Campsite

Kryptonite

Summary: Alex is now sixteen going on seventeen; it has been about seven-eight years since the O'Connell's were in Egypt. Back in Egypt at the dig site and we meet Dr. Johannasen and his two rugrats (aged 18 and 16).

Rating: PG-13 for later violence

Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever owned The Mummy or The Mummy Returns, though I would dearly love to be in one of them… I want them to make a third Mummy movie…

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" How much longer Evy?" Jonathon whined from the back of the camel he was riding. Alex just grinned at his uncle and scratched his camel's head. Like mother, like son.

" Not to much longer Jonathon. Should be just beyond… there." The group, with a guide, made it to the top of the sand dune to look down on the dig site. " See?" While she grinned triumphantly at her brother she wondered where this building had come from. It looked little more than a one room stone house, nothing to important.

The guide hurried his camel down the slope of sand, raising a ruckus getting people streaming from all over. The O'Connell's and Jonathon followed at a slower pace to be greeted by an overdressed man in his late thirties.

" Dr. Johannasen, it's so good to see." Evy said graciously, holding his hand as she continued to tower over him, sitting on the camel.

" The pleasures all mine my dear. I see you brought your entire family with you." He commented, looking over the three other males.

" Yes. This is my brother Jonathon, my husband Rick and this handsome young fellow is my son, Alex."

" Pleasure to meet you. My two are around here somewhere." He muttered, his voice being hidden by screams of annoyance.

" Get back here you stupid-" A girl called out, chasing a boy and coming down from the top of the dune to the side of the building.

" Dad!" The boy shouted, racing to hide behind his father, even though he was the oldest of the family. The girl came to a halt as Dr. Johannasen stuck his arms out to stop her from attacking her brother.

" Kassidy what in the world do you think you are doing?" He shrieked, blocking his son who took the opportunity to straighten his clothes and dust himself off.

" Aiden was being a brat. He took my tools."

" Hey I just found them. You're the one who set them down where anybody could walk off with them." He defended from over his dad's shoulder.

" Aiden, give your sister her tools back. Kassidy apologize to your brother." Kassidy sneered at her brother and snatched her tool kit back from his hands. " Apologize."

" Sorry." She muttered, staring angrily at the ground.

" That's better. And now that that little argument is over, I'd like to introduce you to the O'Connell's. This is Evelyn and her husband Rick." Kassidy's eyes widened in awe as she turned to look at the woman.

" You found the mummy Imhotep. Did he really come back to life?" She asked excitedly. She spared her brother a glare when he snorted at her question.

" Really Kas, mummies don't just come back from the dead. They've been dead hundreds of years." He laughed, finding his sister's enthusiasm amusing.

" Shows what you know, you nit."

" Kassidy, don't bother the nice people. Run off and play." Kassidy narrowed her eyes at her father's back, holding in her anger as she made a short bow to the newly arrived group before heading off for the entrance to the building.

Evy shifted uncomfortably before finally making the camel lie down so she could get off. " You asked me to come for help?"

" Ah, yes, straight to business. Aiden, why don't you take Alex and go find something productive to do. That doesn't bother your sister.

" Yes da. Come on Alex, not much to do around here but what little there is…" Aiden trailed off and shrugged. Alex tried not to look uncomfortable.

" I'd really rather stay-"

" Don't you have school work to do?" Rick asked, interrupting him. Alex rolled his eyes before taking his bookbag off the camel.

" Yes sir." Alex followed the boy to one of the numerous tents placed around the camp.

" So what's so interesting about a hut?" Jonathon asked, trying to get his foot out from one of the tangles of rope it had gotten wrapped in.

" It's not so much this building as what's underneath it." Evy turned from appraising the building to stare at Dr. Johannasen.

" Underneath it?" The man's face lit up slightly as he started babbling away.

" Yes at first I thought it was just a dingy old building buried under the sand. So I got a team to start digging the sand away, why this place is in a little bit of a depression, and got the door open, hoping for some bits of pottery or something. Anyways, the walls on the inside are covered with hieroglyphics and there is a trapdoor in the floor."

" How did you get it open?" Evy asked, the group advancing on the gaping doorway.

" Same way we got this outer door open, crowbars. Lots and lots of crowbars." Evy did her best not to glare at the man walking in front of her but found it very hard. Rick's hand on her shoulder, brought her back to the present.

" You okay?" He whispered to her quietly, keeping his eyes on the good doctor.

" I'm just fine. Crowbars." She muttered shaking her head. Once they passed through the door, it took a minute for their eyes to adjust to the sudden dimness. " So why do you need me?"

" We know that the passages go a ways in all directions we just can't get into them."

" Excuse me?" Evy asked, putting a hand out to stop the man from going any further. " And what do you want me to do about it?"

" You know more about Egypt and the language than anyone else living. You stand a better chance than anyone to get through those doors."

" I think that was a compliment." Rick muttered under his breath.

" As it is my daughter's been working day and night and can't make heads nor tails of it. She hasn't been able to figure out how to open it." It was at that point that the said daughter's head popped up out of the floor.

" Because, like I said for this door and that door, we need a key."

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A/N: This is the scene I had running through my head, mostly. I just like the idea of the O'Connell's meeting this amazing girl because she's chasing after her older brother. As you can tell, I'm not a fan of the father… or the brother for that matter.

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