shit happens. But on the bright side, I'm working on another
Tiger and Dragon story in the Street Fighter section as well as some other things, so be on the lookout for
those.
This is The Head of The Crooked Party, alias, The Headcrook, signing off.
Vinny staggers across a chamber, straining under the weight of another saddlebag filled with treasure. He spots
a large, ornate staff sticking out of a wall. He throws the saddlebag over the staff and collapses against the
wall, exhausted.
And then the weight of the treasure pulls the staff down, which starts a massive aural chain reaction.
Vinny backs away from the wall, wide-eyed, filled with fear. All the walls start to sink into the ground,
driven by tons of pouring sand. Vinny turns and bolts out of the chamber.
***
(Five Minutes before they're screwed. Think of it as the infamous self-destruct sequence that you see in the
RE games.)
Back in the cementary Jill, Leon, and the Redfield siblings look around as the walls start to descend.
"Oh, boy," Claire said.
Chris grabs Jill's hand. "Come on! Let's get the hell outta here!"
The group start to run, racing past the sinking pillars. Leon ends up tripping on a stone, sending the Book of
Amun-Ra into the black pool. He decided to bitch about that later, as he rejoined the others as they ducked
into a descending doorway.
***
(Four Minutes)
Vinny scampers down a passageway, the ceiling getting lower and lower until he has to crouch. And then he has
to stick the torch between his teeth and crawl on his hands and knees.
***
(Three Minutes)
Chris, Claire, Jill and Leon crouch-run into the treasure chamber. Jill skids to a stop, and looks in wonder at
all the treasure, as sand rains down on them. "Hey! We got to--"
Chris grabs her again and quickly pulls her through the mounds of treasure towards a sinking doorway on the far
side of the room. The sound of the sinking walls is deafening.
Vinny crouch-runs into the treasure chamber. Chris, Claire, Jill and and Leon charge past him. He joins them as
they run up a staircase, heading for a descending doorway, which is already half gone, it's now only four feet
high...now three feet high...now two feet. Leon and Claire dive through the narrow gap. Then Chris dives
through, he spins around. Jill dives, but gets stuck in the middle, about to get cut in half.
Chris grabs her arm and yanks her through in the nick of time. Vinny reaches through the narrowing gap with his
hand.
"REDFIELD!" Vinny screamed.
Chris grabs Vinny's hand, but it's too late. Vinny yanks his hand back just as the top of the door crashes to
the floor.
"Goodbye, Vinny," Chris said.
***
(Two Minutes)
Vinny quickly crawls back down the stairs as the ceiling SLAMS down behind him. He stands up and looks
around with his diminishing torch.
All the doorways FINISH CLOSING. There's no way out. He is now trapped. And then he hears something, and turns
around. Over in the corner, on a pile of gold, a scarab stares at him, CHITTERING. Vinny waves his flickering
torch at the scarab and backs away.
"Get back!" he yelled.
He stands in the middle of the treasure chamber as dozens upon dozens of scarabs boil up out of the floor
around him.
Vinny is absolutely terrified. The scarabs start to move in. His torch is about to die out, but he had another
option available to him. He pulled out his gun and pressed the barrel to his head.
The flame on his torch goes out.
BANG!
The scrabs were upon Vinny's body before it had hit the floor.
***
(One Minute)
The group has made it outside, but the temple is collapsing all around them. They dodge falling columns and
stones as they ran to the front entrance.
(Thirty seconds)
A sinking crevice drops out right behind them, and chases them out through the front gates. The whole place
rumbles ominously.
(Five seconds)
They make it down the ramp as more ruins crash down behind them. A massive cloud of sand and dust billows out
over the wall and into the air. our heroes and all the stray camels that were hanging around the ruins race out
into the desert
(Time's up!)
They stopped runnning and watch Hamunaptra sink into the sand in a cloud of sand. Then somthing grabs Leon's
shoulder. He thought it was another scrab, but calmed down when he saw that it was just Carlos, mounted atop
a camel.
"Thank you for giving me a heart attack!" Leon panted.
Carlos ignored him and turned to Jill and Chris. "I personally thank you for saving us," he said. "You have
killed the creature, and also destroyed Hamunaptra!"
"That was unexpected," Chris admitted.
"Things happen," Carlos replied. "Thanks again." He then took off on his camel.
Leon kicked a pebble on the ground. "Well, I guess we go off empty-handed...again."
Chris looks at Jill. "I wouldn't say that."
Jill returns the look, and then she wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him. Chris returns the kiss. Leon
snorts in disgust and turns to Claire, who was looking on.
"Can you believe this?" he said. "They fall in love and what do I get? I got a wrecked car, a scarab in my arm,
I lost the book of Amun-Ra, I almost got killed numerous times and--"
Claire silenced him by grabbing him and kissing him hard on the mouth. "Leon, shut up. You talk too much."
Leon grinned. "Maybe I can get Ark to play as Jill's brother in the sequel."
They kissed again. Chris and Jill broke off their kiss and smiled at each other. Leon and Claire did the same
thing. He jumps onto a camel and helps Claire onto it. Chris climbs onto a camel, reaches down and grabbed
Jill, pulling her up in front of him. Both men slap the reins of their camels and they start to move out.
What Jill and Chris didn't notice--until thay had returned to Cairo--was that the saddlebag was loaded with
Vinny's stolen treasure, as Chris, Jill, Leon and Claire ride off into the sunset.
End.
The Headcrook's Notes: Whew! I'm Finished! Thanks to all of the pepole who have read my story and liked it!
I am most definitely going to write the sequel to this bad boy. On a sad note, I had to pull out Big Trouble
in Little China for my personal reasons. Oh, well. Shit happens. But on the bright side, I'm working on another
Tiger and Dragon story in the Street Fighter section as well as some other things, so be on the lookout for
those.
This is The Head of The Crooked Party, alias, The Headcrook, signing off.