Chapter 9
Watching from somewhere up above, Evy was getting worried.
" Rick!" yelled Evy. " Mariana, why did I do that?" Evy asked Mariana
" You didn't. It's just your body that did it. He has turned it evil." Mariana answered.
" Oh my god." Evy said beginning to cry.
" Mariana, try to contact him." Evy asked
" I cant… only you can." Mariana answered
" I already tried. It's not working." Evy argued
" I don't think you can… because your body is still alive, well technically." Mariana answered.
" But yours.." Evy argued
" Your body, has a spell on it, to be evil , to be alive without your soul." Mariana answered.
" I'm scared Mariana. I don't want Rick to die. If he dies, Alex…" Evy said still in tears.
" Don't worry, he'll make it." Mariana said as she tried to comfort Evy
" No he wont. You don't know him as well as I do. I just attacked him and told him I'm not me… do you know what that means to him? I just basically told him he is not my husband. Do you know what that will do to him? He wont know how to take it… but one thing is for sure, he has never laid a hand on me and he wont start now. That's why I'm worried. If he doesn't fight me, it may kill him." Evy explained
" Evelyn, your looking too far into this." Mariana said
" No. You saw him. You saw how he looked, when my body attacked him. It completely devastated him… and what I said… he doesn't know its not me." Evy finished.
" Evelyn, don't worry, Ardeth is having trouble with seeing me too" Mariana said sadly.
Evy turned to Mariana in shock
" But." Evy started
" He's not showing it, but he's having a hard time fighting me." Mariana said hanging her head.
Evy slowly put and arm around Mariana and comforted her.
" Freeze means stop!!!" Malik yelled angrily then launched herself forward, tackling the man.
When Ardeth had managed to get a shocked Rick up and walking, they got outside the temple to find Malik sitting on the man and slamming hi head into the sand by his hair.
" Where did they go?!!!!" she asked
" Malik, they probably wouldn't say to their henchmen… for this reason exactly." Ardeth explained
" I know… you want to save Evy but…" Ardeth started but Malik interrupted
" Evy? You think this is about Evy? I have better reasons for being out her! Gold for one and then some other reasons that are none of your concern!" Malik started
" I don't even like Evy, I don't care about her!" Malik finished
Rick glared angrily at her. Ardeth felt a slight movement forward from Rick, but grabbed his shoulder tighter to give him the hint not to do it.
" Then who do you care about?" Ardeth asked
" Three people. Me Myself and I." Malik replied
" And your brother…Beni." Rick added
Malik glared at Rick in surprise.
" Yeah, I know… all the traits are right there with you… the coward ness, the stealing, the lying, I knew you had to be related to him." Rick said as he winced at some pain
" Oh… Shut up!" Malik sniffed then got off of the man and started to walk away.
As she started walking she heard some one calling her.
*Malik.* the voice said and she turned
" Beni?" she asked, for she recognized the voice.
* Yes, it's me. Malik, go to Imhoteps tomb.* Beni's voice instructed
" But… I need a key to get in don't I?" Malik asked
* So ask the Medji.* Beni's voice answered
" Oh, sure that will work lets see how would I ask him… oh here we go… Hey Ardeth, how do I get into Imhotep's tomb? The voice of my dead older brother told me to break in." Malik replied sarcastically.
" Beni, it doesn't work like that." Malik finished
The voice chuckled
* Just do it!* he commanded
" Okay." she said as she turned to walk back to Rick and Ardeth.
" Hey Ardeth, how do I get into Imhotep's tomb?" Malik asked as the two men came into view
Ardeth turned to her.
" Uh… hmmm… maybe a key?" Rick suggested in the voice that said duh.
Ardeth walked up to her.
" Why do you want to get into the tomb?" Ardeth asked Malik
" Do you really have to ask that?" Malik asked
Ardeth rubbed his head in embarrassment
" Uh, I guess not." he stuttered
" So can I have the key?" Malik asked, putting her hand out.
Ardeth stared at her long and hard, debating whether he should let her or not.
" Is there something you're not telling my, Ardeth?" Malik asked innocently
Ardeth grimaced
" He, that is… your brother was killed there…by…. Scarabs… and he was….Imhoteps slave…" he trailed
Malik's eyes twitched
" Well, actually, I tried to save him." Rick started but was cut off by Malik
" Shut up! Now I'm going to get that mummy, catch him by his ankle and beat him with his sarcophagus." Malik finished walking off.
" But Malik, its not going to be that ea…" Rick started
" Sh" Malik stated
" But…" Rick started again
" Sh!" Malik said getting angry
" Fine, but its you on your own…with all the scarabs." Rick said giving up.
While Malik had her back to Rick and Ardeth, Ardeth took the opportunity to talk to Rick.
" You aren't really going to let her go there are you?" asked Ardeth
" Hamunaptra?" Rick asked
" Yes." Ardeth replied
" You aren't going to give her a chance to possibly bring him back again are you?" Ardeth asked
" You know, I could care less about Imhotep right now because I'm getting my wife back before I do anything else, which includes kicking his ass again!" Rick yelled getting angry.
" Alright…I'm sorry my friend, I should have known your priorities." Ardeth said.
" And what bugs me is the fact the tomb raider over there is worried about gold more than two peoples lives.!" Rick said yelling towards Malik who turned and glared at him.
" O'Connell, calm down. We will get them back without her. We have done it before." said Ardeth.
" What about Mariana?" Rick asked. " Do you think she's alright?" he finished
" She's fine…because, well, sad to say, but she is dead at the moment…" Ardeth said with a bit of a choke in his throat.
Rick looked surprised.
" But Evelyn is still alive, so she must come first because she is still alive and she is the only one who can read the scroll to bring Mariana back." Ardeth said
" I… I don't think it was Evy." Rick started. " I mean, its her, but it's not…its almost like she wasn't in there… I don't know what to do Ardeth…hearing her say those things…I…" Rick said almost beginning to cry.
" Do not worry my friend. We will get them both back." Ardeth said and tapped Rick on the shoulder. " Come, we must go." he said and they started walking.
* Yet, I still don't know how I'm going to fight Mariana's body.* Ardeth thought to himself.
* Don't worry my love, you will figure out something.* came Mariana's whispering voice of encouragement.
Ardeth smiled and they kept walking.