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Mummies Alive!
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The Dark Cobra Saga
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Wooooo hooooo! Second chapter! You guys are in for something special…. Thank you for all the lovely reviews… and I'm so sorry that I haven't updated sooner… I sort of stuck this on the back burner for a while…
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First of…. Somebody e-mailed me… I can't remember how it was… and when those viruses hit earlier in the year I had to delete every single one I had…
Now it was someone who said they had the absolute honour to actually meet Mr. Scott who dose Rath's voices! Now if this is you… I am so sorry I didn't get back to you sooner! I had so been planning to have a good old chinwag with you! Well… maybe a finger tap instead…
But I an so ashamed for myself for not getting in touch with you earlier… please forgive me… I is a complete and utter arse…. Please for give me… I really do what to talk…
Monkeyhood
Ah… but I didn't… I said I had someone helping me with spelling… but because it was in caps… the spell checker didn't pick it up and there for it slipped through the net… blasted bas-ted thing! Oh how I hate it!
Pinkdevil
Ah… someone else that like my perverted overactive mind! Oh how I love you! In a purely friendly way of cores… which X-men fic was it BTW? And another Mummy fan… I was really pissed that they took it off the air… they should have had a second series… I have know idea what happened! But yes… I must agree! with you… you have to love snakes and their slinkieness!
Ancara-iii
Good for you to have such an open mind! There are too few of you out there so well done! I agree that as long as you keep the characters true… nothing else really matters…
Thank you very much for your offer of help, it is very much appreciated… but someone was already helping me…. But I don't know how reliable they will be… so if they stuff up can I call on your help?
Karasu
Yeah! I is loved! And I have sense! Yahoo! HAZAR! Thank you soooo much… I'm glad your enjoying it! I'll try to keep you entertained… thankies for review! Hopefully it won't be as long till the next chappies up… ::fingers crossed::
RatheraMutemwiya
Bloody hell that's a long name…. Nice… but long…I know what you mean… I was looking for mummy slash and it's a rare as trying to find me doing ironing! I'm so glad your liking it… hopefully your love what I have in store!
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Chapter 2: I'll put a spell on you…
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WHOOO!! WHOOO!! WHOOO!! WHOOO!! WHOOO!! WHOOO!!
"Oh, now what!" Moaned Nefer-tina. "Did Rath have to make that dame alarm so loud!"
"This is no time for complaints!" Ja-kal snapped as he ran throw the door. "The museum is being robbed!!"
"Where's Rath?" Armon shouted over the din.
"He's resting in his sarcophagus," He said glaring at the charioteer. "Do not worry we can deal with the intruders with out him. WITH THE STRENGTH OF RA!" He was transformed and out of the Sphinx quicker then greased lighting.
"What did you do this time?" Armon inquired.
"OH! SHUT UP!"
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"Where are they?" Scarab mumbled from behind his buggy mask. "They should be here by now?"
"That's the trouble with hero's today… they have no respect of villains time tables…" Heka hissed her two penny's worth…
"Scarab! We should have known!" Came the unmistakable voice of the mummy leader. The old wizard turned as his adversaries came out of the shadows. But noticed one very important thing.
"You seem a little… short staffed tonight…" He said lowly, the battle hadn't even started and his plan was already up the bucket!
"The only thing you should be worried about is living throw the night, Scarab!" The mummified hunter yelled as he drew his trusty golden bow.
"Let's kick TUT!" Armon yelled. As the three mummies races forward.
"Attack my Shabti's!" The bug armoured man shouted. The stone men came to life and advanced on the guardians. "This could pose a problem…" he said to the female cobra as they watched the mummies pick off the mindless automatons one by one.
Ja-kal took to the sky and shot down one after the other with pin point accuracy with his flaming arrows. Nefer-tina flipped, dogged and danced round the sluggish and slow rock men and shattered them with lighting quickness. Armon on the other hand charged at them like a bull in a pottery shop and was smashing the Shabti dust with all the finesse of a ballerina elephant on roller skates.
"If you still want to pull this plan off, you better do something quick…" Heka warned as the Shabti's began to diminish rapidly…
"You don't have to tell me…" He warned as he concentrated. A ball of purple light formed in his three clawed hand. It then shot into the night sky and flew off…
"And what good is that going to do… apart from attracting moths?" Heka hissed.
"Waite and see…" Scarab smiled wickedly. Then started firing randomly into the battle field...
Armon deflected a beam of energy of his golden arm.
"Watch it! Scarabs trying to join in!" The warrior bellowed.
"So I noticed!" Nefer-tina snapped as she dogged a punch and an energy blasted.
"Stay sharp!" Ja-kal shouted. "This fight is far from oveeeerRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAHHHH!!" Ja-kal was hit in the back by one of Scarabs energy bolts and he fell threw the sky like a lead balloon on the pavement.
"JA-KAL!" Armon yelled as 8 stone Shabti's piled on top of him, pinning him down. The others where too late too stop him from hitting the concrete floor with a deafening thud. Scarab began to stalk over to the fallen hunter.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Nefer-tina shrieked as the cat guardian raced to the falcons aid, but was stopped by a several more Shabti before she got with 10 feet. Ja-kal stirred and rubbed his helmeted head, groaning at his own stupidity.
"Well my original plan might not work… but that doesn't mean I can't have a little fun." Scarab smiled sadistically. He raised his clawed hand and took aim. Ja-kal managed to look up in to the face of the man that killed him and sneered. "Say goodbye Ja-kal…" A flaming ball of purple fire sparked in his hand and then…
A tremendous nerve racking lightning crack split the air as a massive green energy blot connected with the old wizard, hitting him square in the chest and sent him flying into the nearest wall. The other mummies spun round to see there rescuer… there stood the familiar, cobra clad guardian. Arm still outstretched, leaning on his curved sword and chest heaving… He was clearly out of breath… and struggling to stay on his feet…
"RATH!" Ja-kal cried, in both gratitude and concern. He could just make out the small weary smile on the Scribes face.
"Hope… I didn't… miss… all the… fun…" He said between breaths. It was painfully obvious to everyone on the battlefield that he was in no fit state to be on his feet, let alone fight. But he took up his sword and moved into a shaky battle stance…
Scarab picked himself up and smiled sinisterly. His summing ball had worked and had called the absent guardian out. He didn't know why he was in such a dreadful condition and he really didn't care… It would only work to his advantage… the weaker he was… the less resistance he would put up…
"Well, Rath… your looking a little worse for wear…," He taunted. "Are these youngsters wearing you out…?"
"Why don't… you do… me… a favour…," The Scribe laboured. "And… SHUT… UP!" He hissed not really being in any mood for politeness. Scarab laughed.
"My, my… you certainly get very cranky when your tiered… Lets see if I can cheer you up… Shabti's… DESTROY THEM!!" He yelled as a fresh wave of the stone creatures disembarked from 4 large vans parked near by.
They charged over to the mummies and started a fresh onslaught… But only 3 of them… they seemed to steer clear of the cobra guardian. But he wasn't left out, the Battle clad wizard advanced on the exhausted swordsman…
"You do look terrible Rath… Aren't you sleeping well?" He teased as he circled the Scribe.
"Oh… just… get on… with it…" He swayed slightly as he spoke.
"If you insist…" Scarab said silkily. "Catch me if you can…" Then took off down the nearest street… Rath glanced back at his comrades… they where all occupied with Shabti's, at least 18 to 1. He couldn't just let Scarab get away… he had to go after him… But by Ra… he was so tiered… He shook his head to clear it, then ran after the old sorcerer.
"RATH!! NO!! WAIT!!" Ja-kal yelled as he fended off his stone attackers. Try as he might, he couldn't brake free from the tight hold the Shabti's had around him. He could just make out the shining gold of the cobra's tail as it disappeared round the street corner.
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Rath forced himself to stay focused and to keep moving as he raced throw the twisting, damp streets, following the sound of the traitors footsteps. He was in serious pain… he hurt all over, it only seemed to increase with every step as his feet pounded on the concrete in pursuit of his target…
At the moment all he wanted to do was slink off back to the Sphinx, crawl back into his sarcophagus and sleep for another 3500 years! It was getting to the point were he didn't care anymore! Scarab on the other hand was thinking with perfect clarity as he lead the princes guardian to the spot he had planed to carry out his scheme with out any interruptions…
Just when Rath had enough and was going to give up and sit down till his head stopped throbbing, he rounded the corner and came face too face with Scarab and 12 more Shabti's… The stone creatures circled and aimed their laser staffs at him. It was a trap… he now realised he had walked right into it! He was such- a-F O O L! He moved to slice down the stone fence.
"I wouldn't move if I were you… You take one step and I'll give the order to fire…" Rath froze… he maybe cornered but he didn't want to give the old vulture the advantage. If he was unconscious… there was no telling what he'd do to him. Scarab laughed cruelly as Rath growled in frustration. Scarab begun to prepared for the spell… liberally sprinkling a mix of Sahara sand and dried cobra blood round the trapped guardian.
"What… do you… want… with me… Scarab…?!" Rath demanded weakly as he watched the Beatle armoured man pull a old papyrus scroll from his garments.
"Now, Rath… if I told you now it would spoil the surprise, but as the saying goes… you'll thank me for this later…" He smirked as he began to read the ancient writing…
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"HIIIIIIII-YAAAAA!" Nefer-tina cried as she took out the last of her attackers. Armon used the head of a Shabti's to nock over another.
"All right! Bowling for Shabti's!" Ja-kal threw the last of the stone creatures off his back.
"Quickly! Rath went after Scarab!" He cried as he took off in the direction the two wizard when. Nefer-tina and Armon obediently followed.
"What is that idiot thinking!" the Cat guardian yelled as she ran. "He's in no condition to go after Scarab!"
"And he calls me dumb…" Armon added as they ran round a corner.
"Well he wouldn't be in such a horrid state if someone didn't work him like an old mule!" The hunter snapped. "We have to get to Rath before…"
He was cut off by a column of emerald light that shot up into the night sky threw the forest of building.
"I do not like the look of that…" Armon said as his stared up at the beautiful but somehow… disturbing sight… "Not at all…"
"I hope that isn't what I think it is…" Nefer-tina murmured as the three mummies headed for the strange light.
"If Scarab has hurt him…" Ja-kal left the threat unfinished, not being able to think of a fate horrid enough.
When they rounded the finial corner and came face to face with what they all feared. In the centre of the eerie light was their comrade… His hands holding his helmeted head as he shook it violently as if he was trying to shake something from his mind… Ja-kal ran to pull the Scribe out of light, but was stopped dead in his tracks by something none of them had heard come from their friend before… a blood curdling, hart stopping scream… and it was terrifying.
"Wha… what's happing?!" Nefer-tina yelled clearly shaken by the sound. "Why is Rath screaming like that?!"
The other two didn't answer as the pillar of light swirled and changed from green to crimson red. A fierce wind kicked up blowing round the light encased guardian to form a protective barrier. The hunter tried once again to reach his friend… but try as he might, the wind was too strong… he could get near him.
"RATH!! RATH!! CAN YOU HEAR ME!!" Ja-kal cried, but the only response he got was another dreadful howl in pain. "RATH!! ANSWER ME!!" He demanded… But the Scribe continued to cry like a banshee as the light swirled once more and changed to jet black. The wind became a tornado but his tortured screams could clearly be heard over the roaring air current.
There was nothing the others could do except watch the dark light and listen to their friend cry out in agonising pain. Suddenly there was a deafening explosion of white light as the vortex seemed to shrink… getting thinner and thinner… their friends out cries had stopped, but that only seemed to worry them more… There was a final explosion of dark light, the other guardians covered there eye's, and then everything was gone... No light… no wind… no noise… just still … quiet… silence…
They looked up to see only the Cobra armoured wizard standing there… but there was something very wrong… they all could sense it… with out a word, Rath fell to his knees… swayed slightly… then landed on his face with a dull clunk.
The Falcon guardian was the first at serpents side. He gently rolled him over onto his back, inspecting for any damage. What he saw scared him to death…The Scribe was twitching violently, making horrid gagging noises like he was choking on something in his throat, or as if he was having trouble breathing. But there was something else that worried the hunter too… his armour was no longer rich gold… but pure, shining, star silver…
Nefer-tina hands where over her mouth, horrified as she saw the condition of the Scribe. She fell to her knees as gilt flooded her mind… Armon was speechless, the mighty fighter felt horribly powerless as he watched the slender figure twitched and squirm. Ja-kal was at a loss… he hadn't a clue as to what had happened… and he had no idear what to do… There was only one thing he could think of…
"Armon…" Ja-kal said gently, snapping the one armed worrier from his daze… "Armon, we need to get Rath back to the Sphinx, can you carry him…?"
"Ahh… yeah… sure… no problem…" He mumbled as he stooped down and gingerly scooped up the jerking, silver and green armoured body… He immediately set off for home at full tilt leaving Ja-kal and Nefer-tina behind…
"It's my fault…," The charioteer whispered. "It's all my fault…" She sobbed covering her face with her hands… The falcon guardian didn't have the hart to agree with her… maybe it was… and then maybe it wasn't… they'd never know fore sure… he silently put his arm round her and helped her up… and quickly led her back to her Sphinx…
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