Bcenter"The Mummy"BR

Dawson's Creek style/center/BBR

centerBy: Amp P./centerP



BDisclaimer:/B It's the same thing as always. I don't own anything. Not the mummy, not Dawson's creek, nor anything related to them. Nada, cero. So just enjoy this writing opus. And I want you to now that I'm not making any money out of this, I just had the illusion of Joey and Pacey living threw the situations in the movie, so PLEASE! Don't sue me.P



BAuthor's Note:/BJust to remind you that I'm adding of my own imagination, so maybe it's not going to be the same as the movie. I hope you like it and if you like for me to add another one of the characters of the show just let me know. So write to me at mrswittermx@yahoo.com or mrswittermx@netscape.netP



BChapter Four/BP



It was the next morning and the group of adventurers' where now in what appeared to be a bazaar. Commotion was in the extent of the bazaar as Gretchen had accompanied Joey to buy a new set of clothes; while the men of the group, except the warden who had wondered away, were negotiating for transport.P



"Four! Four!" The strong English voice of Dawson could be heard from all of the corners of the market as he bargained with the vendor for some camels. "I only want four! Four! Not the whole bloody heard!" He exclaimed while angrily waving his arms in the air. "Witter! Can you believe it!" He said outraged.P



"Would you just pay the man!" Pacey ordered dryly.P



"For heaven's sake! I can't believe the price of these flea bags…" Dawson proclaimed sourly as he took out the money from his wallet and handed it to the content merchant. "Yes happy! Very Happy!" Dawson said sarcastically to the vendor.P



Pacey helped the angry Dawson to move the newly bought transportation. "You could've gotten for free…all you had to do was give him your sister." Pacey commented as he started walking in search of the girls.P



"Rather tempting, wasn't it?" Dawson joked as he walked ahead.P



In that instant Joey walked out in front of them, dressed in her new Egyptian attire. Black gauzy fabric surrounded her in a form of a dress with a filmy fabric covering her mouth like the traditional garment, marking her powerful dark green eyes with her long straight chestnut hair let loose, from that constricting bun, curtaining her face.P



Pacey was in awe, of course he had seen from the first moment he had laid eyes on Joey in the prison, that she was a very beautiful woman, in her conservative English way. But right now, in that instant, Joey was radiant, with a mysterious look, as the hot Egyptian air blew through her hair; with that tiny shy smile that she possessed made her adorable to Pacey's eyes. After minutes of sharing what he wished were intimate glances with Joey, he realized he hadn't spoken for the duration of his admiration. "Rather…" He numbly answered to Dawson's question.P



But Dawson didn't hear anyway, the sight of the adventurous Gretchen Witter enthralled him. She hadn't bought clothes like the ones Joey was wearing, just tighter pants, that clung better to her curves with another blouse, but this one was shorter, making her belly show beneath the knot she had made with the ends of her blouse. This girl amazed Dawson; she was nothing like the rest of the English women he knew, she was completely unique, for one wearing pants at that age and with that blouse…he had never seen a woman's navel shown in public.P



Gretchen retrieved her gaze from the new pair of pistols she had just bought, when she felt a heavy pair of eyes over her. It was Dawson, that adorable English man she had met. She met his gaze and was about to inquire his opinion about her outfit when Pacey's voice intervened.P



"What do you think you are wearing?" He demanded with Joey by his side.P



Gretchen sighed, she had had that discussion with his brother before. When they were little kids they were abandoned by their parents at the local orphanage, so they grew together and Pacey took the rowel of father. When they escaped the little orphanage many years later, they had to make do with what they had and had to protect themselves at whatever cost. "A blouse." Gretchen answered simply.P



"That's not a blouse, a piece of a blouse maybe, but definitely not a blouse." Pacey responded getting irritated.P



Gretchen made an aggravated noise and looked at Pacey. "This is a blouse, so stop bothering me…"P



"No, maybe you've been misinformed…because blouses are meant for covering and not to show your navel…" Pacey argued trying to pull the knots of the blouse to cover more.P



"I like it…" Dawson put in as Gretchen offered him a sly smile.P



"Shut up!" Pacey exclaimed annoyed.P



"Let just go." Said Joey and Gretchen agreed escaping from her brother's grip and heading with Joey to the camels.P



And so the journey begun; across the endless dunes of desert they went, the sun beating straight into their heads and the hot scorching wind blowing against their anxious faces feeling like sand paper. To the night it continued, neither one willing to waste time camping for the night. But when their bodies gave up they slept sitting in their camels. Every now and then Joey, vanquished by sleep, would place her head on Pacey, unnoticeably to her of course and Pacey would just gently straighten her out. While Gretchen was in the same position with Dawson only difference that Dawson let her just where she was, he only moved to hit the warden, who was snoring, to prevent him of waking Gretchen up.P



It's impossible to say the exact days they were traveling. But finally one day they came to their desired spot only to find their American rival's arriving at the same time. They all gathered around Pacey and Benny that were the only ones that new what was the next step of their journey.P



"What are we waiting for?" Asked one of the tired Americans.P



"Patience my good friend, patience." Benny answered from his camel.P



"Remember our bet Witter, five hundred dollars to the first one to reach the city." Daniels expressed remembering Pacey of their bet.P



Pacey just rolled his eyes annoyed. "One hundred of them are yours if you help us win that bet." Burns offered to Benny.P



"It would be my pleasure." The greedy Benny responded. "Hey Witter, nice camel." He said to Pacey cynically.P



Pacey just blew him off petting his camel. "Get ready for it." Pacey simply stated.P



"For what?" Ask a confused Joey as all she saw was sand as far as the eye could see.P



"Where about to be shown the way." And in that second the sun came into the exact position, making mysterious waves in mid air, or maybe it was just their tired eyes playing games with them. But the reality hit when from nowhere an ancient city started to materialize from the sand. "Here we go again." Said the tired voice of Pacey before everybody started to gallop to the city.P



One by one they raced against each other to be the first one to enter the city. Benny rapidly ran to catch up with Pacey when he was exactly beside him he started hitting him for him to lose his concentration. Pacey, who had first had been ignoring him, got fed up, swiftly he maneuvered his hand, grabbing him by the collar. "So long Benny." He said before pushing him off his camel.P



Benny fell to the ground, being trampled by the legs of the running camel. Joey who was right behind Pacey saw everything. "Well serves you right." She voiced her opinion as she ran passed him.P



Without any dilemma, Joey caught out very easily to Pacey and started to run right beside him. Pacey was amazed by this woman. Where did she learn to ride a camel that way? Was the question that rolled around Pacey's mind as he exchanged gazes with Joey. Suddenly the camel got extra energy and while Joey offered Pacey a worried face the camel run faster leaving everyone behind.P



"Go Joey! Go!" Dawson was screaming at the tops of his lungs with Gretchen cheering right beside behind.P



Joey happily galloped with a bright smile in her face, knowing that she would win the race for the city.P



Hours after the two teams had separated and were working on to separate dig sites. The American team was being lead by and Egyptologist that was supervising step by step of the dig site. Daniels was surprised when the others hadn't fought for any dig site, he was very suspicious. "Do they know something we don't?" He asked the Egyptologist.P



The Egyptologist turned his sight from the site to look at the other team. "Their led by a woman…what does a woman know?" He expressed in his snotty tone. (AN: Wasn't that so degrading?)P



"That's the statue of Anubis, its legs go deep underground…according to scholars that's where will find the secret compartment containing the golden book of Amon Ra…" The voice of Joey echoed all through their campsite as letting know her knowledge of the subject, proving the Egyptologist dead wrong. "Dawson you're meant to catch the sun with that." Joey said to Dawson who with Gretchen were cleaning the ancient artifact.P



"So…umm…what are these old mirrors for?" Pacey asked a little flushed as he headed towards Joey.P



Joey looked directly at him. "They're ancient mirrors…" Joey said irritably. "It's an ancient Egyptian trick you'll see…" She continued, calming herself down. She didn't understand why he always managed to irritate her.P



"Hmm…" Pacey intellectually answered. Josephine always managed to stupefy him and he didn't know why. "So…this is for you…" He said sheepishly as he handed her packet rolled in fine brown leather. "…it something I borrowed from our American friends and I thought you might li…might needed for when your…" Pacey couldn't continue talking, he felt so flushed as he felt those green eyes on him, so he just mimicked the rest of the sentence.P

Joey was amazed at Pacey's sweet demonstration and didn't know how to answer. But then she got the wrong idea from the present. "I might need it?" She asked getting angry. "So what now you think that I'm a pauper that requires your charity? You think that I can get this by myself?" She asked rising her voice, feeling insulted.P



Pacey broke out of his flushed state offended. "What are you talking about? Are you such a prude that you aren't use to receiving gifts?" Pacey asked angry at her for reacting like that at a simple token.P



"Prude?" Joey echoed incredibly. "What's your problem?"P



"My problem? Who started it?" Pacey asked livid.P



"Just forget about it, who can have a reasonable conversation with such a ruffian." Joey said.P



"Excuse me? Ok, forgive a guy for trying to do a…" He didn't finish the sentence because he saw the nosey prison guard. "What are you looking at?" He angrily asked and then turned away to continue his assignment.P



"What was that all about?" Asked Gretchen confused.P



"Joey's just not very accustomed to showing how she really feels." Dawson said staring warily at Joey.P



"So that means she doesn't hate my brother?" Gretchen inquired letting her mirror alone for a minute.P



"Oh no she hates him, she just doesn't want to kill him." Dawson answered with a grin trying to not get into the subject.P



"Oh shut up!" Gretchen answered hitting him in the head with the rag she had been using.P



Joey let a glance escape towards Pacey's direction. She had regretted acting the way she did, but she just didn't want to let Pacey know how touched she had been by the little tool kit he had 'borrowed' from the Americans. She closed the kit after seeing it for the millionth time and hugged it quickly before it would be noticed.P



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It was completely dark and stingy, only the feeble light from Pacey's torch could be seen. "Do you realize where standing in a room that nobody has entered in over three thousand years?" Joey put in as she almost blindly guided herself to the base with one of the mirrors.P



"Do you smell that?" Asked Gretchen to Dawson while she was coming down the rope to join the rest of them.P



Dawson who placed his hands on Gretchen's waist to help her down also smelled something. "What is that god awful stench?" He asked loudly.P



Gretchen jumped off knowing that Dawson's was holding her steadily. When her feet reached the grown she dusted the sand off her pants and lifted her head to answer Dawson, but him had come extremely close to her as she was dusting and now there faces were separated by merely inches. The tension grew as neither of them backed, and their respirations got agitated. Dawson slowly extended his hand to touch the lock of hair that was next to her eye. When the ground trembled a little when the prison guard jumped down just beside them, the putrefied odor becoming stronger.P



"Oh!" Exclaimed Dawson, as he understood where the stench was coming from and rapidly pushed Gretchen to continued walking. Gretchen knowing that the moment they were going to share was interrupted and that Dawson wasn't mentioning anything or trying to repeat it just laughed at Dawson's expression and walked to where Joey was standing.P



Pacey led out a sigh a relief, he was about to do something to interrupt Dawson's attempt towards his sister, but fortunately the warden had betted him to it. He didn't know Dawson that well and it still didn't convince him that much if he wanted to pursue his sister.P



Joey cleaned the cobwebs that were collected throughout the years on the mirrors. "And then there was light." She declared as she moved the angle of the mirror so it would reflect the ray of light coming in. The light hit the mirror and bounced to all of the collection of mirrors that were strategically placed all around the room, filling the before dank room with refreshing sunlight.P



"That is a neat trick." Said Pacey with his typical sly grin.P



"Oh my god this is Sah-necht!" (A.N: I don't know the correct writing of the word so please just forgive me.) She exclaimed surprised.P



"Uh?" Pacey asked not knowing what the hell the girl was talking about.P



Joey offered him one of her looks before answering. "A preparation room." She said with emotion on her voice.P



"Preparation for what? For when the Egyptians decided to go to a party?" Pacey said trying to crack a joke, but only Gretchen led out a little snort.P



Joey looked at him again and Dawson interrupted before those two started again. "Mummy's my good man, this is where they made mummies." He proclaimed as he took some fire from Pacey's torch to the one he had.P



Pacey always being the prepared one, immediately grabbed his gun as did Gretchen as they continued walking thru the damp and creepy corridors.P



They walked deep into the city avoiding the dozens of cobwebs that hung from the ceiling; Pacey was in the lead of the group, his torch in one hand his gun in the other as Joey walked closely behind him, she felt safe with him, not that she would ever admit it. Dawson and Gretchen were right behind them and every now and then when it would get to dark they would extend their hand to one another linking them in mid air.P



That is when they heard this low ominous murmur all around them. Unconsciously Joey grabbed onto Pacey's strong back as he continued walking to the dark heading to a door in the wall, searching for where the noise was coming from, but he wasn't sure if he wanted to now.P



TO BE CONTINUED…P



Another chapter ends. SO????? Tell me please, please, please, what are you thinking of the story? You want something to be added? Tell me and maybe I'll put it on. For now just wait for the next chapter, coming soon. I want to thank all of the readers who had sent me feedback, thank you for your support. 'Til next time. Remember write to me at mrswittermx@yahoo.com.P



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