Rick was stuck lugging all the equipment, as usual, while Evie carried only a single bag. Alex was off stomping random critters that came in his way.
"Tell me again, WHY DON'T WE STAY HOME!?" Rick said, remembering his very recent scuffle with Imhotep and the Scorpion King. He touched his wrist where his Med-Jai tattoo was. Alex pointed out that the mark was seen many places they excavated.
"Wouldn't you rather fight goofy dead people, or stay at home and fight with Jonathan about him bringing his dates to the house and telling backward stories?" Evie said, with a small smile on her face. Rick sighed.
"I'm getting too old for this," He said sarcastically, continuing to drag the bundles, "So what are we after now that can destroy the planet or potentially kill our child?"
"Well, the scholars call it the 'The Book of the Dead vol. 2', they're just being stupid. It's really called the 'Quotes of Ramses', they're a bunch of chants that Ramses the 1st shouted when he went to the Underworld. Supposedly, someone documented them with their megaphone that they keep to the ground to hear the dead people move around and whatever." Evie used her brisk, teaching voice.
"And when you read a certain chant from this book or scroll or whatever, it can bring about the destruction of the planet," Rick said, mimicking Evie's teaching voice.
"Well, yes, you guessed, didn't you?"
"But, of course. Like I said before, that's ALWAYS the case." Rick said, a touch of irritation in his voice. Alex turned to his parents, shaking his head.
"Can't I stay home this time?" Alex whined. He became quite a pessimist the year before, being he was nearly killed.
"We die, Alex, you have to die with us, boy." Rick said wearily. They pressed on through the dunes, towards where Jasper and Casper were digging, when Rick stopped suddenly.
"Alright, stop, stop, stop. I'm not dragging this crap any further," Rick commanded briskly, looking through the bag and tossing away useless items. Things like, a hairbrush, some toy that Alex tried to sneak along, etc. Rick picked up a single, bound, leather book.
"WHAT DO YOU NEED A DICTIONARY FOR IN THE DESERT?!" He shouted.
"Well, what if I need to write a letter, and I can't spell a word right or something?" Evie said calmly.
"I doubt it, Eve." Rick threw the book with all his might into the horizon.
Jasper was staring at the diggers when a dictionary flew out of nowhere and hit him on the head. He fell into the pit, and rolled until he hit the sarcophogaus. Casper had a good laugh about that. When Jasper finally crawled out of the pit, with quite a nasty bump on his head, he smacked Casper with the dictionary and dropped it to the ground. The cover opened and it said "O'Connell" on the inside cover. Jasper narrowed his eyes.
"O'Connell..." He said, pulling his gun out.
"Tell me again, WHY DON'T WE STAY HOME!?" Rick said, remembering his very recent scuffle with Imhotep and the Scorpion King. He touched his wrist where his Med-Jai tattoo was. Alex pointed out that the mark was seen many places they excavated.
"Wouldn't you rather fight goofy dead people, or stay at home and fight with Jonathan about him bringing his dates to the house and telling backward stories?" Evie said, with a small smile on her face. Rick sighed.
"I'm getting too old for this," He said sarcastically, continuing to drag the bundles, "So what are we after now that can destroy the planet or potentially kill our child?"
"Well, the scholars call it the 'The Book of the Dead vol. 2', they're just being stupid. It's really called the 'Quotes of Ramses', they're a bunch of chants that Ramses the 1st shouted when he went to the Underworld. Supposedly, someone documented them with their megaphone that they keep to the ground to hear the dead people move around and whatever." Evie used her brisk, teaching voice.
"And when you read a certain chant from this book or scroll or whatever, it can bring about the destruction of the planet," Rick said, mimicking Evie's teaching voice.
"Well, yes, you guessed, didn't you?"
"But, of course. Like I said before, that's ALWAYS the case." Rick said, a touch of irritation in his voice. Alex turned to his parents, shaking his head.
"Can't I stay home this time?" Alex whined. He became quite a pessimist the year before, being he was nearly killed.
"We die, Alex, you have to die with us, boy." Rick said wearily. They pressed on through the dunes, towards where Jasper and Casper were digging, when Rick stopped suddenly.
"Alright, stop, stop, stop. I'm not dragging this crap any further," Rick commanded briskly, looking through the bag and tossing away useless items. Things like, a hairbrush, some toy that Alex tried to sneak along, etc. Rick picked up a single, bound, leather book.
"WHAT DO YOU NEED A DICTIONARY FOR IN THE DESERT?!" He shouted.
"Well, what if I need to write a letter, and I can't spell a word right or something?" Evie said calmly.
"I doubt it, Eve." Rick threw the book with all his might into the horizon.
Jasper was staring at the diggers when a dictionary flew out of nowhere and hit him on the head. He fell into the pit, and rolled until he hit the sarcophogaus. Casper had a good laugh about that. When Jasper finally crawled out of the pit, with quite a nasty bump on his head, he smacked Casper with the dictionary and dropped it to the ground. The cover opened and it said "O'Connell" on the inside cover. Jasper narrowed his eyes.
"O'Connell..." He said, pulling his gun out.