Discovery
Rating: PG
Summary: After escaping from death Rick and Sadiki have a kind of spooky meeting.
Comment: I was writing the next fanfiction when I noticed that THIS story is missing to understand the other one. This mummy will become important for Sadiki's, Rick's and Evy's future.
"Sadiki, hurry up or do you want to lose your head?"
Rick O'Connell ran into a narrow street followed by his Arabic friend. The 15-year old American searched for a way to get onto the roofs of Cairo's town center. Up there the angry, sabre-rattling men wouldn't follow them certainly.
"Why should I hurry? Actually they only want to catch you! Who had this ingenious idea to steal something from the traders? You know how they deal with thieves, Rick."
"But I needed this bracelet." Don't you think everyone will see this damn tattoo?It's not my fault that this stupid piece of leather got smashed."
Breathing heavily, Sadiki climbed up a little wall at the end of the street. "Why do you want to hide it, anyway? It's nothing to be ashamed of. I would be proud to have the tattoo of the Medjai."
"Shut up and come." Rick pulled his friend up the last piece of the wall. Happy to be rid of their pursuers, the two boys went to the outskirts of the city.
"And what do we do now?", Sadiki asked gasping for air.
Rick proudly showed him the loot, a bracelet of solid leather. "This one won't break that easily."
"But it's too big for you, you fool! And for this thing they neraly killed us!"
"Come on, we're still alive." Rick walked a few steps around and disappeared suddenly. Instead of the boy there was a big hole in the sand.
"Rick, you okay?" Sadiki went quickly to the edge of the opening and looked down into the darkness. The pit wasn't very deep and his friend didn't seem to be hurt.
"Yes, come down here and look at this. It's kind of a tunnel. According to you, where does it lead?"
"To tell you the truth I don't want to know that. Surely Izzy is waiting for us." Although the boy climbed down to his friend.
"Sadiki, there are hieroglyphics on the walls. Maybe we will find some gold."
"If you say so. But don't tell me you can read this."
Rick looked at him critically. "Of course not, but it's a clue that there could be treasure here!"
Carefully they walked through the darkness into the depth. Fortunately the passage wasn't very long and sunlight still shone through the hole. The tunnel ended in a roomy chamber which was empty except for a golden chest in the middle of the room.
"What could be inside?" Rick asked as he walked towards it.
"Wait, it's a sarcophagus!" Sadiki shouted but Rick had already opened it a bit
"Man, it's damn heavy!" Scared, he jumped back when he looked at the blank face of a mummy. "What the heck...?", he asked once he had overcome his shock. "I swear this thing opened mostly by itself. I don't have enough strength to move that lid alone."
"Something is wrong here", Sadiki told him like an expert. "I don't know much about it, but I know only important people had splendid sarcophagi like this one. Who buried a Pharaoh in a hole like this? They had pyramids and other stuff."
Trembling, Rick took a few steps backwards. Suddenly he was no longer as brave as before and just wanted to get out of this place. "Let's go, Sadiki. As you can see, there is no gold here except for this sarcophagus. And I don't think this guy wants to resign his bed." "Give me just a moment, I want to check something."
Sadiki approached the coffin and looked into it. The mummy seemed to stare at him through its empty eye sockets.The boy could hardly take his gaze away from the mummified corpse. "Rick, look at this. It's fascinating. I think he was murdered, whoever this guy is. The skull is damaged as though someone had hit him very hard over his head."
Suddenly Sadiki felt an icy whiff on his face although it was stuffy, hot and calm in the crypt. Did he just imagine it, or did the unknown dead breathe just now? Sadiki rubbed his eyes in disbelief an looked again at the mummy. But it lay in its sarcophagus without any reaction.
"I don't like this thing", Rick grumbled and turned to the exit. "Can we go now?"
"Okay, let's beat it." Now even Sadiki was anxious. "But we should cover the hole so nobody will find the crypt. When we're grown up we can be famous with this discovery."
"When you believe it." Quickly, Rick climbed outside and helped his friend. Together they poured sand into the pit until nothing was to be seen of it.
"I hope nobody will fall into it." Sadiki said and tried to memorize the surrounding area so he would be able to find the tomb in a few years.
"Let's go home" Rick shouted and hurried to get away.
Sadiki took a last look at the place where a few minutes ago the opening had been. Still he saw the eye sockets in front of him which seemed to stare hypnotically. "I'm coming!" he shouted after Rick. Surely he just imagined everything. Or he was losing his mind? This was enough adventure for one day and he followed his friend.
Beneath the sand an unearthly laughter resounded, the two boys were unable to hear it.
End
Rating: PG
Summary: After escaping from death Rick and Sadiki have a kind of spooky meeting.
Comment: I was writing the next fanfiction when I noticed that THIS story is missing to understand the other one. This mummy will become important for Sadiki's, Rick's and Evy's future.
"Sadiki, hurry up or do you want to lose your head?"
Rick O'Connell ran into a narrow street followed by his Arabic friend. The 15-year old American searched for a way to get onto the roofs of Cairo's town center. Up there the angry, sabre-rattling men wouldn't follow them certainly.
"Why should I hurry? Actually they only want to catch you! Who had this ingenious idea to steal something from the traders? You know how they deal with thieves, Rick."
"But I needed this bracelet." Don't you think everyone will see this damn tattoo?It's not my fault that this stupid piece of leather got smashed."
Breathing heavily, Sadiki climbed up a little wall at the end of the street. "Why do you want to hide it, anyway? It's nothing to be ashamed of. I would be proud to have the tattoo of the Medjai."
"Shut up and come." Rick pulled his friend up the last piece of the wall. Happy to be rid of their pursuers, the two boys went to the outskirts of the city.
"And what do we do now?", Sadiki asked gasping for air.
Rick proudly showed him the loot, a bracelet of solid leather. "This one won't break that easily."
"But it's too big for you, you fool! And for this thing they neraly killed us!"
"Come on, we're still alive." Rick walked a few steps around and disappeared suddenly. Instead of the boy there was a big hole in the sand.
"Rick, you okay?" Sadiki went quickly to the edge of the opening and looked down into the darkness. The pit wasn't very deep and his friend didn't seem to be hurt.
"Yes, come down here and look at this. It's kind of a tunnel. According to you, where does it lead?"
"To tell you the truth I don't want to know that. Surely Izzy is waiting for us." Although the boy climbed down to his friend.
"Sadiki, there are hieroglyphics on the walls. Maybe we will find some gold."
"If you say so. But don't tell me you can read this."
Rick looked at him critically. "Of course not, but it's a clue that there could be treasure here!"
Carefully they walked through the darkness into the depth. Fortunately the passage wasn't very long and sunlight still shone through the hole. The tunnel ended in a roomy chamber which was empty except for a golden chest in the middle of the room.
"What could be inside?" Rick asked as he walked towards it.
"Wait, it's a sarcophagus!" Sadiki shouted but Rick had already opened it a bit
"Man, it's damn heavy!" Scared, he jumped back when he looked at the blank face of a mummy. "What the heck...?", he asked once he had overcome his shock. "I swear this thing opened mostly by itself. I don't have enough strength to move that lid alone."
"Something is wrong here", Sadiki told him like an expert. "I don't know much about it, but I know only important people had splendid sarcophagi like this one. Who buried a Pharaoh in a hole like this? They had pyramids and other stuff."
Trembling, Rick took a few steps backwards. Suddenly he was no longer as brave as before and just wanted to get out of this place. "Let's go, Sadiki. As you can see, there is no gold here except for this sarcophagus. And I don't think this guy wants to resign his bed." "Give me just a moment, I want to check something."
Sadiki approached the coffin and looked into it. The mummy seemed to stare at him through its empty eye sockets.The boy could hardly take his gaze away from the mummified corpse. "Rick, look at this. It's fascinating. I think he was murdered, whoever this guy is. The skull is damaged as though someone had hit him very hard over his head."
Suddenly Sadiki felt an icy whiff on his face although it was stuffy, hot and calm in the crypt. Did he just imagine it, or did the unknown dead breathe just now? Sadiki rubbed his eyes in disbelief an looked again at the mummy. But it lay in its sarcophagus without any reaction.
"I don't like this thing", Rick grumbled and turned to the exit. "Can we go now?"
"Okay, let's beat it." Now even Sadiki was anxious. "But we should cover the hole so nobody will find the crypt. When we're grown up we can be famous with this discovery."
"When you believe it." Quickly, Rick climbed outside and helped his friend. Together they poured sand into the pit until nothing was to be seen of it.
"I hope nobody will fall into it." Sadiki said and tried to memorize the surrounding area so he would be able to find the tomb in a few years.
"Let's go home" Rick shouted and hurried to get away.
Sadiki took a last look at the place where a few minutes ago the opening had been. Still he saw the eye sockets in front of him which seemed to stare hypnotically. "I'm coming!" he shouted after Rick. Surely he just imagined everything. Or he was losing his mind? This was enough adventure for one day and he followed his friend.
Beneath the sand an unearthly laughter resounded, the two boys were unable to hear it.
End